Zhuque Street is a north-south street in Xi'an. It was called Tianmen Street in the Tang Dynasty, or Tianjie for short. It extends from the Zhuque Gate in the imperial city of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. It is the central axis street of Chang'an City. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty went to the south of the city to offer sacrifices. The streets of heaven.
More than 1,300 years ago now, Zhuque Street was the north-south main line of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, about 150 meters wide and 5,020 meters long. The city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty was divided into east and west parts. The east part of the street was under the jurisdiction of Wannian County, and the west part of the street was under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County.
Taking this as the boundary, extending from Mingde Gate in the middle of the south of the city, a straight road leads directly to Shibianyu in Nanshan Qinling Zhongnan Mountain.
This is the first time Li Mingda has seen such a majestic street. It is more than 100 meters long. There are dozens of tanks walking side by side (the two words cannot be typed in pinyin instead). If you are walking cavalry, you will be stunned.
Li Mingda sat in the carriage and watched the crowds outside the carriage. There was a royal road in the middle of Zhuque Street, and the royal road could only be walked by the emperor.
Since we were playing in secret, everyone walked to both sides honestly. The main purpose this time was to go to Dongshi.
The West Market is usually a gathering area for Hu merchants, and it is relatively messy. Li Shimin might go there when he leaves the palace secretly. It is obviously inconvenient to bring his wife and children with him this time, you know.
Li Mingda once read this introduction about how big the East Market is: There are two hundred and twenty stores of goods and wealth in the city, with mansions on all sides, and treasures from all directions, all accumulated...
It is recorded in the literature that there are not only writing shops, wine shops, iron shops, butcher shops, engraving and printing shops, etc. in the East City, but also people who rent donkeys, buy huqin, performers, pipa masters, people who sell beautiful things and make money, etc. items produced in the Tang Dynasty. Almost all can be found here.
The shops of all the aristocratic families in the country are also among them. It can be said that the East Market of the Tang Dynasty is the largest and most complete trade distribution center in the country.
You said it covers so many things. How big is Dongshi?
Three hundred acres
One acre equals 66666 square meters
According to the length of 36 meters and the width of 15 meters * 300
10,800 meters long and 4,500 meters wide
11 kilometers long and 45 kilometers wide
Li Mingda felt that his head hurt. How long would it take him to walk 11 kilometers on her short legs?
Riding a carriage was indeed comfortable. The Tang Dynasty was very wealthy, but horses were still not cheap. The quality of the carriage could also reflect a person's status.
In ancient times, carriages had family patterns on them, and there were some utensils on the outside.
Remember, civilians are not allowed to wear jade, especially during the Han Dynasty. Jade can only be worn by princes, nobles and ministers of some grades, and civilians who wear it must be killed.
So don't read those idiotic novels about some girl giving you a jade pendant. If you wear it, you'll be in Caishikou in two days.
Datang is better, but it is still not something you can take casually.
Although the carriage Li Shimin brought with them was not so fancy, the horse pulling the carriage was not an ordinary horse. In addition, in order to cause some unnecessary trouble, he used the horse from Changsun Wuji's family.
Changsun Wuji looked submissive in the palace and did not look majestic, but he was next to Li Shimin. Outside, in the eyes of common people, the Changsun family was a prominent noble.
Being able to serve as a guard in a place where oil and water fly is either a good connection or a good eye. The Jinwu guard guarding the East City Gate saw the Changsun family carriage and decisively nodded and let him go.
Li Mingda didn't think anything was wrong about this. It had been more than ten years since the Li Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, and the older generation had gradually withered away. The new generation, especially the young Jinwu Guards, were no longer the troops that had experienced the baptism of war.
It doesn’t mean that this is always the case. At the very least, it is obviously not possible for the older generation to retire and the new generation to come up. There are only the bones left behind. Besides, the role of the Jinwu Guards is to protect the palace and the capital. In Li Shimin’s palace, the Jinwu Guards and the surrounding areas There is obviously a difference.
In this way, some old and new aristocrats are trying their best to stuff their children in. It's best if they can blend in and look good. If they can't blend in, they can still make connections to facilitate their families in Chang'an.
Li Mingda followed the carriage through Dongshi to the restaurant area, where there is the largest and best restaurant Guiyunge.
Lao Li got off the carriage first, followed by Changsun and Li Zhi. As the smallest short-legged one, Li Mingda, the cutest person in the team, was placed at the end.
The eldest grandson originally wanted to tell Li Mingda to report him, but as a scheming young man, how could he give up the opportunity to contact Lao Li.
Her cute face tilted and she called out to Li Shimin in a sweet voice: "Hug."
When Li Shimin heard the sound of his daughter's milk, he turned to look at his cute creature. He was instantly transformed into a cute creature. He stretched out his hand with a smile: "I'll do it. The little one needs to be close to me." He hugged Li Mingda personally. down.
Take a look
This is how our little Si Zi is treated. Most princesses and princes don’t get this treatment.
As long as the cuteness is good, Li Mingda will be spared the struggle for at least ten years, and the throne will not be a dream.
"Erlang, you just spoil her, what will you do when she grows up~!" The eldest grandson is a little moody and needs to be comforted.
Lao Li looked at his queen and smiled: "Don't you own this? You are in charge of the children's education."
The eldest grandson looked at Li Mingda who was standing next to Lao Li and said, "Xiao Sizi~!" His voice was a little higher than before.
Li Mingda knew that his eldest grandson was testing his authority, so he acted decisively and showed a pitiful look in front of his eldest grandson.
Little Sizi’s cute attack
The eldest grandson was instantly softened. He stretched out his slender hand that could be printed on the solid wood table and rubbed Li Mingda's little head: "Be good~!"
Uh-huh
Li Mingda nodded decisively: "Little Sizi is very good."
What is Li Zhi doing at this time? He is scanning the surrounding situation. He who rarely leaves the palace is full of novelty in his eyes.
Li Mingda was finally carried into the restaurant by Lao Li.
There were not many people in the restaurant lobby. Li Mingda keenly checked that most of the people in this group were from the Lian family. They looked at Li Mingda and his entourage with awe in their eyes. It was obvious that these were the guards in the palace or Lao Li's family outside the palace. spies.
Lao Li guards the emperor and has his own secret power. These people serve as the emperor's eyes and ears in the palace, collecting intelligence from all over the world to make important data references for the emperor to control the world.
Another purpose is to monitor hundreds of officials and families of all sizes across the country. As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an is naturally the headquarters of these guys. For such a big event as Lao Li going out, it is natural to make arrangements in advance. Maybe this place is the headquarters. Maybe.
In fact, Li Mingda really guessed it right, but she just doesn't know it yet.
Lao Li greeted the shopkeeper skillfully, and then led the waiter and the guards to clear the way to the top floor of the restaurant.
There is only one private room on the top floor, and there are already many people inside. Some are Lao Li's guards, others are Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Changsun Wuji, whom Li Mingda has met once, and some unknown ministers. .
Several prominent nobles were startled when they saw Lao Li holding the child. Then they looked at Li Zhi's eldest grandson who was holding Li Zhi's hand behind him, and saluted one after another.
Lao Li waved his hand: "Don't be constrained, just look like you normally do."
A group of people responded: "Yes"
Lao Li sat down and a group of people also sat down one after another, and the incognito private interview officially began.
To be continued
