By the time the others found out that Tang Lang had disappeared the next day, he had already come to the Tianlan border alone to line up. Due to the war in Tianqing, the border was overcrowded, and at the same time, in order to prevent the spies of the dark flame from taking the opportunity to infiltrate, the Tianlan Empire temporarily built a high wall on the long border line, setting up checkpoints every ten miles, and all those who wanted to pass through the border had to line up for strict inspection.

The team in front of Tang Lang had nearly 100 people, and they had been lined up for more than an hour, and they had not moved forward, and gradually someone in the crowd began to stir.

"What's going on, why don't you let us go?"

"I don't know, I still let a lot of people go yesterday, why don't you see movement today?"

After a while, there were bursts of crying voices from the front: "Don't, I'm not a spy of Dark Flame, my family has been doing business in Changping Prefecture for generations, and I fled here because I escaped from the war, I really am not a spy......"

"Don't make noise again! If you violate the order, you will be killed on the spot!" a fierce voice cursed loudly, and the crowd immediately fell silent.

After such a small fragment, the crowd finally resumed its slow forward trend, and two hours later, Tang Lang finally came to the level.

"Name, identification, purpose of coming to the Tianlan Empire!" asked a guard of the Tianlan Empire with a black face and no head raised.

Tang Lang took out the identity nameplate of Canglei Academy and held it in his hand: "Tang Lang, Canglei student, travel to the Tianlan Empire and increase your knowledge!"

"Cang Lei, is that Cang Lei who almost surrendered and was besieged by the Dark Flames? It's really useless! What kind of travel, just to avoid the war, you Tianqing people really don't have any blood, you know how to escape!" The Tianlan guards unceremoniously and loudly accused Tang Lang, and several guards around him also showed disdain.

"Uh......" Tang Lang thought for a long time and didn't know how to explain, although he was indignant, he was helpless.

In addition to complaining, the Tianlan guards did not make other more excessive moves, and after a long time, they sent Tang Lang a customs clearance document with a special seal, and said sharply: "Boy, this document is your identity certificate in Tianlan, if you lose it and are caught, you will be punished according to the spy, and you will be severely punished, you can do it yourself." Next!"

Tang Lang carefully put away the customs clearance paperwork and walked towards Yuanshui City, Shao'an County, the first stop of his trip.

The Tianlan Empire is vast, divided into fifteen counties, each of which is two or three times larger than the state of Tianqing, and its national strength and products are not the same. Tang Lang walked on the road, the farmland and villages along the way were full of laughter, and the villagers were full of red light, compared with the current situation of Tianqing, it was even more different from the mud, no wonder a large number of homeless people would rather leave their hometowns than run to Tianlan to beg for a living.

Yuanshui City is the closest city to Ziwei City, Tang Lang spent most of the day to walk from the border to the foot of the city gate, handed over the customs clearance documents to explain his identity, but was told that the people of Tianqing can only live outside the city or apply for farmland, if you want to enter the city, you need to pay a spar entrance fee.

"There is actually such a rule?" Tang Lang thought about it and made it clear, the Tianlan Empire would definitely not accept refugees from other countries unconditionally, and it was necessary to make a certain contribution to Tianlan in order to be recognized, so he immediately took out a spar and handed it over

Give the guards of the gates and enter the city.

The architectural style of Yuanshui City is very different from Tianqing, the houses are white tiles and gray gray, which looks neat and simple, but the top of the house is arranged with many exquisite carvings and various decorations, which are low-key and luxurious.

And the name of Yuanshui City is because a crystal clear river passes through the city, the river in the city is vertical and horizontal, meandering, the water loft platform that rises near the river, the shadow of the building, several small bridges lie lightly on the river surface, the willows on both sides of the bank are still around, a pleasant water town atmosphere.

Tang Lang strolled through it, carefully observing the shops on both sides of the street, each shop regardless of size and type of business, the shop hall was extremely elegant and elegant, even the most ordinary baked cake stall, the baked cake was printed with some plum blossom patterns, and the appearance was greatly improved.

"This guest officer, seeing that you are in a hurry, why don't you come to the shop for a drink and rest?" Tang Lang stood in front of a wine shop on Tang Lang's right, a handsome young man, dressed in a neat white robe, at first glance he thought it was the son of a family, but unexpectedly it was the second boy of the wine store.

Tang Lang looked down at his outfit, although the robe on his body was quite clean, it had been washed and faded a little, and it was a little shabby than Xiao Er, but the white-robed Xiao Er did not have a little contempt, and continued to smile and said: "Guest officer, do you need me to introduce you to the characteristics of this store, not to brag, this store is one of the oldest shops in the city......

At this time, it was summer, Ziwei City was much hotter than Canglei, and Yuanshui City was in the southeast of Ziwei City, and the climate was even hotter.

Lifting the door curtain, a cool meaning suddenly blocked the scorching heat outside the house, Tang Lang was suddenly amazed, and the white-robed Xiao Er said proudly: "The guest officer thinks that the store is refreshing and pleasant, not at all like the summer temperature?" That's because of the owner's careful design, when the store was built, a layer of dark grid was preset under the ground, ice cubes were placed in summer, and charcoal fires were placed in winter to ensure that every diner was warm in winter and cool in summer!"

"Air conditioning?" Tang Lang was secretly surprised in his heart, an ordinary wine shop in the Tianlan Empire had such an ingenious idea, which was completely unimaginable in Tianqing, compared to here, the most famous wine shop in Canglei City, Minghai Restaurant, was an extremely simple roadside food stall.

When Tang Lang was ready, the white-robed Xiaoer opened a beautifully printed recipe and introduced: "I recommend two dishes to the guest officer, the first one is called rouge goose breast, the above good goose meat is the main ingredient, first salted, then cooked and matured, dyed with red yeast rice powder for light red, and then steamed with Shaoxing rice wine, honey and cinnamon leaves, the meat is tender and abundant, replenishes yin and invigorates qi, and warms the stomach." ”

"Sounds good, I want one!" Tang Lang was moved by his index finger when he heard it, and the gluttonous worms in his stomach were all hooked out.

"The other is a snack - crab dumplings, which are cooked with fresh crabs caught in the river water outside the city and then picked up the tender meat of crab roe to make crab stuffing, fresh and fragrant oil, salt and zhizhi grains, and wine soaked in sauce and pickled, all of which are of the highest quality. Coupled with a pot of our own wine-Yuling Xiang, it will definitely make the guest officials happy!"

"Okay, good, there is wine and food, just what I want!"

Tang Lang couldn't help nodding, but he was suddenly stunned, and only after a while did he slowly ask: "I first came to Tianlan, and I haven't exchanged the money here."

coins, I wonder if the Tianqing gold coins can be used here?"

An imperceptible disdain flashed in the eyes of the white-robed Xiao Er, and he still said enthusiastically: "Yuanshui City is close to the border, and there are often guest officials from Tianqing who come here to dine, so Tianqing gold coins can be used as usual, but Tianqing gold coins are not in good condition, and they can only be exchanged according to the ratio of four to one." ”

"That's good! Let's try every one of the things I just said!" Tang Lang heard that it could be exchanged, and he could rest assured that he would not be treated as white food.

After a while, all the wine and food were served, and the white-robed junior general was diligent in pouring the wine, and nodded slightly at Tang Lang: "The guest officer uses it slowly, I won't be irritable on the side, just call me if you have something!"

Tang Lang carefully tasted the dishes and wine, and found that there were indeed things that Xiao Er said, which were all extremely tasty, and soon the wind swept away all the wine and food.

It's delicious, and when he took out the money bag to pay the bill, he still made Tang Lang feel a little distressed, the three things were a total of fifteen gold coins, but there were three gold coins for the table fee, and then they were exchanged according to four to one, which cost him seventy-two Tianqing gold coins.

After Tang Lang paid the bill, he finally couldn't hold back, and asked, "What is this table fee?

The white-robed Xiao Er did not have the slightest displeasure, and explained calmly: "Guest officer, of course there is no charge for this seat, the reason for the charge was explained to you just now, in order to cool down, it costs a lot of ice cubes every day." Not only our family, but also many wine shops and inns in the city will charge similar fees as long as they set up a temperature-controlled mezzanine. ”

"There is such a thing!" Tang Lang vaguely felt a hint of inspiration, and continued to ask: "Little Er, let me ask one more question." Since Yuanshui City is so hot, how can ordinary people relieve the heat and cool down? Could it be that they can't use ice cubes!"

"How is that possible! This ice cube is taken out of the frozen river water in the winter and stored in the cellar until the summer, which is labor-intensive. In a few days, the price of an ice cube will be as high as one gold coin, except for large families, how can ordinary people afford it!"

In his previous life, he had long been accustomed to having air conditioning to cool down in summer, and in Tang Lang's eyes, placing ice cubes in the compartment under the floor could indeed play a role in cooling, but the effect was unsatisfactory, it could only be said that it was cooler than outside, and the cost was so high.

"Shop, in fact, you can also ask the array mage to set up a temperature control formation in the store, isn't it more convenient to adjust the temperature?"

"Guest officer, you are really interesting! The status of the formation mage is noble, I have only seen two or three of them in so many years, how can I help the small shop set up any temperature control formation!" The white-robed junior laughed sneered, but he despised it in his heart, and he was really a Tianqing country who had never seen the world, and he dared to say anything, if he let the formation mage hear it, he would have to find trouble with him.

"That's a coincidence, there is a formation mage below, although he is only a formation apprentice, but it is not a problem to carve a set of cold ice arrays!" Tang Lang straightened his body, took out the identity nameplate of the Formation Association from the storage jade pendant and put it on the table.

The white-robed Xiao Er had always looked pampered and unfazed just now, but after seeing Tang Lang's actions, he couldn't help but dumbfound: "Guest officer, ah no, I should call you a master, I didn't greet you well just now, please forgive me!"