"President Xu, do you see the river in front of you? That is the Banau River, the largest river in our Northeast Province, and after flowing through the entire Northeast Province, it will continue all the way east, passing through the Duchy of Drake, the Kingdom of Feno, and finally joining the Sgein River. Count Longli enthusiastically pointed to a silver ribbon in front of him and introduced it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi looked up at the sparkling river in front of him, reflecting countless rays of sunlight, which was a little strange.

"Isn't it very cold in the north in winter, and why isn't the river frozen?"

Count Longli laughed: "This is the biggest feature of the Banao River, although it is located in the north of the kingdom, it will never freeze in winter." ”

"Why?" Xu was also a little curious.

Although the northern part of the Lampari Kingdom is not yet the northernmost part of the entire continent, the winter temperature can reach minus 10 to 20 degrees.

Count Longli smiled: "You will understand the reason in a moment." ”

Xu Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes, he didn't expect that this Earl of Longli still had the vice of selling Guanzi.

The carriage carried the two men along a bumpy rural dirt road, eventually stopping in a modest village.

As soon as the Earl of Longley got out of the carriage, a crowd gathered around.

"Lord Castle, you're here again. ”

"Lord Castle, are you coming to take a bath again?"

"Lord of the City, today is a good day, just the right time to come and have more bubbles. ”

"Yes, Lord Castle, you haven't been here for a few days. Take a walk. Let's go to our house for dinner first. I just went up to the mountain yesterday to hunt a horned deer. The legs are still there, so you're here just in time. ”

"Lord of the city, I want to eat candy ......"

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Seeing a group of ordinary villagers enthusiastically surrounding Count Longli, Xu was also a little surprised.

In the past, when he was in Bunta City, Count Satsuma could be regarded as close to the people, but he had never been able to let ordinary civilians have contact and dialogue with him so stress-free as if he were an old friend.

The Earl of Longli was also smiling. greeted everyone very familiarly, and reached out to pick up the child who asked him for candy, greeted Xu Yi, and walked to the old farmer's house who had just invited him to his house for dinner.

Xu Yi followed behind and walked towards the village, and every time he passed a house, someone would always greet the Earl of Longli warmly.

It was not until he came to the old peasant's house that the Count of Longley put down the child, stuffed him with a piece of candy, and then patted him on the buttocks, and drove the child back to his house. This is like the master who invited Xu Yi to enter the door.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Yi immediately felt a suffocating heat mixed with all kinds of strange smells rushing to his face. I couldn't help frowning slightly.

The old farmer who walked in front seemed to have guessed that Xu Yi would react to this smell, and turned around and smiled embarrassedly at Xu Yi: "I'm afraid this distinguished guest can't stand the smell in the house, but there is no way, this is the only way in the countryside, please bear with me." ”

The Earl of Longley, who was on the side, also explained: "It is too cold in winter, and it is necessary to make the house a little warmer. ”

Xu Yi looked into the house and found that there was a stove in the middle of the hut, which was about less than 20 square meters, and there were a few pieces of wood on the stove at this time, and at the same time, there was a trace of green smoke, which made the whole room look a little smoky.

The aroma of mixing with the iron pot on the stove and not knowing what was boiling was really strange.

In the corner of the room was a worn-out bed, covered with a thin futon that was so black that it was impossible to see its original color.

Two children, both no more than ten years old, wrapped in bedding, waited with round eyes to look at the two guests who had suddenly entered the house, but after a moment the two children rushed out of bed together, threw themselves into the arms of the Count of Longley, and cried out merrily.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yixiang smiled at the old farmer who was still apologetic: "Don't worry, the city lord can bear it, of course I have no problem." ”

The old farmer smiled innocently, walked out the back door of the house, and seemed to shout at someone.

After a while, the old peasant and a peasant woman re-entered the house and began to bust themselves around the fire.

At this time, the Earl of Longli had already mingled with the two children, sat down by the stove with a smile, and then greeted Xu Yi.

"Come, President Xu, sit down. Old Hal's stewed deer leg is a rare delicacy, and I haven't eaten it many times. You're in luck, you'll be able to eat it as soon as you come today. ”

Hearing Count Longli's praise, the old farmer, known as Old Hal, narrowed his eyes and laughed, and kept adding various materials to the pot with his hands and feet that Xu Yi couldn't recognize at all.

It wasn't until Lao Hal finally stewed the horned deer leg and put a bowl of soup in front of Xu Yi with both hands, Xu Yi still felt that today's experience was a little weird.

Originally, he thought that the Earl of Longli deliberately left him for a day, and there would be something special to discuss with him, but he didn't expect that he just walked around Batlu City with Xu Yi yesterday, but he didn't say anything.

Early this morning, he took Xu Yi to this ordinary village outside the city, and now he has brought him into the house of this ordinary poor peasant, and tasted the horned deer that the old peasant had hunted and caught by himself.

"Is this Count Longli determined, or is he still hesitating?" Xu Yi questioned in his heart, but on the surface, he remained silent, thanked Old Hal, took the soup bowl, blew on it, and took a sip gently.

A mouthful of strong incense burst in his mouth instantly, making Xu Yi involuntarily give Old Har a thumbs up.

"It's delicious! No wonder the city lord brought me here, it turned out to be greedy!"

After receiving Xu Yi's unsparing praise, Old Hal smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into two slits, turned around and didn't know where it was, and took out a bag that seemed to be made of sheepskin, and took another bowl, opened the stopper on the sheepskin bag and poured it, and suddenly a smell of wine overflowed, but it was filled with fine wine.

"Come, take a bite of venison. Take a sip of wine. That's the best enjoyment. "After the Earl of Longley arrives here. As if he had changed someone, he couldn't see any aristocratic demeanor at all, so he took the wine bowl from Old Hal's hand, and toasted Xu Yi when he picked it up.

Xu Yi touched the bowl with him, poured it in one gulp, and found that although the taste of this wine was not as good as the wine of Saatchi Manor, nor was it as pure as the wine made by the Dwarven Distillery, it was quite good.

So four adults and two children gathered around the fire. Even the children sipped their wine, and feasted on the venison and deer soup, and in a short time they ate a large pot of venison, and they did not even let go of the soup at the bottom of the pot.

After a full meal, Count Longli rested for a while and greeted Xu Yi again.

"Let's go, President Xu, in this weather, after eating a full meal, you should go up there and take a good soak. Definitely a good treat. ”

Xu Yi still wondered in his heart, but he didn't intend to ask.

Today, the Earl of Longley seems to be planning not to speak until the last minute. Of course, he waited patiently and did not rush.

If Count Longli's mind is the same as he guessed, then this matter is indeed a very difficult decision for Count Longli, and it is normal for him to hesitate.

After leaving the old Hal house, the Earl of Longli did not immediately go up the mountain, but returned to the carriage and took out two packages, threw them to Xu Yi, carried the other on his back, led the way in front, and walked to a hill outside the village.

It's good to walk a few steps after dinner, but it's a bit difficult to climb the mountain directly.

Xu Yi's body has never been good, and under such conditions, after climbing a mountain road, he was even more out of breath, which made the Earl of Longli laugh.

"President Xu, I heard that you are a magician, are all magicians as bad as you?"

Xu Yi rolled his eyes, but he was powerless to refute.

At least he knew a lot of magicians at the moment, and he really hadn't seen a single magician with a particularly good body.

Fortunately, the mountain was not high, and the Earl of Longli stopped without climbing to the top of the mountain, and took Xu Yi to a path on the mountainside.

After walking for a while, there was a sound of rushing water in front of me, and a thick fog filled with water vapor drifted in from ahead.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Xu Yi was surprised.

How did this look so much like the thing he occasionally experienced when he was on Earth?

After walking a little further, the water vapor became more intense, but it was still clear that a pool of hundreds of square meters appeared on the mountainside in front of me.

The water in the pool obviously has a considerable temperature, and the intense heat emitted from this cold weather makes the entire pool feel like a fairyland.

That's right, it's a hot spring!

Looking at Xu Yi, who was a little stunned, Earl Longli smiled and said to Xu Yi: "President Xu, you are from the south, you should be the first time to see our specialty hot springs here, right?"

Xu Yi was tempted to say that I had experienced this thing many times on Earth before, but nodded in acknowledgement.

"Since it's my first time, I want to experience it. In this kind of weather, soaking in the hot springs is simply the greatest enjoyment. ”

After dropping these words, the Count of Longli was not at all polite, and did not seem to have any taboos at all, skillfully stripped off his clothes, and went straight into the hot spring pool.

Seeing that Count Longli was still waving at him in the hot spring, Xu Yi shook his head helplessly, and quickly stripped naked and got in.

I have to say that in this cold weather, soaking in this natural hot spring and enjoying the scenery in the distance from a high altitude is really very enjoyable.

However, because of Count Longli's intention to bring him here, Xu Yi couldn't enjoy it easily.

The two chatted for a while soaking in the hot springs.

After a while, Count Longli suddenly sighed: "Old Harr, although they are next to this natural enjoyment, they have to worry about how to eat enough every day, and they are not in the mood to consider this kind of enjoyment, which is really sympathetic." What do you think, President Xu?"

Xu Yi withdrew his gaze from the village at the foot of the mountain and turned his head to look at Count Longli.

This guy has been selling for a day, is he finally going to get to the point? (To be continued......)