From the Yangtze River into the Qinhuai River waterway, along the way you can see the Dinghuai Gate, Qingliang Gate, Shicheng Gate, and then the West Gate of Water, the tall and majestic city wall is like a mighty dragon, it stretches to the south as if it does not see the end, it is magnificent, it shows the spirit of the imperial capital of Nanjing.

"How high is the city gate? Thirty-six zhang high. Ride on a white horse, carry a sword, and walk under the city gate. Peng Jingrong read a nursery rhyme first. Then he began to talk about the famous hall of Nanjing City Gate: "In fact, when it comes to the city gate of Beijing, Nanjing people can fold their hands and count out "inside thirteen, outside eighteen". There is also a folk legend that the name of the city gate is made of strings: "Shence Jinchuan Yifeng Gate, Huaiyuan is cool to the stone city." The three mountains are connected to Ji, and Hongwu Chaoyang is peaceful. These gates are clockwise from southeast to northwest: Chaoyang Gate; Zhengyang Gate, Tongji Gate, Jubao Gate, Shuixi Gate; Stone City Gate, Qingliang Gate; Huaiyuan Gate, Yifeng Gate, Zhongfu Gate, Jinchuan Gate, Shence Gate, Taiping Gate, this is often said to be "Li Thirteen". "Outer eighteen" refers to the city gate of the city, there are Qilin Gate, Xianhe Gate, Yaofang Gate, Guanyin Gate, Foning Gate, Shangyuan Gate, Cangbo Gate, Gaoqiao Gate, Shangshang Gate, Jiagang Gate, Fengtai Gate, Big and Small Ande Gate, Big and Small Elephant Gate, Jiangdong Gate. The thirteen city gates are all connected with the main streets of the city, and the streets are criss-crossed and intertwined, with clear primary and secondary and orderly. The city gates and castles formed the city's strong defense system and convenient transportation network. ”

This girl is a living dictionary, no, it's a mobile version of a search engine. Liu Ziguang really admired Peng Jingrong's erudition and strong memory, what he didn't realize was that Peng Jingrong's every sentence had actually been imprinted in his mind, and when it came to erudition and strong memory, his modified brain was much larger than the most powerful prodigy genius and the like, and his memory was much stronger.

There is another water pass on the south side of the west gate of Shui, called the West Water Pass, which echoes with the East Water Pass on the east side of the city wall, it is the pass of the Qinhuai River through the city and into the Yangtze River, and it is also the main road for ships to enter Nanjing.

There are a lot of boats waiting in line to enter the city, it feels like a traffic jam, because there are officers and soldiers of the sailor division in the routine inspection, so the march is very slow, fortunately there is a dock next to it, you can get off the boat and enter the city by land, these days I am tired of taking the boat, just get down to change to the carriage, the boss of the Nanjing Lianfeng has long expected that they will get off the ship here, so I have been waiting here for a long time with the carriage.

Liu Ziguang and his entourage got off the boat and entered the city through Shuixi Gate, and the paddle steamer was still waiting in line.

The ladies rode in the carriage, Liu Ziguang rode a horse, and the more valuable items and carry-on luggage were also placed in the back of several carriages, and the team that came to greet them and Liu Ziguang's entourage, the two young ladies' attendants, and a team of people and horses walked into the Shuixi Gate.

The real name of the water west gate is called the Sanshan Gate, there are three inner urn cities, there are four gate walls, the city wall is connected one by one, the complex urn city, the city gate of the urn city is also built with a gate tower, forming two buildings before and after. Each city gate is equipped with a wooden opening gate, and a jack gate for opening and closing up and down. When the enemy attacks, even if he breaks through the city gate and enters the urn city, as long as he puts down the jack gate, the enemy will become a turtle in the urn, and he will be slaughtered by the people on the city wall.

Liu Ziguang was once again shocked by the impregnable momentum of the city wall and the exquisite and complex design of the city gate, a pair of eyes were not enough, the gate was guarded by the soldiers under the commander of the five battalions of infantry under the commander of the nine gates, wearing iron helmets, carrying waist knives, wearing only uniforms and no armor, standing lazily, checking passers-by from time to time, purely for show, like a fictitious one, the flow of people in and out of the water west gate is extremely large, although it is not as good as the Jubao Gate in the south, but there are hundreds of cows, thousands of pigs and thousands of ducks every day, Countless fruits and vegetables were brought into the city.

The people of Lian Feng led the way in front, and naturally the road was smooth, and the convoy moved along the road by the Qinhuai River, and the restaurants and tea shops on both sides of the road were full of people, leisurely eating tea, chatting and listening to books. Upstairs in the brothel of the Qinglou, a gorgeous woman smiled and beckoned passers-by. On the road, peddlers and pawns come and go, those on horseback, those who sit in sedan chairs, those who carry burdens, those who walk, shoulder to shoulder. A metropolis scene.

This is the ancient Jingshi, the Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Ziguang suppressed the excitement in his heart while silently reciting. In such a big city, I'm afraid there must be millions of people. All of this is more real than any costume movie, and it would be nice to be able to record it all with a video camera.

Walk through Sanshan Street, not far away can see the Qinhuai River again, this is the authentic ten miles of Qinhuai Fengguang, the river is not wide, the river is clear, both sides of the river, the green buildings stand in a forest, the painting boat Lingbo, the lanterns are brilliant, the gold powder towers, row upon row.

Bustling! In addition to the prosperity or prosperity, the sound of silk and bamboo came from the painting boat, and the sound of selling along the street, and the neighing of people and horses were mixed together to form a unique symphony.

Further ahead is the Confucius Temple and Jiangnan Gongyuan, this is the most desirable place for students in the world, leading to the place of Feihuang Tengda, Liu Ziguang once read the "Confucian History" It is written that there is an old boy named Zhou Jin who saw the Gongyuan and actually went crazy, which shows the importance of this place in the minds of readers. Although it is still early before the autumn day, there are a large number of talents, prisoners and celebrities from all over the world who take the money from their families and live nearby all the year round, either to take the exam, or to meet friends with literature, and to make friends with officials and celebrities.

Where there are many people, there are business opportunities, the prosperity of the Confucius Temple area has reached its peak, the business names are gathered, the teahouses and wine shops are countless, the decoration of one race is exquisite, and there are a large number of small houses at the door to solicit guests. It can really be described as "the area of smoke and moon in the six dynasties, the place where gold powder gathers"!

Seeing the local Lian Feng taking them in the direction of Confucius Temple, Liu Ziguang was happy in his heart, and said that the people below still know how to please the leader, and they must live in a luxury inn by the Qinhuai River, and they can eat and play at night.

Who knew that the leader of the road suddenly made a detour, leading everyone into a secluded road, the road was surrounded by walls, it seemed to be a large house, and it would stop at the door of a big mansion after a while.

There are magnificent stone lions at the entrance of the house, and countless copper nails on the vermilion gate. The pillars on both sides are engraved with a couplet.

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Since someone took the greeting post and handed it to the gatehouse, everyone got off the horse and got out of the car, Liu Ziguang pretended to recognize the traditional Chinese characters for a long time, and then gently read out the couplet, shook his head and said hello, I want to go and see the horizontal batch. I didn't see the horizontal batch, but I saw the big plaque on the door, with four big characters on it: "Wei State Mansion".

It turned out to be the mansion of a high-ranking official, what are you doing here? Liu Ziguang was suspicious, there was already a little girl like a dough running out of it, dressed in a white suit, and she was also a tiger when she ran, she seemed to be a practitioner, and the old mother followed by a group of girls, all moving their little feet quickly, trying to run with the little girl in the dough.

The little girl ran out of the side door and was tired of holding hands with the Peng sisters who had already gotten out of the carriage: "Two sisters, why did you come, I've been talking several times, come into the house, I have already prepared your guest room."

Of course, the gate of the palace cannot be opened casually, the Peng sisters and Liu Ziguang, as well as a few close-fitting maids, and a few family members carrying things carry gifts into the palace from the side door, and the rest of the people are still waiting at the door.

Although Liu Ziguang's identity is the deputy general of the iron factory and the prime minister of finance, he can't mention it in the Guogong Mansion, so he can only follow behind like an ordinary general.

"The white-robed young general who broke the chain of horses heard that he had arrived in the capital, sisters, do you know, that's a matter of your Liguo City, a few days ago, I specially invited a storyteller to tell me this joke in the house. Let's go see the white-robed youngster tomorrow, okay? The little girl said to the Peng sisters.

The Peng sisters looked at each other, and Liu Ziguang was also a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect that he was already so famous, and he was complacent, so he heard Peng Jingrong say: "How can Sister Xiyuan be so well-informed, you will know it as soon as the young general who broke the chain of horses arrived in Nanjing." ”

Miss Xu Yuanhui of the Guogong Mansion pouted and said: "Of course, the white-robed young general is the person I admire the most, he was promoted to Jinyi Wei Tongzhi by the imperial court after the First World War of Liguo, and he only came to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division yesterday." Let's go to the Yamen tomorrow to find him, I still want to compete with him. ”

It turned out that he was still an impostor, everyone was relatively speechless and only smiled bitterly, Peng Jingrong asked as she walked: "What is the name of the white-robed young general you said?" ”

"Huang Tianba, Huangzhen, Haizhou, have heard it, his books have been talked about in the teahouse recently." Xu Yuanhui said.

"Who did I think it was, it turned out to be him, Sister Yuanhui, I'll tell you about this Huang Tianba in detail when I go back." Peng Jingwei interjected. It's this old acquaintance, it's not that the enemies don't get together, from Xuzhou Mansion to the capital. This kid is not only ghostly, but also more and more vibrant, this time we must defeat him!

A few people in the garden in the promenade while walking to watch the scenery, this is a typical Jiangnan garden, there is the protection of the promenade, even the rainy season can not stop the leisure and leisure of roaming, but see the rockery flowers and trees onion cage, waterfall falling; The water of the pond is sparkling and red fish swim. The rockery is composed of cliffs, cliffs, valleys, water holes, waterfalls, cave niches, step stones, etc., and is built with millions of catties of Taihu Lake stones. From the front, it looks like a natural thing. Although the height of the south rockery is less than three zhang, the ingenious design makes people feel that the mountains are upright, the valleys are far-reaching, and the water sources are endless.

Xu Yuanhui inadvertently saw Liu Ziguang when she turned around, and asked very casually: "Sister, what does this person do, I don't seem to have seen it?" ”