Chapter 42: Luoyang, the capital of the gods

Hua Kai stood on the carriage and looked at the walls of Luoyang City from a distance, and a shock that went straight to the soul came to his face.

He didn't know what Luoyang was like in history, he once saw the "resurrected" Shendu in a movie called "Dragon King", which had already made him breathtaking, he thought it was just a whitewash after special effects, and the real gods could not be so spectacular, after all, it was a city built more than a thousand years ago.

But Hua Kai knew that he was wrong, ridiculously wrong, even if it was the shocking divine capital in the movie, it was far from the one in front of him, and it was not Luoyang, the divine capital at the peak of Wu Zhou.

Even the current Luoyang is a more magnificent and magnificent building than what he saw in the movie.

This is the city, Dingding Xia, Shang and Zhou, all leading the Huanghuang Han Dynasty and the majestic Tang Dynasty, and the great city of Luoyang, which was called "there is no two places in the whole world, and there is no juxtaposition in the four seas".

Hua Kai was shocked and speechless for a long time, in the present world, he has been to Luoyang, but only saw a gray earthen city wall, mixed with reinforced concrete, where is there still a little bit of prosperity, refreshed soul ancient charm?

Because it was only a small part of the restoration of later dynasties on the ruins, it was not at all as good as what was happening in front of them.

However, in the heavens, Mingtang and other places that were later restored and rebuilt from historical materials, you can still see a trace of the afterglow of the Tang Dynasty, but it is only a trace.

And the majestic city in front of him does not exist in the history of the present world, but it is also derived from the world of the same civilization, just what appears in his field of vision is a magnificent city wall that stretches for an unknown number of kilometers, with no end in sight, and is dozens of meters high.

Perhaps it can be compared with the only Chang'an that is in the same world and the same era, known as "the palace is opened in nine days, and all countries are crowned with clothes".

He hasn't seen Chang'an yet, but looking at the magnificent and majestic Luoyang, Hua Kai suddenly had an impulse, this is a miracle of architecture, a treasure in the history of Huanghuang China, a gift from the ancestors, if one day, he can make this city of miracles appear in the world, how good would it be?

This thought was out of control, and after silently reciting the sentence "This is not a dream, not a delusion, there is a chance", he pressed it tightly in his heart.

"Brother Hua, there is Luoyang City in front."

Zhang Deshun looked up in the car and said.

"Well, I'll have to trouble Uncle in a while."

"Well, it's just that from now on, we need to change our name, Childe (Note 1)."

The carriage creaked towards a city gate, and when it got closer, it felt imposing, just a city tower that was at least ten zhang high, and it could not shock Hua Kai, who was used to seeing skyscrapers in the present world.

But this city wall is different, the gray stone wall, revealing the thick vicissitudes of history, green, red and white, red and green, colorful, like all kinds of glazed tiles, eaves, walls, columns, all of which are not permeated with a strong ancient rhyme, the skill of the devil's axe, and the wisdom of the unity of heaven and man.

This city has a soul.

There are three doorways under the city tower, the widest and largest one in the middle, and it is not opened, only the slightly smaller doorway openings on the left and right sides are open, there are soldiers guarding under the door, the pedestrians are like endless flowing water, lined up like a long dragon, coming and going, left in and right out, orderly.

From here, you can get a glimpse of the Tang Dynasty.

Some passers-by are wearing traditional wide-sleeved praising clothes, some are a combination of Hanhu style and unique narrow-sleeved robes of the Tang Dynasty, and many are simply foreign people from all over the world and all skin colors, and many are pulling teams of goods.

In particular, there is no feudal era of women staying at home, all kinds of women and girls still walk through the flow of people, the clothes are more colorful, only one thing is the common point of almost all women, most of them are draped in a long shawl, fluttering in the wind, extremely romantic.

Finally, it was Hua Kai's turn and his party.

Walking to the bottom of the door, two rows of soldiers holding Changge were lined up on both sides, but the soldiers guarding the city gate were all wearing bright light armor with terrifying cold light, which shows how prosperous and luxurious the national strength of this Tang Dynasty is.

An officer stopped in front of the carriage.

"Where did it come from? What to do in town? ”

This is just a routine interrogation, Zhang Deshun has already prepared, saluted the officer and said with a smile: "Master Jun, my master is a person from Xin'an County, who lives in Fenghua Valley outside the county, and does some business, just because the master's sister is suffering from a strange disease, and wants to find a famous doctor for treatment. ”

Hearing this, the officer was noncommittal, looked up and down at Zhang Deshun, who was smiling, looked at the carriage and Jiao Da again, and said, "Do you have documents?" ”

"Oh, yes, the documents are here, the township in the county, and the county offices along the way are all here, please take a look at the military master."

Zhang Deshun took out a stack of documents from his arms and handed them over with both hands.

The officer took it and looked at it for a while, then handed it back, glanced at the carriage covered by the felt cloth, and said, "Open the carriage and take a look." ”

"Yes."

As Zhang Deshun lifted the curtain, he saw Hua Kai sitting in the car, holding a shelf, bowing slightly to the officer, and Bai Yi and Zhang Yuelan were lying beside him.

The officer greeted and sent him at the city gate every day, and he saw thousands of people, and his eyes were very poisonous.

In his eyes, although the person sitting in the car is young, he has an extraordinary bearing, although the style of the dress is different from the present, it seems to be simple, but in fact it is luxurious and secret, the clothes used have never been seen, and the string of water jade on the belt dazzles him even more.

I have never seen that big girl before, and I don't know what a rare beast it is.

The original suspicion was suddenly gone, and my heart was even more empty, didn't this collide with a nobleman?

This kind of dress is not a noble person but also a wealthy businessman, and he is still such a young child, not a son, and he was born in a wealthy family.

Zhang Deshun has been checking his face on the side, and at the right time, he hid a brocade bag under his sleeve, stuffed it into the officer's hand without a trace, and saluted: "My little lady is suffering from a strange illness and can't stand the cold, so please raise your noble hand." ”

The officer secretly checked the brocade bag in his hand, he was too familiar with the feel and sound of this thing, feeling the heavy weight in his hand, the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked slightly, and he waved his hand: "Go over." ”

Zhang Deshun arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Master Jun." ”

immediately signaled Jiao Da to drive the car up.

The officer looked at their departing backs, called a soldier to check on the people entering the city, ran to the resting place, took out the brocade bag and opened it, and saw that the round silver beads filled the bag, polished and polished incomparably smooth, and the silver was shining, and this amount was at least ten taels.

He was even more satisfied with his leniency, not only the weight, but the style of the silver beads was so chic and shiny, it could not be from ordinary people, and if he really offended himself, he might not be able to get cheap.

"Wow, head, you've met a nobleman!"

He didn't avoid his companions on the side, and several soldiers couldn't help but exclaim when they saw it.

"Haha, take these, wait for the errand, let my brother have a good drink."

The officer poured out nearly half of it and laughed heartily.

This kind of thing is a well-known unspoken rule, as long as it is not bad and not excessive, no one will care, but will be happy to see it, and naturally it is not something that needs to be avoided.

But he couldn't make it too ugly and swallow it all.

Don't blame him for being happy, it's not that there are no people who hand him money, but most of them give copper coins, so they give silver directly, and give so many at once, they may not meet a few times a year.

At this time, the purchasing power of silver is still very high, he is a city gate, the annual Lu Lu except Lu rice, only the silver is only more than 20 taels, if only rely on the silver then how chic?

Hua Kai, who finally entered the city gate, didn't know what was going on behind him, and he didn't care about it, and after this pass, he was now greatly relieved.

Immediately afterwards, it was completely revealed in front of his eyes, and Tang Luoyang attracted all the attention.

The horse-drawn carriage walked leisurely on the wide avenue, which is the legendary "Heavenly Street".

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a book called "Miscellaneous Records of the Great Cause", which had a description of the Heavenly Street: "One hundred steps wide, two lines of cherries and pomegranates are planted on the side of the road." From the end gate of the imperial city to the north and south of the Dingding Gate of the outer city, nine miles from the north and south, the four looks into a line, the people are under it, the middle is the royal road, the spring flow canal, the reflection is in the meantime......"

This is just a description of Luoyang in the Sui period, and in the Tang Dynasty, especially after Lao Wu arrived in Luoyang, he didn't know how much effort was spent on it.

Dingding Gate is the city gate they just entered, "100 steps" about 147 meters in the world, very exaggerated width.

The locust trees planted on both sides of the road are not the locust trees that are habitually planted in the city in ancient times, but all kinds of strange flowers and plants, cherry trees, pomegranate trees, elms, willows, and all kinds of strange flowers and plants.

The pedestrians of passers-by are even more strange, not only the yellow-skinned Tang people, but also white, black, and brown skin tones, which are worthy of the name of the dynasty.

"What a miracle city......

Hua Kai couldn't help but admire.

Zhang Deshun smiled and sighed: "Yes, I have also been to the Eastern Capital several times, but I still feel dizzy." ”

As for Jiao Da, he has already turned into a curious baby, almost the same as Bai Yi, looking east and west, and can't care about anything else.

finally withdrew his eyes from the magnificence of the Tang Dynasty, and then remembered to give Zhang Deshun a thumbs up: "Uncle Zhang, it is really thanks to you that I can enter Luoyang so smoothly, or you can do it." ”

In these days, it is not easy to go to other places, especially in an important place like Luoyang.

If it weren't for Zhang Deshun's strength, his few glass beads were tempting, and he got those documents, it would really be impossible to be so easy, even if he wanted to bribe the city gate officials.

The document was genuine, but it cost him "a lot of money" to get it.

There is a history about him, probably "his ancestor" was originally a rich family hidden in the mountains in the previous dynasty to avoid war, and it was not until Gaozong came out of the mountains, it was not long, the high hall in the family has passed away, only he has a single seedling, some time ago in Pingding Village met his cousin Zhang Deshun and cousin Zhang Yuelan who were sent out early, and the latter thing is what Zhang Deshun said before.

If this thing really wants to be investigated, there are many flaws, and the biggest flaw is actually Zhang Deshun, who has lived in Pingding Village for so many years, and there are many people who know him.

Although he didn't know how he got round, Hua Kai didn't want to ask more.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't die by himself, no one will spend so much effort to investigate.

Zhang Deshun smiled: "Hahaha, crooked and heretical, it's not worth mentioning." But what should I do next, I still ask Childe to decide. ”