In later generations, Tang Yi had read some information about Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and what had always fascinated him was that it was a miracle that such a huge city could be gathered more than a thousand years ago when small yeoman farmers were dominant. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There was an article in later generations that described Kaifeng like this:

At night a thousand years ago, the cities of the world were all dark, and only the cities of the Great Song Dynasty were brightly lit and bright.

A thousand years ago, at night, the world's cities were quiet, and only China's cities were crowded with people, singing and laughing.

....

This may be an exaggeration, but it is true!

Even Tang Yi, who had seen the metropolis of later generations and had some understanding of this "world city" a thousand years ago, was deeply shocked by it when he really stood in front of it.

As the trough boat slowly ascended on the Bianhe River, the two sides of the river began to gradually become lively, and one by one the wine shops and guest posts spread out along the south bank of the Bianhe River, and the foot merchants and vendors supported their business to the roadside, responding to the flow of people shuttling.

Morning glory and horses, the crowd of people driving and walking, densely packed along the river, and on the Bianhe River, there are boats and boats, so lively.

Tang Yi stood on the deck and was not excited.

"This is what the prosperous world should look like!"

Fan Chunli stood behind Tang Yi with a look of anticipation, he had been away from Beijing for nearly two years, and today he was finally back.

"Huh?" Tang Yi suddenly realized that something was wrong, as if something was missing.

"Why don't you see the walls?" How could the capital of the Great Song Dynasty not have a city wall?

"The city walls?" Fan Chunli glanced at him with disgust. "It's at least ten miles away from the outer city, where is the city wall?"

"Uh....."

I haven't entered the city yet....

...

The trough boat traveled seven or eight miles on the lively Bianhe River, and Fang Yin saw a towering high wall in the distance across the sky, Tang Yi couldn't help but sigh secretly, why is it so prosperous before entering the city, what does the city have to be like?

Tang Yi was right, the circumference of the outer city of Tokyo was forty-eight miles, and the area was only more than 50 square kilometers, which was about the same as the area of Xicheng District, the capital of later generations. However, in its heyday, there were more than 1.2 million people, and the population density almost reached the level of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in later generations.

You know, this is a thousand years ago, when the largest city in Europe, London, France, Paris, Italy, and other cities had no more than 10,000 people, but Tokyo in the Great Song Dynasty gathered millions of people in one city.

....

From the East Water Gate into the outer city all the way to the west, and then through the Song Gate Waterway into the inner city.

Seeing that the trough boat was gradually approaching the dock by the river, Fan Chunli explained to Tang Yi: "Further on, after crossing the Xiangguo Temple is the state bridge, where the boat cannot go, so we have to go ashore here." ”

Tang Yi was not unavoidable, but he had some expectations in his heart. The heart said that the residents of Kaifeng are really romantic, and a small wharf can be built so gracefully.

The pier is not as busy as the rest of the city, but rather quiet.

The bluestone paving of the wharf is hidden in a peach forest, even if it is not the flowering period at this time, it is not difficult to imagine that the pink peach is snowy when it blooms, and the beauty of falling flowers and flowing water.

Fan Chunli said: "This is not an official port, but a private port for a family. There are many official port ships to be numbered, and borrowing here saves a lot of trouble. ”

Tang Yi nodded, and couldn't help but be curious about this master, occupying such a good place, he must not be a mortal.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan, Yin Zhu and others also came out of the warehouse, waiting to go ashore, while Fan Chunli had already begun to wave his arms vigorously towards the shore.

"Big brother!"

Tang Yi couldn't help but follow his gaze, only to see that there was already a young man waiting on the shore.

"Third brother!"

Before the boat could stop, Fan Chunli jumped off the boat and pounced. "Big brother, don't come unharmed!"

The young man was dressed in a green cloth shirt, and after a closer look, he looked a little similar to Fan Zhongyan, it was Fan Zhongyan's eldest son Fan Chunyou.

Fan Chunyou grabbed Fan Chunli's shoulder dotingly, "Stinky boy, you've grown taller again." ”

Fan Chunli smiled hesitantly, "My brother is an adult, don't let my eldest brother be a child anymore." ”

At the beginning of the fifth year of Qingli, the new policy was blocked, and Fan Zhongyan knew that he was powerless to return to heaven, so he took the initiative to resign from the central position. At the same time as Renzong played the quasi-performance, he also personally ordered Fan Zhongyan's eldest son Chunyou Enyin to enter the office, and did not let go of the place, and stayed in Beijing to serve as the judge of Dali Temple. So in the past two years, Fan Chunyou has been staying in Kaifeng.

Fan Chunyou patted him again, and saw that his father and others had already disembarked, so he hurriedly stepped forward, "I've seen my father, I've seen Mr. Yin, and I've seen my aunt." ”

Fan Zhongyan nodded, after two years of tempering, Chunyou has become a lot more stable.

"Waited, huh?"

"Let the father worry about it, the child is also counting the days, and it is estimated that the two days are almost coming, so it is not long to greet here."

Well, in ancient times, it was not too long to wait for two days.

Yin Zhu looked around, only to see Fan Chunyou and a few entourages, and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you see Mrs. Taoyuan?" ”

Belch..... Fan Chunyou was stunned for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "Mrs. Tao happened to go to the Iron Tower Temple today to worship the Buddha, and she was not in the garden.....

Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said to Yin Zhu: "In this Tokyo city, everyone regards the old man as a beast, but he can't be a beautiful woman anymore. ”

Yin Su smiled: "It seems that Brother Xiwen is still not nervous enough, and he still has the heart to laugh at me?" ”

Fan Zhongyan said lightly: "Didn't the demon say it, the wall is thousands of people, and if you have no desire, you are strong!" ”

As he spoke, Fan Chunyou even ordered the servants to unload the ship and return home.

Tang Yi heard something different, and asked Fan Chunren beside him in a low voice, "Who is Mrs. Taoyuan?" Listen to this, and have a little story with Mr. Yin? ”

Fan Chunren glanced at him, and didn't say much, only said that he was the owner of this Taoyuan wharf.

Tang Yi wanted to ask again, but saw Fan Chunyou coming over.

"I've seen big brother!" Fan Chunren saluted respectfully, making it difficult for Tang Yi to be perfunctory.

Fan Chunyou smiled and teased: "My own brother, don't be formal." ”

Tang Yixin said, can you be formal? This reader is almost stupid.

Fan Chunyou continued a few more sentences with his second brother, and then turned to Tang Yi.

"You are Tang Dalang?"

"It's the kid, it's a gift to the eldest brother."

"Alas~~" Fan Chunyou waved his hand, pointed at Fan Chunren and said: "In my father's letters, I often mentioned that I had a talented protégé in Dengzhou, and I could treat him as a family in the future, but don't learn from this nerd." ”

Fan Chunren's cheeks were hot, and he said angrily: "Big brother, don't dare to say that, this kid is very thick-skinned, but he will take it seriously." ”

The three of them laughed, the brothers who hadn't seen each other for many years, and Tang Yi, who met for the first time, all became harmonious all of a sudden.

"Tomorrow, the eldest brother will be the east, and he will catch the wind for the eldest man."

"The eldest brother also said that there is a family, isn't this just an outside? My brother can't afford it. ”

Fan Chunyou shook his head solemnly, "It's over, this time the eldest brother won't see you again, this time.... Kind of an exception! ”

Tang Yi didn't know what he meant, but he listened to Fan Chunyou continue: "My father said in the letter that you persuaded him to cultivate himself, and he deserves this alone!" ”

Fan Chunren was stunned, "Big brother also thinks that it is a wise move for my father to be a wise man?" On the issue of Fan Zhongyan's resignation, he has always had reservations.

"The second brother is not in Beijing, so he naturally doesn't know the light and darkness of the court. My father's resignation may be the best option. ”

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In the past two days, I have been in a bad state, I write very slowly, and I am often late, which makes everyone wait for a long time..

And... Cangshan is also deliberately reducing the number of daily updates....

There is one thing to say, Cangshan is not a god, so he has to follow the treatment of newcomers, and the queue of one recommendation and one recommendation goes up, and it is too fast, and the website recommendation has not yet been completed, and the editor is forced to put it on the shelf. Now the newcomers with the same number of words as me opened the book much earlier than me, and they have more recommendations than me. It's a loss.

Forgive Cangshan for his greed, I want to make the results of this book a little better and let more people see it, so that my income can be a little higher, after all, this is my job, and Cangshan wants to count on it to support my family....

A small chapter of 2,000 words, to be honest, Cangshan wrote it awkwardly, a plot is gone if it can't be finished, everyone bear with it, after it is put on the shelf, it will be guaranteed 3000+ chapters, how much less is it during the new book, and it will be made up for you on the shelves, so that the guest officials can see it well!