The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 127 The Plan Under Chang'an City ([-])
The plan under the city of Chang'an ([-])
Led by the veteran team members of the former Spike Army, Zhuge Qiao and his party finally crossed the Meridian Valley in less than ten days; of course, for the only checkpoint in the valley, Zhuge Qiao and others pretended to be merchants and transported Goods; on the grounds that it was not easy to take the main road in a hurry, they passed the Ziwu Valley Checkpoint, which was originally located in the deep mountains, and the soldiers stationed at the checkpoint were only a group of less than a hundred people.

They have long been tired of staying here, and there will be no Han army to take this dangerous path if they stay here. Naturally, they will not leave themselves with any military exploits. Even if someone takes this dangerous path, it is impossible for them to have less than a hundred people. It can be blocked; the only effect it can play is an early warning. Although Zhuge Qiao's sudden arrival was a bit unexpected, the guard who guarded the gate immediately closed one eye in the face of the silver reward.

After a [-]-day journey, the [-] soldiers led by Zhuge Qiao finally arrived at the foot of Chang'an City and stared at the long-awaited Chang'an City; Chang'an was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and the political, economic and cultural center of the country at that time.In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the Xingle Palace of the Qin Dynasty was redecorated and renamed Changle Palace, and the capital was moved here from Liyang.The city wall is all rammed with loess, five feet high and almost six feet wide; there is a moat outside the wall, three feet three feet wide and one foot three feet deep.There are four gates in the city, Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate) and Anyuan Gate (North Gate).

Looking at the five-foot-high Chang'an City Tower and the three-foot-three-foot-wide moat, Zhuge Qiao was discouraged; now it is hard for him to imagine that if Wei Yan's army arrives at Chang'an City, the defenders will not surrender; how can it be possible? Zhuge Qiao thought to himself that he could capture the majestic Chang'an City.

Sighing at the majesty of the Chang'an City Wall, Zhuge Qiao didn't pay too much attention to it. Instead, he rejoiced that the Chang'an City Wall could have such a scale; because after he occupied it, he could defend against the continuous Cao Wei reinforcements coming to the Central Plains;

While it was still early, I looked around at the surrounding terrain, looking for the goal in my heart. "Go, where are you going!" Zhuge Qiao suddenly locked his eyes on a small hillside outside the South Gate (Yongning Gate), where there seemed to be something he was looking for.

"Captain, the hillside ahead is a cemetery, very messy, it seems that no one has taken care of it for a long time," the spy who came back from the front reported.

"It's just what I want. The whole army rests on the spot, and Lan Tian follows me into the city to investigate." Zhuge Qiao immediately became interested when he heard that there was a cemetery in front of him.

"No," Qin Shan replied in a low voice.

Immediately, Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan began to walk towards the city, and the people left behind were preparing to build simple houses here, instead of the tents they had built during the rest, because this place was already close to Chang'an City, and it would inevitably cause trouble if they built tents here. Unnecessarily suspicious, building simple houses is more like workers building this almost deserted tomb here.

Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan slowly stepped into Chang'an City. In the city, teahouses, inns, cloth shops, pawnshops, and all kinds of peddlers were hawking along the streets, including antiques, rouge and gouache jewelry, calligraphy and painting kites, incense The various transportation routes in the capital cover every corner of the capital like a spider web, and batch after batch of people are loaded and unloaded throughout the capital like cargo, like a busy empty shell, everyone is busy, busy with their own lives With this moment of comfort.

Zhuge Qiao didn't stay in this busy city for a moment, he just wanted to find his goal quickly, but he didn't know where his goal was.

Walking into an inn, Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan sat opposite each other;

"Guests, what would you like to order?" the waiter at the inn came out and asked Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan in harmony.

"Serve me two plates of the most delicious specialties here," Zhuge Qiao said softly.Of course, Zhuge would not miss the opportunity to enter an inn, because there is no clenbuterol, no gutter oil, and only the most original taste and most original dishes.

"Okay, a plate of gourd chicken and a plate of cured meat, please wait a moment, sir." Xiao Er shouted to the kitchen behind with a drawn voice.

Qin Shan was even more excited than Zhuge Qiao when he heard gourd chicken and cured meat. After all, during the time he was traveling in Ziwu Valley, everyone only ate dry food, but he had never enjoyed any vegetables or meat.

"Xiaoer, do you know if there is a manor near the south gate that is going to be sold?" Zhuge Qiao asked Xiaoer.

Xiao Er thought about it carefully for a while, "Guest officer, you really asked the right person, my uncle's friend's cousin's lord intends to sell his small courtyard. You can take two guest officers to investigate one or two."

"It's exactly what I want," Zhuge Qiao replied, but he was also impressed by this little girl. If it is put in the era of [-] years later, he will be a good salesman.

"Okay, the gourd chicken is here, guest officer, please look at the process of making this gourd chicken; but it needs to go through three basic processes, first boil, then steamed in a cage, and then deep-fried. When steaming, put the boiled chicken into people In the pot, add salt, green onion, ginger, star anise, cinnamon,,,,,,, take out with an iron sieve and pour it out, then put it on the dish and serve it from the small one, and there is also a plate of pepper and salt for food. This is for this The most delicious, most attractive dish in the entire Chang'an City, and the most suitable dish for guest officials, please use it slowly!" The waiter at the inn gave another long commentary, and he abruptly shortened the time required for normal people to speak and express half.

It's just that Zhuge Qiao didn't think so. On the contrary, he had an intuition that the person in front of him must be useful to him, and he was very useful, but the potential hadn't been discovered yet; "Little Er, what's your name?" Zhuge Qiao became interested.

"Returning guest officer, the younger one's surname is Tang Mingrui, there is no word," the second waiter responded in a spirited response.

"Okay! Tang Rui, are you willing to do something for me?" Zhuge Qiao asked.

"Guest officer, don't embarrass me. I got this job through the introduction of my father's brother's friend's cousin's natal family. It's hard to get!" Tang Rui touched his nose and said softly , with a tone of helplessness in his voice.

But this made Zhuge Qiao more satisfied, but he didn't say anything more, because Tang Rui had already said all that should be said, and he had to wait for the next encounter, which would make Tang Rui regret it , It's just that he doesn't know all this yet.

Gourd chicken and cured meat were wiped out by Zhuge Qiao and Qin Shan, and they were reluctant to waste a little bit.

"My lord, in fact, I knew you were the son of a big family at first glance; the yard of the young uncle's friend's cousin's lord must also match your son. I heard that there was a high-ranking official in this yard before; Yo, look, here we are!" Tang Rui, the second child, led Zhuge Qiao and the two towards the south gate.

[Here are the units of measurement in this book: one zhang equals 2.42 meters, five zhangs equals 12 meters, the height of Chang'an City Wall; one chi equals 24.2 centimeters; one zhang equals ten feet; one step equals one meter; one hour equals two hours , There are twelve hours in a day and a night; a quarter of an hour is two and ten minutes, and an hour is six quarters of an hour; these are the measurement units of the Three Kingdoms period; I hope everyone has a good mood every day!If you can recommend and collect it, I will be grateful. 】

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