Destiny Only Han

"Where is the nonsense?"

Zhang Buxi muttered in a voice that could only be heard by himself, then turned his head and asked, "I'm asking about the battle report. Didn't they say before that they wanted to defeat the main force of the Egyptians first and open up the water transport route? Did they succeed?"

Liu Ying smiled:

"Of course it succeeded."

"Late yesterday, I sent a telegram, saying that the Egyptian army was defeated, the port of Suez was seized, and by the way, that high-ranking official in Egypt who was similar to Jin Zhiliuqing was captured... Well, Wu She is also flying to Ali On the road to Shicheng."

Zhang Buyi clapped his hands lightly:
"The Six Ministers of the Jin Dynasty? They are the high-ranking officials from the Zhao family, the Han family, and the Wei family that finally came out of the three Jin families? In this way, the results are quite fruitful!"

"However, why did Wu She go to Arish City?"

"He's a literati lobbyist, and it's okay to stir up the situation with his three-foot tongue. When it comes to marching and fighting, he will only lose his teacher and humiliate the country..."

Liu Ying nodded in agreement first, and then explained: "He went to Arish City to contact the Greeks and Macedonians on the other side of the strait. After all, the Romans call for friends, so naturally we will not be alone!"

Zhang Buyi frowned: "Didn't you say that the city of Arish was blocked by the Roman fleet? How to contact Greece and Macedonia across the sea?"

"Where's the brain?" Liu Ying scolded: "Can't go there physically, can't you use flying pigeons to send letters? They also have pigeons over there, okay! Although they won't be like the mature carrier pigeons we have cultivated here, they can simply send letters. Still no problem."

Zhang Buyi nodded, but he was still a little unconvinced:

"I remember you said before that the Fanbang army is all traitors...If that's the case, why do you want to form an alliance with those people?"

"Are you letting them be cheerleaders, or are they here to give away heads?"

"None." Liu Ying shook her head: "It's the sense of participation. As I said before, the big men will recognize their status as independent sovereign states and form alliances with each other, but the premise of everything is that they need to send troops to save themselves!"

"No one will cherish what is easily obtained, even if it is freedom."

"Moreover, after everyone forms an alliance, the command of the army will be dominated by the Egyptian capital, and the various countries will send generals as staff officers. Therefore, pulling them over to fight this battle will not only make them feel the invincibility of the Han army, but also cultivate them. A little bit of friendship!"

"That's fine, but I'm overthinking it." Zhang Buyi raised the corner of his mouth and let out a long sigh: "It seems that only the wounded world of Egypt has been achieved..."

Liu Ying shook her head again: "You can't say that."

"I sacrificed myself to include Cleopatra, the former queen of Egypt and the successor of Alexander, into the harem. Naturally, I also gained the right to claim the Alexander Empire."

"That's why I set up the Governor's Mansion in Egypt and destroyed the Ptolemy family who occupied a part of the empire's territory. It is also a well-known example..."

"Besides, what I promote there is a benevolent government, to benefit the common people, and let those enslaved and oppressed people live a better new life, otherwise they can write a book of ten thousand people, strongly demanding to build a temple for me there, and treat me as a god. Worship?"

I often feel out of place with him because I'm not mean and shameless enough... Zhang Buyi gave a thumbs up and said nothing.

Liu Ying also looked away, and rode slowly, admiring the autumn scenery on both sides of the mountain road.

In fact, what he didn't say was that if the port and mines of the Anman Governor's Mansion were the future of the Han Empire, then the Egyptian Governor's Mansion was the guarantee of this future.

After all, the subsequent Middle East war proved that Egypt was the real leader of the Quaker countries participating in the war. Once the Egyptians withdrew from the war, the remaining countries would only be able to talk their mouths out.

What's more, dyeing the place in Dahan Red and letting the red expand slowly can also avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.

Red, red oil hot pot, the first hot pot in autumn... Liu Ying lost her mind for a moment, turned to look at Zhang Buqi and said, "Call my teacher when I pass by your house, and the three of us will go to Chang'an City to eat together." Hot pot!"

Zhang Buyi tilted his head, some did not react: "Huh?"

Liu Ying repeated:
"I mean go to Chang'an City to eat hot pot, and I'll see you off by the way... And I haven't seen my teacher for a long time, since he was sick at home again..."

Sick?Fortunately, the old man doesn’t have much interest in accepting concubines. Otherwise, if he complained about his illness, I would have many more brothers and sisters... Zhang Buyi complained in his heart, nodded but asked at the same time:
"Do you still have to go to Chang'an City to eat hot pot?"

"Can't you go to my house? Let the housekeeper go to the hot pot restaurant in Chang'an City to pack a pot bottom, buy some ingredients and wine, and then let's have a drink at my Huxin Pavilion..."

Liu Ying shook her head:
"You don't understand, what a hot pot restaurant eats is an atmosphere, and the picture shows the noisy fireworks!"

"The pavilion in the center of the lake is another kind of atmosphere. There is a fire in the lavender clothes, talking about poetry and Taoism, and then taking advantage of the wine to recite poems and fus. My songs and moons wander, and my dancing shadows are chaotic. When I wake up, I have sex with each other, and when I am drunk, I will be separated. Forever. Traveling with no love, you will meet in a long way..."

Zhang Buyi's eyes lit up, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a voice behind him that made him startled.

"What a handsome fellow!"

Liu Ying turned her head and asked with a smile: "Why is dad so crazy, when did you come here?"

Liu Bang said with a smile: "Of course you two said to eat hot pot together! Let's go, count Nai Gong as one!"

Liu Ying is serious: "Let's say it first, slightly spicy is my bottom line!"

Liu Bang was stunned, but still nodded vigorously: "Yes, who said you are the emperor... Hurry up, speed up, you will definitely be blocked on the street in a while!"

After he finished speaking, he beat a horse like flying and rode Juechen.

Liu Ying hurriedly chased after him, and at the same time, she did not forget to turn her head and yell at Zhang Buyi, telling him to find Zhang Liang, and everyone met at the south gate of Chang'an City.

After all, together with Liu Bang, the few of them are traveling in low clothes today. Naturally, it is not easy to walk on the imperial road in the middle of the street, and walking on the imperial road is too eye-catching, so it is not fun.

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"I was wrong. I only knew that Chang'an City was blocked, but I didn't expect it to be so blocked..."

Riding on the horse, Liu Ying looked around and wanted to cry without tears, and immediately turned into Xianglin's wife and began to think about it.

Beside him, Liu Bang also looked regretful, only Zhang Liangman was the old god, neither arrogant nor impatient.

At this moment, they were in the middle of the crowd, and they were in a dilemma.

Most of the people living around Chang'an City are either rich or expensive, and they either ride horses or drive cars for daily travel. Therefore, even though the overall width of Chang'an City's Central Avenue is about 150 meters, it still appears to be very congested.

After all, a horse is a kind of big animal. It has a bad temper and is timid, so people can rub shoulders, but horses can't, otherwise these guys will definitely kick each other...

And this further exacerbates road congestion.

"At the time when the city was being built, it was only convenient for a while, and it didn't consider the rapid development afterwards, so this kind of thing happened..." Liu Ying shook her head and sighed, and secretly blamed everything on Xiao He.

Liu Bang suddenly became dissatisfied.

In his opinion, that brat was attacking Xiao He by attacking him!

When choosing the site for the capital in Guanzhong, he chose to build the Changle Palace on the basis of the old palaces of the Qin State in the spirit of diligence and thrift. Therefore, he set the capital of the Han Empire in the current Chang'an City.

At that time, Liu Ying's suggestion was to move the capital southward to Longshouyuan, and build a capital city several times larger than the current Chang'an City from scratch!

But the problem is that the big man back then didn't say that he was poor, at least he was in the situation where a copper plate was split and became two flowers.

Therefore, with his acquiescence, the Huang Lao faction headed by Xiao He directly ignored Liu Ying's suggestion.

Now that it is hard to return, I can only endure the congestion at this moment.

The important thing is that he is the Supreme Emperor, each generation has its own mission, he is responsible for building the empire from scratch, and Liu Ying is responsible for leading the empire to glory!

Naturally, just block it, it's none of his business!
After he figured this out, Liu Bang immediately showed his usual self-satisfaction, turned his face away, pretended he didn't hear anything, and whistled leisurely...

Liu Ying clenched her fists and walked slowly, led by several Lang officials in civilian clothes in front of her.

Suddenly, he was blessed to the heart.

"Haha, I want to know how to deal with congestion!" Liu Ying raised her eyebrows.

"The plan will be released?" Liu Bang grabbed the stud on the saddle, turned half sideways and pulled a sentence.

Well, the harness that Liu Bang is using at the moment is Shangxiantang's latest saddle, the style imitates the Western saddle of later generations, and the retail price is 19...

This kind of saddle is comfortable to ride, has a coquettish appearance, is large in size, and has many parts, so maintenance and installation are very troublesome.

But this is true for ordinary people, and it is not a problem for rich people. For them, all the things that can be solved with money are not a problem. They only need to hire people to complete those tedious things. Well, as for myself, it's over if I'm cool...

So that's why these saddles are expensive, but orders are in short supply...

Hearing Liu Bang's question, Liu Ying snapped her fingers and said with a smile:

"The congestion at this moment is that there is no separation of people and vehicles. What is important is that people on horseback and people on foot are also crowded together. In order to avoid the smell of horses and the attack of frightened horses, people on foot actively choose away from the rider."

"In the same way, in order to prevent the horse under his crotch from injuring others, the rider is also taking the initiative to stay away from the walker."

"There is almost no solution to the congestion after going back and forth in this way."

"But what if you could give horseback riders another form of transportation?"

Zhang Liang urged the horse to come to Liu Ying's side, and asked in a low voice, "Then, what kind of transportation is it?"

Liu Ying replied with a smile: "Teacher, you might as well guess."

Zhang Liang pointed to the carriage on the other side that was also stuck in the road, but the carriage was extraordinarily large, and said, "Although I'm not sure, it definitely can't be this kind of public carriage!"

Zhang Buyi frowned and asked, "Why?"

Liu Ying didn't bother to explain, Zhang Liang shook his head lightly and said, "Look at the clothes of those riding horses."

Zhang Buyi poked his head and looked around: "Silk silk and satin, and there are also pendants, and the long swords around his waist are mostly ebony scabbards or sharkskin scabbards... So what?"

Zhang Liang closed his eyes and sighed softly: "Do you think such a well-dressed person would ride in such a crowded public carriage?"

Zhang Buyi suddenly realized: "Ah, so that's the case. I understand!"

After all, the original public carriage system was invented and created by Liu Ying in order to pay less taxes, and at the same time, to attract traffic to Xinfeng City, the never-sleep city, the entertainment center of the Han Empire, as a welfare for ordinary people.

The fare is very low, and there are monthly passes.

However, public carriages run well in other counties in Guanzhong because most of the people who ride them are workers. Although they make a lot of money, there is no pension system at that time. In addition to relying on their children for their pensions in the future, they will earn more when they are young. money.

Naturally, they don't travel on horseback.

After all, the food intake of a horse is equivalent to three or four adults, and they are workers. For them, horses are just a means of transportation, not a tool of production like other citizens, so public carriages are very good.

But the people around Chang'an City are different.

They are either rich or noble, and belong to the rentier class. Riding horses is not only a means of transportation for them when they go out, but also a need to show off. After all, from Liu Ying's sight, the crowded crowd is full of tall horses, and they are Stallions, no ponies and mares!
As the history books say, in the prosperous age of the Han Dynasty, people were ashamed to ride mares and young horses!
Tiger father and son... Liu Bang complained in his heart, but because of Zhang Liang's face, he didn't say it directly, but looked at Liu Yingman and asked impatiently: "Say what you want, why, you are a storyteller by Washe ?”

Liu Ying didn't bother to get angry with the old man, so she kept it a secret:

"Before introducing new means of transportation, I plan to transform the roads in Chang'an City first."

"Not only must people and vehicles be separated, that is, horse-drawn carriages go one way, pedestrians go another way, and people on horseback also have their own way, without interfering with each other!"

Liu Bang nodded:

"It's indeed a good way! But the road is so wide, and all your tossing around is just tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Maybe pedestrians and carriages won't be blocked, but the road on the horse riding side must still be very blocked!"

"It's very simple." The corner of Liu Ying's mouth raised, "After the lanes are divided, I will impose a special city gate tax on horse riders entering the city, so as to semi-force them to change to another mode of transportation! "

Zhang Buyi came over: "What kind of tax?"

"Cleaning service fee, road maintenance fee!" Liu Ying said as a matter of course: "Horseshoes will damage the road, and Ma Ke has no idea that he can't defecate anywhere. !"

"So, these two types of city entry tax are more necessary, right?"

"And with these two new types of taxes, it not only relieves the traffic pressure, but also generates income for the country. It's perfect!"

"I'm really a genius!"