Chapter 111: Beidou City

Before dawn the next day, the fishing village began to be lively, this is a monthly market day, on this day, the village chief will choose a dozen young men and a few steady warriors, with everyone this month to catch the demon fish, ready to buy a good price.

In Beidou City, these ordinary fish were not worth a few dollars, and only these demon fish, which were already considered demon beasts, were popular with those Venerable Masters.

Qin Chen looked at his image in front of the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

In the mirror, what Qin Chen saw was an uncle with dark skin, calloused hands, rough cheeks, and a chest covered with dense small wounds, with a scruffy beard on his face, and a faint martial aura on his body, which was the image of the most common martial artist fisherman in the fishing village.

Although the people of the Zhang family are not looking for themselves, there is no big mistake in being careful, Qin Chen thinks that it is better to be careful.

knocked on Situ Yun'er's door, but Situ Yun'er did not respond.

Confucius Zicheng did not deceive me. Qin Chen touched his nose and left.

In the room, Situ Yun'er threw the pillow on the door, but she heard Qin Chen's words, but women and villains are difficult to raise?

When we arrived at the gate of the fishing village, the large army had already been assembled.

More than a dozen young men each pushed a wheelbarrow, and the warriors followed beside them, and Li Mingfei was among them. Zhao Sixi, the village head, sat in the front car, squinting his eyes as if he was snoring.

Seeing Qin Chen's arrival, everyone had a familiar expression, it seemed that the village chief had passed the wind last night.

As soon as Qin Chen came, the large army began to set off towards Beidou City. Qin Chen stood next to Li Mingfei, asking questions, hoping to get valuable news.

In the vicinity of Beidou City, there are mostly mountains, and there are not many demon beasts in the mountains. But the only water system is this large lake, which is formed by the tributaries of the Dill River. The Venerable Master in the city can enjoy the delicious demon beast food at all times, but the demon fish food is not always available.

Of course, the people in the city would not come to catch a fish because they wanted to eat it, so providing the city with demon fish became the responsibility of the hundreds of fishing villages around the Great Lake.

In order to prevent the number of demon fish in the city from increasing greatly for a period of time. Another period of time was greatly reduced. It is also to safeguard the interests of the fishing village. Hundreds of fishing villages united and decided that only a few fishing villages could go to Beidou City to sell demon fish every day, and all the villages would be rotated every month. By next month, the agreement had been unanimously endorsed by hundreds of fishing villages.

And today, it is the day when the fishing village and more than a dozen other fishing villages catch the market.

So, don't underestimate people from any class, even fishermen who are like ants in the eyes of the Venerable Master, they can make a lot of money from these Venerable Men.

After leaving the village, I didn't go far away, I saw people from other villages rushing to the market, Beidou City has a market to catch every day, but there are too many surrounding villages, so every morning, a large number of people will emerge from all sides of Beidou City.

Following the flow of people slowly, after walking for more than ten miles, I saw a big river rushing through, the waves on the river were rolling, and the width was nearly 100 meters, Qin Chen knew that this was a tributary of the Dill River, running through the west of Beidou City, all the way south, and flowing into the big lake.

I thought that this poor place should be some kind of ferry or something, but what I saw next made Qin Chen completely dumbfounded.

I saw a stone bridge carved of white stone with extraordinary magnificence across the entire river, and a total of 20 stout stone pillars supported the bridge under the stone, and almost all kinds of exquisite patterns were carved on the bridge deck, on the bridge, and on the belly of the bridge.

Countless people passed through the stone bridge as if they were used to it.

The wheelbarrow of the fishing village slowly passed the stone bridge, and the village chief Zhao Sixi swayed on the car, enjoying it extraordinarily.

Qin Chen stretched out his head to look down at the river, only to see that the waves under the river were turbulent, and the huge waves were crashing against the stone pillar, but the stone pillar did not move at all, and from time to time he could see a few demon fish showing out of the water, revealing sharp teeth, staring fiercely at the humans on the bridge.

Qin Chen found that he had to correct his opinion of the Xianling Continent, Qin Chen had always looked at the Xianling Continent by the standards of the Vast Continent, and now he found that this was absolutely not good.

The villages of the Xianling Continent are by no means comparable to the villages of the Vast Continent, according to the level of the warriors, they can already be compared with those towns that are a little worse, let's just say that this stone bridge, in the land of a hundred countries, only those county towns can afford to build.

After passing the stone bridge, there is a large area of farmland, and a large area of rice is thriving. These are all powerful industries in Beidou City, and ordinary people can't get a trace of land at all.

Along the way, Qin Chen found a lot of Spirit Transformation Realm martial artists who hid their aura and pretended to be ordinary people, it seemed that the Zhang family really made a move, but looking at their somewhat careless appearance, it didn't look like they were searching carefully.

Could it be? A smile appeared on the corner of Qin Chen's mouth, it seemed that the Zhang family thought that Situ Yun'er was dead, and he sent these people out just in case.

When there were only five or six miles left from Beidou City, the village chief ordered everyone to stop and wiped the hot sweat on their heads, even if they were wearing a hat, the village chief still felt extremely hot.

In the fishing village, because it is close to the big lake, there is a strong moisture humidity, so the villagers do not feel too hot, but the closer to the city, the hotter they feel, it is August, it is the hottest time, this is related to the close to noon, and the second is related to the heat island effect.

In the summer, the countryside is cooler because of the lush vegetation, but in the big cities, there is a lack of green vegetation, and the buildings in the city are all absorbing sunlight, so the city is generally hotter than the countryside, which is the heat island effect.

took off his hat and wiped the hot sweat on his body with the towel on his shoulder, and the village chief hunched over and walked into the tea shop next to him, "Boss, bring each of us a bowl of herbal tea, this ghost weather." It's too hot. ”

"Here, masters, please be seated. ”

At this time, there were still a lot of people who came to rest in the tea shop, but there were still vacant seats, the village chief asked people to park the wheelbarrow, more than a dozen strong men and a few strong men were all crowded on a table, and the village chief sat alone on one side, so those young men could only squat on the ground next to them and drink tea.

"Here, a big bowl of tea is the best way to quench your thirst and quench the heat. A few masters. Please drink. The shopkeeper quickly put the big porcelain bowl on the table. Carrying a large teapot, cool herbal tea was poured into each bowl from the teapot.

Everyone picked up the big wrist in their hands and swallowed it heavily, and Qin Chen was no exception. It's just that when he drinks herbal tea, there is a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

There is a problem with this tea shop. Qin Chen made a judgment for the first time. Although this little er's kung fu is very professional, the thick calluses on his five fingers are clearly a perennial sword master, and it seems that the owner and men of this tea shop are also pretending to be from the Zhang family.

Qin Chen didn't break all this. Instead, he drank herbal tea intently.

A group of them were concentrating on drinking herbal tea, but the shopkeeper sneaked up to everyone's convoy, lifted the film on the car one by one, and after checking all the cars, he came to the boss and shook his head.

Qin Chen's eyes saw all this, and Xiao Er's action strengthened the idea that they were from the Zhang family.

Gulping down tea and chatting with the people next to him, Qin Chen gave people the feeling that he was an ordinary martial artist fisherman.

But on the other side, the shopkeeper said in a low voice: "Boss, in the past few days, we have checked the people who have entered the city and the goods that may be hiding, but we have found nothing, I speculate that the girl has long been eaten by the demon beasts in the lake, and we are working in vain." ”

The boss snorted coldly, "Whether our efforts are in vain or not, you have to remember to me that we are just subordinates, and if the higher authorities want us to do things, we must complete them wholeheartedly." ”

"Boss, I don't mean that, I mean, we've been looking for a few days, and if we continue like this, we will definitely be discovered by the people of the City Lord's Mansion, and then something will be wrong. ”

The boss touched his beard and nodded, "What you said also makes sense, I will reflect it with the master, if there is still nothing to find tomorrow, we will retreat." ”

At this moment, Zhao Sixi shouted: "Boss, check out." ”

The boss immediately stopped talking to the guy, and walked up to Zhao Sixi with a smile, "A total of eighteen bowls of herbal tea, a total of eighteen copper coins." ”

"It's really expensive. Zhao Sixi scolded, but still took out eighteen copper coins and put them on the table.

The boss put away the copper coins and said with a smile: "The guest officer has gone all the way, thank you for your patronage." Asked Xiao'er to clean up, and the boss casually threw eighteen copper coins on the counter without even looking at them.

After drinking the herbal tea, everyone felt much refreshed, and the scorching heat, which originally felt hot, was nothing more than that.

After the group checked the goods on the car and found that there was nothing wrong, the village chief ordered to set off again. After all, these demon fish are related to their income this month, but they can't be sloppy at all.

Village Chief Zhao Sixi continued to sit on the wheelbarrow, and the group headed towards Beidou City again.

Set off with the big army, the closer to the Big Dipper City, the hotter everyone felt, those strong young men didn't lift their clothes and let the cool breeze blow in, but those warriors and big men didn't care, wearing a big hat, walking without saying a word.

Finally, they arrived at the gate of Beidou City, a hundred-meter-high city wall, an antique city wall, and a gate covered with scars, all of which showed that this was a city with a story.

After only eighteen copper coins were paid, the people entered the city smoothly.

Zhao Sixi sat on the wheelbarrow and smiled proudly: "I'm afraid this is the cheapest entry fee in the Xianling Continent, and we are really lucky to live near Beidou City." ”

When I entered Beidou City, I saw an endless flow of people, neat streets, tall buildings, and crowds of people, which made some young men who came to Beidou City for the first time dumbfounded.

This is a city that is slightly smaller than Chaoxi City in area, but it has completely exploded Chaoxi City in all other aspects, and such a city, in Situ Yun'er's eyes, is a poor city, Qin Chen is particularly curious, what are those prosperous cities in the Xianling Continent like.

Walking into the city, as soon as they turned a street, Qin Chen and his party came to a commercial avenue.

The secret numb crowd, among them, most of them are mortals and body refining realm martial artists, but Qin Chen can see martial artists exuding the aura of the Spirit Transformation Realm from time to time, as for the martial artists of the Tiantai Realm, there is no one.

The village chief led the crowd and pushed the wheelbarrow through the flow of people, turning around and setting off towards the set goal.

Li Ming pretended to be on the side and said stupidly: "Every time, the village chief will take us to a small alley, where there is an old man who gives us a lot of money and takes away our fish. ”

A big man next to him explained: "Our hundreds of fishing villages have signed agreements with the major markets and restaurants in the city, and the goods from that fishing village are sold to that restaurant, which are all stipulated in good terms, and the demon fish in our fishing village is sold to a restaurant in Beicheng City, Piaoxiangju." ”

Qin Chen nodded thoughtfully on the side.

After a while, the village chief led everyone away from the bustling street, and came to a remote alley, knocked on a small wooden door, and a servant-like servant opened the door.

Zhao Sixi smiled and pointed to the dozen or so wheelbarrows behind him, "We are here to send demon fish to Piaoxiangju." ”

The subordinate glanced outside, and then said to Zhao Sixi, "You wait for me, I'll call our Master Li over." ”

After a while, a big man wearing a chef's uniform with a full beard came out from behind the door, and when he saw Zhao Sixi, the fat chef laughed and hugged Zhao Sixi into his arms, almost breaking Zhao Sixi's breath.

Opening the small door in the backyard, revealing a small and spacious courtyard, Zhao Sixi let the young men push the wheelbarrow in.

The fat chef called several subordinates, and they quickly untied the ropes on the wheelbarrow and began to carefully examine the demon fish carcass on the cart.

Zhao Sixi made a lumpy shape, "Fat Li, we haven't been dealing with each other for a year or two, as for being so careful?"

The fat chef smiled bitterly: "No way, the rules are like this, although I am trading with you, but it is the shopkeeper who pays the money, but please rest assured, we have been friends for so many years, and I will not pay less." Zhao Sixi nodded with satisfaction.

After a while, the servant walked up to the fat chef's ear and whispered a few words.

There seemed to be a light in the fat chef's eyes, and he patted Zhao Sixi's shoulder and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it! You guys got a lot of good goods this time, a total of three gold coins and forty-five silver coins, I'll fill in a fraction, a total of three gold coins and fifty silver coins, what do you think?"

Zhao Sixi thought about it carefully and found that the price was not much different from his original estimate, so he agreed.

The fat chef laughed and beckoned a guy who resembled a bookkeeper to come over.

The guy took out a full three hundred and fifty silver coins from the money bag in his sleeve and handed them to Zhao Sixi's hand, Zhao Sixi's eyes were about to narrow into a slit, and he happily carefully packed the three hundred and sixty-five silver coins in a money bag and put them on his chest.

"Then we'll go. ”

The fat chef waved his hand, "It's a good journey, don't forget next month's goods, it's best to get a few good goods." ”

Out of the small courtyard, the village chief led a group of people to turn left and right, and came to the bustling street again.

took out more than a dozen silver coins from the money bag, and each of them gave one, except for Qin Chen and Li Ming.

Zhao Sixi said to everyone: "Since you are here, let's take a good stroll, buy some things you need, Zhuangzhuang, you will follow me, remember, when it is half an afternoon, we will meet here, don't be late." The crowd cheered, and in a blink of an eye, they disappeared into the crowd.

Shaking his head helplessly, he turned his head to look at Qin Chen, "Master Qin, do you need me to be your guide?"

Qin Chen shook his head, "You guys go shopping by yourself! I have my own things to do." Probably I'm not going back with you, so you won't be waiting for me. ”

Zhao Sixi nodded, and disappeared into the crowd with Li Ming's pretend.

Qin Chen stretched his waist and slipped into the flow of people, like a fish returning to the ocean, unable to fight a single drift. (To be continued......)