Blue Sword

Although it is necessary to enter the quarantine area, it does not mean that you will be able to enter. The tightness of guarding in the quarantined and non-quarantined areas within the city is more than a hundred times that within the city and outside the city.

The next day, after having a hasty breakfast in the basement, some people went back to Fire Island, while others planned to go out to inquire for information. Anyway, with Nora and Paige here, one can detect and control pathogens, and the other can manipulate and strengthen immune cells, it is almost impossible for everyone to get sick.

Ask, Paige, Sheila and Nora, the four people walked out of the hotel, each wearing a mask - although it was not necessary, in order not to attract strange looks from others, everyone still had to do as the Romans do and pretend to be normal people look like.

In taverns, it is easier to collect gossip than in hotels. They found a sunken underground tavern outside. Just as the four of them were about to enter, they were stopped by several men at the door.

"Pull down the mask and take a look." These guys who were obviously guarding the door said, "Those who are sick are not allowed to enter."

Your standard for judging infected people is whether they have a sallow complexion and thin muscles? Ask was also speechless and pulled down his mask.

Luckily for him, the three girls behind them pulled down their masks, immediately attracting the janitor's surprised gaze. However, the other party also knew that during the epidemic, just looking at the health of the face could not 100% identify the infected person, so he did not have any thoughts of flirting with them. He just stared greedily at their faces for a long time before getting out of the way. Half body:

"Go in. If we find out you are infected, you know what will happen."

The four of them went down the stairs and came to the tavern hall. They found an unoccupied seat in the center and sat down. They ordered drinks (but did not drink them) and quietly listened to the conversations around them.

"Pubs are the embodiment of vitality at the bottom of the city." Sheila said lightly, "If no one in a city even patronizes pubs, then the life of the city must have come to an end."

"At least they still have people coming to drink." Nora also breathed a sigh of relief. The sight of corpses displayed when she entered the city really frightened her a little.

As everyone stared at the wine on the table, they heard small conversations at the next table, mostly sighs and complaints:

"The neighbor Joffrey's family were all dead. There were rats on the floor. They had almost eaten them all when they were found..."

"I just had a check-up at the hospital yesterday, and I have to take Anna there again tomorrow..."

"Why don't we go out of the city..."

"There is no place to live outside the city, and the rent is extremely expensive. You can't sleep in the wilderness and be picked up by a wolf..."

"The main thing is recruiting officers. They don't dare to come in the city, but recruiting troops outside the city is unscrupulous..."

"You guys really can think of it. Be a soldier? What kind of soldier do you want to be during this epidemic period? Men are fighting outside, women and children are dying of illness at home, and they are eaten by rats without even knowing it. Who dares to go out to fight with confidence?"

"Stop talking, drink and drink..."

Everyone listened carefully and gradually gained a general understanding of the miserable lives of the people at the bottom of the city today.

On the one hand, there was an epidemic of plague, and people were dying in the city, making those who were left panicked.

On the other hand, the earl was still sending recruiting officers to recruit troops aggressively. Those with families were unwilling to go out to fight for fear that their family members would get sick and no one would take care of them. The recruiting officers had no choice but to use coercive measures. After this, those who were recruited complained, and you can imagine the morale of the soldiers on the battlefield.

The battle with the wind is fine, but if there is a small defeat, they may leave the camp at night and escape. It is no wonder that the earl wants to find mercenaries to come over for support.

"It's really troublesome." Sheila subconsciously assumed the perspective of the ruling class and said with a frown, "Now is really not the time to use force, but internal and external troubles are coming. When border provinces encounter this kind of situation, shouldn't they ask the central government for help as soon as possible? ?"

At this point, she laughed to herself again.

HRE is a loose feudal country, not like the centralized bureaucracy of Dongluo. To put it bluntly, Innsbruck's problem is your lord's own problem. You should take care of your own territory. Even if all the people in the territory are dead, it has nothing to do with the Weisbach family.

If it weren't for the fact that the intruder was the Wolf family, who declared war from the beginning and targeted the entire Bavaria, Weisbach would not even send out support according to common sense.

However, for everyone, the current situation is a bit embarrassing. The mission is to support Innsbruck, but to what extent does it need to be supported?

You can still do missions now. When the Wolf family's army approaches the city and Innsbruck is completely defeated, Cang Qing Sword will have to make a careful decision: Should he help defend the city? Or make a strategic retreat to the Yagenau Mountains?

A mission is a mission, and in a life-or-death situation, preserving one's life is of course the most important thing, and further evaluation will definitely be needed in the future.

A few more people walked down the steps at the entrance of the tavern, but it was Alfred and his party who had just returned from the battlefield. Their robes were still stained with blood, which attracted the attention and suspicion of the people around them.

A man who was guarding the door tried to stop him, but Alfred's men slapped him against the wall, making him unable to struggle. So the drinkers in the tavern turned around as if nothing had happened. These people were strong and murderous, and their faces seemed to be in a bad mood. They were very difficult to offend.

"Kill until you are weak, and your year-end bonus will be gone when you come back." These people sat down at a table not far from Asker and the others, their faces full of gloom, "You are so fucking unlucky, you **** mercenaries."

"Don't find fault with those people." Alfred warned him, "Those people are not easy to mess with. Do you know that blond female knight among them? Noble Tianhuang, the eldest lady of the Weisbach family! Can you! The mercenary group that recruits the children of wealthy aristocrats into the group, you must weigh it in your mind, how strong the background strength is. I even fought against them back then, and whether you believe it or not, I am convinced anyway."

"Are you afraid of being beaten by them, Alfred?" Someone sneered, "If you had recognized their identities earlier, we wouldn't have been forced to lose so much money."

"Fart." Alfred said, "Don't forget that red-haired woman, those in the psychic sequence are all old cunts. Even if I told you at that time, would you believe it? Weren't they all gearing up to win the 1,000 marks!"

"Stop talking." Another person said, "My heart aches when I talk about losing money. Nowadays, the rich people have gone out of the city. As extraordinary beings, we still have to rent a house in the city. Maybe one day You’re going to get sick.”

"Hey, you said we are also extraordinary people after all, why not go out and make some money?" Someone said in a sinister tone.

"How do you want to make money?" Alfred sneered, "Set up a breakfast stall and sell bread?"

"It's not necessary to sell breakfast." The man waved his hand and said, "I said, how about we also take on the mercenary business?"

"That's fine." Alfred touched his chin, "But if you have a side job, you can't let the earl discover it."

"Then we will definitely keep it secret." Of course, everyone assured them.

"Speaking of side jobs, the most profitable one is definitely transporting medicines into the quarantine area and selling them!" Someone suddenly said, "It is said that there is at least a tenfold price difference when medicines are transported from outside to inside."

"Do you have a way?" Alfred asked.

"Hey, you've asked the right person." The man had a mysterious look on his face and immediately lowered his voice.

Next to her, Nora silently turned on mind reading.

Thanks to Danse Tone for the 500 coins, and to Tianbi Qingyun for the 2,500 coins~