Walking on the streets of Wuyang, Liu Guozhu felt as if he had traveled through time. It was difficult for him to connect the city in front of him with the capital because he had seen Chang'an.
In the city of Chang'an, it goes without saying that there are busy traffic and high-rise buildings. People are well-dressed and polite. It is simply another world.
And the Wuyang in front of me... it really doesn't deserve to be called the capital. The streets and alleys are a mess, and there isn't even a bit of the so-called scenery.
The streets were filled with broken glass fragments, which could even make a clicking sound when stepped on. The naked children looked timidly at the Tang Army soldiers passing by, and no one dared to make any sound.
There is no subway or decent bus station here, and even the street lights seem to be much fewer than those in Chang'an, Linshui, Tongcheng...well, Fengjiang.
The streets in the city are not spacious, and in Liu Guozhu's opinion, the design is also sloppy. If this situation occurred in Chang'an, congestion would definitely occur every day, and installing traffic lights would not improve it.
There is not a single super large shopping mall in the entire city, and there is no large business district that makes people linger. Because of the lack of pedestrians, and the occasional pedestrians are wearing shabby clothes, Liu Guozhu feels that the city lacks the decoration it deserves.
There are no red skirts, no sky blue coats, no purple ones... The whole city looks gray, making people feel monotonous.
It seems that some filled craters have been there for some time. They are the traces left by the long-range ballistic missiles of the Tang Empire.
Gas and electricity have been cut off in many houses because there is really no condition to repair the lines and equipment damaged by missiles or bombings.
Frankly speaking, Liu Guozhu regretted a little bit. He regretted that he used his precious vacation time to come here to visit the so-called great city in the northwest. This city did not leave any good impression on him, only the dilapidation and chaos that left a lasting impression on him.
Parked on the side of the road was this armored vehicle with a dragon emblem on it. It was the equipment of the 3rd Group Army, 3rd Armored Corps, 33rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the Tang Dynasty. Two soldiers stood at the rear of the armored vehicle smoking, symbolically speaking when they saw Liu Guozhu.
He gave a military salute: "Long live the emperor!"
"Long live your Majesty!" Liu Guozhu returned a military salute to the other party, and then saw the broken glass window behind them and the clerk inside who was cleaning the clothes and decorations in the display cabinet.
Order is indeed being restored here, but it's just a little slow. Soldiers from the Tang Empire who came to visit or patrol can be seen everywhere on the streets, and some locals are working hard to repair buildings that have collapsed or are about to collapse.
"In front of you is the Silver Fox Tavern. It was closed due to the war. Now it has reopened. I heard that as long as you have a military officer's ID card, it is free to drink in." The person who acted as Liu Guozhu's tour guide was a non-commissioned officer from the battalion headquarters. He admired Liu Guozhu very much.
The results were brilliant, so I volunteered to walk around the boring city again.
"Forget it, their beer is still transferred from us, and it doesn't taste good at all." Liu Guozhu shook his head. Of course he knew the inside information.
The wine itself is supplied by the army. The armored troops often drink this kind of wine on weekdays. Frankly speaking, the taste is really not good.
"A little way further ahead is the imperial palace... But I heard that all the Qin kings were very frugal, so the palace is not large in size." The non-commissioned officer said as he walked.
"Can I go in?" Liu Guozhu looked at the other party. He was somewhat eager for a palace. He had never seen any palace since he was a child. Later, he saw the majestic Forbidden City from a distance, which left a very deep impression on him.
deep impression.
"Can't get in." Shaking his head, the accompanying noncommissioned officer changed the subject in a somewhat nonchalant way, talking about other dilapidated places.
Although the imperial palace of the Qin State is not very wealthy, it is still a place that requires key statistics and inspections. How could it be opened to ordinary soldiers immediately... All the valuable collections there must be registered and sent to the Forbidden City for selection, and then the remaining ones will be sent to the Forbidden City for selection.
If you don't want it, send it to the Tang Dynasty Imperial Museum.
In addition, the palace also houses many secret files of the Qin State, precious records, and many intelligence messages... All of these things must be recorded without any mistakes.
Therefore, until these things are dealt with, it is impossible for Qin's imperial palace to be opened to the outside world and allow anyone to enter.
Similarly, some of the annexes, residences of princes and royal families, and the offices of officials... must also be strictly controlled, investigated and sorted out, and can only be used for other purposes after the work is completed.
"But we can go to the gate to watch the execution. Those officials who are found to have committed crimes on the pretext of war, as well as their implicated family members, will be tried and executed in the square in front of the palace...some of them will be killed directly..." Then
The sergeant's voice became softer and softer as he spoke, and then he simply closed his mouth.
"I won't go watch..." Liu Guozhu had no interest in this kind of thing at all. He had seen too many killings on the battlefield and was completely immune to this so-called excitement.
If a person looks through the commander's observation device and sees an enemy soldier climbing out of a burning tank, with his upper body exposed outside the tank, twisting and struggling, and letting the flames burn his arms, face and body black, it is unlikely.
Have any interest in excitement such as executions.
Bullet-shattered heads are too common for soldiers returning from the front line. Only non-commissioned officers who have just been assigned to the battalion headquarters and have not experienced the cruelty of war are keen to see such a thing.
But it was obvious that the people of Qin were very interested in the demise of those corrupt officials and the nobles who oppressed them. There were gradually more people on the street in front, and waves of cheers came from further ahead.
They were applauding the hanging of a nobleman, because that nobleman's reputation in Wuyang was really not very good. A row of nooses hung on a simple execution platform, and along with the orders, those high-ranking adults in the past
, now turned into hard corpses.
On the distant city wall, soldiers from the Tang Kingdom were busy rolling out a huge dragon flag. This flag was custom-made and shipped from the Tang Kingdom, demonstrating the national power of the Tang Empire.
After all, if you want to produce such a huge flag without splicing, you need a special loom. And in the world, only the Tang Empire can produce such a large-area flag!
It is precisely because of this that it was delayed until today before it was launched at the top of the city.
