"President Xu, have you seen the river ahead? That is the Banau River, the largest river in our northeastern province. After flowing through the entire northeastern province, it will continue to go east, pass through the Duchy of Drake, the Kingdom of Feno, and finally merge into the Sgain River." Earl Longli enthusiastically pointed to a silver water belt in front of him and introduced to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi looked up at the rippling waves in front of him, reflecting countless shattered sunlight, which was a little strange.

“Isn’t the winter in the north very cold? Why isn’t this river freezing?”

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 north of the Kingdom of Lampari cannot be regarded as the northernmost part of the entire continent, the temperature in winter can reach minus ten to twenty degrees Celsius. In theory, the Banau River is not particularly wide and should be frozen.

Earl Longley smiled and said, "You will understand the reason in a while."

Xu Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes, but he didn't expect that this Earl Longli had the bad habit of keeping him in hiding.

The carriage carried the two of them forward on the bumpy rural dirt road, and finally stopped in an ordinary village that was not big.

As soon as Count Longley got off the carriage, a group of people surrounded him.

"Master Lord, you are here again."

"Sir, are you here to take a bath again?"

"Lord, it's a good weather today, it's just right for more bubbles."

"Yes, Lord City, you haven't come for a few days. Let's go and have a meal first. I just went up the mountain to hunt a horned deer yesterday. My legs are still there, and you're here just right."

"Master Lord, I want to eat candy..."

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Xu Yi was a little surprised to see a group of ordinary villagers enthusiastically surrounding Count Longli.

When he was in Bonta City, Earl Samo was known for being close to the people, but he had never been able to let ordinary civilians have contact and dialogue with him without any pressure, just like an old friend.

Earl Longli also had a smile on his face. He greeted everyone very familiarly, and reached out to pick up the child who asked him for candy. He greeted Xu Yi and walked to the home of the old farmer who had just invited him to have dinner at his house.

Xu Yi followed behind and walked into the village. Whenever a house passed by, someone would always greet Count Longli with warm greetings.

It was not until he came to the old farmer's house that Count Longli put down the child, stuffed him a candy, then patted his butt, and drove the child back to his home. Then he invited Xu Yi into the door like a master.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Yi immediately felt a suffocating heat mixed with various strange smells hitting his face. He couldn't help but frown slightly.

The old farmer walking in front seemed to have guessed that Xu Yi would react to the smell. He turned around and smiled embarrassedly at Xu Yi: "This distinguished guest may not be able to stand the smell in the house, but there is no way, this is the only place in the countryside. Please endure it."

Earl Ronley, who was standing by, also explained: "The winter is too cold, and this is a necessary means to keep the house warmer."

Xu Yi looked inside the house and found that there was a stove in the middle of the small house, which was about 20 square meters. At this time, a few pieces of firewood were igniting the fire, and at the same time, it also brought out a trace of blue smoke, making the whole house look a little smoky.

It was so strange that the aroma of something was cooking in the iron pot on the stove was so strange.

In the corner of the house was a shabby bed, covered with black and thin bedding that could not be seen in its original color.

Two children, who were wrapped in bedding and no more than ten years old, were waiting for round eyes to look at the two guests who suddenly entered the room. After a while, the two children rushed down from the bed together, rushed directly into the arms of Earl Ronley, and shouted happily.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yi smiled at the old farmer who was still apologizing on the side and said, "Don't worry, the city lord can bear it, of course I have no problem."

The old farmer smiled honestly, walked out of the back door of the house, and seemed to shout at someone.

After a while, the old farmer and a peasant woman walked into the house again and began to get busy around the stove.

At this time, Count Longli had already mixed up with the two children, sat down next to the stove with a smile, and then greeted Xu Yi.

"Come on, President Xu, sit down. Lao Har's stewed deer legs is a rare delicacy, and I haven't eaten it many times. You are lucky and will be able to eat it today."

Hearing the praise of Count Longli, the old farmer, known as Lao Har, narrowed his eyes and laughed, and his hands and feet kept adding various materials that Xu Yi could not recognize to the pot.

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

Originally, he thought that Count Longli would deliberately stay for one day and would have something special to discuss with him, but he didn't expect that he just took a walk around Batru City with Xu Yi one day yesterday, but said nothing.

Early this morning, he took him to an ordinary small village outside the city, to surprise Xu Yi, and now he has led him into the home of this ordinary poor farmer to taste the horned deer that the old farmer himself hunted.

"Has this Earl Longli made up his mind or was still hesitating?" Xu Yi was questioning in his heart, but he said thanks to Lao Har, took the soup bowl, blew a breath, and took a sip.

A strong scent instantly exploded in his mouth, making Xu Yi involuntarily give Lao Hal a thumbs up.

"It's delicious! No wonder the city lord brought me here especially. It turned out that he was greedy!"

After receiving Xu Yi's unswerving praise, Lao Har's 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, opened the plug on the sheepskin bag and poured it out, and the aroma of wine was filled with fine wine.

"Come on, eat a bite of venison and drink a sip of wine. That is the best enjoyment." Earl Longli seemed to have changed his personalities when he arrived here, and there was no way to see any noble demeanor. He took the wine bowl from Lao Har, picked it up and toasted Xu Yi.

Xu Yi touched the bowl with him and poured it down in one bite. He found that although the taste of the wine is not as good as the wine from the Sachs Manor and the wine made from the Dwarf Brewery, it is quite good.

So four adults and two children surrounded the stove. Even the children sipped wine and feasted in venison and deer soup. After a while, they ate a large pot of venison, but they didn't even let go of the soup at the bottom of the pot.

After drinking and eating, Earl Longli took a moment and greeted Xu Yi again.

"Let's go, President Xu, in this weather, after having a full meal, you should go to the top to soak well. It's definitely a good enjoyment."

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

Today, Count Longley seemed to be planning to say it until the last moment. Of course, he was also waiting patiently and would not urge him.

If Count Longley's mind was the same as he had guessed, then this matter would be a very difficult decision for Count Longley, and it would be normal for him to hesitate.

After leaving Lao Har's house, Count Longli did not walk up the mountain immediately, but returned to the carriage to take out two packages and threw them to Xu Yi. He carried the other one and led the way in front and walked on a hill outside the village.

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

Xu Yi's physical strength has never been good. Under such conditions, after climbing a mountain road, he was even more panting, which made Earl Longli laugh.

"President Xu, I heard that you are a magician. Are all magicians as physically as you do?"

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

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

Fortunately, the mountain was not high, and it was not up to the top of the mountain, Count Longli stopped and took Xu Yi to a small path along the mountainside.

After walking for a while, a rustling sound of water sounded in front of him, and a thick fog filled with water vapor floated over from the front.

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

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

After walking a while further, the water vapor became stronger, but it was still clear that a pool of hundreds of square meters appeared on the hillside ahead.

The water in the pool obviously has a considerable temperature, and emits rich heat in this cold weather, soaking the entire pool around it into a fairyland.

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

Looking at Xu Yi who was a little stunned, Earl Longli smiled and said to Xu Yi: "President Xu, you are from the south. It should be the first time you have seen our specialty hot springs here?"

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

"Since it's your first time here, I have to experience it. Let me tell you that in this kind of weather, soaking in hot springs is the greatest enjoyment."

After leaving this sentence, Count Longli was not polite at all, and did not seem to have any taboos at all. He skillfully took off all his clothes and went straight into the hot spring pool.

Seeing Earl Longli still waved to him in the hot spring, Xu Yi shook his head helplessly, took off all his clothes quickly, and got in.

I have to say that in this cold weather, it is really a great enjoyment to soak in this natural hot spring and enjoy the scenery in the distance higher than you.

However, because of the intention of Earl Longli to bring him here, Xu Yi could not enjoy it easily.

The two of them chatted while taking a hot spring bath.

After a while, Count Longli suddenly sighed: "Although Lao Har and the others are next to this natural enjoyment, they have to worry about how to eat a full meal every day, and they are not in the mood to consider this enjoyment at all. It is really sympathetic. 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 look at Earl Longli.

This guy has been selling for a day and finally got to the point? (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!