Qian Song

Chapter 319 The Greatly Changed Bianliang City in Tokyo (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

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Wang Lun and his party came to the outside of Bianliang City in Tokyo. Looking at the ruins and broken walls that have not been fully repaired from a distance, and the traces of being scorched by the fire everywhere, it is not difficult to think of the capital of the Zhao and Song Dynasties for almost 200 years. The scene of the previous war.

In Liu Kai and Li Yanxian's mind, the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, should be slowly licking their wounds like other people who have experienced the baptism of war.

No, after Wang Lun and his party entered Bianliang City in Tokyo, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian could no longer see any traces left by the flames of war.

The streets are neat, vertically and horizontally standardized, in a chessboard pattern, breaking the restrictions of squares and cities, and opening up a new layout of setting up a city next to the street, making it an international metropolis where the eight barrens compete and all countries are connected.

The streets are neatly planned like a chessboard, and it is mainly composed of four arterial roads, which run through the whole city.

Among them, the most important street is from the south of the Xuande Gate of the Imperial Palace, through the Suzaku Gate of the inner city, and directly to the outer city, which is more than ten miles long.

This is the main road that the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties went back and forth to worship their ancestors, hold grand ceremonies in the southern suburbs, and go out to play in the palace. It is now the central axis of Bianliang City in Tokyo-Royal Street!
Walking on Royal Street, you can see urban casinos everywhere.

Among them, there are more than [-] large and small hook bars.

The tiles, lotus sheds, and peony sheds are densely covered with clouds of stars, and the Liwazi, Yasha sheds, and elephant sheds are the largest among them, and can accommodate thousands of people.

The types of Wajiki include Xiaochang, Puchang, Zaju, stick-headed puppets, hanging silk puppets, Shangsuo Zajigi, stick kicking, history telling, novels, Sanyue, Wuxuan, children's sumo wrestling, movies, Playing insects and ants, Zhugong Diao, business riddles, co-existence, speaking muddled words, Zaju, Zaban, calling fruit, pretending to be gods and ghosts, etc., are too numerous to count.

There are also many goods in Wazhong, such as selling medicine, selling hexagrams, drinking old clothes, exploring blogs, eating, shaving and cutting, paper painting, and ordering songs.

And there are more wine shops than urban casinos.

In this city, there are 72 large official stores, and countless smaller "foot stores".

These large main stores have a very gorgeous gatehouse decorated with colorful silk at the entrance to attract customers.

On both sides of Jiuqiaomen Street are large main stores, and the colorful buildings and embroidered flags of each store are waving, covering the clouds and blocking out the sun.

Not to mention those big hotels that have everything you need, even the foot shops that can be seen everywhere also have a wealth of goods.

For example, there are two types of cake shops: oil cake shops and hu pastry shops.

Youbing shops mainly sell steamed cakes, sugar cakes, and those packed in boxes or on plates.

There are more varieties of Hubing, such as Menyou, Chrysanthemum, Kuanjia, Sidehou, Youfu, Pillcake, Xinyan, and Manma.

Three or five people sat on a table, some of them were rolling dough, cutting dough, and pinching lace, as if they had formed an assembly line operation.

This is 1000 years earlier than the West.

And the people on the imperial street, needless to say, farmers, boatmen, merchants, small handicraftsmen, officials, scholars, Taoists, traveling monks, quack doctors, fortune tellers, etc. 360 walks of life.

Slightly different from the Bianliang City in Tokyo during the Zhao and Song Dynasties, there were a large number of Semu people (Hu people from Khitan and other ethnic groups) in Bianliang City in Tokyo at this time, as well as many cannibals and Persians. , there are many blond and blue-eyed Westerners, and of course there are some brown, brown, white and even red-haired Westerners.

It is worth mentioning that there are many hotels run by foreigners.

The sign in their store is "Orchid", that is, women who use foreign women as service staff to perform part-time singing and dancing.

There is a sense of sight of "Hu prostitutes are like flowers, and they should be like smiling spring breeze".

Many people are attracted by these foreign women who are very different from Chinese women, and spend a lot of money in it.

These foreigners did not appear all at once.

Since Li Cun vigorously developed maritime trade, and held a fully open attitude towards people from various countries who wanted to come to the Daqian Dynasty, he would even take the initiative to help them come to the Dagan Dynasty, so that the southern region that Li Cun first controlled had long been There are foreigners from various countries, especially in those coastal port cities, all kinds of foreigners have long been commonplace, and the local people have long been familiar with these seemingly strange foreigners. .

Later, these foreigners slowly moved to Yingtianfu, Nanjing, the capital of the previous Daqian Dynasty.

After Li Cun temporarily moved the capital to Bianliang City, Tokyo, these foreigners followed to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

These foreigners followed in Li Cun's footsteps, of course they didn't come for fun, they mainly came for business.

These foreigners are mainly engaged in luxury business, such as jewelry, spices, and precious items from various countries.

In addition, they have strong financial resources and good business skills, and they are also involved in various profitable businesses, such as catering, entertainment, horses, etc...

In addition to strong financial resources and good business skills, these foreigners were able to make a fortune in the Dagan Dynasty, but also thanks to the preferential policies given to them by the Dagan Dynasty.

The Dagan imperial court stipulated that only 20.00% tariff and 5.00% transaction tax were levied on foreign businessmen who obeyed the Dagan law, and it was strictly forbidden for local governments to increase taxes without permission.

Although this tax is slightly higher than that of local Chinese businessmen, compared with other regions in this period, this tax is already very generous.

The key point is that the Dagan Dynasty not only has an excellent business atmosphere and provides fair trade opportunities for businessmen from all over the world, but also vigorously protects the property of the merchants. It can be said that no matter what country you are from, how much money you can earn in the Dagan Dynasty How much money did the Daqian Dynasty take away.

The key point is that as long as these foreigners are willing to join the nationality of the Dagan Dynasty, they can enjoy exactly the same treatment as the merchants of the Dagan Dynasty.

Of course, it is not so easy to join the nationality of the Dagan Dynasty, because it needs to live in the Dagan Dynasty for three years and be able to speak Chinese fluently.

In addition, Li Cun vigorously developed maritime trade.

In addition, with Li Cun's full efforts to promote the research and development of sea-going ships, the sea-going ships of the Daqian Dynasty are safer and can go farther.

This undoubtedly caused more businessmen and elites from various countries to run to the Daqian Dynasty.

Moreover, many foreigners saw that the Daqian Dynasty was so prosperous, so advanced, and so civilized that it was far beyond the comparison of the country they originally lived in, so they sharpened their heads and joined the Dagan Dynasty.

As the current capital of the Daqian Dynasty, Bianliang City in Tokyo undoubtedly gathered the largest number of foreigners, and they have initially begun to integrate into the life of the Daqian Dynasty.

Liu Kai was born in the general family, the son of Liu Zhongwu, the military governor of Luchuan Army. He has a handsome appearance, is good at archery, and has a voice like a bell.

When Liu Kai was still very young, he went out to fight with his father Liu Zhongwu. Once the water jar at the gate of the camp was filled with water. Liu Kai shot an arrow into the water jar. Then he shot another arrow and just blocked the original arrow hole. People admired his superb shooting skills.

At that time, Liu Kai was already famous in the Western Army, and his reputation was not inferior to Yao Pingzhong, the "Little Taiwei" at that time.

But the problem is that Liu Zhongwu at that time was the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Sixth Route Army who succeeded Liu Fa. Zhao Ji, who inherited the tradition of the old Zhao family and did not believe in generals, was very worried about Liu Zhongwu.

In order to solve Zhao Ji's suspicion, Zhao Ji adopted Gao Qiu's recommendation, and specially granted Liu Zhongwu's favorite son Liu Qi as the only waiter in the family, and transferred Liu Qi to be a hostage under Zhao Ji's nose.

It wasn't until Liu Zhongwu died three years ago, when the commander-in-chief of the Western Army had changed from Liu Zhongwu to Zhongshi Tao, that Liu Kai was able to return to the northwest and the Deshun Army.

Because of this experience of being a hostage, Liu Kai lived in Bianliang City, Tokyo for six full years, so that Liu Kai was familiar with everything in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

In the eyes of Liu Kai in the past, Bianliang City in Tokyo is the most prosperous place in the world, there is no one, and there is no possibility of further improvement.

however--

Until today, Liu Kai didn't know that he was wrong.

Although the appearance of the current Tokyo Bianliang City has not changed much from the original, no, it should be said to be more dilapidated than before, but its interior has far surpassed the past.

All nations come to court!The national power is at its peak!Unprecedented prosperity!

If Liu Kai is forced to find a place that can be compared with the current Bianliang City in Tokyo, then there is one and only one place that can be compared with it, and that is Chang'an City at its peak.

That, the center of the world during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty!

But Li Yanxian, who is not familiar with Tokyo Bianliang City, and it can be said that he has never seen Tokyo Bianliang City in its prosperous period, has completely different feelings, or he pays attention to another point entirely.

In the entire Bianjing city, there will be a military patrol shop every three hundred steps, with five soldiers stationed inside, and a lookout post will be built on a high place, and hundreds of soldiers can be stationed in the room below.

Li Yanxian knew that these soldiers were not there to maintain law and order, but to put out fires.

Because Li Yanxian saw that every military patrol shop had a lot of fire fighting tools in stock.

And then... gone!
Yes!

Li Yanxian looked around, and could no longer see any soldiers and horses in the army.

After capturing the capital that originally belonged to the Zhao and Song Dynasties for more than a year, there were only some firefighting soldiers on the surface, but no soldiers and horses to deter the people.

This is enough to show that the Dagan Dynasty has completely occupied Bianliang City in Tokyo and even the entire Gyeonggi area.

Moreover, looking at the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, it seems that they are very happy to be ruled by the Dagan Dynasty.

"In another three to five years, I'm afraid the world will no longer know about Song!"

At this moment, Li Yanxian really regretted that he led people to prevent Li Cun from completing the unification!
From various indications, it shows that Li Cun really looks like a good emperor, unlike what the small court of the Western Song Dynasty preached, Li Cun is a bullying, lustful and greedy bandit.

Of course, whether Li Cun is what he imagined in his heart, an eternal sage who can end the chaos and lead the Han people to prosperity and prosperity, can only be finally determined after he personally observes it.

Li Cun didn't keep Liu Qi and Li Yanxian waiting for him for too long, so he called them to see him.

When the two walked into the Chuigong Hall under the leadership of the servants, Li Cun was reviewing the memorial.

Seeing Liu Kai and Li Yanxian coming, Li Cun didn't put on airs, nor gave Liu Kai and Li Yanxian a dismount to beat Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, but said calmly and arrogantly: "You two wait a moment, I have a piece of paper here. Urgent matters need to be dealt with immediately.”

After finishing speaking, Li Cun lowered his head and continued to review the memorial.

Li Cun's casualness is like treating his trusted ministers.

This made Liu Kai and Li Yanxian somewhat at a loss as to what to do, and there was an unstoppable expectation deep in their hearts...

About Li Cun, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian have heard too much, too much.

For example, Li Cun is the contemporary god of war, invincible and never defeated in his life.

For such words, some people must have scoffed, thinking that people from the Daqian Dynasty were complimenting Li Cun, but Liu Qi and Li Yanxian, who were familiar with the Qianjun, would not have such an idea.

There are many differences between the Gan army and the Song army.

——For example, the discipline of the army, the organization of the army, the weapons of the army, the fighting will of the soldiers, and the sense of honor of the soldiers are all different from those of the Song army.

Some generals of the Song Army have concluded that throwing a general of the Song Army into a group of soldiers of the Song Army will definitely find him at a glance, and throwing a general of the Song Army into a group of generals of the Song Army will soon make him Transformed into a soldier.

These are definitely not what Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, and other generals who voted from the Song army to the Qian army can do.

The only one who can do this is Li Cun, the founder of Qianjun.

It is not difficult to see from the cadres brought out by Li Cun that Li Cun must be the most outstanding military strategist in the contemporary era.

To be honest, both Liu Kai and Li Yanxian have fantasized about fighting Li Cun, the contemporary god of war.

It's a pity that although Li Cun is not yet 30 years old, Li Cun no longer personally leads the army to fight after he became emperor.

And this is exactly what Liu Kai, Li Yanxian and the other generals of the Song army, who were constrained by the emperor and civil officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, liked Li Cun the most.

Li Cun has always fully believed in his generals, and often said that "the generals will not accept the orders of the emperor outside", so whoever Li Cun sends to fight will never easily interfere with who fights, and if any general has something wrong When there is a problem or a defeat, Li Cun usually gives them one or two chances to redeem themselves.

Such a humane management really made those Song generals who had to wait for the emperor to issue the formation map when they went out to fight almost yearn for death.

Of course, although Liu Kai and Li Yanxian are not people who like to gossip, what they hear most is Li Cun's affair.

One person monopolizes all the royal daughters and clan daughters of the Liao Empire and the Zhao and Song Dynasties, as well as the royal daughters of the Li Dynasty, the royal daughters and goddesses of Champa, and many royal daughters and clan daughters of the Jin Kingdom. female.

In addition, there is the story that Li Cun had to tell the four famous prostitutes. Li Cun gave Zhao Mingcheng a cuckold and stole the first talented girl Li Qingzhao.

blah blah blah...

In short, the most indispensable thing in Li Cun is his romantic affairs with various beauties.

As a result, even if Liu Kai and Li Yanxian didn't care about Li Cun's private life, they still heard Li Cun's romantic affairs like thunder, and they would inevitably feel that Li Cun was that kind of obscene person.

Now, after observing Li Cun at close range for a long time, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian really couldn't tell what kind of adulterous person Li Cun was. I believe even more that Li Cun is the god of war who is invincible and has never been defeated, the holy king who understands that generals give generals the opportunity to fully display their talents and make all generals surrender.

After about a cup of tea, Li put down the pen in his hand, and then handed over the reviewed memorial to the servant, who brought it to General Lu.

At this time, Li Cuncai looked at Liu Kai and Li Yanxian: "You two finally came to vote for me..."

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