Nanle is one of the many small county towns above the canal, because the back of the canal, the traffic conditions are particularly convenient, Nanle's dock has become one of the busiest docks on the canal, passing more than 500 ships every day, the most extreme, even more than a thousand.

This is in the Song Dynasty, but also in the busiest, but also the most important Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal above, in the feudal society, a river, similar to the highway, in the land far away, difficult time, the river has become a natural traffic lane, thousands of rivers and rivers a day, is the Tang Dynasty poet exaggerated statement, but in the more stable and sharp river surface, coupled with the wind a little bit of strength, an hour 4 knots or a speed, that is, an hour 7 km more than 300.

The army battle, 50 miles a day is already terrible, even the cavalry, it is difficult to cross thousands of miles a day, five or six hundred miles is already quite terrible, but the ship can rely on the combination of the river and the wind, up to three hundred miles, which also creates the legend of water transport, any river connected, the two are much closer, this is an indisputable fact.

On the canal, there is no river flow rate, except for a few canal parts, other places are relatively stable, but the water itself is more than on the land, reducing a lot of resistance, remember the boatman's oars slowly walking, a day 30-40 miles, by boat, is far more comfortable than the land, the carriage is also good, but before the shock, the carriage is faster, more bumpy, slow, that speed will make people helpless.

Where there are ships navigable, transportation costs, than land, to save dozens of times, this is the Sui Emperor even if the power of the country, but also to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal fundamental, it can be said that a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, directly changed the political situation in China, Sui Emperor therefore, lost the world, but from Sui Emperor, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the whole history is positive.

From the Tang Dynasty, the unification of China's dynasties, the capital has not been separated from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and Beijing, the Song Dynasty opened and Lin'an, the Qing Dynasty of Beijing, not only the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal above, and even after Song, accompanied by the gradual dilapation and outflow of interruption, it formed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the traditional sense of the world, Beijing and Nanjing, and have become the most important cities, and China's political center, never far away from them.

Of course, at this time, Beijing and Nanjing are still early, Beijing in the Northern Song Dynasty, is one of the four Beijings, and the southern Yingtianfu, not Nanjing, but Shangqiu, Nanjing in the Northern Song Dynasty, is Jiangning Province, which is already a relatively rich city in the South Tang Dynasty, has become one of the important pillars of Jiangnan, the other is Hangzhou, that is, one of the capital cities of the Southern Song Dynasty.

As an important city above the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Nanle even if it is a very simple county, leaning against the Grand Canal, also shows a busy scene, dozens of boats every day, stay here unloading, all kinds of goods from the north, will be through the dock, loading and unloading, not only to provide the needs of the county, but also to prosper the nearby towns, has become an important fulcrum around.

On the side of the dock unloading, it should be a grain merchant, he brought back four boats of rice from the south, a huge bag of hemp, the rice was packed in it, one by one, a healthy man, carrying up the sack, slowly going to the shore, the heavy sacks pressed them, a drop of sweat beads fell, fell into eight petals, they used labor to make money, the target is the front, in the more spacious dock exit, there are several two-wheeled carriages, a bag of rice.

Food business, as the simplest business, is also the most simple business, hoarding is a basis for high and low absorption, but can withstand such a legacy, not only the family, under the feudal society of the legal system, the promotion of small people can only follow these family members, this food merchant, the reason why the South Le unloading, is because, the whole famous food, are controlled in the hands of several top nobles, he can not be inserted.

Nanle can also, around 18,000 households, the total population is close to 100,000, each year will consume a lot of food, while relying on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, anywhere lack of food, can pass through Nanle, which is also the basis of this grain business.

Zhao Xin glanced, two or three red handwriting flashed, and lit up several things, the dock above the personnel are too dense, loading and unloading workers are busy, not suitable for staying for too long, after the last light a few, quickly leave.

Surrounding the dock here, it will be more eye-catching, the dock above are bulky goods, that is to say, most of the goods are the same, stay here, it is impossible to light more cards, rather than this, it is better to enter the city, the market, may be concentrated for a few days, a few months of materials, diversity more, most of the goods are fixed, most of them are fixed, there are many, are to be sold in Nanle, the number of the docks, the city market is basically the same, even if the main unloading place is not in Nanle, will be sporadic.

Zhao Xin is very clear, under the premise of the current premise, one or two on the card system has a very small impact, unless it is a certain specific type, can be unloaded in the South Le dock, not an ordnance or a unique role of goods, that is strictly controlled, it is impossible to unload from the dock, so with ordinary raw materials, or grass and wood card, is a light data.

After walking out of the dock, people seem to be crowded, Zhao Xin across the staff, far from the location of the inner city, Nanle is a typical Song Dynasty county, not only the city wall, but also the moat.The pier is not far from the city gate, Nanle is built near the canal, the dock is not far away, is the location of the water gate, where it is generally not opened, the water gate is a connection with the canal, this waterway, is also part of the moat, Nanle is one of the few counties with a moat, the moat will provide more strong protection for Nanle.

Nanle a typical northern Song county town, green brick construction of the city wall, repaired for a long time, very clean, did not leave much traces of war, the ancient city walls, are the use of war, Nanle County is only a county, the city wall is not too high, 5 meters more than 6 meters look, probably the two-story building in the future, this is also the height of most of the city wall, most of the city wall height, some state capital or Beijing, will be a little higher, but also a little higher, but also a little higher, but also a little higher, most of the city.

The city wall is an important protection of the city, there is a city wall of the county, and there is no wall of the county, the protection capacity is very different, the construction of the city wall, need to consider a variety of factors, the general small county, the wall five or six meters high, the thickness will not exceed 1 meter, the cost is hundreds of miles away, such a wall, at most is a little higher than the wall, the south is a little larger, but also a small, some small, Monday is more than 400 meters.Only the real city, even the city of Beijing, will focus on building a large wall, not only long enough, wide enough and high, the consumption of different sizes of the wall is also very different.

The thickness of the city wall is more than 2 meters, the height is also reached 8 meters, between the bottom and the top, there is a huge difference, it looks powerful and poor, Weiwu Xiongqiu, the cost of money is also the sea, the length of the wall of the big name, is at least twice and a half of the southern music, plus the width length and height, the cost of the big name, at least dozens of times.Of course, the important role of the big name is also dozens of times that of Nanle, compared with the smallest, only a few hundred long walls, may be more than a hundred times.

County, not Fucheng and Beijing, are not big, Nanle in the county, is also good, the total circumference is not large, almost 3 miles or so, count down, that is, a 400 meters by more than 300 meters rectangular area, far from the small town of the future, the reason is very simple, too big city, defense is very unfavorable, a lot of interpretation or history books, in fact, the description of the city, may be the last moment, but also in the South Gate, because the other doors are critical, because the other doors are critical.The south gate, about two or three hundred meters away, run soon to be able to support, only the opposite door, to be a little difficult, because to circle the city, it is better to pass from the city, after all, on the battlefield, the wall is still relatively dangerous.

Nanlecheng in the county, is already big enough, even if it is Beijing's famous capital, it is only 1.83 kilometers, 3.66 miles, the circumference above, more than more than Nan Lego, the area above, may be four times the South Le.Nanle County according to the visual area, up to 0.2 square kilometers, which in the afterlife, is a large stadium so large, a sports field circumference is 400 meters, expansion of only 2 times, plus the grandstand and other ancillary facilities, 160,000 square meters, a small neighborhood is larger than here, which is also the difference between ancient and modern, ancient cities, only the core points and strategic points, but later cities, real wealth and people in the south, which is the essence of the country, and in the Song Dynasty, in addition to the city.