Jinling, known as Jiankang in ancient times, was the political and economic center of Jiangnan before the Yu Dynasty.

Later, after war, nine out of ten houses in the city were empty. In addition to the court's policies, the status was replaced by Yangzhou after its name changed and declined.

The city walls of Jinling are tall, more than ten meters, with mottled black and gray walls, and green ivy in the corners of the walls, which look vibrant in the sun.

Under the city wall, there are three city gates.

Among them, the central city gate is the tallest, but it is closed but not open. The gates on both sides are slightly shorter and are wide open at this moment.

The city gate on the left is the "official gate". The court officials can save time when entering and leaving.

On the right is the normal city gate for the people to enter and exit, but there are not many pedestrians at this moment, and it is even worse than the official gate next to it.

Li Yu was not surprised when he saw this.

Next to Jinling is Yangzhou, which is only more than a hundred miles apart.

The Spirit Emperor can restrain the great demons in the city from leaving, but those ordinary demons do not have these restrictions.

Jinling City is often visited by those demons, and the people are reduced to blood-eating slaves.

Anyone who still has some ability and courage will relocate their families.

As a result, there are naturally fewer and fewer people in Jinling City.

When Yue Feng broke through the city, the streets were silent and the ground was dilapidated. You could just enter a house and find the remaining bones in the house.

Even a complete corpse is hard to meet.

Because there are too many people dead, the city is full of resentment, and the poisonous miasma caused by the rotting corpses harms people.

When the Jiangling court was preparing to move the capital, the city of Jinling also lasted for nearly a month.

Until Li Yu set out, it was said that there were still some places in the city that were too resentful and had not been removed.

Before the convoy arrived at the city gate, it suddenly stopped.

The Jinyiwei immediately drove out of the horse and negotiated with the Ming Wu army guarding the city gate.

Soon, the central city gate opened wide, shocking the surrounding people, guessing the identity of the convoy owner.

Some officials who entered the city next to him seemed to have thought of something, their faces changed one after another, and they immediately stopped to salute.

When the emperor goes on a tour, he should perform a great ceremony according to the etiquette.

However, Li Yu did not use the emperor's banner, and obviously did not want to make a big move.

Therefore, the behavior of everyone is not considered a violation of etiquette.

The convoy entered the city in a mighty manner, and it was not until it disappeared that the officials who saluted the salute left.

"Sir Li, the one who just entered..."

A young official, wearing a blue dress, asked carefully for questions from the middle-aged man beside him.

"Be careful! Since that person has not given a banner, you can just know it yourself and don't spread it to the outside world!"

The middle-aged man looked serious and reminded him to leave with his family.

The young official stood there, his body shivered and quickly followed.

The convoy entered the city, which was much more bleak than what was seen outside.

On the empty streets, not only are there few pedestrians, but even the houses are distributed in scattered areas.

"Jinling City was second only to Yangzhou before. Unexpectedly, after more than a year, it turned out to be like this!"

Ning Hongye looked at the city view outside the window and shook his head sadly.

"Have the Empress been to Jinling before?"

Xiaoqing had a good impression of Jinling before, and after entering the city, she kept looking around with great enthusiasm.

But the actual scene in Jinling City disappointed her.

"Yes." Ning Hongye put down the curtain of the car and nodded slightly in Xiaoqing's curious eyes. "When I was a girl, I had followed my father and brothers to Jinling."

"At that time, Jinling was bustling and prosperous. Especially at night, the two sides of the Qinhuai River were brightly lit and full of fireworks."

"I was attracted by the prosperity of Jinling for the first time. Even though several years have passed, the scene was still clear."

The Qinhuai ten miles of Jinling are famous all over the world, and I don’t know how many beautiful and intoxicating poems are left behind.

Any girl who hears it will have her own dream of Jinling.

But things are impermanent, and the once famous city in Jiangnan has long been dilapidated.

The memories in Ning Hongye's mind were intertwined with reality, and he was a little sad and regretful for a moment.

"Sister Ning doesn't have to be sad. Although the city of Jinling is broken at this moment, it is just convenient for rebuilding."

Hu Xian'er was sensitive to emotions and quickly pulled up the other party's tenderness and said gently: "Your Majesty set the capital here. The future Jinling City will definitely have earth-shaking changes, and the prosperity will definitely be even more prosperous than before."

"At that time, Xian'er and Xiaoqing will accompany their sister to travel around Jinling!"

Li Yu heard this and tapped Xiaoqing gently and said with a smile: "The cabinet is under research on the reconstruction of Jinling. I have also put forward a lot of ideas. When the reconstruction of Jinling is completed, I will definitely give you a surprise!"

Xiaoqing took Li Yu's finger-blinking magic skill and his head hurt.

But she knew that she had said the wrong thing just now, and did not dare to make a sound, and echoed: "Sister Xian'er is right. When Jinling is rebuilt, we will all accompany the Queen to visit Jinling."

"So only Xian'er said it right, is I wrong?" Li Yu's faint voice came from the side.

"Your Majesty is right, everyone is right!" Xiaoqing quickly showed a smile on her face and silently said in her heart: Only what I said is wrong.

"Stop laughing, otherwise I will be unable to eat tonight!"

Li Yu looked at Xiaoqing's smile that was even worse than crying, laughed and knocked on the other party again.

"Ouch!"

Xiaoqing covered her head, and her aggrieved eyes turned red.

Among the few people, His Majesty has the most appetite and can eat so much cow in one meal!

But she didn't dare to say this, just hid behind Ning Hongye.

If I can’t afford to offend you, can’t I still afford to hide?

A proud smile appeared on Xiaoqing's bulging face.

Ha ha!

Everyone in the car was amused by Xiaoqing's reaction.

Jinling City originally had a palace, which was left over from the vassal kings during the Chu Dynasty.

However, by the time of the Yu Dynasty, it was converted into a house and now it has become a ruin.

Li Yu is currently living in a manor temporarily.

The front yard of the manor also set aside an area for cabinet office and summoning court officials.

Because there were too many families of officials in the court, it took more than half a month to arrive after Li Yu entered Jinling.

With the arrival of all officials, the reconstruction plan for Jinling has also begun to be put on the agenda.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In a quiet courtyard, Li Yu was meeting Song Yuan and Hua Feng.

"Your Majesty is currently in a tight position in the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, so the gentle minister discussed with the Song Xiang and decided to build the palace first."

Hua Feng stood in the hall and took out a thick copy and handed it to Liu Jin to submit it to Li Yu, "This is Weichen's plan to rebuild the palace. Please check it out."

When Li Yu heard this, he looked at Song Yuan sitting next to him quietly.

The latter shrugged slightly, saying that all this had nothing to do with him.

Li Yu understood in his heart, opened the folded book and took a few glances, then put them down.

"I have seen the reconstruction plan of the palace. Some places are not reasonable, so I will only build a few main halls for the time being."

The palace construction must be built, but Li Yu was not anxious.

He has his own ideas about where he lives in the future.

Moreover, at present, the overall reconstruction of Jinling is the top priority.

Because the conquests of the two armies in the west and south have come to an end.

When the army returns, the official founding ceremony of Daxia will be held.

By then, the number of people in the city surged, and all ethnic groups came to watch the ceremony.

By then, if Jinling is still like this, it would be really embarrassing to the alien race!

However, Hua Feng is pragmatic and does not have enough manpower, should he first build the city or the palace.

Anyone with a little political acumen knows which one they will choose.

So Li Yu didn't want to directly refuse and attack the other party.

"I obey the order!"

When Hua Feng heard this, he felt relieved.
To be continued...