Chapter 279

As the sun sets in the west, the golden afterglow sprinkles on the towering gate of Lingnan city. There are two big characters of Lingnan written on the wall, which are majestic and obvious. As a state city of Lingnan, there are endless cars and horses coming in and out of the gate, which is extremely lively.

Song Xintong's carriage was in the rear, waiting for the inspection to enter the city.

Song Xintong looked at the long pair of chariots and horses in front of her. It was their turn to have a cup of tea. She looked around and found that there were tea sheds or animal sheds everywhere, and many peddlers.

"Can these people sell things out here?" Song Xintong asked curiously.

"Nature can." Lu Yunkai replied, "not all the chariots and horses can enter the city. Some will leave the chariots and horses outside, and some people will wait for customers outside. When they are hungry, they will buy some food. It's much cheaper outside than in the city. People who save a little will buy some cakes outside to go to the city and take them out when they are tired."

"So it is." Song Xintong thinks to see what all quite strange, "go in still want to give silver?"

"It's to give. If only people enter, it's not necessary to give." Lu Yunkai pointed to the barn over there. "Some people who are unwilling to give money will deposit it there, which is a little cheaper than the money in the city."

"How much?" Song Xintong touched his purse and found dozens of Wen silver, "is that enough?"

Lu Yunkai said: "when I came to the city last year, I had to give 20 Wen, but I don't know this year."

"So expensive?" Song Xintong counted 40 Wen copper coins and said, "it's only two or three copper coins for our county to enter the city."

"Well, people who transport goods will not care about the dozens of coppers. The carts and horses in the nearby villages are reluctant to spend money to keep them outside, so they still accept our carts and horses from other places." Lu Yunkai explained.

Oh, it's equivalent to collecting tolls. Song Xintong thought, "don't people in Lingnan city have to give them every time they go back to the city?"

Lu Yunkai said: "that's not necessary. All the cars and horses in Lingnan city are registered with the government. When they enter the city, they will be able to go in and out directly by showing their signs. They don't have to queue up here like us."

Got it!

Song Xintong thinks it's funny. It's really the same as what she thinks. Just like they used to drive, they don't have to pay the toll on the local cars around the city. If they drive outside the city, they have to pay the toll. Their brand is equivalent to a local license plate number.

Lu Yun took a look at the slow-moving chariots and horses in front of her and asked her, "are you hungry?"

"Not hungry." Song Xintong sat next to each other on the shaft of the car. "Shall we go to the inn recommended by the shopkeepers, or shall we choose one at will?"

Lu Yunkai shook his head: "what they recommend is in the west of the city, where there are a lot of good and bad people. When we enter the city, we often walk to the East. The East and northeast of the city are all inhabited by big families. The east of the city is next to the Academy, and the residence there is more elegant and quiet."

Song Xintong said: "the inn next to the academy is very expensive."

"Now it's past the time of the scientific examination, and the inns are deserted. In addition, there are not many people there on farm holidays." Lu Yunkai said: "I'll take you to an inn where we used to live in the past. It's quiet and there are many osmanthus flowers planted in the yard. It should have opened these days."

Song Xintong think is also, not a few main streets, should be less people, "good."

When the twins woke up, they found that the carriage had stopped. They put their heads out of the carriage and found that there were many people and carriages outside. Then they got out of the carriage and asked Daya, "sister Daya, where is this?"

Daya said, "Lingnan city is about to enter the city."

"Sister, what about them?" As soon as Dabao asked, he saw the carriage several meters away in front of him. "I'll go to find my sister."

The twins jumped out of the carriage and ran to song Xintong's carriage

"Why are you two here?" Song Xintong gave way, let two people on the carriage, "quickly sit well, we are going to the city."

The twins sat at the edge of the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the front, smiling: "sister, are we here?"

"Yes, here we are."

"Sister, the gate is so big, there are so many people." Xiaobao felt very strange when he saw everything. His eyes kept turning. "A lot of people sell pancakes. They smell good. I'm hungry."

Dabao nodded and said, "sister, how long will it take us to get in?"

"No tea." Song Xintong pointed to the majestic gate, "do you know the words on it?"

Dabao looked carefully, then said with a smile, "I know, I know. It's Lingnan."

Song Xintong is not stingy praise way: "great."

"Sister, I know." Xiaobao raised his voice and said, "Lingnan, Lingnan!"

"Yes, Lingnan."

"Sister, but how can these two words be different from those taught by my brother-in-law?" Dabao asked.

Song Xintong said: "then I don't know. Ask your brother-in-law."

Dabao: "brother in law, why not?"

"These two characters are written in official script. The font I teach you is regular script." Lu Yunkai said.

"Can we learn this font in the future?" Asked Dabao.

"After two years, you can write well, and then find the font you like to practice." Lu Yunkai has not yet asked them to learn the calligraphy of the great calligraphers. After all, they have just been studying for a year and haven't learned many characters. It's good to write the church's characters one stroke at a time.

"Good." Twins also know that the current word is not good, so there is no ambitious now to learn calligraphy.

Soon, it was song Xintong's turn.

The soldiers guarding the gate stopped them. "Where did they come from?"

Lu Yunkai handed the registered residence certificate to soldiers. After looking at it, the soldiers looked at Lu Yunkai again, and returned the registered residence certificate to them. "A carriage and twenty articles."

Song Xintong took out 40 Wen and handed it to the soldiers. The soldiers counted the number. After that, they threw it into the big money box behind them and let it go.

The two carriages walked slowly along the ruts under the gate to the city. When they entered the city, song Xintong found that there was a big difference between inside and outside the city.

Outside the city is a road of yellow clay. Inside the city is a road paved with bluestone slabs. The road is wide. There are not many vendors along the street. On both sides of the street are rows of shops, restaurants and inns. It's very lively.

It's just entering the gate of the city. It's even more bustling outside the central area. Restaurants and teahouses are everywhere. It's full of people drinking tea and drinking wine. The shops next to it are also full of people!

"Sister, many people, so busy." Twins lying on the window looking out, two people excited like a bumpkin, keep shouting, "sister, more lively than the county."