Different world! I went from slave to conquering king!

Jinling has been an important development center for the entire eastern part of the empire since Taizu decided to make it the capital.

Although it is not close to the sea, it is not like a magical city that has developed very vigorously in recent years.

However, with the blessing of historical and cultural factors and convenient transportation conditions, this place is still a rare pearl on the empire's territory.

The roads, which are spacious enough for four carriages to run parallel, are all paved with thick bluestones. Moreover, unlike most cities, the city also follows a curfew strategy.

At this time, Jinling had gradually relaxed its suppression of industry and commerce, allowing people to carry out commercial activities at night.

Unlike the numb and desperate civilians outside the city, the people inside the city looked much healthier.

But it’s right to think about it. In this era, ordinary people who are busy making a living, who have time to go out to the night market at night?

Most of the people who can be seen at this time already have a small amount of money.

In other words, the residents here have initially separated themselves from agricultural production and enjoyed the dividends brought by industry and commerce.

Chen Changsheng even had a feeling that after one or two more generations were sacrificed, the entire Ming Dynasty might become more prosperous.

But the existence of martial arts makes the whole world's direction become strange.

The Ming Dynasty did not colonize. Although it defeated the fleet of foreign monsters, the rulers' desire for overseas was almost zero.

The result of the inability to pass on the costs to colonization was that the development of the Ming Dynasty was entirely based on squeezing its own people.

But the existence of martial arts determines that even if the people at the bottom are squeezed to death or even enslaved for generations, they have no power to resist.

...

Chen Changsheng shook his head, recalling the common history knowledge he learned in high school in his mind again.

What we need to do now is to relax rather than worry about the country and the people.

Chen Changsheng walked slowly on the streets of Jinling in the Ming Dynasty. He looked at the pedestrians walking around and felt a lot of surprise in his heart.

Nearly 30% of the vendors along the street are not run by Ming people, and Chen Changsheng finds all the customs from overseas very interesting.

The white man with a beard and blue eyes held up a thick parchment book and preached some so-called monotheism to the people around him.

The common people were not interested in what Big Beard said. They were only willing to listen because Big Beard distributed eggs for free.

The foreign man wearing a pure white turban sat casually on the street, spreading out a white cloth with various well-made scimitars placed on it.

The Ming Dynasty was full of martial virtue and did not prohibit the sale of civilian weapons, and some wealthy people did not mind taking a look at exotic blades.

The female dancer with three-dimensional facial features and smooth skin danced the dance of the Western Regions gracefully along the street.

The exposed appearance stunned many men who had never seen such a battle before.

Well, Chen Changsheng also stopped to observe. After all, he is also a dance practitioner, so it is normal to communicate and learn.

Most of the people in the city knew nothing about what happened outside the city in the past few days. After all, Chen Changsheng was the only one who attacked, and all the refugees were left outside the city.

Therefore, people on the road at this time were only surprised by Chen Changsheng's appearance, but such a handsome appearance made these people dare not get close to him casually.

After all, in this world, if you bump into a noble person, it will be fatal.

Moreover, since entering the five internal organs realm, the energy of blood and qi has been constantly washing through his body, causing Chen Changsheng to naturally exude a special pressure, making ordinary people afraid to approach him at will.

Chen Changsheng felt happy and relaxed because of this. After all, it would be quite boring to encounter two unsighted men coming to rob a civilian man.

...

The entire Jinling City is huge, with millions of people gathering in the city, but Chen Changsheng's goal is very clear.

Now that I have come to Jinling, I must go to the Qinhuai River to have a look.

Although prostitution is a low-level profession, a special group with local characteristics and even cultural legends has formed on the Qinhuai River.

When Chen Changsheng came to the banks of the Qinhuai River, colorful lanterns were hung on the boats one after another, and beautiful women from all over the country played and sang songs unique to this era on these boats.

...

Ordinary people don't know what happened outside the city in the past few days, but the children of the powerful are very aware that the entire Jinling has changed its owner in the past few days.

Of course, although everyone is temporarily obeying the evil god, everyone is actually looking forward to what kind of thunderous means the Dragon Court in the Imperial Capital will use to kill this person.

However, being manipulated at will by a young boy of unknown origin really makes these adults quite depressed.

Under the depression, most of the officials came to this place where the boats were painted to get drunk and soothe their sorrows.

As the rulers of this city, they chartered the largest boat and asked the thirteen most beautiful courtesans on the entire Qinhuai River to come on board to serve themselves and others.

Beauties, wine and food all gathered in the boat, but most of the people's thoughts were not on it.

I saw a sinister-looking civil servant asking a man dressed as a military commander not far away:

"Commander Zuo, have you received news of the arrival of the special envoy?"

The man dressed as a military general shook his head and said:

"Calculating the time should be here in the next few days, but we still have to find a way to hold off that devil."

The civil servant nodded and said, "That's true. If that devil runs away, what we have done in the past few days will probably be labeled as someone who is afraid of war and surrenders to the enemy."

"Only by keeping that devil in Jinling and waiting until the special envoy kills him can we make up for it and get through this hurdle!"

When the other officials heard the man's words, they all nodded in agreement, and the leading general who spoke before said after pondering:

"It's a pity that we don't know what that devil likes. Otherwise, if we do what he likes, we will definitely be able to drag him here."

"Me? I like beauties."

Suddenly, a young man's voice interrupted the general's words. Everyone was startled and looked towards where the voice came from.

But he saw a young man in black sitting on the sidelines at some point. He was holding a glass of wine from the Western Regions and slowly tasting it:

"Well, I'm not used to drinking. I don't understand why you people like to drink this stuff."

Chen Changsheng vomited casually, grabbed a bunch of agate-like grapes on the table and ate them.

As if sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, Chen Changsheng looked up.

However, he saw that all the officials were staring at him as if he had seen a ghost, and the courtesans accompanying him were all looking at him with shining eyes.

"Pooh!"

After spitting out the grape seeds in his mouth, Chen Changsheng lay on his back on the wooden chair and said with a gentle expression:

"So you are welcome to use your honey trap to seduce me. I have very little willpower."

"As long as there are enough beauties, I don't mind staying in Aurous Hill for a while until your so-called special envoy arrives."

Cold sweat broke out rapidly on the heads of the officials on the field, and they did not dare to answer Chen Changsheng's words.

Obviously he already knew that he and others were plotting to kill him.

The leader of the Muscle and Bone Realm general could no longer withstand the pressure. He quickly drew out his sword and flew directly to slash at Chen Changsheng:

"Stop humiliating me! Go to hell! Devil!"

Chen Changsheng's eyes still looked indifferent, but when the blade approached, his lips moved slightly:

"Pooh!"

A grape seed spurted out from Chen Changsheng's mouth, and with terrifying power, it penetrated straight through the general's brain like a heavy sniper.

The general's angry eyes suddenly lost their luster.

A warrior in the Muscle and Bone Realm with copper skin and iron bones died like this.

Looking at the frightened officials and oirans around him, Chen Changsheng still maintained that gentle smile on his face:

"I'm very timid, don't scare me."

"Otherwise, people will die."