Lanjiang Island is located in Dongting Lake. Xu Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu paddled for a long time before landing. After walking for a while, they arrived at the entrance of Baling City.
Because the world is in chaos, compared to the wars that are raging across the Central Plains, Baling City is relatively stable today. This can be seen from the constant flow of pedestrians coming and going at the city gate.
Baling City is an ancient city with thick walls. The city wall alone is about ten feet high. If it were placed in Jin Lao's world, just relying on this towering and tall city wall would be enough to keep any enemy trying to attack at bay.
Excited!
Xu Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu stood hand in hand, but Cheng Lingsu raised his head and looked at the city wall that was more than ten feet high. He still couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Brother Xu, this city wall is a bit too high!"
Cheng Lingsu had also come to Baling City before because of going out for shopping.
But even if I had seen it with my own eyes before, now that I came to Baling City again, I couldn't help but sigh.
As early as in the Flying Fox world, Cheng Lingsu had been with Xu Ziyi and traveled almost all over the world.
At that time, Baling City had already been renamed Yueyang, and the city wall was no more than two feet high. When she and Xu Ziyi passed by the capital on the way, the highest point of the city wall was no more than three feet high.
And here, the city wall of Baling City is actually more than ten feet high. Such a majestic city wall. If Cheng Lingsu had not come here, he would have never seen such a tall city wall in his life!
"Little sister, you don't know something! Baling City is not really a big city. Chang'an, Luoyang and the three cities of Yangzhou are the strongest big cities in the world. The outer walls alone are as high as thirty feet.
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He was very surprised to see Cheng Lingsu, but Xu Ziyi explained with a smile.
"Thirty feet away?"
After hearing Xu Ziyi say that the outer walls of the three cities of Chang'an were as high as thirty feet, Cheng Lingsu couldn't help but was shocked again, and it was clear that he couldn't believe it in his words.
How high is thirty feet? It’s a hundred meters high!
The city wall of Baling City is about 30 meters high. In Cheng Lingsu's opinion, it is already one of the rare majestic cities in the world. If it is 100 meters high, Cheng Lingsu naturally cannot imagine it.
Therefore, it is unknown how much manpower and material resources will be consumed to complete such a huge project!
Cheng Lingsu had doubts in his heart, but when he remembered the historical comments about Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, it was said that this man was so happy with his achievements and squandered people's power wantonly, the doubts in Cheng Lingsu's mind disappeared.
"You will understand when my little sister and I go together in the future!"
Understanding the reason for Cheng Lingsu's surprise, Xu Ziyi spoke.
The architecture of the Tang Dynasty world is indeed a bit exaggerated. Not to mention the three cities of Luoyang, Chang'an and Yangzhou with outer walls as high as 30 feet. Just the big cities with walls as high as more than 10 feet, there were dozens of them under the Sui Dynasty.
So many.
Such a project can be regarded as one of the major projects even in later generations!
As for the three cities of Chang'an, Luoyang and Yangzhou, they can be called super projects!
After Xu Ziyi sighed, they stepped into Baling City.
Although the Baling Gang is not as good as Chang'an, Luoyang and other big cities, it can be regarded as the most prosperous big city in the hundreds of miles surrounding it.
Unlike Huaibei, Jiangnan, Shandong and other places where rebels are everywhere, the hundreds of miles around Baling are still under the rule of the Sui Dynasty, and the lives of the people nearby are relatively stable.
It's just that the troubled times are approaching, and there are more homeless people in the city. It seems that they are still affected by the situation in the world.
Speaking of which, this is the second time Xu Ziyi has set foot in Baling City. The last time Xu Ziyi came here was to uproot the Baling Gang.
After he occupied Lanjiang Island, he became at odds with the Baling Gang. After being harassed several times by them, Xu Ziyi, who was a little annoyed, took over the local stalls of the Baling Gang by himself, and later eliminated Xiao Xian.
After having two masters under his command, the power of the local Baling Gang was greatly reduced.
Xu Ziyi already knew the importance of Baling to the Baling Gang!
Speaking of the importance of Baling, we have to mention the internal affairs of the Baling Gang!
In the early years, the Baling Gang obtained Yang Guang's support through the Xiang family and went rampant, and its power expanded rapidly. The leader of the gang, Lu Kangshou, was also an ambitious man. It seemed that he was cooperating with the Xiang family, but in fact, he had already started to annex him secretly.
The Xiang family has a business, so the two families have been secretly at odds with each other for a long time.
However, Lu Kangshou misjudged the power of the Xiang family. The Xiang family seemed to be cooperating with Lu Kangshou openly, and both of them got what they needed, but in fact, there was a shadow of the Demon Sect secretly.
It can even be said in other words that the person who was cultivated by the two sects of the Xiang Family and the Six Paths of the Demon Sect, used him to hoard wealth and expand the power of the Demon Sect at all costs.
The Xiang family's rape of women seems to cater to Yang Guang's needs and do what he likes, hoping to gain Yang Guang's protection to strengthen and expand the Xiang family's power; secondly, it can have sufficient 'supply' to supply goods from various places.
Brothels and casinos.
In fact, it is used to provide a new generation of disciples for the various factions of the Demon Sect, so that each faction can have successors.
Therefore, after Yang Guang was killed, Lu Kangshou was assassinated by the Shadow Assassin.
As for Baling City, it was the power of Xiao Xian who had just joined the Baling Gang.
Xiao Mian is a descendant of the Nanliang royal family. He has an extraordinary status and is well-known in the Baling area.
Nowadays, the world is in chaos. Not to mention Xiao Mian, even the four major valves have their own selfish motives. This can be seen from the fact that Li family raised an army in Jinyang not long ago!
The Xiang family had already secretly joined forces with Xiao Mian, so the last time the Xiang family's business here suffered a setback, Xiao Mian, who served as Luo Chuan's order in other places, sent two of his masters overnight to come to the rescue.
Baling is not only extremely important to the Xiang family, but it is especially important to Xiao Mian.
When Xu Ziyi heard Cheng Lingsu say that the Baling Gang had made a comeback, Xu Ziyi was not surprised. Now that Li Yuan had launched an army, Xiao Mian would inevitably be a little ready to take action after being inspired by this.
So Xu Ziyi also wanted to take the opportunity to relax with his little sister today, and wanted to take the opportunity to pry into the reality of Baling City.
He frustrated the Xiang family's business and killed two of Xiao Mian's masters. Since the two sides had turned against each other, Xu Ziyi naturally did not want Xiao Mian to occupy Baling as he wished.
After today's inspection, Xu Ziyi found that Baling City has high walls and thick walls, with gates, arrow towers, bell towers and drum towers facing each other. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xu Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu were walking on the street. Looking from a distance, they saw endless archways and pavilions standing across the street. There were many shops on both sides. The long street was simple and row upon row of houses.
People and cars were passing by on the road, and the scene was so peaceful and lively that people could not help but forget about the menacing war smoke outside.
As for the vagrants begging on the street, they were driven away by small groups of soldiers and fled in all directions. Some people even rushed towards Xu Ziyi and Xu Ziyi in a panic.
Seeing these homeless people panicking and choosing their own way, Xu Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu deliberately avoided them.
But at this moment, someone intentionally bumped into Cheng Lingsu. Cheng Lingsu frowned slightly and tried to avoid it, but at this moment, he still reached out and touched her arms.
After seeing that this person was a thief, Xu Ziyi smiled slightly and thought that these people were really unlucky to have stolen from the little girl. They were extremely unlucky!
As soon as the thief's right hand touched Cheng Lingsu's clothes, he felt his index finger burning like fire. He let out a cry of pain and his whole body jumped up.
It was only then that the thief discovered that there were dense blisters on his right hand. It was very scary.
It turned out that after Cheng Lingsu heard what Xu Ziyi said and understood that this world also lurked dangers, he naturally sprinkled red scorpion powder on his clothes.
This red scorpion powder is just a kind of brown powder, which is not very toxic. Over time, the toxicity will disappear naturally, but the burning feeling after physical contact is excruciating.
"You hurt me!"
Feeling the burning pain in his right hand, the thief couldn't help but burst into tears.
Cheng Lingsu took a closer look, and it turned out that in front of her was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. He was also handsome and did not look like a gangster.
But when her eyes fell on the young man's extremely fair neck, her expression couldn't help but become strange.
But at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from a restaurant on the long street not far away, and then a figure rushed out from the second floor and jumped directly onto the long street.
This man was dressed in powerful clothing and had a strong build. He held a serrated sword in his right hand. He looked fierce, but at this moment he was frightened.
As if there was some terrifying opponent in the restaurant, this well-dressed man didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting, and was ready to flee as soon as he landed.
However, as soon as he took a step forward, his whole body suddenly fell to the sky and there was no movement at all.
Seeing that the man suddenly fell down and stopped moving, Xu Ziyi frowned slightly and walked forward to check, only to find a small red dot between the man's eyebrows.
Seeing this, Xu Ziyi understood the cause of the man's death. Such a small wound was clearly caused by a silver needle piercing his skull, and there was only one person nearby with this skill.
Thinking of this, Xu Ziyi raised his head and looked at the restaurant.
But at this time, there was another roar, and a man covered in blood was seen crashing through the window and flying out several feet away. Seeing that he finally escaped, the man couldn't help but have a smile on his face that was about to survive.
But before he could be happy for a long time, he just heard the sound of "Hugh" and saw a flying needle flying out of the restaurant. Hearing the sound, the man's face changed greatly, and the long sword in his hand turned into a white light with his inner strength, trying to shake it away.
One stitch.
However, when the two collided, it was the sword in his hand that could not hold up and exploded. Then, the man groaned and fell from the air.
It turns out that although the sword he just struck did not stop the flying needle, it still somewhat changed the trajectory of the flying needle, preventing it from hitting the vital part of the body, so he narrowly escaped death.
After escaping from death, the man couldn't care less about his excitement. He was eager to escape and rushed towards Xu Ziyi in panic.
"Step aside!"
Seeing Xu Ziyi standing in front of him, a cold light flashed in the man's eyes, and the long sword in his hand suddenly stabbed out of his chest.
But this time he found the wrong opponent. As soon as the sword was thrust out, someone grabbed his right hand holding the sword. Before he could recover, he felt the two acupoints "Neiguan" and "Waiguan" on his right wrist.
Internal forces leak out one after another.
In just a moment, most of the inner energy in the man's body was sucked away by Xu Ziyi.
After noticing something strange inside his body, the man was frightened and turned his left hand to attack. However, as soon as he took action, Xu Ziyi's pulse was blocked and he couldn't move at all for a while.
He could only watch helplessly as all his internal energy was sucked away by the other party.
After a few breaths, after feeling the reality that his Dantian was empty, the man who had been drained of his internal energy seemed to feel despair. After being let go by Xu Ziyi, he sat down directly.
"Brother Xu, you came just in time!"
At this time, two more figures appeared on the long street. I saw this man was under thirty years old. He was wearing a maroon satin leather robe. He was tall and tall, with a beard all over his face. His appearance was extremely strong and powerful. Isn't it Yang Lianting?
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And in his arms, there is a pink figure, this person is Dongfang Invincible!
I saw the two of them cuddling together. From a distance, they looked so close!