The leader Li Jiamu's book friend has been asking me to write a sequel. Oh, it is impossible to write a sequel. Is it okay to write a chapter? This chapter is considered a sequel. I will send it in the form of a speech and thank all the book friends for their strong support over the past year.

Sixty years after Guanyi went to sea, it was March 338 AD.

“Have it ~~ha!”

On the official road leading to Chang'an in Luoyang, two young men galloped on horseback, one in front and one behind. The one running in front was about twelve or thirteen years old, with fair skin, big and agile eyes. The one behind was about 17 or 18 years old, with the same fair skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose bridge, and some blue beards began to grow on the corners of his mouth, which made his face more heroic.

"Fifth brother, wait a little slower. This place is close to Chang'an, and there are more people coming and going on the official road. Don't drive on horseback or galloping."

"Hehehe, Brother Four, we have traveled from Youzhou all the way, and we have raced horses no less than ten times. I finally beat you once."

"Haha~~" The older young man rode a horse and approached his younger brother, lovingly stretched out one hand to touch his younger brother's head: "The fifth brother's talent is the best among our brothers. He will definitely become a great man in the future!"

"Hmph! Why is it the future rather than the present?"

"Haha, the court has clear orders. After the three written tests for the imperial examinations are completed, there will be physical fitness tests. My fifth brother is still young and has not yet fully grown. Don't place too much hope for this subject."

"Oh, it turns out that the fourth brother is talking about this. Hi! Fourth brother, I am here to accompany the fourth brother to take the exam this time and have a long experience. If the first three subjects are good, I will be qualified to enter Wuzhangyuan Academy."

"What? Brother Wu still wants to go to Wuzhangyuan Academy. Will he join the army in the future?"

"Of course! My role model is Guan Shengren! Thinking back then, Guan Shengren used a weak land in a state to build an unprecedented land for the Han Dynasty! Now our Han Dynasty's national strength is unprecedentedly strong, shouldn't it be expanded even further! "

"Haha, my fifth brother is very ambitious. If I pass this imperial examination, I still hope to apply to Longshouyuan College for further study for a few years..."

The two brothers talked and laughed, and after a turn, the magnificent Chang'an City Wall suddenly appeared in the sight of the two brothers.

"Huh~~~"

"Brother, I have heard that Chang'an City is extremely magnificent. When I see you today, it is indeed worthy of your reputation."

"Yes, it's such an extraordinary unparalleled city!"

It has been more than 70 years since the Han Dynasty re-established its capital in Chang'an. Because it has received continuous support from the fifteen local states of the Han Dynasty and dozens of vassal states. At this time, the population of Chang'an had reached a huge population of 1.5 million.

With such a large population, even if the Han Dynasty expanded and expanded the Chang'an city wall, it would not be able to install it. Moreover, the city wall was too large, but it actually lost its military effect. So Liu Chen's successor simply wrote: No more city walls are built. Those who have come to Chang'an to settle down, just rely on the city wall to slowly expand.

Of course, the edge of any city, which is the so-called urban-rural fringe, is more or less accompanied by poverty and chaos. Chang'an is no exception at this time.

The two brothers covered their noses and frowned, and rode their horses and quickly passed through the shanty town where sewage was flowing, flies and mosquitoes were extremely prosperous. After passing through the city gate soldiers and entering the Chang'an city gate, they quickly felt the true prosperity of this world's number one city.

Due to the extreme prosperity of business, Chang'an's market expanded from one to four, eight, and sixteen... In the end, it was just one market for each market. In addition, small stalls and vendors were allowed to do business in the prescribed area. So as soon as the two brothers entered the city gate, they felt a huge wave of sound coming, and the people and horses pushed them hard.

Walking on the street, looking at the dazzling array of goods and many pedestrians of different skin colors. The younger boy looked around excitedly, and from time to time he exclaimed "Wow~Wow~" from his mouth.

Such behavior is the best appreciation for the residents of Chang'an. Besides, this young man looks so well-behaved and cute. Therefore, although the young man's behavior tends to be a slut, most of the passers-by smile with kind and tolerant smiles.

"Okay, fifth brother, it's almost noon now. I think my father hasn't paid yet. Let's go to find an adult, but find a place to sacrifice to the Five Insect Temple first."

"Okay! OK! Brother Fourth, I want to eat Roujiamo, sausage noodles, rice noodles, fish-flavored shredded pork, and hot pot!"

"You foodie! Where can you eat so much in one meal? Well, let's go find a hot pot restaurant? Brother Wei always thinks that the hot pot in Youzhou is not very authentic."

"Okay, OK! Alas, it's been ten years since the Tang Dynasty that came to chili peppers, but our Youzhou promotion and planting is not done well."

"Haha, we will stay in Chang'an for a long time this time, so you will definitely eat enough!"

The two brothers walked slowly along Zhuque Street in Chang'an City and quickly selected a hot pot restaurant with a wide store with exquisite decoration.

"Baokui hot pot? Just this one!"

"Oh! Two guests, you can choose the right place. In our store, the peppers used are peppers native to Dongsheng Shenzhou and Dongtu Datang. The peppers used are Dahongpao from Wenshan County, Yizhou. The butter used is even taken out of the body of the scalpers pulled from Jincheng County, Liangzhou... This spicy and fresh fragrance is the most exciting! Please, please, please come in."

After handing over the reins, the waiter moved his mount to the back to settle it. The two brothers entered the store and took a seat.

"Customer, please choose the bottom of the pot first? Red soup or mandarin duck?"

"Red soup! Of course it's red soup! It's spicy!"

"Okay, please order food! The backyard of our store has Northern Shenzhou buffalo imported from the Tang Dynasty in the East and Kangaroo imported from the Zhao Dynasty in the South. These two kinds of meat are unique to our store. One buffalo and one kangaroo are limited to sale every day. It is noon now, and there are still some goods in the kitchen. Do you want to come to order?"

"Can."

"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and book you immediately. Please order other dishes slowly."

When the two brothers just put their heads in a bunch of people trying to study the recipe, they suddenly heard a "pop!" sound, which scared the two brothers.

"Dear guests, please welcome me to visit the shop. It's noon now, and it's time for the newspaper reading at noon every day. All guests just eat, and listen to my brothers and I'll read today's "Dahan Daily" for you."

It is not easy to live in the imperial capital. This sentence is very true to ordinary people, and for merchants, it is the same.

All the famous and surnamed merchants in the world crowded here, and it was not easy to open a store here and grow bigger.

Although for decades, the Dahan government has insisted on the fixed 30% of the annual fiscal revenue set by Sima of Guan and Da, and vigorously promoted education. However, in this era, it is still impossible to fully deploy compulsory education. Therefore, today, the literacy rate of the Dahan is less than 10%.

Therefore, some businessmen who open restaurants and teahouses hire literate people to read newspapers to guests who come to eat in the restaurants to attract business.

Of course, because everyone did this later, merchants were also vigorously innovating when reading newspapers.

For example, in this hot pot restaurant, there are two people responsible for reading newspapers, one person reading and one person reviewing. It feels like crosstalk.

"Ba! Let's read today's front page headlines. Zu Xiang retired and Wang Xiang took over. Yesterday, the seventh-year term of Prime Minister Zu Shi, who was 72 years old, had expired, Zu Xiang took the initiative to resign. His Majesty accepted the Prime Minister's resignation report and appointed former Vice Premier Wang Dao and Wang Maohong as the Prime Minister on the same day. His Majesty pointed out that Zu Xiang has been working diligently and diligently for the country for fourteen years as Prime Minister... Well, I won't read these official words later. In short, Zu Xiang is scheduled to leave Chang'an from Baqiao in five days and return to his fiefdom in Liaohe, Northeast China."

This news is indeed worthy of the front page, so when A finished reading this news, a buzzing sound rang out in the entire restaurant.

After a while, the diners' discussions became a little less, and B of the storyteller duo began to support the role: "Brother, Zu Xiang has been in power for fourteen years. How do you think he is doing?"

"Well, my great man has gone out to sea since the sage Guan Guan took charge of national affairs for fourteen years. After seven years of his reign, he also went south to the country. An unwritten rule has formed. A prime minister can only serve at most two terms in seven years. Since the sage Guan Guan went out to sea for sixty years, Zu Xiang has been the fourth prime minister since Jian Xiang. As for how he did? Let me tell you, how do you think Zu Xiang is related?"

"I don't think it's so good! Oh, everyone, I'm from Liangzhou. In the past fourteen years of Zu Xiang's tenure as Prime Minister, our Liangzhou has seen a decline in one day surpass one day. There are fewer and fewer merchants on the business road. Not to mention that the countries in the Western Regions were half destroyed by the Da people, it was the first country of the royal family personally named by the late emperor, and the Ganling Kingdom was destroyed by the Da people. Hey! Zu Xiang sent General Ran Min to fight a lot of victories, but for fourteen years, has the Da people calmed down? No! Hey, it's not the way of saints who were victorious in the past, but the military-two-pronged approach!"

"You don't agree with this brother from Liangzhou, you said so." The wine table on the other side creaked, and a young man pushed open the table and chair and stood up: "For fourteen years, Zu Xiang served as prime minister, and the court's income has increased every year. Not only has the income increased, but the surplus of the court's finances has also increased. This has been achieved with the fourteen consecutive years of large-scale troops in the northwest, and the plan for one county and one elementary school is also steadily advancing! Is Zu Xiang easy?

That's right, Ganling Kingdom was indeed destroyed, but who could blame? Seven years ago, 300,000 Khada people and Kushan coalition forces invaded the Western Regions. At that time, General Ran, who was in charge of the Western Regions, had only 50,000 people... General Ran repeatedly told Ganling King that Guan Sheng said that the people who lost their land and lost both people and land. He urged Ganling King to relocate the whole country. However, the last Ganling King was only an 18-year-old boy at that time, with a strong spirit. He said that Zhaolie's descendants would fight when they saw the enemy! He was determined to fight with the Khada people to the end. As a result, the heroic spirit was heroic, but the Ganling Kingdom was gone...

Seven years have passed, and Yanda people can indeed jump around. But in the past, Yanda people could gather 20 to 30 armies at any time. Now, 50,000 people can be dispatched to the sky! Moreover, our allies in the west have finally ended the civil war, and we will soon send a large army to jointly attack our Han Han, completely killing this group of thugs who have caused disaster to the Western Regions for nearly a hundred years. Can these achievements be seen by Zu Xiang under tremendous pressure?

As for the decline of Liangzhou, Hi! Now all sea trade is connected, the Tang Kingdom in the east, the Yan Kingdom in the south, the Zhao Kingdom in the west, and the Gupta, Persia, Rome, and other countries are mostly achieved through sea trade. Liangzhou, which relies solely on the trade routes on the road, its decline is inevitable. Didn’t you see that Guiming Houdu wrote to the letter to His Majesty repeatedly and requested the rebate? Isn’t it because of geographical relations that Liangzhou is destined to be cold?"

"Bang~!" The Liangzhou native who was speaking first slapped the table hard: "Zhu Zi! Where are you from?"

"It's easy to say, Tao Yuanming, Chaisang, Yangzhou."

"Okay, it turns out that he is a cunning Yangzhou native."

"Who are you scolding the poor ghost in Liangzhou?"

"You are scolding you! You Yangzhou people do business and use inferior products as good people many times to harm friends and merchants. This stigma has spread all over the world!"

"My mom! What is the best way to use inferior products? When the Persians and Romans purchased from us, we all said it was a defective product, and it was discounted when it was sold. But who told them to bring back the local area and sell the defective product at a high price? What does this have to do with us?"

At first, the two young men who were watching the show with great interest, the older one shook their heads when they saw this scene and said to the young one: "Fifth brother, we must pay attention to our words in the future. I look down on the guy who drives map cannons the most."

"Yeah, Guan Shengren said that map cannons and regional blackness are the most undesirable. As soon as you open your mouth, you offend a large number of people."

"Hey hey, Xie Shen... Uh, this Mr. Xie, and this Mr. Tao. Guan Sheng said that a small quarrel is good for love, a big quarrel is harmful to the body. It is enough to curse this place. You two are scholars, and it is okay to read the Dahan Daily normally. But there are still many customers here who need a doctoral tea to study the newspaper. So, be quieter."

The scene became quiet again. The two doctors tea looked at each other and quickly reached a tacit understanding: Don’t talk about the affairs of our country, and tell me something about other countries to change the conflicts.

"Ahem, let's talk about the second news. Today, Yu Liang, the Minister of Revenue, published an article in the Dahan Daily, criticizing the Tang Dynasty's "horse-horse-capture" policy and the Carthage Act. It believes that this is a serious violation of the rights and interests of the native Yindi An people in Dongsheng Shenzhou."

"Haha, you all know that Dongsheng Shenzhou is vast and sparsely populated. In order to attract population migration, the Tang Kingdom issued two bills. Anyone who moved from the local area of ​​the 15th Han states to Dongsheng Shenzhou would either run a horse and grab a land. Well, you would give you a horse. If you ride a horse for a day, you will be yours. If you don't know how to ride a horse, then you will be like the legend of the founding of the Taisciga Taichi country, and give you a cowhide. The size of the land you can use is yours, and those are yours."

"Hahaha~~ I want to say that, Shangshu Yu was insincere. The people of Yin Di'an said that they were descendants of the Shang Dynasty, but their language and customs were completely different from those of our great Han Dynasty. It was just a gimmick created by the Tang Dynasty to accelerate assimilation. In short, if it is not my race, their hearts must be different. What should we care about the rights of these natives? The key to the problem is that these two policies of the Tang Dynasty are extremely attractive to the local people of our great Han Dynasty! I didn't see those boys who couldn't read books thinking about how to practice equestrian all day long, and girls are studying how to cut cowhide thinner than silk thread?"

"Hey, although the country is generally rich, the gap between the rich and the poor is still huge. If you can live a stable and prosperous life in the Han Dynasty, why should you travel far and leave your hometown?"

"Hey, this nephew, I'm living in my seventies. I want me to tell you, in fact, as long as the people of my great man are willing to work hard, no matter how bad they live, they will not be worse than before the Saint Guan was unified. The reason why many people are now yelling and dissatisfied is that I am Han people now have many countries, with comparisons and choices."

"This father-in-law is right. With comparison, there will be a gap. Now we have two Han empires, seven kingdoms, twenty priests, and a lot of marquis. We will go wherever we live better."

"That's why we can sit here and talk about state affairs. This is all thanks to the saint Guan."

"Hey hey hey~~! Everyone, come out and see! General Huan is on the battle!"

"What? Is Major General Huan Wen, the rising star of my great Han army, finally going to lead his troops to fight? "

"Marrior Shixing (Tao Kan) is already seventy-nine years old. He said that he would not allow him to retire several times. Now that the ancestor has retired, Marshal Shixing is probably soon. Marshal Shixing will not be the Grand Governor, so General Ran will take over. However, General Ran is almost fifty, so he wants to train new people."

"Oh, General Huan has been fighting against Rouran in the northern border over the years, and he is also fighting Ji Feiran! This time, he will definitely give Yandaren the last blow!"

As everyone shouted, the two young brothers followed out. But they saw a young general wearing golden plate armor passing by the Suzaku Street with a tall horse in a spirit.

The spring sunshine was poured on him without hesitation, making the golden armor on his body even more glorious!

"Brother, a real man should do this! I really want to grow up quickly! I also want to go to office as soon as possible and lead my army to intimidate the young man!"

"Haha, fifth brother, soon, your wish will come true."

Suddenly, the young and handsome general suddenly stopped the reins of the horse and turned over and dismounted with clean movements.

Then he smiled and walked to the door of the restaurant: "Thank you! Xie you! For a hot pot, Your Majesty will never come to see you off in person. You deserve to be unable to get up to the rank of your military in your life! Have you eaten enough? Let's set off!"

"Yeah, come here, come here. The damn annoying people made us Liangzhou people laughed at by people from other states in the Han Dynasty. How could this battle to kill their clans be missed? Xie Ai!"

"What? He actually was Major General Xie Ai, the recorder who burned Rouran Khan to death by fire in the northern grassland three years ago?"

"I, Tao Yuanming, actually scolded Xie Ai just now? Hahaha~~ It's really interesting!"

...

The sun gradually sets, and the two excited boys woke up and asked passers-by and touched their mansion in Chang'an all the way.

"Greetings to my father!"
To be continued...