Chapter 21: The Capital

Capital...... Or call it Luoyang, and it's not wrong to call it Luodu......

The thousand-year-old capital and the capital of the Three Dynasties. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even if Luoyang has suffered the first cold reception from the beginning of its construction to the present, and it is no longer the center of the world, those ancient buildings still reveal its glorious era.

Luoyang is bigger than any city in the world, any prosperous city in the world can not compare with the magnificence of Luoyang, the city wall of nine zhang high and nine zhang thick will be firmly surrounded by this ancient capital, tightly protected under its protection, the city wall is three meters a battlement, the sword is like the whole city wall to protect the airtight, any person with high skill must weigh whether he can resist the god machine battalion on the city wall patrolling day and night after ten thousand arrows.

Since Xiang Taishi gained power, the three-hundred-meter building within the Luoyang city wall was demolished and replaced with the barracks of the Zhou Dynasty army, protecting the last capital of the Zhou Dynasty day and night.

In the past, Luoyang was blocked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave Luoyang at the Nine Gates, and even the disciples under the door had to firmly abide by this iron order, and the merchant was the only one who risked his life to walk here, with them, Luoyang Gou lived for more than two hundred years, until the appearance of Xiang Taishi broke this rule, and the blockade of the Nine Gates was broken alive and dead, and the blockade line that blocked the four hundred miles around Luoyang was broken through, so that the Nine Gates no longer had the determination to block here.

There is a saying that if there is a 100% profit, people will take risks; If there is a 200% profit, people will ignore the prescribed law, and if there is a 300% profit, people will not even think about the danger to their lives.

Luoyang at the time of the blockade, smuggling profits are more than three times, a trip to the Silk Road has not entered a trip to Luoyang to earn more, it is those smugglers who are not afraid of life and death smuggling, so that Luoyang survived to the appearance of Xiang Taishi, and now although there is no blockade, but the profit is still at least 50 percent, these businessmen enter in an endless stream, so that Luoyang, which has collapsed several times, blooms with an alternative and hysterical prosperity, entering the city gate, although the military camp is full of iron-blooded atmosphere within three hundred meters, and a thousand meters later it is still the most prosperous place in the world.

Iron-blooded Taishi Xiang Kyushu, this name was changed by himself, but now it has become his name known to outsiders, he moved the Taishi Mansion from the palace to the location of the first building after the 300-meter barracks, the meaning is obvious.

Guarding the country, dying in the community, swearing to be with the court.

Bairen Mountain is undergoing inspection at the city gate, he looked up at the word Luoyang hanging high on the city gate, there seems to be a crack in the middle of these two words, as if someone split a sword, shook his head, Bairen Mountain walked into the city gate, two columns of fences cut the road and the barracks, vaguely saw the scene of the army continuing to practice martial arts, and the drill shouted endlessly.

"Luoyang ......" Bairenshan whispered to himself, the package on his back was full, like an ordinary businessman, he couldn't help but sigh, Xiang Taishi is indeed a character, this Luoyang has no entry tax, no business tax, but a merchant's paradise, it is by virtue of the continuous entry of these merchants, the city has regained its vitality, the strange and exotic objects of the south and the north can be seen here, even if it is the martial arts cheats of the nine gates, here also dare to clearly mark the price, at the beginning, the merchants of the customers are just Luoyang people, and now, Most of the merchants' customers were admirers, and there was no commercial tax, only land rent, and although these land rents were much more expensive than those in other cities, they were much cheaper than the insatiable sales of one or two and paid nine cents of the commercial tax in the jurisdiction of the nine gates.

Different from those lifeless sights and heards on the road, the atmosphere here was full of vitality, humming a little song, and after asking the Luoyang guards patrolling the road in Bairenshan, he walked to his destination.

Zhaoxiankan...... It is still the handwriting of this Taishi, the atmosphere in this world is too heavy on martial arts, and it can even be said that there is nothing else except martial arts, but the books that once recorded culture in the world have become the most worthless things, what is the use? Reading and not being an official, who still reads, although Luoyang City is huge, but it has already been full of positions, every family in Luoyang is studying and practicing martial arts under the strict order of Xiang Taishi, and the Zhaoxian Hall was only a place for these Luoyang people at the beginning. And to now, the Zhaoxian Hall is not only allowed to come to Luoyang, even if you are from other places, as long as you prove your identity and ability, you can still enter here, but most of the outsiders are people who can only have special skills, after all, except for Luoyang, the scholars have almost become extinct in other places, and only a small number of readers will continue to rush to Luoyang from all over the world, because what they learn can only be played in Luoyang.

There are many kinds of 'virtuous' recruited by the Zhaoxian Hall, in addition to scholars, even if you are just a craftsman, you can come, give monthly payments according to your ability, you are a craftsman, the walls built are better than others, your monthly payment is more, even if you are just an ordinary craftsman, you can also come here, and then the people of the court will assign you a place, and you will go to work to receive the monthly payment.

A very down-to-earth place, like a job search center, for the special situation of Luoyang, Xiang Taishi's hand can be called a stroke of genius.

What's so special about Luoyang? This city has been forced to change its face, what three dukes and six departments, six departments and five temples, it has long been useless, the officials of Luoyang have been streamlined to the point of almost rudiment, the emperor is young, follow the precepts of the first emperor, everything listens to what Xiang Taishi said, and as early as when the first emperor was still alive, this Luoyang has abolished those useless and no-man's positions, just the court of a city, what do you want hundreds of people from the Ministry of Rites to do? What do you want Taichang Temple Guanglu Temple for? In order to survive efficiently, these positions have been deleted and changed.

Stepping into the Zhaoxian Pavilion, the crowd of Zhaoxian Pavilion at this time is endless, the entry and exit are neat and the rules are clear, the entrance is the entrance, the exit is the exit, no matter what the 'Xian' is, you have to line up within the scope of the norm when you enter here, and there are many people like him who carry packages on their backs, and you can see at a glance that this is a foreigner.

Most of the folk customs come from the leader, Luoyang's folk customs are like a clear stream in the world under the decree of Xiang Taishi, compared to other cities where there are people, Luoyang City has almost done the road is not left behind, and the night is not closed, as for why it is said almost, because in addition to Luoyang people, there are many outsiders in this city.

In addition to the package can distinguish which are Luoyang people, which are outsiders, the spirit of the folk style can also be distinguished, even if the clothes worn by Luoyang people are washed white, but they still stand straight, full of self-confidence and self-reliance, and other outsiders, but full of inferiority complex, although it can not be said that it is hunched over, but shrunk shoulders, unconsciously by this atmosphere full of self-reliance and self-confidence shocked, after all, these people can only mix in the local area, will make up their minds to come to Luoyang, It's not just bumpy along the way, it's more dangerous.

Luoyang people are not xenophobic, and even many Luoyang people comfort those outsiders with miserable faces, every outsider enters the Zhaoxian Hall, is to contribute to Luoyang, are to contribute to their homeland, and the people who enter the Zhaoxian Pavilion are no longer outsiders in their eyes, but their own people who are about to become Luoyang people.

The Hundred People Mountain stands out among some of these people...... Oh, it's a little inconsistent to use this adjective, because he looks like a one-meter-two child, and many people have asked him if he is in the wrong place, but he shook his head very indifferently, refused to be thousands of miles away, and continued to wait in line.

After waiting in line for about half a day, it was finally the turn of Bairenshan to face the questioning of the officials of the Zhaoxian Hall, here it was to explain his expertise and ability, and then the official would arrange for him to go where to be audited, if he is not capable, he is fine, he can also work as a coolie, and the official will directly give you a brand, arrange to work where and where, and you can also have a full meal.

The official looked at Bairen Mountain in surprise, and after careful consideration, he said, "Child, are you going to be a handyman in the official school?" That is, after class, I wipe the tables and chairs in the house, take care of food and housing, although I don't have a salary, but I can still take this opportunity to study, and I will return here when I grow up. "This arrangement is very reasonable, the official school is the place of study in Luoyang City, similar to the school, let the hundred people mountain go in to study, do small work, this is still the official's temporary idea, after all, the students of the official school are the children of the entire Luoyang City, the official school is also free, wipe the tables and chairs or something are all done by these students themselves, the idea of arranging such an idea, is just to find an excuse to arrange the hundred people mountain to enter the official school, but it is a good heart.

Bairenshan shook his head, he didn't come here to continue pretending to be a child to eat and wait for death, he said calmly: "Good intentions are in my heart, but the official school can't teach me anything, I just want to ask what kind of place to assign me." ”

This little adult looked amused the official, and he asked with great interest: "What are your specialties or abilities, that child, I will assign them to you." ”

"I don't have a lot of abilities, and I'm only a few." Bairenshan said indifferently.

"Which ones? Let's talk about it. At this time, the official had a feeling of teasing the child, and he also made a decision, if Bairenshan was not here to mess around, he would be arranged to study at the official school.

"Astronomy and geography are useless at this time, when I don't know, a little understanding of humanities but not enough to worry about, only the agricultural and industrial officials know some, the farmers know how to make the land more fertile, the workers know how to make the building stronger, the business knows how to make the value of a thing higher, the officials know how to efficiently manage some personnel, I don't know how to allocate the place for these four specialties?" Bairenshan said.