Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1113: Chapter 383: Han Feng Returns Home, New Road Pass Rules, Xia City Street Vendors, and the Black-Robed Child Blocking the Way

”The Outer City of Daxia is divided into four sections: east, south, west, and north. Each section is further subdivided into 16 districts, each accommodating over 100,000 people. Currently, only the East City is activated. When I last visited, there were 11 districts; I’m not sure how many there are now. Look ahead, that’s the core region of the Outer City right now.”

With her husband’s explanation, Tan Rou immediately lifted her head and looked ahead, toward the east. One look, and she immediately understood.

Although there are many trees in Xia City, they are planted on both sides of the main road. The types of trees are clearly carefully selected, and their value decreases sequentially, probably meaning the rarer ones are planted further inside, so standing on the main road, the view is completely unobstructed.

Several kilometers to the east of the main road, a vast cluster of buildings stands majestically. Inside, the fires flicker, and smoke curls sparsely above, just as Han Feng had mentioned earlier, that is the current core region of the Outer City.

The four people continued walking along the main road and soon reached the cluster of buildings.

”Mom, look, what’s that hanging on top of that house? It’s spinning non-stop.”

”Such a fragrant aroma, are they cooking? I’ve never smelled something so good before.”

”Dad, look at the clothes they’re wearing, they’re so nice.”

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Han Ming and Han Rui, the two young ones, had long since gotten off their father’s lap and were walking on their own. Once in the building area, they excitedly broke away from Han Feng’s hand, looking here and asking there, their faces filled with curiosity and exploration.

The four continued walking further in, and suddenly heard the cries of vendors from the streets.

”Xianghan Point, two coins a pack, take a look!”

”Sour Crystal Fruit skewers, five coins per skewer, delightful sweet and sour taste, come have a look.”

”Chen’s exclusive dried mane meat, seasoned with refined salt, heavy on the salt, delicious and not greasy, 140 coins per catty, only 50 catties available today, no deception, come have a look, everyone.”

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Not just Han Ming, Han Rui, and Tan Rou, but even Han Feng hadn’t seen this scene when he came at the end of last year; now hearing shouts from all directions and seeing the variety of items in many roadside houses, the family of four was dumbfounded.

”Dad, this Sour Crystal Fruit skewer smells so good! I want to eat it...”

Children’s ability to embrace new things is the strongest, and while Han Feng and his wife were still processing it all, Han Ming had already pulled his brother to a nearby stall, eagerly pointing at a string of red items on the stall, pleading with their father to buy some.

On that stall, everything was sold in strings, with typically four fist-sized fruits strung together.

Han Feng recognized immediately that those fruits were the commonly seen Crystal Fruits in Longyou, but Crystal Fruits are white, with not much fragrance, usually the staple food for smaller camps.

However, the Crystal Fruits displayed on the stall were as red as gemstones and emitted an extremely pleasant fragrance. With just this appearance, not only were the children Han Ming and Han Rui attracted, but even wife Tan Rou couldn’t resist stopping and sniffing closer.

The owner of the stall was an elderly man who seemed over sixty, with cultivation only in the Earth-digging Realm. His business was indeed good, with many people queuing up to buy.

The money handed over by the customers to the stall owner were silver round plates, about six to seven centimeters in diameter, with a square hole in the center. Both sides of the plates were engraved with a beautiful ”Xia” character. After staring for a while, Han Feng’s expression slightly shifted.

”Thousand Forged Level iron plates, silver in color due to the dense forging patterns. A Thousand Forged Level iron coin, even though it’s so small, would likely require hundreds of pounds to cast just one piece—is this the currency used for circulation by Great Xia?”

Soon, Han Feng noticed that someone had paid with silver.

The old stall owner accepted the silver, weighed it briefly, then took a jar from below and carefully counted nine larger Ten Thousand Forged Iron coins, plus five Thousand Forged Iron coins, as change for the customer.