Chapter Seventy-Eight: Western Merchants
At the entrance of the Shenlong Ruins Scenic Area, Uncle Long sat in the small room, drinking tea leisurely, like an ordinary old man.
The business of the scenic spot is not as good as it was at the beginning, and Uncle Long has also fallen more leisurely, a pot of tea, or a pot of wine, basking in the sun, looking at the pedestrians, and the time of the day has passed unconsciously.
At first, he was very uncomfortable with such an ordinary, leisurely day, but after a long time, he slowly got used to it, and even began to enjoy it.
"Uncle Long, lunch is here."
A teenager walked into the room with two delicate food boxes and smiled a little embarrassedly.
Uncle Long looked up and said in surprise: "Why did you change people to deliver food today?" Whose baby are you? ”
The young man replied slightly cramped: "My name is Ma Fugui, I am the son of Lao Ma, my father is a mason, there are no classes in the private school today, I went to the Shenlong Inn to help, I can earn a little errand money, so I came." ”
"Oh, it's Pony's son, let's put the food on the table."
In Thorn City, no one can compare to Uncle Long when he is old, so it is completely reasonable for him to call him "pony".
There is often construction on this side of the scenic spot, and those masons, carpenters, etc., Uncle Long basically knows them, and he will chat a few words if he has nothing to do, so he knows Lao Ma.
Ma Fugui carefully put the food box on the table, then opened it, and put out the dishes one by one.
The food of the Shenlong Inn, because of the picky prince Gu Bei, can only be continuously improved, and the dishes are more and more colorful, fragrant and delicious.
Of course, for Uncle Long, what delicacies from the mountains and seas have he not eaten yet? With his realm, he can even skip meals all year round and only absorb the aura of heaven and earth.
However, since he has come to Fanchen, not eating is too eye-catching, not to mention, Uncle Long is not a pure-hearted person, and eating every day is in line with his character.
After Ma Fugui set up the food, he put away the food box and said respectfully: "Uncle Long, I will come over to deliver dinner in the afternoon, you eat slowly." ”
Uncle Long glanced at today's dish and felt that it was okay, so he waved his hand and said, "Got it, Xiao Fugui, go back and study hard." ”
"Okay, you can use it slowly."
Ma Fugui retreated, and when he went back, his steps were much brisker, with a smile on his face, and this time, he earned a few copper plates.
Although there is not much money, being able to earn a little money by himself still makes Ma Fugui very happy.
He is going to save this money little by little, as for what to use it for, he has not yet thought about it, that is a matter for the future.
As soon as Ma Fugui walked halfway, he saw three different "flying machines" flying through the sky and landing on the mooring square outside Thorn City.
The surface of the three craft is not wooden, but metal, round and goose-egg-like, painted with various strange patterns.
"Is this a flying spirit weapon? How come you've never seen it? ”
With doubts, Ma Fugui returned to the Shenlong Inn, he still needed to deliver meals to other guests, and he didn't have time to think so much.
However, the city guards of Thorn City discovered these three different "flying machines" for the first time, and dispatched a large number of soldiers to the square to surround them.
A door cracked in the middle of the goose-egg-shaped metal craft, and a ladder extended downward, and people from the Western Continent stepped out of it.
One of the bearded men with blond hair and blue eyes said to the city guards, "Don't be nervous, guys, we are merchants from the Western Continent, and we are here to do business with your master of Thorn City. ”
"Doing business?"
Yang Shifu stepped forward and said, "Since it's a business, then please bring your goods down, we have to check it." ”
The other party is from the Western Continent, and now it is a troubled time, Yang Shifu does not dare to be careless, and he must be checked before the other party will be released.
"No problem."
The bearded man said a few words in Western to the man behind him, and soon, boxes of goods were removed from the aircraft, as well as gold and silver coins.
Yang Shifu personally checked the goods on the three aircraft, and found that there was no problem, so he reported it to Gu Bei.
"Western businessmen? It's kind of interesting, bring them in. ”
Gu Bei cleaned up briefly, and then walked to the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion and sat on the main seat.
After a while, the housekeeper Lao Lu came in with three Western businessmen.
One of them was a bearded middle-aged man with blonde hair and blue eyes, and the other two were supposed to be his retinue.
After the bearded middle-aged man came in, he saluted Gu Bei with the etiquette of the Western Continent, and said, "Your Royal Highness, Henry Ingres, greetings you. ”
"Mr. Angels, please be seated." Gu Bei can already deal with this kind of scene very easily.
Angel saluted Gu Bei again, and then sat down next to him, with two attendants standing behind him.
A servant immediately brought tea and poured a cup for Ingres.
"Tea, please."
Angel picked up the teacup, took a sip, and exclaimed, "Good tea." ”
Gu Bei asked in surprise, "Does Mr. Angel usually drink tea?" ”
Angel said: "Of course, I often go to the Eastern Continent to do business, and after a long time, I have become fond of drinking tea, and many nobles in the Western Continent now also like to drink tea." ”
Between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent, because there is only a strait apart, there are dragons, flying war pets, flying spirit weapons and other things, exchanges are still relatively frequent.
The goods on both sides can communicate with each other, and some of the living habits of both sides have also undergone a little change under the influence of each other.
For example, some people in the Eastern Continent like to drink coffee, and some people in the Western Continent naturally like to drink tea.
After taking three sips of tea, Angel took the initiative to say, "Your Royal Highness, I came here this time to do business with you." ”
"Mr. Angell wants to do business, it should be more convenient to go to Xihai City, right? The goods are also more abundant, why did they come to our City of Thorns? Gu Bei thinks that Angel came to Thorn City because he was willing to seek the near and far, and there must be a reason for it.
Angel explained: "In the past, we were used to going to Xihai City to do business, but recently there was a war over there, and Xihai City was blocked, so we could only bring goods here to do business. ”
Angel is telling the truth, and everyone knows about it.
"I see." Gu Bei didn't suspect that Xihai City was indeed in chaos right now.
"I wonder what Mr. Angels has brought with him, and what he wants to trade with us?"
"We brought with us a large number of exquisite treasures, magic weapons, runic arrows, and some specialties from the Western Continent, and of course, a large number of gold and silver coins. ”
"There are many things that we can trade, such as silk, porcelain, tea, animal skins, magic cores, and other things."
"Let's put it this way, as long as there is a business that can make money, we can do it."
Gu Bei put down the teacup and got up and said, "Then take me to see your goods." ”
Angel also stood up and said, "Your Royal Highness, the goods are still outside the city, if Your Highness is not too troublesome, you can go over and have a look." ”
"What's the trouble with this, let's go."
Gu Bei took the lead in walking out, Angel hurriedly followed, and the group came outside the city.
When Gu Bei saw the oval-shaped flying machine, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Ingres was very good at observing words, and he immediately explained: "This is a magic airship made by our magicians from the Western Continent, and it uses magic crystals as power, which is similar to your flying boats in the Eastern Continent. ”
"It's kind of interesting." Gu Bei glanced at the three airships a few more times.
The cultivation system of the Western Continent is different from that of the Eastern Continent, and the things used are also different, Eastern cultivators generally use spirit stones, while Western cultivators use magic crystals, essentially because of the energy stored in them.
Subsequently, Gu Bei visited the goods brought by Angels, including all kinds of magic weapons, various treasures of Western mainland specialties, etc., with a wide variety.
Gu Bei looked at it one by one and felt very fresh.