Chapter 10: What I Saw and Heard in the City
After paying the entrance fee for four copper coins, Zoze and Vader entered the city of Nessam through a gate that was as crowded as the entrance and exit of the train station.
The afternoon sun shines all over the earth.
Zuo Ze and Vader looked at everything in the city curiously, which was different from the cultural landscape of the Earth and the continent of Naviria, which made both of them feel very interesting.
After a while, Zuo Ze finished admiring the vibrant city scene in front of him, and planned to go to the Adventure Guild to exchange the troll fangs for money. Zuo Ze casually beckoned a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who looked like a tour guide and asked, "Hello, boy." Can you tell us where the Adventure Guild is? Please take us there if you can. For those who are not a threat to him, Zuo Ze does not release his kindness.
"Hello, Your Excellency the Adventurer. You can call me Little Barnes, and for just two coppers, I'll take you there. Barnes Jr. said.
Zuo Ze nodded, took out a silver coin from his money bag, handed it to Barnes, and said with a smile, "Hard-working children should always be rewarded, let's go, lead the way." Barnes Jr. happily took the silver coin and said gratefully, "Thank you for your reward, Your Excellency the Adventurer." Can I know your name? I'll pray for you. Waukin, this is really a lucky day for me. Please come with me. ”
Zuo Ze smiled and didn't answer, even Diggle didn't know their names, how could they reveal their names before their mana was restored? What's more, Zuo Ze has always been vigilant about the abilities of the gods and mages of the Torel world, the god of prophecy exists, if they know their next plan, won't it cause trouble?
Following in the footsteps of Barnes Jr., Zuo Ze and the two came to the adventurer's guild in the inner city, a building made of granite, five stories high, and it seemed that business was good.
Seeing that he had arrived at his destination, Zuo Ze called little Barnes over and said, "Young man, how about waiting here?" There will be a place where you will be needed in a moment. Barnes Jr. nodded and replied, "Yes, Your Excellency." Rest assured, I'll be waiting for you right here. "Your Excellency is a big employer, you can't leave, Barnes Jr. thought.
Zuo Ze nodded in response to him, and let Vader open the way in front of him and enter the adventure guild.
When a group of people who lick the blood from the knife edge get together, you don't expect anything to be quiet and clean. The noisy environment makes Zuo Ze, a person who likes quiet and clean, frequently frown; Looking back and forth in the hall as the adventurers handing in and receiving quests back and forth, Vader hesitated, not knowing where to go.
When Zuo Ze found out, he asked curiously, "What's wrong, Vader." ”
Vida said with some embarrassment, "My lord, I don't know these words, I don't know where to go. ”
Zuo Ze realized his negligence at this time, he was determined by Ao Heng to be highly literate in writing, but he forgot that Vader was not a native of Toriel, patted him on the back, and said with a smile, "My fault, come with me." ”
Finally came to the place where he handed in the task, Zuo Ze looked at the reception staff in front of him and said, "Hello, hand in the task of hunting trolls." The receptionist politely said, "Okay, please give me the adventure badge and mission voucher, I will register, and you can go to the exchange office to claim the mission reward." ”
After hearing this, Zuo Ze continued, "There is no adventure badge, as long as the mission voucher is okay?" ”
The receptionist who had already thought the adventurer in front of him was the underground mercenary, and replied coldly, "Yes, but you'd better apply for an adventure badge, if you don't have an adventure badge, you can only get seventy percent of the reward, you must know that this is the guild's rule, and I can't help it!" ”
Zuo Ze didn't know anything about these common-sense things, but in order to avoid revealing his information, he couldn't help but reply, "Yes, this is the troll's fangs, and it should be used as a proof of adventure." ”
The receptionist took the troll fangs handed over by Zuo Ze and checked them carefully, after all, what was in front of him was an underground mercenary, and there was no credibility, and counterfeiting was their forte.
After careful inspection, the receptionist handed the task reward voucher to Zuo Ze and said impatiently, "Okay." You can take this to the exchange office. Zuo Ze, who didn't know why the receptionist was like this, frowned, and replied coldly, "A map of the continent as detailed as possible, is there one?" ”
"No, it is only sold in the capitals of all countries; There are only maps of the North, and the most detailed maps are made by mages, and they cost 200 platinum coins. The receptionist replied.
Zuo Ze nodded and said, "Take it, I'll see what I'm saying." "Zuo Ze didn't plan to buy it at all, but planned to use Ao's ability to copy the map of the northern realm. When Zuo Ze saw the map of the north taken out by the receptionist, he couldn't help but be surprised, this map has reached the level of the earth's civilian GPS positioning system, no wonder a mage is needed to make it.
The receptionist watched Zuo Ze carefully check the map, so he had to wait patiently, after all, this map was worth two hundred platinum coins, and if he sold it, the achievement would be equivalent to his own salary for a month.
Under the shadow of the Assassin's Evidence Constant Hazy Technique, a faint blue light flashed in Zuo Ze's eyes from time to time, and it was Ao Zai who recorded the information of the map through Zuo Ze's eyes, and transmitted the copied map to the Book of Summoning at the same time.
When the o'clock was finished, Zuo Ze raised his head and said, "It's not detailed enough, it can't meet my requirements." ”
Whoever sees a large sum of money is gone, they will feel angry, even if it is not in their pocket. The receptionist said a little angrily, "Damn underground mercenary, do you know the goods?" This is a map made by a mage, even the nobles are using this kind of map, there is no more detailed map than this! ”
After hearing this, Zuo Ze turned around and left without hesitation, completely ignoring the scolding of this little person, but the word underground mercenary he said was in his heart, and it seems that mercenaries without adventure badges are called underground mercenaries.
When Zoze and Vader walked out of the Adventure Guild, they found Barnes Jr. being punched and kicked by two thugs. Zuo Ze, who was only level 1 of Black Iron, couldn't solve these two gangsters under the image of pretending to be a master, so he had to wave his hand and let Vader come forward to help. Vader threw the thugs far away one by one, and lifted up Zuo Ze, who was lying on the ground with little Barnes.
Zuo Ze looked at little Barnes, who was dirty all over, and asked softly, "Are you hurt?" Why don't you run? Why did they hit you? ”
Barnes Jr. moved his body and said helplessly, "Your Excellency, I have no problem; They are members of the Shadow Hands Society, who collect protection money on the street, and it is useless for me to run away. They saw the silver coins you gave, they wanted them, but I didn't give them, so they were beaten. ”
Zuo Ze found that because he didn't have a clear understanding of the prices in this world, he was a little kind and did bad things. I had no choice but to say to Vida, "Vida, please teach them a lesson and tell them not to bully children casually." ”
Regardless of Vader's situation when he went to teach the thugs a lesson, Zuo Ze looked at Barnes Jr. and continued to ask, "How much money can you make in a day?" Barnes said embarrassedly, "About five coppers, Your Excellency." It depends on the business. ”
Zuo Ze thought for a while and continued to ask, "How much money do most ordinary people make a day?" Although he didn't know why Zuo Ze cared about the situation of ordinary people, he still replied, "Your Excellency, that is, twenty or thirty coppers, anyway, my father works on the docks, so he can only earn this." ”
Hearing the thugs' pleas for mercy, Zuo Ze called Vader back, prepared to find a hotel to settle down, and said to Barnes Jr., "Let's go." Take me to the best hostel in town. On the way, casually tell me about the living conditions of ordinary people to pass the time. ”
Listening to Barnes Jr. all the way, Zuo Ze already has a clear understanding of the price of goods in this world, which is equivalent to the price level of the Celestial Empire in the seventies and eighties (the author's grandfather was a worker in a state-owned enterprise, and he was still receiving a salary of 63 yuan a month in the eighties), that is, ordinary people can earn 60 silver coins a month, and one copper is equal to 1 dime. The money he gave could already make these gangsters do it, and while sighing at the standard of living in the other world, he talked and laughed with little Barnes, and listened to him tell the interesting things he encountered around him, which made Zuo Ze feel good.
Not long after walking, Zuo Ze and his party came to the best hotel in the city of Netham. An entire block is the confines of this inn, and the marble houses are scattered high and low, with a unique beauty; The exterior walls are carved with different murals; The fountain at the entrance glows with colorful light in the sunlight.
Little Barnes came to the door, and under the gaze of the doorman, he said to Zuo Ze with some restraint, "Your Excellency, this is it, Randil's gentle township. ”
Zuo Ze didn't need little Barnes to say, just look at the words on the signboard, secretly put a gold coin in Little Barnes's hand, lay in the ear of Little Barnes and whispered to him, "Hide it carefully, if those shadow hand gangsters come to ask you for money again, you give them the silver coins, and the gold coins must be hidden so that they don't see them." ”
Barnes Jr. held the gold coin in his hand tightly, looked at the blurred face under Zuo Ze's hood, and nodded gratefully. Zuo Ze deliberately said loudly, "Get out!" Boy, remember to report here tomorrow morning, and watch out for your skin if you don't! ”
After Zuo Ze finished speaking, he ignored Barnes Jr. and walked into the hotel with Vader.
The waiter of the hotel saw Zuo Ze and the two coming over, and hurriedly greeted them. "Good afternoon, Excellencies. Do you have a meal or a lodging? ”
Zuo Ze took out a platinum coin and flicked it over, and said indifferently, "Accommodation, two, my followers and I want a top-notch room." "When he can enjoy it, Zuo Ze will definitely not wronged himself.
The waiter took the platinum coin and respectfully led Zuo Ze to the third floor of the hotel.
The waiter opened a guest room, invited Zuo Ze and the two to enter, and then said, "Your Excellency, what do you think of this room?" A living room, two separate bedrooms, each with a bathroom, and a balcony with a view of the Seblin River. ”
Zuo Ze took the habit of staying in a hotel on the earth, and looked at the bedding, which was very clean and soft; But the washroom is a bit simple, except that there is no smell, there is no place to shower.
Since coming to the world of Torrell, Zuo Ze has not taken a hot bath for half a month, and when he was on the road in the eternal wilderness, he bathed in the stream, fortunately, it is summer in the northland now, otherwise Zuo Ze, who loves cleanliness, I don't know if he has the courage to come for a winter swim.
"Where's the bathroom? Why is there no bathroom. Zuo Ze asked coldly.
The waiter was a little puzzled, aren't the bathrooms all on the first floor? It's the third floor, okay! Although he was puzzled by Zuo Ze's question, he still replied respectfully, "Your Excellency, the bathroom is at the back of the first floor." We also have some of the most unique hot springs in the Northland, do you need them now? ”
"Of course, take us to the hot springs now." Zuo Ze, who just wanted to take a hot bath, didn't expect such a surprise.