Chapter 62 Entering the City

In short, Li Qi thought a lot that night.

In addition to thinking about his own way out, he also thought about the team of soldiers he had met before.

What happened to that team of soldiers?

Were they soldiers from the Tang Kingdom?

But their flag was clearly a pine tree with twisted roots, like the flag of the Song Kingdom.

The Lishui River in the Dalu Kingdom, after flowing for thousands of miles, will be divided into two rivers, one will flow into the sea, and the other will eventually flow into the Song Kingdom.

The known information is that the Song Kingdom and the Tang Kingdom fought a war and lost miserably.

It is normal. According to Li Qi's current understanding, the Tang Kingdom is actually a benchmark against the Wushen Mountain.

The actual ruling territory of the Wushen Mountain covers the entire southwest part of the world, including the Shiwan Mountains. It is a major force that ranks first. The Shiwan Mountains are only one-third of the territory of the Wushen Mountain. Annan, Houli, and even the Wushen Mountain itself to the west are larger in area.

Although Song State is called a country, it is only about the same as a county in Tang State compared to Tang State. It is normal for it to lose.

So... can it be considered that the current Song State is actually controlled by Tang State? And with this as the center, it spreads its influence to the forces of Wu Dao, so that the surrounding Dalu State has gradually moved closer to the human way?

Then as a Zhuren of Wushen Mountain, it seems not good for me to stay in this place. This is the front line of the struggle between Wu Dao and the human way, and the center of the chessboard on both sides.

Risk? Opportunity?

Let's not think about it for now, let's find Luofu Niangniang first.

Li Qi thought about it, but he didn't have a clue. He simply covered his head and slept after dinner.

There is no point in thinking about those things. I have to find Luofu Niangniang first, and then see what I can get.

I was favored by Master Zhu because of my identity as an outsider. This first task must not be messed up.

But, I always feel something is wrong.

Shen Shuibi's rabbit is already a fifth-grade rabbit, so what grade would Luofu Niangniang be?

Third grade? Second grade?

Could it be the legendary first-grade one who can move mountains, fill the sea, catch stars and take the moon?

Regardless of the grade, with the other party's current speed, we can estimate the performance.

The journey to Tang Kingdom is no less than 100,000 miles, but the other party fled all the way from Jiannan Road to here just to escape, and it is estimated that it must be 200,000 or 300,000 miles, but according to Shen Shuibi, it only took one day.

The minimum speed is 12,500 miles per hour.

It can fly 6,000 kilometers in an hour. How many times the speed of sound is this? This is still a long-distance flight. What if it is an instantaneous speed?

It's simply terrifying.

It's unimaginable.

It is said that Luofu Niangniang was still seriously injured and fled, and she brought people with her.

If it was her heyday, she might be able to travel between the earth and the moon in one night.

Traveling the distance between the earth and the moon in one night is really fucking outrageous.

Thinking about these things in his mind, Li Qi gradually fell asleep.

Time flies, and it's the next day.

Today's sacrifice has passed, and the corresponding spirit has been obtained.

When the river was opened, it was late winter and early spring. Now it has been about a month, and spring has reached its peak.

Dormant beasts began to gradually emerge, trees sprouted, all things came back to life, and even some fields began to sow. When passing by the village from afar, you can see a thriving scene.

However, Li Qi didn't have the heart to appreciate the scenery. The old horse ran as fast as the high-speed rail, and it was really too much to appreciate.

Shen Shuibi liked this scene very much, and kept muttering something in her mouth: "The towns of Baiyue have paddy fields, dry fields, and sloping fields. The sloping fields are suitable for planting yam, sweet potatoes, and taro..."

It should be a record of Baiyue in an ancient book.

But why are they all food? She doesn't seem to eat, right?

Forget it, let her read it.

Just like that, less than an hour later.

Yi County has arrived.

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Yi County, one of the thirteen counties in Lizhou.

Lizhou is considered as the largest city in Dalu State, covering an area of ​​1,200 li, with three counties and 13 counties in total.

Li Qi started from Lizhou before, passing Fengxian, but changed direction and went to find Luofu Niangniang first.

So at this moment, he arrived in Yixian.

After Yixian, as long as he took a detour, he could return to the city, and then he would go to Paibo Gang to solve the problem of Niu Lishu.

From the map, it was exactly half of Lizhou, which was about 500 to 600 li.

This shows the importance of the mount. It took nearly a month to walk about 400 li. The last 100 or 200 li were ridden on the old horse, but it arrived in a moment, and it arrived before the end of the morning.

It is worthy of being a dragon colt!

However, Li Qi did not let the old horse go into the city directly, but asked him to wait outside the city, and he asked Shen Shuibi to lower his head and go into the city with him.

There was no way. A young man, with a young woman, riding a dragon horse, came to Yi County in a dignified manner. For a county with a population of only a few hundred thousand, such a dress was too gorgeous.

Although he was still wearing linen clothes, it was not certain that it was because of his quirks, right?

If Shen Shuibi was simply allowed to follow him, he could still explain it with his natural beauty, but with the dragon horse, it would definitely cause unnecessary trouble.

In fact, if possible, Li Qi didn't even want to bring Shen Shuibi with him. He wanted her to stay outside the city with Lao Ma and hide, and he would come in to finish his business before leaving.

But there was no way. Shen Shuibi had to change her clothes and outfit to make it easier to get on the road later.

She still has to do it herself, otherwise, will Li Qi measure her size with his hands?

I’m afraid it’s not good...

So, after thinking about it, he still took Shen Shuibi into the city.

He is now a cultivator, big or small, and should be able to withstand some hooligans and thugs.

Entering the city is still the same, no fees are required, but if you want to sell things, you need to enter a special urban area, where you need to pay a fixed tax of five cents, and then the government will take 10% of the transaction amount as commercial tax.

The tax rate in Yi County is not high, it is already very conscientious.

If it is Lizhou Prefecture, in addition to the layers of customs duties and river taxes on the road, commercial taxes will also be collected, basically 10% tax and 5%.

Li Qi paid five cents, and then in the commercial area, he displayed his animal skins and bones, as well as some goat meat that he didn’t finish eating yesterday, all cooked, although cold, but still fresh, not spoiled, and can be eaten.

In addition, there are some fresh mountain products.

Although he didn't know how to dry them, it was not difficult to preserve wood ears for a day or two, so he also got some to sell.

In short, make some money first and change your clothes.

Bones, meat, fur and other things are not cheap, and they are rare. Ordinary merchants and mountain people don't have the ability to get these things, so as soon as they were put out, a bunch of people gathered around.

"Little brother, how much is your goat skin?"

"Big brother, how much is your fox skin?"

"How much is this meat? Cut me a pound."

It took only a few minutes to open the business.

Li Qi had already thought about the price before entering the city, so he naturally followed the advice and responded to the customers and started bargaining.

Shen Shuibi squatted next to him, pretending that others couldn't see him.

Rabbits always do this.