Ang Lee took a few steps back and did not enter the room, but he had already seen the situation in the room. The general feeling was okay. The smell was a little strong, but as long as it was ventilated a little, it could still be lived in. Especially for rough people like the guards, it was nothing at all.
"Sir, this room has been empty for a long time. The downstairs happens to be a woodshed, so the smell is naturally stronger. However, as long as the doors and windows are opened for a while, the smell will not be so strong.
The waiter said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Okay! Here it is. I want all three rooms. Open all the doors and windows, open all of them. "
Just glancing at it, Ang Lee decided to rent it because this location was too good. It was the best place for monitoring the two young ladies. Moreover, this location was in the innermost part of the whole hotel, and there was a certain distance from the rest of the rooms. Downstairs was a woodshed that few people passed by. This way, he could avoid disturbing others when monitoring, which would cause unnecessary trouble.
"Oh, okay. Sir, please wait a moment. It will be ready soon."
The waiter responded happily and ran to open all the doors and windows of the three rooms. Finally, he handed the keys to the three rooms to Ang Lee.
Ang Lee was not in a hurry to enter the room, so he waited outside. It would not be too late to go in and take a closer look after the smell faded a little. He also asked the guards to go back and summon more people, and they must be dressed casually to avoid being exposed. That would be troublesome.
After waiting for about 15 minutes, the smell in the room was not so bad. Ang Lee walked into one of the rooms and went straight to the window at the back.
Standing by the window, he could clearly see the position of another street, but the position was still a little too low. He could only see part of the street. He needed to climb up from the window to the roof, and then see more of the situation.
Ang Lee looked carefully. This position was very hidden. He could quietly climb up from the window to the roof without being discovered. As long as he did not make any noise, there would be no problem.
"Bring the stool here. I will go up and take a look."
Ang Lee stood at the window and said to Li Hanlu.
"Okay, I want to go up too."
Li Hanlu brought the stool and stood on it first. She was going to climb up to the roof and then pull Ang Lee up.
"Madam, let me go first!"
Ang Lee said.
"Why? Don't you believe me? I will go first."
Li Hanlu smiled slightly and climbed up quickly.
"Well, give me your hand."
Li An understood. He took Li Hanlu's hand and went up. The slope of the roof wasn't very high. It wasn't dangerous to stand on it. However, the tiles under their feet didn't seem to be very strong. They had to step on them gently. If they used too much strength, it was easy to break the tiles. In this case, it was more troublesome. It wouldn't be good if the house leaked.
.. "Come, sit down."
Ang Lee sat gently on the roof and looked at the street next door. At such a distance, Ang Lee could almost see half of the street. As long as the people on the street looked here, they could also see Ang Lee and Li Hanlu. But under normal circumstances, the passersby were very busy. How could they have time to look here? At least, none of the people that Ang Lee saw looked at the roof.
"Husband, we can see the people on the street when we sit here, but the people on the street can also see us. Although no one seems to be looking at us now, they will eventually discover us. Occasionally there are people on the roof, but if there are people on the roof all the time, wouldn't it be suspicious?"
Li Hanlu said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Madam is right, but if they can't see us, this problem will be solved perfectly. At such a distance, we can use binoculars to see the faces of everyone on the street, but the people on the street can only see the people on the roof. They can't see very clearly. At the same time, if we make some camouflage, then they can't see anything. Even if they see us, they won't pay attention. They may think that the roof looks like this."
"Oh, husband, are you talking about the invisibility cloak? What does it look like? I haven't seen it yet. "
Li Hanlu asked curiously.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "It's just some rags. There's nothing to see. However, the rags have to be made the same as the tiles. In this way, when people sit on the tiles, they will be integrated with the tiles. They can't be seen from a distance at all. In this way, invisibility can be achieved."
"Oh, that's it! Do I need to wrap my face with rags too? "
Li Hanlu continued to ask.
Ang Lee nodded. This was natural. The face was the most important. However, instead of wrapping rags, they should apply paint to the face. The paint should be the same color as the tiles. In this way, the face couldn't be seen from a distance.
"Are the paint and invisibility cloak ready-made, or do we need to make them now?"
Li Hanlu asked.
Ang Lee replied with a smile, "In order to achieve the best effect, it's naturally best to make them now. However, this will be a waste of time. It's better to use the clothes we brought. Then, we can see if the color can be disguised. Buy some cloth with the same color as the tiles and patch it on. It can be done in a few hours."
Li Hanlu nodded as if she understood. Then, she looked at Li An and said, "It's easy to monitor during the day, but once it gets dark, we won't be able to see the street clearly. So, how do we monitor it?"
"This is a problem. However, even at night, with binoculars, you can still see clearly. Perhaps you just can't see a person's face clearly. Whether you can see a person's face clearly or not, you'll know after trying. There's no better way now, right?"
Ang Lee said helplessly. In order not to alert the enemy, Ang Lee could only use the strategy of secretly monitoring. Since it was secretly monitoring, he felt that he couldn't give himself away. If he was discovered, all his efforts would be in vain.
After a while, more than a dozen soldiers in civilian clothes arrived at the inn. They stayed in three rooms to completely fill up these rooms. It seemed that they were indeed living in a normal place and not rented for other purposes.
Ang Lee took out a tile and said, "Go to the shops in the territory to buy suitable cloth according to the color of the tile. Then, make a few sets of camouflage clothes. After that, you can go to the roof to monitor. Remember, you must be careful and don't let anyone discover you."
"Assistant Minister Li, don't worry. We will be careful."
A few of the guards said.
After instructing the guards, Ang Lee and Li Hanlu left. Before leaving, Li Hanlu looked at the camouflage clothes and felt that it was quite interesting.
There weren't many interesting things to find while strolling around the city. Summer State City was still too small and there were only a few streets. Compared to the capital, it was too far away. Ang Lee felt that it was more interesting to go outside the city to look at the scenery.
They had already visited Helian Bobo's tomb and the old city of Shiben of the Great Han Dynasty. There weren't any good places of interest near Summer State City. If they wanted to visit the places of interest, they would have to travel more than ten miles to see something meaningful.
For example, Changze County, 120 miles to the southwest, had the old city of Chanxi, Baijing Garrison, and Huluo Salt Pond. Dejing County, 80 miles to the northeast, had the ruins of the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty. Ningshuo County, 120 miles to the southeast, had the ruins of Helan Mountain and the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty.
The distance between these three counties and the capital of Summer State City was about a hundred miles. This was not a very close distance. Furthermore, the scenic spots in each county were not on the edge of the county. Some of them had to travel dozens of miles to reach them. The distance was so far that Li An was unsure if he should go or not.
However, since he was already here, he felt that it would be a waste if he didn't take a look. He had to at least visit the places of interest in the three counties.
Dejing County was the closest to Summer State City, only 80 miles away. The famous attraction of Dejing County, the ruins of the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, was two miles to the west of the county. It could be said that it was very close to the city. Therefore, Ang Lee decided to go to the ruins of the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty to take a look. He wanted to see what the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty looked like now.
In addition, after seeing the ruins of the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, Ang Lee didn't plan to return directly. Instead, he chose to go to Old White City, north of Qiwu Mountain. That city used to be called Qiwu City, but it was later changed to Old White City. It was also an old city ruins with a strong sense of history.
However, before leaving, Ang Lee wanted to take a good look at Summer State City because this city, which looked a little dilapidated, was once the famous Tong Wan City of Huxia. It was a grand city built by Helian Bobo with 100,000 people.
However, with the changes of time, even the rock-solid Tong Wan City couldn't withstand the wind and sun for a long time. The city was no longer as strong and grand as it was when it was built. After part of the city wall collapsed, the standard of repair was much worse than when it was built. Therefore, the current Summer State City was too weak and couldn't be compared to the Tong Wan City when it was first built. After all, the later rulers couldn't spend too much manpower and energy to maintain a city that wasn't the capital city.
The name of this city had been changed many times. When it was first built, Helian Bobo had the ambition to unify the world and rule over all countries. Therefore, it was named Tong Wan City. Later, when the Huxia Empire was destroyed, Northern Wei naturally couldn't bear to tear down such a good city. However, they had to change the name, so it was called Tong Wan Town. However, later on, they felt that it was still inappropriate. How could they use a name that was given by someone else? Therefore, they changed it to Summer State. After all, this used to be the territory of the Huxia Empire. Changing the name to Summer State was the most appropriate. This would appease the local people and nobles and make them submit to Northern Wei.
During the Sui Dynasty, the name of Summer State was changed to Shuofang Prefecture. During the Tang Dynasty, it was changed back to Summer State, which had been used until now.
However, according to historical records, during the Great Song Dynasty, because the rebellious West Xia often used Summer State City as a base to harass the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty was furious and ordered to completely destroy Tong Wan City and evacuate all the residents in the city.
When the Huxia Empire built Tong Wan City, the surrounding scenery of Tong Wan City was very beautiful. It could be described as abundant water and grass. However, due to the changes in the environment, Tong Wan City gradually turned into a desert, which made people sigh.
In the era of the Tang Dynasty, the environment here was still okay, but the surrounding scenery had become not so good. At least, the desert had begun to spread to the side of the city. The original beautiful scenery had seriously changed. If Helian Bobo was still alive, he would also sigh.
This kind of environmental change was not changed by the will of people. It was a huge role of nature. At the same time, it was also inseparable from human actions. After all, if it were not for the large-scale deforestation and large-scale war, the local vegetation would not have been destroyed on a large scale. The desertification would not have changed so quickly, and the environment of Summer State City would not have deteriorated so quickly.
Fortunately, the Wuding River had not been cut off yet. Otherwise, Summer State City would be completely finished, and this place would be completely turned into a desert.
There was nothing to see in the streets of the city. It was not very big compared to other cities. The tall and majestic palace had long been abandoned. This was not the capital, so naturally, the existence of the palace could not be allowed. The only valuable thing was the tall city wall with strong defensive power. Naturally, no one was willing to tear it down.
Ang Lee and Li Hanlu were going to visit the city wall of Summer State City. They had been here for so long. Except for a glance when they entered the city, they really did not look at it carefully.
Later generations said that the city wall of Tong Wan City was very hard, so hard that it could be used as a whetstone. Although it sounded a bit exaggerated, it also reflected that Tong Wan City was indeed very strong, much stronger than ordinary city walls.
However, this strong city wall was made of loess after all. After years of sun and rain, no matter how strong the soil was, it would not be able to withstand the test of sun and rain. The degree of firmness would be greatly reduced. Even if it was a hard stone, it would be difficult to withstand the test of sun and rain.
In addition, almost all the cities in the TV series of later generations were made of stone and bricks, but this was obviously not in line with the reality. In ancient times, most of the city walls were made of loess, especially in the loess plateau area. After all, the demand for building materials for city walls was too high. If they were all built with stone, the amount of stone needed would be too large, and the construction cost would be too high. If there were stone mountains nearby, it did not matter. But if there were no stone mountains nearby, the cost would be greatly increased. Even a powerful empire could not afford it.
In order to save costs and to shorten the construction period, it was necessary to use local materials to build the city wall. This was the only feasible way, and it was also the most convenient and cheapest way.
However, in order to make the city look more powerful and domineering, some rulers would choose to build a thin layer of stone walls on the outside of the city wall. It was also possible to use bricks. In this way, the entire city wall looked more powerful and would give people a feeling of indestructibility.
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