Chapter 573: Start
Chen Jun finally reported to Sun Xiangfu, the only person who might have mastered the extra telescope, under the repeated requests of Heraclius, that this thing is now a controlled item of the military, and many ministers are also borrowing it temporarily, and I think only Sun Xiangfu, who is responsible for manufacturing, will prepare some spares.
"You go to Changsun Chong to collect it, just say that I said it, but only for the representative of Fanbang who is equipped with a translator, after the performance, let them take it back immediately, and make it clear to everyone that the safety of the telescope must be guaranteed, if they can't get it back, they will be guilty of death."
Sun Xiangfu is now temporarily acting as Yu Shinan's position, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and diplomatic affairs are under his control, anyway, in order to facilitate the bigwigs of the imperial court to better watch the performance at the opening ceremony, he transferred more than 1,000 pairs of binoculars to Changsun Chong's side, which is currently only for officials above the fourth rank and the little prince of the royal family, the little prince borrowed some, there should be a lot more, and agreeing to Chen Jun's request, Sun Xiangfu naturally has his own plans.
"The subordinate will definitely tell all colleagues to pay attention to the safety of the telescope."
After getting Sun Xiangfu's approval, Chen Jun quickly found Changsun Chong, but after he got the telescope, all the translators didn't have the heart to watch the performance, because they all paid attention to the telescope, for fear that these lords and representatives of Fanbang would break this thing, which was related to their lives!
"It's amazing, it's amazing."
After the telescope arrived, Heraclius's admiration never stopped, this kind of twenty-fold binoculars is not the top configuration in the armament, but it is enough for Heracliu, who is already relatively close to the venue, to clearly see the details of the performance on the field.
Moreover, he who has led troops to fight, he quickly knew the usefulness of this telescope, and the reason why Datang controlled its sale, with this kind of war weapon in hand, no wonder Datang has expanded so rapidly in recent years, he can make the commander in the command and dispatch of the army, more handy, and······
Many benefits have been thought of by Heracle, as he can use the telescope more flexibly, he wants to have a pair of telescopes even more, and he is now already thinking about how to bring back at least one or two pairs of telescopes from Datang.
Of course, Heraclius is not the only one who has this kind of thought, and all the kings or representatives of other kingdoms who still have the intention of competing for hegemony have already thought of this problem, and they either plan in their hearts to be more deferential to Datang, in order to get a pair, or they are calculating how much money they brought with them on this trip, and whether they can buy a pair.
There are also people who list all the conditions that they have in their hands that can bring benefits to Datang to see if they can be exchanged, in short, when they don't allow their opponents to have such a sharp weapon, they don't have it in their hands.
Sun Xiangfu didn't even intend to reveal the manufacturing technology of dressing mirrors and glass to any foreign countries, let alone telescopes, so that they could see this kind of high-end products of Datang, so that they could maintain enough awe of Datang.
As for the technology that can really be opened to them, at present, it is only at the level of traditional wooden ships, and even water ships will have to wait for a few years.
Because, Datang wants to ensure that while earning benefits, it will maintain at least two generations of technological leadership over Fanbang.
For example, in terms of shipbuilding, Datang's steel structure keel, or Baotou steel ship, has been launched, and the traditional wooden structure ship has been in the stage of comprehensive elimination, even if it is a civilian merchant ship, it must be upgraded to the level of a hydro ship, in order to meet the needs of greater cargo throughput, naturally can not let those traditional ships, are put in the river in vain to decay, sell these old ships, as well as the technology of manufacturing old ships, and fully release the economic value of these traditional shipbuilding technologies left by the ancestors, which is the most in line with the interests of Datang.
With the telescope, after allowing these representatives to better appreciate the performance, they can see more carefully.
After the fish and dragon dance, it is the thousand lion dance presented by Lingnan Road, under the rhythm of the drum, a thousand lions of different shapes roll and jump on the lawn in the field, blink their eyes, do drunkenness, the cute state of the young lion, the liveliness of the lion, the mighty and domineering of the lion, the performance is incisive, and all the representatives of Fanbang are fascinated.
After the lion dance, it is the color boat dance of Jiangnan, it is worth mentioning that this time the actors, all of them are composed of women, thousands of colored paper, bamboo weaving and adhesion and Chengdu color boats, in the center of the entire venue, in a variety of fancy swings, interspersed with the form of dancing, very visual impact, under the powerful soundtrack, the actresses also use a multi-voice chorus to sing the Han Yuefu poem "Jiangnan".
This Yuefu poem, almost all the Han people in this period can sing it, and the actors only opened their mouths, and there was a scene of millions of chorus on the scene.
"Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian! Fish play lotus leaves, fish play lotus leaves east ······"
Heraclius, who does not have a deep understanding of Han culture and does not understand Chinese, does not have a deep understanding of the scene in front of him, such as Yi Si Qi and Abu Bakr, who have been to the Tang Dynasty many times and have some understanding of Han culture, are extremely sighed in their hearts, and all the people of the Tang Dynasty can spontaneously sing this kind of poem about the beauty of life, which also proves from the side that they live very well under the rule of this newly rising empire.
After the colorful boat dance, the seamless connection is the Hu Xuan Dance, which is the favorite of the northerners, however, if it is just in such a grand scene, dancing the ordinary Hu Xuan Dance, it is too unoriginal, with a more intense rotation dance with improved movements, behind the chimes next to the venue, the musicians began to sound a very dynamic, and unusually bright melody, and the sound of the rings in the field has also changed into the rhythm of 'bang, bang, bang, bang, click', with the sound of the chime, there is a kind of magic.
Then, everyone's eyes straightened, because not only is this music magical, but this dance is even more magical.
In later generations, the dragging dance that was popular on all large and small video screens was staged in the Tang Dynasty for more than 1,000 years, and the scale of the performance was as high as 10,000 people.
"Datang is really full of magical ······"
The magical music, the magical dance, changed tricks, and the dancers danced four times facing the stage around, and everyone hadn't seen enough.
After the fiery dance, it was time for Xue Yantuo to present the song and dance performance, the rhythm of the reels and drums became more intense at this time, thousands of Xue Yantuo people holding the horse-head qin frantically played their own pianos, standing on a big drum carried by sixteen strong men Dongzhu as the lead singer, "Horse Galloping", "Horse Pole", "Flame" and other songs that Dongzhu has often sung in recent years, she made a skewer together, which also caused millions of chorus.
You must know that a few years ago, these Xue Yantuo people were much worse than the Turks in terms of familiarity with the Chinese language, but now, most of them can sing in Chinese, and like the original Turkic people in Dingxiang City, they are no strangers to the Chinese language at all, which is a huge progress made by the Tang Dynasty in terms of ethnic integration.
Of course, it can also be said that Sun Xiangfu helped Li Shimin prove what he said: 'Since ancient times, China has been noble, and I love it as one.' 'Correctness.
After the dancers and the beating array withdrew, delegations from various countries began to line up, the first one was the Datang Royal Team, their costume design, and their mental outlook, were not at all comparable to those who were randomly selected by Fanbang and pulled over.
In fact, except for the royal team, almost all the teams participating in Datang have a very long time of targeted training, and all the contestants are very hard-working, not only because they can't disgrace the country, but there is no magic that martial artist can be low-grade.
For Datang, the harvest of holding this sports conference is already in the pocket, whether it is from promoting the country's popularity, determining the country's status, or highlighting the national strength, it is very perfect, and with the entry of athletes, the beginning of the competition, it is really when those small countries get the harvest, at least, there are millions of foreigners who know the name of their country, even including a big country like Byzantium, before, most of the people of Datang did not know the existence of this empire.
There was not much delay in the entry of the athletes, holding the flag, standing in line and it was over.
Then, the following flag-raising ceremony is very interesting, the people of the Western Regions have never seen an army that can walk out of beauty, the whole flag-raising team, in the process of walking, are neatly like a knife, all of them are tall, wearing, but also straight and straight, the armed belt, the shining rank, the polished long cowhide boots, directly caused the screams of some bold women in the audience.
Then, a whole set of flag-raising ceremonies came down, giving everyone the feeling that they were dignified and atmospheric, and even the emperor Li Shimin, at such a ceremony, had to stand up and sing the national anthem, which was also the first time that the country was ranked in front of the monarch, forming a new concept, rather than the previous concept that the monarch is the owner of everything in the country.
Almost all the lords of the Western Regions, after watching the flag-raising ceremony, wanted to move this set of ceremonies to their own countries, they did not analyze the problems of the concepts of "country" and "monarch", but only saw that this kind of ceremony can increase the people's sense of identity with a country.
The last link of the morning was the draw of the game, almost all the teams were reluctant to face the Datang Royal Team directly, but in this lottery process, the tense atmosphere in the field began to appear.
At noon, although there was an hour's rest, everyone was reluctant to leave, and the meals were simply solved directly at the venue, because it was very troublesome to leave the venue, and the afternoon was a major game, the Royal Polo Team, against the Anbei Army Polo Team, no one wanted to miss it, and made such a sequence of games, and could only blame Niu Jinda, who was responsible for the draw of the Anbei Army, for being angry, and the first draw was directly drawn to the stronger Royal Team.
However, when he learned that the Royal Polo Team was going to play against the Anbei Army Polo Team in the first game, it was the Emperor Li Shimin who became nervous, because the equestrian skills of the Anbei Army were recognized as the strongest in the Tang Dynasty, and the Royal Polo Team had a little advantage over him, that is, the tactical cooperation had a little advantage, and everyone had said it before, on the field, everything was based on strength, and it would not care about any face.
In the afternoon, the polo goal was erected, and the grass of the main venue was also marked out with white lime to mark out the scope of the game, which made all the spectators watch the circle, and advanced a lot, even Li Shimin went directly to the edge of the field to personally cheer for the Royal Polo Team, with a sharp whistle, the first game of the sports conference, it was officially started.
And it was at such a critical moment that a captain of the Qianniu Guard, wearing bloody armor, rushed from the direction of the military camp in the south of the city to the direction of the arena, and he had an important situation to report to Li Shimin.