Chapter 314 Naturalized Plantagenet Dynasty
After the transaction was completed, Gothe left Green Magic Materials.
"Let's go, take me to a hotel to put my things first."
Stayed one night at Bard's house, but this was just a temporary measure.
The reason why it is a hotel instead of renting a house like in Bremen City is because Gothe does not plan to stay in Holder Town for a long time.
After the naturalization was completed, he was ready to go to Dorne City.
Per Gothe's request, Bud took him to a more upscale hotel in the town.
It was not a matter of walking, but a "public carriage".
Yes, the public transportation in Holder Town is also a stagecoach.
It's just that it's not an ordinary horse, but a zero-ring earth-line creature tamed by the Plantagenet Dynasty. Its full name is Coolie Pony, and it is extremely powerful.
Just a coolie horse can pull a large carriage that can accommodate twenty or thirty people.
After riding a carriage for twenty minutes, walking and stopping along the way, we arrived in front of the hotel.
This hotel's full name is "Swan Hotel" and it is located in the bustling area of Holder Town.
Although it is just a small town hotel, it has all the facilities inside, including a spacious lobby, a restaurant, and even a small reading room with some old books.
Of course, the price is also very high.
An ordinary room costs up to 5 silver dragon coins per night, and a deluxe suite is even more expensive.
Although Gao De is still relatively well-off, his habitual frugality still made him choose to open an ordinary room.
Having been there for three days, I paid 1 gold and 5 silver.
After putting down his things in the room, Gothe, led by Bud, went to the Funan Tea Shop near the Swan Hotel to buy tea.
———It is impolite to visit a noble without bringing some gifts.
Tea is the most classic gift, especially high-quality tea from other continents.
Dorne is a coastal city where merchants often travel to and from different continents via ships to conduct long-distance transactions.
Hold Town, as one of the small towns under the jurisdiction of Dorne City, naturally has many products from other continents.
Funan Tea Shop sells special Zhongting souchong from the Oriental Zhongting Continent.
This is a kind of black tea with beautiful appearance and tight strips, like black ribbons.
After brewing with hot water, the tea soup will be dark red, with a unique aroma of pine smoke and longan soup. The taste is particularly mellow and has a long aftertaste.
Zhongting Continent is the birthplace of tea, and Zhongting Souchong is the earliest black tea variety in the world. Since it was introduced to Nolan Continent, it has been loved by nobles from various countries in Nolan Continent and has become their new favorite drink.
Of course, the price is not very beautiful.
One pound of Zhongting Xiaozhong sells for as much as 8 silver dragons.
However, it is said that the purchase price in Zhongting Continent is actually only 1 Silver Dragon.
In Funan Tea Shop, the merchant will also carefully pack a pound of Zhongtuan Xiaozhong into a carved glass jar, and then pair it with a small bone china tea spoon with a fine texture and as white as jade. The tea packaging is particularly exquisite, making it look like a carefully prepared souvenir.
——At the same time, the price also skyrocketed by 2 Silver Dragons to 1 Plantagenet Coin.
The price/performance ratio is definitely not high, but the aristocrats just do this. What they value more is the exquisiteness and uniqueness of the gifts.
So Gaode finally chose to spend 1 gorse coin to buy such a hardcover version of Atrium Souchong.
After buying the gift, the next step is to pay a visit to the knight Gerald Wells.
But before that, we need to prepare a visiting note.
Gauthe had also learned aristocratic etiquette at Sires Academy, so he naturally knew that the visiting stickers for nobles visiting their homes for the first time were important items that showed etiquette.
The nearby grocery store sells blank visitor stickers, which are made of fine off-white thick cardboard. The surface of the paper has also been lightly embossed to give it a delicate texture.
Gaode borrowed ink from the grocery store, wrote the main text and signature, and finally folded it in half and put it in a matching envelope, and then put a wax seal on the seal, and everything was done.
The price of such a visit note is 50 copper and stone coins.
Nothing from aristocrats is cheap.
The same potato may only cost one or two copper coins on the table of common people, but if it is slightly better-looking and sold to a noble, it can be sold for a high price of 1 silver dragon coin
The knights and nobles in the small town generally live in two directions. One is the manor house located on the edge of the town.
There usually occupy a large area of land with beautiful scenery and superior terrain, which can not only be used for residence, but also have vast private gardens, orchards and pastures.
The other option is to choose a large house in the center of a small town.
This place is close to public places such as markets and shops, which is convenient for their daily life and social activities. The disadvantage is that the land is limited, so there is no need to think about private pastures.
Gerard Knight is the latter situation.
Therefore, after coming out of Funan Tea Shop, he turned a street slightly to the left, and after not walking far, Gothe came to the mansion of Knight Gerald.
This house is four stories high and is located next to the main street. It is particularly eye-catching. There are exquisite windows and doors on the side facing the street, which highlights the identity of the owner.
Gothe took a step forward and came to the gate of Knight Gerald's mansion.
On the wall on one side of the door, there is a conspicuous metal pull ring, which is exquisitely shaped and cast into an elegant iris shape. The petals have a delicate and clear texture, but this is actually only a part of the doorbell structure.
This is an extremely common mechanical pull-bell doorbell. Pull the pull ring, and through the internal mechanical device, pull the rope connected to the bell in the door, and the bell will make a crisp sound.
However, this kind of doorbell is actually a bit old, and the more fashionable nobles have already begun to use alchemy machines as doorbells.
· With this new type of doorbell machine, visitors only need to press a button to make a sound to notify the owner of the house. At the same time, the owner of the house can also see the face of the visitor inside the house.
After a while, the door opened, and a neatly uniformed butler appeared at the door.
The steward was on the steps, condescending, but not arrogant. Instead, he bowed slightly and asked politely: "You two look at each other, I don't know who you are? Is there something wrong?"
His voice was full and round, it was the most traditional and authentic Dornish accent, with a kind of calmness.
Gothe handed over the visiting note that he had prepared a long time ago and responded with a polite salute: "I am a mage from another country. I came here specifically to visit Knight Gerald. I hope to trouble him to be my guarantor and help me become an official resident of Holder Town." "After a while, the butler appeared again, this time with a smile on his face, "Master Gothe, the master invites you to come in, please come with me."
Gothe and Bard looked at each other, and then led by the butler, walked out of the house, passed through the spacious hall on the first floor, and came to a beautifully decorated reception room.
The steward motioned for Gaode to sit down, and then said: "Master Gaode, please take a rest here. The master will be here soon."
After saying that, he retreated silently.
Gothe sat down with the somewhat nervous Bard.
Bard's hands unconsciously grasped the corners of his clothes, his legs were slightly close together, and he looked around in panic.
After a while, Knight Gerard walked in.
This is a middle-aged man, tall and burly, with a strong face and bright eyes. If you look carefully, you can see that there is a strong trace of exhaustion in his eyes
When Gao De saw this, he immediately stood up. At the same time, he handed over the gift in his hand, "Knight Gerald, I'm sorry to bother you. This is a small gift, not respectful."
"Yes, I am from the Principality of Xi'en. After the Ice Flame Legion of the Holy Empire occupied the city of Saint-Sien and changed the Principality of Xi'en into the Province of Xi'en, I left the Principality of Xi'en and became a wandering mage. After moving to the Plantagenet Dynasty, I wanted to settle down here and continue my magic practice, so"
"That's it." Gerald nodded thoughtfully, and then He glanced at Bard, who was clearly too nervous next to Gothe, and asked casually: "Who is this?"
“Do you know the cost of asking me to be a guarantor?” Gerald listened for a while and asked straight to the point without any more greetings.
One-stop version!
"I know a little, but I don't know if this is enough?" Gothe handed over a heavy money bag with a smile.
The money bag contains 220 gorse coins.
Although Bard said he would start with 200 gorse coins, Gaode still added 20 more gorse coins to be on the safe side rather than pressing the line.
Gerald did not open the money bag, but just weighed it in his hand, and seemed to know the specific number of coins in it.
He showed a satisfied look and took out an envelope from his arms, with his personal seal printed on the seal.
Gerald handed the letter to Gaude: "This is a letter of recommendation. You can take this letter to the town council. As long as you pass their interrogation, you can become an official resident of Holder Town."
Gothe took the envelope and saluted again, "Thank you, Knight Gerald."
Everything went very smoothly. After getting the recommendation letter, Gothe saw that the other party was not in much mood to entertain them, so he wisely said goodbye and left.
The next stop is the town council.
This is the "government agency" of Holder Town.
Compared to Knight Gerald's house, the appearance of the town council is much simpler.
It has no gorgeous carvings or exquisite decorations. It is just a solid and broad building with a large scale. It is made of large pieces of gray bricks and stones, giving it a sense of simplicity and heaviness.
There is also a special guide at the door.
After Gao De expressed his intention to the guide, he was taken into the town council, walked through the corridor, and came to a room.
"Lied, this person wants to apply to become an official resident of our town of Holder and has brought a letter of recommendation." The guide said to the staff in the room.
Gothe entered the room and handed over a letter of recommendation from Knight Gerald.
The staff member glanced at it, couldn't help but frown, and muttered, "The guarantor is the fifth one that Gerald Knight has made in the past six months."
Muttered, but the staff member was still very kind, and followed the procedure in a business-like manner, "Bring me the proof of identity."
Gaode quickly handed over the jade plaque he made at the gate of Holder Town for 1 gold coin.
The staff member took the jade token, then skillfully opened the drawer and pulled out a brand new one from a pile of parchment. Then, he stretched out his finger and gently pressed a simple button on the table.
In an instant, the familiar feeling enveloped Gaode again
It is still the "realm of honesty".
"Which country or region are you from? Which city or village are you specifically from?" The staff member cleared his throat and asked. This is to determine Gaode's motivation for entry by asking for basic personal information.
“From the former Principality of Sean, born in Hogan City.” Gothe replied, sighing in his heart that there are also “visa interviews” in other worlds.
After the staff member heard this, the quill in his hand immediately rustled on the parchment, and he recorded Gothe's answer verbatim, with neat and dense handwriting.
"What is the full name? Are there any relatives in the family?"
"My name is Gao De. I was born as a wandering beggar and have no relatives."
Hearing this answer, the staff member raised his head and looked at Gao De in surprise, knowing that the information in the jade tablet showed that the person in front of him was a first-level mage.
It is already rare for a wandering beggar to be able to open the door to magic, let alone become a first-level mage at this age.
“Why do you expect to become an official resident of Holder Town? What kind of work are you going to do to make a living?” After a brief moment of surprise, the staff quickly came back to their senses and asked the next key question.
"After I become an official resident of Holder Town, I want to go to Dorne City to take the Sea Sentinel assessment to see if I have a chance to become a Sea Sentinel. If I fail, I will choose to stay in the Plantagenet Dynasty to continue my mage training. I plan to make a living by obtaining extraordinary materials and reselling them." Gothe said "tell the truth", but cleverly omitted some key details.
For example, he only talked about obtaining extraordinary materials, but never mentioned his unique method, and just let the staff think about it.
In the inherent knowledge of the staff, it is natural that Gothe is a mage hunter who obtains precious extraordinary materials by killing earth-line creatures
In fact, Gothe directly takes them from the North, then teleports them through the astral realm, and brings these extraordinary materials to the Plantagenet Dynasty for sale.
当？」
「无。」
「在西恩行省，你可有哪些重要的社交关系？」
「无。」高德神色未变，心中却微微刺痛了一下。
In the Principality of Xi'en, his important social relationships were actually two "mentors", one was Master Seda and the other was Master He Xi, but both of them are no longer here.
The staff asked dozens of questions in total, ranging from personal life to future plans, from health conditions to social circles, everything was detailed. It took more than half an hour to complete the inquiry.
"Okay, I have recorded everything, and it still needs to be reviewed by Lord Joad. The specific results will be out in three days, and you can come back then."
The staff put away the parchment filled with records, and did not forget to add one sentence at the same time.
"If you have a guarantor and answer that there are no major problems, the application will basically be approved."
“Thank you!” Gao De expressed his gratitude.