Volume 3 Chapter 130 Hot spring
Volume 3 Chapter 130 Hot spring
"Chairman Xu, do you see the river in front? This is our northeast province’s biggest river, the Banau River. It flows through the entire northeast province before heading east into the Drake Duchy and the Fenno Kingdom, before connecting to the Gain River." Count Longley pointed at the silver waters in front of them as he introduced this river to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi looked up at the waves in front of him and the reflected bits of broken sunlight on the river, finding it a bit strange.
"Isn’t winter in the north very cold? Why isn’t the river frozen?"
Count Longley laughed, "That is because of the river’s biggest specialty. Although this is in the north of the kingdom, it actually never freezes in winter."
"The reason?" Xu Yi was a bit surprised.
Although the Lampuri Kingdom wasn’t considered the most northern part of the continent, the temperature in winter was still negative ten to twenty degrees. This river wasn’t considered wide, so it should freeze.
Count Longley laughed, "You’ll understand the reason later."
Xu Yi couldn’t help rolling his eyes, he never thought that this Count Longley had this bad habit of keeping people in suspense.
The horse carriage headed across a dirt road with the two of them before finally stopping at a village that wasn’t considered that big.
Count Longley’s horse carriage had just stopped when a group of people came forward.
"Lord City Lord, you’re here again."
"Lord City Lord, are you here for another soak?"
"Lord City Lord, the weather is good today, so it’s right for a long soak."
"Right, Lord City Lord, you haven’t been here in a few days. Come, come, come, let’s have a meal at our house first. I went to hunt for some deers yesterday and I kept the leg, so you came right on time."
"Lord City Lord, I want to eat candy……"
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Seeing the villagers happily surround Count Longley, Xu Yi was a bit surprised.
Back in Banta City, Count Sean could be considered popular, but he wasn’t the same as Count Longley. He couldn’t let the villagers feel no pressure when they saw him and treated him like an old friend.
Count Longley also had a smile as he happily greeted everyone, he even reached out his hand to pick up the child who wanted to eat candy. He waved his hand at Xu Yi before heading to the house of the senior who invited him for a meal.
Xu Yi followed him into the village and whenever they passed by a house, there would be someone who greeted Count Longley.
When they arrived at the old farmer’s house, Count Longley put down the child and gave him a piece of candy. He patted the little kid on the but and had the kid go home, only then did he invite Xu Yi in like this was his house.
When they came in, Xu Yi immediately smelled a mix of scents that almost choked him and he couldn’t help knitting his brows.
The old farmer in front had already guessed that Xu Yi’s reaction was from the scent, so he turned back to look at Xu Yi with an embarrassed smile, "This guest might not be able to bear the smell, but there’s no other way. It’s like this in the countryside, so please bear with it."
Count Longley on the side explained, "It’s too cold today, so they had to use some methods to keep the room warm."
Xu Yi looked in and found that there was a stove in the less than twenty square meter room. There were several logs burning in the stove and it was releasing a faint smoke that seemed to wrap around the room like smog.
Adding in the pan on the stove that was giving off an unknown fragrance, it really was strange.
On a worn out bed in the corner of the room, the bedding was so dark that its original colours couldn’t be seen at all.
Two children wrapped up in the bedding who didn’t seem to be more than ten years old saw the two guests coming into the room. After a while, the two children jumped out of the bed and into Count Longley’s embrace, cheerfully welcoming him.