Chapter 733: Entering Beijing
Suncheon Castle is the Kyoto of the Great Qi Kingdom, with a total area of more than 100 square miles. The buildings in the city are magnificent, with the royal palace in the city as the center, radiating out. The residences of officials at all levels were concentrated near the palace. Suncheon Fortress has a large population of more than one million people and a very prosperous economy. The streets of the city are lined with ancient trees, showing the scenery of the ancient city.
After months of sailing on the Grand Canal, the boat finally arrived at Suncheon Castle. The fleet docked in the north of the city, and the princes and nobles of Shuntian City came to greet the world-famous Ruyan everyone in person, in fact, they all wanted to see the peerless demeanor of the Ruyan family. In addition, there are many ordinary people who also came when they heard the wind, and for a while, the crowd was like a stream. However, because there were soldiers on the side to maintain order, these people stood on both sides in an orderly manner.
The official headed by is Xu Tiande, the prime minister of the Great Qi State. He was ordered by the king of Qi to come to greet everyone like smoke.
After the Caifeng painting boat is anchored at the port in the north of the city, the honor guard waiting on the side will play the welcome music, such as smoke everyone in the support of Xiaocui, the lotus step moves lightly, the section comes down from the painting boat, and then slowly goes ashore, its peerless demeanor, so that everyone is amazed. Then thirty-six beautiful singing and dancing girls appeared in front of everyone, and these faces comparable to flowers were all dizzying and unforgettable. The crowd applauded continuously, and the scene was lively. For everyone's crazy eyes, like smoke, everyone turned a blind eye, and over the years, she had become accustomed to it.
Qi Yun and the others also walked off the painting boat, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they were very emotional. The popularity of beautiful women is just different. If it weren't for the soldiers, some crazy people would have crowded in.
As soon as Xu Tiande saw everyone coming, a rare smile appeared on Yan SΓΉ's face. He said loudly: "Xu Tiande, the prime minister of the Great Qi Kingdom, greets everyone on behalf of my king. With that, he arched his hand to everyone like smoke.
Ruyan everyone gave a blessing, lightly opened his lips, and a heavenly voice sounded: "Thank you for the smoke, Your Majesty, thank you Prime Minister Xu." β
"Ruyan, everyone has been tired all the way, please get into the carriage!" Xu Tiande pointed to the luxury carriage beside him and made a gesture of please.
Everyone said with their heads bowed: "There is Prime Minister Lao Xu." Then, with the help of Xiao Cui, he boarded the carriage. After everyone got into the carriage, everyone showed disappointed looks. Like a flash in the pan, everyone only showed their faces, which made everyone feel very regretful.
At the same time, Xu Tiande saw Qi Yun walking with everyone like Ruyan, and was about to salute, Qi Yun preemptively saluted and said, "I've seen the prime minister." This prince has been away from Beijing for many days, and I don't know if my father is well?"
Xu Tiande hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, Your Majesty is fine!"
"This is really good!" Qi Yun was overjoyed. He continued: "I haven't seen you for many days, and the prime minister seems to have been cleared? β
Xu Tiande arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, the old minister is grateful!" It seems that Qi Yun also knows how to buy people's hearts. Xu Tiande is an old minister of the Great Qi State and an important minister of the dynasty, so Qi Yun naturally respects him very much.
Next, Qi Yun introduced Yuan Qing and Song Heng to Xu Tiande. Xu Tiande hurriedly said that he was sluggish and respectfully greeted the two princes. After all, they are foreign envoys who came to congratulate King Qi on his birthday, and they are the crown princes, so naturally they can't be lazy.
After some polite words, Xu Tiande asked Qi Yun and others to board the carriage as well. Under the opening of the road by the soldiers of Daqi, the carriage drove out with the brigade and slowly entered the city.
Wu Lai's nationality is unknown, although Qi Yun introduced Wu Lai to Xu Tiande, Xu Tiande did not pay attention to it, and did not arrange a carriage for Wu Lai. Of course, there were no carriages, but there were horses.
Wu Lai didn't mind either, and turned over on the horse. Although it was the first time to ride a horse, it did not stump Wu Lai.
Wei Bo and Wu Lai rode in parallel, and as they walked, they introduced that there were four gates in Suncheon City, which were in four directions, southeast, northwest, and northwest. The gate you want to enter in front of you is the North Gate. The walls of Suncheon Castle are as high as 10 zhang, and the thickness is also 2 zhang, which is majestic and magnificent, and the moat is as wide as 20 zhang, which is enough to make the soldiers who are trying to attack this city sigh with admiration. At the head of the city stood mighty soldiers, fully equipped, with their heads held high and their eyes resolute, guarding the city like golden-armored guards. At this time, the gates of the north gate were wide open, and there were two rows of soldiers standing neatly on both sides, fully armed, and they were usually carefully checking the crowd of people. However, because the road was cleared because of the greeting of everyone like smoke, the front was empty.
After entering the north gate, Wei Bo continued to introduce that there are four main avenues in Suncheon City, which are also divided into south, south, and northwest, and the street now is North Street.
Wu Lai found that the road of Beidajie was very spacious, with four horse-drawn carriages passing side by side, and merchants and shops on both sides. Of course, next to the main road, there is a secondary road, which is in the alley, which is the residential area of the city's residents, which is only for people to walk on, and horse-drawn carriages are not passable.
Wei Bo smiled and asked, "Mr. Wu, what do you think of Shuntian City?"
Wu Lai sighed with emotion and praised: "This Shuntian City is worthy of being the capital of the Great Qi Kingdom, the buildings in the city are decent, the high-walled courtyards are neat and exquisite, and it looks like a big country. β
Mr. Wu was absolutely right. Hearing Wu Lai's praise of Suncheon City, Wei Bo was very happy in his heart. As a Daqi person, I originally had a sense of pride in Suncheon City.
The motorcade slowly drove into the post house built for the reception of VIPs in the Great Qi Kingdom, which was extremely luxurious and of very high standards.
After the convoy stopped, Liu Bo got out of the car, contacted the officials of the post house, and began to take care of the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the Caifeng Song and Dance Troupe, while Yuan Qing and Song Heng were received by other officials.
On the order of the King of Qi, the officials of the post house arranged for everyone to live in the most luxurious courtyard, Tianzi No. 1 Courtyard. The front of this courtyard is the living room, and the back is the bedroom, which is symmetrical. From the main gate, there is the front hall, the middle hall, and the back yard. The middle hall is where the guards live and is responsible for the safety of the Yanyan family, while the backyard is the housing of the Yanyan family and other core members. The rooms in the backyard are respectful and orderly, like smoke, everyone's room is located in the middle, like the stars holding the moon, and the other people's rooms are arranged in order according to their status. From the middle hall to the backyard, there is a courtyard in the middle, planted with some flowers and trees, and a rockery lotus pond, the environment is very beautiful.
Under the orderly arrangement of the post house officials and Liu Bo, the core members of the Caifeng Song and Dance Troupe all moved in, and Wu Lai's room was next to Ruyan's family, which was specially arranged by Liu Bo. Of course, it is also like smoke, everyone has quietly explained.
After Qi Yun waited for everyone to move in, he left the post house and went to the palace to greet King Qi. He left Beijing on the orders of the king, and now that he has completed the task, it is time to go to his life.