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As large groups of people headed overseas, a large number of ships were needed. Therefore, they need to go to Leisure City to find a caravan or a shipyard for negotiation. After negotiation, they can decide whether to rent or purchase directly.

The shooting training of the soldiers was currently going on in an orderly manner. Li Yu and Wang Qingyang suddenly temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​​​evacuating immediately. After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, the entire reinforced company has just been equipped with pulley crossbows for a week. It is still too early to directly participate in military operations. But they also considered the time needed to prepare the ship. Therefore, after discussions with a group of core members, they decided to let Fu Lingshuang lead the team to continue stationed here for tactical shooting training, while Jin Yang and Yuan Xiuxiu were responsible for assisting in surveillance.

As for Li Yu and Wang Qingyang, they will take the remaining silver notes from Yuan Xiuxiu and, together with Mo Wuhen, serve as forward scouts and quickly go to Leisure City to prepare the ship.

Since this was a special exploration mission, it was rare for Wang Qingyang to completely get rid of his two concubines. Although Bai Zi was very reluctant, under Li Yu's strong intervention, he had to take a step back. However, Li Yu still promised Bai Zi that he would keep an eye on Wang Qingyang and never let him step into the romantic field. Due to Li Yu's consistent reputation and reputation, Bai Zi finally felt relieved and let Wang Qingyang and Li Yu Let’s go to Leisure City together.

Li Yu naturally deceived Bai Zi, he didn't care what his brother would do. They are real brothers! As for Bai Zi? Stay where it is cool! However, on the way to Leisure City, Li Yu kindly reminded Fatty Wang and told him to go back to playing and keep his hands and feet clean in the future. Since Mo Wuhen was completely one of his own, there was no need to worry about the two of them chatting along the way. Wang Qingyang also completely learned the painful lesson from the last time and vowed to keep his whereabouts more secretive when going to brothels in the future.

Li Yu and the three of them, this time is a mission to find out the truth. First of all, although they are very familiar with the name of Leisure City and often hear about it, they have never been there. So I just turned a blind eye to the situation in Leisure City.

Therefore, their first mission this time is to understand some basic conditions of the entire city in Kangle City. Only then can you start taking action on leasing or buying and selling boats. Otherwise, knowing nothing about a big city, especially the capital of a country, and rashly spending a lot of money to rent or buy a large number of ships and sailors would be too conspicuous, although it may not cause any trouble. thing, but this situation is what Li Yu has been trying to avoid.

They don't belong to this world in the first place. Carrying the identity of foreign invaders and buying and selling things in a big capital city, this kind of behavior is completely seeking death.

Not to mention that there are masters above the realm of enlightenment in the capital city of Kangle, just the imperial guards belonging to the royal family, which is definitely not something Li Yu and the others can afford to offend at the moment. He did not dare to confidently think that their status as outsiders could be hidden forever and would not be discovered by the residents of this world. This was completely fanciful.

No matter how well they hide, if they walk too much at night, they will be spotted one day. The incident at Yuchunfang in Donglan County last time is a good example. Although Li Yu didn't know why Yuchunfang investigated them privately and secretly. But his instinct told him that this was definitely not a good thing. Therefore, since he discovered that someone was secretly following them, Li Yu became more cautious. This time, he burned down all the workshops and courtyards in Tieshi Town just out of caution.

As the vanguard, Li Yu and the others were naturally very cautious. In terms of dress, they disguised themselves as traveling scholars, while Mo Wuhen acted as the elders of their families. The three of them did not ride war horses, but used carriages as transportation. This conceals their identities as martial arts masters to the greatest extent.

The team's station is about 200 miles away from Leisure City. It takes nearly three hours to arrive by driving a carriage. Along the way, the three of them also made detailed plans for their next trip into the city.

First, after successfully entering Leisure City, the three of them needed to find an inaccessible and cheap place to stay. Then Mo Wuhen went to the beach outside the city alone to explore. It would be best to find a place closer to the beach. store, he was called upon to become an employee in the store to gather information.

Li Yu and Wang Qingyang were conducting basic intelligence collection work in the city. The three of them returned to their accommodation every night to complete the exchange of intelligence.

About two and a half hours later, the carriage driven by Li Yu and the others arrived outside the city of Leisure City. Since it is the capital of a country, the officers and soldiers outside the city gate are very strict in interrogating pedestrians entering the city. As for the carriages and horses of people entering the city, they can only be stored in the post stations outside the city wall according to regulations and cannot be driven directly into the city. In Leisure City, those who can use horses and carriages are all royal nobles and high-ranking generals. Other idlers are prohibited from riding horses or driving carriages in the city.

After listening to the explanations from the officers and soldiers, Li Yu and the others could only store the carriage at a post station outside the city as required. As for entering the city, you have to line up in order and undergo careful interrogation by officers and soldiers. At this time, the three of them looked at the endless queue with helpless expressions on their faces, and silently joined the long queue entering the city.

Wang Qingyang: "Entering the city is like entering an airport, and you need to go through security checks. There are so many rules in this damn place."

Li Yu: "This is the capital of a country, and there is nothing wrong with people being strict. After all, the palace is right here. Who knows if there will be a few vicious people with special skills? This can only be said that their security work can be done well." Bit! How can you say that someone has many rules?"

Wang Qingyang: "The imperial guards in the palace are like paper. We are entering the outer city! Even if there are a few gangsters in the outer city, it will not affect the palace. Who the hell is full? You don’t have a good brain, so you want to take advantage of the Ouchi Imperial Palace?”

Li Yu: "You can't say that, it's called taking precautions before they happen. Moreover, they are also trying to protect the lives of residents in outer cities to the greatest extent. There's nothing wrong with that!"

Mo Wuhen: "I think Mr. Li is right. This Leisure City is really big. There are four areas in the outer city alone. The area of ​​each area is comparable to that of some small cities. Such a scale If a large capital city does not have good order, it will definitely be impossible to manage. Because it is large and difficult to manage, we must attack hard to prevent people with evil intentions from entering the city to the greatest extent."

Li Yu: "Old Mo, that's good! After following me for a while, your ideological consciousness has improved a lot! From now on, you should listen to me more and don't follow that guy Fatty Wang. That guy can't spit out ivory from his mouth. , it’s all fallacies.”

Wang Qing: "Okay, okay, two against one, I can't beat you. Master and apprentice, you two, just take your time and play! I can just shut up, right?"

After queuing for more than an hour, the three of them finally entered the Leisure City. They entered the city from the south gate and arrived directly after entering the city. The most prosperous Nancheng of Leisure City, where most of the people settled in Nancheng, Some businessmen from all over the world, after making money, will choose to buy a house in the capital city of Leisure City to retire.

Most of the markets in the entire Leisure City are gathered here because many businessmen have settled in Nancheng. This is also the main reason why Li Yu and the three of them chose to enter the city from the south gate. The living environment in Nancheng is good, with many open markets and a high density of people, which is very convenient for Li Yu and the others to hide and settle.

As for the other cities in Leisure City, compared to the prosperity of Nancheng, they are slightly inferior. Leisure City is actually like a city with the palace as the center and extending outwards.

As the highest power center of the Roujian Kingdom, the Imperial Palace is located in the very center of the Happy City. Outside the palace walls, there are four directions extending outwards: East City, South City, East City, South City, and South City. , Xicheng, Beicheng. Nancheng gathers the entire leisure city's shops and markets as well as the foreign population. Dongcheng, on the other hand, is adjacent to the coastline, facing the sea, and is the city closest to the pier. The East City Gate is mainly used as an entry and exit passage for large quantities of goods.

At the same time, since Dongcheng is the closest to Nancheng, goods entering through Dongcheng Gate can be quickly delivered to many markets in Nancheng in a short time.

Precisely because the East City Gate is an important material hub for the entire Leisure City, most of the residents living in the East City are poor families who work as laborers at the docks or various businesses. As a result, Dongcheng was also nicknamed the slums.

Xicheng is where all the nobles of Kangle City gather. It has most of the famous families in the entire Roujian Kingdom. The people who live here are basically either rich or noble. At the same time, Xicheng is also the most luxurious place in the entire Leisure City. If you spend one night in this brothel in Xicheng City, it can be said that a spring night is worth a thousand dollars in a real sense! The shops, restaurants, brothels, and art galleries located on the streets in the West City were all established for the entertainment of the wealthy families in the West City.

The North City, this area, is basically the administrative organization of the entire Roujian Kingdom. In this North City, there is the government office responsible for the affairs of various places. It is also the place where officials from Roujian Kingdom work on weekdays. In this northern city, there are also a large number of imperial guards stationed. Therefore, this North City is also the area with the best security in the entire Leisure City.

This information was obtained by Li Yu and the others through inquiries from hawkers in a city after entering the city. Because they urgently need a place to stay, they are unfamiliar with the place and can only learn more about the current situation of Leisure City through hawkers in the market. After all, only these people who are at the lowest level in the city can know such trivial things as: which house has lost its cat and dog, which house has died, and which house has an empty house for rent, etc.

of course. The information that Li Yu and the others obtained was not free. They were still very knowledgeable. They purchased some items at the hawker's stall before people were willing to reveal these things to them.

However, for a little money, you can buy some basic information about Leisure City. Li Yu is naturally very happy. Thanks to the information provided by the hawker, Li Yu and the others quickly found an unused courtyard in the south city, and after some bargaining with the head of the household. Li Yu and the others quickly moved into this small courtyard and officially took root in Leisure City.

At this time, Li Yu was sitting on the stone bench in the small courtyard and said to Wang Qingyang and Mo Wuhen who were also sitting in front of him:

"We have now settled on a place to stay. Next, Mo Wuhen, you will find a way to learn about the situation on the outer sea in Dongcheng. At the same time, try your best to find a job around Dongcheng and settle down. During the work period , we should pay special attention to the situation around the East City Gate, especially how many docks there are in Leisure City. At the same time, we should also pay attention to whether anyone needs to sell commercial ships at the dock. "

Mo Wuhen: "Understood. I will go to Dongcheng later."

Li Yu: "Fat man, you and I will be in the city these days to inquire about information about the shipyard. I feel that just buying ships may not be able to meet our needs. As far as I know, in this world, The maximum number of people a ship can carry is only a few dozen people, and that is without cargo. If it is fully loaded with cargo, it can only accommodate a dozen people at most. We have nearly 200 people, and ordinary cargo ships will definitely not be able to do it. We must Just buy a cargo ship with a bigger warehouse."

Wang Qingyang: "If one boat doesn't work, then let's buy two boats?"

Li Yu: "I have also thought about this problem. But where to board the ship for our people is a big problem. We still have so many war horses. Do you expect to board the ship at the dock of Leisure City?"

Wang Qingyang: "This is a problem. If you include horses, you will need at least 5 ships with larger warehouses."

Li Yu: "So, our next task is to find out this information. What if I can't buy 5 pieces? This is why I have to find a shipyard in advance. If the shipyard is large enough, I can even Let’s customize the boat. I can still afford to wait for a few months.”

Wang Qingyang: "Then now Mo Wuhen is going to explore the topography of the seaside. It is best to find a more suitable dock. If not, then look for a suitable place to board the ship. You and I are responsible for looking for shipbuilding-related information in the city. personnel, and ask if there are any trading houses willing to sell ships with enlarged warehouses. Is that correct? If there is anything I missed, please add it."

Li Yu: "No, that's all for now. Mo Wuhen, you can come back every 2-3 days. We are basically here at night. If there is urgent information, just take a piece of red paper and put it under my door. .After I see it, I will go directly to look for you outside the east gate."

Mo Wuhen: "Then I'll leave first, you guys be careful." After saying that, Mo Wuhen stood up and left quickly towards the courtyard door.

After Mo Wuhen left, Wang Qingyang asked:

"Why do you let him come back only once every two or three days? It's not like there are no spare rooms. Why don't you let him stay at home?"

Li Yu: "I arranged for him to find a job as an undercover agent. He often leaves at night, which is easy to make people suspicious. He has the conditions to live in Nancheng, but he still has to work outside Dongcheng? This is so unreasonable!"

Wang Qingyang: "Understood! If you say it this way, I can understand it."

Li Yu looked at Wang Qingyang's dead look and shook his head with hatred, then continued:

"Come on, let's find a restaurant here to have a meal. By the way, I want to know which clothing store sells higher-end clothes."

Wang Qingyang scratched his head and said with a puzzled face:

"No? Let's just eat. Why are we asking about clothing stores? You and I are not short of clothes. Why don't we ask for some useful information?"

Li Yu: "You know something about football, do you? If you need to inquire, I will of course inquire. However, buying a pair of expensive clothes and sneaking into West City is our current primary goal."

Wang Qingyang was even more confused at this time.

"Why do we want to sneak into West City? We are not here to eat, drink and have fun."

Li Yu sighed, knocked Wang Qingyang on the head helplessly, and then patiently explained:

"We want to know if anyone wants to sell a ship, right? We want to find a shipyard, right? Xicheng is the most expensive place! In a place where a lot of money is spent, will there be a lack of information? I will take you to spend money to buy information! Let's just By asking some small merchants in Nancheng all day like this, can you find out anything valuable?"

After Wang Qingyang heard Li Yu's explanation, he suddenly woke up. In Nanchengfang City, most of them are hawkers. They also buy goods from merchants and sell them in the market. It is definitely no problem to expect people at the bottom of society to inquire about small things. But when it comes to something like buying a large ship with hundreds of materials, you go to them to ask about it? This is simply playing the piano to a cow.

Therefore, the decision made by Li Yu must be extremely wise. A large ship with a few hundred materials is worth thousands of gold at least. If you don't go to the lavish West City for such a big deal, is it possible to find out what happened in Nanchengfang City?

After Li Yu and Wang Qingyang simply tidied up in their respective rooms, they went out of the courtyard and found a restaurant on the street that looked pretty good.

After entering the restaurant, the two of them did not choose a private room. Instead, they found a seat by the window in the second-floor lobby of the restaurant. After ordering a few dishes, they looked at the people passing by on the street downstairs. Crowds, observe carefully.

After all, the two of them were new arrivals. Although they had found a place to stay, they were still quite unfamiliar with the entire city. Therefore, it is very necessary to take advantage of this opportunity to eat in a restaurant and release some spiritual consciousness to carefully observe the surrounding environment and the passers-by.

Ten minutes later, the previously ordered dishes were served one after another. Wang Qingyang took out a silver coin from the storage bag and threw it to the boy who was passing the dishes. After the boy hurriedly took the silver coin, he immediately came to Wang Qingyang. He bowed deeply at 90 degrees and thanked me cheerfully:

"Young man, thank you for your reward! I wonder what your orders are? I will do my best to serve you!"

Naturally, there are countless people who know this kind of boy who hangs out in restaurants, and he is also aware of this inexplicable reward. There is no free lunch in the world, and there is no reward for no reason. In a restaurant, the man who is willing to pay for a reward probably has something to inquire about, rather than any important orders. Therefore, the boy naturally accepted the silver coins thrown by Wang Qingyang with peace of mind.

When Wang Qingyang saw that this young man was so smart, he naturally didn't have to go around in circles and asked directly:

"Which tailor shop sells the best clothes in Nancheng? My brother and I are going to attend a birthday banquet of a large family in the past two days. In order not to lose face to others, we have to buy two outfits and dress up. .”

When the boy heard this, he realized that it was for this reason, and he answered respectfully:

"Sir, there are countless tailor shops in Nancheng. As for which one is better, I have never had the opportunity to go in, so I don't know. However, in Nanfang City, there is a whole street full of tailor shops. You two can go there and try your luck."

"Okay, got it, you go down."

"Okay, gentlemen, please be patient. I'll take my leave." After saying that, the young man bowed to Wang Qingyang again and then slowly withdrew.

"Old Li, did you hear everything? Nanfang City, but we have to go shopping by ourselves. We don't have the money to go shopping at that clothing store now. It's simply impossible to expect him to tell you which one is the best. "

"I heard it all. After dinner, we will go shopping. If there is something suitable, buy two. Let's listen to music in the West City tonight!"

"I've been waiting for your words! I've been looking forward to it for a long time! The capital of Roujian Kingdom! How charming it is at night!" As he said this, Wang Qingyang was rubbing his hands, looking like an old pervert.

Li Yu looked at Wang Qingyang with disgust and mocked:

"You really don't have a long memory. Are you really not afraid of those three people in your family? I don't want to pay attention to you. It's just fun. Don't delay our business. As far as I know, the consumption in this West City is not low. ! Don’t let Huo Huo lose the money we paid to buy the boat. Then even I will suffer."

"What are you afraid of? Now the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. I finally came to the capital. I can't fully experience the tenderness and sweetness standing at the top of the pyramid! Don't worry, the excitement will never end! Our family is rich! If we have cash No, let’s sell some spiritual weapons in the trading shop in Xicheng! Take out the most rubbish ones, and you can probably sell them for a sky-high price in a place like Xicheng, where people are obsessed with money and money!"

"You really want to die on a woman's belly! The more than [-] gold given by Xiuxiu is not enough for you? You still want to be a seller! How big is your appetite? What are you doing here? Calling three all day long fly?"

"But then again, your idea is worth exploring! Everyone talks about how lavish and luxurious this West City is, but I also want to see how much they can afford to pay for our spiritual weapons and magic weapons! Let's go tomorrow Let’s find out carefully which business house in West City specializes in selling rare things.”

"That's right! I'm not as useless as you said! I have come up with a strategic plan for you! Tomorrow I will find out what the young men and young ladies in the West City like to collect, and if you happen to have some of it on us. But You can't catch a few fat sheep and drag them to death!"

"This is a wonderful plan! Today, I will temporarily give up my position as military advisor to you! Please take a seat! Dog-headed military advisor!"

"Come on! Eat quickly. After you finish eating, go dress up. I have to dress up like a dog to meet my little sisters tonight!"

"Look! You said yourself that you look like a dog! There's nothing wrong with you, the dog-headed military advisor!"