Chapter 51 Ouyang Xiu enters the city

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Tie Xinyuan's courage has never been big enough, he knows this very well, so he began to hone his courage a long time ago, whether it was poisoning others when he was a baby, or killing the Western Xia warrior when he was a teenager, or knowing that Bao Zheng was eyeing him, but he challenged the limit of that guy's wisdom and patience again and again.

After all these years, he found that he still didn't have the guts to do it enough, at least, before Tetsuji tricked him into doing this thing.

The number of Uighurs who died actually did not have a great impact on Hami, as long as the lives of the Qingxianggu people, the Song people, and the Han people were maintained, and when this matter passed, Hami could develop slowly.

However, having the allegiance of these Uighurs and not having the allegiance of these Uighurs were two outcomes for the Hami Qingxiang Kingdom.

The Western Regions has always been a vast and sparsely populated place, and it is almost impossible to gather one or two million people.

After decades or even hundreds of years of development, many large ethnic groups do not have such a large population.

It is a miracle that Tie Xinyuan can have these in a year.

The strength of a country is inseparable from the number of people it has, and the greater the number of people, the greater the potential, and the more failures it can withstand.

Xiang Yu Baisheng has unlimited scenery, and if he fails once, he can only kill himself by the Wujiang River and become a ghost male.

Liu Bang was defeated and embarrassed, and he succeeded in establishing a brilliant Han at one time!

It is precisely because of the huge dividend of population that Tie Xinyuan is tempted to abandon the steady development route and take the adventurous road of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat.

However, the number of displaced people is still too high...... And it's still counting......

When Ouyang Xiu brought the officials from the Great Song Dynasty to Qingxiang City, he was almost speechless in surprise when he saw the tall and majestic city wall.

He never imagined that Tie Xinyuan would have such a majestic city in the Western Regions.

Like Zhao Wan, when he saw this precipitous and tall and majestic city, he also breathed a long sigh of relief.

From the moment he set foot on the land of the Western Regions, Ouyang Xiu had not asked himself for a day how long he could hold out in the harsh environment of the Western Regions.

All this in front of him made him finally have some confidence in what Tie Xinyuan had said.

The people who came to welcome Ouyang Xiu into the city were Wang Rouhua and Zhao Wan.

When Wang Rouhua bowed down and thanked Ouyang Xiu for coming thousands of miles to Qingxiang City to help her son.

Whether it was the mighty warriors at the head of the city, or the big and small officials who came out to greet Ouyang Xiu with Wang Rouhua, they all bowed down and saluted, and no one was an exception.

Ouyang Xiu hurriedly returned the salute, but he was horrified in his heart, even Wang Rouhua had such prestige in Qingxiang City, she gave a salute, and other people from the Western Regions also followed to salute herself, a Song person, so wouldn't Tie Xinyuan, who was the head of the family, be even more famous?

It is difficult for the Song people to gain respect in the Western Regions, and Ouyang Xiu, who has been an envoy to the Khitan more than once, knows it very well.

Wang Rouhua and a woman can have such prestige among the people of the Western Regions, which makes Ouyang Xiu extremely difficult to believe.

Su Shi looked up at the tall city wall in front of him, and said to Peng Li, the judge of the original branch who was also surprised by him: "It's overdone!" ”

Peng Li came back to his senses and smiled: "What kind of system? This is the Western Regions, Tie Xinyuan is the emperor here, not to mention that this city wall is only a dozen zhang high, even if it is a hundred zhang high, the laws of the Great Song Dynasty can't use his head.

Also, don't you think that the higher the walls here, the safer we are? Haha, I thought it was worse than Lingnan here, but now it looks better than Lingnan, if there is a trough cake to sell in the city, Lao Tzu will be satisfied. ”

"I've heard Tie Xinyuan brag that there is almost all the food you can see in the city of Tokyo, and there are ...... here."

Huang Tingshou, the former judge of Huizhou, said anxiously: "The old man can't stand the noodles for a few days, since Tie Xinyuan boasts about Haikou, the food in Tokyo may be a big talk, presumably there must be rice and white noodles, and the old man can't wait to go in and eat now." ”

Not only these people were in a hurry, but the rest of the officials and officials from the Great Song Dynasty were also in a hurry, one by one, like gamblers on the gambling table, waiting for the dice cup to be opened at this time.

If it weren't for the fact that there was still a large group of ironclad warriors lined up in front of them, they really wanted to ignore Wang Rouhua's sneak peek.

"Mrs. Lawton is here, Ouyang Xiu is ashamed!" Ouyang Xiu gave up his hand again, he was also very curious about the woman in front of him who could teach her son to be a demon, and he didn't dare to slack off in the number of etiquette.

Wang Rouhua said with a smile: "Mr. came from afar to seek the welfare of my Hami Qingxiang country, how dare the old woman slacken!"

The old woman has ordered someone to clean the mansion, just waiting for the husband to move in! “

"I'm tired, madam, please!"

Wang Rouhua was not polite, she stepped forward first, Zhao Wan followed her mother-in-law, gave Ouyang Xiu a slight squatting salute, and followed her mother-in-law into the city.

The war horses that everyone rode had already been picked up by the servants, so that they could visit Qingxiang City lightly.

After stepping into the city gate, Ouyang Xiu's vision suddenly widened, and there was a large empty square in front of him, and there were thousands of ironclad warriors standing solemnly on the square as welcome envoys, all of whom were bears.

As far as the eye can see, a straight and wide road stretches into the depths of the valley, and the houses on both sides of the road are full, and countless Qingxiang Valley residents stand on both sides of the avenue and look curiously at these Song people pouring in from outside the city gate.

The city was not very wide on the left and right, only about three miles away, and was all surrounded by tall cliffs, and this city was built in an extremely steep canyon.

Thinking of the narrow and deep valley that he passed through when he arrived, Ouyang Xiu sighed and said to Wang Rouhua: "What a heroic city!" ”

Wang Rouhua said with a smile: "This is a place specially built by dogs to settle down, and they can't bear their lives unless they are high mountains and deep valleys."

The widest part of the whole city is only five miles, but the deepest part is twenty miles away, because of the unique terrain, this city has only two gates.

Now the city is sparsely populated, so there are still large fields and orchards, which are already full of grain, but the grapes in the orchards will take some time to bear fruit, and the gentleman will not be bored living here. ”

Ouyang Xiu exclaimed: "The king has a unique vision and is admirable because of the construction of this majestic city according to local conditions, but I don't know how many residents, shops, and soldiers there are in the city now?"

Where is the old man's official office? ”

Wang Rouhua said with a smile: "There are now 68,745 registered residents in the city, 13,727 merchants who are not registered, 3,655 craftsmen in the craftsman camp, and the rest are all kinds of servants, and there are more than 19,400 slaves.

This is all seen by the old woman from the official book this morning, as for the number of soldiers, this is a major matter of the military aircraft, the old woman is not easy to inquire, and there are naturally account books in the official residence of the gentleman to view.

As for the official office, there is no one in the valley, and it used to be the lieutenant general in the city lord's mansion, and since the gentleman is here, he will have to build the official office by Mr. Laotun himself, and this matter only needs to be told to the artisan battalion, and they will naturally do it in the shortest possible time.

Now I can only aggrieved Mr. Grievance in the official residence. ”

Ouyang Xiu looked at the endless shops on both sides of the street with interest, suddenly bowed his hand to Wang Rouhua and apologized, and walked into a shop quickly.

Zhao Wan chuckled and said to her mother-in-law: "Auntie, Mr. Ouyang doesn't believe that we have a bookstore in Qingxiang City.

If he had waited for a while, wouldn't he have been surprised to see a shop specializing in pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and his eyes would fall out? ”

Wang Rouhua said with a smile: "The appearance of the bookstore and the Four Treasures store is surprising to my mother, Mr. Ouyang is a scholar, how can he not see the joy of hunting?" ”

Seeing the bookstore, not only Ouyang Xiu was surprised, but Su Shi and the rest of the Song officials were even more surprised.

The fact that they could see books in this wild place was beyond their imagination.

Ouyang Xiu entered the bookstore, smelled the familiar fragrance of ink, saw an old man placing books, and asked, "Dare to ask my uncle, are there four books and five classics in this bookstore?" ”

The old man put down the books in his hand and hurriedly returned the salute: "Officials rest assured, but all the official books that officials can see in the Great Song Dynasty can also be found here, and it is the Yinghuadian version, and it is a rare book printed by the official family in the early years of the King of Khotan. ”

The old man explained very expertly, which completely stimulated the interest of Ouyang Xiu, who loved books and became obsessed, and took a copy of the Yinghuadian version of the "Book of Songs" and read it with relish, and soon forgot Wang Rouhua and Zhao Wan who were still waiting for him outside the store.

Zhao Wan waited for a while, but didn't see Ouyang Xiu come out, and said with some annoyance: "It's too rude." ”

Wang Rouhua smiled and shook her head, seeing that the rest of the Song people were also eager to try, she said to those Song officials: "It seems that you gentlemen are also very curious about the Qingxiangcheng Market, why don't you put the banquet that welcomes you in the evening?"

At this time, please have a tour of Qingxiang City first. ”

Ouyang Xiu was not there, and Peng Li, the former largest official in the team, hurriedly saluted: "Just as we wish!" ”

Wang Rouhua said with a smile: "In this case, the little woman left some servants to guide the gentlemen to play, and the old woman retired first." ”

Everyone watched Wang Rouhua and Zhao Wan leave, and immediately scattered into the surrounding shops, they didn't have never seen such shops, but they really wanted to observe how far Hami Qingxiang Country had developed from these shops!

After a long time, when the owner of the bookstore gave Ouyang Xiu the lamp, Ouyang Xiu suddenly came to his senses, and looked out of the store in embarrassment, but did not see Wang Rouhua and others, only saw that the sky was gradually getting darker, and the streets were full of pedestrians coming and going.

A Qingxiang Valley man dressed as a servant was chatting and laughing with his old servant, and when he saw Ouyang Xiu waking up from his obsession, he hurriedly came over to greet him.

The Qingxiang Valley servant said: "So that Mr. will know that my grandmother has prepared a dinner in Yuntang and invite Mr. to the banquet." ”

Ouyang Xiu reluctantly put down the book in his hand, the Yuchi clan is indeed a Wenhua clan, and some insights are very novel. (To be continued.) )