Dong Ce is naturally not qualified to mix in when they speak, and he will not be so boring. His eyes had been looking at those cavalrymen, and the number of cavalry guarding Bai Yiqing and the other three this time was about three hundred. They all looked fierce, their movements were crisp and neat, they did not drag the mud and water, and they were skillful in controlling the horses. From these aspects, it is possible to roughly deduce their combat effectiveness.

And more importantly, they have a fierce murderous aura on their bodies, and only veterans who have been on the battlefield and killed people and killed a lot of people will have this kind of aura on their bodies.

In Dong Ce's opinion, these people are out-and-out elite soldiers, but I am afraid that they are not much worse than the family members under their hands. Moreover, they are on the northwest border, so they are afraid that they will have more combat experience. Their equipment is also quite sophisticated, with good horses under their crotches, most of them wearing cotton armor, and some of them wearing iron armor. The weapons in their hands are not uniform, most people use waist knives, but there are still a considerable number of weapons, and there are all kinds of weapons.

Dong Ce secretly speculated, I don't know how many elites like Suzhou Wei?

The team moved forward slowly, and after a short time, they arrived at the foot of the Suzhou Acropolis. As an important town in the northwest border, the Acropolis of Suzhou is very majestic, and the city walls are very tall and strong, all of which are made of such big blue bricks, standing majestically.

Dong Ce will not be surprised by these, after all, as a border town, the city should be high and deep. What surprised him was that Suzhou Wei was so prosperous, and before he reached the city gate, there were already a lot of shops on both sides of the official road. Restaurants, brothels, silk villages, grain and oil shops, and so on, are very prosperous.

There are not only storefronts, but also many houses, many of which are high-end households.

On both sides of the street, buildings are lined up one after another, and I don't know how far they stretch. Outside the south gate of the Suzhou Acropolis, a bustling town of considerable scale has been formed.

This opened Dong Ce's eyes, he originally thought that the Suzhou Acropolis should be a military city similar to a large military fort, except for the soldiers and their families, there were few merchants and ordinary people, but he didn't expect that the prosperity here was not inferior to Yanghe City, and even surpassed.

Not far from the city gate, the flow of people was already quite dense. On the official road, there was already a long queue, from the city gate to one or two hundred zhang away. This long serpentine procession consisted of merchants, men, escorts, carts full of goods, horses and camels with a lot of goods strapped to their backs. Among them, you can also see many high-nosed, deep-eyed, exotic Hu people, who obviously also came to the Ming Dynasty to do business.

These people are naturally waiting in line to enter the city, and being able to discharge such a long line at the gate of the city shows how big the flow of people in the Suzhou Acropolis is in a day!

What made Dong Ce even more surprised was Bai Yiqing's attitude towards these merchants, if he were to be replaced by other Ming officials, he would have to drive these merchants aside, vacate the road, and then swagger into the city with great style. But Bai Yiqing was not like this, he commanded the team to only occupy the left half of the official road, and on the right half of the official road, those merchants were still queuing.

This will not affect their entry into the city for business.

And those merchants, when they saw these high-ranking officials surrounded by a large group of officers and cavalry, some knelt down and kowtowed, and some just bent down and saluted. Bai Yiqing didn't even put on a show at all, and smiled and gestured to those people on the horse.

Dong Ce can see that this Lord Bai must attach great importance to business, and he also retains a considerable degree of respect for businessmen, and the business of this Suzhou Acropolis can be so developed and the market can be so prosperous, I am afraid that he has a great credit.

Not to mention anything else, just the small detail of occupying only half of the official road, it can be seen that this person is a person with a heart.

After a cup of tea, the team finally entered the city, and suddenly, prosperity came to the face.

I don't know how many storefronts there are, it seems endless. Caravans, large and small, almost filled the streets, and the local dialects and even the languages of other countries were mixed. At any given moment, a transaction was completed with an unknown amount of silver.

Dong Ce can now say with great confidence that the prosperity here is definitely one level higher than that of Yanghe City.

And Dong Ce observed that one thing that is very obvious here is that the exotic atmosphere is very strong. Among the storefronts on both sides of the street, there are not a few with foreign flavors, and on the street, among those people, I am afraid that less than seventy percent of them are wearing Daming clothes, and the rest are all Hu people.

Only then did Dong Ce know that his understanding of some historical knowledge was indeed lacking.

The overland Silk Road was not cut off at all in the Ming Dynasty, but still maintained a considerable degree of development. Of course, there is also a possibility: this time and space is not very different from the original time and space of oneself.

There are many people who call this city Suzhou City, but its official name is Suzhou Wei, since it is Wei, it is naturally a military institution. There is a Suzhou Wei Command and Envoy in the Suzhou Acropolis, and there is no other civil management agency. And Suzhou Wei's business is really prosperous, the economy is really developed, and there is no special management agency, Bai Yiqing is really relieved, so he has to take care of it himself. Therefore, he, the governor of Gansu, stayed in Suzhou for at least three months of the year.

Suzhou Weineng has today's scale, thanks to his painstaking management.

After walking down the street for about a quarter of an hour, the party turned into a street with a little less people, and walked for another quarter of an hour before coming to a large mansion.

This is Bai Yiqing's station in Suzhou.

And Wang Wuluo, as the commander of the Shaanxi Xingdu Commander, is the top boss of the Suzhou Wei Commander here. Liu Daqi, on the other hand, lives in a military camp in the west of the city. In fact, during the time of waiting for Liu Ruozai to come, Liu Daqi was not in Suzhou Wei most of the time, but stayed in Jiayuguan.

They dismounted in front of the gate, and after another greeting, everyone went in. The house covers a large area, and the pavilions and pavilions are not very exquisite, but they exude a majestic atmosphere and look magnificent.

The main hall was open, the lights were bright, the lights were as bright as day, the tables and chairs were already set, and even the musicians who accompanied the meal were ready to be in place. Dong Ce glanced at the door, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this little bit of oil and water is really enough!

The main hall is very large, the width is not less than three zhang, the depth is more than five zhang, and the hall is covered with very precious Persian carpets. The beams and pillars used in the hall are also precious big trees that can only be hugged by two people. The tables and chairs are mostly made of nanmu rosewood.

On the beams and pillars, on the walls, there are a large number of patterns, some of which, under the illumination of the lamp, reflect a charming golden light, and it is clear that a lot of gold is used in them.

The atmosphere is also exquisite, although luxurious, but it is not purely made of gold and silver, but original.

When you enter here, of course, you don't have to sit down separately immediately, but you have to go back to shower and change your clothes.

Not to mention that Liu Ruozai, Dong Ce and others came all the way, they have long been dusty servants, it is these three adults, they have just gone out of the city, and there is a lot of dust on their heads, faces, and clothes, so naturally they can't just sit down and eat, it's very rude.

For example, at a banquet of this level, the person who entertains is a high-ranking official, and the person who is entertained is also a high-ranking official, and it is in the governor's house of Gansu, so it is naturally very exquisite. Dong Ce was led by the waiter to a delicate side hall, where he took a hot bath, and then changed into clean clothes with wide robes and large sleeves.

There are even two beautiful maids to serve during the whole process.

Probably because he was afraid that he would be hungry, after taking a bath, the maid brought a plate of delicate snacks and waited for him to eat.

This treatment makes Dong Ce really don't know what to say, is this the exquisiteness of high-ranking officials and dignitaries?

Not to mention anything else, just this robe made of Shu brocade, the workmanship materials are very exquisite, and the price is very expensive. And this dress is only for the guests to wear temporarily, and after wearing it, I don't know what to do with it, but I am afraid that the possibility of throwing it away directly is still relatively large.

After a while, someone came over to inform and invited Dong Ce to the main hall for the banquet. This time, the banquet is a single table, that is, one person and a small table, sitting on the ground, but quite ancient. Of course, in order to prevent cold, but also to be comfortable, everyone is to put a thick cushion in the position.

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