A few days later, when the tall city walls outside the capital came into view, Liu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was originally a very happy thing to visit the capital. Being able to see the capital of this huge Ming Empire and appreciate its prosperity and bustle, just thinking about it makes people excited.
However, the distance from Changli County, Yongping Prefecture to the capital is only about 300 kilometers. In later generations, it would only take one hour by high-speed rail and four or five hours by car.
But in ancient times when transportation was extremely inconvenient and people basically had to walk when going out, Liu Jin, Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui had to walk the 300 kilometers for several days.
After walking dozens of miles every day, Liu Jin's feet developed blisters. In addition, he had to eat and sleep in the open along the way. After a few days, he felt extremely tired and his intestines turned green.
"If I had known this, I might as well have lived a leisurely life at home, why bother to suffer this."
When he was about to arrive in the capital, Liu Jin didn't feel any joy at all. He went to the roadside of the official road to find a stone, sat down heavily, and looked at the tall city wall in the distance. Liu Jin thought this way.
"Brother Liu, we are about to arrive in the capital. There is no need to rest anymore. Let's go to the city in one go. This capital is the most prosperous city in the world, far beyond what our Changli County can compare with. I hope you are spoiled for choice."
Contrary to Liu Jin, Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui were in high spirits. After walking for several days, they finally arrived at the capital. Seeing the capital in sight, they wished they could fly there immediately.
"I have never been to the capital city. This city wall is really high. It deserves to be the best city in the world!"
Li Xiting looked at the tall city wall stretching across the land in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"Under the emperor's feet, there is naturally a majestic and extraordinary atmosphere."
Xie Kui also echoed.
"You guys should go first. I'll take a rest. I really can't walk anymore."
Liu Jin looked at the city wall in the distance and rubbed his legs. To be honest, how could this ancient city compare with the cities of later generations? In other words, just for freshness, Liu Jin's freshness had already been wiped out by traveling these days.
The energy has been worn away, but it's not like the others who can't wait to enter the city.
"In that case, Brother Liu, please take a rest first, and the three of us will go into the city. Then we will meet at the Zhuangyuan Building."
Qin Zhihe looked at Liu Jin, who looked like a salted fish, with a contemptuous smile on his lips. He was impatient to enter the city, so he didn't plan to wait for Liu Jin.
"Are you okay, Brother Qin, Brother Li, Brother Xie, you can leave now, I will follow you."
Liu Jin's original purpose was to come to the capital to have some fun and see the prosperity of the capital. He didn't want to attend a poetry meeting with the three of them at all, so it was just right for him to separate now.
"Then let's leave first. You have to hurry up. The gates of the capital will be closed as soon as sunset. If you don't enter the city before sunset, you will have to spend the night outside."
Qin Zhihe looked at Liu Jin and took the lead towards the capital. Before leaving, he also gave a kind reminder.
"Thank you, Brother Qin, for reminding me. I will pay attention to it."
He held hands with the other party, but Liu Jin still had no intention of moving and continued to sit on the stone to rest.
Soon, Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui gradually walked away.
"Brother Jin, it's almost time for us to leave, right?"
Liu Jin's follower, Zhao Erhu, was also very excited at this time. Following Liu Jin was indeed the right thing to do. This time he actually had the opportunity to come to the capital to have fun. If he hadn't been Liu Jin's follower, he probably would never have come here in his life.
Here once.
So when he thought about entering the capital soon, experiencing the prosperity of the capital, and seeing the charm of this first city in the world, he was also very excited, and the fatigue from the days of traveling and traveling was completely gone.
Liu Jin was sitting on the stone to rest, but he was looking at the city wall in the distance and the pedestrians coming and going on the pipeline, his eyes full of curiosity.
"Are you not tired at all?"
Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu, and both of them saluted with Zhao Erhu on his back.
"I'm not tired. I'm not tired at all. I'm just walking. What's the point of being tired? Working in the fields is much more tiring than this."
Zhao Erhu smiled and said.
"Let's go, let's go in early, find an inn, and have a good rest."
Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu, then looked at the capital in the distance, and reluctantly got up and walked towards the capital again.
An hour later, Liu Jin finally arrived at the foot of the city gate of the capital. The sun was setting and he was about to go down the mountain. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart again: "Wangshan is a dead horse. It seems not far away, but it's still there."
Walked for 2 hours.”
"This should be Yongding Gate."
When I came to the foot of the city wall and looked up, I suddenly felt that the city wall was quite tall. In ancient times when there were no construction machinery, building a city wall with a height of more than 20 meters was definitely a very huge project.
Such a tall city wall was definitely one of the most difficult to conquer in ancient times. It was definitely not an easy task to capture such a tall city with only flesh and blood.
Entering the capital very smoothly, Liu Jin also began to appreciate this ancient city with great interest.
The buildings in the city are generally not high. Most of them are two-story buildings. A few buildings are taller. There are four or five floors, with a height of more than ten or twenty meters. The roads are relatively spacious and tidy, and the planning is very good.
It's neat and dotted, and the color of the buildings is basically gray, a bit like a black and white TV.
It was already October in the cold winter, and it was the beginning of the Little Ice Age. It had snowed heavily a few days ago, and the snow has been melting in the past few days. The temperature was very low, and the cold wind howled, making pedestrians on the road unbearable.
He quickened his pace.
In addition, the sun was about to set, and the pedestrians on the road were even more hurried. Most were walking, and a few were riding horses or sedans. The horseback riders did not run rampant on the road like what was shown on TV.
"It's similar to some ancient city-style tourist towns, but this style is similar to the architectural style in Korean costume dramas. No wonder some people say that the culture of the Tang Dynasty is in Japan and the culture of the Ming Dynasty is in Korea. This architectural style is really the same model
inside."
When Liu Jin looked at the capital city of this era, he also recalled in his mind some of the ancient cities that later generations saw when they traveled to South Korea. There was almost no big difference.
"That's it, find an inn to have a good rest first, and come back tomorrow to take a closer look."
After looking at the afterglow of the setting sun and touching his belly, Liu Jin walked towards an inn.
