On the official road, dozens of horses galloped past, and behind the knights were all three small flags, and one of them called Hongling urgently.

Hongling urgent envoy is a profession established in the Western Han Dynasty, at first it was used to convey the frontier emergency war, generally see Hongling urgent envoy galloping on horseback, people's first thought is definitely "where the border was broken by Hulu?" And so on.

Until the period of Liu Che, the Han army repeatedly went out of the battle and won it, and Hongling was in a hurry to finally get rid of the impression of "reporting the funeral" and turning into a good side of "reporting the good news".

Whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, or even the chaotic wars of the princes, as well as the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Han people have long been accustomed to the fact that there will be a big event when Hongling is in a hurry to gallop on a horse.

"There are as many as thirty-two Hongling envoys?" Shi Zhong is not a stunned young man who has just left the village, and he has become well-informed after he thinks he came to Chang'an: "What happened?" Could it be that Ding Ling's people invaded the northwest?! ”

The people of the northwest are no strangers to the Ding Ling people, their ancestors have been in contact with enough foreign races for generations, and the Qiang people have the most frequent contact, and the other is the Ding Ling people.

As early as when the Ding Ling people were still grassland thieves, many of them lived in the Hexi Corridor, they did not serve the Huns, and often mixed with the Qiang people to steal the Huns' livestock, and the origin of the thief nation was the same thing.

Now the northwest is the Hexi Corridor in the Western Han Dynasty, the Han people were an absolute minority at the beginning of their arrival, at that time the Qiang and Ding Ling people from the Huns trouble to the Han trouble, until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not solve this trouble.

Hundreds of years have passed, the Qiang people have lived in the northwest and surrounding areas for a long time, and no one knows when the Ding Ling people ran to the grassland, and there is no record in the history books, but the former Zhang Liangguo is close to the West High Car, and there are really many conflicts with the Ding Ling people.

Before Shi Zhong went out of the northwest, Ding Lingren broke into the northwest several times to make trouble, and was defeated by Ran Min with his army, and later Ran Min led his army to chase and kill to the territory of Xigaoche.

"Can't you?" Zhang Ding looked incredulous: "Didn't the hussar general lead the army to the north again?" ”

Shi Zhong thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense, Ran Min had invaded Xigaoche again, how could Ding Lingren invade the northwest at this moment.

Chang'an is still a large construction site, and the land leveling of the new city was completed in June. A considerable amount of labor was used to dig the ditches in the city, and after repairing them, they were covered with stone slabs to become underground sewage channels. Behind it is a series of planned buildings rising from the ground, which are strictly divided into medium, low, and high commercial areas, medium, low, and high residential areas, and medium, low, and high leisure areas.

The Han State was very serious about building the new Chang'an City, planning with the attitude of a thousand-year-old empire, and did not build a city wall except for the palace city, and the city was ready to wait for the population to skyrocket before expanding out.

The new Chang'an covers a very wide area, the south is close to the Qinling Mountains, the east extends to the east bank of Bashui, the north directly erases the Bacheng, and the west is about to reach Fengshui, if you really say a concept of area, the length is close to one hundred and twenty miles, and the width is more than eighty miles, which is enough for an astonishing area of 9,600 square miles.

The new Chang'an covers an area of 9,600 square miles, which is very large? In fact, it is almost half of the modern imperial capital, including the palaces of the royal family, the leisure palace and the forest garden, as well as the usual residential areas, leisure areas, commercial areas, and even agricultural areas, which is really not that big.

By the way, Liu Yan is about to be proclaimed emperor, and once he is proclaimed emperor, he will have to implement any specifications, including the construction of a mausoleum, and then he will have to go to Luoyang to draw a piece of land.

Why is the tomb chosen in Luoyang? Because there's a mountain over there. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties have chosen to sleep in the mountains, and there is a saying that it is the dragon vein of Zhuxia. Some dynasties that failed to rule the old territory of Zhuxia will choose another tomb address, basically whether there are conditions to build a tomb in the mountain, but also to see whether a dynasty has done at least rule the old land of Zhuxia. (The Ming Dynasty ruled the whole territory of Zhuxia and expanded, but the emperor's tomb did not choose Bishan)

The new Chang'an occupies a large enough area, and the division of residential buildings is also relaxed, and the residential areas of different specifications are scattered with various leisure places in addition to the necessary roads.

The so-called leisure places are not only forest gardens or parks, but also racetracks, juju fields, song and dance gardens, opera halls, and naturally include various food and drink places, which are just as entertainment areas.

There is no need to guess, the plan will be like that, it is completely due to Liu Yan's interference, and it has been widely praised.

Divided into medium, low, high three specifications, naturally people have the difference between poor, poor, rich and expensive, what specifications belong not only to the location, but also to see the building itself. For example, the mansions in the rich district occupy a very large area, not only divided into the main house, sub-rooms, guest buildings, but also necessary gardens, and some can even dig their own ponds. An ordinary person is a house, and it is a good thing to have a front yard or a backyard where you can grow vegetables.

Generally, the area that is divided into wealth and nobility is closer to Miyagi, and there is no official restriction on who can't buy and move in, that is, who has no points in his own heart, and he is a person who has no power or power but just a little money, and lives in an area full of important ministers or nobles in the court, can he live comfortably?

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people who spend a lot of money to buy a mansion because they are surrounded by powerful people, they think that their neighbors are either rich or expensive, and they hope that they can get a few, and if they can be promoted, their fate will not change!

What Shi Zhong wants most now is to have a house in Chang'an, and he didn't dare to think about those that occupy a large area and are good-looking, he only dared to ask for the most ordinary one. It's a pity that he found that even the cheapest house was really just a luxury for him, and he didn't have the wealth to buy it at all.

There are too many people who are eager to have a house in New Chang'an, and everyone knows that Chang'an, as the imperial capital, will be the center of the world in the future, not to mention that there are more opportunities to live in the imperial capital, but when you can introduce yourself in the imperial capital, how can you raise your chin a little bit.

"It's not that there is no chance to ......" Zhang Ding teased Shi Zhong: "Your uncle will be able to grab a lot of wealth when he goes out of the Western Regions." It doesn't matter how much you don't grab, maybe you can be rewarded with a house for building up your military exploits. ”

Shi Zhong didn't take it as a joke, his eldest brother Shi Bo went out of the Western Regions, and the good news over there was repeatedly returned, and he himself had received three letters, and he knew more or less about the situation in the Western Regions, and that kind of thing could really happen.

The new Chang'an is a brand new city, and it was established on a land with few people, and it must be to absorb outsiders to become citizens.

If you have money, you will spend money to buy it, and this kind of person will not be able to drag it anywhere, and if you rely on military merits to get rewards, you can be regarded as a winner in life.

Zhang Ding didn't know what Shi Zhong really thought, and wanted to make fun of it, but suddenly shouted: "Look, there are so many cars!" ”

shouted so loudly that everyone looked over, and what they saw was a long queue of horse-drawn carriages and ox carts on the official road, and there was no end in sight.

The convoy was protected by the military, and it seemed that there were not a few people escorting the convoy, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

"That'...... Isn't that a second dog? ”

"Two dogs? Who? ”

"Two dogs from the neighboring village! Isn't he out of the Western Regions? ”

The convoy was returning from the Western Regions, and they were the first to walk in the front, followed by a large number of herding animals, which brought back the spoils of war in the Western Regions. In addition, there are special troops to escort prisoners of war and slaves, and it must be said that the number of girls snatched is staggering, and they are all golden cats.

Some of the drivers were covered with cloth, and some were packed with mouthfuls of boxes, which made it very difficult to pull them.

Shi Zhong reacted the same as everyone else, he was puzzled about how there were so many cars, and when he was about to go back to work, he suddenly saw the wheel of one of the carriages collapse, and many boxes on it tumbled and fell to the ground, and several boxes smashed on the ground and lifted the lids, and some golden and silver shiny things were scattered all over the ground.

Under the sunlight, the gold and silver coins on the ground were simply blinding everyone's eyes, and the horseman who drove the carriage was so anxious that he blocked the vehicles behind him by such an accident, and the number of gold and silver coins scattered on the ground was too much.

The wheel-shattered carriage wasn't far from where Shi Zhong stood, and he looked down at a silver coin that rolled to his feet, stunned, completely unaware of what it was.

It is a very normal thing not to know the existence of silver in Zhuxia, Zhuxia has not been a region with a lot of silver reserves since ancient times, until the Ming Dynasty because of the trade before a large amount of silver poured in from abroad, the silver of Zhuxia is more valuable than gold, and there are not too many people who have never seen silver in their lives.

Shi Zhong was about to bend down to pick up the shiny silver coin, but someone rushed over and picked it up.

"What is this?" Zhang Ding carefully looked at the silver coin: "Why is there such an ugly avatar, and what is the text on it?" ”

The people around him leaned over, all staring at the silver coin doing the great cause of "100,000 whys".

In fact, Zhang Ding is not the only one who picks it up, it is close enough that people who can bend down to pick it up, whether it is gold or silver, and there are also people who pick it up and hide it quickly.

What you picked up on the ground became your own? It's not the same thing at all, and even if someone picks it up and wants to run, it's not as fast as the soldiers who come around. The area was quickly surrounded by soldiers, with officers shouting for people to line up.

"Whoever picks it up, be smart and hand it over." Bai Zhong did not deliberately put on a fierce face, but said with a smile: "These are captured, and all the fruits that go to the Western Regions are shared." Whoever is ignorant is greedy for the money of his fellow villagers. This kind of currency has never been available in the summer, and it can't be spent if you take it. ”

Melt away? Even if it is done without a trace, how can you explain how the gold or silver came from when you spend it?

Don't want to hand it over? In addition to taking the initiative to give way to the queue, it is indispensable to search the body. If you dare to swallow your stomach, the volume of gold and silver coins is not small, do you know what it means to swallow gold and die? The stomach and intestines can't digest metals at all, they don't even go to the stomach, and they can't be excreted at all. Not only gold, but also silver, iron, copper, and other metals, unless the metal swallowed is small enough, or wait for the internal bleeding from the rupture of the digestive tract to die.

When it was Zhang Ding's turn, he handed over the silver coin he picked up without hesitation, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Bai Zhong said that it was a silver coin, and seeing that Zhang Ding didn't understand, he wanted to explain, but there were so many people in line behind him, so he waved his hand and asked Zhang Ding to accept the body search.

Of course, it is impossible for a vehicle with a broken wheel to stop in place and wait for repairs, but it is to empty the goods on the vehicle, and all the carriages and horses and goods are moved to the side of the road, so that the convoy behind can pass.

In the end, Zhang Ding didn't understand what silver was, but he knew that silver was more valuable than gold.

The group had no intention of working anymore, and the overseer did not urge him, and the big guy stood on the side of the road and watched the convoy pass by.

"Every box is full of gold, silver, ......and precious stones seized from the Western Regions," Zhang Ding swallowed hard, and said to Shi Zhong in a bit of a daze: "Your brother may really have enough money to buy a house in Chang'an." ”

Shi Zhong nodded a little dazedly, and said, "Forty percent can be obtained for seizure, and my brother should be enough." It's just that...... My brother and I have separated. ”

After the separation, the wealth between the brothers is not common property, if the eldest brother helps the younger brother to call brotherhood, if he does not help, it cannot be said that there is no brotherhood, and the younger brother must belong to the bastard who does not know the importance of it.

On the same day, the news of the return of the spoils of war from the Western Regions spread throughout the old and new Chang'an, and countless people swore to boast to those who had not seen it with their own eyes, among which "the cart loaded with goods has no end in sight" became the most used sentence.

It is reasonable to transport the things looted from the Western Regions to Chang'an, and that is not all the loot, some of which have already been distributed according to merit when they were in the Western Regions.

There are people whose families go to the Western Regions, and they are enthusiastically discussing how much a certain family member can get, and more people have the idea of going to the Western Regions to make a fortune.

The next day, when the cattle arrived, the people were completely frightened to see the sea of cows, horses, and sheep.

On the third day, people were expecting to see more loot, but there were no teams that day. On the fifth day, a new team reappeared.

"This ...... This...... This...... Better...... What a ......" Shi Zhong didn't have a problem with stammering, he was completely confused by the scene in front of him and didn't know how to speak: "It's really a lot!" ”

The new team, of course, was at the forefront of the army, and the soldiers in front were gone, followed by countless women, including gold, red, brown, crimson, and coffee...... Anyway, there are too many types of hair colors, and the color of the eyes is also dazzling. The oldest of them should be about forty years old, and the youngest is five or six years old. Adult women are on foot, and young and inconvenient people ride in open-air vehicles.

After seeing so many women, the Han people tacitly glanced at each other with the people next to them, and snatched so many women of the right age from the Western Regions to come back, which can solve the problem of singleness for many people.