Scene 43: Bragg's Underground Trading (1)
In July, the air in Braggs seemed to be filled with an agitated heat.
Undercurrents surging below the calm surface, it can be foreseen that nobles of all sizes have burned in this half a month-in their circles, the signs of the end of the war have become more and more obvious-although the lives of the citizens at the bottom are still As usual, those who want to take a chance to catch a lump gradually become restless.
Citizens often see messenger horses entering the city one by one. Uninformed people thought that the war was tight. One letter of these letterheads conveyed the progress of negotiations in Dong Qiangbao.
So that civilians are restless all day, and nobles are restless all day.
It's just that it has nothing to do with Brando, the young man is smoothly following his own schedule-he spent three days to buy the relationship and get a registration certificate for the pioneering knight-that is a written on it The knight and the monarch should fulfill each other's loyalty and responsibility, and then stamped with the instrument.
This thin piece of parchment was more expensive than gold a few years ago, but with the gradual decline of Eruin, the knight class fell into a local hardship, and the adventurers also turned to illegal businesses, but no one was enthusiastic. This ancient kingdom opened up and spread, so that the title of "Explore Knight" gradually became anonymous.
Since the arrival of the first king, the nobles who had started their careers by exploiting the knighthood have gradually started to price the title, and this paper has become less valuable since then.
In order to get this identity, Brando, just like he did in the game before, but before and after Tobtom bought a beautiful long skirt for the wife of a small city official.
It was eleventh day when he got the papers, and the sister-in-law brought him another good news that the long-awaited underground fair had finally arrived.
Just like the bazaars that regularly exist in some areas, the gray areas of Braggs are traded underground in the middle of the month. It's just that most of the things sold in this market are some ill-intentioned thieves, contraband, and even the population trade. Don't be surprised because the people participating in this trade fair-except mercenaries and adventurers, illegal merchants, more are The maker of Braggs rules.
Nobles.
There is no doubt that it is undoubtedly the local underground forces that master this underground market, but it is inevitable that some aristocrats will not intervene in it. This is an open fact.
It is enough to hide the small citizens who need a peaceful and stable society.
The Braggs underground trade fairs are held regularly at the Maria Market in the Hood District or the Shepherds Market in Dongcheng District. The organizers deliberately choose densely populated places, but they are more concealed. But interested people often find that in these two hours, a lot of strange faces will appear in these two places, ask each other, talk, and then leave in a hurry the next morning.
In particular, these two markets also have a small auction house for rent-of course, this is actually just a superficial excuse. In fact, these two auction venues, except for occasional use, were almost exclusively built for this regular assembly.
If you check their owners, you will only find a mundane businessman near him. But if you investigate further, you will find that both buildings are actually funded by the local aristocratic council.
Of course, these are digressions.
When Bartom led Brando down from the carriage, the sunset in Prague was like the oil painting of the same name, like an orange-red fire group hanging in the sky, burning red around the circle Yunxia.
The fiery red glow greeted him face-to-face. The young man was wearing a knight uniform and was very ironed. The wizard apprentice Shire stood beside him so that the two could disguise himself as his invitation on the invitation—from the highlands of Karasu The knight and his apprentice obey.
And, of course, Brando's younger sister, Antinina, who was taken off the carriage, and his fiancée Miss Roman.
Antinina removed her hand from Brando's hand as soon as the carriage was gone. She wore a black veil and wore a black dress and long dress, and her eyelids stared at the small indignity. People coming and going outside the auction.
The young girl pursed her lips gently, her temperament had changed from a few days ago. If she said that when she met Brando for the first time, the young man felt that I was still tender and weak, but at this moment it became cold, and her body naturally exuded a strange atmosphere.
Don't say it's Tester's agent at this moment. I'm afraid it's Jon Owl who came to Antitina in person.
Moreover, at this cusp of esteem, trivial things like the disappearance of a person in a city in Nuo Da will not attract people's attention at all. The cemetery area was so talkative that municipal officials discovered their negligence in the actions of their colleagues only a few days later--
The disappearance of the population should have belonged to the work of the municipal police, but before that, the cavalry had already searched with great fanfare. To the extent that the scale is considered extraordinary, the cavalry units of the three squadrons almost turned the Dongcheng District one by one, almost shocking the local aristocratic parliament in Prague.
However, afterwards Viscount Tester did not seem to want to let this matter fall into the hands of others, and then he died. The conclusion of the whole matter finally fell into the 'cemetery attack' almost half a year ago and became a headless case .
So Antitina can now appear outside with confidence.
Standing next to her was a line above her forehead. Romain, Miss Merchant was staring intently at a row of crystal **** on the table not far away. She frowned a little, as if to take out a scholarship The spirit of research comes-want to understand what it is.
But what made Brando a little bit crying was that there was no word written on the crystal ball, and even if he stared for a long time and took it seriously, no flowers would grow.
He knew that she was only trying to get Antitina's attention.
For a few days, Romance and Antitina got along well with each other. She has a natural keen sense of smell that can smell the taste of opportunity in a common phenomenon-but Antitina has the outside world she lacks. Common sense, with some necessary knowledge.
It is like, if no one told the future merchant girl Anzek area has been responsible for delivering wine and food to Braggs, presumably the country girl born in Butch will not see what it contains. Business opportunities.
But Antitina now fills this role. Although all her knowledge comes from the book, it is always better than Miss Roman's knowledge from imagination, isn't it?
"What's that, Ann?" Roman finally couldn't help it.
Antitina ’s attention was actually on that row of thumb-sized crystal balls. Their owner was a man in a black dress: Not everyone in Eruin was eligible to wear such a dress, it was a monk.
The girl could not help looking at Brando, but the young man looked indifferent. She frowned, and frowned.
"That's the 'tinder'," Antitina replied softly, without turning her head.
"What is Tinder?"
"Tinder is the holy relic of people spreading civilization in the wilderness. I didn't expect to see such a thing at such an auction." Antitina replied.
"I didn't understand it," Miss Merchant replied straightforwardly.
Antitina couldn't help sighing. Brando didn't let her down for a few days. She never thought that the person who hired her was a noble knight, and she was a legendary highland knight. What's more, Brando's manners were polite most of the time, and he was calm and easy-going.
But his fiancee is a bit of a headache, not to say that Romain is not easy to get along with. On the contrary, the character of Miss Merchant is most likeable. But what makes the girl a little headache is that the other party seems to take her seriously as a mobile encyclopedia, always asking this with a curious expression.
But she couldn't refuse, she just answered, "How much do you know about our world?"
"do not know."
"..."
The girl coughed twice and replied: "Then I try to make it as simple as possible. In the Cruz epic, their **** 'Echiru' (Martha) created fire, wind, and earth from the chaos. Six elements: water, life, and darkness construct the boundary world. After the contract of the four elven kings is reached, the boundary of the world is formed— "
"This boundary continuously extracts the power of magic from the chaos, forming a piece of land that extends infinitely in four directions, that is, the world we live in-so the shape of the world should be a place of circle and extend infinitely to the four directions of."
"But the world is always chaotic, so Master Martha uses rules to restrain it and fix order on the land where mortals walk. In these areas, the sun, moon, and stars operate normally, so mortals can multiply and civilization can. Carry on-- "
"But outside of the land guarded by Lord Martha, there are battlefields of elements and chaos, and there are vast transition areas between them. These areas are what we call" wild wilderness. "But the land between order and wild land is not If you can't convert each other, the pioneer knight and the 'magic tide' come from this. "
"The Tinder is the key to planting the law on the ground. A territory established in the wilderness is bound to have a Tinder."
Antinina coughed and asked, "Did you understand?"
Roman nodded, then shook his head again, and replied nicely: "I only understand the first sentence before-ah! Pain, pain, Brando let me go-" It turned out she hadn't finished a word , Brando dragged his face and dragged it in his arms.
"Little Roman, it seems that you are not destined to become a wizard, so don't care about these. Or care about how much money we can make at the auction." Brando said to her, and turned to Antitina. A sorry look in the past.
The girl smiled slightly.
She walked up quickly and asked, "Did you not care about those Tinders, Mr. Brando?" Of course, as an aide, she knew that Brando had bought a certificate to open up the Cavaliers.
Brando glanced at those crystal balls, and the appearance of so many tinders at the same time really made him a little interested, but the person who cares about this thing must be more than him. He thinks that he can only try it later. Besides, there was a sleeping tinder where he was going. He was not in a hurry to use such a thing.
So he replied, "I understand. Try it later."
Antitina glanced at him, thinking for a moment, and nodded uneasily. Brando seemed to her to be the kind of young knight who left home to create his own world. Whether he can achieve anything depends on whether he can have his own territory-or to build merits in the war.
And the girl also knew how long her own journey was, and she relied entirely on it. After all, only Brando admired her talent at this moment.
So Brando's every move could not help but worry her.
Brando also saw the maiden's concern and wanted to say something, but he suddenly saw the sister-in-law hiding in the dark and gesturing to him, telling him that the trade fair was about to start, and let him and others hurry. The young man froze slightly, looked up, and surely found that the people gathered around had begun to enter the field.