Fish Bait

"Chama City," Treasure Street.

Treasure Street was the most famous commercial street in Chama City.

This was not because, as its name suggested, it was filled with rare and precious treasures.

Rather, it was a street that ordinary people could not visit. Every shop there exuded an air of luxury.

If an ordinary person wanted to enter, they needed to have at least a few taels of silver on hand, enough to satisfy the servants keeping order at either end of the street.

Some might ask: since this was clearly in the city, shouldn't it be a public place? With rules this overbearing, were the city's people really willing to put up with it?

Believe it or not, they really were.

The merchants who could open shops on Treasure Street were all wealthy, and the money they paid to the government each year was no small amount.

A very small portion of that money went toward holiday gifts for the people of the city. Each household might get about 0.3 shi of rice and a few eggs, which was enough to make them very happy.

As for outsiders, the wealthy faced no restrictions. The merchants didn't care about the poor.

Every day at noon, they also handed out thin porridge and baked buns at a designated spot, which earned them plenty of support.

After asking around a little, Yimo went straight to Treasure Street.

When the servants at the entrance saw Yimo and Zhenling, they didn't even speak to him before letting them in.

The reason was simple: Yimo and Zhenling had changed out of their hemp clothes and were now wearing modern clothing.

Although they stood out from the people around them, the fabric clearly wasn't something ordinary people could afford.

Both had rosy lips and white teeth, and