What Li Qiang can't wait for now is to find someone, anyone. He has been walking in the virgin forest for many days. All he saw along the way were huge trees, overgrown with weeds, thick shadows, and gloomy walks. There is not a trace of skylight for ten miles or eighty, but some unknown beasts and birds can often be seen.
Li Qiang kept marveling at the pollution-free environment and the wonderful scenery, which made him feel very happy.
Finally walked out of the forest.
Li Qiang rubbed his eyes and saw a city in disbelief. He stood for a long time and felt like tears were coming to his eyes. Looking at the city from a distance, he felt both strange and familiar. The style of the city walls looked like those in ancient China. There are green bricks, square holes, arrow stacks, arched round doors, and a bell tower with flying rafters. Pedestrians are walking on the road in the distance.
Li Qiang thought for a while and decided that it would be better to pretend to be a tourist. He took out a large backpack and stuffed it with things and tied it up with a long ribbon.
Li Qiang was wearing brown half-waist hiking boots, jeans, a dark red shirt, a vest, a travel bag on his back, and walked toward the city gate in an excited and restless mood.
When he walked to the gate of the city, Li Qiang felt even stranger. He looked around at dozens of men, women, old and children, staring at him as if they were watching a monkey trick. Li Qiang kept nodding and smiling, but as soon as he approached, they didn't wait to ask questions. The people immediately dispersed like frightened rabbits. But after walking away for a few dozen steps, they followed again, pointing and laughing from time to time.
Judging from the clothes of these people, Li Qiang could not be sure that they were from that dynasty in ancient China. But he was certain that they must be from the Ming Dynasty or before. Li Qiang was very familiar with the clothes of people in the Qing Dynasty because he had seen many TV dramas.
Although he couldn't communicate with them, Li Qiang, with his extremely sharp hearing now, still heard the low whispers between them. They were the dialects in Jiaxing, Hangzhou. Li Qiang was excited. He knew that he had studied in Zhejiang and spent four years in Hangzhou. He understands almost all dialects.
At the gate of the city, Li Qiang was stopped by four men who looked like soldiers with long swords on their waists.
"What kind of guide can you bring?" said one of the leaders. The four soldiers also looked at him up and down with curiosity on their faces. Li Qiang couldn't help but laugh, "That's great, I can understand." Li Qiang raised his hands. Yitan smiled and said: "Brother, I came from a far away place and passed by here and wanted to visit the city." He spoke the Hangzhou dialect.
The four soldiers were surprised. They gathered together and discussed in low voices. One of them turned around and ran quickly towards the city. The leading soldier saluted with great respect: "Dear guest, please follow me and go and rest for a while. I'm already here." I’ve sent someone to ask the prefect.”
"Hey, you're welcome, you're welcome." Li Qiang was very surprised and thought to himself: "I didn't say anything just now. The difference in attitude before and after is too big."
Li Qiang did not speak much, but what he spoke was the authentic Hangzhou dialect, and the Hangzhou dialect here is the exclusive language of the royal family and nobility. It cannot be learned and spoken by those who are not the royal family and the nobility. Li Qiang did not understand until later.
"Brother, what's your name?" Li Qiang wanted to get closer.
The leading soldier replied in a panic: "The villain dare not exempt the villain from your surname, Hua." Li Qiang suddenly understood that there seemed to be a strict hierarchy here, and it was really unpleasant to hear that the soldiers were talking about a villain. People who grew up in modern society have become accustomed to everyone. The concept of equality.
What Li Qiang lacks most now is information. The Jade Eye Slips only record things about the world of cultivation and no information about the secular world. "Brother Hua, what is the name of this city?" Li Qiang began to extract the needed information.
Li Qiang said, "Brother Hua." The soldier was so overwhelmed that he wanted to tell him the situation of the three generations of his ancestors. He asked questions and answered questions. Li Qiang slowly learned some basic information.
This city is called "Hanlin". It is closely connected to the "Sighing Forest" and is the forest that Li Qiang walked out of. It was the first capital built by the "Old Song Dynasty". The ancient Song Dynasty moved its capital about three hundred years ago. After that, the city slowly The slowly declining population has also dropped from more than 700,000 at its peak to more than 200,000 now.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty has a population of about 780 million. It is a relatively weak country among the three major countries in the "Green Basin". The other two countries are the "Li Tang Kingdom" and the "Han Kingdom". Among the three countries, the Han Kingdom is the most powerful.
There are also some small countries in Tianting Star located in places with extremely harsh natural conditions. The more famous ones include the "Wangming Kingdom" in the "Storm Plains", the "Qingfeng Kingdom" in the "Red Rock Mountains", etc. There are also some famous ones. The ethnic groups include Qin, Wu, Chu, Xia, Shang, etc.
Li Qiang understood that the Song Dynasty must have been established by people who migrated from the earth during the Song Dynasty. The same should be true for other countries and ethnic groups.
Li Qiang also learned that in the Green Basin, the most fertile land in Tianting Star, the three countries were constantly at war. Every country would have a war every ten years. Each country wanted to eliminate the other and unify the Green Basin, but it never succeeded due to various reasons. In the end, The main reason is the intervention of the world of cultivation. The royal family and nobles of every country and every famous ethnic group are inextricably linked to the world of cultivation. Many of these royal families and nobles are cultivators.
The soldiers also told Li Qiang that the prefect of Hanlin City was named Feng Kaiyun, and he was born in Juren. He must have offended someone and was demoted to this remote city. The garrison officer was named Tong Fangzhen, and he was born in the army who had been promoted through meritorious service.
"The prefect has arrived." There was a report from the soldiers.
Li Qiang looked up and saw two rows of government officials holding water and fire sticks. The four people in front of them were holding two cards: "Quiet" and "Avoid" respectively. Four people carried the official sedan in a car and walked slowly. Li Qiang almost laughed out loud and thought: "My dear, this is too exaggerated. Well, with such a huge pomp, I feel like I have returned to ancient times."
The sedan chairman stopped in the distance and the government servant next to the sedan hurriedly opened the sedan curtain and walked out of the sedan. A middle-aged man stepped on the shoulders of a government servant, retracted his hand, twirled his beard, and looked at Li Qiang. A flash of surprise flashed across his face, and then he walked slowly over with a smile on his face.
Li Qiang was also carefully observing the highest official of Hanlin City. He had two pitch-black eyebrows, thin lips, three tufts of hair, a long beard, and a hooked nose. He was obviously from a wealthy family in Hanlin City. He wore a blue official uniform, a jade belt around his waist, and a hat that swayed flatly behind his back. It has two official wings.
Li Qiang thought it was too funny. He walked up to him and startled the government officials with his first words.
"Haha, you are Brother Fengkai Yunfeng, right? It's our first time meeting Li Qiang, please take care of me."
The soldier surnamed Hua thought to himself: "It turns out that this grown-up always calls people big brother. No wonder he calls me that too."
Feng Kaiyun was stunned and didn't dare to neglect and said: "I don't know that Mr. Li is far away when he arrives, please forgive him." He thought to himself: "Why is his palace official dialect so awkward?"
Li Qiang's next move almost scared the yamen soldiers to death.
He stepped forward and patted Feng Kaiyun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You're welcome. Excuse me, I just want to go into the city to see if everything is okay. Brother Feng, you don't have to accompany me. Just tell me where the hotel is."
Feng Kaiyun's doubts grew and he asked, "Sir, please show me your official documents so that I can prepare for my official duties." The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Li Qiang felt confused and asked: "What official documents are there? Why am I so strange about such official documents?"
The government officials slowly surrounded him.
Feng Kaiyun shouted: "How dare you pretend to be a royal noble and say what you do?"
Li Qiang also became angry: "You bastard, what the hell did I pretend to be? Do you care what I do?" The more he scolded, the more angry he became, and for some reason he became furious.
"Hey, why are you kneeling down?"
The starry inner armor appeared again with purple flames. In an instant, Li Qiang's clothes were reduced to ashes because he was angry.
Feng Kaiyun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground sweating profusely. He knew he was in big trouble.
Because only members of the royal family can cultivate the Heart Armor and it has always been kept secret. People thought: "Oh, I can't save my head this time."
Feng Kaiyun was twirling his beard in his hand and pacing back and forth in the study. Even now, he is still afraid. Fortunately, Li Qiang did not blame him, otherwise he would not know how to deal with this fatal situation.
His master, Cheng Zizhong, also lowered his head in thought.
"Chunxiang from the master's guest room asked to see you and said that I have something to report." A young man in green clothes said with a bowed waist.
"Let her come in quickly." Feng Kaiyun looked slightly flustered. Master Cheng Zizhong said: "Master, calm down. I don't think Mr. Li is the kind of person who is easy to talk to." Feng Kaiyun sighed: "Master, I have been messed up. You want to Help me hold it."
"Slave Chunxiang comes to see the master."
"What's the matter?" Chunxiang knelt on the ground and replied, "Master Li is going to the street. Sister Qiuxiang is dragging him to talk. I don't dare to make the decision. What should I do if I ask the master for his words?"
Chunxiang, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but want to laugh. She had never seen a customer like Mr. Li. The young and handsome man was still startled and chased the four maids who were serving her. He would call her sister for a while and call her sister for a while. It was so much fun for the little ones to yell and scream and have no airs at all. It was so delicious to give them candy they had never seen before. They licked their lips and thought about when the bag of candy in their arms would be given to someone to take home. Parents, brothers and sisters should also try such good things.
"Chunxiang, please go back and tell Mr. Li that I will be here soon."
"It's the master." Chunxiang was eager to go back quickly and slowly exited the study, turned around and ran away.
"Old Master, let's go together." Feng Kaiyun was really afraid of seeing Li Qiang. Cheng Zizhong cheered him up and said, "No matter what Mr. Li asks, please agree first. We must be careful not to offend him again. I I don’t think Mr. Li will stay here for long.”
Feng Kaiyun understood what Cheng Zizhong meant. As long as Li Qiang was satisfied in Hanlin City, it would cost no matter what the cost. Once he was satisfied and left, nothing would happen.
Li Qiang was not an unreasonable person. He stayed in the VIP room of the prefect's Yamen and he no longer cared about Feng Kaiyun's rudeness. Although he didn't quite understand why Feng Kaiyun was so afraid when he saw the sky full of stars, he was able to eliminate the hostility. I'm still satisfied, after all, it's very troublesome to fight and it goes against my original intention of traveling around the Tianting Star.
He put on the new clothes and pants sent by Magistrate Feng and hurriedly went out to the street. But he was very curious about everything. When he saw four maids stopping him, Li Qiang couldn't help but joke with them.
Feng Kaiyun came to the guest room and stopped, turned around and waved his hand towards Cheng Zi to signal the old master to go forward. Cheng Zi nodded and was about to go in when a sound of laughter came from the room and the two stopped in unison.
"Sister Qiuxiang, don't hold me back. Just go out for a walk. Why are you nervous?"
"Sir, please understand my slave's difficulties. Sister Chunxiang said that I will be here soon. Can you just wait a moment?"
"How many times have I told you, don't call me grandpa, brother? Come and listen. I like it."
Feng Kaiyun felt that his bones were numb and thought: "This Mr. Li is so frivolous and disrespectful of etiquette. This is too much." After thinking about it, there was nothing he could do about it, but he couldn't stand it anymore. He coughed and pulled Cheng Zi back in. door.
Li Qiang's face is sometimes very thin and sometimes very thick. When Feng Kaiyun came in, he wanted to be angry. He actually stepped forward with a playful smile, reached out and grabbed his hand and said with a smile: "Big brother, you are finally here. I want to go shopping for a few." My little sister has to wait for my brother to come, are you going to accompany me?"
Feng Kaiyun almost broke his nose in anger and withdrew his hand forcefully.
When Cheng Zi saw Magistrate Feng again, his expression changed and he said hurriedly: "Master Li has come here with his younger brother to greet you, and secondly, Master Tong Fangzhen, the guard boy of this city, is coming to visit you. I have no intention of neglecting you." Since you want to inspect this city, how about I temporarily accompany you on your behalf?"
"This is" Li Qiang looked at Feng Kaiyun.
"Oh, he is the master of our house, Cheng Zi, old master Cheng Zhongcheng." Feng Kaiyun breathed a sigh of relief and asked him to accompany him while not losing his popularity along the way: "Since Mr. Li is eager to inspect this city and this house, he will not I had to force Old Master Cheng to accompany you to the mansion, but I still have some official duties, so I won’t accompany you. In the evening, I will greet you and take my leave."
"Don't worry, don't worry. These little sisters, I promised to take them to the streets with me. I don't mind." Feng Kaiyun was really annoyed when he saw Li Qiang stretching out those ghost claws again and said quickly: "Sir, please It’s convenient.”
The four maids Chunxiang, Qiuxiang, Juxiang and Lanxiang happily followed Li Qiang and Cheng Zichong, talking and laughing in low voices. They did not expect that Li Qiang would actually take them shopping.
Cheng Zizhong also didn't expect that Mr. Li was like a child. He was neither old nor young, and he spoke as he pleased without scruples. Cheng Zizhong had been to countless government offices and met countless officials, but he had never seen such an adult before. He thought it was quite interesting.
Walking into a clothing store, Li Qiang couldn't help but sigh at how poor the supplies in this place were compared to the big cities and shopping malls on Earth.
The shopkeeper of the ready-made clothing store was a fat man with a double chin and a chubby face. His small eyes showed shrewdness. He ran out from behind the counter with a smile on his face: "You two gentlemen, welcome to the shop. What do you want to see?" Bring it right away." The shopkeeper turned around and waved to the waiter: "Hurry up and take out the things and call the child's mother to come as well."
Cheng Zizhong didn't know what Li Qiang wanted to buy, so he had to prick his hands to see.
Li Qiang smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, I want four sets of autumn clothes and four sets of winter clothes." He pointed at the four little maids with his hand and said: "If there are ready-made ones for these four little sisters, it is best not to have them - just measure them and make them." "Bring it over." He glanced at the clothes rack and said, "Bring me that black fur cloak."
The shopkeeper took off the black fur cloak and said, "Sir, this cloak is made of the skin of the Piqi beast. You have such good eyesight. This is the best cloak in the shop." Cheng Zi said in surprise, "This is the Piqi animal." The fur of the roost beast is famous." Li Qiang touched the fur and didn't feel how good it was: "What the hell is the roost beast?"
Cheng Zizhong said: "It's a good thing. Piqiu beasts live in swamps and are extremely difficult to catch. This fur is water-impermeable, rainproof and windproof. It is light and warm to wear in winter." The shopkeeper grinned and said: "Oh, this old man. He is an expert."
There was a moment of confusion. The four little girls seemed to be in a dream. They had grown so big and no one was so kind to them, so they couldn't express how grateful they were.
"Okay, I bought and packed the eight sets of clothes I just asked for and sent them to the prefect's Yamen."
The shopkeeper shrank his neck in fright and thought: "Oh my God, the government wants it. If I don't give you the money, I will drown myself in the river." He was worried. "How much is it?" After asking, Li Qiang felt a tremor in his heart: "Oh no! I wonder what kind of money is used here."
"The cloak costs 715 taels and the suit of trousers costs 47 taels. The total is 762 taels of silver." The shopkeeper finished his calculations.
Li Qiang turned to Cheng Zizhong and asked, "Where is the jewelry store here?"