Chapter 64: Celebration
Ever since Chincha met Rihito, he had never been interested in everything in the City of Hope. It was not easy for Li Ren to ask the county lord what he had to do with this matter, but he adopted a certain policy of alienation from the county lord, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the inspection and harvesting of the rice fields outside the city.
Three months passed, piles of rice were piled up in the granaries outside the city, and everyone was immersed in the joy of the harvest in public. Li Ren immediately announced that today was the day of celebration of the City of All Hopes, and the night was gradually approaching, and today, except for the soldiers in charge of the guard, everyone else, including the elders of the ordinary people, were invited to the square to participate in the official celebration, because the square could not accommodate a hundred thousand people, and the other people and the people were given the benefits of a jar of wine and a pound of meat for each family.
The celebration finally began, and Liren invited Wei Liaoweng, who had not yet left, to speak on behalf of the imperial court, and Wei Liaowen looked at the people and soldiers in the audience and suddenly felt a pressure, and he didn't know what to say. Because in Quanzhou, where he was originally in power, there has never been such a thing as the government celebrating with the people.
Coming to the stage, Wei Liaourn coughed lightly twice and was about to speak, when the soldier next to him handed Wei Liaourn an item that he had never seen before, only to see that this thing was made of thin wrought iron sheet, in the shape of a trumpet flower, one small and one large, and there was also a handle welded on the body of this thing that could be grasped by people's hands. He looked at the soldier who had just handed him the object, and asked with his eyes how to use it.
The soldier immediately knew that this Qincha had never touched such an object, so he immediately walked behind Qincha and whispered, "Lord Qiqiqincha, this thing is called a megaphone, and it is an item that can make your voice more obvious to the people below, as long as you speak to the small one." ”
Wei Liaowen suddenly realized, blushed slightly and whispered: "Hehe, I didn't expect this thing to exist in the world, I really didn't expect it." Speaking of this in a low voice, the soldiers behind him thought that Lord Qincha had something to ask, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, what else is the matter?" ”
"Oh~! It's okay, you go down. Wei Liaowen said to the soldiers behind him, and after speaking, he looked at the people in the audience who were looking forward to it, and started his speech with a loudspeaker for the first time with a smile.
When Wei Liaoweng's speech in classical Chinese ended, the people in the audience only understood that he was the minister of the imperial court, and none of the people behind him understood what he said. It's just that a very small number of half-scholars who have been to private school for a few days hold their mouths and say to their partners next to them: "This Lord Qincha is really good at nonsense, what does the food we grow have to do with his court?" What does it have to do with his emperor's imperial grace? It didn't mention the exploits of the big guy in Chaozhou at all, so he was embarrassed to show off his might on stage. Bah~! If it weren't for the fact that he was an old minister of the court, he really wanted to go up and beat him. ”
"Shhh~! You don't want to die, you actually talk about Qincha like this? The people next to him looked to the east and west in a panic, afraid that someone would come to catch their partner.
At this time, I only heard the person who spoke just now holding his mouth and saying, "Hey! Looks like you're new here, and you don't know the rules of this City of Hope. Alas~! The man sighed and continued, "Well, seeing that you live next door to our house, I'll give you a detailed explanation of the rules of the City of Hope." ”
At this time, many people around him had already felt that the old man on the stage was too wordy, and he could no longer understand the situation when he could no longer understand, and followed some readers to shake their heads and pretend not to understand. After a long time, I felt that the people on the stage really had neurological problems, said some inexplicable things, and intoxicated myself from time to time. Suddenly, I heard that someone around me was going to explain the rules of the City of Hope to the newcomer, and suddenly I turned around and stared at the big eyes to look for it, and found the newcomer who was still looking around just now and was afraid that the government would come to arrest him.
"Haha! It is to tell him about the rules of the City of Hope, so as not to let the newcomer break the rules made by the Hou Ye. The crowd next to him began to coax.
Crowd B also squeezed to the newcomer's side with a mocking look: "Hehe! Newcomer, don't say that I came here first to have a fight, hehe~! I don't understand anything, I don't dare to move anything. Brother give him a good lecture. ”
"Go, go~~! You're laughing at people now, don't you all come here the same? Besides, you have forgotten the tenth rule set by Hou Ye, asking everyone to help each other and take care of each other? "The middle-aged man who wants to teach the newcomer the rules of the City of Hope, hurry to drive away these idle people who have nothing to do, etc.
After waiting for the enthusiasm of these people to weaken a little, he said to the newcomer: "The first rule of the City of Hope set by our Hou Ye is that there is no condemnation of words in the City of Hope, that is, if you scold him in front of the Hou Ye, it will be fine." However, I guess if you scold, Master Hou may not look for you, and the big guy may break you into eight pieces. ”
"Damn, you don't have to do it, if anyone dares to say that Hou Ye is not, my Lao Xu will be the first to dismantle him." A strong middle-aged man pulled away from everyone and immediately walked in front of the newcomer.
When the newcomer saw this strong man who was a head taller than himself, his legs trembled with fright, and he hurriedly shirked it: "I didn't scold Hou Ye, I didn't scold Hou Ye." ”
The person who was explaining saw the fierce man Lao Xu who everyone knew in the City of Hope, and suddenly he was a little bored and protected the newcomer, and said to Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, can you stop a little, I am giving the newcomer the regulations that will take over our Hou Ye, which door are you crazy now?" Go, go~! Which is cool, where is staying. ”
"Oh! Hehe! That's the case, I thought someone was cursing Master Hou? Lao Xu touched his head and suddenly smiled stupidly, patted the newcomer's shoulder and said, "Brother didn't scare you." Hehe~! ”
"No~! Didn't frighten it. The newcomer in a cold sweat only felt as if his shoulder was about to break.
"Huh! The lives of my Lao Xu family were saved by the Hou Ye, I want to be back then~" Lao Xu just said this, the person who explained was unwilling, and hurriedly said to Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, you are doing well, will you talk about your glorious deeds later?" Now I'll tell him the rules. ”
"Huh! You see me forget about business, you start talking~~"
"The first rule of the City of Hope is not to judge sin with words, oh! By the way, I just told you that. Next, the second rule is that everyone is equal, and it is not allowed to kneel when seeing people. In other words, we are equal to the people in the government, and you are not allowed to kneel and salute anyone you see in the future, at most you can bow with your fists in your fists. However, Hou Ye also said that the people of the City of Hope can only kneel to the sky, the ground, and their parents. You must remember this second point, if you see Hou Ye kneeling down in the future, he may be very unhappy. ”
"Yes~Yes~Yes~! I resolutely remember this one, but it~! I may never meet Hou Ye in person for the rest of my life. "The newcomers are still in reverie, because the outside world is full of officials, and when they no longer litigate with others, ordinary people will not be able to see it.
As soon as this sentence came out, it immediately caused Lao Xu next to him and A and B in the group to be very unhappy. They immediately rambled about the things they often saw Hou Ye in person. The newcomer was suddenly amazed when he heard it, thinking that there were still such officials in the world.
After they all finished talking about the emotion in their hearts, the man began to say the third rule: "The third rule set by the Hou Ye is ~~~~"
waited until he talked about the tenth rule, Wei Liaowen on the stage finished his speech, and then he only wanted to hear the cheers of the people on the stage, but he waited for a long time with a smile, and did not see a single person cheering in the audience, and the Taoist priest saw the people talking about something in groups. Suddenly, Wei Liaoweng felt a little angry in his heart, but after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, the imperial court didn't give anything to these people in front of him at all, and now they are acting normally. With a faint sigh, he walked to his seat under the greeting of Rihito.
At this time, Li Ren took the megaphone in Wei Liaoweng's hand and walked to the front of the stage, and suddenly the scene in the audience shocked Wei Liaowen and other people in the court, only to see that Li Ren had not yet started to speak, and the moss was like a huge wave of cheers that penetrated the nine skies. It took a long time for the enthusiasm of everyone in the audience to slowly weaken a little, and then Rihito was able to start speaking in his loudest voice.
Wei Liaowen looked at the scene from behind and sighed in his heart, but he was worried again. But after thinking about it, he shook his head and quietly opened the celebration under the announcement of Rihito.
"Tom~Tom~Tom~~~~~" One by one, the fireworks were hit into the sky, and the red, white, and yellow fireworks bloomed in the sky, and the whole square suddenly boiled, and people jumped happily, jumped, and expressed their happiest side unreservedly in the whole square.
The whole night of carnival made everyone physically and mentally exhausted, Wei Liaowen did not stay long because of his advanced age, and returned to his bedroom early, and fell asleep with a deep sense of wine.
Early the next morning, Wei Liaowen was getting up, and a masked general next to him flashed out and hugged his fists: "Lord Qiyu, the imperial court has begun to mobilize troops and prepare to attack Chaozhou~!" ”
"What? Why are they doing this now? Didn't I send the fold to the emperor a long time ago? Wei Liaowen was stunned for a moment, thinking of the consequences of if Hyundai and Liren went to war. Immediately, he put on his clothes and hurried to the Hou Mansion.
Li Ren actually got the news yesterday, a full day earlier than Wei Liaoweng's news, and he was already sitting in the Hou Mansion in armor early this morning to give orders.
The transfer of 500,000 troops is indeed not a small number, many generals are fishing in troubled waters, and many of them suffer losses, and only 250,000 people actually arrived. Moreover, Shi Xiang said before leaving that this time to forge a holy decree to attack Chaozhou, it must be lightning fast. But in the current situation, it seems that it is really difficult to do this by yourself.