Mercenaries and Adventurers

In the armor workshop, the armor apprentice was busy in front of the equipment in the workshop, while his master was writing something on a book in front of the window sill of the workshop.

After Zhao Ji came in, he ignored the craftsmen in the armor workshop and went directly to the apprentice. After greeting him, he observed his armor making.

The apprentice who was stared at by Zhao Ji became awkward. After working hard for a while, he gave up. Looking at Zhao Ji, he said to him, "May I ask what you need? I'm working **** the whole set of armor you ordered."

Zhao Ji raised the wooden helmet in his right hand, pointed to it and said, "I'm here to give you a new job. I have a helmet here that you need to modify. This is more important. Let's get this one first?"

Apprentice Ganna glanced at the wooden helmet Zhao Ji was holding, frowned, and said angrily, "Are you entertaining me? Is this armor? It's for training, just for fun." Yes. I have been working hard to make your armor, and I promise to finish it as soon as possible!"

Seeing that he was angry, Zhao Ji was a little inexplicable, maybe there was a misunderstanding, so he explained to him: "I don't mean what you think, I just bought this one, I think it's lighter and stronger, so I asked Jean Let me process it in your workshop."

"Really? I can tell that this thing is light, but it's impossible to be strong. A stronger person can crush it with both hands, let alone resist the chopping of metal weapons. Mr. Keel, Have you been lied to?"

Zhao Ji quickly waved his hands, he didn't want people to think that he was the kind of stupid and easily deceived person: "No, no, no, no. I know this thing is a head armor for training. When I bought it, the craftsman gave it to me. To be clear, in fact, I just bought an extra helmet when I went to buy training equipment. The main reason is that I have other uses for this helmet. As for the purpose, don’t inquire about it. This is my personal secret. You Let me modify this helmet first, this is a bit urgent."

After listening to Kiel's explanation, the apprentice Ganna stopped his work, patted the ashes on his hands, and took the wooden training helmet that Zhao Ji handed him. After looking it over, it was confirmed that it was a simple helmet made by carpenters for training.

"So? How do you modify it?" Apprentice Ganner asked while fiddling with the helmet in his hand, not knowing what use this kind of thing could have.

Zhao Ji pointed to the helmet in the hands of the apprentice Ganna and said, "Ahem, I think so. Put a visor on this helmet first, and I need some basic protection for the face."

"Active or stationary?"

"Is it fixed? I don't need to open the visor."

"Then what is the material of the visor? Steel or ordinary iron? Leather or wood?"

"Well, it's still made of wood. I don't have any requirements for defense, so I think it's good to have a uniform material for the visor and other parts of the helmet."

After listening to Zhao Ji's words, the apprentice Ganna felt even more confused. He didn't know what use this thing could be used for, so he agreed: "I see. Is there anything else that needs to be improved?"

Zhao Ji pointed to the part under the helmet and said: "I also need to install a circle of leather on the bottom of the helmet to cover the neck. I need better materials for this part of the leather."

"Is the neck armor? It's made of leather armor. Does this structure need flexibility?" Apprentice Ganner asked.

"That's right. To make it easier to turn your head and observe, do you have any better leather here?"

Hearing Zhao Ji's question, apprentice Ganna walked towards his master with his helmet in hand. The two chatted for a while, and it was obvious that the armor craftsman was a little unhappy, but finally waved his hand and let the apprentice Ganna decide to go, and he continued to write his book.

Although he was a little curious about what this inactive armor craftsman was writing, but considering that the two had no friendship, Zhao Ji gave up the idea.

"How is it?" Zhao Ji asked the apprentice Ganna.

"My master let me do whatever I want. We also have a suitable piece of crocodile tail skin in our workshop. I think it is more suitable to use on the neck armor of this helmet. The extra can be fixed on other parts of the helmet, which looks better." Apprentice Gan Na patted his helmet and said.

"That's it, but what's the price of this crocodile skin? How much?"

"Forty copper coins, as long as you use this crocodile skin, I won't charge you for the processing of the helmet." Apprentice Ganna said.

Hearing his words, Zhao Ji felt that the apprentice Ganna was talking big, because apprentices among craftsmen had no right to decide the fees of the workshop. Only craftsmen have the right to decide this. Thinking of this, Zhao Ji asked.

"Don't get me wrong, in fact, I only need to complete the whole set of leather armor you ordered, and I will be able to become a teacher. By then, I will be an armor craftsman. My master has already seen my recent armor making skills, and has already I have admitted my level. In fact, I can be said to be half a craftsman now." Apprentice Ganna said hastily, and patted his chest while speaking.

"Then congratulations, come on and make my armor as soon as possible. At that time, I have to go to the tavern to celebrate and have a big drink." Zhao Ji said with a smile.

Apprentice Ganna accepted Zhao Ji's congratulations with a smile, and took out a roll of crocodile tail leather from a box in the workshop.

Zhao Ji stepped forward and looked, the skin of this crocodile tail was brown to bluish, and when he touched it with his hand, it was tough yet soft. Forty copper coins Zhao Ji thinks the price is okay, but the leather is a bit small, and I don't know if the modification of the helmet can be completed.

After paying the money, Zhao Ji went to other places in the city. Apprentice Ganna said that this transformation is very simple, he can complete it on the same day, and Zhao Ji only needs to come to the workshop again at dusk.

On this autumn afternoon, Zhao Ji went to the wealthy area again.

The rich area near the main road is full of shops, all of which are not very practical, not in the eyes of the pragmatist Zhao Ji, and the price is also very expensive, but the things are very beautiful.

In a clothing store rarely seen in Kendall, Zhao Ji saw a lot of well-made clothes made of exquisite materials. Zhao Ji liked a pure white wolf fur cloak very much, but the price surprised him, it cost twelve gold coins. Man, what a luxury.

In a jewelry store, Zhao Ji also saw several pieces of jewelry with strange brilliance. Zhao Ji wanted to ask, but the clerk who cleaned the jewelry ignored it. Finally, under the watchful eyes of several burly thugs, Zhao Ji left the jewelry store. It's nothing, Zhao Ji himself is sure, he definitely can't afford those jewelry with strange effects. You can afford one or two pieces of ordinary jewelry, and he also asked about the price, which is not very expensive. But when there is jewelry with supernatural powers, who wants ordinary things.

The houses in the rich area are different from what Zhao Ji thought. He always thought that the houses in the rich area must be villas with large yards. In fact, when I came to see, most of them were ordinary two or three-story masonry houses, and there was only a brick wall between one house and another. There is no big yard, only a little garden in front of the house.

Of course, it must be a hundred times stronger than the wooden, shoddy and crooked houses in the slums. But as far as Zhao Ji is concerned, it is still a bit small.

In fact, Zhao Ji didn't understand one thing. The area inside the city wall is actually limited, and it is impossible to give the rich people in the city enough space to build houses. Moreover, this is also the difference between the nobles and the rich. In principle, the land in Kendall County belongs to Baron Kendall, and other people are just renting the place of Baron Kendall.

After visiting the shops in the wealthy area, Zhao Ji felt that it was boring, so he returned to the chamber of commerce.

In the park opposite the Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Ji sat bored on a stone chair, watching the amateur actors on the stage rehearsing a play.

This drama, according to chatting with the audience who watched it with him, is based on the legend of a prince in the northern kingdom. To the north of the kingdom is a country that is often called the Land of Snow, and the name of the country is the United Kingdom of Ayman. Because there are no mountains in the north of the kingdom, the cold current from the farther north goes south every year, and the whole country is in the snow for half a year.

The rehearsal of the drama reached the third chapter of the first act, and the main characters had already appeared on the stage. Zhao Ji didn't know who was who, so he could only watch endlessly like this. Fortunately, there were a few spectators nearby, watching the rehearsal on the stage, while criticizing the performances of the actors in a low voice. Finally, I roughly figured out the content of the story.

From the complaints of several audiences nearby, Zhao Ji figured out the general content of the previous two scenes.

The prince of a country goes north to crusade against the Earl of North Ridge, who is not a minister in the kingdom, but encounters a heavy snowstorm on the way. The prince and his attendants who were separated from the army came to an ancient castle in the wilderness.

There are also a few travelers in the castle who are avoiding the heavy snowstorm. Among them are a small group of lost soldiers of local nobles in the northern part of the kingdom; a small caravan traveling far away; Home.

Soldiers and bandits and mercenaries confronted each other, and the atmosphere was tense. Caravans, farmers and adventurers are caught in the middle, and are in danger of being killed at any time.

At this time, the prince and his attendants also came to the castle to avoid the snow. The story ends here.

After understanding the plot, Zhao Ji looked up at the performance of the actors on stage.

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Prince: "Servant, the atmosphere here is not harmonious, don't reveal our identities later."

Attendant: "Prince, how can your clothes not be noticed. Otherwise, you and I can exchange clothes to keep you safe."

Prince: "So, your safety?"

Attendant: "The heavy snowstorm has just arrived, and the large army may come to avoid the snow at any time. It doesn't matter."

The two left the stage, and the actors exchanged clothes before entering the stage.

Other actors came on stage, standing in four groups, hostile to each other.

Attendant: "The snowstorm is bitterly cold, and the house is full of guns, swords, sticks and shields. Human nature is like this, or the environment makes it so."

Prince: "The strong bully the weak, and the weak fight against the strong. It's not because of nature, but because of interests."

Seeing that the two men were dressed luxuriously, one of the soldiers walked out: "Lost in the wilderness, and encountered a snowstorm, taking refuge here, the safety is hard to say. Robbers cannibals are worse than beasts, and it is difficult to communicate with foreign races. The two nobles came just in time. UU reading book www.uukanshu.com The Northridge County Relief Gun Team needs your leadership."

One of the robbers came out: "Nature is natural, unruly. Looting caravans, never hurting people. Taxation and persecution are better than devils, snowstorms and disasters require mutual assistance. The two are hostile to us by mistake. We never offend the nobles. Please Don't be hostile to us, otherwise the strong will bully the weak, and the weak will bully the weaker."

One of the alien mercenaries walked out and bowed to the two of them, "!@#￥%...&*().!@!@#￥%...&*()."

The prince and his attendants looked at each other, looking at each other.

The adventurer said to the two: "Outside there is heavy snow, blizzard and cold wind, and there are people holding swords and swords. No one knows the real danger, but no one can see it in front of them. Please persuade everyone, put down swords, guns and sticks, is the right way. "

A person in the caravan came out and said: "Danger is an opportunity, and risk is gold. Passing the North Ridge to the south, there was a snowstorm pavement, and the sword was facing each other." He took out an object, raised it high and said: "The Earl of North Ridge promised, Doing business in a safe and secure way, today’s crisis needs to be honored, and taxes have never been paid in vain.”

The prince and his attendants looked at each other, and put their hands on the gemstone staff around their waists.

The girl from the farmer's family came out and tremblingly said to the two of them: "Don't believe it, two adults. There is no truth in the robber's words. They often attack houses and rob houses, and never do a good deed. Merchants raise food prices for profit, and countless farmers are hard to leave their homes. It’s no worse than robbers. Soldiers don’t work on weekdays, but they must be extorted and taxed. They don’t kill the enemy with long spears erected. If everyone does not kill him today, he will be the only one alive tomorrow. Adventurous thieves don’t believe him, they always boast when they steal graves, just now there were few people who used force, but luckily the people came to drive him away.”

The prince and his attendants looked at each other, not knowing what to do.