() Liu Xia and his party set out from the northwest towards Longdu.
Along the way, we passed many places, and the local officials naturally wanted to come out to curry favor.
Liu Xia is naturally very willing, as this is a legitimate income.
By the way, I went sightseeing with Dabao and the others, and it took me a month and a half to arrive at Tianbao Province, the center of the Tianji Dynasty.
Tianbao Province is the political, economic and cultural center of the Tianji Dynasty. When you get here, you will see that the weather here is indeed different from other places.
Because, after all, this is the land of the Emperor, extremely prosperous.
Even though it is a small county town, the city gates are not closed at night.
On the official road, what you see the most is not the messengers, but the caravans with no end in sight and no end in sight.
On Longhu Continent, seven of the top ten companies have their headquarters set up here.
Most of the people in these caravans would hide far away when they saw Liu Xia's journey.
After walking along the official road for six days, Liu Xia and the others finally arrived at their destination - Longdu.
When he was still fifty miles away from Longdu, Zhang Tianhu had already gone back to resume his life.
After walking thirty miles, the Tianyu Guards from the Imperial City came out from Longdu to escort them.
Zhao Yong's troops bid farewell to Liu Xia here and returned to the northwest.
This Tianyu Guard is one of the imperial city's forbidden troops.
Responsible for handling the nine cities outside Longdu.
Although this army only came with less than two thousand people, every one of them carried a murderous majesty.
It is indeed incomparable to those ruffians in the border guard army in the northwest.
After they took over Liu Xia's motorcade, they began to escort Liu Xia forward.
In less than half an hour, the noise in front became louder and louder.
At this time, Liu Xia opened the car door, glanced at the vast dragon in the distance, and couldn't help but be startled.
Longdu in the distance is really spectacular.
Longdu was built on the Panlong Plain, with a radius of 3,000 miles, a flat river, and abundant water resources. It has been a rich land of fish and rice since ancient times.
According to the historical records of the Dragon Soul Continent, Dragon City has served as the capital of all dynasties for sixteen times, and has experienced countless prosperity and decline, but its scale has grown larger and larger.
When the Tianji Dynasty took over the Daqing Dynasty, the Daqing Dynasty at that time had fallen apart, and the emperor ran away in order to escape for his life.
Therefore, fortunately, Longdu did not experience the baptism of war again.
The Daqing Dynasty lasted for thousands of years, and the Taiji Dynasty now has hundreds of years of foundation. This place has always been far away from war, so prosperity is certain.
Looking from a distance, the scale of Longdu City is hundreds of miles across.
In the distance, you can see your majestic and towering Longdu City Wall.
Needless to say, after these years of continuous development, the scale of buildings outside the city wall is now many times larger than that inside the city wall.
Therefore, at first glance, one might think that there is no city wall in Longdu.
Outside the city wall, there are densely packed residential buildings everywhere, but they are well organized, with streets criss-crossing, people flowing back and forth, and a lot of hustle and bustle.
"Amitabha, it's really the world of mortals."
Dabao looked at the prosperous Longdu and couldn't help but say in admiration at this moment.
"Your Majesty, that is Longdu. Nowadays, the population of Longdu City has surged and its scale has continued to grow. The land within the previous city walls has long been insufficient. Therefore, over the years, it has continued to expand outwards, forming the outer nine cities, which are divided into
Twelve districts. And inside the city wall, it is more prosperous than outside."
Zhang Tianhu introduced Liu Xia
In a moment, Liu Xia's carriage entered the outer nine cities.
A street in zhong yang that leads directly to Xuanwu Gate is the imperial official road. It is generally the road that can only be walked by the generals of the imperial court when they go on expeditions and the emperors who go on patrol.
Therefore, the wide streets have already been under martial law, and are surrounded by imperial guards armed to the teeth.
Along the official road, Liu Xia passed through the Outer Nine Cities and went directly under the Xuanwu Gate.
At this moment, Liu Xia had already got out of the car and changed into court clothes.
I don’t know why, but the emperor of the Tianji Dynasty seemed to give Liu Xia extra face.
The team that came out to greet Liu Xia was even larger.
Liu Xia, led by Zhang Tianhu, walked outside Xuanwu Gate and knelt under the Tongtian Bridge.
At this time, a young boy came out of the team that greeted Liu Xia. He was wearing an ocher-yellow dragon robe and a nine-dragon crown on his head. He was domineering, handsome and tall.
He walked to a place three meters away from Liu Xia, put his hands on his back and said: "According to the holy order, Prince Xuanweiyuan will immediately enter the palace to meet the holy king."
"Thank you Lord for your kindness."
Immediately, Zhang Tianhu and Liu Xia hurriedly saluted.
After standing up, Zhang Tianhu introduced Liu Xia with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the current crown prince, Prince Zhong."
Liu Xia was stunned and hurriedly knelt down to salute.
Although they are both princes, he is a prince and a prince, so his status is much higher than that of Liu Xia.
At this moment, Prince Zhong hurriedly helped Liu Xia up and said with a kind smile: "We are all brothers from now on, so we have to move around more."
"Thanks to the great love of the prince, I will, I will."
Liu Xia said with a smile.
Then, Zhang Tianhu began to introduce the people who came to greet Liu Xia one by one.
Most of them are princes and dignitaries from the court, so some small talk is inevitable.
Later, Liu Xia changed his carriage and entered the Longdu city wall from Xuanwu Gate.
Sure enough, as Zhang Tianhu said, the city walls are more prosperous than the Nine Cities outside.
There are high-rise buildings everywhere, and although the Royal Guards have cordoned off the streets, you can still see a sea of people all around.
A prosperous mess.
The entire Dragon City is divided into four floors.
The most comprehensive level, and also the largest level today, is the Outer Nine Cities.
After entering the city gate, you will find the inner city.
Although the inner nine cities are smaller than the outer ones, they are indeed the economic center of the entire Dragon City and the Tianji Dynasty.
Within the city wall, there is also a smaller city wall called the Forbidden City Wall. It separates the Inner Nine Cities from the Imperial City.
The Imperial City was located in the center of Longdu, where the residences of officials and royal family members were located.
And today's Holy Emperor, the emperor of the Tianji Dynasty, lives in Tianlong City, which is within the imperial city, and it does not become an imperial palace.
Liu Xia and others talked for less than an hour before crossing the wall of the Forbidden City from the inner city.
At this moment, the Tianyu Guards who escorted Liu Xia returned, and the Royal Forest Army continued to escort Liu Xia into the imperial city.
As soon as they entered the imperial city, the whole world suddenly became quiet.
The people who lived in the imperial city were all the officials of the dynasty and the royal family, so the mansions were all made up of high walls, and the scale was intimidating.
Liu Xia found that there were very few pedestrians on the streets here, and most of the traffic was by horse-drawn carriages.
After walking forward for another half an hour, we finally arrived at today's destination - the Royal Palace.
The cars stopped in front of the Shenwu Gate due north, and then they all stopped.
At this moment, the teams that came to greet Liu Xia all said goodbye to Liu Xia and left.
After a while, only Prince Zhong, Liu Xia, Zhang Tianhu and others were left.
Zhang Tianhu arranged Liu Xia's family members to his home first, so Dabao and others did not follow.
"Prince Weiyuan, please come with me."
Immediately, under the leadership of Prince Zhong, Liu Xia entered the palace from Shenwu Gate.
This was Liu Xia's first time entering the palace, so she was naturally a little excited.
After a while, Prince Zhong took them into the Ministry of Rites and said, "I'll go and get back to my father first. Just wait here."
After saying that, Prince Zhong left.
Along the way, Prince Zhong was silent and rarely spoke, but whenever he spoke, he smiled.
It makes people feel very friendly.
I guess the current prince is so polite to everyone he meets.
I'm afraid, after being so polite, I'm still walking on thin ice.
The prince of Dragon Soul Continent is quite miserable.
Some people, there are also many people who directly become princes for life.
After all, most emperors have conquered the world through martial arts, so their descendants are very good at cultivation and can live for hundreds of years.
Unless you meet those foolish kings who are ignorant and greedy for wine and sex, they will die early.
Otherwise, this will have to wait.
Therefore, it is not news that princes have usurped power in all dynasties.
Although Liu Xia has never met the current emperor, judging from his grasp of the overall situation in the northwest, he is probably not a foolish emperor.
Therefore, Prince Zhong probably developed this character under this kind of pressure as soon as he was born.
When he arrived at the Ministry of Rites, it was naturally the officials from the Ministry of Rites who showed Liu Xia how to stand, kneel like this, and how to salute when he saw the emperor.
This is a rule. Anyone who meets a saint for the first time must first go to the etiquette department to perform the ceremony.
Zhang Tianhu naturally accompanied Liu Xia, waiting for the emperor's summons.
After the performance, Liu Xia was taken to the main hall to serve tea and waited for about three hours, from noon to evening, which made Liu Xia anxious.
"Your Majesty, please be patient. Your Majesty is always busy with government affairs, as you will know in the future. Recently, I heard that pirates in southern Xinjiang have been constantly harassing. In recent times, they even dared to attack the city, burning and plundering along the way. I guess.
The Emperor may not be able to escape because of this matter."
Zhang Tianhu explained everything.
"Southern Xinjiang pirates?"
Liu Xia asked in confusion.
"Haha, beyond the southern border, there is the vast sea. In the depths of the sea, there are several barbarian island countries. Whenever there is a midsummer ocean current, they will take advantage of the sea breeze to rob them. The imperial court sends troops to kill every year, but if they are defeated, they will be killed next year.
Come again. I really can’t bear to be disturbed."
Zhang Tianhu said with a bitter smile.
"Then just go directly to their house and pick them up from their lair."
"Hey, that's as easy as you said. Those places are barren and the people live in poverty. If they don't have a livelihood, they will come to us to plunder. You can't kill them all?"
Zhang Tianhu shook his head and smiled.
"Hey, this emperor doesn't care about his job. I really don't know, he is so tired every day and has so many worries. How can there be so many people who become emperors?"
Liu Xia thought silently in her heart.
Unknowingly, it was already night, and finally I heard a eunuch coming from outside the door. When he saw Zhang Tianhu and Liu Xia, he saluted, then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang, the Holy One is calling you two in Yutian Palace. Please.
You two, follow me."
"Haha, please lead the way, Mr. Wang."
Zhang Tianhu clasped his fists and said.
Immediately, the eunuch took Liu Xia and walked towards the main palace.
When they arrived outside Yuyutian Palace, the father-in-law went in to resume his life, and then came out again and said: "You two, please come in."
After waiting for a whole day, Liu Xia finally got to see the emperor he had wanted to see for a long time.
Come to think of it, this is not easy.
The two people entered the palace, both with their heads lowered. After walking three steps through the door, they pushed the golden mountains, toppled the jade pillars, knelt down on the ground, and bowed down.
"Your Majesty Zhang Tianhu (Duan Haoxuan) has come to see my emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Liu Xia named him Duan Haoxuan and immediately saluted Zhang Tianhu.
You are not allowed to raise your head when entering the palace to meet the saint, otherwise you will be executed for treason.
I can only look at my nose with my eyes, my nose with my heart, and talk while looking at the carpet on the ground.
"No courtesy, get up."
At this time, Liu Xia heard a very tired voice. Judging from the voice, he was probably in his fifties, slightly hoarse, full of magnetism, and also had an irresistible majesty.
"Thank you, Your Majesty"
At this moment, Liu Xia and Zhang Tianhu both got up.