Mercenaries and Adventurers

The tavern that Zhao Ji often goes to is not the famous "Wharton's Full Belly" at the gate of the city, Zhao Ji still can't afford that. This frequented tavern is in a poor area not far from the blacksmith's shop, and it's just a turn along the road. The name is "Table Corner Tavern", and there is a dish of fried frogs in it. Zhao Ji thinks it is not bad, and the sign at the door shows a table corner.

When he first came to Kendall City, Zhao Ji didn't dare to come to the slums at all. He was afraid that the slums would be the same as those in his previous life's literary works, full of gangsters, thieves, pickpockets and beggars. People go in vertically and come out horizontally. Two kidneys go in and one kidney comes out. Girls go in, women come out.

As a result, after careful observation, Zhao Ji discovered that it was said to be a slum area, but it was actually a place where ordinary people lived. Farmers who have a field or no field outside the city, fellows of various chambers of commerce in the city, apprentices such as blacksmiths, sawmills, masonry and woodworkers, town guards, kitchen maids and waitresses in taverns, etc. all live here, and the slums are theirs. Home, here is the main population of the town. Although the slum area is not large, it is about the same size as the rich area in the south of the city. There are so many people living together, so the houses in the slums are not high on each floor, and they are built on top of each other, stacked on top of each other, making them look very crowded. Sanitary conditions are not very good, so we can only solve them in a concentrated manner. And the slums are called by the people of high status in the town, and it turns out that because these high-ranking people call them that, everyone also calls them that.

Zhao Ji walked into the tavern, and just squinted his eyes to get used to the dim environment in the tavern, when he looked up, he saw an apprentice blacksmith he knew was eating breakfast, the two looked at each other, Zhao Ji was extremely embarrassed. He had no choice but to face the mocking gaze of the other party, and walked to an empty table and sat down.

"Have a glass of light ale, more wine and more water, thank you Todd." Zhao Ji said loudly to the male waiter in the tavern.

"Okay, here we come, light ale, less wine and more water." The male waiter Todd also said loudly.

The blacksmith apprentice who was having breakfast laughed loudly, and the old alcoholics in the tavern also laughed softly and took a sip of wine. As the saying goes, the more you drink, the better you drink. ,

Todd put a large wooden cup of light beer on Zhao Ji's table, Zhao Ji took out his money bag, took 5 iron coins and put them on Todd's wooden tray.

This light beer is said to be wine, but it is actually water with a bit of alcohol taste. Zhao Ji is ashamed, so he only needs to order this to maintain his life in the tavern. There are many old alcoholics in the tavern, and you can drink for a long time if you can order a glass of wine. The old drunkards are better at raising their wine glass, shouting a toast, and then taking a sip of wine. When they put down the wine glass, there is no shortage of wine in the glass.

Zhao Ji chatted with others while drinking wine. When Zhao Ji asked in a low voice a middle-aged man who worked as a servant in the knight's villa if he had any short jobs, the apprentice blacksmith who had finished eating on the opposite side said to Zhao Ji: "Joe, don't do those short and useless jobs." You go to apologize to Ryder, you should come to us, we have known each other for some time, the job here is suitable for you, a stable job is more important than anything else. "

Zhao Ji gulped down a mouthful of light beer, sighed and said to the blacksmith apprentice: "That job is not suitable for me. I don't like chopping firewood all day long. I can do many jobs, but not this one. There is nothing here. It stumps me."

Zhao Ji thought to himself, he is a time traveler. Although he doesn't have any cheats or system talents, and has no ambitions, he was just a worker in his previous life. But anyway, I have been studying for more than ten years, and I have read books for decades, which is better than those of you who have never been to school. By the way, I don’t see any schools here. I don’t know if there are any schools in the big cities here. .

After Zhao Ji finished speaking, his mind turned to other places.

"Nothing can bother you? Can you take out a gold coin in your pocket? Just a glass of wine and start bragging." The blacksmith apprentice muttered unhappily, and the middle-aged man next to him nodded in agreement.

Zhao Ji glared at the blacksmith apprentice, and said unconvinced: "If you still don't believe me, let's make a bet, a silver coin, you set a condition and see if I can complete it. Of course, it can't be an excessive condition, it must be your own It can be done.”

"Okay, everyone, come here, Joe and I are going to make a bet here today, and each bet a silver coin." The blacksmith apprentice shouted loudly, which attracted the attention of everyone in the tavern.

Zhao Ji searched in his wallet, took out a coin with the highest face value, put it on the wine table and said, "Here is my silver coin, where is yours?"

The blacksmith apprentice carefully took out a silver coin from the inner pocket of his clothes and put it on the table. He said to the male waiter in the tavern, "Todd, you are the supervisor. Look, this is our One silver coin each, everyone is optimistic. Bet one silver coin each."

Todd nodded and acknowledged the bet, took the two silver coins on the table in his hands, showed them to the other guests in the tavern, and put them away. The drinkers in the tavern asked one after another: "What are you going to bet on?"

"There is a swamp in the south of our town. I heard from my master that the slime monsters there multiply in large numbers and often haunt the fields in the south to ruin the fields. If Joe can hunt five slime monsters, well, he can hunt five slime monsters this month. .Even if he wins, if I can’t hunt five slime monsters within this month, then I will win. What do you think?” the blacksmith apprentice said to everyone.

"Slime monster, I can kill one with one kick." "Yo, why don't you say you can kick your wife out of the door with one kick." "He was kicked out of the door by his wife, hahahaha "The others were drinking and making a fuss, and said loudly together: "That's it, five slime monsters, at the end of this month. Keel, go quickly."

"Come as soon as you come, wait and see at the end of this month!" Zhao Ji said loudly, drinking the beer in his hand in one gulp.

"Okay, here's Kilman, strong ale, and I'll take this." said the drunkards who didn't know who.