"Please, drink!" Merlin raised his bottle at the fisherman who had just entered the bar. This man was much stronger than the other fishermen, and during the time he sat down, the other fishermen would look at his movements, consciously or unconsciously, and this man was the leader of the fishermen, and Merlin believed that his judgment would not be wrong.

In a profession like fishing, the best of them are very conspicuous, of course, it requires a certain amount of skill, but it is more about the difference in body and strength. Roots, on the other hand, was a head taller than the average fisherman, and the strong muscles on his arms and the calluses on his large hands indicated that he was a fisherman leader.

"What do you want?" said Roots, a little smugly.

Merlin didn't say anything, he tore the grilled dried squid into thin strips and threw them into the sauce, "Come on, try my craft, it's even better if you have mustard, that's really perfect." ”

If you can make a perfect grilled dried squid by grilling it like this, Roots doesn't believe it, the fisherman who has been dealing with fish all his life knows the most about these soft things, although he has never seen it grilled and eaten like this, but this is just a refreshment used by the aristocratic lords to relieve boredom, and eating fish in a big gulp is what a fisherman should do.

Roots snorted coldly, and threw a lot of fish into his mouth, a knight from a foreign land, who seemed to be a noble lord who had never suffered hardship, came to the fisherman's bar It was strange enough, and he actually invited him to drink, but he didn't feel normal, because he was the best fisherman in Hippo.

Roots closed his eyes, half speechless, the sweetness seemed to smell of the sea, and he couldn't bear to swallow it. "Wendy, paprika. ”

"How's it going, is it delicious?" asked a boy next to him, who was younger than Merlin, drooling.

"Hurry up, Wendy, paprika. "Roots can't wait.

The proprietress of the fisherman's bar hurriedly walked from the back kitchen, the flush on her face had not yet receded, she walked to Merlin's side, only raised her eyes to look at the young man, and couldn't help but tremble, the black porcelain bottle in her hand, without clenching it, fell on the wooden tabletop. Red powder was scattered.

Hey, Merlin exclaimed, he thought that the pepper was still in the distant New World, and he didn't expect to see this dream spice here. He dipped a little of his finger into his mouth and put it in his mouth, and a spicy spicy sensation only rushed to his nose, and tears flowed out.

"You're the first one who dares to eat Aunt Wendy's chili powder directly. The boy on the side gloated and said, he has long been dissatisfied with this young man, there is no way, people are better than him, and he is rich, the key is that even Wendy will blush when he sees him, sometimes jealousy is so inexplicable. They don't even know each other's names.

"Here, drink some water!" A peach-colored porcelain cup suddenly appeared in front of Merlin, and a moon flower on it was delicate, but unfortunately, a piece of the handle was missing, and at this time Merlin's mouth was about to burst into flames, so he took a big sip of the cup directly.

The sweet honey water moistened his throat, still spicy, and he took another big sip, "Thank you!" Merlin looked up to meet Wendy's concerned gaze. "Very sweet honey water. ”

The young man next to Merlin was breathing heavily, he remembered very clearly, the personal item that belonged to Wendy was now held on the damn man, how could he use Wendy's cup, how could he do such a thing, at this time he selectively forgot that this cup was handed to Merlin by Wendy himself. He looked at Merlin viciously.

Red chili powder sprinkled into the rich sauce, and Roots took out a browned dried squid again, dipped it in chili powder and sauce, and eagerly put it into his mouth, showing an intoxicated expression.

"Tell me, what's the matter with you," Roots opened his eyes and exhaled a spicy breath of air, "Young man, the grilled fish you made tastes so good!"

Roots never praises something lightly, and if he does, he will not be wrong.

The young man next to Merlin also picked up a dried squid, dipped it in chili powder and sauce and put it in his mouth. After eating this bite, I couldn't hold back anymore and stretched out my hand again.

"Enough, fork, young man don't be so gluttonous. Roots stretched out his big hand and stopped everyone around, "There are still guests here." ”

In Merlin's eyes, the favorability of Roots and the young people around him has risen rapidly, Roots has climbed to about 120, and young people have stopped increasing after reaching 90.

Food is a temptation that no race can resist, and the ancestors said it well, and the food is also colorful. Food and beauty are universal means everywhere.

"I'm going to buy fish, a lot of fish," Merlin said, tearing off some more dried squid and roasting it over an alcoholic flame, a secret recipe from a mysterious island in the Empire.

Roots was more interested in Merlin's grilled fish, but less concerned about what Merlin said.

"I want you to send the fish to Ashfurnace Village!"

"Ash Furnace Village, the Ash Furnace Village over there in Xia Suo Town?" asked the young man called Fork next to Merlin.

"Yes, if it's a sailboat, it's only three days to get to Ashfurnace Village. Merlin said.

"The closest place to Ash Furnace Village is only Xia Suo Town, and it will take at least five days from Xia Suo Town to Ash Furnace Village. In such weather, the fish already stinks when they arrive in Ash Furnace Village. Roots knew everything about the situation around Hippo, so it's no wonder he had questions.

"Ashfurnace Village now has its own dock," Merlin said, dabbling some honey water and drawing a map of the coastline near Hippo City on the wooden tabletop, "Now Lord Augustine is presiding over the construction of a new monastery in Ashfurnace Village, and soon Ashfurnace Village will become Ashfurnace Town." In these days, you don't have the strength to work just by eating bread, but you have to eat some meat to work. ”

Roots nodded, he also agreed with Merlin's statement, if you just eat bread, it is easy to get hungry, and when you are hungry, you will not have the strength. So fishermen eat fish every day. After eating fish, you will have strength.

The blue flame at the bottom of the white porcelain bowl was extinguished, the alcohol burned for a very short time, and Merlin didn't have much alcohol from the old cellar to get it. Of course, you can also change it to charcoal-grilled dried squid, but the taste is much worse.

After taking care of the fish, a stone in Merlin's heart fell to the ground, but the rain outside the door had no intention of stopping.