Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

The current location of Chang'an City is several miles eastward compared to the historical location. This has changed the location of some historical landmarks in the city, and most of the representative buildings that will be familiar to later generations are located in the city. It does not exist, and it is unknown whether it will be built in the future.

Just like the famous Qujiang Pool in later generations, it was supposed to be located in the southeast corner of Chang'an City, but now it is located outside Qixia Gate in the south of the city. It is not in the city, and its scale is far less than that in later generations. It is only in Shaolingyuan. A seasonal channel pond in the north relies on spring and summer precipitation and some intermittent ravines on the plateau to replenish its water source.

Before Chang'an City was moved to the new site of Longshouyuan, Qujiang, located on the edge of Shaolingyuan, was not a very outstanding place. Just like when the current Supreme Being first entered Chang'an in the early years, the reason for Longshou was the lack of water sources and it was also a deserted land.

The desolation of Qujiang is due to frequent waterlogging. Because it is located between the valleys in the north of Shaolingyuan, during the spring and summer rainy seasons, the precipitation on the plateau flows into this depression along the slope valleys. Qujiang itself lacks a Due to the overall planning of water storage and drainage, at this time, it becomes a place where water silts and overflows, making it difficult to cultivate and live. Instead, it becomes a paradise for mosquitoes and flies, which is naturally disliked by people.

When Chang'an New Town was planned, although Qujiang was close to the new town, it was not within the scope of the main urban area, and it was too cumbersome to clean up, so it was not included in the rectification plan. Even because the land was so abandoned, someone once suggested that it be better to fill it in completely, but it was not implemented because the amount of work involved was too great.

When Chang'an City was newly built, although Qujiang was already located in the suburbs, the city was still relatively empty and deserted at that time, so naturally few people paid attention to it. However, as the capital city became more and more prosperous, and even the surrounding suburbs gradually attracted attention, someone suddenly discovered that Qujiang, a place that had been abandoned for many years, had been enclosed and surrounded by large-scale garden villas.

In the past, Qujiang was far away from the city and was in a desolate location, so there was naturally little development value. However, with the relocation of Chang'an City, this place is located just outside the city in the southern suburbs, with an excellent location.

If you can buy a property here, you can not only experience the prosperity of Gyeonggi nearby, but also maintain the tranquility of a suburban home. It can be said to be the best of both worlds. Of course, the premise is that Qujiang must be completely renovated.

But this problem has been around for a long time and is really not easy to solve. Until someone came forward and suggested that a river be dug from Zhongnan Mountain through the Shaoling Plains to the north. Building materials such as bamboo, wood, and stone produced in Zhongnan Mountain could be more easily transported to the south of Beijing for public and private use. At the same time, this river canal flows After passing through Qujiang River, it can be turned eastward and merged into Longshou Canal to solve the spring and summer siltation problem of Qujiang River in the southern suburbs. He also expressed his willingness to take the initiative to undertake the task of dredging and widening the Qujiang canal pool.

During the construction of Chang'an City, public-private joint construction was a very common phenomenon. In order to obtain a favorite residence in the new city, many powerful families in the city asked for instructions and then dispatched domestic slaves when the area of ​​Fangqu had just been demarcated. Entering the city to build mansions, when the city framework was formed, these mansions had also been completed.

After receiving the proposal, Yusi sent officials to conduct an on-site inspection and agreed to the plan. Of course, the person who made the proposal could not just do the work in vain. He hoped to obtain one hundred hectares of land along the Qujiang River after the dredging and widening of the Qujiang canal and pond.

The land area of ​​one hundred hectares is naturally not small, but it is nothing compared to the amount of work required to dredge and widen the Qujiang River. Some powerful families have rural-owned gardens with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of hectares. Although Qujiang Bank is a bit special because it is located in the suburbs of Gyeonggi Province, Chang'an City was still under construction at that time. In order to ensure the progress of the project and reduce the overall labor cost, this kind of cooperation was also based on what everyone needed.

After reaching cooperation with the government, this person immediately went to lobby the big families in Guanzhong, expressing his willingness to use the Kinki garden and villa beauty industry as a gift and use the power of the tribe. After much lobbying, many wealthy families also joined in to dredge the Qujiang River, and then enclose the land around the pond and build large gardens and villas.

This man who walked between public and private affairs and rebuilt Qujiang, which had been abandoned for many years, with some planning and advice, was Wei Ding. Therefore, he has a garden villa covering an area of ​​more than seven or eight hectares on the bank of Qujiang River. He does not have to be like other visitors from Jiangdong who wander around the city like headless flies and have nowhere to stay.

Wang Chong and Wei Ding were not familiar with each other. This time, Wang Chong inquired about his deeds and found out that Wei Ding's situation in Chang'an was much better than he imagined. They were far from being in the same foreign country as he had imagined. A situation where we are down and out and need to support each other.

It turns out that Wei Ding came to Guanzhong a few years ago and served as a guest bachelor in the Family Learning Academy built before the current Supreme Master took office. In total, he can even be called a Conglong Kung Fu scholar, not one of them. The same people who lost their country.

The matter of cleverly purchasing a property in the suburbs of Beijing was one of Wei Ding's many deeds after entering the customs, and there were countless other deeds. However, after Wang Chong entered the capital, he stayed in the Duke of Liang's palace. In the past few days, he visited and socialized with the top dignitaries of Chang'an, so he had little interaction with Wei Ding.

"I have often heard that Wei Ding understands yin and yang and can clearly distinguish between good and good. Now that I know this, what he said is true!"

On the way to visit Wei Ding, Wang Chong couldn't help but sigh again and again. After he entered the capital, everything went wrong, and while he was lonely, he began to admire people who could assess the situation and find their own way early, so as to avoid suffering the unpredictable hardships like him, who were subject to the ups and downs of the general trend.

The Qujiang Villa of Wei Ding's family is only a few miles away from Qixiamen in the south of the city. It can be reached in just over a quarter of an hour on foot. The transportation is very convenient.

The villa covers a vast area, close to Qujiang River. On the other side are terraces and gullies, with peach and willow trees planted everywhere, which is very beautiful. There are also several hectares of mulberry fields, which are really suitable for living and production. It is really a rare and excellent place.

Wang Chong has been feeling quite embarrassed in the city recently. When he came to the outside of Wei Ding's manor, his eyes were shining with envy, and he sighed repeatedly: "If my family can have such a beautiful business, why worry about the southerners coming to the north and losing power and being in trouble? Even if there are hundreds of sons and grandchildren, they can still provide for them!"

He has more than 30 sons under his family. Now, not only do they have nowhere to live, but even if they can successfully settle down in Chang'an, their livelihood in the future will become a problem. So when he saw the property that Wei Ding had bought, he was almost crying with envy. Similar to the situation at Xiao Zhao's house, many old friends from Jiangdong also live in Wei Ding's house, but their status is not as prominent as Wang Chong's. When Wang Chong and his son drove to the gate of the manor, an old friend from Jiangdong recognized them. After chatting with them for a few words, he learned that Wang Chong was visiting Wei Ding, so he hurriedly informed him.

It's a pity that Wei Ding is not at home at the moment. He is the Grand Historian in the court. Although his position is not very important, he has to sit in the court until the evening every day before returning home. However, when the distinguished guests come to the door, there are servants who rush into the city to inform the master, and Wang's father and son are temporarily arranged in the guest hall.

The manor of Wei Ding's family covers an area of ​​several hectares, so the buildings naturally do not need to be as compact as those in the city. There are halls and pavilions in the manor. You can climb high and look far, and you can also watch fish from the pavilion. There are scenery everywhere, which is beautiful. Wang Chong and his son strolled in the manor, and the envy in their eyes became more and more uncontrollable. Compared with this garden, the Liangguo Mansion where they stayed recently also became eclipsed.

Another thing that surprised Wang Chong was that Wei Ding had a wide circle of friends. After strolling in the garden for a while, he had already seen many old acquaintances from Jiangdong. These people were staying at Wei Ding's house. When they learned that Wang Chong was coming, they rushed to meet him and talked about their experiences in the capital.

In addition to the Jiangdong people of the time, there were also many local people from Guanzhong who either visited him or asked their servants to send visiting cards to arrange a visit. Wang Chong saw more than a dozen people when he entered the manor alone. For example, Wei Xiaokuan, the brother of Duke of Jing, who was also from the Jingzhao Wei family but had always lived in Guanzhong, asked his servant to send a letter to arrange a trip to Zhongnan Mountain with Wei Ding on his day off.

"I heard that Marquis Wei has a son who is not yet an adult and is still studying at the Imperial College. You can ask his son later if he has a marriage contract. If not, you can marry your daughter of the right age to him. It would be a good match!"

After sitting in Wei Ding's manor for a while, many ideas came to his mind and he whispered to his son.

He wanted to get closer to Wei Ding, and marriage was naturally the most common way for their clans. Although in Jiangdong, their Langya Wang family was a first-class clan, they didn't think much of Jingxiang tyrants like Jingzhao Wei family.

But the current situation is different. Since Wang Chong brought his family to Chang'an in the north, he was naturally willing to adapt to the situation and hope to integrate into the mainstream of the world. Although he had visited and socialized with those top dignitaries in Beijing before, he had little effect. Now that he saw Wei Ding was as calm as a fish in water in Guanzhong, he naturally thought about marriage.

The distance from the south of the city to the imperial city is not close, and Chang'an City is also prohibited from riding horses, so it took Wei Ding nearly two hours to return home. This is also one of the few shortcomings of this manor. After all, it is not as convenient as living in those noble houses in the city to travel to the imperial city. But for most people, this problem is not a problem. After all, the imperial city is not a tourist attraction that allows people to enter and exit freely.

After Wei Ding returned home, Wang Chong first exchanged greetings with him, and then explained his purpose. Although he envied this villa by the Qujiang River, he also knew that he would not be able to get it without special opportunities, so he could only settle for buying a relatively spacious house in the city.

However, Wei Ding couldn't help but look embarrassed after hearing this, and said with a wry smile: "It's really unfortunate that Wang Gong asked this. The reason why I bought that house a few days ago is because my brother will arrive in Chang'an soon, and my family needs a house to settle down."

After hearing this, Wang Chong couldn't help but look disappointed. No matter how face he has, people bought the house for his brother, and it is impossible for them to sell it to him.

But soon Wei Ding said, "If you just want to buy a house and don't care about the location, I still have a house in Yonglefang in the city. I will take you there to see it tomorrow. If you like it, I can transfer it to you."

"That's fine, that's fine. No, that's really great!"

The location of Yonglefang is much better than that of Ququ in the south of the city. Although it's unclear why Wei Ding doesn't live there, Wang Chong was overjoyed and nodded in response after hearing this.

Just when they had decided on this, seeing that it was getting late, Wang Chong and his son wanted to get up and say goodbye. Suddenly, the doorman came to report that there was a visitor, Yao Cha, the son of Yao Sengyuan. After hearing this, Wang Chong swallowed the words of farewell that he was about to say, and went out with Wei Ding and the guests to greet Yao Cha.

Yao Cha had been well-known for his talent and was highly respected by the people of the time when he was in Jiangdong. Now he is the Secretary General of the Tang Dynasty court. But today he asked the people in the manor to come out to greet him, and even Wang Chong stayed to get to know him, because he was a relative of the emperor. His sister Yao was a concubine in the harem.

"Just now, I wanted to invite Wei Hou to come home as a guest, but I found out that Wei Hou had already returned home. I hurried here, but fortunately I arrived before curfew. But I will disturb the manor tonight, please don't be annoying!"

Yao Cha first said this to Wei Ding with a smile, and then greeted Wang Chong and others one by one. When he explained his purpose, everyone present showed envy: "The imperial concubine gave birth to a new prince a few days ago, and will come to celebrate the 100th day tomorrow. My uncle needs to write a blessing speech to pray for blessings and exorcise evil spirits. My father asked me to ask Wei Hou, and I hope Wei Hou can write it for me."