Nasikai is a city without walls. [No pop-up novel website]
As one of the two greatest cities in the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate stands on the north bank of the Josa River, about twenty miles from the latter's mouth into the Endless Sea. His location is exactly halfway between Amn and Waterdeep.
Naxikai is located one-third of the way from Amn to Baldur's Gate.
Relying on the golden trade route of Amn-Baldur's Gate-Waterdeep-Neverwinter City and the rich local iron ore deposits, Naxi Kai gradually prospered. Because it is located between the two, although Nasike essentially belongs to Baldur's Gate, many of the local people-especially the miners, are from Amn, and Amn also has a great influence in the local area.
In Faerûn, the population is relatively sparse. Although there is an agricultural level that surpasses the Middle Ages, health, disasters, etc. still restrict the birth of cities with a population of more than 100,000 people. A big city like Baldur's Gate only has less than 50,000 people. Naxikai is a place that resembles an urban-rural fringe. It has a population of 2,000, which is enough to be called a city.
The Naer River that runs east-west divides Naxikai into north and south parts.
The north bank of the river is the most prosperous place in Naxikai, where there is the tall and magnificent Helm God Temple, the mayor's official residence, a commercial district and a military camp. Soldiers patrolling day and night separated the miners on the south bank from the rich on the north bank. To the north of the military camp and temple is the wealthy area. There are some merchants' residences there, as well as holiday villas for nobles from Amn and Baldur's Gate. Of course, since the Naxikai Iron Mine began to be mined, the influx of a large number of miners has made the place low-key. Except for one or two servants and rural relatives, the nobles' houses have almost said goodbye to their owners. .
The south bank is where miners gather. The three schematic houses in the game are actually hundreds of large and small buildings squeezed together! In these haphazardly built houses, 70% of Naxikai's population lives. There are only two types of people here, miners and miners' families.
The miners go to the mines to mine, and the family members do laundry, bake bread, grow vegetables, etc.
To the west, along both sides of the river bank and on the edge of the town, are the aboriginal settlements, the people who lived here before the discovery of iron ore. The aborigines are mainly engaged in agriculture, selling local small commodities, guards, tax collectors, housekeepers of nobles, compradors of churches, etc. They belong to a group of people with a relatively high status.
Lu Yuan's past home was there.
My uncle's home was originally there, but in recent years, with William's rise, it was moved to a wealthy area. They value status, status, and so on.
The house is now occupied by a young man from the City Guard. He was just helping to look after the house and renting it for rent. After confirming Lu Yuan's identity, he straightforwardly took the twenty gold coins given by Lu Yuan and moved away.
Here he settled.
Walking on the streets every day, chatting quietly with "Nini", casually browsing the street scenes, and reminiscing about the past. As the days passed, I even practiced less magic, and became inexplicably depressed.
As a result, at noon one day, Nini appeared covered in sweat with a letter from Duixing.
In the letter, Muxing talked about all the things that happened after the farewell in a brisk tone. At the end, he encouraged him not to relax, and to compete when they meet. The loser is... down there.
Lu Yuan's morale was greatly boosted. I bought some big-headed fish that night and made a big pot full of fish-head cakes. The meal was divided into three portions, Nini had the smallest portion, followed by Lu Yuan's portion, and nearly half of the remaining portion was put into the ring to feed the goddess.
The next day I received a gift in return, a big fish that could grow to one person!
Do you dislike my small fish? Or do you want me to make you a bigger one? Looking at his pot, Lu Yuan decisively took the fish to the market and sold it, earning 1.7 gold coins.
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Eveningstar walked on the mountain road heading north to drive away a group of disgusting hobgoblins.
She listened carefully to something, and then she seemed to be talking to herself, but also said in reply, "I finally cheered up! Then I have to work hard!"
After saying that, she summoned the holy power, a white light was injected into her body, and she rushed out with two swords in hand.
Recently, Ms. Alona has frequently appeared in the church to deliver oracles. Although the content is not important, the goddess's activity has boosted the morale of the church, and the previous tense atmosphere has been swept away.
The new costumes of forest goddesses have become a popular topic. It is said that many goddess religions have begun to seek new costume designs, and a new round of costume armaments is being launched.
The church announced the new armor style of the church's weapons and awarded the first batch of thirty powerful priests, druids, warriors and rangers, and the effect was very good.
In this case, Duixing, who was previously asked to guard the temple, was able to leave and continue to do what he wanted to do.
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"Hey, I'm Nubo, this place isn't bad, huh?"
"Have we met before? Maybe we are long-lost brothers? Brother, what do you think?"
"Ah, that guy in front is just as annoying as the kobold. Show your courage and kill him!"
"It is said that some people hate me. Would you? No? Yes? Oh, why are you leaving before I finish talking?"
Lu Yuan held his forehead with his hand and walked forward faster. I was so unlucky today that I met that chatty Nubo. There's almost nothing anyone in the neighborhood doesn't hate about this guy. He looks like a Zhou Zheng, and his IQ is passable... His only problem is that he talks a lot! Nagging can annoy a Bodhisattva to death!
"Tom Leavell broke two of his front teeth yesterday at South Bridge! Hahaha! It's so funny. Of course, I didn't put the stone on purpose... Tom Leavell, do you know who it is? I guess you don't I know. The tax collector of Baldur's Gate, his family is related to me. What should he call me, hell, who knows..."
"Do you know where I can buy good steel ingots?" Lu Yuan saw that he couldn't get rid of this guy, so he simply asked for directions.
"When he came to my house that time, I saw...what did you just say?" Nubo blinked and looked at him innocently.
“Where can I buy good steel ingots!”
"Do you need to buy a lot? Then you need to go to the military camp and ask. Large quantities of steel ingots can only be purchased there. Of course, Mayor Gestech's permission is essential."
"No, I probably only need a few bucks a month, but good quality."
"Then go to my house."
"What?!"
"Go to my house. Is it difficult to understand what I say? My father is the person in charge of iron ore smelting in this city."
"Then why do you have steel ingots in your house?"
"For some reason, the best steel ingots cannot be used to make military weapons, so they are all in my house now!"
"I don't understand. Do we have to use lower-grade steel ingots to make weapons?"
"Ah, bureaucratic issues, batch issues... damn, why should I explain this to you?!"
"Don't you like talking very much?"
"But I don't like being asked questions!!! I'm starting to think you're annoying! Shut up now! You annoying bastard!" Nubo blushed, roared, turned around and led the way angrily.
Lu Yuan silently raised his head to the sky. You know, this is Wukong's victory. Bodhisattva, have you seen it? !
"Is your home far away? My home is also in that direction. Just turn left, turn left and turn left again, and then we'll be there!"
"You just said that you and I are brothers. Are you an elf? Half elf? One-quarter elf? One-eighth elf? Sixteenth... Oh, wait for me." Lu Yuan asked enthusiastically road.
"Ah!!! I can't stand it anymore! Someone come and save me!" Nubo jumped on the spot with his head in his hands and yelled a few times, then turned around and ran away.
Lu Yuan lives in the southwest, and Nubo's home is in the southeast, although it is also an aboriginal settlement area on this side of the river. The current Mayor Blanco Gaestich is also of Aboriginal origin. After taking office, he relied heavily on the support of Aboriginal people, so the environment in Aboriginal settlements is much better than that in mining areas.
As the head of the local smelting industry, the Nubo family has a courtyard here that resembles a Beijing courtyard. Nubo led him directly to the warehouse at the back, and then stood there sulking without saying a word as if he was very unhappy.
Lu Yuan brushed off the dust on the steel ingot, picked up a few pieces and observed them carefully. These steel ingots are really good. They should be the first or last part to be released during batch metallurgy. Some are soft but have excellent toughness, and some are very hard but somewhat brittle. The steel ingots already have the appearance of alloys. These steels are not suitable for mass production of weapons. The correct method is to design each steel ingot separately according to its characteristics.
The dozen pieces on the lower floor were dark and inconspicuous, and Lu Yuan felt something was wrong when he turned his hand. After wiping it carefully, a deep and bright purple luster appeared on the surface of the metal ingot. This turned out to be a black steel ingot! This thing is not something produced in the Xikai Mine. It probably comes from Amn.
