Xiao Rongyan entered Nanyan openly as a wealthy merchant during the first market fair in Mengcheng, the border town of Nanyan, at the beginning of the year.
Golden light from the morning sun filtered through the clouds, casting a golden hue over the bustling Mengcheng.
Xiao Rongyan's convoy entered the city under the morning light. The noise of vendors hawking their wares instantly penetrated the carriage. Xiao Rongyan lifted the curtain to peek outside, seeing a scene completely different from the markets of Yan.
In this border city of Mengcheng in Nanyan, there were nobles clad in fine silk, common folk in ragged clothes, and slaves being sold in cages.
Hawkers shouldered their wares, boasting about the superior quality of their furs to merchants on horseback entering the city.