Chapter 21 Mercenary Union
It was different if there were elderly thieves like Feng Shi leading the way. Ai Ming and others passed the level smoothly and entered the Yasi Empire. Moreover, Feng Shi didn't know where to get the pass certificate for several people. Ai Ming then remembered that they only had the pass certificate from the Tufang Empire, and without the ones here, if it weren't for Feng Shi's help, they would have had big trouble.
"Master, we are here." Feng Dazhan respectfully opened the curtain of the car and asked Ai Ming and others to get out of the car. In order to cover up, he became the temporary housekeeper under Ai Ming's semi-force.
Ai Ming got out of the car, jumped out of the car neatly, stretched his waist, then spread his arms and gently helped Lan Ruo out. This is a medium-sized city in the Yade Empire, called Faxie City, and it is also the last stop for Ai Ming and others to take the carriage. When he arrived here, since he was already a long way from the border, he could use the teleportation point to teleport, and there was no need to ride the carriage that was bumpy and slow.
Ai Ming looked up at the hotel called White Swan in front of him. It was quite clean. OK, so here was here. He raised his legs and walked in. After Feng Dazhan drove away the carriage, he quickly walked to the reception desk in the hotel lobby and asked for the yard. Then he directed the waiter to lift his luggage into the room, and he did a lot of work.
Of course, the reason why Feng Dazhan did so vigorously was because there was no benefit. Who would do it? The condition for him to be the temporary housekeeper of Ai Ming was to wait until the Sang Ge Empire, and Ai Ming paid him 1,000 taels of silver. Feng Dazhan was very satisfied with this price. Although he was called the chasing wind by the people, he was actually very poor. He was indeed very good at stealing and deserved to be the title of Feng Shi, but the question is, who would foolishly put so many valuable things at home to let him steal.
Feng Dazhan has a good reputation in the world, mainly because he specializes in stealing big households, and occasionally helps poor people. In fact, ordinary families are not worth stealing. Think about it, it is great that ordinary people can put five or six taels of silver at most, and most of them are tricks of copper coins. As a thief, one looks down on the little money, and the other is too much of a loss. For rich families, at most, they also have hundreds of taels of silver at home, and they are rigorous in their guards. Even if there are some valuable antiques at home, they can only get 300% of the original value, and there is not much money.
The job given by Ai Ming is effortless and has no risk. It is just a errand job. You can get 1,000 taels of silver in ten days. Can you not be satisfied? You must know that in order to steal valuable things from others, it will take about ten days to step on the wind and find out information and other preparations in advance.
After Ai Ming and Lan Ruo came to the room, washed up and rested for a while, walked to the restaurant for a meal. After eating a little, Ai Ming looked at Lan Ruo in confusion. On this day, Lan Ruo was in a very wrong mood. She was silent, her brows were always wrinkled, and she looked full of thoughts. "Xiao Lan, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong?"
Lan Ruo looked up at Ai Ming and smiled, saying, "My husband, it's okay for me, I'm just a little worried about my little head."
Xiao Maotou? Didn’t Xiao Maotou stay in the gold buttons? What happened? Ai Ming was confused. “What about Xiao Maotou?”
"My husband, I have been uneasy these days. My little hair has been replaced with the spiritual fetus in the golden buttons. But because she is naturally produced by spiritual jade and has a short growth period, it is congenital deficiency. This time I can come out in advance, it is all against the will of heaven. I am afraid that there will be any meaning in the middle, so it will be troublesome."
Oh, it turns out that Xiaomaotou was born prematurely, haha, unexpectedly, Ai Ming almost laughed out loud. But the words of comforting still have to say: "Xiaolan, don't worry, I think that I, a practitioner of Taoism, have always acted against the will of heaven, what's there to be afraid of. With your protection from me, I can have any accidents, just be more careful."
Lan Ruo thought about it, too, she was indeed a little worried, so she browsed slightly. But after all, she was her daughter. How could she not worry? Be more careful, how to be careful? Thinking of this, Lan Ruo was in a state of ease. After looking at Ai Ming, she said carefully: "My husband, can I discuss something with you?"
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Ai Ming asked casually while fighting the lobster on the plate.
"I want to go back to the gold buttons and close the gold buttons as the guardian of the little hair head. Is it OK to turn on and off after the little hair head is about to come out?" Lan Ruo is an old-fashioned woman. She always regards her husband as the god. She is also worried about such a request, because once she is in seclusion, she will ignore the outside world. It is very unfair to leave her husband alone outside and ignore her. If it weren't for her daughter, she wouldn't have made such a request. If Ai Ming opposed it, she would not have forced her.
Ai Ming was stunned, and he naturally knew what it meant to be in seclusion. He had been accustomed to having Lan Ruo by his side these days. If Lan Ruo had been in seclusion, although it was not long and only one or two months, he would be lonely. After thinking about it, he said gently: "Xiaolan, you are doing this for our daughter. Of course I will not object. Don't worry, I'm fine." Although he was reluctant, he still agreed. What if he disagreed? Do you look at Lan Ruo all day long and frown? Then don't you feel sorry for him?
"Thank you, my husband." Lan Ruo saw Ai Ming so reasonable, his eyes turned red and almost fell off Yin Doudou.
"Silly girl." Ai Ming gently grabbed Lan Ruo's little hand with loving affection, kneading it, and felt gentle in his heart.
Lan Ruo's face turned red and she twitched her hands. Seeing that she couldn't get rid of it, she had to let Ai Ming hold it, lower her head, but looked around. She touched Ai Ming in public and felt shy. Ai Ming laughed, it was so interesting, Sister Lan's expression was very attractive.
That night, the two of them were so entangled with Mian and reluctant to leave. After chatting for a long time, Ai Ming was extremely tired and fell asleep. After Lan Ruo left a drop of affectionate tears, he returned to the gold button and did not mention it.
After Lan Ruo returned, Ai Ming opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling and sighed. It was easy to part when he saw it and it was difficult to leave when he saw it.
"Master, it's time to get up." Dongmei knew that the wife had returned to the gold buttons, and the master must be in a bad mood, so she carefully pushed open the door and called softly.
"I know." Ai Ming replied, but his body was still on the bed and he just shook his shoulders slightly, "Go and bring me food."
"Yes." Dongmei nodded, and soon, she brought Ai Ming's breakfast over, followed by Xia Zhu, who was holding toiletries and pouting with her little mouth. Xia Zhu was a victim of Guaimei's game. The four sisters all knew that Ai Ming was in a bad mood because of his wife's departure. In order to avoid the master exposing his anger on her, the other three sisters all refused to feel uncomfortable and tried to avoid the opportunity to contact Ai Ming. Finally, Guaimei's method was used to determine the unlucky person, which was Xia Zhu.
After Xia Zhu was waiting for Ai Ming to wash his face and brush his teeth on the bed, Dongmei brought the bed table and put food on it, and said, "Master, Master Feng is already waiting below. After you finish your meal, it's time to leave."
Ai Ming frowned and tore a piece of bread, dipped it in his mouth, put it in his mouth, chewing it in difficulty. The food in the Yasi Empire was unpalatable. I really miss the taste of fried dough sticks and tofu brains in the capital. After stretching my neck to swallow the food in my mouth, Ai Ming said: "I won't leave today, I'll take a day off."
Dongmei hesitated for a moment, nodded, and asked Xia Zhu to go down to tell Feng Dazhan the news. Xia Zhu was happy and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The master's dead face looked so ugly, like a white board, and he could take a day off. The great news, since he came out of the Xuanyun Cave, he has been busy rushing on the road and has become very bored.
After dinner, Ai Ming finally got energetic. He put on his clothes and walked out of the room one after another. He came to the living room. He saw the three sisters Xia Zhu chattering around Feng Dazhan, so he walked over. "What are you saying, so happy." Ai Ming asked.
Qiu Ju looked back and found that it was the master. Seeing that his expression seemed to be much calmer, she said boldly: "Go back to Master, I am asking what fun and delicious here on Butler Feng."
"Oh?" Ai Ming looked at Feng Dazhan. Seeing Feng Dazhan staring at him with a dead fish's eyes, he knew that he was unhappy about delaying his schedule. So he pretended not to see it and said with great interest: "Is there any fun place here?"
Feng Dazhan looked at Ai Ming in anger, unable to speak for a long time. Finally, Weng Sheng replied angrily: "I don't know, I'm not familiar with this place." It doesn't matter if I delayed the trip, but the important thing is that staying here for a day means more danger. But this little guy is as depressed as if he is fine.
"Well, since the housekeeper doesn't know, it's okay, let's go out for a walk, won't we know?" Ai Ming laughed. Seeing Feng Dazhan's appearance, he finally felt happy. He was still feeling sorry for the 1,000 taels of silver that he had to pay Feng Dazhan. If Lan Ruo insisted, he said that he was not familiar with the road, and having this old guy lead the way would be less dangerous. Would he give him so much money for nothing? That was equivalent to 10,000 Chinese coins. In the past, all his belongings were not worth that much.
"Master..." Feng Dazhan couldn't bear it anymore and went out for a walk? He thought about it. What are we doing? He ran away, and he was in the mood to go shopping? You don't think about how much money you are worth on the wanted list. If you are discovered, wouldn't you be in trouble? But as soon as he opened his mouth, Ai Ming rushed out of the yard with the four sisters. In the end, his words could only turn into a long sigh and followed him with his fate. Who said that this guy is his own financial backer now, and he can't leave it alone.
It has to be admitted that although Faxie City is just a medium-sized city of the Yasi Empire, its long historical and cultural heritage and harmonious humanistic environment are all displayed on the ancient and clean streets. Unlike the Tufang Empire, the humanistic environment revealed by the Tufang Empire is based on the ancient Tang Dynasty in China, while the Yasi Empire clearly has the characteristics of ancient European regions. Whether it is architecture or streets, Ai Ming and others who were used to living in the Tufang Empire were all exotic.
Unfortunately, those who do not have an architectural background cannot understand whether the surrounding houses are Gothic or Baroque. The only thing they call architecture is an expert's style exhibition, and they only study the practical aspects of architecture, and are definitely an idiot in the viewing aspects, but these did not stop their interest.
Walking on the Loess Avenue of the Tufang Empire, walking on the bluestone road like Faxie City, it was a pleasure to listen to the leather boots under your feet stepping on it and make a ticking sound. Ai Ming walked in front with his hands behind his back, and the four sisters followed behind with the unique cone in their hands. Finally, the wind was frowning and sluggish, and they moved forward slowly.
Due to the different humanistic environments, the languages and characters used here are different from those of the Tufang Empire. The Tufang Empire uses Chinese and Chinese characters, while the English and English are used here. Since the Chinese language used in the Chinese Republic is a language transformed from Chinese language, and Ai Ming, one of the mainstream international languages, cannot read or speak English and English. But these are not problems. For the needs of the game, there is an automatic translation system in the auxiliary functions of the game. The only disadvantage is that, like before, the translated texts and languages are too straightforward.
"Oh, this place is interesting, go in and have a look." Ai Ming happened to walk to the door of a large stone house, stood still, and said to the person following behind.
Everyone saw that there were many people entering and leaving the open door of the house, most of whom were holding swords and swords, proud and arrogant, looking arrogant. When they looked up, they saw a signboard with a Gate-style shield on the door of the house, with a two-handed sword and a long giant axe crossed in the middle of the shield.
"This is a mercenary union." Feng Dazhan walked up and explained to everyone in a low voice.
Oh, this is the Mercenary Union, and everyone suddenly realized that. I had heard about the name of the Mercenary Union, but I finally saw it today. To be honest, it is not very good. Since the Tufang Empire often fights with the Yasi Empire, I am very familiar with the army structure of the Yasi Empire, including mercenary troops. Compared with the formal troops, the discipline of the mercenary troops is relatively loose, but the personal ability of the soldiers is far beyond ordinary soldiers. The soldiers of the mercenary troops are not formal soldiers, but when the war comes, the troops composed of civilian mercenaries are temporarily recruited. There are not all countries. They are unique to countries established in real world Europe as the background.
"Go, go in." Ai Ming walked in excitedly, then ran out with disappointment. God, is this a mercenary union? People who don't know thought they had arrived in the pigpen, which was so stinking. Although they only glanced in a hurry, they could see clearly that it seemed like a bar inside, with loud people everywhere, and the whole room was filled with smoke.
Dongmei and others looked at Ai Ming curiously, not knowing what he was running around. Feng Dazhan held back his laughter and walked over. He obviously knew what happened. Most of the mercenaries staying in the mercenary union didn't like to be clean. He had had such an experience before. "Master, we can go there. There is a VIP room of the mercenary union, which is relatively clean, but if you go in, everyone has to pay a Blatt." (Convert Yasi Empire currency: 5,000 silver = 1 dance private morality = 100 terge = 1000 Blatt = 1000 Aidge.)
Is a Blatt? Cheap, Ai Ming nodded without considering it and walked towards a small door next to the mercenary union. Sure enough, it felt different. Although there were many people here, the air was much cleaner, and the people here were relatively quiet, most of them were talking quietly or drinking quietly.
After Ai Ming and others walked in, they found a table to sit down and looked around with interest. They were very similar to ordinary bars. The only difference was that there was a large magic bulletin board hanging on one wall. In its corner, there was a small window where people handed over something from time to time.
"Good morning, sir, do you want something to drink?" At this time, a waiter in a tuxedo came over.
"What's there? Let's take a look." Ai Ming took the menu from the waiter and browsed it casually. Oh, I couldn't understand it, and I didn't seem to have seen anything on it before, so I had to give the menu to Feng Dazhan.
Feng Dazhan didn't even look at it, and said, "Four glasses of orange juice, two liters of dark beer."
"Please wait." The waiter quickly brought the things he wanted, gave the four sisters orange juice, and two large glasses of dark beer, Ai Mingfeng Dazhan, each with a glass of one.
Ai Ming curiously drank the glass of foamy dark beer in front of him, which was so bitter and hard to drink, but it should be cool and used to cool down. He looked greedy and looked very delicious as the four sisters were drinking orange juice happily. The thing was yellow and looked very delicious. Why didn’t Feng Dazhan ask him to drink that thing? Oh, forget it, dark beer, dark beer, I always drink it.
"Butler, are all mercenaries here? How do they take on the mission?" Ai Ming took another sip of dark beer and turned around to ask Feng Dazhan. Ai Ming liked to call Feng Dazhan the most. When he saw his breath-holding look, he felt very happy.
Feng Dazhan pointed to the magic bulletin board lazily and said, "So the tasks are all written on it. When they see the appropriate tasks, they will go to that window to register." Feng Dazhan pointed to the window next to him and said, "After paying a certain deposit, you will take over the task. If it is completed, you will still receive the bounty there. If it fails, the deposit will be confiscated."
Ai Ming looked at the billboard carefully and saw that the information on the billboard was played in a loop, with the name of the task, the amount of the bounty, the completion time limit, etc., and the records were very detailed. "Why should we take one and have fun?" Ai Ming said. There is no such fun place in the Tufang Empire. The only thing that is a bit similar is the wanted notice posted by the government, which says who to want, how much bounty, etc. It is not like here, there are many tasks, tsk tsk, there are actually tasks to find lost kittens, and there are still many bounties, and there are four private German coins in the dance. Even the kittens made of gold are not that expensive, right?
Feng Dabian's head was sweating coldly, and he almost started to curse. This little guy was impatient and didn't have eyes? Didn't he see the bounty notice just appeared on the billboard? If this guy was impatient and lived, he might as well get these bounties by himself, so that it would save outsiders the advantage.
"Master, not everyone can take on tasks. You must first register as a mercenary, then open a bounty account, etc. It is very troublesome. The most important thing is that even if we become mercenaries now, we are only junior mercenaries and have no qualifications. No one hires us to complete high-bounty tasks. We can only choose some other people who don't do it, such as sending letters and running errands. I think you shouldn't be interested in it, right?"
Oh? So troublesome? Ai Ming glanced at his lips disappointedly and said, "Can you only do those things? No way?"
"No, there are some tasks that do not require qualifications, such as treasure hunting, adventure, etc., but those tasks are very dangerous, and they are not easy to encounter." After Feng Dazhan finished speaking, he regretted that he almost gave himself a mouth.
"Oh? Are you looking for treasure? How do you find it?" Ai Ming asked curiously.
Feng Dazhan hesitated for a moment and said, "It is the mercenary union that provides the sale map. You will find it according to the map and find it. The treasure inside is yours. However, most of the maps are fake, and even if it is real, it will be difficult to complete. Otherwise, the mercenary union would have organized people to dig it out by itself."
"I decided, I want to be a mercenary." Ai Ming looked firm and took a big sip of dark beer and said, "Let's go and go through the procedures." Treasure hunting is so exciting, I like it very much.
At this moment, a person suddenly jumped up on the table next to Ai Ming and jumped to the table. When he saw that it was a small short man, he was covered in beard and shaking, obviously drinking a lot of wine. People were stunned by his actions, and turned their heads and looked quietly at what he was going to do.
After hiccups, the little dwarf was silent for a while, and suddenly said loudly: "I, Aiwald III, I swear here that I want to kill the dragon, kill the dragon on the Greenhorn Mountain, I want to grab all the treasures of the Green Demon, haha."
Chapter completed!