If Chang'an is the Beijing of the later generations, then Luoyang is equivalent to the Shanghai of the later generations, the later generations are an era of sea power, and the coastal cities naturally occupy the geographical advantages, but the Tang Dynasty belongs to the era of land power and land power, if you overlook the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty from the air, you will find that Luoyang is almost in the center of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, which also means that Luoyang also occupies the geographical advantage of the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the Silk Road originated from Chang'an, most of the goods from all over the Tang Dynasty need to be transported to Chang'an, which also facilitates the official road from Chang'an to Luoyang, which is the busiest road in the world, and the vehicles coming and going from morning to night are endless, just like the economic artery of the Tang Empire, from which countless wealth flows.

Of course, Chang'an is not only the economic center, but also the political center of the Tang Dynasty, so Luoyang is still worse than Chang'an, but if it is like later generations, the power center of the Tang Dynasty is transferred from Chang'an to Luoyang, then Luoyang will definitely surpass Chang'an to become the largest city in the world.

It is not the first time that Li Xiu has come to Luoyang, but when he entered the city, he still couldn't help but admire the prosperity of Luoyang, although Luoyang is not the political center of the Tang Dynasty, and there are not so many powerful people on the street, but it is precisely for this reason, so Luoyang is not as strict as Chang'an, and the control of all walks of life is also looser, which also promotes the prosperity of commerce, even if he has not seen it for two years, Li Xiu feels like he does not know Luoyang City, and even many new buildings are being built on both sides of the street.

"I haven't seen you for two years, Luoyang City seems to have changed, and I almost can't recognize it." The county lord of Guanghua looked at the scene of Luoyang City at this time with the car window in his hand, and there was some incredible saying at the moment, she had lived in Luoyang for many years and was very familiar with the streets here, but she didn't expect that in just two years, Luoyang City had changed so much.

"Hehe, Guanghua, you don't know, Luoyang used to be very prosperous, but in the past two years, our Datang has become more stable, and the roads in the Western Regions have become smoother, so commerce is also more prosperous, and there are many others, just this kid has set up a tea workshop and a canning workshop in Luoyang, which have greatly promoted the development of Luoyang, and now that the Turks have been extinct, my Datang will only be stronger and more prosperous in the future, and Luoyang will change even more." Ma Ye explained with a smile at this time.

"Not only that, before His Majesty tried to lift the curfew in Chang'an little by little, Chang'an is strict, so the curfew can only be lifted during the festival, but Luoyang is relatively loose here, and the curfew of the festival is opened, and it is usually not strictly controlled, but every night, Luoyang City is even more lively than during the day, and we can see it tonight." Li Xiu also said with a smile at this time.

The opening of the curfew was the first one he proposed, so he usually paid great attention to the news in this regard, Luoyang, as the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, naturally had a curfew, and after the curfew was released during the festival, Luoyang spontaneously and completely released the curfew, and he could also move around at will at night on weekdays, and the magistrates here were powerless to manage it, of course, this was also related to Li Shimin's deliberate connivance, after all, after Chang'an completely lifted the curfew, using Luoyang to test the effect can also make Chang'an ready.

"There is no curfew in Luoyang? That's great, I'm going to play all night tonight! Qi Niang heard Li Xiu's words and immediately shouted excitedly, she was at the age of playfulness, and every year during the Shangyuan Festival, she would play with Hya'er all night.

"No, it's okay to play for a while today, but we've been on the road for so long, we're already very tired, and we have to rest early at night, otherwise it's not good for our health!" Li Xiu heard Qi Niang's words, but immediately reprimanded.

Seeing Li Xiu's refusal, Qi Niang's face also fell suddenly, and she muttered twice but didn't say anything, it is estimated that she also knows that it is useless for her to object, of course, Li Xiu is also thinking about their bodies.

Li Xiu and the county lord of Guanghua are both considered royalty, and the last time the eldest princess came to Luoyang, they lived in the palace in Luoyang, so this time they also stayed in the palace, of course, it is still the outer palace, but speaking of Luoyang's palace since it was built, it seems that only Yang Guang has lived here for a few days, and since then, no emperor has ever lived, even if there is a special person to take care of it, but it also seems a little dilapidated.

After being settled, it was already sunset, Qi Niang and Ha'er were arguing to play, and the county lord of Guanghua was also anxious, and after knowing that there was no curfew in Luoyang, he immediately wanted to see his son, so in the end, Li Xiu and the others could only get into the carriage and leave the palace, and then come to Luoyang West City, where Yang Fan is located.

When Yuwenkai built Chang'an and Luoyang, he planned the use of each square in detail, such as the east and west cities are commercial squares, most of the business in the city is concentrated here, and other square markets are places where people live, but this kind of urban planning is too old-fashioned, and it is not conducive to the development of commerce, like Chang'an, which is more strictly managed, and generally maintains Yuwenkai's planning, but Luoyang is relatively free, so commerce is no longer limited to the east and west cities, and all kinds of shops can be seen everywhere in the city.

But even so, Luoyang West Market is still the most prosperous place in the city, just like the commercial center of a city in later generations, famous merchants like to set up shops here, which also leads to a large number of shops in the West Market, and at this time it is already the beginning of the moon, the pedestrians on the street do not decrease but increase, Li Xiu and their carriage are not fast.

"Look, there's a Tianzhu snake dancing over there, it's so interesting!" At this time, he was lying at the window, pointing to a clearing on the side of the street and shouting, where there were a few Hu people playing the recorder and directing a few poisonous snakes to make some thrilling movements, which caused the people around to be amazed, these artists generally claimed to be from Tianzhu, but Li Xiu felt that they were more likely to be from Persia, after all, some people in the north of Tianzhu looked similar to the Persians.

Yang Fan and his adoptive parents live in the vegetable market in Xishi, usually sell tofu for a living, last time Li Xiu also helped the county lord of Guanghua buy a piece of tofu from Yang Fan, at that time he also forgot to bring money, as a result, he had to pay on credit, until the next day Li Xiu sent someone to pay back.

Li Xiu and their carriage passed through the lively West Market, and finally came to the location of the vegetable market, originally Li Xiu thought that the vegetable market was only the most lively in the morning, and it should be very deserted here at night, and maybe Yang Fan's house was closed, but when he came here, he realized that he was wrong.