Three days later, Qin Duan got on the boat to the capital, and if he took the land route from Jinling to the capital, even if he was fast, it would take about a month, and he would not be able to catch up with the capital before that year.

It is not the same by water, the Great Qin Dynasty was founded for thousands of years, and due to the vast territory of the Great Qin State, it slowly established three accompanying capitals, including Jinling, in order to manage.

In order to facilitate the connection with the three escort capitals, a grand canal was built from the capital to the three companion capitals, and the grand canal was built in a straight line, which can greatly shorten the traffic distance from the capital to the accompanying capitals.

Take a boat from Jinling, go up the river, it only takes seven or eight days to get to the capital, if you travel day and night, four or five days, you can get to the capital.

This time in Beijing, Qin Dui only brought Xiao Cherry and Magnolia, as for Red Sleeves and Yingchun, Qin Dui left them in Jinling, after all, this time to the capital, is a blessing or a curse, Qin Dui himself is not clear, there is no need to bring too many people, and the other point is the perfume business in cooperation with the King of Zhennan, which is inseparable from Red Sleeves for the time being, so even if Red Sleeves wants to go to the capital with the master, Qin Duan still let her stay in Jinling first.

Because the old man has a lot of inconvenience outside, there is always a need for someone to take care of him, the little cherry from a poor family can endure hardships, the body is good, and the person is also smart, the red sleeves feel that it is most suitable for the little cherry to go to Beijing with the master.

As for Magnolia? Qin Du felt that he would not be able to come back in a short time when he went to the capital, and he and these women could not go to the capital to accompany him a year ago, and he always had some needs that men must have, so he also brought Yulan with him, so that there were people to warm the quilt when he slept at night.

As for the little cherry, her age is still too young, and Qin Dui can't do it yet, so she can only wait for the end of the New Year, let her body grow longer, and eat her again, otherwise Qin Dui will always feel that she has a bit of guilt for destroying ~ crippled young ~ women.

After the New Year, after settling down here in the capital, I will take them to the capital. As for Li Xiangjun and Liu Ru, they will also come to the capital after the end, and the top brands in Qinhuaihe's green ~ buildings are often going to be performed in several big cities.

Therefore, Li Xiangjun and Liu Ru can come to the capital at any time, but after arriving in the capital, they still have to live in the Qing~Lou on the side of the capital, and they still have to be under the management of the Qing~Lou**.

In addition to the two maids, Qin Duan also brought a few male house slaves, like Liu Wu, the steward of the outer court, who must be with him, after all, the capital is a strange city for him, and with a few house slaves who know martial arts, he can always increase his sense of security.

The most important point is that Liu Wu has been in the capital for a few years, and he has a little knowledge, and he has a good person in the capital.

Of course, the big ship that Qin Du took was not his, it was Li Yongzhen's official ship that came from the capital and belonged to Dongchang. The hull is more than ten meters long, seven or eight meters wide, two layers inside and outside, comfortable furnishings, specially built for long distances, on the canal of the Great Qin Dynasty, it belongs to the medium-sized and large ships, of course, it cannot be compared with those tens of meters long sea ships.

Qin Dui took Xiao Cherry and Magnolia to stand on the bow of the boat and waved goodbye to the people who saw him off on the shore, and the people who saw him off this time, in addition to his own women, like the little prince Zhao Yingcai, Du Zicong, several brothers of the Xu family, and some people who met in the Jinling Book Club, to Qin Dui's surprise, Zhao Yan, the little county lord of Zhennan Wangfu, also came to see him off, which made Qin Dui feel special and face-saving.

The capital is more than 2,000 miles away from Jinling, not a day the boat sails out of the inland river, then crosses the river, suddenly feels that the scenery on both sides of the river changes, along the canal, a big city has Yang ~ Zhou, Huai ~ An, Xu ~ Zhou, Ji ~ Ning and other places, of course, it is also where the big tax customs are.

It's a pity that Qin Dusk doesn't have a lot of time, only to catch up, and he doesn't have this kung fu to slowly travel the mountains and rivers, and three days later, the official ship arrived at the Tong~Zhou wharf.

Qin Dui let out a long breath, and finally reached the terminal station, these days I have been staying in the boat, so stuffy that Qin Dui is uncomfortable to death, the boat ride in the winter is really uncomfortable, go out to see the scenery, the river breeze is uncomfortable.

Tong ~ Zhou is located in the east of the capital, is the canal ~ the northern terminus, known as the royal dock, people and things to enter Beijing are here to get off the ship and land.

Seeing that it was dark today and the gates of the capital had been closed, Qin Duan and his party had to stay in Tongzhou for one night before they could enter Beijing tomorrow.

In all cities of the Great Qin Dynasty, the dusk drum was sounded at three o'clock (five o'clock at the end of the day), the city gate was closed, and travel was prohibited; At three o'clock in the fifth watch (five o'clock in the morning), the morning bell was struck, the city gate was opened, and the passage was forbidden.

Whoever walks on the street on the second, third, and fourth watches shall be flogged forty times; Anyone who commits a night offense after the first watch is closed at night but shortly before the ban is opened on the fifth watch shall be given 30 lashes. Sickness, childbirth, death and bereavement can be passed.

The night life of the Great Qin Dynasty was very poor, in the eyes of the court officials, the night in and out of the city is not a female Chang that is a thief, and then it is dark at night, which is not conducive to the inventory of the city gate, and the visible line of sight of the night lights is limited, if there is an enemy attacking at night, it is easy to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of, so the door must be closed.

In addition, the ancient social thought is also made at sunrise and rested at sunset, that is, everyone generally has to rest at night, even if the modern nightlife is rich, but still sleep more and move less.

Moreover, in ancient times, the restrictions on identity and region were very strict, and the common people were not encouraged and allowed to run around often, and if they did not work, was it a rebellion? So closing the door and checking also restricts the contact of ordinary people, you want to keep the door closed, and you always check you, will you still run around if you have nothing to do?

In ancient times, the control of personnel exchanges was stricter than in modern times, and you had to rely on the road guide to pass through various checkpoints, and when you went from one place to another, when passing through the pass, if your road guide did not have the official seal of the government of the previous place, then you could only go to the prison to eat prison food.

Those who have watched "Journey to the West" will pay attention to such a detail, every time Tang Seng goes to a place, one of the things he must do is to ask the local government, king, and emperor to stamp his "customs clearance documents", just like in modern times, you must bring your passport to apply for a visa when you go abroad.

In ancient times, what we had to do when we went to other places was the same as the procedures we have to go abroad now, and when we enter a city, it doesn't matter whether it is a big city or a small city, we have to guide the way.

Therefore, it is much easier to catch fugitives in ancient times than in modern times, if there is no road guide, you will not be able to move an inch, and there is no place to fake this road guide in ancient times. Thinking that Shang Ying offended the prince of Qin by changing the law, the first thing the prince of Qin did as soon as he became the monarch was to settle accounts with Shang Ying, and Shang Ying had to go up with thirty-six plans, but he was arrested and got a five-horse corpse before he ran out of Qin.

In ancient times, if they came late, they would not be able to enter the city gate, and they would spend the night outside the city gate, of course, these refer to the poor, rich people or officials, who could spend money to live in inns or post houses outside the city for the night.

When Yanagishita Megumi became famous, because the city gate was closed, he and a woman were locked outside the city and waited for the next morning to enter the city, but because it was cold in winter, and the woman was afraid of cold, so Yanashita Megumi untied his clothes and held the woman in his arms for a night, without offending the woman, and became famous in one fell swoop.

Getting back to the point, Qin Dui heard the ship's report that he had arrived at Tong~Zhou, so he went out of the cabin with his entourage to see the weather at the first pier in the world.

By the illumination of the moonlight, you can only see the waterways vertically and horizontally, thousands of boats gathered, and the shops are densely packed, which is a prosperous and prosperous style.

"Qin Gongzi, the city gate has been locked at this time, and we will stay at Tong~Zhou Station for one night at night, and take a carriage into the city early tomorrow morning." Li Yongzhen also came to the bow of the boat and said to Qin Du.

Originally, the river from Tong~Zhou to the capital, for many years, was silted and sparse, and the imperial court was only allowed to go by boat in order to ensure the smooth transportation of grain, so other people all got off the boat in Tong~Zhou and changed to enter Beijing by land.

"Listen to Grandpa Li."

Qin Du said. Anyway, this time I came to the capital with Li Yongzhen, and he took care of all the food, accommodation, use, and transportation, and he just had to listen to it, and he didn't have to worry about it.

As the frontier of the capital, there are many officials and dignitaries who come and go, so the scale of the Tong~Zhou post station is very large, and it can accommodate no less than 1,000 people at one time.

Tong ~ Zhou Yi is also called Luhe Station, Tong ~ Zhou Wharf is the first wharf in the world, and it is necessary to pass through the capital in and out of the capital, so Tongzhou Post has naturally become the first post station in the world, commonly known as the Beijing Gate Station

Qin Du and his entourage followed Gonggong Li and they got off the boat and stayed at Tong~Zhouyi. Nuoda post station, although it covers a wide area, Li Gonggong specially asked the post station to Qin Du and his entourage to arrange in a large courtyard, the environment is very good, listen to the steward of the post station, this courtyard is generally only qualified to live in the second grade or above officials.

From this, Qin Duan could see that the power of Dongchang in the capital was really great, and Li Yongzhen, the eunuch of Dongchang, could instruct the steward of the post station to arrange for Qin Dui, a common man without an official position, to live in a courtyard where only second-grade and above officials were qualified to move in.

After eating some of the meals carefully prepared by the post station and rinsing his mouth, Qin Duan suddenly felt tired and ready to rest. Xiao Cherry and Yu Lan, who were in the same room, saw that the old man did not have any ambiguous ~ ambiguous hints, so they had to clean up the table, and the master did not let them go to bed, so they could only lie on their stomachs and make up for the night.

As soon as Qin Duan took off his coat and yawned, he heard a knock on the door and stopped. Little Cherry shouted inside the door, "Who's out there?" ”

"Those who live in the north house and live together in Tong~Zhou Station, that is, they are destined to come with wine, can you talk about it?" Humane outside.

It turned out to be a relationship, which was very common in ancient times. In these years, everyone is like this, under the limited technical conditions, take advantage of the opportunity to meet more useful people, and those who can live in the post station are not far behind, especially those who can live in the courtyard that can only live in the courtyard of the second grade, they must be worthy of befriending.

However, Qin Duan was really tired, and he was not interested in talking nonsense with this person who didn't know what the origin was, so he said loudly: "I am slightly ill, it is inconvenient to welcome guests, Your Excellency forgive me."

There was no sound outside, Qin Dui took off her clothes, and was about to ask Xiao Cherry and Magnolia to go to bed with her, when there was a knock on the door again.

"Who's out there?"

Little Cherry asked unhappily through the door panel, it's so late, and it doesn't let people sleep, it's annoying, Little Cherry is young after all, and it's easy to get sleepy.