Chapter Nineteen Urban Entertainment
Triumphant, Xiao Ying rode her horse to Jiangyou. In her heart, she secretly vowed that when she had the chance, she would rob players even more. The spoils from those four just now were several times what Xiao Ying had obtained in a week of killing monsters along the way. No wonder there were so many bandits; robbery was indeed addictive.
Arrived at the city gate of Jiangyou, paid 20 copper coins to the gate guard and entered the city. The fee is 10 copper coins per person and 10 copper coins per horse. Of course, you can also choose not to pay and kill the 24 level 10 guards ( ordinary soldiers) at the city gate to force your way in. The guards are not very powerful, but afterwards you will have to accept pursuit by the NPC officials.
It's probably because there are too many players, but this small town is also crowded with people, making Xiaoying feel like Liu Jiaojiao entering the Grand View Garden, everything looks new and fresh. There are pawnshops, banks, inns, restaurants, etc., basically anything you can think of is here, including brothels and casinos, as long as you can afford the price. The streets are filled with hawkers calling out to sell their wares, there are toys and even people selling vegetables, some are sold by NPCs, while others are sold by players. It's not much different from a real city, but it's more interesting, the feeling is also the same, eating, visiting brothels, it feels no different from reality, and in fact, it's even more so. I also asked around, the price for visiting a brothel is 10 gold/coin for low-end, 100 gold/coin for mid-range, and no limit for high-end. However, the brothel industry is the only one that can be established by the system officials, players have no way to establish it, and even if they do, they won't have the special power to let you XXOO without reaching intimacy. Other industries are all available, worth mentioning is the bank, almost all of them are official NPCs, players can also establish their own, but who would trust you? If you make enough money and delete your account to start over, where would you find people? The system doesn't care about these things.
《yu望》is different from other games in that there are no legal restrictions here, everything is settled with fists, as long as you don't kill people randomly in NPC cities. Once you leave the city, you can fight and kill to your heart's content, and the system won't bother you. There's also no possibility of being pursued by officials or soldiers. If you have the ability to scam money, that's your skill, as long as you don't scam the government, the system won't bother you. Of course, if your belongings are stolen in the city, you can report it to the authorities, but there's no guarantee they'll catch the thief. In short, NPC cities are like a semi-safe zone, where if something happens, you can seek help from the authorities, but be clear that it's seeking help, and you can also kill people in the city, unless it's self-defense, otherwise you'll immediately be pursued by NPC police officers and soldiers, and the official will issue a wanted notice. Another point is that players can also use the system to spend money to put out a wanted notice on someone, but generally only players will take on this kind of task.
Xiao Ying is now a small rich man, how can he be stingy with himself? As soon as he entered the city, he rushed to the wine tower, ordered a lot of big fish and meat, and hundred-year-old good wine. He ate and drank his fill, settled the bill, and it was only a few dozen gold coins, what a bargain! Then he bought several hundred roasted chickens and several hundred jars of fine wine, almost scaring the owner of the wine tower to death. But Xiao Ying has an Amulet of Love, so he can't be stingy with himself. Anyway, putting them inside won't spoil them, it's always good to be prepared for any situation. If he wasn't afraid that his money wouldn't be enough, Xiao Ying would have bought several tens of thousands of shares of food. It's not easy to grow crops and gain grain in Evil Shadow Village. Once Xiao Ying has a general understanding of the situation and has enough money, he will buy a large quantity of grain and bring it back. Those villagers will all be well-fed and dressed, and their loyalty will naturally increase, and more people will join him.
Sitting on the railing, looking out at the bustling streets, waiting for the wine tower to be prepared, and carefully listening to the conversations of the guests next to me, I gained some information. It turns out that you can also buy soldiers from the NPC city barracks, but the price is several times higher than recruiting from your own base. The system really knows how to make money! Of course, there are good and bad types of troops, and the prices are different too. Looking at the people outside, most of them have a few followers with them, I estimate they were bought. It's really hard to tell the difference between players and NPCs, it's too humanized. The NPC intelligence is also very high, and the system doesn't have investigation skills or anything like that, it's simply testing the player's eyesight!
Warm and full, it's human nature. Although Xiao Ying also wants to go see the Qinglou in "Yu Wang", thinking that even a medium one would cost 100 gold coins, enough to recruit 10 special soldiers. Who knows what's considered medium? Not to mention high-end ones, probably need to be settled with diamond coins. Thinking about it, I only have around 20 diamond coins, and I've just officially entered the NPC city. Better save some money. Wine, women, wealth, and gambling, let's put aside the women for now, it's simply a rip-off. Let's go gamble instead. The player-run casinos are too dark and insecure, might as well go to the NPC-run ones, they're slightly better.
I went in to take a look, it's probably set against the background of the Three Kingdoms period, with dice and cards as the main ones, of course, there are also things like fighting chickens. I originally wanted to go on a killing spree and make some small fortune, but unexpectedly, within half an hour, hundreds of gold coins were gone in the blink of an eye... Ah, it seems that Xiao Ying is really not cut out for gambling. Too wasteful.
Want to have some fun, but there's nothing to do in this small town. I asked about the location of the transmission array and left the casino. Went to the stable to get my horse and headed towards the transmission array. Asked about it and found out that the transmission fee is 100 gold coins, and the horse counts as one person too. That's too expensive! Estimated that even selling the horse wouldn't be enough for 100 gold coins. As expected, after shouting for a while, I managed to sell the horse for only 35 gold coins. Sigh... looks like not being in charge doesn't know how precious money is. Earlier, I unknowingly spent almost 1 diamond coin and only realized it now that I'm too extravagant and wasteful. Money comes easily, but spending it doesn't hurt either. Thinking about it, 1 diamond coin is equivalent to 1000 Earth coins (Earth coins are more valuable than US dollars).
Biting the pain, I paid 100 gold coins and stepped onto the transmission array. A white light flashed, and after a daze, I had already appeared at the Luoyang transmission array. With a sigh of emotion, Xiao Ying felt that the transmission fee was reasonable. If it weren't so expensive, everyone would be bringing their troops to transmit and conquer everywhere, and wouldn't that lead to chaos throughout the land?
Luoyang is situated on the south bank of the Yellow River, with Mangshan Mountain to its north, and the Luohe, Yihe, Chanhe and Jianhe rivers flowing through it. The city has a strategic location and beautiful scenery, fertile soil, moderate climate, and convenient transportation. It is an ancient capital known for thousands of years, and eight dynasties have established their capitals here, including Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, and Sui. Luoyang is the place where the tripod was settled, located in the Central Plains and facing all directions, making it a transportation hub and military fortress of the whole country.
Most players who have not stayed in the base and are able to use the teleportation array will almost all go to Luoyang. Now that the Yellow Turbans have not yet rebelled, Luoyang is the best treasure land. There are countless opportunities waiting for players here, and if they're lucky, they might even be able to get a official position before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Then they can lead the army to conquer in all directions under the name of fighting against bandits, and compete for territory and develop their forces.
Walking out of the transmission array, it's no longer possible to describe it as "people mountain people sea" or "cars and horses galloping", and I don't even know how large the area is. I heard that in "Yu Wang", the city walls of Luoyang are as high as 20-30 zhang, but now, Xiaoying can't see the city walls at all with just one glance. You say Luoyang is huge? The buildings here are mostly three stories high, about 5-6 zhang tall. It's not that they're blocking the view of the city walls, it's just that we're too far away from the city walls.
