Capital City.
As soon as Aaron entered this city, he felt as if a scroll was slowly unfolding before him.
The official road was spacious, and pedestrians crowded it, flanked by shops of various kinds.
Beyond the common wine houses and tea shops, what most attracted attention were the various fighting arenas, cockfights, dog fights, encompassing all kinds of gambling.
There was even women's sumo wrestling!
Although, Aaron seriously doubted what the guests were actually watching.
Beneath the sumo ring, a bunch of old men waved their betting slips, delighting in the female sumo wrestlers' performances, looking rather joyful.
The crucial point Aaron noticed was that many people weren't using silver, but various banknotes instead, clearly indicating that Da Song's paper currency had penetrated deeply into common use and was widely accepted.
Of course, there were also the high-nosed foreign guests and the exotic and alluring Western Region dancers...
