It was still a familiar route. Li Jiang disembarked from Nanjing and drove his horse through Suzhou.
A few days later, he set foot on Hangzhou.
Revisiting his old place made him feel emotional. He had worked hard and struggled here before, and he had also done great things.
Along his journey, Li Jiang has been thinking about how to generate income and faith value in this world.
Today's interface is not like the previous world, where pig tails and human heads can be harvested without restraint, which eliminates a large source of income.
He still has no idea how to open up new revenue growth points and what direction to start from.
After much thought, he decided to take it one step at a time. After getting the "Evil Sword Technique" and "Dugu Nine Swords" first, he would then consider the issue of faith value.
There were no soldiers blocking the gate for inspection, and Li Jiang passed through the Hangzhou City Gate very smoothly.
His first impression upon entering the city of Hangzhou was that Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was not as prosperous as the Qing Dynasty, and the flow of people in sight was much less.
There are many kinds of businesses, selling everything.
Li Jiang is not an economist. He cannot see through phenomena to see the essence, and cannot see the commercial differences between the two dynasties.
However, he had the impression that the entertainment industry in the Ming Dynasty seemed to be more developed, such as brothels and brothels, and there were even government-run ones.
There was no publishing control in the Ming Dynasty, and there was basically no literary inquisition. There were many bookstores where the little emperor's uncle was displayed grandly, and there were even unsightly spring... pictures.
"Gudong", Li Jiang swallowed unconsciously and made up his mind. After finishing Lin Pingzhi's affairs, he must come and observe it on the spot. He used to be surrounded by beautiful women, but now he is alone, why not let himself go?
"De'er da, de'er da", the brisk sound of horse hooves was just like his mood at this time, and one person and one horse went straight to the West Lake.
In Swordsman, the government is basically invisible. Therefore, if Li Jiang wants to ask where the prefect of Hangzhou is, some people may not know, but if he wants to ask about the famous "Meizhuang" in the world, everyone will know.
Meizhuang is located at the foot of a hill by the West Lake. It is a vast manor. As far as Li Jiang is concerned, there should be at least 99 houses if not 100.
How the hell is he going to find the bedroom with the underground entrance?
Li Jiang rolled his eyes and wondered if they would accept servants? Maybe I could learn from Brother Bohu and sell himself as a slave for Qiuxiang, a pear blossom weighing more than a begonia!
Alas, it's a pity that the person waiting for me inside is not a beauty, but a useless man. Although he is also very beautiful, he is really not my cup of tea.
Putting away his thoughts of Xinma Youjiang, Li Jiang ran to the heights of Gushan and began to carefully observe the architectural pattern of Meizhuang.
After looking through it several times, he formed a 3D map in his mind and circled a few targets that he thought might be underground passages.
The old way is to go in at night and conduct an on-the-spot investigation.
After descending from Gushan, Li Jiang went around to the other side of the West Lake and found an inn far away from Meizhuang to settle down.
The decision to stay at such a long distance was the result of his careful consideration.
Because according to common sense, the general rivers and lakes forces will pay more attention to the situation around them. Most of them have spies, assisting defense personnel and the like stationed there, and they must have a good grasp of the specific terrain and population.
As an outsider, if he rashly entered, he would definitely attract their attention. And since he was here to visit the local rats, it would be better to do less than to do more, as this would also reduce the chance of exposure.
Li Jiang had dinner in the lobby of this inn, but didn't get any useful information, so he had to go back to his room to meditate and wait for dark.
After the divine energy circulated for several weeks, Li Jiang woke up from trance.
He looked at the sky outside the window and saw that it was completely dark. He didn't know exactly what time it was, so he let go of his spiritual sense and raised his ears to listen to the sounds around him.
The entire inn had fallen into a deep sleep, with only unknown insects chirping outside.
Thinking it was late at night, Li Jiang stood up and took out something from the space.
He just took two things, the black gold dagger given by the old Taoist Musang and a set of night clothes. He didn't take the Invincible Knife because it was too long and was not very convenient for people to climb high and lie down on the ground. This dagger was very suitable. It can not only defend himself, but also the key
It can also be used to pry open doors.
Li Jiang looked at the night clothes in his hand again and twitched the corner of his mouth. He had to admit at this time that he was a nostalgic person. This night clothes followed him through three interfaces, went out on many missions, and completed many missions.
It has been a great success many times. Although it is now in tatters, I just can’t bear to throw it away.
Alas, I'm actually a good person, and I hope I won't use it again in the future.
Li Jiang took off his Confucian shirt and put on his night clothes.
After roughly observing the road to Meizhuang when he came to the inn yesterday, Li Jiang followed the route in his mind and followed the alley behind the house.
An hour later, he arrived outside the wall of Meizhuang Courtyard.
At such a critical moment, Li Jiang couldn't help but feel heartbroken. He turned on the system scanning function at 1 point per second and switched to infrared scanning.
Dense red dots immediately appeared in his mind. Li Jiang was not surprised by this and chose to shield objects with a height of less than 1 meter.
Suddenly, the whole world became quiet and my mind became clear.
There was no humanoid heat source within twenty meters behind the wall, so Li Jiang jumped in with confidence.
In this way, with his high-tech cheating methods and his sensitive hearing, he successfully avoided several waves of patrolling villagers.
He had to first check out several suspected targets that had been marked yesterday. However, he did not let go of the places he walked, and kept modeling in his mind, adding house models.
This manor is so big that Li Jiang estimates that it will take at least two nights to complete the dozen or so targets he has circled. This is not bad, but if the real target is not within the circle, it will be really difficult to complete it.
Damn it, at least five more days are needed.
As Li Jiang turned in, he prayed that the target would be inside.
But contrary to what he expected, he checked four houses in a row and found no passage under the bed.
Thanks to his scanner's third function, which can be switched to electromagnetic wave detection, it is possible to see at a glance whether there are any holes in the ground.
Otherwise, he would have to sneak into someone else's bed and do it himself. He had to do it, it was just a matter of tapping one more acupoint.
However, ancient people did not have toilets in their rooms, so what did they do when they urinate at night? Haha, they just used a chamber pot. So where to put the chamber pot? Yes, just stuff it under the bed.
Can you imagine what it would be like to dig into the ground while smelling the filthy smell? It’s not a good thing for Li Jiang anyway.
That night, Li Jiang visited eight places. He reluctantly left Meizhuang until the rooster crowed.
Two days later, in the early morning, Li Jiang sat in his inn room with a frown, thinking intently.
He had just returned from Meizhuang. The dozen or so targets he had circled closest to the lake were eliminated from his mind one by one.
Originally, he thought that the dungeon was at the bottom of the lake, so the entrance and exit should be closer to the lake, so as to reduce the amount of underground work. Who knew that this poor Meizhuang was completely contrary to common sense.
After a while, Li Jiang sighed secretly, and he would have no choice but to risk searching in the middle courtyard tomorrow.