Chapter 143: The City of Gold
In the afternoon of the next day, the delegation of Lang Yu finally arrived at the ancient city of Yinzi.
The farther you go, the thinner the clothes you are wearing. When Feng Miaojun arrived at this ancient city, he found that the ground temperature at night was also above ten degrees.
Trees are evergreen. This winter, it doesn't snow in the ancient city of Inz.
Along the way, I was used to seeing the snow, and suddenly returned to Xiaoyangchun, and my tense mood was relaxed. In particular, behind the tall city walls, there are rows of camellias, red and white. The group walked to the city again, under the root of the wall, in the courtyard can be seen everywhere pansy, a flower is purple, white and yellow, blooming as you like.
The architecture of the capital is very distinctive, and the style is different from that of the Wei and Jin dynasties. The locals like white, so the walls of the houses are often painted white. Wealthy families also like to add reliefs and paintings to the walls. Unlike the Zhuang Pu of the Wei Kingdom, luxury was worshiped here, and the families of the powerful added colored glass to the hollowed out doors and windows, and also liked to build ornate eaves to show off their wealth.
Feng Miaojun used to love exotic customs, and now he is amazed by it, and he can't wait to have two more eyes. Yun Kuai didn't like her embarrassed appearance, and sneered lightly: "Soil buns from the countryside." ”
Feng Miaojun automatically filtered this sentence. Didn't he just come twice more?
However, Yun Jie immediately introduced: "The rich people here like to build multiple eaves, and a net worth of more than 100 taels can be built with a double cornice, a net worth of more than 1,000 taels can be built with two layers, and a net worth of more than 5,000 taels can be built with a triple eave." ”
She looked at it, and sure enough, she saw many beautiful big houses with one or two cornices, and the eaves were decorated with gilded tiles or small beasts, "What is this hundred, thousand, five thousand units?"
"Gold. ”
"Wow, there's money!" "Gold is heavy in troubled times, so gold at this time is hard currency, about equal to ten taels of silver. The concept of one hundred taels of gold is a net worth of more than one thousand taels of silver. In Jindu, four taels of silver is enough for a family of four to live a well-off life for a year.
The wealth of the people of the capital can be seen. She kept in touch with Xu and Pengbai, and knew that the country was rich in materials, especially rich in all kinds of melons and fruits, herbs and timber, and the government rewarded industry and commerce and encouraged border trade, so the flow of goods was developed, and it was common for wealthy businessmen to be rich.
"Little money fans, that's all there is to it. Yun Ku scolded with a smile, "When you see the palace, I'm afraid you won't drool." ”
I have to say that Yun Jie also knows her better and better. When she saw the palace of the king of Yao, she did gasp hard in the amazed special photo of her companions.
Resplendent!
She used to think that this was just an adjective, but now she knows that it really has a model and a source.
The palace is located on the central axis of the entire ancient city of Inzi, and she can see the golden roof scorching in the sun from a long distance.
Pure gold, without a hint of variegation!
What a sight she had, and she could see at a glance that the roof was either gilded or gilded, or made of bricks of full red gold, piece by piece!
In addition, it has a full five-fold cornice, which pushes from the roof to the corners, like a raging wave.
As for the intricate line carvings and painted plates, they are also cast in gold. She didn't know if the roof of the inner courtyard of the deep palace was also made of gold, and the gold used up for the outermost palace wall and the tallest palace was measured in tons.
How low is the production of gold, and the royal family will stick it on their faces!
"It's so extravagant!" she was almost blinded by the ten thousand golden lights, but she couldn't help but continue to look through her fingers, "Such a high-profile show off of wealth, not afraid that people will dig it secretly?"
Yun Kui smiled lowly: "This entire palace is a magic weapon, unless you can destroy it, don't think of stealing the rafter." Over the years, I don't know how many people have been sentenced to chop their hands for stealing the gold from the palace, but none of them succeeded. ”
She was still sighing: "Only a local tyrant can think of making this kind of magic weapon." ”
"The third monarch of the country, King Chengcheng, worked hard to govern the country, and in those years, he was blessed with heaven and beauty, and protected the peace of the country and the people, so the country was rich for a while, and he also occupied a large area of territory in Bamayuan. ”
She sighed: "Bamayuan, isn't that the territory of the Wei State?"
"At that time, there was no Wei State. Yun Ku said with a smile, "Just as King Cheng was full of ambition, but he met a peerless beauty, he fell in love at first sight, and he had to marry back, but this woman made a request to him." ”
"What?" Feng Miaojun listened attentively and asked casually. When it comes to romantic legends, most girls have little resistance, and she is no exception.
"She wants a golden palace that covers fifty acres. At the very least, the roof must be made of gold. ”
Hearing this, Feng Miaojun suddenly lost his voice and said: "Golden House! I remember, this is the origin of 'the golden house in the book'!"
"Not bad. Yun Jie confirmed her conjecture, "Although King Cheng was carried away, he also understood that the gold in the world could not be cast into such a magnificent palace. So he came up with a clever way to use ready-made magic weapons to add casting. This crescent moon temple was originally the treasure of another small country, and it is said to be the cave of the ancient immortals, which was originally sealed in a set of scrolls. King Cheng forcibly recast it again, because the high-level magic weapon was of any size, so it only took 36,000 catties of gold to complete this difficult project. ”
"Only?" Feng Miaojun muttered, "Thirty-six thousand catties of gold are used, or are they used for such flashy decorations, can the subjects of the Yu Kingdom be willing?"
"Naturally, it can't. Yun Kui's voice was indifferent, and he couldn't hear any emotion, "How can King Cheng be already confused at that time, and he can't listen to any advice." And the Crescent Moon Temple was also forcibly captured by it, and it cost a lot of money to fight. When the Golden Palace is built, the people are exhausted, and then there is a great drought, and the money and food cannot be allocated, and the consequence is of course that the people's grievances are boiling, and the border air defense is empty. The surrounding small tribes took the opportunity to start an incident, and within two or three years, they became a prairie fire, and later occupied all the eight horse plains. ”
Feng Miaojun suddenly knew which one he was talking about: "This is the origin of Wei?"
"Not bad. Yun Kui said with disdain, "Since then, the country has turned from prosperity to decline, and it has not been able to reproduce the glory of the year." This golden palace is said to be intended to police the descendants of the royal family. ”
Sure enough, people's talking points are the tears of their predecessors. Feng Miaojun sighed: "Wang Cheng is wise and martial, how can he be so confused?"
"The hero is sad to pass the beauty pass. Yun Kai smiled coldly, "Besides, his opponent is insidious and cunning, and he has dug a pit and waited for him to jump." ”
"Well, that's not a record. "There is gossip to listen to, and she is very excited. can be described as "insidious and cunning" by Yun Cui, which must be very unusual.