784: Prosperous capital

Although the three immortals of the East China Sea are all famous in the East China Sea, in fact, the situation between them is not the same. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Ding Xiahe, the star fairy, is the head of the star faction. Although Xingzhu Island is lonely overseas, after all, it comes from the Central Plains martial arts. Even though the "Star Absorbing Great/Method" is notorious, all kinds of poisonous skills that emerge in an endless stream are also extremely cursed and despised. However, in the final analysis, the Jianghu martial artists in the Central Plains at most thought that the Xingzhu Sect was an evil demon and the like, but they did not deny that the Xingzhu Sect was also a martial arts lineage in the Central Plains.

The Iga faction and the Koga faction are completely different. These two sects are from top to bottom, and there is no Central Plains people at all, and they are purely the organization of the Eastern Ying Kingdom. Therefore, no one in the Central Plains Martial Arts will treat them as 'their own people'.

But whether it was the head of the Iga faction, Nobusuke Iga, nicknamed "Flying Sen", or the head of the Koga faction, nicknamed "Sword Immortal", Koga Divine Bow, they all tried their best to integrate into the Central Plains. The reason is very simple, because only in the Central Plains can they get out of their original identity - ninjas.

In the third year of Tang Gaozong's Longshuo, the Tang Dynasty and the Dongying Japanese army fought a major battle at the mouth of the Baijiang River. In this battle, the first won more with less, and defeated the Japanese army. After the defeat, the Dongying Wa Kingdom learned from the pain and sparked an upsurge of learning from the Tang Dynasty.

After a hundred years, the Wa State continued to send a large number of envoys to the Tang Dynasty to learn the various cultures and systems of the Tang Dynasty in an all-round way, and then completely copied back to the Wa State and established the so-called "law system" country.

In this country, the person who occupies the supreme position is called the emperor. Under the emperor, there is the minister. Under the minister, there are samurai. Under the samurai, there were ordinary people in other professions such as farmers, merchants, and craftsmen.

As for the ninjas, their status in the Wa Kingdom is extremely low. Although he has extraordinary skills, he is hired by ministers or samurai. But it's all about doing the dirty work, and the most dangerous of the jobs. They often work hard to complete tasks, and they only get paid to make ends meet.

The Iga faction and the Koga faction are the two largest ninja sects in the Wa Kingdom. As the masters of the sect, Koga Sword Immortal and Iga Flying Immortal are certainly not so poor. But their social status is almost no different from that of ordinary ninjas.

Because of this, the greatest wish of the two in their lives, Koga Sword Immortal and Iga Flying Immortal, is to break away from the identity of ninja and rise to samurai. As for going one step further and rising to the rank of nobleman, that is already something they can't even dream of.

In fact, two hundred years ago, the samurai of the Minamoto family and the peace family of the Wa kingdom rose to prominence one after another, and fought each other for supremacy. Eventually, the Genji clan won the victory and established the so-called "Muromachi Shogunate". After that, the emperor and the ministers were hollowed out and lost their power one after another. The samurai class is the power that truly controls all the Japanese kingdom. Therefore, it is only natural that Koga Sword Sen and Iga Hisen want to become samurai.

But in the Eastern Ying Kingdom, if you are a minister, you will always be a minister. If you are born as a samurai, you will always be a samurai. Born as a farmer or businessman, and always will be a merchant farmer. Ninjas, of course, are no exception. Trying to get rid of the restrictions of origin? is simply impossible.

However, although it is not possible in Toei. But if it's in the Central Plains, it's possible.

Nearly 100 years ago, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, sent a large army to cross the sea to attack the Japanese state. Although both times failed due to typhoons, the Wa Kingdom also saw the great strength of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

In particular, the Iga faction and the Koga faction were hired to find out where the Yuan Dynasty's army would land. The two factions narrowly escaped life, and finally got this important information and sent it back in time. Therefore, the Japanese army was able to rush to the place where the Yuan Dynasty army was scheduled to land, and built fortifications to resist resolutely, which became the key to the victory of the war.

Because they were active on the front lines of the war, the Iga faction and the Koga faction knew the power of the Yuan Dynasty better than any samurai in the Wa Kingdom. Moreover, they knew better that in the Yuan Dynasty, even if they were not born as generals, they had the opportunity to become generals. Undoubtedly, this was the envy of the leaders of both factions.

After that, the Iga and Koga factions gradually moved their base camp from the "" area near the capital of the Wa Kingdom to a small island in the westernmost part of the Wa Kingdom, which was named Tenjin Island. I hope to find an opportunity to enter the Central Plains and realize my long-cherished wish to get rid of the identity of a ninja.

However, in fact, within the Yuan Dynasty, the court also paid great attention to "heels". In a word, the people who belong to the golden family of Genghis Khan, as well as the descendants of the heroes who followed Genghis Khan's founding of the country, are called "heels". Such people can often be reused. Otherwise, you will have to be left idle.

In the past 100 years, the Iga faction and the Koga faction have also gained a good reputation in the Central Plains through continuous efforts. Even in this generation, the leaders of the two factions plus the head of the Star Sect are collectively known as the "Three Immortals of the East China Sea". However, the desire to be appreciated by the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty and promoted to the rank of samurai has never been realized.

The crown prince of the Yuan Dynasty Aiyu knew Li Dala, and went to the East China Sea to recruit the three immortals of the East China Sea for the sake of the recruitment conference. I heard that as long as you help the crown prince defeat your competitors, you can be canonized as ten thousand households. At the very least, it can be a thousand. Iga Hisen and Koga Sword Sen were overjoyed?

A long-cherished wish for many years will have a chance to come true, and Iga Feixian and Koga Daoxian didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed. Then they packed up on the same day, took a group of shinobi, followed the crown prince Aiyu Zhilidara, and set off to Dadu.

If you start counting from Genghis Khan, it has been more than 150 years since the rise of the Mongols. The Mongolian iron cavalry is almost invincible. The territory occupied by the Mongols was tens of thousands of miles wide from east to west. No country in the past and present can compare with it.

Of course, by this time the Mongols had long since been divided. In addition to the main part of the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than a dozen khanates, such as the Golden Horde, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ogedai Khanate, and the Ilkhanate.

Although these khanates were ruled by descendants of Genghis Khan's golden family, their relationship with Kublai Khan's line was mixed. And most of them did their own thing, and would not obey the orders of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

But in any case, these khanates were ruled by the Mongols. Therefore, during this period, the trade routes connecting the east and the west appeared to be unprecedentedly smooth. Since Dadu was the residence of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the feet of the Son of Heaven were naturally more prosperous. The envoys and tributaries of various small countries and tribes, as well as merchants from the East and the West, are innumerable.

Walking on the streets of Dadu, you can see coming and going, filled with a strong exotic style. Yellow skin, white skin, black skin, black eyes, green eyes, yellow eyes, black hair, red hair, blonde hair...... Almost all the colors you can think of, all of them are available, and they are dizzying to teach people.

After the preliminary round of the recruitment conference, there is a two-day break. The two of them, Koga Daoxian and Iga Feixian, had already agreed to take advantage of this opportunity to visit all parts of the capital. It's just that they don't know each other well, so they hook up with the star fairy, and the three of them go together.

If you want to say the most worthwhile places to visit in most of the capital, the first choice is the center desk. As the name suggests, this is a stone platform that happens to be located in the very center of the city, covering an area of one acre. A pavilion was built on the stage, called the Central Pavilion. The pavilion is three times high, and there are built-in timekeeping and time signaling tools such as pot leaks and drum horns; on the third floor, there is a big bell with a loud sound, which is heard all over the city. Therefore, it is also called the "bell tower".

In addition, the Xiejie Market near the Bell Tower is the most prosperous business district in the capital. Those who do business in this market are not only wealthy merchants from the north and south of the Central Plains, but also merchants from Persia and Tianzhu.

All the rarest and most precious things in the world can be found in this city. For example, precious stones, pearls, medicinal herbs, spices, precious furs such as mink, exotic treasures such as pearls and rhinos, and noble textiles such as brocade and rhinoceros are all available.

The land of the Eastern Ying Kingdom is small and the products are barren. Even if they are emperors, Guan Bai, ministers of first and second rank, and other ministers and nobles, their daily clothing, food, housing and transportation are often inferior to a wealthy landlord on the Central Plains.

Even as the leader of the samurai of the Wa Kingdom, the general of Zhengyi, who actually held the power of the Wa Kingdom, was far less enjoyable in life than the kings of the Mengyuan clan such as King Liang and King Taiyong. Not to mention other samurai, ninja and the like.

Therefore, even Iga Feixian and Koga Sword Immortal are both extremely strong masters of martial arts cultivation. But after they entered the capital, they were like two peasants in the countryside, and suddenly entered the emperor's Jinluan Palace. It's just dazzling, everything feels novel, everything is interesting.

Got up early in the morning, Iga Feisen and Koga Sword Immortal, plus the Star Fairy, the three of them walked together. They spent the whole morning near the bell tower in high spirits. At noon, the three of them entered a restaurant and sat down and ordered food and drinks.

These dishes are only common in the Central Plains. But if it is in the Eastern Ying Kingdom, it is already only the general of Zhengyi, who is eligible to enjoy it every day. Even the emperor and Sekihaku can only taste the level once during the New Year's holidays.

While drinking and eating, the three of them discussed with great interest where they would go in the afternoon. Suddenly, I heard someone on the table next to me talking in an official dialect with an obvious Sichuan and Shu accent, talking with his companions.

"In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong ordered to build a temple in Youzhou City to worship the soldiers who died when they crossed the sea to conquer Goguryeo, that is, the Minzhong Temple. There is a high pavilion built in the temple, called the Compassion Pavilion, there is a proverb "Compassion Loyalty Pavilion, go to the sky to grasp", it can be seen that it is tall.

The Daxiong Treasure Hall in the Min Chung Temple, the outer wall is framed by 12 pillars, and the interior is also supported by 12 pillars, the structure is unique, and the design of the imperial garden in the palace is completely consistent.

In the main hall, the three saints of Huayan are enshrined. It is Virujana Buddha, Manjushri, and Puxian Bodhisattva. The pedestal dedicated to the three saints of Huayan is divided into three layers, the lower layer is the giant seat of thousand leaf lotus petals, and each petal is carved with a Buddha statue, and the middle layer is the Buddha of the southeast and northwest four directions, and the top layer is the three saints of Huayan. It is said that these three icons are very effective. As long as you sincerely ask, you will definitely be able to answer your request. ”