Ma Yuan let go of his sorrow and entered the Lanshi City with the Kushan caravan.

However, the sorrow was relieved here, and the smelly aura filled with Lan's city really couldn't stand it.

Looking at the calm look of the Kushan merchant, Ma Yuan couldn't help but complain to Saqi, the envoy of the Dayuan King.

"Don't you think it smells bad here? It's so stinky. Why do these Kushan people feel like they don't care at all?"

Saqi looked at the indescribable expression on Ma Yuan's face, and the same expressions of the merchants around him, so he had to shake his head.

"This is very normal. Maybe they are all used to it, right? Although I also think the taste here is even heavier than the smell of the capital of our country."

This is the truth. When they were in the Dayuan royal capital, it was probably because of the dryness. The taste was just fine. The place where they traded with each other was cleaner and there was no strange smell.

Of course, the most important thing is that the population is small, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the taste will not be too strong, nor can it become rich, unlike those big cities with hundreds of thousands of people.

Lan's City is obviously a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands, and it is inevitable that it has a taste.

Saqi actually felt that these merchants from the Central Plains Empire were a bit pretentious.

Isn't it just a little smell?

Is this abnormal?

How clean is their living place?

Do people in cities with hundreds of thousands of people need to excrete?

Or are they really rich, so they deliberately use this statement to indicate that they are rich and clean?

Saatchi was very dissatisfied with them.

But it is true that the taste here is indeed quite heavy, making Sachy a little bit of breathing.

So Saqi stepped forward to ask the Kushan merchants, asking them how they could withstand the smell here.

"Taste? Oh, there's a little bit, but it's much better. It rained yesterday and diluted the taste a little. If the sun comes out, the taste will smell even worse. It's still good now. Take a few more breaths now."

The Kushan businessman said with such a smile.

Even Saqi was finally shocked by this statement.

Is this pretty good?

What would it look like if it was bad?

Kushan once conquered Dayuan and played a great power under throne, but the capital actually had this kind of virtue?

Then didn’t their emperor also live in such an environment?

After thinking about it, Saqi felt that he was thinking too much.

Of course the emperor has special treatment. Incense is hygienic and other things, and it is absolutely clean. No one can smell the emperor. The emperor must be fragrant.

Ma Yuan covered his nose and asked Saqi what the others said. Saqi told Ma Yuan what the Kushan merchant said, and Ma Yuan looked shocked.

It is not advisable to stay here for a long time!

He thought of these six words in an instant.

He thought that as the capital of the country, there should be at least some kingly atmosphere. Who would have thought that the kingly atmosphere would not be seen, but the smell of shit and urine was full of stinky air.

In fact, he should have thought that if Guo Peng had not vigorously promoted the sanitation plan and manure production plan to improve the sanitation conditions in Wei State, the Wei State would be like this at this moment.

Without Guo’s efforts to promote the health regulations, the imperial capital will still be the same after more than a thousand years.

Once the emperor's feet clears, the wind blows, sand and stones will fly, and everyone will feel like they are walking in the fog.

As soon as it rains, people who walk on the muddy road will collapse. No one can insist on not changing their shoes.

The shit and urine are spilling all over the streets, and when walking on the road, you have to worry about being splashed on your body by the shit and urine that is splashed at any time.

Snuff bottles are popular because they are too smelly.

Only "indulging in the mountains and rivers" is the kingly way.

Because there are few people, they are not smelly, and there are no flying sand and stones, the air will be relatively fresh.

The so-called outing is just to breathe a few breaths of fresh air.

Ma Yuan didn't know these facts that only Mr. Guo knew. He was just simply proud that the emperor he was loyal to was such a great emperor.

After walking through the outermost slums in Lan's City, we went deep into the inner city of Lan's City.

After entering the inner city, Ma Yuan found that the entire environmental conditions of the inner city were completely different from those of the outer city.

The ground is relatively neat and the smell is much weaker. The streets are relatively spacious and the houses are arranged neatly. Most people coming and going are well-dressed, and there are many things like carriages and horses, basically not touching the ground.

There is no confusion or numbness in those people's eyes, only shrewdness, curiosity and pride.

It is conceivable that those who can live in the inner city are either high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen. Only they can enjoy such cleaning and hygiene that consumes manpower and material resources.

Although Luoyang is divided into outer city imperial city and palace city, no matter which part it is, at least it cannot smell the stench, and it is also covered with stone slabs.

If it is windy or rainy, there will be no flying sand, stones, or muddy roads. The whole person will look very clean and hygienic, and there is no need to spend more time taking care of his appearance.

If not, how could so many local counties and counties have better be inconspicuous small officials and live in the outer city with the people and enter Luoyang?

Because the emperor is very kind to the people, Luoyang City is really comfortable to live in.

It is really not cheap for people from other places to live in Luoyang.

Since the first year of Jian'an, even though the houses have been continuously expanded and the area of ​​Luoyang City have been widening, the housing prices in Luoyang City have risen for seven consecutive years. Most people from other places cannot afford them. Even small officials who come to Beijing from other places cannot afford them and can only rent them.

But fortunately, the food prices in Luoyang are crushed to death, and the prices of other daily necessities are also quite reasonable.

The four major cities of East City, West City, South City, North City, and all kinds of commodities are complete and the prices are reasonable. In the future, with the smooth flow of the Silk Road, more foreign commodities will definitely enter.

Then business will inevitably be more prosperous.

It would be better to say that the emperor was too kind to the people. He often thought about tax cuts, but was quite unfriendly to officials and wealthy businessmen. He kept thinking about how to increase taxes and collect taxes all day long.

Look at the people of Wei State, and then look at the Kushan State.

Ma Yuan pursed his lips and looked downward to express his sadness.

There is no comparison between emperors and emperors. Comparison can make people angry.

Ma Yuan and others moved into more than a dozen pretty good suites under the introduction of Kushan Business Travel. A group of hundreds of people rented several large yards to put goods on, and then began to prepare for business.

However, compared to doing business, Ma Yuan wanted to meet the Kushan Emperor more, and wanted to meet on behalf of the Wei State and the Kushan Emperor, and wanted to reach some business agreements, inviting Kushan business travelers to do business in the Central Plains, so that the two countries could communicate with each other and communicate with each other.

So Ma Yuan made such a request to the Kushan business traveler who helped them, wanting to ask if it is possible.

Saatchi was doing the translation in the middle.

The Kushan Business Travel was surprised at first because Ma Yuan never said that they were envoys of the Wei Empire.

Ma Yuan said that he was indeed not a formal envoy of the Wei Empire, but he had an official position, and this caravan was also a semi-official caravan.

Half of the reason is to do business, and the general reason is to hope to communicate with Kushan and invite Kushan merchants to do business in Wei State.

His Majesty the Emperor of Wei wanted to engage in previous trade with the Kushan Empire to promote economic exchanges and economic growth between the two countries.

"Are you an official of Wei?"

After asking the name of the Wei Empire, Kushan businessman Putiai was quite surprised.

"Yes, I am an official. I have the certificate of the official and the talisman handed over to me by His Majesty the Emperor. This is my token of being an official and the reason why I lead this caravan. Although I am also here to conduct business, I hope to reach a trade with your country."
Chapter completed!