Wu Long and Hong Yue went into a city full of pulsing, thriving life. Or rather, it could be said it was too lively, overflowing, almost unable to contain this much energy.
With large amounts of outsiders already in the city and more constantly pouring in, the inns experienced an unprecedented boom in business, which spread to other industries through a cascading effect. Some inns were even urgently buying up new properties and renovating them in hopes of capitalizing on the sudden windfall.
But even that could not satisfy the sudden influx of people, and small camps of tents sprung out outside the city walls.
The main streets and even a lot of smaller alleys which used to be quiet were completely filled with crowds.
"What about other things? You said that there are several ways to profit from the situation other than creating chaos for the City Lord…", having confirmed from Wu Long that their conversation was indeed shielded from others, Hong Yue asked.
