The stars fall and the state makes waves Chapter 47, Smoke City
The name of Bai Yu spread all over Zhongzhou.
An immortal of the Heavenly Palace actually sang a play, and before that, he also ignited a thousand-year-old snake demon and returned peace to the state. All this has brought a touch of mystery to this young man who has just entered the red dust.
"It seems that the people are much more concerned about the disciples of the Heavenly Palace singing than they are about the elimination of the floods in Yizhou!" leaned against the window, withdrew his gaze from outside, and shook his head at everyone.
At this moment, Bai Yu and Luo Sheng Baiju were taking a building boat and flowing down the river to Guangling. The coast is a lively marina scene.
"The pain of others who have not been touched is naturally not worth mentioning. Xue Yinshuang pressed the strings. She hadn't touched the piano since she came down the mountain, and her hands were itching. Fortunately, the boat chartered by Luo Sheng Baiju was in good style, and a lyre was placed in the guest room on the roof.
Bai Yu smiled bitterly and was about to say something, but Peony came in from the deck.
"Bai Gongzi, Miss Xue, Flower Girl, we can reach Guangling today!" In front of others, she never seemed too embarrassed with Bai Yu like that night.
"Really!" said Young, rolling out of the window.
"Yinshuang, let's go out for a walk!" Bai Yu turned his head to invite Xue Yinshuang. Peony's eyelashes twitched slightly.
"It's good!"
The river where the boat is now located is called the Guangling River, which originates in the snowfields of the extreme north, communicates several cities all the way south, and twists and turns in the area of Guangling City, and flows into many tributaries and then directly enters the East China Sea. At this moment, the front of the ship is heading west, and after this bend is Guangling City.
The twilight bird carried the sun away and accidentally dropped it into the river. The gentle cloud shadow dyed a river of autumn water.
"It's cold in the evening, put it on!" Bai Yu took off the big coat on his body and pressed it on Xue Yinshuang's shoulders.
"The year-round snow in the Guanghan Palace, this autumn coolness is nothing to me! I'm not cold!" That being said, the temperature from the white coat made her extremely reassured.
She's not cold, but some people are cold......
"Peony, go in quickly! it's windy outside, and you're too weak to stay long!" Cuckoo pulled Peony back to the ship, and when she closed the curtain, she turned her head to look at the man standing on the bow of the boat.
The rise of Guangling is only a matter of the last few hundred years. Compared with the famous city of Zhongzhou, which can be traced back to 10,000 years ago, its history can be described as short. However, it is such a young city that shows unparalleled vitality. Hundreds of years ago, after the Guangling River broke its embankment and diverted its course, and more than a dozen tributaries such as the Nanshan River and the Panyun River were introduced, the current location of Guangling City suddenly became a place where the river transport was transferred. Large and small rivers converge and intersperse here like blood vessels, and Guangling is like a heart, pumping people and goods to all parts of China.
After that, an old man drew a... The first inn was built. The subsequent changes in Guangling City can be described as changing with each passing day. Countless porters and pawns gathered here to build a number of Champs pavilions, attic palaces. Since the rise of the Lu family in Guangling, Guangling has soared into the sky like fireworks, dazzling. Wealthy businessmen have traveled all over the world so far, and salt and iron have also been distributed from Guangling to thousands of households in Shenzhou. In terms of area, Guangling is already the largest city in China. Due to the rapid expansion rate, Guangling is also the only big city in Shenzhou that does not have city walls.
The huge flow of people and logistics has also brought unparalleled wealth to the people of Guangling. The people of Guangling, who are honest and well-fed, are the most particular in life.
Guangling cuisine, famous in China, Guangling embroidery, leading the fashion. Guangling singing and dancing, women and children all know. In the past 100 years, most of the new things that have come out are from Guangling. Guangling is the city with the strongest fireworks in the world. Some people take the meaning that the fireworks in the world are rich, the history is short like clouds and smoke and gorgeous like fireworks, and they give Guangling the name of "Smoke City", which has also spread.
As the boat got closer and closer to Guangling, the voices of people from both sides of the strait became more and more noisy. The wide river is crowded with sampans of all sizes. The originally mighty building ships were inconspicuous among these giant ships.
"What is that?" Young, slid down from the mast and landed beside Bai Yu.
Bai Yu squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while before he said with some uncertainty: "That seems to be a building?"
In the distance, on the Guangling River, there is a huge building. The building is cone-shaped, about hundreds of zhang high, the Guangling River passes through the foot of the building, and the wide river surface is like an earthworm in front of it.
A dozen giant trees, thicker than the boats, propped up the buildings from the river bank and the river, and under the huge shadow, countless people, cars, horses, and boats wriggled like ants.
The surface of the building picks out dense bucket arches and cornices, mixed with exotic flowers and plants, and there are countless figures in Tsing Yi walking through it.
At the top of the building, there is a hunting flag, and the big characters dancing on it can be clearly seen from dozens of miles away.
"Lu!"
"Manpower can make such a great thing!" Xue Yinshuang admired.
"Everyone, after the Lu Cheng in front of you, it's Guangling!" Peony walked to the deck, "It's windy outside, let's put on this cloak!" She stuffed each of the three scarlet cloaks to the three of them.
"As the name suggests, Lu City is the city of the Lu family. Nine out of ten of the merchant ships that traveled to and from Guangling did business with the Lu family. Therefore, the Lu family built a water city outside Guangling City, which is not only convenient for loading and unloading goods, resting back and forth, but also has the right to deal with business, food and clothing. Now it is also a scene of Guangling. "Peony took the initiative to be a guide," Zhu Luoluo, the head of the Lu family, has lived on the top of Lu City for a long time. ”
This land city is already extraordinary from a distance, and it is even more extraordinary when it comes closer. The boat walked for half an hour before it came out of its belly. In this passage, which is called "Guangling intestine" by peony, the Lu family uses mirrors, fluorescent stones and other appliances to make a huge passage full of light paths, which is no different from daytime. There was no wind in the passage, and in order to prevent the ships from slowing down and causing congestion, the Lu family also installed several huge water ships under the water. As soon as the ship crossed the wheel, it suddenly became a little faster, not much slower than the sail-driven one outside.
Above the water surface and below the land city, dozens of hanging baskets were hanged, and the people on the baskets sometimes raised red flags and sometimes green flags. Boats also stop and sail according to different signals. The whole route appears to be in order.
Along the way, Rao is Bai Yu had read a lot of books about Guangling and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, let alone Xue Yinshuang and Xiaoxiao. Peony explained softly to a few people all the way.
"Guys, this is the theater of our Rasheng Hundred Operas! If you have nowhere to go in Guangling, you can stay here. After getting off the boat, and turning around again, Peony led the people to a quiet compound.
"Xiao Maotou, you lead the two sisters to the guest room first!" Peony instructed everyone to move the costumes, musical instruments and other items from the carriage, "Bai Gongzi, can you take a step?"
"Bai Gongzi, you sit in the room now, I'll come up to you after I'm done!" Peony pushed open the door, welcomed Bai Yu in, and then confessed and left.
This is supposed to be the boudoir of Peony, and there is a faint smell of sandalwood in the air. Obviously, the long-term burning of incense here has soaked every inch of the room.
Since it was a woman's boudoir, Bai Yu didn't dare to move, so she looked at it casually for a while and then found a seat to sit down.
As soon as the buttocks touched the chair, a crisp voice suddenly sounded: "It's back! It's back!"
Bai Yu was startled, and hurriedly concentrated on the direction.
"Whew—it turned out to be a parrot!" Bai Yu let out a sigh, thinking that there were still others.
"This bird is quite cute!" Bai Yu stretched out his finger to tease.
When the parrot saw Bai Yu's fingers approaching, he became agitated and fluttered up and down in the cage.
"Afraid, afraid, afraid!" the parrot screamed.
"What, you bird, the call is terrible!" Bai Yu ignored it, and his fingers continued to approach.
"Shhh
"Bai Gongzi, what's wrong?" At this moment, Peony pushed the door in.