Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Everyone understands that the city wall is tall and majestic. No matter what kind of city it is, as long as the geographical location is slightly more important, the city wall is the most important thing if you have a little money.

Therefore, in many places, the city walls look good from the outside, but after entering, they find that the inside is not the same.

But Taoyuan City is different from other places. After entering the gate, you can see that the roads in the city are accessible, the houses are neat, and the contrast between white walls and black tiles is obvious. At first glance, you feel very refreshed.

Not to mention that Xiao Zirong attaches great importance to the greening of the city. It is no different from other cities at a glance. There are flower beds and trees on both sides of the road. Although it is not particularly luxuriant in winter, it is also very beautiful.

A road in the middle leads to the square, where there is a huge pool and a sign.

Xiao Xuan didn't see many people all the way, so he couldn't help but ask, "Where are the others?"

Xiao Zirong smiled and said: "They are all resting at home. I was afraid that they would offend uncle if they didn't understand the rules, so I imposed a ban on Lifang. Except for the guards, no one else is allowed to walk around at will."

Xiao Xuan looked at the walls on both sides and asked, "This is... Lifang? What do you do?"

Xiao Zirong explained it in detail and then said: "This is to separate the districts. Each block has its own head. At night, the curfew is prohibited outside, but there is no curfew inside the inner square."

After hearing this, Xiao Xuan couldn't help feeling refreshed, looked at Xiao Zirong very surprised and asked, "How did you think of this?"

Xiao Zirong was a little embarrassed, thinking that of course it was copied, and that's how the Chang'an City of the later Tang Dynasty was done.

But he couldn't just say that he had no choice but to say: "There are few entertainment activities in the mountains. There is no curfew at night to fear that everyone will cause trouble, and the curfew is too boring, so let's just make it like this. It doesn't matter how they mess around in Lifang, as long as there are illegal and criminal acts. Quickly determine where it is, and avoid implicating others."

After all, Xiao Xuan became the emperor. It is good to apply this model to Jiankang. Jiankang is the capital of the country, and the law and order are naturally very good, but that does not mean that there are no criminals. Because of the large number of people, As long as the criminals are more cunning, they will mobilize the crowd. If it is like Taoyuan City, it will be very good, and the people will be circled to death, even if there are criminals, they can be found quickly.

The other ministers also thought it was good. The main reason was that they had an extra door in addition to their own gate, which was equivalent to an extra layer of insurance. The place where they lived could not let outsiders enter at will, and the security was greatly improved.

Xiao Zirong was still walking while explaining the layout of the city to Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan heard him describe the layout piece by piece very clearly, obviously knowing that it must be his handwriting.

But thinking about it, when Xiao Zirong brought people over, it was said that not many people could read. Who else could come up with this method except his nephew?Among other things, his nephew has some skills in governing the world.

And the ministers behind him were also discussing something quietly, their focus was on Dongxi Market and the Lifang specially prepared for outsiders.

The East and West Market gathers all the shops together, on the one hand, it is convenient for everyone to buy things, and on the other hand, it is convenient for management.

These two places are opposite to each other, and they will also be closed by curfew at night, while the other place is specially placed for post houses, that is to say, foreigners must live there as long as they have no relatives with the people in the city.

The focus of everyone is here, the general refugees... here refers to the floating people, these people are the most difficult to control, but the students also have the idea of ​​reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, as long as the family has the conditions, the children will become adults. Group to study tour.

And some people with bad intentions sometimes sneak in. For places like Jiankang, these floating populations are very troublesome, and it is hard to manage and understand.

But it would be much more convenient if they were all gathered together. If you stay in the hotel and show the directions to register, you can find someone directly if something happens, which is very convenient.

At the beginning, everyone came here with the mood of watching the excitement, and they were ready to sleep in the wilderness, but now they feel that this trip is worth it.

Even Xiao Yan cheerfully memorized a passage of "The Story of Taohuayuan" and said: "The word Taoyuan City really lives up to its name."

Indeed, regardless of other things, at least it looks very rich. All the houses along the way are tile-roofed houses. This kind of scene is not seen in Jiankang. Even Jiankang has slums. The people there They lived in yellow mud houses with thatched roofs.

The main reason why these people can still stay in Jiankang is because the bigger the city, the more they need human services. They generally do the most menial jobs to make ends meet.

Taoyuan City now looks richer than Jiankang, so what is it if it is not Taohuayuan?

Even if you don’t believe it, you still have to believe your eyes. When you don’t have enough food and clothing, no one will work hard on your residence, especially in the south where the winter is not freezing to death. There is a shelter from the wind and rain. That's fine.

It is estimated that no one would have guessed that Xiao Zirong would grasp both hands, both farming and infrastructure.

The journey from the gate of the city to the City Lord's Mansion is not very far away. Taoyuan City may not be as big as the Imperial Palace if we really want to compare it, but the design here is exquisite, no matter where we go, there are different scenery, and the journey along the way is quite dazzling.

Xiao Zirong turned his head and said to Xiao Xuan: "Today is limited time, let everyone settle down first, and I will spend time with uncle tomorrow."

Xiao Xuan was in a good mood, Taoyuan City exceeded his expectations, which made him very happy, and at this time he said very simply: "You can arrange it."

He is very relieved of his nephew now, among other things, to build such a city, there is no problem with the coordination ability.

In fact, the houses that Xiao Zirong had reserved for officials were now in use, and Xiao Xuexing sent Ling Fu to take away some of the guards from each family and place them on the other side of the mountain.

Because they didn't take all of them away, it's true that the city couldn't let them go, and everyone was very calm - no one thought that the regent and Xuancheng king would close their doors and put them together.

Except when the world is in chaos, the general change of dynasty will not kill all the officials of the previous dynasty. The reason is very simple: the new emperor also needs people to work for them.

This is the reason why the aristocratic family has always been prosperous, but with the impact of the poor family, the aristocratic family has also begun to decline.

Xiao Zirong took Xiao Xuan directly to the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion is indeed not that big, but the living area is actually about the same as that of Xiao Xuan's. The big palace is also Xiao Xuan's, but Xiao Xuan doesn't go everywhere, and there are only a few places with the most activities on weekdays. Places: sleeping palace, study room, main hall for the big court and side hall for the small court.

Calculated, it is not even as large as Xiao Zirong's range of activities.

Wei Yun had already brought people to prepare. She and the people behind her were all wearing new clothes and a little makeup. They looked like a female official.

When Xiao Zirong rode over, Wei Yun didn't dare to look at others and didn't dare to bow her head, for fear that people would think they were petty and would cause the city lord to be looked down upon.

She could only look at Xiao Zirong nervously, occasionally glanced at Xiao Xuexing, then saluted respectfully and said, "Meet the city lord."

Xiao Zirong saw her nervousness and said in a gentle voice: "These are the ministers of the big Qi, you must be careful in serving them, now let's take everyone to settle down."

Wei Yun immediately responded, "Yes!"

How to resettle the officials brought by Xiao Xuan, they have all practiced before, in fact, the resettlement is not too difficult, these people all bring their own family slaves, even the usual pots and pans, what they need to do It is to take the person over according to the previous assignment, and then check the gaps for the other party to make up for the gaps. If you see what is missing, write it down before sending someone to send it over.

This kind of thing does not need those officials to follow in person. Most of them sent their nephews to follow them. Everyone has no objection to the arrangement of the little lady taking them all the way. It is also appropriate for the little lady to do this kind of thing.

As for those officials, they naturally followed the emperor. King Xuancheng is still hosting a banquet in the city lord's mansion.

Xiao Zirong led the people all the way to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. Everyone was amazed by the unique gate and the walls covered with green plants.

Xiao Xuan smiled after seeing it: "You are a bit wild."

Xiao Zirong said very calmly: "It was my nephew who had a whim, and thought it would look good, so I did it."

A pair of sisters stood beside the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. The two sisters were also specially dressed. Standing beautifully at the door, they saluted Xiao Zirong and said, "Welcome the City Lord to return to the mansion."

Xiao Zirong asked casually: "How are you preparing?"

Ah Yin took a step forward and said, "Don't worry, the city lord, everything is ready."

Xiao Zirong nodded, and led everyone to file in. After entering the city lord's mansion, he naturally had to dismount.

After Xiao Xuan dismounted from the horse, he followed Xiao Zirong inside while looking around, feeling that everything was new and interesting.

Xiao Zirong took him and Xiao Ji to bathe and change clothes, and the others naturally had a place to wash and change clothes.

After this washing, everyone found a very different place - they originally thought that Xiao Zirong was carrying some mountain girls, but when they got here, they found that although these little ladies were not as average as their maids in appearance, they were not as good as their maids in terms of etiquette. It can be seen that he is relatively unfamiliar, but his conversation is good, and he is also very gentle. It can be seen that he has read books.

After a little questioning, I know that I have indeed read it, and it is not the kind of reading that only recognizes a few words. I can recite some famous poems and Fu.

When everyone finished their tossing and went to the main hall to communicate, they found that the education level of the maids who followed them was almost the same.

For a moment, I couldn't help being amazed that the maids of the Shili House who read poetry and books will be passed on as good stories, but generally these are maids with relatively high status, and even many of them are the kind of maids who always follow the master. Slaves, the children of domestic slaves will also follow the young master.

Those ordinary sweeping maids are basically illiterate.

Now the maids in the City Lord's Mansion seem to be well-educated, which gave everyone more confidence in Xiao Zirong.

In any case, this is a manifestation of moving closer to the mainstream, and everyone is worried that he will become a savage after staying in the mountains for a long time.

The only thing that people are not used to is that the guards of the city lord's mansion are also young ladies, and they are not the type with big arms and round waists. They are all tall and fit, dressed in strong clothes and heroic, with knives on their waists. There is a small group of people, and the movements of continuing to patrol after seeing people stop walking salute are all in unison, as if they are one person.

The officials looked at it as a novelty, but they didn't take these little ladies to heart, and wondered whether they would also train a group of such maids when they went back, which seemed very pleasing to the eye.

Most people regard Xiao Zirong's letting women be guards as a kind of taste, Xiao Zirong doesn't know, even if he knows, he won't explain it.

After everyone took their seats in the main hall, they found that although it was different from Jiankang in every way, it was also novel in every way.

And when the dishes started to be served, everyone's attention was drawn away - what kind of dish is this, it tastes so delicious.