It has to be said that the Nords who live in cold regions have an almost fanatical penchant for alcohol, which is the same as the hobby of the pirates for digging up human skulls. And Su Hao, who has an amazing amount of alcohol, has naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the tavern, especially the ability to use ice, a common ingredient that is everywhere in the extremely cold Northland, with spirits to make a more chic drink, a person with such a taste is undoubtedly a "wonderful person" in the eyes of the Nord people, just like the status of the prodigal son Yanqing in the Daimyo Mansion, known as "Little Brother Yi".

The black-robed man was full of praise for this new and unique drink, the bitter cold land and the spirits are both for pleasure and cold, and who would have thought that adding ice cubes to the spirits would add more flavor? He immediately chatted with Su Hao enthusiastically.

The two chatted while drinking, this man seemed to be very talkative, he was stunned from the cold and bitter Vigia Plateau in the northeast of Calradia, and talked about the Salander Desert in the southeast with hot days and cold nights, fortunately, Su Hao is also a talkative person, plus he often plays the game of horse riding and slashing, mixed with some modern people's unique views on the medieval era, the two chatted more and more energetically, and the man looked at Su Hao's gaze, and he also admired it more and more.

"Hey, how long do you old guy want to get in debt? Still drinking here? ”

Su Hao listened, then turned his head and glanced at the tavern, only to find that it was a tall mercenary who forced a thin old guy into a corner, and under his feet was a small metal wine glass.

Su Hao asked, "What's going on?" ”

The black-robed man sighed and said, "This old guy claims to be from Gronia, and his profession is an engineer... Hehe, if he is really an engineer, in which army will he not be paid well? How can you be so depressed that you can only drink a small glass of the worst malt liquor mixed with water? ”

He drank another glass of wine and said, "It seems that he commissioned a few mercenaries to escort him here, but he has not been able to pay this remuneration until now, so he has fallen into the way he is now, which is also a bit miserable." ”

Su Hao pondered for a while before asking, "What's his name?" ”

"It's like what's it called... Arteman? That's probably the name. ”

When Su Hao heard this, his heart moved, and then he walked over with a smile and said, "This warrior, wait a minute... Okay, can you put down the hand that is pressed on the hilt? ”

The mercenary turned his head and glanced at Su Hao, then pulled out his knife and said, "What is it, dare to take care of my affairs?" ”

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, and they immediately got up, knowing that pulling out the sword from the sheath in the tavern was a violation of the rule that could not be touched... Fighting is forbidden in the city!

And there is an unwritten rule on the continent of Calradia, that is, whenever and wherever a person draws a sword against another, no matter what he means, that is the meaning of a duel to the death.

Su Hao looked at his scarlet and bloodshot eyes, and then noticed that he was drunk, but drawing a knife is drawing a knife, even if the other party draws a knife because he is drunk, if he doesn't dare to fight with him, he will be ridiculed as a coward by others.

Su Hao directly drew his sword out of the sheath and sneered, "Do you know who I am?" ”

The mercenary yelled, "I don't care who your mother is!" ”

Immediately, a knife slashed at Su Hao's shoulder!

Su Hao dodged sideways gently, and then learned the assassination tactics Ken used when he taught the Nord recruits, and then with a sword, he neatly pierced the opponent's neck!

The man convulsed, then lay limp, dead of suffocation and spasms.

This beautiful sword attracted the attention of the black-robed man, he could see that although this sword was a little rusty, it was still because the other party was drunk, and the reaction and dodge were half a beat slower than in the sober state, and there was a suspicion of tricks, but this sword became extremely sharp and fast halfway through, like lightning, and the accuracy was also first-class, which showed that this person had a lot of fencing talent.

Then the tavern owner came and called two men to carry the mercenary out, and at the same time handed him his long short-handled knife, along with the scabbard and a bag of money at his waist, and said, "This is the spoils of your duel." ”

Su Hao smiled and said, "This scumbag... Sorry for the trouble. ”

The boss shook his head and said, "I should thank you, this mercenary who can't be a human has been disturbing the interest of the guests here for several days in a row, and even the tavern business is much worse, you killed him, but you did me a favor." ”

Su Hao checked the money bag in his hand, there were about 50 coins, grabbed a handful casually, and found that there were all kinds of dinars in it, most of which were silver coins, and gold and copper coins were only as small as two pieces.

"It turned out to be a poor ghost." Su Hao said with some regret.

The boss smiled and said, "This is not poor, for a mercenary, one silver dinar can already drink a good cup of ale, not like that old guy, who can buy inferior ale with only a few copper dinars, or the kind mixed with water, just one glass!" ”

When Na Yatiman heard this, his face turned red and white for a while, and he came to this tavern a lot of times, from 1 gold dinar and 3 large glasses of high-quality rum, to 1 silver dinar with a cup of high-quality ale, to 4 or 5 copper dinars and a small glass of watered ale, he finally patronized his tavern all the time, but he didn't expect the other party to even remember his name, so disrespectful to himself, really...

It's really annoying.

Su Hao immediately smiled and persuaded the boss away, and then handed Yateman a large glass of high-quality rum... The one with the rocks, smiled, "Hello, Mr. Arteman, would you mind having a drink with us." ”

As he spoke, he gestured to the table where the black-robed man was sitting.

Artiman was stunned, this was the first time he had heard someone call him like this, calling him by name, and carefully bringing honorifics:

Mr. Yateman.

He raised his head, and then saw Su Hao's warm smile, extremely kind, and his eyes showed respect that others would never have, so he silently took the glass of wine, walked to the table, and sat down.

Su Hao also sat down together and said, "Can you get acquainted, Mr. Arteman?" My name is Sue. ”

Arteman looked up, glanced at him, and then took a careful sip of his wine... As if he was afraid that he would not be able to drink such a good wine next time, he carefully smacked it before he said: "My name is Arteman, a professional engineer, what, do you have anything to teach?" ”

The black-robed man was very dissatisfied with Yateman's cold attitude, but he didn't make a move for the sake of Su Hao's face, but even so, the dissatisfaction on his face was very obvious, and Su Hao smiled and handed him a glass of wine, and his face was a little better.

Su Hao didn't care about his cold attitude, no matter what world he was in, talented people would be a little arrogant, he didn't dislike this, on the contrary, he thought it was normal. However, for these arrogant people, their ability to deal with things is much worse, and they will inevitably not mix well with society, especially in Calradia, where countries are strife, and being a man is more important.

He turned to Artiman and said, "Mr. Artimaan, I have heard that you are the chief architect of the Castle of Kulma, a magnificent and intricately constructed castle perched on the hills of the kingdom of Rhodoc, controlling the important trade routes in and out of Calradia... I have to admit that this castle is perfect in terms of material design and construction details, representing the highest level of Calradian masonry, and with Rhodok's crossbow archers, it can be called a siege of 100,000 people, and it must not be a choke point that can not be taken a step forward! Such a classic design can even be printed on the cover of a textbook at the Saagose School of Architecture! ”

At this point, he glanced at Artiman again, and noticed that he had put down the glass of rum that he had treasured, and had instead looked at him with the eyes of a confidant! Those slightly old and dizzy eyes are radiating a scorching light at this moment!

Su Hao sighed and said, "What's the matter, you, the master builder, the master who designed the Kurma Castle that can be called the 'throat of Rhodok', have fallen here, it's really... Alas......"

At this time, after listening to Su Hao's account of Arteman's glorious deeds, the black-robed man's gaze at this old guy was a little different...... He didn't expect that this bad old man, who only knew how to drink cheap wine, was really an engineer, and a master-level figure!

Here I have to talk about the Rhodok Kingdom, the Rhodok Kingdom occupies the southwest of Calradia mountains and dense forest areas, and the territory occupied by it is hardly a complete and decent plain, and the terrain makes their army rarely composed of cavalry, but has the world's best crossbowmen, archers and spearmen! As long as they occupy the mountains and hold their throats, even the Swadian hoplites, who claim to be the overlords of the plains, will be routed by the threat of spearmen, and will be shot into a sieve by a torrent of crossbow arrows!

Atterman tilted his head and drank most of the rum that was still in his glass! He then said excitedly: "There are still people... Anyone else who knows my deeds? ”

Su Hao smiled and said, "For a peerless character like you, there will always be one or two people who know... But then again, how did you end up here? ”

Arteman smiled bitterly and told the story of his bad luck......

It turned out that after designing the castle of Culmar, he received an order from another castle owner to build a tower. Aiming for the opportunity, Artiman wanted to put his new design into practice for his seven-story tower, which was unprecedented in the history of Calradia architecture. As soon as he received the order, he hurried there, and without waiting for the owner of the castle to raise and provide the funds, he immediately began to build it, but halfway through the construction his purse was empty, and at the same time, because the design of the tower was immature, it collapsed. Unfortunately, the owner of the castle happened to be under the tower at that time ...

Succeeded to the throne by the new owner of the castle, he refused to admit the debt and threatened to arrest Artiman for murder if he spoke out about it. He was alone, so he had to sell his Rhodoc mountain horse and find a few mercenaries to pay the upfront fee to get all the way here.

Su Hao smiled at this time and said, "I don't know what Mr. Artiman has planned?" ”

Arteman shook his head, silent.

Su Hao took out the money bag and handed it to him, and when Artiman saw it, he looked at him in surprise and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Su Hao smiled: "I admire Mr.'s talent, and there is a lack of engineers like you in the team, so I want to use this bag of money as a gift to hire you to my team... Although the money is not much, my admiration for my husband is sincere. ”