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Chapter 47 Riding a Dragon to Tianlong, the Old Farmer Trembled in Fear

In the seventh year of the Yuan You era of the Northern Song Dynasty (1092 AD), near Xiping County, Shanzhou (renamed Xining Prefecture in the third year of the Chongning era in 1104), an old farmer who had worked all day in the summer finally finished watering his several acres of land. Looking at the thriving crops, the old farmer wiped his sweat and smiled as he looked at the edge of the field:

"Thank God, we've finally had a few years of peace. The rains have been good this year, so we should have a good harvest!"

As they were talking, the old farmer saw a glowing gate appear in the sky on the other side of his field!

"Heavens! A deity!"

The old farmer thought a deity had descended, so he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, chanting, "May the deities protect the Western Xia barbarians from coming to raid our fields again... from raiding our fields!"

Just then, several dragon roars were heard from the sky. The old farmer looked up and saw three strange-looking dragon-headed lizards with wings flying out of the portal!

The old farmer, kneeling on the ground, was terrified and his hands were clasped together, sweating profusely. He was afraid that the three strange-looking creatures that flew out of the Heavenly Gate would eat him and he might not be able to go back today.

At this moment, Bai Ze, who had already passed through the Gate of the World and arrived in the Tianlong World, also saw the old farmer kneeling with his hands clasped together on the ground not far away.

Bai Ze patted Viserion's neck and pointed it in a direction. Viserion slid down and stopped in a field not far from the old farmer.

With Daenerys on Drogon's back and Celine in her arms, Raphael, the healer, and Tifa, the female fighter, sitting on Rhaegal, they descended with Bai Ze and landed in the field.

The old farmer's newly cleared fields were trampled halfway through. Bai Ze got off Viserion's back, patted Viserion's neck, and put Viserion into his pet space.

Drogon and Rhaegal also stuck their big heads over, and Bai Ze patted the two dragons' heads in succession, pulling them back into the space. The three dragons were already used to this operation when they were playing in Westeros, and it was even more comfortable inside the space.

The old farmer stared wide-eyed and mouth agape at the white-haired immortal who had instantly vanished the three giant monsters. He was completely bewildered. Then he looked at the girls behind the white-haired immortal: one with white hair, one with yellow hair, and only one with black hair who looked like a person from the Central Plains (the girl from the ruins, Xiaomeng, had brown-black hair).

Bai Ze looked at the old farmer, who was terrified and sweating profusely, and squatted down to say:

"Excuse me, sir, could you tell us where we are? What country is this, and who is the current emperor?"

"Huh? Huh...what?"

The old farmer was surprised to find that the white-haired deity also spoke Mandarin, though his accent was different from that of the locals, and the clothes they wore were also strange. The old farmer, startled by Bai Ze's Mandarin, realized that the white-haired deity was his own.

He quickly asked, "My esteemed immortal, what did you just ask?"

The old farmer, startled awake by my Mandarin, hadn't even noticed what I'd just asked. I asked the question again, and this time, finally understanding, he wiped the sweat from his brow, relaxed, and slowly said:

"Immortal! This place is Xiping County, Shanzhou, in the Song Dynasty. The current emperor, Zhao Guan, is named Xu, and it is now the seventh year of the Yuanyou era!"

After listening to what the old farmer said, Bai Ze carefully recalled the timeline of the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. The earliest timeline (Xiao Yuanshan was killed too early in the first episode, so we start counting from before the appearance of Qiao Feng and Duan Yu) was during the Yuan You and Shao Sheng reigns of Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty (name: Zhao Xu), around 1094 AD.

"The seventh year of Yuanyou is 1092. The plot hasn't even started yet, so we can start causing trouble in advance! I remember that Ding Chunqiu, the Old Monster of Xingxiu Sea, is in this area! We can tease him and then we can talk to Wuyazi, the big boss of Xiaoyao Sect, later!"

After listening to the old farmer's words, Bai Ze stroked his chin and thought for a while. He then stood up, helped the old farmer up, and said:

"Thank you for telling me all this, sir."

The old farmer shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, it would be my honor to help the immortal!"

This is where Bai Ze saw the farmland that had been crushed when the three dragons landed. Looking at the old farmer with a weathered face, he knew that this land was probably his family's harvest for the rest of the year. Bai Ze wondered if there was anything he could do to compensate the old farmer.

Bai Ze searched the entire warehouse for a long time but couldn't find anything that the old farmer could directly convert into money. Suddenly, he saw the silver stag and gold dragon (silver coins and gold coins) that he had used in Westeros. He took out a handful of gold coins, thought that this thing would only kill the old farmer, put it away, and exchanged it for a dozen or so silver stags.

Bai Ze figured that anything made of silver should be usable, so he used brute force to crush the silver deer into a lump of silver, then broke it into smaller pieces. He took the old farmer's hand and said:

"Grandpa, our dragon trampled your crops when it landed. Consider this silver as compensation. Also, tell us which way to the largest city nearby."

The old farmer looked at the pieces of silver he was holding in his hands and quickly said:

"No...no, how can you take money from an immortal!"

As he was about to return it to Bai Ze, Bai Ze grabbed the old farmer's hand, rolled up the silver in his palm, and said:

"Oh, it's our fault for damaging the farmland, and we have to compensate you. Just take it. Or you could show us the way to the nearest prefectural or county seat as payment. What do you think?"

The old farmer, whose hand was being held by Bai Zejuan, knew he could no longer refuse and could only say:

"Alright, alright~ It's my honor to guide the immortals! Let's go, let's go!"

Bai Ze quickly grabbed the old farmer who was about to step forward to lead the way and said:

"Grandpa, just tell me the general direction, that'll do! Please check if there's any way to save those flattened crops."

Bai Ze spoke to Raphael via telepathy, saying:

"Let Raphael give the old man a little therapy, so he can live a good life and take care of his family!"

Raphael smiled and nodded, then, out of the old farmer's sight, clasped his hands together and sent a healing prayer into the old farmer's body.

The old farmer pointed out the direction and approximate distance to Shanzhou City to Bai Ze and the others. Holding the silver that Bai Ze had given him, he watched them leave. Then, he took out the silver from his pocket, bit it incredulously, and slapped himself hard. The old farmer cried out in pain.

"Ouch! Ouch! That hurts!"

The old farmer, who was rubbing his face vigorously, finally believed that he had really met a sage today. He picked up his hoe and ran home quickly, wanting to tell his wife the good news. In his running, he didn't even notice that many of his old ailments had been cured.

 …

After Bai Ze and the women, who were out of the old farmer's sight, knew that the direction of Shanzhou City was near, they released Drogon and Viserion. The group then rode the two dragons and flew towards Shanzhou City.

After a few cups of tea, Bai Ze saw Shanzhou City with city walls in the distance. The group, who had landed in a valley and retrieved the two dragons, headed towards Shanzhou City.

Bai Ze realized that none of his companions had identification documents from the Northern Song Dynasty, so he came up with the idea of ​​pretending to be merchants from beyond the Great Wall. He planned to give the guards at the city gate some bribes and then say that his caravan had been robbed and that he was heading south to return home.

Bai Ze led the women to the city of Shanzhou. The city walls were towering, and the traces of battle on the walls were scattered in various sizes, after all, it was a front-line city facing the attack of the Western Xia.

Although Li Qiushui became a concubine of Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, Li Yuanhao, because of her beauty and seductive skills (she became a concubine of the Western Xia emperor before she was disfigured by the Tianshan Child Granny), causing internal strife and conflict in Western Xia, it is now a time when the Song Dynasty is at peace, Western Xia is in turmoil, and the Liao Dynasty is declining.

Therefore, the border cities, which had been at peace for a long time, relaxed their checks on people coming and going. Bai Ze led the women to the city gate, told the guards the reasons he had made up, and secretly handed the silver deer that he had previously kneaded into silver beans into the guards' sleeves.

The guard squeezed the silver bean Bai Ze had secretly given him, weighed it in his hand, and said with a beaming smile to the scholar recording the entry into the city:

"One merchant from the Western Regions who was robbed while returning to Song, along with five family members, have already paid the city gate tax. We will issue them some travel permits."

The guard then turned to Bai Ze and said:

"Take the documents to the county government office in the city to get a new permit. Remember to hire more skilled men when you go out in the future, so you don't get robbed again. There's a lot of trouble in Western Xia right now, so it's best not to travel to the Western Regions!"

Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper was a kind person. Bai Ze quickly thanked him and offered him two more silver beans, saying:

"Thank you for your understanding, brother. I have nothing left except for a few family members and a little money on me!"

Please inform the county government office in the city and the clothing shops that sell ready-made clothes, so that we can change into the clothes of our Great Song Dynasty and then go to the county government office to reissue our official certificates!

The guard happily accepted the silver beans that Bai Ze offered him a second time, thinking that he could have a good meal after his shift today and even send some home. This white-haired young master was truly generous.

The soldier looked at Bai Ze and continued:

"Go into the city and follow the main road. About a hundred steps to the right of the city center, there is the largest clothing store in the city. Traveling knights and merchants will go there to buy clothes. The county government office is even easier to find. Just walk a little further ahead, and you can see it on the left side of the main road where the sign is hung!"

However, it is already late today. You can only go to the county government office to report for duty today, and then go to reissue the official documents early tomorrow morning. After you have bought some clothes, you can stay at an inn nearby for the time being, and then go to the county government office tomorrow morning.”

Bai Ze bowed and thanked the soldiers repeatedly. He then took the documents and entered Shanzhou City. Without the disturbance of war, the people and small merchants in the city lived their lives peacefully.

Of course, there were also all sorts of strangely dressed martial arts figures. Moreover, because of the Beggars' Sect's righteous act of resisting the Western Xia and Liao, all kinds of Beggars' Sect members could be seen everywhere in the city. In the taverns along the way, you could even see the Clean Clothes Sect elders discussing something with a group of their disciples.

Therefore, Bai Ze, who was accompanied by several beauties with different hair colors, did not attract much attention. Bai Ze led the women to stroll in the direction pointed out by the city gate guards for a while, and then saw a two-story, exquisitely decorated clothing store on the street.

The sign read "Liu's Cloud Robe Workshop." The apprentice at the door saw Bai Ze and his group dressed in strange clothes, but the man in the lead looked like a Song Dynasty person. The apprentice scratched his head and decided to address Bai Ze as "Young Master."

The apprentice stepped forward to greet Bai Ze and his group as they entered the shop, saying:

"Welcome, young master and ladies, to Liu's Cloud Robe Shop. Do you need clothes made or custom-made? Our shop can serve you. The ladies will have a nanny in the shop to take their measurements. There's no need to worry about outsiders."

Listening to what the apprentice in the shop said, I nodded and said:

"I need a few ready-made garments and a few more custom-made ones. I wonder if the store has any good quality fabric?"

"Sir, you've come to the right place! Nowhere in the entire city of Shanzhou has a more complete selection of fabrics than Liu's Cloud Robe Workshop. We have cotton, linen, damask, gauze, satin, brocade, yarn, and silk in stock. You and your ladies are welcome to choose and order whatever you like!"

(Let's stick to the TV series setting. Otherwise, without status and position, ordinary people simply can't wear anything other than hemp clothing. No matter how powerful a gangster is, he can only wear hemp when he goes out!)

Bai Ze nodded, then turned to the women and said:

"Let's pick out a couple of outfits we can wear right away. We can talk about custom-made ones later."

"Yeah (^-^)V"

The women, who had been waiting impatiently, were led by the matrons summoned by the apprentices to the second-floor display area for women's clothing. Daenerys, in particular, was extremely excited; the unfamiliar world and the various beautiful clothes had long made her unable to contain herself.

Listening to the laughter and chatter of the women on the second floor, I looked at the apprentice bowing and waiting beside me and said:

"Give me two suitable ready-made outfits, one blue and one black."

As he spoke, he took out many silver beans and placed them in the apprentice's hand. The apprentice quickly called over the shopkeeper who was making clothes in the backyard to entertain me.

The shopkeeper entered the shop and saw a white-haired man with the appearance of a Song Dynasty person browsing and selecting clothes under the hanging display. He grabbed his young apprentice and said:

"This 'young master' gave you silver beans directly, right?"

The young apprentice nodded repeatedly and said:

"This strange young man entered the shop with five young ladies. Only one of them had black hair and looked like a Song Dynasty person. The other women were all extremely beautiful, but they did not look like Song Dynasty people. Just now, he handed me several silver beans."

After listening to his apprentice's words, the shopkeeper roughly knew that Bai Ze must also be a martial arts practitioner from some sect, otherwise he wouldn't have such strange hair color and an exceptionally beautiful female relative.

The shopkeeper calmed himself down and walked up to Bai Ze, saying:

"Young master, are you looking for clothes for traveling the martial world or for formal occasions?"

Bai Ze considered his future needs and looked at the cautious shopkeeper, saying:

"Let's get a few of these; we'll need them sometime!"

"Alright! Please come this way. The men's ready-to-wear clothes are all in the room next door on the first floor."

The shopkeeper led Bai Ze to the men's clothing room and selected several different styles of clothes for Bai Ze to wear while traveling the world. He then casually asked the shopkeeper to pack up the other selected items and sat in the lobby to wait for the women who were shopping like crazy on the second floor.

As Bai Ze sipped the tea served by the shopkeeper and listened to the laughter and screams of the women upstairs as they selected clothes, he felt that these women could empty the entire Yunshanfang store today!

After drinking a cup of tea, Bai Ze, who had been waiting for quite a while, finally saw the women come downstairs. Just like an ancient fashion show, the women, dressed in different ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), beizi (a type of traditional Chinese jacket), and robes, filed down from upstairs.

With their slender figures, light gaits, and distinct temperaments and charms, the women walked into the hall like fairies descending to earth. The shopkeeper and his apprentice were all stunned by their beauty and grace. The apprentice was so captivated that he didn't even notice the drool dripping from his mouth.

It was the first time the lovely Celine had worn such a beautiful outfit. She wore a pink inner garment over a semi-transparent gauze dress, and without any jewelry, her hair was simply styled in a few buns, making her look even more adorable.

Celine skipped over to Bai Ze like a little butterfly, hugged his arm, and said:

"My lord! Do you think this outfit looks good on me? Lord Raphael chose it for me, and I think it looks absolutely wonderful!"

Bai Ze smiled as he looked at the women's clothes, then touched Celine's new hairstyle and said:

"I'm glad Celine likes it! Celine looks absolutely gorgeous today, even the butterflies would dance for her!"

"Giggle~" Celine giggled happily, hugging Bai Ze's arm.

Bai Ze looked up at the beautiful women again, gave them a thumbs up, and then mischievously licked his lips. Xiao Meng and Daenerys rolled their eyes at Bai Ze, while Raphael covered his mouth and laughed.

Bai Ze turned to look at the manager of Yunshanfang and said:

"Pack up all the clothes you've chosen, calculate the total cost, and see if the silver beans I just gave you are enough. If not, I'll add more."

The shopkeeper smiled, cupped his hands, and said:

"The total is twenty-six taels, but you're a little over ten taels short. Please give me another ten taels, and I'll consider the rest a discount. I hope you'll continue to patronize our shop in the future!"

Bai Ze then took out a handful of silver beans and handed them to the shopkeeper, saying:

"Let's see if this is enough~"

The shopkeeper took the silver beans, weighed them, and said with a smile:

"That's enough, that's exactly ten taels!"

Bai Ze nodded and led the women, who were carrying large and small bags, out of the clothing store. They found an inn, booked three rooms, and settled in. Before the yamen closed, he went to report his purpose. Afterward, he returned to the inn and had his first meal in the Northern Song Dynasty with the women.

Stir-frying had already been invented and popularized in the Song Dynasty, and the variety of dishes made the Westeros diners, who used to eat the same few dishes every day, rave about. Bai Ze also exclaimed that he had finally eaten a meal that was almost as good as in his original world, and he was so moved that he almost cried.

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