Into Unscientific

Three days later.

at noon.

Da da da--

On a four to five meter wide road, much higher in quality than ordinary rammed stone roads, a forage truck was swaying along the southeast direction.

The creaking sound of joints, like a dilapidated old harmonica, extols the hardships of life.

In addition to a lot of potatoes and vegetables at the back of the forage cart, there were also three men sitting impressively at this time.

The leader among them is a middle-aged man, and the rest are two young people, one of whom has black hair and black eyes, and is Xiao Niu, Xu Yun and William.

After receiving seven guineas from Pastor Yarlin three days ago, the relatively wealthy William family first spent ten shillings on some daily necessities and food, enjoying a big meal for the first time in a whole year.

Then everyone rested for another day, and this morning they found a forage truck that dropped by, and headed towards Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire.

"County" is the second-level division of the United Kingdom, which is divided into honorary counties and metropolitan counties in nature.

In 1665, the number of the former was 27, the number of the latter was only 4 - in the 21st century, the number will become 34 and 6.

Lincolnshire is a standard honorary county. There is a sheriff who represents the British royal family but has no real power. He only has a few functions such as geographical names and coordination of civil affairs within the scope.

The county capital of Lincolnshire is the city of Lincoln, a very, very small city from the local point of view, so small that you may not be able to find it if you search without adding the prefix "UK".

The hay cart walked under the sun for a while. After about half an hour, the driver stopped the horse:

"Gentlemen, Lincoln City is here."

Xu Yun and the three looked at each other after hearing the words, and then stood up one after another.

Shaking the potato dust on his body, he picked up the burden and got off the pedals neatly.

Then William took the initiative to walk to the front of the car and took out a small piece of jerky from his body:

"Mr. Wenger, this piece of venison is the travel fare we negotiated earlier. Thank you for this journey."

The coachman named Wenger was a thin old man with dark skin. After taking the jerky from William, he opened his mouth and showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth:

"Mr. William, you are very kind, shall we meet here tonight?"

William nodded:

"See you tonight."

After ordering the coachman, William turned around and waved to Xu Yun and the others:

"Okay, Isaac, Mr. Fat Fish, let's go to town."

Fat Fish and Mavericks groaned at the same time, and followed William towards the entrance.

In England in 1665, people who entered the city on foot did not need to pay city entry tax, but if you had a house in the city, you had to pay a 'stove tax'.

In addition, there are trucks like Wenger's that come from afar. Empty trucks also do not charge money, but they will be stopped if they have supplies.

Accompanied by the sentence that the supplies are not enough, and then you have to pay for it obediently.

The three of Xu Yun were not troubled by the city entrance tax, so they walked into Lincoln City very easily.

At present, the total population of the main urban area of ​​Lincoln City is about 40,000 to 50,000. In this era of Europe, it is not big, but it is not small. This era is the fourth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and the combined population of the two lakes is only More than half a million.

At the same time, compared to the small town of Grantham, the buildings in Lincoln City are much more upscale, and landmarks such as the Opera House and restaurants are quite conspicuous.

If you look carefully, you can occasionally see some luxuriously dressed rich people passing by in a carriage.

In short, when we arrive at the head of the county, we can somewhat feel the aristocratic style of the seventeenth century.

Of course.

The two tallest buildings are still the bell tower and the church.

After entering the city, William looked around, pulled Mavericks and Xu Yun to a gorgeous attic, and said:

"Little Isaac, Mr. Fat Fish, this place is very recognizable, we will use this as the agreed place, and meet here in three hours, is it okay?"

Xu Yun and Mavericks nodded together:

"No problem, Uncle (Mr. William)."

Then the three separated.

The purpose of William coming to Lincoln City this time is to buy sugar—although Yarlin has been granted the right to make ketchup, it is impossible for William and the others to make some ketchup just in case the best choice.

And if you want to make tomato sauce, you can't do without sugar as a raw material.

Due to different sources of goods and transportation costs, the price of sugar varies among towns, counties, and even capitals in England at this time. The county is the cheapest, and it will fluctuate a lot in towns.

In addition, the sugar that William wanted to buy this time would not be less than three guineas, so it was too unsafe in a small town with thousands of people like Little Grantham.

The British also understand the truth that wealth is not revealed.

As for the purpose of Xu Yun and Mavericks coming to Lincoln City, there is naturally only one:

Find Hook!

"Yage Hotel in the southwest of the city."

After William parted, Xu Yun and Maverick searched all the way according to the address left by Hooker, and finally stopped in front of another three-story building.

The building is located in a rich area in the west-south of the city, and the streets are relatively clean. At least you won’t be walking with a bucket and throwing a big puddle of Ollie next to you.

There is a cross on the top of the building's facade, which means that it is the property of the church and belongs to the official origin.

Below the cross is a plaque with the words Song of Songs in Hebrew written on it.

"Yage Hotel, it should be here."

There are no waiters at the entrance of the hotel in this era, and the so-called "lobby" is actually only 20 to 30 square meters. The Mavericks arrived at the front desk smoothly:

"Excuse me, does Mr. Robert Hooker live here?"

The boss at the front desk was a short, fat, middle-aged man with a goatee. Hearing this, he raised his eyelids and glanced at the two of them:

"Mr. Hook? He lives here. What can you do with him?"

Confirming that Hooker is here, Maverick clenched the hand hidden in his sleeve a little bit, and said:

"We have an appointment with him, can we contact him?

Let's just say that Barrow's student, Isaac Newton, has a business with him. "

The short and fat man put down his pen, and looked at Xu Yun and Xu Yun carefully again, with a hint of hesitation on his face.

It's noon now, and he has to weigh the possible risks of complaints when he can't figure out whether the guests are taking a nap—this is the property of the church, and he can only be regarded as a more powerful employee, similar to the lobby manager .

As the top hotel in Lincoln City, he also met many people who got the names of the guests from certain sources, or wanted money or relationship.

After more than ten seconds, the short and fat man finally made up his mind.

He picked up a pen from the table, wrote a simple paragraph on a piece of paper, and handed it to Maverick:

"Barrow, and Isaac Newton, are these two names written like this?"

Maverick took the paper and glanced at it, then nodded:

"That's right."

The chunky man retrieved the paper, stuffed it into a small basket beside him, and shook another thread.

Soon, a response came from the second floor:

Someone pulled the rope from above and slowly pulled the basket up.

After a while, there was a sound of walking on the roof.

ring ring ring——

About two or three minutes later, a bell on the left hand side of the front desk suddenly rang.

Seeing this, the short and fat man breathed a sigh of relief:

There are two answering bells at the front desk, the one on the left means the guest agrees or allows, and the one on the right means no.

Then he glanced at the account book again, and reported the room number to the Mavericks:

"On the second floor, room 233, after going up the stairs, someone will take you there."

Xu Yun thanked the shopkeeper instead of Xiao Niu, and the two walked up the stairs like this.

The stairs of the old-fashioned attic are a little shaking, and it feels like a dilapidated house.

If the China Literature Platinum Writers Salon is held in this hotel, it may be trampled down by two or three authors.

However, Xu Yun and Xiao Niu's combined volume is not as big as an ear, so they walked to the second floor easily.

As soon as he went upstairs, a small waiter greeted him.

Then, under his leadership, Xu Yun and Xu Yun walked straight along the somewhat narrow corridor, and finally arrived outside a house.

At this time, the door lock of the house has been opened from the inside, and it is in the shape of a cover, and some tobacco smell can be vaguely smelled from it.

The waiter made a gesture to Xu Yun and you to knock on the door yourself, bowed slightly, and then turned to leave.

After taking the waiter away, Maverick stepped forward and knocked on the door:

"Mr. Hooker, I am Isaac Newton."