001: Dark Forest
At the southwest end of the Dragon Wing Continent, there is a relatively backward and barren land with a relatively backward civilization process, called Northland, where there are dozens of kingdoms and principalities, the largest one has a population of hundreds of thousands, and the small one has only one castle and thousands of people, and wars are rampant and disasters are continuous.
Located in the northwest corner of Northland, the Kingdom of Pru, near the shores of Relaine and bordered to the south by a dense whispering forest, Seaport Town is a veritable seaport town.
Half on land and half in the sea, the town used a few long logs to insert into the shallow sea, nailed thick planks on them, and built wooden huts out of wood and pine branches, and the main income came from seafood.
The wizard-haunted place Roshi was going to was Khakir City, only a few dozen miles away from Harbor Town, but it was not the time to go.
One is because the time has not yet come.
According to the records of the Wizards of the Black Tower, the wizard apprentices who run rampant in this area only meet in Kaqir City once every ten years to exchange resources with each other, and there is still half a year before their meeting date.
Another reason is the issue of risk.
Yes.
Risk issues.
In the Black Tower, there is no distinction between countries and organizations on the Dragon Wing Continent, and the wizards of the Black Tower only divide the Dragon Wing Continent into two regions.
The Black Tower, and the Dark Forest.
The Dark Forest is a general term for all areas outside of the Black Tower, and the name behind this title represents the rules that the area adheres to.
The Black Tower advocates equivalent exchange, while the Dark Forest advocates the law of the jungle.
In this dark forest, in order to get a fair and just deal, the premise is that both sides of the transaction must stand on the same level, otherwise they will not pay their own trade goods, but also pay their own lives, bad things must be done, and the grass must be eradicated, and no one understands the meaning better than wizards.
The city of Khaki was carefully selected by Roshi, and the wizards who haunted this area were all low-level apprentices who had only completed one or two magic pattern paintings, but it was still full of risk for Roshi, who had no skills to accompany him.
So Luo Xi decided to take advantage of this half a year to concentrate on breaking through the knight rank and becoming an official knight.
So, Roshi stayed in Port Town.
The problems of food, clothing, shelter and transportation were dealt with with by Dale and Louis, who found Roshi in the ocean, and even knitted a straw skirt with some kelp on him at that time, of course knowing his situation.
The house they had for Roshi was a two-story wooden building perched on a cliff adjacent to the coast, where a wealthy merchant had been granted eight gold coins and moved out.
There are three kinds of metal currencies in the Dragon Wing Continent, namely gold coins, silver coins, and copper plates, and the exchange ratio is 1:100, according to different regions, the purchasing power also varies, but in general, the purchasing power of 1 copper plate is equivalent to a dollar on the earth, and 8 gold coins are almost 80,000 yuan, and the house in the border town can buy this price is already good.
The walls were white and the rubble was blue, and there was a manicured lawn in front of the house with an oak tree and a pair of swings hanging from the tree, which could be seen directly from the sea below, and Louis later added a stone garden table and chairs for Rohi, as well as a brown vine lounger.
Around the yard, there is a white fence full of green creepers, and out of the fence is a long slope that leads to the town below, and the grass on the slope is perennially full of white flowers, which are 'snow lilies' with five petals.
Life was pleasant.
In the morning, Roch would stand on a cliff, listening to the sound of the waves crashing against the reef, and begin his knightly training, watching the red sun slowly rise over the sea level.
This is followed by meditation as usual.
Roshi changed the time of each meditation a bit so that it was just noon after the first meditation, and after lunch, he would lie down on the wicker chair to rest.
The afternoon sun is always warm, and the shade of the oak trees is not uncomfortable, but rather comfortable, and Roche has to admit that the chaise longue is fantastic.
When he wakes up, he usually catches the sunset, and Roshi waits until the sun has completely set before he begins to meditate, and at the end of the day, he can see the stars in the sky.
At this time, Roch would push open the fence and come to the edge of the cliff to breathe in the night air, the sea breeze at night was very strong, a little damp, mixed with a little fishy smell, but there was a refreshing feeling, then Roshi felt that he was not an old man, because old people would not do this.
The children of the town would often come up to listen to Roshi's stories, and after this landing, Alan did not get on the Tulip again, and the Algar incident saddened him for a long time.
Dale had invited him to become a professional seafarer aboard the Tulip, but after this voyage, he felt that his future was not in the ocean.
Under his preaching, the children of the town knew that there was an amiable old man who could tell stories on the cliff, so they always came in a large group at a time.
There are more people listening to the stories, but there are fewer stories told by Roshi, but most of the time Roshi still finds time to tell some to the children.
He didn't know why, maybe to remember that he was a person, even if one day he would forget, but he still wanted this day to come as late as possible.
There are a lot of stories to tell, very miscellaneous, there are Snow White, Cinderella, The Lion King, etc., but those fairy tales Roshi doesn't know much, after all, high school textbooks don't teach these.
After the fairy tale he knew, the children were still unsatisfied, and Roshi could only move out the history textbook, but fortunately, he had always scored well in history.
talked about some Western European history that fits the background of the times here, but more about the Chinese history that replaces the names of the background characters, and there is a lot of content about the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization.
From the sorcerer Nuwa to the creation of people, to the first emperor Qin's unification of the continent, from Mr. Yi's defeat in Shangfeng Valley to Yuanzhang Zhu's uprising and revolution.
The other children like to listen to the grievances and hatreds inside, like to listen to the legendary knight Zhao Yun riding the savior, and like to listen to the oath of the down-and-out prince Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua.
Allen, on the other hand, seems to be more interested in the stories of the first emperor Qin who unified the continent and ended the wars and disputes, and the Han Gaozu Liu Bang slashed the demonic beast and the White Snake uprising.
And when he heard that Yuanzhang Zhu's Northern Expedition had returned to the world, he stared at a pair of big eyes and asked in confusion: "Mr. Luo Xi, isn't Yuanzhang Zhu a commoner? How can he beat the king?"
The class mentality in the Dragon Wing Continent is very serious, to the point where it is deeply ingrained that commoners should live under the rule of the aristocracy, and this story of Luo Xi obviously subverts their cognition.
After thinking about it, Luo Xi smiled kindly: "Because the king is not a good person and has done something wrong." ”
"Can the king do something wrong?" Alan wondered
"Of course, not every king is smart. ”
"But... If Yuanzhang Zhu hits the king, then... Who's going to be king?"
The warm sea breeze blew across the sea, rolled up a few waves, blew over the cliffs and danced in the wind, blew into the fence yard, and stroked the ends of Roshi's silver hair.
Facing the sea breeze, he looked at those big smart eyes, and inadvertently, planted a seed that changed the future.
He smiled in the wind: "He can be the king himself!"