Chapter 1361: Whale Bone
If you want to talk about something other than the spirit of this city, Lin can also see a little. Generally speaking, in such a developing city, there is a clear barrier between the old and the new, and the city will also look dirty and chaotic because it can accommodate more people than it can handle. In particular, the treatment of urban sewage is a nightmare for the vast majority of the lost areas.
But the planning of the port of the Azores is quite advanced, and the mere fact that there are sewers is quite impressive. And the sewer is not discharged directly into the sea, but leads to a very rudimentary sewage purification tank.
Since the sewage in Midi does not have much chemical composition, the purification system that combines a sedimentation tank and a purification tank uses biological culture to purify the sewage. That is to say, it looks simple, but the connotation is quite scientific.
Seeing this, Lin had a feeling about this city, which one of them was the legacy of his predecessors.
Speaking of the five great empires of the Lost Land, the Karlsruhe Empire was the last to be founded. However, the development route of this empire, its geographical location, and various national policies at the beginning of its establishment are somewhat out of step with the conventions of other regions of the Lost Land.
At first, Lin thought it was just some kind of regional specialty, and never thought that it might be artificially guided. But the more I got to know it, the more special I felt about it. However, this does not mean that the Karlsruhe Empire has the momentum of unification and total confusion, just looking at the fact that the empire is still tug-of-war with the Haider Empire in the Oz Plain, you know that the development has hit a bottleneck so far.
Will the introduction of a constitutional monarchy to the empire continue to make any changes on what already exists?
This thought was immediately dismissed by himself. In my hometown, it was colonialism and the Industrial Revolution that really changed the times. The change of the political system is actually a change made to adapt to the times, and it is a passive, not an active cause.
At this time, someone suddenly has a sense of awakening that they are no longer just participating in an era, but creating an era. Whether it is the forums of the past, the banks of the present, or even the constitutional path that the empress may choose. All of these items are a pioneer.
And all this...... So unreal......
Someone who thought so took a sip of the large glass of beer in his hand.
That's right! It's beer, not like ale. Most of the other places in the Midi are served with ale wine, and the main raw material is barley. It is very particular about brewing techniques, and the taste is relatively simple.
But there are many different sources of raw materials for beer. Barley, wheat, fruits, honey, or other plants can be added. One of the most important ingredients is hops. All of this enriches the mouthfeel and flavor of the beer, far more than the monotony of ale.
Of course, it's not impossible to confuse the two. In terms of the history of alcohol, the boundary between the two is indeed not so obvious. But in the past, the wine with hops is only drunk in the port of the Azores.
At this time, someone had to admit in his heart, ah~ That senior who crossed the crowd was really a good person. To be able to leave such a precious legacy......
Well...... That one should be dead, right? Or are you still alive?
While Lin sighed about many things, he suddenly thought of this very important question.
If you are a person of the same origin as yourself, then you are just an ordinary human being. But it is not excluded that the other party may have adventures, such as jumping off a cliff and eating the snow lotus of the Tianshan Mountains, increasing the strength of sixty years and the lifespan of sixty jiazi. Anyway, this is a world of magic, there are gods and demons, and it is not surprising that anything strange happens.
As for where someone drinks, it's one of the largest and most popular taverns in the port of the Azores, Whale Bone. In fact, this tavern has no signboard and no name, just a skeleton of a giant whale caught by local fishermen at the beginning of the establishment of the port of the Azores. Over time, whale bones became the name of the tavern.
I heard that in the earliest days, when the fishermen came back from fishing, or on days when the wind and waves were too strong to go to sea, they would gather at the tavern for a drink, warm up and chat and fart. Later the port of the Azores developed, and merchants, adventurers and even mercenaries came.
At that time, a powerful adventurer was seriously injured and cut off his career as an adventurer. With a broken leg and one eye, he returns to his hometown and becomes a bartender and besieger for whale bones. This retired adventurer not only brings with him other cooking methods, but also different brewing techniques. Eventually, he even got the Adventurers' Guild to settle in the whalebone, and the two became one of the most popular places in the port of the Azores.
It is also said that the adventurer is actually a hero who has been enshrined in the gods. The whale bone is where the last footprints of the deity were on earth.
A somewhat romantic statement, the hero who can be a god did not choose the path that ignited the divine fire in the end. Because her lover was on Dragon Island, it was for that lover that he settled here.
The love of the human dragon is the most widely circulated saying, and it must be a human male who conquers a female dragon, and it is not possible to reverse it. Just hearing this, Lin felt that the credibility of these rumors was estimated to be like a dwarf shaving his beard and pretending to be a dwarf. Whoever is brainless believes it!
However, the combination of good wine and the function of the adventurer's guild makes whale bones very lively, and it also attracts bards to take turns to stay here. In fact, it is a group of people who can play musical instruments looking for a chance to be rewarded, and when they have finished singing all their skills, they leave the opportunity to others.
And outside of overseer, coming to Whale Bone to drink a few beers and listening to the bard sing heroic poems that happened out of nowhere, is Lin's daily routine these days. On the side of the construction site of the main bank, Lin didn't want to be too busy.
Watching the craftsmen of the construction, don't distort the bank of the goddess of gold coins, that's it. If you really want to take care of everything, and take care of things, for a lazy traverser, that's unlucky.
The reason why this decadent life can go on is that the previous life was too monotonous. Or maybe it's not monotonous, I'm just looking for something different.
It is said that people always pursue excitement in life and look for peace in stimulation. It's like an electrocardiogram, it goes up and down, sometimes with a large amplitude and sometimes with a small amplitude. If it's flat, and then play a long note, then it's really flat......
Thinking of a bad joke that only he understood, Lin asked the bartender to serve a new beer.
The bartender in front of him was completely different from the rumored great adventurer senior. But don't underestimate the other party, because they are also considered to be the official staff of the Adventurer's Guild and the person in charge of the tavern business.
As for the orc chick who brought over with beer, it was a temporary part-time job by a shy adventurer with a pocket. For adventurers in the repair period or recuperating from injuries, as long as the other party has a need, the guild will provide some simple work for the other party to tide over the difficulties temporarily, instead of throwing people away regardless of life or death, or even providing financial benefits. It's quite a human organization.
So, it looks like a hotbed for insurance business development...... Do you want to start a second financial business outside of the bank?
While someone was thinking nonsense, he sent a silver Ke Yin out of his hand and put it on the tray of the orc chick. This is the cost of wine, in fact, there is still some surplus, so it is used as a tip.
Although the beer glass is large, a glass of wine costs nearly a silver, which is also quite expensive. If you buy the lowest ale for the same price, you can buy a barrel! But Lin loves the taste that he hasn't tasted for a long time, he can't get drunk, and after being chilled, with the white foam, it's delicious enough.
And a magician who only drinks high-priced wine and makes a generous gesture certainly attracts the attention of many people. Even the orc chick in front of her doesn't mind making some extra money, so she's constantly throwing flattering glances these days.
It's just that...... If the other party looks like a human cute girl, and there is an extra tail and beast ears, someone will think about it. But the 'orcs' of the lost land are really a race of Homo sapiens with complete beast characteristics, but they stand on two feet like humans and have hands on their forelimbs.
The orc chick in front of her may be some kind of long-haired feline. The body hair is dense and not tight, and just looking at the cat's head, sharp claws and sharp teeth, someone thinks that they may be eaten by the female mantis like a male mantis as a nutritional supplement during the mating process.
This is really not discrimination, it's just far from my ideal type!
But if you can't go to the relationship above friends, you can still be friends. Especially in Lin's observation, this orc chick had suffered a serious injury before, and she walked a little unfavorably, so she was left behind by her original companion and served a plate in the guild.
Erasing the question of 'how many mammary glands does a cat have' from his mind, Lin beckoned, let the orc chick take a few steps closer to him, and asked, "There are a lot of faces today, is there something big?" ”
Lin's voice was as soft as he could, not wanting to alarm the others. Judging from the way the orc chick has a pair of ears and even the hair on her head is straight, she has listened to her own voice.
As an adventurer, the orc chick is a fighter in charge of the avant-garde, and has the most acute perception of danger. The atmosphere in the tavern today was unusual, and the black-robed magician in front of him was not the only one who noticed it.
The Adventurer's Guild isn't an organization that advertises a neutral zone, especially the drunks in the tavern aren't easy to get along with, and it's not uncommon to get into trouble over a little thing. Usually the attitude of the guild is to stop it if it can be stopped, and if it can't be stopped, everyone will fight until it is cool, and then come forward to clean up the mess.
So when it comes to such a thing, to say that an orc chick will be nervous is definitely a lie. However, the indignant magician in front of her asked, and it was not that she couldn't help solve the puzzle. Without asking for any more information, she lifted her three-knuckled feet, walked with a catwalk, and said, "I'll help you ask." ”
Raise your beer glass and take another big sip. Beside him, the bard was singing loudly, but Lin's attention was still on the strangers who were nearly twenty people, faintly surrounded by him.