Chapter 518: The Little Beggar in Donghe Town
Donghe Town has a population of about 300,000 and is very mobile, most of them are adventurers from all over the world, and less than one-third of the people who are really stationed in Donghe Town are really normal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAmong the 100,000 people, there are also soldiers from major trading houses, associations, and an integrated regiment.
Seeing the signboard of the Wild Survivors Association from a distance, Du Qian sighed in his heart, no wonder this association can stand tall in the empire, and it is really famous. It is said that in any corner of the empire, whenever a new town appears, the first thing you will see is definitely the building of the Wild Survivors' Association.
The number of members of the association is large, no one has counted it specifically, and it is difficult to count it, anyway, many people believe that the total number of members of the association, including peripheral and vassal personnel, may be several times that of the imperial soldiers. Most importantly, the Wild Survivors' Association attracted a large number of warriors with their unique protocols.
All members of the association, the minimum requirement is to become a war spirit, below the war spirit, those who aspire to become a warrior monk, can only be counted as peripheral members.
A series of means such as freedom to come and go, the point system, and the whole country have really attracted a large number of martial monks. The other organizations naturally looked blushing, but the Wild Survivors' Association was slowly formed after countless years, and the fact that it was spread all over the empire alone was not something that latecomers could easily catch up with.
In terms of scale alone, in addition to the Imperial Military Department, only the Drifting Snow Trading House can compare with it. Where there are associations, you can see the Drifting Snow Trading Company, a newly developed town, which is very dangerous, but also has great business opportunities.
Most of the wealth of human beings comes from the wild, and most of the wealth in the wild comes from spirit animals. After all, Du Qian was not an imperial official, he was just a small citizen before, and his understanding of people's livelihood was extremely limited. In the past few days, he has been thinking about a question, when humans and spirit beasts form an alliance, what to do with human resources?
If you don't kill the spirit beasts, where will the food come from? If the land area controlled by humans is not super fertilizer, it will definitely not be enough to supply the huge population needs of humans. A large number of war masters, if they don't have enough spirit horns, their increase speed will drop by at least ten times, which is absolutely unbearable for humans.
The few adventurers he met before were carrying spirit beasts on their shoulders, Du Qian didn't believe that it was the corpse of the spirit beast they had picked up in the mountains. What is the form of the alliance between humans and spirit animals, and what is the purpose of the alliance?
Turning the corner of the street, Du Qian thought and walked towards the Wilderness Survival Association, as long as this information was not a high-level secret, the answer could be found there.
Ling Caiyi stopped suddenly, staring at the garbage heap in the corner, Du Qian had already walked more than ten meters away and looked back. In the garbage heap in the corner, a small head was exposed, and its body was covered with a badly damaged animal skin.
There has never been a shortage of beggars in the empire, let alone a town of this level, even in the capital city, beggars can occasionally be seen. Of course, Shangjing and the four escort capitals have special institutions to shelter beggars. In fact, the welfare of the Zhoushan Empire was still quite good, and the number of beggars was far less than that of the Zhenhai Alliance.
As for what the Mending Heaven official said that there are no beggars, no one believes it at all, and the Mending Heaven Republic is quite dark in many ways. Of course, this could also be the propaganda of Zhou Shan and Zhenhai.
All in all, in the Zhoushan Empire, the chances of encountering beggars are really not very high, and perhaps only in remote towns like Donghe are easier to see.
Ling Caiyi hesitated for a while, took a few steps forward, endured the stench emitted by the garbage, waved his hand and rolled up a light breeze, sweeping away the garbage covering the beggar's body, revealing the small body inside.
It was a little girl, she looked like she was about ten years old, the clothes on her body could no longer see the original color, her little face was dirty, her cheeks were flushed, and she had a pair of big eyes, staring at Ling Caiyi with vigilance in her eyes.
"Little girl, why are you here, and where are your family?" asked Ling Caiyi, half-crouching in the garbage heap in the gentlest tone.
She has some understanding of the system of the Zhoushan Empire, and knows that there are few orphans who are beggars outside, although the War Orphan Academy has been questioned in various ways, but its existence does provide an easier place for orphans to survive.
In addition to the War Orphans Academy, there is also the Imperial Shelter, where even if the child's parents are not soldiers, they can still have food in the shelter and not be displaced.
The little girl kept her mouth shut and said nothing. Du Qian, who was originally not interested in the little beggar, his eyes lit up, he flew in front of the little girl, stretched out the middle finger of his right index finger, and nodded on the little girl's eyebrows.
"I'll ...... What is the situation?" Du Qian was dumbfounded, a trace of spiritual energy mixed with divine thoughts, and at this point, the little girl's body had been probed through.
"What's wrong? she's sick?" the little girl's cheeks were abnormal, flushed, and it was evident that it hadn't gone away for a long time. Reaching out and trying it on her forehead, it was cold, the temperature was definitely abnormal, but it was not a fever.
"Take her away. Du Qian pondered for a moment and said.
"Good. ā
"No!" the little girl finally spoke, firmly refusing, small sparks appeared in her eyes, her little fists clenched, and her whole body clenched.
This time, even the Holy Lord of the Cloud Side, who couldn't understand the lingua franca, opened his mouth in surprise, this little girl was full of explosive power in an instant, and she obviously didn't feel any energy, but she exuded a sense of strength that was not inferior to that of a warrior-level warrior, how could this be?
You must know that in the Seine River Valley, the strongest is the Holy Lord, and under the Holy Lord is the warrior, if it is calculated according to the combat power, at this moment, the powerful power shown by the little girl is no longer weaker than the war master.
Ruan Yu and Magnetic Bear, these two are the top geniuses that Du Qian has encountered, and they are much better than Yao Jing's talent. In terms of talent alone, I believe that it will be difficult for the entire Zhoushan Empire to find the third place.
There may be many people who become war masters before the age of twenty, but most of them have excellent family backgrounds, countless cultivation resources, and strong people have been guiding them from an early age. Ruan Yu and Magnetic Bear don't have these resources, they all rely on their own talents, and they can't find a few people in the entire continent who can do this.
"Don't be nervous, we're good people. Ling Caiyi said softly.
Du Qian slapped his forehead, and it was over. Don't look at this little girl's age, there is definitely a story, just look at her eyes, you know that she is extremely wary of strangers, you say that you are a good person, people will believe you?
Sure enough, hearing Ling Caiyi's words, the little girl's body collapsed even tighter, and she tried to shrink her body back, putting herself in the shadow of the corner, as if this was the only way to make her feel a little safe.
"It's useless to talk so much nonsense. Du Qian stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pick up the little girl, the little girl swung her fist and hit Du Qian's face, and in front of the small fist, a milky white wind was formed.
As soon as Gangfeng appeared, it disappeared immediately, and the little girl's fist hung down weakly, and her eyes were full of despair.
"Let's go, find a hotel first, clean up for her, it stinks. Du Qian waved his hand and fanned it a few times, the smell of this girl was indeed very strong.
"Well, leave it to me. "Don't look at Ling Caiyi's age, people are like this, if you look at it in the right eye, how to look good, you don't need any reason.
took the little girl from Du Qian's hand, hugged her tightly in his arms, wiped her face as she walked, and threw away the rancid garbage hanging on her body.
The little girl's whole body was weak, and she closed her eyes in despair, at the mercy of Ling Caiyi.
"Don't be afraid, little sister, we are really good people, now take you to the hotel, give you a bath, change your clothes, sister will take you to a big meal, and there will be very, very delicious fruits. ā
Sometimes, people are really strange, there is not much of the Templar fruit left in Ling Caiyi's space talisman, and she is usually reluctant to eat it, let alone take it out to Du Qian, even if Du Qian is the thigh she is holding, she is still reluctant.
But this first time she met, the little girl who was dirty all over her body made her love overflow, and she was willing to take out even the most precious temple fruit.
In a small town like Donghe, there is no shortage of hotels, but there are not many civilian houses. After walking a short distance, I came across a nice-looking guesthouse.
opened the room and asked for a table of wine and food, and Du Qian and the Holy Lord of Yunbian ate it. In fact, they are not the kind of people with good mouths, before in the battlefield of divine beasts, it took nearly two months to fly, and the birds had long faded out of their mouths, and it was a kind of enjoyment to eat a beautiful meal.
The Holy Lord of Yunbian didn't have much interest in the dishes here, so he ate a few bites, threw down the tableware, and poured it directly with the wine jug. Du Qian is not short of money, and Ling Caiyi doesn't care even more, what he wants is naturally the best. In a small town like Donghe, the most are wild adventurers, these people live a life with today and no tomorrow, earn a lot, and spend a lot, so the wine and food in the hotel are really good.
Although the deep-sea brew here is not very authentic, at least it is not a fake, and it still tastes very good in the mouth. As for the dishes, Du Qian tasted a few bites, but he really couldn't eat them, not to mention that compared with the Holy Church Domain, even the food of the civilians in the Sena Domain was also the dishes on the Tyranny Continent.
The girl's bath is not ordinary slow, the two have already drunk more than a dozen pots of wine, and Ling Caiyi walked out of the bathroom with the newly washed little girl.
"Suspicious, this little girl is so beautiful, she looks a little familiar. Du Qian said in surprise, he couldn't understand why the little girl in front of him actually gave him a very familiar feeling.
The little girl is very beautiful, her half-length hair is still dripping down, it may be long-term malnutrition, her hair is a little yellow, she is wrapped in a bath towel, and the new clothes have been purchased by the waiter, this kind of small place, food, wine, and beauties are never lacking, but the little girl's clothes are really not easy to buy.
The little girl, who had already relaxed a little, heard Du Qian's words, her body collapsed again, and she retreated behind Ling Caiyi.
The little one is quite sensitive and knows who is really good to her.