Chapter 130 Hot Spring

"President Xu, have you seen the river ahead? That is the Banau River, the largest river in our Northeast Province. After flowing through the entire Northeast Province, it will continue eastward, passing through the Dukedom of Drake and the Kingdom of Feinuo." , and finally merge into the Skein River." Earl Longley enthusiastically pointed to a silver water belt in front of him and introduced it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi raised his head and glanced at the sparkling river in front of him, reflecting countless shattered sunlight, which was a bit strange.

"Isn't winter in the north very cold? Why didn't the river freeze?"

Earl Longli laughed: "This is the biggest feature of the Banau River. Although it is located in the north of the kingdom, it never freezes in winter."

"What's the reason?" Xu Yi was a little curious.

Although the northern part of the Lampari Kingdom is not the northernmost part of the entire continent, the temperature in winter can already reach minus ten to twenty degrees. It is said that the Banau River is not particularly wide. It should be frozen ice.

Earl Longley chuckled, "You'll understand why in a while."

Xu Yi couldn't help rolling his eyes, he didn't expect that Earl Longley had the bad habit of being a trickster.

The carriage drove the two of them forward on the bumpy country road, and finally stopped in a small ordinary village.

As soon as Earl Longley got out of the carriage, a group of people surrounded him.

"My lord, you are here again."

"My lord, do you want to take a bath again?"

"My lord, today is a good weather, just suitable for more bubbles."

"That's right, Lord City Master, you haven't come for a few days. Go for a walk. Go to our house for dinner first. I just went up the mountain yesterday to hunt a horned deer. The legs are still there. It's just right that you came."

"My lord, I want to eat candy..."

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Seeing a group of ordinary villagers enthusiastically surround Earl Longley, Xu Yi was a little surprised.

When he was in Bangta City before, Earl Summer could be regarded as being close to the people, but he has never been able to allow ordinary civilians to communicate with him without any pressure like Earl Longley, as if they were old friends. .

Earl Longley also had a smile on his face. He greeted everyone very familiarly, and even reached out to hug the child who asked him for candy, greeted Xu Yi, and then walked to the old farmer's house who had invited him to his house for dinner.

Xu Yi followed and walked towards the village. Every time he passed a house, someone would greet Earl Longley warmly.

It wasn't until he came to the old farmer's house that Earl Longley put down the child, gave him a candy, patted his butt, and drove the child back to his home. This is the way to invite Xu Yi in like a master.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Yi immediately felt a suffocating hot air mixed with various strange smells hit his face. Can't help frowning slightly.

The old farmer who walked in front seemed to have guessed that Xu Yi would react to the smell, and turned around and smiled at Xu Yi embarrassedly: "I'm afraid this honored guest can't stand the smell in the house, but there's no way, the countryside is full of smells." That's all, please be patient."

Earl Longley on the side also explained: "It's too cold in winter, and this is a necessary means to keep the house warm."

Xu Yi took a closer look inside the house, and found that there was a stove in the middle of the hut, which was less than 20 square meters. At this time, a few pieces of firewood were lit on the stove, and at the same time, there was a trace of green smoke. It made the whole house look a bit smoky.

Mixed with the aroma of something cooking in the iron pot on the stove, it is really strange.

In the corner of the room was a dilapidated bed covered with a thin bedding that was so dark that the original color could not be seen at all.

Wrapped in the quilt, two children no older than ten years old waited and sized up the two guests who suddenly entered the room with their round eyes. After a while, the two children rushed down from the bed together and rushed directly to Longli In the earl's arms, he cried out happily.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yi smiled to the old farmer who was still apologetic: "Don't worry, the city lord can bear it, of course I'm fine."

The old farmer smiled honestly, and walked out the back door of the house, as if shouting at someone.

After a while, the old farmer and a peasant woman re-entered the house and began to get busy around the stove.

At this time, Earl Longley had already mingled with the two children, sat down beside the stove with a smile, and greeted Xu Yi.

"Come on, President Xu, sit down. Old Hal's stewed venison leg is a rare delicacy, and I don't eat it often. You are lucky, you can eat it as soon as you come here today."

Hearing Earl Longley's praise, the old farmer called Old Hal narrowed his eyes and laughed, and kept adding various ingredients to the pot that Xu Yi couldn't recognize at all.

Until the old Hal finally stewed the horned deer legs, and put a bowl of soup in front of Xu Yi, Xu Yi still felt that today's experience was a bit strange.

Originally, he thought that Earl Longli deliberately stayed for a day, and he would have something special to discuss with him, but he didn't expect that he just walked around the city of Batru with Xu Yi yesterday, but didn't say anything.

Early this morning, he unexpectedly brought him to this ordinary small village outside the city, and now he is even leading him into the home of this ordinary poor farmer, and tasted the food of this old farmer's own hunting and hunting together. Come horned deer.

"This Earl Longley, has he made up his mind, or is he still hesitating?" Xu Yi wondered in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm, thanked Old Hal, took the soup bowl, and blew a sigh of relief. He took a sip lightly.

A mouthful of strong fragrance exploded in his mouth instantly, making Xu Yi involuntarily give old Hal a thumbs up.

"It's delicious! No wonder the city lord brought me here, it's because I'm hungry!"

Receiving Xu Yi's unsparing praise, Old Hal smiled until his eyes narrowed into two slits. He turned around and didn't know where he was. He took out a bag that seemed to be made of sheepskin, took another bowl, and opened the sheepskin bag. As soon as the stopper on the bottle was poured, the aroma of wine overflowed, but it was filled with fine wine.

"Come, have a sip of venison and a sip of wine. That is the best enjoyment." After Earl Longley arrived here. As if he was a different person, without any aristocratic demeanor at all, he took the wine bowl from Old Hal, held it up and toasted Xu Yi.

Xu Yi touched the bowl with him, drank it in one gulp, and found that although the taste of the wine was not as good as that of Saatchi Manor, nor as pure as the wine made by the Dwarf Brewery, it was still quite good.

So four adults and two children gathered around the fire. Even the children sipped their wine and feasted on the venison and venison soup. After a while, they ate up a large pot of venison, and they didn't even let go of the soup at the bottom of the pot.

After drinking and eating, Earl Longley took a short rest and greeted Xu Yi again.

"Let's go, President Xu, in this weather, after eating a full meal, you should go to the top to take a good bubble. It is definitely a good enjoyment."

Xu Yi was still puzzled, but he didn't intend to ask.

Earl Longley seemed to be planning not to speak out until the last moment. Of course, he waited patiently and would not rush.

If Earl Longley's thoughts were as he guessed, then this matter was indeed a very difficult decision for Earl Longley, and it was normal for him to be hesitant.

After leaving Old Hal's house, Earl Longley did not immediately go up the mountain, but returned to the carriage to take out two packages, threw one to Xu Yi, carried the other on his back, and led the way to a small hill outside the village. go.

It is naturally good to take a few steps after a meal, but it seems a bit strenuous to run directly to climb the mountain.

Xu Yi's physical strength has never been good. Under such conditions, after climbing a section of the mountain road, he became even more out of breath, which made Earl Longley laugh out loud.

"President Xu, I heard that you are a magician. Are all magicians as weak as you in physical strength?"

Xu Yi rolled his eyes, but was powerless to refute.

At least he has known many magicians so far, and he has never seen a magician with particularly good physical strength.

Fortunately, the mountain was not too high, and Earl Longley stopped before reaching the top of the mountain, and took Xu Yi along a small path on the mountainside.

After walking for a while, there was a sound of rushing water ahead, and a dense fog filled with water vapor floated from the front.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Xu Yi was surprised.

In this way, why does it look so much like the thing he would experience occasionally when he was on earth?

After walking forward for a while, the water vapor became more intense, but it could still be clearly seen that a pool of hundreds of square meters appeared on the mountainside ahead.

The water in the pool obviously has a considerable temperature. In this cold weather, it emits a strong heat, which makes the whole pool look like a fairyland.

That's right, this is actually a hot spring!

Seeing Xu Yi who was in a daze, Earl Longli laughed, and said to Xu Yi: "President Xu, you are from the south, so it should be the first time you have seen our specialty hot spring?"

Xu Yi really wanted to say that I have experienced this thing many times on Earth before, but he still nodded his head to admit it.

"Since it's the first time I've come here, I have to experience it well. Let me tell you, in this kind of weather, taking a dip in the hot spring is simply the greatest enjoyment."

After saying this, Earl Longley was not polite at all, and he didn't show any taboo at all. He skillfully took off all his clothes and went straight into the hot spring pool.

Seeing that Earl Longli was still waving at him in the hot spring, Xu Yi shook his head helplessly, took off his clothes quickly, and got in.

I have to say that in this cold weather, soaking in this natural hot spring and enjoying the distant scenery at a high altitude is really a very enjoyable experience.

However, because of Earl Longley's intention of bringing him here, Xu Yi couldn't enjoy it easily.

The two chatted for a while while soaking in the hot spring.

After a while, Earl Longley suddenly sighed: "Although Old Hal and the others are right next to this natural enjoyment, they have to worry about how to eat every day, and they are not in the mood to think about this enjoyment at all. Sympathy. President Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Yi withdrew his gaze from looking at the village at the foot of the mountain, and turned to Earl Longley.

Is this guy finally going to get to the point after he's been talking about it for a whole day? (To be continued..)