The World of Yellow Sky

The weather was sweltering, and the carriage shook rhythmically.

Zhang Zhongjing, who was sitting on the cushion, closed his eyes, and the dull atmosphere in the afternoon was really drowsy.

Between half-dream and half-awake, all kinds of bizarre dreams intertwined continuously, Zhang Zhongjing suddenly heard a burst of noise.

Unknowingly fell asleep on the carriage, his sleeping position was not good, so he heard the noise suddenly, but he couldn't wake up no matter what.

Zhang Zhongjing has encountered such a situation before, and as a doctor, he also knows about it, so he didn't panic.

"call----"

Zhang Zhongjing opened his eyes, exhaled a foul breath, and woke up from the nightmare state.

The noise in my ears remained, and everything in front of me gradually became clearer and brighter.

He settled down and looked out the window.

The commotion was coming from outside, but it didn't sound like talking or arguing, it seemed...

Appears to be cheering?

"what happened?"

Zhang Zhongjing looked suspiciously at the scenery outside the window.

Outside the window is still a flat official road. Compared with the dusty road in Nanyang County, the road after entering Wuguan is not only much flatter, but also other places are completely different from Nanyang County.

This is the avenue from Lantian to Chang'an. The closer it is to Chang'an, the flatter it is, and the more villages and fields around it. You can see a lot of villages and farmland on both sides of the road.

In the ancient kingdom, the general roads were actually to compact the roadbed, compact the rammed earth, remove some weeds, sprinkle some weed control medicines, and send people to maintain it for a while. The slightly better main road is on it. Lay a layer of gravel.

Some important main roads are paved with bluestone, but because of the cost, roads of this size are generally rare.

The roads ordered by Xu An to be repaired and built naturally cannot be of such a simple specification. The roads in Mingting are basically avenues paved with fine stones.

And this main road from Wuguan to Chang'an is a blue brick road paved with bluestone bricks, and there are drainage ditches on both sides of the road.

Stone materials are not rare. Guanzhong is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Most of these stone materials are transported from the mountains in the four directions of Guanzhong, and can be used after simple cutting.

Hundreds of thousands of Xianbei laborers were scattered into Guanzhong and Bingzhou as miners and infrastructure, and there is no shortage of manpower in the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhang Zhongjing was sitting on the tea stand before, he found that not all the roads built were equally smooth.

These roads are somewhat sloping, the middle is high and the sides are low, which is a slope, which can't be seen if you don't look carefully.

At first, he thought it was caused by the carelessness of the craftsmen during the construction, but after a light rain, he found that the road was designed in this way.

The slope is designed to allow rainwater to flow toward the curb, all the way to the roadside gutters or drains, and finally the rainwater flows to the surrounding farmland or the local reservoir.

The trees outside the window are full of shade. It is too early spring at this time, and it is the season of spring and flowers.

There are clumps of wild flowers and luxuriant trees, and it is a thriving atmosphere.

Zhang Zhongjing noticed that at this time, there were trees planted at intervals on both sides of the road. The trees were not big, but they were luxuriant, forming a shade.

When he first entered Wuguan, he didn't see any trees on both sides of the road.

"Why is there so much noise outside?"

Although the scene outside the window has changed, it should not cause any noise.

Although he had never seen such a scene, those eagle wolf guards who guarded them should be familiar with such a scene.

After all, looking at the tree, it should be transplanted and grown for several years, otherwise it would not have grown so lush.

There is some connection between trees and herbs, so his vision is more accurate.

Just as Zhang Zhongjing was meditating, he noticed a stone tablet erected on the curb outside the window.

There are a few small characters written on that stone tablet - Chang'an 0009.

Before Zhang Zhongjing talked with Hua Tuo about medical skills, he found that Hua Tuo's books contained some weird symbols, which are said to be called simplified numbers. Even these symbols, he also studied them simply, and probably understood the meaning.

This "0009" should mean nine.

Zhang Zhongjing's expression was slightly condensed, and he remembered some common sense that Hua Tuo had told him before.

Every mile on the road, there is a milestone, where the milestone is built with stones and built on the right side of the road.

You can infer how far you are from the next stop directly based on the numbers on the milestones without the help of reference objects.

The original sign that recorded the distance and journey of the road from the city was "Castle". According to historical records: "In the old South China Sea, longan and lychees were offered, one for every ten miles, and one for every five miles. At that time, most of the pedestrians used the wall to distinguish the direction and distance.

Xu An changed it to a milestone. After calculating it according to miles, it is more convenient to judge the distance.

As for the road they traveled, the numbers on the milestones were counted from the time they left Chang'an.

This "0009" means that they are only nine miles away from Chang'an City.

The noise that woke him up was exactly the cheers from the crowd when they saw Chang'an City.

Zhang Zhongjing's conjecture was correct, the eagle wolf guard Qianhu officer who was guarding them all the way slowed down their horse speed, and paralleled their carriage.

"Mr. Hua, Mr. Zhang."

Qianhu of the Eagle Wolf Guard had a smile on his face, and his voice was full of excitement.

"We are going to Chang'an City soon, and now we can see the walls of Chang'an City."

At the same time, the clamor that lingered in my ears became clear at this time.

"Chang'an! Chang'an!"

"Go home!"

Outside the carriage, cheers, shouts, and laughter were mixed together, all of which reached Zhang Zhongjing's ears.

"After several years of expedition, I finally returned to my hometown. I was a little excited after waiting for a while. I hope the two gentlemen are not to blame."

That Eagle Wolf Guard Qianhu was promoted all the way to the position of Qianhu Official, so he is not a simple person. As a wolf guard, he is best at observing other people's expressions.

Seeing Zhang Zhongjing's appearance of just waking up, he knew that the noise outside had woken Zhang Zhongjing who was sleeping, so he immediately apologized.

As a soldier, he basically has a high respect for doctors.

Because it is the healers who try their best to treat them after their injuries.

They have also heard of Zhang Zhongjing's reputation, and Hua Tuo is the dean of the medical school. Now more than [-]% of the military doctors in the army are basically Hua Tuo's apprentices.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Zhang Zhongjing waved his hands again and again, he was still a little uncomfortable with the "friendly face" of these Eagle Wolf Guards.

He had just read a storybook recently, which was about the Battle of Rushui.

There is a sentence in the story book that Zhang Zhongjing thinks is very appropriate-it can stop children from crying at night.

Speaking of which, this sentence originally described Zhang Liao.

At the beginning of the Battle of Rushui, Zhang Liao broke into the cavalry formation of the Wuhuan army in the three counties, beheaded the Wuhuan Khan and Lu Wang Wuyan, and his power shocked Youzhou.

Wuhuan in the three prefectures was feared by everyone, so that when Wuhuan's children were crying, they only needed to shout: "Liaolai, Liaolai.", and it stopped immediately.

Hua Tuo did not fall asleep like Zhang Zhongjing. Although he closed his eyes at first, he was thinking about other things, and he was not ignorant of what happened outside.

"correct."

That Yinglangwei Qianhu paused for a moment, then continued.

"Mr. Zhang, do you want to take a look at Chang'an City from a distance? If you want to see it again in the future, I'm afraid you will have to make a special trip out of the city."

"There is a small mound not far ahead, and a gazebo is built on it, which is a good place to look into the distance."

Zhang Zhongjing originally wanted to say no, but Hua Tuo interrupted him.

"Just stop for a while, my old bones are not light, so it's good to have a rest."

In fact, Zhang Zhongjing also wanted to take a look, but he didn't want to delay the trip and trouble others too much. After all, the journey was tiring, and everyone just wanted to go back to their hometown after seeing Chang'an.

But since Hua Tuo spoke, he also relieved his worries.

Not long after, the carriage stopped slowly, and Zhang Zhongjing knew that he had probably already climbed the mound.

The door of the carriage was slowly opened by a Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard, and Hua Tuo stepped out of the carriage first.

"The outside of the carriage should be comfortable. Although the carriage is large, it always feels a little cramped."

With his hands behind his back, Hua Tuo stretched his muscles and bones.

"And most importantly, it doesn't have to be so hard."

Hua Tuo glanced at the eagle wolf guards standing aside and sighed.

"It's such a long journey, I really don't know how you persisted."

Riding on a horse, within a few days, the legs will be worn out with blood, and the pain is unbearable.

Only those knights who are used to riding horses and have good riding skills can avoid injuries.

"Those soldiers and sharp fighters..."

Hua Tuo shook his head. He has been practicing Wu Qin Xi and is physically strong, but he still admires the soldiers and sharp fighters in the Ming army.

God knows how they walked nearly a hundred miles with their feet in one day, and even marched for a long time, and they were able to go into battle immediately.

When he was young, he traveled many roads as a wandering doctor to see and treat people, and only then did he realize how difficult the journey was.

Marching and fighting is more difficult than ordinary walking. After all, it is not enough to just go to that place. There are still many dangers and difficulties to overcome along the way.

Those soldiers wearing yellow scarves, they were born in poverty, they are tenacious and unwavering, perhaps because they are living in unimaginable suffering, so they can also endure the unbearable pain of ordinary people .

Zhang Zhongjing tidied up his clothes, half stood up, bowed his body and walked out of the carriage slowly.

His gaze followed the crowd to the north.

As soon as Zhang Zhongjing's gaze was set to the north, his figure was fixed in place the next moment, and his head did not continue to turn. His eyes were staring blankly at the scene ahead, and his eyes were fixed on In place, without any movement at all.

Time seemed to have frozen on Zhang Zhongjing's body, and he couldn't use any words to describe his current thoughts.

Exhausting any words of praise, it is impossible to describe this giant city lying on the plain.

At a glance, the walls of Chang'an City, like the Great Wall, almost obscured his entire career.

Just ahead, just in the distance, just at the end of the green brick road, the boulevard, a huge city lay across it.

The huge city, just the outermost city wall, is hard to see at a glance.

Although the distance is far away, Zhang Zhongjing felt grandeur after just one glance, as if his heart had been hit violently.

Countless ochre-yellow banners fluttered on it, and countless prayer flags fluttered on the city wall, looking mighty and sacred.

It's no wonder that Zhang Zhongjing was shocked by the sight of Chang'an City, and even forgot to walk.

He had never seen such a magnificent and huge city, and the area of ​​this city exceeded all the cities he had seen.

But the city wall of the outer city can barely see the border. From here, you can only see the city wall of the outer city and the layout of the city like a chessboard.

"This……"

"Is it a city?"

It took half a minute before Zhang Zhongjing was completely relieved.

It's not that he hasn't been to Dacheng, he also went to Xiangyang when he was studying.

Xiangyang is the largest city in Jingzhou, but if you compare Xiangyang with Chang'an, even if you add the moat, it will definitely not be as big as the Chang'an city in front of him.

"Nature is a city."

Hua Tuo stroked the beard on his chin with a smug smile on his face.

Although it's a bit of a bad taste, he just likes to see people who have never seen Chang'an City, showing surprised expressions.

"Brother, why don't you guess how long the four walls of Chang'an City are?"

"How long is it in total..."

Looking at the endless walls of Chang'an City, Zhang Zhongjing smiled wryly and shook his head.

"How can you guess..."

"This Chang'an city was built under the supervision of Yan Gong himself, and the Taoist Lord personally participated in the design. This is the first city in the world. This is the divine capital of my Ming Dynasty!"

"The outer city of Chang'an City has a circumference of ninety-nine miles and can accommodate a million people!"

Hua Tuo held his head high and said proudly.

Nine is the extreme number, the number of "Zhi Yang", and the largest number, so the capital city was built, and the outer city was built for a total of ninety-nine miles, taking the meaning of "Zhi" and "Zhi Yang", so as to shock the world.

However, these ninety-nine miles are naturally Hanli, not later generations' li, but ninety-nine Hanli is converted into kilometers for later generations, and it is also [-] kilometers, which is longer than the perimeter of Chang'an City in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. About five kilometers.

However, the current number of people is not a million, and many places are not fully built and are still under construction.

However, many places have been left in advance, and these places will be built one by one.

"There are [-] folk squares in the inner city. The city is divided into east and west. There are eight avenues running north-south and fourteen avenues running east-west."

"In addition to folk workshops and markets, there are also learning workshops, workshops, commercial workshops, and medical workshops in the city..."

"Let me tell you, these are very troublesome. When you enter the city and see for yourself, you will know exactly what it is."

The learning workshops, workshops, and commercial workshops that Hua Tuo mentioned are the reasons why the Chang'an City, which is currently under construction, is bigger than the Chang'an City in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

He didn't continue to explain, because the current Zhang Zhongjing had completely fallen into the shock of seeing Chang'an City for the first time.