Chang'an, located in the fertile field of Guanzhong, south of Weishui, north of Qinling, since the old Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty is the capital of the imperial industry, after the establishment of the Great Qin, also the capital of Chang'an, after a hundred years of operation, Chang'an has been a radius of 100 miles, the base of the city wall of Chang'an is six feet thick, the top is three feet wide and two feet, nine zhang high, every thirty zhang there is a convex wall that extends out of the city, used to shoot the enemy who climbs the city wall, there are blue bricks and tiles on the city wall, used to drain water.

"The imperial capital of Chang'an, the city of ten thousand cities. Dominate the world and prosper forever. In the red sun of the rising east, Li Ang looked at the huge city in the distance and whispered a sentence that everyone in Chang'an knew. Three years ago, when he left Chang'an, it was a gloomy winter day with heavy snow, he did not see Chang'an clearly, at this time, facing the majestic and simple, domineering Chang'an, there is a strong sense of glory in his heart, here, is the heart of the empire, the capital of the world, is the Han people standing on the top of the world, looking down on the countries of the world.

Murong Ke stood beside Li Ang, looking at the straight road that was six zhang wide under his feet, and after a long while, he raised his head and looked at the huge Chang'an City standing on the plains, his eyes showed a look of fanaticism, since he was a child, he was told that Chang'an is the greatest city in the world, and that countless wars have been planned here to make the world submit to the hegemony of the empire.

"It's really too big!" Feng Siniang, Lin Fengshuang, and others who had never seen Chang'an opened their eyes wide. I couldn't help but sigh like this. Trist, looking at the people beside him, thought of the scene when he came to Daqin from Rome and saw Chang'an for the first time, when he knelt in front of this great city that had haunted his father's dreams, and he couldn't stand it for a long time.

"Let's go!" Leon whispered, awakened by him, and everyone followed him. Walked towards Chang'an City in the distance. On the extremely wide straight road, caravans from abroad, caravans from all over Daqin, and the people of Chang'an who went out of the city, gradually increased with the rising sun. By noon, it was already an endless stream.

"How many people live in Chang'an?" Looking at the crowd of people rubbing shoulders at the city gate, Feng Siniang couldn't help but say.

"When Emperor Taizu was still in Chang'an, the population was only 300,000, and later with the strength of Great Qin, in Taizong's later years, the population of Chang'an reached one million, and now Chang'an City was expanded at that time, and I heard that the population that would increase in the future was taken into account. Therefore, it was expanded according to the scale of 3 million people, but later the imperial dynasty took into account the problems caused by the large influx of people. began to limit the inflow of people, and now Chang'an has a population of about two million! Trist replied like a treasure. He used to be a small official in Chang'an, and what he wanted at that time was to have a house of his own in Chang'an, so that he could live in Chang'an until he died of old age.

After a few people entered the Chengtian Gate, after finding an inn in Beicheng, Li Ang asked Trist and Tule to take care of Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang, and he and Murong Ke went to Dongcheng together, riding along Suzaku Street, and the two walked for almost an hour. only to arrive near the Imperial City.

Looking at the somewhat solemn black building in front of him, Li Ang's heart beat violently. This is where the Chang'an Protectorate is located, the place where foreigners are deeply respected, and after wearing a black military uniform, Li Ang walked to the gate guarded by two columns of halberd-wielding warriors.

After reading the paperwork handed over by Li Ang, the officer with the halberd samurai ordered someone to send the paperwork in, and after a while, a staff officer with a silver dragon emblem pinned to his collar badge and a silver unicorn pinned to his chest walked out, and said after giving a military salute to Li Ang, "Captain Li, please come with me." ”

After returning the military salute, Li Ang followed the staff officer through the huge hall, and as far as he could see, they were all elite soldiers with a well-guarded and awe-inspiring atmosphere, and those staff officers who walked were at least the same rank as him.

After walking thousands of steps in a row, the staff officer slowed down, and at this time Li Ang had arrived at a particularly quiet mansion, looking up, fifty steps away, there was a plaque hanging in the middle of the ground with the four words 'White Tiger Festival Hall' written on the ground, Li Ang's heart sank, he couldn't imagine that this seemingly inconspicuous place was the highest military institution in the empire, where the military hall was located.

"Captain Li waits a minute, I'll go in and pass through." The staff officer in front glanced back at Leon and walked to the room where only two silver-helmeted warriors were waiting. Leon stood alone, looking at the quiet courtyard beside him, and slowly his expression became solemn, and he felt the danger, the feeling of danger rising from the depths of his heart.

Leon's gaze looked at the empty rooftops on either side, and finally landed on the silver-helmeted warrior who looked like a stone statue. At this time, the previous staff officer had already walked out of it and said to him, "Captain Li, please!" ”

Walking into the White Tiger Festival Hall, Li Ang was stunned, he thought that there should be few people in the hall, but he didn't expect that in the spacious hall, there were dozens of staff officers with the rank of commander, around the huge sand table, discussing something, Li Ang glanced at the sand table quickly, and then was stunned, the huge sand table was actually the entire Eurasian continent, and the various terrains on it were extremely detailed and clear, when Li Ang passed through this huge sand table, he heard the topics that these staff officers talked about, and they discussed it in Central Asia and Asia. The military strength of the vassal princes of Great Qin and several independent kingdoms, as well as the regional balance situation.

"Do you want to crusade against Upper Persia, which is on the verge of a resurgence?" When he heard that the last topic of those staff officers turned to the Zoroastrian state, the integration of politics and religion in Upper Persia, Li Ang followed the staff officers in front to the inner hall, and could no longer hear the sound of discussion from behind, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

In the quiet and quaint inner hall, there are only a dozen or so people, looking at the three seats at the top, Li Ang guessed in his heart that it was probably the 'tiger seat that the three commanders of the military hall were called' by the people, and in front of the long table at the head of the three seats, there was a staff officer with a gilded dragon emblem handling official business.

Li Ang looked at the three 'tiger seats', and saw that the seat in the middle and on the right was empty, only in the seat on the left sat an old man with an elegant face, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was deep in thought. Following the staff officer in front of him, Li Ang heard the soft snoring.

"Lord Sima has always been like this, Li Duwei don't need to be surprised." Hearing the words of the staff officer who stepped forward, Li Ang couldn't imagine that the descendant of the British Duke Zhou Yu, who had led the fleet to annihilate the Roman Navy thirty years ago, was actually a sleepy old man in front of him, and couldn't help but stand in place.

"Ah, are you coming? Let me see. "The awakened Great Sima Zhou

straightened his body, opened his squinting eyes and looked at Li Ang standing under the hall, and said, "Well, a talent, it looks good." ”

Suddenly, Da Sima stood up from his seat and said to Li Ang, "Come, come with me, and I will take you to see Your Majesty." ”

Listening to the words of the old man in front of him, Li Ang was stunned again, he remembered the transfer document he received in the clouds, just saying that he was transferred to the Black Cavalry Battalion, and let him go to Chang'an to protect the mansion to get it, but he didn't expect that after coming, he was led into the military hall, not to mention, and now the imperial big Sima in front of him even said that he would take him to see the emperor, and he was completely confused.

Following the old man, Li Ang calmed down, although he didn't know what was going on, but panic didn't help, it was better to be calm and let it be natural.

Walking out of the inner hall of the White Tiger Festival Hall, it was only less than a hundred steps before the two of them entered the majestic imperial city. Looking at Li Ang's somewhat surprised eyes, Zhou Ting smiled and said, "The White Tiger Festival Hall is actually in the Imperial City, in this case, if there is an emergency military situation, it can be sent to His Majesty's dormitory as soon as possible." ”

"The first time I entered the White Tiger Festival Hall, I still have to go to see Your Majesty, I can be so calm, there are not many young people like you anymore, not bad." Zhou Ting glanced approvingly at Li Ang, who had a calm face, and led him forward.

"Lord Sima, the last general doesn't understand the etiquette in the palace, and I don't know what kind of etiquette to do when I see Your Majesty?" Li Ang followed behind Zhou Ting, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the emperor's dormitory, Mingguang Palace, and finally couldn't help but ask. When he went to see the emperor so suddenly, he didn't know how to deal with it at all.

"It's okay to salute, and remember to say when you salute, 'Great Qin Wuwei, the country is Yongchang.'" Don't forget. Zhou Ting replied, and at this time, the two of them could already see the black cavalry camp guarding the gate of Mingguang Palace in front.

Entering the Mingguang Palace, Li Ang looked at the magnificent but not gorgeous palace rooms around him, and began to guess what kind of old man the emperor he was going to meet. After walking about 3,000 steps, Li Ang met the emperor on a vast and quaint rooftop, and only after saluting according to the etiquette taught to him by the great Sima did he look at the emperor.

Standing in front of him was an old man with a gentle face, who did not feel the slightest aura of majesty, and Li Ang really couldn't overlap the words this old man and the emperor.

"How. I was surprised, I didn't feel like the emperor of Great Qin. Looking at Li Ang's lowered gaze, Emperor Cao Fang seemed to know what he was thinking, and asked, without the slightest shelf.

"Well, yes." Not knowing how to answer, Li Ang finally replied honestly according to his heart, but his answer made Guo Nu and Gao Huan in the distance anxious for him.

"You're very honest, much better than those young people who come into the palace to pat me." The Emperor laughed and nodded at Leon. Then he said, "The Black Knights serve the Royals. Count me as my own person, after you enter the camp. We must learn more things from those predecessors, and we will make contributions in the future and glorify the lintel. ”

"The Admiral knows." Li Ang also did not understand court etiquette, and when he received the military order directly in the army, he saluted.

"Hehehe!" Looking at Li Ang's somewhat restrained military posture, the emperor's face smiled even happier, he hadn't seen a young man like Li Ang for a long time, "Your name is Li Ang." I remembered. ”

After saying a few words of relief, Li Ang followed the chamberlain out of the palace gate in a bit of a daze. Wait until he's gone. The emperor looked at Da Sima, who didn't leave, and smiled, "Aji is looking for a good young man this time, what do you think?" ”

"Don't be surprised, quite a general." Zhou Ting looked at the figure in the distance and replied quietly, "The strategy he offered to pacify the Turks last time is not far from the staff of the Inner Palace, which shows that he has outstanding wisdom and strategy, and if he is tempered well, he will be the pillar of the country." ”

"Don't be surprised, have outstanding wisdom, and be the pillar of the country! It's not easy to get your praise. The emperor smiled, but looked at Gao Huan and Guo who came over and said angrily, "How about it, have you discussed it, which one are you going to let that young man have?" ”

"Please ask Your Majesty to judge this matter." Guo Nu and Gao Huan looked at each other and said together, both of them have known each other for many years, and they don't want to spoil their harmony for this matter.

"Since you let me be the master, I have decided to let him go to Taixue for two years first, and then make a decision, so let him be under my black lance dragon guard for now." The emperor glanced at the two generals who were close to the black cavalry camp with a surprised expression, and said with a smile.

"Okay, it's not too early, Zizhi Zhou Ting's words will go to dinner with me, and by the way, take a look at Cao Yu, the eldest grandson of Emperor Yu'er." As he spoke, the emperor walked to the palace room where the lights were lit in the distance.

Looking at the emperor and the guards who went away, Gao Huan and Guo Nu shook their heads and laughed together, they originally wanted Li Ang to join their own team, and they would have their own generals and henchmen in the future, but they didn't think that the emperor's eyes were like torches, and he actually directly got Li Ang into the Black Lance Dragon Guard, and let him enter Taixue, obviously planning to entrust him with important tasks in the future.

Out of the imperial city, looking at the majestic palace sunken in the west of the red sun, Li Ang turned over his horse, thinking of asking the chamberlain about what he had obtained when he left the palace, he sighed, he didn't expect that every time someone entered the black cavalry camp, he would have to meet the emperor, thinking of his messy conversation, Li Ang shook his head.

At the beginning of the lanterns, a light moon gradually ascended the galaxy, riding a horse on the street, Li Ang looked at the gradually lit up lanterns to decorate the summer night, thinking that the whole summer was like this, no wonder the people and inkmen called Chang'an a dreamless Beijing.

When Li Ang returned to the inn, it was already after dinner, and there were more people wandering the streets, and those rich children, scholars and literati also invited their friends to the Qinglou restaurant to stay and have fun, making the summer night in Chang'an almost the same as the day.

"Where's that snow tiger from the Murong family?" Seeing that Li Ang came back alone, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang couldn't help but ask after serving the meal he left.

"He went back to his home to prepare for the Taixue Autumn Test in August, and when he left, he asked me to find him." Thinking of the wordiness when Murong told him to let him go to Murong Ben's house to see him when he was leaving, Li Ang replied.

"Later, I'll go out for a trip, I'll come back very late, you take Luoshen, Xiaoyu and Trist and them to the street together, when I came back just now, the street was very lively." Li Ang hurriedly finished eating, got up and said, and then walked out of the inn again, making Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang stunned.

"Let's go shopping." Seeing that Li Ang went out without saying anything, Feng Siniang pulled Lin Fengshuang and walked to the backyard angrily, going to find Trist and they went to play on the street.