Wu Kai originally planned to go to the arsenal early the next morning to select equipment - but yesterday Wu Jingui and the others drank like that, and it would be good to wake up in the afternoon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

was extremely bored, so Wu Kai summoned Ximen Xiu and Wu Yueniang, as well as the two little maids who were temporarily in charge of serving, and asked them a very simple question: What is the most attractive program in the previous Shangyuan Lantern Festival?

Originally, Wu Kai thought that they would say 'guess lantern riddles', 'juggling', 'river lanterns' and the like, but who knew that the four of them would look at me and I would look at you, and they replied in unison: "Sumo!" ”

Women's sumo, to be exact.

Sumo wrestling was an extremely popular entertainment in the Song Dynasty, and women's sumo wrestling was a must-have in Kaifeng Prefecture at that time because of its unique 'ornamentality' - it is said that Song Renzong was also advised by Sima Guang in a book because of his love for women's sumo.

"Two years ago, when Shen Yuanwai hosted the Shangyuan Lantern Festival on West Street, he found eight female wrestlers from Bianliang, Tokyo, and lit a bonfire to wrestle on the street, attracting thousands of empty alleys for three days, and I heard that even Qingzhou Mansion had people coming to visit!"

"Yes, yes, I heard that Chen Taishou changed into civilian clothes and watched in the crowd for a long time!"

"It's just that there are too many people, and I have stepped on several people one after another, and there are ...... who lost children"

Listening to their words and my words, describing the grand occasion of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Wu Kai was deeply speechless: Sure enough, it is an ancient time with no entertainment, if this is left in modern society, two women wearing only underwear will tear it on the street......

All right!

Even in modern times, this scene will attract countless onlookers.

Although Wu Kai can't find a serious female sumo wrestler, it's not a problem to find a few Qinglou women with good figures, and make a cameo appearance when they come, right?

As for the professionalism, let Wu Song conduct surprise training for a few days, and put on a posture - anyway, the men are mainly just looking at the meat, and what wrestling is not a trivial matter.

"Are there any other shows that are particularly popular?"

This time, there are different opinions, some like juggling, some prefer lanterns, Wenqing likes lantern riddles, and foodies highly recommend special snacks.

That's all there is to it, and it seems that this ancient life is indeed a bit boring.

"How were the previous lantern festivals promoted? I mean, how do people know that this year's lantern festival is more exciting than in previous years? ”

"This ...... It seems that no one will go out of their way to advertise it, right? ”

"Shen Yuanwai released the news more than three months in advance, otherwise the people from Qingzhou Mansion would not have come here."

"Master, is it too late for you to release the news now?"

Tut~

In a society where information is passed on by word of mouth, it is troublesome to advertise.

Of course, it will be easier for ordinary people who have not been bombarded by advertisements in later generations to deceive.

Let the two maids get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Wu Kai first listed the 'lanterns', 'lantern riddles' and 'women's sumo' on the top - he had already started to prepare for the first two, he had already ordered 3,000 lanterns in Yanggu, and found a few sour dings, and customized a bunch of mentally handicapped lantern riddles in batches.

As for the newly added women's sumo, he plans to hand over to Han Tao and Wu Song to be in charge, the former is a veteran of the flower bush and can select suitable Qinglou women, and the latter is a wrestling master, responsible for simple post-training.

As for juggling, snacks, etc., they don't need Wu Kai to prepare in advance, they are all here for money, so naturally they won't miss this Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

Then Wu Kai added two more items to the paper, namely 'Wine Fighting Competition' and 'Stage Play', both of which he had already thought of, both for the purpose of promoting 'Buddha jumping over the wall' and 'soap'.

Originally, he planned to focus on promoting stage plays, relying on this unprecedented form of performance to attract more audiences - but now it seems that the time is a little too late.

It seems that the only way to do this is Plan B.

A horizontal line was drawn under the words 'Wine Fighting Competition', Wu Kai called a few strong men who accompanied him, explained carefully, and asked them to change into the Chinese clothes they had prepared a long time ago, give them silver taels, pretend to be rich people, and quietly slipped out of the back door.

Soon after, a stirring news spread through the city.

It is said that there is a prince in the saint today, but somehow, he was infatuated with the Oiran of a certain green building in the capital, and said that he would not marry.

When this matter reached the ears of the emperor, Long Yan was furious, forcing the prince to elect a princess from a good family before the first month of next year, and marry the oiran to a wife.

The prince begged bitterly, and even forced him to die, but he could not change his father's will.

Oiran was sad, so he put forward a condition, asking the prince to personally send her back to her hometown, to help her find a suitable father-in-law, not to ask for background, not to care about rich or poor, as long as the appearance is somewhat similar to the prince, you can also slightly solve the pain of lovesickness.

The prince was so moved that he decided to let Oiran choose a princess for him in his hometown, not asking for origin, not caring about wealth or poverty, and not being picky about appearance, because he swore that he would never like another woman in his life, so it didn't matter who that woman was!

Although the two decided to go to Oiran's hometown together, as princes, they could not leave the capital easily.

Coincidentally, when the prince heard that his father was going to send people to various places to select tribute wine, he recommended himself and asked to hold a 'wine fighting competition' in Oiran's hometown, and on the day of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Oiran's husband and his own princess were selected.

Needless to say, the 'Oiran hometown' in this story is naturally Dongping Mansion!

The whole story makes full use of the essence of the dog's blood drama, first using the royal family, the most gossip hotspot of this era, as a gimmick to arouse the curiosity of the people, and then using the audition mode with almost no restrictions to sprinkle two incense bait.

You must know that even in later generations, all kinds of film and television dramas of Cinderella and Prince Charming are still enduring, let alone in the Great Song Dynasty, where the imperial power was ordered by the sky.

And a stunning Oiran with a dowry of tens of thousands of dollars is also fatal to men - not to mention, it is specifically mentioned in the story that Oiran and the prince have always respected each other like guests, and they are still perfect to this day.

In short, this rumor of the murder of men and women became known all over the city in the shortest possible time, and then quickly climbed over the city wall, thinking that it would spread in all directions, and in just a few days, it had spread outside Dongping Mansion.

Especially two days later, the news that Taishou Mansion announced that it would hold a 'wine fighting competition' at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival spread to the following counties, which made people even more credible!

So, just after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the inns of all sizes in Dongping City were crowded with people, both men and women, all of them were gearing up, waiting for the arrival of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival - even the beggars on the street dressed themselves up in those days, because there is a legend that if they could not find a suitable candidate, the Oiran would rather marry himself to a beggar.

Of course, this is all an afterthought, and at the moment, Wu Kai doesn't have time to pay attention to the spread of rumors, because he finally waited for Wu Jingui's summons.