God don't even try to stop me from doing infrastructure!

It took a few days for Yunze to get a little familiar with this place, like a snail carefully stretching out its tentacles.

He wanted to go around the island in the middle of the lake and see Syd, the capital of the northern kingdom.

The footsteps of foreign missions are free, and the North Country will not restrict this.However, the safety of life and property of the mission must also be taken care of by itself, because the North Country is not responsible for this either.

Yunze put on his black gauze hat, took a dozen people with him and went out.

Behind him are Taixi soldiers, who can be seen as foreigners by looking at his face, and looking at his equipment, it must be the foreign mission that came this time.Pedestrians on the road don't know which country they are from, and they will avoid them when they see them.

Syd is not a commercial city, and you will pay special attention to it if you see few foreigners.

But this does not affect Syd's prosperity and wealth.

There is a huge square in Syd, which is the most lively place in Syd, even at night. The people of Syd light up lanterns to watch performances, and the best things to watch at night are performances such as throwing fireballs and breathing fire.

Modern people know that this is the relationship between the principle of inertia and flammable liquids in their mouths, but people in this era don't know it. They are amazed and generously send many gifts.

Of course it wasn't at night when Yunze went, he went during the day.It’s autumn now, the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, and many families who have harvested their grain will come out for a walk as a family when they have free time, so the square is very lively at this time.

The most popular performances here are singing, dancing and acrobatics, but the most popular performance, which can't be squeezed in, is actually a bard's stall.Yunze and his group squeezed in and listened for a while, and he felt that it sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, Emma, ​​isn't this his story?It's just that some details have been 'northernized', so I didn't hear it at first.

There are also bards from Curry?

No, it might also be the bards from the Northern Kingdom who have been to Curry, or colleagues who have contacted the bards who came out of Curry, Yun Ze guessed.

Yunze and his party were really conspicuous, and the bard quickly noticed this side. He saw Yunze wearing a black gauze hat at a glance, and was so surprised that he even played a few wrong notes on the piano.

Yunze likes to make private visits with a black gauze or a black gauze hat, and this is a detail that only Curry knows.This bard obviously knows who he is, so he really came back from Curry's apprenticeship?

In order not to disturb the bard and the surrounding audience, Yun Ze quietly withdrew to watch other performances.

Syd's business is underdeveloped, but this kind of entertainment culture is very developed, and there are many entertainers and groups performing.

"I still think our own performance is the best." Yunze, who came with a filter, and Bell, who accompanied him, said this.

Bell just smiled: "Yes, His Highness said so."

Yunze was stunned for a moment, a flash of lightning split the memory, and he suddenly knew why he saw that wandering craftsman at that time and felt familiar.The way that person smiled was actually similar to Bell.

No, on closer inspection, it seems that the shape of the face and lips are similar.

Yunze couldn't help thinking about it: Bell was the troubled Totokeya nobleman, and that person was Totokya's former uncle.Maybe they are still a family. Judging from their appearance, they should be related.

He suppressed this doubt in his heart, and was going to wait for the two people to meet before asking him about the situation.

A group of people continued to follow the flow of people to the lively place.

"My lord, do you want some noodles?" A child held a basket and sold it to passers-by.

In the lively and bustling square, there are many performers and people watching the performances. These people may not all come after eating. This is the best consumer group for these snacks.

Those things looked like relatively primitive biscuits, baked with wheat flour and other ingredients, passers-by bought a handful, and put them in their mouths to make them crunchy.Yunze was very curious, so he asked the soldier to buy some, and the soldier brought these biscuits in a roll rolled up with large leaves.

Yunze ate one, and after the first bite, he was silent for a while, then spit out a small stone, and gave the rest to Menis, in the pretense of not wasting it.

Menis asked a guard to put it away. It is not worthwhile to eat something of unknown origin if it ruins your stomach.

Fortunately, not all the snacks here are as bad as this strange biscuit. Later, Yunze ate a piece of pie that the locals like very much.Thin dough, wrapped in a layer of sauce and a little filling in the middle, baked in the oven without a drop of oil, take it out and cut it into pieces to eat.

The paper-thin dough is wrapped in a thin layer of ingredients, which is salty and delicious, suitable for all ages.

To be honest, there was a reason why Taixi was looked down upon and vulgar in the past.If there is no food reform started by Yunze, Taixi really can't beat the food alone.

With such crude conditions and no oil, the Sid people can make so many delicious things, some of which are not outdated even in modern times.Of course, at the same time, we can also see the gap between urban and rural areas. Syd's food culture is so colorful, but the food in the cities he passes along the way is not particularly outstanding.

In addition, the dress of Sid people is also very particular.Although they have strict dress codes for class pairs, the artisans of Syd are good at dancing in chains.

Leaving aside slaves, slaves are not human beings here.

Let me talk about civilians first, civilians are not allowed to wear dyed clothes, but embroidery and painting are not prohibited, but there are requirements on the area.Therefore, from a distance, the people of Sid seem to be wearing the same white robes, but when you get closer and look at the details, you will find that they have decorations on necklines, cuffs, and corners.

If the technique is very clever, this robe is not like the clothes of ordinary people, but the clothes carefully made by noble families.

Yunze wandered around the square, and the people of Xide would look at it curiously, but they would not approach.Around the square, there are some promenade-like buildings with no walls on one side, wooden benches inside, and a roof on top for shelter from wind and rain.

People in Sydney who are tired from shopping can come in and sit inside for a while.Or some people just come here to chat and gossip. They will bring a water glass, take a sip when they are tired of arguing, and then continue arguing.

It is similar to Curry's Cherry Tree Avenue.

But there are some differences between the two. Syd specially built a promenade to accommodate these people. Curry can use the whole avenue freely. He can sit on a stone chair or on the railing of a tree, and even find a piece of cloth. Sit on the ground.

The same is true for the performance area. There is a special area for performances here, and there are stages everywhere.

One is serious and orderly, like the local houses, and the other is free and undisciplined, like the local houses.

Is there any strict place in Taixi?

Yes, Taixi's laws are very strict, and the punishment is specific to the stolen property. The more theft, the heavier the punishment.Life here in the North Country is carefully divided and classes are clearly defined, but the laws are vague and vague, with a lot of room for maneuver, and often they like to cut corners.

Yunze suddenly thought that if he came from the Northland, the first place he would set foot in would probably be the law. This kind of vague law is not only beneficial to the powerful middle-level, but also beneficial to the bottom and management. benefit.

The northern country is a bit of a small-scale peasant economy, but it is completely different. It has a large number of high-quality fishing ports and ports, which are better and more potential resources than the plains.To be honest, Beiguo is more suitable for business development than Taixi. The port’s commodity transaction tax and the profits generated by the service industry can make Beiguo a lot of money.

But why did he come to the Northland?

Yunze silently erased his whim again, Beiguo should never realize that he is carrying a treasure.

Going forward and turning into an entrance, you can see many Sid people carrying a basket of eggs on their heads, or holding a can of milk in their hands and leading a sheep to enter here, and there are noisy market sounds from inside.

"This is the market that ordinary people in Syd visit most often, and occasionally some businessmen come here," Meinis said.

Syd is not a commercial city, but the market is still huge, and the streets are full of people who come to trade, but they don't know whether they are holding currency or commodities.Even in Syd, which prides itself on being civilized, bartering is still the mainstream form of transaction.

Yunze carefully avoided the feces and garbage on the ground, and the air was mostly the smell of livestock.Most of the merchants here are setting up stalls to trade. I didn’t see many regular shops. I saw one or two shops occasionally. They also sold food and fabrics. There are many customers in the shops that buy food. They seem to be snapping up. food.

Strangely, the demand for grain after the autumn harvest should be the least so that the price will drop.

People on the street looked at the group of them in amazement.These people seem to be Syd civilians, and they are civilians with little assets.Yunze, guarded by a team of soldiers, is out of place here, and it seems that the wealthy people of Syd will not easily set foot here.

Yes, after all, this street is indeed irregular and clean, and it is difficult to settle down.

In fact, the commercial street in Curry used to be the same, but after it was rebuilt, the ground became neat and clean, the road was widened, and the stalls were fixed, leaving enough walking paths.Then add drinking pools and stone chairs for rest... Slowly, the rich will also go shopping in person, and they begin to feel the joy of shopping.

As a result, many luxury and service shops have been added to Curry's commercial street, and Curry already has the shadow of a commercial city in later generations.

"Oh~ this is Syd, the capital of the northern kingdom, how prosperous and majestic? Look at the rows of Syd people, they look at us like stinky rats, but I will make them fall in love with me and me Goods. Best stuff from Tesikuri, it drives those guys crazy."

"Uncle! Be careful, this is the Northland."

"Dear nephew, I know, I know everything. I have traveled so many places, and you are just a little bird."

A group of foreign businessmen approached, their clothes didn't look like people from the Northland, and of course, they didn't look like people from Taixi either.Behind them were many carriages carrying goods, and in front of them was a middle-aged man and a young man.

Yunze felt familiar, so he pulled Meinis beside him: "Are they the pair of businessman uncles and nephews we met in Moxi?"

"Your memory is very good, it is indeed them." Menis confirmed and whispered.

Yunze and the businessman passed by.

In fact, it was the discerning businessman who moved to one side ahead of time, letting Yunze and his party, who were not easy to mess with at first glance, go first.

The businessman is still educating his nephew: "See, the plump muscles, thick leather, and shiny weapons, at first glance, they are the best and most elite soldiers. Look at the appearance, these are soldiers from the country in the south , to let these soldiers accompany and protect them is definitely not a simple person, it should be a national mission. Even if this kind of person offends a little, we can't even think about going back intact, so..."

The subsequent exhortations were hard to hear because of the distance.

Yunze was full of emotion in his heart, he hadn't seen him for a few years, the businessman was still conscientiously running his business, and he was no longer a wanderer from another world who was at a loss in his heart and always kept an eye out for temptations.

I remember that he was still a "pure, cute and harmless" character at that time, but now he is broken into pieces, right?Except kindness and harmlessness remained... no, the word kindness and harmlessness probably disappeared when he proposed a stepped land tax.Anyway, those city officials and people with a lot of land hated him to death, but because of his power, they could only greet him with a smile.

Taixi's management and bottom should like him very much, because he has brought a lot of benefits and improved their living conditions.But those big landlords and custodians will hate him very much.Similarly, most people in Taixi will like him, and the bottom people in other places will also like him, but the management of other countries may not like him.

It's not a matter of personal preference, it's a matter of position.

If so, then hate him even more, because Tae-seok will get better and better.