Luo'an Prefecture City is no less lively than Fucheng City.
Maybe, so to speak, more lively?
As soon as Sheng Yuan entered the city, the feeling of entering Luo'an City for the first time came back.
This feeling is much stronger than before.
The markets in the main city are lined with stalls, and the items on the stalls are even more dazzling. It is obvious that the materials here are extremely rich, and many products that are rare in Kyoto are still casually on the stalls for customers to choose from.
What caught Sheng Yuan's attention even more was the people walking on the street.
All of them have rosy faces and bright eyes; the men speak loudly and powerfully, and the women carry hoes like swords and spears. They all seem to have extraordinary skills.
"Hey! Watch the move!"
"Don't run! Eat my knife!"
Sheng Yuan was looking intently at the passers-by when she heard the sound of naughty children playing not far away.
The childish laughter caused Sheng Yuan to look over unconsciously.
I saw five or six children diagonally ahead holding swords, guns and sticks, pretending to fight.
"The toys they got looked pretty much like that. If it weren't for the fact that they were much smaller, I would have thought it was real!"
When Sheng Yuan heard what Anyu said, his eyes locked on the weapon in the child's hand. The sword, gun, and sword seemed to have a cover.
Just when she wanted Anyu and Lu Sheng to take a look, she saw a five or six-year-old girl ouch, and then the wooden tip of the red tassel gun in her hand fell to the ground.
"How can you be so amazed!" Anyu exclaimed, patted Sheng Yuan's arm and said directly, "Sister Yuan, Brother Sheng, look, the weapons in their hands are all sharpened!"
The moment he shouted, Sheng Yuan looked at the gun in the girl's hand.
Probably due to preconceptions, when they saw the wooden gun tip on the ground, Sheng Yuan and Lu Sheng were focused on the girl playing with her friends, but they really didn't pay attention to the small gun tip in the girl's hand. Showing his true face.
Under the sun, the spear head made of cold iron shone with a cold light.
The three people in Shengyuan were dumbfounded, but soon they discovered that the passers-by and onlookers on the road turned a blind eye to this, as if they were no longer surprised by this situation.
When the children casually picked up the wooden spear heads and put them on again, and then continued to play and run away, the three people in Shengyuan looked at each other and said, "Who are these people in Luo'an Prefecture...who are they?"
"Sister Yuan, there seems to be a notice on the public notice wall in front of you. Let's go and take a look!" Seeing that Sheng Yuan was not in a hurry to go to the state government office, Lu Sheng dragged her and Anyu around the city.
The public notice wall in Luo'an Prefecture is particularly conspicuous and is set up at every street entrance.
The public notice wall that Lu Sheng wanted to see was next to a restaurant not far away.
"[Prisoners have been rampant recently and may be looking for opportunities to come ashore to plunder. Every household should be cautious and act according to their ability.]" Anyu selected a notice that looked yellow and brittle and read it out loud.
"This wording is quite vernacular!" Lu Sheng looked curious, followed An Yu's gaze and found the follow-up announcement.
"[People in the state city should be careful. When sending bandits to the state government, they must ensure that the bandits have a piece of clothing to cover their bodies. If anyone sends the bandits naked, all the bandits' belongings will be confiscated.]"
"No, Luo'an Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Brother Xin, feels so weird!"
Anyu looked at Shengyuan: "Looking from above, I feel that those bandits are not coming ashore to plunder, but are here to bring warmth to the people of the city!"
Lu Sheng also felt the same: "Look at this notice - [The government office will no longer handle weapons recycling. Those who want to dispose of idle weapons can negotiate with the state pawn shop.]"
"What I'm curious about is that it's normal for people to have so many weapons in their hands in Luozhou? By the way, where do those weapons come from?"
Lu Sheng felt that if this was moved to Kyoto, he would be able to form an army for training earlier!
Sheng Yuan faced the gaze of the two good friends gathered together and scratched his head: "You guys said...my brother has been suppressing bandits for so long, so he shouldn't have built a state city directly in the village, right?"
"Hmm~~" Anyu and Lu Sheng looked at each other for a moment, and nodded vigorously towards Shengyuan.
"It's not impossible!"
The two of them spoke in unison, making Shengyuan's eyes dart around.
She felt that if she walked around and looked around more, she might find more.
"Sister Yuan, look over there!" Lu Sheng patted Sheng Yuan on the shoulder and asked her to look at the stall opposite the restaurant.
The stall didn't look very special, only the content written on the wooden board next to the stall looked a little different.
"[Sea goods, sea goods, sea goods from the far sea]"
"Sea goods from the far sea? Can the fishermen of Luo'an Prefecture row so far?" Sheng Yuan whispered the question of Anyu and Lu Sheng.
"Generally speaking... Well, if you look at the characteristics of Luo Anzhou in the past, instead of rowing boats to buy goods, it is better to say that they robbed merchant ships that were sailing! No matter how you look at it, to them, it seems that the latter is more It’s easier!”
After hearing what he said, Shengyuan turned around and looked at the passers-by. She felt that the people in the city were still very simple. Besides, with her brother, a "bandit-suppressing enthusiast" here, how could there be so many Luoan people? Pirates out of state?
"Perhaps the fishermen were cheating on the pirates at sea?" Sheng Yuan thought this might be a big deal.
It’s not an exaggeration to encounter pirates who are robbing them, but to fight back and return home with great rewards!
"Sister Yuan! Sister Yuan, look here!" Just as Sheng Yuan was convincing each other, Anyu saw the wooden board with text on the big stall next to the stall selling seafood.
"[We accept treasures and foreign goods. We will accept all shipments from those who have official documents permitting them to go to sea]"
"Does the government allow documents to go out to sea?" An Yu thought about Da Chu's regulations, hurriedly pushed Sheng Yuan's arm, and whispered, "Is what Luo'an government did violated the rules?"
When Sheng Yuan heard this, her eyes rolled.
She seemed to smell a familiar smell from this document.
"Old sir, what's going on with the overseas documents here? Is it easy to handle?" Sheng Yuan immediately went over to the stall when there was no one else around, and asked the stall owner curiously.
After hearing this, the stall owner looked up at Shengyuan and the others and laughed: "Are you all foreigners? When you see the documents for going to sea, you also want to get one, right?!"
"Old sir, we are students on a study tour. Our purpose is to increase our knowledge and experience. Therefore, if possible, it is not impossible for the three of us to apply for overseas travel documents."
The stall owner looked at Sheng Yuan and the other three people up and down, not too hard, but his gaze made the three Sheng Yuan people on guard.
"Well, she's rich, fair, tender, and looks like she could go to the academy."
The stall owner's words made the smiles on the faces of the three people in Shengyuan full of spirituality.
I always feel that the stall owner actually wants to say that the three of them are considered fat sheep!
"It's a good idea to want to become more knowledgeable, but it's a pity that you are not from Luo'an Prefecture, let alone our Luo'an Prefecture, so it is impossible to get the permission document to go to sea."
I don't know whether it was because the three Sheng Yuan's faces were pleasant, or because the stall owner was in a good mood after meeting the three of them. He told Sheng Yuan and the three of them very gently: It was just a dream to go to sea.
