Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 28, the capital

A few days later, when the tall city walls of the outer city of the capital appeared in sight, Liu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, it was a very happy thing to come to the capital to visit. I was able to see this huge capital of the Ming Empire and appreciate its prosperity and excitement. Just thinking about it makes people excited.

However, the distance from Changli County, Yongping Prefecture to the capital is only about 300 kilometers. In future generations, it will take only one hour to take the high-speed rail, and it will take four to five hours to drive by yourself.

But in the ancient times when the transportation was extremely inconvenient, when going out was basically by walking, the four people Liu Jin, Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui walked for several days for the 300 kilometers.

After walking for dozens of miles every day, Liu Jin's feet were covered with blisters. In addition, he had eaten and slept in the open all the way. After a few days, he felt extremely tired and his intestines turned green.

"If I had known this before, I might as well live a leisurely life at home, why bother to suffer this."

He was about to arrive at the capital, but Liu Jin didn't feel the slightest joy. He came to the side of the official road to find a stone, sat down heavily, and looked at the tall city wall in the distance, Liu Jin thought so.

"Brother Liu, we are about to arrive in the capital. There is no need to rest anymore. Let's go into the city in one go. This capital is the most prosperous city in the world. It is far from what our Changli county can compare. Keep your eyes peeled."

Contrary to Liu Jin, Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui were full of energy. After walking for several days, they finally arrived at the capital. Seeing the capital in sight, they wished they could fly over immediately.

"I've never been to the capital city before. This city wall is really high. It's worthy of being the number one city in the world!"

Li Xiting looked at the tall city wall stretching across the ground in front of him, and couldn't help sighing.

"Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is naturally majestic and magnificent."

Xie Kui also echoed.

"You guys go first, I'll take a rest, I really can't walk anymore."

Liu Jin looked at the city wall in the distance and rubbed his legs. To be honest, how could this ancient city be compared with the cities of later generations? His energy was worn out, but unlike the others, they couldn't wait to enter the city.

"If that's the case, Brother Liu, you should take a break first, the three of us will go into the city, and we will gather at the Zhuangyuan Building."

Qin Zhihe looked at Liu Jin, who looked like a salted fish, with a contemptuous smile on his lips. He couldn't wait to enter the city, so he didn't plan to wait for Liu Jin.

"It's okay, brother Qin, brother Li, brother Xie, you go now, I will follow behind."

Liu Jin's original purpose was to come to the capital to have fun and see the prosperity of the capital, and he didn't want to go to any poetry meeting with the three of them at all, so it's just right for him to separate now.

"Then let's go first, you have to hurry up, the gate of this capital city will be closed at sunset, if you don't enter the city before sunset, then you will have to spend the night outside."

Qin Zhihe looked at Liu Jin, took the lead and walked towards the capital, and kindly reminded him before leaving.

"Thank you Brother Qin for reminding me, I will pay attention."

After arching hands with each other, Liu Jin still had no intention of leaving, and continued to sit on the rock to rest.

Soon, Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui gradually walked away.

"Brother Jin, it's time for us to go too, right?"

Liu Jin's follower, Zhao Erhu is also very excited at this time, following Liu Jin is indeed right, this time he even has the opportunity to come to the capital to have fun, if he hadn't been Liu Jin's little follower, he probably wouldn't have come here in his life here once.

So when he thought about going to the capital soon, to appreciate the prosperity of the capital, and to see the charm of the world's number one city, he was also very excited and excited, and the fatigue of the few days of traveling and traveling disappeared completely.

Liu Jin was sitting and resting on the rock, but he was looking at the distant city wall and the pedestrians coming and going on the pipeline, his eyes were full of curiosity.

"Are you not tired at all?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu, Zhao Erhu carried the salutes of the two of them.

"Not tired, not tired at all, isn't it just walking, why are you tired, working in the fields is much more tiring than this."

Zhao Erhu said with a smile.

"Let's go, let's go, go in early, find an inn, and have a good rest."

Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu, then at the capital in the distance, and reluctantly got up again and walked towards the capital.

An hour later, Liu Jin finally arrived at the foot of the city gate of the capital. The sun was setting, and seeing that he was about to go down the mountain, he couldn't help but sighed again in his heart: "Wangshan ran a dead horse, it seems that it is not far away. Walked for 2 hours."

"This should be Yongding Gate."

When I came to the foot of the city wall and looked up, I felt that the city wall was quite tall. In the ancient times when there were no construction machinery, it was definitely a very huge project to build a city wall with a height of more than 20 meters.

Such a tall city wall is definitely the most difficult to conquer in ancient times. It is definitely not an easy task to capture such a tall city with only flesh and blood.

Entering the capital very smoothly, Liu Jin also began to appreciate the ancient city with great interest.

The buildings in the city are generally not high. Most of them are two-story buildings. A few buildings are taller. There are four or five floors, with a height of more than ten or twenty meters. The roads are relatively spacious and tidy, and the planning is very good. The buildings are neat and scattered, and the colors of the buildings are basically gray, a bit like a black and white TV.

At this time, it was winter in October, and it was at the beginning of the Little Ice Age. It snowed heavily a few days ago, and the snow has been melting for the past few days. Zhu quickened his pace.

Coupled with the fact that the sun is about to set, the pedestrians on the road are even more hurried. Most of them are walking, and a few are riding horses or sedan chairs. Those on horseback are not rampaging on the road like the ones shown on TV.

"It's similar to some ancient city-style tourist towns, but this style is similar to the architectural style in Korean costume dramas. No wonder some people say that the culture of the Tang Dynasty is in Japan, and the culture of the Ming Dynasty is in Korea. This architectural style is really the same. inside."

Liu Jin looked at the capital city of this era, and in his mind he also remembered some ancient cities that later generations saw when he traveled to Korea, and there was almost no big difference.

"That's it, first find an inn to have a good rest, and come back tomorrow to have a better look."

Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun and rubbing his stomach, Liu Jin walked towards an inn.

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