Chapter 123: First Arrival in the Capital
On this day, everyone finally arrived in the capital, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty Bianliang City is also called Tokyo, Bianjing, the whole capital is divided into two parts: the outer city and the inner city, and there is an inner city in the inner city, which is commonly known as the Great Inner Palace.
Everyone arrived at the foot of Bianjing City, Li Ce rode on a horse, looked up at the tall city gate tower, they walked the south city gate, the city gate here is called the South Xun Gate, it is more than ten meters high, let people look at it and have a majestic feeling. There is an arched gate in the middle, two arches next to it, the gate is more than ten meters high, there is a two-story city tower on the city gate, you can see the soldiers patrolling, the end is magnificent, magnificent.
"Hey, the capital is extraordinary, and even the city gate is more magnificent than our Zhending Mansion!" Li Ce smiled: "Let's go, go into the city!" ”
Guan Zhen and Di Qing were also shocked by the tall tower of Bianjing City, and it wasn't until Li Ce urged them that the two of them reacted, this is the legendary capital? It's majestic.
Passing through the city gate, it is a north-south customs avenue, starting from the south Xun Gate of this place, going north through the Suzaku Gate of the inner city, leading straight to the Xuande Gate of the Imperial Palace, the whole street is more than ten miles long, and it is more than 200 meters wide.
Entering the Suzaku Gate is a street called "Royal Street", this street is more than 300 meters long, on both sides of the street, all kinds of shops are lined up one after another, all kinds of flags are waving in the wind, antique calligraphy and painting, Goulan tile house, restaurant pawnshop everything, there are countless stalls on both sides of the street, at a glance when the new flowers and fruits, brocade clothes and jade food, fish, shrimp, insects and birds are countless, it is really the ancient capital of the seven dynasties, the millennium dream...... What does it mean to be prosperous and wealthy? I haven't been to Bianjing, let alone you've seen prosperity.
From the perspective of Li Ce, a later generation, he couldn't help but be amazed after reading it, he didn't expect that there would be such a prosperous metropolis in ancient times, no wonder the previous history textbooks said that Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was the most prosperous metropolis in the world at that time. At that time, his understanding of the word prosperity was just that the ancients had never seen the world, and it was not until he saw and experienced it with his own eyes at this moment, and he deeply realized that kind of prosperity and wealth, and it seems that the book is right......
It's a pity that with such prosperity, why do foreign wars fail repeatedly? Isn't prosperity really the same as being strong? Li Ce sighed secretly.
A few people got off the horse and walked all the way to see the flowers, which was really endless excitement and countless scenery. There are all kinds of snacks on the side of the street, and the gluttony is so hungry that the official's saliva is flowing, and his stomach seems to be a bottomless pit, and he can still eat after eating so much, but Li Ce had to throw him some silver and ask him to buy it himself.
The three of them stopped and stopped, and after watching for half an hour, Li Ce saw that there were some jewelry sellers on the street, so he wanted to buy a bracelet for Yu Xian'er.
When I came to the stall, I saw that the table was full of all kinds of jewelry, gold and silver hairpins, pearl necklaces, and jade bracelets.
Li Ce picked up a jade bracelet with a good texture and asked, "How can this be sold?" ”
"Yo, you really have an eye, this is a good jade bracelet, look at this luster, this texture, there is no flaw." The stall owner hurriedly introduced enthusiastically.
Li Ce still knows some jade, the texture of this bracelet is really good, but I don't know if this ancient person will rip off customers, his face is silent, put down the bracelet and said, "Then how to sell it?" ”
"You bought it for the lady, right? Thus, eighty taels of silver. The stall owner pretended to be generous.
", eighty taels?" Li Ce couldn't hold back, and a foul word broke out, you want eighty taels for a bracelet? Why don't you grab it, although the texture of this bracelet is good, it is not a rare treasure, and it will only be a few thousand yuan in the future generations, I am really wronged, it seems that the ancients are not honest.
Buying and selling, there is buying and selling, the key is a bargain, Li Ce turned around and left, according to his experience, the stall owner will definitely stop him.
Sure enough, as soon as he took two steps, the stall owner couldn't help but shout: "The guest officer stays." ”
Li Ce pretended to be reluctant and turned around, and the stall owner smiled and said, "I think the son also really wants it, and we can negotiate the price." ”
Li Ce smiled in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to bargain, but at this time, one person grabbed it, picked up the bracelet just now and looked at it, and put it on his hand, gesturing while looking at it.
Halfway to the end of the journey to bite the gold, who is this? Li Ce had no choice but to stand aside and wait.
The person who came was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, who looked extremely delicate, and it was even more rare to have a pair of delicate hands like snow lotus, I am afraid that some women would sigh to themselves, this bracelet was very coordinated on his hand.
Li Ce said in his heart, I have long heard that there was a trend of broken sleeves in ancient times, isn't this little boy gay? How can a man like this stuff too......
He was thinking about it, and there was another son, who was slightly older than the one just now, and he was also handsome. The little one saw the big one coming, and his face was excited, and he showed off to him with a bracelet: "How is it, is it good-looking?" ”
As soon as the little boy spoke, his voice was very crisp, Li Ce was stunned, how did it sound like a girl's voice, he couldn't help but look at the little boy, and he found that he had no Adam's apple, and the hair between his sideburns was also very soft, it turned out to be a girl.
The eldest prince seemed to dote on the girl who dressed as a man, and smiled at her: "Good-looking." ”
The little boy was even more happy when he was affirmed, "Then pay for it." She played with the bracelet and said casually to the eldest prince.
"How much does this cost?" The eldest prince smiled at the stall owner, and then asked.
As soon as Li Ce saw this eldest prince, he felt that he had an indescribable temperament, elegant and generous, and he couldn't say it clearly, if this person was standing in the crowd, you could also see him at a glance. Seeing him open his mouth to ask the stall owner, his actions and words showed an excellent upbringing.
Alas, the people in the capital are different, any son of a family has such a temperament, it is really a person who is supported by water and soil, Li Ce couldn't help but sigh.
The stall owner originally planned to negotiate with Li Ce, but this time, it seemed that the new customer couldn't take care of Li Ce, his eyes narrowed and he smiled: "Guest officer, you really have a vision, this is a good jade bracelet, you look at this luster, this texture is ......" but it was the same statement just now.
Li Ce glanced at him with disdain, feeling that everyone you see said that......
The boy dressed as a man was even more happy when she heard the stall owner's praise, she couldn't help but jump, revealing a sweet smile, and her little daughter's posture was fully revealed.
"As long as you're eighty taels." The stall owner stretched out his hand and gestured.
"Ah, it's exactly eighty taels." The eldest prince took out four silver ingots at once, stretched out his hand and handed them to the stall owner.
Li Ce looked at it directly, local tyrants, they don't have to bargain, and they can't be so capricious if they are rich!
The stall owner obviously didn't expect this boy to be so refreshing, he hesitated for a moment, quickly reached out and took it, and was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Guest officer, look, I still have a good jade pendant, this golden hairpin ......" The stall owner saw that he had caught the wronged leader, and he was busy selling his other jewelry.
Rub, when he met such a local tyrant, he was going to buy it here, Li Ce had no choice but to take a deep look at the eldest prince, shook his head and left.
The eldest prince noticed that Li Ce was looking at him, and he also looked up at Li Ce and smiled at him.
Li Ce smiled slightly and bowed his head at him, then turned around and left, the people in the capital are really rich, but it seems that their IQ is relatively low......