Chapter 1161: Turtle Back World (Part 2)
Although these giants are all dressed in ancient times, at first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with it, but if you look closely, Xu Changqing feels very awkward, and he feels absurdity of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. . The fastest update
It turns out that compared to the simple outfits of those giant hunters, the outfits of the people close to the city are obviously more complicated and more distinctive. This service is a bit more complicated than that of Xu Changqing who could not see from the giant hunter's outfit, it is now completely revealed in front of him.
In short, the people here, whether they are ordinary people or merchants and literati, have traces of the times of different dynasties on the secular world of China. Some of them can see the jewelry of various eras from several of the luxuriously dressed people. Looking around, these people are completely a hodgepodge of secular world civilizations.
For example, the scholars who just walked past Xu Changqing, their hair buns on their heads were dressed from the Han Dynasty, their crowns were crown scarves from the Song Dynasty, their service was served by the Ming Dynasty, their belts were Renaissance-style belts, their jade pendants were obvious Su craftsmanship, the books in their hands were bound styles of Song versions, and the leather boots under their feet were more like handmade leather goods from modern and modern Western styles. The overall clothing was complex and diverse, covering almost all clothing styles from the East and West. The only thing missing was the standard style of Eastern and Western civilization products from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China, but the sleeves and leather shoes under their feet showed the traces of modern civilization.
However, after a moment of confusion, Xu Changqing suddenly realized that there was a gap in the clothing on these people. The vacant piece happened to be the secular human civilization product that Liu Bowen killed the dragon in the early Ming Dynasty and opened at the Kunlun Mountains and the Immortal Gate of the two realms of Kunlun Mountain. The last group of Chinese Taoist practitioners ascended to the Three Realms of Kunlun for hundreds of years.
"Can the people here have been able to communicate with the secular world in the past?" Some speculation emerged in Xu Changqing's mind, "It's just that this kind of communication is just fragmentary. They can obtain some civilized products from the secular world, but they only retain the products they need and like, and do not really absorb or integrate the secular world civilization. Therefore, the traces of different civilizations on them are so scattered. Liu Bowen's killing of the dragon should have cut off their connection with the secular world, so..."
While considering the current situation, Xu Changqing slowly walked towards the place where it looked like a market in the town.
At present, this town is expanded to a market outside the city. Most of the town are merchants. In order to facilitate the transportation of goods, the roads are built very wide, which is more spacious than those of the big cities in the secular world.
Most of the caravans and pedestrians walking on the road are in very normal human form, but they are even bigger, but there are also some humanoid aliens. Judging from the clothes and dresses of these aliens, they should be servants and other servants.
In addition, the caravans used to transport goods, the mounts guarded by caravans, etc. are all different beasts of different shapes, and the shape of the mount among them is very similar to the snake he conquered in the Imperial Palace. It can basically be concluded that it was evolved from the same kind.
Because this market is close to the forest, hunters from forest villages often send the hunted prey to the market for sale. Therefore, the hunters Xu Changqing's transformation did not attract attention and did not encounter any obstacles along the way. However, when entering the market, the guards at the door took away two preys similar to wild boars on the grounds of tax collection.
Xu Changqing can't fully hear the words used by people in the Turtle-Back World. He can only pretend to be stupid and think about other people's words, roughly understand some of the main meanings, and even if he doesn't understand, he can figure out the meaning from his behavior. For example, the market guards who asked for benefits before were like this.
After Xu Changqing entered the market, he soon found a merchant area specially used to sell various wild game in this market that was almost like a small town, and sold all the wild game in his hands.
Although these preys were just props used by Xu Changqing to disguise his identity, he did not intend to sell them at a low price. At the same time, in order to exercise his ability to talk in the language here, he deliberately went to more than a dozen merchants to sell prey in order to bargain, so he quickly improved his dialogue ability and was able to use some simple daily words.
In the end, when Xu Changqing felt that his current language skills were almost the same, he sold his prey to one of the merchants and obtained five tripod coins and twenty copper coins.
Xu Changqing knew that his prey must have lost money, but he didn't care. After all, he had already got what he wanted, and the tripod coins and copper coins could be considered additional gains.
He took one of the tripod coins and copper coins in his hand and looked at it. Xu Changqing found that the style of the tripod coins looked very similar to the Jizhou tripod in the ancient Jiuzhou tripod, and the words on the copper coins looked very similar to the four characters "Jizhou Chengping".
Xu Changqing took the tripod coins and copper coins, like an ordinary hunter who had just sold prey and was about to buy some household items, wandering around the market. There were many people like him in the market, so they did not attract others' attention. However, the only difference between him and other people who were wandering was that he would deliberately find some merchants who were arguing over prices or selling goods, stay at the stalls for a while, listen to the content of these people's conversations, and absorb their language bit by bit.
After walking around the market, Xu Changqing came to the only store selling books in the market.
There are so few bookstores in the market, not because there are many people here that cannot read and have strict restrictions on knowledge. Only people with a certain identity can read and read, but because the reading and literacy rate of people here is very high, almost like sitting, lying and walking, it is everyone's basic ability.
Because the people here practice the Great Dao Method, if they are not literate and cannot understand the truth, they will not be able to perceive the laws of the world and all things with the mind of Tao, and naturally there is no question of understanding the Great Dao Rules. Therefore, even a farmer here can memorize various classics and integrate them. Even if the collection of books in each family does not have tens of thousands of volumes, they will be at least more than a thousand volumes, and will not be much worse than such a small bookstore.
After Xu Changqing entered the store, he did not immediately see any books for sale in the store, but instead chatted with the owner who was guarding the bookstore. It looked like a little tired of wandering around the market and found a place to rest.
The bookstore owner seemed to be too idle, and when he saw someone talking to him on his own initiative, he had no other ideas. He was very happy to let Xu Changqing stay in the store and cooked a pot of tea, drinking and chatting.
The method of making tea used by the shop owner was the method of tea soup in the Tang Dynasty. Not only did you add ghee and other seasonings, but also some spices. Although Xu Changqing was not very suitable for this kind of tea soup, its spices were very special, which neutralized the greasy taste in the tea soup and made the tea soup soft and mellow, which was also a unique taste.
In the following conversation, most of the time, Xu Changqing asked and the store owner answered. I don’t know if it was because the store owner was too lonely to stay alone in the store for a long time. Someone chatted with him so that he could move around for a long time. In short, in addition to answering Xu Changqing’s questions, he would also make up and whisper some content that was not related to the problem, and these contents were all rumors.
Xu Changqing did not stop this, but instead listened quietly like a very good listener, and he was uncomfortable and said a few words according to what the other party said, silently guiding the topic to the direction he wanted.
After about half an hour and two pots of tea, although Xu Changqing and the bookstore owner were not a close friend, he was a rare confidant. At least the store owner thought so.
Xu Changqing also gained a lot because he had learned from the shop owner that various information related to the world of turtle backs.
It turns out that there are as many as nine giant tortoises like now, namely the ancient nine states of China. The one Xu Changqing is in is called Yongzhou, so the word "Yongzhou Chengping" on the coins used here is used as the shape of Yongzhou tripod.
Now there are nine prefectures in Yongzhou, each prefecture has nine cities, a total of eighty-one cities. In addition, the Heavenly Palace occupies nine cities, so there are ninety cities in the entire Turtle Back World. The other Turtle Back World are the same as here, and the layout is all nine prefectures and eighty-one cities.
The city where Xu Changqing is located is called Mucheng. There are nearly 10,000 households in the city. If we include the small villages and towns outside the city, there are about 30,000 households. In addition to the city lord named Gunan, there are two aristocratic families to assist. These two aristocratic families are the Jiang and Lu. Although the top Heavenly Palace and the middle Yongzhou Jun have set up a city here, they do not directly manage the affairs of Mucheng. All things and even the lives and death power of the people inside and outside the city are controlled by the city lord and the heads of the two aristocratic families.
Except for the city lord and the two masters who control the highest power, other powers were dispersed into the hands of some officials. These officials granted two titles similar to the aristocratic identities of Yashi and Lishi according to their civil and military background and duties. This system is somewhat similar to the literati system in the pre-Qin period, and is also mixed with some Western medieval aristocratic lord systems.
In addition, under Xu Changqing's clever guidance, he also learned from the owner of the store what the Huang Shi was.
Chapter completed!