Chapter 1: ＂The east and west cane bamboos have sp
In the wilderness at the junction of Youzhou and Bingzhou， the once prosperous town has long been reduced to ruins. The air smelled of scorched earth and rusty iron. The two exhausted armies faced off at the 38th parallel north across a horizontal line randomly drawn on the map by the generals of the two armies. However， the emperors of both sides did not recognize this line， but were forced by the generals of both sides to recognize this dividing line， so the emperors had to acquiesce.
1. The North of Iron and Blood: Western Han Dynasty In Chang'an， the former heart of the empire， there is no longer the sound of silk and bamboo.
General Wei Qingyun stood on the thick city wall of Chang'an， looking at the rolling mountains to the north. The soldiers behind him were wiping their spears in silence. This is the ＂Western Han Dynasty＂， but among the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty， people are more accustomed to calling it the ＂Northern Han Dynasty＂.
＂General， the envoy from the south has arrived.＂ The deputy general reported in a low voice.
Wei Qingyun snorted coldly， and the armor made a clanging sound as he moved. In the north， farming is for war and survival is for revenge. The geographical environment of being close to the Xiongnu and Xianbei made everyone here， whether noble or peasant， become a cog in the war machine. Here， weakness and shrinkage equal death.
Poetry and Silk in the South: Eastern Han Dynasty Thousands of miles away in Luoyang， it was a different scene. Although the shadow of the civil war has not completely
dissipated， Luoyang's market has returned to its former glory. People here believe in civilian rule and value art and elegance. This is the ＂Eastern Han Dynasty＂， a southern empire that is tired but still wealthy. The young masters of aristocratic families were reciting poems and talking about this absurd peace in the restaurant. To them， those relatives in the north who held iron swords and had dusty faces had become another strange creature. The warm climate and the development of agriculture allowed the South to quickly heal from the trauma of the war， but it also made the border become increasingly cold.
2. Covenant on the ruins
At the ＂Pingyuan Meeting＂ that day， two royal emperors with th same surname Liu stood on the ruins， looking at the ＂invisible lin that ran through the two states of Youbian and crossed the tributaries of the Yellow River.
They were once a family， but now there are ten years of blood feud and a hundred thousand dead bones between them.
＂From today on，＂ the northern emperor's voice was hoarse， ＂we will make Chang'an our capital and return to fortitude and survival.＂
＂South of Luoyang，＂ the southern emperor lowered his eyes， ＂returns to elegance and prosperity.＂
At that moment， the Han Dynasty was no longer a country with complete territory.