Chapter 345

The official road outside the imperial city may be the best official road built by the whole Han Empire. Even if it rains heavily, there is not much water or mud on the official road outside the imperial city. The rain from the sky washes the road surface clean, and the rain water on the road naturally flows into the ditches on both sides of the official road

What is laid on the road surface of the imperial palace official road is not slate, but large chunks of thick road bricks fired by brick kilns. When Yan Liqiang went to the Forbidden City in his last life, he heard from the guide of the Forbidden City that in many parts of the Forbidden City, the bricks paved on the ground are not slate, but bricks fired from brick kilns, commonly known as gold bricks, which are used for the exclusive use of the imperial palace. These road bricks are laid on the imperial palace official road, It's a bit similar to the gold brick in the Forbidden City.

Under the washing and scouring of the rainstorm, the blocks of road bricks on the road show their true colors of cyan gray, which has a unique ancient meaning.

Wearing a poncho and an umbrella, Yan Liqiang walked on the official road. Only a little rain was stained on the edge of his boots. Walking along the blue gray ancient road, Yan Liqiang felt a different ease of stepping on the rain. He didn't feel half nervous about what he was about to do, Even if what he did was exposed, it would bring disaster to him.

Looking at the road under his feet, Yan Liqiang was amazed at the skills of the craftsmen of the Han Empire, but the scene of burning this kind of road brick appeared in his mind. Is it easy to burn such two foot long and one foot thick road bricks? I remember the guide of the Forbidden City said that in order to burn such large floor tiles, The temperature of the brick kiln that burns this kind of floor tile should be very high, so as to ensure that there is no black heart and embrittlement in the middle of the fired floor tile, and the whole body should be one color. Each gold brick in the Forbidden City has the name of the fired brick kiln and the name of the responsible craftsman. If there is a problem with any gold brick, it can be traced back and the head must be cut off, so no one dares to be careless. At the same temperature, If you don't burn such floor tiles, put clay and limestone into such a brick kiln and burn them. What you burn is cement.

This is still modern cement, while the so-called ancient Roman cement is simpler. It only needs enough volcanic ash, burned lime, plus water, sand and stone. The most primitive concrete is continuously produced from energy sources.

In ancient China, there was only a layer of window paper before firing cement.

Similarly, the Han Empire now seems to have no such convenient and fast building materials as cement.

Roman cement created the Roman Empire. I don't know what kind of Great Han Empire can be created by making cement in this era.

Yan Liqiang's thoughts gallop, and God flies out of the sky

"Hoo..." a carriage came running from the rain and fog. When passing by Yan Liqiang, it suddenly stopped. The coachman in hat and coir raincoat shouted to Yan Liqiang, "little brother, it's raining heavily on the road. If you don't mind, I'll give you a ride..."

"Thank you, uncle. I like to take a walk, and I'm not far from Ximen. I'll be there soon!"

"Hahaha, OK, little brother, if you have good feet, walk slowly, but it's thunder these two days, but don't take shelter from the rain under the tree. Last year, several trees near the official road were hit by thunder!" The coachman laughed and reminded Yan Liqiang. Then he shook the reins and drove his car into the rain.

This was the third warm-hearted person Yan Liqiang met along the way to see him walking in the rain and give him a lift.

Yan Liqiang didn't get on the bus, but his heart had been warmed by the little kindness of several strangers in a row.

Looking at the carriage that disappeared in the rain, Yan Liqiang's faith and determination became more and more hard at this moment - when the natural disaster came a few years later, tens of thousands of people must leave the imperial capital and escape from heaven. They must live to that time. All those who stand in the way of their goal, just one word, kill, never be soft

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When Yan Liqiang came to the west gate of the imperial capital, it was getting darker because the time was approaching the evening, and the rain in the sky was unexpectedly much less.

Yan Liqiang still entered the imperial capital from the Xihua gate. When he just entered the city, he just walked out of a distance of less than 50 meters. Yan Liqiang felt that he was being watched.

Staring at him was a man in grey. He was in his thirties and had an ordinary face. He had never seen him before.

The man was hiding from the rain on the street at Xihua gate just now. His eyes scanned the faces of the people entering the city. As soon as Yan Liqiang entered the city, the man's eyes turned twice on Yan Liqiang's face, then mixed with several cars and horses entering the city, and quietly followed Yan Liqiang.

Yan Liqiang was stared at at xihuamen for the first time because Fang Beidou. This time, the person staring at him obviously had nothing to do with Fang Beidou.

However, Yan Liqiang was not surprised, because it was already in his expectation, and even confirmed his guess. His news in Luyuan is not a secret. Interested people only need to check it. If he comes to the capital from Luyuan, Xihua gate is the nearest. Therefore, as long as he puts a person on the side of Xihua gate and waits for a rabbit, he wants to come out from Luyuan to the capital, He was watched as soon as he entered the city gate.

Marking people is to master the whereabouts and information of that person. This is a prelude to dealing with a person. As for who wants to deal with himself, Yan Liqiang knows with his knees. Now the whole imperial capital can have a quarrel with such an insignificant "little man" and like to use despicable means. Aren't they Xu Lang

It seems that the decision to start first is right. Yan Liqiang didn't look back. He still walked with an umbrella, and didn't deliberately want to ask the man who was watching behind him. He just smiled on his face, inexplicably more cold When we came to Tianwaitian, the rain stopped. A long string of lanterns had been hung outside Tianwaitian restaurant. Gorgeous cars and horses stopped outside the restaurant. From time to time, people who were either rich or expensive came down from the carriage and entered Tianwaitian. Yan Liqiang arrived half an hour earlier than the scheduled time, which is considered polite. Lu Peien, who contacted the dinner, came earlier. A steward beside Lu Peien had already waited at the door of the restaurant. As soon as Yan Liqiang walked over, the steward of the Lu family immediately brightened his eyes and hurriedly greeted him, "young master Yan..." "well, is brother Lu here?" Yan Liqiang said as he handed his umbrella and poncho to the waitresses of the two restaurants“ The sixth master is already in the room. If you tell me to take Mr. Yan to the restaurant... "OK, let's go..." when entering the restaurant, Yan Liqiang saw the man in blue staring at him from the corner of his eye, standing in the street more than 30 meters outside the restaurant, staring at him entering the restaurant... After Yan Liqiang completely entered the sky, The man in Tsing Yi walked towards Tianwaitian restaurant, but as soon as he wanted to enter, he was stopped by several greeters standing at the door of the restaurant“ My guest, is this the room we booked in Tianwaitian? " Tianwaitian's welcoming face wore a professional and polite smile, but his critical and sharp eyes looked at the man in Tsing Yi from head to foot in an instant, and his eyes unconsciously showed a trace of disgust“ A friend of mine just went in. I went in to find someone... "Said the man in Tsing Yi“ I'm sorry, all the guests we receive in Tianwaitian are distinguished guests who have booked their rooms in advance. If your guest has a friend in there, tell me where your friend is and I'll take you in. If you don't know where your friend is, please wait outside the door... "I have something urgent. Can you make some accommodation..." the people in Tsing Yi smiled, Bow and bow“ Please tell me your friend's name, general appearance, age and clothes. I'll go in and ask for you! " The man in Tsing Yi suddenly stammered, "this... This..." what else did the man in Tsing Yi want to say, but the greeting winked. Two strong restaurant guards next to him came over, stared at him, and one pinched his fist. This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stopped our translation