Chapter 3248 A City Made of Jade

Zhao Xing shook his head and replied: "I did come here for the first time, but I do know this old man, look ......"

Zhao Xing pointed to the door plaque, this house is made of bricks and stones, in the Guangxi area, it is generally a bamboo building complex, it seems particularly eye-catching, in front of the gatehouse made of bricks and stones, there is a stone archway similar to the mainland champion square, there is a big copper plaque embedded in the archway, four big characters: "the general's house".

Sun Cong had heard the rumors of Zhao Xingfu's demon army and the "general" army, and he sighed: "It turned out to be a soldier of the Guangdong musket team, why, the musket team is so rich that they can build such a big brick house in Guangxi." ”

The boss smiled and bowed his hand to Sun Cong, saying: "It turns out that this is also an adult, haha, my family served in the general and participated in the expedition of the Cham country, and not long ago I also participated in the expedition of Dali." Mr. Zhao has been to the little old man's house, so the little old man knows, the little man's son has made great achievements in the two wars, and the reward was sent back, and at the beginning of this year, he told the little old man to move to Yongzhou Wharf.

No, Xiao Lao'er's house is built with the child's money---- it is not expensive, a car of bricks in Guangxi is only 20 yuan, this house is the child's three or five months of money, the spoils of the two wars in the house are not used, just wait for the child to retire, and marry the second daughter of the head. ”

Sun Cong nodded: "What?" People say that Guangxi is a miasma land, and an old man speaks so elegantly, his sentences are smooth and not spoken, and he is quite organized. The old man smiled proudly: "Look at what the adults said." Now we are also the home of the eunuchs, my family will retire next year to be a county lieutenant, the little old man specially hired a village husband for this purpose, a few years of edification, if you can't say a word, it is not to underestimate our family. ”

Zhao Xing spread out his hand and said with a smile: "This is the charm of culture. This is the conquest power of civilization, go, don't say more, when this child served, I came to his house to give a plaque, I remember, this family seems to be from Pennsylvania. ”

Zhao Xing pulled Sun Cong away because of the matter of the archway. Although the family tried their best to imitate the temperament of the eunuchs. After all, there is still a lack of cowardice in the cultural heritage. The archway he built is the champion square, and the imitation is not like the four, but according to the Great Song Dynasty ritual system. This kind of archway is only allowed to be built if it is a house of Jinshi and the first house.

Zhao Xing can guess the origin of this archway, about the demon army sergeant has been in Guangzhou for a long time, knowing that this type of archway is extremely noble, and there are few Jinshi in the whole Guangzhou, at present, only Zhao Xing's mansion has a "and the first square", the chapter has not had time to build and left, the current Guangzhou prefect Li Gefei has been living in the official office. There is no intention of buying property in Guangzhou, so. There are very few of these torii gates. That guy must have seen the appearance of Zhao Xing's archway, so he imitated it in his own mansion. Guangxi Tiangao Emperor is far away, and this person is about to become an official, and the people around him don't care about him, so this guest house with a memorial arch has become the most conspicuous building on the dock.

"Ziyunxuan's tea pigeons, as well as sturgeon, uncle, you are close to the river. I want live sturgeon." Zhao Xing walked towards the house and instructed the innkeeper. The innkeeper agreed. Zhao Xing turned his head and introduced to Sun Cong: "I ordered these two dishes are Yongzhou characteristics, among which the tea pigeons are smoked by roasting and smoking with tea leaves, and the fragrance of the tea leaves is soaked into the meat, and the taste is excellent."

To eat this pigeon, you need to drink spirits, I have Yangzhou liquor in my carriage, let's eat liquor, eat meat and eat meat, not to mention how good the taste is......"

The boss bowed and said flatteringly: "My lord, today we still have chilled sea urchin and Japanese eel from the Guangzhou Express boat in our guest house, and I will make you a sea urchin eel rice, then it's all right." ”

Zhao Xing stopped and asked in surprise: "In this wilderness, in the remote Yongzhou, there will also be people who make sea urchin eel rice, won't ---- let me tell you, the eel should take out the fish roe, soak it in sauce, add a little mustard golden sunflower, the eel should be roasted for half an hour, and the oil will be brushed while roasting, so that the oil will slowly penetrate into the eel, and then be roasted out by the fire, leaving only the oil in the middle of the seasoning."

In this way, the oil seeps into the eel meat, and then it is grilled, and it is repeated for half an hour before the eel meat can be grilled, and then a bowl of Bagan fragrant rice is steamed, and a layer of grilled eel is spread on top, and then the soaked sea urchin eggs are sprinkled on the eel, and then mixed twice with a caring attitude--- remember, you must use the attitude of ignoring the bibimbap. Because the grilled eel pieces are stirred frequently, the grilled eel pieces will be crushed, and if you don't stir at all, the flavor of the eel and sea urchin will not soak into the rice, and it will not taste good enough......

Zhao Xing carefully explained to the boss the method of sea urchin eel rice, which appeared in the movie "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", but the way to eat it in the movie is wrong, and the Japanese don't like to never beat a raw egg on it. Zhao Xing had heard the nagging of the Korean boss before he knew that at this moment, being able to eat sea urchin eel rice again made him smell the smell of the past, and for a while, his eyes were a little moist.

Sun Cong was not interested there, he pouted his lips and said: "People say that Zhao Li is not tired of eating, and he is not tired of being fine, but now I know that the rice is so poor and exquisite." ”

Zhao Xing walked a few steps, stopped curiously, and asked, "Uncle, why does this Yongzhou also have sea urchin eel rice?" ”

The old man smiled: "Lord Zhao, this is the preference brought by Inspector Chen, he listened to it in Yongzhou for a few days, and let people send sea urchin eel feasts every day." When he left, this fashion also stayed, my Yongzhou waterway leads directly to Guangzhou, and things in the sea are not unusual, but this fashion of transporting seafood in a frozen way is also brought by Inspector Chen......"

The old man here refers to Chen Buqun, his official title is Guangnan East Road Coastal System Division of the Water Division, and the folk call it "Naval Army Marshal", passed around, became "Chen Supervisor", "Division" is an honorific title, not an official name.

If it is the fashion brought by Chen Buqun, then there is no doubt. This guy went to the sea with Zhao Xing and learned Zhao Xing's habits to the fullest. This time from the waterway to capture Dali, the credit was taken by Zhang Tian, must be a little uncomfortable, to Yongzhou, he took the opportunity to play with the Guangxi leopard, by the way moved the most difficult to get chilled sea urchin eel, to show ----although I got a lot of loot. But I never worry about money, see, everything I eat has to be shipped from Japan, what is that money, what I like is "fame", but you don't give me the honor I deserve.

Zhao Xing is a person who likes to see the whole from the details, and the boss's explanation, he already understands that Chen Buqun is dissatisfied. However, Chen Buqun should not complain in the future, because Zhao Xing has obtained the right to use troops in the South China Sea from the Privy Council. The conquest of the South China Sea is more glorious than the reconquest of the old county......

The passenger ship travels in the middle of the river, the mountains on both sides of the river are majestic, from time to time, there is a mountain road hidden in the mountains, Zhao Xing sits on the bow of the boat, focusing on observing those mountain roads, as if looking at the priceless treasures.

On the river, there is not only Zhao Xing's boat, but from time to time there are some boats full of stones down the river. There are also quite a few boats going upstream, and they all run on the right bank of the river. On the shore of the river, there are often some girls dressed in bright clothes standing on the shore and waving to the boat, and the boatmen laugh with the girls on the shore with a horn, and the whole river sings one after another, resounding into one.

Sun Cong walked over from the stern of the boat, and he pondered as he walked---- Zhao Xing was riding on a loach boat, but the ground paddle of this loach boat was different from the loach boat on the canal, its oars were somewhat similar to modern propellers, and the blades were curved. Placed in the stern. Several strong men pedal the oars like bicycles, and the boatmen held long bamboo wormwoods. While grasping the direction, use the bamboo artemisia to help the paddle move forward.

"The loach boat has never crossed the Taihu Lake, as far as I know, this kind of boat has never appeared in the south, the loach oars on the canal are very large, and they are generally erected on both sides of the boat, how do you put this oar on the stern of the boat? It's so strange", Sun Cong said to Zhao Xing while shaking his head.

Zhao Xing pointed to the scenery of the riverside, drew a big circle out of thin air, and said with great interest: "My subordinate commander and supervisor department calls this river Lijiang, the second half of this river, the Cantonese people call it the Pearl River, which means that it is like a pearl, pleasing to the eye--- the water of this river is relatively shallow, I am ready to spend a few years in the future, use explosives to blow up all the reefs in the river, and completely dredge this beautiful river."

Because the river is relatively shallow, the oars must be small and can only be placed in the stern, so our loach boat has become like this...... The loach boat is good, when going upstream, it only needs five or six boatmen to sail through the turbulence, and when going down the river, you don't need to work hard at all, you just need to grasp the direction.

This is a beautiful river, the scenery on both sides of the river is really unforgettable, but what kind of paddle do you want to ask, don't you find that the scenery on both sides of the river is really unforgettable? ”

Sun Cong nodded: "From Guangdong to Guangxi, I have seen the management methods of leaving people, large cotton fields, large sugarcane forests, and sour horn forests on the slopes that cannot be seen at a glance......

Speaking of which, the changes in Guangdong, I can also feel in the capital, the original Guangdong fruit people can only recall in the legend, but now the capital is full of all kinds of Cantonese fruits, such as bananas, sour horns, the original capital can not see, later, when the new into the capital, the banana each is a few through, the price is more than gold and silver, but now, roadside vendors are also pushing carts to sell this fruit. The changes in Guangdong do show the means of Lord Zhao.

In addition to these, I now also see the water-powered mills, textile workshops, and various workshops along the river, and now the cloth industry in Guangdong dominates the Song Dynasty, and even the price of cloth with the Beijing division has dropped greatly...... The road along the river that disappears from time to time---- that is the road to send the bell? ”

Zhao Xing glared at Sun Cong dissatisfied: "You always say that you send Zhong Avenue, this name is frustrating, you should say Admiralty Avenue, this road is to transport Admiralty to Dali, I promise, it will bring a better life to Dali in the future---- Admiralty Avenue, remember, you can't scream." ”

Sun Cong rolled his eyes disapprovingly, and said slowly: "You sent Dali to the end, and you don't want people to say that there is such a thing as you." Now I really want to see the big bell, the legend is that the big bell is made of purple gold, the golden light is brilliant, once it rings, the sound shocks ten miles, the aftermath is faint, people can't help but be in awe.

I would like to know that this bronze bell that ended the inheritance of fifteen generations of Dali Kingdom. What the hell is it! ”

No matter how Ren Sun Cong imagined, he couldn't imagine the grandeur of the Admiralty Pavilion, when he stood in front of the Admiralty Pavilion of the Good Interpretation Mansion, he couldn't help but gasp frequently: "I don't know, I didn't even think that you built a jade mansion, this is simply too luxurious, how can you be like you...... I decided. I won't pay you a single copper plate for that half of the ship's goods, you are simply too rich. ”

Zhao Xing stood next to Sun Cong, some distance from the Admiralty Tower, and they stood on a hillside, looking out at the sunset white edifice, built by tens of thousands of Angkorian craftsmen and made of white boulders shaped like the Byzantine prayer hall of Sophia. The fifteen-meter-high buildings are all made of huge stone pillars, and next to the white stone pillars are sparkling waves. The crystal-like glass windows reflect the glow of the sunset in the sunset.

From here you can see the superstructure of the building, with a taller minaret built at the four corners of the building, each of which is a bell tower, and the roof of the building is also built with many Chinese eaves ----now called "Japanese" sloping eaves, and from this angle, you can also see rows of small glass windows under the eaves.

In addition to these few Japanese-style eaves. At the top of the building is a large platform, on which there are also shadows. At sunset, the platform appears as smooth as water, the result of the new tiles.

Zhao Xing looked at the white Admiralty Building with satisfaction, and said softly: "You are wrong, this is not my Admiralty Building, it is the Admiralty Building of the Great Song Dynasty, and the stone used to build that building that building is not jade, I call it marble---- this is Dali, this kind of stone is the cheapest." Of course. You can also call it the White Marble Building. This is indeed a building made of jade, and anyone who sees this building is Dali. I can't help but crawl under this great creativity, and this is the power of civilization. ”

Sun Cong watched for a while, and soon, the golden bell rang, in the afterglow of the setting sun, the sound of the golden bell in the four corners was loud, and the whole city trembled under the loud bell, with the loud bell, many Dali people stopped and drew a cross on the chest at the place where the bell rang, and more devout believers prostrate on the ground, worshipping at the place where the bell rang.

Zhao Xing didn't seem to want to wake up the sleeping child, he used a loving attitude, until the bell rang, and then gently greeted Sun Cong: "Let's go, let's take a look at this Admiralty Building." ”

The interior of the Admiralty Building is also like a prayer hall, there is no obstacle at a height of fifteen meters, the hall is full of stone pillars that reach the sky, there are countless counters on both sides of the hall, and there are some small glass compartments made of wood, in the small cubicles, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty sit proudly on the high counter, and the counters are full of dazzling goods.

These merchants are qualified to be proud, because Zhao Xing is the first person to launch a foreign war in the name of the damage to the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty in the past three thousand years, the advantages of civilization make them have a natural pride in the face of Dali people, Zhao Xing's tough protective attitude, and make them feel that they are honored people in this land, they all put on a proud attitude, sit on the counter, condescendingly greet Dali guests.

However, this is the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty is surrounded by many powerful countries, so that the Song Dynasty does not have a condescending attitude of the Celestial Empire, and they have learned to deal with all countries on an equal footing in accordance with the law of contract, which is the real diplomacy in the history of earth civilization. Although those merchants of the Great Song Dynasty looked proud and had a proud attitude, their attitude towards Dali's guests was still that of a businessman, with the kind of condescending aristocratic courtesy.

Sun Cong looked at it for a long time, his jaw was about to fall, and he stammered: "How magnificent, how vast, how gorgeous, how extravagant, such a mansion, you actually used it as a vegetable market, and invited those vendors to come in and shout, I really admire your imagination." ”

This Admiralty Building is indeed a hypermarket, it is a super-large store set up by Song merchants in Dali, the bottom of the hall is as high as 15 meters, which is full of traders, and the six small Chinese-style square buildings on the top of the building are the offices of Song Dynasty officials and Nestorian believers, and the Song Dynasty officials who work here, Zhao Xing called them "the business representatives of the Song Dynasty in Dali----", and it is they who are "treated unfairly", and Zhao Xing immediately launched a war to "protect their interests", and as a result, Dali was destroyed. You don't know, the merchants deserve to live in this palace---- the current agricultural tax of my Great Song Dynasty only accounts for one-fifth to one-sixth of the entire tax, and the rest of the tax is contributed by the merchants, and they use the copper plate of my Great Song Dynasty to pry open the entire Nanyang country. I attacked Dali, took Cham, and suppressed the mud, all relying on them to guide the way, without them, the war could not have gone so smoothly; Without them, I would have spent more than ten times the cost of the war, and the dividends of the war would have been greatly reduced---- and these people deserve to be invited into this magnificent temple, and I intend to be in the wars to come. They used the bronze plates of the Great Song Dynasty to knock on the gates of the Nanyang Kingdom one by one. ”

Sun Cong nodded: "This is the permission of the Privy Council, aren't you now inspecting the Privy Council, and in the future, you will no longer need to declare in advance when you transfer the Nanyang Naval Division." ”

"It should be the Quang Nam Navy, not the naval division", Zhao Xing corrected seriously: "We have begun to escort merchant ships, so we are no longer a naval division." It's the Navy. ”

"Who do you call it", Sun Cong replied disapprovingly, pausing. He asked again: "You said that the city of Yangtho, the royal capital of Dali, is very beautiful, and you call the stone that built this edifice marble, is that the royal capital also a city built of jade?" ”

"The whole city is built of jade", Zhao Xing looked at the direction of the royal capital of Dali, and said leisurely: "A city built of jade, the city is full of flowers, and the four seasons are like spring, which is like a dream." It's like the Garden of Eden in a dream. "I can't wait," Sun Cong couldn't help but say, "How long are you going to stay here?" If possible, let's go to Yang Tho Baa City as soon as possible, I'll make you say it in my heart......"

The beauty of the city of Yang Tho can not be described in words, originally the Great Song Dynasty people could not see this jade city, soon after the Mongols invaded Dali, completely destroyed this dream city, and the good explanation of the mansion because it is not the royal capital, but survived, and later developed into Kunming, the capital of Yunnan. The original Dali Dream City is in ruins.

Modern historians have discovered a strange phenomenon. Wherever the Mongols once set foot, without exception were backward areas. Historians of the time also claimed that because of the destruction of civilization by the Mongols, they predicted that those places would remain backward after a thousand years.

They are right, 1,000 years after the Mongols set foot in the country, their prophecies are still historical facts. Therefore, since then, the backward and obscurantist regions have also had a specific term in the field of historiography: "Mongolian region". The region includes Russia, Poland, and most of Arabia and Asia.

The beautiful city of Yangtho Baa City is just one of the countless cities that have been destroyed under the attack of the Mongolian locusts, standing in this city, Zhao Xing has an unreal feeling, he doesn't know if this city can exist forever--- as the beauty of the Great Song Dynasty, it will exist forever.

Sun Cong next to him didn't know the final fate of the city, he followed Zhao Xing in the city, looked at the stone slabs under his feet in disbelief, and said dementedly: "Jade land, I actually walked on the jade paved road, is all this true?"

I can't breathe, there is a city paved with jade in this world, compared to this city, compared to the jade of the whole city, your Admiralty Building is just a piece of slag, you actually used a Admiralty Building to send Dali to the end, it is really unimaginable, this jade city is actually prostrate at the feet of my Great Song Dynasty, you actually used thousands of soldiers to make the city bow to you. ”

Zhao Xing looked at the marble all over the city, looked at the gorgeous stone houses, and said absentmindedly: "What is the jade of a city, jade is not creation, and my towering Admiralty Building is creation, don't you know the water transport instrument elephant platform, build a clock tower that rings the bell regularly, what a creativity this is, even if the people of Dali pave the jade of a city again, they can't create such ingenious workmanship."

You don't understand, the fortress is always attacked from the inside, if the Dali people don't make infighting, if it weren't for the Dali people's loyalty to King Duan to the minimum, if it weren't for the prestige of the Gao clan ministers in the most declining period, the city could not fall easily, and in a few years, my Great Song Dynasty would conquer the city, and it would take more than ten times more effort. We're in a good time, an era that exudes unparalleled creativity and makes us awe all over Asia, and I'm just good at exploiting their awe.

I hope that this dream city can be forever, can be desolate, Lord Sun, record everything you see today, tell those people in the capital, let go of my hands and feet, I dedicate the whole of South Asia to the feet of Your Majesty---- look, this such a gorgeous city, now belongs to my Great Song Dynasty, outside this city, there is a more glorious Angkor Dynasty, the city of that dynasty is more magnificent, the wealth is unimaginable, I believe that in the near future, it is also my Great Song Dynasty, believe me. ”

Sun Cong nodded firmly: "I don't believe it at all when others put this big word, I believe it when you Zhao Liren said this, such a city made of jade, you won't have much trouble taking it...... How many did you loot? ”

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