On September 10th, Voltaire came to Jamestown, the city where Earl James was located. Voltaire was shocked when the entrance fee to the city was 1 gold pound. However, as soon as he entered the city gate, an obviously strong special energy went straight into his chest, and he couldn't help but cough. Suddenly I heard a lot of coughing sounds around me, and people who didn't cough looked at me with disdain, saying "hillbilly" softly. Damn, chains of contempt are everywhere.
Voltaire first found an inn, the cheapest one cost 2 gold pounds a night. Okay, just take things as they come. Sure enough, it’s hard to go out without money! Voltaire asked the innkeeper to take care of the horses, went to the room to put down his things, and went out with only the knife on his waist. First go to the bookstore pointed out by the clerk.
In the bookstore, there are mostly literary works, as well as historical and geographical books, hey! A "Brief History of the British Continent" cannot be read, but can only be purchased for 10 gold pounds. Voltaire gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, buying it. There are no books on science and technology, even books on farming and craftsmanship. Are they all passed down by word of mouth? Huh! There is a "Mainland Common Language Dictionary", the price is 10 gold pounds, buy it.
I found a restaurant that looked good for lunch, and specially ordered a 3-tael barbecue of exotic beasts (there is no other way, they sell it in 3-taels). The price was not bad, 3 gold pounds and 10 shillings, not much more expensive than Leicester City. .
After lunch, Voltaire went out on the street to appreciate the sentiments of the people. Jamestown is considered a big city, so it’s quite popular. There are not many types of products, and they are not as good as Xiangcheng in the ancient world. I don’t know whether it is a deliberately implemented policy of obscuring the people, or whether the top government officials are obsessed with the growth of force and have no interest in technological development? Due to the fierce animal infestation, the British mainland is vast and sparsely populated. Although agriculture is rugged, the per capita income is not bad, so there are not many people in extreme poverty, which can also be seen on the streets.
Suddenly, a disabled old man fell to the middle of the road. The horse was frightened and the rider on the horse was thrown to the ground. The knight was furious, drew his sword, and struck the old man. Without thinking, Voltaire instinctively drew out the sword and swung it away like lightning. The knight said angrily: "Looking at your ability, you should be a knight, why are you going against me for a pariah?" Voltaire bowed and said: "I'm sorry to fight you. But human life is at stake, so I have to take action." The knight shouted loudly : "Do you know the law? If a pariah attacks a knight, he will die." Voltaire was shocked and replied: "I can compensate you." Voltaire took out his money bag. The knight said "cut", mounted his horse and drove away. The old man came to kowtow, but Voltaire ignored him and ran away. As Voltaire fled, he thought, in such a social reality, what should I do? One thought: "Didn't you agree to take care of yourself in this world?" The other thought: "I can't help myself! I want to do something!"
Voltaire returned to his room, slept for a while, and took out a brief history of the continent to read. Shocking anecdote: The British continent was actually separated from the Western Continent by a sorcerer god's blow, and the separation point was the British Strait. What kind of world is this? Is there really such a powerful being? The Nightmare Forest in the center of the British continent is an energy node with the highest concentration of special energy, so powerful strange beasts are constantly produced, triggering a tide of beasts. There are exactly four secondary energy nodes around the Nightmare Forest. Human beings have occupied and established four powerful kingdoms. Earl City is a secondary energy node. The Kingdom City and Earl City have changed their owners countless times in their thousands of years of history, but the names of the Kingdom and Earl City have not changed, so the political system appears to be very stable. Every time there is a beast tide, the four kingdoms summon all knights and above to fight against the alien beasts. Soldiers fight against the beasts, resulting in numerous casualties, especially knights. Often after a beast tide, more than half of the knights are killed, so the kingdoms issue decrees to give special treatment to knights. Voltaire sighed: "There is no absolutely correct system. The only system that is in harmony with the environment at that time is the correct system." There were some words in the book that he didn't recognize, so Voltaire looked them up in the dictionary. Voltaire’s level of continental lingua franca continued to improve. Beast tides usually erupt once every thirty years, and the last time was twenty-five years ago. Voltaire thought to himself that the beast wave would come in five years, and he should have enough time to grow up. Can he be strong? He should not change his will. Where are Steele and Bud? When I go home next year, I will make it clear to them and hope they can think clearly. And my dad, why don’t you just practice Zhuang Kung Fu? It’s good for your health. In order to fight against the beast tide, humans built a great wall around the Nightmare Forest. Voltaire was shocked. The Great Wall was attacked and destroyed by powerful alien beasts, and humans repaired it again. Some key points formed border towns, strengthened defenses, added various living service facilities, and became a base for entering the Nightmare Forest and a trading place for the resources of the Nightmare Forest.
On the second day, Voltaire continued his journey to Naus, the capital of the northern country.
On September 15, Voltaire suddenly heard the sound of fighting in front of him, and he galloped forward. When he arrived, he saw a group of ragged peasants holding weapons that were not weapons and viciously attacking a small caravan of about ten people. Five people fell in a pool of blood, and the other five looked like mercenaries, still fighting for their lives. There were more than a dozen farmers who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and more than fifty people besieged the mercenaries. Voltaire rode into the team and quickly stabbed the throats of some of the most vicious peasants with his spear. The peasants retreated in horror and huddled together. Voltaire shouted: "Why are we fighting?" The mercenaries shouted: "They rob and kill us." Voltaire looked at the peasants, drew out his sword, and with a flash of light, the peasants fell to the ground and knelt down. He shouted: "My Lord Knight's tax is too heavy. We can't survive, so we have to take risks. Lord Knight, please spare my life!" Voltaire stood stunned on his horse. After a long time, he asked the mercenary: "What kind of goods is the convoy transporting?" The soldiers looked at a soldier. The soldier said: "I am the captain of the caravan guard. Half of it is food and the other half is daily necessities." Voltaire asked: "How much is the food worth?" The soldier replied: "The market price is about 100 gold pounds. ." Voltaire threw a money bag to the soldier and said: "Unload all the food, and then take the dead away. There is 100 gold pounds in the money bag." The soldier hesitated. Volstey said: "Immediately." The mercenaries quickly followed the order and left. Voltaire said to the peasants: "Take away the grain and take away the dead." Don't say more and do it. While galloping, one thought in his mind was: "I asked you to stop meddling in other people's business. Now it's over. The loss is 100." Another thought was: "There are people killing people in front of you, can you just ignore it?" I couldn't answer that thought. Regardless of whether it is a mistake, it is still a mistake to take care of it.
On October 1st, Voltaire arrived at Naus, the capital of the northern country. Sure enough, as mentioned in the brief history of the mainland, Naos City is a node, with a special energy concentration higher than that of James City. Voltaire couldn't help but cough as he entered the city gate, feeling another wave of contempt. We first looked for an inn, but it was expensive, expensive, expensive. Finally, we chose an inn that cost 5 gold pounds a night, which was quite clean. Going to the bookstore again, there are indeed many more books in the Beijing Bookstore. There are many literary works, and there are also many historical and geographical books. There are no technical books, but there are some mathematics books, which are very shallow. There are some travel notes, the introduction is a bit attractive, but the price is too lethal, so I give up. Do you have foreign language dictionaries for sale? The introduction said that it was a dictionary of the language special to wizards in the language of Rama. Voltaire was shocked at this point. The knight is already extraordinary, so what kind of existence is the wizard? So could the witch god mentioned in the Brief History of Mainland China be true? What kind of world is this? When I looked at the price, it was okay. I bought it for 10 gold pounds. Voltaire looked around the city randomly again, ate randomly, then returned to his room, fell on the bed and thought wildly.
