Chapter 3: Little Tricks
After Dinah went out, Xu Mo put on her clothes neatly, checked the pocket of her coat, and found that there was a black money bag inside, and there were only five Swedish gold coins in the empty flat money bag, which was the head of Gustav I on the front and the crown of the king symbolizing royal power on the back.
Each gold coin is equivalent to 20 crowns, and one crown is equal to 100 euros, which is enough for an ordinary family of three to live for three months. However, for the original Alfred, this amount of money may only allow him to stay in this small hotel for a week, and it is no wonder that the guy who originally brought all his belongings to Stockholm would be desperate to the point of suicide.
After tidying up his clothes, Xu Mo pushed open the door of the small attic and walked out of the room. Suddenly, the noisy noise downstairs of the hotel immediately came to his ears, and when Xu Mo walked down the stairs, the entire hall of the hotel appeared in front of him.
The inn was small, with a small bar in the middle, and a few wooden tables in the middle, on each of which sat several strong men drinking heartily, talking from time to time, and their scarlet rosacea was shining. The smell of smoke, sweat, and alcohol permeated the small hall, making Xu Mo feel slightly uncomfortable.
Behind the bar stood a young girl with a little freckles on her face. Seeing Xu Mo coming downstairs, a trace of joy flashed on his face, and he greeted Xu Mo: "Your Excellency Anderson, you haven't had breakfast yet, I'll bring you some freshly baked wheat cakes!" ”
"Lord Alfred, don't eat your wheat cakes, he wants His Majesty to invite him to afternoon tea." A young man in front of the girl's bar said in a strange manner, "It's just that His Majesty is too busy to invite him!" ”
"Hahaha!" The drinkers in the lobby of the small inn burst into laughter.
"Shut up, Hurd!" The faint freckles on the young girl's cheeks were a little red, and she yelled at the young man angrily.
Frowning slightly, Xu Mo found the girl's name from Alfred's memories in the space arrangement, Melsa, the daughter of the innkeeper, who had a good impression of him. The young man with a meaty face next to her is Melsa's childhood sweetheart Mahde, a dock worker who loves Melsa, treats her as his own confiner, and regards Alfred as a rival in love.
It's just that Xu Mo is no longer the original Alfred, and he is even less interested in this kind of petty dirtiness between young people. He smiled at Mersa and said kindly, "No need, Melsa, I still have something!" ”
"Wait, Lord Anderson, Lord Anderson!" Seeing Xu Mo walking towards the door of the hotel, Mersa hurriedly chased out from behind the bar, holding a glass of hot milk in her hand, "At least drink a glass of milk before going out!" ”
Seeing Melsa's care for Xu Mo, Hurd suddenly felt his blood surge, a trace of hideousness flashed on his face full of meat, snatched the milk from Melsa's hand, and splashed it towards Xu Mo who was not far away, and shouted strangely: "Lord Alfred, let me feed you!" ”
"Ah~~~~" In Melsa's exclamation, Xu Mo's figure disappeared from the eyes of everyone in the small hotel, and when he reappeared, he was already standing by Hurd's side.
With his right hand, he gently touched Hurd's wrist, and with his left hand, he had already taken the tilted milk glass, and turned back to Melsa, who was still shocked, and smiled: "Thank you, Melsa, you are such a good girl!" With that, he looked up, drank the hot milk in one gulp, and handed the empty cup to Melsa.
"Your Excellency Anderson, just now, how did you do it!" Mersa suddenly turned to joy, took the cup and held it to her chest, and looked at Xu Mo adoringly.
"It's just a little trick!" Xu Mo smiled faintly.
Hurd couldn't help but blush when he saw that both of them ignored him, and the wrist that was grabbed by Xu Mo felt a faint pain, no matter how hard he struggled, it seemed to be rooted in Xu Mo's palm and not moving. Hurd couldn't help but feel annoyed, and glanced at the two big-shouldered and round-waisted companions sitting at a wine table.
These two of his companions invariably felt strange, knowing that Hurd loaded and unloaded goods at the dock every day, and his strength was not small among them, but he did not expect to be caught by the little white face of the nobleman in front of him.
However, after thinking about it again, his dream lover Melsa was also here, and the two couldn't help but think that it should be Hurd's reluctance to leave a too bad impression on Melsa, so he was unwilling to fight against this aristocratic little white face.
Thinking of this, the two big men glanced at each other, stood up one after another, and walked towards Xu Mo and the others, with fierce expressions on their faces: "Lord Alfred, we also want to see your little trick, do you want to show us too!" ”
"Oh, oh!" The atmosphere in the small inn began to boil, and all the drinkers put down their glasses and watched the show.
"Go away!" Mersa picked up a big broom that she put next to her, and blocked it in front of Xu Mo like an old hen guarding her calf.
Looking at this young girl with an arrogant expression in surprise, Xu Mo shook his head a little helplessly, stretched out his hand and gently pushed Melsa away, and said to her softly: "Melsa, you stand farther away, and I will perform a little trick of my hometown for everyone." ”
Melsa seemed to think of something, quickly put away the fierce expression on her face, took a few steps back, and whispered a little shyly: "Al...... Fred, be careful! ”
"Hehe, okay!" Xu Mo smiled.
Seeing that Mersa had moved out of the way, the two strong men laughed fiercely, pinched their knuckles and rattled, and forced forward one left and one right......
"Bang! Bang! With two loud bangs, two sturdy figures were kicked away one after another, one smashing one after the other on the top of a wooden table, completely smashing the wooden table. Two big men, covered in wine and filth, rolled on the ground with their lower abdomen in their hands, moaning involuntarily.
The excited expressions of many drinkers stiffened on their faces, and the small inn suddenly fell silent. Even Hurd forgot about the pain in his wrist and looked at the aristocratic little white face in front of him in shock. In his eyes, this aristocratic boy who originally had a sad face and sighed every day, today's performance is simply the same as before, which makes him feel strange, and there is ...... Awe.
Melsa, who was still holding a big broom in both hands, her eyes flashing with many small stars, looked at Xu Mo with a look of adoration, as if the scene in front of her had long been expected.
Xu Mo shook his head, although the strength of the surname was not his strong point, it had almost reached 20 points. Although the two strong men on the ground are strong and strong, they are much stronger than normal men's strength, and they have only 7 or 8 strength at most, and this kind of result is a matter of course.
"I heard you've been working at the docks, take me to the docks!" Xu Mo looked back to Hurd with an expressionless face and said.
Hurd pursed his lips tightly, silent, and glared at Xu Mo stubbornly. Seeing Hurd's appearance, Xu Mo smiled, leaned into his ear and whispered, "If you don't take me there, I'll take Mersa out for a tryst at night!" ”
Hearing Xu Mo's words, a fierce light flashed in Hurd's eyes, and his other hand touched the boning knife in his arms, but after seeing Mersa who was still standing next to him out of the corner of his eye, he immediately gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Okay, I'll take you there!" ”
"Melsa, I'm sorry, this is the compensation fee for the table and chairs!" With his free hand, Xu Mo took out a gold coin and threw it to Melsa, pulling Hurd towards the door of the hotel.
"Oh...... Ah, Lord Anderson, wait a minute, Lord Anderson, not so much! Mersa finally came to her senses and quickly chased the two out of the hotel. After seeing Xu Mo waving his hand and signaling that it didn't matter, he couldn't help leaning against the wooden door of the small hotel and looking at his distant back stupidly.
However, Mersa did not notice that her infatuated appearance was not noticed by her sweetheart Alfred, but fell into the eyes of another man. Hurd gritted his teeth, endured the colic pain in his wrist and heart, and the fierceness in his eyes became more and more intense, but Xu Mo was still the same, and he didn't take Hurd's expression to heart at all.
Stockholm is located by the sea, Stockholm means wood, Ermo means island, and together it is "wood island". The whole of Stockholm is made up of a small peninsula and more than a dozen small islands connected to the Nordic continent, and is also known as the "Venice of the North" because of its waterways and bridges.
Stockholm's early summer is sunny and mild, despite its location in the north. The island where Xu Mo is located is called Stadan Island, and in the middle of the island is the Swedish royal palace, a square castle. Surrounding the royal palace are elegant and chic European-style houses.
The streets and alleys are paved with stone, but because the island is relatively small in terms of living area, all the streets and alleys are very narrow, only 5-6 meters wide at the widest point and less than a meter at the narrowest point. If Xu Mo was allowed to walk with the memory of Alfred in the soul imprint, it would probably take him a long time to walk to the dock.
Pulling Hurd, Xu Mo under his guidance, soon came to the port of Stockholm. Compared with the narrow and compact buildings in the city, Stockholm's dock square is wide and open, and it is a lively scene.
After briefly inquiring about passers-by, Xu Mo quickly pulled Hurd to find the place where the kingdom's privateer fleet recruited seamen, only to see that the small seafarer recruitment place was already full of sturdy sailors who wanted to beg for food on the battleship.
The sailors at the recruiting office were well registered, not only because of the muskets in the hands of the guards standing guard at the recruiting office, but also because of the blonde officer standing behind the recruiting office. The officer's short hair was meticulously combed neatly, his face was serious, his lips were pursed, and his sharp gaze kept scanning the faces of the sailors waiting in line, so that those who came into contact with their eyes involuntarily lowered their voices.
However, Xu Mo's attention was not on him, but on a man and a woman in the fundraising office. Especially after seeing the thing in the man's hand, Xu Mo's eyes burst into a gleam, and his pupils shrank to the size of a pinhole.