Being a Life Player in the Middle Ages

It's not easy to find out the emperor's specific whereabouts, but it's not easy to find out which palace he is currently in. Basically, you just need to ask those well-informed luxury goods merchants to find out.

However, these merchants basically served the nobles, and many nobles would also move their residences with the emperor, so asking people would be the easiest way to get the answer.

Early the next morning, while Martha and her husband were making sandwiches, John went out to borrow a carriage and returned to tell them, "We are so lucky. The great 'Basilius' and 'Basilisa' have not yet left for Hierapolis for the summer. They are now in the Grand Palace."

"Basileus" also means "monarch" in Greek. Although the more formal title of emperor should be "Augustus" inherited from the Roman Empire, the residents of Constantinople, who were mainly ancient Greek immigrants at the time, still called him Basileus.

The name "Brazilisa" is even more special because it does not refer to the queen, but the empress.

So John instinctively should have addressed the Queen as "Basilisa", but everyone else called her that because the Emperor himself had personally agreed and acknowledged that she had the same rights and status as himself.

The little girl didn't remember much of it, but when she knitted with everyone these days, she would occasionally hear some things about the queen. But those things were very strange. Although everyone praised the queen's ability and kindness to her subjects, they were very secretive about her past and Lawyer Komnenos. Every time she tried to find out about them, the adults would just exchange knowing glances and then change the subject. In short, they were reluctant to say more.

Although there are some things in it that I am very sure of, but the adults are too reluctant to tell me, even Martha is unwilling to tell me, and it is best for me to ask.

Back to the point, it was not a good thing for the Emperor and Empress to leave the Grand Palace. Although these areas were close, they were not close compared to the Hierarchy Palace in Constantinople.

"Then write a letter and I'll have someone deliver it to Bayard and ask him to see me at that time."

Martha could have said so. When Bayard handed the house over to someone to take care of, he also left the person's contact information. Until Martha, those people had never needed to contact anyone, and now it was of no use when she came back.

He nodded and said, "Then I'll start writing now."

He Dulou quickly wrote the letter and gave it to John to find someone to deliver it. Although it was delayed for some time, he still arrived at the herbal medicine shop early in the morning and took a rest. He also took a carriage to Porto Norio.

The Port of Neollion is located north of Constantinople and south of the Golden Horn. It is almost independent of District 13 of Constantinople due to the Golden Horn. Since it is adjacent to the Port of Prosphorion in the neighboring District 5, the ships that dock here usually come from cities along the Golden Horn. Compared with the neighboring Port of Prosphorion, it is relatively less lively, but it is still crowded with ships and people. In addition to merchant ships, there are also many fishermen fishing nearby.

Early in the morning, the port was already deserted. Apart from some merchant ships that stopped to unload cargo, there were also many fishing boats that came back to catch fish and vendors who wanted to buy fresh produce.

It was difficult for the carriage to move around, so people had to leave it at some places near the city gate that provided parking services. After leaving, they put their belongings on the backs of the two horses and then led the horses in and out of the city gate together.

I was also curious about the products sold on those fishing boats, and instinctively wanted to see some delicious seafood. It was a rare scene, so I naturally wanted to see if there was any delicious seafood there. However, I thought about my destination today and couldn't buy any seafood to bring out, so I had to give up.

Seeing this, John said, "Those fishing boats will go out after they sell their catch and come back in the evening. By then, Yi Mian will have a fresh catch. I can only go back home and have a look around later."

But it was a pleasant surprise.

People led their horses down the slope beside the harbor and walked along the shallow white beach. Every time they stepped on the soft sand, they left deep footprints. The water was pure blue, and the place where the sky met the water made it easy to tell where the sky was and where the water was far away. In the shallow part, you could even see the fine sand and small animals on the bottom through the water. The waves washed the beach, raising streaks of white foam.

There are no reefs near the beach of Neos Port, but you can see them farther away. However, it is still high tide now, and most of the reefs are submerged in water. Only some small figures can be seen, and the beach appears very narrow. After a dozen or so, it is covered with vegetation.

Probably because it was high tide, there were almost no people on the back beach. John, who was familiar with the area, led the way. We wanted to dig oysters there, so we only planned to have a picnic on the reef side. We could dig them when the tide went out, and high tide was the best time for fishing. However, we needed to pay special attention to safety. If John was very familiar with the situation nearby, he might not dare to lead the way and we could still fish.

Just choose a piece of beach that will not be flooded by the water, spread the picnic blanket, put the baskets filled with food, fruit and wine, and then put out the cups and plates and the cans filled with water.

John took off all the things on the horses' bodies, and then began to organize the fishing gear. He also led the two horses to the back and tied them under the tree. There was a lot of green grass on the ground, which was just enough for the two horses to fill their stomachs. He could also feed them some clean water later. He also brought two large cans of clean water, one of which was specially prepared for them.

After tying up the horse, he returned to Martha and helped her pack up her things.

John packed up his fishing gear and went back to dig up some earthworms nearby. When he was ready, he asked the mother and daughter to go fishing together.

Although Martha is a fisherman, she can still go home for these family activities, and how can she miss them, so a new rod is also included.

John led the way and they climbed to a huge reef that would not be submerged by the rising tide. The three of them fished and chatted with each other. The weather was no longer hot at this time, and the breeze blowing from their heads could just take away the heat.

John is obviously a qualified angler. Although he has been at home for more than two months, I have hardly seen John go out fishing. However, he is obviously a very good fisherman. He doesn't even talk much when fishing. He only helps with the bait and teaches the precautions after fishing.

I listened very carefully. Although fishing skills come with a variety of relevant knowledge, it seems that the written content is somewhat different from what you actually know. It is always good to listen more and remember more. Moreover, some of the things John said are small tricks that people need to master by themselves, so you may not know them.

Soon the rabbit passed and people had no time to chat because they were all unhooked.

At first, it seemed like I was a novice who had never fished before. But I didn't know that because of the novice aura and the fishing skill bonus, even if I didn't use the fishing gear and fishing rod produced by the system, I still felt the same at first.

When the line shakes, he instinctively lets out the line and pulls it, leading the prey in circles. Only after he has exhausted most of the prey's energy will he reel in the line and rod.

Then they found a sea bream weighing about two pounds. John helped pick up the scoop net and caught it, then he was able to remove all the hooks from it and threw it into the bucket nearby.

"It's a bad start, I just might get that little bit of stuff today."

I still think so.

In fact, it is the same as the illusion of waiting for the bar to read when playing games, as if as long as the bar stops at a specific place, some fish will be hooked. Of course, it is just an illusion, but it also proves that you can fish very quickly.

Almost every once in a while, he would hook something, and he caught all the common species in the area, such as bass, bonito, eel, blue eel, grouper, etc. He even felt that those species should appear in the shallow areas at the right time, but he didn't catch any. John called it incredible and wanted to understand how he could catch any. In the end, he could only attribute it to the high tide.

Today the rabbits were really lucky. We could still catch some of them. John was not so lucky. He caught several rabbits, some small and some big. Even Martha managed to catch two.

The rabbit could not be put down quickly, so the man just collected the water in the bucket and returned to the beach without a rod or a bucket.

There are so many things to gain, it's said that the rabbit is not easy to eat. Although people don't have cookware, they can directly grill it. It's great that people in the East also eat various sauces. Martha can also use the sauces with food, and it can be grilled to make it more evenly distributed.

Martha directed John to kill some people and volunteered to collect firewood.

"Don't go too far, and be careful of snakes."

Without making any sound, I began to pick up fallen branches and leaves along the edge of the woods. Constantine Castle also has a metropolitan climate, with hot and dry summers. It hadn't rained for a long time, so the dead branches under the woods were basically dry. Only those washed to the beach by the water were too wet to be used for burning.

I could pick up some firewood and send it back to Masharan to let him go first, and then go back to continue picking up firewood. I saw that there were almost no dead branches on the edge of the beach, and I wanted to go further to the beach, so I decided to go deeper into the woods to search for firewood.

Although the vegetation in the woods beside the beach is sparse, the rabbits have adapted to the environment early and the trees are not connected. The terrain in the forest is also steep, with hills leading to the city. The tall city walls of Constantinople are about dozens of meters away. It was also the largest city in Europe when it was built on seven hills.

The psychological trauma of the woods was not too great for these individuals to delve too deeply into. The Good Marthas could only see some activities taking place. Some picked up firewood while deliberately hitting the ground with sticks in their hands, trying to scare away possible dangers, such as snakes.

In fact, rabbits are not afraid of being attacked by snakes. A long time ago, they discovered that they seemed to have the aura of affinity with animals. Rabbits are close to chickens and horses at home, and are particularly gentle in front of other people's livestock on the street. They will even behave very quietly when visiting other people's yard dogs or passing by. Therefore, even if you encounter a snake, as long as you take the initiative to provoke it, you should be able to escape safely.

Then, I didn't see any dangerous snakes, but I found some rabbits were not that big.

The big rabbit with yellowish-brown fur weighed at least ten kilograms. When I discovered it, the rabbit was eating grass about ten meters away, and its black eyes were staring at me, but it didn't seem to want to run away.

With a little movement in his heart, he turned his head to look at Martha John for a while, to make sure that she was not watching him, and then he carefully took out the animal taming props from the game backpack.

The taming skill also comes with two types of taming props, some of which are lassoes for taming mounts, some of which are meteor ropes for taming pets, and some of which are hunting tools like ropes with stone balls tied at both ends.

However, the two tools are not specific to animal types in the game, but can only be distinguished by mounts and pets. The former only needs to be recognized as a mount in the game, and even tigers, leopards, jackals can be tamed with the lasso, and the latter can also be used on pets.

Although I know what kind of creature it is in reality, but of course the size of it can't be counted as a mount, right?