Chapter 0005: Salted Fish Town
They briskly cross white sand beaches and coconut palms under the scorching sun.
Before going out, the old bachelor's old voice exhorted loudly, "Be careful, Baron Alwin, if you can't bear the bumps of the horses, stop and rest for a while, and pay attention to your body." He replied, half-seriously, half-jokingly, "You too, teacher, take a break when you're tired." ”
After speaking, he laughed heartily and galloped out of the gate.
"Be careful!" exclaimed Kent Kadak, the captain of the guard, "too fast!"
Alvin didn't hear it, he was immersed in the joy of riding, a thrilling sport that he had never experienced in his previous life or in his previous life, and with his memory and good body coordination, he went straight into the rhythm, sending straddles, clamping his legs, rubbing the horse's belly, pulling the reins to the side, whipping ......
He was prostrate on the horse's back, fascinated by the rise and fall of his body on the horse's back, his attention was on the front, and he was flying like a horse, and he was in a high mood.
Men, once they ride a horse, they are excited, or if they are excited, they can ride a horse.
The guards panicked for a while, and they flicked their whips and shouted at the horses to chase after them, and they were all in iron armor, and they ran, and there was a sonorous collision of metal.
They were much slower than the puppy, which flew above Alwyn's head with strips of rags in his mouth, and flapping its wings overhead no matter how fast he accelerated.
"You can fly so well, let's call it Feifei. ”
"Wang!" the little flying dog barked happily, and the rags drifted away in the wind, and the little one turned around and chased after him.
With the sea breeze, clean white sand beaches and tall coconut palms, everything is green and pristine, and this was definitely a mecca for holiday tourism "before it died", but now it is actually a "leftover land".
Because of the severe desertification, the land is barren, the products are not abundant, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and pirates and monsters are extremely rampant and rampant.
There is no output here, no taxes are collected, and the officials have to pay for the salaries of the officials for governance, and no one wants to accept this territory at all.
Over time, this territory built on the beach became a wilderness with no one to govern.
As the first lord to come to office in more than ten years, Alvin sighed in his heart that a poor place where there were no officials.
As the third prince, he was able to get such a "feng shui treasure land", half of it was because it was a waste of firewood, and the king didn't want to see it, and the other half was because he was an illegitimate child, and the current queen was not his biological mother.
As a junior, he was still a waste of firewood, and the day after he got the fief, the prince got out of the royal capital and crawled to his fiefdom.
The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft the water, the silver sand collar mountain range is continuous, the sea area is wide, it seems that there is something to be done in the mountains and the sea, but the monsters in the mountains are infested, the wild people are rampant, and everyone respects and stays away.
The resources in the sea are abundant, but the navigation technology is extremely backward, only a few small windsurfing boards come and go in the wind and rain, in order to eat a mouthful, the canoe also swaying and floating on the water surface in twos and threes, the power depends on the foot and hand, and the happy life depends on the stroke.
These boats do not travel far, the catch is limited, and it is difficult to resist the wind and waves, which is very dangerous, so the families who make a living from fishing receive gifts from the sea and also sacrifice to the sea, fathers, sons, brothers or husbands.
Even so, there are still too few ships that can go to sea, people can usually only pick up food on the beach, the sea is like a blue abyss, often people have no return, and those who really dare to go out are outlaws.
The iron hooves cracked the ground, the sand flew, and the five men and five horsemen opened a line and went straight to the sea.
"Slow down, my lord, your body can't withstand such a violent bump. "The captain of the guard is a superb horseman, but after the young lord reduced his speed, he seized the opportunity to catch up and kindly reminded him.
The captain of the guard was a little worried, where had changed this lord, starting from the recovery of the poisoned arrow last night, and then catching a flying dog, lifting the quilt quickly...... And witty, as well as the act of healing the guards in the morning, in addition to the fact that he is a magician, he is also kinder than the average lord...... I vaguely felt that this lord would no longer be as obedient as before, he had become stronger, and he had become temperamental and assertive.
Alvin snapped his horsewhip and said, "We're here!"
Following the direction of the horsewhip, the roofs of several rows of wooden houses gradually came into view.
Five people looked at the town.
The clean white sand beach holds up a black reef, most of the wooden houses are very dilapidated, looking a little ruined by the beauty of nature, located on a high place, so that you can avoid the influence of the tide of the tide, surrounded by fences, sparse and non-existent, not to prevent pirates and monsters, or simply to enclose land.
Three or four streets, hundreds of houses, all wooden structures, very dilapidated, the wood has turned black, and a stench wafts from afar.
This is Salted Fish Town, worthy of its name, and you can smell the salted fish from afar.
The blue sky and blue sea, the wind and waves are calm, under the sun, everything is lazy, a few seagulls make a cheerful call, sometimes spread their wings, sometimes dragonflies point to the water, the movements are good and slow;
At this time, Alvin was wearing white leather armor and leather pants and shiny white leather boots, a whole set of Warcraft equipment, easy to sword and difficult to hurt, and the most conspicuous line was the precious white cloak, thick and soft and amazing, it was a whole piece of demon fox skin, running with the white horse, elegant and chic, very stylish.
He raised his chest and pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, feeling wise and powerful, but it was a fly in the ointment.
This sword is specially made, shorter and narrower than the standard sword, and it is light and fluttery to wield. It's a joke, bluntly telling people that I'm a strong man, but the most critical thing is that I'm short and weak.
The sword is a man's guts, and a man who doesn't dare to show his sword can only be ...... But now there is no need for that.
"Bring me a two-handed greatsword, Jared. He commanded the guards on the flank.
Hearing the lord call his name, Jared Kestar's eyes lit up, and he didn't hesitate to untie his sword and offer it with both hands.
The captain of the guard immediately came to remind: "It's very heavy, my lord, according to past experience, your body can't last long." If something happens in the middle, it will hinder our work and even affect your prestige. ”
In the past, Alwin was indeed like this, born weak, it is said that he suffered from hypothermia, often had night sweats at night, fainted inexplicably during the day, and it was difficult to lift a giant sword, he could only play with a dagger, and it was difficult to gallop on a horse, and he could only take a walk, and he had no combat power at all.
But as a first-order magician, his physical fitness has greatly improved, and he is no longer the sick man he used to be.
"Kent, do you feel that the air is fresh and refreshing, and when we arrive, our bones are a little lighter. Alvin laughed, "Don't worry, a sword is just a sword, and it doesn't take more physical strength than riding a horse." ”
A gust of wind blows in front of them, and a deep breath sucks the hot, moist air into their lungs, making people feel like they are in a closed sauna while they are still wearing armor.
The captain of the guard frowned unimpressedly at Alwin's showmanship. His sweaty body squirmed in the metal shell, and in such weather, it is better to have less activity, and exposure to the flat ground will cause heat stroke.
Alwin hung up his sword with great interest, straightened his chest, pressed his hand to the hilt, and cocked his sword diagonally back with a long tail, very powerful.
This is what it looks like, a good horse with a good saddle, and a good man with a good sword.
He was very satisfied, feeling that he was so heroic and extraordinary that he would surely cause a dozen girls to scream.
Alwin patted the hilt of his sword and said in a high-spirited manner, "Go in and surprise my people." ”