So, the team of the Queen Mother's eastern tour, "Gongbei Gate" entered, "Gongwei Shenjing"; "East Gate of the Town" out, "East Lian Canghai".

Tianjin's attitude towards this team is far higher than that of Beijing. In Beijing, as soon as the noon gate is out, there is no other trick on the road except for the customs defense, and the excitement is spontaneous by the people. But Tianjin City, "Gongbei Gate" to "Dingnan Gate", and "Gongbei Gate" to "Town East Gate", on the two routes, along the way are set up a tall Tiehua color workshop, together, a total of 36.

In the center of Tianjin is a drum tower. The drum tower also has four gates of east, west, south and north, and echoes with the four gates of "Zhendong", "Dingnan", "Anxi" and "Gongbei". The two routes, in the drum tower part, "Gongbei Gate" to the Drum Tower, the Drum Tower to the "Dingnan Gate", the Drum Tower to the "Town East Gate", each set up 12 flower color workshops. In this way, no matter which route the Queen Mother Luan takes, there are flower shops along the way.

It can be seen that the diversion of the Empress Dowager Chonghou Jian was not a temporary idea, and Tianjin had already done enough work. It's just that no matter how the Queen Mother's Luan drives goes, there must be twelve flower workshops that will not be useful.

However, Chonghou said, "My Virgin Empress Dowager is contemptuous", "Jiayi is simplified", and there are also words in the previous edict that "I am worried about making a lot of money and disturbing the place", and "the story of the rebuke of Luanyi" is required, so these 36 flower and color workshops are not counted, and they are all "served" by himself. Tianjin, as a local act, does not lose the "sincerity" of "resting with the people".

Well, let's listen to that.

On both sides of the street where the Eastern Patrol team passed, the spectators were blocked; Whether it's a business or a home. They all put incense cases at the door, burned incense and wine, and "showed their respects".

Inside. Although there are arrangements made by the government in advance, the common people are also very willing to cooperate.

Tianjin is the base camp of the Xuan army, but once it comes, the station of the Xuan army is between the horse factory in Qingxian County and the new city of Tanggu, which is relatively remote. Second, Xuanjun implements fully closed management, less than weekends. Not allowed to leave the camp; Out of the camp, there are also unusually strict rules for behavior. Therefore, it is rare for ordinary Tianjin people to see the traces of Xuanjun.

An army of tens of thousands was stationed in the territory. There is no nuisance to the locality, and the discipline is so good that it is close to "invisible", which is something that the people of Tianjin have never seen or heard of.

The people of Tianjin have long regarded this legendary army as their "child soldiers". However, what is the shape of this "child soldier"? But you can only imagine. Countless legends. There are all kinds of strange things. Now, with the opportunity to witness the "child soldiers" with their own eyes, how can the people of Tianjin not be enthusiastically excited?

Besides, the Queen Mother's eastern tour, the destination is Tianjin, which is an unprecedented "grand event" in Tianjin Wei. Who doesn't feel honored when it comes to its prosperity?

There is one more layer. The people of Tianjin are sympathetic to the people of Beijing: in the year of Xinyou, the British and French invaded. First fell into Tianjin, then fell into Beijing, Beijing and Tianjin were in the same war, and the complex and subtle mentality of the common people of Beijing mentioned above towards foreign clothes and guns is generally the same as that of the people of Tianjin.

These reasons are superimposed, coupled with the deliberate welcome of several yamen in Tianjin, and the grand occasion of Tianjin City welcoming the Queen Mother's eastern tour is even better than Beijing. In the specific situation, in order to avoid the ridicule of "another chapter of witty water", please refer to the previous article by yourself, and the lion will no longer be verbose.

After the team left the "east gate of the town", it turned south, so that it was necessary to cross the Haihe River.

Tianjin is located in the so-called "lower end of the nine rivers", the water network is vertical and horizontal, Ziya River, Daqing River, Yongding River, North Canal, South Canal, in the territory of the confluence of the Haihe River. In this era, the bridges in Tianjin were all wooden and stone structures with very small spans, and could only be used for tributaries or ditches. The main stream of the rivers is wide, and the closer it is to the mouth of the sea, the worse it becomes, and with China's current engineering technology, it is not capable of building bridges over the rivers. And Tianjin is not a small place, all industries are prosperous, the market is prosperous, the water transportation, salt industry, especially developed, on both sides of the river, people, cars come and go frequently, relying on the ferry alone, it is difficult to use.

The Queen Mother was on the eastern tour, and the huge team of 1,000 or hundreds of people, if she relied on the boat alone, she didn't know when she would be able to cross the river.

However, of course, this issue has been properly planned in advance.

This is the pontoon.

During the Kangxi period of this dynasty, there was a pontoon bridge in Tianjin. This kind of pontoon bridge is connected with iron cables with wooden boats and wooden planks on them. If there is a boat passing by on the river, untie the iron rope and "open the bridge" to cross the boat; After the ship passes, it is tied back to the iron cable, and the "closed bridge" allows people and vehicles to pass. Tianjin has built a number of pontoon bridges, "floating beams gallop crossing", and is also praised as "Tianjin Eight Scenes".

After the Xuan army was stationed in Tianjin, special attention was paid to pontoon bridges. The garrisons of the Xuan army are all south of the Haihe River, and the traffic is north and south, which is very important. In the section where the Haihe River exits Tianjin City and reaches Dagukou, the engineering regiment has built two military pontoon bridges on the river, which are dedicated to the Xuan army and sent special personnel to guard and maintain them. Maintain the state of "open bridge" at ordinary times, and do not affect the passage of ships; In the event of a military operation, the troops need to cross the river, and the bridge can be "closed" immediately.

These two pontoons, in design and craftsmanship, were improved by the Engineer Corps. With the addition of movable approach bridges at both ends, the bridge deck is wider and more stable, and the "open bridge" and "closed bridge" are also more rapid and flexible, and the ability to pass through guò far exceeds that of Tianjin's civilian pontoon bridges, which can pass all kinds of baggage, vehicles, and weapons, including heavy artillery.

The Queen Mother rode east and used the west of the two pontoon bridges to cross the river.

This crossing of the river was a very novel experience for Cixi. Miao Miao miao water, like a trick to grow a "road", the carriage on it, as if walking on the ground. If you close your eyes, it's hard to imagine that you're exercising "on water".

Well, this "Queen Mother's Parade" seems to be really interesting.

After crossing the river, it was already the time of Shen Zheng; Arriving at the "Su Station", it is almost the beginning of the unit.

This place has a very beautiful name, called "Taoyuangu Village". The earliest name of this place is "Wangjiatan", and later the Wang clan has a person who operates the salt industry, makes a fortune, and also donates to the official, and thinks that the name of "Wangjiatan" is indecent, and it is changed to "Taoyuan Gu Village"; Later, the Wenqu stars moved, and some people in the clan were promoted, and "Taoyuan Gu" was changed to "Taoyuan Gu".

The place where the Queen Mother stayed was the mansion of a big salt merchant, which was spacious and luxurious, and almost did not lose to the prince's mansion in Beijing, and compared with the two "palaces" where she was stationed two nights before.

Some people saw it in their eyes and couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: "Salt dog" is really rich!

However, tonight, Guan Beile did not come over to "disturb the driving". Tomorrow at noon, they will arrive at their destination, and Guan Beile will rush there overnight to check on the relevant matters and make sure that everything is in order.

The Queen Mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief: I can relax tonight!

After dinner, the palm of the lamp came, and the hall was full of glory.

The huge house was silent.

The beauty sat alone, only feeling empty and empty, and she was refreshed.

Yesterday and the day before yesterday, it was dark and sweet until dawn; Tonight, the Queen Mother had insomnia.

*(To be continued......)