Today, Jiuyuan City is still the same, tight on the outside and loose on the inside.
There are special markets in the inner and outer cities, whether it is weapons, cultivation or daily necessities, you can basically buy them here.
Every month, the inner and outer cities will hold a big market in the square of the outer city. On this day, there are crowds of people in and around the outer city square. During this period of time, in addition to the residents of Jiuyuan, a large number of members of other cities and ethnic groups could also be seen at the market.
Today, December 12th, was the coldest time of the year, but because there was a big market today, many people came to the outer city square regardless of the cold.
The snow in the outer city square has all been swept away and piled up nearby. It was only in the morning, and the plaza was already full of excitement. The center was almost fully occupied, and more than 70% of the stalls in the entire plaza had been occupied.
The whole big market is composed of three rings, and there is a rice-shaped road in the ring, which divides the ring and makes the whole square extend in all directions.
The outermost circle of stone houses is the original market street, and the shops in this circular street are all permanent shops in Jiuyuan.
The second circle is a temporary stone house built in a hurry. Two rows are built back to back, with no aisle in the middle, and it is specially provided for visitors from afar. According to the size of the stone house and the friendliness between the visitor and Jiuyuan, the rent is also different.
The third circle is for temporary traders who play tickets. They also have stone houses to stay, but they use pillars to bear the weight regardless of the interval, which looks like a paved shop.
For guests coming from afar, Jiuyuan not only provides stalls, but also rents stone houses, tents, warehouses, coal stoves and other services.
"What is a coal stove?" A visitor who came here for the first time asked curiously.
Ye Xing pointed to a nearby stone house, "Did you see that the middle item surrounded by those people is a coal stove, a coal-fired stove, one of our special products in Jiuyuan. This kind of coal stove was passed by the priest of my tribe Pointing out, after being transformed by experts many times, it has become what it is now, people and beasts can sit in a circle, and it can be baked and boiled for cooking, etc. It is warm and convenient, and it can be packed quickly!"
Hearing that, the owner of the shop jokingly added: "Rent it, don't be reluctant, it's a fetish! You won't regret it after using it. I've already told people that I must take ten eights with me when I go back this time." Well, the winter in our place is colder than here, even if we don’t have coal, but the manager said, as long as this stove is slightly modified, besides coal, it can also burn firewood, which is especially suitable for our place.”
As a visitor, a high-level executive in the dark city immediately said to Ye Xing: "Let us also rent one, no, two!"
It was cold there too, still clammy and gloomy, and when winter came, everyone wished they could live by the fire. He intends to try whether this thing is really easy to use first, and if it is really as good as the traveler said, they will not be stingy with some Yuanjing coins.
"You are distinguished guests. I decide to give you the first basket of coal for the coal stove." Ye Xing said it was a trivial matter, and ignored the need to buy coal for the coal stove.
"Thank you." The senior management of the dark city was a little unhappy that Jiuyuan only sent a young man to receive him, but he still maintained the superficial etiquette. As mentioned above, no one is allowed to offend anyone in Jiuyuan, especially their managers, without clear instructions.
Ye Xing smiled and blinked, looking very innocent and friendly, "In addition to coal, we also provide meat and temporary mounts. In addition, hunting is not allowed near this city. If you want to hunt, you must go to a designated place. Please understand that."
"Of course." The Dark City executives didn't come to cause trouble. They have received definite news that the Zerg tribe has fallen out with Huocheng, and their patriarch and great witch took the initiative to bring a large number of soldiers and insect witches to support Jiuyuan.
Now that Huocheng can't support it alone, it's a bit embarrassing.
But just this morning, the senior officials of the dark city swore that they saw the back of Liuyan, the high priest of the fire city, being connected to Jiuyuan city.
Ye Xing cleverly promoted Jiuyuan's special products as he walked. After visiting around, this dark city executive didn't know how many things he had rented and ordered.
But he didn't worry about it for too long, and soon the things he asked for were delivered together with the list.
Ye Xing pointed to the list and told him: "Dear guest, the above are all the items you requested. Do you see any mistakes? In addition, this is the rental list and order list that my tribe can provide. Do you have any special needs? Yes, you can ask the patrol stewards in the square at any time, and if you don’t want anything, you can ask them to return it at any time.”
With a clear list, the senior executive of the dark city was very satisfied with Jiuyuan's thoughtful service, "This is the special paper of the dwarves, it looks really delicate. Are these papers also for sale?"
"Of course, our Jiuyuan and the dwarf clan are brothers. There are dwarf shops in the market, and you can buy paper in both the dwarf shop and my tribe's shop."
"Price?"
"It's all on the list, please take a look. But this is just the unified price of the most used paper provided by my tribe. The price of paper varies according to thickness, hardness, color, use, etc. All of these need to be done by the customer. To negotiate, of course, if you find it troublesome, you can also give us full power."
"Yeah, let me take a look first." Seeing so many good things on the list, even bone tools above level six, the executive of the dark city couldn't sit still, wishing he could go out for a stroll now.
Ye Xing wanted to leave, but the other party refused to let him go. After a while, he pointed to an item on the list and asked him what this is and what that is.
Ye Xing gradually became impatient, but he still kept a friendly and enthusiastic smile on his face.
"Mr. Li!" Ye Xing's eyes lit up, and he called out to the slender man who was coming.
Seeing that it was Ye Xing, Mr. Li turned around and walked over, "Ye Xing, it's you. I haven't seen you go to school for the past few days. Does the priest give you another important task?"
Ye Xing was proud of himself, and tried not to show it on his face, "Master asked me to receive some important guests."
It just so happened that the high-level executives of the dark city came to see him, and Mr. Li smiled at him and nodded, "Hello, distinguished guest from afar, may the glory of the ancestors shine on you."
Seeing Ye Xing's respect for Mr. Li, the senior executives of the dark city did not dare to underestimate him, especially since he couldn't see the fighter level of the other party. He nodded reservedly to Mr. Li and replied: "The dark god will fight in the dark." Bless you."
With such an interruption, the Dark City executives were embarrassed to keep Ye Xing. Ye Xing was very responsible, and called a market steward to explain to the dark city guests, and then left.
Ye Xing originally wanted to see how the other guests were settling in, but he ran into Mr. Li again after walking a few steps.
"We met again." Mr. Li smiled.
Ye Xing looked at the shop he had just walked out of. It was a shop in the outer city that Master gave them to earn a little pocket money. Because the products inside were often updated, and there would be a few treasures from time to time, it was more popular than other shops. , when someone later spread the news that only the shops of his apprentices could buy the items made by Priest Jiuyuan himself, the two shops in the inner and outer cities of their subordinates became Jiuyuan people. Especially the shops that outsiders like to visit most, there is no one.
Ye Xing and Mr. Li walked side by side, "Do you want to buy bone utensils?"
"It's a little bit. I haven't found a suitable bone tool for me, but I'm not in a hurry. It's best if I can find it. If I don't, it's fine." Mr. Li said that he didn't care too much.
But Ye Xing is very concerned about it, "If you really need it, let me talk to Sa Yu, don't think he is young, in terms of refining bone tools, even our master priest has personally praised him, he Now it has been able to refine third-level bone tools stably, and occasionally can refine fourth-level bone tools."
Mr. Li just smiled and said nothing.
Ye Xing scratched his head in embarrassment, "The level of bone tools is a bit low, but the bone tools made by Sa Yu are really good."
"I know that he is very talented in bone tools." Mr. Li patted him, "I am looking forward to his future growth."
Ye Xing felt even more sorry, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If you need high-level bone tools, either..."
Mr. Li's heart skipped a beat, will Ye Xing ask his master to help
Ye Xing, "I'm going to find Sumen. Among the clansmen he brought are craftsmen. I heard that they can refine bone tools of the highest level nine, which is quite remarkable."
Mr. Li couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or what. He forced a smile and said, "Who is Sumen? Why haven't I heard his name before? Is he in school?"
Ye Xing said "ah", "Su Men didn't go to school for the time being, Master is afraid that someone will bully him."
"Oh? He's weak?"
"No." Ye Xing looked around, thinking that Mr. Li is a school teacher, and he teaches a big class. Sooner or later, he will see Su Men, and the news of Su Men coming here is not a secret, so he said: "Sumen is a horned tribe, but he is not the militant red-horned and black-horned tribe who are fighting us, but the gentler and more friendly white-horned tribe."
Mr. Li's eyelids twitched, and he lost his voice: "Baijiao tribe? There are people from the bone refining tribe who entered Jiuyuan and are planning to go to school here? When did this happen? When did they come? Why does no one know?"
Ye Xing squinted at Mr. Li strangely, "Of course no one knows about this, but there are quite a few people who know about it. It's just that Sumen has been following Sister Caoding on the battlefield to help treat the wounded. People in the city know about it now." There are not many people there. Mr. Li, what's the matter with you? You seem surprised, very... worried?"
Mr. Li smiled wryly, "I'm really surprised and worried, after all, they are bone refiners, how can they..."
Ye Xing was not happy, "Master has his reasons for everything, and how do you know he is a bad guy if you haven't seen Sumen? Even Lord Jiufeng said that Sumen is very good! Master also said that Sumen is very good, It's the new disciple he accepted in the Western Continent, our junior brother! Sister Cao Ding said that Sumen and the people he brought helped them a lot on the battlefield and saved many people."
"Really?" Mr. Li chuckled, "I believe in the eyes of the priest and you guys, since you said there is nothing wrong with Sumen, then he must be fine."
"Yeah!" Ye Xing has only met Sumen once, and has neither a good impression nor a bad impression of him, but Sumen is his junior brother, no matter what kind of person he is, he will not allow him to do so until his master does not abandon him. Anyone who bullies his junior brother can't even talk about it!
Mr. Li sneered in his heart. Yan Mo is indeed a smart man, he arranged a horned tribe to help on the battlefield, no matter how much he can help, first, the horned tribe who saw him would definitely regard him as a traitor. Second, the attitude of the people of Nine Elements and their allies towards Sumen will change from hostility to acceptance.
Although I don't understand what it means for Yan Mo to get a man with horns back as his disciple, it may be an opportunity for him, but he doesn't know when the white-horned tribe called Su Men will return to Jiuyuan City.
He had to figure out whether Sumen was willing to follow Yan Mo, and what attitude the followers he brought had.
Ye Xing felt that Mr. Li seemed to care too much about Sumen, which made him feel a little lump in his heart. The young man was worried that Mr. Li would be detrimental to Sumen because he hated the horned people too much, so he decided to pay more attention to Mr. Li's words and deeds in the future.
"By the way, it's been a few days since the priest and the leader came back. Didn't they say there was a grand celebration? Don't do it anymore?" Mr. Li took the initiative to change the subject.
Ye Xing spread his hands, "Master said it was a waste, we have to wait until we defeat the Horned Clan."
Mr. Li chuckled, "Actually, it's not necessarily a waste. As a priest, showing his face at this time can calm people's hearts. But when he came back, he ran to the battlefield area again, and those distinguished guests who wanted to see him might rush empty."
Ye Xing opened his mouth, wanting to say that Master was in Jiuyuan City before going to the battlefield area, but he swallowed the words again.
Mr. Li is very good, and most of the students in the school like him very much, but he still won't let him know what he shouldn't know.
Ye Xing, as a member of Jiuyuan's senior management, although he is young, has at least three times more eyes than ordinary adults.
Mr. Li paid special attention to Ye Xing's expression, but he couldn't tell from the other's face whether Yan Mo was in Jiuyuan City or not.
Ye Xing and Mr. Li walked side by side for a while, and were quickly called away.
Mr. Li stood still and watched Ye Xing enter an outsider's shop. After thinking about it for a moment, the man turned his heels and walked towards the shop in Heitucheng, where the remnant forces in Tucheng had an ambiguous attitude.
Heitucheng, the Zhongcheng forces, after the blood of Tucheng's royal family almost died, did not say that they would submit to Jiuyuan, nor did they say that they would participate in the next battle for the position of the Nine Great Upper City, so they just lived their own life in a vague way. little days.
But not long ago, Princess Miaoxiang, the only bloodline of Tucheng, died at the hands of the leader of Jiuyuan. Cheng and other forces began to actively contact Jiuyuan one after another.
This time, even Heitucheng, who had the most ambiguous attitude, sent people here. However, according to gossip, it is said that Heitucheng came here this time to welcome back their eldest prince, Zizi.
Mr. Li entered the store in Heitu City, found the person he was looking for as quickly as possible, pretended to be looking at the goods, walked slowly to the target, flipped his wrist, and revealed something, "I want this, is it in stock?"
After seeing what Mr. Li held in Mr. Li's hands, the old man's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he slowly raised his head.
Mr. Li gave him a gentle smile.
The half-hundred old man suddenly shuddered, quickly lowered his head, lowered his voice, and said with trepidation: "My lord, the goods you want are very rare, please talk inside."