Struggle in the Steam Age

The rental boats in this city all look similar in shape, all of which are light and slender boats. There are small sheds built of canvas and steel bars on board to protect passengers from the rain when the weather is bad. At the same time, numbers are painted on the shed to facilitate the management of these ships.

It may be the effect of the will of the universe, the boatman here is as talkative as the taxi driver in Lawrence's previous life. After listening to Safiel complain about the fog in the city, the boatman told a joke related to this.

"The fog here is really strong. Today is a day with relatively little fog. When the fog is really heavy, people's faces cannot be seen clearly when they are five or six steps away. Local people will reduce travel to avoid danger."

"It is said that there was such a day when there was a lot of fog, all boats like ours and carriages on the road were out of service. A foreigner walked out of the train station and found himself completely lost after walking for tens of meters. In a hurry He bumped into a stranger, who asked him if he needed help, and the stranger agreed after thinking about it."

"It turned out that after the tourist told the stranger his destination, the man took him around for more than 20 minutes and came to the place he wanted to go. He was a little curious about how the stranger did it, and the result The stranger told him he was from Rondiniam, the capital of Briton."

"Hehehe——" Lawrence and Safiel both smiled politely. Although the story was good, the boatman uncle was also very enthusiastic. But when the joke came out of his mouth, there was something wrong with it.

"By the way, where are we going?" In order to avoid continuing to listen to Uncle Boatman's jokes, Safiel directly asked Lawrence everyone's next goal. "What kind of hotel?"

"Hotel? Of course not." Lawrence smiled. Booking a hotel room in this era is not a simple matter. It requires a special package to mail the letter and deposit to the hotel at the same time, or even send someone to book a room, which is more expensive than Lawrence's previous life. Booking a room with the tap of a finger on a mobile phone is much more troublesome.

"Don't worry, we won't sleep on the street." Lawrence said after watching Seifel look up at himself with doubtful eyes. "I have a friend here, he has been inviting me to remember to live in his house for a while after coming to Huguang City, and we are going to his house now."

"We won't cause him any trouble if we just come to visit like this?" Safiel seemed a little worried, "Did you inform him in advance, and did his house receive our two guests—"

It is very normal to travel to other places and live in a friend's house in this era, so Safiel didn't think there was anything wrong when she heard Lawrence say that she went to live in a friend's house, but she was a little worried that the two of them might go together like this. It will cause inconvenience to others.

"Of course there won't be any trouble." Lawrence said, "I used the telegram on the train to inquire about this friend on the way before coming here. He welcomes us to live in his house very much. As for whether it will cause him trouble , I'm really not sure about this, because I don't know the specific situation of his family?"

Because Lawrence and the others didn't lower their voices when they said this, the boatman behind them also heard what they said. When Lawrence and Safir began to worry that this might cause trouble to their friends, the boatman comforted them both.

"I remember that you are going to Adams Island now." The boatman said to his two passengers while shaking his oars, "If your friend lives there, you don't have to worry about getting him into trouble, because Someone who lives on Adams Island is certainly not financially in trouble for hosting two friends. "

When the boat sailed near the destination in 20 minutes, Lawrence and the others knew why the boatman said those words just now. Because this seemingly small island is very similar to the Lime Tree Street where Lawrence and the others lived before, with exquisite buildings, neat streets and beautiful small parks, it should be a noble community in the city.

"Let me see, Cog's house should be at No. 37 Adams Island—yes, it's here." After boarding the pier before finishing the boat, Lawrence and the others found a map engraved on a copper plate on the pier indicating The location of each building on the island. Under the guidance of the map, the two of them quickly knew where to go next.

Five minutes later, Lawrence and the others appeared at the door of a three-story building with a small garden. Cog Gear's name is engraved on the bronze plaque on the mailbox in front of the door.

"Okay, we're here now." Lawrence walked forward and pulled the doorbell chain at the door. Soon, a plump woman in her 40s, wearing a black dress and a white apron in standard maid attire, came from came out of the room.

"Are you Mr. August and Miss Coburg?" The middle-aged maid asked Lawrence when they reached the wrought iron gate of the garden. After seeing Lawrence and the others nodding slightly, the maid opened the door and led them through the small garden to the room.

"Mr. Gear has been telling me and the chef to get ready to meet you after receiving your telegram yesterday. We went to the market to buy a lot of things this morning." After entering the door of the room, they walked through a room decorated with various colors The mosaic collage from the front hall of a certain fairy tale enters the reception room mainly decorated in yellow and blue. After leading them to sit down, the maid said while helping them build a pot of authentic tea imported from Cathay.

"Then where is Cog now?" Lawrence asked, "It doesn't feel like he's at home now!"

"Sir is indeed not here." The middle-aged maid said, "Because this year is the year of murloc invasion, this murloc attack may last for about two weeks. Therefore, Mr. Gear needs to go to The Institute is prepared to respond to any crisis that may erupt."

"But you don't have to worry." Seeing Lawrence and the others looking worried, the maid said, "He will come back every day for dinner, if everything is normal, you will definitely be able to have dinner with Mr. Gear tonight. "

Since Lawrence and the others had already had a simple lunch before getting off the train, the two of them declined the servant's offer to prepare lunch for them. After drinking the tea, the two of them went directly to the guest room on the second floor led by the maid.

Opening the door of the guest room, what appeared in front of Lawrence and the others was a small living room dominated by dark blue and gold, with gorgeous wallpaper and beautiful gilded plaster decorative panels.

"The door on the left is a bathroom with a marble bathtub, and the two doors on the right are bedrooms." The servant who led the team introduced, "If you need any help, you can directly pull I can hear the chain on the head of the bed from downstairs. Also, you should be tired after traveling for five or six days, please have a good rest. I will come up and call you when the husband comes back. "

After finishing speaking, the maid closed the door directly, and after confirming that the maid had left, Safiel put the suitcase in the storage cabinet in the living room and said to Lawrence, "Ah, finally I can sleep well To be honest, the sleeper bed on the train is too hard and too narrow, so I haven't had a good rest these days."

"By the way, I have to take a shower before going to bed. I feel stinky after not taking a shower for five days, not to mention having a fight in the morning, which made my whole body smell like fish." After finishing speaking, he looked at the Lawrence. "I'll take a shower first, you're not allowed to compete with me."

"Okay, okay, you wash first." Lawrence said with a smile, and at the same time took out a book from the box, and then put this small box into the storage cabinet as well. "I'll go back to my room to read for a while, remember to call me after you're done washing, I'm going to take a good bath today too."