Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 704 National Gate
Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Pudong Airport Station. According to the rules, Roman aircraft can only land at the Songjiang Port on the East China Sea coast and should not go deeper into the territory. In principle, not only the aircraft belonging to Rome, but also all vehicles carrying Romans should enter Songjiang. The last time the Ninghe, which carried the Roman mission, landed directly at the Forbidden Army Airport in the Grand Campus, it was specially approved by the emperor.

Seriously speaking, the Roman envoys should have entered through the national gate of Songjiang just like this time.

The national gate is not an abstract concept, but a gate in the physical sense. Outside the gate of Songjiang Pudong Airport, within the "Tianjin Ferry" port area, stands a huge stone gate - the two-character seal script "Gaomen" hangs on the gate, which is the name of the outermost city gate of Haojing in the Zhou Dynasty. It is the gate of Wang Ji's country. "Gao" connects to "Gao", and this gate is indeed unprecedentedly high.

The pier part of the city gate is similar to the 110-meter-tall triumphal arch in Constantinople, but with five consecutive arches. Five large doorways stood there side by side, and on both wings there were three exits as tall as skyscrapers. The height of the last tower is close to 200 meters. Standing on the edge of the Huangpu River, you can see such a big mountain on the skyline.

Standing inside the door, Shangluo looked up and couldn't see the sun at all. This gate covered the entire square behind it in shadow.

"Is there such a big one in Guomen?"

"With the tower crane, it is so convenient to pile stones." Zhu Xianfen looked up and was very satisfied. "As expected, it is still the most impressive to pile a mountain of stones."

"But this stone looks like..." Shangluo stretched out his hand and touched it - the entire outer layer of the door is snow-white, and if you reach out and touch it, you can feel the delicate texture.

"Yes, it's white marble."

"White marble? It's so big, and it's all white marble?"

"Yes, there is an elevator." Zhu Xianfen nodded, "You can guess from the size of this thing that it was built in modern times. There was an elevator inside when it was built."

"Ah" Shangluo suddenly thought, "Actually, I have always had a question: that is, including the main entrance inside the palace. Is the doorway in the middle only senior brother you can go through? Then you can walk through it by yourself?"

"Let me give you an analogy. Do you collect lucky money during the New Year?"

"Is this gate a real national gate? Or is it just called a national gate?"

"Can you go up and have a look? What is the gate tower up there for?"

"Um" Zhu Xianfen touched his forehead, "Generally speaking, the gate towers above can be used for review. But this gate is too big. When you go up, you can't see the bottom from the top, and you can't see the top from the bottom. The effect of the military parade is not very good. good."

"The inside of the book is."

"It's the former." Zhu Xianfen replied, "Although I have never been here to see it, in fact all envoys from tributary countries must enter through this door and exit through this door. Depending on the level, the doors that can be entered are also different. Among the five doorways, the middle door will probably only be used today. The first door on the left is the door that ministers such as Lanfang used when they left the town and returned to the country. The first door on the right is for external vassals, such as the King of Joseon. The door that is further away is for followers or others to go."

"White marble itself is just a finer white marble. It can be found all over the mountains and plains, but it took a while to collect them all here. And this door is not solid either."

"If there is any, I will definitely accept it."

"But I won't accept it. Why? I'm married. Our family's habit is that you can receive New Year's money until I get married. There is a watershed between getting married and not getting married. After getting married, it means that you will be in our set It is an independent subject in the ritual——" He pointed to the door:

"Same reason. When it comes to the question of 'which door to go to', you have to be at least an 'independent subject' in order to be counted. When the driver drives for me, he is part of my subject. In the past, there were people who carried the sedan chair. As well as the guards in ancient times and now, etc., they are included in my guard of honor. So starting from this point, there are really only three types of people who can walk through the middle with their own 'independence'. I There are two other types." "What two types of people?"

"The first is the queen. During the wedding, in order to show the harmony between yin and yang, the queen, as the 'king', entered through the main entrance - but when Yang Jing and I got married, she was still the princess, so she had no chance to leave. Think about it carefully I think there are too few queens who can actually come in through the door; in addition, the top three picks, third overall picks, and second place picks in the new school. Because they are considered guests of the emperor, they can leave once - of course they will no longer be guests after the work officially begins. , also walk aside."

"Ah" Shangluo nodded, "Where was I at that moment?"

"You are our guest, so of course you stand next to me."

[Ah, it turned out to be a guest. If I hadn’t told you, I would have thought it was the queen. 】

"???" Zhu Xianfen was stunned for a moment, "Did you offend her somewhere? She specifically let me hear it."

"Blame me"

【ah! You also know it’s your fault! 】

"Well" Zhu Xianxen didn't know what to say, "Although I generally can't deal with this kind of thing, I still suggest: You two were chosen by Dao Ancestor, and I suggest you hold hands and be friends. If you two fight, the avenue will be destroyed - by the way, does this matter have anything to do with me?"

"It's the same as what Lu Qianhu said when I went to the county government this morning."

"Ah!" Zhu Xianfen suddenly raised his head, "What, so it is actually very interesting to analyze the principle of the main door. The only people who can walk through this door are the emperor and the emperor's guests. But the guests are temporary, and the queen will become In a family, Jinshi will work, guests come and go, and only the emperor himself comes from here. In this sense, you are the only guest in Shangluo who is always there."

"Ah" Shangluo nodded, "So, senior brother, what do you think? If you have anything to do, just tell me directly."

"No, no, nothing happened to me." Zhu Xianxian shook his head repeatedly. If he wanted to do something like Sun Shiwan, he wouldn't say it, not even to death.

"But I think you and Huimingshi seem to be having a bit of a holiday. How about I leave you alone for a while? The Romans will arrive later."

【don't want. ] Apollonia refused.

"Well," Zhu Xianfen thought for a moment, "Indeed, I am an outsider, and you still have to solve this kind of thing behind closed doors. But wise messenger, I'm afraid you will have to say a word or two after a while. Because Rome is that Bian also wants to see how you are doing."

[Of course that's no problem, I won't delay business. Then let them answer the phone. Give each of them a bean, and let the guy empower each of them. 】

"'That guy'." Zhu Xianfen looked at Shangluo, "How about I stop being a light bulb? I'll go blow the air and you guys can talk alone."

(End of this chapter)