Chapter 7: The Extraordinary Market
"Whew, sure enough, no matter how many times I eat it, I still think your cooking is delicious." Rydal let out a long protrusion and lay back on the bed, reaching out to loosen his belt.
"If you have even a little gratitude, you should rise up and help me close the harvest now." Joksh looked at the stacked plates on the table, raised his leg and gave Raedel a kick, and the other party let out an exaggerated "scream", smiled and stood up and began to help close the stock.
"By the way, what power did that bottle of your potion give you?" Raydal asked, as he pulled over the plate and leaned over to the plate
"Well, it's a very simple little ability, it's not easy to notice, you can help others collect tips, and another is to gain some knowledge about amulets and rituals." Jokshi's men were washing the dishes, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, do you know where we can buy materials for making amulets and performing rituals, I need to test the actual effect of that knowledge." ”
"Ah, I don't know." Raydal shook his head, "I don't care much about how much I need these things in this sequence, but I do know who might know, and I'll ask you later." ”
"Yes," Jokshi smiled, "and who knows where?" ”
"It's just my drinking friends, and the location is in the bridge hole of the Hemson Bridge......."
Raydal suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, and hurriedly stopped, looking at Yorkshi, who was staring at him with a smile, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"That's your tipping ability? Can you even get the information out? ”
"You've found out." Yokshi blinked his left eye, looking a little smug, "But it's not a set of information, if you don't want to tell me, then you won't leak this information, only what you think can be used as a reward will become a "tip." ”
Seeing that he had already leaked his mouth, Lei Daoer didn't plan to hide it anymore, sighed, and rubbed his hands a little crampedly.
"I don't mean to hide it from you, the main thing is that I have only heard from others, and I haven't had time to go to the field to see it, in case someone else is lying to me, I can't explain it to you."
"Okay, okay, it doesn't matter, anyway, you said it now, why don't we go and see it now?"
"Okay, let's go now!"
Before Yoksh could refuse, Raedle reached over and pulled him over, who was still washing the dishes, and put it under his armpit, and went straight out the door.
"Hey, I'm [swearing], you can't put me under your armpit if you're tall......"
"Haven't you always hated climbing the stairs on this floor, I'll take you down to save you from climbing."
"I'm [swearing], this is going downstairs, I'm climbing the stairs of your [greeting relatives]."
The two went downstairs in a row, found a carriage downstairs, and headed for the Hemson Bridge.
Located on the northern edge of Constance near the border, there used to be a perennial river that used to run through the city, but as the city was renovated, the water level gradually dropped, and a clearing was opened under the bridge near the shore. People who couldn't find a place in the city to do business set up a stall here, and gradually many people gathered here to sell all kinds of things.
Joksh followed Raydal from the shore path to the clearing under the bridge, where a simple fence of ropes blocked the crowd entering the market, and two strong, seemingly unprovoked men, stood on either side of the entrance in the middle of the fence, checking on everyone who entered.
"Isn't this a free market, why are there still people searching their bodies?" Jokshi looked at the two strong men who were searching, feeling a little frightened, but then looked at Raydal, who was standing next to him more than a head taller than the two, and straightened his back again.
"This is no longer a simple "free market", listening to the old men who drank with me, at first it was the local businessmen who found it profitable to kick in, then a few powerful guys also joined in, and then some extraordinary forces that cooperated with the government also joined in, and in the end, in order to ensure the stability of this place, the church also put more or less pressure behind it. Raydoll handed a piece of paper to the two strong men, who looked at the paper, nodded and moved out of the way to let Rhidor and Yorkshi inside.
"Now this is a market that operates with the tacit approval of the authorities, after all, even a church can't guarantee that everything is available all the time, and the market on the surface is better managed than the black market in the shadows, so you can buy it with peace of mind."
Hearing this, Yokshi was no longer nervous, and then began to look around with interest, anyway, even if the church found out about him, it would take a while, so it was better to take advantage of this time difference to make some preparations as soon as possible, so that it would be easier to turn back and run away.
Most of the people here are like normal businessmen outside, standing behind their stalls and selling their wares, with all kinds of amulets, trinkets, or some extraordinary materials in front of them, but there are also some people who hide their appearance with heavy clothes or masks, and stand quietly waiting for others to come and buy things that look very wrong in their stalls.
"Remember, don't buy formulas, don't buy things from unknown sources, don't buy things that sound like a good deal." Raydal slapped Joksh so hard that he almost hit him to the ground. "I'm going to find someone to drink, and I don't have anything to buy anyway."
Yorksey rolled his eyes as he walked straight to the bar in the corner of the market, then turned and walked over to the stall selling amulets, the old man had taught him to recognize extraordinary materials, but amulets were his first contact, so he planned to buy some materials and a case first, and try to make it himself.
"Hey, first time? Look at my goods, let's not brag, the talisman I bought is the best in this market, I also have materials and tools here, buy a complete set can also teach you several of the easiest talisman making methods. ”
Jokshi smiled, picked up one and looked at it carefully, the pattern engraved on it seemed to be a symbol related to the goddess of the night, and there seemed to be a sense of peace and tranquility in his hand, but he didn't think the amulet really worked.
After all, there was a fake one-for-ten sign hanging next to this stall, and under the sign hung several different strings of talismans.
The kind of string of ten.
However, the symbol on the amulet was the same as the amulet he had once shown him by the guests he had received, and he had asked for it at a high price from the church, and it was possible that the other party had just carved all the night symbols he had seen. After asking about the specific price, and making sure that the price given by the other party was true, I was a little sorry for the word "genuine", and Yokeshi simply bought a few different types of amulets, and the boss was also generous, seeing that he bought a lot, he directly gave him a booklet with "how to make it".
"Hey, boss, I want to ask who I should go to if I want to buy some rare materials."
"Then go to the bar and find the "Earth Pig", who is the middleman in the neighborhood and coordinates special commissions. The boss, who had just made a lot of money from him, seemed to be in a good mood and told him directly, "As long as you have enough money, you can even buy something special from him." ”
Jokshi nodded, and then bought an iron plate from the boss as the main ingredient for the next amulet included in the knowledge he had acquired, and then walked towards the bar, ready to find Rydor to meet the so-called earth pig.
Squeezing through the stalls and crowds of users, Yokshi found the log cabin that served as a bar, and it sounded a little lively inside, and Yokshi secretly prayed that it wasn't Raydal, who had drunk too much, that was making trouble, and pushed the door open.
"You [swearing], I [greeting relatives], I have to get your [body organs] off and stuff them into your mouth today!"
Raydal smashed a wine bottle into one man's head, picked up two more people and slammed their heads together, and when he turned around, his shoulder hit a pillar, directly knocking it into a wooden pillar.
Jokshi looked at the tragic situation in front of him, licked his lips, and closed the door.