Chapter 462 Prices and Indulgence
As soon as I stepped on the unstable wooden bridge, there was a twisting sound under my feet, and there was even the sound of some parts of the rope falling into the water.
Take another cautious step, Aslay, whose hair is as messy as a bird's nest, complained: "Where did this come from? Is this still within the empire? I thought it was still three hundred years ago. "
"It's not like we haven't walked through worse roads and bridges before." Sharette rolled his eyes as he picked up a piece of luggage and followed him.
Aslay opened his sunken eyes wide: "I have never walked on such a bad wooden bridge in any city. I don't like it here."
"Come on, that means you've been to too few cities." Sharette retorted angrily, "Obviously you were detained for three days, so you don't like it here, but you want to reverse the cause. It's sad and ridiculous. "
Aslay, who was standing in the middle of the bridge, slowly turned around, frowned, and looked at Charette seriously: "Did you charge them 50 gold pounds to protect them like this? "
"My friend, where else can we go but here?" Sharette patted Aslay on the shoulder helplessly, "If you can't resist, just enjoy it."< br>
Aslay still said to himself: "With my skills, I can eat wherever I go."
As he said this, Aslay's body walked towards the town honestly. go.
Charette is right in saying that it is difficult for Juannos like them, and even craftsmen citizens who participated in the rebellion, to find jobs in cities that are not in the same camp.
They don’t have a recommendation letter from the guild, and the border is blocked. Even if they want to go to the Norn territory to find food, it will be even more difficult.
Looking at Aslay's careless back, Sharette shook his head and followed quickly.
Yesterday evening, the head of a hundred households came to notify Sharet and asked him to pick up his friend Aslay from the landing dock.
Bolitz said that Aslay would be imprisoned for seven days, but in the end he was only imprisoned for three days.
After all, Boritz was giving him a blow. He could punish him, but it had to be reasonable and measured.
If Aslay was really detected to have some disease or lice, it would be feasible to lock him up for seven days.
But he is indeed free of diseases and lice. It is reasonable to confine him for three days for testing, but it will not be justified if he is detained for any longer.
Besides, Your Majesty may come to ask about the immigration issue in Rapid City. If there are still people locked in a small dark room at that time, it will be difficult to explain.
Before being released, the priest in charge of the dock asked Aslay if he had any friends coming to pick him up and could he inform him in advance.
The name Aslay gave was Charette Galondo.
Although Sharette and Aslay didn't have much contact before the war, they did accumulate a lot of friendship during the war when they served as militiamen and carried supplies together.
Sharette has few friends on Qiumu Island, and Aslay is one of the few people he knows.
Besides, both of them are fellow villagers, so they must help if they can.
Getting up early the next day, he went to the countryside to rent a small donkey from a farmer, and took it to the dock to pick up Aslay.
After returning the donkey to the farmer, the two of them carried their luggage and walked along the road by the river.
Walking on the wooden bridge, Aslay stamped his feet vigorously on the bridge every step of the way, as if venting his anger against the despicable monk, but he stopped as soon as he stomped his feet.
"Why, your feet are numb from stamping on them?" Sharette stood side by side with him and looked forward.
Sure enough, just like him before, Aslay was stunned when he saw this neat square and an axially symmetrical street.
"Okay, so neat." Aslay said subconsciously.
Under Witte's precise calculations, all the shops on both sides of the street and the Insula apartments are of the same height and have the same shape and color.
Especially the double-storey shop, there are white stone corners on the four corners, and a touch of white in the red brick wall, which is not eye-catching but harmonious.
At this time, every city in the empire has always been the product of free development.
Except for the Huaqiu New City in the Kingdom of Fran, which can still be kept tidy, even the Changsong City in the Kingdom of Leia is in a mess.
So when all immigrants stand on this bridge, they will feel that everything is neat and orderly at the first glance. "Is it neat?" Charette put her elbow on his shoulder. "You will become familiar with it after seeing it more. I heard that new stone bridges will be built on both sides of this old bridge in the future. By then, you can stand on the bridge and see Not here.
There are no hat-making, glove-making and other guilds that you hate here. You will like it here. "
Aslay did not continue to complain. He patted his dry belly: "If only it was as good as you said.
Let's go to the pub and have something to eat. My mouth is sore after eating potato root paste for three days. "
"Which pub should I go to? Charette quickly grabbed Aslay's arm and said, "I just bought a few eggs and a third of a pound of meat from that farmer. Let's go back to Insula and do it." ”
Aslay shook off Sharette's hand, as if he didn't know him: "Okay, Sharette, when did you become so stingy? Isn't it just a meal?"
"This is different from Rapids City..."
"What's different, how can it be different?" Aslay's temper got worse, he threw away his arm and headed towards a tavern He rushed over, "I'm going to the tavern anyway. I've been in jail once, why don't you let me eat something good?"
"Listen to what I have to say...just wait."
“I’ll treat you to a meal, please, let’s go, let’s go, stop inking.”
Charette, carrying her heavy luggage, couldn't walk past Aslay, so she could only watch him walk into the tavern.
He did not go in with him, but stood and waited outside the door. Sure enough, not long after, Aslay's violent shout came from inside.
"I'm going to buy your family's goat. Half a pound of meat costs three dinars. Are you trying to steal the money?"
"What? Why should I leave? Then Are you going to find the night watchman?"
"You try to move...be careful, I'll call three carriages...Uh-huh."
Not long after, Aslay, who had two huge red palm prints on his face, was dragged out of the tavern by two sturdy lycanthropes.
The lycanthrope kicked Aslay on the butt, causing him to fall forward and roll twice before stopping.
Raising his head, Charette looked helpless and said "I told you so": "I told you so."
"I hate this damn place. " Patting the dust on his butt, Aslay stood up and said resentfully, "One pound of meat is six dinars, five sausages are half a dinar. This is simply a money grab."
"Living on Qiu Mu Island is not easy." Sharette patted Aslay on the shoulder, "Do you think I haven't experienced it?"
Thinking of this, Sharette understood why the mysterious Her Majesty Shilov had prepared bread, pickles, salt and a little cheese and flax oil for them.
At first, he felt that although they, the citizens of Rapid City, were refugees, they had a few dozen dinars of life-saving money, and it would not be a problem to find a new job.
Until the moment he walked into the tavern for the first time and saw the menu.
Bread and snacks are 40 to 50% more expensive than outside prices, which is even considered cheap.
The price of going to a tailor shop to make a hat is more than 30% more expensive than outside, let alone meat, fruits and vegetables.
Daze Township is located in a deep mountain swamp, and Qiumu Island has just been developed, so supplies are scarce.
The families of the soldiers are very rich, and the number of coins far exceeds market demand, making prices horribly expensive.
“It shouldn’t be.” After listening to Sharet’s introduction, Aslay scratched the dust in his hair, “I clearly saw a few people dressed as helpers eating there, they can afford it. ?”
“Those are helpers in the state-owned workshops. They have indulgence coupons and meal coupons. The Papal Palace will give them subsidies, so they can naturally afford the indulgence.” Do you mean they eat for free and pay for it with indulgences? ”
(End of this chapter)