The combat pros have twisted into a rope during the Holy Blood Festival, vowing to complete the "Murphy Challenge", and even if they lose, they will output their style, and they will not be underestimated by NPCs and the bad-hearted development team, and they regard it as the "main quest of the Holy Blood Festival".

But administrative careers and manufacturing players don't have that much in mind.

These players who are not keen on fighting and prefer to enjoy a different kind of game fun are very enthusiastic about the Holy Blood Festival, a player holiday, as long as they are not on duty, they have already run to the Crimson Keep to "have fun with the people".

Manufacturing players, in particular, may have been inspired by the booming business of "Dongshanju", and they even took this opportunity to launch discount promotions in their stores.

For example, the "Hammer of War" blacksmith shop run by the two brothers, Master Broken Knife and Baidong Dama, has set up a seven-fold booth in the past few days.

However, their stall did not sell weapons, but a variety of agricultural tools and daily necessities, which fully captured the needs of the Translansian people, and the agricultural tools improved by the wisdom of the other world were also praised by the farmers.

The turnover of the first four days of the Holy Blood Festival alone made the two blacksmiths laugh from ear to ear, but apart from giving out holiday red envelopes to the apprentices, the two blacksmiths did not spend money indiscriminately.

Instead, they took the money they had saved and the profits from the promotion, and visited Professor Malcolm on the fourth night of the festival.

"Here's our list of purchases, Professor."

In the small courtyard where Professor Malcolm's family lived, Master Broken Knife rubbed his hands together and smiled at the historian who was about to take his wife and children to the square to enjoy the "medieval nightlife":

"We know that the official caravan led by you is about to go to the port of Chardor to procure all kinds of much-needed supplies for Translasia, and our blacksmith shop is planning to become bigger and stronger, and we know that semi-automatic forging equipment has appeared in the halflings, as well as high-end goods such as rolling mills and machine tools.

Therefore, we would like to purchase a batch for reproduction.

To tell you the truth, the capacity of the blacksmith shop is now almost eaten up by orders from the army.

That's not a bad thing, but it's hard for us to keep up with the current demand with our handmade production, and once the Black Plague is in full swing, we won't be able to use the remaining production to help the front lines and support the construction of the territory.

We need these machines, and Transcia can't always maintain a primitive artisanal state.

Our application has been approved by the Administration Department, and the money should be enough to purchase a batch of supplies. ”

In the face of Master Broken Knife's request, Professor Malcolm did not shirk or refuse, and accepted the purchase order and the purchase money from the blacksmiths, saying:

"I'm in the business district next to my old house in Port Chardo, and I've dealt with some blacksmiths there, so I should be able to buy the equipment you want, but if you want to buy a lot, I recommend buying second-hand facilities?

After all, the price of ordering these new machines directly from the factory of the halfling is a bit high, and time is a big issue, and what we lack most now is time. ”

"No problem, you can just do it, everyone trusts you."

The hundred forging horse next to him waved his hand and said:

"As long as it works, we can take it back and take it back and learn the inner workings of these machines by the way, and of course, if you can, can you help us recruit a group of apprentices in Port Chardo or hire a few professional blacksmiths to come over?"

Our current skills are very good in Translasia, but the locals have never mastered the truly powerful forging technique, and we don't have the time or opportunity to learn it if we want to. ”

"It's difficult."

Professor Malcolm's wife, Lady Funa, approached and offered two cups of tea to the guests, and when she heard the request of the Hundred Forging Horse, she shook her head and said:

"The port of Chardo has been peaceful for a long time, because the mountains of the Genoa Peninsula form a natural barrier, the only mountain pass that can be breached, and the brass dwarf fortress is stationed, and the four black plagues have failed to threaten the civilization of the halflings, so that the noisy little men have been living in their world.

To put it nicely, idealism is strong, and if it doesn't sound good, it's isolationism.

Halflings can occasionally seem quite naïve in their way of seeing the world, and the unstable part of their personality will keep them from being in danger as much as possible, even if it is difficult to invite a halfling out of their home during normal times.

Not to mention the fact that Translancia is about to be threatened by the Black Plague, I guess those halflings won't come running around for money.

However, it should not be difficult to recruit apprentices in the shack outside Port Chardo. ”

"Huh?"

The Master of the Broken Knife said suspiciously:

"Isn't it said that the port of Chardo is the most prosperous commercial city on the mainland? Why are there shack areas outside the city that sound so miserable? ”

"Is there a city on this continent that doesn't have a similar area? Even in Cadman City before, there were many shacks built by homeless people outside the city. ”

Professor Malcolm sighed, and he looked at the two strangers in front of him with a rather subtle look, and the confusion and ignorance displayed by these two fellows at this time made the professor realize the difference between the two worlds again.

But he patiently explained:

"In every country and in all times, there are many people who have been forced to leave their homes for various reasons, and in the agricultural kingdom the situation is better, unless there is a natural disaster, there can be no mass displacement, but this is not the case in the country of halflings.

The Genoa Peninsula is not just inhabited by halflings, there are many humans.

But the rapid industrial process of the halflings required more and more land and resources to make factories and put them into production, and the local people did not have a strong political entity to protect them, and they have been under such pressures for some time.

The halfling factory owners are rude, and many of the profit-seeking ones don't care what happens to the humans whose land is taken from them, and of course, the Steam Lords always promise to solve the problem of more and more displaced people at every election.

But the truth is, there is always a limit to the number of jobs available in their factories.

Many of the displaced people had no work and had to live on the handouts of the Steam Council, and over time a shack was established outside the port of Chardo, and by the time I left the city, it was half the size of the city, almost forming a 'ring around the city' outside the city.

They had no jobs and were rarely allowed to enter the city, and they formed a whole and brutal social system in their own area, a place where violence spoke, and all kinds of incidents abounded.

Many of the children who were born there had barely seen the world outside the shacks, and I went there to do my research, and many of the people there wanted to leave the port of Chardo, but they simply didn't have the savings and the knowledge to do it. ”

Speaking of this, Professor Malcolm sighed and said:

"To be honest, compared to the shantytowns over there, the Scarlet Keep is now a peaceful place to live."

"Holy! Isn't this Port Chardo 2077? ”

Bai Forging Dama was fascinated by this, and couldn't help but exclaim, and the Broken Knife Master also nodded again and again.

But he didn't really care much about these things in his heart.

The experience of another world told him that there will always be similar contradictions wherever there is to be industrialization, such as sheep eating people, such as enclosure movements, such as smashing railways, and so on.

It's nothing more than the political level and political determination of the ruler that will directly determine the direction of these things, and now it seems that the Steam Lord Council's hand is indeed tough, but the level of governance is a little worse, and they still have elections?

, doing this kind of ruthless work in a magical world set in the middle world, it's no wonder that Archon Miriam and Colonel Fraser admit that the kingdom of halflings is much more civilized than the kingdom of humans.

Well, compared with the feudalism of the world, the electoral system cannot be said to be more civilized, and it is impossible to judge how the upper limit is, but the lower limit is definitely much higher.

The interesting trivia about the halflings learned from Professor Malcolm and Miss Funa made the Broken Knife Master brothers have the idea that they will visit the halflings in the future in the future, but for now, they obviously can't leave.

After chatting with the professor's family for a few words, and giving a delicate talisman dagger as a gift to the professor's eldest son, the two took the initiative to get up and say goodbye.

They were very discerning not to disturb the Professor's family's activities tonight, and on the way back, without any evidence, they were sure that Professor Malcolm would be "eaten" by Lady Funa tonight.

Tsk, I can't imagine that this Malcolm professor is in his fifties, and his waist is still so good, and the humans in this world are really much stronger than the weak chicken humans in the other world in terms of various physical qualities.

The two men chatted and laughed on the road, but soon they saw a "frustrated man" on the side of the street, who was sitting at the door of the office of the Brotherhood of Stonemasons, cowering in the light of the gas lamp, looking rather depressed and miserable.

The Master of the Broken Knife was taken aback, there are no street lights in this city now, and it is dark and he can't see the other party clearly by the light of the gas lamp, he thought it was a homeless NPC, but he leaned over to take a look, and was surprised to find that this was actually the chosen gray man.

Because the stonemason brotherhood needs all kinds of tools to build houses and build roads, the blacksmith shop is quite closely related to them, and the two blacksmiths and the ashsmiths don't have a good relationship, but they are definitely acquaintances, plus they are both players, so the brothers can't afford not to see this.

"Hey, buddy, what's wrong with you?"

The Hundred Forging Horse leaned up and asked:

"What's going on? Why stay here alone, and still have such a bitter look, I haven't seen a player in Transncia mess up so badly. Come on, tell my brother, what's wrong?

Who bullied you?

We'll take revenge on you. ”

"Woohoo"

It's okay not to ask, as soon as Bai Forging Dama asked, the gray man actually cried with his mouth curled.

This completely frightened the two old brothers, and they couldn't help but pick up this guy and run to a noodle stall at the mouth of the alley, and asked the stall under the command of "Dongshanju" for three bowls of noodles and a bottle of wine.

"Don't cry, come on, come on, drink a little, just say what you have, buddy will help you solve it, maybe we'll shake people! How can you let your brother suffer such a grievance. ”

The two social people, you and I enlightened me word by word, the state of the gray man tonight is very, very poor, he didn't drink alcohol, he moved after two glasses of wine, and he couldn't hold it back.

In a weak voice, he said:

"I went to see the Parren sisters this afternoon, intending to make things clear and ask for forgiveness, but they told me that they had decided to go to school in the port of Chardon with the merchants, and that Mrs. Parlian had taken the relationship of Professor Malcolm to enroll them both in school, and had also received a letter of recommendation from Archon Miriam.

They have to go to the School of Administration, which takes at least four years to graduate.

Woo woo, how can I wait for them in the game for four years!

It's hard to say that this game is not there after four years.,Woo,I'm done with the plot.,I really didn't expect this plot to be so abusive in the end.,Isn't this equivalent to me being completely separated from others.,There's no chance in the future?

Did I make the wrong choice and make a bad ending?

Woo,Why can't this ghost game read the file again?。 ”

"Damn, this plot is really exciting! The real-life version of 'human and ghost love is not over'. ”

Bai Forging Oma made eye contact with his brother.

The two old men saw the surprise in each other's eyes and the satisfaction of listening to gossip, in fact, the matter of fighting gray people has long been secretly spread in the circle of players, some people envy and some despise, but more people are angry.

But those are also the ones who stand and talk without backache.

If you really let them go through this plot, it may not be better than fighting the gray man, mainly because this young student has never been in love before, and then he suddenly doubles the strength, if he can withstand this situation, he can only say that this kid is a natural sea king.

At present, not to mention the sea king, he is not even a water ghost!

As we all know, like to mix with other people's feelings, persuade boys to be brave, persuade girls to be kind, persuade couples to break up, and persuade technicians to be good are the best qualities of men.

"Oh, little brother, this is your fault."

The Master of Broken Blade spoke first.

This guy poured a cup for the gray man, and after touching the glass, he showed a "old Jianghu" look, and said step by step:

"Why did you give up before you reached the end? Even if people really want to leave, won't there be five days left? I think this is the last time left by the development team for your 'love game'.

I mean, whether it works out or not, you've got to say it. ”

"Yes, yes."

The excited Baiduan next to him also handed over a glass of wine, and he asked a little restlessly:

"You tell us two first, have you told your sisters what you want?"

"I apologized."

The gray man replied weakly, but was slapped on the table by Baizhuan Dama, which made the three bowls of noodles jump up, and frightened the busy stall owners.

"I'm not asking you to apologize! It's to ask if you have spoken directly about your thoughts, how you feel about them, and how you are struggling with them right now. You're hiding here alone, and you're sad and there's a fart! People don't know how sad and sad you have become for them.

You have to dare to say it! Brothers.

Aren't all girls letting boys guess their minds when they are dating? Why are you doing the other way around, letting the girls guess what you're thinking?

Hey, that's a bit too much. ”

"Yes, yes, people are big girls, how can this kind of thing be allowed to speak first? At first glance, you are a good boy, but some of the good ones are excessive. My brother is from here, and my brother told you, there are some things here, you have to be brave. ”

The Broken Knife Master smiled and added another glass of wine, patting the gray man on the shoulder and encouraging:

"Believe us, brothers, and we will escort you to Lady Parry's mansion, and you will rush in and say what you want to say with the strength of your wine.

If someone wants to beat you, the old brothers will protect you even if they try their best!

But I think things will probably not go that far, you have said that you may not really see it in the future, it's all like this! You've got to at least be a ghost, right? ”

"Big men don't rush in this kind of thing, in the face of the person you love is leaving, you don't even dare to let a fart drop a little pearl here, to be honest, I despise you a little."

Hundred forging horses arched the fire beside them.

He and my brother, you and me, plus the wine that kept on dripping, made the mind of the gray man firm.

He felt a fire burning in his heart, of course, it could be the burning of the drink, in short, after a period of ghostly flickering, this guy finally made up his mind to rush the tower once.

The two old brothers suddenly became excited when they saw the gray man rising, and the master of the broken knife slapped the table and shouted to the stall owner:

"Boss! Two more bottles of wine! Courage my brother! The money for the meal is counted in the blacksmith's account, and your boss will settle the account in a week. ”

"Here we go."

The stall owner, who was listening to the gossip next to him, immediately handed over two bottles of wine and gave the three people a thumbs up, wishing them a smooth journey.

The two of them, Da Ma and Broken Knife, walked to the courtyard of Lady Parin in the city, one left and one right, and they quickly arrived at Lady Parin's mansion, only to be stopped by the guards of the Chamber of Commerce at the door.

"How can I talk to your future uncle!"

Master Broken Knife scolded the guards:

"My brother is here to make a break with your two young ladies tonight, you also know the situation, I advise you to be kind, Brother Weibing, think about your future future." In this way, if the two of us don't go in, let my brother go in, what do you think? ”

"!"

The two of them were still interceding with the guards here, and the gray man who was already under the influence of the drink roared angrily, flew up and kicked on the door, and the guards didn't react, this guy actually activated a psionic ornament to make him move fast, and the figure disappeared with a whoosh.

"Damn, there's an accident, stop him!"

The two old brothers suddenly became in a commotion, and they couldn't care about the gossip anymore.

This is the first time that this player's attack on the house has happened in the game, and it is not good to be severely punished by the development team, but now it is too late to run, and they can only follow the guards all the way to the courtyard.

The Grey Man had been pressed to the ground by the two female guards, and his actions alarmed many people, even the Parlian sisters came out of the room in their cloaks.

It's the first time they've seen such a down-and-out ash fighter.

When the struggling ash man saw his sweetheart come out, he suddenly quieted down, he looked at the two sisters in front of him drunken and hazy, the time of the past few months came to mind, and in front of everyone, this guy cried out with a wow.

As he cried, he shouted:

"Shall you two go? What's the point of me staying here without you two? I was wrong, I shouldn't have been so cowardly, I should have said it the first time you asked me.

I like you guys.

I can't tell a high, let alone give up on one of you.

Woo, I really can't give up. ”

If it was in another world, the gray man would have been slapped a long time ago, but the feelings were indeed real, and the red-cheeked Parlian sisters were ashamed for a while, but they still helped the gray man to the back room.

This scene made the Broken Knife Master and the Hundred Forging Horse look at each other, and the two brothers smiled, hiding their merits and fame and preparing to leave, but as soon as they reached the door, the two player sheriffs blocked their way.

"Hey, you two are suspected of trespassing on people's houses! An NPC has already reported it. ”

The lead player scolded:

"Don't resist, come with us."

"Wow, big guy, wronged."

Master Broken Knife screamed:

"And we are three people breaking into the house, why only arrest the two of us to drink tea?"

"Nonsense."

The sheriff player with the ID "Sheriff Black Cat" grinned, glanced into the courtyard, and said:

"It's a family, even if you kick the door in, it's going home, it's not good for the two of you to go in with you, let's go and go to our side to rest for the night, it's not a big deal, don't worry."

(End of chapter)