Volume 2 Chapter 6 The Town Inn
When I woke up, it was already three poles of the sun, and the bright sunlight filtered in through the front window of the cabin, stabbing Qianyu squinted, and raised his hand to cover his forehead, it was another good weather.
I practiced non-stop in the middle of the night last night, and the results were remarkable, but my body was a little unbearable, and now I am still sore.
Qianyu grinned and jumped out of the cabin, but was pleasantly surprised to find that next to the gluttonous cat lying on the ground napping, there were a bunch of white dangling bird cores, more than twenty of them at first, and when he raised his hand to put the bird cores and the aircraft into the space, the huge object that was still in front of him just now was extremely inconspicuous in the space. The sleepy-eyed gluttonous cat looked at the changes in front of her with some puzzlement, rubbing Qianyu's legs, as if she couldn't understand it.
Pack up your mood and head north with one person and one cat.
Yunlai Town is located not far east of the Sunset Mountain Range, and is named because you can see the clouds and mist in the mountains all year round.
The town is small in size, surrounded by a square city wall more than ten meters high, with a permanent population of less than 10,000 people, and is separated from the mountain range by a small river and a field, which is said to have originated in the Yulong Mountains in the northern snow country.
A main street runs through the town, and the three-storey "Xiyingmen" inn is located in the middle of the street.
Avoid the large and small swamps, along the small river to the upstream for most of the morning, near noon, a person and a cat came out of the field path, along the yellow mud avenue to the mouth of the town, the right side of the road leading to the town grows a tall and dense banyan tree, the trees of different thicknesses are hung from the tree, submerged into the ground, there are two small houses built on the top of the tree, a bronze bell is hung next to the house, there is a brown stone tablet next to the ancient well under the tree, engraved with the three words "Yunlai Town".
A wooden bridge crosses the river on the left side of the avenue, and the suspension bridge in the middle of the wooden bridge has been raised, and the banks are temporarily impassable.
The entrance of the town is very lively, there are large and small notices posted on the city wall, many people are pointing and pointing, talking to each other, entering and leaving the town with all kinds of powerful warriors carrying various weapons, and all kinds of peddlers and pawns pushing carts and carrying burdens.
Qianyu squeezed into the crowd, glanced at the notices, all sorts, there are small town militia regiment recruits, food and shelter and money to receive, see Qianyu quite moved; there are rewards, want to buy bear-hearted leopard gall, etc.; there are looking for people, such as finding someone and asking where to meet, etc.; but more is to invite powerful newcomers to form a team to hunt fierce beasts, there is no remuneration, and the hunting income is distributed according to the size of each person's contribution in the team.
Qianyu looked at the east and west, and it felt quite fresh. However, his stomach rumbled for most of the day, and he had no choice but to go to the town to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Walking slowly along the bluestone-paved streets, the shops on both sides are neatly built, not like the houses in the fishing village, which are uneven, and the items sold at the entrance of each shop are full of patterns, food, clothing, housing and transportation.
The architecture of the town is different from what Chiwa originally imagined, since seeing the steel walls and flying machines, Chiba has always thought that the outside world will be completely different from the fishing village, and never thought that the houses are still mainly made of bluestone and wood.
Unconsciously came to the "Xiyingmen" inn in the middle of the street, Qianyu looked up and saw that the plaque was inscribed with three golden characters of "Xiyingmen", the font was bold and bold, but the color was a little old, and it seemed that it was some years.
Unlike the two-storey shops on both sides of the street, the inn is four storeys high, and is built from the keel of a large number of high-quality giant wood and a large number of thick wooden planks. To the left of the inn is a pawn shop, and to the right is a butcher's shop.
Qianyu traveled all the way, saw all kinds of snacks and pastries, and his heart was moved, but he was shy in his pocket, and he only had some soul cores and items obtained from the two-headed bird on his body, and he didn't know how much money he could make.
The pawnshop has two floors, but the space is not small.
There are more than a dozen tables in the house, and the conversation is endless, and the business is excellent.
On the main counter in the center is a row of porcelain plates, with soul cores, horns, ores, etc., which are estimated to be worth a lot. On the right wall, there are all kinds of animal skins and animal heads, swords, shields and armor, showing a wild atmosphere, and on the left wall, there are price lists of various items, and there is a column for the information column, surrounded by many people.
On the Taishi chair in the left corner lay an old man with gray hair, quietly closing his eyes and recuperating.
Thousand Feathers took out a bird core and a two-headed bird nail and handed them to the man.
The white and yellow bird core is a third-order beast core, worth 10 gold coins, and the guy came as soon as he opened his mouth, but when he saw the double-headed bird nails, he was obviously stunned, and he couldn't give a price for a while, so he pinched the black nails the size of his thumb and trotted to ask the old man lying on the Taishi's chair.
The old man frowned and looked at his nails repeatedly, and for a moment he couldn't make up his mind, so he returned with his buddy.
"Little brother, the nails of the cooing bird are common, one is worth 1 silver coin, but your nail is rare, it seems that it should be the nail of a high-level coo, it is estimated to be as high as the sixth order, such a high-level cooing bird is very rare, it is as fast as lightning in the sky, I have never heard of anyone hunting, it is estimated that even if someone gets it, it will not be taken out and sold, it is full of treasures, as for the price of this nail, the old man is really not easy to estimate, if you don't count your 50 gold coins?"
Just came out of the fishing village, the items are obtained through exchange, Qianyu has no feeling for gold coins, as long as he can exchange money, he happily changed and left, but he didn't know that the 60 gold coins were enough for a few wealthy people to spend a year.
The inn is doing a prosperous business, and when Qian Yu walked into the inn next door, he found that the left and right sides of the hall on the first floor were full of tables, and there were almost no vacant seats.
The hall on the second floor is also overcrowded, and there are no empty tables, but there is a large square table by the window with only a big man sitting on the window, with his back against the windowsill, and his left leg on the side stool drinking alone, which is very eye-catching.
Qianyu found no vacancy, then sat down on the right side of the big man, the gluttonous cat was just put down, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, Qianyu has become accustomed to it, no matter how long the gluttonous cat disappears, no matter where he goes, the gluttonous cat will be able to find himself, not to be left behind, there seems to be an invisible line tightly connected to himself.
The big man raised his head slightly, glanced at Qian Yu, and said twice, "Hehe", "Young man, just arrived in town?"
Qian Yu glanced at it and saw that there was a clear scar about an inch long engraved on the right cheek of the big man, which looked quite vicious.
Seeing that Qianyu didn't squeak, the big man picked up a wine bowl and handed it over, and said in a deep voice: "Come, drink some wine to quench your thirst." ”
Qian Yu had to take the bowl with both hands and hold it up, just as he wanted to say thank you, he saw a torrent shooting towards the bowl, feeling his wrist sinking, and subconsciously trembling his wrist, the porcelain bowl shook with a slightly invisible momentum to the naked eye, and the water flow swirled down the edge of the bowl softly, and gradually formed a whirlpool in the bowl to the edge of the bowl, but not a drop overflowed.
Dahan showed surprise on his face, and then laughed "haha" and said, "Not bad, not bad, it's a little interesting." He picked up the bowl and drank it all, smashed it and asked, "Young man, what do you call it?"
"Qianyu, I don't know your predecessors... ?”
"The safety of the town is in my charge, and everyone who knows me calls me Uncle Fan. Recently, there are a lot of outsiders in the town, the world is north, dragons and snakes are mixed, you are new to the city, usually be more careful. I live in the barracks north of town, and you can come to me for anything. "Qianyu's intuition has always been very accurate, and the big man's words are sincere, he should belong to the disgusting and kind type, and he quickly won Qianyu's favor.
"Uncle Fan, are there so many people in the town usually?"
"How can there be, usually less than half of the outsiders, but in the past two months, there has been another wave of beast tides, and everyone has come to pan for gold. Yesterday a wave of birds came from the south, earlier than usual, and according to the hunters who came back from the mountains, there have been more fierce beasts in the past two days, and several hunting teams have disappeared, which is not even the suspension bridge at the entrance of the town has been sealed, just in case. ”
"When you say that everyone comes to pan for gold, do you mean hunting wild beasts? Are wild beasts very valuable?" Qianyu has wandered in the back mountains since he was a child, and the beasts planted in his hands are unknown, except for a small part left by himself, most of them are distributed to the villagers.
Uncle Fan looked at Qian Yu with a strange expression, and saw that the other party really didn't seem to be joking, so he explained: "The beasts on the mountain are not so valuable, they have rough skin and thick meat, they are fast, they are not easy to kill, and sometimes they are crazy and don't want to die, and if they don't do it, they have to take a human life, it's not worth it." It's just that more than ten years ago, since the news of the purchase of beast cores in the capital has been released, the price of beast cores has risen all the way, and some beasts that can spit acid, such as this wave of cooing birds, their acid sacs are very valuable, one can be worth five bird cores. In addition, the blood of the fierce beasts above the 4th order is also quite valuable, in short, the beasts on the mountain are full of treasures and are very valuable, but for more than ten years, most of the periphery of the mountains in the mainland have been cleaned up several times by the imperial army and the self-organized hunting team, and now except for the giant beasts entrenched in the depths of the mountain range that dare not touch it easily, there is not much oil and water, and this is not enough for everyone to run to our place. After crossing the mountain range across the river, it is the Western Wilderness, it is said that fierce beasts are everywhere, the beasts in the opposite mountain range can not be cleared, kill a round, and a large number will emerge after a while, it is estimated that it is from the Western Wilderness. Therefore, in addition to the two waves of beasts in spring and autumn, there are also many outsiders in the town, who spontaneously form teams to hunt in the mountains from time to time. ”
After hearing this, Qian Yu couldn't help but think in his heart, it seems that he can also use this as his own means of livelihood in the future.
The inn has a wide range of dishes, and most of them are meat.
The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft the water, Qianyu has been facing the sea since he was a child, and he has eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and he naturally feels average about the meat in the inn, so he asked for a few pasta snacks.
At this time, there was a knocking sound from the staircase, and a little girl came up, with big eyebrows and big eyes, short black hair, petite and delicate figure, a pair of tiger skin shorts over her close-fitting short-sleeved power suit, small black boots on her feet, and a short stick pinned to her waist, looking about twelve or thirteen years old.
The little girl glanced around, then walked straight towards the square table, sat down opposite Uncle Fan with a low expression, took out a short stick and pressed it on the table, and snorted angrily.
"What's the matter, you've been turned away again?" Uncle Fan asked with a squint of a wine bowl and a little amused
"Hmph" The little girl snorted heavily, as if she felt that Uncle Fan was laughing at her, she turned her little face to the side, and when she saw Qianyu, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she poked her little head and asked quietly, "Is your team recruiting?"
Qian Yu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, it seems that the little girl in front of her wanted to join the hunting team, but was rejected, and she was sulking, but this can't be blamed on others, hunting beasts is in danger, even if you have to cheer up your spirit, don't dare to take it lightly, do you think this is a playhouse?
However, seeing that the little girl seemed to be quite familiar with Uncle Fan, she didn't like to laugh at her, so she said, "I just arrived in the town, and I was thinking about which team to join." ”
The little girl turned around with some disappointment, but after all, she was a child, and after a while, she poked her little head again and asked, "You... Will there be a fight?"
Qianyu was slightly stunned, since he was a child, he really hadn't fought with others, and he responded with some uncertainty: "It should... Yes, I will order it. ”
Looking at this appearance, it seems that it is unreliable, the little girl pouted and stopped talking, grabbed a steamed bun and gnawed it violently, a little hungry.
Qian Yu couldn't bear it in his heart, and quietly added: "Although I haven't fought, I have killed a lot of fierce beasts, like tigers, leopards, and so on, a bunch of them." ”
The little girl's hand stopped, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked urgently, "Did you kill it alone?"
Qian Yu smiled and nodded, thinking to herself, I don't know if that gluttonous cat counts.
After receiving Qianyu's affirmation, the little girl stopped talking, rolling a short stick in her hand, thinking about her thoughts.
At this time, there was a knock knock, and there was a heavy sound of climbing the stairs from the top of the stairs.