You could see them from far away.
Some of the kids on horseback were only a few years old, but their riding skills were even better than many grown-ups.
It's just the climate and the land, you know?
Here in Xihe, every family has a horse. Trying to get anything done without riding—if you just run everywhere yourself—not only does it take way more time, you'd be dead tired before you get half of it done.
People like Chai Hong from Xihe.
Seeing all this, they wore expressions of pure pride.
After all, doesn't this sort of prove that Xihe people are basically born to be brave and tough?
...
Finally.
After a few more days on the road.
They finally reached the Imperial City of Xihe.
Ye Liuyun had always been curious—was Xihe's Imperial City just a bunch of big yurts stuck together?
But now, Ye Liuyun realized he'd overthought it.
Xihe Dynasty's Imperial City wasn't all that different from the Great Qian Dynasty's Imperial City.
