Beautiful step by step

Chapter 86

After a simple lunch, the convoy did not go long, and a city appeared at the foot of the rolling mountains.The city wall made of blue bricks was eight feet high, and before they could get to the front, the majestic aura rushed towards them, making people hold their breath and concentrate.

Wei Wei had been to Youzhou before, but at that time they entered the city from the other side of the mountain.Youzhou City is built on the hillside, and the side of the mountain is close to the territory of the Oirats. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are not many city defense equipment at all.When going out of the city that time, they took a shortcut and came out through the gate on the other side of the mountain.In this way, it was the first time for her to see the whole picture of Youzhou City.

This is simply a solid military fortress on the plain.

"This city is really amazing." Leaning on Yan Heng's body, Wei Wei couldn't help sighing.

Yan Heng changed her position to make her lean more comfortably.

"The city of Youzhou a hundred years ago was located a few hundred miles further south. This city was newly built after the reign of Emperor Da Yue."

"Oh? And this?"

Yan Heng's eyes were full of nostalgia: "Well, the south of the mountain used to be a place where several Mongolian tribes lived together, and the north of the mountain was the place where the powerful Oirats lived. During the reign of the first emperor, the imperial court sent envoys to thoroughly recruit the tribes in the south of the mountain, and then relying on the dangerous terrain, re-established This is where the city was built.”

As he spoke, he reached for the low table with his long arm, and the chessboard turned over.

Wei Wei looked at the chessboard used to relieve boredom along the way in surprise. This chessboard was not a chess board from the Chuhe-Han realm, but a serious Go board.When he came to Youzhou for an audience to prepare his luggage, Wei Wei had a whim and wanted to practice playing the highly competitive Chinese Go.However, she overestimated herself. Yan Heng was a quick learner, while her brilliant mind in the business field suffered from trysophobia when she saw a whole game of chess pieces. In the end, the whole set of Go equipment was only used to play backgammon.

Just now, the two of them killed a few games in their free time, Yan Heng was better at chess, but her skills were even better.With a glare, he will naturally make a low-level mistake, and then she will win every battle.

This will use a chessboard all the way upside down, and a simple wood carving map appears on the smooth wooden surface that was originally expected.

"This is... the Great Viet Territory?"

Wei Wei stared wide-eyed, what is the origin of this chessboard.In the era when surveying, mapping and information dissemination basically relied on official posts and horse legs, maps were very imprecise.Moreover, inaccurate maps are court secrets and cannot be easily shown to others.

"Some little things left by my great-grandfather."

After explaining briefly, Yan Heng pointed his slender fingers towards the wooden board: "Look, Ah Mao, this is the old site of Youzhou City to the south, and the new site should be here."

Wei Wei looked at the map diligently. Different dynasties had different marks on the map, but compared with the geographical knowledge in her mind, she could barely understand it.The more she understood, the more surprised she was at the new location of Youzhou City.

"Whoever picked this place is a genius."

The city site of New Youzhou is perfectly in line with the Qin Great Wall. To the west is the Yumen Pass, and to the north is integrated with the continuous mountains. It is like a solid fortress, firmly cutting off all possible invasion routes of the Oirats on the eastern front.

Thinking of this, Wei Wei frowned: "But in this way, the pressure of the northern army line is all on the west, and Liangzhou has almost become an isolated city."

As expected of Ah Mao, who figured out the pros and cons so quickly, Yan Heng nodded in agreement: "So the generals guarding Liangzhou have always been the uncrowned kings of the Northwest."

"And..." After a pause, he sighed, "Liangzhou is different from Youzhou."

Wei Wei asked suspiciously, "What's the difference?"

"One of the punishments in the Da Yue Law is detention. The north is the Ninggu Pagoda, which is covered with snow all the year round, and the south is the southeast where the miasma is full of miasma. Three thousand miles to the west is Liangzhou. The military households guarding Liangzhou, the ancestors Most of them are exiled people, and most of the residents in Youzhou are good people. Great-grandfather strongly advocated spending a lot of money to build Youzhou City, but in the end it hurt himself.”

It turned out that the wise man who built this city was Wei Xiang.

Looking at the old chessboard, Wei Wei could understand Yan Heng's complicated mood at the moment.

The atmosphere in the carriage fell into a stagnation, until the convoy stopped, she belatedly asked: "It seems that uncle's illness is a heart disease, I wonder if Ah Tong can come over as scheduled."

Yan Heng let out a long breath: "I don't know about this either, here we are."

As soon as the words were finished, Gu Yu's voice sounded from outside the curtain of the carriage: "My lord, madam, it's time to enter the city."

At this moment, Yan Heng's face had returned to calm, he turned over the chessboard, and said, "It's all in the past, I just mentioned it casually, so don't think too much about it, Ah Mao. Well, I'll go to the front first."

Wei Wei turned to the opposite side from the corner of his eye, there was a box under the seat of the carriage, and in the box were all the evidence they collected after they arrived in Liangzhou.Looking at the wooden box, for a moment flashed in her mind the smiles on the faces of those emaciated soldiers who were warmer than the summer sun when the new cotton robes bought by thousands of households in Zhouzhou were searched for silver and delivered to the hands of the Northwest Army.

What about the descendants of the exiles?The crime is not as good as future generations; what about the uncrowned king who guards the northwest?Dai Yuet Law is not just for show; black is black, white is white, and the days of inverting black and white should be over.

After entering the city, there were still countless things to do. Thinking of this, she mobilized her energy to write a plan, and she no longer wanted to worry about it.

"I'm fine, Ah Heng can go to the front with peace of mind."

Not long after Yan Heng left, the gate of Youzhou City, which was newly painted and even the nails on the door were newly inlaid with gold, finally opened.The convoy entered the city one by one, Wei Wei opened the curtain and looked into the city.Compared with when it passed the beginning of last month, the Youzhou City today has a completely new look.

There are rows of green brick houses, the grass on the walls has been pulled out, and the gates of each house are painted in a uniform color with tung oil. The passers-by on the wide road are neatly dressed, and the beggars that you can see occasionally have long since disappeared.A slight change in these details makes the whole city look brand new.

"Madam, Youzhou City is much better than our Liangzhou City."

Just now, Gu Yu got into the carriage, followed her, and looked out the window curiously.After not looking for a while, she sighed like this.

Wei Wei laughed and said, "Think about it, Gu Yu, if our family has distinguished guests, will you tidy up the yard, put on the most beautiful new clothes, and entertain the guests warmly? Look at the rooms on both sides, there is actually a gap between Liangzhou and Youzhou not very big."

Throughout the ages, leadership inspections have had to do image projects, not only for the achievements of local officials in charge, but also for the most basic courtesy of China's state of etiquette.

"It seems so," Gu Yu nodded, "But I still think that Youzhou City is well built. I don't know what's different, but it just looks comfortable."

"The road is wider than Liangzhou City, and gutters have been dug in the hutongs beside the road. And the tiles on the eaves on both sides of the road have more festive and unique patterns. Trees are planted three feet away from the house. The green bricks and green trees look very beautiful. comfortable."

Talking about what he saw just now, the more detailed the observation, the more Wei Wei admired the designer of Youzhou City.The main road extends in all directions, the green belt is sound-proof and noise-reducing, and the water inlet and drainage pipes are extremely complete, which is very modern urban model.Wei Xiang, such a talented person is destined to be like a red sun in the sky, dimming the stars and shining for the entire era.

Gu Yu repeatedly sighed: "It's really like this, why didn't I see it, Madam is the best."

The convoy stopped on the avenue in front of the government office in Youzhou. Looking out from the car window, the avenue was full of Northwest Army in golden armor.And at the end of the road, next to the government office of Youzhou, the place where the Northwest Army is most concentrated is the palace where Shengjia will be stationed in a few days.A circle of low houses around the palace is a temporary residence for accompanying officials.

When the city of Youzhou was originally designed, these buildings had already been laid out.Although Shengjia has not visited once in the past ten years, the national treasury allocates special funds for repairs every year.

After entering the city, he rode his horse to the front of the large army, and waited for Yan Heng, who was ordered by Commander Wu, to come back and told her that the temporary residence for the audience had been assigned.Walking slowly with the convoy, the carriage left at the corner and turned into an alley.The alley is full of small courtyard houses with unique doors. When you go to the bottom of the alley, there is a low wooden door under an old pagoda tree as thick as two people hugging each other.Yan Heng took out the envelope from his pocket, squeezed open the mouth of the envelope and fell to the palm of his hand, and slid out a long brass key from inside.

The lock on the wooden door is a carp made of brass. The key is inserted into the mouth of the fish. With a slight turn, the tail of the fish suddenly swung with a "click", and the slightly golden fish scales on the tail shone in the sun. Like a carp jumping over a dragon's gate.

"This lock is really unique. Is there a shop in Youzhou City that sells it?"

Yan Heng thought carefully: "The lock is made inside."

Wei Wei was a little disappointed, what a unique fish jumping dragon gate copper lock.If you can take one and put it at home, it will be really chic and auspicious.

Couldn't bear to see her sad, Yan Heng said again: "After a few days, Shengjia will come over, but you can ask Ding Youde."

"It seems like someone is calling my name?"

Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive.A carriage came from the other side of the big locust tree. The driver was dressed in a blue padded robe, and his face was full of joy of reunion after a long absence. It was not Ding Youde or anyone else.

"Brother Ding is here?"

Wei Wei went up happily and rushed to Ding Youde.

Ding Youde scratched his head, his face was half proud and half provocative: "Well, Yan Heng will be jealous when you see me so enthusiastic."

Wei Wei rushed to Ding Youde, passed him, and opened the carriage curtain behind him.Before he could see the situation inside the car clearly, a white and fat dumpling rushed towards him like a small cannonball.

"Sister Ah Mao, here we come."

A Yun's familiar voice came, and Wei Wei subconsciously stretched out his arms to catch the white and fat dumpling.It's a pity that she overestimated herself. Under the impact, she staggered and fell into a squatting position. A dumpling next to her rolled and rolled. The two of them had a close contact with the land of Youzhou under the big locust tree.

Sitting down against the locust tree, Wei Wei removed the white dough on the side.Huddled up like a little turtle, he turned his face upside down, still had those black grape-like eyes, but he hadn't seen him for two months, his thin face had gained some flesh, and his originally dark and rough skin became white and tender. With rosy lips, she is so cute that she can't wait to hold her in her arms and knead her.

"Let me see if Ah Yun has gained weight?"

Wei Wei has never been the one to wrong herself, so she made up a random reason and pinched A Yun's face directly.

The touch feels elastic and tender, which is [-] times better than Xueli Ci.

"Ah Mao bullied Ah Yun again."

Mother Wei's familiar voice came, and Wei Wei looked at the woman who came down from the carriage.After seeing the whole picture clearly, the hands she was squeezing vigorously lost interest in an instant.The woman was wearing a dark purple peony jacquard robe, her hair was tied in a simple bun on her head, and only a simple jade hairpin was tied. Her slim figure could not only set off the nobleness of the purple peony robe, but also had the same facial features as hers. Can afford to take off the jade hairpin completely.

In a word, good looks and strong aura.

A very goddess character... But now Wei Wei can only smile wryly, why does such a person appear here, and the voice is exactly the same as Wei's mother.

"When did my mother give birth to a sister for me?" Wei Wei asked puzzled.

The goddess sneered: "After two months away from home, I can't even recognize my own mother."

Wei Wei, who had just stood up, was a little weak. Holding on to the old locust tree, she managed to hang herself so as not to fall again.Her mouth was so long that she could swallow an egg, and her tongue trembled a little: "You...you are my mother? No, my mother is obviously very rich."

"Sister Ah Mao, this is indeed Auntie Wei."

Ayun got up with a grunt, and Bai Dianzi followed her and stood in front of the willow tree, and explained in a crisp voice with his head raised.

"Why is my mother suddenly two sizes smaller?"

Wei Wei muttered softly.In fact, she has almost believed that every fat person is a potential stock.Wei's mother looked good when she was fat, and she looked pretty much the same when she was thin.But her weight loss progress is too scary, she was still 2XL when she left the capital, and changed to S in less than two months.

Is she a balloon?
"Auntie Wei's shop in Zhang Luo's house specializes in selling the millet that Auntie Wei's sister transported from Liangzhou. She has been busy during this period of time, and often has no time to eat. Sister Auntie Wei, you must persuade Auntie Wei to eat well , If you don’t eat, you won’t grow taller.”

A Yun spoke like a little adult, and when he said "not tall", he nodded, his eyes were extremely serious.

It turned out that she was tired and thin, Wei Wei went up to meet her, took Wei's mother's hand with both hands, her eyes were a little moist: "Mother has lost so much weight."

Wei's mother also held her daughter's hand instead, looked up and down, her eyes were full of relief: "Ah Mao has gained weight."

Fat!

These two words are like a bolt from the blue to a woman, Wei Wei felt that from the moment she opened the curtain of the carriage, her fragile heart was almost devastated.

Without feeling her emotions at all, Wei's mother looked through her and looked at Yan Heng behind her with satisfaction.

"Brother Heng is still careful. I have used countless methods before, but this child just doesn't gain weight. I didn't expect that when I came to the northwest with you, I got a little bit of flesh on my face. Now I can finally feel at ease."

Meat grew on his face... After being stabbed in the ribs on the left side, Wei Wei was stabbed deeply in the right side.The flesh on the body can also cover it, and the flesh on the face... Da Yue is popular in wearing hair in a bun, and the bangs are parted in the middle. This kind of face-covering magic weapon will definitely be regarded as mentally ill when walking on the street.

She needs to pinch Ah Yun's bloated face to be quiet.

Ah Yun obediently let her pinch her, blinking her big black grape-like eyes, so cute that her whole heart was about to melt.

Just when she thought this was the pinnacle of cuteness, Ah Yun raised an angelic smile: "Sister Ah Mao is now more beautiful than when she was in Beijing."

For a moment, Wei Wei heard the sound of flowers blooming, and his mind was full of the sacred "Hallelujah" of the choir.

How can Ah Yun be so cute!

At the happiest moment, a wolf's paw stretched out and interrupted her hand that was kneading Ah Yun. Mother Wei's expression was full of sternness: "How old are you, and you still bully Ah Yun."

The two ribs were still bleeding, and the third knife went straight to the heart. Wei Wei looked at the face on the opposite side that almost looked like a mirror, and wanted to cry without tears: "Mother, am I really your own?"

Wei's mother raised her eyebrows: "The water thrown by the married daughter."

Is this possessed by some monster?Wei Wei's face was sad, but his heart was full of joy.After she got married and left home, Wei's mother didn't feel sorry for herself, but was able to adjust her position in time.Although she had lost weight, her overall spirit was much better than when she left the capital, which was exactly what she expected.

Wei Wei leaned forward cheekily and took her arm: "Mother, it's great to see you like this. I've been worried about you staying in the capital alone."

Mother Wei's face softened: "Silly girl, there is nothing to worry about. As long as you and Brother Heng live peacefully, there will be nothing wrong with me."

(End of this chapter)