Mercenaries and Adventurers

It took Zhao Ji a while to carry the armor back to the room of the chamber of commerce. The armor was put away first, and he would put it on again when he needed it.

Then I went to sit in the table corner tavern for a while, and chatted with Todd about the murder case that was solved yesterday. Todd felt that Zhao Ji was busy, and that Clerk Furren should give Kiel some rewards. .

Zhao Ji didn't think it was necessary. It was a real benefit to get to know Nita Mushou and Secretary Fulun, the God of the Dead, yesterday. Especially Nita Shepherd, he only saw how powerful a shepherd was yesterday. When he picked up the small icon of the God of the Dead, he was surrounded by invisible forces, and the sword was probably useless to Nita Shepherd at that time.

Todd didn't say much about this. He was a local, and he was instilled by the people around him since he was a child that the clergy of the church had magical powers given by the gods. He took for granted the strength of Shepherd Nita described by Kiel, and even felt that Shepherd Nita was not as powerful as he imagined, so he discussed with Kiel which level of church personnel in the Church of the God of the Dead has the ability to bring the dead back to life .

Similar rumors about the Church of the God of the Dead have been talked about since ancient times.

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The morning time passed while Zhao Ji and Todd were drinking and chatting. In the afternoon, Zhao Ji helped those still in the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce to decorate the festival decorations of the Chamber of Commerce building.

Although the people of Kendall City come from various parts of the empire, the main body is still the group of people who first followed the pioneers of Baron Kendall, and their living habits have always been the main body of Kendall County, while some small groups of migrants Immigrants who came here slowly integrated their customs into the main culture of Kendall.

Zhao Ji didn't feel it clearly, but the newly immigrated population who came to this young country would feel that this place contains all cultures of the empire, but it is different from each place.

The people of Kendal love chartreuse, and these two colors also happen to be the main colors of the Harvest Festival. Yellow represents the harvest of food in autumn, which is the gratifying color of ripe wheat in the vast wheat fields. And green, the crisp color of plant growth, represents the agricultural work that many Kendals do.

Zhao Ji hung a series of small yellow flags representing the Harvest Festival on the wall of the Chamber of Commerce Building facing the street. In addition, in order to prevent people from stealing, these small flags were hung high by Zhao Ji with a ladder, and most people jumped The kind that can't reach it.

A member of the Chamber of Commerce collected some open wild flowers and green vines from a place near the swamp outside the city. Together, everyone cut the green vines into suitable lengths, then circled them into a circle, and inserted wild flowers of various colors into the gaps between the vine circles. The finished things are hung on the second and third floor windows of the chamber of commerce. Zhao Ji’s own room is also divided into one, and Zhao Ji hangs it outside the window with a rope and tie it in the air.

The largest vine wreath hangs on the gate of the chamber of commerce, and everyone puts the most beautiful flowers they have collected on this wreath. Chef Whitnier and his wife are busy with the hearty food needed for the festival. In various festivals, delicious and hearty food that is not usually eaten is the protagonist of each festival.

At this time, Mr. Whitnier's status as a chef has obviously been greatly improved. He directed the idle guys who were still in the chamber of commerce to go out and buy all kinds of scraps and scraps for the festival food. He had already prepared the things generally used in the festival in advance, but the scraps and scraps of demand would always come one after another. Keep popping out.

In the chamber of commerce, the chef and the old fox-tail president who happened to be in the chamber of commerce arranged work for the idle guys.

Zhao Ji was also caught by the two of them. He was about to sneak out and wander around after setting up the colorful flags. He went to the tavern to drink a glass of beer and brag and chat with the drinkers he knew.

Unexpectedly, now I have to be arranged to go out and deliver a document. This document was to be handed over to the clerk in charge of festival arrangements in the government affairs office. Zhao Ji took a look at the document after he took it. It turned out that during this grand festival that is celebrated every year, the government affairs office requires all major chambers of commerce to set up more than one stall on the main street of the town to provide free food for those who participate in the festival celebration. of the people.

The booth that the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce is planning to set up this year provides the new dry food that Chef Whitier just developed this year--pine nut-flavored bread, and the mushroom dipping sauce that everyone in the Chamber of Commerce thinks is delicious. By the way, isn't this the delicious dry food that was specially prepared for the chamber of commerce guys when they went out?

It seems that the old President Foxtail is also very satisfied with this item, and intends to launch it as the star product of the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce. I don't know if it is used to attract young people who may join the chamber of commerce, or if it is planned to sell it as a product of the chamber of commerce to other chambers of commerce.

Zhao Ji thinks there are both possibilities. Of course, the pine nut-flavored bread stick was still fresh in Zhao Ji's memory, after all, it was the first time he saw bread with sour cheeks after eating it once. I just hope the chef can make it a little fluffy and soft,

The government office is not far from the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce, and there are several large chambers of commerce in the middle. Compared with the last time Zhao Ji came here, the two guards at the main entrance of the government affairs office did not stop Zhao Ji this time.

Originally, he wanted to take out a document to explain the situation before he could go in, but he didn't expect that this time he came in directly.

I don't know if it's because the clothes he's wearing now are of higher quality, and the guards let him in because they see that he's well-dressed. Or is he now famous among the guards.

Zhao Ji's self-consciousness should be the first reason.

The government office is very busy at this time, clerks of all levels and their assistants are waving various documents and parchments, walking through the first and second floors of the government office, many small businessmen and craftsmen are standing here and there talking with others about various things topic. The first and second floors of this government office are designed in an open style. After entering, you can see a circular open space in the middle of the house. There are wooden stairs leading to the second floor, and the middle of the third floor is also hollow. A whole piece of glass is luxuriously used as the top floor where it is connected to the ceiling. And there are some billboards in the vacant places of the government office, which are filled with various information and plans of Kendall County and the kingdom.

Zhao Ji approached an unoccupied notice board, and found that the papers on it said about the monster infestation and attack in Kendall County, more about the information about the roving bandits and the possible strongholds of some gangs. There is also a piece of parchment nailed to the upper right corner of the notice board, with a simple map of Kendall County drawn on it, and many red dots are marked on it.

Zhao Ji found that there were basically no red dots near Kendall City, and there were basically evenly distributed red dots in the other knight territories except for the gathering places of residents. In the border areas of Kendall County close to other counties, red dots are densely gathered, and there are even key places marked with other colors.

Zhao Ji estimated that it might be some kind of stronghold of the gang.

Then, Zhao Ji noticed that there were no red dots on both sides of the Kendall River that runs through the whole county of Kendall. Zhao Ji estimated that it was the contribution of the two legendary priests of the water god. And in the northernmost part of Kendall County, there is no red dot at all. There is no moth in a large area except residential areas. Zhao Ji knew that it was because the knights of the empire were stationed there, and no monsters dared to make trouble.

But Zhao Ji also knew that the Knights themselves were also very dangerous. Although they themselves kept the border safe, there might not be any dangerous monsters in the Knights. Of course, this is based on his own strength. Maybe in the eyes of the Knights, the monsters they own are not harmful in themselves.

Zhao Ji looked at the bulletin board carefully, and he knew a lot of information for the first time, which greatly expanded his intelligence information. It seems that I can often come here to learn all kinds of information in the future.

Zhao Ji also noticed that there are some rewards on many notices. Looking carefully, Zhao Ji looked disgusted~www.readwn.com~ This is too little. Many gangsters who run around only have a bounty of a few dozen copper coins, but a gang stronghold gives a lot, as much as 50 gold coins, but it is obviously impossible for one person to win, and once there are too many people, everyone There are not many coins distributed.

Zhao Ji secretly calculated that if there were fifty people in a gang stronghold located in the border area, there must be at least ten people in order to eradicate them. This still takes into account the sneak attack after the investigation. After making sufficient preparations, a dozen people traveled to the border area, scouted for a few days, and then attacked the stronghold. When counting sneak attacks, everyone defeats one person, and they have to face twice as many enemies. Even if they could retreat and look for an opportunity to sneak attack, it would take about half a month to fight back and forth to eradicate this gang stronghold.

It's not worth it, whoever is behind, how good it is to eradicate monsters and exchange them for money. More than a dozen people rushed forward, and no monster could be taken down.

Zhao Jiguang was thinking about the bounty, but he didn't expect that after the stronghold of the gang was taken down, all the property of the gang would be owned by the person or organization who crusaded. He thought it wrong from the beginning, and it wasn't until a long time later that he realized that the notices and bounties in various places were not for people to live off bounties, but mainly to provide a legal proof of killing and intelligence support.

After reading the notice, he walked around the government office again. Zhao Ji found that outsiders could only stay on the first floor of the government office, while only internal personnel could enter the second floor of the government office.

He casually found a clerk's assistant and asked whom to give the documents for the free festival booth of the chamber of commerce. The assistant pointed to the place with the most people at the gate, and told Zhao Ji that it was the place to handle festival-related documents and procedures.

Seeing so many people crowded together. Zhao Ji scratched his head and had no choice but to squeeze in.