1330. The city of Ruyt
After entering the tourist commune, these young men walked straight to the front desk, they were dressed in light leather armor, some accessories hung from their weapons at their waists, and they wore delicate gold and silver ornaments on their wrists, and their steps were light.
Surdak couldn't help but look twice at the two pretty girls.
In fact, he was not attracted by the appearance of young girls, and in terms of the beauty of their faces, few girls could compare to Thea and Samira, after all, one was a mermaid of Cana, and the other was a half-elf of elven blood.
Surdak only saw the shadow of Hathaway and Beatrice from them, it seemed that they had just come out of the swordsman academy, and they were still relatively fresh, curious, and a little arrogant in the face of the outside world, and several young men next to them took good care of them.
The young swordsman, who seemed to be the most shrewd and capable, asked the waitress in front of the bar:
"Hello, how much do we have to pay if we want to go to the Norma River to see the waterfall?"
The mermaid lady of the Cana tribe was covered with wet droplets of water, and it kept dripping down...... The charm of that alien race is infinitely magnified in her.
She introduced in a strange imperial Chinese: "If you don't need any additional items, each person only needs three gold coins, the travel cycle will be about three weeks, we will arrange a professional tour guide to provide you with professional services throughout the journey, these three gold coins include two gold coins to cross the portal, and the other gold coin will cover your three light meals a day, the cost of the magic caravan, and the cost of accommodation along the way, you will take the magic caravan along the way, and will stay in the most comfortable hotels in various towns along the way." ”
"Of course, if you want to eat something a little different along the way, you can choose to go out and find a good restaurant to eat on your own, or you can choose our luxury catering service, which is guaranteed to give you a taste of the flavors of each town along the way."
"If you have any thoughts about a four-person one-room hotel, you can also choose the luxury accommodation service, and you can stay in one room for the whole time......
"If you still want to enjoy the grassland sunset with those mermaid ladies after arriving at Lake Norma, this part of the cost will be calculated separately."
It could be seen that she had said these words many times, and she could recite them fluently even with her eyes closed.
Thea wasn't in the hall at this time, she had just gone up to the second floor to attend to some official business.
Surdak was alone on the sofa in the rest area of the hall, with a cup of black tea on the table in front of him, he was also listening to Miss Cana's introduction, he didn't expect Thea's travel commune to be such a low fee, a trip across the plane, ordinary people want to pass through that portal, it costs at least two gold coins.
With the remaining gold coins to cover the cost of living and carriage for twenty-one days, it is difficult to imagine the profit point of this tourist commune...... Is it also forced consumption?
Surdak thought about it and was going to mention it to Seattle later, as doing too much of this kind of thing might have a certain impact on local tourism.
Just as he lowered his head and thought about things, a gentle voice suddenly came from beside him: "Mr. Knight, are you also going to go on a trip to dry cloth?" If we were going to visit Lake Norma, we were ...... all the way."
“…… No, I'm going a different route, and I'm trying my luck in the Honkai. Surdak raised his head, nodded slightly to the sweet-looking young female swordsman, and said casually.
The young female swordsman showed a regretful expression and retreated lightly, her big white legs exposed under the leather armor, and she walked like a light deer.
It's just that she walked back to her companion, and her voice was immediately not so gentle, and she covered her face with her hands to relieve her embarrassment, and said with some complaints:
"Gakitru, why don't we go to Canyon Town to see the strange houses on the rock face?"
The shrewd-looking male swordsman said gently, "Didn't everyone discuss it last night, let's go to Lake Norma to watch Miss Mermaid's water dance performance......
Someone on the side immediately chimed in: "Please, let's stop arguing about this." ”
Another young man took the opportunity to say: "Actually, I think the most worthwhile place to visit in the Gampoo Plane right now is neither Canyon Town nor Lake Norma, but Mukuso on the other side of the portal, where the streets are now full of new elements." ”
"It's not easy to get to Mucuso, as long as we line up and we can cross that gate." The young swordsman named Gakitru said casually.
Although the voice of their conversation was very low, it still could not escape Surdak's ears.
A group of young people quickly paid the deposit, and the Gakitru actually took out three magic crystals.
When they reached the door of the tourist commune, the sweet-looking girl suddenly turned around, strode towards Surdak, and said in a soft voice:
"Mr. Knight, can I have lunch with you? I know there's a restaurant not too far away, and it's a good barbecue. ”
Surdak was thinking about how to refuse this group of young people from the countryside, when he saw Thea coming down from the upper floor, gently holding the long mermaid dress with one hand, with a light makeup on her face, and a hint of suppressive smile, before she said:
"I'm sorry, he's promised me...... It's time to have lunch with me. ”
The young female swordsman looked at Thea, and then at Surdak, and her face showed a hint of indignation and disappointment towards Thea, and she pursed her lips and turned away without saying a word.
Siya gracefully sat next to Surdak and teased him, "I didn't expect you to be quite popular with the little girl......"
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As Surdak and Thea left the tourist commune, they saw several young men walking in in groups, also dressed as members of an adventure party, and talking about a trip to the Gampo Plane and some supplies to be prepared here in Ruyt, where many goods were very cheap.
Surdak pushed the window of the car, waited until the carriage left the side of the street and merged into the traffic on the street, and then asked Thea with a smile:
"Are you offering any pro bono services to the young party members...... How could so many members of the party come to you? ”
Thea narrowed her big blue eyes and stared at Surdak suspiciously for a moment before explaining: "I will give them how to save money when living outside, and enjoy better service, whether it is choosing a restaurant or a hotel, there are very questions about this." ”
"That's all?" Surdak was somewhat unconvinced.
Thea patted her chest and promised, "Well, that's all!" Simple, isn't it? There are many people who are afraid of trouble, so they will choose a simpler way when traveling, after all, three gold coins are nothing to many rich people. ”
"Didn't you drag the guests into a log cabin and not let them out without paying for some stones?" Surdak asked tentatively.
"How can you have such evil thoughts?" Thea glanced at Surdak with disdain.
Surdak said, "I just don't think three gold coins will cost them enough to complete a three-week trip to the plane. ”
The topic returned to how to save money, and she seemed to have a lot of experience with this Thea, she snapped her fingers as white as mutton fat jade, and carefully calculated to Surdak: "Actually, it is still possible to save money, when the tour group passes through the portal, it is just a passenger magic caravan to pay the toll tax, in fact, it only costs five gold coins, and each town hotel and restaurant is a negotiated price, and the magic caravan is our own, a coachman and a guide only need to pay sixty silver coins a month, This is still the highest commission standard in the industry in Ruit City, so there is still a lot to earn, but the profit is smaller, but you also said that when we start the reputation of the dry cloth plane, there will be more people willing to come here to play in the future, and there will be more and more profit points, so what we need to do now is to save up the word of mouth......"
"What's more, those who are willing to participate in this kind of tour group always hope to live better and eat better." Speaking of this, Thea sneered again like a cunning fox.
Surdak thought of the tourism industry that was about to be developed on the Ganbu plane, and said: "Yes, in the future, the Ganbu plane will establish a reputation for tourism, the streets are clean and tidy, and the hotels and restaurants are ...... Even the street food must have some characteristics, and we must make great efforts to build some public facilities, at least to make the road a little smoother......"
The magic caravan left the central square, and there were many vehicles on the streets of Ruit, half of which were trucks carrying various supplies, and when this kind of truck passed through the portal, it still enjoyed the subsidy of Mucuso City, that is, the toll tax could be deducted from the commercial tax of Mucuso City.
The central square is very lively, and many people are busy here.
It is difficult to see homeless people on the streets, who are said to be under the unified management of the urban health bureau, and as long as they can still work, they have to come out in the early hours of the morning to sweep the roads and take out the garbage.
There were no street children to be seen on the streets, and according to Surdak's demands, all of them were to be rescued by the city of Ruyt, and when they became adults, they were to work for the city, or simply transferred to the town of the dry cloth plane to work as civil servants until he paid off all the debts he owed, and then he could regain his freedom.
So the public benches on the streets of the city are not the beds of the homeless, the trash cans in the back alleys of restaurants are not the dining tables of the street children, and the temporary shelters of the homeless elderly under the bridges.
Although these systems have been implemented and Surdak mobilizes a large amount of money every month, the exact effect has not been studied in detail.
Either way, at least it's hard to see the homeless people on the streets.
The magic caravan arrived at the restaurant plaza, which is now fully completed, with a food court with public drinking water facilities and toilets, as well as communal dining areas, rows of shops eager to put their kitchens outside, and the smell of barbecue and seafood fills the streets.
The entire dining area is packed with diners, and the bustling crowd gathers into a stream of people into the food court, which has become the most prosperous place in the city of Ruyte.
Surdak and Thea did not follow the crowd into the dining plaza, they sat in the magic caravan, looking out the window at the bustling scene inside, just a magic caravan that was stalled against the side of the street, which quickly attracted the attention of the patrol knights of the guard battalion.
Thea asked with some envy, "How do you know it's going to get more and more lively?" ”
"Although it is a slum, it is located near the gate of Ruit City, with natural geographical advantages, the first thing foreign businessmen see when they enter Ruit City is here, and when it comes to catering, many restaurants must be concentrated together to have a competitive advantage, because many people want to eat something good, in fact, they don't know what they want to eat, and it is always wrong to have a few more choices, so there will be such a catering square." Surdak said slowly.
"There is another consumer group here, that is, some foreign merchants, look at that group of people, they have just arrived in Ruite City, and they are new to the city, so they will naturally choose to eat in a crowded place, because a restaurant with a lot of people will not taste too bad."
"Since these restaurants are public-looking, they are not exclusively for the aristocracy, and of course they should be built in the places with the greatest customer traffic."
Surdak looked at the bustling street market, and could no longer remember the chimneys of the steel workshops.
"It's become the liveliest place in Ruit at night...... "Thea still sighs.
Two knights of the Guard Battalion on horseback slowly approached and stopped next to the magic caravan.
Surdak's magic caravan didn't have any noble insignia, it looked only slightly more luxurious than the magic caravan that could be hired on the streets, and the knight of the guard battalion leaned over, knocked on the window with his knuckles, and made a quick departure gesture to the inside of the car.
Another knight of the guard battalion said to the coachman with a serious face: "There is so much traffic here, why do you still park here?" If you don't recognize the no-parking zone sign in front of you, leave quickly, or you will be fined......"
The coachman was slightly stunned, and was just about to open his mouth to identify himself, when the front window of the back carriage was pushed open by Surdak's hand, and Surdak opened his mouth and said to the two knights: "Let's go here......"
When the coachman heard all these words from the Archon Surdak, he looked at the two knights of the guard battalion speechlessly, and raised his whip and pointed it on the horse's stock.
The magic caravan began to move slowly forward, blending into the crowd of traffic.
"Hey! There are still guards battalion knights who don't know you......" Thea sat in the carriage and smiled.
"What's so strange about this, you can't expect all the three thousand knights in the guard battalion to know me, and even if they know me, there is nothing wrong with enforcing the law in this way, and I have to abide by these systems!"
Surdak replied in a good mood leaning against the leather sofa in the compartment.