Chapter 351: Legends
When night falls, today's Linhuang Mansion is already full of luminous sand. Just wait until it gets dark, and then the light begins. In the past two months, countless people have traveled to and from Beijing, all of which they have seen with their own eyes.
Whether it is a traveler or a foreign envoy, as long as they see Shangjing still full of luminous city after nightfall, they will feel a kind of awe from the bottom of their hearts.
Not to mention that my hands and feet tremble, and I always unconsciously want to fall to my knees. Even in the depths of the soul, there is an indescribable tremble.
At this time, the Liao State was not only the overlord of the steppe, but also spread its influence to the Western Regions. Not only are there dozens or hundreds of vassal states within the territory, but there are also many international exchanges outside the territory.
If you look at the number of people traveling to and from the capital every year, it is definitely three points more lively than Tokyo Bianliang.
Since the Western Xia cut off the Silk Road, the Song Dynasty repeatedly imposed heavy taxes on passing merchants. It has long dealt a major blow to the transportation of the Song Dynasty to the Western Regions, and the Silk Road is almost dead in name.
When the Song Dynasty re-established the Maritime Silk Road, a large number of large food merchants preferred to trade in Quanzhou or Guangzhou, and did not need to come to Bianliang again.
Dayue and Dali in the southwest also did not mince words about the Song Dynasty. Political exchanges between the two sides have almost come to a standstill.
In fact, the most foreign envoys who went to Bianliang City were all faked by many big food merchants, and after forging a national certificate, they could go to Tokyo City to cheat and eat and drink. Give a little gift, and the court will give a generous reward for the sake of decency.
The Song Dynasty, which inherited the Zhengshuo of the Central Plains, was never stingy with foreign tributary envoys.
As long as the evidence of foreign envoys can be produced and tributes can be offered, the imperial court will inevitably give back at least double the value of the tribute, gold, silver, copper, money, tea, silk, and even other more valuable gifts.
As a result, many big food merchants like to pretend to be foreign envoys to defraud high returns.
Of course, this kind of trick is not something that can be played back and forth, and when the imperial court gradually learned about the inside story, there was a lot of disgust for the behavior of these big food merchants pretending to be foreign missions.
After the benefits are no longer proportional to the pay, gradually the big food merchants will no longer do such unprofitable things.
As for going to Beijing to cheat, it is tantamount to risking losing your head. Although the Khitan country prides itself on being a Chinese Zhengshuo, it is still a nomadic in its bones.
Don't talk about serious messengers, all fake and shoddy products can only be left behind.
After hanging out a few rows of heads, the big food merchants were very honest. It is true that people die for money, but it is also necessary to measure whether the pay is proportional to the return.
Even if the Great Song Dynasty saw through the disguise of the Great Food Merchant, the most it could do was to reprimand: "The evil demons have retreated!" ”
But Da Liao directly cut off his head, and no one wants to go to this kind of loss-making business. Besides, the Khitan is poor to death, and when they meet foreign tributes, they can't wait to leave all the people and goods behind, where will they give back!
Even when Da Liao went to the Song Dynasty to send an embassy, it was the chief and deputy envoys who went with a trade delegation. Taking advantage of the convenience of the diplomatic mission to do business without collecting taxes, first go all the way to the south to do some business.
As a result, the diplomatic missions that came to Daliao were all sent by real countries to complete their diplomatic missions. As a result, as soon as I entered Beijing, I saw the Yitian Tower standing tall in the middle of the school yard.
The school field is not casually let people go in to visit, but it is too high to stand the tower of Yitian.
With current construction technology, this is basically a miraculous wonder of the world. No matter how to prepare mentally, you will be shocked when you suddenly see such a tall building.
What's more, the outer layer of the tower is still wrapped in tempered glass, shining and shining, reflecting a dazzling brilliance.
Take a few more looks, and even be a little reluctant to look away. For anyone, this is almost a great spectacle that cannot be accomplished by human beings, and it is necessary to inquire more about it.
So someone next to him stood up and proudly began to introduce the grand occasion to others: "...... See, it's there. By the way, I was standing there at the time, and I saw with my own eyes that the Eight Miao Immortals summoned this Heavenly Tower from the sky! Brick by brick, all built in front of us. ”
“…… Oh, you're in luck! It is a great opportunity to be able to witness such miracles with your own eyes! ”
"Isn't that a great chance! The demeanor of the Eight Miao Immortals is still clearly engraved in my mind to this day. As soon as you close your eyes, it's as if you can see the grandeur of that day again! ”
And as the number of people coming and going increases, the news is getting more and more exaggerated.
Regarding the details of Ding Yang's public erection of this tower, not only did they have different opinions, but they also added fuel and vinegar. Just over half a month has passed, and it has already changed beyond recognition.
There are at least a dozen versions popular in Shangjing, and all of them are sworn to see with their own eyes.
There were indeed many people at the scene that day, but it was not so different that everyone saw the details!
Even Ding Yang himself was taken aback when he heard it. The degree of exaggeration rendered in it is even more mythical than mythology. Finally, many people have seen Ding Yang's appearance with their own eyes, and they are not talking nonsense in this regard.
Fortunately, he did not become a living immortal with a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet. It's so good!
The story related to the Tower of Etiacon is generally true, after all, there were thousands of people on the scene that day. No matter how different opinions there are, there is a general direction after all.
But when it came to the luminous sand, dozens of more versions of the rumor immediately appeared.
Even if the luminous sand was pulled out and laid all the way after Ding Yang finished building the Yitian Tower that day. Compared with the school field, this time the team dragged on for a long time, of course, there was a front and a back.
But many people insist that they were at the forefront that day, and they saw it clearly, and even knew how many eyebrows Ba Miaodao had.
It has become a confused account again, and the corresponding rumors are more numerous and more chaotic than those of the Tower of Heaven. This time, not only are there differences in the details, but also have their own opinions in the general direction.
Of course, in any case, it will be linked to the bloody night of riots before.
It is said that it is the compassion of the eight wonderful real people, with noble and compassionate feelings for the thousands of people in the Linhuang Mansion in Beijing, to set up a lot of luminous sand.
And among these luminous sands, there is not only the divine power of the heavenly immortals, but also the guards of the unjust souls of the underworld.
Anyway, all kinds of rumors began to spread in all directions along with the merchants or envoys who came and went to Beijing.
Among them, the most talked about is undoubtedly the Eight Miao Immortals, as well as the legend of a Taoist sect in Kunlun Mountain