Guo Tianyang's eyes widened and he looked forward with an incredulous expression on his face.
Then he quickly stuck his head out and looked behind him.
Then he turned back and rubbed his eyes vigorously.
The road behind him was dilapidated, with dirt and gravel everywhere, but the road in front of him was smooth!
It’s hard to see even a trace of ups and downs!
The black-gray road surface reflects a strange luster in the sun, and is surrounded by stone strips on both sides.
The car suddenly shook just now and hit the junction of old and new.
Guo Tianyang looked shocked and said: "How...how could there be such a way!"
The driver looked aggrieved: "I'm back here too..."
Guo Tianyang hurriedly got back into the carriage: "Your Majesty, please go out and take a look!"
Emperor Jing frowned and then leaned out of the carriage.
Then he was stunned like Guo Tianyang, with a look of shock on his face.
In front of you is a straight avenue, with green crops planted on both sides.
He has never seen such a sight!
"Guo Banban! Are you sure this is the boundary of Taoyuan County?!"
Guo Tianyang quickly took out the map again and looked at it carefully, then nodded vigorously.
"That's right! This is it!"
The carriage was still on its way at this moment, but it was going extremely smoothly.
The cool wind blowing in front of him coupled with such a refreshing scene made Emperor Jing's brows widen.
"I didn't expect that a small county could build such a unique road. It's really interesting. It seems that I have to see this Taoyuan County!"
Guo Tianyang couldn't help but agree: "Even the roads are built in such a unique way, the officials here must be good."
After another half an hour, people gradually began to appear on the road, walking or riding donkey carts leisurely wandering on the road.
Many farmers can be seen in the fields on both sides.
Emperor Jing nodded with satisfaction.
I didn’t expect that a mere small county could be managed in such an orderly manner!
It seems that the officials here are indeed very capable, but why are they unknown?
The greenery on both sides continued to pass by, and the city wall in the distance began to appear in front of them little by little.
...
After getting closer.
Emperor Jing, Guo Tianyang, and the coachman opened their mouths at the same time!
The so-called Taoyuan County in front of us turned out to be a fortified city!
Gray-white wall tiles, a city wall more than ten meters high! Four words are revealed in all of them: impregnable!
Hanging on the city gate are three large gilded characters, Taoyuan County!
Emperor Jing couldn't care less about the shock at this moment.
Holding back his anger, he said: "Guo Tianyang! Get over here!"
Guo Tianyang was frightened, but he sent the coachman away with money first, and then walked to Emperor Jing's side tremblingly.
"What use do I need from your factory guards! There is such a fortified city hundreds of miles away from the capital! Why didn't anyone report it to me!" Emperor Jing shouted in a low voice while holding back his anger.
Emperor Jing had been on campaign for many years and had seen numerous small counties and cities, but no small county had ever had such a high-standard city wall.
At most, it's just a fool's errand with adobe walls, and this Taoyuan County is still an unknown small county!
There is such a big thunder under the emperor's nose, who can not be angry?
Guo Tianyang was extremely panicked at this moment, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
He really doesn’t know! Never heard of it!
No matter how powerful the factory guard is, he will never come to a place where birds don't shit!
Who would have thought that there could be such a fortified city in this poor ravine, and it was built so luxuriously.
What a hell!
People around him cast curious glances at him.
Emperor Jing sighed helplessly. Guo Banban had been with him since he was a child and he couldn't bear to be too harsh, but... it was really useless.
"Get up, I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
Guo Tianyang felt happy, knowing that he was stable.
He followed Emperor Jing when he was less than ten years old. He knew the emperor's character very well, so he was basically fine.
However, he still stood up slowly with runny nose and tears: "Thank you, sir."
"Let's go to the city!"
After saying that, the two of them lifted their legs and walked towards the city.
When we arrived at the gate of the city, we were suddenly stopped by three officials: "You two, please show me the way!"
Guo Tianyang was already ready and handed it over directly.
The officer glanced at it twice and handed it back, then asked, "Why are you here in Taoyuan County?"
"Business! My master is in the porcelain business. Come here to take a look."
When he heard the word "business", the officer grinned, turned around and whispered to the person next to him, and then the person hurriedly ran into the city.
Emperor Jing didn't know why, but he didn't ask any more questions. He obviously didn't want others to know.
So he said, "It must have cost a lot of money to make the Taoyuan County city wall so tall and strong, right? Did the government increase taxes?"
Without waiting for the official in front of him to answer, the official behind him was happy.
"Asked! Asked! What did I say? Pay for it!"
The official who asked the question before glanced at Emperor Jing helplessly and then took out ten coins from his arms.
Then he explained: "This city wall...it's actually a fake. Didn't you see the stone slabs stuck on the outside? The patterns are all engraved on it."
"Our county magistrate thought the earthen wall was ugly, so he came up with this method. It didn't cost much."
Guo Tianyang: "..."
Emperor Jing suddenly laughed.
I see! Unexpectedly, this county magistrate is still an elegant person! It seems that I am too worried.
Seeing that the official had lost money, Emperor Jing was in a good mood and asked Guo Tianyang to take out a tael of silver and hand it over.
Who would have thought that when the official saw the money, his eyes changed and he said sternly: "What are you doing! Take it away, take it away! We don't want this in Taoyuan County!"
Guo Tianyang's hand was frozen in mid-air, neither passing it nor receiving it.
I couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. Is there any place where I don't want to collect money? So damn evil!
Emperor Jing also showed a thoughtful expression. Every small official had this awareness. Taoyuan County... is really interesting.
The two of them took back their money and walked straight into the city without much hesitation.
As soon as they entered the city, the two fell silent again...
In front of you are large areas of stone roads, clean!
There are many buildings on both sides, and there are many pedestrians on the street.
There are also many small stalls selling food along the street.
And the houses on both sides look very shiny, obviously they were just built not long ago.
The overall look is much more luxurious than the capital city!
"Your Majesty...Master! The roads here are actually paved with stone slabs! It's really...rare."
Emperor Jing nodded seriously.
Even in the capital, stone paved roads are not so luxurious. At this time, most of the roads outside the capital are still dirt roads.
It gets extremely muddy every time it rains, but the stone roads in Taoyuan County are as far as the eye can see!
The most important thing is that the spirit of the people on the street is completely different from that in the capital!
Everyone is rosy-cheeked and has no talent, and there seems to be a lot of fat people.
Even in the capital, there is a huge difference!
The doubts in Emperor Jing's heart became more and more serious.
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