When Ling Yan walked to the mountain forest road, he only saw traces of war burning along the way, corpses traversing the road, on the slopes, everywhere, making people shudder, autumn and winter are the most dead man's season.
Go further, it is another city, when he first arrived in the north, Ling Yan found that there were many untruths in what the people in the capital said in the past, the capital accurately said that except for the people of the Dazheng Dynasty on the border, the rest of the people in the north were barren in their impression.
Just like the Taizheng Dynasty has called the people of the North as barbarians since ancient times, when he was a child, Ling Yan had heard that the people of the North ate people ate human flesh and drank human blood, were unclothed, and did not know shame, at that time he really believed this, and was full of disgust for the barbarians, but when he really arrived in the North Land, he found that all this was an illusion.
Although there are indeed many desolate areas in the Northland, they are not as unbearable as people say, thinking about it carefully, Ling Yan knows that the Sword Tomb in the South is actually not the real enemy of the Taizheng Dynasty, the real enemy is the tribes in the Northland, these tribes all have organized armies, and the combat effectiveness of the army is much stronger than the hostile small countries in the South, if it weren't for the Sword Tomb, it would have been destroyed long ago.
And the northern land is different, even if their god, the southern meaning, disappears, it is difficult for the Taisho to conquer such a large piece of land in the northern land, and even if there is no restraint of the southern meaning, these tribes will long be unable to swallow other tribes, so as to strengthen themselves, so as to bring greater threats to the Taizheng Dynasty.
Passing through the mountains and forests, to the city, the prosperity is no less than that of many prefectures and counties of the Taisho Dynasty, and even if it is a trade city recognized by several major tribes, it is comparable to the rich city in the south of the Taisho River.
Ling Yan was wearing a newly bought dress, the material was good, and it felt silky to the touch, but it was also very expensive, and it cost more than a dozen gold.
The textile industry in the north is extremely underdeveloped, and most of the clothes made are very rough, and those who are powerful and rich are naturally reluctant to wear these, and they prefer the clothes made of silk in the Taisho Dynasty, which are gorgeous and silky, so that many merchants in the Taisho Dynasty are pouring silk or ready-to-wear between the Taisho and the north, and making a lot of money.
This is a small city, under the jurisdiction of the Ji Chi tribe, but the garrison in the city has been mobilized for the past two days because of the tension of the war, leaving only a small part to maintain order in the city, Ling Yan is so happy, he walked into a restaurant, the repair is huge, even bigger than the city lord's mansion.
There are three layers on the three floors outside the three floors, there is no cave, the name is also very chic, the dream of living, I don't know how the boss came up with this name, someone asked the boss only said that he woke up when he dreamed.
Mengshangju is the largest restaurant in the Jiqi tribe, and even the Jiutu tribe has their branches, each store can be said to be a daily gold, so the decoration of Mengshangju is very luxurious, and the natural consumption is also high, even if it is the silver earned by ordinary people on the first floor a year, they can only come a few times, and even if they come, they only dare to order a plate of the cheapest side dishes.
However, this is not a difficult thing for Ling Yan, anyway, he has money, and since he was a child, he didn't know what the days of no money were.
The eyesight of the restaurant running the hall saw that after years of hard work, it was very vicious, what kind of guest was really rich, and what kind of guest was swollen and fat, and in their opinion, the son who had just stepped into the threshold in front of him naturally belonged to the former.
The person who stood in the hall greeted him with a smile, it was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, her appearance was not very beautiful, but her face was delicate, and she was still delicate when she looked closely, greeting her as a woman, Ling Yan felt that the idea of the owner of this shop was really peculiar.
The girl who had just walked in front of her was just about to speak when she was frightened by Ling Yan's boo, and then only heard Ling Yan shout to bring all the good food and wine, this shout scared many guests on the first floor, all of them, that's a lot of silver, could it be that this young man in front of him is the noble son of which house?
"Girl, don't be in a daze.
Go and inform me, arrange another room for me, be quieter.
Ling Yan smiled lightly, and casually took out a piece of silver weighing ten taels from his body and put it on the girl's head, "Okay, please wait a moment." ” The private rooms were naturally on the second floor, and after stepping on the stairs to the second floor, Ling Yan took the time to take a sideways look at the many diners on the first floor, some were shocked, some were secretly sent by women, and some had a small abacus in their hearts.
The money is well spent, naturally the food and accommodation are not bad, and it didn't take long for dozens of dishes to be placed in front of Ling Yan, and he tasted it, it was indeed good, and the wine was also mellow, this dream house was indeed a good business.
Hearing that Ling Yan was such a big guest, the restaurant specially arranged for three other good-looking women to serve in the private room, and the three women looked at Ling Yan, and they were all secretly wondering if they could also get some rewards, and Ling Yan naturally would not let them down if they were the most annoying to disappoint women.
It's just that they still want to have some stories Ling Yan couldn't agree anymore, after eating and drinking, Ling Yan opened a good room to rest, the room was decorated in a fresh and natural style, and there was a faint fragrance, which was really refreshing.
The house is the most expensive in the dream of the three floors, it costs two or three hundred taels of silver, the window is open, from here you can see all the scenery of the three floors in the dream, pavilions, rockeries, strange fruits, water pavilions, no wonder the business is so hot, In addition, Ling Yan's eyes moved to the seven or eight people next to a rockery, it seemed that those people were arguing, arguing and arguing, and even fighting, one of them looked arrogant and domineering at a glance, and there seemed to be three or four servants beside him.
The three people who confronted him were all middle-aged men, but judging from Ling Yan's eyes, any of those three people were masters, and the arrogant son's subordinates were not his enemies at all.
It's just that the boy was very bold, and he actually ordered Hu Cong to do it, and the Hu Cong didn't know the depth, and he was all put to the ground by one of the three men just after he started, but the arrogant son was not afraid, he kept shouting, Ling Yan couldn't hear what he said, the left and right were just some unpleasant sounds, otherwise the man who was at the peak of second-rate martial arts would not have kicked him more than ten meters away.
This foot down, the arrogant son can no longer be arrogant, at least three ribs are broken, and if it weren't for the mercy of others, such a kick would have killed him a long time ago, Hu Cong saw this scene and understood that the three people were not good to mess with, so he hurriedly carried his master away.
Ling Yan was about to take another look when the voice of the girl who had just been rewarded by him with ten taels of silver sounded outside the door: "Childe, bring tea."
Pushing the door in, Ling Yan asked who the conflict was just now, this girl who had no name, but was called Dou'er, didn't want to say more, but didn't stand Ling Yan's several inquiries and said: "That young man is the son of our city lord, Nalan Lou, it's not a good thing to bully men and women all the time, the three people who beat him heard that they were from the Jiutu tribe, but I don't know what their identity is, and I don't know how it got into trouble.
But according to me, it's okay to kill Nalan Lou, so that he won't have to go out to harm people again. ” Ling Yan looked at this still temperamental bean with a smile and said, "Ji Chi and Jiutu are at war, how can you face the people of the Jiutu tribe."
After listening to this, Dou'er puffed out her cheeks and retorted: "I don't care about reasoning", her backbone was just a little older and suddenly disappeared, and begged Ling Yan: "And son, don't say that I once said such a thing, Dou'er will be beaten to death." ” "Okay, I won't say."
Ling Yan said with a smile, waiting for Dou'er to go out before he sat in the chair, thinking carefully about whether he could take advantage of this conflict.
Cao Qing escaped from the territory of Jiutu, and the conflict between the two tribes began to gradually subside, this is not what Ling Yan wants, how to take the fire if it is not burning?
Thinking of this, he went out of the house, intending to gather some firewood to make the fire burn better.