Along the road, a tall and majestic city suddenly appeared at the end of the horizon, suddenly intruding into the sight, and the long row of walls on the flat ground rose from the ground, like a giant shield in the military array, exuding a terrifying majesty. The carriage stopped at the entrance of Luoyang City, the sunset was thick, the golden afterglow was scattered on the silent mountain wall, and the tall city wall was even more majestic, echoing with the surrounding mountains. The sun is sinking in the west, and the golden afterglow gradually turns into a blood-colored, scattered on the city wall, with a touch of Xiao killing, the mountains are like the sea, and the remnant sun is like blood.

Luoyang City since the Xia Dynasty, is the Central Plains City, located in the north-south east-west traffic center, the geographical location is extremely important, as for the Sui Dynasty is set as the eastern capital, the scale of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties reached the largest, according to the mountain in the north, the mouth of Yique in the south, Luoshui runs through it. The outer Guocheng plan is close to rectangular, with eight gates, three in the east and three in the south, two in the north, and no gate in the west. The inner enclosure of the palace city is located in the northwest corner of Guocheng, the city wall is rammed, and the inner and outer bricks are covered. There is also an imperial city built around the east and west of the palace city. In the north of Miyagi, there is Yaoyi, and there are two cities in Yuanbi. There is the East City in the east of the Imperial City, and there is the Jiacang City where grain is stored in the north of the East City. The city is divided into a number of square or rectangular lanes by vertically intersecting roads. Dingdingmen Street is 121 meters wide, and the other streets connecting the city gates are also 40 to 60 meters wide. There are square walls, doors are set up on all sides, and there are cross streets inside, where there are a total of one hundred and nine squares and three cities. The scale of Luoyang City reached its peak in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and then after several baptisms of war, the city was broken, and in the later Ming Dynasty, the scale of Luoyang City was only less than one-twentieth of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties, so it was still a big city, and it can be seen that the scale of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties was large.

"You must listen to Mr. Liu's words, be careful in what you say and do, you must know that you are on behalf of my Luanzhou Academy, and you must not ruin the reputation of the academy." Yan Shigu got out of the carriage and said to the students: "The Luoyang Mansion Academy will arrange food and lodging for you, and you Liu Shi will go over." The old man needed to visit a few people, so he separated from you. Jingshi, you will act with Master Liu, although you will not participate in the poetry meeting, but you will have a foothold. ”

"Students obey!" Several students saluted Yan Shigu in unison. Yan Shigu looked at Mr. Liu, and then left with the Xu Yan clan.

Mr. Liu led everyone into the city of Luoyang, but saw that the road inside was open, there were many people, and the market from afar was crowded with vendors. Except for Xia Hongsheng, the other students all looked the same, and it seemed that they had already been to Luoyang City many times. Xu Qixian pulled Xia Hongsheng to talk as he walked, and introduced Xia Hongsheng to the things in Luoyang City. A group of people walked and talked, arrived at the official school hall of Luoyang Mansion, Mr. Liu stepped forward to put on the invitation received, everyone did not wait long at the door, and soon saw a few people hurriedly striding out from the inside, people did not arrive, laughed first, a few steps away from the arched hands and smiled: "Brother Liu, long time no see, don't come unharmed!" ”

"Haha, Brother Qi seems to be getting more and more energetic!" Mr. Liu also returned the salute with his fists and walked over with a few students.

The man grabbed Mr. Liu's hand and said happily: "You and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and there is nowhere to pour out countless words in my chest, Brother Liu, you and I will get drunk today!" ”

"Naturally, it's good to be drunk today, but these students in the academy have to be arranged first." Mr. Liu said to that person, and then turned to Xu Qixian and said, "Why don't you come and see the teacher soon!" ”

Several students immediately bowed respectfully and saluted, and said to the person: "Late to the last school, meet the teacher!" ”

Several students are worthy of being the best in the academy, they are courteous and thoughtful, and their words are neither humble nor arrogant, which immediately made that person smile and nod: "Sure enough, they are all talents!" Haha, I'm really happy to see Brother Liu next, I've forgotten about it! Come on, why don't you hurry up and bring a few people down to settle down! ”

Immediately, an attendant came over and respectfully invited a few other people to come over, and Mr. Liu nodded to a few students.

A few students walked out of the school hall with the attendant, walked along the street for a distance, and stopped in front of an inn, but heard the attendant say: "I want to teach you that the students who participated in the poetry meeting are all settled in this inn. All the food and accommodation in the inn are responsible for the school, there are still three days before the start of the poetry meeting, and the students of other academies will also arrive one after another in these days, and a few sons can live first and visit the famous places in Luoyang! ”

"Thank you, big brother!" Several other people just nodded to indicate that they knew, but Xia Hongsheng politely saluted the attendant and thanked him.

The man didn't expect Xia Hongsheng to thank him, and he was a little surprised for a while, so he didn't say anything. He took a few people into the inn, registered at the shopkeeper's office, helped them choose a number of rooms, and took them to the house to see that the house was fully equipped, and then said goodbye and left.

"Senior brother, why do you want that little guy to salute? It's just a small house, we are all scholars, and it is appropriate to give gifts to the seniors and classmates, but we should not give courtesy when we see people, otherwise where is the backbone? After the little guy left, Bai Jianzhi put on a brother's style and taught Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng turned his head to look at the other people, although they didn't speak, but it was not otherwise, it seemed that none of them had this habit. Xia Hongsheng came from the next generation, this casual thank you is polite, that is, when you go out to eat, the waiter pours a glass of water, and casually says thank you, at least it is a respect for a person. This habit has been retained, but I forgot that this is the Tang Dynasty, those little guys are waiting for people all day long, and their status is low, and no one has ever treated them with any courtesy, so it's good not to beat and scold them. Therefore, regardless of whether it was Liu Fang, the attendant in the academy, or Liu Qing, the little servant in the Xu Mansion, or the other attendants that Xia Hongsheng met, they all looked panicked when they saw Xia Hongsheng saluting and thanking him.

"In the younger brother's view, everyone is human, living in this world, only the position and role are different, but there is no distinction between high and low. Scholars look down on butchers, but without butchers, scholars have no meat to eat. Scholars looked down on merchants, but without merchants, society would not have wealth. Officials look down on the people, but without the people, how can there be officials? Whether it is an official, a scholar, a merchant, or a butcher, before he has this status, he is a person. It is a person, as long as he is morally corrupt, has good conduct, and contributes to this society and the country, then he should be respected. Officials are responsible for managing the operation of the state, scholars are responsible for writing articles and studying the truth, merchants are responsible for business circulation and accumulation of wealth, butchers are responsible for slaughtering, and farmers are responsible for farming. Respect for a laborer, this is politeness, but also demeanor. And if the same is true for traitorous villains, that is to break the bones. The younger brother thinks that if you want to win the respect of others, you must first respect others. Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said to several other students, and after finishing speaking, he smiled again, and said again: "Besides, giving people a good face can also be beneficial!" Ladies and gentlemen, isn't our room arranged to be in the upper room? That little guy also got everything for us in the room, saving us a lot of effort? What we pay is just a casual thank-you, isn't it a good deal? ”

Bai Jianzhi didn't think so, and the other students were thoughtful, only Xu Qixian patted Xia Hongsheng on the shoulder: "Senior brother, brother Wei has heard that there is a kind of person in this world who can be called a human spirit, I'm afraid it's you!" It is said that people's hearts are unpredictable, how can you guess people's hearts to such a degree? and Lu Hun's previous psychology of you, but you really figured out people's hearts! Well, that little guy just now, it was indeed a lot more enthusiastic and thoughtful, and I will try it for my brother in the future, to see if I can also get benefits, haha! ”

It's getting late outside, and if you want to take a look around Luoyang City, I'm afraid it won't work today. There are still three days before the Luoyang Poetry Club, and I just take advantage of this time to see the situation of the tea shop, and I don't know how the steward sent by Uncle Xu is doing things, whether he has built the tea shop into a tea shop that integrates tea collection, tea frying, sales, and leisure tea tasting places, and whether he has done it according to that set of customer hierarchy. Understanding these things and pointing out the shortcomings is the purpose of Xia Hongsheng's trip. In three days, you should be able to see it. I don't want to delay the poetry meeting after three days, after all, it is a cultural event in ancient times, and I am familiar with the ancient poetry meeting in ancient books and novels all day long, what will it look like, the story of a romantic genius and a peerless beauty has never been less for thousands of years, and now I can see the real face, but I can't miss it.

"It's the first time I've come to Luoyang City, right?" Senior Brother Wan looked at Xia Hongsheng, who was very curious about the things around him, and said: "There is still a fighting flower after the poetry meeting, I think Master Liu will not urge us to go back early, we can stay in Luoyang City for a few more days, and then we can take our junior brother to visit this Luoyang City." The prosperity of Luoyang City is not inferior to Chang'an! ”

Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Then thank you to all the senior brothers, but the poetry will be imminent, several senior brothers still need to prepare in advance, it just so happens that the younger brother has some things to do in the past few days, it is better to wait for the poetry meeting to pass, there is no concern in my heart, and then have a good visit to Luoyang City, okay?" ”

"It's so good." A few people nodded in goodness.