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. Just remember to come back before the big clock strikes ten. Otherwise, you have to ask the concierge to hold the door for you..." Shopkeeper Qian took care of it and took out a letter from the drawer.
Hand Zhe 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. You can 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! He took it and pulled it open to look at it and secretly praised it. This map is very easy to draw.
It is exquisite, and the shops on the road are clearly marked with extremely fine fonts, which makes it easy to see at a glance.
Although this map was funded and printed by Haixing Hao, there are the words Haixing Hao on the top of the world, and the store locations are specially marked with black circles. The actual map used is the public version of the "Dongmen City Traffic and Tourism Map".
It was really created by the Remote Exploration Office. But because it was a civilian map, some important departments, facilities and roads were erased.
Even so, the map's level of detail was 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 is not too sure about this method, because it has been almost two years since Li Yongxun was arrested and sent to Lingao. It has long been no longer novel to people here, and no one may mention it. But he doesn't want to mention it now.
There is no other way but to try your luck.
Moreover, he has heard that some true kuns also like to go to the market for entertainment. If he can get close to him and try to make friends, he may get useful information and even provide convenience for action. If it is really impossible to rescue, try to kidnap a true kun and force the other party to do so.
Exchange is also a feasible method.
He originally wanted to find someone to find out which streets were the busiest and what famous restaurants and teahouses there were in Dongmen City. Now he had a map in hand - a quick look showed that various places were marked in detail, and even this
The effort of asking around was saved, and I felt 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, he discovered that the lights in the distance were
It was even brighter, and although there were still several alleys across, there were already bursts of noise in my ears, and I couldn't help but speed up my steps 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 as a chessboard, square and square, 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 signboards at the intersections and alleys, which is very convenient.
As Lin Ming walked along, he saw more and more people on the streets: men and women, old and young, some dressed as thieves, some wearing Ming Dynasty clothes. Some were walking in a hurry, and some were strolling leisurely. Lin Ming could see that.
Although these people are dressed in different styles, none of them are extremely poor, and their faces are good, it is obvious that the ordinary people here are 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 on the bank of the Wenlan River. There were no villages or towns.
, where did the archway come from? There was no such thing as the Chastity Archway or the Keming Archway. When I walked in, I realized that it was a new building, with three large Song-style characters "Dongmen City" inlaid on the top door.
After walking past the archway, there were suddenly more vendors on the street. A half-grown man with a large square box hanging on a cloth strip around his neck shouted loudly: "Cigarettes, Australian Osmanthus Flower Candy!", and there were several other little dolls hugging him.
Holding a stack of paper and hawking: "The latest "Boat 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: "Laao Pianla"
Australian movies, Tokyo is hot these days! They’re all new ones you haven’t seen before!”, “Freshly baked takoyaki, you wouldn’t have been to Lingao if you don’t eat it!”, “Lingao fans! Authentic
Lingao Noodles!", "Big meat buns, big meat buns, white skin and lots of meat, every bite is full of oil!"
As for the vendors and shop fronts with fixed stalls on the street, it is even more dizzying. The shops here are not closed, and the lights are brightly lit, making the streets as bright as day. There are a variety of goods and goods, and some are even selling at the door of the shop.
Set up a stall and put out goods for sale.
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 from all over the world, but he did not expect that compared with this place, it could not even compare to a fraction. The street stalls sold various kinds of goods.
There were many types of food and snacks that he had never seen before, and the smell was so fragrant that it made him salivate from time to time - because he was short of money and didn't know what else would be spent next, he didn't dare to spend a penny.
But I saw many young women wearing Kunthi style clothes on the street, in small groups, carrying various snacks, eating, playing and laughing as if there was no one else around. I couldn't help but be secretly surprised: a woman traveling at night is already shocking.
How unbecoming is it that there is not even a man around? What if someone teases and abducts you?
Looking at the street, there were quite a few women without men, and some were even walking alone on the street. Lin Ming was secretly stunned: Needless to say, the security here must be excellent, but women are so wild.
What kind of custom is this? Even in the Song Dynasty, it may not be like this.
"They are indeed overseas barbarians." Lin Ming sighed secretly.
"Give me a moment, borrow it, borrow it." Someone folded 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 carriages loading goods on the streets, and instead there were many "Australian carriages". Lin Ming thought it was just an armchair covered with cloth, with wheels on both sides, and two long poles in front.
The driver pulls the handle of the carriage, and there are several folded bamboo bones and cloth on the backrest, which seem to be able to hold up a carriage canopy. The driver is wearing a blue cloth coat with a string of "big food numbers" painted on the back.
Zhong pulled the car away and the bells on the car 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 are beautifully decorated, not only do they have a huge golden five-star on the back of the seat
, there are also unknown lights installed on each side of the car seat, which are 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 big cloak stood behind the cars and drove, which made Lin Ming wonder.
Walking on the streets, he saw that the entire Dongmen City was getting dark at night. Lin Ming estimated that it was already past Xu Zheng, and the bustling streets were still as lively as ever. He knew that if he were in Daming, it would be Hua Street and Liu Alley, the most lively streets at night.
There were very few pedestrians on the street at the 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 gone 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 carriage of this carriage
It is very large and the decoration is also very strange: the two ends are painted black, but the middle is white. There are also two black Song Dynasty characters painted on the body: "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 "business man" wearing a bamboo hat, a black cloth jacket and a belt was standing on the footboard and looking around, but the upper half of another "Australian policeman" was exposed on the top of the carriage. Only he could be seen.
Holding a telescope, pick it up from time to time and look 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, making it look dark.
It was very mysterious. Lin Ming looked at it carefully and saw lights flickering on and off at the top, long and short.
After looking at it for a moment, he roughly understood that the length of the lights was transmitting signals. There must be officials from the Australian Five Cities Military and Horse Division on top of this tower, commanding the people to maintain order and control the streets.
"The thief Kun really has a way!" Lin Ming was looking around when suddenly a staccato sentence came to his ears: "...Someone...resisted arrest...immediate reinforcements..."
Lin Ming trembled. It was a woman's voice! Moreover, this voice belonged to his sister-in-law Li Yongxun, whom he had dreamed of 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 situation, there must be a big case happening here. Lin Ming suddenly changed his mind. At this time, he would probably "hunt the whole city". If he followed there rashly, he might be detained for questioning. Although he had a complete set of documents,
However, it is better to do less than to do more. It is best not to deal with the government directly, so as not to expose flaws. r1152