Qi Huo, as long as these two little girls raise the bar, they can't tell the winner in a short time, and they will forget to worry and fear for the time being, and they won't bother themselves again. At this time, you must hurry away, so as not to be caught by them to be a referee.

Where to go? It's not far away, just on the ship's floor, and the crown is still waiting to see his own star-pulling Dafa. Now that the sun has just shown its little face in the east, it is not the best time to observe it, and it is best to observe it until it is close to noon.

During this time, Hong Tao could just tell Wang Guan what is the concept of solar ecliptic longitude and what is latitude and longitude, and how much he can understand depends on his creation.

Fortunately, there is a long road ahead, and taking a boat against the current is much more comfortable than riding a horse or a car by land, but it is also much slower. When the wind is insufficient, you have to rely on oars or even slender pulls, and the average speed is less than two knots.

But shipping has an advantage, as long as the weather is beautiful and windy, it can sail 24 hours a day, which can slightly make up for the disadvantage of slow speed, and it can travel almost 50 miles a day.

The route taken by the trough boat was not the Yellow River, and after entering the Yellow River from Biankou, it only took more than an hour to drill into Luoshui from Gongxian County. The purpose of this choice is only for safety, the trough ships are all inland river flat-bottomed boats, the seaworthiness is relatively poor and fully loaded, it is more dangerous to navigate in the big rivers, and the wind and waves are slightly larger and may capsize.

Compared with the Yellow River, Luoshui is narrower and calmer, as for the speed, in fact, there is no big difference, the Yellow River has a strong wind, but the flow speed and waves are still big, and the back is holding one side and sinking.

Eight days later, in the early morning, a large city appeared in front of the fleet, and Luoyang, the western capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, arrived. Five dynasties ago, after the Zhou and Qin dynasties, the dynasties and dynasties that occupied the Central Plains basically chose one between Chang'an and Luoyang as their capital. A few hundred miles to the east, Kaifeng as the capital was initiated by Zhu Wen of the Liang Dynasty and continued by the Song Dynasty.

As for why he didn't choose between Chang'an and Luoyang, it was related to the war at the end of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that these two cities were very badly destroyed at that time, and when Yin Zhang Quanyi of Henan Province entered the city in the eighth year of Guangqi, Luoyang City had less than 100 households and became a dead city, and Chang'an was even worse. Later generations may think that they are unlucky, and are unwilling to spend more effort to renovate, so they simply change to a new place and reopen again.

But no matter how you say it, it is the old capital of many dynasties, and the heritage is still there, whether it is the Liang Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, they have not completely abandoned these two ancient cities, and unanimously set Luoyang as the accompanying capital. Chang'an has a slightly lower status, but it is also an important city, that is, Jingzhao Mansion, where Hong Tao is going to take office, which can be called the western gate of the Song Dynasty.

"This is the largest market in the Sui and Tang dynasties, called Fengdu, also known as Nanshi. It's a pity that things are wrong, and they have long become farmland, and they are no longer prosperous. ”

Wang Guan knew that it was the first time for the horse to go far away, so he took the initiative to be a tour guide, pointed to a field on the bank of Luoshui, and stroked his beard while talking, with a very instructive posture.

These days, he has suffered a great sin on the ship, and the horse's astrological skills are indeed powerful, just hold the complex artifact with a few small mirrors and worship the sun, and then scribble on the paper with ghost drawings, and then compare the position of the sun in the sky, you can determine the specific position of the current situation.

He looked at the results of the experiment many times, and not only did he not see the same location, but he also corrected many errors on the map. But the problem is that if he fiddles with himself, he will be completely blind, and he can't play any of them, so he has no choice but to listen to the colt, don't think about anything, learn from scratch.

This study crown only to know that he was fooled by the horse again, at the beginning the teacher was actually Lian'er, in the words of this little girl, without a year or two of hard study, it was not the turn of the horse to teach in person.

Then the commander of the forbidden army became the most ignorant person on the ship, who was watched by Lian'er and Ziju all day long and memorized the mantra, and the most annoying was the adopted daughter Chenniang, who had to lose the horse, she looked at herself with the same eyes as if she was looking at a fool on the street, and whenever she couldn't answer a question, she would glance at it, and she would be so angry and annoying.

"The imperial court didn't send anyone to repair?" You don't need to explain too much about the crown Hong Tao can also see the dilapidated of this city, its outer city walls have collapsed in many places, after so many years of wind and rain, some are a few meters high earthen mounds, you can't see the original shape at all.

Further on, the general outline of the imperial city is still there, and the city gate tower is also standing, but compared with the scale and height of Kaifeng City, it is still much worse. Since it is a companion capital, it should not be allowed to decay so much, it seems that the population here is not small, why is no one repairing it.

"I don't know about this little brother, it is said that His Majesty once issued an order to let the local officials raise their own repair costs, if it is not enough, they will demolish one and repair two, but not new ones." It is indeed difficult to know the reason for the identity of the crown, it can only be hearsay.

"It seems that this Xijing is just a name, Your Majesty never thought of opening it, and even gave up the backup." Of course, Hong Tao couldn't think of why an ancient city with a long history would be treated like this, but judging from all indications, not only Emperor Shenzong, but also his father, grandfather or something might mean the same thing. Give a name, but don't give actual investment, love is wasted and not wasted, and I don't want to use this as the capital at all.

"Officials should not be confused by the outer city, Julos ruled the garden but not the city wall, and the gathering of powerful gentry and celebrities was second only to Tokyo. Cuifeng thought that it was better not to enter the city, and if it was better to stay in the outer city, it would be better not to enter the imperial city. ”

I didn't see a big city for many days, and I was about to go to Xijing, and the people in the cabin came out one after another, and Gao Cuifeng was among them. He heard the conversation between the colt and the crown clearly, as if he had a different opinion.

"Oh...... What does Xia Shu mean by this, I can't enter this city? Gao Cuifeng's words, Hong Tao understood, but he didn't understand the meaning. Since Luoyang is not as dilapidated as it looks on the outside, why is it not recommended to enter the city?

After nearly ten days of continuous sailing, it is not very good to have a big city to move your muscles and bones, and you can also replenish some supplies for the fleet. Everyone else is okay, but the women and children have to eat fruits, milk, and snacks every day, and it will be uncomfortable to suddenly become uncomfortable after forming a habit.

It is not yet at the border, so don't be too hard to enjoy it if you have the conditions. In fact, Hong Tao himself also wants to go to Luoyang, Xijing, but it is the ancient capital, and it is a pity not to enter the city.

"It's not that you can't enter, the officials don't know, Julos is the head of the old party in the court, and I'm afraid there will be trouble after entering the city." Gao Cuifeng seemed to be very taboo about this topic, and looked left and right to see that no one was paying attention before explaining in a low voice.

"Xia Shu means that this is the gathering place of the old party, who are there? Come, come, let's talk in the cabin...... Brother Wang, let the fleet dock and buy first, and whether to enter the city or not is to be determined. ”

This is the first time Hong Tao has heard of this matter, and it is worth it that the old party still has a base. This happened in later generations, when people with two political philosophies often lived in two cities with completely different personalities. It's not that the real knife and the gun are against each other, but a tacit understanding has been formed. In a word, it means that things gather like and people live in groups.

Hong Tao is not very concerned about the dispute between the old and new parties, and he does not intend to show his attitude to support either side. But it's also troublesome to be in the court and not know anything about it, at least who is in the same group as whom.

I have to say that Gao Cuifeng is really a geek, he doesn't have a good political talent, but he has a very, very strong understanding and memory, and he remembers everything about the changes in the court. I usually like to read this kind of book when I have nothing to do, like a living database, or the minister of the opposition organization.

The political forces in Luoyang City are roughly divided into two categories, one is the local wealthy family inherited from their ancestors, and the other is the foreign eunuchs. The former wanted Luoyang to become the political center of the country again, while the latter were mostly losers or discouraged in the struggle of the court.

These two groups of people have a lot in common in terms of their main political demands, one of which is that they are not very satisfied with the new policy, so they hit it off and gradually turned Luoyang into a base for the old party.

The local wealthy families include the Liu family, the Wang family, the Yin family and the Chong family, all of which are big families that have lasted for hundreds of years and are both prosperous in the government and the opposition, among which the Liu family is the most prominent.

This family originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the ancestor Liu Yue had followed Emperor Xiaowen to move the capital to Luoyang, to the Tang Dynasty, the ancestor of the Liu family Liu Zhenghui was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and the official residence was still in the criminal department.

His son Liu Wensu served in the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and Northern Song dynasties, and was an official in the imperial history. His grandson Liu Ye is an important minister of the Zhenzong Dynasty, and has served as the secretary of the provincial writer, Yizhou Tongju, right Zhengyan, deputy envoy of the three divisions of the household department, Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, Lang Zhong of the Criminal Department, and a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion.

At present, the head of the Liu family is Liu Ye's second son Liu Ji, who was also born as a Jinshi, but later changed to a military position, took charge of Qin Fenglu, and later turned to a civilian position.

This person has a bold nature, is good at drinking, knows the rhythm of music, and often gathers guests to drink until night. After living idle, he was even more debauched, often taking the singer out on a cruise, camping in the wild when he walked to a scenic place, and did not shy away from drinking and playing. Yushi had impeached him several times for this, but Emperor Shenzong did not order punishment.

The reputation of the foreign official eunuch family is even louder, and the first one to recommend is Zhang Zhibai. He went through the three dynasties of Taizong, Zhenzong, and Renzong, worshiped the prime minister, and also ruled in Luoyang, Xijing for many years, and had many protégés.

Hong Tao knew very little about Zhang Zhibai, and if it wasn't for Gao Cuifeng mentioning it, he wouldn't know that there was such a prime minister in the Song Dynasty. It was the latter few who really made him realize the forces of the old party: Fu Bi, Lu Gongshu, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, and Miao Zhu. All of them are figures at the level of prime ministers and generals, and all of them are the backbone of the old party.

In addition to the eunuchs and the powerful family, Luoyang also has a big family at the level of cultural and ideological leaders, such as the Cheng family, and the head of the family is called Cheng Jue. Look at the name of the person, the deputy minister has nothing to do, and he must be the prime minister.

But the real power is not this official fan, but his two sons Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi. Ercheng has been known as a master of science for hundreds of years by later generations.