"This... is Chang'an City?" Outside Chang'an City, a group of people stopped here and looked at the magnificent city wall in shock. Although they had also seen the Han Dynasty in Yueyang, Jiangling and Xiangyang City in Jingzhou, compared with Chang'an, those cities were also rare strong cities, but compared with Chang'an, they were less courageous than the Chang'an City in front of them.

The young man leading the team looked at the magnificent city in front of him with some complex eyes.

Within the spacious city gate, there were traffic. Teams of business travelers either heading south or coming from the south into the city. Further away, where tracks gather, a row of more than a dozen track cars either drove in or drove away quickly.

In recent years, Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty did not use any more weapons, but began to vigorously develop the Han economy. In Shu and Yizhou have been harvesting year by year. Along the way, what you see along the way is full of prosperity, which makes people yearn for. In comparison, today's Dongwu feels like a remote village.

I heard that the Han Dynasty has been operating the Western Regions over the years. Along the way, even in Jingzhou, people from the Western Regions can see high noses and deep noses doing business everywhere. The fluent Mandarin language can at least make people communicate.

Just as I was about to walk, I saw a group of people coming from a distance, leading the general, with a white horse and white robe, and his waist was straight on the back of the horse. Just walking towards this side gave people an unspeakable sense of oppression.

"The last general, Zhao Guang, is the envoy of the Eastern Wu in front?" The visitor rode his horse to the front, turned over and dismounted, and said loudly with his hands and bowed.

"That's right, I'm going to Gu Tan!" The young man turned over and got off the horse, bowed to Zhao Guang and said, "I've heard of the general's name for a long time!"

Zhao Guang served as General Annan a few years ago, guarding Lujiang, and fought several battles with Cao Wei, with more victory than defeat than defeat. Even in Eastern Wu, he was quite famous.

"I have heard of Zimo's name for a long time." Zhao Guang nodded and smiled, "I will be ordered to welcome you all, please follow me."

"I'm here to help the general!" Although he represents the Eastern Wu, Gu Tan did not dare to ask for help in front of Zhao Guang, a leading figure in the middle of the Han Dynasty. After bowing and returning the bow, he walked into the city with his men.

"I haven't recommended it to the general yet, this is the son of Mr. Ziyu, Zhuge Ke." Gu Tan introduced Zhao Guang to Zhao, who was slightly obese and smiled.

Zhuge Jin has a deep relationship with the Han Dynasty. Not only is the elder brother of Zhuge Liang, but he is also Zhuge Qiao's biological father.

Zhuge Qiao has established a firm foothold in the Han Dynasty over the years. Now he is the Chief of the Tingwei, in charge of the prison. The most important thing is that Zhuge Qiao is also the son-in-law of the Sikong Liu Yi of the Han Dynasty. With these two relationships, Zhao Guang has obviously become much more kind to Zhuge Ke.

There was a guard post at the city gate. Seeing the soldiers with a tiger back and bear waist lined up in two rows, Gu Tan couldn't help but praise: "It's really... a tiger and wolf army!"

"They?" Zhao Guang glanced at the city guards, smiled, and did not respond.

Gu Tan was surprised to see this and said, "The general doesn't seem to agree?"

"Now the Han military system is different. After the soldiers of each army form an army, they will be sent to the north or to guard the border in the northwest. Only those who have experienced the battlefield are qualified to be called the Tiger and Wolf Division. These... have just been trained from the new recruit camp and have never been on the battlefield, so they are not qualified to be called the elite, let alone the Tiger and Wolf Division? They are not worthy of it." Zhao Guang's words were filled with a strong sense of confidence.

After several years of development, the military system of the Han Dynasty became increasingly perfect. Although it was still a conscription system, because of the academy, it was mainly voluntary, and would not force conscription, and would not pay wages. However, the families of soldiers enjoy preferential policies, tax reductions, and children can go to the academy to study. After death, there were pensions. Even if there was no salary, there were still many people willing to join the army. Now, under the rule of the Han Dynasty, there were about 500,000 troops and border guards stationed in the north to guard against the Xianbei.

New recruits guarded the city in various places. After patrolling for a period of time, they would be sent to the front line to replace veterans and be baptized on the battlefield. The Han Dynasty fought against the Xianbei every year over the years, and the areas south of the Yinshan Mountains have now been all included in the Han territory.

As a general of the Han Dynasty, there is such a powerful country behind it, and this country is becoming stronger step by step in their hands. Zhao Guang has the reason to be confident.

Gu Tan nodded. Eastern Wu actually had similar policies. In recent years, in order to increase the population and improve the combat effectiveness of the army, it will fight against Shanyue every year. Over the years, Sun Quan has been committed to developing southward and has achieved good results. However, compared to the current great man, it is a bit small.

The group entered the city, and the prosperity of Chang'an City made Gu Tan and Zhuge Ke so shocked that they could not speak.

The wide and flat road surface is lined with bustling shops, basically two-story rows of neat shops, the streets are enough to accommodate eight cars in parallel. Behind the shops are tall buildings, and five-story buildings are indeed tall buildings. In this era, the whole Chang'an feels very neat. Most buildings, whether they are pavements or residential buildings, are of uniform specifications. Each street intersection has a rather eye-catching building, including brothels, restaurants, inns and teahouses that have only emerged in recent years.

The fried teas of the Han Dynasty are now favored by famous scholars, both in the Wei Dynasty and in the Eastern Wu. However, they are usually collected by their own homes. It is almost unimaginable to use teahouses like Chang'an to open teahouses in the Eastern Wu. That thing can be calculated based on two things in the Eastern Wu. Even if it is a wealthy family, they can't drink much every day.

"Brother Dingguo, why are there so many people in the teahouse?" When passing by the teahouse, Gu Tan couldn't help asking, "It was a very precious thing, but why do you feel that anyone can drink it?"

"Recently, there are special tea fields in Jingzhou, Yunnan and other places. This thing may be precious outside, but in Chang'an, it is really not a rare thing. Ordinary people can afford to drink it. Of course, the top-quality ones are very expensive, and ordinary ones can be bought for a pound of just over a hundred yuan." Zhao Guang thought for a while.

A hundred dollars, a pound!?

Gu Tan and Zhuge Ke widened their eyes and looked at Zhao Guang incredibly. What they said was really the same thing?

"This thing is very expensive in Dongwu?" Zhao Guang looked at the two of them in confusion. He was not very good at economics, and these things were resold by merchants themselves. The court only collected taxes, but they would not interfere too much with these consumer goods, but the technology was strictly confidential.

Gu Tan and Zhuge Ke met each other and smiled bitterly. Gu Tan thought for a while and said to Zhao Guang: "It will be tomorrow for the emperor to visit the emperor. Can we go to the teahouse first?"

"Since that's the case, let's accompany you two." Zhao Guang nodded. He was responsible for receiving the envoys of the Eastern Wu this time. Since the other party wanted to stroll around, he would not refuse.

He ordered people to take their entourages to rest first, and Zhao Guang took them to the teahouse first.

"General Zhao, it's a long time to go." The owner of the teahouse saw Zhao Guang coming in, and smiled and welcomed the three of them in.

"A pot of good tea, and with some pastries, we can find a quieter place for us." Zhao Guang laughed. He doesn't like tea very much on weekdays. His father likes it, but he and his brother don't love this thing so much and don't pay much attention to tea.

"Okay! Please follow me, three." The other party nodded and greeted the three of them to the second floor.

The design of the teahouse is quite elegant and has a corridor-like structure. No matter where you sit, you can see the scenery of the teahouse. There are special musicians playing musical instruments. Melodious music flows like gurgling water throughout the teahouse. Sitting at the window, looking at the bustling streets outside the window, it makes people feel like a different world. The whole person's spirit seems to have been washed away. The two people who were originally dusty have a new feeling at this moment.

And sitting in the teahouse and looking out, the scenery is different from what you see on the street. It is a different feeling, which makes people sigh at the ingenuity of the designers of Chang'an City.

Looking at the street scene outside the window, Zhuge Ke shook his head and sighed. Liu Bei was beaten by Cao Cao, and he was almost at a loss. He was as embarrassed as a dog with a family. Only by relying on Jiangdong could he have the opportunity to breathe. Who would have thought that in the past thirty years, the weakest force in the past had now developed into such a huge monster, and the Eastern Wu could only rely on it. He understood why Sun Quan had deliberately wanted to conquer Jingzhou. The current great man was no longer a threat to the Eastern Wu.

"Brother Dingguo." Gu Tan looked at Zhao Guang and said, "But he didn't know, who designed and built this Chang'an City?"

Nowadays, the whole world is very popular with craftsmen. Sun Quan has gathered skilled craftsmen over the years, whether in shipbuilding, construction, or weapons. Because of the templates of Tiangongfang and the research on the creation of natural craftsmen, he has made considerable progress in these aspects.

"Of course it's Sikong." Zhao Guang looked at the two of them with some confusion: "Don't you know?"

"Of course I know." Gu Tan nodded with a wry smile. Liu Yi is not an unknown person now, and he is even regarded as a ancestral master by many craftsmen: "I just didn't expect that such a city was designed by one person."

"Sikong's disciples also participated." Zhao Guang thought for a while.

"Disciple?" Gu Tan's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhao Guang and said, "Sikong also teaches his disciples?"

"Of course there are. Nowadays, most of the prefectures of each county are Sikong disciples." Zhao Guang nodded. It is no secret for Liu Yi's disciples, let alone what if they say it, with the prosperity and living conditions of the Han Dynasty today, how many people are willing to give up the generous living conditions of the Han Dynasty and go to Wei or Wu?

In recent years, I have only seen skilled craftsmen from all over the world come here, but I have never seen any craftsman from the Han Dynasty leave, let alone Liu Yi's disciples. As long as they are Liu Yi's disciples, they are basically people who are rushing to win over from all sides.

"You two will go to Sihai Pavilion to rest later. At the end of the evening, you will take you to Yilan Pavilion to meet the wind." Seeing that the refreshments were almost over, Zhao Guang smiled at the two of them.

"Yilan Pavilion?" Gu Tan frowned and said, "Britain?"

He was cautious in his tutoring. Although brothels were not too unbearable these days, and even a place where many scholars were polite, he rarely went there.

"This is not an ordinary brothel. I will know when I arrive. If I don't go to Yilan Pavilion once, it will be a waste of time." Zhao Guang said with a smile.

()
Chapter completed!