The sword is the devil

Chapter 609 Zhongqing Prefecture City
Pingliang Prefecture, Zhongqing Prefecture, is a city that is out of place in Shan country and other cities.

This point can be seen at a glance only from its architectural style. Most of the cities in Shan State are brick and stone structures, which are simple and heavy, rough and strong, but the buildings here are basically wooden tile buildings, which are very delicate and look like an peaceful water town. mean.

If it belongs to the country of Anhe, it is an out-and-out city in the south of the Yangtze River.

The entire Pingliang Prefecture is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side, which is a typical basin terrain; the three sides surrounded by mountains are close to other state capitals of the State of Shan, and the opposite of the water is Anhe State. From the perspective of geographical advantage, cultural traditions and It's only natural for Ann to be close.

This is Yuanlang China, a country that couldn't be smaller. Because of its special terrain, it survived the chaotic first few hundred years of the Warring States Period, but in the end it still did not escape the result of being swallowed by whales.

He wanted to be swallowed by the sperm whale of Anhe State, but was swallowed by the shark of Yan State by mistake, which created a special environment in Pingliang Prefecture.

Some people from Pingliangzhou admit that they are from Shan State, some think they are from Anhe, and some insist that they are from Langzhong. In such a cultural environment, secular management is very troublesome. Therefore, here is a place controlled purely by practitioners. In the state capital, the secular power is very limited, and there is no way to control it.

The people of Pingliang are very wealthy, the basin is rich in products, the mineral veins are unique, the population is not large, and the commercial atmosphere is very strong. These characteristics are inextricably linked with the Anhe State on the other side of the river.

In Zhongqing, the central capital city of Yizhou, one can see the overall structure of the city. The local cultural forces and chambers of commerce are very strong, but the sense of existence of the Shanmen Duwei Mansion, which exercises the power of supervision, is not so strong.

In Zhongqing Mansion, there are countless shops, and there is an endless stream of customers from south to north, all of whom come here for the excellent craftsmanship of crafts.

Yuanlang Chinese Taoism is a relatively rare pure subsidy Taoism. They are good at making utensils. It also competes with Wumen's crafting skills.

However, Wumen's utensils are for the Taoist sect's own use, but here you can make different magic utensils for different orthodoxy, as long as you ask, so it is more favored by middle and lower monks.

It is surprising that Shan State, which is not good at making utensils, has such a unique place, but if you understand the history of the mainland, you will not be surprised why. In the minds of many people, this place is even more regarded as An independent small country, I don't think it is under the rule of the Shanmen.

Zhouji Yiqu Pavilion is a practical shop in the west of the city that specializes in strange-kinky-skills. It specializes in treating infertility, neither water nor hardness, increasing fun, improving the quality of life, etc. The most basic cultural needs of ordinary people...

It is a concrete manifestation of the application of cultivation to ordinary people's lives. Don't underestimate that most of the customers are ordinary people, and their purchasing power is also quite considerable, because human beings have always been tireless in their pursuit of this aspect, and hate time is not long, and hate night is too short.

Zhou Laoxi leaned in front of the counter, feeling a little irritable.

His Zhou family's ancestors have run this shop for more than ten generations, more than 300 years, even in the business district of Zhongqing City, which has a strong commercial atmosphere, it can be called a time-honored brand. The target is ordinary mortals. It seems that the profit is not huge, but it is better than long-term strength and endless demand.

But just a few days ago, the Central Military Office of the Shogunate of Zhongqing City issued an order at the same time, requiring all merchants to strictly implement the identity verification of customers, so that every investigation must be checked, and the regulations of the two governments should be reported every day.

Such a regulation is very inhumane to the merchants, because there are too many customers who are unwilling to reveal their whereabouts casually. This is an issue about the privacy of monks, and all practitioners take this very seriously.

It’s better for real comprehension shops, because their customers are single, they are practitioners; practitioners who are new to Zhongqing City only need to go to the two prefectures to report and obtain verification, and then they can freely enter and exit various shops in the city , no one will reject.

But a half-cultivated and half-ordinary shop like Yiqu Pavilion is very embarrassing. The products are made by practitioners, but the customers are basically ordinary buyers. After all, practitioners basically have nothing wrong with this aspect...

Such a range of customers determines the difficulty for them to obtain a verification survey. For ordinary mortals, it is really difficult to enter the two prefectures to obtain a verification survey. How can the government have so much time to take care of you?
Therefore, the passenger flow has dropped sharply in the past few days, and it is sparse, and there are few people...

However, the two governments are still very serious about the regulations this time, and they are not just talking about it, they can obey it in private.

This time, under the rules, undercover investigators from the two prefectures often come to visit, and those who catch unruly businesses will be fined and warned, or even closed down. Not enough.

I heard rumors in private from well-informed people that this unconventional rule is a temporary response to welcome a certain big shot from the top of the Shan family, fearing that he will visit the world and investigate the business situation of the Zhongqing business district in private. How long will it last? No one knows, it depends on the next move of this big man.

Hope to pass quickly.

For small businessmen like them, the competition of high-level figures in Zhongqing Mansion is not something they can participate in, so they can only bear it passively.

"I went to the back hall to inspect the goods, and you are here to stare."

Instruct the clerk Ajuan to support in the store, because there are few people, so one person can be busy, and there are only three or two customers in a whole day, so there is no need to keep too many people here.

Ajuan replied out of boredom. She is the shopkeeper's niece and daughter-in-law, and she is very close. Because of the special goods in a place like Yiqu Pavilion, it is not suitable to use a strong and strong guy as a buddy, and there is no problem of looking after the house. If a woman speaks softly in this regard, customers will have more desire to buy.

Looking at the embroidery at the counter, not long after, the door rang, and two guests walked in. Ah Juan subconsciously said:
"Welcome, please show the verification..."

Two strange men walked around the store, and one of them said coldly: "It's too late...go to Sima Mansion to pay the fine later."

Ah Juan was a little confused, "What do you mean it's late?"

One of the men snorted, "It's too late to show the inspection... You should have said it first, tell your shopkeeper, if you don't pay the fine in three days, you will be closed."

Ah Juan finally understood their identities, and they must be unannounced visitors from the two governments. Knowing that something had happened, she hurriedly called the shopkeeper, but Zhou Laoxi had nothing to do about it.

You can only pay a fine. Is it possible to get some favors because of evading this fine?

(End of this chapter)