Chapter 599: What I Saw in the Capital (Part 2)

Walk into the city along the wide road outside the city.

The first place you come to is the trade zone that occupies nearly a quarter of the area of ​​the royal capital Starosh.

Before the city wall was built, the trade zone was just a flat open space on the western coast of the sheltered plain.

Goods and commodities from all over the continent were transported here and sold to different customers in different categories.

As the market became larger and larger, this place became more and more crowded. In order to compete for customers, trading disputes occurred frequently, and small-scale frictions and conflicts continued, even affecting the normal travel and life of the residents of the royal capital.

The king at that time issued an order to demarcate this huge market as the exclusive trade zone of the royal capital in the form of regulations. Any merchant must abide by the relevant regulations of the trade zone before he can do business in the royal capital trade zone. Violators will be punished with warnings, fines, whipping, detention and even execution.

Since then, the trade zone has gradually become orderly.

Today, it has developed into the largest trade market in the entire Reyak Kingdom and the largest trade market in the entire Plantis continent.

Grain, wine, meat, textiles, condiments, utensils, metal products, medicines, dyes, perfumes, essences, monster materials, all kinds of unique materials...

As long as it can be collected on the mainland, there will be corresponding shops or stalls here to sell.

There is nothing you can't think of that you can't buy in the King's Capital Trade Zone.

According to a survey by statistics officials in previous years, there are more than 37,000 shops and stalls officially registered and opened in the trade zone, not counting those that operate without a license.

The types of goods sold can only be described as all-encompassing.

If you want to visit the trade zone completely, it will take at least a whole month!

There is even a special profession called "introducer" gradually derived here.

Introducers are often local people in the King's Capital who are eloquent, flexible, and very familiar with the trade zone.

Just spend a small fee to hire them, no matter what you want to buy or sell in the capital, they can take you to the right store at the first time, which is convenient and saves a lot of time;

And you can get a certain percentage of discounts through the relationship of the introducer;

The introducers often have a certain relationship with the local snakes, pickpockets, thieves, and scammers in the capital. With them leading the way, those guys who make money by hand skills will mostly "let go" for the sake of the introducer's face.

When Gale, Rena, Brandon and Dolan walked through the trade zone, they looked around. The knowledgeable introducer knew at a glance that they were newcomers who had rarely been to the capital.

"Sir, do you need an introducer? It only costs 1 silver coin to hire for one day, saving you time and energy!"

"Our introducers are all young and strong. If you hire for 3 days or more, you can get a 9.7% discount!"

"Madam, the capital has just received a batch of jewelry from Green Harbor. If you are interested, I can take you there to have a look. A beautiful lady should be equipped with the most gorgeous gems!"

"Do you need weapon maintenance? We know where the best blacksmith shop in the capital is. We guarantee that your weapon will be as good as new!"

"..."

On the way, they were approached at least ten times.

Brandon and Dolan looked around with interest. The dazzling and varied scenes around them made them almost unable to walk.

In addition to the nearly 40,000 shops and stalls in the trade zone, there are also many interesting performances and amusement projects.

The snake trainers from the southern border of the kingdom are rangers who are proficient in the method of [Animals Talking]. They can communicate with snakes by playing the flute, making them show all kinds of magical postures;

The goblins were screaming and constantly selling the automatic gashapon machine that they had brought to the capital from thousands of miles away to the passers-by: "You can spin it once for 5 copper coins, and the winning rate is very high!"

There were many children from the capital nearby, looking at the child who had just spun a paper-cut eagle from the gashapon machine with admiration.

The circus came from nowhere, and the clown was standing on a big leather ball, throwing 7 colored balls back and forth, and constantly spitting out bubbles of different colors from his mouth.

Gail saw the secret behind the other party's trick at a glance. There was a 1st-level magician behind who cast a magic on the colored ball, allowing it to float in the air for a short time, so the technical content of this performance was not particularly high;

As for those colorful bubbles, they were the effect of magic potions. Gale had heard of magic potions with similar effects.

There are also stalls for playing cards and dice on the roadside, with simple rules of size.

The capital does not ban gambling, but except for a few casinos with franchise rights, other places involving cards, dice and other games are prohibited from placing unlimited bets.

In the temporary stalls on the roadside in the trade zone, the upper limit for playing a hand is only a few copper coins.

There are so many stalls selling food that it is dizzying.

Gail, Brandon and others walked in the trade zone for a long time, and it was noon.

On the mobile bread cart, the black bread with wheat aroma gradually expanded in the oven. If you bring some meat with you, you can ask the baker to help put it in the bread and bake it together. This service is free.

Therefore, the air is also filled with the rich smell of meat.

Deli stalls are more common, with small pies, often filled with chopped fruits, ham, chicken, fish, or cheese, eggs and other fillings.

If the customer requests, just wait a little and the pie can be made into a pie soon.

"King's Pie" is a flavored pie with two eggs beaten in it, stuffed with ham and a little raisins. The name comes from King Reyak, who once liked to eat this kind of pie for breakfast.

This is also the most famous pie method in the capital Starosh.

There are also some mobile vendors who simply hold and carry trays. Many of them are women around the capital. The trays and baskets sell fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, smoked fish, honey, sauces, and occasionally vendors selling pancakes, rolls and cookies.

If a traveler from outside is short of money and can't afford bread and pies, he can also buy a handful of cooked peas at the stall and ask the stall owner to sprinkle some seasoning on it, which also has a good taste.

The four of them bought four servings of King's Pie at the delicatessen stand, holding them in their hands while walking and eating them happily.

"The taste hasn't changed at all!" After taking a bite, Reina said happily: "When my father brought me to the capital to take a boat to Green Harbor, he bought me this. That was the first time I ate a real King's Pie!"

"The authentic taste can only be tasted in the capital!"

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There will be more later. The plot of the capital part will be written in a little more detail. This is an important location