Plans under Chang'an City (2)

Led by the veteran team members of the previous wolf tooth soldiers, Zhuge Qiao and his party finally passed through the Meridian Valley after less than ten days; Of course, for the only checkpoint in the valley, Zhuge Qiao and others pretended to be merchants and transported goods; On the grounds that it was not easy to take the road in a hurry, he passed the Meridian Valley checkpoint, which was already in the deep mountains, and the soldiers stationed at the checkpoint were only less than 100 people.

They have long been tired of guarding here, and there will be no Han army to take this dangerous road here, so naturally they will not leave themselves any military exploits, even if someone takes this dangerous road, it is impossible for them to stop it with less than 100 people; The only role that can be played is early warning, although it is a little unexpected for Zhuge Qiao's sudden arrival, but in the face of the reward of the silver two, the guard guarding the pass immediately closed one eye.

After a twelve-day journey, the three hundred soldiers led by Zhuge Qiao finally came to Chang'an City and looked at the Chang'an City that they had been looking forward to for a long time; Chang'an was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and the political, economic and cultural center of the country at that time. In the fifth year of Han Gaozu, the Xingle Palace of the Qin Dynasty was re-decorated and renamed Changle Palace, and the capital was moved here from Liyang. The city walls are all rammed with loess, five zhang high, almost six zhang wide; There is a moat outside the wall, three feet wide and three feet deep. There are four gates in the city, Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate), and Anyuan Gate (North Gate).

Looking at the five-zhang Chang'an City Tower in front of him, as well as the moat that was three feet wide and three feet wide, Zhuge Qiao was deflated; It was hard for him to imagine now that if Wei Yan's army reached Chang'an City, the defenders would not surrender; Then how can we capture this majestic Chang'an City, Zhuge Qiao thought to himself.

sighed at the majesty of the Chang'an City Wall, Zhuge Qiao did not pay too much attention to it, but was glad that the Chang'an City Wall could have such a scale; Because in this way, after he occupied it, he could defend against the continuous flow of Cao Wei reinforcements from the Central Plains;

While it was still early, he looked left and right at the surrounding terrain, looking for the target in his heart. "Go, where to go!" Zhuge Qiao suddenly locked his eyes on a small hillside outside the South Gate (Yongning Gate), where there seemed to be something he was looking for.

"Captain, there's a cemetery on the hillside ahead, it's very messy, and it seems like no one has taken care of it for a long time," the spy who came back from the previous inquiry reported.

"It's exactly what I want, the whole army is resting on the spot, Lantian will follow me into the city to investigate" Zhuge Qiao immediately became interested when he heard that there was a cemetery in front of him.

"No," Qin Shan replied in a low voice.

Immediately, Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan began to walk towards the city, and the people left behind were ready to build simple houses here, instead of the tents they had set up when they rested before, because this place was close to Chang'an City, and if they set up tents here, it would inevitably arouse unnecessary suspicion, and building simple houses was more like workers building this almost deserted tomb here.

Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan slowly stepped into Chang'an City, teahouses, inns, cloth villages, pawnshops, on both sides of the street, all kinds of vendors were selling along the street, selling antiques, rouge gouache jewelry, calligraphy and painting kites, sachets of various traffic routes covered every corner of the capital like a spider web, batch after batch of people were loaded and unloaded like goods throughout the capital, like a busy empty shell Everyone is busy, busy with their own lives and this moment of comfort.

didn't stay in this downtown for half a moment, Zhuge Qiao just wanted to find his goal quickly, but he didn't know where his goal was.

Walking into an inn, Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan sat opposite each other;

"Two guest officers, what do you want to order" Xiao Er of the inn walked out and asked Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan in harmony.

"Two plates of your most delicious specialties here," Zhuge Qiao said softly. As for the opportunity to enter the inn, of course, Zhuge will not miss it, because there is no clenbuterol, no gutter oil, only the most primitive taste, and the most original dishes.

"Hao Lak, a plate of gourd chicken, a plate of bacon meat, please wait," Xiao Er shouted to the kitchen behind him in a long voice.

As soon as he heard the gourd chicken and cured meat, Qin Shan was even more excited than Zhuge Qiao, after all, it was during the time when he was on the road in the Meridian Valley, and all the people only ate dry food, like vegetables, meat, but they had never enjoyed it.

"Xiao Er, do you know that there is a manor near the south gate that is going to be sold now?" Zhuge Qiao asked Xiao Er.

Xiao Er pondered carefully for a while, "Guest officer, you really asked the right person, the cousin of the little uncle's friend is interested in selling his own small courtyard, if the guest officer is interested, then the younger one can take the two guest officers to investigate one or two."

"It's exactly what I want" Zhuge Qiao responded, but he was also impressed by this little er, if it is put in the era of 1,000 or 8 years, he will definitely be a good seller.

"Good at it, the guest officer gourd chicken is up, the guest officer, please see when this gourd chicken is made; However, it needs to go through three basic processes, first boiling, then steaming, and then frying. When steaming, put the boiled chicken in the basin, add salt, green onion and ginger, star anise, cinnamon、、、、、、 take out and rinse it with an iron fence, and then put the dish plate by the small serving, and there is also a plate of pepper and salt to accompany the food. This is the most delicious, the most tempting, and the most attached dish in the entire Chang'an City. The inn junior gave another long explanation, and the speaking and expression time that normal people needed was cut by half by him.

It's just that Zhuge Qiao doesn't think so, on the contrary, he has an intuition that the person in front of him must be useful to him, and it is of great use, but he has not yet explored his potential; "Little Er, what do you call it" Zhuge Qiao was interested.

"Returning to the guest officer, the little one's surname is Tang Mingrui, and there is no word," Xiao Er responded excitedly.

"Good! Tang Rui, are you willing to do things for me? Zhuge Qiao asked.

"Don't be embarrassed by the little one, this little errand was introduced by my father's brother's friend's cousin's mother's family, and it was not easy to get!" Tang Rui touched his nose and said softly, with a helpless tone in his voice.

It's just that this makes Zhuge Qiao more satisfied, but he didn't say anything, because everything that should be said has been said by Tang Rui, and he can only wait for the next encounter, and the next encounter will make Tang Rui regret it, but he doesn't know all this yet.

The gourd chicken and bacon meat were wiped out by Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan, and they were reluctant to waste a little.

"Childe, in fact, I knew at a glance that you were the son of a great family; The courtyard of the young uncle's friend's cousin's grandfather and the son must also be compatible, I heard that there was a court official in this courtyard before; Yo, look, it's here! Xiao Er Tang Rui led Zhuge Qiao and the others to the direction of the South City Gate.

[Here is the unit of measurement of this book: one zhang is equal to 2.42 meters, five zhang is twelve meters, the height of the Chang'an city wall; one foot is equal to 24.2 centimeters; one zhang is equal to ten feet; one step is equal to one meter; one hour is equal to two hours, one day and one night is twelve hours; a quarter of an hour is twenty minutes, and an hour is six quarters of an hour; these are the units of measurement of the period of the Three Kingdoms; I wish everyone a good mood every day!] If you can recommend and collect it, I am naturally grateful. 】