Wang Yue greeted them politely, this time he came to Nanjing, just to meet with these people, it was a courtesy meeting, and he went through the motions.

Moreover, Nanjing was also under the rule of the governor of Yingtian, except for the armies of Nanjing Jingying, which were basically under the jurisdiction of Wang Yue.

But to set up a chengguan in Nanjing to carry out the collection of commercial tax, it is definitely a big bustle, Nanjing is not as good as Suzhou, so Wang Yue wants to come and make a measurement.

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, warmly invited Wang Yue to stay in the Guogong Mansion, but Wang Yue declined his kindness and the eight-lift sedan chair they had prepared for him.

The Military Investigation Bureau, the Trading Company, and other departments have arrived in Nanjing in advance, and the offices and housing have been properly purchased.

The person who came to pick up Wang Yue was Li Chuanxin, the former head of the Military Investigation Bureau's operational group, who is now the director of the Jiangnan Branch and is responsible for the organizational structure of the Jiangnan area of the Investigation Bureau.

Nanjing, as an important city in the Ming Dynasty, has been set up by the Military Investigation Bureau since last year after the telegraph was put into use. In addition to Nanjing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and other big cities have also sent people to settle in. Wang Yue's Governor Ying Tian represented that the influence of the starting point city would touch the entire south, so the Jiangnan Branch was officially established.

Wang Yue said goodbye to the officials, and under the astonished gaze of everyone, he boarded the armored command vehicle and went to his residence in Nanjing.

There were too many officials who came to pick up Wang Yue this time, but those warblers and Yanyan didn't have the opportunity to see Wang Yue's demeanor, but the warships of the naval fleet made them feel that the trip was worthwhile.

Nanjing is the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, and even if you haven't entered the city, you can see that it is densely populated, because there are many buildings in the outer city.

It was the four armored vehicles of the guard platoon that sent Wang Yue into the city, and Wang Yue's Golden Dragon RV was thrown on the passenger and cargo ro-ro wheels. Although the number of armored vehicles is small, it is still noticeable. The dull sound of the engine of the armored car, like a steel beast, frightened the pedestrians on the street to dodge. Fortunately, the armored car was planted with the flag of the Governor of Yingtian, otherwise the city gate would not be easy to enter.

The majesty of Nanjing City also left a deep impression on Wang Yue, he had been to Nanjing in his previous life, but the city wall in his previous life was not so complete.

The construction of Nanjing's city wall was completely built according to the local topography of Nanjing, not only using the wall of Yingtianfu in the Yuan Dynasty, but also making extensive use of various hills around Nanjing as part of the defense system. Some lots use mountains directly as the basis of the city walls. Thus it is irregularly shaped. It is connected to Zhongshan Mountain in the east, Stone Mountain in the west, Xuanwu Lake in the north, Qinhuai River in the south, and surrounded by mountains and rivers, with extraordinary momentum. The city foundation is also very extravagant to use granite or limestone strips, the two walls are built with large bricks, and the brick joints are watered with lime, glutinous rice or rice juice mixed with tung oil to form a slurry, which is extremely strong.

It was difficult to destroy such a wall with the mortars, recoilless guns and tank guns of the Tiance Army, as evidenced by the fact that the Japanese artillery in the thirties could not destroy the Nanjing city wall.

The business in the city is extremely prosperous, and the armored vehicles are driving on the main road of Nanjing, and the bluestone paved road surface can be seen to be very wide, but the situation of occupying the road is very serious.

Due to the growth of the population and the prosperity of trading, the houses and shops on both sides of the street encroached on the official road, making the road less wide. In addition, the streets are crowded with pedestrians, making the roads more and more congested.

Armored vehicles occasionally honked, and the effect of the street tiger was still good.

Wang Yue found that there were many signboards on the streets of Nanjing, and the shops on both sides were next to each other. Most of the densely packed shops have low eaves and wide facades; The black lacquer signboard at the front of the store reads "Old Silk Shop", "Net Towel Distributor", "Hangzhou Fan Famous Fragrant Official Soap", "Sichuan and Guangzhou Groceries", "Northwest Two Leather Goods for Sale", "Inner Corridor Lexian Hall Famous Book Redemption", "Shunchang No. Tongshang Silver Shop" and other words, some of which are still inlaid with gold powder. On the streets, people in sedan chairs, donkeys, and on foot are bustling with people.

Merchants from all over the world gathered in the official corridor and in front of the collapsed houses, selling and displaying their goods and bargaining with customers. The gentry from all over the country, Confucian scholars, talked in the tea house with lanterns hanging in front of the door and raising all kinds of raw flowers. The café was full and business was booming; The restaurant is full of people, singing and singing, and the wind is wafting with the ...... of laughter and the tempting aroma of wine and food.

Wang Yue was surprised by the prosperity of Nanjing, which was much more lively than Jingshi, perhaps because Jingshi was in the north and occupied a vast area, so it did not seem so crowded.

In fact, Nanjing's prosperity has its special reasons, the social turmoil and war in the late Ming Dynasty, the defeat of Liaodong, the rebellion of Guizhou Lu'an, and the endless emergence of various "popular uprisings" in various places, so that the local gentry have come to the south of the Yangtze River with stable social order to escape the hustle and bustle in this gentle rural sales grotto. Most of them carried a large family of family slaves and a lot of gold and silver treasures, bought houses and land outside the city of Nanjing, and lived a life of drunkenness and gold.

Therefore, the accents on the streets and shops in Nanjing are no longer all Nanjing official dialects that are spoken from north to south, and accents from the south to the north are full of accents. In addition to the small people from Huizhou, Jiangbei, Shandong and other places who come to this prosperous place to beg for a living, there are many brightly dressed gentry among the people who speak with accents from all over the world.

It is for this reason that it is not so easy to buy a suitable property in Nanjing, but fortunately, the starting point city is very rich.

Wang Yue finally arrived at his place in Nanjing, which is a prime location in Nanjing, not far from the Jiangnan Gongyuan, where the house is on the same side as the Gongyuan and there is a river next to it. This river is famous because it is called the Qinhuai River.

This house is on the north bank of the Qinhuai River with the Jiangnan Gongyuan, and the south bank is the Qinhuai family for ten miles. The river house water pavilion competes for beauty. On both sides of the river, tall boats and pleasure boats are parked everywhere, creating a prosperous scene.

Small bridges flow water, connecting the two banks, countless small bridges cross the Qinhuai River, and the south bank is the famous red light district.

"On a good day, listen to the wind and flowers as a matchmaker, and the beauty reads Yan Ruyu with you", the countless Goolan Washes on the south bank are precisely for those who read less. It is the financial resources of the talents who rushed to take the examination that supported the brilliant fireworks in the land of flowers and willows on the south bank of the Qinhuai River.

Not to mention, the scenery here is really good, and you can't see it in the north.

Wang Yue did not enter the door after getting out of the car, but looked around, and could even see that in the attic on the other side of the river, there were many women looking at this side with incense fans.

Li Xuezhu, who came with Wang Yue, happily observed the scenery here, where had he seen such a scene in a place like North Korea? She didn't know the peculiarity of the Qinhuai River.

Wang Yue understood, he turned his head and looked at Li Chuanxin with a smile: "This is a wonderful place!" ”u