Tianliang City.

Tianliang City is located between Yanmen and Fenghuangling. Administratively speaking, it should be a county under the jurisdiction of Wucheng. It was originally a small border town under the Ming Dynasty. It used to be a trading center for smuggling goods to the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty regained Phoenix Ridge and established a mutual market, which gradually became an important trade route over the years.

Today's Tianliang City has become the focus of the entire world because of Li Yi's appearance.

Tianjue Dan and Immortality Art, these two things, one is a pill that can lead to immortality, and the other is a magic formula that can be practiced to live forever, and they have always been in the palace. No one dares to try against them. Now the whole world knows about this.

The two treasures are now on Li Yi.

And Li Yi appeared in Tianliang City again.

Everyone knows the allure of these two things.

For those big sects such as Shaolin and Wudang, which have hundreds of years of inheritance and extraordinary skills, they may not be interested in these things, but like some small and medium-sized sects, they are limited by their skills and cultivation and want to go further and enter the world.

Being at the top of the ecosystem requires not only strength, but also luck.

If you have the same Tianjue Dan and Changsheng Jue, you will be qualified to join the first-class sect.

The premise is that your sect can survive in this kind of strife.

Of course, Li Yi is still a wanted criminal by the court, and he is carrying a bonus of one hundred thousand taels of silver. Even if they can't get those two treasures, they will still find a way to take action against such a person who the court wants to deal with quickly.

However, among these people, the majority are wanderers and libertines, and there are also many local heroes who are both black and white.

When he arrived at Tianliang City, Fan Xiaodao was wary of the sudden increase in Jianghu tourists.

He also couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd when Li Yi showed up with such fanfare?

Before entering the city, Fan Xiaodao had already separated from the Yellow River Gang and the members of the Chamber of Commerce. Firstly, he had passed the territory of the Tianliang horse thieves, and the verbal agreement between him and Duan Tiande had been completed. Secondly, he couldn't stand the convoy and the others.

The eyes of others, the court's police officer, the secretary of the Dengying Department, and a martial arts master, what is the purpose of following the convoy?

Tianliang City is not big, but it has a long history.

There are two streets on the east and west, and two streets on the north and south. The surrounding city gates are extremely tall and strong. The defenders inside belong to the Yanmen General Army. The defenders only have three to four thousand people. The mottled city walls are covered with fire.

The traces of arrows, because it is located close to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, were often visited by the barbarians of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the past.

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There were a lot of Jianghu people in the city, walking around with weapons and talking loudly and arrogantly. On the street, some Jianghu people even got into armed fights because of a few words. The officers and soldiers ignored them and seemed to have long ago.

I'm used to this kind of thing.

This is not the capital, and the control over Jianghu people is not too strict.

In a sense, it is because of the existence of these people that many inns, restaurants, tea houses, brothels, and even medical clinics in Tianliang City have businesses.

Due to the harsh climate and year-round sandstorms, food crops cannot be grown here. Most of the people here rely on the business brought by the flow of trade teams, smugglers and other people to maintain their existence. Over time, the ecology of a trading city-state has been formed.

Jianghu people and businessmen mix together to form a unique landscape.

The people of Tianliang City are famous for their warmth and hospitality, and the people of Tianliang City are also famous for their toughness.

They don't cause trouble, but they aren't afraid of it either.

They can ignore the horse thieves who stand between Wucheng and Tianliang City, but when the horse thieves enter the city, they must abide by the rules of Tianliang City. They rob passers-by and merchants as they please. If they dare to attack the people of Tianliang City,

Then the people in Tianliang City can really fight against the horse thieves.

After all, this small border town had been sacked countless times by the wolf armies of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and had a history of countless blood and tears.

This has created a tough folk custom among the people of Tianliang City.

You can get a glimpse of this from the fact that they like to speak loudly.

The wind here is strong, the sand is strong, and the weather is cold. If the voice is too low, the sound will be blown away by the wind. Moreover, the last sound of each of their sentences will rise, forming an accent that is different from other places.

Fan Xiaodao has been to Jiangnan, where the scenery is beautiful and the environment is pleasant. The people like to speak softly and with more tones. However, the accent of the people in Tianliang City is straightforward, concise and powerful, just like their

As a human being, there are not many twists and turns.

There are rivers and lakes in Tianliang City, but these rivers and lakes are not registered in the six gates.

The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. You have to decide your own world.

They don't care about the tricks of those officials. Once they register in Liumen, Liumen will also set up an office here. Who will have nothing to do and hire an uncle to take care of themselves?

Are you looking for excuses for yourself?

There is no Baojia or Lizheng in Tianliang City. The imperial court has garrisoned troops here, but there is no county or county magistrate. Its administrative power is concentrated in the hands of a few chamber of commerce elders.

This kind of chamber of commerce is somewhat similar to Jianghu gangs, but it assumes more economic functions.

Caravans and smuggling business travelers who come to Tianliang City will visit the local chamber of commerce. In addition to facilitating your next actions, they will also provide some business information, such as the most urgently needed goods in Phoenix Ridge listed as mutual markets.

materials, the prices of some goods, and if necessary, they will even provide trading or smuggling channels. Of course, the premise is that you have to pay a certain fee to the Chamber of Commerce.

This unique geographical location allows them to make a lot of money.

What's more, they will use their strong financial resources to hoard goods to create a dominant market for certain goods, buying low and selling high, and earning huge profits.

This economic model is somewhat similar to the Stone City outside Yinyang City. Although the court wanted to control it, it was not easy to intervene because the local clans were too powerful, their relationships were intricate, and their relationship with the government was colluding.

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As soon as he entered the city, Fan Xiaodao felt that he was being watched.

This is a kind of intuition, especially after his martial arts cultivation greatly improved on Qingmen Peak, his six senses became particularly sensitive.

However, he showed no abnormality.

It was already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and there were still three days left before the time Jiuyouke had agreed with him.

Fan Xiaodao didn't want to cause trouble.

He stayed at an inn in the city. The price was a bit expensive. The price of a night's stay was two taels of silver. The price of the same room in Wucheng was only five or six hundred coins. However, Fan Xiaodao has become accustomed to this place after entering the city.

Prices are surprisingly high. If you are not a local, the cost of living here is even worse than in the core area of ​​Beijing.

It is said that the people here do not have the habit of saving money. If you earn one, you will spend one, and if you earn two, you will spend a pair. Living in this kind of place may be precarious at any time, and your life may be lost at any time, so making money is very important, and knowing how to spend money is also important.

Very important.

The clothes of the common people are also very fashionable.

Regardless of whether you have money or not, in this cold weather, if you don't wear a mink when you go out, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others. When you see those business travelers from outside, with their dusty faces, you will feel contempt in your heart. They are foreign bumpkin, they can't make money.

Knowing how to enjoy is equivalent to not making any money.

So in the evening, the business of restaurants and restaurants is very prosperous.

After the men got off duty, they gathered together and asked for a hot pot and three or five jars of strong liquor to dispel their tiredness. They shouted loudly without caring about the guests around them, so when eating here, they must use their shouting skills.

Yes. There are only two topics to discuss, making money and women.

What is the most profitable thing, what is profitable recently, and where are the new girls who are the most beautiful and tasteful.

A woman should not get married for three days.

You will brag and chat until the middle of the night, until the women at home come in with rolling pins in their hands and pull their men away by their ears. You will also shout at those fox friends, if you tell him to drink again, I will interrupt you.

Dog Legs, before I left, I didn’t forget to drink the unfinished wine on the table in one go.

Everyone was not surprised by this.

The small shop with red lanterns hanging on North Street has customers coming and going in a hurry, shuttling in the alleys. This is a place for men to relax. There are also women holding kitchen knives, blocking the entrance of the alley, waiting for their escape.

My own man, I am ready to have fun with him again.

Fan Xiaodao sat in the tavern and ordered a bowl of noodles. ???????????????

People in Tianliang City like to eat noodles, and the noodles must come with soup, soups of various flavors.

A young man next to him turned around and shouted to him, "Are you a foreigner?"

Fan Xiaodao nodded.

The young man said, "I see you are carrying a sword, are you a Jianghu person?"

"Really?"

This young man looked familiar. He sat in front of him with some steamed noodles and said, "My name is Tang Bufan. I specialize in doing things for others. I am a native of Tianliang. What do you have in this city?"

If you don’t understand, if you encounter any trouble, you can come to me.”

Fan Xiaodao poured him a cup of tea, "Nice to meet you!"

Tang Bufan glanced at it with some disgust and said to the waiter, "Dude, serve the wine!"

Then he said to Fan Xiaodao, "When you come to Tianliang City, if you don't drink, you will be looked down upon. Besides, in this crazy weather, if you don't drink two bottles a day, your muscles and bones will feel uncomfortable before going to bed."

The waiter brought a jar of wine, Tang Bufan poured a bowl himself, and then poured it with a knife, "Here, I respect you!"

The wine is as spicy as the throat.

Fan Xiaodao is not a big drinker, but he is not a small drinker. When he was in Jiangnan, he could drink three or four people by himself. But this kind of wine will burn in his mouth, burn his throat, and fall into his stomach, and it will burn like fire. Fan Xiaodao was about to pick up vegetables.

, but Tang Bufan stopped him and said, "Don't worry, we'll eat it later!"

After a while, as the wine got stronger, a wave of heat surged up in my lower abdomen.

Tang Bufan said: "Green ants' newly fermented wine, small red clay stove. It's snowing in the evening, can I have a glass of water?"

Fan Xiaodao became slightly interested in the man in front of him, "Good wine, good poetry."

He asked the waiter to add a few more dishes, and the two started drinking. This Tang Bufan had grown up here since he was a child. After a few glasses of wine, he started chatting about Tianliang City. Fan Xiaodao said to him, "

You said you are a professional troublemaker, but what is your profession?"

Tang Bufan smiled and said, "I'll tell you after you drink this glass of wine."

Fan Xiaodao raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Tang Bufan gave a thumbs up and said: "It's so refreshing! It's just a pity."

"What's the pity?"

"If someone hadn't named you to kill you, and I happened to accept their money, maybe you and I could still be good friends!"
Chapter completed!