One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 128: Qiucifang City
"Yancheng was built according to the terrain of the Tianshan Mountains. It was in front of the city and the city was behind. The high ground at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain was where the palace was located. Down below was the residence of the nobles of Qiuci. Then there was the workshop we saw when we entered the city, opposite the workshop. It is the Luli (home) of the ordinary residents of Yancheng.”

"A few years ago, King Qiuci also ordered people to dig a small canal to draw water from the Dongchuan River into the city and pass through Yancheng from west to east, which facilitated the residents of the city to use water."

"The rest of Yancheng doesn't have much to do. Only the market in the northeast is very lively."

"Qiuzi is located in an important place and extends in all directions, so it is customary for countries in the Western Regions to ship their own specialties here in exchange for goods from other countries, so the merchants in it come from all over the Western Regions, and almost all the specialties in the Western Regions can be found there. ."

Gao Yue talked eloquently in front of Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo, and introduced them to the situation in Yancheng. Instead of being old-fashioned on the road, he was familiar with everything about Yancheng.

Chen Duo didn't respond to Gao Yue's words, her history was not very good.Hu Xiuwu was different. He found words in Gao Yue's mouth that were worth studying.

front and rear,

This is the pattern characteristic of Chang'an, in addition to the concept of a 'city' where merchants gather and trade only in Chang'an.

This Qiuci King City was built after the pattern of Chang'an!
In addition, the designer can also adapt to local conditions and build it according to the terrain like Chang'an. The palace overlooks the whole city on the high terrain side to show the magnificence and the majesty of the king.

The river flows from east to west, which can not only ensure the drinking water of the residents in the city, but also ensure the water demand of the blacksmith workshop, and the sewage discharged from the blacksmith workshop will not pollute the water source.

Hu Xiuwu praised: "The person who designed this Yancheng is a master. This Yancheng has both the charm of Chang'an and the style of Qiuci."

Gao Yue showed an imperceptible smile, only feeling honored.

Although he didn't say anything, Hu Xiuwu had already guessed who the designer of the renovation of the Qiuci King City was.

Gao Yue is just a warrior, good at hands-on, but not good at conversation. He can keep the characteristics of this city in his heart and can introduce it to people fluently. imprinted in the mind.

There are several people around Gao Yue who have such talent, but only Gao Gu is alone.

Under the exploitation of Jingjueguo, Yancheng can still maintain the current situation of heavy traffic, so it is [-]% of the credit.

Hu Xiuwu sighed a little, if it wasn't for the innate curse of the Zaklama clan, after Zhang Qian's mission to Da Yuezhi succeeded.When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to lower his talents according to one pattern, he could at least become a high-ranking official of more than [-] stone by virtue of his high ability.

Following behind Gao Yue, Gao Yue led them to Yanchengfang City.

"Wine, fine wine!"

"Flax, the best flax! The price is negotiable!"

"Beautiful jade, beautiful jade with mutton fat!"

The square market in the northeast of Yancheng is indeed quite lively, as Gao Yue said. The merchants and buyers who come and go have different clothes. Although they all use Qiuci when shouting, they each have their own accents, which are varied.

It's like a small exposition with the theme of the specialties of the Western Regions.

As long as you can think of the special products of the Western Regions, there are raisins, wine, and other medicinal materials such as flax and saffron in addition to various dried fruits.

Just like the northern market that Hu Xiuwu once participated in, or this is the prototype of the northern market.

There were also some smart locals in Qiuci who came to buy some fresh pomegranate and other fruits, which means that the nobles from various countries who came with the caravan would buy some early adopters, and the locals in Qiuci were tired of eating them.

Hu Xiuwu even saw a booth with musical instruments and jewelry unique to Qiuzi, but very few people were interested in these things.

The Queen Jingjue has tormented the 36 countries of the Western Regions so much that few people have the leisure to play with musical instruments and study the rhythm.

People's livelihood is hard, how come the rhythm.

After Gao Gu led Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo over, he couldn't help but say:
"The last time my brother and I came here, it was ten times more lively than it is now. I didn't expect it to be so deserted now."

Hu Xiuwu looked at the crowd of people coming and going:
"Chang'an only has nine square markets. In a place with a vast area and sparse population in the Western Regions, it is enough to have such a large-scale square market. Do you think it is Duo'er, Duo'er?"

I wanted to chat with Chen Duo, but Chen Duo didn't respond to him. Hu Xiuwu turned his head to look, but found that Chen Duo, who had been following him, was standing at the door of a shop next to him. There are also several guards with knives.

Hu Xiuwu leaned over curiously to see what could make Chen Duo so fascinated.

Taking a closer look, Hu Xiuwu realized that the store bought the accessories used by his daughter's family in the Western Regions.

Both men and women in Qiuci have their hair cut, with the drooping and the neck level, but the king does not cut their hair.

The hair of both men and women in Qiuci is only up to the neck, only the king of Qiuci has long hair, so the people of Qiuci have no need for hairpins, and there are no hairpins on the stalls to tie their hair.

There are only earrings, headdresses, and some necklaces and bracelets. The styles are very different. Different from the implicit and freehand beauty of the Central Plains style, there are some heroic styles in the desert, which bring the luxurious and extravagant to the extreme.

In addition to these jewelry, there are also a pile of wooden boxes in the shop. On top of the wooden box is a small open wooden box. The box is filled with bright yellow lump powder. It exudes a kind of strange fragrance, which seems to be smelly but not smelly.

"what is this?"

Hu Xiuwu didn't recognize this thing, but Gao Yue recognized it at a glance, and said plainly:

"This is orpiment, used for paint."

Hu Xiuwu suddenly said, "This is the orpiment of the orchid,"

In addition to being used as a pigment, orpiment is also used as a correction fluid to correct articles, so there is an extension of the orpiment with the meaning of nonsense.

Gao Yue said casually: "Youhuang is only available in Gumo in the Western Regions. It seems that the owner of this shop should be from Gumo."

Gu Moguo, that's not a coincidence.

"Don't just stand at the door and watch, you are different now, go, go in and take a closer look."

Hu Xiuwu moved in his heart, took Chen Duo's hand, entered the store, picked up a pair of earrings and gestured to Chen Duo's ears:
"How? Do you like it?"

Chen Duo protected the earring that Liao Zhong gave her, and shook her head slightly: "This is what Uncle Liao gave me, I don't want to change it."

"Oh, so that's the case. I didn't see any other jewelry on you, so I thought you only like earrings."

Hu Xiuwu put down the pair of earrings, pointed to the jewelry in the store and said, "Then you can choose a jewelry from this booth as a gift from me."

Then he waved his hand proudly: "Choose whatever you want!"

Hu Xiuwu still has some gold he got from the city of Eurasian Sea and the horse bandits. If he can't do it, there is a big family named Gao Yue behind him. If he can't do it, he can borrow some money from him first.

This time, Chen Duo was a little hesitant. She rolled her almond eyes and carefully looked at the goods on the booth, with a serious expression as if she was about to make a major international decision.

Hu Xiuwu looked at Chen Duo's small expression and found it very interesting. He couldn't help but grinned and admired Chen Duo's tangled expression.

The owner had seen Hu Xiuwu and the three of them long ago, but he saw that Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo had extraordinary temperaments. Although their clothes were dusty, they did not hide their high spirits. At first glance, they were not people who lived under people for a long time, so they did not let anyone in when they came in. block.

Although he couldn't understand what Hu Xiuwu and the others said, he could also see from the gestures of Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo that they were very interested in the jewelry in his store.

When Chen Duo was choosing jewelry, the owner diligently took out a luxuriously carved box from the cabinet.

Put the box in front of Chen Duo, and opened the copper box in front of her. The copper box was lined with smooth black wool. jewelry.

"Wow!"

Even Chen Duo was amazed and fell into a new round of entanglement.

"I go!"

Hu Xiuwu looked at the box of beautiful mutton fat and jade, and then glanced at the shopkeeper who was taking care of Chen Duo diligently. When he looked over, this guy even had the nerve to show him a kind smile.

But Hu Xiuwu looked left and right, and could only read one word from the smile.

Fat sheep!

Slaughter the sheep!
Hu Xiuwu secretly hated: 'This guy is going to slaughter me hard. '

Knowing that the store owner had bad intentions, Hu Xiuwu could only swallow the bitter blood back to his stomach when he looked at Chen Duo's happy eyes and the way he was carefully choosing accessories.

For the first time, I understood Hu Bayi's mentality when he pretended to be omnipotent in front of Xue Li Yang.

Although he was sweating profusely in his heart and worried that he would not have enough money, Hu Xiuwu still looked as if nothing had happened, and asked Gao Yue, who was calm next to him:

"People's livelihood in Qiuci is difficult, why is there still a shop here to buy this kind of jewelry?"

Gao Yue sneered: "Hmph, when will the changes in the current situation affect the lives of the aristocratic families."

"This is the case in the Central Plains, and the Western Regions are no exception."

After speaking, Gao Yue's voice changed:
"Also, this store is not all set up for other countries in the Western Regions,"

"The rest of the countries in the Western Regions can't survive, but there is still a country that is sucking blood from other countries in the Western Regions, and it is booming."

(End of this chapter)