Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 176 Good-hearted people

Rhodes woke up from the cave, stood up and moved his stiff body.

He was so tired yesterday that he slept directly on the hard rock of the cave after eating the barbecue he made himself.

Unexpectedly, after waking up, my whole body was a little sore.

After Rhodes wore armor and fought a few sets of Taizu's long fists in the cave, he felt that the pain in his body disappeared a lot. Then he took the two-handed sword and shield, and walked towards the Fortress of Glory with the wooden box containing gunpowder.

It may be because of the approaching war that the inspection on the south side of the fortress has become more stringent, and Rhodes met the proud young nobleman from yesterday again.

"What's in this box you're holding?" After seeing Rhodes' shield, the young noble came over with a smile on his face and stopped Rhodes.

"It's nothing, it's a kind of alchemy material." Rhodes replied, he wasn't flustered, the nobleman definitely didn't expect the contents of this box to explode, and the power was not small.

"Open it!" The young noble said loudly, and several soldiers around him stepped forward and surrounded Rhodes.

Rhodes reluctantly opened the lid on the wooden box, revealing the black powder inside.

"Are these poisons, are you using them for poisoning?" the young noble asked sharply.

"No, I accepted a commission. These alchemy materials are ores I collected on the mountain. There are saltpeter and sulfur in them..."

Before Rhodes finished speaking, he was interrupted by the young nobleman.

"I don't care what's inside you. I think there are things inside that could endanger the safety of the fortress. As the newly appointed city defense officer, I have the right to confiscate them." The young noble said with a smile on his face.

"Don't, if I fail to deliver these materials on time, I will have to pay my employer liquidated damages, which is a lot of money." Rhodes said pretending to be flustered.

"Come here, move this box to the warehouse." The young nobleman ordered with a smile.

"Only the warehouses in the north of the city have vacant positions. The warehouses in other places are full of supplies. Should we move there?" A soldier with the highest status asked in a low voice.

"Move over." The young nobleman gave an order, and after hearing his order, several soldiers snatched the wooden box from Rhodes' hands, and moved the wooden box to the north together.

"Sorry, only the warehouse in the north has storage space. You also know that the warehouse in the north is the most unsafe. If the Nords attack the fortress, although the warehouse in the north is built against the city wall, it may also be hit by a catapult. If you If your things are damaged, you can only be considered unlucky." The young nobleman smiled happily.

Rhodes was obviously very happy when he heard it, but he pretended to be very angry and wanted to hit someone.

The young nobleman smiled even more happily when he saw the furiously dressed Rhodes, "Maybe you still have time, if you go to get another box, I will definitely not stop you again."

The young noble looked forward to Rhodes' stupidity to collect another box. Although he said so, he was looking forward to the expression on Rhodes' face after confiscating it again.

"I'll go into the city to discuss with my employer." After Rhode finished speaking, he walked directly into the fortress.

The young nobleman smiled and watched Rhodes walk into the fortress.

Just now Rhodes almost laughed out loud when he heard that they were going to move the wooden box into the warehouse in the north, but he held back in the end, and decided to make some more and confiscate it to the young nobleman again.

Rhodes knew in his heart that the young nobleman must be telling lies, and he could tell by the expression on his face. Compared with his acting skills, he couldn't even play tricks.

Rhodes walked to the grocery store he went to yesterday, opened the door and still saw Jill leaning lazily on the chair, squinting at the door.

"I also want some sulfur and saltpeter, no, sulfur and gray salt." Rhodes said.

"Don't you want any charcoal?" Jill asked suspiciously, "I saw that winter is coming, so I also collected some from others."

"If you have one, give me a bag too," Rhodes said.

Jill stood up and walked to the back, took out three sacks and threw them to Rhodes.

"You won't be charged for these. You gave a little more yesterday. These are all worthless things." Jill sat on the chair again.

Rod thinks Jill needs a bamboo recliner, a thermos, and a radio to complete.

"Can I borrow your alchemy workbench?" Rhodes asked.

"Use it whatever you want, just restore it after use." Jill replied lazily.

Rhodes carried the three bags to the alchemy workbench in the corner and began to operate. It was not very difficult, as long as the materials were ground into powder and mixed according to a certain ratio.

With the previous experience, Rhodes moved a lot faster. This time he made a large box of gunpowder without any accidents.

After doing this, he remembered that this is indoors, and there are other people present.At that time, my mind was full of plans and I ignored them for a while, but fortunately there were no accidents, and Jill seemed to be asleep and didn't pay attention to what he was doing.

After leaving behind a few silver coins, Rhodes walked towards the southern city gate with a box that was several times larger than before.

As he expected, he was stopped by the young noble again.

"What's in this box of yours?" the young nobleman asked with a smile.

"It's the same thing as before. I bought what my employer needed directly at the grocery store in the city, which saved me a lot of money. Now I'm going to send it to him." Rhodes opened the lid and explained.

"Come here, put this box in the warehouse to the north." The young noble said with a smile.

"Didn't you say that you would not confiscate my things again?" Rhodes said angrily.

"Young man, I'm letting you know that people's hearts are sinister, so you won't be deceived again." The young nobleman and the soldiers beside him burst out laughing.

"I remember." Rhodes glared at them fiercely, then turned and walked towards the tavern.

Rhodes couldn't help laughing on the road. They threw two boxes of gunpowder into the warehouse next to the city wall in the north. If the gunpowder suddenly exploded, even if the city wall couldn't be blown up, the whole warehouse would probably be destroyed.

That young aristocrat is really a kind man.

After returning to the tavern, Rhodes ordered some food. He was still a little hungry after working all morning.

When he checked in, he paid the tavern owner some money as the room fee for these few days, so the tavern owner didn't see Rhodes yesterday and didn't take back his room.

Rhodes was sitting on the first floor of the tavern, eating while listening to the mercenaries next to him discussing the latest situation...

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(End of this chapter)