Jin Yongsan felt that he was caught by pirates this time, it didn't seem to be a bad thing, what a pirate is, isn't it just a business without capital, if he can get in touch with a pirate, wouldn't the money flow in an uproar.

At that moment, Jin Yongsan immediately revised the book, and did not say that he was captured by pirates, and at the same time said that Zhen Qian was a maritime merchant, and finally he was afraid that the family would not believe it, so he almost used an order tone, asking the family to receive these maritime merchants with the highest and most solemn etiquette, and unconditionally meet all the conditions of these maritime merchants.

Zhen Qian was very satisfied with Jin Yongsan's attitude, took Jin Yongsan out of the cell, arranged a separate courtyard, and returned Jin Yongsan's children to him.

After driving Jin Yongsan away, Zhen Qian said to Kong Ni: "Mr. Kong's visit to Silla this time is not only as simple as rescuing Wang Cheng's family, this trade route is equally important, and it will be very helpful for the development of the Wufeng Islands in the future. ”

"My subordinates understand!"

If the Wufeng Islands want to develop, they will be inseparable from the Wa Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom in a short period of time, and as for the Tang Dynasty, the distance is too far away, except for the population, there is not much help at all, and this is also the foreign policy of the Wufeng Islands in the next few years.

The three of them combed through the plan again, found that there was no problem, arranged for three ordinary ships to be handed over to Kong Ni, Zhen Jiu secretly escorted Kong Ni to the country of Silla, avoiding the sea area where the battle was being felt, and agreed on the return time and the route to be answered, and then they made separate preparations.

In the blink of an eye, it is almost the Lantern Festival, seven days have passed since Wang Cheng was captured, and Kim Yong-san's first war report was sent back to the Silla Forward Sailor Battalion on Hirado Island, and the letter naturally said how brave Kim Yong-san was, how fortunate he was, and indeed found a few groups of pirates around the Wufeng Islands, and fled after seeing the Silla Navy, and in the process of pursuit, he sank several pirate ships, and was following the pirates, ready to beat the water dog Yunyun!

After reading Jin Yongsan's battle report, Zhen Qian felt that Jin Yongsan's image was taller, and he was completely the embodiment of wisdom and bravery.

During this time, the Silla Forward Naval Division never sent a third fleet, and according to the observation of the Silla army on Hirado Island from afar, there was no sign of troop movement, which at least indicates that the Silla army did not become suspicious of the Gobon Islands.

The Wufeng Islands are immersed in the joy of the Lantern Festival, which is the first New Year's festival in the Wufeng Islands, and it is also the first festival for many people in the Wufeng Islands, especially many refugees from the Tang Dynasty or the Wa Kingdom, and after a period of calm days, they are more eager for a better life in the future.

In fact, the people's idea is very simple, that is, the wife and children are hot on the kang, and they can eat a full meal for two meals a day, and they will not expect silk and satin, let alone fantasize about brocade clothes and jade food, deep mansions, and groups of wives and concubines.

The Gobong Islands did not stop holding the first illumination of the Gobong Islands because of the war between Silla and Wa Kingdoms, nor because they were attacked by the Silla Navy Division for the second time.

The Lantern Festival was there as early as 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Ming Emperor period, the Ming Emperor advocated Buddhism, I heard that Buddhism has the fifteenth day of the first month of the monk to view the Buddha relics, light the lamp to worship the Buddha's practice, ordered this night in the palace and temple to light the lamp to worship the Buddha, so that the common people of the scholar clan are hung with lights.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he ordered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of the "Taiyi God" were set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. (Taiyi: God who rules all things in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

Another theory is that the custom of lighting lanterns during the Lantern Festival originated from the "Three Yuan Theory" of Taoism; The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is the Midyear Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is the Lower Yuan Festival. The three elements in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are the three officials of heaven, earth and man, and the heavenly officials are happy, so the Shangyuan Festival should be lit with lamps.

As for why you want to enjoy the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, there is also a legend.

Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts, hurting people and livestock everywhere, people organized to fight them, and there was a mythical bird trapped in the world to get lost and landed in the world, but was accidentally shot to death by an unwitting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven found out, he was very angry, and immediately issued an edict, ordering the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and burn all the human and animal property in the world. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life and secretly drove auspicious clouds to the world and told the people the news. When everyone heard the news, it was like a thunderclap sounded on their heads. I was so frightened that I didn't know what to do, but after a long time, an old man came up with a plan, he said: "On the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days of the first lunar month, every household has put up lanterns, lit firecrackers, and set off fireworks at home. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven would think that the people were burned to death. ”

Of course, there are many stories and legends about the Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival lantern appreciation, and it is difficult to repeat whether it is true or false!

On this night, when the moon is high, people light up thousands of lanterns to celebrate. Go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns, guess lantern riddles, eat Lantern Festival, reunite with the family, celebrate the festival together, and enjoy it.

In the Tang Dynasty, the lantern viewing activities were more prosperous, the palace and the streets were hung everywhere, and tall lantern wheels, lantern towers and lantern trees were also established. ”

As for "guessing lantern riddles", also known as "playing lantern riddles", it is an activity added after the Lantern Festival, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital Lin'an was fascinated during the Lantern Festival, and there were many people guessing riddles. In the beginning, it was the good deeds who wrote riddles on slips of paper and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can enlighten wisdom and are very interesting, they are popular with all walks of life in the process of circulation.

The custom of eating Lantern Festival has also spread for a long time.

Lantern Festival is made of glutinous rice, either solid or stuffed. The filling has bean paste, sugar, hawthorn, all kinds of fruits, etc., which can be boiled, fried, steamed and fried when eaten. At first, people called this food "floating balls", and later called "soup balls" or "rice balls", these names "reunion" are similar to the phonetic sound, take the meaning of reunion, symbolize the reunion of the whole family, harmony and happiness, people also miss the parting relatives, and place good wishes for the future life.

On this day, Zhen Qian, Kwai Ji, Qingyan, Xiaolian, and Liu Yali made a pot of rice balls with their own hands, and the family had a lively and lively festival together that no one disturbed.

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