After a fortnight of hard riding, Zheng Chen returned to the Capital City.
The Capital City, as the Imperial City of Da Liang, boasted a garrison of two hundred thousand troops and sprawled over an area more than three times that of Nan Yang County. Unlike the sparsely populated Nan Yang County, the Capital City was densely populated with a total population exceeding a million, which was ten times more than Nan Yang County.
This was the political center of Da Liang, a hub of Da Liang's culture, and the most prosperous economic region. Many renowned clans have been here for several generations, even over ten generations.
Of course, such comparisons were inherently unfair. No matter how prosperous or grand, the Capital City belonged to the Emperor, to the Imperial Family, and even to all the civil and military officials.
Nanyang County, however, belonged to Jiang Shaohua alone.
