"Talk, talk, I have a lot of time to listen. It's been almost two months since you left the Waikato, and everyone thinks you're dead. The gambling market that bets on your life and death is all open. Now that you have appeared, no one is not curious about what happened during this time. ”

The bet on his life and death was opened, and Totokani couldn't be happy anyway. It is also because of the inconvenient relationship of communication in the lost land, life and death must see people, and death must see corpses, so that life and death can be determined. Since he appeared, of course some people cried and some laughed.

To this fat man with a rich and smiling face, the goblin said with a shy face: "My lord is so happy to see me, you must be betting that I am still alive." Right, my good friend. ”

Hassan patted his belly and laughed: "It's a pity, I'm betting on the side of you to die." Fortunately, the loss was not much, just a few coppers. ”

Hearing an answer that was completely different from what he had imagined, the goblin's green-skinned face collapsed on the spot, as if the sky had fallen. Hassan, however, stretched out his stout fleshy hand, slapped one hand on the goblin's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry." That little money was originally to make friends with others. If it's gone, it's gone, I don't care, and I won't ask you to pay for it. Hurry up and tell me about what has been going on these days. ”

Totokani recounted what happened in the days of his disappearance in the eyes of outsiders. Originally, these things were related to Lin and others, and he should have asked him first if he was willing to disclose them.

However, there is no such thing as personal privacy, and the goblins are not followers of anyone, and the management officer has the power to investigate passers-by, so Totokani said it directly. For Lin, these things were not classified to the extent that outsiders could not know, so he did not stop the goblins.

After the local spirit told everything about it, Hassan let out a breath and said, "Although the whole thing sounds incredible, I suddenly have a feeling in my heart that this should be true." ”

"Really, Lord Hassan. If I hadn't experienced these things myself, I wouldn't have believed them. Where did you start to feel like this was really happening? ”

"From the moment you said about the airship explosion before. Goblin ship, if you want to admit the danger, unless it is really blown up, it is definitely safer than a warship-level airship. You know, I've calculated the accidents that have occurred in airships in the past, and air piracy has caused the most casualties. But almost all of the cases that exploded were goblin airships. Ha ha. ”

…… This fat man is really discerning. Someone inexplicably felt the feeling of being close to this fat man. But a certain goblin really told them all about what he was supposed to say, and what he shouldn't say.

"This ...... It must have been the Magician and his friends in Totokani's mouth. At first, I thought you were barbarians. ”

Barbarian? The people looked at each other. Because of the crash and fire, the original clothes were only left on the body, and the rest were all killed. And the clothes I wear now are all animal skins, and because everyone is busy during this time, the clothes are not sewn well, and they can basically cover the body. So if you really want to follow someone's standards, it's more like a barbarian than a barbarian.

After a few dry laughs, Lin said, "The adults laughed." The magician's related documents were still stored in the secret document box, and they were not damaged. Do we need to prove our identity? ”

The fat man shook his hand and smiled, "No need, no need." Anyway, I'll make sure that the owner of the Sid is still the goblin Tokani Afstein. ”

Lin said bluntly: "Yes, or he is not wrong." The goblin nodded in agreement, though a little panicked.

"Then you're just passengers, and what's in the warehouse is just carry-on luggage. Don't have any goods to trade? ”

"Nope."

"That's good. The airship entry tax for Abadan City is IV Jiangjun (4 silver) per person, but Totokani has a permit to enter the city, so the fee can be halved. You XIV (14) people, a total of XXVIII (28 silver). ”

"Oh, your Excellency is quick to calculate." Lin exclaimed.

Before he published his mathematics, Lin saw that the arithmetic method of doing business transactions or collecting taxes was the kind of 2 silver per person, and 14 people would make up the number, and some tax collectors would directly shout 20 silver or 30 silver, depending on the mood and feeling. There are even people who shout 40 silver and 50 silver, and it is not unheard of to shout 100 silver directly.

But this Hassan Bakhsh was able to calculate the exact number, albeit simply by multiplication. In addition, he said before that the statistics of airship accidents. These are not the things that the original counting ability of the Mira would do.

The airship steward, who was blessed and smiling, said happily: "This is a science from a foreign country, called mathematics. The knowledge in it can be said to be a must-have for tax collectors. I also benefit from this knowledge, which makes my work less controversial. ”

After Kaya counted the tax amount and handed it to Hassan Bakhsh, Lin took another small money bag from the girl's hand and stepped forward. He didn't reveal that he was the inventor of mathematics, because he really didn't invent it. At best, he is a communicator, spreading knowledge from the earth.

However, his good impression of Hassan and his attitude towards the other party made him feel that he could get some small help from the other party, so Lin stepped forward to take Hassan's hand, stuffed a kiel (gold coin), and asked at the same time: "Since your Excellency lives in Abadan City, can you please ask if there is a store in the city that sells magician supplies?" "877 Good Books Network

Without answering the question first, Hassan Bakhsh took the gold coin and asked cautiously, "...... this?" ”

"It's the cost of the consultation. I ask you questions, and you help me answer them, and this is the reward I deserve. "Although a certain traverser has never done such a thing on Earth, he is not a junior brother in the Lost Land. For this kind of little official, a little extra sweetness can be exchanged for courtesy. Of course, when I was poor in the past, there were many cases where I insisted that the other party follow the rules.

Hearing that someone could be considered a reasonable explanation, Hassan didn't accept it directly, but glanced thoughtfully at the hatch. How could Lin not understand the intention, of course, he stuffed another gold coin and said, "This is the cost of tea for the two adults." The two of them worked hard to go back and forth, just to take a good rest, take a breath, and drink some elven herbal tea. ”

"That's it." Hassan hid the gold coin with great skill. He said, "If you want magician supplies, you can go to the east of the city, where there is a branch of the Magician Society. Although it does not have the size of the sub-district headquarters, there is no shortage of common things. ”

"Thank you. So is there a restaurant or pub with delicious food? For more than a month, I ate barbecue, barbecue, and barbecue, and I couldn't stand it. It's better to have vegetable soup, or potato soup, whatever, and don't want to have barbecue anyway. ”

"In this case, the tavern with buffalo horns hanging in the east of the city will surely satisfy Your Excellency. The owner's wife is the best cook in Abadan, even better than the city lord's own chef. If the other party is thirty years younger, I want to marry her back home and eat those delicious foods every day. ”

"I can't wait to fly over what you're talking about."

"Airships aren't allowed in the city."

For the inexplicable cold joke that was connected to the stalk, the two looked at each other knowingly and laughed, and the audience was speechless for a while. After the laughter, Hassan asked, "So friend, do you have any other questions?" ”

"The rest is the issue of repairing and renovating the airship, and I would like to ask Totokani about that. And the reason why he didn't ask him about clothes and food was that I couldn't trust the taste and taste of goblins. ”

"That's right, friend." With a thumbs up, Hassan said, "Since you have no other questions, and I have charged so many consulting fees, I will send you a very useful piece of information." That troublesome person has come to Abadan. ”

Although it is said that it is free information. But who can understand this kind of news without a beginning or an end.

Seeing the magician's confused expression, Hassan smiled and said, "From the standpoint of the administrator of Abadan City, I can't say too much about that one's criticism. But Totokani, who has been here many times, must have heard from that one. Just ask him for details. ”

The goblins who were named were also unknown at the beginning. But following Hassan's words, he suddenly thought of a character and asked in a trembling voice, "Could it be that one?" ”

"Whoever else is in trouble with Abadan is him. At least you should be glad that it wasn't the trouble of Gwana. With that, Hassan quickly left, not giving the crowd a chance to ask questions.

This troubled look turned to the goblin. Totokani could only say simply: "In short, that one is the Viscount of the Empire, the useless second young master." is very good at causing trouble, but not many people dare to touch him. ”

Nobles. Just by hearing these two words, you know that it is a troublesome person.

Knowing that there was such a potential trouble, how could Lin not ask carefully.

To understand the level of trouble for this one, Totokani starts with the status of Abadan City. It was a direct domain of the Emperor of the Gwana Empire, and the lord of the city was Javed Poole, the general of the Tenth Legion. Responsible for guarding the western part of the empire, on the surface the task is to defend against the magical beasts that may escape from the Jura Mountains, and secretly it is responsible for monitoring the nobles in the western region.

The purpose of the latter could not be clearly stated after all, and it had long been customary for nobles to become imperial officers, so the middle and lower ranks of this tenth legion were filled with minor nobles near the city of Abadan. Therefore, the work of the corps becomes both a surveillance and a co-optation.

…… After all, such a system has existed for hundreds of years, and the time and space environment is not the same as when the Tenth Legion was established, so it is inevitable that there will be some changes, which are different from the original intention.

The focus is on the eldest son of the Imperial Viscount, who was trusted by the general in the Tenth Legion and became the lieutenant general who commanded a thousand people. This is already one-tenth of the strength of a legion of 10,000 people. Even his father and family rose to prominence, and he was sought after among the nearby nobles. Of course, the above does not count the number of auxiliaries, they are all the number of soldiers.

In such a family, there is a useless and troublesome son, and the result is of course self-evident. For the other nobles, they were happy to offer some innocuous help, just waiting to see the family destroy itself; But for civilians, that one is a disaster.

Now the trouble of the Abadan has come to the city from the family domain.