Chapter 773

On the official road, dozens of riders galloped past. Behind the knights were three flags. They had a name called Hongling urgent envoy.

Hongling urgent envoy was a profession set up in the Western Han Dynasty. At first, it was used to convey the emergency war in the border. Generally, when people saw Hongling urgent envoy running on horseback, their first thought was definitely "where was the border broken by the hooligans?" Or something.

Until Liu Che's time, the Han Army had won many wars. Hong Ling's urgent envoy finally got rid of the impression of "reporting the funeral" and turned into a good side of "reporting the good news".

Whether it was the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, or even the disorderly wars of princes, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Han people had long been used to the fact that if there was something big, there would be Hongling rushing with his horse.

"As many as thirty-two Hongling urgent envoys?" Shi Zhong is not a lengtouqing just out of the village now. He thinks he has become knowledgeable after coming to Chang'an: "what happened? Did Ding Ling invade the northwest?"

The northwest people are no strangers to the Dingling people. They have been exposed to enough foreign nationalities for generations, especially the Qiang people.

As early as when the Dingling people were grassland thieves, many of them lived in the Hexi corridor. They did not serve the Huns. They often mixed with the Qiang people to steal the Huns' livestock. That's the origin of the thief nation.

Now the northwest is the Hexi Corridor in the Western Han Dynasty. At the beginning of the arrival of the Han people, there were an absolute few. At that time, the Qiang people and Ding zero people changed from the trouble of the Huns to the trouble of the Han people. They failed to solve this trouble until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Hundreds of years later, Qiang people have lived in and around the Northwest for a long time. No one knows when Dingling people ran to the grassland, and there are no records in historical books. However, the former Zhang Liangguo was close to xigaoche, so there were many conflicts with Dingling people.

Before Shi Zhong left the northwest, Ding Ling people broke into the northwest several times and were defeated by ran min's army. Later, ran min led his army to chase and kill them in xigaoche.

"No?" Zhang Ding looked incredulous: "didn't the Hussars general lead the army to the north again?"

Shi Zhong thought it was reasonable. Ran min invaded xigaoche again. How could Ding Ling people invade the northwest.

Chang'an is still a big construction site, and the land leveling of the new town was completed in June. A considerable number of labors were used to dig ditches in the city. After repair, they were covered with stone slabs to become underground sewage canals. Behind it are planned buildings one after another, which are strictly divided into medium, low and high commercial areas, medium, low, high residential areas, medium, low and high leisure areas.

The state of Han was seriously building the new Chang'an City and planned it with the attitude of the Millennium empire. Except for the palace city, there was no city wall. The urban area was waiting for the population to soar at any time.

New Chang'an covers a very wide area. It is close to the Qinling Mountains in the south, extends to the East Bank of bashui in the East, directly wipes out bashui in the north, and soon forces Fengshui in the West. If you really want to say an area concept, it is close to 120 Li in length and more than 80 Li in width, which is enough to cover an amazing area of 9600 square Li.

New Chang'an covers an area of 9600 square miles, very big? In fact, it is almost half of the modern imperial capital, including the palace que group, leisure palace and forest garden of the royal family, as well as ordinary residential areas, leisure areas, commercial areas, and even agricultural areas. It's really not much.

By the way, Liu Yan is about to become the emperor. Once he becomes the emperor, all specifications should be implemented, including the construction of sleeping tombs. At that time, he has to go to Luoyang to delimit a piece of land.

Why did you choose Luoyang? Because there is Mang Mountain over there. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties chose the mausoleum in Mang Mountain, which is the saying that it is the dragon vein of Zhuxia. Some dynasties that failed to rule the old territory of Zhuxia would choose another address for the mausoleum. Basically, whether it is possible to build a mausoleum in Mangshan depends on whether a dynasty has at least ruled the old territory of Zhuxia. (the Ming dynasty ruled the whole territory of Zhuxia and expanded, that is, Mangshan Mountain was not selected for the imperial mausoleum)

New Chang'an covers an area of large enough, and the division of housing is loose. In addition to the necessary roads, the residential areas with different specifications are scattered with various leisure places.

The so-called leisure places are not only forest gardens or parks, but also horse racing fields, Cuju fields, song and dance gardens and opera halls. Naturally, they include all kinds of catering places. In short, they can be regarded as entertainment areas.

Needless to guess, the planning will be like that. It is completely the interference of Liu Yan, which has been widely praised.

There are three specifications: medium, low and high. Naturally, people are poor, poor, rich and expensive. What specifications they belong to depends not only on the location, but also on the building itself. For example, the residence in the rich and noble area covers a very large area. It not only divides the main house, compartment and guest building, but also has the necessary garden. It pays attention to some, and even can dig a pond by itself. An ordinary family is a house. It's good to have a front yard or backyard and grow vegetables.

Generally, the area divided into rich and noble is closer to the palace city. The official doesn't restrict who can't buy and stay, that is, who doesn't have points in his heart. He is a person who has no power and power but has some money. Can he live freely in an area full of dignitaries or noble officials in the court?

Of course, we can't rule out some people who spend a lot of money to buy the residence because they are surrounded by dignitaries. What they think is that their neighbors are either rich or expensive. They hope to curry favor with a few. If they can be promoted, their fate will change!

What Shi Zhong wants most now is to have a house in Chang'an. He doesn't dare to think about those who cover a large area and look good. He only dares to ask for the most ordinary one. Unfortunately, he found that even the cheapest house was really just extravagant for himself, and he didn't have the wealth to buy it at all.

There are too many people who want to have a registered residence in new Changan. Everyone knows that Changan, as the imperial capital, will be the center of the world in the future. It is not possible to have more opportunities to live in the imperial city.

"It's not without a chance..." Zhang Ding teased Shi Zhong: "your uncle must be able to grab a lot of wealth when he goes out of the western regions. It doesn't matter how much he didn't grab. Maybe he can be rewarded for his war achievements."

Shi Zhong didn't take it as a teasing. His eldest brother Shi Bo went out of the western regions, and the good news came back again and again. He himself also received three letters. He knew something about the western regions, and it could really happen.

New Chang'an is a brand-new city. It is also built on a land with few people. It must absorb outsiders to become citizens.

If you have money, you can buy it. In fact, this kind of people can't drag it anywhere. If you rely on military merit to get rewards, you can be regarded as a winner in life.

Zhang Ding didn't know Shi Zhong's real thoughts. He wanted to make fun of him, but suddenly shouted, "look, a lot of cars!"

He shouted so loudly that everyone looked over and saw a long dragon of carriages and ox carts coming along the official road. At first glance, there was no end.

The convoy is protected by the military. It seems that there are not few people guarding the convoy, and everyone is full of smiles.

"Well... Isn't that two dogs?"

"Er Gouzi? Who?"

"Er Gouzi from the neighboring village! Isn't he out of the western regions?"

It was from the western regions that the convoy returned. They were the first group to walk in the front. Behind them, there were teams to drive a large number of livestock, that is, to bring back the booty in the western regions. In addition, there are troops specially escorting prisoners of war and slaves. It must be said that the number of girls snatched is amazing, and they are all golden cats.

Some of the cars were covered with cloth, while others were filled with boxes one after another. I felt it was very hard to pull them.

Like everyone else, Shi Zhong was confused about how there were so many cars. When he was about to work again, he suddenly saw the wheel of one of the carriages collapse, many boxes on it tumble to the ground, several boxes hit the ground, lifted the lid, and some golden and silver things scattered all over the ground.

Under the sunshine, the gold and silver coins on the ground were almost blinding everyone's eyes. The groom driving the carriage was too anxious. Such an accident blocked the vehicles behind. There were too many gold and silver coins scattered on the ground. If there were no soldiers to rush around, I don't know what would happen.

The carriage with the broken wheel was not far from the position where Shi Zhong stood. He looked down at a silver coin rolling to his feet and was stunned. He didn't know what it was.

It is very normal for Zhuxia not to know the existence of silver. Zhuxia has not been an area with large silver reserves since ancient times. Until the Ming Dynasty, before there was a large influx of silver from abroad due to trade, Zhuxia's silver was more valuable than gold. It's really not necessary for many people who haven't seen silver in their life.

Shi Zhong was about to bend down and pick up the silver coin, but someone rushed to pick it up earlier.

"What is this?" Zhang Ding carefully revealed the silver coins: "why is there such an ugly head and what words are on it?"

The people around gathered together and all stared at the silver coin, doing the great cause of "100000 whys".

In fact, Zhang Ding was not the only one who picked it up. People who were close enough to bend over and could pick it up, whether it was gold or silver, and there were people who picked it up and hid it quickly.

What you pick up on the ground becomes your own? There's nothing like that. Even if someone wants to run, he doesn't move as fast as the soldiers around him. This area was soon surrounded by soldiers, and officers were shouting for people to line up.

"Whoever finds it, be smart and hand it in." Bai Zhong didn't deliberately put on a ferocious face. Instead, he said with a smile, "these are captured. All the small fruits that go to the western regions have their share. Whoever is ignorant is greedy for the life-saving money of his fellow countrymen. Such currencies haven't been available in summer, and you can't spend them."

Melt? Even if it is done without trace, how can you explain how gold or silver came when it was spent?

Unwilling to hand it in? In addition to actively letting people in line, they have to search themselves. If you dare to swallow, the volume of gold and silver coins is not small. Do you know what it is to swallow gold and die? The intestines and stomach can't digest metal at all. It won't even go into the stomach and can't excrete it at all. Not only gold, but also silver or iron, copper and other metals. Unless the swallowed metal is small enough, you will die from internal bleeding due to rupture of the digestive tract.

When it was Zhang Ding's turn, he handed over the silver coins without hesitation, and asked, "what is this?"

Bai Zhong said it was silver coins. Seeing Zhang Ding's face, he wanted to explain, but there were so many people in line, so he waved his hand and asked Zhang Ding to be searched.

Of course, the vehicle with broken wheels can't stop in place and wait for repair. It empties the goods on the vehicle, and all the cars, horses and goods are moved to the roadside so that the rear team can pass.

Zhang Ding finally didn't understand what silver was, but he knew that silver was more valuable than gold.

They had no intention to work any more, and the supervisor didn't urge them. The big guy stood by the side of the road and watched the motorcade pass by.

"Every box contains gold, silver and precious stones seized from the western regions..." Zhang Ding swallowed a mouthful of water and said to Shi Zhong in a daze, "your brother may really have enough money to buy a house in Chang'an."

Shi Zhong nodded faintly and said, "you can get 40% if you capture it. Brother should be enough. It's just... My brother and I have separated."

After the separation, the wealth between brothers is not common property. If the eldest brother helps his brother, it can't be said that he doesn't have brotherhood. The younger brother has to belong to an ignorant bastard.

On the same day, the news of the return of booty from the western regions spread all over Chang'an, both old and new. Countless people vowed to boast to those who had not seen it with their own eyes. Among them, "the car carrying wealth and goods can't see the end" has become the most used sentence.

It's reasonable to transport things robbed from the western regions to Chang'an. It's not all the booty. Some have been distributed according to merit when they were in the western regions.

People with family members going to the western regions talk about how much a family can get, and more people have the idea of going to the western regions to make a fortune.

The next day, when the herdsmen arrived, people were completely frightened to see the ocean composed of cattle, horses and sheep.

On the third day, people expected to see more booty, but no team came that day. On the fifth day, the new team appeared again.

"This... This... This... Many... Many..." Shi Zhong didn't stammer. He was completely confused by the scene in front of him. "It's really much better!"

Of course, the new team is still in the front of the army. The soldiers in front are followed by countless women, including gold, red, brown, crimson and coffee... Anyway, there are too many kinds of hair colors, and the color of eyes dazzles everyone's eyes. The oldest of them should be about 40, and the youngest is five or six. Adult women walk, and young and inconvenient people take open-air vehicles.

After seeing so many women, the Han people secretly looked at each other and robbed so many school-age women from the western regions, which can solve the single problem of many people.