Because the streets of the celebration were too lively, the city that had already become unfamiliar became even more difficult to recognize in Oran's eyes.
I had no choice but to wander around with the citizens for a while and find a hotel to stay temporarily.
We say it’s powered on, but there’s still a lot to do.
When he checked in at the hotel, the hotel owner was still complaining to him: "Although the electricity is on, there are only street lights for the time being. You have to queue up to connect the electricity to your home. If you need lighting, you have to pay for candle oil."
“Can’t you do the wiring yourself?”
"No, there are people watching the substation for fear that someone will be electrocuted."
"It will electrocute people. Aren't you afraid?"
"A little bit, so I'm waiting for the electrician to come do the work."
Good.
Oran knows that this is actually a situation that only occurs in places with high literacy rates. If there are too many people who are illiterate, some people will definitely support the method of trying to connect the electricity or relying on the blessing of gods.
After a night's rest in the hotel, the city returned to normal the next day except for more people cleaning the streets.
Oran first roughly confirmed the area where his friend lived through his memories, and then found the person through the community representative office.
Community representatives are self-governing institutions established during the Great Collision. They are mainly responsible for representing the people in the area in liaising with the municipal government and coordinating neighborhood conflicts. They were retained after the disaster and were established in several cities that later joined the system.
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I ended up looking for a community representative office, but I couldn't find it yet. Fortunately, someone working there knew a friend and pointed out a general area, and then I went to another office to inquire.
This time I really found the right one.
But if you want to meet someone, you have to submit your personal information and wait for a while.
This involves another function of community representatives, which is to prevent residents from being cheated. Therefore, strangers who cannot provide business certificates need to be confirmed by residents first.
The friend was taken directly to the office to meet Olan.
The relationship between the two is relatively distant, a bit like the situation between Oran and the orc alchemist Bunky Bangwu. They both got to know Oran after becoming a disciple of the Three Rings and had some academic discussions.
This guy didn't do well, he was only promoted to the fourth ring around the time of the big collision, and his communication was mainly taught by Olan.
The two discussed it for two days, and when they were about to leave, Olan said, "Why don't you move to New City or Red Rock? There are many mages there who have contacts with the New City Research Bureau, and you can find more people to communicate with."
The friend shook his head: "My ability only ends here, and I can't go any deeper."
Everyone has their own ambitions and cannot force what they want, so Olan had no choice but to say take care and go to the next stop.
In fact, on the way to study magic, there are countless similar examples. The number of magic circles can be regarded as the level gap caused by the increase in the learning difficulty index. Some people learn plane geometry and get a splitting headache. Some people continue to find derivatives and find it quite easily, thinking that they are taking advantage of it. tool.
Another important influence is magical knowledge.
Not every mage has an Immortal Seed teacher like Oran. Most mages don’t have enough time just to study inheritance knowledge, and they don’t have the extra energy to collect knowledge from other schools to supplement themselves. This will make subsequent inheritance more and more difficult. It is fragmented and difficult to form effective difficulty continuity, which makes it more difficult for apprentices to learn.
There is already a difficulty gap, coupled with the problem of knowledge sharing, it is normal to give up the path of mage midway. Compared with them, Olan, who is expected to enter the fifth ring, is very lucky. His own efforts and this kind of Luck will seem less important in comparison.
Starting from Dongshan Road, you can still take the train directly to Pangxuncheng.
Pang Xuncheng was the central point where his teacher Liv collected various ancient books, and he also spent his entire apprenticeship here.
In the car, he was still thinking about whether he would feel like going home, but when he got there, he felt like he had arrived in a different world as soon as he came out of the station!
There are small homeless tents and broken wooden huts in a cluster not far outside the station. Next to the homeless shanty town is a whole dirt road, half of which is filled with beggars.
"Huh-" He frowned and breathed out, and Olan felt that he had returned to the real world.
Yes, after several years in the Phoenix Kingdom, he had almost forgotten that there were not a few people on the roadside who might starve to death at any time.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the strong productivity or the sugar water produced by the sacred tree. There are no vagrants or beggars in the Phoenix Kingdom. The refugees who flow in from abroad will be concentrated and educated as soon as possible, and in the process they find a stable or unstable life. In short, as long as you are willing to trade your hands for a living, you will never be hungry.
But this is not the case in most places. Even if many people are willing to work hard, there is nothing for them to do!
As a traditional mage, Oran had a special period of travel before and after he became a mage. He even knew that these people who gathered around the station to beg and pick up garbage for a living were not farmers.
Putting aside the Phoenix Kingdom, farmers in traditional areas are not a career without barriers. If you want to find a way for your family to survive under high taxes, you must master a lot of knowledge other than agriculture, such as what wild vegetables are edible, what mushrooms are delicious, and Eating will not kill anyone.
Even if farmers leave the original area, as long as they can settle in an area where Warcraft is not active, most of them can still become farmers again through land reclamation. Even if they join bandits, farmers will still do what farmers should do.
The real misfortune is the so-called "citizens" who were originally non-agricultural people. They may be long-term workers in large households or workers in handicraft workshops. Others include laundry workers, dyers, etc. Once these people leave the original city, or If you are laid off locally for other reasons, it will be difficult to find a new job, even if you change cities.
Looking at the miserable situation outside the station, which is like another world, and then looking back at the bustle of the station, I always feel a bit ridiculous.
Obviously, these people outside the station can actually be saved, but the lord did not find the right way, or simply did not want to take care of them.
Looking back, he was surrounded by several children.
"Sir, please give me something to eat." The child who took the lead and dared to speak out was probably six or seven years old, but the age judgment error in this kind of place may be a bit large.
Olan didn't respond immediately. He raised his head and looked at the ragged people nearby. Sure enough, a few of them were looking this way.
Letting children come out to beg for food is a skill only used by those who have been in this "business" for a while, at least those who have been hungry for a long time and have accepted the reality.
The risks and benefits of letting children beg coexist. The risk is that the child may be beaten by a bad temper, and the benefit is that the child may be bought away with some money, or there may be no money at all. But no matter where you go, it is better than hanging around an adult. Be strong.
It was impossible to buy it by himself. Not to mention the Phoenix Kingdom's serious crime of slaveholding. Even if he was not guilty, he didn't want to take over. He couldn't take care of anyone.
Pay for it.
He touched his pocket, twitched his eyes, and said to the leading child: "Follow me."
He took a few children near a roadside stall selling scones and took out a one-yuan Phoenix coin: "Can I use it?"
The cake stall vendor slapped away a child's dirty hands and nodded to Olan: "Whatever can be used can be used."
Pang Xuncheng officials issued a notice not long ago: they do not recognize the circulation of Phoenix coins.
But who cares? If you can buy things with Phoenix coins, then you can use them!
Especially among the people who are looking for a living at the station, this thing is much easier to use than gold coins. Even if the types of goods that can be purchased are relatively limited, the decimal system is easier to remember than the fluctuation pattern of gold and silver coins.
O'lan put one yuan directly on the table: "Buy some cakes and give them to these children."
"Sir, you are really kind-hearted." The vendor didn't care who ate it, as long as someone paid. After receiving the money, he took out ten pancakes from under the cloth cover and gave them to a group of children.
"Thank you, sir. May you live a long life." A group of children followed the chattering thanks, took the cakes and ran back to their families... not necessarily all family members.
A long life is not a good blessing among mages, but there is no need to argue with them.
O'Lan took out another one yuan and put it on the counter of the cake stall. The vendor looked over in confusion.
