After getting off the car, Li Yuanzhao walked leisurely, looking around all the time.
The first time I left the palace, I headed straight to Taoyuan County under the cover of night, and I didn't have time to take a good look at the capital.
But soon, Li Yuanzhao couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Obviously, the surrounding environment is not good. The road is just a compacted dirt road. It is a little muddy because it rained not long ago.
There are even some small puddles in many places.
Every few steps you take, you can smell a strange smell. The smells vary. Some are stinky, some are fishy, but there is no fragrant smell.
In such an environment, even the fragrance mixed in the air would become extremely strange.
The surrounding houses are not built with bricks and stones like those in Taoyuan County, but are made of rammed earth and then piled up with wood.
The exterior walls are uneven and have absolutely no aesthetic appeal.
If you look closely at the wall, you can see a piece of log protruding from it.
The window frames and door panels are also made of wood, but the quality of the wood is visibly poor. The inferior wood has even begun to turn gray and crack due to long-term exposure to wind and rain.
The only difference is the door panel. The door has been pushed and pulled by people for many years, and the middle part has been covered with a thick layer of black paste.
Compared with this, the houses in Taoyuan County can be described as having carved beams and painted rafters!
The pedestrians on the street were also lifeless, and considering the dirty and messy environment, they looked a bit like the walking dead.
Li Yuanzhao stood there, confusion beginning to appear in his eyes, and even a look of surprise on his face.
The master in the palace had originally described the scene outside the palace to him, saying that the people had not been enlightened by a sage and could not be educated.
Therefore, my upbringing was particularly poor, and I used this to teach myself to read more.
This scene was far more cruel than imagined.
But now he was standing in the capital, at the feet of the emperor. The difference between this and Taoyuan County was like heaven and earth. Could it be that Fang Zhengyi was a saint?
No, it's impossible!
The books that the people of Taoyuan County read are not books written by sages, but why are the streets so clean and tidy, the houses so neat, and the people so lively?
While he was stunned, Guo Tianyang had quickly arranged guards and was quietly following behind Li Yuanzhao.
Li Yuanzhao frowned and stepped carefully on dry ground to avoid getting mud on his boots.
Hearing a voice behind him, he turned around and saw that it was Guo Tianyang, and said, "Eunuch Guo, where is this place?"
"Your Highness, this is the north gate of the inner city."
"Since we are already in the capital, why is it so dirty and messy? It is even worse than Taoyuan County."
Guo Tianyang smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is your first time out of the palace and you don't know the situation yet. This outer city was built in the past two years."
"This part of the inner city entrance was also expanded later. In the past two years, people from all over the country have gathered here, most of whom are refugees."
"Just walk a little further in, and it will be all right inside!"
Li Yuanzhao pursed his lips and looked back toward the outer city: "No! I want to go to the outer city to take a look."
Guo Tianyang suddenly felt a headache and quickly signaled to the guards around him with his eyes.
The emperor is not at ease, and this little ancestor is not at ease either.
There are all kinds of people in the outer city, and they are so dirty. What's so good about them?
The prince was dressed in brocade, just like a little white sheep entering a wolf's den!
So he whispered flatteringly: "Your Highness, let's go early and come back early...Don't make His Majesty wait anxiously."
Li Yuanzhao felt annoyed for no reason, waved his hands, and walked away.
Guo Tianyang waved his hand quickly.
The guards hidden in the surroundings also followed quietly.
When we arrived at the outer city, it was almost the same as near the gate of the inner city.
Perhaps because there were no soldiers guarding the place, the number of civilians was much greater than in the inner city.
Many children were playing outside, and vegetable vendors and laundry workers were working on the street.
The odor in the air has become stronger as a result.
Guo Tianyang really wanted to cover his mouth and nose. The smell was so bad that it made his nose feel sour and he felt nauseous.
But seeing that the prince did not move, Guo Tianyang could only suppress his nausea and follow behind.
Suddenly, when we were halfway there, a family suddenly opened the door and poured a basin of dirt onto the street.
The basin was filled with dirty water and other miscellaneous things, and it smelled very fishy.
Li Yuanzhao jumped back swiftly but still couldn't escape the disaster, and dirty water splashed on his boots.
Li Yuanzhao frowned, looked down at his boots, and then looked at the dirt that the woman had just splashed out.
In the pool of blood were a few rotten vegetable leaves, fish heads, fish scales, and various tiny internal organs...
Then the fishy smell rushed straight to his head, and Li Yuanzhao couldn't help but cover his mouth and start to dry heave.
Seeing this, Guo Tianyang quickly covered his mouth and nose, then jumped out and pointed at the woman and said angrily: "You bitch! You threw garbage in the street and stained my young master's boots! What crime should you be punished for!"
The surrounding guards immediately became alert and put their hands on their waists.
The woman quickly glanced at Li Yuanzhao and was so surprised to see that he was dressed elegantly and looked like the son of a high-ranking official that she dropped the basin in her hand.
He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it..."
The woman knelt on the ground and trembled non-stop, repeating these two sentences over and over again.
Li Yuanzhao had also gotten used to the fishy smell by now. Although it was a bit disgusting, he could still bear it.
He walked up to the woman and wanted to scold her, but when he saw her begging for mercy and kneeling on the mud, for some reason his anger suddenly disappeared.
Then he asked, "What did you eat?"
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