"This ...... Is it Chang'an City? Outside Chang'an City, a team of people stopped here, looking at the magnificent city wall in amazement, although they have also seen the Han Dynasty in Jingzhou's Yueyang, Jiangling and Xiangyang City, but compared with Chang'an, although those cities are also rare fortified cities, but compared with the Chang'an City in front of them, it is a little less courageous.

The young man who led the team looked at the magnificent city in front of him with a somewhat complicated gaze.

Inside the spacious city gate, there was a lot of traffic, and groups of caravans either went south or came from the south to enter the city, and farther away, where the tracks converged, rows of more than a dozen rail cars either drove in or drove away quickly.

In these years, the Han Emperor Liu Chan did not use the sword again, but began to vigorously develop the economy of the Han Dynasty, Shuzhong, Yizhou harvest year after year, this way, along the way, full of prosperity, people do not feel yearning, in comparison, today's Dongwu feels like a remote village.

I heard that the Han Dynasty has been running the Western Regions all these years, and along the way, even in Jingzhou, you can see people from the Western Regions who have high noses and deep eyes doing business everywhere, and they speak fluent official language, which can at least make people communicate.

Just as he was about to march, he saw a group of men and horses coming in the distance, led by a general, a white horse and a white robe, sitting on the horse's back with a straight waist, just coming this way, giving people an indescribable sense of oppression.

"Zhao Guang, the last general, is the envoy of Eastern Wu in front?" The man rode his horse to the front of the team, turned over and dismounted, and saluted loudly.

"Exactly, under Gu Tan!" The young man turned over and dismounted, bowed to Zhao Guang and said, "I have heard the name of the general for a long time!" ”

Zhao Guang served as the general of Annan a few years ago, guarded the Lujiang River, fought several battles with Cao Wei, won more and lost less, and was also quite famous in Eastern Wu.

"I have heard of Zimo's name." Zhao Guang nodded and smiled: "The last general was ordered to come to greet you, please come with me." ”

"There is General Law!" Although it was said to represent Eastern Wu, in front of Zhao Guang and other leading figures in the prime of life of the Han Dynasty, Gu Tan did not dare to hold it up, and after bowing and returning the salute, he led the people and horses to the city.

"I haven't been introduced to the general yet, this is the son of Ziyu Gong, Zhuge Ke." Gu Tan introduced Zhao Guang to the slightly obese young man beside him and said with a smile.

Zhuge Jin still has a deep relationship with the Han Dynasty, not only the elder brother of Zuo Xiang Zhuge Liang, but also Zhuge Qiao's biological father.

Zhuge Qiao has also established a firm foothold in the Han Dynasty over the years, and now he is a court lieutenant, in charge of the prison, and most importantly, Zhuge Qiao is also the son-in-law of Liu Yi, the Sikong of the Han Dynasty, with these two relationships, Zhao Guang is obviously a lot more kind to Zhuge Ke.

There was a sentry at the gate of the city, and looking at the soldier with a tiger's back lined up in two lines, the queue was neatly aligned, Gu Tan couldn't help but praise: "It's true...... The division of tigers and wolves is also! ”

"Them?" Zhao Guang glanced at these soldiers guarding the city, smiled, and did not answer.

Gu Tan was a little surprised when he saw this: "The general doesn't seem to agree? ”

"Nowadays, the Han military system is different, after the officers and soldiers of each army become an army, they will be sent to the north or northwest to garrison the border, and those who have experienced the battlefield are qualified to be called the division of tigers and wolves, these ...... Just trained out of the recruit camp, has never been on the battlefield, and is not qualified to be called an elite, let alone a tiger and wolf division? They don't deserve it yet. Zhao Guang spoke with a strong confidence.

After several years of development, the military system of the Han Dynasty is becoming more and more perfect, although it is still a conscription system, but because of the academy, it is mainly voluntary, there will be no compulsory conscription, and the food is not paid, but the families of the soldiers enjoy preferential policies, tax exemptions, children can enter the academy to study, and there are pensions after the war death, even if there is no pay, there are still many people who are willing to join the army, and now under the rule of the Han Dynasty, plus the army of the Western Regions and the border guards stationed in the north to guard against Xianbei, there are about 500,000 people.

After the recruits defend the city and patrol for a period of time, they will be sent to the front line to replace the veterans and receive the baptism of the battlefield.

As the general of the Han Dynasty, there is such a strong country behind him, and this country is becoming stronger step by step in their hands, Zhao Guang has a reason to be confident.

Gu Tan nodded, Dongwu actually has a similar policy, in order to replenish the population and improve the combat power of the army over the years, he will fight against Shanyue every year, Sun Quan has been committed to developing to the south over the years, and has achieved good results, but compared to the current Han, it is a little insignificant.

The group entered the city, and the prosperity of Chang'an City made Gu Tan and Zhuge Ke speechless in shock.

Wide and flat road, on both sides are bustling shops, basically two-story buildings are connected in rows of neat shops, the street is enough to accommodate eight cars in parallel, behind the shops, is a high-rise building, five-storey building in this era, it is indeed a high-rise building, the whole Chang'an gives people a very neat feeling, most of the buildings, whether it is a shop or a residential building, are uniform specifications, there is a rather eye-catching building at every street intersection, there is a green building, there are restaurants, inns and teahouses that have only risen in recent years.

The roasted tea of the Han Dynasty is now favored by celebrities and gentlemen in both the Wei Dynasty and in Dongwu, but in Dongwu it is generally their own collection, and it is almost unimaginable to open a teahouse like Chang'an, which is almost unimaginable in Dongwu.

"Brother Dingguo, this ...... How could there be so many people in the teahouse? When passing by the teahouse, Gu Tan couldn't help but ask, what was originally a precious thing, how did it feel like anyone could drink it?

"Recently, there are special tea fields in Jingzhou, Yunnan and other places, this thing may be precious outside, but in Chang'an, it is really not a rare thing, worse, ordinary people can also drink, of course, the top grade is very expensive, ordinary, a hundred dollars can buy a catty." Zhao Guang thought for a while.

A hundred dollars, a pound!?

Gu Tan and Zhuge Ke's eyes widened, and they looked at Zhao Guang incredulously, what they said was really the same thing?

"This thing is very expensive in Soochow?" Zhao Guang looked at the two of them puzzled, he was not too good at the economy, and these things were also resold by the merchants themselves, the imperial court only collected taxes, but it would not interfere too much with these consumer goods, but the technology was strictly confidential.

Gu Tan and Zhuge Ke glanced at each other, smiled bitterly and were speechless, Gu Tan thought for a while and said to Zhao Guang: "Visiting the Son of Heaven is tomorrow, can I go into the teahouse first?" ”

"In that case, the last general will accompany the two." Zhao Guang nodded, he was in charge of receiving the envoys of Eastern Wu this time, since the other party wanted to go shopping, he would not refuse.

ordered someone to take the two of them to rest first, and Zhao Guang took the two to the teahouse first.

"General Zhao, it's been a long time coming." When the owner of the teahouse saw Zhao Guang coming in, he welcomed the three of them in with a smile.

"A pot...... Good tea, with some pastries, find us a quieter spot. Zhao Guang said with a smile, he doesn't like tea very much on weekdays, and his father likes it, but he and his brother don't love this thing so much, and they don't pay much attention to tea.

"Good! Come with me, three. The other party nodded and ushered the three of them up to the second floor.

The design of the teahouse is quite elegant, the cloister-like structure, no matter where you sit, the scenery of the whole teahouse can be in full view, there are special musicians to play musical instruments, the melodious music flows like gurgling water in the whole teahouse, sitting at the position of the window, looking at the traffic on the spacious street outside the window, it makes people feel like a world away, the spirit of the whole person seems to be washed again, the two people who were originally dusty, at this moment actually gave birth to a new feeling.

And sitting in the teahouse and looking out, the scenery is different from what you see on the street, which is another feeling, which makes people have to sigh at the ingenuity of the designer of Chang'an City.

Looking at the street scene outside the window, Zhuge Ke shook his head and sighed, Liu Bei was beaten by Cao Cao and had almost no place to stand, embarrassed like a lost dog, relying on Jiangdong to have a chance to breathe, who would have thought that in the past thirty years, the weakest force in the past has now developed into such a behemoth, and Dongwu can only rely on his nose, he somewhat understands where Sun Quan wanted to capture Jingzhou at the beginning, and now the Han Dynasty is no longer a threat that Eastern Wu can threaten.

"Brother Dingguo." Gu Tan looked at Zhao Guang and said, "But I don't know, who designed and built this Chang'an City?" ”

Nowadays, the whole world is quite sought after for craftsmen, Sun Quan has gathered skilled craftsmen over the years, whether it is shipbuilding or construction, weapons, because there are templates of the Tiangong workshop and the research of Tiangong Kaiwu, and there has been a lot of progress in these aspects.

"Naturally, it's commonplace." Zhao Guang looked at the two of them with some doubts: "You don't know?" ”

"Of course I know." Gu Tan smiled bitterly and nodded, Liu Yi is not a nobody now, and is even regarded as an ancestor-like figure by many craftsmen: "I just never thought that such a city was designed by one person." ”

"Sikong's disciples are also involved." Zhao Guang thought for a while.

"Disciple?" Gu Tan's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhao Guang and said, "Sikong also has an apprentice?" ”

"Naturally, there are, and now most of the counties and mansions are served by Sikong disciples." Zhao Guang nodded, the matter of Liu Yi's disciple is not a secret, not to mention what can be done, with the prosperity and living conditions of the Han Dynasty now, how many people are willing to give up the excellent living conditions of the Han Dynasty and go to Wei or Wu?

Over the years, I have only seen skilled craftsmen from all over the world come here, and I really haven't seen any craftsmen from the Han Dynasty run away, let alone Liu Yi's disciples, as long as they are Liu Yi's disciples, they are basically characters from all sides vying to win over.

"The two of you will go to the Four Seas Pavilion to rest for a while, and at the end of the evening, I will take the two of you to the Yilan Pavilion to catch the wind." Seeing that the refreshments were almost finished, Zhao Guang smiled at the two.

"Yilan Pavilion?" Gu Tan frowned and said, "Qinglou? ”

His tutor said cautiously, although there was not much in the Qinglou in these years, and even many scholars were vassal and elegant, but he rarely went.

"This is not an ordinary Qinglou, you will know when you arrive, when you come to Chang'an, if you don't go to Yilan Pavilion once, it will be considered for nothing." Zhao Guang said with a smile.

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