Struggle in the Steam Age

The taxi boats in this city look similar in appearance, and they are all light and slender boats. The boat has a small shed built with canvas and steel bars to protect passengers from rain in bad weather. At the same time, the sheds are also numbered with paint to facilitate the management of these ships.

It may be due to the will of the universe. The boatman here is as talkative as Lawrence's taxi driver in his previous life. After hearing Syfiel complain about the fog in the city, the boatman told a joke about this.

"The fog here is indeed very severe. Today is considered to be a relatively small day. When it is really foggy, people can't see their faces five or six steps apart. Locals will reduce travel to avoid danger."

"It is said that there was a very foggy day when all the boats and carriages on the road like ours were out of service. A foreigner walked tens of meters after walking out of the train station and found that he was completely lost. In the middle, he ran into a stranger. The stranger asked him if he needed help. The outsider thought for a while and agreed."

"As a result, after the tourist told the stranger about the destination. The man took him around for more than 20 minutes before he came to where he wanted to go. He was a little curious about how the stranger did it. The stranger told him that he was from Langtinham, the capital of Briton."

"Ha ha ha -" Lawrence and Syphil laughed courteously, although the story is good, the boatman is also very enthusiastic. But when he said this joke in his mouth, he always felt that something tasted wrong.

"By the way, where are we going?" In order to avoid listening to uncle boatman's sneer jokes, Saifei directly asked Lawrence about everyone's next goal. "Is it a hotel?"

"Hotel? Of course not." Lawrence smiled. In this era, booking a hotel room is not a simple matter. Special parcels are needed to mail the letter and deposit to the hotel at the same time, or even send someone specially to book the room, which is better than Lawrence's previous life. It’s a lot of trouble to book a room with a finger on the phone.

"Don't worry, we won't sleep on the street." Lawrence said after seeing Syfiel lifted his head and looked at him with a puzzled look. "I have a friend here. He has been inviting me to Huguang City before and must remember to live in his house for a period of time, and we are going to his house now."

"We won't cause him any trouble for visiting like this?" Saifei looked a little worried, "have you notified him in advance, and whether his house is hosting our two guests--"

It is very normal in this era to travel abroad and live in a friend’s house, so Seifer didn’t feel anything wrong when he heard Lawrence say that he went to live in a friend’s house, but she was a little worried that the two of them might go like this. Will cause inconvenience to others.

"Of course there will be no trouble." Lawrence said, "I used the telegram in the train to ask this friend on the way before coming. He welcomes us to live in his house. As for whether it will cause him trouble , I’m really not sure about this, because I don’t know what is going on in his family?"

Because Lawrence and the others did not lower their voices when they said this, the boatman behind also heard what they said. When Lawrence and Syfiel began to worry that this might cause trouble for 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 causing him trouble, because People living in Adams Island will certainly not get into trouble because of entertaining two friends. "

When the boat arrived near the destination for 20 minutes, Lawrence and the others would know why the boatman had said that just now. Because this small island is very similar to the lime tree street where Lawrence and the others lived before. Both have exquisite buildings, neat streets and beautiful small parks. It should be the noble community in this city.

"Let me see, Kogg's house should be at 37 Adams Island-yes, this is it." After they boarded the pier before finishing the boat, Lawrence and the others found that there was a map mark engraved on the copper plate on the pier. The location of various buildings on the island. Under the guidance of the map, the two people quickly knew what to do next.

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

"Okay, we're here now." Lawrence said as he stepped forward and pulled the doorbell chain at the sliding door. Soon, a standard maid wearing a black dress and a white apron looked like a chubby woman in her 40s. Came out of the room.

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

"Mr. Gear has been asking me and the chef to prepare to meet you after receiving your telegram yesterday. We went to the market this morning to purchase a lot of things." After entering the door of the room, they passed through a room with various colors. The front hall of a certain mythological story has been collaged with mosaics of ”into the reception room decorated mainly in yellow and blue. After leading them to sit down, the maid said while helping them build a pot of authentic tea imported from Aurora.

"Where is Cogg now?" Lawrence asked. "It feels like he is not at home now!"

"Mr. is indeed not there." the middle-aged maid said, "because this year is the year of the Murloc invasion, this Murloc attack may last about two weeks. So Mr. Gear needs to go every day during this time. The research institute is prepared to deal with various possible crises."

"But you don't have to worry." The maid said after watching Lawrence and the others look a little worried. "He will come back every day for dinner. If everything is normal, you will be able to have dinner with Mr. Gear tonight. "

Because Lawrence and the others had eaten 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 under the leadership of the maid.

Opening the door to the guest room ~www.ltnovel.com~ What appeared in front of Lawrence was a small living room dominated by dark blue and gold, with gorgeous wallpaper and beautiful gilded plaster panels.

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

After speaking, the maid directly closed the door. After confirming that the maid had left, Syfiel put the suitcase in the storage cabinet in the living room and said to Lawrence, "Ah, I finally got a good night's sleep." Really, 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 didn't take a shower for five days and I felt stinky on my body, not to mention having a fight in the morning, which made my whole body smell like fish." Lawrence. "I'll take a shower first, you are not allowed to fight with me."

"Well, well, you wash first." Lawrence said with a smile, and took out a book from the box, and then put the small box in the storage cabinet as well. "I'll go back to my room to read a book for a while, remember to call me after you finish washing, I have to take a good bath today."