By mid-August, the training was on track. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info Sailors are also mostly able to hit planks in shooting training.

On the 14th of August, it is the festival of the Heavenly King of Watsubo. The port town is lit up with lights, so it's not lively. A few days ago, Naomitsu Miyashiro came to invite Xiao Xiangui and invited the crew of the Zaixing to watch the festival.

Li Tu saw that everyone was training hard, so he gave the crew a day off and asked everyone to go to the town to see the excitement.

Recently, the management training has been very busy, and Li Tu rarely slept in this day, and sat in the house for a day. In the evening, Xiao Xiangui took Li Tu and a few other stewards to the guest seats on the main street to watch the sacrifice ceremony of the Heavenly King.

When a few people arrived on the main street of Hejinfang, they found that it was already crowded with people.

Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, Watsubo has been an important port town of the Satsuma Domain, and it is also the town with the most entrances to the Satsuma Domain. The annual Tenno-festival has been held for hundreds of years and is a major event throughout the Satsuma Domain. Not only did the residents of Watsubo come out to watch, but there were also many residents from other nearby towns who came out to watch.

Miyanoshiro Naomitsu built a bamboo shed in the middle of the main street, on which seats were arranged, which was the rostrum of this festival. At this time, on the rostrum, Naomitsu the palace of Watsubo and other samurai were already seated, as well as other Daming maritime merchants anchored in Hetsubo.

The prosperity of Hejinfang depended largely on the trade of Daming maritime merchants. At such a festival, of course, the maritime merchants became important guests.

When Li Tu and his party arrived on the main street, a samurai came to entertain them, invited them to the second row of the rostrum, and sat in front of the other maritime merchants. Obviously, because of Li Tu's outstanding performance in front of the feudal lord Shimazu Tadashi, the Satsuma Domain treated the crew of the Zaiko differently than other maritime merchants.

Seeing Li Tu following behind Xiao Xiangui, Miyagi Naomitsu bowed slightly. Li Tu saw that he and Jinfang regarded him so much, so he hurriedly returned the courtesy.

Sitting on the rostrum, Li Tu looked down at the people crowded on the side of the road, and felt a faint sense of superiority.

No sooner had the crew of the Zaixing taken their seats than they heard the sound of drums and the procession came down the main street.

At the head of the procession are musicians playing flutes, drums, and sanshin. Dozens of musicians played at the same time, and the sound of blowing was so loud that it could be heard from dozens of meters away. The musicians play a repertoire of classic Japanese festival music. Different from the melodious pop music of later generations, there was no joy in the music played by the musician, and it was full of sadness.

Behind the musicians, 100 geisha dressed up as people from all eras and walks of life, posing in elegant 12 faces, parade in costumes. Those geisha looked good with their faces painted and dressed in colorful satin. In the back, there is a boy dressed as an ancient emperor, dressed in costume, and riding a carriage to the shrine to pay respects. The boys dressed up as the ancient emperors in the carriage and danced to the sound of music.

The coachmen holding the carriage next to the boy were busy throwing zongzi symbolizing "eliminating the plague and eliminating the disaster" to the crowd. Every time the zongzi was thrown, the crowd of onlookers made a shout, surging like a tide, competing for the zongzi.

When they arrived at the rostrum, the coachmen threw more rice dumplings, so that everyone on the rostrum could have one. Li Tu reached out and grabbed one, and also received one.

Peel it off and taste it, but it is a lye water dumpling with no filling, and the taste is average.

After the children's carriage passed, there were also the floats of the shrine, the shrine. More than 100 women dressed in traditional costumes carried lanterns hanging high on long poles, and the long procession lasted for an hour before it ended.

The festival ended, and the crowd gradually dispersed. However, at the entrance of the shrine, there are also merchants who set up sheds and put out entertainment items in the sheds. Those entertainment items are nothing more than traditional programs such as catching goldfish and throwing hydrangeas. Many young men and women had a lot of fun and lingered in those huts.

Li Tu was fine, and he also took the general affairs and walked into those sheds to watch the excitement. Walking in front of the vendor who caught the goldfish, his hands were itchy for a while, Li Tu threw ten cents into the store's bowl, picked up a paper pocket and grabbed it.

But the paper pocket is weak, and the goldfish is cunning. Li Tu lifted it hard, but the paper pocket was broken, and the goldfish ran out of the hole.

Li Tu paid another ten cents and caught it again.

There was no suspense, this time, the paper pocket was broken again.

Li Tu was not convinced, paid thirty wen, and bought three paper pockets in one go. He was about to try to make a splash in the goldfish pond when he heard a gentle female voice in front of him.

Li Tu raised his head and saw a beautiful girl standing in front of him surrounded by two maids. The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with her hair in a high bun and a bright face, wearing a kimono with red stripes on a white background, and her beautiful body curves were tightly wrapped.

The general was stunned, reacted, and translated the girl's words to Li Tu:

"This young lady said that this is not how goldfish are caught."

Snatching a paper bag from Li Tu's hand, the girl put it into the pool and slowly moved it to the belly of a goldfish. Probably often playing this game of catching fish, that Shimazu Sakura is quite experienced, with a little force in her hand, the paper pocket just grabbed a small red-headed goldfish and lifted it out of the water.

Seeing this, several young people on the side applauded.

Seeing that the guest successfully caught the goldfish, the owner of the goldfish shop also applauded, handed over a bamboo box containing water, and asked Shimazu Sakura to load the goldfish. Shimazu Sakura grabbed the bamboo box and sent it to Li Tu, and said:

Shimazu Sakura was in a hurry to visit her sick grandmother in Fukuoka that day, but she didn't expect to meet a bandit on the road. was surrounded by many people, and thought that it would be difficult to escape, but who knew that he would encounter Li Gongzi pulling out a knife to help. The little woman is grateful for the grace of saving her life. ”

Hearing this, Li Tu also said politely: "The effort of raising your hands is not enough to worry about." ”

A hint of cunning flashed in Shimazu Sakura's eyes, and a slight smile appeared on her face. The bright smile, like a pear blossom blooming on a tree, can see the eyes of the guests around are bright.

Holding the goldfish box, Shimazu Sakura said: "Since it is not enough to worry about it, the little woman will use this goldfish to thank her son." ”

Hearing this, Li Tu was stunned and took the goldfish box. Grabbing the goldfish box, Li Tu felt teased, was silent for a while, and couldn't help but say:

"Although it's a gesture, it's a bit of a teasing thing to thank you with this goldfish."

The general secretary was also angry, and hurriedly translated Li Tu's words to Shimazu Sakura.

Hearing Li Tu's words, Shimazu Sakura was happy and giggled.

"Since the goldfish can't work, how does Gongzi Li want the little woman to repay you?"

Li Tu looked up at Shimazu Sakura, only to see that the other party was looking at himself with eyes as bright as autumn water, waiting for his answer.

A little embarrassed, Li Tu moved his eyes away and said indifferently: "I don't need to repay it, just don't use goldfish playthings to play around." ”

Hearing this, Shimazu Sakura groaned slightly, and then said: "Li Gongzi lives in Japan in order to trade goods, and stays overseas for a year, which is really hard. When you live in our country, do you miss your wife, sons and daughters at home? ”

The general translated Shimazu Sakura's words, and Li Tu replied honestly: "I haven't married yet!" ”

Hearing this, Shimazu Sakura's eyes lit up, but in a blink of an eye, her bright face turned red, and she didn't know what she thought. Shimazu Sakura lowered her head and whispered, "Childe's life-saving grace, the little girl will report it in the future." ”

Without waiting for Li Tu to answer, Shimazu Sakura took the two maids and moved away.

Seeing Shimazu Sakura leaving, Li Tu only said that Shimazu Sakura had a strong tongue and grinned a little embarrassed.

Putting the goldfish box aside, Li Tu lifted the remaining paper pocket and grabbed the fish in the goldfish pond.