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It is said that it is a holiday in the first lunar month, but it is not considered leisure. In addition to banqueting guests and human relationships, various celebrations are also continuous.

As for the people, entertainment activities in the market are extremely rich, and commercial activities are at a climax. The celebration time is extended. Coloring sheds are set up on the streets, and various goods are sold.

There are also dance halls and music halls for people to enjoy, and there are also gambling scenes for people to watch. Women also watch gambling without any worries and enter the shop to have a banquet. The girl who rides on her shoulders promotes dance and gangs, but it is still not enough for the banquet of the noble family;

All this is because every family invites these craftsmen to perform strange skills, play music and dance to increase the festive atmosphere, and it is the case every night. Whenever the lights on the building are on, the Xiaogu will be presented to the lower house. This kind of festive celebration will continue to the Lantern Festival.

The official activities are also dazzling. The New Year envoys from various countries went to Daxiangguo Temple to burn incense on the second day of the day.

The third year of junior high school held an archery competition in Nanyuyuan, namely Yujinyuan.

The Song Dynasty selected military officials who were good at shooting. More than ten people from the archery squad stood in front of the arrow pile, and the messenger used crossbows to shoot arrows.

First, a Liao man with a footless little head and wearing a brocade jacket stepped on the crossbow, danced, sang, and aimed. Then the Liao envoy corrected and fired the arrow.

After the Liao Kingdom shot, it was the turn of all countries and foreign countries to take turns to play.

The Emperor gave the help of the military officials in the Song Dynasty to the target, and the emperor gave him a quarrel, silver saddle, horse, clothes, gold and silver utensils. The companion shot was victorious, and the people in the capital blocked the road and clamored, and the audience was blocked in the competition and shooting, and the crowd was like a tide.

On the fourth day of the Spring Festival, a grand whipping ceremony will be held. The day before the beginning of spring, Kaifeng Prefecture enters the spring ox and whip spring. The spring ox is made of mud. On the beginning of spring, the emperor ordered people to use color to whip spring, which is called whip spring or whip spring.

The main meaning of whipping spring is to promote farming and help farmers. The emperor wanted to watch it in person, and all the officials used five-color silk sticks to whip the cows. The Imperial Medicine Academy used the cow's eyes to fill their eyes with eye pills.

In addition to the "Spring Beat" ceremony held by the imperial palace, local governments also held this event. Kaifeng and Fuxiang counties, the day before the beginning of spring, a ox was set up in front of the drum gate, and people from all over the city rushed to watch. The wealthy families sat around the cattle to watch. According to legend, after watching the cattle, it would be auspicious for a year.

After the spring bull whip was broken, the onlookers stepped forward to snatch the fragments and took them home. In some places, there were too many people snatching them, and even trampled incidents occurred. However, because of this farming society, the spring bulls gave them good auspicious meanings, and the people still enjoyed it every year.

After all, there are limited people who can grab the fragments of spring ox. So those who are skillful make small spring oxes and sell them. On the day of the beginning of spring, it became popular for the people to buy spring oxes as gifts.

On the left and right in front of the mansion, the small spring ox sold by the people often sit in flower beds, with hundreds of opera characters, spring banners, and snow willows on it, like a small garden scenery, which is extremely clever and adorable.

People bought them one after another and devoted their lives.

In addition to the spring ox, there is also the custom of giving spring plates on the beginning of spring.

The so-called spring plate is made of vegetables, fruits, cakes, etc. for the beginning of spring and fed them to relatives and friends. This spring plate also means praying for a good year and prosperity. The people of the Song Dynasty experienced the most beautiful interests in this elegant interest.

In contrast, the spring plates in the palace are much more luxurious. The spring plates made in the garden are made of green threads, red silk, golden roosters and jade swallows, and each plate is worth ten thousand yuan. They are mainly for entering the palace and distributing them to noble residences, and are prime ministers and important officials.

In addition, on the day of the beginning of spring, people from the Bachelor's Academy or Hanlin Academy wrote spring posts to serve the emperor, empress, imperial concubine, etc. The so-called spring posts are short poems of five or seven characters, mostly sing praises, and also have spring posts expressing their wishes for good weather, peace of mind, and peace of mind. These poems will be posted on the palace gates and palace halls and pavilions.

As a Hanlin Grand Secretary, Yang Yi was in charge of this matter. There were thousands of palaces, palaces, palaces, palaces, pavilions, and almost all of them had to be pasted with spring posts. This was actually the prototype of the later posting of Spring Festival couplets.

The day before yesterday, he recruited dozens of talented officials from the Hanlin Academy, bachelor's and bachelor's academy to write spring posts, and worked hard all day before he got it done.

In the busy life, the New Year Festival will soon usher in another climax.

Tall mountain sheds were built at Xuande Gate, Donghua Gate, left and right halves, east and west corner towers, city gate avenues, and large palaces and temples.

The mountain shed is a tall wooden frame for lanterns on the Lantern Festival. It is like a mountain forest, so it is called a mountain shed.

The mountain sheds vary in size, with a bottom seat that is dozens of feet in diameter and hundreds of feet in height. They are majestic and magnificent, and look like peaks and mountains.

Starting from the seventh day of the first lunar month, the mountain sheds are colorful, golden and blue, and the beautiful and beautiful are all painted on them. There are also stories of gods and immortals, or the market is full of various forms, auspicious clouds surround the colorful birds and beasts, full of fun. Although there is no light, it has attracted countless people to watch.

The mountain shed was covered with canopies, and fragrant cars were flying. Although the cold family members were all dressed in bright clothes and laughed happily. From their confident expressions, it is not difficult to see the heroic spirit of the Song Dynasty as the most powerful country in the world.

The Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty did not start until the 14th day of the first lunar month and ended on the 18th night, which was two more days longer than in the Tang Dynasty.

The weather is getting better and the ice and snow are already showing signs of thawing. Yang Yi has been busy for several days and finally has time to take a rest.

He leaned lazily on the soft couch in the back window of the study, teasing Erdan for fun;

Erdan is over one year old and can walk a few steps while holding the wall, but his gait is even more swaying than the models on the runway in later generations, which makes Yang Yi laugh.

Moreover, because of his teeth, he often drools, making the front panel wet.

Qingye embroidered several beautiful saliva bags. These saliva bags embroidered several layers of cloth together, shaped like a crescent moon, and tied a cloth rope to the back of the neck. The "crescent moon" in front can block the front panel so that the clothes will not be wet with saliva.

When Yang Yi was holding a handkerchief in his hand to help him sip, the little guy probably thought it was a delicious braised pork handkerchief and bit it when he opened his mouth.

"Oh, Erdan quickly let go..." Yang Yi saw that it was useless and quickly pinched the little guy's cheeks with his other hand. When he pulled out his hand, the four tooth marks were clearly visible.

Yang Yi was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped his little ass, but he was reluctant to slap hard. Erdan thought he was playing with him, so he held the wall and giggled and rushed towards him. He caught and bite whatever he caught.

Yang Yi subconsciously protected his crotch and could bite anything, which was not possible...

"What's wrong? I'll never get hungry for eight lifetimes?" Yang Yi caught the little guy. Erdan looked more and more like him. In the future, I'm afraid he's more popular than his brother Tiedan, but he just bit people around.

Han Bier covered her mouth and smiled, like a fox fairy. Yang Yi glared at her and said, "Why are you laughing at me? Look at your son, I dare to bite you, do you like words?"

Han Bier said with a giggle: "The child is growing teeth. His mouth is itchy and he likes to bite people."

"He didn't do that at the beginning."

"Who said no? You don't know that Yang Lang was not at home. The old lady has been bitten by our Dalang a lot."

Yang Yi had nothing to say, but Erdan was making trouble here, like a mad dog biting people, which could not be calmed down.

Only after Yang Yi asked the maid to take the little guy away did he finally calm down.

"Has the Western Regions been greatly affected?" Yang Yi asked with his hands behind his head and leaned against the soft couch.

Seeing him asking about the serious matter, Han Bier quickly put away her smile and answered seriously: "After the autumn of last year, I intentionally reduced the trade in the Western Regions, so our family was not greatly affected. After the winter, other businesses went to the Western Regions much less. Overall, there will definitely be some impact, but it is not too big. And last year, there were only some wars in Yechangcheng. The two sides were not really breaking up, and all businesses could still pass. But if the situation continues to deteriorate this year, the impact will definitely be great."

Han Bier's words made Yang Yi frown unconsciously.

In the past, when the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom or the Western Xia Dynasty had a war, even if the official market was closed, commerce would usually not be affected too much, and might even be more prosperous than without war.

Yang Yi raised his doubts, and Han Bier immediately explained: "Yang Lang didn't know anything, whether it was the Liao Kingdom or the Western Xia Dynasty. It was connected with the Song Dynasty, and the trade between the two sides had never stopped since the former Tang Dynasty;

Even if a war breaks out and the official tentative site is closed, merchants can still transport goods through the original established commercial channels;

But the Black Khanate is different. Before, the Song Dynasty and the Black Khanate were separated by the Western Xia, and there was basically no contact between the two sides. The Hexi Corridor was only opened for more than a year. The journey from the Song Dynasty to the Western Regions was long, and it took only one or two more times in more than a year, which was not enough to establish mutual trust with the Black Khan merchants;

Once a war broke out between the two countries, without the support of the Black Khan merchants, it would be difficult for us to transport the goods here. Therefore, Black Khan cannot be generalized with the Xixia or Liao Kingdoms in the past. The court can only resolve this matter as soon as possible, otherwise this year's Western Regions trade will definitely be greatly affected."

After hearing Han Bier's words, Yang Yi had to be cautious. The opening of the Silk Road played a great role in promoting the trade of the Song Dynasty. If the Western Front is again blocked for a long time, it will be a huge loss for the Song Dynasty. It seems that the situation in the Western Regions must be resolved as soon as possible.

Yang Yi continued to ask: "What about the sea trade?"

Han Bier laughed before speaking, and said with a bit of pride and a bit of seeking credit: "My man, we have sixteen sea boats, and there have been no major twists and turns. Four of them will be launched in two months. Last year alone, these sixteen ships deducted the crew's expenses, and a total net profit of more than 3.8 million yuan..."

Yang Yi was also surprised at this number. As long as the current sea trade does not capsize, it can be said that one ship of goods will go, half of the ship will return, and then transport goods from various countries to the Song Dynasty for sale. This is another large profit;

Because of Yang Yi's arrival, the widespread use of sewers and other navigation equipment, and his explanation of knowledge related to navigation such as monsoon currents in "Qingqing Notes", the merchant ships in the Song Dynasty made it more accurate to find routes and greatly enhanced their risk aversion capabilities.

"You can report to Thirteen Niang for how much money you make."

"Master, Nu Nu knows that Japan is also progressing smoothly. Don't worry. With the assistance of He Honghai and others, the political situation in Japan is still stable. I have arranged for people to conduct preliminary exploration in the places such as Ishiyan, Sado Island and Kagoshima. I have basically found the right deposit. As long as I think the time is right, we can start the mine."

“How are you doing in terms of immigration?”

"This master told me that he could not make a big noise, and the progress would inevitably be slower. Now he has only brought more than 5,000 people."

"Well, don't worry about this, we still have time."

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