Chapter 21 Bianjing City

In the ninth year of Kaibao, the ninth day of July.

The air of the Song Dynasty was indescribably refreshing, and in this era when there was no industrial pollution in the world, it was perhaps the era when human beings and nature lived in the most harmony.

Crossing from the space, changing into an ancient costume, standing and sitting, with a sense of elegance, sitting in front of the window of the ancients, watching the flowing water in front of the court, always makes people feel inexplicably relaxed and comfortable.

Jiang Yin pushed open the door, frowning slightly, even with such a beautiful view, he still can't fit into this era from the bottom of his heart, since six months ago, he has never seen the Southern Tang Dynasty Lord Li Yu, listen to the merchants of Bianjing City, since the Southern Tang Dynasty broke in November last year, Jiangnan Lord Li Yu and his children, officials and other forty-five people were edicted to surrender to the Song Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor was sacrificed in Mingdemen, and tens of thousands of Bianjing people witnessed that scene.

On the huge palace gate of Mingde Gate, Zhao Kuangyin was dressed in gold, looking at Li Yu and others kneeling under the city tower, and Li Yu and others were treated with injustice. Zhao Kuangyin ordered Li Yu to be the general of the right Qianniu Wei, and he was disobeyed by the Hou, at first Li Yu was reluctant to accept the title, but how could Zhao Kuangyin let him not serve Zhengshuo, and reprimanded him, and Li Yu took over the order.

Now the lord of Jiangnan is under house arrest in Bianjing City, in the deep palace, and no one has seen him again.

'The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring. The tragic life of a dead emperor jumped out of the paper and appeared alive in front of Jiang Yin, which made Jiang Yin very sympathetic to Li Yu's experience.

Sighing, Jiang Yin only felt that he had a lot of things to do now, but he was as messy as a hemp, and he didn't know how to start, or Lin Yue reminded him that it was the first task to buy some medicinal materials and wood as commodities first.

Thinking that the company had entered the operation period, Jiang Yin had no choice but to get rid of those unrealistic fantasies first, his wings were not yet full, and now contacting the highest level was tantamount to a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, without any security guarantee. Only when you become strong can you have the qualifications to talk to these ancient bigwigs on an equal footing.

"Then let's go to the pharmacy first to buy some medicinal herbs, didn't Mr. Wang send a few servants by the way when he gave away the mansion? Pick a clever one to show us the way. ”

Jiang Yin cured the illness of Wang Zhuangyuan's father with modern medicine, which also made Wang Sizong grateful, the ancients have always asked for the grace of dripping water when the spring reciprocates, it just so happens that Jiang Yin and others have no place to stay in Bianjing, and the Wang family has a small courtyard near the Daxiangguo Temple in Bianjing, so Wang Sizong is an adult, and gave this house to Jiang Yin, and also sent four servants.

These four servants are not very old, they look like they are seventeen or eighteen years old, and their names are also very simple, they are called Wang 11, Wang 12, Wang 13 and Wang 14, and it can be seen from the names of several of them that they are the eleventh to fourteenth servants of the royal family.

At this moment, Lin Yue picked out Wang Shiyi to lead the way and led everyone to a nearby pharmacy, while the other servants stayed in the house to guard

Out of the house, the door is a spacious street, the eight-meter-wide street is full of people, carrying burdens, selling vegetables, shouting abounds, restaurants on both sides of the road, tea shops, pawnshops make Jiang Yin dizzy, it can be said that this is also the first time he came out so close to contact the city of the Song Dynasty.

Sixteen years have passed since Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, and the release of military power has led to the extreme weakening of military power on the ground, and the world has once again returned to calm.

The chaos of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms has passed, and the remaining political power in the Central Plains has been taken by Lao Zhao one by one, and the Hou Shu, the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty have all become the stepping stones for Lao Zhao to unify the world.

As long as the Northern Han Dynasty is destroyed again, Lao Zhao will be able to resist the foreign tribes wholeheartedly and set out to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun in order to restore the great cause of unification of the world.

Because there is no longer a group of heroes, there is no war and strife in the world, and the common people can work with peace of mind, and their living standards and economy are rapidly improving.

As the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, Bianjing can be said to be the most prosperous capital city today.

Bianjing City is divided into two parts of the inner city and the outer city, the inner city is the imperial city, also known as the Que City, was built in the second year of Tang Jianzhong, the circumference is 20 miles and 160 steps, there are ten city gates, two water gates. From the third year of Long to the fourth year of Qiande, Lao Zhao rebuilt the palace when he ascended the throne, and successively built the four halls of Daqing, Wende, Zichen and Vertical Arch, Chongwen Academy, Six Pavilions, Gyeongbok and the National History Academy, the Capital Hall and other buildings. The new imperial city is about 1,100 meters wide from east to west and about 1,04 meters long from north to south.

The outer city of Bianjing City has been expanded twice, it was built in the third year of Xiande in the later Zhou Dynasty, the circumference is fifty miles and one hundred and sixty steps, the city wall is four zhang high, five zhang and nine feet wide, and there are twelve city gates. The outer city is also known as the national city, and the moat is called the dragon river. The outer city is built by using the outer city of the capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the original circumference of 48 li and 233 steps is extended to 50 li and 165 steps. There are three gates in the south, four in the north, three in the west, and two in the east, a total of twelve gates. It is seven kilometers long from north to south, seven kilometers from east to west, and the outer city has a circumference of 30 kilometers and an area of 27.37 square kilometers.

Different from Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, the biggest feature of Bianjing City in the Song Dynasty is that it broke the inherent market model of the past dynasties, there is no fixed trading place, the whole city can be seen everywhere in the shops, the trading of goods is extremely convenient, and there is no restriction on the fang, and the people's daily life is more convenient, which makes the whole Bianjing City have a positive atmosphere of a modern city.

Walk through the Baokang Gate to the Great Xiangguo Temple, the current Great Xiangguo Temple is not as famous as the later generations, after the old Zhao ascended the throne, the Great Xiangguo Temple suffered a fire in May of the third year of Jianlong, can only be rebuilt, now it is still a broken temple, until 30 years later, it began to expand on a large scale here, and was talked about by later generations.

Along the way, Wang Shiyi, who led the way, seemed very excited, and from time to time introduced the customs of Bianjing City to Jiang Yin in a flattering tone.

"Childe, after the Great Xiangguo Temple, you will arrive at the South Gate Street, there are a lot of good things on the street, the pastries sold in the South Food Shop, the tea of the Ding Family Suo Tea, and the oil cakes of the Zheng Family Oil Cake Shop, which are among the best stores in our southern district."

"Childe, the best porcelain shop in our southern district is Wenzhou lacquerware shop, the little one heard that a few days ago you went to the Tang family porcelain shop to buy porcelain, that is not as good as Wenzhou lacquer shop, there is no official kiln for sale, if you want to buy good porcelain, you have to go to the north tile shop in the north of the city to buy it."

"Childe, the front is almost there, our largest pharmacy in the south of the city 'Jade Medicine Hall', it is said that this Jade Medicine Hall is an old store with a century-old heritage, since Childe wants to buy precious medicinal materials, it is perfect to buy them here."

The group walked a few more pillars of incense, and then they walked to Panlou Street, turned a corner, Jiang Yin looked up, and it was actually a 'huh', Lin Yue and Di Yan were also stunned when they saw the scene in front of them.

At the corner of Panlou Street, a traditional Chinese style building stands in front of you, with black tiles and white bricks, a high-walled gate, and a plaque on the front of the door that reads "Jade Medicine Hall", which is the place where Jiang Yin and others crossed for the first time.

"It's fate." Lin Yue smiled and shook his head.

"Let's go, go in and ask." After being a little surprised, Jiang Yin quickly returned to normal and led everyone towards the pharmacy