Chapter Twenty-Three: The Girl Enters the City
"Boom", "boom", suddenly a strange sound came from behind.
The two turned their heads to look, only to see a tall black bull pulling a flatbed truck full of bags from behind.
At the end of the flatbed sat an old farmer wearing a hat, holding a leather whip in his hand, and from time to time he whipped a few lashes on the black ox.
The speed of the black bull's pulling was not slow, and soon ran past the two of them, and the old farmer only glanced at the two of them in surprise, and then drove the black bull intently in the direction where the city was.
The reason why Poplar didn't choose to shuttle directly into the city was naturally because he didn't want his secrets to be exposed, and he also experienced the style of an exotic city for himself.
"Childe, is this the city?" Walking under the city and looking at the tall and majestic city wall in front of him, Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask in amazement.
"Yes, yes, this is the city." Poplar nodded, to be honest, he was also shocked by the majesty of the foreign city.
He had never seen the appearance of an ancient Chinese city, only a general appearance of the ancient city on TV or in the movies, but in comparison, he found that the city in front of him was more shocking to him.
The city wall of the city is not less than ten meters high, all of them are made of cyan rock masonry, there are two moats about 20 meters wide under the city, there is an arch bridge built on the outer moat, and there is a suspension bridge hanging on the moat inside, the end of the suspension bridge is the city gate, the city gate is arched, the highest point is almost five or six meters high, more than three meters wide, and there are guards holding spears and wearing black armor standing on both sides.
With such a majestic city, it is hard for Poplar to imagine how many lives it would take to capture it in the Cold Weapon Age.
The walls of the city stretched out to the mountain peak on the left at one end, and the other end stretched out from nowhere, far from the horizon.
Walking on the suspension bridge, the suspension bridge fluctuated slightly up and down with the movement of the crowd, which made Poplar a little worried that the suspension bridge would not collapse.
Fortunately, the drawbridge was still strong, and the two quickly walked through the drawbridge to enter the city gate.
Originally, Poplar was worried that he would be charged a fee to enter the city, although he collected all the treasures of the scar-faced bandits, but he didn't have any loose money on him, and some of them were large silver and gold tickets.
The guards guarding the gate did not stop the crowd entering the city, but only took a few more glances at Poplar and Xiaoyu.
Obviously, because Poplar's alternative dress is a little out of place with the people of this world, and Xiaoyu is naturally heartwarming because of her superior appearance.
Xiaoyu is like a little girl who has just entered the city, oh, she is indeed the first time to enter the city.
I saw her looking around excitedly, full of curiosity about everything in the city.
When she saw a signboard at the gate of the city, she excitedly pulled Poplar to join in the fun, and when she saw the shops along the street, she pulled Poplar in to sell things, and even saw a brothel that wanted to pull Poplar in to satisfy her curiosity.
Poplar was holding a big bag of things in his hand, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, no matter what world he was, girls like to go shopping.
At this moment, Xiaoyu, who was dressed in red and hugged Xiaobai, looked like the eldest lady of a certain family, and Baiyang, who was following behind, was like a servant.
Seeing that Xiaoyu wanted to go in again after passing by a mask shop, Baiyang finally couldn't help it, and he said weakly: "Xiaoyu, let's find a place to settle down first, otherwise there will be no place to live at night." ”
"Oh, okay." Hearing Baiyang say this, Xiaoyu could only temporarily let go of the strong desire to shop in her heart.
The two of them had unconsciously walked from the west of the city to the east of the city, compared to the west of the city, the buildings in the east of the city were more exquisite, and the pedestrians walking on the road also looked richer.
Just as the two of them passed a restaurant and walked towards the inn not far away, the boy who was drinking on the edge of the window on the second floor of the restaurant paid attention to the two of them.
These sons and brothers were all pale and vain, but they were followed by a large number of strong servants, and they almost covered the entire second floor of the restaurant.
"You see, one of the two people downstairs is wearing a red wedding dress, and the other is dressed strangely and doesn't look like a local, but the woman looks really not lazy." One of them held a small wine glass and pointed to the poplar who passed downstairs and said to Xiaoyu, but his eyes kept rolling on Xiaoyu's neckline, and it was not a good thing at first glance.
"Yo, this woman is really the best, by the way, what is she holding in her arms, is it possible that the white velvet is a little white rabbit?" The other man said with a smile as he stuck his head out of the window.
"You see, the two of them went to the inn, could it be that they are planning to open a room, a good flower was picked by a monkey like this, it is really a tyrannical thing." The third person said.
"Haha, it's extreme, it's extreme, Wu Shao, I think it's time for a few of us to rescue the delicate beauties from the sea of suffering." Said the first person to speak.
The third person laughed a few times and said, "Chen Shao, Lin Shao, you two have saved a lot of girls in the past few days, so let's give this to my brother." ”
"Wu Shao, you can't say that, it's our mission to save the girl, we can't let us lose the chance to save because we save a lot, right?" Lin Shao said dissatisfiedly.
"In this way, as long as Chen Shao and Lin Shao don't interfere today, I will continue to be the east at night, how about inviting the two brothers to Wanhualou to drink flower wine?" Wu Shao promised.
"It's not enough to just drink flower wine, it is a great loss for us that such a superb beauty cannot be saved, at least if one of the four top brands can comfort our wounded hearts." Chen Shao shook his head and said.
Wu Shao's face showed a trace of hesitation, but it was quickly replaced by ruthlessness, he suddenly drank the wine in the wine glass in his hand, and said loudly as if heroically: "Okay, the four top cards are the four big top cards, but I hope Chen Shao and Lin Shao will keep their promises." ”
"Don't worry, I'm Chen, someone counts."
"Wu Shao, have you ever seen a time when my Lin someone's words don't count?"
Reaching a deal in private, Wu Shao left the restaurant with his servants and walked in the direction where the inn was located.
Poplar and Xiaoyu stepped into a chic and clean-looking inn, which has three storefronts on the street, two stories high, and a magnificent carved railing.
In front of the inn sat two stone beasts that looked like unicorns and pixius, and Poplar didn't know them anyway.
Directly above the entrance of the inn hangs a plaque painted in large vermilion letters: Return.
If it weren't for the small flag outside the gate with the word "inn" written on it, those who didn't know would have thought it was a private mansion.
After entering the inn, I saw that downstairs was a restaurant, and there were many diners dining.
The servants were busy among the diners, and when they saw the two poplars coming in, one of them ran over with a plate and nodded, and asked, "Are you staying or dining?" ”
"Accommodation." Poplar opened his mouth and said that he planned to find an inn for a few days, and then move in when the house was finalized.
"Okay, please come along." The little guy said and walked towards the bar on the right side of the inn gate.
In the bar, a lean old man in a brown robe was holding a pen that looked like a colored feather writing something in a notebook, and when he saw someone coming, he looked up, and then inserted the feather in his hand into a black inkwell.
"Are you two staying in a hotel?" The old man asked.
After bringing the two poplars to the bar, the little guy turned and left.
"Yes, accommodation." Poplar nodded in reply.
"Our hotel has three levels of rooms: Yue, Le, and Xing, I don't know what level of rooms you want?"
"Is there any difference between the three levels?" Poplar asked.
"Yue level guest meal belongs to the ordinary room, located on the second floor of the hotel, detached, and with other rooms to share the bathroom, but the indoor environment is absolutely the best in Ju'an City, this guest officer does not need to worry, and the guest room is located in the backyard of the hotel, ten rooms share a courtyard, the environment is absolutely elegant, if the guests do not like the lively can choose the guest room, the best room in the store is of course the Xing room, the Xing room is located in the big backyard, and built near the lake, not only has a single courtyard, In addition, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Chengdongli Lake through the viewing platform. The old man patiently explained.
Bai Yang thought about it, anyway, the silver and gold tickets in his hand were not of much use to take back to the earth, so he should enjoy it, so he asked, "I don't know what the price of this Xing-level room is?" ”
"Ten taels of silver tickets per day for Xing level rooms, the hotel will also provide a free breakfast for the guest officer every day, if the guest officer has special requirements, as long as the payment of enough money, the hotel can find a way to arrange for the guest officer." The old man said with a smile.
Ten taels of silver tickets for a night is actually very expensive, you must know that Poplar bought a bunch of things for Xiaoyu before, and the total price is less than five taels.
At this moment, he has roughly understood the value of this world's silver tickets, there are four grades of silver tickets in this world, which are one tael, ten taels, one hundred taels and one thousand taels, ordinary people will only have a hundred taels of silver tickets in their hands at most, after all, it is difficult for ordinary people to accumulate a thousand taels of wealth, and most ordinary people's annual income is less than one hundred taels, and it is conceivable that ten taels a night is almost a month's income of an ordinary family.
In addition to the silver ticket, there are two kinds of copper coins and iron coins under it, copper coins are the base currency, the value of iron coins is slightly higher, one iron coin is equivalent to ten copper coins, which may be because the world's iron metal smelting technology is not strong enough, resulting in a very scarce number of iron tools.
Here, one or two silver tickets can be exchanged for a hundred copper coins, but few people will do this, because the copper coins are too heavy and inconvenient to carry on their bodies, so the most coins carried by the people who go out are still iron coins.
In order to satisfy Xiaoyu's desire to shop, Bai Yang had already exchanged a silver ticket with an amount of 1,000 taels in the bank, so at this moment, he still had some small amount of silver tickets, and even the number of iron coins and copper coins was quite a lot.
Although the price of the Xing-level room is ridiculously expensive, Bai Yang still decided to have a Xing-level room, so he took out a silver ticket with a quota of 100 taels from the storage space from his arms and put it on the bar.
The old man took the silver ticket, registered it in a notebook, and then took out a door number from a drawer under the bar and handed it to Poplar.
The door sign had the words "Xingwu" written on it, which made Bai Yang feel puzzled.
After Poplar took the door number, the old man took out a small wooden chaser and knocked on a small bronze bell at the bar.
It didn't take long for a servant to come over.
"Take the guest to the room." The old man said.
"Please come with me, two guests." The little guy nodded and said.
Poplar and Xiaoyu followed the little guy and walked towards the backyard of the inn.
Passing through the back door of the inn, there is a small courtyard, there is a small rockery in the middle of the courtyard, the edge of the rockery is full of colorful flowers, there is a corridor on the right side of the rockery, and the little girl takes the poplar and the two people walk all the way along the corridor.
Through three arched round doors, the two finally came to the edge of a small lake.