Looking at Cheng Shuang's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Xing urged: "Then what?" ”

Xiao Feng squatted on the ground, hugged his head and replied: "Master, I'm afraid I can't save him - the man wanted to run, but three big dogs surrounded him and bit him and broke one of his legs." ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "I'm the person in charge of criminal law in Hangzhou, and the thief came to my house - isn't this a joke?" Or did you come in from the docks? How could he have a chance to get into the pile without surveillance? Hey, hey, I always boast that the students have strong organizational skills, but a team of porters is missing a manpower, and the team leader actually didn't report, how did he count the heads when he got off work, ridiculous! ”

Cheng Shuang said in a snort: "Teacher...... In fact, there are many ships entering the port today, and we are short of manpower, so we temporarily hired 100 people from outside, and this person came and went, and it was chaotic for a while, and the guy was newly hired, and I couldn't keep an eye on it......"

Zhao Xing sighed: "Since one person ran away, and the team leader didn't notice it, it means that your organization is not profitable, and Pu Yi'an's people are not strictly managed, I can wait for this day - remove Pu Yi'an's manpower, send a letter to Pu Gang, and say: Wharf, I will take over!" ”

After Zhao Xing said this, he sighed and walked towards the house with Chen Yiyi. Su Dun behind him was very curious, and shouted tightly: "Dada, I'll go see that person, he is so capable, he can even avoid Dada's ......"

An Israeli suddenly interjected: "Amputation, amputation and allogeneic limb transfer have been performed since the fourth century AD, and I happen to have learned a little." The flesh on the man's leg had been bitten to the bone and had to be amputated. Mr. Zhao, let's amputate him, shall we? ”

Zhao Xing nodded. While walking into the house, Cheng Shuang saw that Su Dun was still insisting, so he hurriedly picked him up and forcibly walked towards the house. The Israeli saw Zhao Xing nodding, and hurriedly called out to his companion: "Bring the alcohol, hurry up and prepare for the operation." ”

After the amputation, the thief screamed for two days, but finally did not survive and died of excessive blood loss. His death did not cause any waves, because the Song people would not have mercy on the thieves who came to their homes to steal. Zhao Xing also didn't have this habit.

The Israeli, who had recently arrived from Africa, had been a surgeon and had spent several years in Arabia as a surgeon. And the 11th century happened to be the heyday of Arab medicine. It is said that at this time, Arabia was 400 years ahead of the world in medical technology.

However, the amputation was not successful, but the ability to perform such an operation has confirmed the competence of Israeli doctors. Zhao Xing affirmed his technical level, and hurriedly gave him a license to practice medicine in the Great Song Dynasty, and asked him to open a clinic in the castle. Training Students......

After this hectic time, another public holiday in the Song Dynasty has arrived - Tianning Festival, which is the birthday of today's son.

Last year, during the Tianning Festival. Zhao Xing went to sea and went to Yingzhou. At that time, heavy snow had fallen in Yingzhou, and this year was the same, the heavy snow in the north closed the mountains, so that the continuous Song-Xia War also entered hibernation. And this year, although the war was very hard, the Song Dynasty did not suffer any big losses, and after the war subsided, the little emperor decided to celebrate. It just so happened to be his birthday. So this celebration is even more intense.

The continuous wars also led to the emptiness of the treasury of the Song Dynasty, for this. The Song Dynasty coinage plan, which had been entangled for a year, was finally implemented. The first announced is the plan to mint gold medals and gold collars, and the gold medals are one or two pure gold, round, which is the same as the original popular blessing gold medals in the Song Dynasty, which is a round coin, but it is not called "gold yuan", it is called "gold medal". Then the gold collar is eight taels of gold, and seven lines are drawn on it, which can evenly divide the gold collar into eight parts, one tael per part, and the whole gold collar weighs about half a catty.

In addition, the imperial court tentatively minted a batch of silver dollars, which were officially called not silver dollars, but "silver medals". The silver medal was not pure silver, but was mixed with 30% impurities, and the way in which the silver coins were minted was changed to the stamping method, which was used by an old Greek antique presented by a musician: a screw coin press.

Overall, the response to this batch of silver coins was good, because it was strong and not deformed, and the design of the coins also adhered to the exquisite and ornate style of the Song Dynasty, which made it very popular among merchants, the only regret was that the number was too small, resulting in a low popularity...... This also means that people are less recognizable and more likely to counterfeit.

Zhao Xing watched with joy the establishment of a three-tier monetary system, and at the same time looked forward to its more far-reaching impact on the commodity economy of the Song Dynasty. On the other hand, he also instructed his private money to start re-imposing the new money, and was ready to be copied in batches.

There was no technical threshold for this imitation for him, as he had instructed the Israelites to offer the coin press that the imperial court had obtained, and at the same time his private coin factory had begun to use more advanced hydraulic presses. Therefore, as soon as the mother money from the imperial court to the state capitals arrived in his hands, it immediately became the model of the hydraulic stamping machine through gypsum dewaxing, and as soon as the rumbling press sounded, Zhao Xing could confirm that the money minted by his private coin factory would be more exquisite than the money minted by the money supervisor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, Su Shi didn't know that Zhao Xing was doing these tricks behind his back, and he was excitedly planning the program of the Tianning Festival in the past few days.

October 10th, Tinian Day. Thursday, October 26, 1088 A.D.

The famine for two consecutive years did not affect the enthusiasm of the people of Hangzhou for the festival, and with the earth-shattering firecrackers, the activities of the Tianning Festival kicked off. Since this day was a holiday, Su Shi, Zhao Xing and others did not wear official uniforms, they stood on the main street of Hangzhou like ordinary people, watching the procession approach while singing and dancing.

At the front of the procession was the "bamboo pole", who is equivalent to the current announcer, named for holding the bamboo pole in his hand, and its role is to lead the dance, recite slogans and address the audience. In modern times, the conductor of the band stands in front of the team, holding a "bamboo pole" instead of a "bamboo pole", which is called a "baton". The "bamboo pole" goes to the front, and the accompanying orchestra follows the conductor, called the "back line". However, these people are indeed dressed as Hu people. A total of more than 200 children aged 12 or 3 participated in the performance, divided into 10 teams:

One is the Zhezhi team, wearing a five-color embroidered robe. Wear a silver belt and a bearded hat – shaped a bit like a modern beret. The team played drums as they walked and sang the "Zhezhi Song" in the Han Dynasty.

The second is the sword team, wearing a five-color embroidered robe, wrapping the head of the foot, wearing a red embroidered forehead - that is, wrapping the head, and wrapping the head with a red brocade handkerchief. These people danced with swords as they walked.

The third is a Brahmin team, wearing purple monk robes and scarlet robes. Because the monks came from India, they were called "Brahmins". They chanted sutras as they walked.

The fourth is the drunken Hu Teng team. Wearing a red brocade shirt, tied with silver, and wearing a felt hat - that is, the famous Fan Yang hat of the Song Dynasty. They somersault as they walk.

The fifth is the Long Live Band of Xuchen, wearing a crimson green Luo wide shirt. Wrapped in clusters of flowers, the heroic scarf often worn by children in Peking Opera. This group performed the content of the Song Dynasty drama.

The sixth is the children's sense of the holy band, wearing a green Luo sheng color shirt, tied with silk, a total of two corners - the Song Dynasty boy type, combing two pigtails, called the total horn. They were dancing on poles. Perform in a hurry.

Seven for the jade rabbit out of the team, wearing a four-color embroidered robe, tied with a silver belt. Wear a jade rabbit crown. Mudtu is a wine bag, a kayak, a pocket, etc.—this team is the modern dry boat fleet.

Eight is the Exotic Chaotian team. Wear a brocade jacket, a silver belt, and a crown - the Persian hat, which is the modern rimless felt hat. They beat and beat and performed Western Regions percussion.

One is the children's red team, wearing purple embroidered shirts and silver belts. Wear a phoenix crown with flowers. Ribbon. Xie Hong is a red color band, and the Xie Red team is also waving colored silk. A team that dances while walking.

One is the Uighur team of the Condor Archery, wearing a Plate Eagle brocade shirt, tied with silver, and an Condor Shooting Disc. This team is fully armed and shows the majesty of men.

More than 200 children, red, purple, silver and green, colorful, cotton jackets and wide shirts, dressed in a variety of clothes, wearing jade crowns, wrapping heads, dancing swords, holding brocade sticks, holding treasure plates, carrying carved arrows, pretending to be foreign Yi to come to the court, pretending to be exotic treasures, also Zhuang is also harmonious, also singing and dancing. That kind of lively and spectacular scene will not make people intoxicated and happy.

What is it? In modern times, it is called "float parade", and it is said that it was introduced to China after the Republic of China...... Well, now, Zhao Xing watched the Chinese land float parade in the Song Dynasty - yes, the Song Dynasty! It's China! He couldn't help but wonder in his heart: This float parade, how do you know that it was not spread all over the world in the Song Dynasty? How did it end up being a complete foreign thing? Depressed!

In the Song Dynasty, the city used to bless, pray, and joyfully with children, especially major social activities, to let children participate in order to set off the atmosphere. For example, during the Xining period, when there was no rain in Tokyo for a long time, the emperor ordered the children of Tokyo to wear green clothes, and shout around the large urns filled with water, willows, and floating lizards in the alleys and alleys: "Lizards and lizards, clouds and fog." The rain is pouring, let you go! ”

This way of celebration was called "children's team dance" in the Song Dynasty.

With children dancing to sustenance and good luck, even if there is no rain for a long time, people will regard this as a pleasure. Because in the Northern Song Dynasty, where hedonism was prevalent, people did not pay much attention to the specific content, "but the beauty of the noble face is to please the eyes of the public." And the emperor's birthday use of the "children's team dance" performance, is also to make the atmosphere of "enjoyment" stronger...... Modern people can't see this scene, but they can feel the fascination of this scene from the Song Dynasty's "Hundred Sons Playing in Spring".

The parade of floats composed of the "Children's Team Dance" lasted all day, and the parade team walked all over the streets and alleys of Hangzhou...... The next day, I entered the group to practice the Keju performance.

Su Shi also has an official position is under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of the West Road of Liangzhejiang, originally on the day of the Tianning Festival, he wanted to inspect the forbidden army land, and organize the forbidden army performance on this day to congratulate the Tianning Festival, but because he was really inseparable, the forbidden army performance was postponed to the next day.

Most of the forbidden troops in the Song Dynasty were not used for fighting, but for performances, and their annual training was to perform for the people at festivals. The forbidden army in Bianliang City has a heavy task, they have to perform on the open day of Jinmingchi, as well as the Lantern Festival, cold food, Mid-Autumn Festival, winter solstice, and Tianning Festival. And the task of the forbidden army to move to other places to get food is idle, and the major drama they perform every year is only the Tianning Festival.

On this day, the performance is a kind of keju sport with a goal.

This kind of Keju is slightly more confrontational than Kemari without a goal. The people participating in the sports need to be divided into two teams, each team has 16 people, including ball head, positive coercion, head coercion, left pole net, right pole net, scattered, etc., the two teams have a total of 32 people, usually called "left and right army" by each other.

Su Shi pointed to the venue and introduced to Zhao Xing: "Liren, have you seen Jin Mingchi's performance, there are many people there and the venue is small." Generally, such competitions are not held, but in other places, the most common place for the forbidden army to do during the Tianning Festival is the Keju Competition. ”

The game was held in the Hangzhou school field, the game is open to the people, usually the school field is forbidden for the people to enter and exit, now, the field is crowded with people, even the wall is full of people. Zhao Xingbi measured the size of the venue and asked, "Is there a size regulation for this venue?" ”

Su Shi glanced at Zhao Xing curiously: "What are you doing with the prescribed size?" People often say: how big the field is, how big the array. The size of the school field varies from place to place, and the government stipulates the size of the school field. On the contrary, everyone can't let go...... Well, the goal had a size rule: two wooden pillars three feet and two feet high, two feet eight inches apart and nine feet five inches wide. There is a three-foot-sized eye on the goal, which is used for scoring goals......"

"I don't believe it", Zhao Xing rolled his eyes - the ancients never believed anything about size.

Is the doorpost three feet and two feet high? This height is equivalent to the height of two telephone poles, but the Song Dynasty did not have cement telephone poles, so they could only use wood as doorposts. Grows into a ten-meter-tall trunk. How thick should the bottom be? Such a goalpost is erected, because the ten-meter-high pillar often has a ball hitting the height, and a net is hung from the height. To prevent it from being blown over by the wind. Therefore, it takes at least two meters to bury the part underground. In other words, those two gateposts must be made of giant trees with a height of more than 12 meters, what kind of tree is that?

"Take a ruler, since there is a specified height of the doorpost, we need to follow the rules, let me measure the doorpost charm is not in accordance with the regulations", Zhao Xing said as he spoke. While muttering: "Kick the ball to a ten-meter height Merry Eye." Whether Beckham can do it or not is a question, and I don't believe this goalpost meets the requirements! ”

"Leave people. Hugh is messing around. The book says that the size has a vague finger and a general reference, and here it says three feet and two feet, which is a general reference, and it is extremely high that the doorpost is so boring that you want to measure that height? Su Dongpo hurriedly persuaded.

Zhao Xing nodded, and generally pointed out, that's right, modern football, the height of the goal is only two meters four or four, Zhao Xing feels that the height of the "Merry Eye" is not much higher than the modern goal, at most three meters, how can it be said that there are three zhang?

"Fair, I just think it's fair that both teams have the same high post...... Wait, the book says? In what book does the height of this doorpost prescribe? Zhao Xing asked.

Su Shi is a teacher, at this time the teacher's temper was made, and patiently taught: "Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor captured the Chi You, filled his stomach to be a bow, so that people are persistent, and many are rewarded, this is the beginning of the bow." Liu Xiang said to "Beilu": Bow and the strength of the soldiers, so the training of samurai, knowing the material, is because of playfulness and practice. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, Keju has been a drama in the army. As for the height of these doorposts, there is no rule, but when it comes to this size...... Maybe it's the place of explanation in the Han Dynasty's "Keju New Book". ”

Su Dongpo's indiscriminate use of allusions is famous, it is said that when he took the top prize, he once cited an example from ancient times to illustrate his point of view, this example made the erudite Ouyang Xiu take a fancy to it, he went home and flipped through the book for several days, and could not find the relevant records, so he specially called Su Shi to ask, Su Shi replied with a red face and a heartbeat: "That example is made up by me." ”

In this case, Su Shi said the origin of the bow, Zhao Xing didn't dare to believe it, but fortunately, he just wanted to verify whether there was something wrong with his eyes, and now he knew that his eyes were fine, and the height of the doorpost was just a virtual finger, so he stopped talking and asked Su Shi to announce the kickoff.

Su Shi waved his hand, and the juju competition began. According to Song Taizu's regulations: left yellow and right black. That is, the left army members wore yellow robes, and the right army wore black robes. The two armies lined up in the middle of the field, the referee Qin Guan sounded the gong, the left army kicked off, and the right army turned to go off the field.

I saw that the ball head of the left army kicked the balloon around, kicked it several times, and then passed the ball to the two ball heads, and the ball head demonstrated the kicking method of the two people who juju, and made many dance shapes in the field, passing the ball around, attracting everyone to cheer in unison. Then the ball head passes the ball to the rest of the people, and finally wears it to the ball head, the ball head pulls a step, first kicks a few over-the-shoulder balls, kicks the ball around, and then kicks the ball into the "Merry Eye" with a big stride.

"One win!" There was a roar of shouting from the sidelines. Qin Guan struck the gong on the stage, and ruled calmly: "The left army wins!" ”

The left army bowed and went down, and it was the turn of the right army to perform. After receiving the ball, the right army kicked the ball several times, and then passed it to the ball head, the ball head raised his foot and kicked the ball towards the "Merry Eye", and as the ball deviated from the "Merry Eye" and flew out, a sigh sounded outside the field.

Zhao Xing yawned. At this point, the ball was exchanged in the field. It began to be performed by the Left Army again. This kind of performance ball game, Song people are fascinated by it, but Zhao Xing is not interested in this kind of non-confrontational game. He looked drowsy, until Qin Guan gently pushed him awake with a small hammer, he wiped his saliva and asked with a hazy glare: "Who won?" ”

Keju is something similar to rhythmic gymnastics, in which the head of the ball kicks the ball one person high, makes several gestures, and then catches the ball, or turns and kicks it to a partner. or continue to act as a performer. The ball kicks one person high, which is about three meters, and it takes at least 3 seconds to do a few modeling movements, and during these three seconds, the ball must remain in a state of slow fluttering. That is to say: one meter per second for the Keju ball. This flutter can only be "balloon". In this way, it is convenient for the players to perform.

This kind of slow, pure performance of the ball made Zhao Xing, who is accustomed to modern singing, dancing and rhythmic gymnastics, feel bored. And the result of the "game" was: the left and right armies each kicked five goals, and the right army actually came from behind and won the game. At present, the head of the left army is receiving the punishment of "eating whips", and Su Dongpo is holding a whip. Symbolically and lightly drew the left ball head three times, while the right ball head won a silver wine cup and sixteen brocades. Those who won wore brocade around their necks and draped it like a modern ribbon. looked at Su Dongpo with a shy stomach.

Su Dongpo shouted: "Point Present!" ”

With this shout. The official prostitutes in Hangzhou came to the stage and bowed to Su Dongpo first, and the official prostitutes wearing red coats and extra buns called Su Dongpo. The Song Dynasty was still red, so the best of the official prostitutes were allowed to wear red clothes, called "Xing". They first went on the field to report to Su Dongpo the results of the names of each Goolan Vashe.

In ancient China, there were rules about who wore what color of clothes, and the other two teams of official prostitutes wore a type of pearl and emerald on the top of their heads. Wear a gold shirt. Dresses; A type of crown flower, with a shirt crotch; The former is an ordinary Kabuki. After not arranging beads and flowers, it is because their level is higher than before, only slightly lower than the line, and they are called "popular singers" or "first-line singers" in modern times.

After reporting the number of people who should have arrived and the number of people who actually arrived, Su Dongpo's servants had already led the high-headed horse, Su Dongpo took the lead and led the team out, followed by officials at all levels, and then won the Keju competition. This team is dressed in splendid clothes and follows the officials with high spirits, while the official prostitutes are either holding flowers and fighting drums, or holding dragons and ruans, which are really dressed and musical; Charming and charming, complement each other. And the mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law of the official prostitutes dressed up as embroidered prodigies in the market, and pulled the embroidered saddle Baole horse for them to ride.

Soon after the long procession left the barracks, the local rich gentry began to hold wine glasses and offer wine to the officials with candied fruits of various colors...... In fact, at this time, the officials were not the darlings of the people, those official prostitutes were the protagonists of today, and the young people in the market frequently persuaded the favorite "good" to drink, and after a while, the team gradually pulled away, the official prostitutes went slower and slower, the officials went faster and faster, and the two teams of people could not be found.

This is also the proper meaning of this parade, and today, the victory of the official prostitute and Keju competition is the hero. After the local officials led them out of the arena, the task was completed, and the rest of the time was left to the people, who just buried their heads in Zhao Xingdi Castle and ran quickly, without looking back halfway.

Zhao Xing turned back a few times along the way, he still couldn't get enough of watching the official prostitutes dressed up in the parade, in front of those official prostitutes, there were borrowed from the invited Zhusi family Yu waiting to escort the way for it, and then there were floating waves and idlers guarding the clothes with their hands and fans, attracting thousands of citizens to line up on the streets to watch, and for a time formed a unique "sea of ten thousand" scene in the Song Dynasty. This meeting made Zhao Xing a little familiar and a little lost......

Behind the ranks of the official prostitutes is the utility of the army, they carry all kinds of umbrellas, dance small silver guns and knives, carry all kinds of hats, play variegated shuttle balls in their hands, play variegated flags, beat single skin drums, and then the group practices and dances the large and small lotus picking boats, beating the drums, big flat drums, holding road fans, baskets, bamboo poles, bamboo horses...... For a time, the people of Hangzhou came out of the city to make a huge noise, which made people dizzy and intoxicated.

Today is still the official's holiday, the official's holiday, which means that there are no more tax collectors, and many people in Hangzhou have turned into merchants, selling mud and yellow fat, molasses cakes, lotus roots, new fruits, and elephant flowers and fruits......

There were also a few acquaintances among the vendors selling goods at the entrance of Zhaoxing Castle, who were the families of the Israelites. When the officials of Hangzhou walked here, they all stopped and looked happily at this group of "tax evaders", only to hear those golden-eyed, red-skinned Jewish women sandwiched in the procession, selling garland hairpins, headdresses, pin gold skirts, satin vests, pin gold hats, and scarves to passers-by in the strange Song language......

"These cunning Jews," Zhao Xing scolded awkwardly.