The towering walls of Chang'an City are still so high, countless soldiers in armor stand at the head of the city, guarding the city, and the guards of Chang'an are the left and right Qianniu Guards, they are the absolute guards in the hands of the emperor and the prince, in addition to Li Er's absolute personal guard Xuanjia Guard and the Praetorian Guard guarding the palace, this army is the most luxurious army in the Tang Dynasty. After all, the face of a country, the Tang Dynasty is now the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and countless small countries worship it, so the armor worn by these soldiers is shiny, and the spears are also sharpened with whetstones every day. In the early spring sun, shining a little snow, they stood solemnly at the head of the city, like sculptures.

Not far outside the city of Chang'an, is the famous pattern of eight rivers around Chang'an, these rivers all belong to the Yellow River water system, although the largest two are the Jing River and the Wei River, the rest of the rivers are all tributaries of the Wei River, but it is also a very magnificent scene, the rivers are rippling, shining with pale golden water waves. Countless boats come and go on these rivers, or merchants who travel from south to north, or people who go to and from relatives in Chang'an City, in short, these rivers are one of the busiest waterways in the entire Tang Dynasty. In Luoyang, which is hundreds of miles away from the Tang Dynasty, it is even more competitive.

But on this day, none of the boats on these rivers came and went, and occasionally there were boats going downstream, but none of them went upstream. This situation makes countless people in Chang'an feel very strange, because usually the ships that come to Chang'an from the downstream occupy the vast majority, but today they have not seen a single one. The huge horse head in the northeast of Chang'an City actually appeared a deserted scene. This is simply unimaginable, although water transportation is not very developed in this era. However, the merchant's profit-seeking nature still caused countless merchants to use ships to transport goods, although the transportation time was much longer, and there were probably countless water bandits along the way. But it still can't stop them from chasing profits. Because if you transport it on land, people will eat and chew along the way, and the income obtained from a trip may not be able to protect the capital. Or a cost-effective ship transport. Therefore, countless merchant ships would crowd the docks of Chang'an City every day, and a new profession came into being - porters.

Chang'an City is the largest city in the world, and countless people aspire to live in Chang'an City, at the feet of the Son of Heaven. Stained with the light of His Majesty the Great Emperor. But who knows that Chang'an rice is expensive? If you want to survive in Chang'an City, the money and food spent are much higher than in other places. A city has to feed 800,000 people in this era when productivity is not very developed. But it is a huge problem, most of the land around Chang'an City is the fief of the nobles, and there is not much land for the people to cultivate. As a result, although there are countless fertile fields outside Chang'an City, a lot of grain is produced every year. But the people still need money to buy food. Because except for the tenants of the noble family. Few other people owned their own land, they were either craftsmen or lowly merchants. In this hierarchical era, they are the lowest professions.

Therefore, every day Chang'an City will consume countless grains and vegetables, which are transported to Chang'an City by ship from several states and counties around Chang'an City to sell, and at this time, it is the busiest time on the dock. Countless vegetable vendors operate small boats to and from several surrounding states and counties. Buy vegetables and grains and sell them in Chang'an City. Today, however, there was not a single boat docked, and countless porters waited on the docks for someone to hire them and earn a few wages so that the family could make ends meet. Although Chang'an City is prosperous, it is not easy to live in vain.

But they were doomed to disappointment, and waited until the sun rose, but there was still not a single ship on the shore, not even the shadow of a ship on the river downstream, only a sporadic boat upstream, but most of them were delicate painted boats, and there were no familiar boats carrying grain in the past.

The scorching sun began to exude its lustful power in the sky, and wisps of hot sunlight passed through the countless distances between the sun and the earth, bringing light and heat. Let the sturdy men in the shade of the trees on the shore begin to sweat, and wait here for most of the day, but not a single job has started, they are anxious, and their black eyes are full of anxiety, longing, and worry. Everyone's lips were a little chapped, and the day was a long day in their eyes, because they didn't make any money, so the whole family would probably starve on this day.

The people are like this, they don't care who sits on the highest chair of power, and they don't care whether the imperial army is invincible at the border pass, although the new emperor ascends the throne and the army returns victoriously, they will send heartfelt wishes, and they will feel endless glory, but in the ordinary days of every day, they are most concerned about the firewood, rice, oil and salt in their own homes, or countless parents. Because no matter who becomes the emperor, no matter how many invading enemies the army kills on the battlefield, the most important thing for them is to be fed and clothed. They will be grateful to the soldiers who fought on the battlefield for ensuring their lives in peace, and they will be loyal to the emperor who is high on the throne, because the emperor controls every aspect of their lives. So they give their loyalty, they give their passion.

"What's going on today, why is it so late, and still no ship is coming?" In the shade of the weeping willow trees on the edge of the bridge, dark and stout men were talking to each other. They are the representatives of the beggers around Chang'an City, they have no craft, only one arm of strength, to survive in Chang'an City, only to sell labor on this wharf.

"This is really strange, it's not a New Year's festival now, why are these young ladies of the official family here? These ladies of the noble family are here, so can they not be blocked? We'd better go back, no one will come here to unload today! A more shrewd man squinted at the boats on the river at this time, and the exquisite totems on them showed a powerful family power, which were the totems of the noble families in Chang'an City, indicating their noble status. And from time to time there was the sound of the piano and the sound of the lute, and it was obvious that there were women on these ships. So he concluded that these were the ladies of the noble family of Chang'an City, but these women were not staying in the embroidery building at home, so what did they do on this Bahe wharf?

"Don't care so much, let's go back to the city and see if those workshops recruit people, although there is not as much money as working here, but it is also an income, do you really want the family to eat a big cake today?"

"That's it, these official ladies have nothing to do, just do some tossing things! A few days ago, a group of our brothers were called to their house by the steward of a big family in the city, and dug a big square pit in the big courtyard of their house. So they dug a pit, pasted a layer with a strange powder, and filled it with water...... It is said that the young lady of the house made it! ”

"Dig a big puddle in the yard, it's still square...... These nobles are really well fed! ”

The porters were chatting with each other and were about to leave, when the sound came far away, and they fell into a painting boat near the shore, and a woman dressed in white and wearing a veil was on the boat at this time, and her pretty face under the veil was red and white, and her delicate snort blew the veil, as if she was angry. The woman's green hair was like black and shiny brocade, scattered around her waist, and on the small table in front of her, a delicate silver wine jug and a few dishes were placed like this, but she did not move.

"Miss, or else, we'll ...... Well? A middle-aged woman beside her and a little girl were serving, and at this time, the middle-aged woman looked stunned and seemed very annoyed, and then asked the woman in white softly, making a diagonal stroke in her hand.

"Don't be presumptuous, this is not Qinghe, and now our Cui clan is not as good as before, the emperor is now in the sky, the dragon is very powerful, and he dominates the eight wildernesses in the universe, don't be sideways at this time, otherwise the whole family will be dragged down!" The woman in white had a cold voice, and it seemed that everything was not lingering, but there was still a trace of anger flashing in the pair of autumn water scissor eyes. Who said that these people are simple, but I didn't expect it to be gossip that bites their ears behind their backs.

"Look...... ......At this moment, a loud shout came from the shore, which was issued by the people who were walking back, because one of them turned around, and found a big ship coming towards this side between the water and the sky downstream, this ship is so huge, even if it is far away, I feel an invisible sense of oppression, just like the feeling of facing the towering city wall of Chang'an City, from the perspective of this shore, this ship is actually longer than the embankment by the river in the distance, That section of the river embankment is more than ten zhang long, and this boat is so long!

"It's really a big ship, such a ship, actually sailed into this inland river, no wonder no other ships came, this ship blocked the channel completely, other ships can't pass even if they think about it, and such a ship, who dares to surpass it? It's not easy to provoke at first glance, but if you provoke it, then it's okay? The porters were pointing and talking, not afraid of the people on the boat from afar.

"Really back! This guy actually went to the Wa Kingdom, and Goryeo, he really ran far enough and fast enough, hum...... I don't know if the ambition in your heart has been aroused this time! The woman said in her heart. (To be continued......)