sweeping the world

Chapter 773 More important than getting rich and exploits is...

On the official road, dozens of riders galloped by first, and the riders all had three small flags behind them. One of them was called Hongling Emergency Envoy.

Hongling Emergency Envoy is a profession established in the Western Han Dynasty. At first, it was used to convey emergency battles on the frontier. Generally, when seeing Hongling Emergency Envoy galloping on horseback, people's first thought is definitely "Where is the border broken by the Hulu?" ?"such as.

Until Liu Che's period, the Han army went out to the fortress many times and won the battle. Hong Ling's urgent envoy finally got rid of the impression of "reporting mourning" and turned it into a good side of "reporting good news".

Whether it was the Western Han or the Eastern Han, or even the chaos of the feudal lords, the Western Jin, and the Eastern Jin, the Han people had long been used to the fact that Hong Ling would gallop on horseback in a hurry for any major event.

"There are as many as 32 Hongling envoys?" Shi Zhong is no longer a stunned young man who just left the village. He has become well-informed since he came to Chang'an: "What happened? Could it be that Dingling invaded?" northwest?!"

Northwesterners are no strangers to the Dingling people. Their ancestors have come into contact with enough foreign races. The Qiang people have the most frequent contact with them, and the Dingling people are the other.

As early as when the Dingling people were thieves on the grassland, many of them lived in the Hexi Corridor. They did not serve the Huns, but often mixed with the Qiang people to steal the livestock of the Huns. This is the origin of the thief nation. thing.

Today's Northwest is the Hexi Corridor in the Western Han Dynasty. When the Han people arrived, they were an absolute minority. At that time, the Qiang people and Dingling people changed from the trouble of the Huns to the trouble of the Han people. This trouble was not resolved until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Hundreds of years have passed, and the Qiang people have lived in the northwest and surrounding areas for a long time. No one knows when the Dingling people ran to the grassland, and there is no record in the history books. However, the former Liang Kingdom of the Zhang family was close to Xigaoche, so there was no shortage of Dingling people. People clash.

Before Shi Zhong left the northwest, Ding Lingren broke into the northwest several times to make troubles, but was defeated by Ran Min's army, and later Ran Min led his army to chase them to Xigaoche.

"Can't you?" Zhang Ding looked disbelieving: "Didn't General Hussars lead his army to march north again?"

Shi Zhong thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense, Ran Min invaded Xigaoche again, how could Ding Ling invade the Northwest at this moment.

Chang'an is still a large construction site, and the land leveling of the new town was completed in June.A considerable amount of labor was used to dig ditches in the city, and after repairs, they were covered with stone slabs to become underground sewage channels.Behind them are planned buildings one after another, which are strictly divided into medium, low, and high commercial areas, medium, low, and high residential areas, and medium, low, and high leisure areas.

The Han Kingdom is very serious about building the new Chang'an City, planning it with the attitude of a millennium empire. Except for the palace city, no city walls have been built. The urban area is waiting for the population to skyrocket at any time before expanding out.

New Chang'an occupies a very large area. It is adjacent to the Qinling Mountains in the south, extends to the east bank of Bashui in the east, directly wipes out Bacheng in the north, and is close to Fengshui in the west. If you really want to say a concept of area, the length is close to 120 miles. , with a width of more than 80 miles, which is enough to cover an astonishing [-] square miles.

New Chang'an covers an area of ​​[-] square miles, so big?In fact, it is almost half of the modern imperial capital, including royal palaces, leisure palaces, and forest gardens, as well as ordinary residential areas, leisure areas, commercial areas, and even farming areas. It is really not that big.

By the way, Liu Yan is about to proclaim himself emperor. Once he proclaims himself emperor, all specifications must be implemented, including the construction of the mausoleum, and then he will have to go to Luoyang to plot a piece of land.

Why was the sleeping mausoleum chosen in Luoyang?Because there is Mang Mountain over there.Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties have chosen to live in Mangshan, so there is a saying that that place is the dragon vein of Zhuxia.Some dynasties that failed to rule the old territory of Zhuxia would choose another location for the mausoleum. Basically, whether they have the conditions to build a mausoleum in Mangshan depends on whether a dynasty can at least rule the old land of Zhuxia. (The Ming Dynasty ruled the entire territory of Zhuxia and continued to expand, that is, Mangshan was not selected for the imperial mausoleum)
The new Chang'an occupies a large enough area, and the division of residences is loose. In addition to the necessary roads, the residential areas of different specifications are scattered with various leisure places.

The so-called leisure places are not only forest gardens or parks, but also racecourses, cuju fields, song and dance gardens, and opera halls. Naturally, they also include various eating places.

There is no need to guess too much, the plan will be like that, it is completely because of Liu Yan's interference, which has been widely praised.

There are three standards: medium, low, and high. Naturally, people are poor, poor, rich, and noble. The standard depends not only on the location, but also on the building itself.For example, the mansions in Fugui District occupy a very large area, not only dividing the main house, sub-compartments, and guest buildings, but also necessary gardens, and some even dig a pond by themselves.An ordinary house is a house, and it is a good thing to have a front yard or a backyard where you can grow vegetables.

Generally, the area classified as rich and noble is closer to Miyagi. There is no official restriction on who can buy and move in. Those who have no points in their hearts are just people with no power and no power but a little money. Can you live comfortably in this area?

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people spend a lot of money to buy a mansion because the surroundings are full of powerful people. What they think is that their neighbors are either rich or expensive, and they hope to curry favor with a few. Well!
What Shi Zhong wants most now is to have a house in Chang'an, he doesn't dare to think about those big and beautiful houses, he only dares to ask for the most common house.It's a pity that he found that even the cheapest house was really just a luxury for him, and he didn't have the wealth to buy it.

There are too many people who are eager to have a house in New Chang'an. Everyone knows that Chang'an, as the imperial capital, will be the center of the world in the future. Not to mention living in the imperial capital, there will be more opportunities, but the household registration can be placed in the imperial capital introduction When I was alone, I could raise my chin a little bit higher no matter what.

"It's not that there's no chance..." Zhang Ding teased Shi Zhong: "Your uncle will surely get a lot of wealth when he goes out of the Western Regions. It doesn't matter if he doesn't get much, maybe he can be rewarded with a house for his military exploits."

Shi Zhong did not take it as a tease. His eldest brother Shi Bo went out to the Western Regions, and good news came back again and again. He himself also received three letters. He knew to some extent the situation in the Western Regions, and that such a thing could really happen.

New Chang'an is a brand new city, and it was built on a land with few people. It must absorb foreigners to become citizens.

If you have money, you can buy it with money. In fact, this kind of people can't be dragged anywhere. If you rely on military merits to get rewards, you can be regarded as a winner in life.

Zhang Ding didn't know Shi Zhong's real thoughts, and wanted to tease a few words, but suddenly shouted: "Look, there are so many cars!"

Shouting such a loud voice attracted everyone to look over, and what they saw was a long queue of horse-drawn carts and ox-drawn carts driving up the official road, and there was no end in sight.

The convoy is protected by the military. It seems that there are quite a few people guarding the convoy, and everyone has a smile on their faces.

"Then... isn't that Er Gouzi?"

"Er Gouzi? Who?"

"Er Gouzi from the neighboring village! Didn't he leave the Western Regions?"

The convoy returned from the Western Regions, and they were the first batch to walk in the front, followed by a team driving a huge number of livestock, bringing back the spoils from the Western Regions.In addition, there is also a special force for escorting prisoners of war and slaves. It must be said that the number of girls captured is astounding, and they are all golden cats.

Some of the cars were covered with cloth, and some were filled with mouthfuls of boxes. It seemed that it was very laborious to pull them.

Shi Zhong had the same reaction as everyone else, he was puzzled as to why there were so many carriages, and when he was about to start working again, he suddenly saw the wheel of one of the carriages collapse, and many boxes on it tumbled to the ground , a few boxes hit the ground and lifted the lids, and some golden and silver things were scattered all over the ground.

Under the sunlight, the gold and silver coins on the ground were almost blinding everyone's eyes. The groom who was driving the carriage was in a hurry. Such an accident blocked the vehicles behind, and the number of gold and silver coins scattered on the ground was also the same. Too many, if there were not soldiers rushing to surround them, I don't know what would happen.

The carriage with broken wheels was not far from where Shi Zhong was standing. He looked down at a silver coin that had rolled to his feet in a daze, completely unaware of what it was.

Not knowing the existence of silver is a very normal thing in Zhuxia. Zhuxia has not been a region with large silver reserves since ancient times. It is more precious than gold, and there are not too many people who have never seen silver in their life.

Shi Zhonggang wanted to bend down to pick up the bright silver coin, but someone rushed over to pick it up earlier.

"What is this?" Zhang Ding looked at the silver coin carefully: "Why is there such an ugly head portrait, and what is the text on it?"

The people around gathered together, all staring at the silver coin doing the great cause of "a hundred thousand why".

In fact, Zhang Ding was not the only one to pick it up. People who were close enough to bend over could pick up everything, no matter if it was gold or silver, and there were also people who picked it up and hid it quickly.

What you pick up on the ground becomes your own?It's not the same thing at all, even if someone who picked it up wants to run away, the movement is not as fast as the soldiers surrounding it.The area was quickly surrounded by soldiers, with officers yelling for people to line up.

"Whoever picks it up, be smart enough to hand it over." Bai Zhong didn't deliberately put on a fierce face, but said with a smile: "These are captured, and all the fruits that went to the Western Regions have a share. Whoever is ignorant, Whoever is greedy for the life-saving money of fellow villagers. This kind of currency is not available in Zhuxia, and you can’t spend it if you take it.”

melt away?Even if there is no trace of it, how do you explain how the gold or silver came from when you spend it?

Unwilling to take the initiative to hand it over?In addition to taking the initiative to hand over the line, it is indispensable to search the body.If you dare to swallow it, the size of gold and silver coins is not small. Do you know what it means to swallow gold and die?The intestines and stomach can't digest metals at all, and they don't even go to the stomach, so they can't be excreted at all.Not only gold, silver or iron, copper and other metals are also the same, unless the swallowed metal is small enough, or wait for the internal bleeding of the digestive tract to die.

When it was Zhang Ding's turn, he handed over the silver coin he picked up without any hesitation, and asked at the same time: "What is this?"

Bai Zhong said it was silver coins. Seeing that Zhang Ding looked confused, he wanted to explain, but there were so many people lining up behind him, so he waved his hand and asked Zhang Ding to go and be searched.

Of course, it is impossible for a vehicle with a broken wheel to stop in place and wait for it to be repaired. The goods on the vehicle were emptied, and all the carriages, horses and goods were moved to the side of the road so that the convoy behind could pass.

In the end, Zhang Ding didn't understand what silver was, but he knew that silver was more valuable than gold.

The group of them had no intention of working anymore, and the supervisor didn't urge them. The big guy stood by the roadside and watched the convoy pass by.

"Each box contains gold coins, silver coins, and precious stones seized from the Western Regions..." Zhang Ding swallowed hard, and said to Shi Zhong in a daze: "Your brother may really have enough money to buy a seat in Chang'an." House."

Shi Zhong nodded a little dazedly, and said: "You can get [-]% if you seize it, brother should be enough. It's just... I and brother have already separated."

After the separation, the wealth between brothers is not common property. If the eldest brother helps the younger brother, it is called brotherhood. If he does not help, it cannot be said that there is no brotherhood.

On that day, the news that the Western Regions brought back the spoils spread throughout the old and new Chang'an. Countless people swore to brag to those who hadn't seen it with their own eyes. Among them, "the cart loaded with goods can't see the end" became the most used sentence.

It is reasonable to transport the things robbed from the Western Regions to Chang'an, and that is not all the trophies, some of them have been distributed according to their merits when they were in the Western Regions.

People with family members going to the Western Regions were discussing enthusiastically how much a certain family member could get, and more people had the idea of ​​going to the Western Regions to make a fortune.

The next day, when the herding team arrived, people were completely frightened when they saw the sea of ​​cows, horses, and sheep.

On the third day, people expected to see more trophies, but there was no team at all that day.On the fifth day, a new team reappeared.

"This... this... this... a lot... a lot..." Shi Zhong didn't have a stuttering problem, he was completely confused by the scene in front of him and didn't know how to speak: "It's really a lot!"

For the new team, the ones who walk in the front are of course the army. After the soldiers in front have finished, there are countless women behind them. Among them are gold, red, brown, crimson, coffee... Anyway, the color of their hair There are too many types, and the color of the eyes is also confusing to everyone.The oldest among them should be around forty, and the youngest is five or six years old.Adult women walk on foot, and young and inconvenient people take open-air vehicles.

After seeing so many women, the Han people looked at each other tacitly with the people next to them. After snatching so many women of the right age from the Western Regions, they can solve the single problem of many people.

(End of this chapter)