It's dawn.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Richard and Galie rode into the city of Jialan.

Located in the southern part of the main continent and thousands of miles from the nearest seaport, Jialan City has been separated from the coastal category and belongs to the inland city - a typical inland city.

Because of the surrounding undulating terrain, the traffic is not very developed, which prevents the rapid development of Jialan City, so that Jialan City is only a medium-sized city so far.

However, there are disadvantages and advantages, because Jialan City is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has unimaginable mineral resources, so the locals basically have a lot of income without hard farming. Of course, most of the income was divided among the aristocracy, and only the little food scraps left between the teeth were distributed to the common people.

Most of the residents rely on the hard work of mining in the mountains in exchange for a certain amount of money to meet their living needs. This is better than the farmers in other places who watch the weather and eat, after all, the income is stable, but it is also difficult to have a good way out.

It was precisely because of this that Galie left Jialan City and went out alone, hoping to get ahead.

But apparently, he underestimated the danger of the outside world and overestimated his own luck, and he was hit one after another and became a beggar.

Fortunately, fate did not abandon him completely, and gave him a chance at the last moment, gave him a job, and allowed him to return to Jialan City.

There was a gap between the job of being a servant of a wizard and Gare's dream, but it was better than all the work he had ever experienced. Therefore, Gareel did everything he was told to do very well, hoping to do this work long enough.

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"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in Jialan City, and Galie led Richard to see the idle courtyard in Jialan City.

This was Richard's request.

Since he came to Jialan City and was going to stay for a while, he had to find a place to live.

At this time, Gare, who was riding a horse, carefully pulled the reins of the horse and controlled the horse to stop.

Successfully stopping the horse, Galead breathed a sigh of relief, quietly wiped a handful of sweat, and turned his head to look at Richard, who had easily stopped to the side. Pointing to a courtyard on the street, he introduced: "Master, you see, this is the largest courtyard in the city that is idle, and it is said that it is a nobleman with a title."

This nobleman had left Jialan City for a larger city to the north, so he entrusted his courtyard to his friends to sell out. The price should be about 1,200 gold coins, and if you want, you can lower the price to about 1,000 gold coins. ”

Richard listened, and raised an eyebrow.

According to the purchasing power of Jialan City's gold coins, 1,000 gold coins are almost equivalent to 1.8 million to 2.2 million yuan on the earth. At such a price, it is very cheap to buy a courtyard of more than 1,000 square meters. But......

Richard shook his head.

Seeing Richard shaking his head, Galie asked cautiously, "Master, do you think the price is too high?"

"Nope. Richard looked at the carriages and sidewalks that passed by from time to time on the street, "The price is not a problem, the main thing is that this place is too lively." I don't like lively places, the more remote the courtyard, the better, and the province of being disturbed. ”

"That's it. Galie nodded, a little strange in his heart, he didn't understand the harm of being lively, but it could only be attributed to the fact that wizards don't like to come into contact with people.

After thinking about it, Galie said: "There is another courtyard in Beicheng, which is a little smaller than this, but because of its remote location, it is indeed very deserted. Master, do you want to take a look?"

"Then let's go check it out. Richard said.

"Yes. Galie said, gently patting the horse's buttocks to make the horse move, grasping the horse's reins tightly to prevent it from falling, and taking the lead in the distance.

Richard followed behind, looking at Galie's careful appearance on horseback, and knew in his heart that Galie's caution was not timid, but poor riding.

As a commoner, there was a natural divide between Gareel and the nobility, and there were few opportunities to ride horses. If you don't have a long time of practice, it's good to be able to ride on a horse without falling off.

After riding on the road to Jialancheng, Galie's riding skills have improved, but it is only at the entry level, and caution is a must.

After all, the risk of riding a horse is not low, and if you don't handle it well, falling off the horse is at least a minor injury.

In more serious cases, it is to fall from a horse and die.

In the history of the earth, whether in the East or the West, there are not a few people who have died from falling horses, and celebrities are not immune. For example: King Huailiang of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao Yan of Northern Qi Zhao, Genghis Khan recorded in the "Secret History of the Yuan Dynasty", and William I, the "conquering king" of the Norman Dynasty in England, etc.

In a sense, riding a horse is more dangerous than driving a car on Earth.

It is worth mentioning that in the current world, even wizards travel long distances on land, they still rely on horses, and no other means of transportation have been developed. The mid-horned eagle, griffin, and bipedal wyvern can't be seen at all, and the teleportation array or something only exists in legends.

This obviously hindered communication between wizards and constrained the emergence of higher-level wizard civilizations. As for whether it will be improved in the future, it is unknown.

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With this in mind, Richard followed Gallie to another courtyard north of the city.

You can see that the area of this courtyard is much smaller, the walls are densely cracked, and weeds grow through the cracks in the doors, which is very dilapidated.

"Master," said Callie, "This is the courtyard I told you about. Once a wealthy merchant, after earning some of the money, bought this courtyard. However, because he offended someone, he was killed, and the courtyard was inherited by a side relative of the other party.

The collateral relatives who inherited the house have always wanted to sell it, but the asking price is very high, at least 1,000 gold coins, so no one has bought it until now. If you want it, six hundred gold coins should do the trick. ”

Listening to Gare's words, Richard did not say anything, but looked around, and his eyes fell on a stone building not far away.

The stone building is four stories high, and standing on the top floor of the stone building, you can see everything in the courtyard clearly.

Richard frowned slightly, then shook his head, and said to Galie: "It's not okay here, there is a risk of being spied on." The place where I am going to live, in addition to being quiet, must be kept secret and not spied on. ”

"This ......" the list became a little tangled, "Master, there must be a courtyard that meets your needs, but it is not easy to find in this city, at least for a day or two." Unless...... You go out of the city and buy a manor. ”

"The Manor?"

"Yes, Manor. "As far as I know, there are a few small estates, quiet and unspied, after all, surrounded by fields, but the problem is ...... The price is a bit expensive. ”

"How expensive?"

"The cheapest one is two thousand gold coins. Galie said carefully, in his eyes, this was a huge amount of money that he would never earn in his life.

Who knows that Richard nodded his head and said, "Two thousand gold coins, then it's not a problem, let's go, go and see." With that, Richard rode out of the city.

Galie was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed, looking at Richard's back, his eyes flickering a little. After recalling Richard's words, he suddenly realized that the wizard master he served might be richer than he thought.

Maybe...... Before he knew it, he hugged a thigh?

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