'So this is Jiangyin Prefecture...'
Stepping past the docks, he gazed at the wide thoroughfare before him, broad enough for six horse-drawn carriages to travel abreast. Both sides were lined with the branch shops of the Thirty-Six Professions.
Jade shops, wine shops, embroidery shops, apothecaries... A dazzling array of businesses stood one after another, their storefronts simple yet grand, stately and immaculate. Even the bricks, tiles, and flagstones were made of high-quality bluestone.
It was a world apart from the packed, earthen roads seen everywhere in Anning County.
Among the group from Anning County, Lu Yu, who had just disembarked from a merchant ship, watched the endless stream of pedestrians: vendors, Martial Artists, laborers, shop assistants...
He couldn't help but marvel at the vibrant, bustling life of the Prefecture City, which unfolded before him like a magnificent scroll.
