The next day, Hong Tao got up early, went to the outhouse to call Lian'er, did not alarm the princess who was still sleeping, plus the rich man, and rode straight to the temple bridge. Whether this is one master and two servants, or two masters and one servant, he himself can't figure it out.

Siqiao is an arch bridge over the Bianhe River, located east of Yujie and on the north bank of the Bianhe River.

Through these days, Hong Tao has just made a general impression of the main geographical location and buildings of the inner city of Bianliang. The radius of the inner city is more than 20 miles, 1 song li is almost equal to 560 meters, and the imperial city is in the center of the inner city.

The south gate of the imperial city is called Xuande Gate, and the city gate tower is quite tall, so it is also called Xuande Tower, which is the main gate of the imperial city. Suzaku Gate, the south gate that goes south from Xuande Gate to the inner city, is a straight and spacious street called Yujie, which is the central axis of the entire city.

How wide is it? Fu Ji said that there are 200 steps, and if you count it according to one step and one meter and five, it is 300 meters, but in fact, it is really about this width.

Hong Tao once crossed this street with Li Gonglin and Wang Anshi, and thought it was a square at the time. Tiananmen Square is more than 500 meters wide from east to west, and this royal street is almost half the width of most of the square.

But it is also different from the square, there are imperial corridors on both sides of the street, which is a kind of building similar to a long corridor, but it has two more walls than the long corridor, which can be regarded as a closed corridor.

There are two small ditches in the middle of the street, and the middle of the ditch is almost 100 meters wide, which is called the Imperial Road. This is the road that the emperor can only walk on, and no one is allowed to stay in normal times, only three places can be crossed, and the roads on both sides of the ditch are allowed for the people to walk.

The Royal Street is also divided into two sections, north and south, and the dividing point is located at the state bridge. This bridge is a stone bridge over the Bianhe River, it is not an arch bridge, it is built relatively flat and wide, which is very suitable for carriages and horses.

But it has the disadvantage that it is not possible to pass tall ships under the bridge, only a special type of boat called a flat boat. The mast of such a ship is folded, lowered before crossing the bridge, and then erected after crossing the bridge.

The state bridge is roughly in the middle of the Xuande Gate and the Suzaku Gate, the royal street north of the bridge is called the North Royal Street, there are imperial corridors on both sides, and the width is also large. The royal street south of the bridge has no verandahs on either side, and its width has been reduced by almost a third.

In fact, further south from Suzaku Gate is also the Royal Street, which extends to the South Gate of the outer city. It's just that this section of the royal street is even narrower, only 100 meters wide, and there is no royal road in the middle, so it looks no different from ordinary streets.

"This is the place where important ceremonies are held on New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Winter Solstice, Bestowal Drinking, Amnesty and Meeting with the Envoys of Fanbang. The lanterns are watched on the Sanyuan Festival, and the official family is here to enjoy with the people. ”

As Hong Tao guessed, Beiyu Street is really more than just a street, it is very similar to the role of Tiananmen Square, and it is a place for important national gatherings.

It was Fu Ji who gave the answer, and then Hong Tao realized that it was not all bad to have an extra female official to accompany her, and she could give a more authoritative answer to any question about Bianliang City.

At the northern end of the state bridge, there is also an east-west street, which must be 100 meters wide. It is actually a royal street, but the specifications are relatively low, just like the streets of Nanyu Street in the outer city, there is no imperial corridor, no ditch, no royal road. Usually it is an ordinary street, anyone can walk, and only when the emperor travels will it be temporarily closed for a while.

The west end of this east-west royal street is at the Xinzheng Gate in the outer city, passing through the old Zhengmen in the inner city; The east end is in the new Song Gate in the outer city, passing through the old Song Gate in the inner city. Outside the Xinzheng Gate, there are the royal gardens Qionglin Garden and Jinming Pond, and outside the New Song Gate, there are also royal gardens Yichun Garden. If the emperor goes to enjoy the flowers and set foot in the green, he has to travel from this royal street.

This horizontal and vertical two royal streets are the main traffic arteries in Bianliang City, and the state bridge is the largest transportation hub. According to the principle of commerce, where the transportation is convenient, there will be more people, and there will be more buyers and sellers, and business will be more developed.

In fact, this is indeed the case, the commercial center of the entire Bianliang City is near the state bridge, and the famous Kaifeng Daxiangguo Temple is also located in the southwest corner of the state bridge. It's not just a royal temple, it's also the largest bazaar in the city.

"Why are the shops on both sides of the street similar?" Hong Tao has not had a chance to visit the Daxiangguo Temple for the time being, and the main purpose of his coming out today is to go to his own mansion to have a look, and then take over the shop given by the emperor. The Mansion is located on the south side of Higashigo-Street, and the location of the Emperor's shop is also on this street.

But since he entered Dongyu Street from the north end of the state bridge, he found a very interesting phenomenon, there are many shops on both sides of the street, one is taller and more powerful than the other, and the signboard is also very strange, basically all of them start with the word Jiuzhu. For example, he lived in Wang Yuanwai's house for a long time and Cao Erlang's house for a long time.

"Official, this is the Didian......" Lian'er stuffed the dates into her mouth while not forgetting to remind the master.

This little girl hasn't had a good life for a few days since she arrived at the Pony Mansion, and when Wang Shu came home, she was either looking for the princess's awkwardness or looking for trouble with her. Now I can be regarded as raising my eyebrows, every time I come out, I don't bring an empty mouth, and I want to eat everything I see.

"This is Didian...... Then our shop won't be called the house of the long-lived horse Duwei! That's not possible, they've all lived for a long time, where is my genuine colt? ”

Hong Tao has heard the name of Didian more than once after crossing over, and now he finally hears his name and sees it. It's really better to see than to hear, and just listening to the princess say how big the shop is, I don't have an intuitive impression.

"Hugh wants to insult the princess behind her back!" Hong Tao was originally joking, but everyone else understood Lian'er girl, and the dates in his mouth were about to fall out when he laughed. But Fu Ji didn't understand the amorous feelings, her face was cold, and she habitually wanted to maintain the dignity of the royal family.

"Don't blame the rich man, I'm just joking...... Okay, no kidding, can you tell me what the shop is? ”

No matter how many times he has crossed, no matter what dynasty he has traveled to, Hong Tao's problem of running a train with his mouth full has never changed, but he will naturally wander out on any occasion that is not too fatal.

What is Didian? Both the princess and Lian'er had explained to the pony, but their understanding of the mansion was also very superficial, and their language skills were even more worrisome, and they never explained it clearly. Worthy of being a five-grade master specially purchased for the royal family, Fu Ji only used a few words to untie the mouth of the horse.

Didian, to put it bluntly, is a large car shop in later generations, a hotel and warehouse complex for merchants to stay and store goods. However, it is a little different from the big car shop, Di Dian was a very high-end hotel in the Song Dynasty, and ordinary small merchants could not afford to live in it.

In this era, the merchants who can traffic large quantities of goods over long distances must be the masters with strong capital, and it is not enough to have money, and there must be relationships along the way, and small households must not afford to play. Not only can't afford long-distance trafficking, but even ordinary people in the Didian industry can't afford to play, for no other reason, the investment is too big!