Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 746

Fang Jiuli means that the side of the capital is nine li long, Bang Sanmen means there are three gates on each side, and Jiujing Jiuwei means the nine main roads running vertically and horizontally in the city.

The nine-track road refers to the width of the road. One track is about 1.65 meters, which is almost the width of a carriage.

So nine tracks can also mean that the road width needs to be wide enough for nine carriages to be parked side by side.

The Tang Dynasty basically achieved this layout. The city of Chang'an was 9,721 meters long from north to south and 8,652 meters wide.

The Japanese pirates' Heian-kyō was only 5,200 meters long from north to south and 4,500 meters wide from east to west, which was far below the standard.

Secondly, the Tang Dynasty was a powerful and prosperous country, and after completing the planning, it had sufficient financial resources to build the entire city perfectly.

But the Japanese pirates did not have that ability. Heian-kyo looked similar to Chang'an City, but it was limited to layout planning.

In fact, even this scaled-down copy of the capital was not completed by the Japanese pirates.

Take the city walls for example. Why didn’t Heian-kyo have city walls? Apart from the terrain and earthquake considerations, the most important reason was that they had no money.

When building a city, the most expensive part is the city wall. The larger the scope of the city construction, the more the city wall will cost.

That would have been fine, but the key point was that they chose the wrong location, choosing a low-lying basin as the location for their capital.

The terrain slopes from northeast to southwest, so that Heian-kyo Ukyo was submerged in water for a long time and there was no way to solve the drainage problem.

Eventually, most of the powerful people concentrated in Zuojing to live, and Youjing was almost deserted, with only ordinary people living there.

The Japanese pirates had no experience in large-scale collective living, so they simply threw garbage and feces into roadside ditches.

This is why Wei Wu looked down on Heian-kyo, because it was a typical example of trying to draw a tiger but ended up drawing a dog.

Even with this, he still wanted to infringe upon the Tang Dynasty's Chang'an City. This can only be described as nonsense.

Of course, the above is only what Wei Wu, a later generation, knows. Shen Lin and others do not know this.

It was not until they entered Heian-kyo that Shen Lin finally understood why Wei Wu's reaction was so calm.

The capital city is indeed bustling with people coming and going in an endless stream, with vendors carrying loads on their shoulders, coolies driving carts, and common people shopping.

But often you can smell a foul stench after just a few steps, which is completely different from the feeling you had when you saw it from a distance.

However, these Japanese pirates did not react at all when they smelled this smell, as if they had already gotten used to this kind of environment.

After walking for a while, Shen Lin couldn't help but grumble in a low voice:

"Is this the capital of the Japanese pirates? It looked fine from the outside, but why is the environment so terrible once you get inside?"

Hearing Shen Lin's complaints, Wei Wu laughed, then patted his shoulder and said:

"That's normal. We are in Youjing, where the lower classes live. The powerful people live in Zuojing."

"Master, if that's the case, why don't we go directly to Zuo Jing?"

Wei Wu glared at Shen Lin unhappily, then raised his hand and pointed at Imagawa Ryotoshi.

"By taking him to Zuojing, are you afraid that others won't recognize him?"

Shen Lin scratched his head in embarrassment, but Wei Wu did not continue to talk to him but looked at the dog-raising bastard beside him.

"Inukai, go ask for directions and find a better place to stay."

I have to say that the name Inuyanggoubazu is really right, this guy is quite talented in being a lackey.

Wei Wu just asked him to ask for directions, but this guy directly booked the entire courtyard.

Led by the dog-raising hybrid, the group came to a house that looked quite nice.

There was a sign hanging outside the house with two words written on it: Lulong.

After settling the accommodation problem, Wei Wu immediately asked Shen Lin to bring Imagawa Ryotoshi to his yard.

In the courtyard, Wei Wu sat at the tea table drinking tea, while the members of the Wuchang Squad were guarding outside the courtyard gate.

Inukai the mongrel stood half a body length behind Wei Wu, while Shen Lin pressed Imagawa Ryojun and knelt in front of the tea table.

Wei Wu took a sip of tea, then turned to look at Imagawa Ryotoshi.

"I'm looking for Hosokawa Sawato. Tell me where I can find him."

As soon as Wei Wu finished speaking, Shen Lin on the side pointed his automatic rifle at Imagawa Ryotoshi's head.

In an instant, Imagawa Ryotoshi's body stiffened. He had seen the power of this weapon with his own eyes.

However, he couldn't understand what Wei Wu was saying, so he could only look at the dog-raising bastard behind Wei Wu.

Just at this time, Inuyang Gouzhong also spoke, and what Wei Wu said was translated.

Although he really wanted to see Imagawa Ryotoshi shot to death, Inukai knew that now was not the time.

Only when Imagawa Ryotoshi is no longer of any use to Wei Wu will it be the time for him to take revenge.

Imagawa Ryotoshi originally thought that Wei Wu wanted to kill him, but after listening to Inugami Gouzhong's translation, he realized that it was not the case.

But given the current situation, he felt that it was not much different, after all, he was being pointed at by a gun.

If he couldn't say something, he would eventually die, so he quickly started to rack his brains to find a solution.

After pondering for about a minute, Imagawa Ryojun finally spoke.

"Hosokawa Sawato is the shogun's governor, and he's on duty in the imperial court in the palace. I can go in, but..."

Having said that, Imagawa Ryotoshi stopped and looked at Wei Wu and the Wuchang team.

The so-called Ouchi-ri was actually the imperial palace of the Japanese pirates, which was both the residence and office of the emperor.

The Chaotangyuan is similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, and is the office of the ministers inside the imperial palace.

So Imagawa Ryotoshi's meaning was very clear, that is, he could go in, but he couldn't bring so many people in together.

Wei Wu understood this. After all, even with his status in the Ming Dynasty, he could not bring so many people into the palace.

Seeing that there was no dissatisfaction on Wei Wu's face, Imagawa Ryotoshi dared to continue speaking.

"But he usually likes to go to Kabukicho to drink and have fun, so you can definitely find him there."

As expected, men may not be interested in drugs or gambling, but they love pornography deep in their bones.

After listening to what Imagawa Ryotoshi said, Wei Wu smiled in his heart and then asked another question.

"Do you know where Hosokawa Sawato lives?"

"Yes, it's on Sakyo Rokujo Sanbo Marujima-koji. That's where Hosokawa Sawato's residence is."