Chapter 48 Counter-Calculation

At this time, Xi continued:

"According to your description, Priest Du, the sword skills recorded on Albert's scroll are probably left behind by Lord Xilan, one of the Four Sword Saints."

As soon as they heard the word "Xilan", everyone including Du Yuqi took a breath. Such a strong man who had left a great reputation hundreds of years ago, and is still alive now, Hearing his name really gave me a thunderous feeling.

Needless to say, Xi Lan’s specific life story, Du Yuqi has seen it in Baidu Encyclopedia on Earth. To put it simply, this guy is like the East Evil, West Poison Nan in The Condor, to the Arad Continent. The five great masters of magical powers among Dibei Beggars are extremely powerful.

Du Yuqi was undoubtedly very excited when he learned that he could obtain his swordsmanship scroll. However, he suddenly remembered something and immediately frowned:

"Xilan's abbreviation is xL, right? Why is the abbreviation left here xs?"

A rare smile appeared on Xi's face, and her little face, which was slightly pale due to the injury, had a rare softness and beauty after being exposed to this threat:

"Well, didn't you just say that there was already a typo in his line, so he put a big cross on it and finally replaced it with the word "的", but there is probably nothing that can be done about the word "的" I’m sure it’s correct, so there’s a question mark after it…”

Du Yuqi nodded and said:

"yes."

Xi said calmly:

"I think Your Excellency Xilan must have been drunk when he wrote this scroll, so he made two mistakes. Unfortunately, he only found one mistake."

Du Yuqi and the people next to him were speechless, but for some reason, they felt that what Sister Xi said made sense...

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Next to a big city, there is often a large river with abundant water. This may seem accidental, but in fact it is inevitable, because if you want to build a prosperous city, the amount of goods handled every day is astonishing, and the cleanliness of water transportation, Labor-saving, simple, convenient and low-cost, it will always be a hundred times better than Route 6, not to mention that the rolling water can directly wash away the large amount of garbage generated every day.

Therefore, as a large city, Chatley is also surrounded by abundant water resources, and not only the Wowa River outside the city, but also the Roche River passing through the north of the city.

At this time, Du Yuqi and others had already left the urban area of ​​Chatley and arrived at the area equivalent to the dock on the outskirts of the city. Even in the dark, they could see the frozen Wowa River like a white ribbon through the starlight. Winding around from a distance, on both sides of the Wowa River, there is an endless wilderness, and the wind from the far north blows over the wilderness, swirling and making a shrill and vast whimpering sound, giving the person an extraordinarily vast and lonely feeling. feeling.

Looking back at the urban area of ​​Chatley, one can still see fire raging in the city, and explosions can be heard from time to time, indicating that this devastated city is still in chaos and is still holding on at this time. The only one who can fight is the Imperial Army. However, since they have not been able to get help for a long time, they are at the end of their tether.

At this time, the place Du Yuqi and the others were in was quite complicated. It was similar to a slum area. The simple words "dirty" and "dirty" could outline the style of the place. It gets dark very early here, so Du Yuqi and others Even if people made a circuit out of the city, it was only around 10:00 in the evening when they arrived here. After so many days of fighting, there was already an obvious shortage of supplies. It can be seen that under the cover of darkness, many residents were already He went out secretly and wanted to barter for something.

This is a dock area, and the people who live here are porters, porters and other guys who do manual work. They are united and the people have strong customs, so it has actually formed a market of medium size and bustling with people. In the market, the best goods to sell are two things, firewood and food that can be purchased.

Daily necessities have completely turned into hard currency.

The value of Imperial Bank's banknotes has dropped astonishingly, almost becoming useless paper. Even the purchasing power of Mofo coins has dropped by at least half. Of course, for those who are well prepared, this is also full of business opportunities. The chaos in the city means that "windfalls" may often occur. Silver candlesticks and tapestries that are usually hung in the homes of nobles and rich men abound. , and all are sold at astonishingly low prices.

Even Du Yuqi saw valuable goods for sale in a secret box. There was nothing wrong with the goods themselves, such as gold rings, pearl earrings and the like. The problem was that the gold rings were still worn on the fingers that had been chopped off. , and the pearl earrings will be buy one, get one free and come with a frozen ear...

Finally, Du Yuqi found what he wanted in this market------the fishmongers. You could see them directly leaning the skewered fish against the wall for sale. Because the temperature was too low, the skewers The fish that got up were all frozen to death, so at first glance I thought it was a broom seller.

Du Yuqi walked over, flicked a silver coin to the fish seller, and then said straight to the point:

“Are there any black sturgeons?”

The fish seller immediately said:

"Sir, the habit of black sturgeon is that it likes to feed close to the bottom of the river, and the fishing was very hard this fall, so it is very rare."

Du Yuqi sighed and said:

“So if I want to get a palm-sized fresh black sturgeon, it’s not difficult at the factory?”

The boss shrugged and said:

"Sir, in fact, I have only seen three fresh black sturgeons since the beginning of winter. The largest one is three fingers wide, so I think the non-factory difficulties you mentioned are not very consistent with the current situation."

Du Yuqi said:

"If I really want it, do you have any suggestions?"

The boss was stunned, and then said:

"You might try praying and asking God to hear your prayers."

Du Yuqi smiled and said:

"Okay, let me be specific. I hope that everyone around here who knows how to fish will immediately dig ice to help me fish. Do you have any good suggestions?"

The boss was stunned and said:

"Sir, this is impossible, unless you can bring enough firewood and food to fill the Sowa Square, which are in short supply everywhere; these two things can make one go fishing on the ice in the middle of the night at great risk." Fish, and you have to tell them that you will exchange all the fish you catch for firewood and grain at a high price.”

Du Yuqi nodded and said:

"That's a great suggestion. I'll be back with food and firewood in a few days."

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving the fishmonger standing there, unable to recover for a long time.

After she lost sight of the fishmonger, Mingxi said anxiously:

"There is a shortage of firewood and food right now. Where can we find so many of these things?"

Du Yuqi smiled:

"It's okay."

He always sighed and said:

"It would have been about the same before the turmoil, but now that Shatli is in chaos, it will probably be difficult to do this. We might as well give it a try."

Du Yuqi said:

"It's not that easy. Fishing is inherently a technical job. To fish in the ice in such weather requires not only skill, but also luck. Didn't you listen to the fishmonger? It will be fresh this fall. The black sturgeons were fished so hard that he didn’t even see a few.”

"Isn't this a dead end?" Ming Xi also frowned, but she was obviously not a person who only raised questions but not solutions. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she said:

"By the way, I saw a piece of information last year. The power of the God of Contract has newly spread to a place called the Inuit plane. There is a kind of intelligent creature called the Seal Man there. These guys can survive in the ice sea. In life, I can try to perform restricted summoning. If I can summon such a guy and let it dive directly under the ice to catch fish, then the chance is very high. "

Having said this, she glanced at Changyang again:

"If the two of us summon together, then as long as the first summoning contract is completed and a few people sacrifice, we can summon at least a dozen seal people."

Du Yuqi smiled:

"It won't be so troublesome."

There was an indescribable cruelty hidden in his smile:

“Why do I catch fresh black sturgeon?”

Mingxi hesitated and said:

"Isn't it used to hold blessing ceremonies?"

Du Yuqi smiled;

"Well, not exactly. Actually, if you think about it, in the final analysis, it is just to ensure that Count Latnis is not threatened by the curse. Sometimes, there is more than one way to achieve your goal. "

Having said this, Du Yuqi looked around and smiled:

"To be honest, I was surprised when I saw you. I didn't expect to see so many old friends in the cold Chatley. Since it's something I couldn't think of, then naturally my enemies can't think of it."

"So, I believe that now I only need to spread the news with great fanfare and spread the news that I will find someone to go to the Wowa River to dig ice for fishing at all costs. Then it will most likely reach the ears of the enemies who are plotting against me. , after all, they have the upper hand now.”

Having said this, Du Yuqi sneered:

"Actually, although the current situation is uncomfortable for me, it is also difficult for them! After all, a holy place like Minsk Cathedral can be said to be a perfect restraint of curses. Although it is heavily besieged, it is more difficult for others to break in, so , So far, their odds of winning are lower than mine.”

"So, once you find out that I didn't stay well in the Minsk Cathedral, but fled to the chaotic city of Chatli - which is equivalent to being their main organizer, then I will naturally come. You are causing trouble for me! However, it can be seen that the mysterious organization has a big plan, and even made a move to surround the Minsk Cathedral, so the strength at hand is not enough. "

Having said this, Du Yuqi looked around to see if anyone doubted his judgment, and then continued:

"In fact, for the entire mysterious organization, I am actually just an insignificant person. I am from another world. It can be said that I will not be included in their plan. Therefore, these guys who plotted against me brought me I definitely don’t have too many people! But I never expected that a guy like me from another world would be able to bring you strong reinforcements!”

"It will be very simple then. I am attracting firepower from the front, while you are lurking in the dark, relying on the advantages of night vision goggles to wait for a good opportunity to suddenly attack. There is only one target, which is to focus the fire on the person who can use Blood Source The curse master must retreat as soon as he succeeds!"

"Haha, that blood curse technique is so perverted that not just any cat or dog can learn it, so as long as I kill him, all the problems will be solved from the root. Therefore, from beginning to end, my goal is that person The so-called black sturgeon on the Curse Master is just a bait. If you place all your hopes on this thing, a.c. That would be an out-and-out suicide attempt!"

After hearing the plan arranged by Du Yuqi, everyone was speechless, almost speechless, and even felt in their hearts that if they wanted to be Du Yuqi's enemy, then they really had to You are worried everywhere, because you never know when you will be directly plotted by him. Maybe you think you have a chance to win, but maybe there is a pit dug long ago waiting for you to jump into.

Then Du Yuqi thought about it and started to make a big fuss. He returned to Shatli and grabbed a few people for interrogation. He then learned the basic situation of the neighborhood. Although it can be said that most of the people here are poor. , but he also had many powerful people. After asking who the most famous grain merchant was, he walked directly towards his residence.

Throughout the dynasties, businessmen who were able to control salt, grain, and steel, without exception, were all powerful and powerful, because these substances are the lifeblood of the national economy and people's livelihood. Salt and grain are indispensable for even a moment, and there is a shortage of two or three. There will always be chaos, and steel is a very intuitive manifestation of a country's national strength.

Therefore, such big businessmen are often very powerful. The salt merchants have salt merchants, and the grain merchants have grain escort teams to escort and transport the grain to various places, even if it is transferred to the Arad continent.

Now it can be said that there is great turmoil everywhere in Chatley, and food has become a scarce resource, so the grain merchant who can persist until now and is safe and sound must have very strong strength under his command, and he must be supported by his command. A large number of private armed forces with evil intentions.

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Today, my official account has the updated dynamic gIF of Jump Slash, as well as the earth version of Albert's scroll. Friends who are interested can check it out, just search the official account and it will be fine. . (To be continued.)