Chapter 334 The origin of things
Hundreds of thousands of families are like Go games, and the twelve streets are like vegetable beds.
This is the overall layout of Chang'an City. There are three city gates on each side of the outer city. The twelve streets that run through the twelve city gates are the main transportation roads of the whole city.
Zhuque Street, which runs across the north and south, is a standard central axis, connecting the Chengtian Gate of the palace city, Zhuque Gate of the imperial city and Mingde Gate of the outer city. It divides Chang'an City into two parts symmetrical east and west. There is a commercial area in the east and west parts of this city, called East City and West City.
The West City, covering an area of more than 1,600 acres, has more than 200 industries and tens of thousands of stores. It has international traders in Les Western Regions, Fusang, Goguryeo and other places. It is the largest commercial market in this era.
The East Market is close to the three major areas and mainly serves high-ranking officials and nobles. This is also a world-famous large market.
What we often say is to buy things, which refers to all things in time. The origin of it is from the two cities of Chang'an Chengnei, which is known as covering all things in the world and omnipresent.
Cui Er's burden included a leopard skin, a few fox skins and some mountain goods. These leathers were sent to the east market to sell to those nobles, because ordinary people could not afford them. As for mountain goods, they would be sold to the west market after they were sold.
Yan Fei has no acquaintances here, and what he urgently wants to do is to give himself a huge amount of property first. As a time and space merchant, every time he comes to a new time and space, only wealth is the most basic existence. So he followed Cui Er to Dongshi to prepare to sell his head horse.
Originally, he was planning to exchange for gold, but his gold bars were probably not very useful here. Because this thing is usually used by the emperor to reward ministers or nobles when they give gifts to each other.
Bianliang City is a real commercial city. The streets and rivers in the Qingming Festival on the River During the Qing Dynasty are paved, and there are definitely merchants everywhere. But Chang'an is different, because Chang'an City was built according to the concept of a military city from the beginning.
The entire Chang'an City is divided into palace cities, imperial cities and outer cities. The palace cities live in the family of emperors, and the imperial cities live in imperial relatives, ministers and nobles. The outer cities are the residences of the people and low-level officials.
The entire outer city is surrounded by tall city walls, and the inner part is divided into 108 yards. Each yard is a small military fortress with tall walls. After closing the yard gate, it is a military city, and it is not easy to capture it.
All the streets throughout the city are straight and very wide. The reason why roads are built in this way is to quickly transport troops and materials during wartime. This is a city that exists for war.
When this city was designed, it had a capacity of more than one million people, and it would be fine if it was squeezed and doubled.
In this military city, especially on both sides, it is absolutely forbidden to open shops. The stores in the whole city are concentrated in the East and West cities. Of course, in addition to the East and West cities, there are some markets with special uses, such as markets that specialize in blacksmiths, or special Red X District, such as the famous Pingkang House.
At night, the entire city will be trapped in a curfew. Not only will the city gates be closed, but the gates in various places will be locked up to death. No one is allowed to stroll outside. Once they are caught by the patrol soldiers, it is light, and the most unlucky thing is to cut off your head directly.
"Is this the street?" When Yan Fei came to Zhuque Street, even if he was from the modern industrial era and was used to countless industrial architectural miracles, he was frightened by this scene in front of him. The width of this famous Zhuque Street is much spacious than a football field!
The width of Zhuque Street is as high as 150 meters. Comparing the length of a standard football field is only 105 meters. Note that the length is not width. Such a wide street is definitely unprecedented. Even in the modern world, the road known as the widest road is located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, the Pampas Plateau, but only 148 meters. It was in the industrial era more than a thousand years later.
The length from Mingde Gate to Zhuque Gate is as high as five kilometers. Not to mention transporting troops on such a spacious road, there is no problem to start a war directly.
The east is noble and the west is rich in Chang'an City. Que Street is the central axis of the entire Chang'an City. To the east of Zhuque Street belongs to Wannian County, while to the west belongs to Chang'an County. The north of the East City is the residences of noble and bureaucrats. The west city, especially on the edge of the West City, is mostly homes for wealthy businessmen.
"Go away quickly." Cui Er carried the burden and urged Yan Fei. "It's getting late and I have to sell things. If it's dark, I can't get out."
"Okay." Yan Fei, who was amazed at Zhuque Street, nodded and followed Cui Er's footsteps to Dongshi.
There are shops in the east city, and the storefronts look quite impressive. Even if the Turkic army gathers outside the city, there is no way to see any panic here.
Cui Er's skins are specially supplied with a fur merchant. When he arrived outside the store, he would directly carry a load into the store to do business. Yan Fei was a little scratching his head. He had nothing to sell, but only two bottles of human heads. But he couldn't just sell them on this street.
There are not many customers in the East City, most of them are the servants of the nearby powerful people to buy things here. Occasionally, there are playboys wearing fresh clothes and angry horses riding on high-headed horses. Yan Fei stood outside the fur shop and scratched his head. When he didn't know how to exchange his head for money, a rapid sound of horse hooves rushed towards him.
There are many powerful people in Chang'an City, so there are naturally more children in powerful families. It is common for these powerful children to rush around in Chang'an City.
In this era, the people's customs are strong, and the powerful and powerful children basically practice martial arts and like to ride horses and are very brave. So when more than a dozen horses rushed towards Yan Fei, they just shouted to let him go without any sign of staying.
Originally, Yan Fei had already taken a step back, but when he looked at the gorgeously dressed powerful children, he stopped and faced the tall horses.
A sound of horses neighing sounded, and the knights on the horses tied the reins to avoid hitting Yan Fei directly. This is not to say how polite they are, but because the Turkic army outside is approaching, and the new emperor has a bad temper. It is okay to ride a horse and gallop, but if someone is hit and killed, he will definitely not be able to take it.
"Looking for death!" After finally stopping the horse, a strong man with a big, thick face and beard looked at Yan Fei angrily, raised his hand and waved the whip in his hand and whipped towards Yan Fei.
With a crisp sound, the whip did not rush Yan Fei on the face as everyone thought, but was directly grabbed by Yan Fei.
The strong man was a family general and called himself a brave man. At this time, someone was caught by a horse whip and was embarrassed in front of his young master. He was angry and went to slap his sword.
Yan Fei's eyes were slightly cold, and he pulled the general from the horse's back and threw him to the ground with force as soon as he tried to get up. Before the general got up, Yan Fei kicked him out and kicked him directly to a shop across the street.
This scene instantly calmed the crowd who was still clamoring. The veteran who had been on the battlefield had outstanding abilities, but he didn't even have the ability to resist in front of this short-haired monster.
Several people dressed up in the family drew their swords to protect the people in the middle. They looked at Yan Fei, who was dressed in strange clothes with vigilance.
"That monk, who are you? Why should you stop me?" A head general pointed at Yan Fei and shouted.
"I've been regarded as a monk again." Yan Fei sighed.
Modern people have short hair, which looks relaxed and energetic. The ancients ignored the haircut because of the saying "The body, hair, skin, and the parents dare not hurt it. It is the beginning of filial piety." They let bed bugs and fleas drill in their hair. Those who see short hair are regarded as monks.
"I'm not a monk." Yan Fei shook the whip in his hand and glanced at the knights in front of him. "I am a merchant from the Western Regions. Here I am waiting for the distinguished guests to sell my goods to him."
"Haha~~~" A sharp duckling voice sounded, "I am a distinguished guest with identity!"
The one who rode his horse to escort down from Yan Fei at many families was a man who looked only in his teens, wearing gorgeous clothes and a jade pendant. However, he should be in the voice change period, and his voice was sharp like a duck.
"Dare you ask this noble man's name for his surname Gao?" Yan Fei stayed for so long in different time and space, and had already developed his temperament in his high position. The simple greetings made the generals instantly understand that the person in front of him was not simple.
Of course, the main reason is that Yan Fei easily settled a family general before. For these warriors, the truth is that he has a big fist.
"I am Changsun Chong!" The young man shouted out his name in great interest, and then lowered his voice with some dissatisfaction, "My father is Changsun Wuji."
Changsun Wuji, a famous name in the early Tang Dynasty. He was the elder brother of Li Shimin's queen Changsun Wugui, Li Shimin's elder brother-in-law, and the top of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. He was an absolute powerful figure during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang.
As for Changsun Chong, his greatest reputation may be that he married Li Shimin's eldest daughter, Princess Changle. After that, he became unknown.
At this time, Changsun Chong was in a rebellious period. He wanted to show himself but was unwilling to borrow his reputation, so he spoke a little disgustedly. This is a hundred times stronger than those in the modern world that my father is as strong as Li X. At least he is still ashamed and unwilling to pretend to be powerful.
"It turns out to be Mr. Changsun, I'm not respectful." Yan Fei's heart moved slightly, but on the surface, there was no sign of it. "Mr. Changsun is indeed a noble person. There are some good things here that only a noble person like the young master can afford."
Yan Fei took out the head and horse from his backpack and immediately attracted the attention of everyone nearby.
"Liuli?!"
"So big?"
"What a pure glass."
"It's so rich to use a glass bottle to fill three-leucocele."
Although the glass was refined by the alchemists during the Former Qin Dynasty, the recipe was lost during the war. By this time, it had become a treasured object comparable to gems, and the price was very expensive.
Chapter completed!