Guanyun City.
After attending the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at Liuyuntai yesterday, Sima Tao and others spent most of the night drinking at Liuyun Tower.
This morning he slept until noon before getting up. After washing up, he had a quick breakfast and went out to Chunyun Teahouse.
Last night he got a piece of news from his sister Sima Che - the ladies in the palace were going out in the next two days, and the place they were going to was the former Wofeng City, now Chang'an.
Because Fu Xiaoguan has not yet determined the time for moving the capital, this matter has not been spread yet.
After hearing the news, Sima Tao thought a lot - there might be a deep meaning behind the ladies in the palace going to Chang'an City!
He had been to Wofeng Road before, when Your Majesty was serving as the governor of Wofeng Road.
Later, Your Majesty unified the five kingdoms and established the capital in Guanyun City, but transferred Qin Mowen to the northwest of the capital and Dong Xiujin to the southwest of the capital.
His Majesty gave Qin Mowen an order to rebuild Wofeng City and rename it Chang'an.
After so many years of construction, the scale of Chang'an City is more than ten times larger than the former Wofeng City... That place originally had a population of only 200,000 to 300,000, and even now it is only one million, but the design scale of Chang'an City is a huge city that can accommodate tens of millions of people!
The first thought that came to his mind was, could it be that His Majesty wanted to move the capital?
I heard that a huge palace was built in the center of Chang'an City, said to be the emperor's palace, but that palace is really bigger than the palace in Guanyun City!
Guanyun City is becoming more and more prosperous, and it is also becoming more and more crowded.
However, Guanyun City has not been expanded, so Sima Tao is now almost certain that His Majesty will make big moves in Chang'an City.
Although His Majesty has led his troops to the Northern Expedition, the ladies are going to Chang'an. There must be a deeper meaning behind this.
So when the banquet ended last night, he invited Zhong Jitang and Yu Xingjian to meet at Chunyun Teahouse tonight.
He went up to the second floor of Chunyun Teahouse and met Zhong Jitang and five others in a private room.
"Sorry, sorry, I really drank too much last night. Hey, Wang Chaofeng and his wife didn't come?"
"You've really had too much to drink. Wang Chaofeng and Zhang Qiyue left Guanyun City early this morning and headed for Loulan. Didn't they talk about that last night? They said they wanted to open a shop in Loulan as a transit point for sending silk and tea further north."
Sima Tao slapped his forehead and sat down next to Yu Xingjian. "Look at my memory. I really forgot."
"Well, I'm here with you all today because I have something important to discuss with you!"
When it came to business, these rich and second-generation people immediately became serious. After all, Sima Tao's sister was Concubine Che in the palace, and her news must be important. "Brother Sima, please speak!"
"Wofeng City, do you remember it?"
Zhong Jitang immediately laughed, "Of course you don't remember. We did business in Wofeng City back then, but it's been renamed Chang'an. We both have shops there. What's wrong?"
"You're right! I now feel that our respective families seem to have turned their attention to foreign countries. It's true that we all have shops in Chang'an, but there are only a few of them!"
"I think we've all overlooked Chang'an!"
Sima Tao took a sip of tea, leaned forward, and whispered, "I think... His Majesty is very likely to move the capital to Chang'an!"
These words scared the group of people - moving the capital?
Is it so easy to move to this country?
It is not only a symbol of a country, it is also the economic, political and cultural center of a country!
How many people are there in the Guanyun City Central Court?
There must be at least a thousand or eight hundred!
These people have all bought houses and settled down in Guanyun City. If their families are included, there are about 8,000 people. Of course, this number is insignificant to the entire population of Guanyun City, but to have so many people suddenly move to another place to live...
That place is still thousands of miles away!
Who can stand this?
What's more, everyone has lived in Guanyun City for so many years, and some have even lived here for several generations. They are reluctant to leave their hometown, so how could they easily run to Chang'an City?
Besides, Guanyun City is so good. The Yangtze River route goes directly to Jinling, and the land transportation is well-connected. It only takes a few days to go to Janggeum City or Tailin City.
What about Chang'an?
Unless the Grand Canal is built from north to south, the closest place to it is only the Chi Lechuan Autonomous Region.
Whether in terms of transportation or heritage, Chang'an is not qualified to be the capital.
So after thinking about it, Zhong Jitang and the others shook their heads and said, "That's impossible!"
Lu Xihui even gave a detailed analysis:
"Brother Sima, look, Daxia was founded on the foundation of the Wu Dynasty after all, so Guanyun City has extremely important symbolic significance."
"Although this place is a bit high, doesn't it represent the supremacy of imperial power?"
"The only problem with Guanyun City right now is that it's a little small. But Your Majesty has brought back so much gold, and the Liluo Plateau outside the city offers vast land for expansion."
"Looking at Chang'an City, I heard that Your Majesty intended to use it as a key hub on the Silk Road. It was indeed built to be huge, but transportation was limited...land transportation is always not as fast as shipping. So I think Chang'an City is a commemoration of Your Majesty's administration of Wofeng Road."
The others all agreed, but Sima Tao still insisted on his opinion:
"What if the Grand Canal is connected from north to south?"
"Think about it, Daxia is already laying railroad tracks... Daxia Weekly once published an article saying that the National Academy of Sciences has developed a train in Siyang County that can travel 800 miles a day!"
"If the North-South Grand Canal is connected, and if the railway is laid throughout Daxia, will there still be transportation problems?"
"Trains don't need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, or rest like horses do. I heard they can run for twelve hours. Does that mean that distances that were once far away are now just a short distance?"
"Also... the ladies are leaving for Chang'an tomorrow. Think about it, that place isn't a tourist destination. What are they going to do in Chang'an?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the group of people were speechless.
Yes, if the transportation problem is solved, it will no longer be a problem where the capital of Daxia is located.
But...is it necessary for Daxia to move its capital?
Why did the ladies go to Chang'an?
"There's nothing else to do. In that case, let's go to Chang'an and take a closer look!" Lu Xihui said this, and everyone nodded.
"If we really want to move the capital to Chang'an, then Chang'an will be the future economic center of Daxia... Then investment in Chang'an will be the future focus of our family!"
"Okay, it's settled. Let's go back and pack up. Tomorrow, we'll set off for Chang'an!"
The next day, the nine concubines from the palace set off from Guanyun City in a mighty procession on their journey to Chang'an.
Sima Tao and his party also set off for Chang'an.
No one has yet realized the great changes that are about to take place in Daxia. Guanyun City remains the same as before, but Qin Mowen in Chang'an City is walking on the streets of Chang'an with a few followers.
He knew that this place would soon become the center of Daxia.
But Your Majesty has gone to the Northern Expedition, so where is he now?
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