Chapter 210 The Truth About Payday
"Turn around?" Lu Ji froze for a moment.
"My lord, there is nothing to see in Sequoia City." Lu Ji scratched his head.
He was originally waiting for Han Yu to come out, to see if Han Yu had any questions to ask.
By the way, I wanted to give Han Yu a part of filial piety—the monster flesh and blood that Han Yu didn't want, but it made him a small fortune.
"Is there no rich area here?" Han Yu was a little curious, this church should be the center of Redwood City.
But except for the location of the church, other places are dilapidated, not even a decent house.
"My lord, why would rich people come to such a dangerous place as our Redwood City? They can only be found in big cities."
"Is there a market or something like that? Or a place where your crowd gathers." Han Yu looked at the people on the street, there were probably no closer to 50,000 people.
"The market will only open at night. The residential area is too messy. I'm afraid it will dirty your eyes."
"It's okay, let's go to the residential area, where there are more people go." The place with the most people is the most likely place where mountains and seas can hide, and you may encounter assassination.
"Okay, then I'll show you around, sir."
Just as he was about to step away, Changfu rushed over from behind.
"Master Han Yu, please stay."
Han Yu turned his head away, and Changfu handed over a square card and a badge.
"This is the door. Your room is at 309 on the third floor. It has been packed for you."
"This is the temporary badge of the Redwood City Church. It may be more convenient for you to carry it around the city."
Han Yu took two things and looked at the badge. The main body was a red cedar tree, and the side was wrapped with black thread. At the end of the black thread, yellow and blue branches appeared.
Sure enough, it is similar to the new bishop's logo.
"Thank you very much." Han Yu accepted two things.
"Master Han Yu is going out?"
"Yes, this is my first time in Redwood City, and I want to go out for a walk."
"How about I show you around, I am quite familiar with this city."
"Forget it, Lu Ji is fine, you can go." Han Yu also wanted to see what the city looked like, as Lu Ji, as a low-level person, must know much more than Changfu.
"Then Master Han Yu, be careful, Sequoia City is not as safe as those big cities, and you may encounter some dangers."
"Don't worry, I am confident in my own strength." Han Yu smiled.
What dangers are there in the city? Isn’t it from heretics? It’s the same as being attacked by the new bishop as soon as you go out.
Maybe I will be sniped by Shanhai members when I go out?
If they really met, it would be too late for Han Yu to be happy.
Changfu left, Han Yu followed Lu Ji to the street.
Looking at the sparse civilians on the street, even if Han Yu was walking on the road, he hid far away when he saw Han Yu.
“They went out to work just after dawn, and they are busy at this time. Only public officials like me can be exempted from hard labor.”
Lu Ji said it a little proudly, but he only finished his guard all night. There are no idlers in this city.
"What is the main job?"
"Sequoia City is most famous for its redwood trees. Affected by the magical atmosphere, the trees in the dark forest are extremely tough. During the day, civilians will go out to cut logs, and then transport them to the big cities behind."
"Big cities? What kind of cities are there?" Han Yu wanted to see if there were any cities he was familiar with, so as to find evidence of the original world.
"From City No. 1 to City No. 12, they are all directly managed by the Holy See, and only real citizens can enter."
"It's divided directly according to the serial number." Han Yu was inevitably a little disappointed.
"Then do you know mountains and seas?"
Hearing the word Shan Hai, Lu Ji's expression changed: "Naturally, he is the most evil pagan! It is said that he is also the pagan who has resisted the Holy See for the longest time."
"Then do you know where to find the members of Shanhai." Unexpectedly, Lu Ji really knew, Han Yu asked immediately.
"Sir, if I knew about it, I would have reported it a long time ago. There is a reward of 100 catties of meat for reporting news about heretics. If there is news about Shanhai, the reward will be doubled."
"If you can know the news about mountains and seas, I'll take you hunting, and you can have as much meat as you want." Han Yu thought about it and said.
"Definitely, if I find out, I will tell you." Lu Ji's eyes lit up.
He has already seen Han Yu's generosity today, and he gets along much better with those adults in the church. If he can fancy working under him, it will be better than any action.
While Han Yu was walking on the street, Baker of Creation Church in Sequoia City was discussing about Han Yu in Chang Lixuan.
"Priest, this is a fat sheep. Not to mention the space equipment, the scepter in his hand is not ordinary, and there are many treasures in the space equipment."
"If you think about it, you know, this is the son of a big family, you dare to do this?"
"What about the son of the big family, if he is killed, he will die the same. If he is killed, then it will be fine to say that he died in the dark forest."
Chang Lixuan didn't reply. The scepter in Han Yu's hand, he can be sure is the highest-level gold equipment, but he also has two.
But the baby of the space department is really greedy, but he doesn't know Han Yu's true identity.
Although there is no super family surnamed Han in memory, Han Yu may have used a pseudonym, or even remembered the name wrong due to amnesia.
"Death in Redwood City, after all, is a little troublesome. Everyone on the street saw him coming in." The priest thought for a while, but said something.
He was assigned to such a poor place because of the mistakes he made before. If he made another wrong step, no one would protect him.
"This is simple. On the harvest day three days later, let's find a few people, pretend to be heretics, take him away in front of everyone, force him to open the space equipment, and then kill him at that time, ten o'clock No trace will be left."
Most space equipment has unique opening methods, and some even bind blood.
But Baker was almost burned by Han Yu just now, the equipment is not important anymore, he just wants Han Yu to die.
"It's a good idea." The priest finally nodded: "You go and arrange it, he is also very good, so arrange it properly."
"Don't worry priest, I promise to make arrangements for him clearly."
Baker heard the priest agree, with a smug smile on his face: "Fight with me, I don't know how to make you die."
He had already thought about how to torture Han Yu three days later.
And Han Yu, led by Lu Ji, finally arrived at the residential area of Redwood City.
Before I got close, I saw many thin women doing some handicrafts downstairs, and many of them gathered together to chat.
"My lord, here are the residents of Redwood City. Most of those near the city gate are people whose labor force has died."
"There are indeed a lot of people." Han Yu looked over, and it should have been a large community.
“Most people have to go out to work during the day, the market is closed during the day, and it will be lively at night.”
Han Yu stepped forward to enter the community, but was stopped by Lu Ji.
"My lord, don't go in, it might be a little dirty inside..."
"It's okay, it won't affect me." Han Yu walked in directly.
Even though there are many buildings, these people live on the lower floors. This place has not been repaired for many years, and it may collapse at any time. The bottom floor is also convenient for escape in case of danger.
But as soon as they saw Han Yu coming in, those who were chatting quickly ran towards the room.
"What's the matter, are they afraid of me?" Han Yu felt that he didn't mutate like a monster like those ordinary mages, so he wouldn't scare people.
Lu Ji smiled awkwardly: "These untouchables may be afraid of dirtying your eyes, so don't worry about them."
Han Yu naturally understood what Lu Ji's smile meant. It seemed that the church didn't do anything good.
"With so many hungry people, does the church just ignore it?"
"Masters of the church, as long as they are responsible for defending against monsters, it is hard enough. Our survival still depends on our own work." Lu Ji said.
"Resist monsters." Han Yu sneered in his heart. In the original world, the new master was about to become a humanoid monster, but here he became a hero who resisted monsters.
"My lord, let's go back. I'll bring you here when the market opens at night."
There really isn’t much going on here, the buildings are dilapidated, and even those who have jobs at home are all thin and weak, completely looking like a doomsday scene.
But just as he was about to leave, a figure rushed over from the corridor.
"Assassin! Be careful, my lord!"
Lu Ji rushed in front of Han Yu, but Han Yu pushed him away before he could stand still.
He just turned around, and saw that this was an ordinary woman rushing out of the house.
Lu Ji must have noticed long ago, this action is just to show loyalty to Han Yu.
"What's the matter?" Han Yu lowered his head and asked, the woman had already crouched in front of him.
"My lord, my lord begs you, can you save my husband? If he dies, our whole family will starve to death..."
Han Yu looked at the woman's emaciated body, and it was obvious that she was not allowed to work in the lumber mill. If the only labor force in the family died, the fate would not be much better than that of a homeless man on the street.
"Go away, adults are busy, how can they have time to care about your life and death, so many people are injured every day, who has time to care about you."
The woman's face was already full of tears, and she crawled towards Han Yu, hoping that Han Yu would show kindness.
But Lu Ji pulled him away: "Get out of here quickly, how can adults have time to take care of your things."
"Take me to see, but I may not be able to help."
This woman was crying too heartbreakingly. Even though Han Yu didn't know any healing spells, he was going to go and have a look.
"My lord... this is not good." Lu Ji hurriedly stopped him, approached Han Yu and said, "Maybe there are heretics in the city, my lord better be careful."
If Han Yu was assassinated while he was leading the way, no matter whether Han Yu died or not, he probably wouldn't be able to escape.
So he was even more nervous than Han Yu: "It's okay, I'll go over and have a look, and lead the way."
The woman didn't expect that Han Yu would actually agree. Previously, these church personnel didn't even want to look at these ordinary people.
Kowtowed to Han Yu on the ground several times before standing up to lead the way.
When Han Yu entered, many people in the room looked through the windows. This mage seemed to be different from other people in the church.
=Following the woman into the room, although the wall covering has peeled off, the room is fairly clean.
As soon as he entered the door, Han Yu saw the man lying on the bed. His right leg was swollen, but the wound was not too big, and it had begun to heal.
The injury doesn't look too serious, and it is estimated that it will recover automatically in less than half a month.
"My lord." Seeing Han Yu coming in, the man struggled to get out of bed.
"Lie down, don't get down." Han Yu hurriedly waved his hand.
"But this kind of injury should recover soon, why should I come?"
Han Yu is a little strange, this degree of injury should not lead to death, as for taking such a big risk to come to him.
Looking at other people's attitudes, people in the church are all vicious.
"But he can't work for three days..." the woman said timidly.
"Is there not enough food?" Han Yu sighed softly. It is estimated that there is not much food in the house.
It was Lu Ji who explained: "My lord, it is because of the harvest day. If you can't work for five days, you may die."
"What's the matter with Payday?" Han Yu didn't expect Lu Ji to know about Payday, and Chang Lixuan didn't tell him in detail.
Lu Ji didn't expect that Han Yu didn't even know the harvest day, but thinking about Han Yu's amnesia, he immediately explained: "My lord, the harvest day is to collect magic crystals from the hatching mother, and then put down new tributes."
"The fertile mother is a monster? Could it be that people are allowed to take the magic crystal from it?"
Han Yu did not expect to hear the name of the Mother of Incubation in Lu Ji, and this monster became a tool for the church to collect tribute.
"Don't worry, my lord, the Incubating Mother will not take the initiative to attack humans, as long as there are enough sacrifices."
"How often is Payday?"
"Once a month."
"Then there are still many homeless people on the street?"
"The tribute must be a strong adult. A person like him who is injured but can work normally is the most suitable tribute."
"It is estimated that the magic crystal will be produced next month, and it will also save the food for raising pigs."
"What is raising pigs?" Han Yu clenched his fists, and he couldn't control his anger.
"Pig raising..." Lu Ji also felt the change in Han Yu's mood. He didn't know what he said wrong, but under Han Yu's persuasive gaze, he still explained: "Pig raising is our slang. Tramps or children are brought up to be qualified, and then sent up as sacrifices."
"Xu Lan, are you staying here just to do this kind of thing!"
Even if this is not the original world, just listening to it gives chills down the spine.
Just to get a few mutated crystals, the Holy See of Creation used ordinary people as containers.
The world ruled by this new bishop is more cruel than he imagined.
He was not too surprised about why the Holy See of Creation could cooperate with monsters.
The new bishop can often attack human players together with monsters in the original world.
"Aren't these people going to run away?" Han Yu who calmed down asked again.
Even those homeless people would not just lie down and wait to die in order to have enough food for a few days.
"How come! Everyone will feel honored to dedicate their lives to the Holy See." Lu Ji immediately replied.
(end of this chapter)