The capital of the Song Dynasty, Lin'an.

Zahar walked on the noisy streets, watching the people's livelihood of the State of Song. He was on a mission to Shandong earlier, and after the war broke out, he withdrew back to Liaoyang. When Yidu City was burned and the overall situation of the war in Shandong was settled, he immediately received an order from the Privy Council to go to Song.

When he was still in Goryeo, he had heard of the wealth of Song State. So he was secretly happy about the errands he went to Song State in person.

As expected, the prosperity of Lin'an City did make him feel like he was eye-opening. He originally thought that the largest city was Shangjing, but compared with Lin'an, Shangjing could only be considered ordinary.

Due to Song Ting's intentional delay, he had been shopping in Lin'an City in the past few days. Anyway, as his envoy, the Song Ting government did not dare to make things difficult for him.

The entire Lin'an City is the layout of Nangongbei City. The palace city is built against Phoenix Mountain, and the west is surrounded by the pleasant West Lake. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, which shows the royal enjoyment. The imperial city of Shangjing is built on a flat ground, and the scenery is not as beautiful as the Song court.

On the north and east of Lin'an, the terrain is relatively gentle, which makes the city appear narrow, long and irregular rectangles from north to south. The city in Shangjing is relatively regular in shape, and for this purpose, a circular road surrounding the city was also built.

An imperial street extending from the north gate of Lin'an Palace runs through the entire city. According to the custom of Eastern Mongolia, this should be the main commercial street of Lin'an City. Various yamen are located on the south side of the imperial street, including the inn where he lives, and is also on the south side.

The middle section of Yujie, which connects the north and south, is convenient for geographical advantages, has become the most prosperous area in the entire city. The brothel dance halls that gather many literati and poets extend out along the middle section. The Song people like to call these places of interest "wazi".

The most prosperous area in Shangjing is not a place where brothels and dance halls gather, but a place where there are theaters, teahouses, ready-to-wear shops, snack streets, parks and other concentrated places. Although there are brothels, there are not many, and they are strictly restricted by the government. Every female branch who does a flesh-and-skin business in brothels needs to go through the registration procedures at the government and go to the Imperial Hospital for physical examinations regularly. The government will also come to the door to check in from time to time. If a female branch who is sick and is still receiving customers, the entire brothel will face a huge fine.

In addition, if you find that you are forcing a good man to become a prostitute, all those who are related will be subject to exile. Although in the eyes of the Song people, Eastern Mongolia is a wilderness. But in Zahar's view, the wilderness of the Longjiang and Binjiang provinces are called a real wilderness.

Nowadays, except for the refugees who moved from the government and the people who were exiled by crimes, no one else is willing to move to Longjiang and Binhai provinces.

Zahar kept comparing the situation of Song State with Eastern Mongolia in his heart. Lin'an was more prosperous than Shangjing. Although they all had no restrictions on the city and the wing, Shangjing had more rules than Lin'an. Pedestrians walked on both sides, in the middle of the carriage, and in the street market, if there was congestion, the guards of the Public Security Army would soon come to relieve themselves.

In Lin'an City, you can rarely see patrol officials, and the official roads in the city are not as wide as those in Shangjing. People and carriages are mixed together during the period, and there will be collisions and congestion. Not only do people not walk fast, but carriages are also difficult to perform at normal speed.

There are also horses with no tails tied to horseloof, which makes the horse's feces go all the way, and the fresh horse feces fill the streets, making Zahar, who is used to the clean and tidy city of Beijing, instinctively repel some.

In addition, sewage is directly poured on the street in the houses on both sides of the street. It is summer again, and sewage is easy to smell. I don’t know if the sewage is silted in the streets all year round, causing the soil to turn black and brown. Some sunken places have become small puddles. Flies circling around the sewage, and a carriage passes by, and fresh horse manure falls on the edge of the puddle, becoming a feast for the flies.

If you hadn't seen the drainage ditches built in Shangjing City, Zahar would have thought that all cities should be filled with sewage. So no matter how prosperous Lin'an City is, Zahar thought that Shangjing City after the renovation of Eastern Mongolia was the best city.

While he was wandering, the guards who were staying in the inn came to look for him and said, "Na Yan, Na Yan, news came to Beijing. The Khan Court allowed us to establish the country on our own. The king had issued an order to make the country called Ming, and the founding ceremony was held on the first day of October."

"Really?" After getting repeated confirmation from the guards, Zahar laughed loudly: "Very good! Very good!"

Because Zahar was also wearing a regular suit from Eastern Mongolia, he was obviously out of place with the Song people around him. Therefore, he looked at the pedestrians who were paying attention to him for a few more glances, and was a little vigilant to distance himself from them.

Later, Shi Miyuan, the Minister of the Shifu, was listening to the detailed report of the Eastern Mongolian envoys. When he learned that the other party was wandering on the street, he laughed and left in the street, he was immediately puzzled.

The confidant on the side immediately pleased him, "Can this envoy from Eastern Mongolia be a madman?"

"Even if he is a madman, he is an envoy of Eastern Mongolia. We should respect him well." Shi Miyuan said.

Compared with Han Zhou, his political philosophy was to surrender Jin to the outside world and suppress dissidents at home. He had no idea of ​​stopping the issue of sending envoys to trade in Eastern Mongolia. However, the ministers in the court, led by Prince Zhao Rong, were dissatisfied with the illegal invasion of Shandong. In addition, they were interested in opposing Shi Miyuan, who was the sect, so they attached conditions to trade in.

That is, Eastern Mongolia must withdraw from Haizhou and cannot continue to go south. Having a Haizhou as a buffer is also beneficial to the Song Dynasty. Shi Miyuan also felt that the Mongols' behavior was too barbaric, so he let Zhao Rong and others deliberately stop it.

"Actually, barbarians come to the court just to trade. Our Song State has abundant resources, so there is no need to worry about it. Moreover, Shandong has been lost for a hundred years, and the rioters led by Li Quan just pretend to surrender to the court, but in fact they rely on Shandong to establish themselves. Now that the rioters of Li Quan are destroyed, they have nothing to do with our Song State. However, the Mongols are now occupying Shandong. If they annoy them, they may go south and invade them." Confidant Xuan Hun carefully looked at Shi Miyuan's face and said in a leisurely manner.

"The Jin people were forced to move south to move the capital because the Mongols lost in Hebei, which proved that the Mongols were so powerful. If they refused to negotiate business and peace, they would be angry that they would cross the river to steal it." Xue Ji, the Minister of Personnel, also expressed his support.

It was at this time that a servant came to report that Haizhou had been lost and the Mongolians had already fought. Not only that, they also crossed the river and seized Chuzhou.
Chapter completed!