"Bell... Clang... Bell ......"

In the early morning, with the ringing of the morning bell, the Chaoyang Gate of the inner city in the east of the Forbidden City of Nanjing slowly opened, and the left guard soldiers and horses of the government army who were responsible for guarding this place also jumped out.

In just a moment, more than 100 left guards and horses of the government army stood on both sides of Chaoyangmen, and a team of soldiers withdrew the rejected horses on the Chaoyangmen Bridge.

After they had done all this, many people from the outer city on the other side of Chaoyang Bridge lined up to enter the city.

In the team, three young men in mandarin duck jackets were very eye-catching.

Walking in the crowd of people, Yang Zhan couldn't help but complain: "If there were horses, I'm afraid we would have entered the city." ”

"Who would have thought that there were no horses sold in the huge city of Nanjing? Rest, it's not far anyway. Zhu Gaoxu comforted Yang Zhan, and then followed the crowd to the gate of Chaoyang.

"Which one?"

When he came to the gate of Chaoyang Gate, he saw Zhu Gaoxu and the three of them wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, and a small flag officer stepped forward to ask, his tone was not good, but it was not arrogant.

"The children of the military attachés of the Great Sect Field entered the inner city today to go to the left guard of Yulin on an errand."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said the reason why he entered the city.

"Yulin Left Guard?" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the little flag officer waved his hand and signaled that they could go in.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu and the three of them also took the opportunity to walk into Chaoyangmen.

After entering the Chaoyang Gate, they came to the inner city, and two miles ahead was the imperial city.

"From the left and right of the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City to the left and right of the Dong'an Gate, it belongs to the jurisdiction of the Jinwu Left Guard, the Yulin Left Guard, and the Left Guard of the Imperial Army, but I don't know where Your Highness will be assigned to."

Yang Zhan looked at the blue brick roads and brick buildings all around, and couldn't help but be overjoyed by the prosperity of the inner city, and was very envious of Zhu Gaoxu's future errand in the inner city.

Although he and Wang Xuan are also the children of military attachés, it is impossible for them to be on an errand in the inner city before they pass the examination.

Moreover, even if they pass the examination school, judging by the location where their fathers served, most of them will be called back.

Unless they can make repeated military exploits in the future and be promoted to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, I am afraid that this Nanjing City will have no chance with them for life after the examination is over.

Yang Zhan was envious, Zhu Gaoxu asked passers-by how to get to the Yulin Left Guard station, and after getting the news, he took the two of them over.

I have to say that he was used to walking on the dirt roads in the outer city, and when he suddenly came to the inner city to walk on the blue brick road, Zhu Gaoxu himself was a little uncomfortable.

He didn't think there was anything about the prosperity of the inner city, after all, no matter how prosperous the city of this era was, it would not be as prosperous as the antique buildings that were built with huge wealth in later generations, let alone the prosperity of modern cities.

However, for people of this era, the difference between the inner and outer cities of Nanjing can be seen simply from the clothes worn by pedestrians.

On the street, although the pedestrians are still mainly dressed in short brown, there are inevitably rich and noble families wearing silk silk protection, satin plate-collared robes, and round-necked robes.

In addition, instead of cloth towels, the pedestrians wore more extravagant nets, and their clothes were no longer made of coarse cloth, but of more delicate spun fabrics.

And in terms of skin color, the skin tone of the inner city is also fairer, and there are fewer calluses and scars on the hands.

Here, Zhu Gaoxu can clearly distinguish who is from the inner city and who is from the outer city.

The difference is not obvious in men, but it is even greater in women.

The women in the inner city who came and went were basically wearing silk silks, with some silver and copper ornaments on their heads, and their skin was relatively fair, and their bodies were slender.

Since Chaoyangmen and the Imperial City are surrounded by rich and noble families, many women travel with one or two families behind them.

The rules of the Hongwu Dynasty were strict, and the closer to the emperor was, the stricter they were, so there were no slaves to be seen in the city of Nanjing.

The reason why the slaves are not visible is that Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that concubines and servants are not allowed in the world, and at the same time the master-servant relationship is changed to an employment relationship.

However, there are still some people in Daming who can have slaves.

For example, princes, nobles and some civil servants could have a small number of slaves under Zhu Yuanzhang's favor, and most of the slaves were mainly captured in defeat and captured and their relatives.

Except for them, no matter how wealthy a normal family is, it can only be called employment.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that except for the Yuan and Qing dynasties, which punished the slaves to death by the master's family, the Han dynasty paid more attention to the lives of slaves, and the status of slaves became increasingly equal with the times.

It's just that the rules are like this, but on the street, Zhu Gaoxu can still see some rich men and women abusing their families.

In addition to these, Zhu Gaoxu is more concerned about the animal power used by people on the streets.

As Yang Zhan said, Daming is really short of horses, even if some rich people on the street travel, they are only riding donkeys, and few horses appear.

It has been not a short time since he came to this world, but the longer he came, the more he could understand how difficult it was for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Even if the military difficulties of riding on foot and attacking the north in the south are not counted, the most important thing is the severance of the cultural inheritance of the Central Plains.

Even though the Ming Dynasty has been established for 27 years, in the inner city of Nanjing, Zhu Gaoxu can still see many traces of Hu Feng.

Despite Zhu Yuanzhang's explicit ban, Zhu Gaoxu could still see some clothing and buildings with a Mongolian style.

"It's only been more than 80 years, is Huhua so serious......" Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

"Your Highness, it's here!"

Yang Zhan's voice called Zhu Gaoxu back, he followed Yang Zhan's gaze, and what he saw was an alley with the flag of the Yulin Left Guard.

"This Yulin Zuowei is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, how can he do things in such a place?"

Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan were confused, but Zhu Gaoxu explained when he walked in with them:

"Your Majesty ordered the Ministry of Industry to build more than 20,000 houses for the Shangzhi military households in Nanjing, and built them on the streets closest to the places where they were guarded."

"It's not so much an alley as a barracks."

During the conversation, Zhu Gaoxu and Yang Zhan walked to a high-gate compound in the alley.

The words "Yulin Left Guard" on the plaque on the door were particularly conspicuous, and the four soldiers at the door were also staring at Zhu Gaoxu and the three of them.

"I'll go in, you guys wait outside."

Zhu Gaoxu instructed Yang Zhan and the others, and then turned his head to the four soldiers and said, "I am Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of King Yan, and I came here under the command of His Majesty. ”

Zhu Gaoxu's voice came out, and the four soldiers raised their hands as if they had been prepared:

"Your Highness, please, we have already obtained the Commander Governor."

"Thank you." Seeing the posture of the four of them, Zhu Gaoxu returned the salute, and then raised his legs and stepped into the gate of the Yulin Left Guard Yamen.

Seeing this, a soldier led the way beside him, but this yamen did not occupy a large area, and there was a courtyard around the shadow wall when he walked through the door, and the public hall of the yamen was in front of him.

In the public hall, a military attache who was waiting here early saw Zhu Gaoxu coming, but he did not come out to greet him, but took a few steps without humility or arrogance:

"Sheng Yong, the commander of the Yulin Left Guard, has seen His Royal Highness the Second Yanfu."