Zhao Hao once said that the specifications of the city in the world are three miles of the city, seven miles of Guo, and generally a big Guo set of small cities. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But Handan because of the topography, the structure is a little different, Zhao Wangcheng is in the southwest corner, Guo Cheng is the "Great North City" in front of you, located in the northeast of the palace city, the area is much larger than Zhao Wangcheng, the circumference is sixteen miles, and it is an irregular rectangle.

Mingyue and his entourage entered the Guo District from the north gate of Handan, and there was a thick rammed earth wall outside the city to protect it, the wall was eight zhang high, the city gate was open, and there was a towering city tower with soldiers stationed above. Because of the recent invasion of Zhao by the Qin State, in order to prevent the ubiquitous Qin spies, the access control is a bit strict, and there is a long queue outside the city.

But as long as they showed the banner of the Zhao royal family, the city gate officials all nodded and bowed to greet each other. After entering the city easily, looking back, the city gate officials were still there to interrogate and inspect the swordsmen, soap-clothed merchants, rough farmers and peasant women, and even wanderers pulling a cart of bamboo rolls.

"The privileged class is really good......" Mingyue sighed a lot, how could he have received this treatment in his previous life?

After the carriage drove through the north gate of Handan, Mingyue stepped into this ancient picture scroll of the Warring States Metropolis.

Although Chang'anjun had been to Handan before, his memory was already very vague. After crossing, in the past month or so, Mingyue has looked at this side more than once on the platform of Zhao Wanggong, standing on the top of the Purple Mountain yesterday, and overlooking the whole picture of Handan, but now it is so slowly driving by, there has never been.

"However, Handan is also a city between Zhangzhang and the river. Tong Yan and Zhuo in the north, Zheng and Wei in the south, ......"

Silently reciting the evaluation of Handan City by later generations, Mingyue stood up from the car and looked at the interior of the big city in front of her.

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The reason why Zhao will take Handan as its capital, in addition to avoiding the strong edge of Wei in the early Warring States period, is also because the geographical location of Handan is very important, it is located on the north-south avenue "noon road" at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, and is located in the east of Fukou Cheng, one of the "Taihang Eight Mountains", with developed industry and commerce, a large population, and has developed to the present, with no less than 30,000 households and more than 100,000 people.

This has also caused some noise and congestion in Handan City, the bright moon has not yet eased from the darkness under the city gate, and countless lively sounds have been noisy.

As far as the eye can see, on both sides of the streets, countless simple thatched houses are crowded together, interspersed with the tiled houses of well-off families, and as for the rich rooms that can afford to build two-story buildings, they are all concentrated on the south bank of the Zhu River. Because it was close to the afternoon, some people's homes had already wafted up curling smoke, and from a distance, the white smoke actually covered one-third of the sky in Handan, and most of the firewood they burned was transported from the Purple Mountain and other places outside Handan, and the daily consumption was extremely ......

In addition to the residential areas, as the center of commercial handicrafts north of the Yellow River, Handan is also home to nine markets for merchants from all over the world. Shanxi's bamboo, yi, xuan, jade; Shandong's fish, salt, lacquer, mulberry hemp; Nanzi, ginger, cinnamon, copper tin, orange, dansha, tortoiseshell, pearl, tooth and leather from the distant Jiangnan Chu land; horses, cattle, sheep, fur, tendons and horns of the northern generation and Jieshi; There are also the dates of Anyi, and the chestnuts of Yanguo are traded here.

Outside the market, handicraft workshops such as copper smelting, iron smelting, bone making, pottery and so on are arranged very densely, and hundreds of craftsmen such as gold, leather, wood, lacquer, and cars work here, and the sound of tinkling and pondering resounds, and from time to time there is a choking smell coming out.

Cooking smoke, sweat, smelting exhaust gases, manure discharged from carts, cattle and horses, and the stench emitted from the open pits in various alleys are mixed together, the smell of the ancient city is really not good, and when passing by the workshop area, Mingyue couldn't help frowning and covering her nose with her sleeves.

This is a bit far from the classical cities that modern people imagine, but he also expected that in the Middle Ages, cities such as Paris and London in Europe would also be so filthy and stinking.

Fortunately, the Zhao government also paid attention to the city's appearance, at least on the central axis street that passed through Handan, all the stalls of the vendors were driven away, and garbage was not allowed.

"Because the laws of Zhao State stipulate that those who abandon ashes on the main street will be punished!" Shu Qi didn't know when Chang'an Jun lived in the palace for a long time, and made a special trip to explain to him.

According to Shu Qi, this was still a decree issued by King Zhao Wuling after he came back from Xianyang, the capital of Qin, in disguise. Indeed, compared with Handan, which has a large population and focuses on industry and commerce, it is somewhat chaotic to manage. Firmly bound by the law, Xianyang City, which is dominated by agricultural population, can be much more organized and clean.

This is also a place where Handan, and even the Zhao State is different from the Qin State, the Zhao State has developed industry and commerce, making the city look more prosperous, and it can also obtain a lot of wealth in a short period of time. However, the excessive emphasis on industry and commerce led to low agricultural enthusiasm, and a large number of agricultural people entered the cities to make a living, unable to be firmly bound to the land, which indirectly caused the shortage of soldiers and food shortages in the Zhao State. In terms of consequentialism, compared with Qin's unpretentious national policy of "ploughing and warfare", Zhao is still much worse, it seems to be cooking oil in a hot fire, but it is actually extremely fragile.

There are disadvantages and advantages, which also caused the cultural prosperity of Zhao Di and the ideological circle of almost ten thousand horses in the Qin State...... Except for the two outsiders, Shang Ying and Lü Buwei, as well as the Mojia family who specialized in the art of craftsmen after entering the Qin State, during the entire Warring States Period, Qin hardly contributed to the contention of a hundred schools, and the Qin people did not even produce a single scholar in their own country. Because of the ban on travelers, the burning of poetry and books, and the emphasis on ploughing and warfare, the people of the Qin people rarely took the initiative to think, they only knew to obey the government, obey the law, and take the officials as teachers, like a group of silent children and cows, bowing their heads to serve their lives. When the scholars of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong were arguing and debating and having wonderful ideas, the Qin people chose to silently pick up the hoe in the field and the sword at hand......

Judging by the standard of modern people, it cannot be said who is good, nor can it be said who is bad. In short, Qin is like Sparta, powerful but has no ideological connotation, and the Six Kingdoms of Shandong are like Athens, with a brilliant culture but lost in the war. They are like the two sides of a piece of paper, only the unification of the world, after the combination of the two, is a complete Warring States Period, is the source of Chinese civilization.

Although Qin was unified, it is a pity that it did not do this, and it can be merged, but it cannot be condensed, it is a pity that it is the Han Dynasty that really completes this historical mission.

That's why we're the Han, not the Qin.

After the rectification of the Qin State, Handan Avenue has been much cleaner, looking straight and wide, the streets are not paved with stone slabs, just rammed hard soil, roadside ditches are used for drainage, and bustling passers-by walk on both sides.

Mingyue looked around and saw that most of the men were wearing narrow sleeves and deep clothes, some were wearing beard clothes and swordsman clothes, and there were also poor people in brown clothes. The little women, dressed up beautifully, wearing short clothes and long checkered skirts, giggled and swaggered through the market with their lovers, and did not shy away from it, both men and women, walking very elegantly.

"That's why there is a story of Yanguo Shouling people coming to Handan to toddle, this is the charm of this city, where food, clothing, housing and transportation represent the popular frontier of this era."

Mingyue was observing the pedestrians, and the pedestrians were also looking at him, and when the women saw the handsome Chang'an Jun on the carriage, as well as the heroic Shu Qi, they stopped one after another, shook off the lover's hand, threw flattering glances at them, and even waved the silk scarf in their hands and threw it over.

Shu Qi was young and a little unbearable, and he was overwhelmed by this raindrop-like scarf, so he could only rely on his kung fu to dodge left and right. Mingyue felt very interesting, took a piece and looked at it, there was a safari pattern embroidered by the woman herself.

He said hesitantly: "These Handan women, are they like this on weekdays?" ”

Li Tan in front of him answered: "Don't you know? The women of Handan are full of princes, they like to play the piano, dance with long sleeves, step on the stilts, tease with their eyes, seduce with their hearts, wander in the rich and noble homes, flattering and pleasing the nobles, only hoping to be included in the harem by the princes or feudal princes, and enjoy the glory. Like Chang'an Jun, a sword with a crown and a leisurely son riding in a car, he is either rich or expensive at first glance, and is naturally very popular with Handan women. ”

Mingyue listened with relish, but he had a big deal in his heart, plus this body was young, and he was not interested in men and women for the time being, and he couldn't bear the posture of this group of female drivers in Handan City wanting to eat people, so he shook his head with a smile: "It's free." ”

He ridiculed Shu Qi in turn: "Shu Qi often walks in Handan, there must be a lot of people who flatter you, right?" ”

"I ...... I always wear brown clothes and hats when I go out. ”

Shu Qi was a little embarrassed, his family education was very strict, and Lao Touchlong would never allow him to interact with these extremely open ordinary women in Handan City. Two years ago, I went to the street to learn swordsmanship, and was surrounded by a group of women, and the scene of flattering and hooking up with him in sweat really made Shu Qi unforgettable for life.

While speaking, the Handan women who were eyeing Mingyue and her party chased after them for a while, and under the obstruction of the black-clothed guards, they could only give up the chase and watch the two gentlemen in the car leave in a stupid manner.

Mingyue looked back at their annoyed appearance, and couldn't help but think: "This Warring States atmosphere is indeed very different from the era when later generations were firmly bound by etiquette and religion, but it is Handan, if it is in Xianyang, Qin State, it must be mostly honest people, so it won't be so unrestrained, right?" ”

The embarrassing thing is that in another ten years, Zhao Ji, a Handan girl, will wear many green hats to the honest son Chu.

Although it is a quick trip through Handan today, Mingyue's curiosity about the society of the Warring States period has been greatly satisfied, and she has begun to truly experience the living conditions of this era.

As the carriage gradually drove to the southern city of Handan, the journey was about to come to an end.

But at this moment, there was a sudden violent commotion in front, Mingyue saw a crowd of people in front of her, as if there was a conflict, and countless Handan little women ran away with disgraced faces, and what followed was a burst of men's angry shouts, and the sound of the blade being pulled out of the scabbard.

Shu Qi immediately blocked in front of Chang'an Jun, Li Tan also stopped the carriage, and after taking a look, he scolded with a smile: "It's also a coincidence, didn't you meet the ranger duel again?" ”