Jill followed the foreman through the busy town.

The town's architecture is oddly sturdy, with Swadians' sturdy-looking buildings and Nord houses mostly made of wooden planks.

On the way, the foreman told Jill in detail about the business: when the foreman finally climbed down from the woman last night, the woman told the foreman that two broken nobles had come the other day.

"These two men, though they look well-dressed, are in fact exhausted, and my woman has seen them, and though their tunics are adorned with gold thread, their clothes and carriages are in tatters. So they must be very poor right now, and we just have to keep the price down. "Not many people in the town can swallow so much furniture now, but I don't know if we won't be able to grab this business once the news gets out." So as soon as possible. Haha, I've been so lucky lately, you and my are my lucky stars. ”

The foreman fluttered to lead the way, and after a while the foreman suddenly leaned against the wall and gasped. Jill hurriedly walked over and asked what was going on, and found that the foreman ate the eggs too violently and made up too hard, and now he couldn't stand it.

The foreman leaned against the wall and fainted for a long time before he staggered and said to Jill, "Let's go."

At the edge of a small ditch, the strength in the foreman's stomach came up again, and he lay on the edge of the ditch and vomited for a long time, and all the eggs in the morning were eaten in vain.

Jill stopped and went, and at last the emaciated foreman led him to a small, well-cleaned inn. There is a separate house in the backyard of the inn, with a grape rack under the wall and a small flower bed underneath. The foreman knocked on the door, and after a while, a woman came and opened it.

As Jill sat in the small house, the foreman kept babbling about how to improvise and so on.

The foreman's mistress brought drinks to the two men, and Gil looked at the woman dressed in fancy clothes, and couldn't help but think of the girl the night before, compared with this woman, Jill felt that the woman of the previous night was simply a woman of good family.

The foreman was so complacent at this time that he vomited for a long time just now, and he couldn't drink much at this time, but only took a symbolic sip of the drink.

The woman frowned: "What smell, so bad?" ”

The foreman was embarrassed, "Uh", "Uh", "My guy is greedy for eggs in the morning, so he smells of eggs when he talks, don't dislike him." ”

The woman glanced at Jill, then looked at Jill's legs, and snorted softly.

"I said, my two friends are leaving in the evening, and they're going to Tiha, so if you want to do business, hurry up. It's not easy for me to find such a business for you. ”

"Am I not here?"

"Come on, what are you doing with a guy with a mouth full of eggs", the woman grumbled in a low voice, wrinkling her nose.

The foreman waved his hand, "This guy of mine is no ordinary man, he is a very smart young man. He didn't say anything about the bookkeeping and accounting, and I had to take him with me this time. ”

When the woman heard about Jill's origin, her expression trembled slightly, but this change was like a fish emerging from the water, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Is he an accountant?"

The foreman tried to stay away from his woman as much as possible, sipped the drink in his mouth, and then spit it out the door, "That's not it, he's one of my foremen, and he has only recently helped me with things, and he has a lot of brains." His name is Jill, and when the dock is finished, I'll open a shop for you, and let him take care of it, so you don't have to do anything, just be with me every day," said the foreman who made a gesture to bring the woman over.

The woman pushed the foreman away in disgust, "Humph! Tell me to open a shop, and in the end, let your people run it. I'm just a beggar anyway, and if you give me some money every month, I only have to do three things: the first to eat, the second to sleep, and the third to sleep with you! I'm such a bitch! ”

The foreman blushed, "Someone is here, what you said." Okay, okay, I'll open a small shop for you in the future, and I'll leave it all to you! ”

The woman's expression did not improve, and there was a faint tendency to play on the topic, "You just don't believe me!" This time, it's obviously the business I found, but you want to bring such a hairy boy. You go find those two people, I don't care about you", said the woman's eyes actually began to turn red.

Jill was a little embarrassed, he didn't know why this woman was so repulsive to him.

"No, if I didn't believe you, why would I come to you? I'm just afraid that it will be cumbersome to wait for some contract transactions and other things, so it's always easier to find someone to help! ”

"Am I not human? Won't you look for me? If you believe me, you shouldn't have taken him there! ”

The foreman persuaded him for a long time to no avail, so he had to wink at Jill, "Well, I'll go and go with my girl, and you can find a place to play by yourself." There is a club in the middle of the town where you can gamble for money. Don't play big, I'll pay as much as I play. ”

Jill couldn't gamble, but the foreman had already said this, and the woman stared at her hatefully, so Jill had to nod.

The foreman and the woman packed up and left. Jill followed him out of the door, and heard the woman complain in a low voice: "Your subordinate is really, he eats eggs by himself, and he smokes the smell of eggs all over your body."

The foreman smirked a few times, turned around and severely reprimanded Jill, telling him not to eat eggs casually in the future, and then went with the woman one after the other.

Jill had nothing to do, so he wandered the streets. He found that the population of the place was quite large, but the floating population made up a large part of it. This may be due to the huge construction work around, and merchants from all over the world have taken a fancy to the port that is about to be repaired, and they have come to prepare in advance. And the surrounding farmers also saw the opportunity, knowing that the demand for grain on the docks was staggering, and the purchase price was extremely high. Of course, the longer-term farmers will not be fooled by the high grain prices in front of them, they know that in a few years, with the construction of the port, the price of grain will fall sharply, and at that time, cash crops such as flax, grapes, and cotton will be the crops that make money, and these things can be exchanged for gold coins as soon as they come out of the field, and they can maintain their value for a long time, compared to which the price of grain is really not worth mentioning.

Jill silently wrote down the number of shops and the types of businesses in the town, and mentally wondered how the place would develop after the port was built. Before he knew it, Jill walked to the center of town and saw the club that the foreman had told him about.

Anyway, it was fine, and Jill walked in. A dozing old man stretched when he saw Jill come in and shouted 'welcome'.

Several women came out of the casino, and they were all waiting at the door. When someone came in to gamble, they would gather around and let them in, and at the table the women would talk about the evening's business. These women know what is going on in a small town, because the places they go in and out such as hotels, inns, and casinos are places where people come and go, and where news gathers. Some businessmen will even pay a few such women to help them find out the details of their business partners, or recent changes in prices. This is how the foreman's woman was developed by him from the door of the casino.

Jill was a little dazed for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand to support these people. The women saw that Jill was dressed a little shabby, and that she had a disability on her legs, and they all dispersed with disdain. Gil went under the guidance of the old man and changed the chips on the counter for 5 dinars, and some of the people who had been staring at Gil curiously saw that Gil was cautious, and suddenly lost interest and stopped paying attention to him.

Jill got the chips and found out that he couldn't gamble at all. He looked around for a long time and found a place full of people. Inside the crowd was a man with his sleeves rolled up, fiddling with three bowls. The man moved the bowls as fast as he could, swinging an olive under the bowl, and finally asking people to guess which bowl the olive was underneath.

After watching in the crowd for a long time, Jill tried to play two handfuls and lost half a dinar's chips. This frustrated Jill a little and walked away. He had come here to hear what the news was, and he found it necessary to find a woman who had just arrived.

Jill returned to the door, only to find that the girl had been inside last night, but when the group of women had just passed, the girl had not come. Jill thought for a moment, walked over and walked over to the girl.

"Can you go play with me?" , Jill asked unpretentiously.

The prostitutes around laughed scoffingly. The girl had no expression, didn't pay attention to the people around her, and silently stood up and followed Jill away.

There was a fat woman in her forties who giggled for a long time, "The princess was taken away by the prince".

Jill didn't gamble anymore, but found a corner and sat side by side with the girl and asked for something to eat.

"Oh? Yesterday's gentleman figured it out today and came to me again? The girl didn't look at Jill and said to herself.

Jill noticed a large bruise on the girl's face and broken skin on her hands.

"What's wrong with your face?"

"Does it have anything to do with you? What's wrong with your leg, does it have anything to do with me? The girl said viciously, as if she still did not forget the indifference of Jill at night.

Jill spoke to the girl for a long time, but the girl didn't say a word. Jill couldn't do anything after that.

"Well, I can't help it if you don't say it", Jill leaned back in his chair and sighed, "I want to ask you something, if you can tell me, I can pay you, maybe it won't help much, but at least it can make your situation stronger".

"It's useless", the girl was silent for a while, and the fatigue on her face slowly revealed, "Let me tell you, someone controls me, no matter how much money you give me, I won't be able to use it, and it will be looted in the blink of an eye." Let me tell you, a person like me will die of illness before he is forty years old, and he will be abandoned at that age and become an old beggar. Do you know the female beggar who died on the street last night? She was the most popular girl here more than twenty years ago, but now she is starving to death in the streets. I felt sorry for her, so I went to buy a cloth bag for her, and as a result, I was beaten up for these copper plates. What's the use of you giving me money'''''

"That'''", Jill didn't know what to say, "I'm sorry for treating you like that last night" ''Because I don't say that, I can't explain it to a person.''' I'm bothering you today, how much money does it cost to gamble with someone every time, I will give it to you, and I won't trouble you in the future."

The atmosphere was awkward, Jill wanted to leave, the girl was pitiful, but Jill was powerless to help her now. Jill left a dinar behind and stood up to leave, when a voice came from behind,

"Wait", "You", "What do you want to know?"

That afternoon, Jill kept asking, and the girl kept answering.

Jill tries not to touch the girl's background for fear of upsetting her. Jill figured out something more specific about the town, and also knew about the intermingling of forces in the town.

After a while, Jill heard the girl say something very strange.

"Two weeks ago, the owner of the carpenter's shop was suddenly very happy to come to the girl, you know, his business is very bleak, and his wife is very tightly controlled, and he usually does not dare to come out. But this time it came out suddenly, and it was me who went to receive him. He said that a man and a woman had bought all the dilapidated furniture that he had accumulated for many years, and asked him to paint the furniture and put it in flannel. But it's useless, you know? This just makes the furniture look better, but it won't take a few days for it to collapse. The carpenter didn't dare to do this, because he would smash the signboard, and those two people must be liars. The carpenter boss also told me not to talk nonsense, and he said that he would come back in a few days."

The more Jill listened, the more shocked he became. "A man and a woman," "Deceitful furniture," Jill muttered in his mind.

After listening, Jill suddenly asked, "How do I get from here to the next town?" ”

"Just go out of the town from the south end of the town, close after 7 p.m., and if you want to go out of the city, you have to get ready to leave now."

"Do you know any executioner? I saw a couple of them drinking in the tavern yesterday and there seemed to be no business. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Help me find some people, I'll give 2 dinars to each person, and take care of two meals. Just accompany me out of town tonight to collect some goods."

"Oh, you're going to receive the goods, I know a few big brothers, so I don't have to give so much money. Let me put you in touch, is ten people enough? ”

"Yes, enough".

"Well, a total of 15 dinars would be enough, if only to go out of town to pick up the goods. Where am I looking for you? I can get people together in an hour."

It was not uncommon for the executioners to receive such commissions, and it was usually the merchants who smuggled cloth or tools, and did not dare to enter the city gates during the day, leaving them to be brought in by the locals at night. The executioner will generally protect the customer's secrets, and only take care of the goods, not the business.

"Go directly to the south gate, I'll give you five dinars first, and you go find someone." I'll give you some more money. I'll make up the money tomorrow morning. By the way, don't tell anyone that I hired someone, and I'll give you five dinars alone when I'm done."

The girl nodded, and Jill stood up, ready to leave.

"Hey!" , the girl's name is Jill.

"Huh?"

"You haven't asked me for my name yet, and I don't know your name either."

"You don't need to know my name now".

"Oh".

Jill grabbed his crutches and walked to the counter and changed the weights.

After walking out of the club, a crisp female voice came from behind Jill:

"Bastard! My name is Ruona! ”

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