Book 564 Patron Saint
It is not an easy task to realize the trade between the White Moon Country and the West Country. Even if you rely on the power of the country to vigorously develop shipping from now on, it is estimated that in fifty years, you will be able to make money from the country of the west.
Zhou Shu told the sick princess a lot of good news, most of which he said nonsense, which had no practical value, he just wanted to say more to please his princess.
The sick princess was a smart woman who could sense Zhou Shu's intentions, and she knew that she should be happy at this time, so she did so. However, what she wants to know most at the moment is the distribution of power in this country called the West Country, and now she only knows that this place is not fundamentally different from the White Moon Country, both are mortal countries, ruled by a few people, and are not absolutely fair, harmonious, and eliminate a contradiction as recorded in many fantasy travelogues, and there is no currency in the country.
When it comes to the distribution of forces, Zhou Shu is dumb. He said that he had not yet had a chance to ask about this situation, and that he should be able to ask if he worked hard today.
He accidentally forgot it yesterday and neglected such an important matter. His current knowledge of the West Country was limited to the fact that the king was a man and that the country was not at peace. As for others, such as national territory, continental form, and religious beliefs.
In fact, this kind of thing can be directly asked by the young man who gave the house to himself yesterday, but now that he missed it, it is not easy to find the person who is looking for him, so he has to try to ask other young people.
Putting down the phone call with the sick princess, Zhou Shu said the goal of today's mission. The Grey Witch felt that this was indeed something that needed to be figured out as much as possible. She has additional content that she is more interested in, though.
"Something to do with magic?" Zhou Shu keenly guessed something.
"Not bad. The Grey Witch nodded, then said that she wanted to find the magicians of this world.
Magic is everywhere. The Grey Witch is convinced of this. There must also be hidden magicians in this world, and they are not powerful. The Grey Witch had previously been in the White Moon Country to show her power to the magicians there, and thus gained a foothold and help, and now she wants to repeat her old tricks.
"Sounds like a big project. Zhou Shu also agreed with the Gray Witch's idea, "Then let's go and finish mine first, and then accompany you to find the magician." β
The Gray Witch waved her hand at this JianyΓ¬, "I'd better go and get busy myself, you don't know magic." It can't help, so we'll split up. β
"Split heads?" Zhou Shu didn't like the word 'split action', which mainly stemmed from the prejudice he brought about when he watched horror movies as a child. In horror movies, basically the main character's team will die immediately when they split up, and the person who proposed the split action usually dies the worst.
Fortunately, life is not a horror movie, Zhou Shu thought about it for a while and decisively agreed with the gray witch's mention. According to the Book of Calling. There are no magicians in the vicinity at all, and the gray witch has to find it to find the city, and she will go to a far place. She flies around in the sky alone, and it should be quite efficient to find people.
After deciding on the 'plan of action', the Gray Witch solemnly pulled Nati and Ban Shi'er aside and whispered to them, "You have to protect Zhou Shu during my absence, but you must also be careful of him. He's a slur. He has an extremely possessive desire for female bodies, and you must not be taken advantage of by him. β
The gray witch is not a martial artist, and the ears of the martial artist are as sensitive as being blessed by the wind elf, and these words were completely heard by Zhou Shu.
Nati and Ban Shi'er looked at each other and said that they didn't think Zhou Shu was such a person. This statement is also another big man Zhou blushing a little, he was still thinking of a way yesterday. I'm looking for an opportunity to take advantage of Nati.
The Grey Witch didn't force them to believe her words, she would have such a warning for the sick princess, she still liked the sick princess a lot, and didn't want her boyfriend to mess around outside, although this kind of thing didn't seem to her to be nothing.
After telling this, she, a witch, flew away from the window on a broomstick, and the speed was like a deflated balloon, and ordinary people couldn't tell what it was whirling out of the window and flying into the sky.
Zhou Shu looked at Nati and Ban Shi'er with some embarrassment, and defended himself: "I'm not the kind of person the gray witch said, she was just joking with you just now." β
"We know. Ban Shi'er smiled and nodded, saying this sentence seemed to come from the bottom of his heart, and Zhou Shu's heart finally swallowed back into his stomach when he heard this.
Nati will suddenly remember what happened yesterday when she was pinched by Zhou Shu. Even after discovering that he seems to have a criminal record, Nati is still willing to believe that Zhou Shu is a righteous gentleman. She had been a prisoner, and she was bound to her hands and feet to resist. Nati thinks that if Zhou Shu really has any crooked thoughts about himself, he should have given himself something at that time, and there is no need to wait until now.
When the gray witch left, Zhou Shu took out some air-dried meat from his pocket and ate it himself, and gave some to the two girls.
"That's all we have for breakfast?" Nattie frowned and stuck out her pink tongue to lick the black, hard jerky.
Zhou Shu chewed the contents in his mouth, and also felt that eating this as breakfast was too improvised, so he took out the dried fruits that had been replenished in Baiyue City and added ingredients for breakfast.
Nati wondered, why is this guy Zhou Shu so stupid? It's rare to come abroad, why don't you go and experience the food of this world?
Generally speaking, it is very common sense to appreciate local food after going to other places, which is related to the quality of life, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.
Seeing that Nati still looked unhappy, and threw the dried fruit she gave back to herself, Zhou Shu finally saw the gluttonous character of women again.
"Since you insist...... Then let's go eat out. Zhou Shu sighed and put away the jerky, took water from the sink in the yard to wash his face, and then put on a cloak and casually found a step forward in the four directions of the southeast, east and west.
Master Zhou is not very optimistic about the food level of this world, and you must know whether the food of a world is delicious or not. It is closely related to the abundance of materials and the number of food types, followed by regional eating habits.
Although the port of Crescent is a port city. However, Zhou Shu bets that the dishes here are only seasoned with salt at most. He had eaten some cheese in that tattered tavern that tasted terrible, and although the cheese tasted okay, it was a credit to the zuΓ² making process. There will be taverns that use this thing on the menu, which already shows that the world is very bad at eating.
The good news is that Nati and Ban Shi'er are not picky when it comes to eating. They don't like jerky, but they love soups made with strange vegetables when cooked.
Zhou Shu found a small restaurant that was a little dirty, and this was the kind of thing he ate. I didn't even have a loaf of bread in the morning. The staple is a hard scone that needs to be soaked in soup to barely eat.
Seeing that Nati seemed to be very satisfied with the meal, Zhou Shu also began to hesitate to take out some small snacks brought by the first world to give her a long insight.
Zhou Shu had a whole day to prepare between coming to this world, and he got a lot of things in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and put them in the treasure chest that he took out of the Dragon Treasure. There were some canned food, chocolate, and so on, but the most things were shampoo and toothpaste, which he didn't have to help with in the Eighth World. Not to mention how uncomfortable it is.
Thinking of this, his old man also took advantage of people's inattention, secretly summoned a box, quickly opened it and grabbed a boxing backpack from inside, he remembered that it should be a snack.
Although Zhou Shu's action was extremely fast, it took about two seconds from conjuring up the treasure chest to taking out something. But Nati and Ban Shi'er, who were immersed in eating, saw it all.
"What is it?" the two of them were a little curious.
Zhou Shu didn't know what he had taken out, it might be a lot of snacks or a lot of insect repellent water. There are too many things, and Doraemon always takes the wrong thing when he is in a hurry, and Zhou Shu doesn't think he is better than the blue fat machine.
His luck wasn't bad. This pocket seems to be full of canned food, with luncheon meat. There are fish. Without saying a word, he grabbed a few, cut open the package with his already tough blade-like nails, and pointed to the fish and meat inside for Nati and Ban Shi'er to taste.
In fact, the food over there in Baiyue Country is still quite good, there are a lot of delicious things, but the cooking methods are simpler, and Nati will not praise the canned food. At present, the small eateries in Nishinokuni only sell some food for the stomach, so it is quite appropriate to take out the canned food at this time.
"Why is the food so sealed in a metal can?!" Nati and Ban Shi'er felt the culture shock.
The price of food is very low in the White Moon Country, but the metal is still very valuable due to its relatively low mining capacity. The two of them couldn't understand why expensive metal was being used to pack cheap food. They could see that the container in Zhou Shu's hand was disposable, and it was forcibly destroyed when it was opened. They couldn't understand this way of serving food.
In their eyes, canned food is like those sky-high mooncakes in a solid wooden box. With such expensive packaging, the two of them also had unnecessary expectations about the taste of the food in it.
Zhou Shu saw that they seemed to be very interested in the cans they took out, and smiled and asked them to taste them quickly. As a result, the two of them were disappointed after eating.
"Average......" Nati said quickly, unabashedly.
Ban Shi'er was also a little disappointed, she thought it would be very delicious food, but she was a little more sleek than Nati, and smiled and said that it was very delicious.
Zhou Shu knew that Ban Shi'er was polite to herself, and Nati's statement was her true idea. He fantasized about the reaction of the two of them before the girls crossed their mistakes into their mouths, if it was in the style of old-school Japanese manga, the time-traveler should have a good impression of instant noodles, and he thought that he would receive a similar effect, but he was a little disappointed.
Just as the three of them were munching on the canned fish while drinking the soup, the worm bone came in through the door and said, "Hello, stranger. β
The worm bone entered through the doorway, and his breath was a little short, so he should have come running. She had a smile on her face, as if she was hiding some of her intentions.
"How did you find us?" Zhou Shu glanced at the woman. From the wheezing of the worm bones, she could guess that she probably heard about her here. Hurriedly ran over.
Worm Bone's statement is the same as Zhou Shu's guess, "I have a lot of connections here. I asked a friend to help me pay attention to you a little, and someone just went to my place to tell me, and you are here. Can you believe it, I live down the street next door. β
"Next street?" Zhou Shu looked along the door, but didn't see anything. When the shopkeeper saw the insect bone appear in his shop, he immediately said that he would set up a special oven for her and bake a stove of bread.
"No need. I've eaten. Worm Bone shook his hand with a smile from the shopkeeper, looking very dignified and beautiful. However, she said that she had eaten it, but she still sat down on the wooden bench, sat next to Zhou Shu, and put a piece of fish in the can with her fingernails.
"You eat salty with your empty mouth. Zhou Shu handed over the wooden plate containing the scones.
So far, he didn't quite believe that this woman was actually the former king of the West, and the queen was reduced to selling her physical life. Will the royal family of this country really allow this kind of thing?
When Worm Bone talked to Zhou Shu about the royal family before, she also talked a little bit about her own affairs, but she didn't have the opportunity to explain her current work problems, so Zhou Shu's misunderstanding is still there.
Worm Bone gave the same evaluation of the taste of the canned food as Ban Shi'er, but she seemed to really like eating it, and took another bite.
"Is this the food of your country, where is your country?" asked Wormbone.
Zhou Shu wanted to drive this woman away. Although he had something he wanted to ask, a former queen was obviously not a good person to ask. Although she has been reduced to a very miserable situation, it is still possible to cause trouble.
Worm Bone is very good at observing words and feelings, and if she couldn't master this basic skill of living in the royal family, she would have died a long time ago. Seeing Zhou Shu's unhappy face. She was also a little embarrassed. Originally, she was still waiting for the man in front of her to ask herself, 'Why did you ask someone to look for me?', and she couldn't help Zhou Shu, who didn't play cards according to common sense.
She actually didn't have any other reason for looking for Zhou Shu. If possible, she didn't even want to see his face again, a look that scared Worm Bone. However, there are some things that she must inform Zhou Shu. Now that he doesn't interrupt, the worm bone can only pick out the topic by himself.
"Outlander, I came to you because of the spider birds. β
"Spider bird?" Zhou Shu shrugged, "Her business has nothing to do with me, what are you looking for me for?"
"She's in some trouble......" Wormbone shook his head helplessly, "She was attacked by her patronus yesterday afternoon......
After Zhou Shu returned to the Eighth World, he pit a lot of people, from the first Berry Town, to the later Yinghe Town, and some other things.
He had already begun to wonder if he had the constitution of a calamity, and today he heard about the problem with the spider bird he had helped.
"Attacked by her Patronus?
What Zhou Shu didn't understand was the term 'guardian saint'.
Worm Bone was entrusted by Zhou Shu to help the spider bird and let her live a little richer, not too poor. Now she's in trouble, that's why the worm bones will appear.
"The patron saint of the spider birds, yesterday suddenly fell from the sky and attacked her, trampling her home, but did not harm her. Some people thought that the person who was attacked by their Patronus must have done something terrible, so she was kicked out of her residence, and there was no store willing to accept her, she slept on the steps of the temple entrance last night. β
"Falling from the sky?!trampling on her home?!" Zhou Shu was already a little worried when he heard this. "She couldn't have been attacked by a spider, right?"
As soon as Zhou Shu asked this, the insect bone immediately showed a blank look, "Her name is Spider Bird, and the guardian spirit is of course the Spider God." The only local god in spider form is Moon Hunter, who nearly killed the spider bird yesterday. She is now in the temple of repentance, and she swears to God that she will not ask for any of the money you gave her. She felt that Lord Moon Hunter wanted her to be poor for the rest of her life, which is why she attacked her after receiving money and help from others. β
"Oops......" Zhou Shu listened to this passage, and was really amazed by the spider's brain replenishment ability.
If he is familiar with the worm bones, he can be considered to have figured out the naming habits of people in this country. It turns out that the spider in the spider's name is because her patronus is a spider. In other words, the patron saint of insect bones should be a worm.
What is the religion of this world, Zhou Shu still hasn't been able to draw a general outline in his head, but the key is already known. Since even the names of children are based on the 'surname' of the gods, it shows that the inhabitants of this place have reached a point where the worship of the gods around them has reached a point where it is beyond measure.
"I've been attacked by a big spider, and I'm going to the temple to confess? Is it possible that it was just a misunderstanding?"
"I don't know. Wormbone replied honestly, "The confession was of her own free will, you must have misunderstood something, even the temple dared to take her in and provide her with a confessional room after hearing that Lord Moon Hunter did not bite her to death." It is said that she is going to change her name now, because she was attacked by the Patronus, which means that the Patronus does not want to continue to protect her, so she wants to remove the word "spider" from her name and change it to the word "stone" which symbolizes the "outcast of the gods", and change her name to Stone Bird. β
The 'stone bird' heard by Zhou Shutong guΓ² translator is absolutely Chinese, so the homonym of this noun is also very unsuitable for use as a girl's name, and it is not suitable for the two words worm bone. This misunderstanding arose because of him, and Zhou Shu was also unwilling to let the gaffe become strict, the good news is that the summoning points of Moon Hunting are very low, and letting the big spider have intimate contact with the spider bird in front of people should be able to solve this little trouble. (To be continued......)