Chapter 109: Adventure Bar
The only way from the pier to the town is the detour in front of you.
The road was dirt and covered with a layer of fine sand and gravel, but wide enough for three carriages to walk in parallel. On both sides of the land, there are some coconut-like trees and low grasses.
There was also a sentry post on the side, a wooden watchtower, where thirty men were stationed.
The port town is not far from the wharf, and after less than a kilometer of following the detour of pedestrians, you can see the low walls of the town.
The length of the wall on the front is about 1,000 meters, and it is a little more than 2 meters high, and it is made of bluestone blocks, which is slightly thin.
If with artillery, one shot is enough to open a gap. But come to think of it, the main function of the town's walls is only to defend against small groups of pirates along the coast.
When Donner and his party passed through the town gate, they each gave a copper coin to enter the city.
A copper plate is not much, but it is a bit of a pit.
It's the first time I've seen Downer see that entering a small town also requires an entrance fee, and I don't know if the same is true for other cities or small towns in the mainland.
According to the size of this town, the population is logically small, but Donner saw people coming and going, and there were many animal carts loaded with goods coming in and out.
Donner was a little puzzled, you must know that a year ago, Donner was still mining on this territory, and it was basically uninhabited.
Willy and the others led the pirates in and out of the land like no one, and after uniting the slaves to kill the mine owner, there was no army to chase them down.
Donner remembers that after following the great river above to the sea, the pirate ship passed through the port.
At that time, I didn't see the dock, but there were no people!
How come a year later, a lord suddenly came here and built a small town out of thin air in the bay.
I don't know how far the iron mine is from the town, or how far the small river that flows into the big river is to the port.
The town also looks like a cross pattern, with two main roads, one horizontal and one vertical, and three carriages can travel side by side.
The streets are full of people, and the flow of people basically exceeds the size of the town.
From the outside, there are people of all walks of life and various statuses, but only the nobility is not seen.
These pedestrians, except for the merchants, who were a little richly dressed, the other mercenaries, sailors, and civilians were all dressed in rags, and all of them seemed to lack nutrition.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, and there are plaques or flags hanging on the doors, and they all have pictures or names written on them to tell customers what kind of business they are doing.
Donner looked closely, and it was a blacksmith shop with a hammer on the board, a tailor's shop with scissors on the flag, and a tavern with a barrel at the door.
Donner looked up and saw that it read 'Adventure Bar', and there was a 'Mercenary House' across the door.
"Commander, where are we going next?" asked Jason.
Donner said, "Ferdin, you take a group of people to the town to buy some food and drink, and send them back to the ship." By the way, the wine that you buy back can be distributed to the brothers on the ship, but it must be divided into batches, and you can't get drunk, you know? ”
Ferdy nodded, and immediately led the group away.
"Next, let's go here!" Donner said to Adventure Bar Nunu, "go have a drink." ”
"Adventure Bar!" Yuri muttered as he looked at the words on the wooden plaque on the door.
"Hey!" Yuri said, "I didn't expect that after many years, the first place to go in this shabby town was actually an adventure bar." ”
"Why, famous?" asked Donner, tilting his head.
"It's famous. "Adventure bars are found in most cities, and I've heard that they were set up by several big chambers of commerce. ”
"Huh!" Donner was slightly stunned.
Isn't this a chain?
"When I was younger, I would go on adventures and basically go wherever I went. "But once you find the adventure bar, it's like you're back home." ”
Interesting!
Donner looked playful, he didn't expect that there would be a hotel chain of this model in this other world.
"Are there a lot of people coming and going to the adventure bar?
"Many, many! Every day there are different faces. Yuri sighed, "Most of the people who come and go to the adventure bar are mercenaries and explorers who make their homes everywhere, and they basically stop at the adventure bar or mercenary house wherever they go."
Yuri gestured to the 'Mercenary's House' across the street.
"Oh!" Donner thought, "why?"
"I know that!" Hans continued, "The Adventure Bar was built by the Chamber of Commerce, the first purpose is to treat explorers and lone mercenaries as customers, and the second is that these Chambers of Commerce or merchants usually go to the Adventure Bar to issue mercenary missions. ”
"And the mercenaries are wandering, and the first thing to go to the adventure bar is to inquire about the news, and the second is to take on tasks to earn silver coins. ”
Donner nodded silently.
"What about the mercenary house, was it also built by the Chamber of Commerce?"
Yuri said: "This doesn't seem to be the case, the mercenary homes are all mercenaries from all over the world who have quit the mercenary world, and they are established alone. I heard that these shopkeepers are some masters of the local mercenary world. ”
A few people came to the door of the adventure bar as they spoke, and there was a waiter at the door, and after seeing Donner and the others, he immediately smiled and said: "Respected guests, welcome to the adventure bar, please inside." ”
Jason walked in front, nodded faintly, and walked into the adventure bar with Donner and the others.
The adventure bar has only one floor, but the area inside is not small, estimated to be about 200 square meters, with stone slabs on the ground and dozens of wooden tables.
Although the adventure bar is called a bar, it actually serves not only alcohol, but also all kinds of otherworldly food, and accommodation.
At this time, there were many people in the bar, and they looked almost all mercenaries on the outside.
These mercenaries were at a table of three or four, drinking wine in clay pots, eating unknown barbecue in large chunks, and without exception there were blades on the side of the table, which were within reach.
Donner's party and the guards were fourteen people in total, occupying three tables.
Donner, Jason, Hans, and Yuri sat in the middle, and the ten guards sat in two shifts on either side.
The guards are unswerving, occupying a position with a good view, keeping a vigilant eye on the inside of the bar, ready to get up and fight at any time.
Donner's dozen people pretended to be unobtrusive, but their behavior was too noticeable.
Few of the mercenaries didn't look at this side, and many of them laughed and pointed at the guards, not knowing what they were talking about.
The waiter stood respectfully on the side, and Jason followed the menu, ordering some food and drinks, and all three tables were the same.
The efficiency of the adventure bar is very fast, and in less than half an hour, the food such as barbecue, bread, and alcohol is served by the maid in the bar.
The food looked quite distinctive, and Donner took a knife and fork and cut a slice of meat, put it in his mouth, and raised his glass to taste it.
A mercenary suddenly came to the table, sat down on a stool with a big grin, and said to Jason, "Hey, brother, can you please have a drink?"