It was the first time for Meng Han to walk back to Huangsha City like this after returning from the Stone Castle. Last time, a large convoy entered in a mighty manner, and Meng Han didn't have time to see much. This time, only Qiao was beside him.
Yi, Julie, and even Gavin were sent back to report the news. They walked slowly along the way and immediately made him discover the changes in Huangsha City.
The first is population. Today's Huangsha City is no longer the small town it used to be, and its population is not just the original twins with less than a thousand people. The wooden city built in a hurry last time has also been expanded due to ample time.
With enough manpower, Grace gradually replaced it with stone city sections, and the scale was at least twice as large as the original one. In terms of population, if you count the mercenaries and merchants who are stationed in this area,
According to the team, one hundred thousand have been checked. Huangsha City is already considered a medium-sized city in this world.
The influence of the forbidden curse in the desert has been reduced to a minimum. Meng Han was surprised to find that even if he was not in Huangsha City during this period, the dry weather here seemed to be no longer the original one. There were green grass everywhere and it was full of vitality.
The scene. Obviously, it rained a lot during this period, otherwise there would not be such a change. At the same time, it also means that Meng Han does not need to worry about the water source problem here. Under the influence of the nearby Elf Forest, the
The climate will only get better.
Seeing such a situation, Meng Han was glad that he had reached an agreement with the elves first. Otherwise, after the principalities surrounding the desert discovered this, they would have more ideas to annex this desert.
trouble.
After staying in the desert for dozens of days, the original color of Meng Han's clothes can no longer be seen. Like Joey and Julie, they all look gray and gray. When walking on the street, who can see the original color?
It's hard to tell that this guy with two guards is the real owner of Huangsha City.
It is precisely because of this that Meng Han was not recognized by anyone when he walked on the street. There are many mercenaries going in and out of the desert, hundreds or thousands of them every day. They are dressed like this, which is not eye-catching at all. On the contrary, there are many
People in taverns and hotels frequently took them to stay and have a drink, directly treating them as mercenaries who had just come out of the desert.
Suddenly, Meng Han really wanted to experience the life in Huangsha City for himself. He was referring to the kind of life in which Grace Alice would not need to serve him very thoughtfully, with clothes on his hands, food on his hands, and food on his hands.
Just like an ordinary mercenary, experience the life of ordinary people in Huangsha City.
There was a good opportunity in front of him. Meng Han told Joey and Julie what he wanted, and the two women naturally had no special objections. What adults like to do is their business. This is the territory of adults, and no one can do it.
Cannot be restricted.
However, Joey still very smartly signaled Julie to prepare. Although this is Meng Han's territory, if they want to make adults suffer in their own territory, these two exclusive knights will be greatly derelict in their duties. Although adults
He said he didn't want other people to interfere with his interest, but that didn't stop Joey from secretly arranging a group of people.
Meng Han has been participating in high-level struggles, and it has been a long time since Meng Han paid attention to the lives of ordinary people. This time Meng Han put down his arrogance and walked into an industry that was not his own to drink and rest.
This is an ordinary tavern. I don’t know where it was opened by a businessman. Now that Huangsha City has such a large population, the tavern that Meng Han originally ran was not enough for so many people, and it was also cheaper than the ones from outside.
Businessmen, seeing the business opportunities here, opened many various shops like mushrooms after a rain.
It was daytime, and it was not meal time. There were not many people in the tavern. When Meng Han entered, there was only one person sitting near the window, and the other seats were empty. After looking at it for a while, Meng Han left
Went to another table by the window and sat down.
Influenced by the tavern opened by Meng Han, all the taverns here seem to have booths and private rooms. However, the place Meng Han chose is just facing the street, and there is nothing special about it.
"Two glasses of ale! Grab some food!" Meng Han shouted, as loudly as those bold mercenaries.
"Come right away!" A voice with the same loud voice came from the counter of the tavern, which was very tasteful.
Meng Han couldn't help but feel much better when he heard this strange voice. Seeing that Joey was still standing next to him, he couldn't help but pull her and let her sit next to him. If there was someone standing all the time, it seemed that
It's too obvious and out of place here.
Soon, two wine glasses like small barrels were smashed on the table in front of him. Although the smell was not good, this feeling seemed to be what Meng Han wanted. Without those cumbersome aristocratic etiquette, I thought.
Drink whatever you want, feel free.
The food surprised Meng Han. It turned out to be barbecue. Meng Han took a big sip of ale, then picked up a piece of barbecue and threw it into his mouth. It seemed that he had the feeling of drinking beer and eating barbecue in front of the barbecue stall in his previous life. Just now
Coming out of the desert, although he didn't suffer too much along the way, it still tasted completely different compared to eating in such a stable way. In the excitement of eating, Meng Han couldn't help but put one foot on the chair and chatted with Qiao
Yi clinked glasses while chatting with her about some of Joey's past adventures, which was very pleasant.
"Brother, I see you are enjoying your drink, don't mind chatting together!" He was chatting happily with Joey, but a voice from the side interrupted. Joey had already touched the hilt of the sword intentionally or unintentionally, and now he was even more tightly touching it.
Staring at the visitor.
Standing next to him with a large wine glass was the guy who was drinking alone. Meng Han didn't seem to notice Joey's performance, nodded and smiled: "Sit! Sit! We are all friends when we go out, sit down.
Let's chat!" As he said that, he touched Joey's little hand touching the hilt of the sword with his other hand under the table, telling her not to be nervous. Joey seemed to think that this guy was not dangerous, and slowly loosened his grip.
The hand holding the sword hilt, and then the small hand was grabbed by Meng Han who continued to gesture.
Neither of them seemed to have expected such a change. Meng Han was stunned for a moment and immediately let go of his hand. But Joey slowly retracted his hand with a blushing face and pretended to hold the wine glass. The movement seemed very natural.
, but the blush that appeared on her face from time to time betrayed her mood. Others only thought that Joey was a male mercenary, but unexpectedly, beneath the dusty face, she was actually a beautiful female knight.
"Going into the desert to try your luck?" The visitor didn't have much stage fright. He seemed to be familiar with him when he came up. He didn't even wait for Meng Han to answer and immediately started talking to himself: "Brother, you are behind the times now. Who is it now?"
You even go into the desert to try your luck. If the caravan hadn't gone through the desert, who would have gone in and suffered this? I tell you, you might as well go over there and queue up. As long as you wait a month or two, you can always get it.
If you get a chance, it will be much more cost-effective than going into the desert."
"Can I get in line?" Meng Han asked with some confusion. He didn't know how Old Tom worked, but from this guy's tone, it seemed that Old Tom was doing pretty well.
"Of course, you're new here, right?" The other party was startled and immediately asked with a smile: "The Silk Federation was established by the city lord himself, and the person in charge was an old senior in our mercenary world. It's fair.
, as long as you line up, you’ll get your turn.”
"But I don't have gold coins. I can't buy them even if I wait in line!" Meng Han continued to ask doubtfully. While slowly chatting with this uninvited guy, he also learned a lot of information that he didn't know before.
"You're stupid!" The other party took a big drink and took a sip. Then he picked a piece of barbecue from the plate on Meng Han's table and threw it into his mouth: "Each person is only allowed to buy two gold coins.
Even if the silk is transported and sold, how long does it take to see the profit after a trip? Nowadays, some big merchants are qualified to buy these silks. As long as they are queued up, they can raise the price and sell to those people, although it is not as profitable as making a trip by yourself.
There is a lot, but stability is better than anything else.”
Listening to what this guy said, it seemed that Old Tom had indeed done a good job and had won the hearts of many mercenaries with this fair qualification. Meng Han was very satisfied, but he still wanted to know something else.
"Have you been here for a while?" Meng Han asked. After seeing the other party nodding, he smiled and asked: "Why do you think of coming to this place where birds don't lay eggs to hang out?"
"Birds don't lay eggs?" When the other party heard the adjective Meng Han, his expression changed wonderfully for a few times, and then he nodded and said: "It's really a place where birds don't lay eggs. However, it's strange. Even birds used to do it.
If you don’t want to lay eggs, now you will have golden eggs for the rest of your life!” After sighing, he took a big sip of ale, and then continued: “You don’t know, this place used to be like this when I first came here.
It's just a shabby village, not even a village. Don't tell me, that lord is really capable."
Next, there was a lot of admiration for the lord of Huangsha Town. From his words, Meng Han could hear that he admired himself from the bottom of his heart. After hearing this, Meng Han couldn't help but talk to Qiao beside him.
Yi exchanged glances. Everyone likes to hear good words, especially from people who don't know them. Joey seemed to see Meng Han's pride and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him without saying anything.
While they were chatting happily, the door of the tavern was kicked open, and then more than a dozen big men rushed in with a roar. Their table was the only one occupied in the tavern, which was very conspicuous. Those people saw Meng Han sitting across from him and drinking.
The guys' eyes immediately lit up and they gathered around.
"Bison, hand over your silk trading rights!" A big man in the lead shouted directly to the guy next to Meng Han without even looking at Meng Han.