On the brick road in the south of the city.
A long motorcade consisting of dozens of carriages was running on the smooth brick road. On both sides of the carriages, there were also guards in disguise who rode on horses to protect them. The motorcade quickly headed for the Mo's Village.
In one of the inconspicuous carriages, Li Shimin was leisurely reading the Classic of Mo. Originally, almost no one in the Tang dynasty had read the Classic of Mo. However, since the rise of the Mo's Village, the Classic of Mo began to become popular in Chang 'an City. So did Li Shimin.
However, even though he was an adult, the Classic of Mo was still obscure and difficult to understand. It was not as catchy and thought-provoking as the Analects of Confucius. But who would have thought that the Mo's Family, which was about to die out, hid the Mo Skill that changed the Tang dynasty?
"If the Mo's Family had not produced Mo Jiazi, I'm afraid that such a theory that benefited the country and the people would have disappeared in history. That would have been the biggest loss of the Tang dynasty." Li Shimin sighed with emotion as he looked at Meton, who was riding beside him on Shadowless. The sudden rise of the Mo's Village really gave him a lot of surprises.
Moreover, Li Shimin was right. In later generations, the Mo's Family was unable to recover from the setback and never recovered. If the Taoist School had not mistakenly included Mozi in the Taoist Canon, the Mo's Family would have fallen forever.
Meton noticed Li Shimin's gaze and urged the horse forward, "Your Majesty, the Mo's Village is less than three miles to the left."
"The Mo's Village!" Li Shimin couldn't help but feel excited. He nodded with a little more expectation.
It could be said that the growth of the Mo's Village was completed under his eyes. From the poorest village in Chang 'an City, it became a village of upper-class people. The speed of growth was beyond his imagination. Not to mention that the strength of the Mo's Village was like a lever that leveraged the economy of the Tang dynasty. How could Li Shimin not be curious about such a magical place?
If all the villages in the world imitated the Mo's Village, then the prosperity of the Tang dynasty would be just around the corner. When he awarded the Mo's Village as the First Village in the World, he already had the idea of going to the Mo's Village. However, at that time, the whole country was preparing for the western expedition, so it was delayed..... Later, Li Shimin's expedition, the Shandong flood, the military parade, and the crisis of the Mo's Village. Until today, when the Mo's Village passed the crisis, Li, he decided to take the opportunity to visit.......
"The Mo Family Village is just up ahead. If Your Majesty gets off the carriage and rides a horse, there will be more surprises." Modun reminded Li Shiming when he was lost in thought.
"Oh! Then I'm looking forward to it. "Li Shimin said smoothly.
The carriage stopped and Li Shimin got off. Pande immediately offered him a horse, and Li Shimin mounted it.
The carriage continued to move forward and soon came to a crossroad. Turning left, a wide and straight road suddenly came into view.
"This is!"
Li Shimin was stunned at the sight of the road in front of him and said with a surprised face.
No road in the world could be as wide as the Vermilion Bird Avenue, which was 150 meters wide and about 500 feet long. Although the road in front of them was not as wide as the Vermilion Bird Avenue, it was much more exquisite than the Vermilion Bird Avenue.
In Li Shimin's sight, the road in front of him was wide enough for three carriages to drive side by side. The lanes on both sides were made of red bricks, and the lane in the middle was made of blue bricks. The colors were distinct.
"Your Majesty, the three lanes are divided into left, straight, and right lanes. If we go directly to the Mo's Village, we should take the blue brick road in the middle." Meton reminded him.
"Very clever!" Li Shimin looked at the brick surface and nodded. There were red straight arrows inlaid with red bricks on the blue bricks, and in the red brick road, there were also arrows inlaid with blue bricks that turned forward.
And this was only the road to the Mo's Village, and there were three similar brick roads on the left, which were specially for the carriages leaving the Mo's Village.
"The road leads to the sky, and we should take different sides. Now that the brick road is open, the carriages will be faster. So we should define our own roads to avoid traffic jams to the greatest extent."
"As for the pedestrians, there will be special pedestrian passages on both sides of the road to separate people and carriages. In this way, the accidents will be greatly reduced. "
Meton pointed to the sidewalks on both sides of the road and explained. This was common traffic knowledge in the later generations, but in the era of the Tang dynasty, it was a very advanced idea.
Li Shimin nodded slightly. In the Chang 'an Village, although the streets were very wide, the traffic jams were getting more and more serious because of the increase of four-wheeled carriages. There were traffic accidents almost every day. He had received a lot of memorials from the imperial censors, who explained the situation and asked for an imperial edict to solve it, but there was no good way. Now, it was perfectly solved in the Mo's Village.
What was more amazing to Li Shimin was that there were trees planted between the traffic lane and the human lane leading to the Mo's Village. Even in the cold winter, the snow had not melted, but the trees were still full of green leaves, which made them very surprised. In this season, everything was yellow and withered, how rare it was to see green plants with their own eyes. They could not help but raise their eyebrows.
"This is the evergreen tree you mentioned in the exhibition of Mo's skills." Li Shimin rode the horse to the side and reached out to pick a leaf from the evergreen tree. He opened it and saw the fresh leaf meat inside, and could not help but be amazed.
Meton nodded and said, "This is a tree species in the south of the Yangtze River. The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is warm and the leaves are evergreen, while the trees in the north have to face the bitter cold weather in winter and need to reduce the supply of leaves to survive the cold winter. Of course, when there are pine and cypress trees that do not shed leaves in winter, their leaves have all evolved into needles to reduce the loss. Of course, these evergreen trees do not really shed leaves, but they also change their leaves regularly."
"More and more?" Li Shimin heard this for the first time, and could not help but be amazed.
"The color in winter is monotonous. The Minister's idea was to decorate the Mo's Village with these green plants. After two years of cultivation, the Mo's Village has succeeded. I believe that in time, these green plants will certainly spread in the north of the Tang dynasty. The appearance of white snow and green is not an illusion." Meton imagined.
"The Mo's Village is so thoughtful!" Li Shimin nodded.
Traffic lane! Isolation belt! In the hands of the Mo's Village, it actually had a different flavor.
Li Shimin took a deep breath. Now he had a feeling that this trip was worthwhile even before he arrived at the Mo's Village. In his heart, he was a little more looking forward to the Mo's Village.
After turning from the brick road in the south of the city, they were very close to the Mo's Village. Meton and the others were all riding on horses and carriages. Soon, a huge archway appeared in front of them.
The words "The First Village in the World" were in front of them.
"We've arrived at the Mo's Village!"
Li Shimin's heart was moved. Today, he wanted to see what kind of surprise the First Village in the World would bring him.
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