"That's a lot of people...... Look at that shuttle, it's so dazzling! Could it be the 'Wan Modi' mentioned in the book, it costs hundreds of thousands of euros a car! Ah, that seems to be 'Yan Bo', so beautiful!"

The first time Qiangzi came to Luo Tongcheng, he made a fuss about everything all the way, but he was still a loud voice, which caused many passers-by to look at him.

"Hey Qiangzi, I said you've been shouting all the way, can we stop a little" Xia Yu felt that this was the hundredth time he had reminded him.

Qiangzi scratched his head: "Okay! I haven't seen it! Stone, you seem to be here for the first time, why aren't you excited at all!"

Xia Yu was actually quite shaken in his heart.

Luotong City is a big city.

It is surrounded by mountains on the west side, and 100,000 elite troops are stationed here all year round, guarding Luotong City for nearly a hundred years without being attacked by a large number of fierce beasts.

The material is abundant and there is no war all year round, so the population multiplies rapidly.

Counting the Acropolis in the other three directions, Luo Tong's population is nearly 10 million, which is not a small city in the entire Federation.

A hundred years of comfortable life has allowed Luo Tongcheng to accumulate a lot of wealth, and it has attracted countless people who have fled from the small city threatened by war or fierce beasts, which has made her even more prosperous.

Many large groups that are well-known in Chongyan Prefecture and even in the entire federation have branches here, and in addition to the military-run Xirong District, the seven major districts in the city are quite prosperous, among which the oldest and largest Anyang District is the most.

Anyang District is also the destination of Xia Yu and his party.

The most respected organization in the entire Federation, the Luo Tong Branch of the Association of Federal Organists, is located here.

For Xia Yu, although there are many prosperous cities on the earth, he has already come to this world after all, from a remote and backward small mining town like an 18th century mountain village to the streets of the rather "modern" Luotong City, he feels a little like a world away.

The bustling flow of people, the dazzling variety of shops, the strange shuttles on the road, and the various mechanisms carried by pedestrians on the street......

Coupled with the Gothic and Byzantine-style domed high-rise buildings, and even the various billboards that appeared, he felt like he was walking in an ancient European city on Earth.

Compared with the people in Xiaochang Town, the people here are also much more fashionable, and the windbreakers, jackets, long skirts and short shirts that have a bit of a modern sense can be seen everywhere.

Paired with all sorts of quirky mechanical accessories and gemstones, it has the feeling of a 19th-century European street in a movie.

"It's a bit of a steampunk. Xia Yu thought secretly in his heart.

"Hmm, it's delicious! The osmanthus fish cake in front of you seems to be delicious, shall we go buy it and taste it?" On the side, Xia Qi has to settle down a lot, after all, there are snacks in her mouth, but she can't be idle.

"It's not good, you eat so much in your hands before you buy it!"

Xia Yu's face was black, but seeing that his sister had recovered from the shadow of Lao Chen's death, he felt a lot more relaxed.

It's been more than a month since Lao Chen's death.

Xia Yu and Qiangzi's injuries have long been recovered, after all, people in this world are generally stronger.

In the town, Mrs. Huang, with the support of Song Qingyun, successfully became the new chief steward, and the town returned to its former peace.

But Mrs. Huang still suggested that with Xia Qi's talent, she should be able to try to take the entrance examination for a first-class college in the Federation, and this was also Lao Chen's expectation before he died.

For this reason, Xia Yu consulted Song Qingyun's opinion, got a positive answer, and wrote a letter of recommendation to Xia Qi - not a recommendation from a top federal college, but a study at Dongli Secondary College in Luotong City.

In the Federation, there are five top colleges, which annually send countless talents and powerhouses to the government associations, the military, the states and cities, and large groups.

The students of these five colleges, as long as they graduate, are almost coaxed by all parties, and the number of applicants every year is squeezed out. Therefore, starting a few decades ago, they gradually reduced the number of places for the college's separate special recruitment, but joined forces to promote a five-college joint entrance examination held every spring, also known as the "five-college joint examination".

Because the five academies stipulate that students can only be under the age of 18, and the standards are extremely strict, neither Huang Ying nor Song Qingyun mentioned that Xia Yu and Xu Qiang should also prepare.

Even for Xia Qi, they also suggested that they first find a suitable secondary college to study, and specialize in a melee subject, so that they could pass the joint examination of the five colleges in the spring of next year.

Xia Qi didn't buy it.

In fact, she was very happy to see her brother safe and sound that day, but when she went home, she learned that Uncle Chen, who had relied on her since childhood, had died, and this lively and cheerful little girl had stuffed herself at home for several days, unable to eat, and lost weight in a few days.

In the end, it was Song Qingyun's words when she was leaving, which made her cheer up again: "If you want to avenge Lao Chen, you must at least reach four-star strength." But that's too difficult, Zixuan's talent is not bad, but whether he can be admitted to the top five and whether he can break through to 4 stars in the end is very difficult", and left a letter of recommendation to Luo Tong Dongli Middle School.

So, they came to Luotong City.

The three of them walked through the bustling streets for more than an hour, and finally walked from the small hotel to the core business district of Anyang District, and also approached today's destination: the Luotongcheng Branch of the Association of Federal Agencies.

Among the relics left by Lao Chen, in addition to some various but valuable mechanisms that were put away by Xia Yu first, there were more than 1,600 crowns, equivalent to 1.6 million euros.

Xia Yu has long compared that, judging from ordinary clothing, food, housing and transportation, the purchasing power of one euro in the organ world is roughly equivalent to one yuan in the region.

That's a lot of money if it's just for living.

But if you want to practice the tricks, I'm afraid it's not enough, after all, those professional analysis and production instruments are worth a lot of money.

In addition, Xia Qi's tuition fee for half a year of Dongli Middle School cost 200,000 euros, and he will have to keep the expenses for going to the college in the future, so Xia Yu didn't dare to spend the rest of the money.

Both he and Qiangzi are ready to find a job and spend at least half a year here.

Luo Tongcheng is very large, and there are many job opportunities of all kinds, and Qiangzi began to directly want to find a workshop or agency shop as an apprentice, but was stopped by Xia Yu.

They are still young and should look for a promising job.

At least, if you go to the agency association to take a certificate of apprenticeship level, then joining the workshop is a full-time job, and you can learn and practice the machine technique little by little.

"Apprentice, to put it bluntly, is equivalent to a skill certificate!" Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh.

The history of civilization in this world is not very long, and there has always been the threat of fierce beasts, and the strong are respected, so the education of ordinary people is not valued.

At least there is no public institution like a public elementary school that openly teaches ordinary people's mechanical skills.

Only some colleges of higher learning, or aristocratic secondary colleges, formally teach the art of mechanics, but they are very demanding and the tuition fees are expensive.

Moreover, in addition to mechanical studies, what literature, music, fine arts, architecture, politics...... and other cultural disciplines that are quite important on the planet, sorry, there are no colleges in this world that offer these courses.

They only taught three major departments: Source Array Mechanism, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanism Combat, and nothing else.

These academies are usually very difficult for an ordinary person without any background to join.

If you want to get ahead, you can only learn some mechanical source array or mechanical knowledge through various means, such as going to those paid training classes, and then taking a mechanical apprentice level certificate recognized by the Mechanics Association, in exchange for a good job.

This is also the only opportunity in this world for ordinary people to deal with the Association of Mechanics.

Because, according to the standards of the Organ Association, only those who have reached more than 3 stars can be regarded as a real "Organ Master", and those below 3 stars are all apprentices.

"Enrollment in the apprenticeship workshop of the institution! Surprise attack before the exam, 2 days of coverage, but refund all tuition fees!"

"Three years of simulated five years of actual combat, the latest middle-level assessment data of the apprentice of the institution has been released, and the professor of Dongli College has compiled it personally, as long as 1800 orr!"

"Zhao's workshop is recruiting, including food and living with a basic salary of 3,000 euros, and those who have passed the intermediate level of the source array assessment are coming soon!"

As soon as I walked into Xuanwen Street, where the branch of Luotongcheng was located, there was a lot of noise, and some directly handed out leaflets to passers-by, what kind of recruitment, selling assessment materials, and there were people who came directly to recruit people from a distance, and Xia Yu was dumbfounded.

This lively situation is about to catch up with the most prosperous street of institutions and shops!