How can I allow you and others to get involved in my old lady's Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 174 Steam City

Li Xiuning walked into Dangtu City under the courteous greeting of the yamen servant.

The moment Li Xiuning became Tucheng today, he was beyond shocked by the sight in front of him.

Huge steel gears are constantly turning in front of your eyes, and steam is everywhere. Looking up, you can see all kinds of huge pipes and chimneys rushing straight into the sky. On the viaduct erected in the distance, there is a huge white smoke. A steam train roared past.

There are various shops on the ground, and Li Xiuning suddenly thought that she had traveled to the steam world in the comics, but the tourists in front of her were wearing Hanfu with wide robes and large sleeves, walking among the steam.

Li Xiuning felt that this scene was full of absurdity and inexplicable joy.

Is this the city of Datang?
A group of armored soldiers walked past Li Xiuning, and the leader, Captain Qian, made a cross-hand salute to Li Xiuning and said, "Young Master, don't stay in front of the city gate, please go to the upper city quickly and stay for more than a stick of incense." Time, the first violation of the warning, the second time you need to pay a fine of one tael of parking fee."

Um?Parking fee?Could it be that the city owner is crazy about money?

Seeing Li Xiuning standing there in a daze, the captain said to Li Xiuning, "Young master should belong to an outsider. According to the management regulations of Dangtu City during the war, your active area can only be in the urban area. If you appear outside the urban area, you will be fined ten silver for the first time." Two, a hundred taels for the second time, a thousand taels for the third time, ten thousand taels for the fourth time, and 10 taels for the fifth time."

"What if it's the sixth time?" Li Xiuning was a little stunned, the fine was too terrifying.

"The sixth time the city lord meets you, he will either expel you or treat you as a guest of honor." The captain said, "The person who can hand out 10 taels of silver is either a super dignitary of my Great Tang, or a super spy of Ni Tang."

The captain looked at Li Xiuning with a half-smile and said, "My lord, don't take chances. After we arrive in Shangcheng District, we, as Tucheng, will naturally have the means to detect whether your lord violated the rules."

Oh, is this a warning?Li Xiuning looked at the captain in front of him with great interest, this person is not an ordinary person, how could an ordinary street patrolman talk to him so much?Is the sixth interview with the city lord implying something?

Interesting, now I urgently want to know why the world is like this?It is impossible for the knowledge left by me to be so crooked. The words of Li Bai and Gao Shi are all general overviews. As for why it developed like this, I still need to look up the information myself.

"Thank you for letting me know. Is there a bookstore in the upper city?" Li Xiuning asked.

The captain smiled, "The first person to inquire about the bookstore is either a spy against Tang Dynasty, or an extremely rigid scholar. His eyes are bright and his steps are steady when he walks. He doesn't look like a scholar who is powerless. , it looks like a spy of Ni Tang."

Li Xiuning frowned slightly.

"But I don't care if you are a Nitang spy or not. When you arrive in Dangtu City, you must abide by the rules of Dangtu City. In this place, if you are a dragon, you coil up for me; if you are a tiger, you lie down for me." The captain Just after finishing these impassioned and generous words, he suddenly changed into a mean expression, and said to Li Xiuning, "If you are rich, it's a different matter. In today's world, people who have money, food and guns are Uncle, it’s hard to move an inch without money.”

"Taught." Li Xiuning cupped her fists at the captain, "Farewell."

Seeing the back of Li Xiuning leaving, someone among the armored soldiers walked up to the captain and said, "City Lord, do you want to send someone to follow him?"

Captain, no, a gleam flashed in Dang Tu's eyes, and he said with a smile, "It's okay, this is an interesting person, whoever enters the city should leave this place immediately? Who doesn't know that they can't stay at the city gate after entering the city? Plus he After entering the city, with a dazed look on his face, Ni Tang would not send such an obviously naive spy, who would not know that Dang Tu City belongs to me, my noble son of the Tang Dynasty? Which gray grandson would dare to come here? But there are very few people who don’t know me, so I find it very interesting.”

"The prestige of the city lord is well known in the world."

City Lord Dang Tu spat, laughed and cursed, "What prestige is it? It's notoriety."

The sergeants all lowered their heads when they heard Dangtu's words, not daring to speak.

"A boring life, it seems that only small money and little beauties can soothe my heart. There is nothing in this world that money can't accomplish. If there is, it means that money has not been spent enough." Dangtu said.

The sergeants are secretly scolding the city lord Dangtu as a prodigal. Since the large-scale application of steam engine technology, not any lord has the money to turn the entire city into a city of steel, but since the city lord Dangtu took office, Countless sums of money were spent, and a small town was abruptly smashed into the top five steel cities in Datang.

In the words of the city owner, this is called the face of the card.

After all, the identity of his own city lord is indeed a bit scary. The direct line of the Wang family, the descendants of Wang Xuance who destroyed a country by one person, the ancestors are even famous heroes of the Xuanwu Gate, and the guards of Emperor Taizong. These are not the main ones. Before Jun Feisheng, the last person he valued was that Zhenjun was not only the first princess of the Tang Dynasty, but also the sister of Emperor Taizong, and even a god, and gods often have intentions in doing things.

And this city lord is not only because of the relationship with the Wang family, but also because he himself is the youngest extraordinary combat power in Datang, and he is also the successor of Changle Princess Li Lizhi, and his seniority is even more frightening. The city owner is several generations younger.

Such a person has been a tyrant in Chang'an City since he was a child. It is said that when the city lord left Chang'an to become the city lord in Dangtu, all the dudes in Chang'an City set off fireworks all night to celebrate the city lord. Congratulations to the end Whether it is sincere or not, basically everyone in Chang'an City understands it.

As for the name of the city lord, the surname is Wang, as for the first name, it is very taboo.

City Lord Wang shook his head, walked towards the city gate, and muttered, "The shot is Mithril. This is a big fat sheep. Except for a little less experience in the world, it has almost no shortcomings. But if I have less experience in the world, wouldn't it be better for me? Better? A fat sheep, or a naive little fat sheep, these are all cute little money."

Here Li Xiuning followed the guide and walked towards the steam elevator, which was similar to the elevator in the previous life, going up into the so-called upper city.

In the elevator, a yamen servant smiled and said to Li Xiuning, "The steam elevator has one or two, this young master is in charge."

Li Xiuning was a little speechless, and took out another piece of broken silver and threw it to the yamen servant. The yamen servant looked at the silver in front of him, grinning from ear to ear, and kept repeating the city lord's instructions in his heart. If you collect half and pay the tax on the other half, you can save half of your savings. That is a matter of a few hundred taels of silver. What is the concept of a few hundred taels of silver?I only pay 100 taels a year, and I have to work for several years just for this trip.

The mayor is a good man.

This boy is even better.

Good people are rewarded with good rewards, let the brothers in the back be more gentle?
No, this kind of cutting off people's wealth and killing parents should be done less. If you look down and don't see those who look up, you can't eat meat and drink soup by yourself. Brothers have clear soup and little water, which is a sin.

In just a cup of tea, Li Xiuning arrived at the so-called Shangcheng District. When getting out of the steam lift, the yamen servant in the elevator smiled at Li Xiuning and said, "Master, remember, if you want to enter and exit this Shangcheng District, you still have to go to the city." Relying on the elevators, the upper city is above the center of the entire city, except for the elevators, it is impossible to go up and down freely."

Li Xiuning nodded, "Thank you for reminding me."

"By the way, my lord, every time I use the elevator, it costs one or two taels of silver." The yamen servant said with a smile, "I hope you can enjoy a homely experience in the upper city. The elevator is one or two taels of silver every time."

The final sound came from afar as the elevator descended.

Li Xiuning shook her head with a smile, this Dangtu city is really hard to move without money.

Li Xiuning walked to the place where the elevator landed just now, and looked down, the bottom was pitch black, and she didn't know how deep it was.

It's really a good monopoly business.

It was getting late at this time, Li Xiuning turned around, and saw pavilions, pavilions, corridors and waterside pavilions on the platform in front of her, brightly lit, bursts of laughter, and the sound of silk and bamboo musical instruments came into her ears.

Isn't this a war zone?Is it also the building outside the mountain and the building outside the castle?

Li Xiuning stepped onto the platform, and saw a yamen servant holding a lantern in his hand. After seeing Li Xiuning, he greeted him with a smile, "Young master, go to the city."

Before finishing speaking, Li Xiuning threw a piece of broken silver into the yamen servant's arms and said, "Is that enough?"

When the yamen servant saw it, he also smiled, "That's enough, that's enough, my lord, please come with me."

Li Xiuning followed behind the yamen servant and walked towards the balcony.

"My lord, although there is no curfew in our upper city, if we go out at night, we still need to pay a toll of one tael of silver. The lord gave it to me just now, so I won't say much about it." Leaving Shangcheng District, of course, people in different districts can’t move around at will. After all, it’s a war zone. The people living in Shangcheng District are all dignitaries. If people from other districts sneak in and offend the nobles, it’s me The city's dereliction of duty."

Li Xiuning nodded.

When the yamen servant brought Li Xiuning to a magnificent building, the yamen servant smiled and said to Li Xiuning, "This is the best inn we have in Dangtu."

After the words were finished, a group of Yingying and Yanyan girls came out of the building, bowed to Li Xiuning in unison, and said, "Welcome to Tianwailou, sir."

Li Xiuning had never seen such a battle in her two lifetimes, and she was stunned for a moment.

The yamen servant behind him smiled and said to Li Xiuning, "My lord, I appreciate it."

Li Xiuning just woke up from a dream and took out a piece of broken silver. When the girls saw that it was Mithril, their eyes lit up immediately, wishing they could swallow Li Xiuning alive.

This young man is not only handsome and suave, but also generous in his actions. He is really a little golden man. I have seen bold and generous, but I have never seen such bold and generous. Fat sheep, big fat sheep, super big fat sheep.

A group of girls rushed up immediately, surrounded Li Xiuning, and entered the Tianwai Building surrounded by Li Xiuning.

The yamen servant behind him smiled, "This young master is still a young boy, he entered this outer building, tsk tsk, it is destroyed."

Li Xiuning entered the building, and in front of him was a magnificent and extremely spacious hall, with carved railings and painted buildings everywhere, looking up, the hall was full of people who were having fun.

Li Xiuning was a little dazed, because what he saw when he first entered the city was all kinds of steampunk flavors, but the current scene is in line with the prosperous Tang Dynasty in most people's conceptions.

These two completely different styles are actually in the same place, making Li Xiuning a little at a loss.

Moreover, this group of Yingying and Yanyan surrounded me, making me feel uncomfortable with the boss. In just such a short time, there were several hands sliding over my body and arms, which made Li Xiuning feel a burst of pain. aversion to cold.

There were also several silk scarves, which were quietly stuffed into their arms by the girls.

This kind of feeling is really bad, my wife is not a big man, you are just showing blind eyes by winking.

The girls surrounded Li Xiuning and sat in front of a table, and a few young men with good looks came up to add tea and pastries to the table in front of Li Xiuning. They ignored it, and the boys immediately became energetic.

This young man doesn't love women, so is it better to break his sleeves?
At this time, Li Xiuning also knew the rules of Dangtu City, and it was also a tip of a piece of silver.

When the servants saw these two pieces of mithril, their eyes lit up or they looked at Li Xiuning more eagerly.

The girls next to Li Xiuning saw that Li Xiuning was rewarded with another tael of Mithril, and all of them immediately had peach blossoms on their faces and their bodies were soft, and one by one they leaned on Li Xiuning's body.

Li Xiuning's expression changed slightly, and at this moment, a laugh came from the hall, "Young master, are you dissatisfied with these vulgar fans? That's right, with your richness, you probably don't like it. You all step back."

Li Xiuning looked up, and found that it was the street patrol captain he met at the city gate.

The girl and the boy next to Li Xiuning saw the person coming, and there was a trace of fear on their faces. They lowered their heads and saluted the captain, and then retreated.

The captain said with a smile, "In my Dangtu city, as long as you have money, you can buy everything, but there is only one thing that you can't buy."

Li Xiuning looked at this person and thought in his heart, his Dangtu City, could he be the owner of this Dangtu City?Seeing that this person speaks like this, but the people around him are not surprised, it can explain the problem.

The man smiled and said, "My lord, do you know what you can't buy?"

Li Xiuning shook her head, "I just came to Dangtu City today, but I don't know what the City Lord said."

The Lord of Dangtu laughed and said, "Young master, how do you know that I am the Lord of Dangtu?"

Li Xiuning smiled and said, "Although I am new to the world, it doesn't mean I have no eyesight."

"Interesting, interesting." City Lord Dangtu smiled, "Does the young master know what I just said, what are the things you can't buy?"

Li Xiuning shook her head, "I also ask the city lord to enlighten me."

"The little money that fell into my pocket." Dangtu said with a smile, "Can you sell it for money?"

This is a cold joke that is not very funny, Li Xiuning thought, what does the city lord mean?
As he was thinking about it, he heard an exclamation from outside the door, "The flying boat of the Immortal is coming."

The city lord smiled at Li Xiuning, then turned around and went out to meet Li Bai.

Li Bai is also a big dog, he got married twice, twice, his family property is quite rich, but he also happens to be dissolute and generous, this city lord likes such guests, they are all small money.

Li Xiuning looked up and saw Li Bai entering the outer building with his Faith clone, Chai Shao and others.

When everyone met, Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing immediately came to Li Xiuning's side, and smiled at Li Xiuning, "I'm waiting for the wind to eat and sleep in the open, but you are here in Pingyang to spend time and drink, you should be punished."

(End of this chapter)