As soon as it was dawn the next day, Zong Xian had already woken up.

He wiped his body with the cold water and washed his dirty hair.

Then it is grilled with charcoal and dry.

If it weren't for the strong qi and blood in his body, he really couldn't bear the feat of wiping his body with cold water in winter.

After a brief tidying up, he walked towards the east gate of the city.

Today he is going to go into the city to find a martial arts hall to learn art, and by the way, find a place to settle down and work.

The current sect disciple has brute strength but has not mastered any skills, and his body is still the same thin and weak as before, in the final analysis, he has just turned fourteen years old in this life, and he has not been able to keep up with nutrition since he was a child, and his body has not grown at all, and the foundation given to him by the hundred-year-old strong pill has not been fully developed.

Therefore, he needed a stable living environment, coupled with the cultivation of martial arts, to thoroughly develop his body and the potential of the pill.

Not to mention anything else, with the huge power he has mastered, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when he practices martial arts, and the power he exerts is also incomparable to ordinary people!

What is the most reliable in troubled times?

A mouthpiece of clever words?

The physiognomy of the Zhilan Yushu?

Or is it a mountain of gold and silver?

Zong Xian believes that although the above have some effects, in the final analysis, there is still rootless duckweed.

Only fists hard enough, strong enough, and hard enough shots are the secret of shelter!

As he walked, he thought, his steps were fast.

About two quarters of an hour later he came to the east gate of the city.

The tall bluestone city tower stands majestically, and above it stands the Bei'an County Army with a bow and armor.

Two teams of sergeants were also stationed at the entrance to the city gate, and the main road was lined with horses and thistles, which could quickly block the road in wartime.

These sergeants were strict with the interrogation of the caravans entering the city, but they were more lax with the scattered people.

It was not the first time that Zong Xian had entered the city, he lowered his head and followed a few homeless people carrying bamboo baskets and burdens into the city, and the whole process went smoothly.

After entering the county government, Zong Xian merged into the weaving flow of people, like droplets falling from a lake, without the slightest sense of existence.

He first found a ready-to-wear store on the spot, bought two sets of inner and outer clothes, and bought them with a headband, raw leather boots, cloth socks, and a long shirt with a collar for exercises.

After changing out of his old ragged clothes, he looked presentable.

Based on the experience accumulated from previous begging, Zong Xian quickly got into a small alley and walked towards the depths of the eastern part of the city.

Bei'an County covers an extremely wide area, mainly divided into two urban areas: inner and outer districts.

Among them, the inner city is the core area of the entire county government, which is jointly controlled by the eight wealthy clans and the county government yamen, and it is difficult for ordinary gangs and associations to reach the industries in the inner city.

If you want to enter the inner city, you must first have a land house in the county government, and you must pay a certain entry tax every time.

There is the real gold cave, the famous Baihuafang, Linlang Restaurant and Zhemei Quyuan are all in the inner city, in addition to the largest gambling house in Bei'an County - Jinmengge.

As long as you have enough money, you can live like a fairy in the inner city.

As for the situation in the outer cities, it is more complicated.

According to the direction, it is divided into three urban areas: east, west and south, and the north is the Anping wharf area.

Each city has a different gang force in charge.

These gangs rely on collecting protection money, lending money, and opening gambling houses, green houses, and liquor stores.

In such a world, the business of drinking and having fun and listening to music is not worrying about business at all.

Many warriors who earn a lot of money by licking blood from the knife edge are willing to spend a lot of money for a night of romance, drunkenness, and death, even if they spend all their money, they don't care!

Therefore, there are also many places in the outer city where the wine shops and song shops sell money, but they cannot be compared with the industries in the inner city in terms of grade and fame.

All in all, there are many dragons and snakes in the city, and there are often gangs that fall in the dark tide of fighting, and at the same time, new gangs will rise, and gangs in the walled areas outside the city are also trying their best to enter the city and get a piece of the pie.

The yamen could only barely control the situation in the city so that it would not be completely corrupted.

However, the yamen also had compromises, and the daily patrol team was led by the head catcher, and the wealthy clan and the gang sent people, which could be regarded as joining forces to deter Xiaoxiao and maintain order.

The gates of the city were closed at the right time every night, and the beggars and displaced people were expelled, and if they wanted to spend the night in the city, they had to have a place to stay, otherwise they would be caught by the patrol and serve three months of hard labor.

Zong Xian didn't know much about the forces in the city, but he only heard a little about the general situation.

He walked through the streets and alleys, passing through many markets and houses on the way.

The buildings in the city are lined up one after another, the gray courtyard walls, the vermilion door railings, and the pale blue cornices can be seen everywhere, and the singing and dancing pavilions in the distance have fluttering music and drums.

Many of the tall houses carved by Danying should be the residences of wealthy families in the outer urban areas.

Occasionally, you can still see a few courtyards with dart flags, a few jujube red horses tied to the stable by the door, snorting and chewing on the grass mixed with eggs, the empty carriage is covered with straw mats, and there are many traces left by swords and crossbow arrows on the side, which is enough to prove the danger of darts.

The food stalls and restaurants on the street are steaming and noisy, and the world is nothing more than that.

In the middle of the eastern part of the city is a square square, which is the intersection of the surrounding commercial neighborhoods.

The ground of the square is paved with bluestone slabs more than one meter wide, and many of the stone slabs have fine cracks and various traces of trampling and explosion.

Several times a month, a polder market is held here, and it is also the busiest place in the eastern part of the city on weekdays.

When Zong Xian arrived here, there were not only impassioned chanting and preaching in the square, but also juggling artists, and there were many pedestrians coming and going.

The beggars knelt on the side of the road with broken porcelain bowls and waited for alms.

Pickpockets mingle in the crowd and wait for an opportunity.

He even saw the blind fortune teller with the Pingjin sail and the crowd of men in strong suits around him, with different armbands tied around them, all of whom were members of nearby gangs.

Zong Xian walked in a low-key and inconspicuous manner, and he walked quickly through the square with his hands around his chest and the money bag.

There are many inns, restaurants, and teahouses on the streets surrounding Guangchao.

In addition, among the thirteen martial arts halls in the city, the four martial arts halls located in the eastern district of the city are located here, including the Li family's Kaishan Zhang, which he had inquired about before, is also here!

The large fields of several martial arts halls are facing the street, which are hundreds of meters apart, and they are usually safe.

But today is a little different, Zong Xian didn't take a few steps before he noticed something unusual.

Not far away, a courtyard facing the street is hung with festive red cloth colorful heads, and firecrackers are being set off "crackling", as well as gongs, drums, and suona, blowing in full swing.

Many passers-by stopped and watched.

It also made it crowded there, and it reminded Zong Xian of the lively scene of the Lantern Festival parade in his previous life.

He just slowed down slightly, not intending to watch the excitement.

Just as he was about to walk towards the Li Clan's opening palm, the gongs and drums there suddenly stopped, and were replaced by a loud voice like a drum!

"Today coincides with the opening of my Qi Clan's Yueshan Long Fist in Bei'an County to accept apprentices!"

"I hope that all friends, Jianghu brothers will have more cheers!"

"The first year of gold cultivation only costs thirty taels of silver, and I get a bowl of three-yuan nourishing soup every day!"

"If you have extraordinary qualifications, you can be exempted from all the cultivation funds!"

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