The so-called Salven Square, located in the center of the foggy city, is named after its former "owner", the imperial Count Salven who was very fond of this island.
In terms of class attributes, Count Salvin is indeed an evil colonial ruler, but from a purely humanitarian point of view, this young and literary nobleman is still a quite enlightened and benevolent leader. He is a leader in his own country.
Across the river from the city, a large garden-shaped square was built, allowing all citizens, including people on Earth, to enter and play. After thinking about it, they built three underground floors below the garden and designed it to become an underground shopping mall and
The shape of the complex.
This place soon became the largest shopping mall on the three islands, with a large flow of people and merchants gathering every day.
It is said that when the community and the earth gained independence, someone once proposed to change the name of this square, which symbolizes the colonial remnants, to Independence Square, or Freedom Square. However, after the empire ruled for so many years, the old and the young still remained.
A lot of them were left behind. These people changed their identities and sneaked into the new government and continued to be their powerful and powerful people.
They began to move up and down, and the reasons they proposed were very high-sounding: "Changing the name to remove the traces of the previous generation is a betrayal of history and shows lack of confidence in the future."
Anyway, after such a period of operations, the name has never been changed. In addition, Marshal Li's death has caused chaos between the government and the public for a period of time. This name, which was full of the flavor of the previous dynasty, has been retained.
"I know Salvin Square well! Before I was twelve years old, I would go here almost every day. I've been to almost every store." This is how Gongsun Qing introduced Yu Lian.
Yu Lian expressed doubts about this. You must know that Salvin Square has three floors, and there are probably tens of thousands of large and small shops. The daily flow of people is more than one million, and the security is not very good.
There are many nooks and crannies that cannot be photographed by various surveillance cameras. If a little girl with pink and jade sculptures does not have an adult to come here to play, she is missing today, and I am afraid she will be in a slave market hundreds of light years away tomorrow.
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However, if you think about it more carefully, with Gongsun Qing's level of genius, he might just be the kind of person who has the ability to awaken at the age of three and evolve astral rings at the age of five. Ordinary human traffickers are simply here to deliver food.
"I also know the antique shop you mentioned! It used to be called Trend's House. Later, the old man brought his granddaughter over and it was renamed Trend and Nair's House. Otherwise, I
Shall I take you there directly?”
The other party said this, but still showed great enthusiasm. Probably because he wanted to thank Yu Lian for finally bringing him back to normal.
Yu Lian was very moved, but still rejected the other party without hesitation.
Gongsun Qing once again showed considerable admiration for someone's straightness, and made a promise to "see him on the moon" before leaving.
Yu Lian went directly to the bottom floor of the square, which was also the smallest floor.
Walking here, the lights are a little dim and the flow of people is much less. However, this is understandable. Under the dim light, the signboards of the shops on both sides of the pedestrian path are like will-o'-the-wisps flickering in the shadows, gorgeous and brilliant.
, but always with a touch of weirdness.
Those shops are far less popular than the first and second floors above. They are full of old items, calligraphy and paintings, handicrafts and decorations. The shopkeepers here are also far less enthusiastic than you above, and they hardly come out to say hello.
The customers are all in their own shops, either painting, carving, or cleaning things. At most, they occasionally raise their heads and give one or two smiling faces to the passing customers.
For a moment, Yu Lian even felt like he was visiting a ghost market at night.
Of course, it would be more like this if there weren't always one or two taverns with ambiguous lights hidden in the cracks of these antique shops, and there were always some older ladies sitting at the door who were very playful at first sight.
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Walking in the passage of this underground shopping mall, Yu Lian could even hear the sound of the urban express train rumbling to and fro next to it, which immediately added some fireworks to this self-contained underground commercial street.
These subway transportation networks, built before the maturity of light rail technology, allowed transportation within and outside the city to be almost seamlessly connected. You can get on the train at any station and reach any place in the British Isles. Now, these rail trains have
It has been in operation for nearly two hundred years, and it is still running in good condition. It must be said that the facilities built by the Empire are genuine and honest, at least in terms of durability.
The citizens of Mishima and Wudu are already very accustomed to this "rumbling" sound of rails and trains rubbing against each other, so the city government will naturally not cancel it in order to save money.
"Don't buy things here. Even if you see something you like, don't show your like expression. In addition, there is no card payment here, and no electronic payment is supported. Only cash is used. Precious metal currencies are the most popular, and they can also be discounted.
Here." This was Gongsun Qing's reminder to himself before parting.
Yu Lian was very grateful to the girl for reminding him, but the feeling of once again treating himself as a rookie who had never been beaten by society was still not very pleasant!
Of course, there won't be any good people opening a shop in a place like this, but they certainly won't be committing any serious crimes. Otherwise, they would have gone straight to digging graves, so why would they want to start a fake antique business in this place?
Yu Lian walked for a few more minutes, taking twists and turns between shops, deliberately avoiding the eyes of two people who seemed to be ready to look at his wallet. Then, when passing a fast food restaurant, he habitually
I glanced at the dining car, and the words "Neil and Trend Fast Food" came directly into my eyes.
Yu Lian stopped and lightly knocked on the table of the food truck.
A figure bent slightly and emerged from the steaming heat of the food truck. It was a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, petite and exquisite, with a ruddy face and a trace of water on her forehead. She was also very beautiful.
The little girl is not stunningly beautiful, but she looks very comfortable, energetic, has a sweet smile, and is full of life.
"Well, please..." The little girl looked at Yu Lian doubtfully and shook her head.
"Excuse me, are you Miss Nair? Mr. Trend's granddaughter?"
The girl was slightly startled, and then she made a cautious application: "Sorry, we don't buy insurance, and we don't need financing."
Do I look like someone who works in finance? Are there people who work in finance as handsome as me? I really want you to apologize seriously!
"In addition, we do not speculate in stocks or buy futures, let alone sign any gambling agreements."
Although Yu Lian was a little angry, he still managed a little smile.
"If you want to eat, please take a seat. We have three ABC set meals to choose from today. Of course, we also have takeaway fried chicken and hot dogs. A box of fried chicken, a hot dog and double the ice drink only costs 15 yuan."
"...You are frying chicken and grilling hot dogs on the third floor underground, so don't you worry about the fumes?" Yu Lianqi asked.
"Don't worry, don't worry, you have to believe in the architectural integrity of the empire! The ventilation equipment is very well done, and the garden on the top is the rainbow banyan tree cultivated by the first Earl Salvin himself, which is the best in regulating the climate in the universe.
It's a super tree species. It can even purify acid mist and flowing air, not to mention my little bit of oil fume. We can even eat hot pot here without any problem. You've been down here for so long, and you don't feel any difficulty breathing.
Feeling right?"
Is there a rainbow banyan tree planted in the park on the first floor? Yu Lian is a little surprised. In his memory, the kind of super giant tree cultivated by the Imperial Academy of Sciences can grow hundreds of meters high if not careful, and the crown of a single tree can be
It can form a vast forest, very much like the main elf city in a fantasy strategy game in the previous life.
However, he had just entered the underground commercial street from the garden, and he had not seen such a towering tree with such a strong presence!
"Count Salvin is very tasteful... he can even be said to be a very paranoid person. He feels that the huge towering trees inside the city will affect the beauty of the city. You know, the entire foggy city is actually
As his work, there is no imperfection allowed. However, in order to adjust the city's climate to the point he wants, rainbow banyan trees are also necessary. So, he simply started cultivating tree species, and it was really
He succeeded. The new urban rainbow banyan trees are not very tall, but the effect is not affected at all."
So, is it really the obsession of a literary youth? Yu Lian sighed with emotion. But it is a bit scary for a literary youth to have the mobility and technical ability to realize his own whimsical ideas.
"Guest, I see you are so interested in Earl Salvin! Then he shouldn't be from the financial circle. After all, most people in the financial circle have little historical appreciation."
Yu Lian felt that this little girl was still too prejudiced against the financial circle, but he was not prepared to correct her. People in that circle deserved whatever blame they took.
"Then, you must be a distinguished customer who comes to our antique shop! The head of our family once served as the retainer of Count Salvin, haha, so you know! Hahaha~"
Facing the little girl's bright eyes, Yu Lian shrugged emotionally: "After listening to your introduction, I would be embarrassed if I didn't buy something from you... But, unfortunately, I
I'm here to find someone."
Nair's smile began to fade, but half of it faded back again, because Yu Lian slightly bent his arms and held a golden imperial dragon between his fingers.
"You can ask." She said with a smile, but after thinking about it, she added: "However, I can't remember those many people. If I don't know them, there's nothing I can do."
"Do you remember this person?" Yu Lian called up the portrait of "Xia Li" that he had drawn by himself from his personal terminal.
Of course Yu Lian could also take out the photos obtained by the Sharing Foundation, but that would be too eye-catching. Anyway, he is quite confident in his painting skills.
Sure enough, the little girl just glanced at him and her eye sockets shrank slightly. She raised her face again and looked at Yu Lian up and down, very rudely.
Yu Lian simply raised his face to let the other party see clearly. Anyway, he was handsome so he was not afraid of others looking at him.
"Please come with me. Grandpa will know better." She smiled even sweeter.