Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Jiang Zhe and Francesca were walking on the street. They had finished the ice cream in their hands and replaced it with a bottle of drink.

A dark-skinned young man suddenly rushed forward and tried to stuff something into Jiang Zhe and Francesca.

Jiang Zhe was quick to protect Francesca and then clearly expressed his refusal in Italian.

Speak gently but firmly, and look the other person straight in the eye.

After hearing Jiang Zhe's words and looking at the other's body shape, the dark-skinned young man left embarrassedly under Jiang Zhe's gaze.

Francesca felt somewhat fortunate when she saw this scene. Even if she encountered this situation, she could only spend money to buy the so-called specialties.

Although she is Italian, she is mainly active in Venice.

She was surprised by Jiang Zhe's way of handling the matter.

Francesca said thank you and looked at Jiang Zhe again.

His height and build, even here, were stronger and more oppressive than most men, which she had overlooked. And he had a gentle personality, so his girlfriend should be very happy, right? Thinking of this, she reminded herself to stop thinking about it.

The clothes worn by the two people were not ordinary goods. Whenever they passed by a busy and crowded place, there would always be people coming up to sell their clothes.

Soon, a girl came to sell flowers. She thought Francesca was Jiang Zhe's girlfriend, so she asked Jiang Zhe if he was willing to buy another flower for his girlfriend.

When it comes to such sales pitches, Jiang Zhe always decides based on his mood. If he likes something, he’ll buy it. If he doesn’t like it, no matter how much you complain, it won’t work.

He thought the flowers were average, but the girl was young and cute. The flowers were not expensive either.

Seeing that Jiang Zhe agreed to buy and paid for it, two more people came over and tried to sell him flowers. One of them even said that his flowers were only half the price of the girl's.

Jiang Zhe looked at the flower girl with a worried look in his eyes and smiled as he rejected the people who came over later.

"I've already promised her." He paid the flower girl.

The girl asked him to pick a flower.

Jiang Zhe motioned to Francesca to choose.

Francesca did not explain the misunderstanding.

The transaction was successful, the flower girl said thank you happily and continued to sell to other people.

"Why didn't you buy something cheaper?" Francesca asked.

Jiang Zhe said: "I have already promised her. Changing my promise just because I see a bargain is really bad. It will make people think that my promise is cheap."

These two things made Francesca feel that she needed to get to know Jiang Cheng in a new way.

"Go forward, behind this square, there is a triumphal arch, which was built in the 19th century and is more than 400 years younger than the entire city." The two toured along the established route. Francesca said: "Florence is like a huge art gallery, where you can see the masterpieces of masters without noticing."

When Jiang Zhe heard that the 19th century building was described as youthful, he didn't know what to say.

During the tour tonight, I appreciated the beauty of the buildings, but also saw the mottled walls and trampled stone roads. There has been no change for hundreds of years. I wonder how people living here feel.

He thought of the Magic City where he had just visited not long ago. The changes there were too fast.

"Keep going forward and turn in from this intersection. There is a very interesting church." Francesca led Jiang Zhe to a church called Ossan Mitchell.

The outer wall of the church is surrounded by a circle of masterpieces by various masters.

"Because the major guilds in Florence were competing for attention, they invited all the best artists they could to decorate the building with sculptures on the walls. Some of these people were remembered by later generations.

Donatello, Ghiberti, Verrocchi, and many more."

Jiang Zhe saw that these sculptures were not placed in a museum but directly near the road. He said as he looked at them: "Competition can promote prosperity."

"Did you hear it? There is the sound of musical instruments." He said this after looking at the sculpture and not walking far away.

"This is the romance of a night tour here, let's go and see," said Francesca.

The two found the place where the artist was singing.

It is an open space with a roof and pillars.

Francesca told Jiang Zhe that this was an ancient farmers' market. It is still a market during the day, and street performers perform here at night. Neither the performers nor the audience need to pay.

Because of the top and pillars, the echo effect is very good.

Jiang Zhe didn't know the artist's performance level. He just saw that the artist was very dedicated.

Jiang Zhe and the other man continued walking forward and saw from afar many people admiring a sculpture, which was a replica of Michelangelo's David.

Francesca pointed to the building behind David and said, "This is Florence's town hall, also called Palazzo Vecchio, which means the Old Palace."

Jiang Zhe was not interested in the replica of the sculpture and only planned to see the original, so he did not stay here for too long.

They passed through the passage between the two buildings and saw the Mercenary Loggia, which was surrounded by isolation ropes and was filled with sculptures.

"Most of the sculptures here were moved from the villa of the Medici family. The reason why it is called the Loggia of the Mercenaries is because it was once stationed there with the Medici family's strongest fighting force, the German mercenaries," Francesca introduced.

Jiang Zhe's eyes swept across the sculptures one by one, finally stopping on a bronze sculpture.

This sculpture named Perseus is still very conspicuous among the works of famous artists.

The hero in the myth holds a sharp blade in his right hand and holds up Medusa's head with his left hand, as if showing off his victory. However, looking around the square, most of the sculptures here are made of stone, and they look like they have been petrified.

Jiang Zhe got as close to the sculpture as possible and observed the details.

Francesca said: "If you like to watch, you can come during the day and watch it up close."

When Jiang Zhe heard about this rule, he planned to do it again. He turned around, looked around, and said, "Cellini has a sense of humor and made all the sculptures match his works. However, there is one sculpture that was not petrified by Medusa."

Francesca explained: "The equestrian statue is Cosimo Medici, who was Cellini's boss."

Jiang Zhe smiled. At the same time, he heard the system prompt.

Mission release: Please find an opportunity to observe each sculpture in the Mercenary Corridor closely. If you can gain some insights, the system will issue corresponding rewards.

The time limit is within 48 hours. If the time limit is exceeded, the task will be cancelled.

The system directly describes the task requirements by voice, without the need to view the page.

Jiang Zhe understood the requirements and silently calculated how to complete the task.

Today, there is no way to break the rules here. If you want to observe the sculptures up close, you can only come again tomorrow.

"Jiang Zhe, what are you thinking about?" Francesca asked when she saw Jiang Zhe was distracted.

Jiang Zhe said: "How can I squeeze out time to come here to see the sculptures again?"

“If you come to Florence to study, you can come here often,” Francesca said.

(End of this chapter)