C3841 Gordon's Entry into the Capital

At that time, the late Qing was actually not that big, and in the area surrounded by the city walls, there was still a large amount of farmland!

The South of the City's Heavenly Altar and the surroundings of the First Farmer's Altar were all fields and ponds. Further south from Ceng Guofan's rented Nanheng Street, there was a vast area of vegetable gardens!

If it was like this even in the city