Sword Rain City is divided into two areas: inner and outer.

The inner city is where important figures in Jianyu City live.

Generally speaking, it is officials and their families, as well as card makers and their related professions and characters.

The soldiers will be placed at the junction of the inner city and the outer city. Although it is not as safe as the inner city, it is pretty good compared to the outer city.

The outer city of Jianyu City is generally given to the poor who don't have much money, businessmen, tourists and other outsiders passing through Jianyu City.

However, the outer city has also been divided into some areas, and is generally divided into several areas.

One is the living area, which is closer to the inner city and closer to the military camps.

Then there is the trade area, which is generally a place where various tasks are handed over and transactions are completed.

There is also a slum area, which is really a lawless zone where poor people, criminals, and seriously ill people can be seen everywhere.

Shi Kang had no sympathy for this. In this world, no matter which city there is, there is such a scene.

The slums are basically closer to the city walls. Once invaded by alien species, they will be the first victims.

But it is also the people who enter the city who feel the welcome of these guys for the first time.

"roll!"

Shi Kang waved his hand, and a man in ragged clothes and a sinister expression was knocked away by him.

This guy just came over and wanted to use the blade in his hand to cut his clothes and steal his money.

"Whoever dares to continue doing this will die."

Shi Kang stood there and glanced fiercely at the people around him, "Do you hear me clearly?"

Following his words, some people who were looking at him lowered their heads and left.

He must be so fierce that he cannot frighten those lawless guys.

Here in the slums, even if something happens, Jianyu City's law enforcement agencies are too lazy to come over and deal with it.

Fortunately, the road he was taking now was the road leading directly from the city gate to the trade area. There would be some people managing the road along the way to prevent those guys from the slums from coming out to cause trouble.

On both sides of this road are slums.

Shi Kang strode along this road and finally entered the trade area.

It was only then that he felt the eyes behind him that had been watching him retracted. Apparently some people were still unwilling to give in and wanted to see where he would live.

Not all slums are filled with people who can't stand it. There are also some civilians with a little spare money who have built a safer residential area near the trade area.

Some outsiders who don't have much money also live in this area.

Because entering the trade zone... costs money.

Shi Kang opened his jacket and took out a thin metal strip from the inner pocket.

This is the hard currency of today's society, the special material for cards made by card makers.

"Here you go." The soldier guarding the gate of the trade area put away the metal bars and gave Shi Kang a large bag of coins.

This bag of coins is the currency of Jianyu City, but it can only be used in Jianyu City. If taken outside, it will only be treated as garbage.

In today's world, although it is still under a unified regime in name, various regions have already become autonomous, forming their own armies, minting their own currency, and issuing their own laws.

This bag of coins is the currency issued by Jianyu City. Although Shi Kang exchanged this bag, it is impossible to exchange the metal bars back.

Whether he spends this bag of money or not, it doesn't matter to Jianyu City. Anyway, if he gets the metal bars, he has made money.

Shi Kang opened the bag and took a look. It contained denominations ranging from 1 yuan to 100 yuan. After a rough estimate, the total amount was about 5,000 yuan.

This is almost the average price in the surrounding cities. Obviously, this Jianyu City is fairly fair.

After exchanging the coins, Shi Kang was welcomed into the trade area. After entering, he saw several rickshaws waiting there.

Seeing Shi Kang coming, everyone immediately gathered around: "Master, do you want to take a ride?"

"Find a better place to live."

Shi Kang pointed at someone casually and said slowly, "I need a quieter, more comfortable place with better service. Don't find me any disgusting place."

The coachman who was pointed at by Shi Kang immediately nodded and bowed and said, "That's that, please."

He greeted Shi Kang, respectfully escorted him into the car, and then pulled the car and ran towards a person quickly.

Sitting in the car, Shi Kang took back his previous arrogant look and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

He originally thought that the sects such as the Lord of Thunder should be easily visible, but after following the rickshaw for a long time, he did not see any trace.

So Shi Kang shouted to the driver who was running in front of him: "Why can't we see the three major churches here in Jianyu City? I also want to visit them."

As the coachman ran, he said intermittently: "I'm so sorry, sir, our Jianyu City Church is in the inner city area, and there is no one here in the outer city."

"In the inner city?" Shi Kang was quite disappointed.

He had only heard others say about Jianyu City, but he had never been here before.

In the city before him, the three major churches had always stayed in the trading area and living area, usually issuing tasks to people and conducting activities to induce people to believe in religion.

But I never thought that the three major churches of Jianyu City would actually exist in the inner city, so would their responsibilities be eliminated?

Shi Kang was a little worried. Since it was in the inner city, it would not be easy to get in.

"trouble."

Shi Kang cursed in a low voice. If you want to enter the inner city, a high-level identity is essential.

He is not an official of Jianyu City, and he has little connection with them, so as a card maker, it is easiest to get into it.

It just so happened that Shi Kang was a card maker and met the requirements for entering the inner city.

But no matter which city it is, it is impossible to introduce a strange card maker into its hinterland. So now that Shi Kang is arrogantly saying that he wants to enter the inner city, he will be arrested by them immediately - of course.

This also requires them to be able to catch Shi Kang.

The best way is to create a moderate reputation in the trade area, which can attract people, so that the people of Jianyu City will attract them as foreign talents, and then they can naturally enter the inner city.

"The best way is for me to sneak in secretly, but..."

Shi Kang always felt that this was a bit dangerous and rejected this idea.

The church here in Jianyu City gave him an uneasy feeling, and he didn't know if it was his misunderstanding.

In short, after the rickshaw driver took great pains to pull him to the largest hotel in the trade area, Shi Kang waved his hand and gave the other party a handful of coins. Ignoring the other party's cheerful behavior, he quickly squatted on the ground to pick up the money, and stood in front of the hotel door.
Chapter completed!