Then Sun Quan issued orders to several county magistrates of Jiaozhou and chiefs of staff, asking them to come to Jiaozhi to celebrate the New Year together, and then selected fifty people from the guards to form a choir to sing loyalty and serve the country. The young man was full of ambitions and did not express his worries. Unity was strength. He selected from the maids left by Shi Xie, and gathered ten good songs to sing folk songs on Jiaozhi. Then he selected twenty girls who were good at dancing and asked them to craft four dances. The band Sun Quan matched all the instruments that were used at that time, such as drums, gongs, and other ones used in the army, such as guzheng, flute, trumpet, etc., because there was no loudspeaker, so the sound of these instruments could only be smaller when singing, otherwise this would not be fun.

Sun Quan took Ping'er at home to watch everyone rehearse. In the first few days, Sun Quan was very dissatisfied. The soldiers sang, but they couldn't sing any rhythm or change. The dancing girls were okay with their national singing, and the music here was not good. Finally, Sun Quan removed the gong and trumpet, left the flute and guqin, and then the drums were used to control the rhythm, and they used small drums. After several days, they could barely watch this. Of course, Sun Quan also knew that the first time would definitely not be perfect, and it also had to do with his mentality. However, at least everyone could cooperate well and sing correctly, so he could not ask for too much.

Sun Quan began to envy Li Shimin and Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty when he watched everyone's performance. One of them made a "Qin King Breaking the Formation Music" and the other made a "Nichang Yuyi Song". They were both very awesome, and they didn't have the talent anymore.

"Lord, this song is really nice. I think the whole army can learn to sing it. We will promote it to the whole army." Chen Nian accompanied Sun Quan to watch the rehearsal, and Sun Quan was not allowed to come here, and he deliberately kept the secret.

"Oh, A Nian, you said it well. At that time, the police schools, martial arts halls and military institutions will promote it. But that's the future. This time I want to give everyone a surprise during the Chinese New Year, so don't worry, keep it a secret first." Sun Quan said.

"Then where do we perform during the Chinese New Year?" Chen Nian was also curious.

"Well, go to the military center. The school grounds are performing on the yard. The yards are big enough. Then light a torch around the yards. We sit down and watch, so that the soldiers will bring their own benches."

"Oh, that means performing at night? Did you think it was daytime?"

"A Nian, you, this mood is not enough. I don't know why my sister likes you. The Chinese New Year is always at night. What's the point of performing during the day? Of course, there must be a host, and you can go there at that time." Sun Quan said.

When Chen Nian heard what the host was, I didn’t understand either, so he said, “Lord, what the host is, I don’t understand either?”

When Sun Quan heard this, he also reacted and explained: "The hosting is to go up and talk to everyone before the whole program performance, introduce the programs that will be there tonight, or make a joke with everyone, say a few words to arouse everyone's interest in the program, and then introduce who and what content are to be performed next. After the first program is finished, you have to go up and talk again, such as praising the first program, and then introducing the second program, and finally summarizing it at the end, and then announcing the end."

When Chen Nian heard this, he immediately said, "Lord, it's okay to ask me to give the soldiers a lecture, but I can't do this well."

Sun Quan ignored it and immediately took the task on his way and said, "How can it be bad? You are twenty years old. My third sister Shangxiang is about to be sixteen next year. She is at the age of getting married. If you don't make more contributions, show it more, how can I marry my sister to you? Besides, you follow me every day to watch these programs. If you can't speak well, let me talk about them yourself?"

When Chen Nian heard Sun Quan say this, he knew that he could only bite the bullet and take on this task and quietly plan to give Sun Quan a surprise at that time.

It was soon after that, Sun Quan asked Chen Nian to arrange the school grounds, and then all the county magistrates and division commanders and chiefs of staff were allowed to sit on the table. Behind were the 11th Division left behind in Jiaozhi and the commanders and staff of the 12th Division, the 14th Division, and the 15th Division, and the soldiers also selected soldiers representatives. Of course, the soldiers watching the outside were not allowed to enter the school grounds. There were about a thousand spectators, and this number was also deliberately controlled by Sun Quan. No matter how many people there were, the condition was not enough.

After seeing that everyone in the audience sat down, Chen Nian went on stage and began the first host in history. First, he stood at attention and bowed, shouted, "Swear to be loyal to my lord Sun Quan!" Then, the people in the audience returned the gift collectively under the leadership of Lu Meng, and sat down again. Chen Nian then said, "Lord, generals, dear prefects, soldiers, good New Year, I am Chen Nian, the lord's imperial guard commander, today I host today's party for you. Maybe you want to ask what the party is? Let me tell you, the party was specially thought out by our lord to make us have a lively and happy New Year (this word was taught by Sun Quan, but this sentence was added by Chen Nian himself. When Chen Nian said this, he also looked at Sun Quan and saw that Sun Quan had no business, so he was relieved). He was to perform some singing and dancing performances for everyone and present wonderful programs to everyone."

Chen Nian introduced it to everyone and then introduced the first program. The lyrics afterwards were written by Chen Nian himself. He said: "The first program today is a chorus, which performed the chorus of the Imperial Guards. The songs they sang were 'Loyalty for the Country' written by the lord, and everyone welcomed them with warm applause."

When Chen Nian walked aside, the imperial guards who came out to sing on the stage and stood on the stage. After saluting, they started to complete the team. After standing, they clicked on the band on the right of the platform (this should be said to be the stage) and started playing under the guidance of a conductor. Then the imperial guards here began to sing with the music: "The smoke rises, the country looks north..."

While singing on the stage, Pang Tong became a curious baby next to Sun Quan and asked, "Why is it northwest, not eastwest or anything else?"

Sun Quan gave Pang Tong a blank look, ignored it, pretending not to hear it. Pang Tong looked at it, and said to himself: "Is it because the lord is thinking about the great rivers and mountains in the north? It should be like this." Sun Quan saw Pang Tong pretending to be asking and answering himself, which was also a thumbs up for Pang Tong's cleverness.

After the chorus, the maids were arranged to sing the Jiaozhi folk song, then the Jiaozhi folk dance, then the chorus "Young people have ambitions and never express their worries", and finally the chorus "Unity is strength" was the ending performance. Then Chen Nian began to summarize and speak.

Chen Nian stood in the middle of the stage again and looked at everyone and said, "This is the end of today's program. If you like it, I can ask our Imperial Guard soldiers to teach you to sing. Then, let's ask our lord to speak to us and summarize our party. Everyone welcomes the lord with the warmest applause!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!