Ang Lee led the group to the Shaoling Plains so that they could enjoy the scenery there. However, these naughty children were all thinking about the chicken soup. After playing for a while, they clamored to go to Mount Li to catch pheasants. As for Shenghe Plains, they unanimously expressed that they did not want to go there.
The scenery in the Shaoling Plains was not bad at all. The scenery in the neighboring Shenghe Plains was even better. However, due to the increasing number of permanent residents and the urgent need for all kinds of wild game in the Capital, the wild animals in the Shaoling Plains and Shenghe Plains were facing extinction. It was getting harder and harder to catch pheasants here. Many people even thought that the pheasants in the Shaoling Plains had already gone extinct.
However, Mount Li, which was further away, was different. After all, it was a huge mountain and the terrain was relatively undulating. There were many nooks and crannies that were difficult to be discovered by humans. These hidden places became the last habitat for various wild animals. At the very least, they could prevent themselves from going extinct under the hunting of humans.
However, no matter how complicated the topography of Mount Li was, as long as human activities continued to increase and the imperial court did not have the corresponding protective measures, the extinction of the wild animals in Mount Li was only a matter of time.
"Sigh, what a bunch of greedy little kittens. I originally planned to bring them out to see the plants, but look at these children, they are all thinking about the chicken soup."
Ang Lee said helplessly and gently threw the inula in his hand on the ground.
These children could not be blamed. They were young and did not have much interest in many inconspicuous plants. Moreover, Ang Lee's explanation was boring, so they were even more unwilling to listen. Li Shi and Tang Er said that the chicken soup tasted so good, so they naturally wanted to try it for themselves. In fact, they wanted to try it immediately. Under the influence of such eagerness, they did not have much interest in the flowers and plants. Moreover, these children were not stupid. They still felt that the environment in Mount Li was better. They even wanted to dig up the angelica and stew the pheasant together.
"In the end, they're all children. Once they hear that there's good food, they forget everything else. They've forgotten the original purpose of this trip. Assistant Minister Li, what do you think we should do? Should we immediately leave for Mount Li, or continue to look at the flowers and plants here?"
Li Yu asked.
Ang Lee looked at the time and said, "Fine, since these children are making a fuss about going to Mount Li, then let's set off! If they could really catch a pheasant, there would be a lot of pheasant soup to drink. The Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon had probably never tasted pheasant soup before! Haha! "
Although the distance between Mount Li and Shaoling Plains was quite far, the road network near the capital was now in place, and the speed of the vehicles had increased again and again. Thus, it would not take too much time to reach Mount Li from the land under their feet.
"Catch pheasants, catch pheasants, catch pheasants …"
After getting in the car, the imperial grandsons had not been quiet. They had been talking about how to catch pheasants. It seemed that their main mission this time was to catch pheasants. As for learning about plants, they had long forgotten about it.
The speed of the vehicles was very fast. They reached the foot of Mount Li before noon. As the imperial family's Pure Flowers Palace was near Mount Li, there was a certain degree of control over the vehicles entering Mount Li's vicinity. Not just anyone could casually drive into the depths of Mount Li for sightseeing.
Of course, the group led by Ang Lee was rather special. Naturally, they had the privilege of entering the depths of Mount Li. Thus, they did not need to painstakingly climb up step by step from the foot of the mountain. They only needed to get in the car. Moreover, as many places had been repaired, they could get in the car at any time. When they needed to stop the car, they could get out to enjoy the scenery. This greatly reduced their time.
"A big mountain, what a big mountain!"
Among all the imperial grandsons, some of them had never had the chance to leave the palace ever since they were born. All they could see were the fake mountains and topography of the palace. When they saw the huge mountain for the first time, they were naturally rather excited.
"The scenery of Mount Li is getting better and better. Ever since this hard road was built, it has been much more convenient to come here for sightseeing. The imperial court has allocated a lot of money every year to maintain Mount Li. Just the pavilions alone have been built no less than thirty. This way, people who come here for sightseeing don't have to worry about not having a place to hide from the rain."
One of the accompanying officials said.
Mount Li's scenery had been very good since ancient times. There were also many wild animals. It was a good place to enjoy the scenery. The Tang dynasty's most famous Pure Flowers Palace was in Mount Li. In addition, Epang Palace, which had been burned down by Xiang Yu, was also said to be near Mount Li. This was enough to show how good Mount Li's scenery was.
Of course, with the vast territory of the Hua Xia Empire, there were actually many places with better scenery than Mount Li. However, Mount Li's location was rather special. It was near Chang 'an City, and many dynasties' capitals were in Chang 'an City. Because of this, its reputation naturally rose.
The imperial court spent money to maintain and build Mount Li in order to further improve the environment of Mount Li and make Mount Li more beautiful, thus improving the image of the capital of the Tang dynasty.
When guests from afar arrived in Chang 'an City, in addition to experiencing the bustling city scenery, they could also go to the suburbs to enjoy the scenery of Mount Li and other scenic spots. In this way, the capital of the Tang dynasty would appear more full, which would be of great benefit to the overall image of Chang' an City.
In addition to the guests from thousands of miles away who would choose to come to Mount Li to enjoy the scenery, many local scholars and poets of the Tang dynasty would also choose to come to Mount Li for sightseeing. Looking at the scenery of the mountain would make a big difference in their hearts.
If Mount Li were not close to Chang 'an City, it would never be so famous. Many people liked bustling places and tall buildings, but at the same time, they also liked peace and quiet and straw huts. This seemed contradictory, but in fact it was not, because people had many different needs.
When people were lonely, they could go to the downtown area of Chang 'an City to see the endless flow of people and feel the prosperity of the city. However, if they stayed in the city for too long, they would feel tired and bored and would want to have some peace and quiet to see the mountains, rivers, flowers, and trees. In this way, they could go to Mount Li outside the city to relax. They could even set up a small shed in the mountain and live there for a few days.
If they were lonely, they could go to Chang 'an City to live. If they wanted to have some peace, they could go to Mount Li and other scenic spots outside the city. This kind of life was undoubtedly very pleasant, and it could also improve the living comfort of Chang' an City and increase the charm of the city, thus attracting more and more talented people to join the city.
In fact, since ancient times, the imperial courts had moderately suppressed the mobility of the common people in order to let most of them live in their hometown with peace of mind and not wander around. Otherwise, if they all lived according to their own wishes, some places would have too many people and some places would have too few people. Private fights would occur in places with too many people for land, while in places with too few people, a lot of land would be barren, resulting in great waste.
However, people loved their hometown. As long as they could survive, many people would not be willing to leave their hometown. Under the circumstances of being able to support themselves, some people would leave their hometown because there was a better living environment in other places where they could live better and more respectable. Therefore, some people naturally did not want to go back to their hometown, and were willing to live in places with better living conditions.
Places with better living conditions generally referred to richer places. Rural people would gather in towns and cities, and those in towns and cities would consider moving to cities. Those in cities would choose to move to big cities, and those in big cities would choose to move to the capital. As a result, the population would gather from the rural areas to the capital city step by step, leading to the prosperity of big cities. In this process, the rural areas would become more and more decayed, and eventually become barren.
Of course, there was a prerequisite for some of the common people to be willing to move to richer places. That was, they had to be able to support themselves in a richer place. Otherwise, they would not be able to survive in a richer place and could only choose to escape and return to the poor village.
In the various dynasties in ancient times, the imperial court would adjust the population of various places according to the actual situation. Under normal circumstances, the common people were not allowed to leave their hometown at will. However, if there were too many people in the hometown and the land could no longer support them, and there were many places in the country with a small population, then the imperial court would very likely carry out a planned migration from places with a large population to places with a small population and do the registration work.
In addition, when many dynasties were just established, due to the rapid decline in population due to the chaos of war, the capital city did not have many people and appeared rather desolate. In order to change the desolate situation of the capital city, the founding emperor would ask the nearby villages to move into the capital city and abandon the original villages. In this way, the population of the capital city could greatly increase in a short period of time, and it would be easier for all walks of life to develop. The capital city would appear very prosperous, and when foreign envoys came, they would be able to support the imperial court.
The Tang dynasty had been established for more than a hundred years. With the great development of industrialization promoted by Ang Lee, there was a surplus of labor in the villages everywhere, and there was a large shortage of people in the cities and workshops everywhere. Therefore, it was very necessary to introduce the surplus labor in the villages into the cities and workshops.
Although the capital already had a large population, because the research and development center and many high-tech workshops were here, there were even more supporting workshops and residential areas. Therefore, the demand for manpower was very high. The original population of a million was far from enough to meet the demand, so the imperial court's policy naturally had to be changed. They had to allow ordinary people from the villages and other places to enter the capital to make a living, thus promoting the development of the capital.
In addition, with the increase of the population, the housing in the city was already difficult to meet the demand. Even building apartments of five or six stories high was difficult to meet the increasing demand. In this way, the land outside the city had to be used as soon as possible. Building more high-rise houses outside the city could meet the living needs of many people.
The more people lived in the city, the higher the demand for leisure. Other than entertainment like brothels and restaurants, going outside the city to see the scenery was also an indispensable activity. Therefore, in order to let the high-level talents live comfortably in the capital, the imperial court was naturally willing to spend some money to improve the necessary facilities in scenic spots like Mount Li.
"The design of the roads in Mount Li is very good. The narrowest place can accommodate two cars side by side, and the widest main road can accommodate four cars side by side. This way, we don't have to worry about traffic jams."
Another person in the entourage said.
Along the way, they met many people. Some were herbalists picking herbs, some were scholars who came to see the scenery, and some were foreigners from the West. They could only go up the mountain on foot, and their cars were parked in a few large parking lots at the foot of the mountain.
Ang Lee's group had cars to sit in, so they moved much faster and saved a lot of effort. Through the windows, they could see the scenery outside clearly. From time to time, they could even see wild animals. This made many of the imperial grandsons, who had never seen wild animals before, very excited.
"Pheasant, I see a pheasant."
One of the imperial grandsons shouted, and everyone in the car looked over.
"That's not a pheasant, it's a spotted partridge. It's a wild bird, haha!"
Ang Lee explained when he heard that.
"It's a spotted partridge, a spotted partridge, a spotted partridge."
When Ang Lee saw that no one in the car heard him clearly, he repeated it three times.
"Yes! A pheasant is much prettier than a bald bird. A spotted partridge, Assistant Minister Li sure knows a lot. "
Li Yu looked at Ang Lee enviously. Although he couldn't name the wild bird, he was sure that it wasn't a pheasant, because any pheasant would be prettier than the bird in front of him.
"Sir, is a spotted partridge tasty? Is it better than a pheasant? "
Li Shi looked at Ang Lee curiously and asked.
Ang Lee had never eaten this kind of bird before, so he didn't know what it tasted like. After thinking for a while, he said, "There's no mountain delicacy that isn't delicious. It probably tastes similar to a pheasant!"
"Then let's go back and catch this spotted partridge! We'll stew it later. "
Li Shi said as he watched the wild bird gradually disappear into the distance.
Ang Lee naturally couldn't stop the car over such a small matter, so he refused, "Don't worry, Shi 'er. We'll meet even more delicious wild animals later. Let's just let that spotted partridge go!"
"Alright! Then when are we going to catch the pheasant? "
Li Shi asked.
"Soon, we'll be there soon. Wait a little longer."
Ang Lee looked at the leader of the guards in the car and ordered, "After we stop the car, half of the guards will be responsible for protecting the imperial grandsons, and the other half will go and catch some wild animals nearby. It's better to catch them alive."
"Yes, this general understands."
"Sir, are we going to catch pheasants too?"
Li Shi requested.
Ang Lee frowned and said, "Pheasants run so fast, and you're so small. How can you catch them? You have a more important mission to complete."
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