Yuyang City is divided into an inner city and an outer city. As the name suggests, it is divided according to the inside and outside. The outer city is populated by ordinary people, as well as those who are homeless and beggars, including those in slums.
This is not the case in the inner city. Those who can live in the inner city must at least have some status in Yuyang City, or be powerful and wealthy.
Therefore, in the eyes of the people in the outer city, the inner city is a wealthy area, where there is some wealth that they cannot enjoy.
But there are not many people who can live in the inner city, so the inner city is naturally smaller than the outer city. The outer city occupies 70% of Yuyang City.
The entire Yuyang City is divided into four parts: east, west, north and south. The Yang family is located in Nancheng. It is one of the most famous families in Nancheng. Most of the Yang family's properties are also in Nancheng.
One end of Tairong Street connected various mansions in the wealthy area of Nancheng, and the other end gradually appeared in front of Yang Ze at this time.
The carriage drove along Qingshi Street, and when it reached the end of Tairong Street, a gray-white stone wall appeared in front of it. The tall gray stone wall was erected at the end of Tairong Street, extending along the left and right sides, forming a barrier that blocked the entire
The inner city and the outer city were separated.
There is an exit in the gray-white stone wall, and there are four people guarding the exit. These four people are sent by various families in the inner city to guard the entrance and exit.
If you want to enter the inner city, you need to check it to prevent someone from sneaking in, and all parties have contributed to the rotation here.
With Lao Xie here, the review was nothing, and soon the carriage left Tai Rong Street.
Yang Ze, who was sitting in the carriage, felt the carriage shaking, and then heard noisy voices on the street. He knew that he had arrived in the outer city.
As the carriage kept driving forward, Yang Ze could hear the sounds outside getting louder and louder.
There were noisy sounds, cries, bargains, adults' voices, and children's voices. Yang Ze's eyes took on a different color at this time.
After two months in this world, he finally felt something different about the world.
The former Yang Ze only left the inner city once many years ago, and all Yang Ze could feel was the memory in his mind.
Usually in the Yang family manor, although there are hundreds of people in the entire manor, the huge manor always seems a little lifeless and less popular.
Today, I finally saw another side of the world.
After opening the curtains, Yang Ze's gaze extended out of the carriage. He saw the busy streets outside. On both sides of the streets, there were vendors setting up stalls and shops.
People were coming and going, some people walked into the shops, some people walked quickly with their horses, and more people were walking through the various stalls to buy things.
The air in the outer city was completely different from that in the inner city. The air was filled with various flavors, and Yang Ze greedily took several mouthfuls.
He didn't expect that there was such a place in the outer city. It should look similar to the ancient dynasties in his hometown, but it was much better than he imagined.
"Second Young Master, how do you feel?" While Yang Ze was looking around, Lao Xie's voice came over.
"Yes, it seems to be quite popular. There's nothing bad about it." Yang Ze's eyes just glanced at a pancake stall.
"That's natural. The market here is one of the markets closest to the inner city and is under the jurisdiction of the Xu family. Those in Yuyang City who dare to cause trouble here are really looking down upon them."
Yang Ze's eyes flashed. No wonder this place looked so peaceful. It turned out that this place was under the jurisdiction of the Xu family.
Speaking of the Xu family, it is the number one family in the entire Nancheng. It is still more powerful than the Yang family. With the name of the Xu family controlling it, it is normal that no one dares to cause trouble.
Nancheng is very big, and there are many markets like this. The big forces in Nancheng have carved up these markets. If some people want to occupy stalls and open shops in the markets, they need to recruit big forces.
Agree, you must pay enough silver in advance to qualify.
And every month in the future, the big forces that control this market will come to collect a certain amount of "protection fees." If someone cannot pay the protection fees, they will no longer need to do business here.
And this market is very close to the inner city, so there are naturally fewer people who dare to cause trouble, so the profits here are definitely higher than in other places, and only the Xu family can keep it all.
However, the situation in the city is not that simple. In addition to these families, there are also gangs.
These Jianghu gangs are not fuel-efficient. They are engaged in all kinds of business. When they are ruthless, they directly compete with the families in the inner city for territory. Once a fight breaks out, they cannot stop without killing some people.
There are often fights between gangs outside and among the aristocratic families in Yuyang City. This is a major factor causing trouble in the outer city. Once a fight breaks out, the unlucky ones are ordinary people.
As for the government in Yuyang City, the government can indeed be regarded as the strongest force in Yuyang City, but the combined power of so many gangs and aristocratic families is far greater than the government, so the government can only occasionally do something to disrupt the situation.
Even splitting the pie secretly cannot stop this chaos.
But the premise is that the number of experts gathered by the big forces in Yuyang City can make the government afraid, otherwise the garrison of Yuyang City is enough to deal with these forces one by one.
Some of these things are in Yang Ze's memory, and some of them were specially studied by him during this period. Otherwise, he really doesn't know anything.
He looked away after about a cup of tea. Compared with the bustling city scenery in his previous life, this place still seemed a lot drab, and he had no interest in continuing to look at it.
Lao Xie didn't say anything, and just drove the carriage toward the outskirts of the city.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There was silence on the road, and Yang Ze only occasionally poked his head out to take a look. He finally saw warriors other than the Yang family.
These warriors are from the martial arts world, some martial arts schools in the outer city, and other families. However, no matter who they are, their skills seem to be very ordinary. There is not a warrior in the Qi-entraining realm.
He even asked Lao Xie specifically about this.
"Second Young Master, practicing martial arts is so easy. Practicing martial arts requires strong Qi and blood. The easiest way to cultivate Qi and blood is to have enough food. Many ordinary people outside have only enough food to eat.
, there is no surplus food to eat, and if there is strong qi and blood to practice, the state will naturally not be improved."
This was Lao Xie's explanation. When Yang Ze heard it, he thought it was reasonable. If practicing martial arts was really that easy, the number of Qi-entraining masters in the Yang family would have increased steadily, instead of just a few.
It seems that my status is not too bad. At least I was able to practice Qi Entrainment in my teens, which is considered superior in the entire Yuyang City.
However, he has only now entered the first realm of martial arts, and there is still a long way to go.
It took a full two hours for the carriage to arrive at the South City Gate. Yang Ze in the carriage felt a little bored. According to a rough calculation, he had traveled dozens of miles.
The carriage took the main entrance lane in the center of the South City Gate. When the officer guarding the city saw that it was the Yang family's carriage, he ignored it and continued chatting with the soldiers guarding the city.
"How's it going? Have you heard about the recent strange things?"
"What's weird? Tell me quickly, sir. We are here guarding the door every day. How can you be well-informed?"
"I don't need to tell you this. You will know it sooner or later. I have a distant relative who lives in Qinjialing, a hundred miles away. Three days ago, he suddenly came to my house and said that there was a lack of water and a drought outside the city.
Now many people have died in villages hundreds of miles around."
"Here, this person is not talking nonsense. We have had a lot of rain this year, and there is a fishing river rolling outside. How could there be a drought and people die?"
"Otherwise, how could I say that this is a strange thing? I wouldn't believe it if he said it alone, but the fact is that there have been a lot of people from various villages in the city recently, and they all look like they are fleeing, so
They were talking about a drought. All the wells in the village were dry. Some people wanted to get water from the Chuiyu River, but in the end they drowned in the Chuiyu River. Do you think this is evil?"
"Then this thing is really evil. Does the higher-ups know that this is happening below?"
"Already know, it is said that Capt. Yuan in the city took the order from the Lord of the City and led people to investigate.
During this period of time, I have been cheering up. If something really happens outside, many people will definitely rush into the city. Don’t forget that there are bandits hiding in the mountains outside. These bandits are not
It’s a fuel-efficient lamp. If we take advantage of the chaos and rush into the city, we will all be doomed."
When the soldiers at the South City Gate were chatting, these words were overheard by Yang Ze in the carriage.
Yang Ze didn't know what this evil thing was about, so he could only ask Lao Xie, but he didn't expect that Lao Xie would seriously ask him not to ask any more questions this time, so Yang Ze stopped asking.
After reaching the official road outside the city, the carriage stopped.
"Second Young Master, don't you know where we are now?"
"Follow the original plan and just look around within a thirty-mile radius."
Lao Xie immediately drove the carriage along the northwest path. Yang Ze did not dare to take too many risks. The outside of the city was not like the inside. There were wild beasts and bandits outside the city.
If we were far away from Yuyang City and reached some ravine, we didn't know what would happen.
It's just that the world seems to be really uneventful. After the carriage walked along the trail for twenty miles, seventy or eighty robbers suddenly appeared on both sides of the trail and surrounded the carriage driven by Lao Xie.
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