In the mountains without lights, once it is night, it is dark everywhere, which seems a little infiltrating, even if there is starlight, it can't change the solemn atmosphere here, and if you hear the sound of wolf howling, it is even more frightening.

Fortunately, Li An and his party are all in the train, even if they hear the sound of wolves howling through the window, they don't have to worry at all, the strength of these small animals is very limited, and they definitely don't have the strength to rush over to challenge the steel giant, and they won't have the guts, and expressing their protest with a cry is the only thing they can do.

And such a wolf howl, from time to time will reach Li An's ears, however, hearing such a voice, Li An and Li Hanlu are not afraid at all, but have a very cordial feeling, when they live in Yingzhou, they can often hear the wolf howl, at that time, may not feel how wonderful this sound is, but after coming to the capital, because it is difficult to hear such a dense wolf howl again, so, hearing such a sound again seems a little nostalgic, there will be a very evocative feeling.

There can be such a dense wolf howl, which is enough to show that the ecological environment of this Dapan Mountain is not bad, the village and population should not be very large, if there is too much population here, the environment has already been seriously damaged, all kinds of wild animals will be sharply reduced, wolves are very likely to be extinct, at least there will not be so many numbers.

In addition to the wolf howl, you can occasionally see the firelight in the distance, needless to say, these fires must be nearby villages, or bandits entrenched in the mountains, in short, it is a man-made fire, the villagers need firelight lighting and cooking, the bandit consciousness is the same, and the fire near the railroad tracks must be a village, the bandits do not have such courage, they must not dare to put their stockade very close to the railway, so as not to be hit.

The firelight along the way is sparse, from these sparse fires, it can be seen that the villages here are very loosely distributed, and the nearby population should not be much, after all, there are mountains here, and it is indeed not very important for the gathering and development of the population.

"It's been a long time since I've heard a wolf howl, it's kind."

Li An looked out the window and said softly.

Li Hanlu said: "Yes! There are almost no wolves in the mountains near the capital, but there are quite a few here. ”

"There are too many people in the capital, and the total number of people inside and outside the city is probably more than four million! Four million mouths have to eat and drink, where can the surrounding mountains and forests still tolerate wild beasts to survive, the game is not enough for people to eat, it is different here, there are not a few villages to be seen along the way, there are fewer people and more wild beasts. ”

Li An said.

Since ancient times, the word to describe the troubled times is that the land is thousands of miles away, and wild beasts are rampant, which means that due to war, a large amount of land is barren, and without the threat of human beings, the number of wild beasts will increase significantly, and then there will be a scene of wild beasts everywhere, which is the so-called wild beast rampant.

In the vicinity of the capital, due to the large population, human activities are too dense and frequent, it is difficult for wild beasts to survive in such an environment, and here in Dapan Mountain, due to the sparse population, the land and forest resources have not been destroyed, resulting in a lot of wild beasts here, and you can hear the howl of wolves all the way.

As for why the wolves like to howl at night, it is probably because they are unhappy when they see the train, and they make a protest sound, or they have hunting operations, using the howl to greet their companions, and everyone goes hunting together, in addition, the howl is so loud that it can be heard from a long distance, which may be a warning to the surrounding wolves not to try to invade their territory, otherwise, they will be attacked mercilessly, and the more loud the howl, the more it proves the strength of a wolf pack.

After traveling for a long time in Dapan Mountain, the wolf howl was constant along the way, which was mixed with the howl of other animals, but the cry of any animal could not be compared with the wolf howl, and they could only bow to the wind.

After leaving the range of Dapan Mountain, it didn't take long to arrive at the upper reaches of Luoshui, in the location of Luoyang City, there is also a river called Luoshui, and even the name of Luoyang City is from Luoshui, but the Luoshui of Luoyang City and Luoshui of Luoyang City are completely two rivers, although these two rivers have the same name, but there is no intersection, and the source is not in the same place.

Because the Tang Dynasty is too vast, there are a lot of rivers with the same name, especially the tributaries that are not too large, and there are too many duplicate names, and there are many mountains and rivers with the same name, as for the villages, there are too many duplicate names, especially the villages named after the surnames, which are the villages with the most duplicate names, and even, there will be two or three villages with the same name in the same county, which is really not uncommon at all, especially the villages named after the surnames of the large population, and the possibility of duplicate names is the greatest. I remember that in later generations, there were many Zhang villages in a county seat, and Li Village, if there was not a township in front of it, no one would be able to figure out where it was.

The Luoshui in front of you is longer than the Luoshui near Luoyang City, it is not a small river, and along this river, there are many cities, across this river is Jincheng County in Yanzhou, and there are Fulu County in Yanzhou downstream, Luojiao County, Zhisuozhou City in Fangzhou, Baishui County in Tongzhou, Orange City County, Fengyu County, Chaoyi County, and finally merged into Weishui, and then soon entered the Yellow River.

After all, the width of the river in the upper reaches is too narrow, the water flow is not large enough, and the terrain is not very good, which is not conducive to the development of large-scale agriculture, so it is impossible to form a county seat, at most it can only form a small village, and the location of Jincheng County is not bad, and the population is also a lot, so it can form a county seat.

Due to the constraints of conditions, the county area of Jincheng County is not large, about only three miles of the city, seven miles of Guo, is a very small county, however, this county still has some potential in the future, after all, the railway track has passed through the west side of the county, only five or six miles away from the west side of the city wall, the traffic is not generally convenient, and the convenience of transportation will inevitably bring economic prosperity, but now the local people, the mind has not been civilized, the businessmen of the capital are not too many to come this time, so, for the time being, it has not developed.

But in the future, this city will definitely be able to develop, as long as the local people take advantage of the convenient transportation of the railway, plant more cash crops, and raise some best-selling livestock in the capital, they will definitely be able to sell at a good price, and after they can earn money, the local people will not be easy to outflow, and the people of the nearby villages will gather in the county seat, and eventually form a larger area of the county, showing the prosperity of Jincheng County.

Although Chang'an City and many large cities in the Tang Dynasty have canceled the night ban, not all cities are like this, in some remote and smaller cities, the night ban system has not been canceled, the reason is also very simple, that is, there is no need for this, and it is prone to unpredictable dangers.

For example, Jincheng County in front of him did not cancel the night curfew, when Li An's train passed by Jincheng County, there was hardly much light, if the night ban was canceled, it would be impossible to be so bright, and Jincheng County has a small population, even if the night ban is canceled, there will not be too good business, it can be said that it is a waste of resources, in addition, the population of Jincheng County is small, and the number of soldiers and servants in the city will naturally not be very large, and the people can be managed in peacetime, but if there are a large number of bandits sneak attack, They can't resist it no matter what, during the day, they can urgently close the city gate when they find that the situation is wrong, and quickly mobilize all the soldiers and horses in the city, but at night it is different, the bandits can use the cover of the dark night to suddenly and quietly kill into the city, and the guards and most of the officials must be resting, and there is no time to prepare in a short time, and a county town will be easily looted, so, no matter from which point of view, the small population of the city must continue to implement the night ban policy, Only a metropolis like Chang'an City can really cancel the night ban, after all, the big city has a large population, and the soldiers and repression are huge numbers, and there is no bandit force that can raid the big city, unless they don't want to live, and the huge population of the big city can also provide a steady stream of passengers, and there will be a good income from doing business at night, and it is not difficult to even fill up every night.

Looking at Jincheng County, where there was almost no light in front of him, Li An shook his head with a sigh, sighing at the huge gap between a small county town and Chang'an City.

"Husband, why are you sighing?"

Li Hanlu saw Li An sigh and asked gently.

Li An pointed to Jincheng County, which was getting farther and farther away, and said: "Madam, please look, there are almost no lights in Jincheng County in front of you, and at this time, the suburbs of Chang'an City are brightly lit!" This gap is not ordinarily big! ”

"It's just a small county town, how can it be compared with Chang'an City."

Li Hanlu said.

"Yes! It is also a city, because Chang'an City is the capital, so it is very prosperous, and Jincheng County is a county seat, so there are very few people, and there are almost no houses outside the city, and the night curfew has not been canceled? ”

Ang Lee sighed.

"Husband, what are you doing sighing, it's not early, shouldn't we rest early?"

Li Hanlu gently lay into Ang Li's arms and said gently.

Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at the bathroom next to him, and said softly: "It's okay to take a bath first, and then rest." ”

"It's up to the husband to decide."

Li Hanlu responded very well.

The area of the bathroom is not very large, about six square meters, of which, there are two or three square meters of the large bath alone, the depth is more than the knee, the demand for water is very large, if there is not enough water, it is impossible to use this bath, however, since such a large bath is set up here, the hot water is naturally very sufficient, otherwise, what is the point of designing such a large bath.

The hot water is then on the top of the bath, and the capacity can meet the needs of filling the bath three or five times, which can be said to be sufficient water, and in order to keep warm, the water tank is two-layered, and high-grade insulation materials are sandwiched in the middle, so as to ensure that the hot water is not easy to cool.

But even the best materials, the thermal insulation performance is limited, it is impossible to keep the hot water at the appropriate temperature, however, this is not to worry, there is a boiler in the corner of the car, and the upper water tank is connected, as long as the boiler is heated, the upper tank can be turned into hot water, and the water temperature can be monitored at any time, there is no difficulty.

That is to say, as long as Li An proposes to take a bath, the servants in the second carriage will immediately come over to prepare hot water, and soon prepare all the hot water, of course, even if Li An does not ask for it, they will regularly go to the corner to boil water for a while, so that the water in the tank is about warm, so that when it needs to be heated, it can save a lot of time.

Soon, the hot water was ready, and Ang Lee hadn't taken a bath for several days, and his body had already smelled, so it was time to wash it properly.

Bathing in a pool of water with his wife is Li An's bathing habit over the years, and he has never changed it easily, because it is more comfortable, it is really not interesting to wash alone, and no one rubs his back, and if two people wash together, they can rub each other's backs and do some embarrassing things, how happy it is!

The bigger the bath, the more water in it, the more comfortable it is when taking a bath, this is the eternal truth, Li An and Li Hanlu walked into the bath hand in hand, sat opposite each other, just soaked quietly, as long as the soak was enough, in order to rub off the mud on the body.

"After so many years, Madame is still strong and powerful."

Li An stretched out his thumb and praised Li Hanlu.

Li Hanlu smiled, looked at Li An, and said with a smile: "Yes! After so many years, so many beautiful wives and concubines around the husband are not the same strong, isn't this even more powerful. ”

Li An frowned, and pretended to be puzzled: "How does Madam know, her husband is weak and weak at the moment, and he is not strong!" ”

"Really?"

Li Hanlu's eyes probed, but the ripples on the water surface were too big, and the bathroom lights were dim, so he couldn't see anything, so he didn't know if what Li An said was true or false.

Li An sighed and said helplessly: "How can a husband deceive his wife, he is old, his waist and knees are sore, and he is always a little powerless." ”

After speaking, he closed his eyes, looking quite distressed.

However, Li Hanlu didn't believe Li An, the corner of his mouth smiled slightly, and took advantage of the moment when Li An closed his eyes, and suddenly pounced on Li An, reached down with his right hand, and held a big object.

"Oh! Madame tapped, it hurt, it hurt. ”

Li An was suddenly attacked and hurriedly begged for mercy.

"My husband lied to me today, how should I punish him, say it!"

Li Hanlu hugged Li An's neck and asked threateningly.

"Hey, my life has fallen into the hands of my wife, how to send it down, it's not a matter of my wife's words."

Li An said pitifully.

Li Hanlu smiled proudly, glared at Li An, and ordered in an unquestionable soft voice: "Husband, the concubine really wants to cry, is it okay?" ”

Li An responded: "My husband promised you to let you cry until tomorrow morning." ”