Chapter 52 The First Commercial Capital in the World

There are many scenic spots in Jiangling City, such as: Tieniu Rock, Buried Snake Mound, Luomao Mountain, Painting Fan Peak, Qu Yuan Temple, and the Zhu Palace of the King of Chu and so on.

Because there are still more than ten days to pass the New Year, and the auction is about to be held, Baiya did not stay long, spent three days to visit several major places of interest, tasted the food of the famous restaurant, and then teleported away.

Just north of Jiangling is the world's first commercial capital - Xiangyang, the distance is within 100,000 miles, can be divided into two or three legends, can also be teleported in place at one time. In order to save time, Baiya spent thirty taels of gold and directly teleported to one of the moats in Xiangyang.

At this point, less than half of the gold obtained from the sale of "Tianluo Hand" has been left, which can be described as spending money like water.

Xiangyang is named because it is located in the yang of Xiangshui, in the previous life of Baiya, Xiangyang is located on the south bank of the Han River, and the north bank is another important town in Nanyang, Fancheng, which is collectively called Xiangfan.

However, there is no Fancheng in this world, and Xiangyang City straddles both sides of the Han River, and is a joint city of similar type to Gangneung and Wuling.

With its excellent geographical location, convenient transportation and dense water transportation network, Xiangyang is the most important commercial hub in the north and south.

It connects Yizhou and Guanzhong, two granaries of the world, to the west, and Chang'an to the north, which is the starting point for goods from the Western Regions to be transported from the Silk Road to the south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, it also undertakes the important responsibility of transporting silk, porcelain, and tea from the south of the Yangtze River to the north.

The urban area of Xiangyang is smaller than that of Jiangling, and it covers an area roughly the same as Chengdu, with more than 800,000 permanent residents. However, unlike Gangneung, the city is surrounded by three giant commercial ports and two Hanshui docks.

If the service population and migrant labor force in these places are counted, the total population is about the same as that of Gangneung. With a floating population of nearly one million, Xiangyang has created a thriving business that is unrivaled in the world.

When Baiya entered the city, Xiangyang was already full of lights and was very lively. The streets are bustling, and most of the pedestrians are carrying large bags of New Year's goods. Open-air theaters are being set up in several city squares for Chinese New Year's Eve performances.

There is no difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar in this world, there is no Christmas and New Year's Day, only Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival.

Because of the influence of the previous life, Baiya does not pay attention to Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, but the people of this world regard it as the most important festival of the year. As soon as he entered the city, he experienced the warm atmosphere of the New Year from the convenience of Fang.

"It's been another year!" he looked at the red lanterns at the doors of every house on the street, and sighed with some emotion inexplicably.

After more than seven years, his memories of his past life have become a little blurry, and he can't even remember the faces of his uncle and several old friends who adopted him to grow up.

Bai Ya pulled the hat on his head and continued to walk forward. He was going to the headquarters of the Shenwu Treasure Pavilion in Xiangyang, and through the jade plate given to him by the steward Xiao, he learned the specific location of the underground auction.

The street was full of people, and several teenagers in cotton jackets were laughing and playing and crashing into him.

Bai Ya thought about other things in his mind, and subconsciously let go, but still couldn't completely get out of the way, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy lowered his head and crashed into his arms.

Bai Ya was startled, and his body tensed slightly, with his current mixed yuan iron cloth shirt, his internal qi would always take the initiative to defend. If he didn't tense his body, as soon as his internal qi rebounded, he would immediately see a tragic car accident scene in front of him, and he was the heavy truck that caused the accident.

However, the boy seemed to temporarily retract his feet, and the two did not collide, and passed him slipperyly.

"Huh?" Bai Ya suddenly raised his eyebrows, how sensitive his body senses were, and he immediately sensed that something was missing from him, and the young man actually stole his mustard seed bag!

This young man is very capable, not only carrying the mustard seed bag with gold hanging from Baiya's waist, but also touching the mustard seed bag containing the pill in the robe at the same time!

"Hehe!" Bai Ya Yile turned around to look, only to see that the group of teenagers who were playing just now had dispersed and were leaving with the flow of people, and the teenager who hit him just now was going towards an alley on the side of the street.

Bai Ya's eyes were sharp, and he felt that it was too early, and he had already seen that his two mustard seed bags were not in the young man's hands, but were passed to the other two passers-by.

One of them is a middle-aged man in brocade clothes with a big belly and dressed as a businessman, and the other is actually an aunt who is standing in front of the butcher shop next to him to buy meat.

"The gang committed a crime!" Bai Ya grinned, turned around and walked towards the aunt who bought meat.

This aunt has nasolabial folds on her face, pulls her face, looks fierce, and is very vigilant after getting the mustard seed bag, and has been peeking to observe the movements of Baiya.

"You, what do you want to do, kill ......"

At this time, when she saw Bai Ya showing the carriage and horses walking towards her, she knew that she was exposed, and immediately unceremoniously pretended to be panicked and shouted.

But she only shouted half a sentence, only to see the young man on the opposite side stretched out his hand and flicked it, her throat and knees went numb at the same time, not only could she no longer speak, but her body also lost control, and she fell forward involuntarily.

Bai Ya hurried two steps, supported her just right, and easily retrieved the mustard seed bag that she had hidden in her arms. It contains important items such as elixirs, identity tags, and Arhat statues, which must not be lost.

"The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped!" Bai Ya coldly glanced at the ugly aunt with a frightened face, muttered in a voice that only she heard, helped her to sit by the wall, and reached out to grab her right arm covertly.

"Click!" The arm that was grabbed by Bai Ya immediately deflated, and the bones inside were only afraid that they were already comminuted fractures.

The ugly aunt almost stared out her eyes in pain, and in the winter, cold sweat trickled down her forehead and collapsed to the ground softly.

Bai Ya retrieved a mustard seed bag, but didn't have time to pay attention to her, and looked back at the fat man in brocade clothes who looked like a businessman.

The man was also alert, his face changed slightly, and when he turned around, he pulled out his legs and ran wildly.

"Did you run?" Bai Ya sneered, following him unhurriedly.

The most important things had been retrieved, and the gold and change of clothes in the other bag were insignificant, and he had set up a lesson for all the thieves.

There are two kinds of people that Bai Ya hated the most in his previous life, one was a liar, and the other was a thief who committed crimes in a gang, and the reason goes without saying.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person, and he couldn't do anything about these people, but now that he has the opportunity to vent his anger, he won't let it go easily.

The fat man in brocade looked back at him and hung behind him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer, and he no longer ran to the crowded place, but ran towards the river in the city.

Bai Ya followed him through the noisy streets, and suddenly there was an empty space in front of him, only to see the iron cable stone fence opposite, planted with neat willows, and in the distance was the river with rippling water waves and lotus leaves.

This embankment is a bit remote, just behind the theater and restaurant. Separated by a building, the front is a noisy and bustling street, but the back is a deserted and remote corner.

However, about 100 meters away from here, there is a stone arch bridge, and the bridge is full of pedestrians, but no one is looking at this side.

The fat man dressed as a merchant came to a halt and turned around to show a cruel smile at the white cliff.

After the fat man stood still, in the dark between the restaurant and the theater, more than a dozen young people with sneers came out one after another. Everyone carried knives and sticks, and their faces were full of narrow evil spirits, and they slowly surrounded the white cliff.

Bai Ya narrowed his eyes slightly, his arms folded his shoulders, and he couldn't see any expression on his wooden face.

"Beat him!" the teenagers rushed up with a loud shout from the fat man, neither nor gentlemanly demeanor.

Unlike many urban novels that Bai Ya had read in his previous life, thieves who committed crimes in gangs, or ruffians who extorted money, generally rarely talked nonsense.

This kind of person's routine is to warn, beat people, and finally open his hand to ask for money. Sometimes, the first step is even omitted, and the first step is directly started, and then extorted.

The kind of people who open their mouths and close their mouths to greet other people's parents, and can't wait to make the other party sarcastic first, and then slap people in the face with satisfaction, are all primary and secondary school students or angry young people.

Of course, it is not excluded that naïve college students, wealthy "singing pigs" and so on.

"Bang Bang Bang~~"

With the muffled sound of sticks hitting the flesh, several figures flew upside down faster than they had come, and at the same time brought down their companions beside them, and the group of people suddenly rolled into a ball.

"Ouch, ah~~" The chaotic moans rang out, leaving only the two youngest teenagers standing in place dumbfounded, their calves were short, and they didn't have time to squeeze into the encirclement just now, so they escaped.

Several of the oldest teenagers clung to their arms in a miserable manner, their arms were twisted at abnormal angles, and even two teenagers' arm bones were punctured through the flesh, and the stubble with tendons was exposed to the air.

They were the fastest and fiercest attackers just now!

And the thief who was brought down by them is now also pressing his hands on his chest, and his face is covered with cold sweat. They made cushions for the first group of people, and although there were no broken bones and tendons, they were hit so hard that they had difficulty breathing.

Bai Ya still stood in place with his eyes squinted, his arms folded on his shoulders, and even the expression on his face never changed.

He didn't do anything just now, these young people who stole children were all injured by the rebound of the iron cloth shirt, and the more ruthless they were, the more miserable they died. It's like compressing a spring, the harder you push it, the more it bounces back.

The fat man in brocade on the opposite side stared at his eyes and opened his mouth wide, his face, which was originally full of cunning and pleasure, was full of panic at this time.

He's not stupid, and if he doesn't know he's kicked the iron plate now, he's really stupid.

"Less, young man......" The fat man in brocade shook his face, and reluctantly took out a mustard seed bag from his arms, his eyes flickered, and he took out a few gold ingots and threw them into the mustard seed bag, and threw them in front of Bai Ya with a smile.

"I don't know Taishan with eyes, maybe I can let the little ones go?"

Bai Ya leaned over and picked up the bag, opened it and glanced at it, and found that the number was no more, no less, just right. The gold ingots that the fat man threw into the bag just now were obviously secretly swallowed by the gang themselves.

This person is also a bachelor, and he has not played any tricks.