Text 732 Chang'an City

In the long river of history, Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty recorded in the annals, was already the largest kingdom capital in the world at that time, with a population of one million.

And after someone appeared in the Tang Dynasty, after nearly 20 years of hard work, especially since the completion of the new outer city, the entire Chang'an City can only be described as majestic and magnificent.

And "big" is no longer enough to describe the giant lying quietly on the ground in front of people's eyes.

According to the concept of the round sky, the original Chang'an City is boxy, in addition to the three gates of the palace city on the original position of the dragon head, there are three expanded city gates in the east, west and south.

The tall city wall of bluestone masonry exudes majesty and solemn momentum, and the moat is as wide as 20 zhang, because of the existence of two flowing rivers in the city, thus forming a rippling living water, and even the fish at the bottom of the water are clearly visible in summer.

In the new outer city built in recent years, in the midst of doubts and opposition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince withstood all the pressure from all sides, and expanded a new Chang'an New City that was eight miles long in the east, west and south directions of Chang'an City.

The shape of the whole new city, standing in the sky pavilion with a bird's eye view, is like a fan, with Suzaku Street as the center, spread out to the east, west and south of Chang'an City, thus forming a huge city with an inner square and outer circle.

The position of the dragon head in the north of Chang'an City is like a fan handle, and you can control and open and close this huge "folding fan" at will.

Corresponding to the nine gates on the east, west, and south sides of the inner city, the main road connecting the new city to the outer city is naturally connected by the nine gates of the three city walls, thus forming a main road that exists like a fan bone.

The outer city is not set up with a tall and strong city wall like the inner city, but at the end of the city, a circular official road is laid, as if at the top of the fan, a perfect curve of gold line is drawn, around the entire outer city of Chang'an.

In the middle of the nine main roads, at the end of the outer city of Chang'an, there are eight barracks, which are guarded by the emperor's Jin Wuwei and the prince's central army, which jointly guard the nine main roads in and out of the entire Chang'an City.

Naturally, the three gates on the side of the Longshouyuan Imperial City are still stationed with elite soldiers in the Jinwu Guard, to protect the safety of the Imperial City and the imperial family.

Therefore, the entire Chang'an City is still nine gates, nine soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers are guarding this huge city.

As Saleh and the Sultan got closer and closer to Chang'an City, the expressions on their faces became more and more surprised, and even in the end, the two of them were already surprised to grow their mouths, facing the endless city in front of them, and in their minds, they really couldn't think of exact words to describe the behemoth in the distance.

"This ...... This is Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty? Or is this just the existence of a state? "The Sultan (don't bother with names, for the sake of memorization and not to be harmonious.) He stammered a little, and asked, looking at Saleh, who had a more gloomy expression on his face next to him.

"Yeyue is right, Chang'an City has undergone earth-shaking changes again." Saleh sighed heavily, when he left Chang'an, Chang'an was far from being as majestic and majestic as it is now.

And now standing on the distant high ground outside Chang'an City, sitting on horseback and looking at the entire Chang'an City, Saleh's heart is constantly sinking, his expression is even more gloomy, and his eyebrows are about to be twisted on his forehead.

The buildings of Chang'an, which are dozens of feet high, sprung up one by one in the inner city of Chang'an City like mushrooms after a rain during the period before he left to return to Dashi.

Nowadays, this so-called outer city has also stood as if looking at Tallinn from afar, and everywhere you can see, there are towering behemoths that are dozens of feet high.

The entire Chang'an City, like a tall dense forest, is occupied by these towering buildings, attracting people's envy when they first arrive in Chang'an.

What surprised them even more was that when they shifted their eyes and looked at the direction of the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, the tallest building in Chang'an City seemed to have a dazzling glow, making it impossible for them to look directly at the huge building with great glory.

"Oh, that's the famous sky pavilion in the Tang Palace, I've been there several times, but I'm afraid you won't have that blessing. As for those dazzling golden lights, it is not that the pavilion will automatically emit a glow, but because the pavilion that is so tall that it towers into the sky uses a lot of precious glass, so under the illumination of the sun, it will look like it exudes ten thousand rays of light. Like a tour guide, Yeyue rode on horseback and accompanied Saleh, explaining with some pride.

As for the sultan on the other side of Saleh, he was completely ignored by her, and from beginning to end, Yeyue has always been the sultan who showed naked admiration for her, like air.

The tall eight drum towers are the only way to enter Chang'an City, the eight drum towers lie between the nine main roads, and the next convenience is the barracks of Jin Wuwei and the Central Army, and the drum tower is also the sentry post of Jin Wuwei and the Central Army, looking at the enemy situation in the distance.

Time seemed to suddenly have a spirituality, and when Yeyue took Saleh and the Sultan, including a long group of cannibals behind him, and slowly walked to the Drum Tower to enter Chang'an City, the Drum Tower instantly rang a melodious bell.

As if to give these big cannibals a dismount, the melodious bell suddenly rang above the big cannibals' heads with the pride and confidence of the Tang Dynasty.

The eight drum towers, together with the drum towers in the inner city, rang melodious bells, as if to continue to wake up the entire prosperous and wealthy Chang'an City, and also seemed to show their existence to the people of Chang'an City.

The Sultan, who was passing under the drum tower, heard a thunderous sound overhead, and was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and blurted out with some panic: "What's the matter?" What is this sound? Why is it so loud? ”

Yeyue's originally tense pretty face, the afterglow swept over the originally chic and free Sultan, and after hearing the drum, he suddenly became embarrassed, so he couldn't help but laugh first.

And Yeyue's laughter also made the sultan, who was gradually relieved, blush, and his heart was full of embarrassment and shame, and he couldn't wait to tear down this hateful drum tower immediately.

Saleh used to hear it every day in Chang'an City, although the sound of the twilight drum just now was a little loud, but because of the reasons I had heard it before, just now my heart suddenly shook, but I didn't make a fool of myself like the Sultan.

"The so-called morning bell and dusk drum in the Tang Dynasty will ring the bell in the early morning to remind people what time it is, and at this time, the drum will begin to be beaten." Saleh did not show any signs of mockery towards the Sultan, in his opinion, during this time, things that shocked the Sultan would continue to happen, and there was time to laugh at him.

"Don't tell me, the entire streets of Chang'an City are paved with these bluestone slabs, how much does it cost to do this?" The melodious sound of drums finally completely dissipated over the entire city of Chang'an, and the Sultan muttered as he looked at the shops on both sides of the street.

Originally, he thought that when their team of big cannibals entered Chang'an, it would definitely cause a sensation to the people of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and even cause riots in the people of the Tang Dynasty, but now, he is going to be disappointed again.

They had a long team of nearly 1,000 people, and even some of them were blatantly carrying weapons, but even so, they still couldn't attract the attention of the people of Chang'an.

And in the eyes of those people, it seems that the red lanterns and the delicious cakes, or the cloth, silk, etc., are much more important than them, and no one will stop to watch them pass by, but people consciously give them the middle way.

On the street that is several zhang wide and more than ten zhang, pedestrians and carriages and sedan chairmen do not conflict at all, as if everyone knows which road they should walk on, the carriage is still speeding fast, the sedan chair driver is still moving his feet quickly, and the pedestrians are still leisurely wandering.

And even if their team of nearly 1,000 people mixed into this wide street, it still couldn't make this wide street look crowded.

Yeyue's face was no longer as tense as just now, originally in her heart, this sultan of the Hashemite family, as the most likely young talent to inherit the Hashemite family, should be a well-informed person, after all, he has been to the farther west and seen more customs.

But the demeanor and behavior he shows now look like a ...... In Li Hong's words, it's like a dirt bun.

Thinking of this, I can't help but think of the "wicked man" who is high up, why he always looks down on them as a cannibal and always belittles his royal brother with a great sense of superiority.

Now she understands that in her eyes, this Sultan should be a well-informed and talented person, and now even in her opinion, it is nothing more than a dirt bun who has just entered the city, dazzled, and shocked by the prosperity of the world.

As a result, this sultan, in her heart, at this moment, became no longer so threatening, and even she began to think that this sultan would no longer be the opponent of the king's brother Saleh.

"Huh? Oh, Chang'an City has just completed the paving of the entire street this year, of course the money is paid by the Tang Dynasty, they have money, if it wasn't for the fact that many people opposed him at the beginning, he planned to expand the new city for eighteen miles, and in the end because the resistance was too great, even his father and mother were opposed, so he had to take a step back and expand the eight miles. Looking at the gaze of his brother Saleh, Yeyue, who had come back to his senses, hurriedly explained.