The reason why Xishui Gate is so large and majestic is that water transportation here is very developed, and there are two land gates beside Xishui Gate.
Under the huge water gate are chains connected to winches, all of which are sunk into the Jinshui River. Once the police are alerted, the waterway can be blocked for a period of time.
Ye An observed all this carefully. For him, compared to the prosperity and grandeur of Tokyo City, he was more interested in the city defense here...
Maybe it was a habit, but this habit had become something in his bones. He glanced at the corner of the city wall, where there were several things covered by tarpaulins.
I secretly sighed in my heart, the Eight Ox Crossbow! It is the most powerful weapon in this era. When can I see his true appearance? I can go up and take a closer look.
From the moment he got off the boat, Ye An's eyes were scanning everywhere. Every time he went to a new place, he would subconsciously grasp the information here.
Xishuimen is an important water transportation center, and a large amount of goods enter Tokyo city from here, the largest number of which are pigs, sheep and other livestock. However, these do not go through waterways, but through the land gate next to Xishuimen.
After entering, we went directly to Xishuimen Fish Street, which is the place where pigs, sheep and aquatic products are produced. The smell is really not good. Every morning, there will be a special livestock team to pull the cattle, sheep and other livestock needed by Tokyo City.
Sold to the city.
If you take a closer look at Lu Xingmen next to the West Water Gate, you will find that it is different. The largest Wansheng Gate is a three-layer urn city. With such a posture, the possibility of capturing Wansheng Gate is really very small, and it requires
A lot of vitality was sacrificed.
After seeing the general city defense, Ye An knew that the experience of the Song people in cold weapon warfare, especially the city defense experience, had reached its peak. Even Ye An, a later generation, cannot deny this.
Wang Yuan patted Ye An on the shoulder: "How is it? Is the weather in Tokyo magnificent? Or is it as unstoppable as you said? Haha... Boy, it's just a corner of Tokyo right now!"
Ye An sighed with emotion: "Yes! This corner of the capital is so prosperous!"
Whether it was Tie Er, Wang Gang or Zhan'er, they looked at the Tokyo city in front of them with wide eyes. This was truly the foot of the sky, with a dynasty style.
Ye An strode away with Xuan Chengzi, but whispered: "It's a pity...it's different from where I am..."
There are always some memories popping up in my head. The Bianliang in Tokyo in front of me overlaps with the Kaifeng in later generations. They are so similar and yet so different.
This place was familiar yet unfamiliar to him. When the picturesque scene slowly came into view, a carriage blocked the way in front of everyone.
The boy in green clothes got off the car and bowed to Wang Yuan and said: "Old ancestor, it's time to go home."
Wang Yuan looked at Ye An and smiled and said: "Gaotou Street, South Lecture Hall Lane, I am waiting for the students to settle down and come to visit!"
Ye An immediately insisted: "Teacher, go ahead. After Ye An cleans up, he will definitely come to visit you! Don't dare to neglect!"
Xuan Chengzi snorted in dissatisfaction: "Literacy is extraordinary! I can't compare with it!"
Wang Yuan raised his head and said: "This is natural! Hundreds of schools of thought have long been extinct? Only I, the Confucian literature and Tao, are prosperous? You and other ordinary people!"
After arriving in Tokyo, Wang Yuan's temperament changed drastically. At least the pride and backbone of a scholar stood up again. He was on par with Xuan Chengzi, a gentleman of Guan Miao.
Ye An had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Both gentlemen are very kind to each other. Don't you dare to offend me at all? Don't you dare to neglect me at all? If you two want to compete now? Wait, boy? You two continue..."
Wang Yuan snorted and threw down his sleeves, turned around and got on the carriage, and Xuan Chengzi did the same, flicking his Taoist robe and walking away? "Hmph..." was exactly the same as Wang Yuan's.
In the eyes of Wang Bang and Tie Er, this scene looked like vindictive children, and the two of them were stunned.
Zhan'er whispered from the side: "Xiao Langjun, why do these two gentlemen look like they are fighting?"
Ye An smiled helplessly and explained to Zhan'er in a low voice: "Because these two are both literary and Taoist, but one is a Confucian? The other is a Taoist."
"Aren't Taoists Taoists?"
Ye An nodded, but then shook his head: "Can a Taoist be a Taoist? But not every Taoist is a Taoist!"
Tie Er's face came over and asked curiously: "What family does that young man belong to?"
This question immediately stopped Ye An. He himself didn’t know which one of the “Nine Qin and Han Families” he should be classified into? Finally, he thought about it: “Young Master, I think I am a miscellaneous family...”
Xuan Chengzi's steps paused slightly, then turned to look at Ye Andao: "Miscellaneous family? So your family studies? Confucianism and Mohism? Combined name and method? You have a thorough understanding of all the ways of hundreds of schools of thought?!"
Ye An thought for a while and nodded: "That should be considered the case, but I'm just not very sophisticated."
You can clearly see the muscles on Xuanchengzi's face trembling: "No wonder your boy has Tao Zhu's ability, and he has mastered Lu Buwei's way!"
Ye An shook his head: "Master is wrong. The boy's miscellaneous family is not like Lu Buwei's, nor is it the study of a certain family, but a real mixture of various schools, from tools to Tao!"
Xuan Chengzi looked at Ye An in surprise, waved to the bullock cart that had been waiting for a long time, and then slowly said, "I wonder if you can tell me what you have learned at home?"
Ye An quickly helped Xuan Chengzi get into the driveway: "If the master wants to listen, of course the disciple will tell you everything!"
In fact, Ye An discovered from the beginning that Xuan Chengzi was not only a Taoist priest, but also a master of Taoist theory, with considerable knowledge and scholarship.
Xuan Chengzi got on the bullock cart and said with a smile: "It's a good thing to relax about your home studies. If you don't know your home studies, neither the teacher nor Mr. Yuanbo will know where to start!"
"That's what sir said."
The man who drove the carriage looked back at Xuan Chengzi and Ye An in the carriage, then looked at Wang Gang Tie Er and Zhan'er who were following him. He said with a smile on his face: "This immortal family is from
Are you going back to Beijing? Don’t know where you are going?”
"Songmenli Street, Shangqing Palace!"
The handlebar expression looked surprised and said: "Scare, it turns out to be the Immortal Chief of Shangqing Palace. This little old man has a great blessing. Old Immortal, young man, sit down here. You have to go through most of the West Water Gate to go to Shangqing Palace.
Tokyo, let’s go now!”
Ye An stopped talking since he got on the bullock cart. He just sat in the cart and stared at the scene outside the window.
The bullock cart was moving slowly, and people were coming and going all around, and the hustle and bustle could be seen at a glance.
Rather than learning, he prefers to see the real Song Dynasty in front of him, including large and small foot shops, various businesses and shops.
There are hawkers carrying burdens walking through the streets, merchants setting up stalls on the roadside, merchants sitting in the shops, and tall colorful buildings...
When you go up to Jinliang Bridge, you can see Jinqiao Street, which is the former residence of Senator Meng. Before passing through the corner gate on the south bank of Jinshui River, a tall restaurant comes into view, but the name is quite tacky, Liu Lou, probably
It's a restaurant opened by a person named Liu.
But this restaurant is a serious restaurant. The roof is covered with colorful flag poles, and Xiao Si's shouting voice can be heard constantly.
There was a long queue of customers at the door, and Xiaosi came in and out carrying food boxes. It seemed that takeout was convenient in later generations, but in fact, people in the Song Dynasty had already begun to enjoy it...