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The three of them followed the caravan into the city.

When you pass by the city wall, you find that its width is equal to its height, which is almost the same as the ancient city wall of Xi'an. And the population in it is only 40,000 or 50,000.

Tohezi carefully observed the detailed structure of the castle wall, and found that there were no gaps or traces of masonry stacks, and the entire castle wall seemed to be "carved" from a single piece of rock. And there are also various unknown complex structures on it to house various war equipment. Examples include a large ballista cart that is two cents larger than an ox cart, a caravan-like four-wheeled thrower, a small bunker for mages to fight, and other unknown objects. It looks quite complex and diverse.

The ancient city wall of Xi'an was funded by the central government at that time. According to them, the wall was built only at the expense of the local duke and tens of thousands of lords. Because of the existence of the Master, this kind of costly and protracted project suddenly became much simpler.

"Will there be a mage construction team?" asked Grimm on a whim.

"Of course there is. Grimm introduced, "The mage needs money to eat, and even more so to learn the arcane. Many mages would love to take on this kind of work—without risking their lives, and still have a good income. That's why many mages have come together to specialize in this kind of work. For example, the famous Vargas mages built all kinds of buildings for the magnates of various countries, from casual holiday farms to huge private fortresses dedicated to them, and even took over the construction rights of military fortresses in many kingdoms. The people inside are all mages, and it's much more comfortable than scaring and scaring outside!"

Donghezi nodded silently, if there is money to be made, who would be willing to sleep in the open and starve to "risk" with their own lives?

The caravan passed through a wide avenue.

It's so wide, it's almost wider than two basketball courts, and it's more than enough for a four-wheeled carriage race on a straight avenue. It's puzzling to build such a huge street in such a medium-sized city.

On both sides are three- or four-storey buildings, which stretch down along the wide and unusually wide avenue, as if solemn and thick guards stand on both sides of the street, making the whole avenue extremely neat and imposing.

In a trance, I feel like I am back on the earth of the 21st century.

At the end of the street, there is another tall building in the style of a triumphal arch in Paris, only twice as big as the one in Paris!

As the caravan passed underneath it, Toheko saw a variety of lifelike mythological patterns carved into the huge rectangular gateposts and thick stone beams, like vivid comic strips. It is only unadorned, only carved from blue-gray rock.

As soon as he passed through this imposing "Arc de Triomphe", strong spell fluctuations hit his face like a gale!

A vast golden temple stood in front of him, shining golden in the morning sun, as if thousands of glorious lights were radiating from the temple itself, which was extremely spectacular and gorgeous.

It is shaped like an Islamic mosque, with a huge six-storey square as the lower part, large enough to cover the half-circle dome of a large hotel as the upper part. This magnificent dome was also covered with a layer of glittering ornamentation, and upon questioning, I realized that it was not a layer of gold leaf, but a layer of gold nuggets the thickness of a pinky finger!

The lower wall of the square is covered with golden reliefs, which from a distance seem to be overlapping golden waves blowing in the wind, symbolizing the harvest of the harvest. Each relief is surrounded by lovely emerald green vines and flower stems, which are connected by seven or eight large red roses half a man high. The flowers are crystal clear and beautiful, as if they were made by countless rubies in perfect harmony. In the sunlight, it reflects a trace of colorful and brilliant light.

"Those roses can't be made of rubies. Toheko muttered to herself.

"That's what rubies are made of. Grimm replied casually.

Donghezi secretly lamented that the people of this world are really willing to spend money on religion, and a gold nugget is enough for a family to eat and drink well for a year, and it will cost at least tens of thousands of yuan to cover the huge dome of this temple. There are at least a thousand gems that make them into huge roses. A medium-sized city can do such luxury, but what will it be like if it is in a bigger city?

Then I saw that the vast square in front of the temple was full of peasant-like people, all of whom were dressed plainly, and only the good ones were in good condition and the starch was clean and tidy, while the poor ones were covered with dirt and mud on the trouser legs, and there were even many small holes in their clothes. If it weren't for the happy smiles on their faces, they would have been mistaken for a group of "beggars with better conditions".

These wrinkled dirt bun farmers huddled outside this majestic and ornate temple were really incongruous. But the few high priests standing on the tall steps showed no dissatisfaction, and their smiling hands in golden robes signaled the noisy crowd to be quiet.

From the tall gate of the temple, several people in strange costumes appeared, and behind them were a group of people holding various musical instruments, large and small, like a group of acting teams. They went to a specific open space in the square, laid out their instruments, set the order of the characters, and began to play music.

As they performed, the farmers began to shout excitedly. Sitting in the car, Toheko vaguely heard them shouting in unison: "Kill it, kill it, kill it!"

Toheko turned to Grimm and asked, "What are they shouting, as if they were trying to kill someone?"

"Oh, it's killing Hohenstaufen. "It was the temple of Artley, the goddess of the earth, and they performed a ritual every spring to kill Hohenstaufen to guarantee a year-round harvest," said Grimm. It seems that today is just a rehearsal, to satisfy the hunger of those farmers who have come from afar. It is estimated that the official performance will start tomorrow when the duke lord and the other lords under him have arrived. That's more than ten times more than that. ”

"Wait. Tozyko interrupted, "What is Hohenstaufen?"

"It's a grass-like thing, but it only grows underground, sucking nutrients from the roots and stems of crops. Since the ground is rarely exposed, it is difficult to clean up. Only the runes that come to the goddess of the earth every year to pray for the goddess's blessing are brought back to detect the Hohenstaufen in the ground. However, the effect of this rune can only last for ** months, and it can only be obtained once a year. Whoever doesn't have it will be finished for the year. ”

Donghezi Qi said: "So every peasant family needs a rune? Won't all the farmers crowd here tomorrow? I said how can this street be so wide?" ”

"No!" Grimm corrected, "only a few of the unusually pious or wealthy people in their families came, and most of the runes were given directly to the lords who ruled over the various territories, and they issued them to their own people. So tomorrow is the main play. When the time comes, let's come over and have a look? It's very lively. ”

"Isn't that looking for death?" Toheko said with a smile: "I'm a fake priest now, if I run around the territory of a real priest and not be seen through by others at a glance? Besides, the boss only ordered a day off today, and maybe he will leave tomorrow, so how can he have time to watch that? ”

The caravan turned into a two-carriage wide street to the north.

It's also very lively, with crowded vendors selling everything from simple bread to toys and pets. Farmers from all over the countryside are noisy and bargaining here, and it is suddenly crowded with people.

It's like a temple fair during the Spring Festival. Tozyko thought to himself. Then I saw some interesting scenes.

"Come and see, here are the best holiday flowers!" a middle-aged man in a red junior mage robe shouted from a half-human-high wooden platform, "The fireworks can form the most beautiful set of poems and be launched into the air 100 feet into the air. If you want, you can also make a special psalm! This is the best gift for your loved ones and loved ones. Good quality and low price, you are satisfied. ”

"Come and see, children!" Next to him was a middle-aged man in a junior mage robe, holding up a toy windmill with colorful brilliance emitting a colorful glow from the top, and shouted: "This is the latest rainbow windmill, which can cultivate people's potential to cast rainbow spells! It is the latest invention of Giffen City's sculptor Dugers! Children who are interested in the path of great mages, buy one and prepare for your future." ”

Immediately attracted some young and curious children and a large group of young people who were not deeply involved in the world, they watched the windmill spin and radiate a brilliant seven-colored light the size of a basin, and they pulled the hands of their parents alive and refused to leave, they had to buy one.

There was also a third middle-aged junior mage on the half-human-high platform, which seemed to be in the same group as the two next to him. He was originally showing a kitchen knife: "This is a kitchen knife blessed with a permanent first-class magic weapon, which is guaranteed to cut meat like cake." Even a few layers of thick cowhide are also down in one breath, you see!" Then he took out a stack of four-layer thick cowhide and demonstrated: "It is very laborious to cut a layer of cowhide with a general kitchen knife, you see this kitchen knife! I can cut four layers with one knife." "Saying that he cut it with a skillful knife, it was really a slash, like a sharp blade cutting thin paper. It's just that he is more skilled in cutting than the average housewife, and it seems that he often makes this kind of demonstration.

It's a pity that there are few peasant women here, and the farmers who go into the city just watch from afar—this kind of housework should be decided by their own broken girls.

So the junior mage set his eyes on the children who had gathered around. He took the opportunity to take out a scroll and shouted: "The latest story scroll! tells the great deeds of a heroic boy who fought to kill the evil dragon and rescue the beautiful princess." You see, the picture is beautiful. Then a few short incantations were recited, and the scroll unfolded looked like a small screen, on which immediately colorful animations appeared, and the characters and scenes in it were constantly changing, forming a vivid story.

The children gathered to him again. After all, the vision of becoming a ** teacher is not as attractive as animation. Seeing this, the junior mage shouted excitedly: "The latest story scroll! I can screen the story of the young man slaying the dragon, come and see it! The number is limited, so hurry up and buy it!"

"Slaying the dragon?" Donghezi laughed and said casually, "It's really an old-fashioned story." ”

"What's more, it's old-fashioned?" Le Lin sneered: "It's all nonsense!" She looked like a kind of resentful excitement: "Using this kind of story to deceive children is completely harmful!"

This startled Donghezi: "Why are you so excited? It's just a trick to coax children, why bother with them?"

"Coax children?" Le Lin almost jumped up, and said loudly with red eyes: "How many children have they deceived? A friend of mine when I was a teenager listened to this kind of bastard story, so he went to follow a human adventure team to slay some dragons! As a result~ they sold it to the dark dragon lord! I heard that in the end, it was destroyed by the dragon lord as an experiment, and even the soul was made into a soul gem and sold to the demon in the abyss!"

She glared at the mage viciously: "Slay the dragon? You have the ability to slaughter it yourself! Why hide in such a safe place and instigate the children to slay the dragon? What liar should be killed! If I become a lord one day, the first thing I will do is to catch and kill all the bastards who tell the story of slaying dragons! Not a single one will be left! These people lure others to death, and they are worse than robbers!"

Donghezi suddenly realized that there was such a story. He asked curiously, "In this way, the strength of that Dark Dragon Lord is not weak, and he can actually make a deal with the demons in the abyss." ”

"Isn't it weak?" Le Lin calmed down his anger a little: "That Dark Dragon Lord once captured the master mother of another drow city that despised him, along with the supreme ** master. After sealing their spell abilities, they were stripped naked and locked up in a giant bird like two plucked chickens. Then he put the birdcage at the head of the city for ten thousand people to see, and suffered the most terrible humiliation. It wasn't until the city of Drow took out half of its wealth that it was redeemed. ”

"So powerful?" Donghezi smiled and turned back to Grimm and said, "Didn't you say that those high-level ** masters have super strong escape ability, and it is impossible to catch them at all?

Grimm wrapped himself in a corner. Originally, he liked to quarrel with Le Lin about mage issues the most, but now his feelings were so low that he didn't even bother to raise his eyes, he just said casually: "The high-level mage competition is to fight for equipment and helpers." The Dark Dragon itself is good at some advanced spells, plus its financial resources and power far exceed those of ordinary mages, so it's no wonder if it doesn't win. You also know that there are many behind-the-scenes bosses of the Chamber of Commerce who are those who are more capable dragons. "After that, don't look over your head and pretend to sleep, that is, don't look at Le Lin or look at the mage outside. It's as if none of the qiē around him has anything to do with him.

Knowing that he was stimulated by the sight of the three middle-aged mages doing business, Toheko put away the rest of the questions and continued to observe the bustling market outside.

As the caravan passed by the three middle-aged mages who were doing small business, Grimm secretly glanced at them, his eyes full of loss.

When a person has no hope of advancing to the 3rd Rank Arcane, will his fate be better than that of these three?

Grimm didn't know, and he didn't want to know.

The caravan arrived at the station, a collective stable, to be precise.

Rows of stables neatly built on a wide flat land, exuding a slight smell of wet grass and horse manure. Surrounded by more than 20 four-story buildings, the high white walls and crimson fish-scale tiles combine to form a neat picture. It was only when I got closer that I saw that the walls were full of mottled brown marks, which seemed to have not been cleaned for a long time.

It's no wonder that the tall buildings are all for passing caravans, and such passers-by come and go, who has the leisure to clean up these public places.

According to the rules of the city, merchants passing by must settle here, unless the city is your terminus. Of course, you and your guys can go and stay in the fancy inns, but the horses and goods must be kept here for the convenience of the town.

Since no merchant could afford to let an entire caravan go to a high-end inn. Therefore, all chose to spend the night in the collective stables.

The caravan owner spent a small amount of money to buy a few stable positions and a wagon warehouse, and after taking the men and the mercenaries to a four-story building to settle down, he quietly ran to Toheko's room and whispered, "I'll lend money to the mercenaries now, and the matter here will be left to you for the time being." Now you are the most authoritative person in the ranks, and they dare not disobey your orders. I would like to ask you for more help, and I will definitely go to the temple of the god Akudi to make offerings in the future. ”

Toheko was a little surprised, but in order not to let the identity of the "God of the Qi Elemental Priest" goof, he still agreed. It wasn't until the boss had gone downstairs that he turned around and asked Grimm and Lelin: "I've only known them for a day, and he dares to entrust the whole team to me?" ”

With a "you're too strange" expression, Grimm couldn't help but smile and said, "It's normal, there must always be a leader in the team, and if the original leader is not there, it is usually replaced by a priest or paladin." You're the only priest in the team, and who is going to take over if you don't take over?

"That mage knows him very well, so it's only natural for him to manage him. Higashiko asked, puzzled.

Grimm lay down on his simple, slightly damp wooden bed and sighed, "If the mages had the time to take care of these chores, there would be no lords in this world long ago, only mages." ”

The caravan owner hesitated and walked to the gate of the Smarno Chamber of Commerce.

**The sharp roof of the building stands tall and glows in the sun, like a passage to heaven. But there is an invisible oppression that forces me to breathe hard. Under the golden light, an inferiority complex is irrepressibly emerging.

After 20 years of struggle, I still have this life that is not up or down, I wear out my tongue every day for a little profit, I run around for bribes to get through, I hurt my brain to appease the guys and mercenaries who are dissatisfied with the salary, and I have to spare no money to win over the mage. It seems that the scenery is in front of people, but in fact, no one dares to offend, and everyone has to say good things. originally thought that tired and tired people could run for a rich future, but now people are tired and tired, and the rich future is still early.

Maybe you really have to die of exhaustion to get a little rich.

However, it has to be so, a caravan like himself is in a critical period of the development of all caravans, and it may rise to become a large caravan, or it may sink to become a "buddy" of a large caravan. Whether it's good or bad, the key is in the past few years.

He sighed, but why could some people sit in the tall and luxurious Guili room and watch the rolling gold coins rush to him?

Walking up the tall staircase of a one-story building and about six four-wheeled carriages, a towering golden gate two stories high stands ajar in front of you. The whole gate seems to be made of real gold, and there are golden intricate flowers cast on it, and there are golden lovely babies holding this golden childish lamb in their arms between the flowers, which is extremely rich and warm; the open space between the flowers is also scattered with gold coins, precious stones, pearls and other items, which are simply "all over the ground" of treasures, and the eyes are full of brilliant gold.

Wealth, it's really cute.

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