Among the crowd, Qin Yun looked at everything around him with novel eyes.
Since he can remember, the farthest place he has ever been is Dajing Town. In Qin Yun's opinion, a town with thousands of households is already very big and prosperous.
But standing on the pier outside Qianchao City, he realized how narrow his previous vision was. The insights he gained from books were far less shocking than what he saw with his own eyes!
The ship wharf here is dozens of times the size of Dajing Town. Thousands of sails and hundreds of boats compete on the vast river. Large ships loaded with cargo and passengers dock here. Thousands of sailors and workers are among them.
Busy.
The road leading to Qianchao City in the distance was full of people, and carriages of all colors shuttled among them. Tough and mighty knights, high-spirited swordsmen, pot-bellied businessmen, thugs with sinister eyebrows and evil eyes...three religions and nine schools of fish and dragons mixed together!
Qin Yun, like those country boys who first arrived in a big city, walked along with the flow of people in a daze.
However, unlike most naive guys, he was alert enough to the unfamiliar environment and held his luggage in his arms, so that some people with bad intentions had no chance to attack.
In this long backpack, he contained all his belongings - nearly a hundred taels of silver, a change of clothes, the Qinggang sword and a dozen silver beads.
Just as Fang Wentian guessed, Qin Yun did not know the origin and true value of these silver beads, otherwise he would never give them away easily.
The sixteen silver beads were given to Qin Yun by the red carp from time to time after he had become familiar with them while swimming and playing in Hantan. Over time, he had so many of them.
Qin Yun once showed Qin Yang the silver beads, but Qin Yang couldn't tell the origin. He just said that the spiritual energy contained in these silver beads was very precious and asked Qin Yun to keep them for future needs.
This time he participated in the selection of the Qin clan to return to the clan. In the future, he would join the Sword Sect and learn the supreme swordsmanship. Qin Yun knew that it would cost a lot. A hundred taels of silver might not even be enough for living and food. The remaining fifteen pills
Silver beads are his last asset.
Therefore, Qin Yun will be extra careful. If it is stolen by a thief, it will be too late to cry.
Qianchao City is just ahead!
Looking at this majestic city standing in front of him and looking up at the towering city wall that is a hundred feet high, Qin Yun felt suffocated - it was so big!
A long moat stretched in front of the city gate. Qin Yun walked across the wide suspension bridge with a sense of awe and anxiety. Under the watchful eyes of several fully armed soldiers on both sides, he entered Qianchao City through the city cave.
The bustling scene in the city is different from that of the wharf. If you look around, you can see the many buildings lined up one after another, and you don’t know how many people live in them. The stone-paved road is clean and tidy, and there are shops and restaurants with flags on both sides of the road.
Pedestrians were coming in and out, and the shouts of waiters trying to attract customers kept coming and going.
There were also beautiful and aggressive girls and wives passing by on the street. When they noticed Qin Yun looking around with a silly look on his face, they boldly gave him a fiery wink, making the boy blush and then ran away laughing.
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All of this gave Qin Yun an incomparable sense of freshness.
However, after experiencing the initial shock, he gradually adapted to it.
After all, Qin Yun has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, has a strong character, and has been trained and taught by Qin Yang for more than ten years. He is completely different from the ignorant country people, and he will not be easily confused by the prosperous scene in front of him.
After wandering along the street for a long time, Qin Yun saw a weapons shop with a sword hanging at the door and walked in.
The hundred-forged fine iron sword that Mu Tieyi gave him was damaged during the battle with the girl in the white dress. It was difficult to show the Qinggang sword to others, so he no longer had a suitable weapon in his hand and wanted to buy a new one.
pieces.
This weapons shop is not very big. There are many weapons hanging on the walls on both sides, including swords, guns, hammers and axes, but the most numerous ones are swords.
There was a faint clanking sound coming from inside, and it was probably a workshop behind the store.
The shop owner is a thin old man. When Qin Yun came in, he was receiving two customers who were buying swords.
Seeing Qin Yun, the old man greeted him diligently: "Guest, please take a look and ask if you need anything."
Qin Yun nodded and looked to himself.
There are many swords placed on the shelves behind the counter, with long and short styles in various styles. However, from Qin Yun's perspective, he can also see that these swords are all ordinary goods. Not to mention compared with the Qinggang Sword, even that
The broken fine iron sword is also very inferior.
After watching for a while, Qin Yun pointed to one of the swords and asked: "Boss, how can I sell this long sword?"
The size and appearance of the sword he selected is similar to that of a hundred-forged fine iron sword. This kind of long sword is the most common. Of course, the quality of the same sword can also vary greatly.
The little old man here had just reached an agreement with the customer. He quickly turned his head and replied, "Guest, this ten-forged iron sword costs twenty-five taels of silver."
Twenty-five taels of silver! Qin Yun was immediately surprised.
He is not someone who doesn't know the price of firewood and rice. One tael of silver can buy dozens of kilograms of fine white rice in Dajing Town. The furs of the beasts he hunts in Yunwu Mountain are sold to the town for only a few taels at most.
Just silver.
Such an inconspicuous iron sword actually cost twenty-five taels of silver, which was completely beyond Qin Yun's expectation.
A ten-forged iron sword is so expensive, so how much is a hundred-forged iron sword worth?
Thinking of this, Qin Yun's heart was bleeding.
"Boss, can it be cheaper?" he asked hesitantly.
The little old man smiled and shook his head: "Guest, you may not know that my store is a century old and we have always been honest and never bargain."
As he spoke, the old man walked over, took down the long sword, and placed it in front of Qin Yun: "This ten-forged iron sword is three feet seven inches long, three fingers wide, and weighs six pounds and three ounces. It is made of fine quality.
It is made of high-quality iron material. Although the sword body has more impurities, it is solid in texture and is more suitable for swordsmen who are new to swordsmanship."
The owner of this century-old shop has seen countless customers of all kinds, and has long since developed a sharp eye. Of course, he can tell the general identity of Qin Yun.
But as the saying goes, peace brings wealth, the old man will never despise Qin Yun because he is short of money. Even if Qin Yun tries to bargain, he will not be angry and will still introduce him warmly.
However, not everyone is like this old man. As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him sneered: "You have to bargain for a ten-forged iron sword. If you don't have money, why would you want to learn swordsmanship? You'd better go back to the countryside and farm as soon as possible!"
The person who made the sarcasm was a young man in his twenties. He was wearing a white gown and a gold silk belt around his waist. He looked handsome and arrogant, and looked at Qin Yun with disdain in his eyes.
Next to the arrogant man was a beautiful girl in a green dress. They also came to buy a sword, but the sword they purchased was placed in a precious rosewood box, which was definitely worth a lot of money.
Qin Yun seemed not to have heard it, and said to the shop owner: "Thank you, boss, I want this sword, and please give me a scabbard."
If it were Qin Yun in the past, he would have had to break up with the other person, but after experiencing that huge change and knowing his own life experience, he became a lot more mature overnight.
The young man's passionate impulse is more and more settled in his heart.
"The scabbard is given for free..." The old shopkeeper smiled slightly and quickly took out a scabbard and put it on.
He didn't want to offend the customers, let alone see a conflict between the two parties in his store, and hoped that Qin Yun could leave quickly.
Qin Yun nodded and took out the silver from his backpack, counted it and put it on the counter. He picked up the equipped iron sword and turned around to leave.
"Boy, I'm talking to you!"
The arrogant man next to him suddenly became angry. In his opinion, Qin Yun's ignorance of him was simply a naked humiliation. He couldn't help but step forward and reached out to grab Qin Yun's shoulders.
The beautiful girl frowned and said lightly: "Second Brother Qin, you'd better stop here!"
As soon as she opened her mouth, the arrogant man immediately retracted his hand.
The man was obviously very afraid of the beautiful girl. He smiled and said: "I was just joking with him..."
"I didn't provoke you..." The beautiful girl shook her head, but her eyes fell on Qin Yun who had just stepped out of the martial arts shop: "I'm going back first!"
The arrogant man felt so resentful that he finally found an opportunity to ask her out. He originally wanted to show off in front of a beautiful woman, but he didn't expect to get a bad taste in his nose.
He was extremely narrow-minded and did not dare to vent his anger on the beautiful girl, but he hated Qin Yun.
Qin Yun never dreamed that he would inexplicably offend an enemy.
He held the iron sword he had just bought and rushed to the Qin clan's mansion.
The Qin family is a large family in Yanyun Prefecture and one of the famous families in the Yan Dynasty. The family's foundation is in Guiyang County, and Qianchao City in Qunfu is where the family is located.
However, the Qin family is not the only one in Qianchao City. It is a three-pronged family with the Wu family, the Fang family, and the Dugu family.
Among them, the Wu family was the old enemy of the Qin family. There were frequent battles between the government, the opposition, and the sects. For hundreds of years, no one could completely overwhelm the other, and the overt and covert fights between each other never ceased.
The Dugu family is the weakest among the four families. It is married to the other three families and is impartial and completely neutral.
The Fang family is the most special. The Fang family is loyal to the Yan family of the Yan royal family. They control the fifty thousand Yanyun cavalry and city guards stationed in Qianchao City, and their status is relatively transcendent.
Qin Yun learned about these things through chatting with sailors on merchant ships. These sailors often travel to Qianchao City. Some of them have settled in the city and are familiar with the situation in Qianchao City.
Qin Yun has little interest in the grudges and struggles between the four major families. Those things are too far away for him.
Of course, it is better to know many things than to know nothing at all, otherwise it would be bad to cause trouble in a confused way.
After asking several passers-by and walking through nearly half of Qianchao City, Qin Yun finally found the location of the Qin clan's clan.
