179 Chang'an in distress (Silver 5/40)
"Depending on the situation, don't enter the city......" After listening to Gao Cuifeng's introduction, Hong Tao's head was also a little bigger.
This group of people wants money and money, fame, qualifications and qualifications, and Nima is both civil and martial, and there is no one who can talk to them, and even the emperor has nothing to do with them. I'm just passing by, in case anyone wants to talk to me, I have to listen to the number when I go, and I can't contradict it, and it's even more rude if I don't go, and I offend people in vain.
Originally, Lian'er and the others were ready to go into the city for a good visit, but the fleet suddenly set sail again, and Hong Tao complained that there was nowhere to hide, so he could only say that he did not enter Luoyang for the good of everyone. Because I just pinched my fingers and calculated that there will be a strong wind tomorrow, or a headwind, if I don't rush at night, I will miss the time.
In ancient Chinese history, when a political power was located in a certain place, it often first considered the superiority of its geographical location. For example, whether it is conducive to defending against foreign invasion, convenient transportation, and grain transportation. In order to prevent the invasion of northern nomads, the capitals of the previous dynasties of the Tang Dynasty were mostly built in the Guanzhong area.
The so-called Guanzhong is not only the area north of the Qinling Mountains, south of the Huanglong Mountain, east of the Longshan Mountain, and west of the Yellow River, but also under the jurisdiction of the five cities of Xi'an, Baoji, Xianyang, Weinan and Tongchuan in later generations.
The natural environment here is very superior, there are mountains on three sides, there are rivers such as Jing, Wei, Pu, Pei, Ba, Waterlogging, Confusion, Hei and so on in the territory, there have always been eight rivers around Chang'an, which is convenient for irrigation and fertile land.
With the continuous development of productive forces, agriculture and economy in the Jianghuai region have caught up. At this time, Guanzhong's geographical advantages have become a defect restricting its development.
Tankers cannot swim upstream on a large scale, and only a few small vessels can pass regardless of the cost. It was not easy to advance westward by land transportation to Hangu Pass, and the country's center of gravity began to shift eastward.
However, Chang'an and even the Guanzhong region did not depress as quickly as Luoyang, because of the existence of the fierce enemy of Western Xia, the Guanzhong region became an important supply depot on the northwest border.
Grain, grass, ordnance, and personnel from all over the country must be transported here first, and then transported to the border military towns, and Jingzhao Mansion is the largest distribution center.
After thirteen days of sailing on the Luo River, the fleet moved from the Ba Canal to Ba Shui, and finally got rid of the slender man, and changed from going up the river to going down the river, and the speed increased exponentially.
After more than ten days of sailing, Hong Tao saw with his own eyes the hardships of going upstream. It is no wonder that the tankers of the brigade do not go west, in addition to the limited number of people pulling fiber, the artificial canal connecting Bashui and Luoshui cannot pass too large boats. Large-scale transportation from east to west also relies on land transportation, and the cost is high.
However, the closer you get to Chang'an City, the more boats on the river, when you arrive at the wharf of Baqiao Town, there are actually blocked boats on the river, and you have lined up for several miles, all waiting to dock at the wharf to unload.
Hong Tao did not follow the fleet to wait for docking, Baqiao Town was still more than thirty miles away from Chang'an City, and he was lightly armed, only taking Wasp, Gao Cuifeng, Lian'er and Ziju four people, beating horses and whips and galloping along the official road.
It was close to noon before I stayed in a Tongyuan inn in the east of Chang'an City, planning to rest first, and by the way, I waited for Fu Ji to send someone to contact.
This time, Fu Ji did not go with the ship, but led the camel team to set off by land half a month in advance, and first went to Jingzhao Mansion to play the front station. She doesn't have to take care of the things she takes office, but she needs to do a lot of unofficial things. For example, to take over the Huangzhuang here, to find a suitable place to open a black gold store, to find a suitable freight yard, and so on.
Presumably, as soon as the fleet docked, she should have known that she had arrived, and she must be able to find herself. If you don't even have this ability, you might as well go back to Kaifeng Flying Eagle Club to retire.
Taking advantage of the time to wait for Fu Ji, Hong Tao planned to turn Chang'an City around first. Local officials such as Jingzhao Mansion Yin will not visit, and after settling down, it will not be rude to let Gao Cuifeng take his name card and go around.
The Department of Raising Pits, Metallurgy and Casting Money is a department directly under the central government, and there is no need to hand over to the local officials in their work. The general point promotion department must have some business that needs local cooperation, but the nature of the point promotion department is different, no matter whether the local officials are willing or not, they have to cooperate, and dare to say that they are not in the middle of the word and serve the forbidden army.
In addition, Hong Tao also figured out that the less he interacted with the magistrate and the more dull the relationship was, the more peaceful his uncle would be.
If you come for a few days, you will get together with the local officials, and you can't wait to wear a pair of pants, and the eldest brother will promise that he will not be able to eat and sleep, and if he can't do it, he will have to win twelve gold medals to recall himself.
"The tiles here are far from Tokyo, but the food tastes good and the prices are cheap, so the slaves like it!"
Lian'er is not only a foodie, but also a heartless foodie, and she doesn't care why her official suddenly ran so far to be an official, as always, she stuffs all kinds of snacks into her mouth, and if there is an ant fighting on the street, she has to lean over to take a look.
The palace city and palace area of Chang'an City have long been razed to the ground by the war, and only the tall and intermittent city walls and towers are left to silently remind people of the glory of the past.
However, the neighborhoods in the city have been partially preserved, as well as the walls and gates, which are a bit exotic compared with Kaifeng City. It's just that most of them are incomplete, and many bricks and tiles have been secretly taken home by the people to repair their own houses.
"Official, there are people following behind, it's two men, looking at the boots like people in the public gate." Just two streets away, the wasp spotted an anomaly.
"Since you are a person in the public family, you don't need to care, I wait for the horses to be marked, and it is the duty of the magistrate to pay more attention, so let them go." As soon as he heard that it might be a public person, Hong Tao lost even interest in looking back.
The few horses he brought were all from the house, and they all had the imprint of the imperial horse. This is like the appearance of a bus in a second- or third-tier city in the general office of the State Council in later generations, which will immediately attract the attention of local departments. As long as the other party doesn't act too drasticly, there is no need to dwell on these little things.
"Yi Cuifeng doesn't seem to be a person in the public family, so it's better for officials to be careful." After a while, Gao Cuifeng had a different opinion, he had a natural sensitivity to people who mixed in the officialdom, how he didn't look like it.
"There's a tea shop in front, let's go sit down first...... Wasp, you sneak out from behind and hold these two people, and don't hurt people's lives until you have to. "Since the square trace is suspicious, Hong Tao doesn't plan to hold it up, it's useless to just guess, grab it and ask.
This tea shop is not a big place, only five tables on the first floor, seeing the dress and speaking accent of Hong Tao and his party, Dr. Tea took out the best tea leaves, ready to show these distinguished guests from the capital Lulu skills.
As a result, this coincidence has not been obtained, and the tea he brought was returned by Lian'er, and his own officials are not used to drinking tea soup, so they only need clear tea, and she brings all the tea that officials like.
“…… Who could force the Wasps to be so embarrassed? Before the teacup was served, there was a noise outside the door, and people shouted that the horses were neighing. Hong Tao's face couldn't help but tighten, and he heard the slightly shrill cry of the wasp.
Outside the door is really lively, one tall and one short two people are holding wooden sticks to attack wasps in front and back, and there are some passers-by on the street, I don't know why, but I am very happy to see it, and there are people who clap and cheer.
"Official, can you hurt people!" Seeing Hong Tao appear, the wasp immediately shouted and asked, if he didn't hurt people, his kung fu would be useless, at most he would be a little more agile than ordinary people.
"Stop first, Lang Lang Qiankun fights on the street, do you really think there is no royal law!" Hong Tao looked at the two people who were attacking the wasp a little puzzled, their shots were wide open and closed, and they had the meaning of covering each other and making up for each other, which was very similar to a two-man combat skill.
"It's this guy who wants to sneak attack me first!" The two of them are still very face-saving, as soon as Hong Tao spoke, they covered each other and took a few steps back, but the defensive posture did not give up, obviously still very jealous of the wasp.
"If you two hadn't followed you all the way, how could my family have sneaked up on you? Tell me, what is the intention of following from the east of the city all the way to this place? If there is half a truth, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
With the purpose in his arms is hardness, Hong Tao does not intend to hide it. To tell the truth, there is a discussion, and if you dare to deceive people, then taste the taste of bee sting. If you die, you will die in vain, and if you are found secretly following the court officials, you dare to resist, this is a capital crime.