my age of magic

Chapter 1588 137. Returning to Haiyinsi

The city of Haines is located in the province of Inuis at the easternmost end of the Fevenpodora Mountains.

Walking out of the magic teleportation array in Haiyinsi City, after the guards at the teleportation gate inspected us, we came to the square in front of the teleportation array, the warm sea breeze blowing in, the sky and the sea were blue, and the sea level in the distance At the end of the line, you can just see the big embankment built in the sea, which surrounds Haiyinsi City.

An orca rushed out of the sea, and at the moment when its body reached the highest point, a column of water shot out from the top of its head, and as the orca plunged into the sea, a huge wave appeared.

Haiyinsi City is not an extension of the Faven Podora Mountains, nor is it an island in the sea. It is a city in the sea supported by hundreds of thousands of stone pillars rising from the sea. This is the most famous music city in the Grimm Empire. , In the city, the sound of cheerful accordion is everywhere.

Although I knew that Haiyinsi's winter climate is warm, I didn't expect it to be so hot. Maybe it's because the imperial capital is too cold in winter. I have already reduced my clothes in the teleportation hall, but the first feeling when I came to Haiyinsi City It's still hot, and the heat wave is coming.

The glare of the sun came down, and I tore off the neckline of the magic robe, feeling like a hot bun in a steamer. Although the sea breeze could take away some of the heat from my body, the sweat still dripped down my face uncontrollably, Ying Li His face was also flushed, and he took out a handkerchief and kept fanning the hot air towards himself, complaining to me in a low voice: "It's really hot here!"

The magic teleportation array in Haiyinsi City is very magnificent. There is a large square outside the teleportation array. It seems that there will be such a huge square in front of the teleportation gate in every city. A group of beautiful girls in fur coats They came out of the portal talking and laughing, which also made the guards at the portal open their mouths, and their eyes kept turning back and forth on the group of imperial girls behind me.

Among the members of this trip to Strange Rock City, female members have an absolute advantage, counting from Yingli, Helena, and Becky, as well as Katerina, Karanzo, and Deborah, and I specially invited Annie and The two sisters Su, and Senior Erika, but Kalancuo and Deborah did not accompany them. They are still in the underground cave of Xinliu Valley with Luka the tauren and Justus, the descendant of the siren. Waiting for me to open the door of summoning.

As the princess of Haiyinsi City, Yingli does not need to spend a lot of money to transfer Haiyinsi City from the imperial capital. It is for this reason that our group will abandon the direct transfer to Qiyan City, but teleport to Haiyinsi City, and then Transfer to the airship at Haiyinsi City Airport and fly to Qiyan City.

Our group was enjoying the shade under the big banyan tree on the edge of the square in front of the teleportation array in Haiyinsi City. Not long after, two long and narrow kayaks appeared on the edge of the square. A steward of the Prince's Mansion ran down from the kayak with several A servant came to us quickly, first saluted Yingli and me, and said to us with a bitter face: "Princess Yingli, Marquis of Jijia, please forgive me for being late, Haiyinsi City is the nearest The tide is a bit unstable, and the waterway traffic in the city has become very bad because of this, I know this is not the reason for being late..."

Seeing him talking non-stop, Ying Li had no choice but to interrupt him: "I summoned you to prepare a boat ticket to Qiyan City, are you ready?"

The manager of the prince's mansion seemed a bit verbose, and he was a little late to pick us up by boat. When he heard Yingli's question, he hurriedly approached Yingli and said humbly, "Your Highness, the magic airship is on standby at the airport pier. You can set sail whenever you want."

Ying Li looked back at me. I originally planned to come to Haines City this time to visit Uncle Fred and Sister Singer. But for Annie and Sue, and Senior Sister Erica, Haiyinsi City is still a strange city, I think they might really want to take a stroll in this music city, although half a day can't fully see the scenery of Haiyinsi City, but at least they can see the most beautiful scenery of Haiyinsi City. bustling street.

Su, who was wearing a priest's robe, was standing by the pier, staring blankly at the avenue composed of countless waterways. Annie, who was wearing a red salamander-like armor, stood beside Su, and was also attracted by this beautiful city. Living.

I said to Ying Li: "Then let's visit Uncle Fred first, so that Su, Annie, and Erica can see the prosperity of Haiyinsi, and then go to the airport pier in the afternoon."

Ying Li took my arm and said to the steward of the Prince's Mansion, "Please take us to No. 75, Shengli Harbor Street. We need to stop in Haiyinsi City for a short time, and then head to Qiyan City."

The steward of the palace bent over, his clothes looked very flat, without any cumbersomeness, he said with a coquettish smile: "Your Highness, don't you want to stay in the palace for one night? We're getting ready for a welcome dance."

Haiyinsi City likes to hold all kinds of dance parties. This is my second visit to Haiyinsi City, and I received the invitation to the dance just after arriving in Haiyinsi City.

I know that Yingli dislikes this kind of social dance very much. Sure enough, when she heard the steward of the palace say this, she immediately wrinkled her nose and refused in displeasure: "Oh, I'm afraid we can't, this time our schedule is very tight. , I don't want to waste my time at a halfway ballroom dance."

The steward of the palace did not show any embarrassment after Yingli's rejection, but skillfully led everyone onto the boat.

This kind of kayak with two pointed ends is slender and long, and only one boatman can paddle steadily and fast in the waterways of Haiyinsi City.

In the center of the kayak there is a round arched canopy. Ying Li took the girls into the canopy and changed the thick winter clothes into cool summer clothes. If you lean over, you can touch the blue sea water. The sea water is very clear. You can even see the stone pillars under the buildings on both sides of the street.

Haines City does not have night watchmen in the traditional sense, but there is no lack of city cleaners here.

Compared with other cities, Haiyinsi City needs more cleaners to keep the city clean and tidy. In addition, Haiyinsi City also has a group of cleaners who specialize in removing shellfish growing on the underwater stone pillars and maintaining these stone pillars in the sea. , They usually hold a chisel and a claw hammer in their hands, and each time they shouted a leather tube to dive below the surface of the sea to clean up all the shells attached to the stone pillars.

Along the way, the kayak will pass through countless arched stone bridges. These stone bridges have different shapes. There will always be some enthusiastic Haiyinsi people waving to us on the bridge. They can tell that we are foreigners at a glance.

There are also stalls selling grilled seafood on the street. One of the stalls is filled with grilled octopus skewers. The two small boats slowed down and docked next to this barbecue stall. In addition to the delicious grilled octopus skewers, there were charcoal-grilled oysters on the barbecue stall, which were also very delicious.

Then we decided to separate here temporarily, Yingli, Katerina and I took a kayak to visit Uncle Fred.

On the other hand, Helena and Becky replaced Yingli and me to entertain Annie, Sue and Senior Erika who came to Haines City for the first time.

There are temporary docks not far from the street. There are stone steps extending into the sea next to these small docks. There are always groups of tanned children with bare buttocks standing beside the docks. To play in the water, their favorite thing to do is to stand on a high place and jump into the sea, and then climb ashore from the stone steps. There will be some women by the pier with washtubs, and they use the sea water to wash their clothes.

There are public drinking water areas everywhere in Haiyinsi City, where there are stone troughs for collecting water, and fresh water always flows from the water pipes on the stone walls.

We kayaked through the waterway. As the steward of the palace said, when the kayak entered a busy water street, the waterway became a bit congested, and the kayak had to slow down. Katerina sat on the side of the kayak. The bow of the ship, with both legs resting on the edge of the ship's gunwale, and the two feet can just reach into the sea water.

The boat arrived at Uncle Fred’s leather shop at noon. I jumped onto the pier from the kayak, and then helped Yingli ashore. Katerina followed behind us. The steward of the palace wanted to follow, but Yingli The phrase 'you wait here' was left on the dinghy.

After I took Yingli along the street for more than a hundred meters, I turned into a side street, where Uncle Fred’s house was located. The house facing the street was a leather shop, and a half-length leather armor was hung at the door of the leather shop. , the door was very deserted. When we walked over, we just saw a half-grown child coming out of the shop. He ran to the street with a tin bucket in his hand, skillfully threw the iron bucket into the sea, and then Pulling the hemp rope, he pulled up the Tietong filled with seawater, and quickly walked into the leather shop with a bucket of seawater.

Ying Li and I walked into Uncle Fred's leather shop. The half-old boy just poured sea water into the sink. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm. When he saw us coming in from the outside, he stood up straight. Body, and asked me: "Two distinguished guests, what do you need?"

It seems that this half-grown child has accepted a little simple practice, but he said this sentence very jerky, and it should be rarely used in normal times.

I stood at the door of the leather shop and saw some ordinary leather armor and some ordinary leather products hanging in the shop. I asked the half-old child:

"I'm looking for Uncle Fred, is he there?"

The half-grown child scratched his shoulders with his hand in embarrassment, turned his head and shouted inside:
"Boss, there are two guests looking for you outside!"

Footsteps sounded, and Uncle Fred came out of the room wearing a leather apron and holding a skinning knife in his hand. Then he saw us standing at the door of the leather shop, and immediately greeted us warmly and said:

"Jijia, Princess Yingli, why are you here?"

I went up and hugged Uncle Fred and said:
"I just passed Haiyinsi City, so I came here to see you and Sister Singer, Uncle Fred, how is the business of the leather shop recently?"

Uncle Fred invited me to the reception room next to the tanning shop, and while telling the underage shop assistant he hired to go to the backyard and ask his eldest wife to make a pot of lemon tea, he said to me:

"Thanks to your care, now I am sewing fish skin hoods every day. This kind of hood is also very popular among magicians in Haiyinsi. This is the main job in the leather shop. Of course, there are also some small businesses occasionally. Come home, life is much better now than before."

As he spoke, his eye sockets were a little moist, and he tapped his chest with his fist.

This kind of action is what the northern knights are used to doing when facing barbarians. He said:

"Jijia, I can't express how grateful I am from the bottom of my heart."

Hearing Uncle Fred say that, I felt a little ashamed that I could have made their lives better, and I said, "Don't you say that, Uncle Fred. Oh, yes, Does Sister Singer open a grocery store?"

I digress.

Only then did Uncle Fred cheer up slightly, and said:

"Her shop is on the Champs-Elysees Avenue. I'm afraid you can't imagine how popular the magic rune boards you sent are in Haiyinsi City."

Ying Li and I sat in Uncle Fred's leather shop for a while and then got up to say goodbye. Uncle Fred knew that Katerina and I still wanted to visit Sister Singer, so he let the half of his shop The older child temporarily put down his work and took us to Miss Singer's grocery store. Uncle Fred missed one thing, that is, Miss Singer's grocery store was always full of customers, although Xin Sister Ge hired two salespersons, but she was still too busy. She needed to tirelessly introduce products to customers, and in the end she had to start a relatively protracted tug-of-war on prices.

Sister Singer was also very happy to see us. She first saluted Princess Yingli, and then hugged Katerina fiercely outside the grocery store. She shouted loudly: "Katerina, can you come and see me?" , I am so happy..."

She excitedly introduced this small grocery store to me, with a sense of accomplishment on her face, she is the kind of woman who will feel very satisfied with a little happiness, and her optimistic spirit can easily infect the people around her .

And I didn't expect that the copper hot pot is more popular in Haiyinsi City than in the imperial capital.

Sister Singh then told us the reason. Haiyinsi City was originally a city on water, and the charcoal and firewood needed by the residents in the city were all transported by sea from Feiwen Bodola Mountain. , Now that there is a copper hot pot, many aristocratic families have replaced this new type of cooker, and people in the city like to use this pot to cook seafood.

The news of the victory of the South Wind Legion kept coming. Most of the knights of the South Wind Legion were born in Haiyinsi City and the surrounding areas. The soldiers received military pay in shiny silver coins, but the rewards they received were a lot of magic spar fragments. , Continuous victories have made the magic spar fragments in Haiyinsi City cheaper than anywhere else, so using copper hot pots in Haiyinsi City is cheaper than burning charcoal.

It is for this reason that copper hot pot became popular in Haiyinsi City in just two months.

(End of this chapter)