Within Chang'an City, the most basic unit was the ward.
Broad roads separated the wards, reaching over a hundred meters in width and allowing dozens of riders to travel abreast.
The roads were paved with packed yellow earth, firm and solid. Thick ward walls lined both sides of the streets, with Elm Trees and locust trees planted in abundance outside them.
Chang'an had twenty-five Main Branch thoroughfares crisscrossing the city: fourteen running east to west and eleven running North and South.
Like the city's veins, these streets neatly divided Chang'an into one hundred and eight wards and the bustling East and West Markets.
Viewed as a whole, Chang'an could be divided into four major districts: northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
The East and West Markets were the thriving hearts of the southeastern and southwestern districts.
The East Market was a paradise of luxury goods, every item gleaming with the tastes and aspirations of high society.
Trade here involved more than the exchange of material goods; it was also an interweaving of power and connections.
Major organizations such as Spirit Hall, the Great Soul Arena, Xuan Ye Pavilion, and the Plant Association were all based here.
Neutral organizations such as the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, Rose Hotel, Winding Stream Banquet, and Gourmet Hall, along with several large merchant associations, were also located in the East Market.
The West Market presented an entirely different scene.
Its dazzling array of goods ranged from everyday necessities to rare curiosities, offering everything one could desire and earning it the celebrated name of "Golden Market."
Commercial activity was livelier in the West Market, which was well suited to large-scale transactions and had become an important economic center for Chang'an City and even all of Fasno.
The Chen Clan's Medicinal Herbs Market was a brilliant pearl within the