Datang New Giants

Chapter 65 Missing
Hundreds of thousands of homes are like a game of Go, and Twelfth Street is like a vegetable garden.

Remote recognition Wei Wei enters the fire, a constellation and five gates west.

This is Bai Juyi's poem describing Chang'an City, which vividly depicts the layout of Chang'an City.

Chang'an is the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. It is the capital city with the most dynasties, the longest time and the greatest influence in Chinese history. The earliest ancient capital can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. However, the city of Chang'an in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was very young. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the capital was originally set in Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Chang'an of the Han Dynasty was in disrepair for a long time, dilapidated and narrow, and seriously polluted. Therefore, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty decided to build another new city. Under Yu Wenkai's careful planning, after more than 20 years Construction, a grand scale, rigorous layout, symmetrical structure, and neatly arranged new Chang'an City.

Yu Wenkai first built the Daxing Palace City, and then built the Imperial City. In the third year of Kaihuang (583), he excavated the Longshou Canal, Yong'an Canal and Qingming Canal on the west side of the city to divert Chan, Jiaoshui and Lushui waters to the palace city. .In the second year, more than 300 miles were dug from the east of Daxing City to Tongguan, named Guangtong Canal, and the Wei River was injected into the canal to make the water transport go straight to the Yellow River. In 605, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne. In the same year, the Tongjiqu Canal was built from Daxing to Jiangdu (now Yangzhou). In 608, the Yongji Canal was built.In the ninth year of Daye (613), more than 10 people were mobilized to build the outer Guocheng of Daxing City, and the overall layout of Chang'an City was thus formed.

The construction started in the second year of Kaihuang, and it took 31 years for the overall structure to be formed until the ninth year of Daye. Unfortunately, it took only five years for Li Yuan to harvest the fruits.

Fuzhi, who was visiting Chang'an for the first time, was dazzled by the overly wide streets, houses of the same specifications, imperial soldiers in bright armor, blond barbarians, etc. Lu Ting asked Fuzhi for the location. The carriage rushed to Chongrenfang, and found a hotel called Ruguilou to stay.

He only arrived at Chang'an City at Xiangwu, and it took more than half an hour to line up to enter the city, and he didn't know whether the gate of Prince Qin's Mansion was easy to enter, so Lu Ting made a decisive decision to go to Chongrenfang to find a place to live.

According to the design, Chang'an City is centered on Zhuque Street, with 55 squares on the left and right sides. The east side is managed by Wannian County, because Furong Pond occupies the land of two squares, and actually governs 53 squares in Kadong City; the west side is managed by Chang'an County, which has 55 squares under its jurisdiction. Fangjiaxi City, one hundred and eight squares in Chang’an City, different squares have different functions, for example, dignitaries like to live in Shengyefang, Wubenfang is the seat of Guozijian, full of books, and Chongrenfang is a gathering place for hostels. Pingkang next to it is the red-light district of Chang'an, where there are many brothels, high-ranking officials and nobles, as well as traffickers and pawns.

Not long after settling down, Lu Ting heard a burst of drumming. The drumming was very rhythmic, boom, boom, boom, five times each time, and it took a long time before it stopped.

"My lord, why did you beat the drum for no reason? Did something happen?" Fuzhi said nervously.

When Fu Gong Er rebelled in Danyang, the city of Suzhou was on guard like a frightened bird, beating drums to warn of any disturbance, and Fu was a little terrified when he heard the drums.

"The little brother is from out of town?" The clerk who brought Lu Ting and Fuzhi to the guest room heard it and explained with a smile: "This is Jingjiegu, also called Dongdonggu. Clean up the street, if the time comes and they are still wandering in the street, those Marquis will not be able to speak, not to mention ordinary people, even officials can beat them."

Chang'an is the capital of Tang Dynasty. I don't know how many people travel to Chang'an every year. The guy explained this question several times a day, but he explained it patiently every time. Apart from the shopkeeper's request, he also showed his sense of superiority living here.

As soon as the words fell, another round of drums sounded.

"Why are you still knocking?" Fuzhi said a little puzzled.

I was a little nervous when I heard the drumbeat, didn't I just knock it, why did I knock it again.

"Little brother, take it easy. This is the second round of the Jingjie Drum, and there are three more rounds. In addition to the Jingjie Drum, there are also the Dawn Drum, the Opening Drum, and the Closing Drum. It’s been done a thousand times, it’s okay, you’ll get used to it in a few days, if you don’t knock one day, you’re still not used to it.”

Fu Zhi nodded and said, "It turns out that Chang'an is a capital city, so there are many regulations."

Lu Ting was a little tired, and he sat down at the table as soon as he entered the room. The waiter took the initiative to pour water for Lu Ting with a wink.

"I don't visit relatives or friends, I just come for a tour."

Hearing that Lu Ting was traveling, the clerk's eyes lit up, and the smile on his face became wider, and he said with a smile: "Everything in Chang'an City is good, but there are a lot of rules, and there is a curfew at night, and the gate will be closed after a while, and you have to leave the workshop." Don't let it go around, if the young master is bored, there is a good place for the younger one, and I guarantee that the young master will make a worthwhile trip."

"Oh, where to go?"

"Hey, if you want to talk about good places to go, there are many places during the day, but the most lively and fun place at night is Pingkangfang. Our shop has a good relationship with Ruyilou in Pingkangfang. If you go to Ruyilou, just mention that it is Ruguilou Guests, you will receive a jug of good wine."

"A handsome and romantic person like the son will definitely not care about a pot of small wine. The wine in Ruyilou is good, but the girls in Ruyilou are even better. There are beauties from the south, beauties from the north, and Silla maidservants and blond Hu Ji, all the young masters who have been there have said yes." The man was speechless, as if it was Lu Ting's loss if he didn't go.

Lu Ting put down the teacup without any trace, nodded and said, "I've heard of Pingkangfang a long time ago, it's a good place, I have to take some time to see it, but I've been driving for a day today, and my whole body is falling apart. Even if you drink flower wine, you won’t be able to enjoy yourself to the fullest, let’s rest tonight and talk about it tomorrow.”

Next to Chongrenfang is Pingkangfang. The ancients were very shrewd in doing business. Ruyilou and Ruguilou are not the same owner. The staff recommended Ruyilou so enthusiastically. Either the same owner or Ruyilou gave them benefits. Otherwise the buddy wouldn't work so hard.

It's okay to drink some flower wine. Lu Ting is not a pedantic person, but he is very tired after sitting in the carriage for a day.

The clerk responded, then asked Lu Ting what he needed, and quickly withdrew.

When the buddy came out, Fuzhi looked around, and said with a bit of a tongue: "The things in Chang'an City are expensive, just a B-brand house, which is more expensive than Suzhou's A-brand house, and there are horses, just one." In the evening, it costs thirty yuan for horse food, and fifteen yuan for overnight stay, young master, didn’t we pick a black shop?”

In Suzhou, a bucket of good rice costs thirty renminbi. Here, a bucket of rice is the price of horse feed. The horse feed is not fine rice, and you have to pay overnight money. Fuzhi feels heartache when he thinks about it.

People on this road eat horse chews and spend money like running water, so the carriage did not cost less. The axles alone have been replaced several times along the way, and each time it is a big price. Wheels and axles must be replaced frequently.

Fuzhi remembers it very clearly, and with the gift from his second uncle, he had 82 guan and 200 guan when he left Suzhou, but now it is less than [-] guan, and he spent more than [-] guan in a little over a month.

The young master is also true, saying that it is rare to come out once, and he can't treat himself badly. Everywhere he goes, he looks for special dishes to eat, which are not expensive or not good, but Fuzhi has gained a lot of glory along the way.

"It's okay, the money is quite fair, the money should be spent or spent." Lu Ting yawned, waved his hands and said, "Ask the buddy to bring you a bathtub and hot water. We have to do something important tomorrow."

The size of Chang’an City was fixed at the time of design. For the sake of structural neatness, it is difficult to expand Chang’an City. Chang’an City has only a small amount of land. There are more and more people, and the land price is also rising due to the demand. Chongren District is on the left. The imperial city is on the right side of Shengyefang, and the bustling Pingkangfang and Dongshi are nearby. It is a proper prime location, which cannot be compared with Suzhou City. It is normal for the price to be a little higher. You must know that many ministers want to buy a house in Chang'an. I can't afford it, so I have to rent a place to live.

Tomorrow, I'm going to hold the golden thigh, no, I'm going to give Li Er gifts and information. When I think that I can see Li Er, an awesome figure with a halo of history, and witness history again, Lu Ting's heart feels a little bit An inexplicable excitement.

Thinking of Li Er, Lu Ting couldn't help but think of Wang Gui who always straightened his waist. He didn't know how he was doing now. Calculating the distance, he should go to Yuezhou, and he didn't know how to deal with him when he got there.

Lu Ting did not expect that when he was thinking about Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, who was only one block away from him and lived in a small house in Xuanyangfang, stood outside the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the fluttering snowflakes, and said to himself Said to himself: "Don't menstruate, Shujie, how are you now?"

　On weekends, how many of them sleep until they wake up naturally?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)