Lin Ming returned to the store, found shopkeeper Qian and asked for leave, saying he wanted to go out for a walk.
Since there is no curfew at night in Lingao, it is better to go out for a walk at night, feel the direction of the roads, and then find out the news.
"You don't need to ask for leave if you want to go out. You can go out at will after proofing the shop here, as long as you remember to come back before the big clock strikes ten. Otherwise, you have to ask the concierge to open the door for you..." Shopkeeper Qian took care of it and took out a letter from the drawer. He folded his hand and said, "You have just arrived in Lingao and are not familiar with the roads. This is the map of Dongmen City printed in our shop. Although it is not very detailed, the general route is clear. Take it with you."
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Lin Ming was overjoyed. He originally planned to explore the road by "stepping on the plate" in the past few days, but he didn't expect that there was a ready-made map! Now I took it and pulled it open to look at it and secretly praised it. The map was drawn very delicately. The roads and shops were clearly marked with very fine fonts, making it clear at a glance.
Although Haixing Hao funded the printing of this map, the words Haixing Hao are written on the top of the world, and the store locations are specially marked with black circles. The actual map used was the public version of the "Dongmen City Traffic and Tourism Map", which was truly produced by the Remote Exploration Office. It's just that because it is a civilian map, some important departments, facilities and roads have been erased.
Even so, the level of detail in this map is rare in the world. Lin Ming hid the map in his arms and walked out of the shop.
Lin Ming thought carefully before going out. Following the usual practice of asking for information, he first found a lively place to "listen to gossip" - teahouses and restaurants were all good places where people from all over the world gathered to chat and talk. You may not be able to hear any useful news.
However, he was not too sure about this method, because it had been almost two years since Li Yongxun was arrested and sent to Lingao. It was no longer novel to the people here, and no one might mention it. But now he has no choice but to try his luck.
Moreover, he has heard that some true kuns also like to go to the market for entertainment. If he can get close to them and try to make friends with them, he may get useful information and even provide convenience for movement. If it is really impossible to rescue, trying to kidnap a true disciple to force the other party to exchange is also a feasible method.
He originally wanted to find someone to find out which street was the busiest and what famous restaurants and teahouses there were in Dongmen City. Now that I have a map in hand - a quick glance shows that various places are marked in detail, which saves me the trouble of asking around, and I feel secretly happy.
Lin Ming came out and walked along the route pointed by the Wang siblings. He was ready to see what Wang Jinchun's so-called prosperous night scene looked like. After turning a corner, I noticed that the lights in the distance were brighter. Although there were still several alleys across, I could hear bursts of noise, and I couldn't help but speed up my pace and move forward.
The roads here are very easy to recognize - the streets and houses in Dongmen City are all built on white ground. There is no maze-like old city. Therefore, the streets and alleys are as straight and square as a chessboard, except for a few main roads. In addition to having special street names, branch roads and alleys are numbered with "longitude and latitude", which can be seen at a glance. There are road signs at the end of the intersection, which is very convenient.
As Lin Ming walked along, he saw more and more people on the street: men and women, old and young, some dressed as thieves, and some wearing Ming Dynasty clothes. Some people are in a hurry, while others are strolling leisurely. Lin Ming could see that although these people were dressed in different styles, they were not extremely poor, and their faces were good. It was obvious that the ordinary people here were living a very good life.
After walking half the street, he saw a stone archway with three rooms and four pillars standing in front of him. Lin Ming was secretly surprised. This Dongmen City was built only after the bandits came. It was originally just a wasteland by the Wenlan River. There were no villages or towns. , where did you get the archway? There will be no Chastity Arch or Keming Arch. When I walked in and took a look, I realized that it was newly built, with three large Song-style characters "Dongmen City" inlaid on the top door.
After passing the archway, there were suddenly more vendors on the street. A half-grown boy with a large square box hanging on a cloth strip around his neck shouted loudly: "Cigarettes and Australian Osmanthus Candies!", and several little children held a pile of paper and sold: "The latest "Chun Bow Paper" ! Guangzhou, Shanghai and Manila, the latest CIF price today!" After a while, I heard a man standing next to a trolley with a square box shouting: "It's Australian movies, it's hot in Tokyo recently! It's all because you didn't see it. What a new show!", "Freshly baked takoyaki, you haven't been to Lingao without eating it!", "Lingao noodles! Authentic Lingao noodles!", "Big meat buns, big meat buns, skin There’s a lot of white meat, and every bite brings a pocketful of oil!”
As for the vendors and shop fronts with fixed stalls on the street, it is even more dizzying, but the shops here are not closed, and the lights are brightly lit, making the streets as bright as day. There is a dazzling array of all kinds of goods, and some even set up stalls at the entrance of the store to sell goods.
Lin Ming felt that his eyes could not see enough. He originally thought that Guangzhou was already a rare gathering place for rare and exotic goods in the world, but he did not expect that compared with here, it could not even compare to a fraction. There were many kinds of food and snacks sold at the roadside stalls that he had never seen before. The aroma was so fragrant that it made him gulp down from time to time - because he was short of money and didn't know what kind of expenses he would have next. Don’t dare to misuse money.
But I saw many young women wearing Kunthi style clothes on the street. They were in groups, carrying various snacks and snacks, eating, playing and laughing as if no one was around. I couldn't help but feel secretly surprised: It was shocking for a woman to go out at night, but there wasn't even a man around her. How unbecoming was this? What if someone teases you and abducts you?
Looking at the street, there are quite a few women without men, and some are even walking alone on the street. Lin Ming was secretly speechless: Needless to say, the security here must be excellent, but what kind of custom is it for a woman to be so wild? Even the Song Dynasty may not be like this.
"They are indeed overseas barbarians." Lin Ming sighed secretly.
"Give me a moment, borrow it, borrow it." Someone piled up behind him and shouted. A short, sturdy man dragged a car and passed him by. The bells of the car jingled, and more than ten people had already run out. Ten feet away.
At this time, there were very few carriages and mule carts loading goods on the streets, replaced by many "Australian carts". Lin Ming seemed to think that this was an armchair covered with cloth and mounted on wheels on both sides. There were two long handles in the front for the driver to pull. There were also a few stacked bamboo bones on the backrest, which seemed to be able to hold up the cloth. Put up a car hood. The coachmen were wearing blue cloth coats with a string of "big food numbers" painted on their backs. They pulled the coach very fast in the crowd, and the bells on the coach jingled non-stop.
There are almost no sedans or sliders in Dongmen City. The streets are full of these "Australian cars" - known locally as "rickshaws". Several of them were beautifully decorated. Not only did there be a huge golden five-star on the back of the car seat, but there were also unknown lights on each side of the car seat, which were dazzlingly bright.
In the traffic flow of Australian cars, there were also several two-wheeled Dongfeng carriages with Mongolian horses trotting past proudly on the street. However, the coachman wearing a large cloak stood behind the carriages and drove, which made Lin Ming wonder.
Walking on the streets, he saw that the entire Dongmen City was already dark at night. Lin Ming estimated that it was probably past Xu Zheng now, but the bustling streets were still unabated. He knew that if he was in the Ming Dynasty, it would be the most lively Hua Street and Liu Lane at night, and there would be very few pedestrians on the street at this moment: if the guests who came to seek fragrance were not listening to music and feasting in the small courtyard of the courtyard, and preparing to stay overnight, they would have already Went back to the mansion.
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly saw a four-wheeled carriage parked in the open space on the street at the intersection in front of me. Two Mongolian horses wearing blindfolds stood under the street lights, eating beans from their breast pockets. The compartment of this carriage is very large, and the decoration is also very strange: the two ends are painted black, but the middle is white. The body of the car was also painted with two large black characters in Song dynasty: "Police". There are also two lights on the front of the car, one with a red lampshade and one with a blue lampshade. An Australian "man" wearing a bamboo hat, a black cloth jacket, and a belt stood on the footboard and looked around. The upper half of the body of another "Australian policeman" was exposed on the top of the carriage. He was holding a hand in his hand. A telescope, picked up from time to time and looked into the distance.
Lin Ming looked along the direction of the telescope on the roof of the car, and saw a tall tower not far away, as high as four or five stories. The streets below were brightly lit, but there were no lights on the tower. It looked dark and mysterious. Lin Ming looked closely and saw lights flickering on and off at the top, long and short.
He looked at it for a moment and roughly understood that the length and brightness of the lights were conveying signals. There must be officers from the Australian Five Cities Military and Horse Department on top of this tower, commanding the police to maintain order and control the streets.
"The thief Kun really has a way!" Lin Ming was looking around when suddenly a staccato sentence drifted into his ears: "...Someone...resisted arrest...immediate reinforcements..."
Lin Ming trembled. This was a woman's voice! Moreover, this voice belongs to his sister-in-law Li Yongxun, whom he has been dreaming about for several years!
He quickly turned around and looked over, and saw that the carriage had already started, and someone was ringing a bell on the carriage. With the rapid ringing of the bell, pedestrians and vehicles on the street gave way.
Lin Ming took a few steps and was about to chase after him to see what was going on. He saw seven or eight more "policemen" wearing hats and black clothes running up the street. Some were holding short sticks, and some were holding blunderbuss. Run in the direction of the carriage.
Looking at this posture, there must be a big case happening here. Lin Ming suddenly changed his mind. At this time, there would be a "city-wide search". If he followed rashly, he might be detained for questioning. Although he had a complete set of documents, it was better to do less than to do more. It was best not to get involved with Kun. The thief's government directly contacted him to avoid exposing any flaws. r1152
