Open Your Quest Log Chapter 81

Three days later, in the afternoon, Barret finally arrived at Galano, the commercial pearl in the western part of the Griffin Kingdom.

The city wall of this commercial city is not majestic. It is only four meters high, and the materials used are very ordinary. It is simply built with gravel and rammed earth, which is not in line with its prosperous and noble identity.

But Barrett knows that this is the sixth city wall built by Galano. This city, which has always been in a prosperous state, is expanding too fast, and it has to be greatly expanded every three or forty years. Its first and second city walls are made of large blocks of granite, the third and fourth city walls are made of strips of bluestone, and now, the materials for building the city walls are replaced by gravel and rammed earth...

This is understandable, Galano is a businessman, and a businessman, what does he wear such thick armor?

The mainland has been at peace for a long time, and the role of the city wall is getting smaller and smaller, so the material used is no longer important. People say that the seventh city wall can be simply blocked by a wooden fence. Anyway, the ultimate function of building the city wall is not to protect, but to collect taxes—the city entry tax.

Even at noon, there are still many pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate, but Galano's city gate is very wide and can easily accommodate six carriages entering and leaving at the same time, so there is not much need to queue.

Near the city gate, there are a dozen or twenty guards with studded leather armor on the outer cover and chainmail on the inside, and the coat of arms of the Benson family hangs on the left chest of each guard. The design of the coat of arms is a water bottle with flowing gold coins, and there is a circle of pale gold tulips around the water bottle, and this Benson family is the manager and actual owner of Galano City.

People often say that in the Benson family, the blood flowing in their bodies is golden. Not only that, but they can even lay pure gold golden eggs. Although the rumors are absurd, they also illustrate the enormous wealth of this family from the side.

After giving the guard a silver griffin the city tax, Barrett led his disobedient mount and entered this city known for its "prosperity" and "clutter."

Although the city walls of Galano are getting more and more confusing, the roads in the city have really put a lot of effort into it.

The road is very wide, and it can accommodate 4 carriages in parallel. The whole is paved with three layers of gravel. The gaps in the gravel are filled with a mixture of volcanic ash, water and clay, which not only makes the road strong and durable, but also feels very comfortable to walk on.

Although the street is wide, it is not clean, and dust and debris are everywhere. There is also a smell of smoke, spices and a mixture of various foods in the air; shops on both sides are dazzling, grocers, tailors, bakeries, pubs, hairdressers, everything.

The people passing by are also dressed in different clothes, including women in luxurious velvet capes, adventurers in tattered leather armor, ordinary citizens in cotton and linen robes, and scantily clad paupers and goblins as dogs. slippery aristocrat...

Barrett led the stallion forward. He was walking on the famous food street in Galano city. There were countless food stalls on both sides of the street:

Scallops, clams and various small fish are grilled on fish stalls with charcoal stoves; meat sellers hang strings of sausages on wooden poles, each marked in common language: pork, lamb , lizard meat, rat meat...; thinly sliced ​​ham and cheese in a roll of pancakes; baguettes with stuffed meat and pickled radishes; fresh raw fish, sour Raw ceviche marinated in a mixture of orange juice, shredded onions, peppers, and salt; baked biscuits of all shapes and sizes sprinkled with fine salt, and so on.

Barrett bought a baguette with stuffed meat and pickled radishes in it for six copper coins, and ate it as he walked. When the pony saw that its owner was eating alone, he always shook his head and snorted to express his dissatisfaction.

No choice but to go to the stall selling all kinds of vegetables and buy a bag of carrots to treat him. Like a rabbit, his horse likes carrots very much, but he has no interest in various pastures such as alfalfa.

After walking two streets, he crossed the edge of the slum again. After passing by the handicraftsmen's guild with iron palm signs and the merchants' guild with gold coin signs, Barrett walked from an inconspicuous building. Stopped in front of the building.

The style of the building is the same as that of an ordinary tavern, except that it occupies a large area. On the side of the double-opened door is a gold-edged signboard made of oak material. The signboard is engraved with a striking hollow pattern. The pattern is a piece of parchment nailed by a dagger. When most people on the mainland see the pattern, they will Know where this place is, the home of adventurers - the Adventurer's Guild.

Barrett didn't plan to enter the Adventurer's Guild right now, he just stopped briefly, observed the adventurers coming in and out, and then continued to walk forward.

Not long after, he stopped in front of a hotel called "The Death of the Cod",

"Hey, little Tom, wake up," Barrett called to the boy who was dozing off at the door of the hotel. "Take my horse to the stable, and brush it by the way."

"It's Mr. Barrett!" The boy ran over happily and took the reins from Barrett's hand. "You haven't been here for a long time. Let me think about it, you haven't been here for almost a year. You haven't been here for a long time. Qian, do you live in a slum?" The boy raised his head and looked at Barrett happily.

The child was still so incapable of speaking, and Barrett felt a little depressed, "I went to other places." He explained, "I went to the capital of the Griffin Kingdom - Ogusg, and also went to the city-state of Muya, you know that The place? The floating city of the mages is right above the city-state. I go to these places as a teleportation circle. Do you think that if there is no money, can those mages sit on that kind of thing?"

"You are amazing." The boy praised sincerely, "I hope I can sit in the teleportation circle one day. I heard that it can make people reach far away in the blink of an eye. It's amazing! , the mage is even more powerful than you."

Isn't this nonsense, "Come on, don't be lazy, feed the horse carrots if it doesn't obey." Barrett handed the bag of carrots he bought into the boy's hands.

"Don't worry, I will definitely brush it with shiny hair, and I will definitely not make it smelly and dirty like the leather armor on your body." The boy patted his chest and assured. "By the way, this leather armor of yours is really strange, it's just so dirty, it makes me think you just rolled from the slum."

That's because I rode a horse for several days, and spent most of the time in the wild, and it was unfortunate that I encountered a few heavy rains. Barrett thought sadly. He didn't say anything more, but threw a few copper coins to the boy as a tip, and walked towards the hotel with the latter's thanks.

"The Death of the Cod" is a hotel where Barrett often stays in Galano (when he has money), which not only provides accommodation, but also provides meals at various times. The owner of the hotel is not a human, but a halfling with a slick tongue. Several chefs in UU Reading www.uukanshu.com are also halflings.

The food in the hotel is very characteristic and tastes very good (the halfling's craftsmanship is still trustworthy), but the price is not fair, even more so than Dunn's 'Fortune, Fortune' tavern. Adventurers usually come here only when they can afford it, as Barrett does now.

But the advantage is that whenever you come here, there will be vacancies.

Barrett pushed open the door and entered, the copper bell hanging on the door made a crisp sound, reminding the boss that there were guests.

"Look, who is here, isn't this our generous Mr. Barrett!" the halfling boss who was wiping gold coins in the counter shouted enthusiastically, "I just saw a strange thing, guess what? Haha, just now, the gold coin in my hand was smiling at me, it was a touching smile, do you know why? Because it is going to see its relatives, isn't it worth being happy to see relatives? It will definitely be happy . And those loved ones it will see are brought to it by the generous you, Mr. Barrett."

"It may also be that it feels that it is about to leave someone's clutches, so be happy." Barrett walked to the counter, snatched the gold coin from the halfling's hand, and took a look at it.

The gold coin was wiped and glittered like a mirror, and the pattern on it was not a king in the form of a human head, but a blooming marigold.

This is a gold coin minted by the Magic Association. Only that organization will print all kinds of bizarre patterns on gold coins, from animals to plants, from mountains to rivers, and even various races in the multiverse will be printed on gold coins by mages.

It's as if everything in the world can be traded.

Chapter end