Chapter 2 Chang'an, Chang'an! (below)
Later generations of China have been proud of the Tang Dynasty, and the magnificent Chang'an City, which can represent the Tang Dynasty, is definitely the top priority.
"Chang'an Avenue is narrow and sloping, and the green cow and white horse are seven incense cars.
The jade chariot crossed the main house, and the golden whip flocked to the Hou family.
The dragon title covers the sunrise, and the phoenix spits tassels with the sunset.
A hundred zhang gossamer competes around the tree, and a group of delicate birds cry flowers. ”
A song "The Ancient Meaning of Chang'an" exhausts the prosperity and vigor of Chang'an, and at this moment, Xu Yang is walking along the official road of Chang'an on the edge of the Qin Nullah towards the largest international metropolis in the world today, and his heart is constantly looking forward to it.
The copper bells of the jingling bell rang in the wind, and the ethereal bell blended into the wind, turning into a trace of piano rhyme, making everyone's hearts in a hurry continue to be eager.
The official road of Chang'an is different from Youzhou, if you have to make a comparison like the national highway and the county road in later generations, the neat bluestone bricks, a low Youzhou five, the width of about 100 meters, Xu Yang feels that ten lanes are not enough to describe the width of the road, the carriage is very stable on it, Xu Yang thinks, this kind of road surface seems to be the same as cement, if you really take cement to pave the road to the year of the monkey, the three-meter-wide road in Youzhou is not enough to plug the teeth.
The trees on both sides of the official road are as neat as in later generations, and they look like they are decades old, and the further you go, the fewer the trees become, and finally you reach a flat plain, with only a faint mountain to the east.
Looking into the distance, a row of tall and majestic gray brick city walls is impressive, although it is already far away, but the majesty of the city wall still makes Xu Yang admire.
The city wall runs from east to west, like a moat, connecting the sky, and the convoy slowly moves towards the magnificent city.
The closer you get to the city gate, the more you can be shocked by this imperial capital, like a giant beast, lying on this plain, Xu Yang looked at Liu Qizhang Er and a group of city managers who were shocked and speechless, and snuggled his mouth, isn't it wider, if you want to say that it is high, it can only be a few meters higher than Youzhou, the city wall of eight or nine meters is already the limit, and the low-rent house where you live in later generations is also dozens of meters, what is this, one by one, the eyes are like copper bells, the mouth is open like a duck egg, and it looks like a hillbilly entering the city.
Those fathers-in-law were very happy to see Xu Yang's attendants like this, and their faces were full of superiority.
Say fast and fast, and soon the convoy will be under the city gate.
There is a city tower in the city, dozens of brightly armored Jin Wuwei are constantly patrolling, only to see that they are eating spears, wearing green robes, black belts around their waists, with black heads, carrying a bow and Tang knife on their left waist, and a quiver on their right waist, which looks very powerful, at least more powerful than those soldiers in Youzhou who only hold a spear.
"Hey, doesn't it mean that the light armor is the best armor in the Tang Dynasty? Why don't these soldiers wear bright light armor, and the guards don't wear more mighty? Xu Yang asked Father-in-law Cao curiously.
When Gonggong Cao heard this, he covered his mouth and smiled: "The lord is also confused, where is there anyone who wears Mingguang armor in non-war time, not to mention that the royal management of Mingguang armor is also very strict, and it can only be worn when recruiting foreign soldiers." ”
As soon as Xu Yang heard the explanation, he knew that he was making a joke again, and scratched his head embarrassedly.
After the guards checked, several fathers-in-law showed a small golden sign, and dozens of guards didn't even dare to ask, so they let a large group of convoys enter the city.
Entering Chang'an from Mingde Gate, there is Zhuque Street, the main road of Chang'an.
Passing through the tall city gate more than ten meters long, the eyes suddenly opened up.
Datang's Chang'an opened her arms and integrated Xu Yang into her body.
At this time, it was noon, the bright sunlight sprinkled the whole Chang'an City, so that this world city is full of vitality and vitality, only to see a full 150 meters wide Suzaku Street people come and go, walking, carrying burdens, riding horses, sedan chairs, the bustling sound is endless, the sky is blue is not like words, as if a basin of shallow sea that has never been polluted is reflected in the sky.
Chang'an City, the capital of the world, has a circumference of more than 30 kilometers, an area of about 84 square kilometers, raising two million mobile population every day, countless populations have contributed to the prosperity of the city, 14 streets in the east and west, 11 streets in the north and south, with Zhuque Street as the central axis, there are two markets in the east and west of the city respectively, which concentrate the main business of Chang'an, and there are four ditches in the city; Yong'an Canal, Qingming Canal, Yellow Canal, Longshou Canal, provide living and environmental water, there is a famous artificial garden in the southeast corner of the city: Furong Garden.
Xu Yang looked like a curious baby, he had been to many cities, but he had never seen a few cities more than 1,300 years ago, and this majestic Chang'an could fully satisfy his curiosity.
The caravan did not stop, continued to walk forward, the Liu family's shop is in Jingshanfang next to Zhuque Street, that is a good place, in the center of Chang'an City, to other squares are very close, this is also a piece of land that the Liu family earned a lot of money to buy in Chang'an, on the small land in the north of that square or Zhang Taishou did the guarantee to buy, after all, the land in the center of the imperial city, not with more money can be said to buy it.
Walking on the Vermilion Bird Street in Chang'an City, Xu Yang found that the road under his feet turned out to be a pavement of loess compaction, which seems to be more backward than Youzhou, Youzhou is also a bluestone pavement, an international metropolis actually uses loess paving in the city, it is really shabby, on both sides of the road is a row of shaded elm trees, locust trees, deep drainage ditches on the side of the road, outside the ditch is the wall of each square, Xu Yang knows, inside the wall is the courtyard of the deep house, the eaves of the temple and the Taoist temple can be seen faintly.
Walking on the road, you can see many newcomers, and there are many foreign faces, but you can't see the good atmosphere of doing business everywhere in Youzhou, there is no shop on the street, all you see is a high wall, occasionally you can see a very magnificent house, open your own door on the fang wall, there are two rows of halberds at the door, and there are a local tyrant slaves guarding.
Gonggong Cao quietly told Xu Yang that these mansions facing the street were the homes of princes and nobles and relatives of the third rank and above, and they could only open the door to the street with the permission of the system, and the doors of ordinary people could only be opened to the inside of the square.
Xu Yang couldn't help but secretly discuss to himself, what kind of strange regulations are this, how can there be good free folk customs in Youzhou, and it is more convenient to open the door of the house to the street.
Xu Yang asked Cao Gonggong why he didn't open a store, Cao Gong announced that Xu Yang was not allowed to open a store on the street, and if he wanted to buy goods, he could only go to the East and West Market, and at the same time, he also built Yì Daodong City, which is generally dominated by goods from other countries, especially the goods of the Hu people, which are basically all sold in the East Market. At the same time, it is very kind to Xuyang, along the east-west street, the place where you go east and three squares is the East Market, and the place where you go west is the West Square. Every afternoon, the city drum is sounded and the shops are opened.
Continuing to walk along Zhuque Street, the convoy stopped at Jingkangfang, Xu Yang explained two more sentences, and said to Liu Fangyan that he would come to him to discuss some things after the face was finished, so that he would not return to Youzhou in the short term, the old man also nodded incessantly, and arranged Liu Qizhang Er and a group of chengguan captains, and Xu Yang got into the carriage of several fathers-in-law
Bidding farewell to the carriage of the caravan, several fathers-in-law took Xu Yang to face the saint.
Without the fetters of the caravan, the carriage ran fast, and the pedestrians on the road were very annoyed when they saw a rampaging carriage coming, and they wanted to scold twice, but as soon as they saw the fluttering 'emperor' flag on the carriage, they immediately died down.
It was not until the Vermilion Bird Gate that he got off the carriage, and after the Suzaku Gate, he entered the imperial city, so the garrison here was very strict, and hundreds of Jin Wuwei wearing red robes and more draped clothes walked around the city tower, holding Mo knives, looking majestic and fluttering, unstoppable.
This is not a notch higher than the guards I saw at the Mingde Gate.
The father-in-law showed the gold medal as usual, but he was still called off the carriage and searched his body one by one before letting Tong Guò go, and finally the big box that Xu Yang brought was detained.
Xu Yang was suddenly in a hurry, how could he succeed in fooling Li Er without those things, not fooling Li Er, what should I do if Li Shimin, the great god, was excited to give himself the charge of killing his head, when he came from Youzhou to meet the saint, the old man of the Liu family quietly told him, the three hundred city managers can not be, now the world has just stabilized, and His Majesty does not want to see the private army appear.
Xu Yang was sweating when he said this, he just wanted to find a team to protect himself, don't encounter a troubled world and be cut down, but he forgot the truth that the husband is not guilty and is guilty, Li Er will never allow a private army to appear, with the control of an emperor, he will definitely nip threatening things in the bud.
Thinking about it like this, Xu Yang almost had the idea of disbanding the Chengguan Brigade, what private soldiers, what guards don't want to do it, don't kill me, but this idea just flashed in his mind and disappeared, and now he is completely disbanded to tell Li Er that he has a ghost in his heart, and it is strange not to kill himself, at that time, Xu Yang knew that he really jumped into a circle of fire, and originally thought that he would be appreciated by the emperor by constantly making items for the future, but now that he thinks about it, he is too young and naïve.
The wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, and the bird is hidden. This kind of emperor's bad tricks, later generations have listened to the history of junior high school and high school over and over again, and now they have not learned the lesson, and the students in the history books will laugh at themselves in the future.
Therefore, Xu Yang's visit to Beijing this time is also ready for a psychological game with Li Er, the first emperor of the ages.
"These are all gifts that I must have to meet His Majesty, and there are many treasures from overseas, if you don't let it go, then it will not be my responsibility to punish him." Xu Yang stared at the Jin Wuwei and said fiercely.
When the leader of the inspecting Jin Wuwei heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth and thought for a while, and finally waved his big hand, "Let go!" ”
Xu Yang smiled and said, "Thank you, military masters." With both hands clenched into fists, I don't know when a golden bean fell to the ground in the wide green official sleeve robe, Xu Yang pretended not to see it and got up and left, leaving a group of Jin Wuwei who were slightly in a daze.
"This person knows that the law of the Tang Dynasty can't be bribed, but the things he picks up are not considered bribes, if he is really a thoughtful person, you guys will pay attention next time, usually treat this person better, and the benefits will be indispensable in the future." Chen Chumo, the leader of Jin Wuwei, said to the group of brothers beside him, and at the same time looked at the back of the man in the distance, and his eyes did not leave for a long time.
Everyone is also bright-eyed, a golden bean will be sent, and he is also a wealthy person, next time he will have to stammer, and said in unison: "No!" ”
I haven't seen this person in Chang'an, but the arrogance on his body can't reach him, a person who has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, who is he? Chen Chumo watched from afar as the five-grade green-robed man disappeared from his sight, and his heart was full of questions.
Xu Yang felt that it was really troublesome, a few hundred meters of road, there were a total of five checkpoints, all of them were searched and verified, and he didn't know how much he was taken advantage of by those eunuchs, especially his big box, the contents were taken out and put on the past for study, for fear that some organ would hurt His Majesty, Li Er's anti-terrorism work was really amazing.
Finally, after the sixth checkpoint, a father-in-law shouted towards the hall in the distance with his throat: "Xu Yang, a man from Youzhou County, asks to see His Majesty the Son of Heaven!" ”
"Youzhou County male Xu Yang begged to see His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven!"
"Youzhou County male Xu Yang begged to see His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven!" The voice came from afar three times before stopping, Xu Yang was curious, and vaguely heard another voice.
"Xuan, Youzhou County male Xu Yang is here!"
"Xuan, Youzhou County male Xu Yang is here!"
"Xuan, Youzhou County male Xu Yang is here!"