Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is the second year of Hongwu, the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the annual Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived.

On August 15, the ancients also drank wine to admire the moon, and at the same time ate moon cakes. The customs of this day in various parts of China are generally the same, and the small details are different, which is also a major phenomenon of Chinese folk customs, which can be highly unified on the date of the festival, but there are many differences in the customs of the festival.

Last year, the people had just harvested a handful of harvests, and the autumn harvest was approaching, and the people who worked in the city had just finished their wages and were ready to go home for the autumn harvest. At this time, the rural people also had money in their pockets, and all parts of the country under the rule of the imperial court were thriving.

Because of the advanced farming technology, even if they paid a large amount of taxes to the imperial court, their profits reached hundreds of thousands, and some even millions.

Therefore, everyone is very happy this year's Mid-Autumn Festival!

On this day, Sima Shu wore daily clothes, and took the queen, several concubines and princesses to prepare to go and have fun with the people. Now that the world has changed for the better, people everywhere are looking forward to the emperor leading them to a better life, and many people have responded to this year's Mid-Autumn Festival celebration organized by the imperial court.

Today's Luoyang, the capital of Beijing, is 80 miles around and has a huge scale. Luoshui passes through the city, there is "the elephant of the heavenly Han", so the Tianjin Bridge is built, Tianjin, which means the Milky Way. The imperial palace was built on the north side of the bridge, and it was named Ziwei Palace, which means heavenly palace.

Sima Shu took Luoyang as the center to build the main artery of the east-west highway, reaching Donglai in Qingzhou in the east and Guzang in Liangzhou in the west, which is the transportation hub that runs through the east and west.

The Luoshui waterway was widened by the imperial court. It has become an important water transportation channel for the imperial court, and the products of the whole country gather in Luoyang, and the imperial court has built huge warehouses on both sides of the Luoshui River to supply the Beijing division.

Tianjin Bridge connects the main gate of the imperial city, every morning, the dawn moon is still hanging in the air, the bridge is full of traffic, this scenery is called "Tianjin Xiaoyue". It straddles the Luoshui River in a north-south direction, and the central axis avenue from the south gate of the palace to the south gate of Luoyang City has become the Royal Street, and the Tianjin Bridge has thus become the Royal Bridge.

It is different from the Hongqiao built in other places on the Luoshui River for the convenience of boats. and a pontoon bridge made of boats. Tianjin Bridge because it is just the key point of the royal street, in which the traffic, horses and pedestrians are very frequent, the bridge can only choose stone to build a low flat shape, and the bridge is densely covered with stone piers. In order to ensure the safety of the royal driver and the military.

Luoshui is vast. There are many sails. The willows on the shore are shady, the grass is delicious, and the long bridge is lying on the waves. Bustling with people and cars; Luoshui is murmuring, flowing with majestic momentum, but also flowing with tranquility and grace.

This day coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, although this festival is mainly a folk festival, the emperor and the government do not have a special festival ceremony, but in order to celebrate the government and the people, Sima Shu specially gave everyone a three-day holiday. There is a holiday festival, the people of the capital will go to have fun, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a good time to go out of the city to enjoy the scenery, so the Washe restaurant in the city is very lively.

At the beginning of the year, the emperor inspected the northwest frontier and was in distress, but fortunately, there was no danger, and the Son of Heaven returned safely. In the eyes of all the people in the world, as long as the emperor is fine, then there is hope for their lives. Everyone is taking advantage of this festival to go to the evil spirit for His Majesty, and wish the emperor a long life.

What's more, taking advantage of this Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor also issued an edict of amnesty to the world, and the court has its own rewards, not to mention, even the people of the capital can also share the blessings of the Son of Heaven - every family can get some money and silk rewards, and many elderly people in the capital have also been invited to go to the imperial garden to attend the emperor's dinner.

Early in the morning, the street in front of the south gate of the palace was arranged early, and the restaurants from all over the country also erected various flags, and countless people in the city and people who like to catch up with the excitement in other places ran to Tianjin Bridge, just to watch the emperor.

On this day, the most lively place in Luoyang City is destined to be the Royal Street in front of Tianjin Bridge, and the restaurants on both sides of it have long been crowded with people to see the excitement. Ordinary people may crowd on both sides of the street regardless of their status, but some scholars and people of status do not bother to compete with the common people, so they book a window facing the street in the restaurants on both sides, so that they can condescendingly admire the emperor's honor guard.

It's just that in the private banquet on the whole floor, the guests in the two rooms on the second floor are slightly different.

These two rooms are located at the east and west ends of the south side of the second floor of the restaurant, and the guests in the rooms can not only enjoy the Luoshui water feature from the window, but also avoid disturbing each other. In the room at the east end sat Murong Tuyuhun himself, while in the room at the west end sat it was Tuoba Liuxiu, the eldest son of Tuoba Yilu.

In front of a table of wine and delicacies, Tuyuhun was not interested, although the entourage repeatedly persuaded him during the banquet, but Tuyuhun only stopped at the point, just signaled that everyone did not have to care about him and just had fun.

The slight autumn breeze blew in through the open windows around him, slightly dispersing the strong smell of the roasted meat and fish in the house, and after the breeze, the charcoal fire used for the barbecue was not so hot, but the smell of alcohol did not diminish in the slightest with the fight of the guards.

Tuyuhun leaned against the window and looked out against the railing, and his ears were the trivial matters of the entourage in the market, folk anecdotes, and what he saw was the bustling transport fleet.

Both sides of the Luoshui River in Luoyang City have been neatly repaired, especially the section near the Tianjin Bridge, where the stone steps, giant wooden trestle bridges and gravel embankments are unconventional. On the bank of the river, elms and willows are planted in two rows, these trees have grown for more than ten years, each one is quite tall and straight, the canopy extends over the window of the second floor of the restaurant, in such a mid-autumn season, the leaves have almost withered, only the lush branches in the sunlight radiate a cold light.

In Luoshui, large and small ships come and go intensively, and the transshipment wharf not far to the east is even more crowded, and all kinds of goods transported from all over the east and west through the Cao Road are unloaded there, and then transported to the nearby public and private warehouses by carts and horses, or transferred to the ships waiting there on the wharf, and then transported by river boats to enrich the storage in the capital.

It is indeed a prosperous scene!

Tuyuhun originally thought that Guzang in Liangzhou and Chang'an in Yongzhou were prosperous enough, but when he arrived in Luoyang, he realized that Chang'an City was tall but not as prosperous as Luoyang.

Tuyuhun looked at Luo Shuijing from the window and commented silently in his heart, and then turned his head to look at the delicacies of the north and south on the banquet - the mutton common in the north, the wine from the Western Regions, the fresh sea fish from the East China Sea, the ordinary deer breast, mussel meat, red buckle, as well as the decanting camel's hoof soup and the soup made with seasonal vegetables such as weeds - it can really be said to be a collection of the essence of the four directions.

Minfeng Wufu, Junming and Chenxian, there are 300,000 people who can easily defeat Hu Luqiangkou's Xiang army, and now they have reoccupied Youzhou (everyone in the world believes that Murong Diao is part of the Jin Dynasty), and the next goal of the Jin army, which has no worries, will be aimed at the Xiongnu and Jiangdong separatist forces.

Once these two separatist forces are eliminated, which force will be the opponent of the Great Jin in the future? Where is the future of the Tuyuhun tribe?

However, what he has seen and heard in the territory of the Great Jin for more than a month, and the strength of the Great Jin, Tuyuhun has to start worrying about the future of his tribe. Because every time the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, it means that the grassland people will suffer.

Tuyuhun is not a person who doesn't know anything, he didn't know that the world is difficult in his early years, when he was a child, his father was in charge of the government after some hard work, the Murong tribe was a truce internally, and the people were on good terms externally, and the four realms were quite strong, at that time he was just a carefree child.

Later, when his father Khan died, the two brothers wandered away, and from that time on, Tuyuhun felt the hardships of life for the first time. However, the difficult life exercise did not knock down Tuyuhun, but honed his ability to surpass ordinary people.

After a period of observation, especially on the Mid-Autumn Festival, when I saw the prosperous market situation of the capital near the Zhouqiao, all the feelings of the trip to the Great Jin Dynasty suddenly came to mind, and it was not until this moment that Tuyuhun deeply realized the heavy responsibility of the position of the Great Khan.

"This restaurant is located between the transfer terminal and Tianjin Bridge, which is really a good place for Beijing! What's even better is that there is no second restaurant here, so what is sacred to enjoy the advantages of this place exclusively? Hey, do you know who the owner of this restaurant is? ”

In the midst of the thoughts, the words of the entourage inadvertently came into Tuyuhun's ears, but he didn't ask him, the entourage next to him could see that Tuyuhun had already wandered out of the world, and they asked the hotel guys who came to serve the food.

"A few guest officials don't know that the land and rooms here actually belong to the same owner, and the other party will naturally not open two of the same business to share the profits."

Although the wine was not strong, several people had already drunk their tongues a little big, plus everyone had a heart of gossip, and after listening to the words of the young man, everyone not only did not stop talking, but was further aroused to gossip.

"Oh! occupies such a lot and builds such a tall building, but which one of the capital's richest people is it? ”

No wonder it is said that Qian Silk is moving, although it can be seen but not touched, everyone is still curious, and they can't help but ask one after another, and even Tuyuhun on the side can't help but listen carefully.

"Where is the great rich? It is the famous British Gong Zhang family of the imperial court, the British Gong Zhang Hua and Zhang Mao have been Emperor Shiwu, Emperor Hui, and the current three dynasties, and there was originally some money, but it is not a huge rich. But since the restaurant was built here, this Zhang family has earned a huge amount of money, hehe, maybe in a few years, it will really be a huge rich family that can be counted as a number of Jingshi. ”

"Oh? I see, no wonder, it is said that the British Duke has won the trust of His Majesty, and if it weren't for his health, this cabinet scholar must have him. ”

"Yes, when His Majesty was still in the East Palace, the first emperor sent the British prince as his concubine, and the British prince has taught the prince well for many years. When Empress Jia was in power, he supported the stability of the entire court. When the crown prince ascended the throne, the British prince had to retreat behind the scenes to recuperate because of old age and infirmity, but even so, His Majesty had to visit the palace in person every year, and the saint was not declining! ”

"This restaurant is His Majesty personally issued an edict to the Zhang family, in order to compensate for the hard work of the British Duke over the years, when the Zhang family bought land to build a building here, at that time it was still not passable, the land price along the Luoshui River is not expensive, and the Zhang family only paid the cost of the building. And now tsk ......" (to be continued......