Section 8 The City of the Free (Part II)
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It was a huge city that suddenly rose up on a plain.
Wang Qinian was a little excited, although there was also a free city in his memory, but there was still a difference between what he really saw and what he remembered, and the former was more distinct.
He quickened his pace, followed the flow of people into the city, and walked into the city of freedom, under the watchful eyes of the guards at the city gates.
The moment he entered the door, he let out a long sigh, his body and mind could relax a little after so many days of intense and tense life, and he would be much safer after entering the City of Freedom.
As he walked, he looked at the city, which was indeed young, as could be seen from the buildings along the way.
In addition to the old and new buildings, one of the major characteristics of the architecture of the Free City is that it has no features.
To be precise, it is because the buildings that Wang Qinian saw were so varied that they seemed cluttered. Gothic buildings with ribbed vaults and flying buttresses, as well as free-form, dynamic, and strongly colored architectural styles, often richly ornamented, and centralized buildings marked by domes.
This also confirms that the City of Liberty is indeed a new city, and reflects the style of the city in a certain way, allowing for clutter in appearance, but focusing on practical results.
It can also be seen from the distribution of the city area that the city is divided into two cities, the inner city is semi-closed, no people are allowed to enter and exit at will, and it is blocked by the city wall, and it is said that the inside is the residence of the army, the administrative area, and the place where the master of the city lives, as well as the casting and smelting that serve the army.
In contrast to the rigidity of the inner city, the outer city is the real city of freedom, and there are also casting and smelting, which are distributed on the north side of the city, which is also the area where the handicraft industry is located.
The whole city is laid out in a nine-square grid, except for the inner city occupies the central position, the handicraft industry has living quarters in the north of the city, the east and west sides of the city, and in the northeast and northwest corners there are schools established by the city, the northeast corner is said to recruit mage apprentices and alchemy workshop craftsman apprentices, the former if they can become formal scholars and mages, will enjoy a higher status in the city and be recruited by the city lord; the latter is generally a person who is not qualified to become a scholar mage can be turned into an alchemy craftsman, or at worst can also engage in handicraft manufacturing。
The southwest corner is the place of entertainment, with a huge circular arena and theater, and the south is the place where the commerce is most concentrated, although there are also commercial shops in the east and west, and there are handicraft shops, with shops in front and workshops in the back, but the real concentration of commerce is in the south, and the city's bazaar is also in this area with the most commerce.
The southeast corner is the dirtiest part of the city, in the words that Wang Qinian can understand, it is the place where the poorest and most helpless people in the city barely live, and the plots that originally belonged to the city that were temporarily shelved and not built have also become a hotbed of evil.
Wang Qinian slowed down in the flow of people, scratching his head, judging from the words heard from the crowd, today happens to be the day of the monthly big market in the city of freedom, and the big market will last for five days, so there are a lot of people.
He was in the crowd now, with unfamiliar faces in his eyes, and from now on he had to think about the way forward.
Wang Qinian wanted to get rid of the slave trapping team, and his inherent education made him resistant to the slave trade, and if his life could not be guaranteed, he would succumb to serve the slave trapper, after all, his own life was more important than others.
But if he has the opportunity to get rid of it, he can't go all the way to the dark, not to mention that the slave catcher team has been destroyed, and he can't take the initiative to contact the forces behind the slave catcher, but the dark merchant who controls the huge slave trade will sooner or later investigate the cause of the slave catcher's downfall, and as the only survivor, I am afraid that there will be some trouble at that time.
Under normal circumstances, the Dark Merchant may not have known that Owen, who is not an important role in the slave catcher, is just an apprentice of the deputy head mage Zandon.
But Owen also has another identity, he is also a spy secretly bought by the dark merchant to spy on the slave catcher, so Owen's situation and files must be recorded in Duncan's case, and once someone investigates, there is a possibility that he will be recognized.
Do you want to be disfigured to escape?
Wang Qinian touched his barely handsome face, no matter what, he was a little reluctant, things hadn't gotten to such a bad point, and he really couldn't really be caught, he told the truth the reason for the collapse of the slave catching team, the only thing to worry about was that maybe he had to get involved with this dark organization again, and was forced to do something he didn't want to do.
Therefore, the way Wang Qinian is thinking about getting rid of it now is to contact the summoner Bernhard, who has kindness to him, maybe find him, reveal his predicament, and be able to use his power to take a different path.
The mage Zanqi also died, but Wang Qinian still wanted to become a magician, judging from Owen's memory, the status of magicians in this world is quite high, and they are generally elite intellectuals, and it is no problem to become a magician and gain a foothold in this world.
But how can Bernhard be found now?
I didn't expect that my stomach was a little hungry, and I might have to solve the problem of survival before I found someone.
Wang Qinian has nothing on his body, and after experiencing a battle with the Ante, especially after being chased by the female black ant warrior, Wang Qinian doesn't even have a copper coin on his body, and his clothes are also tattered in the battle, like a beggar when he enters the city, but fortunately, the guards guarding the door did not stop him from entering.
It seems that it will not work, because Wang Qinian's profession is really a bit problematic, his teacher is a dark mage, although as a magic apprentice, the direction of magic research is not fixed, and the shape is still very strong, but the apprentice also means that the things and abilities he knows are extremely limited.
With Wang Qinian's current strength, I am afraid that there is no advantage in going to the alchemy workshop, unless the other party happens to be refining items that need dark magic assistance, and the dark department among the magicians gives people a bad reputation, people are afraid of this kind of mage, and they need this kind of mage, and it is inevitable to involve the past origin when recruiting, Wang Qinian does not dare to tell others that he has been engaged in the promising career of catching slaves, and only because of the collapse of the branch, he is now willing to deign to come to your workshop for employment.
Go out of the city to be a robber and rob, and come back to the city when you have money?
This, I'm afraid this is also extremely risky, the City of Freedom is the closest city in the direction of Modo bordering the orcs and the green forest and other places, this is the last transit point in the prosperous area of the Terrans, and the next city to be called only the Orcs from the Terran Zigruru.
Therefore, most of the people who come here take risks, and come here to expect to trade with foreign races, especially orcs, and the bazaars of Free City will have orcs with furs, gems and other precious items to trade.
The foreign merchants who dare to come here are all with a little strength, either they have family guards, or they will hire mercenaries to protect themselves.
With the strength of Wang Qinian's magic apprentice to rob, there is a very big risk of giving away people's heads to others.
still had to find another way, Wang Qinian stood still, pushed by the flow of people, and involuntarily followed the flow of people into the direction of the market.
The market of Liberty City is in the business district to the south, which is the largest area in the city, larger than the central area where the city lord's mansion is located, because in addition to the many shops, there is also a huge open-air square.
Normally, the open square is used for small traders and farmers outside the city to sell their produce, but three days before the start of the monthly market, the city of Liberty restricts the vendors, and then arranges simple wooden platforms to divide the square into various areas to welcome the arrival of merchants.
From scratch, the Free City has plenty of experience in this area, and when the square is arranged, the city lord's palace will send a special person to preside over it, who will be responsible for registering the merchants who enter the square, recording their goods, and of course collecting taxes in the future.
Since taxes are collected, of course, there is also a certain responsibility for the safety of merchants and goods, so Liberty City will also send two full squadrons of soldiers to maintain order in the market.
Wang Qinian walked into the bazaar with the flow of people, and the bazaar of the Free City is known as a pearl of Modo, because merchants from all over the world like to come here to trade, and some powerful merchants or forces actually have a station in the city, and even buy shops as branches.
Initially, the trade in the bazaar was mainly retail, but with the development of commercial trade, it became more and more massive, especially for those merchants who came from afar, many merchants would band together to offer a certain type of goods and form a price alliance in order to form an advantage in the bazaar.
Suddenly, Wang Qinian heard the sound of someone complaining beside him, and he looked sideways to see that there was a chubby businessman stroking his forehead.
It turned out that the merchant was here to purchase goods, but the merchant was trading with the big 6 lingua franca of the same person, and it was difficult for the two sides to communicate, and in the end, the other party was in a hurry, so he simply kept speaking in the language of his own tribe.
Now the man spoke fluently, but the fat merchant couldn't understand it even more, so he complained that the Free City should provide a language translation service.
Wang Qinian's heart moved, and he stepped forward to speak to the fat businessman's trading partner, and he used the other party's language.
The businessman immediately danced with his hands, and after Wang Qinian talked to him for a while, he explained his meaning to the fat merchant.
The fat merchant was also very happy to see that Wang Qinian could understand the other party's local language, and hurriedly told Wang Qinian what he meant, and asked him to convey it to the businessman.
After Wang Qinian's translation, the fat merchant reached a trade agreement with the other party, went to the market registrar to register, and the free city signed the contract fairly.
After completing the business, the fat merchant decided to hire Wang Qinian as his temporary assistant, giving him an eagle silver coin every day as a reward to help him during the bazaar, especially if he needed a translator.
Wang Qinian solved the problem of survival smoothly, followed this fat businessman, and could still have a silver coin in his account every day.
In the next few days, Wang Qinian followed the merchant to be active in the bazaar, dutifully becoming a good assistant, which is not difficult for a traverser.
And the fat merchant also soon appeared, he was half of the assistant hired with gratitude, more powerful than he imagined, in addition to the initial translation help, soon entered the role of a business assistant, and later in different local merchants Xiàn out of the translation ability is even more powerful.
Most of the merchants who come here to trade have a lot of 6 lingua franca, but there are also many people who will return, and the level is not flattering, which brings obstacles to trade.
And whenever this happens, Wang Qinian will come forward and communicate proficiently in the other party's native Chinese language, and he can be fluent in the languages of the Saxon Empire, the Modo Kingdom, the Titanian Empire, Asturias, the Aurora Empire, the City Federation, and even some independent principalities, as if he had spoken it for decades.
However, Wang Qinian's real fame in the bazaar was on the penultimate day of the bazaar.