The waterway of the Cross Canal is wide and deep, and its river bed is higher than the surrounding plains. If the flood surges, it will definitely be flooded for thousands of miles.
But because of the protection of the water god and the priests of the water god religion, and the existence of divine magic, even if the flood surges, it is impossible to overflow the river channel, and it will only flow into the sea at a faster speed.
The slightly fishy smell of the river came with the wind blowing by the river, and swirling yellow leaves fell on the water and drifted away slowly.
Joshua ate the jerky, but his eyes fell on the waves of the river, motionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, a young man with the appearance of a mercenary climbed onto the embankment from below and shouted: "Captain, Aladdin and the others have already selected a suitable mission, and we will wait for you to go back and confirm."
Joshua came back to his senses, turned around and said, "Well, let's go back."
Jumping off the embankment, Joshua walked towards the small town not far away.
The name of this small city is Flash Point City, and it only has a population of about 100,000. It used to be very peaceful, and there were not many people coming and going. After all, it was just an unknown small town.
But recently, there are many more caravans here. The Cross Canal passes in front of the city, and there is a dock here. Many caravans are willing to stay in this city for a day or two to see if they can sell something. , or something to restock.
When there are many people, the city will become lively.
In fact, not only this city, as long as it is a city or town near the Cross Canal, it is obviously more prosperous than two months ago.
As a former lord, Joshua understood what this meant. More caravans and more prosperous cities represent more taxes and more settlement rates.
What's even more frightening is that this is only the initial benefit of the Cross Canal. As time goes by, people, especially merchants, will know the benefits of this canal, and Joshua can see that in a year or two, this cross canal will be full of floating merchant ships. The Water God Sect and the Wealth God Sect will receive soft hands when they collect money, and people or forces with interests in this river will also get great wealth.
Anyone with some foresight can see the prospect of this canal.
Joshua sighed, he knew very well whose idea this river was, his greatest benefactor and also his greatest enemy, Beta.
Enter the city, and then enter the crude mercenary union.
This is a small city, and it would be pretty good to have a mercenary union stationed here. It certainly cannot be compared with a big city.
There were more than a dozen mercenaries sitting in the hall, all of them looked like 'I'm not easy to mess with'.
Joshua found his companions and sat down beside them.
The mercenary team joined Joshua with exactly five people. Generally speaking, the more people in the mercenary team, the better, but Joshua didn't think so. He remembered that when he had the ability of 'Knights of the Round Table', the team defaulted to It's for five people.
Joshua felt that this should be the best number configuration determined by Beta's special bloodline.
A mercenary team is not expensive, and five companions who cooperate with each other tacitly are more flexible and powerful than a team of more than ten or twenty people.
The adventurous career over the past year also illustrates this point.
"Boss, here are a few tasks we selected, all of which are more suitable, can you take a look?"
Joshua took it, looked at it for a while, put it on the table, and said with a smile, "The second and third ones are both good. Everyone, take a good rest today. Let's start tomorrow."
Everyone else responded.
Joshua sighed softly. Before he gave an order, the whole city had to listen to him, but now... there are only four people.
What a difference between heaven and earth.
Accustomed to the high power, now he has become an ordinary person, Joshua has always had a rather awkward feeling.
But if you are not used to it, you have to get used to it. His enemy is Beta, the Pope of the God of Wealth. The God of Wealth in the past was still a small religion. Only a few cities had churches and not many people.
But in the current God of Wealth, there are churches of the God of Wealth in every small town or above in Hollevin, and recently the Temple of Wealth has done several major things, such as distributing equipment design drawings and helping to build teleportation arrays etc.
Although the God of Wealth Sect is still considered a small sect, its reputation is known all over the world.
And I... I'm just the captain of a mercenary team.
There is almost no chance of revenge in this life.
And more importantly, the person he loves is still in his hands.
To be released from prison, Joshua also knew that Julie must have put a lot of effort into it, and she might have committed herself...
Thinking of this, Joshua felt a chill in his heart and felt extremely uncomfortable.
But in order not to feel strange in front of his companions, he endured it, his face still expressionless.
While drinking cheap fruit wine, the four companions chatted about the rumors of the mercenary world, but Joshua fell into memories. In the memories, he sat on a high platform, and the whole city trembled under his majesty. Be gentle and considerate by your side.
In a trance, he felt someone shaking him, turned his head and found that it was his companion, and he was a little unhappy at the moment, after all, he just recalled that when Julie had sex with him for the first time, she was as beautiful as a red flower.
The person who woke him up pointed to the door: "Those two women seem to be looking at you."
Find me
Somewhat puzzled, Joshua turned his head and saw two women standing at the door, one was beautiful and cold, and the other was quite familiar to him, with a hint of resentment in her beauty.
His mouth opened slightly, then closed again.
At this time, the entire mercenary union fell silent, and everyone looked at the two beauties at the door.
Joshua saw Julie's gaze, her warm eyes that could look into the depths of his soul.
Suddenly, Joshua felt dry mouth, he stood up and walked towards the door.
A few minutes later, in a small house in the mercenary union, Judy stood outside the door, while Joshua and Julie stayed inside.
In the dim environment, Julie, who was dressed in a black and white maid uniform, looked even more beautiful.
Joshua touched his chin, where he grew a half-finger long beard. In the mercenary world, if a captain looks too young, he will not be trusted by the team members, so Joshua grew a beard to at least look more mature.
But now he regrets it very much. If he had known that he would see Julie today, he would have scraped it off.
"It won't be long, master."
It was Julie who broke the silence first, and she smiled, both in her expression and her eyes, they were very warm, with a kind of indifferent care.
"Yeah, long time no see."
On the contrary, Joshua's voice was a little hoarse.
"How are you doing recently? I heard that you became a mercenary."
"good."
"Can you tell me about it? The life of a mercenary should be interesting."
Julie sat down on the edge of the chair.
"If you want to hear it."
Joshua said that after he was released from the prison in Woking City, he wandered aimlessly like a walking corpse, until one day, he accidentally rescued three trapped mercenaries, and even stayed with them.
During this period of time, they have cleared bandits, worked as bodyguards for caravans, dug ancient tombs, and explored ruins. Although most of the time was hard work, they were quite fulfilling.
Joshua kept talking, and Julie listened carefully. Joshua seemed to have endless words, and Julie seemed to never get enough of them.
But time will always pass, and before you know it, the sky outside the window has darkened.
A light cough came from outside, which was Judy's signal that it was time to leave.
Julie took out her package and put it on the table.
The sound of gold coins rushing and flowing sounded, and then disappeared quickly.
"This is the gold coin I have saved for the past few years." Julie smiled and said: "Beta is also very good to the servants. My monthly salary is the same as that of the housekeeper. It is one gold coin a month. I have saved several Years, plus festival rewards, after a few years, I have saved more than 80 pieces, which is exaggerated, and I think it is exaggerated. Master, take them away."
Joshua wrote Julie: "If you don't come with me, it's meaningless for me to take these gold coins."
"Don't be self-willed, master, do you want to be a mercenary for the rest of your life?" Julie sighed softly: "You are a descendant of a nobleman, and it is your instinct to revitalize the family, otherwise you wouldn't be a mercenary But being a mercenary is very dangerous, equipment and information need to be spent, and you probably haven't saved any money in the past two years."
Joshua smiled wryly. In the past two years, he only saved six gold coins.
"Take these gold coins, go to other countries, buy a small noble status, and start over, master."
"Are you really not going with me?"
Julie shook her head and stood up.
"etc."
Joshua jumped up, trying to rush to hug Julie.
But Julie stretched out her hand and pressed it lightly on his chest. The distance between the two was only an arm's length away, but it was as far away as heaven and hell.
Joshua's strength is stronger than Julie's. If he uses force, Julie can't stop him at all.
But it was such an action that made Joshua feel that there was a natural barrier between the two of them, and he couldn't get over it at all.
"I hurt you last time, do you still hate me?"
Julie shook her head: "You are my master, even if you kill me, I won't hate you."
"Then why?"
"Because if I go with you, you will die."
"Then die together!"
Joshua yelled frantically: "Anyway, I've had enough."
"It's okay for me to die, but the master can't die." Julie stepped back step by step. When she got to the door, she smiled coldly: "As long as you live, I will feel happy."
The door opened and closed again, making the room darker and darker.
Joshua stretched out his hand, then put it down slumpedly.
He sat back on the chair with his head in his arms, and two water marks flowed from his closed eyes.
The autumn wind outside the window is blowing bleakly, just like the poet's melancholy.
No matter which world it is, there is no regret medicine to take.