With excitement, Li Chengji first took a good look at the county king's mansion.

I have to say that his father is still very financially powerful. The entire palace covers an area of about 20 acres. There are nearly 100 timber-framed houses. In the courtyard, there are six entrances. Although the overall layout is dominated by the traditional Han people's 'four rivers returning to the church', the architectural style still has an obvious exotic style.

Like the fourth courtyard, it is the flat roof of an adobe building. The verandah is deep, and the middle of the house is lit by a well. In the case of windows, they are relatively small. The whole style is similar to the 'Ayiwang' dwellings south of the Tianshan Mountains in later generations.

But what surprised him the most was that the windows of the palace were inlaid with glass.

In his mind, glass should belong to industrial products. In Central Asia, which is still a feudal society today, there should be no glass.

It was Zhuqing who told him that this glass was very common. In the city, there are many glass workshops.

In fact, this is Li Chengji's loneliness!

As early as the ancient Egyptian era, glass beads appeared. By the fourth century AD, the Romans had inlaid glass into windows and doors. By the thirteenth century, glassmaking technology in Italy had become very advanced.

Central Asia is at the crossroads of Eastern and Western cultures. Western glass-making technology has long been transmitted to Daliao through the Persians.

So realistically, it's not surprising at all.

After wandering around like this for a while, Li Chengji wanted to go out of the house to take a look.

informed Li Xiao and left the palace.

I heard from the people in the palace that the capital of Da Liao was originally the capital of the Eastern Kara Khanate-Balasagon. It's just that since Dezong, this city has been changed to Hu Si's ears. To explain it in Khitan language, it is 'a strong and powerful palace tent'.

As for the capital of the former Eastern Kara Khanate, it was moved to Kashgar.

For such an ancient city, Li Chengji is full of curiosity. Even the carriage stopped sitting and went straight to the street on foot.

It's just that he just took a few steps out of the house and he regretted it. Because in spring, the snow melts. The earthy yellow pavement is full of potholes and mud puddles.

Li Chengji looked at it, and he had no place to stay.

Fortunately, when he left the mansion, Li Xiao specially assigned five family members of the Kipchak tribe to accompany him for his safety. This was the most common slave of the Great Liao, and its appearance resembled that of the Aryans of later generations. His maid Zhuqing is from the Kipchak tribe.

I saw that these family members were all tall and strong, and they looked very strong.

Seeing that Li Chengji's face was embarrassed, a clever family member immediately squatted down and carried it on his shoulder. Even the mud on the soles of Li Chengji's shoes on his clothes didn't care.

This made Li Chengji can't help but sigh, the evil feudal society is really too corrupt and degenerate. I am a progressive young man with thoughts and connotations, how can I go out and let people carry him on his back?

However, when he saw the muddy road, he secretly convinced himself on the grounds that he was still young.

Coming to the main street leading to the city gate in this way, the familiar noise was the first to pour into Li Chengji's ears.

I saw pedestrians in various costumes coming and going in the market. Horse-drawn carriages also walked in the middle. The chattering Huihe language has become the most commonly heard language in Li Chengji's ears.

Since he is not familiar with languages other than Chinese and English. Therefore, whether it is Huihe, Persian, or Khitan, the official language of Daliao, it all sounds like bird language.

At the moment, he deeply felt that he had come to a foreign land.

It is also in the territory of Daliao, whether it is the Qarakhanid State or the Gaochang Huihe, the Huihe language is prevalent. Coupled with the Han and Khitan people, the proportion of the population in Daliao is not much. Therefore, the most commonly used folk language is Huihe language.

It took him less than an hour to get around the city.

On the whole, this big Liao capital city is similar to the old city of Kashgar in later generations. It's just that the scale is larger than the old city of Kashgar. And the architectural style is not all 'Ayiwang' dwellings. There are many Han dwellings with pink walls and tiles, and Khorezm castles with brick and stone structures.

In terms of business, it is not developed. Except for two or three streets lined with shops, the rest of the place is relatively deserted. It may also be that in the spring, all the merchants from the east to the west have not yet arrived.

After all, most of the trade in ancient times relied on merchants who came from afar. In a place like Daliao, which connects the east and the west, commerce is more influenced by merchants.

As he walked and looked, he came to a wall of stones, two feet high. Fortunately, he is the son of the king of the river county, otherwise he would not be able to get on the wall of this military place.

Standing on a high vantage point, you can see the whole city in an instant.

You can see that the main color of the city is the earthy yellow color unique to the Ayiwang houses. A few Han dwellings covered with green tiles stretched into several blue jade belts. The mosque with the white dome, the temple with the eaves and the temple, and the church with the top of the spire are the landmarks of Balasagon .

However, the most attractive thing is the residential area of high-ranking officials and nobles where the royal palace of Hezhong County is located. The buildings there are relatively tall. And from the appearance, it is also more pleasing to the eye.

This is in stark contrast to the generally low, densely populated civilian areas.

Turning around again, a large domed tent appeared outside the city. At that scale, there are at least nearly 100 acres.

And the closer you get to the middle, the taller the tent becomes. The difference in rank is also revealed.

According to the family, those tents were palace tents. The emperors, empresses, imperial relatives, and some Khitan nobles of the Great Liao are all in these palace tents.

Only some Han Chinese, like the king of Hezhong, settled in the city.

This makes Li Chengji feel quite strange!

Because he felt that the emperor was the emperor of the Ninety-Five, and he should live in a tall, majestic, and magnificent palace. Where like this, live in tents with such a simple structure. Even from the outside, those tents were lavishly decorated. But compared with the palace, it is still a grade.

This is also Li Chengji's inherent thinking habits!

If he is familiar with the history of the Liao Dynasty, he will find that the emperor of the Liao Dynasty never built a palace in a certain city. It is also a habit passed down from generation to generation by the Khitan people! As a result, the Khitan royal family has always lived in tents that are easy to disassemble and relocate.

Before the Jin people occupied the Great Liao River and Mountain, the successive emperors of the Liao State lived in different places according to the different seasons. The administrative team of the entire empire also moved with the palace tent.

Therefore, the great Liao, which has now moved westward, has established its capital in Balasagon . But the living habits that the Khitan royal family should have have remained unchanged.

This is compared with the living method of the emperors and generals of the Central Plains, who like to build mansions for themselves, but it saves a lot of people's power.

Since the Kingdom of Gur in the south of Western Liao attacked Khorezm last year, Western Liao specially sent troops to support. Emperor Da Liao also brought the palace tent to the south. Li Chengji's father, whom he has never met, followed the emperor to fight.

What Li Chengji sees now is the camp tent of the queen and some nobles. In terms of scale, it is less than half of what it was in its heyday.

This made Li Chengji understand more about Da Liao.