03
After returning to the town called Lackdor, Carlo and his party did not plan to stay longer, and after Carlo decided to find a caravan to go to the imperial capital, he followed them back to the imperial capital, Zion. This year's nuclear rush is full of weirdness, and the vast majority of people come in high spirits and return in defeat, and the whole operation is anticlimactic. Carlo's peripheral team was even more very small, only finding one second-order wind crystal nucleus and three first-order crystal nuclei, which was completely beyond the cost of preparation when setting off. Carlo calculated the cost in his hand, and couldn't help but worry a lot, it was obviously not enough, and the money was so tight that the travel expenses were not enough, it seemed that there was no other better way to return to Emperor Zion except for a temporary escort mission.
Turning to look at the boy who was looking at everything in the town with an interested face, Carlo put aside the trouble of lack of money for a moment and put a happy smile on his face. This young man named Xu Zheng obviously has an indescribable affinity, although he can't speak, and he has only been together for a short day, he quickly won the love of five people, including himself, and even when it comes to bringing him back to Zion together, it is rare for even a picky person like Ruqi not to disagree.
Now, he was sitting with the four young men of Ankoger, and the senior and junior classes huddled around him affectionately, eagerly teaching him to speak. Xiaoban is trying to correct Xu Zheng's pronunciation: "Gil Bandru." Come, look at the shape of my mouth, Gi-Erband-Ru. β
Xu Zheng looked at Xiaoban's mouth seriously, and opened his mouth to say, "Jierban is Lu'er." β
The lame pronunciation suddenly made all four young people burst out laughing. Xiaoban said with a black line: "No, it's Gil Banderu." Looking at Xu Zheng's blank expression, knowing that he didn't understand, he hurriedly shook his head, signaled that he was wrong, and corrected the pronunciation again: "Gilbandru." β
"Mother Gilbante. Xu Zheng opened his mouth and said. What the hell is this pronunciation rule? It's so hard to learn a name. He is a genius with an IQ of more than 300, and he didn't expect to hit a wall in learning the language of another world.
Angel looked funny and said, "Say, Ingres." β
Xu Zheng opened his mouth and came: "My brother's son." "Isn't this my little nephew? I really took advantage of it, and I just picked up a nephew and came back. Thinking of this, I also felt funny, and I couldn't help but laugh first. He smiled, and although the four of them didn't know why, they saw that he was smiling happily, so they laughed as if they were infected with a smile, and immediately burst into laughter.
Seeing that the few people in front of her had returned, Lu Qi raised her eyebrows and said, "Say, Lu Qi." β
Xu Zheng licked his lips and opened his mouth: "Luqi!"
Lucy smiled with satisfaction and said, "Standard!" Squinted at Angel and said, "Look, this is the difference between a genius and an idiot." β
Anglel was speechless. Kindergarten and small classes are a lot of fun. The five of them burst into laughter again.
Carlo looked at the warm picture of the five teenagers who were happy, and he also felt happy. At the beginning, I brought four teenagers out to experience and earn a little money by the way, but in the end I ended up with no gains, and I was quite disappointed. I didn't know that I would pick up such a teenager.,It's an unexpected surprise.,The disappointment calmed down a lot.,A few children can be so happy.,This trip is not in vain.γγ Seeing the harmonious appearance of the five teenagers of the same age, Carlo secretly made a decision in his heart, no matter how short of money, he would never let this young man be left alone, and he must find a way to bring him back to the imperial capital. He liked this boy and didn't care at all that he was of unknown origin. Perhaps, he was just a lonely teenager wandering outside. Thinking like this in his heart, a warmth rose in the heart of Carlo, who had no children and no daughters, and he already regarded Xu Zheng as a cute junior.
Thinking of this, Carlo raised his voice and said, "Angel, do you know if there is a caravan going to the imperial capital?"
Angel hurriedly said, "Yes." There was a caravan buying and selling spices coming from Tusika to return to the imperial capital. Their leader was called Muse CΓ©zanne. I heard him say that their guards made little money, and when they were sent to Lakdor, they broke the contract and returned to Tusiga. We can go on top, but the commission is very small, and there is nothing to do. β
Lucy pouted, "What do you think a small mercenary group like ours can do?" she deliberately emphasized the small word.
Carlo groaned for a moment and said, "How much money?"
Angel said, "4 gold coins." However, there is room and board, and there is also a horse-drawn carriage. β
It's only 4 gold coins, Carlo frowned. Still, there's better than nothing. Thinking like this, Carlo said, "Go and call back to the leader of the caravan, we are willing to take this task." He turned his head to look at Xu Zheng again: "Are you single, would you like to go back to the imperial capital with us?"
Xu Zheng was confused and didn't understand what Carlo was asking him. But seeing that both the big and small classes and Angels looked at them expectantly, only Luki turned her head to the side as if she didn't care, but her eyes kept looking at her secretly, and she nodded subconsciously.
The senior class and the junior class suddenly cheered, and Angel hugged Xu Zheng's shoulder excitedly, and even Luqi showed a faint smile. Looking at their appearance, Xu Zheng knew that his decision was correct.
After a brief negotiation, the caravan decided to set off on the same day.
Xu Zheng and the five Carlos rode on the wildebeest of the caravan and set off for the imperial capital.
In the caravan, Xu Zheng saw the wildebeest for the first time, and he was very curious, so he circled around it until he was satisfied. This creature looks 90% like the horses Xu Zheng had seen in his previous life, except that it has two straight horns on its head, and its body looks stronger and stronger, and its hooves are thicker.
Xu Zheng circled around the wildebeest like a marquee, and he didn't know why, so he was so surprised that the wildebeest was uneasy and shaved his hooves, his nose was blowing heavily, and he didn't let Xu Zheng get close. The attempt to pet them ended in failure, and Xu Zheng had to touch his nose in disappointment and walk away stupidly. This caused the four of Ingres to laugh, and at last even the caravan leader laughed, thinking that this black-haired boy was really funny.
That night, the whole caravan rested in the wilderness. Now add the last member, and the small mercenary group that has become a team of six people will also join the other members of the guard, raise a fire on the ground, and barbecue meat and eat by the fire.
Seeing their baking techniques, Xu Zheng couldn't help but shake his head. It was so simple that he just roasted the meat over the fire, sprinkled it with some spices and started eating, compared with his methods in the forest, it was simply a heaven and a place, and it was completely incomparable. So when Carlo handed the roasted meat to Xu Zheng, Xu Zheng shook his head firmly and refused. This thing can't even eat it, let alone itself.
Asked Carlo for a piece of dried meat, Xu Zheng found a branch to fork it on it, and began to roast it himself.
"Oh, you're going to bake it yourself?" said Carlo grinning, taking it as a teenager's stubbornness, and didn't care. But when he saw Xu Zheng's different methods from Cong, he gradually became interested, and he didn't eat the meat in his hand, and watched Xu Zheng barbecue with all his heart. The more I look at it, the more I feel that Xu Zheng's baking technique is not only ingenious, but also novel and unique, and I have never seen it before.
Because the raw material is dried meat, it has lost its moisture and is no longer as fresh and delicious as fresh meat. So the first step Xu Zheng did was to ask the other guards for some water, and while dipping the dried meat in the water, roast it to remove the stiff taste as much as possible.
With Xu Zheng's movements, the dried meat slowly became full from shriveled. Xu Zheng asked for some more salt, took a little and evenly spread it on the surface of the dried meat, and then repeated the process of dipping it in water and roasting it again, so that the flavor slowly seeped in.
After a while, Xu Zheng's technique just now came into play. The satiety dried meat began to drip fat like fresh meat, and a smell of meat spread.
When Lu Qi smelled the fragrance, they all gathered around, watching Xu Zheng's movements with interest. Angel even stopped the half-roasted meat in his hand and handed the seasoning in his hand to Xu Zheng. Xu Zheng took it and looked at it, there were only three kinds of it, salt, chili, and a powder with a fragrance close to fennel. Compared with the wide variety of spices in his previous life, Angel handed over too few, but as soon as he saw the chili pepper, Xu Zheng was overjoyed. In his previous life, Xu Zheng liked to eat spicy food, but after he was reborn, there was no such thing in the vast forest, which made him feel regretful every time he ate barbecue. I didn't expect this good nephew called my brother to have such a good thing on him, which was a surprise.
As soon as I was happy, I stretched out my hand to grab the kinds of baked ingredients that I was used to in the vast forest from my personal space. As soon as my hand moved, I felt that it was inappropriate. Personal space was also a rare skill in previous lives, and it is not known what the impact of using this skill will be. After thinking cautiously, I immediately put my hand into the fur and pretended to play with it for a long time, before I opened the passage of my personal space under the cover of the fur and took out the spices.