Zhu Feng said: "I remember that there is something to do, you guys go."

Nan Yan knew that he must have arranged what to do next, so he didn't say much and took the child out.

Although Handongwei is located in the remote northwest and is also the imperial garrison site, it should be desolate here. In fact, in the past few years, it was indeed desolate. There were only some people accompanying the army on the street to exchange their eggs and grain for money, and there were almost no other shops.

But this time, the situation is very different.

The street that Nanyan had visited before was quite popular is now very lively. Not only can you see some people coming and going, but you can even see many blond Western merchants walking around the streets and selling. There are also many simple shops on the street, and the goods from south to north are even more dazzling.

Ruoshui said in surprise: "It's so lively here."

Delu said on the side: "It's far worse than our capital."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "What do you know? How far is this place from the capital? How can it be compared with the capital?"

Ruoshui also said, "Yes, you don't know. When I came here with the Empress a few years ago, there were only a few people on the street, and the things I sold were only some eggs, rice and flour. I didn't expect that it was so lively here now."

Delu looked around in surprise.

Zhu Chengjun ran around like a wild horse with reins at this time. Fortunately, Wen Bieyu kept following him. He ran around for a while and then ran back to Nanyan: "Mom, there are many things here that I have never seen before."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "How old are you? Just talk about anything you have seen?"

Zhu Chengjun pouted and asked again: "Mom, before coming here, didn't you say that this place is deserted and there are no people, why is it so lively?"

Ruoshui also said, "Yes, it's all different in just a few years."

Nan Yan led them forward for a while and saw a big locust tree in front of him. Someone set up a tea stall under the tree. Ruoshui looked familiar and said, "Hey? Isn't this the tea stall where the Empress had drunk tea here back then?"

When Nanyan saw it, it was true.

When she came to Handongwei with Zhu Feng, she once took Ruoshui out for a walk and sat in a tea stall to drink tea. She still vaguely remembered that the stall owner was a middle-aged man in his fifties. Now, when she saw that the man's hair was white, he sat under the tree and rested on the cold, telling stories and jokes to the young man sitting at the tea stall. The young man who was busy at the tea stall was probably his son.

Nan Yan took Ruoshui and the others over and ordered a few bowls of tea, sat down to have a drink of tea.

By the way, I also listened to the old stall owner telling stories to the tea drinkers.

After the session, when everyone was joking, the old stall owner came over to refill the water by himself, looked at Nanyan, and couldn't help but say, "Madam, look good."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "I came here to drink tea a few years ago. Old man, you have such a good eye."

The old stall owner smiled and said, "It's rare for a lady to be so decent. Of course I remember that after so many years, my wife still has the same style. Xiao Si, come and give her a plate of snacks to her, which is what we want."

This man is indeed good at doing business, so Nan Yan started talking with him with a smile.

While chatting, the sound of horse hooves and the sound of grunting wheels running over the ground came from the road next to it. When he turned around, he saw another team of water transport vehicles and horses passing by the road. Nan Yan smiled and said, "Ben--I remember that when I was drinking tea here a few years ago, I seemed to see these water transport vehicles and horses. Why has it been so many years since Handongwei turned upside down, and this has not changed at all."

The old stall owner smiled and said, "Handongwei turned upside down. That's a human being. Isn't it the easiest thing in the world to become a human being?"

Nan Yan smiled and said, "That's right."

The old stall owner smiled and said, "To be honest, our emperor is wise. If the emperor had not sent people to the Western Regions, how could the merchants in the Western Regions dare to go to our Yan Kingdom? It is because there are too many merchants coming and going, and some of them have just started business here, so that this situation has come here."

A guest drinking tea sitting on a low table next to him interjected: "I love hearing this. You must know that I have been here a few years ago, even if you eat an egg, you have to make plans for a long time. Now you don't need it. Not to mention eggs, you have to buy braised eggs. It's a little expensive, but it's so comfortable to eat!"

Someone next to him laughed at him: "Old Li, you like eating braised eggs so much. When your wife gives birth, would you name your son a braised egg?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Listening to their idle talk, Nan Yan was so happy.

At this time, someone around her gently pulled her sleeve, looked down and saw that it was Zhu Chengjun, and said softly: "Father is so amazing!"

Nan Yan smiled, then reached out and twisted his face, and said softly: "Don't call him Father when you come out."

Zhu Chengjun immediately said: "Son understand!"

The old stall owner talked to someone for a while and came back to Nanyan and said, "Mrs. said that the water transport has not changed at all, and it is not entirely true. They are now more laborious than in previous years."

“How to say it?”

"Mrs. Don't know about the diverting of the Jiehe River?"

"Oh, I've heard of this."

The old stall owner sighed and said, "Just because the Jiehe River is changing its course, they are going to get water now, so they have to run much further than before, and the water in the city is also tightly used."

After hearing this, Nan Yan couldn't help frowning and said, "To put it this way, it was because the Handong Wei chose the wrong position back then."

The old stall owner looked at her.

Nanyandao: "If Handongwei had chosen an upstream or a little closer to the boundary river, would it be better soon?"

The old stall owner smiled and shook his head: "Madam, this is not working."

Nanyan Road: "Why doesn't it work?"

The old stall owner smiled and said, "Madam's words not only don't work, but may cause a big disaster."

Nan Yan raised his eyebrows slightly: "What do you say about this old man?"

The old stall owner said, "We Handongwei cultivated here, not a random place, but there was a deserted city called Camel City. The people of the court built Handongwei on the ruins of the old city. But the old people said that Camel City was not originally in this place, but in the upper reaches, just next to the Border River. But in other words, it was all a hundred years ago."

Nanyan said: "There is such a city? Why did Ben--why have I never seen it here?"

The old stall owner said, "Of course I haven't seen it before. I have never seen it in this generation. I have only heard that the city was washed away by the boundary river a hundred years ago, and the entire city was transformed into water."
Chapter completed!