As a small city with a permanent population of only one million, Canglan City is not only far from being able to compare with those big cities in terms of urban infrastructure.

Many daily necessities, including transportation, food, accommodation, etc., are also far from the real big city.

In fact, the standard of living of the people of the empire was not low.

According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Empire on all livelihood data in the past year, the per capita annual income of residents in the Imperial City has reached 30,000 Imperial Coins!

The per capita annual income of the rural residents of the empire also reached 18,000 imperial coins.

For the first time in the past year, the per capita income of the Empire surpassed that of the Southern Confederation in terms of price levels and the purchasing power of money.

But like the Federation, most of the Empire's assets are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people.

The aristocracy, wealthy families, and all kinds of wealthy classes, which only account for about 10% of the total population, own nearly eighty percent of the wealth of the empire!

The huge gap between the rich and the poor made the class contradictions in the empire quite acute, but because the people's lives were still relatively peaceful and rich, it was basically impossible to survive, so there was no chance for this contradiction to break out.

And always within a tolerable range.

However, the excessive concentration of wealth has resulted in almost no comparability between cities.

A megacity like the imperial capital will naturally gather enough aristocrats, wealthy families, and wealthy people.

The consumption level of these people far exceeds that of ordinary people, and it will objectively drive the vigorous development and continuous progress of the city's cutting-edge service industry.

When these cutting-edge service industries are more than one position away from other cities, they will naturally attract luxury classes from other cities to experience and enjoy.

As time goes by, the gap between cities in the service industry between cities is, of course, more and more exaggerated.

Specific to the catering industry in Canglan City, this gap is particularly obvious.

In a city of millions of people, there is only one restaurant that can really be rated as an empire star.

And even this star-rated restaurant is only the second-to-last two-star restaurant in the imperial catering star system.

But after all, it is unique in Canglan City, so the business of this restaurant has always been hot, but anyone who has some status in Canglan City basically likes to have business banquets in this restaurant.

So much so that anyone who wants to dine at this restaurant basically has to make a reservation in advance.

Of course, this uniqueness has also led to an unhealthy rise in price standards.

Compared with other two-star restaurants in the empire, the price of this restaurant in Canglan City, called Zhulin Yashe, is at least more than twice as expensive.

So Ye Ning stood in front of the gate of the Bamboo Forest House, somewhat hesitating.

Turning his head to look at Gong Ying, who was expressionless and moving forward, after coughing dryly, he said, "You don't have to eat so good, right? ”

Gong Ying glanced at Ye Ning very indifferently, and then said in a calm tone: "I'll pick." ”

Belch?

Ye Ning's next words were directly held in his throat, which sounded like he was making himself amorous.

shrugged his shoulders, said no more, followed behind Gong Ying, and followed the guidance of an attendant to a table by the window.

The environment of the Bamboo Grove House is very chic, with a large number of green bamboos and some rare southern trees interspersed to enclose the entire restaurant in the middle.

A winding path leads down the restaurant's main entrance.

Occasionally, there are rockeries, plank roads, streams, waterwheels, cicadas in summer, birds in winter, lingering among them, in the downtown such as the commercial street, but there is a sense of dust out of the paradise.

The most exaggerated thing is that the courtyard area that surrounds the restaurant is more than ten times the size of the restaurant itself, and from this point of view, the price of Bamboo House is twice as high as that of a restaurant of the same star, which is not surprising.

If it is in a place where every inch of land is at a premium, let alone just a two-star restaurant, even the most luxurious super five-star restaurants in the entire empire cannot be so extravagant in terms of floor space.

Just as Ye Ning and Gong Ying sat down and began to order, Mo Qingfeng and Liao Dong were in a seat not far away, and they had just finished ordering the dishes.

Neither of them brought any subordinates, just like ordinary old friends getting together.

Judging from the smiles on the faces of the two and the familiar looks, it is impossible to believe that these two people are actually meeting for the first time.

"Deacon Liao, the reason why I asked you out today is clear to you, so I'll be more direct. In the past ten days, a large number of basic-level spirit guides with novel structures have appeared in your consignment shop, these spirit guides are extremely special, and Deacon Liao has also arranged for someone to investigate the identity of the consignor, I don't know...... Is there any progress on this front?"

As the attendant took the menu away, Mo Qingfeng poured Liao Dong a cup of tea with his own hands, and then asked bluntly.

Liao Dong picked up the teacup, blew the slightly hot tea, and said with a smile: "Deacon Mo, on this point, in fact, even if you don't look for me today, I plan to look for you." In the last 10 days, you've really bought a lot of stuff at my consignment. ”

"And every spirit guide is purchased in several pieces, or even more than a dozen, which is quite inconsistent with the Yunxiao Sect's style of acting all along. I'm curious...... Isn't there a way for the Sky Sect to copy those things you bought?"

Mo Qingfeng's face stiffened slightly, if someone else asked such a question, then he would definitely use various reasons to prevaricate.

But at the level of the six top sects, there are actually not many secrets between each other.

So if you make too many excuses, you will only make yourself appear insincere.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Mo Qingfeng nodded with an ugly face: "There is really no way to imitate it, and the research team under my command has nothing to do with the new structure, otherwise, I wouldn't want to know about it...... Who did the consignment at your consignment shop? ”

"It's incredible, a spirit guide that even the Yunxiao Sect can't imitate...... How high is the level of the people who make these spirit guides, even though they are only basic-level spirit guides...... But the more low-grade spiritual guides this is, the more effort they often have, and to be honest, even if Deacon Mo admits it in person, I still find it unbelievable. ”

Liao Dong took a sip of tea and said with emotion.

"It's just that the Canglan City Branch Office under my jurisdiction can't be imitated, and it doesn't mean that the sect headquarters can't be imitated, Deacon Liao wants to figure this out. ”

Mo Qingfeng said in a deep voice.

"It sounds reasonable, but there's really no logic. Of course, there is an absolute gap between the level of the branch office and the entire sect, but if the research team of the branch office doesn't even have a clue...... It's hard to believe that the sect can find the right direction, Deacon Mo, you say yes?"

Liao Dong said with a smile.

The corners of Mo Qingfeng's mouth twitched, looking at Liao Dong in front of him, he always felt that Liao Dong's face was extremely annoying.