Chapter 399

Yanxingmen

Yanxing gate is the east gate of Chang'an city. The official road leading to Luoyang starts from Yanxing gate and reaches Luoyang for 800 miles. It is the gate with the largest flow of people in Chang'an city. Countless merchants and pedestrians come and go from here every day.

Today's Yanxing gate has changed greatly. The official roads covered with loess have disappeared and replaced by the newly paved brick roads outside the city gate.

According to the news from the children of Mohism, the brick road leading to Chang'an and Luoyang has been constructed from Chang'an City and Luoyang respectively. The speed has been greatly accelerated. Now most of it has been completed. It is certain that the project can be completed before the end of the year.

On the broad and flat side of the road, carriages leading to Luoyang are ready to go. The new year is approaching. When the official business is busy, it is very lively outside Yanxing gate,

Next to one of the carriages, Merton and the four are seeing off Zu Mingjun and Kong huisuo. They will go to Luoyang together. After Luoyang breaks up, Zu Mingjun will return to Fan Yang's hometown by boat from the canal, while Kong huisuo will go all the way East and return to Qufu, Shandong, along the official road, trying to get home before the year.

"Take care, everyone!" Zu Mingjun said with a heavy heart.

In this era, transportation is extremely inconvenient, the scope of people's activities is very small, men are OK, and often go to other places to serve corvee. I'm afraid ordinary women have never been out of the county in their life, and there are many people who don't even go out of the countryside.

Many times, a farewell is many years, or even a farewell, which can't help but make people boo and sigh.

People naturally know that the possibility of reuniting is very low. Unless they come back to Chang'an City for an official, it will be difficult to see each other again. They can't help but feel very heavy,

Merton suddenly showed his face and said with a smile: "you don't have to worry. When the brick road of the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty is built in the future, at that time, it will take only five days from the land of Shandong to Chang'an city. If you travel day and night, it will take about three days. It's not difficult to get together in the future."

"Yes!"

People remembered that the construction of brick roads has been put on the agenda. Once the brick roads in Chang'an City and Luoyang are built, they are bound to be laid from Luoyang to the East again, and then radiate all roads in the country.

With the perfect combination of brick road and four-wheel carriage, the traffic of the whole Datang will certainly have a huge leap. The long journey will no longer be bumpy and rain or wind. At that time, there will be no children leaving home and the boss will return. Even the words that parents are not traveling far will become history.

"Well, I'll wait for that day!" suddenly the people's sorrow of separation dissipated a lot.

"Everybody stay!" Kong huisuo stepped onto the carriage and arched his hand.

"I'm sorry to see you off soon. Have a nice trip!" Merton said goodbye.

It was not until the carriage went away that the four of Merton put away their melancholy and were about to go back.

There was only a noise. At the end of the brick road, a long motorcade came face-to-face. Its specifications and pomp made people smack. The people on both sides avoided one after another and looked at the long motorcade pointing.

"Who is this? Such a big show?" Chumo said discontentedly.

People shook their heads and speculated.

I saw that the people in the team were all short, dark, dressed in Ge clothes and extremely vigorous. At first glance, they were not Han people.

"Southern barbarians?" a businessman suddenly exclaimed.

"Nan man? Is such a big show the Feng family?" Qin Huaiyu suddenly said.

"Feng family? Is it Feng ang, the leader of Nanman?" Merton said in his heart.

Feng ang was actually a Han nationality. His ancestors married the local Nanyue female Xian and became the leader of Nanyue. Later, his grandparents and grandchildren managed Lingnan for three generations. Although he was a Han nationality, with the support of successive imperial courts, he sat firmly in the position of Lingnan chief. Although there was no Royal Baron, he was actually the king of Lingnan.

In order to appease Lingnan, Li Shimin had to seal Feng ang as the Shangzhu state, which was a height that none of the feudal officials had reached.

"Who's coming!" the guard of Yanxing gate heard the news long ago and hurried forward to cross examine.

"We are the Gaozhou manager and the subordinates of Duke Geng. This is our token!" the leader of the convoy was a strong man in black. He quickly took out the token and tested it for the city gate guard to verify.

"Sure enough, it's the Feng family in Lingnan!" Merton looked at each other. Feng ang guarded Lingnan and was granted the title of Gaozhou manager by the imperial court. Duke Geng was extremely honored.

The city gate guard checked carefully and put down the alert after confirming that it was correct.

"What is this?" the gate guard saw a long convoy, each full of goods, about to be checked routinely.

"General Hui, this is the birthday gift from Duke Geng to the supreme emperor?" the strong man in black hurried.

"The emperor's birthday gift?"

The city gate guard heard the speech and let it go.

"The emperor's birthday?" Merton asked in surprise as he watched the Feng family's motorcade enter Chang'an city.

"Don't you know? This matter has already come from Chang'an City?" Chumo glanced.

Merton shook his head. During this period, he has been preparing for the year-end year-old examination of the Imperial College. Where did he care about other things? He really didn't pay attention to the birthday of the supreme emperor.

"It is said that the emperor is getting old and his body is getting worse day by day. The emperor must take this opportunity to show filial piety and make a big show! The Feng family must come for this!" Qin Huaiyu said in a low voice.

Wei Chi Baolin nodded and said, "the supreme emperor is Feng Ang's noble man."

At the beginning, when Li Yuan unified the world, Feng ang occupied Lingnan. Li Yuan sent Li Jing to denounce Lingnan, but Li Yuan didn't treat Feng ang badly and immediately granted him a high official.

"Feng ang, Duke of the state of Geng, is indeed a figure who can stand firm in dangerous places such as Lingnan, but his son may not be." Qin Huaiyu said with a smile.

"His son?" said Merton in surprise.

"When Feng ang paid tribute to Chang'an for many years, the Manchu Dynasty said that Feng ang had turned against him. Only Wei Zheng spoke and sent envoys to appease Feng ang first. Feng ang immediately sent his eldest son Feng Zhidai to Chang'an to show the heart of the court." Qin Huaiyu explained.

Chumo then said, "unfortunately, the tiger father and the dog son, Feng ang has been brave all his life, and Feng Zhidai is actually a weak scholar. He dances all day and recites poetry against each other, which has become a joke in Chang'an city."

Merton suddenly realized that Feng Zhidai's coming to Chang'an city was also a proton. It was a means of self-protection.

After all, Lingnan road is high and far away, and the imperial court has very weak control over it. Before, the imperial court had no time to look south. When it could only reuse Feng angzhi, it was also wary of him. If Feng Zhidai showed wise and divine force, how could the imperial court rest assured?

Merton dare not underestimate the Feng family. It is said that the craziest thing Li Bai did in future generations was to hold the imperial concubine for research and take off her boots, and the Lishi here is Gao Lishi, a trusted eunuch of Tang Xuanzong, who was officially the great grandson of Feng ang.

However, these have nothing to do with the four of them. At present, the most important thing is the emperor's birthday.