"For foreigners entering the city, it costs one copper. Nobles and nobles are exempted from paying, and believers in God are exempted from paying."
At the three arched city gates side by side, several soldiers from the Kingdom of Sand hung scimitars on their waists and shouted to the merchants entering the city. Allah is the god believed by the people of the Kingdom of Sand, and its believers are mainly distributed in the Capricorn and Scorpio realms.
As a large city in the Kingdom of Sand, Crescent City has developed trade, with a dense population and a large number of caravans coming in and out. Merchants come from all over the world, with different races and costumes, leading teams of mules and camels loaded with goods. Caravans
The guards rode on horses, carried swords and spears, and were distributed around the team.
Gordon took a look at the guards. They were similar to the soldiers guarding the gate. They were just strong, knew a few simple moves, and had no energy at all. He threw a copper coin into the money jar and walked through the city gate.
The streets with gravel stones are busy with traffic and people. The local men wear long white robes, white scarves wrapped around their heads, and black hoops on their foreheads. The corners of their robes are embroidered with a running sand fox or symbols representing other tribes.
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Green date palm trees are planted on both sides of the road. Behind it is a residential area for civilians. Densely packed stone and brick houses spread out layer by layer along the upward terrain to the end of the line of sight.
Gordon walked very slowly, walking from the broad and bright main streets of the city into the dark and narrow alleys, going back and forth, checking to see if anyone was following him, while memorizing the terrain: which places were dead ends, which corners could be hidden, and the buildings on both sides.
How many entrances and exits does the object have?
Along the way, Gao Deng's outstanding appearance attracted the attention of several local girls, secretly sending Qiu\u6
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ce2. They are wrapped in large bright square scarves, with tulle covering their faces, leaving only their eyes exposed. Almost all of them wear rings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets and other jewelry, which shine beautifully in the sunlight.
After passing through a group of low-rise houses, Gordon turned around a few more times to make sure there was no "tail" behind him, and then walked towards the square market in the city center. It was almost dusk, and the huge square columns were bathed in the burgundy sunset.
, casting a soft silhouette.
Before entering the market, Gordon heard the noise rolling in. Cars and horses were rushing along the way, and there were many shops and a dazzling array of goods. There were also small stalls lined up row upon row around the market.
.Some little girls were carrying bamboo baskets, shouting and selling candied dates, raisins and figs with sweet voices.
"Noble young master, what work do you want me to do?" "Noble young master, let me help you carry your suitcase. It only costs thirty coppers." Several porters came forward to solicit business from Gordon.
"God bless you, sir. I am literate, and I can do a lot for you!" A little boy squeezed over and raised his head and said to Gordon. He was about ten years old, with a yellow face and thin muscles, bright eyes, and a yellowish white band around his waist.
towel.
Gordon glanced at the little boy unexpectedly and caught a glimpse of several deep brown scars on the back of his neck. Most civilians were illiterate. The boy might have been born into a wealthy family, but now his family is in ruins. "I need a guide and servant, one day a day."
One hundred copper coins, employment period is one month." Gordon waved the porter away, in comparison, children were easier to control.
"Then please invite the right person. I am familiar with everything here: the most interesting bars, the most beautiful slave girls, and I even know exactly which holes the mice get into." The little boy looked at Gordon hopefully, "Mr.
, is there really a hundred coppers a day?"
"I can pay the commission for ten days in advance, but you have to prove that it is worth the money." Gordon took out ten bright silver coins from his pocket. Since the Great Council unified the currency in each domain, copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins
All are converted in decimals.
The little boy rolled his eyes and asked softly: "Sir, what do you want to know?"
"I'm looking for some special merchants." Gordon picked up his suitcase, "I have some goods that are not convenient for disclosure, and I need to find those merchants for secret transactions."
The little boy said smartly: "You want to find a black marketeer?" He hesitated, motioned for Gordon to follow him, and then quickly turned behind a towering porch. "Sir, that is too dangerous. You are a foreigner and you can easily suffer losses.
"Yes." He looked around and said quietly.
Gordon said: "In other words, you have a way?"
"Don't you understand yet? Black market merchants will bully you as a foreigner and forcefully buy your goods at a very low price. Sometimes, they will also..." The little boy made a slashing gesture.
"Thank you very much. I will be careful. Now tell me your name and address."
"But sir... okay, I understand. May Allah protect you from the devil." The little boy looked at Gordon with enlightenment, "The third row at the north gate of the market, seventh from the left.
My family’s spice shop. There is also the medicine shop at the end of the second row from the east gate, and the jewelry shop diagonally across the door. All three of these shops accept illegal goods. Sir, can I take you there now?"
"Wait for tomorrow." Gordon handed ten silver coins to the little boy, "Is there a goldsmith established by the Grand Council in the city?"
The little boy bit the silver coin with his teeth to make sure it was genuine: "Yes, sir, it's very close to here. If you want to go, you have to hurry up, it will be closed soon."
"Lead the way." Gordon asked casually, "What's your name?"
The little boy hesitated: "Sinbad, sir. How should I call you?"
"Ghoul." Gordon smiled slightly.
The goldsmith's shop is located to the west of the market square, separated by only a lawn. The goldsmith's shop is square and luxurious in shape, which is completely different from the architectural style of the dome of the Kingdom of Sand. On the steel gate, there are inlaid
The emblem of the Grand Council: a mighty dragon leaping through the sea of fire holding an olive branch symbolizing peace.
It was close to closing time, and there were no customers in the hall of the goldsmith shop. At both ends of the counter, four guards in dark green uniforms stood solemnly. They had cold expressions and carried swords on their backs. They were all black lead-level practitioners.
"I need to rent a VIP safe of the highest level." Gordon said to the employee who came up to him, while Sinbad was waiting outside the door.
"No problem at all. Dear sir, please come with me." The employee's eyes lit up and he respectfully invited Gordon to the second floor, where he was personally entertained by the branch manager of the goldsmith's shop.
The earliest prototype of the goldsmith's business was that nobles handed over their money to honest and reliable goldsmiths for safekeeping and earned interest. Later, the Grand Council developed it into a large-scale goldsmith's business, establishing branches in various regions and countries. People can
Coins can be stored in a goldsmith's shop, or property can be used as collateral for a loan from a goldsmith's shop. You can also store precious treasures in a goldsmith's shop's safe to prevent loss.
"The safe must be of an extra large size, and an anonymous roulette password must be used." Gordon glanced around and saw four gray tin-level warriors standing side by side in front of the alloy vault door. This was just a deterrent.
Three thousand years ago, the most powerful bandit group in history, the "Phantom Troupe", robbed a goldsmith's shop and was tracked and captured one by one. The four diamond-level masters and nine gold-level masters in the group were skinned and boned in public and sentenced to death.
And implemented the most cruel ancient criminal law - the annihilation of the nine tribes. Since then, no one has dared to offend the majesty of the Great Council.
"Sir, the annual rent for the safe you want is three hundred gold coins. Plus the service fee, you need to pay a total of three hundred and ten gold coins. How many years do you plan to rent it for?" asked the branch manager.
"Subscribe for one year first." Gordon quickly paid the money, completed the corresponding procedures, and entered the vault accompanied by the branch manager.
Half an hour later, he walked out of the goldsmith's shop with his mostly empty suitcase. All the treasures and weapons related to cultivation were stored in the safe, and the only ones left were some jewelry from the Sand Cave Clan.
The safe is equipped with a password wheel, and the password is set by him personally. From now on, anyone can come in and open the safe with the password, take away things or - leave something behind.
This was also the contact method he and his father agreed on three years ago.