"Father, is this Chaoge?"

Su Daji lifted the curtain and looked at the majestic city not far away, revealing a look of amazement.

Compared with the Chaoge that Bo Yi Kao and Jiang Wenhuan saw seven years ago, it is only the prototype of a brilliant giant city, and after these years of construction and reinforcement, Chaoge has become a veritable first city in the world, where the luck of the country lies.

Originally, Jizhou City, which was already large enough in the Su family's heart, was reduced to a small county town compared to one of them.

"Pay attention to your identity and don't make a fuss. ”

Su Hu whispered, and Su Daji flattened her mouth and retracted her head.

"It's huge!"

In fact, Su Hu's heart was even more shocked, and his waist on the horse was slightly bent, feeling that he was a little shorter out of thin air in front of this unprecedented giant city.

When the king ascended the throne, the princes of the world congratulated him, and the song at that time was still a town, and the scale was indeed not much larger than that of Jizhou.

Since the destruction of Dongyi, over the years, the Great Shang has been developing steadily, tepid, so that the sense of existence is far lower than that of the four princes who changed the law, such as Su Hu, the second-echelon princes, also think that the central government has a tendency to lose power.

But now that he saw the grand scene of the song with his own eyes, and then thought about the devastation of the Battle of Jizhou not long ago, Su Hu found that compared with the speed of development, the four princes were not as good as the big merchants.

After the convoy entered the city, walking on the wide avenue, looking at the slave roads on both sides, Su Hu nodded.

That's normal.

However, the slaves who walked on it had a low status, but their mental outlook changed significantly.

It is true that in the past, slaves were equal to livestock, and even worse than livestock, but in just a few years, the living conditions of slaves have been greatly improved.

This was not ordered from above, but forced by the slave owners.

At the juncture when slaves were rumored to be converted into soldiers and freed, if they did not change, more and more slaves would defect.

Rather than triggering a large-scale defection and causing huge losses, the slave owners had no choice but to pinch their noses and improve the conditions of their slaves.

Now the slaves in the territory of the Great Shang are somewhat similar to the hired farmers of later generations, and when the slaves are working, they can also leave a part of the grain as their own, although the status is still very low, but at least they live as human beings.

As a result, the cost increased greatly, and the slave owners hated the four princes to the core.

Su Hu looked at it coldly.

Soon, the convoy came to the front of the post house, and Su Hu's family members got off the car one after another and walked into the spacious and tidy interior.

For the house, there are dozens of courtyards, and some officials personally arranged the Su family in the clean upper room, and then sent people to listen to the call.

Finally arrived at Chaoge, Su Hu came to the room, and the fatigue and pressure accumulated in recent months all came up.

In the battle of Jizhou City, although the armies of the three princes retreated, it also dealt a near-devastating blow to Su Hu's rule.

First of all, the dead and wounded of his generals.

It is not easy to train a general in this era, basically the princes with surnames are qualified, and the experience of using soldiers is either dictated or recorded in bamboo slips, passed down from generation to generation, so that the cultivation of a cadre may require several generations of accumulation, but the loss of generals is just a white knife into a red knife out of kung fu.

Then there is the threat of slaves.

In the last fight, Nangong Shi ordered a thousand stragglers to storm the city and release the slaves on a large scale, many slaves took advantage of the war to escape, due to the chaos in the city, it was difficult to catch, and the rest of the original cowardice gradually gained courage.

People are all conformists, and the slave rebellion in Jizhou City was originally just a reason, and it couldn't turn over the storm, but at the juncture when the strength of the city guards was greatly weakened, the slaves began to move, and there was a possibility of making it true.

Therefore, Su Hu immediately made a decision and asked Wang Shi to guard Jizhou, and he moved his family to sing and face the saints.

In view of this, Su Daji may enter the palace to serve His Majesty, and Huang Tianhua did not dare to slack off, escorting him all the way.

Now that he has arrived safely in Chaoge, while breathing a sigh of relief, Su Hu is thinking about a way to recapture Jizhou.

This recapture is a real return to the past Jizhou City, and it is not a matter of worrying and living a precarious life after going back.

All kinds of thoughts came to his mind, and Su Hu's face was sometimes sad, sometimes resentful, and finally closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

When he awoke, the shadow of the sun had shifted westward, and it was past noon, and his stomach was growling.

Su Hu didn't mean to get up, but there was an aroma outside the door, and he couldn't help but follow the smell and walked to the outer hall, where he saw that a table of wine and food had been prepared, and many officials and businessmen were dining.

"Three meals a day?"

Su Hu was surprised.

Three meals a day is usually just the treatment of princes, and even many small princes can't maintain decent three meals, but in Chaoge, even if it is a small people, it is customary to eat three meals a day, and the hotel restaurants that open their doors to do business don't care about meals, they eat as they go.

After Su Hu had eaten, he personally experienced the wealth of Chaoge, and a certain idea in his heart became clearer and clearer.

However, just after the meal, an old man who looked like a housekeeper stepped forward to salute and handed over the name card with both hands: "My lord invites Su Hou to enter the elegant platform and appreciate the debate of the famous masters." ”

Su Hu took the name card and looked at the novelty: "Famous?"

Along the way, he communicated with the Huang brothers and also had a certain understanding of the current political and cultural situation of Chaoge.

During this period, Huang Tianjue mentioned that Chaoge now often holds debates.

If the name is not right, it will not go well, and if it is not good, it will not be done, and the famous family seems to be an emerging product, but in fact it has been recognized by His Majesty, and the celebrity who has a famous debate and ideological trend has a very high status.

And the most discussed by these celebrities is the reform and change of the law.

Due to the drastic changes implemented by the four princes, the old concepts are constantly being impacted by the new system, and the new system has not yet been recognized by all classes.

"Be sure to go to the appointment. ”

Su Hu solemnly accepted the invitation and asked casually: "Ben Hou has just arrived in the court, and he hasn't asked for advice, who is the most famous celebrity now?"

The old man's face was slightly weird, and he paused: "It is a foreign Taoist priest, named Shen Gongbao." ”

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At sunset, the fire trees and silver flowers, but the pedestrians on the street did not decrease, Su Hu took a few attendants and went to Fengyatai.

Fengyatai is located in the west of the city, and the star picking platform is built by the king of the four years at the same time, but the latter is in the palace city, is the place where the palace sleeps, it is said that the sun, moon and stars are surrounded by it, Fengyatai is the place where pure scribes and celebrities gather, along the way the wind blows the clear water, the flowers bloom undefeated, the pavilions and pavilions and the lake and the forest reflect each other, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

The debate in Taichung is not as Su Hu imagined before, the barriers to support and opposition are strict, you say what I say is like a sword, from the seat, the scene seems very casual, there is wine and tea on the table, seasonal fresh fruits, those literati and celebrities are sitting or lying, the atmosphere is harmonious, and there is no tension between you and me.

There is only one Taoist within a few zhang of his side, and there is no one else, but he drinks alone, leisurely.