The prosperity of Bianliang City in Tokyo frightened everyone and made them dizzy.

At this time, the city of Tokyo was centered on tall castle towers, and there were tea houses, sake shops, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses, and so on. In addition, there are medical clinics, cart repairs, fortune telling, face trimming, all walks of life, everything, the head of the big store is also tied with the "Cailou Huanmen", hanging the market banner, soliciting business, pedestrians in the market, rubbing shoulders, the river is endless, there are businessmen doing business, there are gentry who look at the street scene, there are officials riding horses, there are hawkers, there are family members who sit in a sedan chair, there are monks who carry baskets, there are tourists from other places who ask for directions, There are children in the streets and alleys who have heard and heard stories, there are children of wealthy families who drink wildly in restaurants, there are disabled old people begging on the edge of the city, men, women and children, scholars, farmers and businessmen, three religions and nine streams, everything. Prosperous and picturesque, it is innumerable.

And where they are now is only in the outer city of Tokyo, and the prosperity of the inner city is unparalleled.

Tokyo Bianliang has three castle walls, the palace, the inner and the outer ones, which divide the city into several districts.

Miyagi is the imperial city, the circumference of the palace city is five miles, there are three gates in the south, there is only one door in the east, west and north three sides, there is a horizontal street between the east and west gates, the south of the street is the location of the central institution of the imperial court, and the north of the street is the living area of the emperor. Licheng, also known as the old city, that is, the old city of Bianzhou in the Tang Dynasty, has a circumference of twenty miles, except for the two gates in the east, three gates on each of the remaining three sides. The outer city, after the reconstruction, the circumference is fifty miles, the city is four zhang high, and the city tower building is magnificent and magnificent. Outside the city there is a moat, called the Molong River, which is three times wider than the Bianhe River. There are three gates in the south of the outer city, two gates in the east, four gates in the north, three gates in the west, and many water gates. With a radius of about 50 square kilometers and a population of nearly 1.5 million at that time, it was the largest city in the world at that time.

Asked where the Qinggong Courtyard was, Wu Zhi and his group of four people had a lot of luggage, so they could only hire an ox cart to load their luggage, and the four of them followed the ox cart, entered the more prosperous city from Liangmen, walked on the wide royal street, and slowly walked along the sidewalk on the right to the direction of Suzaku Gate. The four of them walked all the way, looking at the flowers and flowers, and they were dazzled.

There are many shops on both sides of the royal street, carved beams and embroidered columns, the flow of people is turbulent, and it is very lively. The Xuande Gate leading to the Imperial City was left behind, passing through Jingling Palace, Secretary Province, Taichang Temple, Shangshu Province, Kaifeng Mansion, Daxiangguo Temple, crossing the Shangzhou Bridge, going straight to the Zhuque Gate, going straight to the Longjin Bridge out of the Zhuque Gate, going straight across the bridge, then turning left and going straight, passing through Taixue, Guozijian, until the Gongyuan.

Along the way, Wu Zhi had a preliminary impression of Bianliang City. A group of four people found an inn near the Gongyuan, first opened three rooms to live, very expensive, the big room is 500 Wen, the small room is 300 Wen, during the Jinshi Kegong Ju examination, the students who come and go from the south to the north are like carp crossing the river, there are too many people, which naturally pushes up the price of the inn restaurant accommodation!

The accommodation rate is too expensive! Helpless, Wu Zhi and his entourage can only live in advance, and then see if they can rent a house to live in a few days.

Although Bianliang is prosperous, the housing prices are very high, and it is not easy to live in a big place!

During the Song Renzong Dynasty, Wenkui Ouyang Xiu, lived in a public rental house in Liren Lane, Kaifeng, and he said in the poem "Answering Mei Shengyu Heavy Rain to See the Mail": "I came to Beijing to teach, and there is no harm in sheltering", saying that he had been an official for more than ten years, and he was unable to buy a brick and tile in Kyoto, and he only had his first apartment after 17 years as an official. Fan Zhongyan had been renting a house before becoming a Beijing official. It can be seen how high the housing prices in the capital are! Wu Zhi needs to consider the issue of settling down in the capital to buy a house, and it is a big problem.

Although the housing prices in Bianliang are high, the food is very affordable. There are many restaurants and tea shops, and restaurants abound, there are morning markets and night markets, which are particularly convenient for eating and drinking, and they are suitable for frugality. For this, Wu Zhi is still quite satisfied in his heart.

In the evening, a group of four people walked to the night market in front of the nearby Baokang Gate, and tasted a delicious meal of Beijing food, which was a celebration of the successful stay of the group of four in Bianliang, Tokyo!

Early the next morning, Takeshi and his party hired a carriage, which was driven and guided by the groom, and they walked around Tokyo City together. Everyone stopped and walked all the way, and at the end of the day, they almost went shopping, and after the introduction of the groom, Wu Zhi had a general understanding of the outline of Bianliang City.

The whole Bianliang City is like two large and small words overlapping together, the middle mouth is the imperial city, where the big inner is located, the imperial palace, the Privy Council, the province of Zhongshu, the province of Menxia, the Ming Hall, the Tianzhang Pavilion, the Baowen Pavilion are all in it, the imperial city is surrounded by a moat, there are six palace gates can enter and exit, with the Xuande Gate as the starting point of the central axis to connect the royal street, the royal street is connected with the Suzaku Gate of the inner city through the city, and goes directly to the Nanxun Gate of the outer city. The inner city surrounds the imperial city, the front is wide and the back is narrow, there are twelve city gates to enter and exit, Shangshu Province, Yushitai, Jingling Palace, Kaifeng Mansion, Daxiangguo Temple, Shangqing Palace, Yanfu Palace, Taimiao, Cai Xiangfu and so on are also located in it, the forbidden Zhongxing City is mainly in the Mahang Street outside the Donghua Gate, the famous alum tower is located outside the Donghua Gate, the ghost market is near the Xihua Gate, the outside of the city is also surrounded by the moat, the two sides of the Royal Street are the most prosperous and lively. The outer city surrounds the inner city and the imperial city, there are fifteen city gates to enter and exit, other imperial court offices are there, the Big Buddha Temple, Fayun Temple is near the Jinshui River, the night market is in front of the new gate, the Vermilion Bird Gate and the Baokang Gate, Taixue, Guozijian, Gongyuan, Wuxue, Yingxiangchi, etc. are all located near the south side of Longjin Bridge, the champion building is in the wheat straw lane in the north of Longjin Bridge, Qionglin Yuan is located in the south of Xinzheng Gate, opposite to the Jinming Pond in the north of the road, most of the official mansions are built near the Wuzhang River in the north city, and all kinds of Gongsheng students are almost gathered in the south city, Cai Jing Mansion is near Liangmen.

On Liangmen Street, hearing the word "Cai Jing", Wu Zhi suddenly frowned, looking at Cai Jing's Mansion with a deep courtyard from a distance, he was a little speechless, and felt a lot of pressure!

The head of the six tigers of the Northern Song Dynasty appeared unexpectedly, so the other five tigers should not be less, and the history is a bit similar; And Cai Jing is now a member of the Zhongshu House and a scholar of the household department, and his younger brother Cai Bian is still a scholar of Zuocheng, with deep roots and thick leaves. Wu Zhi now has a very low starting point, and it is not easy to fight with them, it can be described as a lot of resistance, and there is a long way to go!

But Wu Zhi also has his own advantages, he is a human being in two lives, and his knowledge and experience are much richer than those in the world, "knowledge can change fate", this is the truth that he has always firmly believed. He also has strong opponents such as Gao Yu, Tong Guan, Zhao Ji, etc., all of whom are big guys, but he is not afraid of challenges, and he also believes that he can face difficulties, have the ability to remove any obstacles in front of him, sweep away all the ghosts and ghosts, and set out a broad road.

The husband should do something, do something, since the goal is determined, he must move forward!

Wu Zhi not only needs to improve his own strength, but also needs help. If your own strength is strong enough, you can gain a foothold to save your life, and you can also shelter your relatives and friends who you care about. If his own strength is strong enough, he can gather talents, and without the help of talents, it will be difficult for him to achieve his wishes and goals, so he still needs more and more talents to help him.

And to achieve these goals, the premise must be to have power and money. Only with the right and money can you fight with the opponent, and only with the right and money can you buy talents!

How can I be rich? For this, Wu Zhi doesn't have to worry. The current Song Dynasty was a relatively open country, with a very developed business and many opportunities to earn wealth through business. Although the merchant does not have a political status, his social status is not low, and the imperial court also encourages business, and he feels that he can also build his own business empire and earn enough wealth, which he will slowly plan and develop in the future.

Now the key is to have power, he must find ways to enter the power center of the court, so that he can influence and change the situation of the court! He estimated that it would be difficult to change the fact that Zhao Ji was on the throne, but he could influence and change Zhao Ji as a person! It is that everyone will have seven emotions and six desires, since others can influence and influence the emperor, Wu Zhi believes that he can too, it is nothing more than to be cheeky, pull down his face and go to the camp more, more welcome, more whiskers and horses, and more ruthlessness.

There are a few things that Wu Zhi can do at the moment:

First, it is necessary to deal with the provincial examination, whether the questions of the provincial examination are made by the servants of the Ministry of Rites or other officials, and the scope of the questions is nothing more than the reform of the new law and the war against the Western Xia. At present, the Western Xia was already at war with the imperial court, and the emperor Zhao Xu and the ruling Zhang Chun, Zeng Bu, Cai Bian, etc. were all fanatics. Zhang Chun, Zeng Bu, Cai Bian and others only thought about the new law, attacking the old party, and currying favor with the emperor. Therefore, the scope of the provincial examination, and even the estimated scope of the palace examination, are inseparable from the new law and foreign wars, which he has already prepared, as long as he copes with the exam.

The second is to be famous, try to attract the attention of the world, especially to attract the attention of Zhao Xu and Zhao Ji, the more attention the better, so that he can have the opportunity to enter the field of vision of the two. Wu Zhi can be famous by virtue of poetry and lyrics, although he will always be a little weak when borrowing other people's poems, but his face is relatively thick, and he will not have too much psychological burden when borrowing. He can also be famous by kicking Keju, and he thinks that his Keju skills are definitely better than Gao Yu.

The third is to find some help in the capital, and he suddenly remembered who Zhou Tong was. Zhou Tong, a native of Shaanxi, is the master of Jintai who is "boxing but not gold", with excellent martial arts, and now he is the head coach of the Beijing Imperial Boxing Gym. Historical legend has it that he has several apprentices: Lin Chong, Lu Junyi, Shi Wengong, Yue Fei, etc., but I don't know if it's true or not.

Fourth, to solve the housing problem, the cost of living in a hotel is too high, and he needs to rent a house to live. With a house, he can put the things in his hand, "grenades" are always left in the hotel is not a thing, safety is not guaranteed, and he needs to do something else, he needs the house as a warehouse, this is a big problem that needs to be solved first.

On the third day, Wu Zhi learned after inquiring that although renting public rental housing is cheap, it is too troublesome and strictly managed, and although renting a private house is expensive, it is more convenient and more private, so he decided to rent a private house and rent a private house where four people can live in a house with plenty of space.

Pan Wei also wanted to learn more about Wu Zhi step by step, and was worried that there was no reason to live together, and he heard Wu Zhi say that he wanted to rent a house, so he readily agreed: share a house, and everyone hit it off.

After many inquiries, Wu Zhi entrusted Yaren (also called Yalang, the intermediary of private rental housing at that time) to help find it, and found a small house with a single family in the outer city, near the Three Corpses Temple, and there were still two huts left for the four of them, with a monthly rent of ten yuan, which was exactly what Wu Zhi wanted.

The rent is really expensive, relatively secluded, surrounded by a wall, but it is better to be private and spacious, the four people feel good after looking at the house, and it is relatively close to the tribute courtyard, so the Ya people as a guarantee, signed a rental contract, and the lease period is half a year.

Pan Wei enthusiastically invested, and when he went to Beijing this time, he brought 500 pieces of broken silver with him, and he was wealthy. Wu Zhi couldn't bear to brush off his kindness, and besides, Wu Zhi was shy in his pocket, and he didn't want to slap his swollen face and become fat, so he rented the house at his expense, remembered his kindness in the future, and then gave it back.

So, the four of them went back to the inn to pack their luggage, moved into the rented house, and Wu Zhi and the others finally had a foothold in Bianliang, the capital.