When the tall and majestic city wall of Nanjing appeared in front of them, Chen Lingyan, Yuhuan and Qiuye all opened the curtains of the carriage and stared at the city wall not far away with wide eyes, with expressions of shock and excitement on their faces. Wu Zongrui and Liu

Ning didn't react much. After all, the city wall in Beijing was even more magnificent than the city wall in Nanjing.

The city of Nanjing is also divided into the inner city and the outer city, but it is far from the scale of the capital city. The inner city is just an imperial city, not very big, while the outer city is much larger.

The actual power of Southern Zhili is in the hands of three people, the Minister of War, the garrison eunuch and the garrison minister. The Minister of War, who holds the title of counselor, is the head of the three.

Southern Zhili has jurisdiction over fifteen prefectures and three Zhili prefectures. There is no administrative envoy department, but the inspection envoy department and the capital commander envoy department are established. There are Yingtian governor and Fengyang governor, two major governors, as well as the prefect and the prefecture. In fact,

They obeyed the imperial court, but the Minister of War could decide their fate to some extent, and his impeachment had certain power.

The guarding eunuchs in the Imperial City of Nanjing did have some power. However, after Wei Zhongxian was completely banned by the emperor, the eunuchs in the Imperial City of Nanjing were also affected, and their power was greatly weakened. Later, as the emperor began to use and trust eunuchs again, Nanjing

The power of the guarding eunuchs slowly began to be restored.

Yingtianfu Yamen is the most concerned yamen. It not only includes the imperial court, but also the Imperial City of Nanjing, the Six Ministries, the Supervisory Office and the Yingtian Governor. All relationships must be taken into account, otherwise things will not be done well, just like bellows.

The rat in the trap suffered from both sides. Fortunately, Governor Yingtian was based in Suzhou. Under normal circumstances, he could not interfere with many matters of Yingtian Mansion.

In fact, everyone knows that things are not easy to do in the government offices where the capital is located. Yingtian Mansion is a little more free and easy compared to Shuntian Mansion in Beijing.

As a person who has traveled through time, Wu Zongrui understands these truths. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Don't think that the Six Ministries and the Supervisory Office in Nanjing have little power. Those ministers and left and right censors have no official authority. To a certain extent, they

The airs he showed were even more playful than those of cabinet ministers.

There are also Nanjing's garrison eunuchs, Governor Yingtian, etc. If the matters promoted by the government involve their interests, they will also come out to speak.

Analysis is analysis, and it was not until after taking office that Wu Zongrui truly understood the difficulty.

Guarding the city gate were sergeants from the 50% Army and Horse Division. When they saw Wu Zongrui riding a Uzhumuqin horse, showing an unusual temperament, and Liu Ning and three carriages following him, they did not dare to say anything, but respectfully

Let the team enter the city.

However, the sergeant guarding the city gate had a strange look in his eyes, but Wu Zongrui did not notice it.

There were many people going in and out of the city gate, which made it very lively. After passing the corridor and entering the city, it seemed a little empty, which is somewhat similar to the city of Beijing.

After all, Nanjing was once the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Within the city of Nanjing, there are two counties, Shangyuan County and Jiangning County, with the Qinhuai River as the dividing line. Jiangning County is to the south of the Qinhuai River, and Shangyuan County is to the north of the Qinhuai River. Zhongzheng Street is the dividing line within the city. Nanjing's Imperial Palace

, the Sixth Department, the Supervisory Office and the Yingtian Government Office are all located in Shangyuan County.

The Qinhuai River in the late Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly the most lively and prosperous place in Nanjing, and the famous 16th floor of Jinling was a place where literati and poets stopped to hang out.

Driven by the Qinhuai River, the commerce and trade in Nanjing was extremely developed, even surpassing that of Beijing to a certain extent.

Wu Zongrui was familiar with the city of Nanjing hundreds of years later, and even knew the fame of the Qinhuai River. However, he was still a little unfamiliar with the city of Nanjing today. Walking on the street, looking at the bustling crowds and countless shops around him, he felt in his heart

A lot of emotion.

Today's Nanjing city has no towering buildings or densely packed cars, but its prosperity is no less than what it would be a few hundred years ago. From this prosperity, one can feel the sense of returning to nature.

Chen Lingyan and others have always opened the curtains and looked at the situation outside. They have indeed never seen such a prosperous city. Anyuan County is not on the same level as here. The gap is too big. It can be said that the prosperity and wealth of Nanjing City are beyond comparison.

Beyond the imagination of Chen Lingyan and others, it is no wonder that they have been staring closely at the scenery around them, reluctant to put down the curtains.

Entering the city, Wu Zongrui stopped riding and walked beside the carriage. Behind him, Liu Ning was holding the Ujumqin horse in his left hand and the Mongolian horse in his right hand.

Wu Zongrui looked at the inns on both sides of the street. The first thing he did was to let Chen Lingyan and others settle down and have a good rest in the inn. After all, they had been on the road for nearly twenty days, and Chen Lingyan and others who had never traveled long distances were very tired.

tired.

"Hey, is there a sign here specifically for renting a mansion..."

The group of people had already passed the Grand Palace and arrived at Tujiekou.

The road is not very good, and you can faintly see dust flying around. However, there are many shops on both sides of the street. There is an unusually ordinary-looking stone bridge over the creek on the west side of the street entrance. This bridge is called "Liu Junshi Bridge"

, it is rumored that Liu Bowen lives here.

Although it looks prosperous here, the surrounding houses look low and dilapidated.

There are three famous street intersections in Nanjing, namely Tujiekou, Xinjiekou and Xiajiekou. Tujiekou goes south through Danmiqiao, Gaojing and other places to reach Xiajiekou. Tujiekou goes north through Tangfang.

The bridge is Xinjiekou.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the most prosperous of the three major intersections was Tujiekou. In the Qing Dynasty, Xinjiekou gradually became more prosperous, and Tujiekou was gradually forgotten by people.

Before Wu Zongrui came to Nanjing, he learned about the relevant situation in Nanjing through various channels. He knew that although Tujiekou looked prosperous, there were not many people living here. Most of the hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing were still

Living in the south of the city, the most prosperous area in the city is still in the south of the city.

Therefore, Wu Zongrui had no plans to rent a mansion here, nor did he plan to find an inn in this generation.

The group of people entered the Tujie entrance and headed towards the south of the city.

A man wearing double-breasted clothes and a belt around his waist suddenly came up to me.

"Young man, do you plan to rent a mansion in Nanjing..."

Wu Zongrui looked at the man in front of him. He was about thirty years old, with a smell of alcohol in his mouth. His eyes moved around, and he saw more of the carriage behind him.

Wu Zongrui would never pay attention to such a person.

...

Seeing Wu Zongrui continuing to walk forward without speaking, the man felt a little resentful and didn't know what to say.

"Master, who is this person? He came here for no reason..."

"I think they are the gangsters in the market."

"What, such a person dares to be unreasonable to the young master, I will teach him a lesson."

"Forget it, let's go to the south of the city to find an inn and settle down."

Wu Zongrui didn't want to cause trouble and continued walking forward.

"Big, big brother, this is the person who came to our territory and dared to act wild..."

The man came up with two people.

Three people appeared in front of them, blocking the way. The leader had a beard and a fierce look in his eyes.

Vendors on both sides of the street hurriedly ran away when they saw these three people.

Wu Zongrui narrowed his eyes and looked at the three people opposite him. It was not that he was afraid, but that he did not want to disturb Chen Lingyan and others.

Yuhuan got off the carriage and walked to Wu Zongrui's side, her face turned pale.

"Yuhuan, get back on the carriage. No matter what happens, don't get off."

Seeing Wu Zongrui's expression, Yuhuan nodded vigorously and trotted back to the carriage.

The leading man saw the jade ring, and a lustful light flashed in his eyes.

Of course Wu Zongrui saw it, and suddenly he had murderous intentions. Although Yuhuan was Chen Lingyan's personal maid, she would be his woman sooner or later. When she came to Nanjing City, there was such a short-sighted person who dared to have thoughts about Yuhuan.

"Young man, you have offended my brother and you just want to leave."

"Oh, did I offend your brother? Your brother is nothing."

"You, you are fucking looking for death. If you dare to act wild in my territory, you will risk your life..."

Wu Zongrui turned his head and looked at Liu Ning.

Liu Ning had already tied the reins to the carriage and asked the coachman to keep an eye on the horses.

The coachman was surprisingly quiet, looking at the three men in front of him without any intention of avoiding them.

Liu Ning rushed forward with the bright Yan Ling Dao in his hand.

...

Once the murderous intent was revealed, the three gangsters on the opposite side immediately became intimidated. The leader turned around and wanted to run away, but Liu Ning slashed his buttocks with a knife. He screamed like a slaughtering pig and blood flowed out.

When the other two people saw Liu Ning actually taking action, their feet softened and they fell to their knees on the ground.

"Kill someone, kill someone..."

The man who had been slashed in the butt lay on the ground and screamed loudly for his life.

Of course Wu Zongrui knew what this shout meant. He stepped forward, raised his foot and stepped on the man's face, and looked at the two kneeling men on the left and right.

"Why, you don't want to live anymore, do you want me to kill you?"

Wu Zongrui also had murderous intent in his body, but it was not revealed just now. Now, it was fully revealed in front of the man.

The man on the ground trembled violently, and his tone changed instantly.

"Brother, no, please forgive me, please forgive me..."

"What did you do earlier? Didn't you say that I offended your brother?"

"No, it's not. It's all because we are ignorant and have offended the master. We don't dare to do it anymore..."

Wu Zongrui's eyes burst out with a vicious look. If he followed his temper and character, he would definitely kill the scoundrel in front of him. Leaving no future troubles is his motto, and it is also the way to live in the world. However, in the carriage behind him, Chen Lingyan and Yuhuan

and Qiuye are here, it would definitely not be good if they were allowed to see this scene.

After a slight hesitation, Wu Zongrui raised his feet and looked at the rogue on the ground.
Chapter completed!