Nanjing and Yangzhou are bordering each other, not far, just over a hundred kilometers away, Cao Wei hired a carriage to set off with sweet potatoes and Yu Dezhi, and it took about two days to reach Nanjing.

Along the way, Cao Wei complained about the official traffic of the Ming Dynasty, and the bumps in the journey made Cao Wei feel painful, and finally arrived outside the Zhengyang Gate in the south of Nanjing two days later.

Nanjing is adjacent to the Qinhuai River in the south, Zhongshan in the east, Houhu Lake in the north, and the Yangtze River in the west. This is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the Jinling-shaped place, the whole city is impregnable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, fully demonstrating the outstanding and lofty vision of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Nanjing City Gate has the saying of "thirteen inside, eighteen outside", the so-called "three mountains treasure Lintongji, Zhengyang Chaoyang Dingtaiping, Shence Jinchuan near Zhongfu, Yifeng Dinghuai Qingshi City." "Here is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to seize the foundation of the world, when Zhu Yuanzhang opened the Nanjing city gate thirteen, each city gate is connected with the street, the street is criss-crossed, the main and secondary are clear, orderly.

The gates and walls formed the city's strong defense system and convenient transportation network. Zhu Yuanzhang found that the Forbidden City, the imperial palace in the eastern suburbs, was too close to Zhongshan and was not conducive to military defense, so he ordered to use the loess mounds on the periphery of Yingtianfu City to build part of the outer city wall with bricks, and opened 18 city gates successively.

Zhengyang Gate is the main gate in the south of the capital, and Hongwu Gate, Chengtian Gate, Fengtian Gate and other gates are on a central axis, and it is the dangerous gate to guard the imperial city.

On the city wall of the simple vicissitudes of life, deeply engraved with the three words of "Zhengyang Gate" of the seal body, the city wall is more than 60 zhang high, all made of huge bricks and stones, the city wall is about 70 miles long, Emperor Hongwu used the Confucian Zhu Sheng's "high wall, extensive grain, slow king" suggestion, spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build the Nanjing city wall, developed forces here, and waited until the outside several major forces were almost finished fighting before sending troops to fight for the world, easily wiped out the separatist forces represented by Chen Youliang, presumably Zhu Yuanzhang must have been happy in his heart at that time!

Cao Wei looked at the ancient mottled city wall in front of him, he was very confused, he didn't have any big ambitions in his heart, he just wanted to spend his life in Qinyang County, if he had the opportunity, he would see the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty again. However, it seems that there is an invisible giant hand slowly pushing him forward, letting him go from Qinyang County to Yangzhou City, and from Yangzhou City to Nanjing, where will the next place be? Where will the final destination be? Where is the destination?

This year was the end of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, and Cao Wei, the twenty-year-old Qinyang Bo, left Yangzhou Mansion and came to the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty......

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When Jinyi Wei Baihu took office, the first thing he had to do was to report to the Qianhu Office. According to Mu Bin, Cao Wei was arranged to enter the Thousand Households in Beicheng, Nanjing.

Cao Wei took the Jinyi Weiya card given to him by Mu Bin and inquired about the Thousand Households in Beicheng. As soon as he gave the tooth card to the porter, a wrestler led him to the signing room. This is the place where the brocade guards are pointed, and the new officials take office, and the old officials are dismissed from their posts must be reported in the signing room.

There was an old priest in the signing room, Cao Wei handed over the tooth card to the old priest, and the old clerk handed over a set of flying fish brocade robes, a brand-new embroidered spring knife with a black shiny sharkskin scabbard, and a certificate of 100 households issued by the Yamen of the North and South Zhenfu Divisions to Cao Wei. and informed Cao Wei that Qianhu was in the second wing room on the east side, and Cao Wei needed to visit him.

Looking at the old priest's desire to speak and stop, Cao Wei very sensibly took out a silver cake from the money bag and stuffed it into the old priest's hand, only to see the old priest's left hand pull, the silver disappeared, this hand made Cao Wei's eyes shine, thousands of households are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the old priest's hand is not twenty years of skill I am afraid it will not be able to do, if you want to collect the silver in the future, you have to ask the old priest for more advice.

After the old priest received the money, he immediately smiled, lowered his voice and said to Cao Wei: "Lord Qianhu is in a bad mood and is drinking in the wing, Cao Baihu is careful, don't anger Lord Qianhu." ”

"Why is Senho-sama in a bad mood?"

The old priest glanced at the door, saw that there was no one at the door, and lowered his voice: "A new Baihualou has been opened in Nanjing, and the girls in it are amazing, not to mention beautiful, and have an extraordinary temperament, among which the heads of the four courtyards are even more talented, the hands are like soft wattles, the skin is like clotted fat, the collar is like a grub, and the teeth are like rhinoceros, it is really a fairy, if you have the opportunity to see it......"

Cao Wei looked at the old priest who was smiling very vividly, and admired in his heart, this old man is really old and strong, and he is not old, but he doesn't know if this body can still resist the conquest. I am the owner of Baihualou, and it is better to go there once when I have time in the future.

“…… The day before yesterday, a girl in the picture of the Thousand Households in the Hundred Flowers Building, when she was about to drink with her, the little grandfather Xu of the Wei State family came out halfway, hugged the girl and walked away, the Thousand Households knew that they couldn't afford to provoke, so they could only drink in the Thousand Households, and now it's been two days, and the Thousand Households have not let go, presumably that girl must have the color of a sinking fish and a wild goose, and the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon......"

Cao Wei didn't listen to the old priest's chatter and left the signing room, and he had to talk about the old clerk's interest for at least half an hour.

The Qianhu surname of the Thousand Households in Beicheng is Ren, the famous Hao, is Cao Wei's top boss, Ren Hao is as his name, he was born very rough and bold, his face is as uneven as the official road, the bridge of the nose is collapsed, and the lips are thick, probably because of the drinking, his eyes are a little blurred.

When he saw Ren Hao, Ren Hao was hugging the wine jar and vomiting wildly, Cao Wei endured the smell, stepped forward and bowed and said: "Lord Qianhu, Cao Wei, the next official, is the new Baihu, I have seen the adult." ”

Ren Qianhu looked at Cao Wei with drunken eyes, grinned, and said, "The new hundred households? Then tell me, is this thousand households still strong enough? ”

Cao Wei looked at Ren Qianhu's strong bear-like body, and said from the bottom of his heart: "My lord is an iron-blooded real man!" You can run a horse on your arms, you can stand on your fists, and you can break a boulder on your chest, I'm afraid that the Three Kingdoms will fly fiercely. ”

"Then why did Miss Yaqin choose Grandpa Xu instead of me, Grandpa Xu obviously said that it is difficult not to be strong, and Miss Yaqin also posted it upside down......"

If I don't choose you for that Yaqin girl, Cao Wei secretly felt sorry in his heart, Grandpa Xu is young and golden, and his face is tender and good, no matter how it is, it is better than being ruined by a bear......

"My lord, there is no grass at the end of the world, why bother to love Yiyaqin, drink alcohol and hurt your body, and hope that adults will be temperate."

"You are a good person, you will be the brother of our Qianhu in the future, come, this Qianhu invites you to drink."

After Ren Qianhu finished speaking, he handed the wine jar in his arms to Cao Wei, and Cao Wei was suddenly shocked, and his face turned green.

"My lord, you just threw up in it......"

"Did I throw up?" Ren Qianhu raised his head and took another sip of wine: "No! ”

Cao Wei: "........."