Chapter 996: The way back will end in the old city
The way back was quite smooth, under the full speed of the thunder god horse, when the sun had just set and night had just fallen, Wang Yuelong had already arrived at the old city of Qizhou City with Liu Feifang .......
When Huang Siyu arrived at Qizhou City with Li Xiaoxi, Nalan Zixuan, and Guo Shenglin and others who met on the road, they arrived at the newly built Qizhou New City in the south of the Yellow River more than 400 years ago, which is now the main city of Qizhou City. The place where the old city of Qizhou City is located is the location of five miles north of the main city of Qizhou City. The main city and the old city face each other across the river, and the Qiwang Fort on the north bank of the East Yellow River of the two cities forms a three-legged momentum, and each other is a horn.
The main city of Qizhou City took ten years to build, more than 18 miles from east to west, 15 miles from north to south, the city wall is generally 10 zhang tall, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the average thickness at the bottom of the city wall reaches 10 zhang. It is now the largest city in five continents and four places.
The old city of Qizhou City was built more than 1,300 years ago, and its history can be traced back to the time when the ancestors of the Qizhou Wang clan were named hereditary Qi kings by the then dynasty. The original old city of Qizhou City was only two miles from east to west, only one and a half miles from north to south, and the city wall was only one and a half zhang high, which was the same size as many large counties and towns today.
After that, the old city was renovated and expanded by the kings of Qi in the past dynasties, and after several baptisms of war, when the main city of Qizhou was built more than 400 years ago, the old city of Qizhou reached the scale of five miles from east to west, eight miles from north to south, after which the new city was built and as the main city of Qizhou City, although the old city was not abandoned, but there was no large-scale expansion of the city. As the relationship between the Dongzhou Five Merchants League led by the Qizhou Wang clan and the Central Dynasty gradually deteriorated, the old city gradually changed from civil, commercial and architectural to a more military-oriented dual-use city.
Looking at the city wall that has been increased to ten zhang in the expansion of the past dynasties, there are dense large 'bed' crossbows and cannons arranged on the 'female' wall, and you can think of what a terrifying force is arranged on the city wall. If there is an eyeless desire to attack the old city of Qizhou City, it will definitely be wreaked havoc by those guys on the city wall.
It can be said that after the Qizhou Wang clan was named the king of Qi more than 1,300 years ago, the history of the old city of Qizhou City was completely tied to the history of the Qizhou Wang clan.
The sun is hidden, the night falls, the city wall of the old city of Qizhou City is gradually hidden in the darkness, from a distance, the old city of Qizhou City in the night is like a sleeping bear standing on the north bank of the Yellow River, the deep and heavy city wall with the vicissitudes of history, as if flowing through the Yellow River in the south of the city, precipitated in the long river of history.
Wang Yuelong did not choose to move on, but stopped in the old city with Liu Feifang. Five or six miles to the east of the old city, there is Qiwangbao, which is also on the north bank of the Yellow River.
The main city in the south of the old city has no curfew every day throughout the year, and the city 'gate' is also closed all year round; the old city and Qiwang Fort have a curfew, the old city is generally closed an hour after sunset, and the Qiwang Fort is closed after sunset. Now that the sun has set, even if Wang Yuelong and Liu Feifang urge the horses all the way over, Qi Wangbao will definitely close the 'door'. And there is generally no major situation in Qiwangbao, even if the patriarch comes in person, the city 'gate' of Qiwangbao will not be opened. Wang Yuelong didn't think that his face could be as big as his father's, so he simply didn't touch the ash.
The good thing is that although the old city of Qizhou City is not as prosperous as the main city of Qizhou City, all the facilities in the city are still quite perfect, and the degree of facilities is not inferior to the main city. And all the shops in the old city are owned by the Qizhou Wang family of the Dongzhou Five Merchants Alliance, no matter which inn Wang Yuelong is looking for, he can also ask for a good room or a single courtyard.
Rather than rushing through the night and not calling the city gate, it is better to have a good night's rest and go back the next day. Anyway, there is only a little road left, and it will not be too much time.
Liu Feifang has no opinion on this, and Wang Yuelong is in charge of everything.
To be continued......