Chapter 5 The Tavern

The heavy rain also shrouded the city of Ampton in mist. After walking quietly for half an hour, the city of Ampton appeared in front of Zhang Tie.

Ampton City is an undefended commercial city without walls. The prosperous commercial trade in the north and south of the Blackson Human Corridor has made this city bigger and bigger in the past two hundred years. Today, as a free trade alliance The capital and the most important stronghold and city, this city has expanded into a large city covering an area of ​​more than a hundred square kilometers.

This city is much more prosperous than Heiyan City.

The tide of people rolling south made Ampton show a deformed state of prosperity like a raging fire cooking oil and ice and fire.

On both sides of the city streets, as long as there is a little shelter from the wind and rain, there are refugees with simple tents or blankets gathering everywhere, and next to or not far from these refugee gathering places, those apartments, hotels, and hotels hang The advertising signs that came out can be seen everywhere.

"No. Levins Avenue, a two-bedroom apartment for rent, with plumbing and heating, and a monthly rent of one gold coin..."

“Cozy family hotel, clean and comfortable, daily rent in silver coins (note: breakfast is not included!)”

"Dark Horse Hotel Suite, rent 3 gold coins per night..."

"The stairwell on the fourth floor of the Wall Building is for rent, ten square meters of room, and the rent is two gold coins per month..."

According to Zhang Tie's knowledge, this kind of rent is simply robbery, which has far exceeded the affordability of ordinary families, but it has become a very common thing in the city of Ampton at this moment.

In addition to these ubiquitous advertisements for residences, there are more scammers in Ampton at the moment. Zhang Tie has just entered the city of Ampton, and the scammer who used the same trick has already met three people. Those three scammers They all have something in common. They all dress as neatly and classily as possible, and they all talk voluptuously. Their "business" is the same. If you can give them a little money, they can help you contact and " Booked" to the airship cabin leaving Hampton.

"Sir, our Yinzhou Airship Company is definitely a powerful and big company. You may have encountered other scammers, but please believe me, we are definitely different from those people. We are an airline company with our own airship. I am operating many routes from the city of Ampton to the south. As long as you have a silver coin, I can take you to see our company’s airship. You can decide whether to order one after seeing the airship. Cabin..." A man in his fifties held an umbrella, followed Zhang Tie, and chattered in Zhang Tie's ear, as if to convince Zhang Tie, this man was serious while talking. A few photos and some information were taken out of a somewhat worn-out briefcase on his body to show the authenticity of what he said.

"Can you get yourself a cabin?" Zhang Tie stopped, looking at the man.

"Ah, of course, sir, as an employee of the Yinzhou Airship Company, this is a piece of cake for me!" The guy replied after being stunned.

"Then, hurry up and get yourself a cabin!"

"why?"

"If you don't leave Ampton City, your life may be in danger!"

"Ah, sir, you really know how to joke, how could my life be in danger!" The guy forced a smile on his face.

Zhang Tie didn't speak, but just picked the distance with his chin. When the guy turned his head, he saw a few aggressive men pointing at him, and a few men were walking towards him quickly. In the hands of a man, there are things like water pipe heads and wooden sticks.

He turned his head just in time for those people to see his face.

"Get him, get him, get that damn liar..."

"Give me back the gold coins..."

The men yelled and rushed over, the guy's face changed, he dropped his umbrella, and he was about to die...

Several men jumped over Zhang Tie and chased after that guy, and the group disappeared into the rain in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the umbrella that was discarded on the street, a teenage boy wearing a coir raincoat emerged from a nearby alley, ran over quickly, grabbed the umbrella in his hand, turned around and was about to run.

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Tie stopped the little guy.

"Ah, I picked up this umbrella, and now it belongs to me, not yours..." The little guy hid the umbrella behind him vigilantly, and looked at Zhang Tie warily.

"I know, you picked it up, I just want to get some information from you!" Zhang Tie put on a gentle face.

"Sorry, I don't know anything!" The little guy shook his head in a sophisticated manner, and then slowly retreated into the alley.

Zhang Tie flipped his hand and took out a silver coin. The little guy stopped in his tracks all of a sudden, looked at the silver coin in Zhang Tie's hand with bright eyes, and hesitated for a while.

"Now you should know something, right?"

"What do you want to know, sir?"

"Take me to the most well-informed place in Ayton City, and this silver coin is yours!"

The little guy's eyes moved, "Two silver coins, sir, if you can give me two silver coins, I will take you there!"

"Okay, let's go!" Zhang Tie nodded.

"Sir, can you pay me this silver coin first? It counts as paying half of the deposit first. Anyway, I can't run away in front of you!" The little guy rolled his eyes and said.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being the capital of the Free Business Alliance. A child has such a business mind. Zhang Tie smiled and threw the silver coin into the little guy's hand.

The little guy took the silver coin, just glanced at it, and quickly put the silver coin on his body, showing a sigh of relief.

"Sir, come with me!"

After more than 20 minutes, the heavy rain gradually subsided. After walking about two kilometers, the little guy had brought Zhang Tie to a place.

"Is it here?" Zhang Tie looked at a building not far away, and suddenly realized.

"Yes, that building is the headquarters of the mercenary union in Ampton. The mercenary empire Ames and the Free Trade Alliance are the best partners. Many mercenaries are there to pick up tasks. The tavern next to the mercenary union It is the place where the news is the most well-informed in the city of Ampton, except for those mercenaries, many people will go there to drink and inquire about news!"

Zhang Tie smiled, pulled out his hand, took out a gold coin and threw it into the hand of that guy, "Your reward!"

"Ah, thank you, sir, you are the best person I have ever seen!" The little guy looked at the gold coin in his hand in disbelief, and then bowed to Zhang Tie, as if he was afraid of Zhang Tie's repentance , After finishing speaking, he quickly disappeared into the street next to him.

Zhang Tie smiled, and walked directly to the tavern next to the mercenary union.

That little guy is right. There are indeed a lot of people coming and going here. Those who come and go in and out of the tavern all carry weapons such as swords on their bodies. They feel very domineering. Opposite the tavern, there are two weapons and armor. There is also a large-scale grocery store, and next to the tavern is a street that is full of temptation for many men.

The heavy rain had just stopped. On that street, there were already many women with heavy makeup wearing a coat, showing a section of white leg below the knee, standing on the side of the street with a cigarette or a bag in a chair. Those women Zhang Tie had also seen her in the streets near Heiyancheng Railway Station. When he saw those women, Zhang Tie thought of Mrs. Anna, so he knew what those women were doing without asking. of.

When a big man with a weapon on his body passed by that street, he whispered a few words to a certain woman, and then walked into the small hotel next to him with his arms around her.

A mercenary licking blood with a knife and a wandering warbler standing in the street are a perfect match anywhere.

Zhang Tie did not go to the headquarters of the mercenary union in Ampton. Only mercenaries who need to be officially registered are eligible to enter, so he came to the door of the tavern.

The name of the tavern is also very mercenary, it is called "Gold Coin Tavern", it looks pretty good, with some style, Zhang Tie guessed, this may be an informal communication window for the mercenary union, which is very inconvenient Things carried out or news spread in the mercenary union are done through such unofficial channels.

In and out of the tavern, in addition to many mercenaries wearing obvious mercenary regiment badges on their chests, there are also many people whose identities and origins cannot be discerned. Those who cannot discern their origins, some look like pioneers, Some look like rangers, while others are dressed as free mercenaries. The pioneers' multi-purpose cloak and pioneer sword, the ranger's feather hat and hand shield, and the free mercenary's crossbow and white gloves are all It is the signboard of these people, but it is just a signboard. For Zhang Tie, since a person can change his appearance, he himself often changes, so those so-called signboards are meaningless, so, For veterans, it is very naive to judge a person's identity from his outfit.

Zhang Tie's appearance at the moment is both like a ranger and a pioneer.

Zhang Tie walked into the tavern, took off his rain cape, hung it in a cloakroom on the left side of the tavern entrance, and then walked inside.

There were a lot of people in the tavern, and the atmosphere was noisy and warm. There was a smell of alcohol mixed with various drinks in the tavern everywhere, as well as the smell of men's cigarettes, but it was still orderly. A half-naked stripper was in the "pink" Under the light of the bright fluorite lamp, on the stage in the middle of the tavern, they were holding a stage pole and twisting enchantingly. The maids with their thighs and half of their chests were walking around the tavern with drinks, talking to each other from time to time. The guests who come here make fun of it."

Zhang Tie took a look and found that the places with tables in the tavern were basically occupied at the moment, only the circle of seats next to the stage was still vacant, so he walked over and stood beside the stage. Find a place to sit down...

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