Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the island and Gu Shen Tong did not catch up with them, Song Xing unlocked the two women's acupuncture points.
"Lord, are you okay?"
When Chad was free, Shiyu Shenzi looked at the blood on Song Xing's chest and asked anxiously.
Song Xing shook his head: "A few minor injuries don't matter."
With his powerful body and half-broken brocade's healing method, ordinary injuries really have no impact on him.
A trace of panic flashed in Andilo's eyes: "Who is that old man? Sister Shenzi and I didn't even react when he pointed at the acupuncture point in the air and couldn't move."
Song Xing looked back at Dong Dao, who was already far away, and said, "You should be lucky that Gu Shentong didn't have murderous intentions at the beginning, otherwise I would have seen your two bodies when I came out."
Song Xing shook his head. He didn't expect that this trip to Dongyi would be so unsatisfactory.
First, they encountered Ye Fan's Hongyi warship on the East Island and had to abandon the ship to escape. Then they encountered a storm and accidentally drifted to the East Island. When they entered the wind cave, they were discovered by Gu Shentong using the Emperor's Qi-seeing technique from the changes in the mountains and rivers. It is cut outside the wind cave.
If he hadn't obtained Gong Yangyu's Void Refining Sword Intent this time, he might not have been able to get a good deal in the hands of Gu Shentong.
Andillo trembled with fright and asked: "Lord, who is that old man? He is so powerful?"
Song Xing said leisurely: "The king of the East Island, the Immortal Valley God, is the only person in the world who has entered the Void Refining Realm. He is certainly not a weakling."
Andillo looked behind him with concern and asked, "Then why did he just watch us leave and not stop us?"
Song Xing said: "He is trapped in the oath and will never leave the East Island in this life. I think it is because of this reason."
If it weren't for Gu Shen's power to hinder his oath, it would really not be that easy for Song Xing to escape this time.
Arriving at the East Island means that the land is not far away. Song Xing observed the stars and positioned himself. The three of them floated on the sea for another day and night, and finally saw people. They arrived in the Central Plains and landed from Ningbo.
The clothes of the two Andilo girls were too eye-catching, so they changed into Tang Dynasty clothes after landing ashore, and the three of them crossed the Central Plains and rushed towards the Kunlun Mountains.
Because it was their first time to come to the Central Plains, the two girls were surprised by everything they saw. They were also amazed by the prosperity of the Central Plains.
Although the Ming Dynasty at this moment has shown signs of decline, it is still far from the scene when it will be subjugated a hundred years later. It is at its most prosperous before its demise.
Although Ningbo has been harassed by Japanese pirates for a long time, it is one of the most prosperous coastal cities due to its developed maritime trade.
Ningbo has an excellent geographical location. It is located at the southern end of the Grand Canal, with the Zhoushan Islands as a natural barrier to the east, Hangzhou Bay to the north, and Sanmen Bay to the south. It was an important port city in the Ming Dynasty.
The Japanese pirates caused Emperor Jiajing to shut down the Ningbo Shipping Department and stop trading with Japan. Later, it was reopened due to tight national treasury.
Relying on the ship trade, Ningbo has transformed into a prosperous commercial port that attracts worldwide attention.
Those Japanese who came to Ningbo for trade took their own products to Ningbo Port and made a fortune. For example, when Japanese knives were sold in Japan, they could only be sold for one thousand coins. If they were shipped to Ningbo and sold to the Ming Dynasty, they could make a fortune. Sold for 5,000 yuan.
When Japanese businessmen returned from Ningbo, they brought with them textiles, books, medicines, etc. from the Ming Dynasty, which promoted the development of Japan.
So in the eyes of many Japanese at that time, Ningbo was the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains.
Ningbo's prosperity was not just for Japan. At this time, trade along the southeast coast was already extremely prosperous, and even Europe and the United States also had trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Ship after ship of embroidery, silk, gold and silver, musk, pearls, fine ivory products, fine workmanship, lacquerware, and porcelain set sail from Ningbo and were transported back to Europe via the Cape of Good Hope and Sunda Strait routes.
In the minds of Europeans, works of art such as gold, embroidery, and ivory are considered luxury goods and receive special respect because their materials are quite precious and are often used to decorate altars, relics of saints, or the covers of valuable books.
The two women's eyes were captivated by the various exquisite utensils, and they finally understood why Japan has longed for this vast land across the sea since ancient times.
Only Song Xing, under this prosperous scene, could see a trace of corruption under the prosperity.
Just because Song Xing saw gambling the most in this place along the way.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, in the early Ming Dynasty, people who gambled could have their hands cut off if their sticks were light, and officials who gambled could be dismissed from their posts. For two hundred years, people in the Ming Dynasty trembled when they heard the word gamble.
In the later period of Emperor Jiajing's reign, he was obsessed with alchemy and longed for immortality. He was not in the mood to go to court, so he was naturally too lazy to gamble.
With the emperor turning a blind eye, gambling among the people in the Ming Dynasty became popular again. Along the way, Song Xing saw various gambling scenes.
There is a new gambling method in Ningbo called Ye Zixi. Cards are dealt according to the gambling capital. Cards worth tens of thousands of dollars are named "Hubaoyi Songjiang", cards worth millions of dollars are named "Xingzhe Wusong", and so on for one hundred and ten dollars. Eight cards, the cheapest Wan Guan playing cards, named 'Prodigal Yan Qing'.
With the platform of Liangshan heroes, this gambling method is naturally very popular. Everyone from the gentry to the business travelers here are fascinated by it. After a few cards were played, tens of thousands of dollars were spent gambling.
Along the way from Ningbo to big cities such as Nanjing and Hangzhou, gambling is popular among all classes.
There are at least five to six thousand beggars in Nanjing every year who make gambling their profession.
Even the scholars who had no ears to hear what was going on outside the window also threw down the books of sages and started gambling.
The first thing the Jinshi in Jiangnan did after they ascended the throne was to gather together to gamble. There was even a strange custom of being ashamed of not working and gambling.
Don't you know how to gamble as an official? I’m too embarrassed to go out and see people.
Many high-ranking officials in the current government also open casinos after retirement, making money while developing contacts. In the chaotic coastal areas, such as running for an official position and buying an official position, it is all a matter of gambling.
The increasingly fierce gambling trend is like a rapidly falling iron ball, dragging the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty into a rapid decline year by year.
In the prosperous Central Plains, Song Xing had no nostalgia. He traveled day and night, traveling from Ningbo across the Central Plains. Along the way, he climbed mountains and waded in rivers.
In order to make it easier to travel, Song Xing also taught him several light skills such as ape striking skills, eight steps to drive cicadas, and walking on the snow without leaving a trace in the world of Tianlong. He re-created a body skill that combined all the light skills and taught it to Andillo. And Shi Yu Shenzi.
In addition to the transformation of body movements, this light skill is also good at running long distances. The two of them are very talented and quickly understood it. They quickly mastered the essence while running all the way, and could barely keep up with Song Xing's pace.
In less than five days, they crossed the Yellow River, went north to the Hetao, turned west, and stepped out of the Ming Dynasty.
The scenery outside the Great Wall was particularly beautiful for Song Xing. The sky was vast, the sky was high, the wilderness was vast, the snow was flying, and the plains were flat. It was as if he had returned to the happy life of singing and drinking with Qiao Feng.
Song Xing was not short of money at the moment, so he simply bought several divine horses from horse dealers. Braving the wind and snow, he took turns riding them with great energy, and finally arrived at the first checkpoint in Xicheng seven days later. ——Xitianmen.
Come and try it quickly. 】
