Historically, the Nancheng of Beijing did not refer to the current areas of the front gate of Beijing to Yongding Gate. The Nancheng of Beijing initially referred to Nanjing in the Liao Dynasty and Zhongdu in the Jin Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty, Kublai Khan ordered Liu Bingzhong to build a new city in the northeast of the Zhongdu of Jin. This is the Dadu of Yuan and the prototype of the later Beijing city.

At that time, Jin Zhongdu was still a densely populated city, but its palaces were deserted and unavailable. Therefore, under the guidance of Liu Bingzhong, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was established as a brand new city in the center of today's Beijing. In the 22nd year of Yuan Dynasty, most of the capital had begun to take shape. Kublai Khan decided to move the residents of Jin Zhongdu to the new city, and his city walls and moats were flattened. Only the ancient temples and Taoist palaces in the city were preserved. Beijing's current Tianning Temple and Yuanhong Temple are the traces left by Jin Zhongdu back then.

Later generations of Beijing Nancheng had much less history than that of Jin Zhongdu. After the completion of the capital, the Yuan Dynasty had been occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang for less than a hundred years. Then Zhu Di took office in Jingnan and moved the capital of the Ming Empire to Beijing. There was no such thing as Beijing Nancheng at that time. However, Zhengyangmen was located in the central ministries and commissions, and these imperial tyrants needed some entertainment projects in daily life, so entertainment facilities were opened outside Zhengyangmen, such as hotels, taverns, brothels, etc.

After hundreds of years of operation in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing's population grew increasingly, and during the Hongzhi period, Beijing's population exceeded one million. As the population grew, housing prices naturally rose. Some poor people in Beijing began to live outside the city of Beijing, and the densely populated Zhengyang Gate became the first choice.

This was the prototype of the outer city of Beijing, but there was no wall in the outer city at that time. In the 29th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Altan Khan of Mongolia attacked the Great Wall and besieged Beijing. At that time, the Mongols did not have any means of siege, so during this period, Altan did not have any actual siege operations. Instead, they robbed soldiers in the south of the city and near the capital, robbing property and women. Such robbery lasted for a whole month.

After Altan withdrew his troops, considering that the consumer entertainment venue outside Zhengyang Gate was robbed because it was not sheltered by the city wall, the court decided to build a dirt city wall near the outer wall of Zhengyang Gate, but it was forced to stop work the next year. Until March of the 32nd year of Jiajing, the military department head Zhu Bochen wrote another letter to request that a completely closed outer city be built outside the inner city to protect the residents and industry and commerce that were not sheltered by the city wall at that time. This is the origin of the outer city of Beijing.

Because Beijing's outer city was not the focus of Beijing's defense, it was greatly damaged during the war in the late Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty's siege destroyed the outer city. However, the Chinese had strong recovery ability. After Zhu Hongsan drove the Qing Dynasty away three years ago, the economic embargo on the north was lifted. Now the outer city of Beijing has returned to its peak period, and it is even slightly beyond that.

The unscrupulous teacher Qian Yiai led the unlucky student Zhu Shengduo out of Zhengyangmen and came to the street outside Zhengyangmen. The place was filled with people and business was prosperous, and Zhu Shengduo was dazzled.

Qian Yiai led Zhu Shengduo to walk slowly, and happened to see a shop in front that specializes in the four treasures of the study. He quickly went forward to buy a few pieces. Taohe inkstones came from Lintao, Gansu. In the past, Qian Yiai was in Guangdong because the road was very far away and Shaanxi was in chaos. There were very few inkstones made of Taohe stone, and the actual price was comparable to gold. Even Qian Yiai's family background could not be bought more. Now Shaanxi has been pacified, and the trade routes with Gansu are also smooth and helpless, so this kind of famous inkstone appeared in Beijing.

As a literati, Qian Yiai likes pen, ink, paper and inkstone very much. He bought three inkstones in one breath, and even ten inkstones in one breath. He bought dozens of Huzhou's Hubian, and the rice paper and other supplies in Jingxian County, Anhui, which cost more than ten kilograms. He used up eight of Zhu Shengduo's twelve silver dollars.

The guards around Zhu Shengduo saw that they had bought so many things, so they quickly stepped forward to help with them, but Qian Yiai glared at him and said, "The teacher is willing to take responsibility for his disciples, so let that kid take them?"

However, Zhu Hongsan had already ordered that in order to educate his grandson to become a talent, as long as they do not threaten Zhu Shengduo's safety, these guards would listen to Qian Yiai. The guard looked at Zhu Shengduo and had no choice but to hand over the bag to Zhu Shengduo.

Zhu Shengduo cursed the unscrupulous teacher in his heart, but he didn't dare to give him a single point on his face. He also smiled and said, "The teacher is right, students take it!" Zhu Shengduo had no choice but to take the bag and carry it on his body.

Although the burden is not heavy, Zhu Shengduo is just an eight-year-old child. He is following a group of strong men with such a big burden, which attracts many people around him.

Qian Yiai was so no matter how outsiders looked at it, he walked in front of him, with Zhu Shengduo carrying a bag behind him, and behind him were the four guards.

At this time, the outer city of Beijing was far less than that of the southern city in the late Qing Dynasty. A few of them walked along Zhengyangmenwai Street and arrived at a beautiful place.

The water system of Beijing's outer city was very developed in the Ming Dynasty. During the Yongle period, the Ministry of Works wanted to directly connect the Grand Canal to the outer city. However, the population of the outer city was already large at that time, and the imperial court could not afford the demolition fee, so it was impossible to connect the canal to Chaoyang Gate.

At this time, the outer city of Beijing was densely filled with rivers and many lakes. When the weather was good, some literati and poets came here to discuss literature. To put it bluntly, a group of stinky dicks who were not as good as Shangguan bragging here. However, because of this, over time, a tavern with a very cultural atmosphere was formed in the outer city. After all, those literati and poets still had to eat when they were tired of bragging.

Zhu Shengduo had been walking with his bag on his back for half an hour, and he couldn't hold on anymore. He had no choice but to ask: "Teacher, you see that your apprentice has gone so far. Should we take a break!"

Qian Yiai looked at Zhu Shengduo's tired face and sweated, and cursed: "Hmph, the lazy donkey has a lot of shit and urine, so let's rest for a while!"

After Qian Yiai finished speaking, she looked around. She had already reached Zhushikou. In front of her was the Goldfish Pond. There was a two-story restaurant beside the Goldfish Pond. It seemed that there were many people and the business should be good.

Qian Yiai pointed to the restaurant and said, "It just so happened that the teacher was hungry, so let's go to that restaurant to rest!" After that, he took a few people over.

When I arrived at the restaurant, I looked up and saw the three big words "Chunfenglou" written on the plaque. It was now at the mouth of the meal, and the sound of pots and pans were everywhere, and the aroma of dishes wafted out. It seemed that the Chunfenglou business was very good.

The guy at the door saw a middle-aged man in his twenties, with a long beard and walking in a square step. He looked like an official. The middle-aged man was wearing a child behind him, wearing silk and satin, and should be a middle-aged man. He was followed by four vicious men, who should be a bodyguard. This dress was like a wealthy family in the inner city going out for a trip, but the child was carrying a big bag and was a bit alternative. But no matter what, there are many foreign people in Beijing now, and there are some weird ones. Who knows what special hobbies do they have?

The guy quickly came out and said, "Masters, are you going to have a meal? Our Chunfeng Tower is a top-notch restaurant in the outer city, and many nobles from the inner city are also here to have a meal!"

Qian Yiai nodded and said, "Okay, take us to the good private room!"

When the guy heard that Qian Yiai's accent was Wu Yue's dialect, he knew that he was not wrong. He must be a great nobleman in the inner city, and maybe he was a lord. The guy quickly bowed and took Qian Yiai and some other people into the restaurant in front of him.

When I arrived at the private room on the second floor of the restaurant, I opened the window and saw the goldfish pond outside. The scenery was very good. Qian Yiai said happily: "It's very good, apprentice, I'll give you a silver dollar!"

When Zhu Shengduo heard that the teacher wanted to give money, he cursed in his heart that it was not your fault that he was not worried, right? He gave me one silver coin at a time. I only spent eight silver coins to buy so many things just now, but now there are only three left.

But the teacher had no choice but to grit his teeth and take out a silver coin and hand it to the servant. The servant was overjoyed when he saw it. This was Yueyang, which was more valuable than Yingyang. One could be exchanged for one, two or five thousand silver. Now his living expenses this month were guaranteed.

The guy who received the reward worked hard and nodded and asked, "Masters, what do you want to eat?"

Zhu Shengduo was afraid of Qian Yiai's trouble, so he rushed to say, "It's time to stir-fry two. We men don't drink, just serve the meal!"

Qian Yiai glared at him and said, "How can there be no wine in this scenery? What special dishes do you have?"

When the guy heard this, he was very excited and told all the signature dishes of our store, such as first-class tofu, sea cucumber with scallions, three-sliced ​​shark fins, four-treasure white-stewed sweet and sour Yellow River carp, nine-turn large intestine, double crispy oil, raw abalone, braised prawns, etc.

Beijing is mainly Shandong cuisine. Qian Yiai's hometown is in Jiangsu, and she has never tasted Shandong cuisine well. Now I heard what the guy said wonderfully and smiled and said, "Okay, come all the signature dishes!"

The guy went down to deliver the dishes happily, but Zhu Shengduo's face turned green. Although he didn't know how much the food was for this table, he heard that it was sea cucumber and shark fin just now, so it must be a lot of money. It seems that the three silver coins in his hand were not enough!

Zhu Shengduo whispered to the teacher: "Teacher, I'm afraid the money in my apprentice's hands is not enough!"

Qian Yiai laughed and said, "Good apprentice, don't worry! The teacher can let you invite the teacher to dinner. Let's eat today, and the teacher will pay later!"

Zhu Shengduo knew that the teacher was rich, not to mention Changshu's property, but as a third-rank official, the teacher's salary was more than 7,000 silver dollars per year. Not to mention eating this meal, it was enough to buy ten restaurants.

With the teacher's guarantee, Zhu Shengduo was overjoyed. Zhu Shengduo flattered him and said, "You only know that the teacher is kind and will never let your apprentice spend money!"
Chapter completed!