As soon as the first lunar month passed, the earth began to warm up, and some flowers that couldn't wait for it had begun to bloom. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Not far from the side of the road, an old farmer drove an ox and pulled a plow to plough the field, while a little boy seemed to be curious and watched.

The old farmer looked lovingly at the little boy who was watching, "Son, do you think this ox ploughing is fun?" ”

The little boy nodded, "Uncle, I've seen it all." It's just that I don't know if this year is okay, is the farm work going well? ”

The old man listened for a moment and started talking, "Okay, it's all good." A year ago, it was a war disaster and heavy snow, but fortunately the king sent food, we haven't finished eating it yet, and we are still thanking the king, if it weren't for the king, this year we would freeze to death and starve to death a lot. Everyone said that the king was wise, I heard that a few days ago the king also went to the north outside the city to hold a ploughing ceremony, the old man did not go to it, but the king still rewarded us with this ploughing ox, and this plow, I heard that it is also the king painted the appearance of the craftsman to do it, than the previous use of much easier, this land has not been completely opened to the building can be plowed, you see, this turn is how smooth it is. So saying, when he had reached the end of the field, the old peasant made a little turn of the show to the little boy as if to show it to him.

"If you want me to say, this king is the god of heaven, who came down to bless my Great Zhou, otherwise this king heard that he is young, yes, almost as small as you, how can he know so much, a few days ago, the old man also saw a batch of big carriages sent to Luoyang, and the carriage ran fast, like a bird in the sky. The king is really a god, I am blessed in the Great Zhou! The old man then nagged again.

Suddenly, a tall young man walked up, bowed to the little boy and said, "King, the hour is not early, Doctor Man is urging." The old man looked up, only to see the young man with a sword on his waist, and knew that his status was not low, but he saluted the little boy, thinking that this little boy had a higher status, it must be a noble child, so the old man hurriedly bowed and said, "Childe, if you have something, go quickly, so as not to worry about the family." ”

This little boy is naturally Zhou Bian, and when he heard the guards urging him, he didn't say much, and after saying goodbye to the old man, he walked to the avenue, and several sturdy men who seemed to be talking boringly on the edge of the field in the distance also stood up together, followed from a distance, and also came to the avenue. After seeing this boy leave, the old man continued to bow his head to repair the earth, and after a long time, the old man suddenly reacted, ah, just now the man called the king to this child, oops, the old man hurriedly slapped himself, looked back, but there was no trace, but the old man still kowtowed a few times in the direction of Zhou Bian's departure, and his mouth was calm for a long time, and he continued to be busy.

At this time, on the ancient road from Cheng Zhou to Luoyang, dozens of elite warriors surrounded a brand-new BMW car and slowly went west, and Zhou Bian and Dr. Naman were sitting firmly on this car.

But I heard the doctor say, "The king has ordered more wheat this year, and the master has already ordered it." The wheat is hardy, so the seeds are now being planted, while the millet and rice will have to wait until it is warmer, and I am afraid it will take more than a month for the crops to be planted. According to the king's command, more rice and wheat were planted, and less millet was sown, so didn't the king worry that there would be not enough food to eat? ”

"Dr. Man knows a lot about this farming, and although the yield of millet is high, it can only fill his stomach. And rice, this king in the fairyland but saw a planting method, will be able to greatly increase the yield, according to this king's method, after this year's harvest everyone in my royal family can eat white rice. Zhou Bian is talking about the rice planting method, pretending to be seen in the fairyland in the dream, at this time people have not yet invented the rice planting method, so the yield of rice is still lower than that of millet and so on.

After Wang Sunman habitually praised the king for his wisdom, he continued, "The king can go to the fairyland, this is the blessing of my Great Zhou." The king's new plough, I saw it, and it was really easier to use than before, but it was too wasteful to use iron tools on it. ”

"Oh, this is a zigzag plow, this king has said many times, but you don't remember. Now the craftsmen of my Great Zhou Dynasty have not been able to make sharp iron weapons, and we have not made many of these curved ploughs, and they do not use good iron, and the sowing periods of wheat, millet and rice are staggered. Zhou Bian said with a smile.

"The king is wise." Wang Sunman changed the topic again and said, "The king is going to Luoyang, really don't you see Duke Zhou, and don't let Duke Zhou know?" ”

"This king has his own ideas, if he is in the palace of Zhou, he will get in the way and can't do anything. This king is wearing this ordinary clothes, ordinary people can't recognize it, naturally safe, and Doctor Man doesn't have to worry. You see, the old farmer on the side of the road didn't recognize this king, but only thought that this king was a little boy who ran away to play. ”

Wang Sunman smiled, "That old farmer has no vision, according to a certain person, the king's temperament is innate, even if he covers his face unkempt, in the crowd, a certain can be recognized at a glance." ”

Zhou Bian also smiled, "Hehe, that's because Doctor Man knows this king, and in Luoyang City, there must not be many people who have seen this king, even if this king stands on the street and shouts, I am the king, no one believes it, I just think I am a playful child." Saying that, Zhou Bian laughed twice and then continued, "This time to Luoyang, this king has long thought about it, Chengzhou City is small, not conducive to all kinds of development, and Luoyang, the world's heroic city, the spirit of the people, the business is developed, the traffic of various countries, this king is fascinated for a long time, if my royal family wants greater development, we must occupy Luoyang." ”

Saying that, he approached Wang Sunman and said in a low voice, "Don't hide it from Doctor Man, this king has already made up his mind to take this Luoyang in his hands sooner or later. Now Zhou Bian attaches great importance to this Wang Sunman, and believes in his loyalty, so he naturally regards him as a confidant.

Wang Sunman said uprightly, "The ambition of the king, a certain has long been understood, and a certain is willing to serve the king and fully assist my king to revive my Great Zhou." If so, he will make up his mind to move him to defect to the king and serve the king. ”

Zhou Bian listened to the laughter a few times, gently patted Wang Sunman's shoulder, the two looked at each other and smiled, the laughter couldn't help but show pride, the guards looked at these two, infected by them, they couldn't help but be excited, and the group suddenly quickened their pace.

After a few more casual conversations, in the blink of an eye they saw a huge city in the distance, towering over a plain, and although it was still several miles away, the vastness and majesty of its walls could still be seen. Seeing that Luoyang was in sight, Wang Sun Man arched his hand at Zhou Bian and said, "King, if you go further, there will be more pedestrians, and please ask the king to separate." A few days later, a certain self would go to see the king. ”

Zhou Bian nodded and got out of the car, Wang Sun was offended and drove to Luoyang first, and he had his own business trip. And after Zhou Bian saw Wang Sunman go away, he took the remaining dozen warriors and walked to Luoyang on foot.

This Luoyang City is on the north bank of Luoshui, in today's Luoyang City, Wangcheng Park, Luoyang City at this time is not too big, there is still a mile away from the north bank of Luoshui, unlike the later Sui and Tang Luoyang City across Luoshui, so that Luoshui has become an inland river in the city. It was the earliest Western Zhou Dynasty royal city, which was set by King Wu of Zhou, built by Gongdan of Zhou, and summoned by King Cheng of Zhou. After King Ping moved eastward, it was expanded to the north on the basis of this royal city to become the current Luoyang City, in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Wen Gong Chonger had sent troops to help repair, and then a century and a half did not overhaul and repair. Rao is so, in the eyes of Zhou Bian, still amazed by the height of the Luoyang city at this time, although it is not as high as 20 meters as high as Beijing and Nanjing in later generations, but it is still as high as three or four stories in later generations, in the pre-Qin period when the productivity is still very backward, and it is still hundreds of years ago from now, such a huge civil engineering project can be completed, and the wisdom and ability of the ancestors can not help but be deeply admired.

At this time, Luoyang City is nine miles long from north to south, six miles long from east to west, and there are three city gates on each of the four city walls, and there are twelve city gates in total. The huge city is backed by the mountain and the big river, a few miles away from the south gate is Luoshui, and then the distance is facing the Yiyun Pass, the east side of the Tiger Prison Pass, the west side of the Hangu Pass, it really occupies the danger of the mountains and rivers and the middle of the world, and it is worthy of being the capital of the emperor. At this time, Zhou Bian and others were staring at the Dingmen in the east and slowly walking, it is said that the song is in the east of Luoyang, after the destruction of King Wu, Jiuding was transported back to Luoyang, and it was from this gate that entered, so Zhou Bian was also full of curiosity about this door.

When I got closer, I saw that there were some tea shops on the side of the avenue, set up a small shed, and sold some tea and snacks for pedestrians to eat, and the people on the avenue gradually increased, three or five into groups, some of the nearby villagers entered the city to buy and sell, some were the nobles who went out to play, some were down-and-out scholars wandering here, and some were the biggest feature of Luoyang, there were businessmen who were in a hurry, coming from all directions, but they all gathered at the city gate.

Soon everyone arrived at the city gate, at this time the city wall is still rammed earth like a circle, but it is three zhang high, and three or two carriages can be walked side by side in the city gate hole, which can be seen to be spacious. Looking up, there are two big baskets of seals on the door hole, Zhou Bian recognizes the word Ding Gate, and then looks at both sides of the door hole, although the handwriting is blurred, it can still be seen that the left side is written "Xiongdu Dingdi", and the right side is written "according to all the countries" each five big characters, thinking that it should be a historic site.

When Zhou Bian was looking at the excitement, he heard a horse bell ringing, and the accompanying guard Zhou Zhan hurriedly pulled Zhou Bian over, only to see a carriage almost passing by, and vaguely heard laughter and scolding from the car, "A few natives, haven't you seen the big city?" The guard Zhang Hu was suddenly furious, and was about to step forward to theorize, but was pulled back, and when he looked back, it was Zhou Bian who smiled and shook his head, so he had to give up.

Then everyone walked to the door, the entrance of the cave was also guarded by two Zhou soldiers, just bored standing, at a glance it was a decoration, now there are too many powers, and Zhou Gong can't afford to offend one, so this door is equivalent to no fortification, except for the morning and evening to open and close the door, this gate guard has nothing else. This has an advantage, that is, it greatly facilitates everyone to enter and exit Luoyang, which also creates a situation where Luoyang merchants are all over the world.

There are huge stones on the ground in the doorway, and you can see that there are ruts on it that are inches deep, which shows the development of traffic.

Out of the city hole, straight into the eye is a wide and straight avenue through the east and west, on both sides of the avenue are one by one tile houses, layer by layer, this first glance, you should praise in your heart, what a metropolis! In the face of this era, the largest city in the world, no defense and no tariff, looking at the people coming and going on the street, Zhou Bian couldn't help but shout in his heart, Luoyang, I'm here!