Depression, coldness, high walls and beggars!

This is the first impression of Wuhaogu in Nanjing, the most prosperous city of Nanjing in the Great Liao Empire.

A city with a population of about 300,000, although it cannot be compared with the back of Fangshan District, Beijing, in later generations, but it is cold and depressed to such a point, which is really beyond the expectations of Wu Haogu.

He has entered many cities of the Song Dynasty in this era, even if it is a small county town, small is small, but there is always a trace of prosperity in the city, as long as you enter the city, you can see rows of shops and wine shops, and the solicitors are eager to block the city gate. As long as there is a large group of merchants, they can hear the continuous singing at the first time.

However, when Wu Haogu entered the city from the Qing Jin Gate in the west of Xijin Mansion City, he didn't see any shops! There was only a straight road, with ditches on both sides of the road and high walls. Inside the city wall, there is actually a high wall! What kind of city is this?

Because there were no shops and vendors along the street, Wu Haogu, who walked into Xijin Mansion, suddenly felt cold and depressed. However, before he could ask the reason, dozens of ragged beggars came out of the trenches on both sides of the road, as if in ambush, and rushed to the horses of Wu Haogu and the others to bow down, and there were words in their mouths.

"The big officials reward the small ones with a few coppers and send kindness, and the small ones wish the big officials to be promoted, make a fortune, and live a long life......"

"The big official is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva, the Arhat who went down to the mortal world, and rewarded the small ones with a few copper seeds that survived the spring famine."

"It's okay for the big officials......"

Wu Haogu was startled by the beggars who rushed out like a tide.

This Fangshan District, Beijing City, no, it should be the Daliao Nanjing Xijin Mansion How did it become the helmsman of the beggar gang? Although Wu Haogu had heard that there were many beggars in Yanjing City in Kaifeng Mansion, he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the city, he would rush up in droves!

It seems that Jin Daxia does not know the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, otherwise the beggar gang should not be the gang of the Song Dynasty, but the gang of the Liao State.

Ma Zhi had been prepared for a long time, and he did not let people drive away those beggars, but took out a large handful of copper coins from his arms and threw them into the ditch by the roadside. Ximen Qing, who was walking side by side with Wu Haogu, also took out the copper coin and threw it into the trench on the other side. The beggars who were originally blocking the road to ask for food scattered to grab money, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Ma Zhi shouted loudly: "Hurry up, it's good to pass this section." ”

It's not as fast as it gets, and although the roads in the city are wide and straight, horses are not allowed to run.

However, the beggars who were blocked in the Qing Jin Gate did not chase for money - later Wu Haogu learned that there were beggars in Xijin Mansion, and there was more than one, and each beggar gang had territory. It is about six of the eight gates of Xijin each have a gang (there are two gates directly to the palace and the official office, and the place does not give food), and the twenty-six squares in the city also have a beggar gang each, a total of thirty-two beggar gangs, and there are thousands of daily disciples, if it is the time of the New Year's slack, the beggars who enter the city to ask for food will be as many as tens of thousands!

At that time, Xijin Mansion can really hold a beggar gang conference!

"How can there be so many beggars? Where did they come from? Wu Haogu looked back at the beggars who were in a mess in order to grab a few copper plates, and felt a little sad - this was Fangshan District, Beijing, which he was haunted by! So he inquired about Ximen Qing.

"They are all farmers around Yanjing, and most of them are customers (tenants) of the Yansi family and the Li family of Yanjing (that is, the dice rolling privy Yelu Yan and their family)." Ximen Qing paused, and added, "If it weren't for the people of these five families, they wouldn't be allowed to go into the city to ask for food!" ”

Wu Haogu was surprised: "What's the end? If you want a meal, you still need the clan to agree? ”

"Of course," Ximen Qing sneered, "Da Lang still thinks that in the Great Song Dynasty, a map of displaced people can bring down the prime minister of the dynasty!" This side is Da Liao, if there is no permission from the family, the following customers Qubu have to be an An An starvation, and now they can enter the Xijin Mansion to ask for food, which is already the grace of the main family. ”

The Great Song Dynasty is not a thousand things, after all, it is a civilian society, and no matter what the court at the top is, at least the middle-level landlords of the poetry heirloom family cannot be compared with the family gate valve like the Yan Si family!

The scholars and landlords of the Song Dynasty were all scumbags of war, and if the oppression of the peasants below was too hard to force them to rebel, they themselves would not be able to defeat them, so they had to ask the imperial court to send officers and soldiers to suppress them - how troublesome is this? Moreover, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty did not believe in the military attache with the troops, in case the suppression came to suppress and the suppression became a feudal town, how would it end?

Therefore, the oppression of the lower classes by the court and the landlord class of the Great Song Dynasty was still relatively restrained, and they often recruited poor people who had no food to eat and were about to rebel into the box army, so as not to let people choose between rebellion and starvation.

And here in Liao, it is different, the big families are all armed forces, and there are a lot of clan soldiers, doormen, dead soldiers, strategists, etc. The rebellion of the small people below can't get past them at all!

There was no need for the Khitans to take action at all, and several big clans suppressed it themselves.

"It's the place!"

Ma Zhi shouted at this time.

Arrived? Where?

Wu Haogu looked up and saw that he had arrived at the gate of the city, which was on the left side of the straight street. This city gate is much smaller than the Qing Jin Gate that entered Yanjing just now, but the height is about the same as the Qing Jin Gate, and the city walls on both sides are also very tall. There are also three Chinese characters engraved above the city gate cave - Ganquanfang.

"Da Lang, this is Fang." Ximenqing explained, "Xijin Mansion City is a Tang city, and unlike the city of this dynasty, there is a city within the city. There are 26 squares in the castle, each of which has a ring of walls and four gates. Merchants in Xijin Province can only operate in the workshop, and are not allowed to set up stalls on the streets outside the workshop. ”

I see!

It's no wonder that the city of Xijin is depressed at first glance, but there is also a city within a city. Wu Hao Gu Xin said: No wonder in history the Song army was driven out by the Liao soldiers after entering Yanjing City, it turned out that there were twenty-six small cities in Yanjing City (in fact, there were twenty-seven, Wu Haogu missed the palace city)...... I must draw all the situations in Yanjing City this time, and it is best to ask Huang Shilang to make a model and dedicate it to the official family.

"Dalang, get off the horse." At this time, Ximen Qing said, "Horses are usually not allowed to be ridden in the workshop. ”

"Oh." Wu Haogu answered, turned over and dismounted, and handed the reins to a small official who had sent them into the city.

The gate of Guangyuanfang is open, and it is bustling and very lively, and there are several fangs guarding the door.

These fangmen were all dressed like the officials who sent them into the city, holding spears, carrying bows and arrows, and without armor, but they looked very strong.

"I've seen Erlang-kun."

When they saw Ma Zhi, they stepped forward to salute.

"This Ganquanfang is the Ma family's stronghold in the city of Xijin Mansion." Ximen Qing continued to act as a "tour guide", "The four Yan families and the recently rising Yanjing Li family both have a square in Xijin Mansion, and the four Khitan departments also occupy a square each. Among the remaining dozen or so squares, except for Beishi Fang, Nan'an Fang and Dong'an Fang, they are also occupied by large clans, but two or three big clans occupy one fang. ”

That's awesome!

Wu Haogu is really eye-opening now, I originally thought that the Ma family of Yiwu Lushan was similar to Pan Qiaolian's family, but I didn't expect them to be so powerful, and there was a city square in Yanjing City, the largest of the five capitals in Liao State!

If this piece of land can be passed on to the 21st century, it will not be worth a thousand small goals!

"Everyone, let's go to a certain house for a while." Ma Zhi spoke again at this time, waved his hand after speaking, and then strode towards Ganquanfang.

There are two intersecting cross-shaped streets in Ganquanfang, one of which is the street of Wuhao Gujinfang, which is lined with shops, including restaurants, restaurants, restaurants, restaurants, hotels, and Qinglou teahouses, but the main ones are silk shops and porcelain shops - these two shops sell the rich Liao silk and Liao porcelain in the Daling River area of Liaoxi, the old nest of the Ma family.

Wu Haogu and Ximen Qing also hurriedly followed, and entered the fangmen, only to see many beggars kneeling on the ground, shouting words like "Say hello to Ma Erlangjun".

Ma Zhi laughed, and didn't know who he was instructing: "Appreciate the rice, enjoy the rice!" ”

Wu Haogu looked at the lowly people here in Yanjing like this, frowned and wanted to ask Ma Zhi where to buy a little slave? As a result, he only took two steps and was dragged by Ximen Qing.

"Eldest sister, you are ......"

"Da Lang," Ximen Qing whispered, "you are now a painter of the Southern Dynasty, and you can't get within five steps of him without Ma Shibo's summons." ”

What the? It's on the street!

Ximen Qing shook his head, and pointed to Ma Zhi who was walking in the middle of the road, and sure enough, no one dared to approach him, only the monk who blew the lantern walked with him. In addition, the beautiful concubine Yue'er that Ji Yi gave him followed him.

"In the fang, we have to go on both sides," Ximen Qing said, "and in the middle are the nobles of the family or the Khitan clan, the wives and concubines of the nobles, and the guards." ”

What the? Walk and score the middle two sides...... These big families are also domineering, right?

The soul comes from the 21st century, and the body belongs to the Wu Haogu of the Great Song Dynasty, who has become a commoner, of course, he doesn't know how domineering the Dashi clan in the scholar society is! The movies he watched in later generations depicting the Han, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties rarely revealed the fact that these times were all times when a small group of big families rode on the heads of the working people to make a fortune!

After slandering him, Wu Haogu had no choice but to walk on the side of the street with Ximen Qing. After walking about a thousand steps, I turned into a small alley. The alley is relatively narrow, and it can't be divided between the middle and both sides, so Wu Haogu can follow behind the noble Ma Zhi.

There are no shops in the alley, there are high walls on both sides, and I don't know whose house it is? After walking hundreds of steps, I saw an open door, which should be the back door, but there was a large group of people standing in front of the door, all of them were short in Tsing Yi, and I saw Ma Zhidu bowing and bowing, and someone shouted in a thick Yandi accent: "Welcome the second master back to the house." ”

This was originally Ma Zhi's mansion in Yanjing City!