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Chapter 71 Settlement

Pingxi County National Museum is located on Wansong Mountain in Pingxi City. Those who can come here to study are naturally outstanding young people from all over the world. Just like the various Internet cafes near universities in their previous life, there is a supply when there is demand. Because students who come to study in the National Museum have to find a place outside the National Museum to live, be responsible for food and clothing, and have various other needs, so a bustling market and block are formed not far from the National Museum, just near the hillside on the other side of Wansong Mountain.

The lively market and neighborhood is called Sanyuan Street. The entire Sanyuan Street is more than a thousand meters long. It forms a Z-shaped direction on the hillside of Wansong Mountain. On both sides of the road, under the buildings built along the hillside, there are various shops, weapons stores, pharmacies, blacksmith shops, tailor shops, restaurants, and restaurants. It is dazzling and dazzling.

Also near Sanyuan Street, various hotel houses are rented out, which are specially rented to students in the National Museum.

Yan Liqiang and Shi Dafeng found a yaman, the agent, and each found two yards next to each other in a place called Qingniu Lane near Sanyuan Street and rented them together.

The rent for the yard rented by two people is six cents a month. The yard is unique and clean and refreshing. It has a two-story building, a courtyard of dozens of square meters, and a hidden basement that is convenient for practicing martial arts. I heard from the Yaren that the students who lived in this yard were also from the wealthy and wealthy National Museum. They just left last month. The rent for six cents is already expensive in Pingxi City. There are some cheap houses and hotels near Sanyuan Street, and the rent for a month is only dozens of copper plates. Many students from the National Museum choose those cheap houses and hotels.

This yard is less than a mile away from the National Museum of War. Walking out of Qingniu Lane, Sanyuan Street is outside, with all kinds of places to eat, drink, and have fun, making life very convenient.

Shi Dafeng's family was a rich man and didn't care about this little money. Although Yan Liqiang's family was not very wealthy, in order to facilitate his practice of Yijin and Marrow Cleansing Sutra, Yan Liqiang still chose here. This little money is less than eight taels of silver a year, and Yan Liqiang can afford it. Although Yan Liqiang is usually frugal, he is never stingy when he wants to spend money.

Both of him and Shi Dafeng paid the rent for one year directly, which made the Yamen who brought them laugh from ear to ear. The rent was paid quickly, and the Yamen's commission would be higher.

After settling for a place to live, the two made an appointment together, changed the locks to the gate of the yard, and found a bedding shop on Sanyuan Street, and each bought a new set of bedding and some living utensils. In the afternoon, they cleaned their yards together. They went to bed until evening, and the two yards were finally able to live in Pingxi City.

After doing this one day, Yan Liqiang really feels like he is a freshman when he comes to university to report to him.

The next day, Yan Liqiang got up early in the morning. He had just practiced the Yijin and Marrow Cleansing Meridian twice in the basement. It was just that the sky was shiny outside. He was about to go out of the alley to have breakfast when the door of his courtyard was knocked by someone.

Yan Liqiang went over and opened the door and found that Shi Dafeng was standing outside.

"Well, I look good, are you exercising?" Shi Dafeng looked at Yan Liqiang.

"Of course, the morning time is so expensive, so how can you waste it? Didn't you get up early in the morning to practice your Tongbang Fist? Even if you are in the basement, I can hear the movement here!"

"Hahaha, there is no way. My Tongbei Fist is going on a strong path. Now it's very moving. It's not as casual as your tiger roar chain fist. One day, I can practice Tongbei Fist until the Yangji Yinsheng, and I can stop the sound!" Shi Dafeng laughed, "Let's go and have breakfast together. The beef pot bun shop outside seems good. After breakfast, let's go to Pingxi City today. I have only been to Pingxi City twice before, and I haven't been to many places in Pingxi City, such as Chongsheng Temple, Yuzhuquan, and Jiulong Bridge."

Yan Liqiang was about to say that he was going to practice in the yard today, so he stopped walking, but when he thought about the Shatu people who were clamoring to take revenge on him, he nodded, "Okay, then let's go and go shopping!"

I have just arrived in Pingxi City and I am just a little prepared. It is still necessary to get familiar with Pingxi City, so I can avoid the darkness of my eyes. I just happened to see what the Shatu people in Pingxi City are like today. I am better prepared. The so-called only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win a hundred battles.

After agreeing to Shi Dafeng, Yan Liqiang turned around and returned to the small building, carrying his purse, then locked the door of the courtyard and left Qingniu Lane with Shi Dafeng.

The bun shop is just a hundred meters left in Qingniu Lane. Although it was early in the morning, the business in the bun shop had become prosperous. From a distance, you can smell the aroma of steamed buns and beef pot pickle soup from the bun shop.

The two of them came to the bun shop, each of them ordered a basket of buns, and made a bowl of beef pot pickled soup, and they had a lot of fun.

To be honest, the buns from such a roadside shop were ordered in a five-star hotel in the last life, and they were not so delicious. The buns here are flour, and the meat filling is meat filling. Everything is real. The flour has not whitened and no puffing agent has been added. The steamed buns are a little yellow, with a natural wheat aroma. The meat filling inside is pork, mushrooms and a little lotus white. The pork has no clenbuterol. The mushroom, lotus white is also truly pure natural. The filling is mixed with seasonings before putting it in the bun. It just doesn’t fat or greasy. It bites open with one mouthful and has a full mouthful of fragrance. Plus the pickle soup cooked with beef bone sauce and some vegetables with buns. Eat it with a bite of the bun and drink a sip of the soup. The taste is simply comfortable...

After eating the buns in the small shop, Yan Liqiang and Shi Dafeng left Sanyuan Street, took a big stride and rushed towards their first destination in Pingxi City.

The entire Pingxi City is less than 10,000 meters from east to west and seven or eight thousand meters wide from north to south. It was built after many years of this scale. Pingxi City has not been long, only more than 500 years, and the population settled in the city is less than 900,000. Compared with the heroic city in other prefectures and counties of the Han Empire, Pingxi City can only be regarded as a young man.

But even such a not-so-large city is the most exquisite place in Pingxi County. The prosperity and cultural prosperity in the city are far from comparable to those county towns.

Yan Liqiang spent most of his time wandering around the city and felt like he was eye-opening.

...

When it was evening and when it was about to have supper, Yan Liqiang and Shi Dafeng had already arrived near Jiulong Bridge in Pingxi City. They were just here at Jiulong Bridge and chose a four-story restaurant and had a meal at a location next to the window on the top floor of the restaurant.

Sitting by the window, looking out from the window, there was a bridge, not far away, the gathering area of ​​Shatu people in Pingxi City.

The Shatu people gathered in a large area, occupying the size of a town to the west of Pingxi City. From a distance, you can see the buildings in the Shatu people gathered in a different style from the one in Pingxi City, as well as the Shatu people coming and going in that area.

That day at the Shatu people at the gate of the city said that there were 100,000 Shatu people gathering in Pingxi City, perhaps a bit exaggerated, but looking at the scale of the Shatu people gathering area, there may still be 70,000 to 80,000 Shatu people.

Just now, Yan Liqiang wanted to ask a carriage to take the two of them to the Shatu people's gathering area, but the coachman said that he would not go to the Shatu people's gathering area. Even though Yan Liqiang doubled the price, the coachman still shook his head. In the end, the coachman only agreed to take them to the east of Jiulong Bridge, saying that he would not be willing to go forward any further.

Yan Liqiang is also a master of art and courage. He just offended Shatu people a few days ago, but in a blink of an eye, he dared to visit Shatu people gathering area to learn about Shatu people's situation. Yan Liqiang believes that Shatu people want to retaliate against him may be true, but Shatu people cannot be able to grasp his whereabouts in Pingxi City in such a short time. Even in his previous life, it would not be so easy to grasp a person's whereabouts without using some technical means, let alone this moment.

After spending a day in Pingxi City with Shi Dafeng, Yan Liqiang did not feel that he was being followed or peeped, so he could feel at ease to observe the current situation of Shatu people.

This restaurant is in a downtown area like Jiulong Bridge. When you have dinner at night, business should have been booming, but Yan Liqiang found that the business of this restaurant and several restaurants next to it was not good. On the entire fourth floor, there were only three tables of people sitting on the table on him and Shi Dafeng.

"Waiter, why is the business of the restaurant here so deserted..." When the waiter brought the dishes ordered by the two of them, Yan Liqiang took his sight back from the gathering area of ​​Shatu people in the distance and asked the waiter a question.

"It would be strange if the business is good if it is so close to the Shatu people's gathering area!" The waiter sighed, "In the past, when Shatu people had not expanded to the Jiulong Bridge, our restaurant business was very good. Now, it's just like that. It's not dark yet, and there are still some people. When it gets dark, I'm afraid even people won't be able to see them on the road outside!"

"Why are there no one on the road outside when it's dark?"

"Customer, have you just arrived in Pingxi City?"

"yes……"

"No wonder!" The waiter shook his head, "It's okay during the day here, and every time it's dark, there will be many people on the Shatu people. They pretend to be drunk, and they are drunk on the streets here, smashing bottles, shouting, and harassing pedestrians and merchants on the road. As time goes by, when it's dark, fewer people on the east side of Jiulong Bridge will be less and less, and our business will become more and more difficult. This is the trick used by Shatu people. They just want to make our business bad and unable to continue to operate. No one dares to come. Then they come to negotiate with us, wanting to rent or buy our restaurant at a low price. If you don't agree, they have various means to come in a row, and they will become more and more serious later. Who in Pingxi City doesn't know..."

"Don't the yamen care?"

"With the "Wai'en Order" protecting them, the so-called minor mistakes are not corrected, and ordinary arrests are not afraid to be held. And as long as one Shatu person is caught, countless Shatu people will jump out to cause trouble. The government office does not dare to attack them. We have a conflict with Shatu people. It is obviously Shatu people who are unreasonable. We suffer losses. The government will only let us endure and protect Shatu people. Now the merchants on our street can only save themselves to the Chamber of Commerce and protect themselves, and prevent Shatu people from expanding their territory to the east of Jiulong Bridge..."

“Have you been like this all these years?”

"It's all like this. Otherwise, those Shatu people wouldn't have been able to use all kinds of rogue bullies in our Pingxi City over the years to seize such a large piece of land..."
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