Chapter 60: Acquaintances
After Roland finished speaking, the two did not speak for a long time, Bello drank the juice one by one, and Roland drank the wine one by one. The two of them were silent, and the atmosphere was a little dull.
Bello suddenly asked out loud: "With Brother Roland's ability, it's been ten years, I'm afraid I should have been able to get the title of nobility a long time ago, right?, why is it still so far, to this extent?" In fact, he was already a little offended when he said this. No matter whether others are good or bad, they must be very clear in their hearts, and they are not foolish people, so how can they not know their own situation? An outsider's evaluation of others for nothing will only make people disgusted.
Roland was not angry, smiled bitterly, drew a circle with his hand, and gestured: "How can it be successful, in the technician industry, if you work hard for ten years, you may be able to become a master, a grandmaster, make people respect, get certain resources, there is no skill, only with martial arts, there are more people who are more powerful than me, just the Knights of the Temple, take out one at random, I'm afraid I am not an opponent." Why do I get a title of nobility? You think too highly of me, brother. ”
Technician industry?
I'm afraid it's even more difficult, right? Belo didn't speak, and secretly thought to himself, learning martial arts requires the inheritance of techniques, and if you become a technician, it is much simpler, and the number is relatively huge. It's harder to get enough resources to make something.
Roland sees that the technician industry is easy to do, and that is because he has not been in personal contact with it, and if he has been in contact with it, he will never feel that it is easy to do.
After being silent for a long time, Roland suddenly laughed and said, "I'm too dissatisfied, I'm drunk and out of shape, you see it, brother." Now in this life, there is food and drink, and it is quite good to survive, I don't know how many people are worse than me. As he spoke, he threw a few pieces of beef into his mouth, and said as he chewed, "Speaking of which, Belparo is not bad, it is not far from the Aveins, the water is quite abundant, and compared to the outside, life here is already a paradise." ”
He was a little confused by what he said, and Belo asked suspiciously, "Is it outside?"
"Of course not! I'm talking about other cities outside!" Roland probably had enough of drinking, and began to feast, "You are in Belparo, you will not feel that the weather has been a little abnormal in recent years, many cities have not rained all year round, and some cities have been raining heavily, for several months in a row. Most of the nearby cities in Belparo, with the exception of Saknaus, have been hit by floods and droughts. Haven't you gone to the backstreets to take a look? It's full of people fleeing from other cities, and the people are selling their sons and daughters, and they can't survive...... Alas, it's hard!"
Yes?
Is it so serious?
These Bello hadn't heard of it, Belparo, no matter how bad it was at the level he started, the salary was less, but at least he could support himself.
If other cities are really like what Roland said, waterlogging and drought, then it won't take long, just a year, and the huge population base can directly collapse a city.
"Are there a lot of these stricken cities?" Bello asked.
"A lot!" Roland affirmed, biting the ribs in his mouth as he sliced hard.
"How many?"
"It's too much, Bayeux City, Jinyun City, Luntai City, Arce River Valley, Red Entropy Hills, well, the Red Entropy Hills are in great drought, and the Cold Swallow River Valley has been flooded. Pay attention when you go to check out, these things I ordered may be more expensive, it is definitely not inflated, these two places have been disasters for two consecutive years, except for the nobles, everyone else basically can't survive. Roland said as he spoke, chewing twice with the teeth in his mouth, as if he were chewing the meat of a nobleman.
"Can't survive any more?" Bello asked, surprised.
"I can't live anymore!" Roland's affirmative tone was heavy, and he remembered what he had seen, and let out a long breath, as if he could breathe away the unhappiness in his heart.
Probably afraid of seeing Bello young and not knowing the severity of the disaster, Roland swallowed the meat in his mouth, with a straight face, and said: "Last year I was in the Cold Throat River Valley, and this Cold Throat River itself is a diversion of the Aveins River, and it is not too far from here. The two-story building was directly submerged, I was trapped in the house, I didn't eat or drink for three days and three nights, and finally I couldn't stand the hunger, so I found a big log, lay on it, and floated down the water all the way, and when I was rescued, I was almost dead. Later, when the water receded, I realized that the entire Lengyan River Valley was flooded, dead people were everywhere, no one cleaned up, and I couldn't see it when the water didn't recede, and as soon as the water receded, I could see a corpse on the road, two steps away, white and swollen, and a bunch of maggots inside!" he said, feeling that it was not suitable for the current atmosphere, he waved his hand and stopped talking.
"Didn't anyone help the disaster?" asked Bello, "the nobles didn't help the disaster?"
"Noble?" Roland sneered, shook his head slowly, and remained silent for a long time before he said: "If the nobles were useful, they wouldn't have died so many people!" The caravan I followed rescued a nobleman halfway, with two knightly retinues. At first, there was nothing to escape, but the next day, everyone prepared three days of drinking water, which was used by the nobleman for bathing. The food prepared was bread, but the nobleman hated the bread and refused to eat it, so he insisted that the caravan stop and cook for him. In the high-frequency broken mirror area, a caravan man accompanied him to cook...... Hmph!" Speaking of this nobleman, Roland sneered. From his words, Bello spelled out the general appearance of a nobleman.
To sum it up accurately, the nobles who are now are probably a group of idiots who steal from the upper position.
There is only one nobleman with whom Bello has come into contact, and that is Mavis who is now studying under him, and judging from the current situation, Mavis does not have any of the vices of the people Roland said. Is it because you want to learn how to draw, so you are patient, or is it because you are different from other nobles?
The two of them ate for about an hour and a half, and finally had enough to drink. Bello went to the front desk to check out, and it was really very expensive, five quintals.
Bello said goodbye to Roland and made it clear that he would keep in touch with him in the future. Take your coat and walk out into the street. He only liked a shirt on him, and the jacket was injured and not very presentable, so he decided to go back. Halfway through, I met an acquaintance, the short and fat sheriff Bonet, who was aggressively training a vendor who didn't know where to go.
Seeing Bonnat spitting saliva all over the peddler's face, Belo couldn't help but feel funny, went up and patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, are you busy?"
When Bonnat saw that it was Bello, he waved his hand and said, "What are you looking for me to do, but Nai's business is no longer in my charge." ”
"Look at what you said, you saved my life, it's not natural for me to look for you!" Belo said with a smile, he always felt inexplicably happy when he saw this sheriff. It's a good mood to see him.
"Go and play Nai, don't get in the way of my official duties!" Bonet replied angrily, with a proud expression. As he was talking, a voice suddenly shouted from afar, "Bonat, Bonat, there's a fight in the back street, go and see!"
The sheriff stopped lecturing the hawker in front of him, motioned for him to leave, and then said to Bello, "Look, I'm very busy, so I don't have time to take care of it, so let's go home quickly." ”
As he spoke, he turned around and left, when the person who shouted shouted shouted again: "Hurry up, there is a Pike kid over there, the leader told us to pay attention to it, and if something happens, he can't spare us." ”
Pike's house?
Who?
Earhart?
Colin?
Or Thoma?
When Bello heard this, he didn't go home, took his coat well, and shouted directly: "Brother, wait for me!
The backstreet is called the backstreet because it runs parallel to Alexei Avenue and is located north of the second half of Aliksey Street. This street is generally the heart of the Freedom Bazaar, and compared to Alexei Street, it is more crowded, crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and it is completely overcrowded.
Bonnat whistled as he scrambled forward, and Bello followed closely behind him, which saved a lot of trouble. Even so, by the time he squeezed into the back street, Bello was already sweating profusely, and the sweat on his forehead was running down his cheeks.
Bonat stopped, and Bello followed, and when he looked at it, he was already there. As far as the eye can see, two waves of people are facing each other in the middle of the road, one is Earhart, and the other is Juliet, who recently came to the door to withdraw from marriage.