Although Li Su knew the direction of some historical trends, he did not have the ability to predict the future, and he did not expect that the marine life exhibition prepared a year ago would come in handy at such a time, and everything could only be described by a clever word. In fact, it is not quite accurate to say that it is coincidental, because he originally wanted to broaden the horizons of the Tang Dynasty by holding this kind of exhibition, but now it just happens to respond to the article he had earlier.

Zhou Yu from Dengzhou transported those sea creatures finally failed to enter the city on the same day, not that General Zhao deliberately made it difficult, but there was something wrong with this, originally General Zhao just wanted to ask for instructions, and then go to His Royal Highness King Qi from above to negotiate, but he didn't expect that as soon as he heard that there were several zhang long whales transported to Chang'an, his brain was hot and reported to Li Shimin as a piece of good news, and as a result, Li Su in the square was immediately called into the palace again, and then explained to Li Shimin and a group of ministers for a long time, I finally waited for everyone to figure it out, but unfortunately the city gate was closed early.

It's just that what Li Su didn't expect was that for the marine life exhibition he organized, Li Shimin and a group of Wenchen burst out with unparalleled enthusiasm, especially for the five-zhang whale, they attached great importance to it, and some people even proposed to greet it as auspicious, but Li Su almost vomited blood after hearing it, and now there are canned whales on the market, which auspicious rui can eat? Fortunately, there were also people who understood among the ministers present, or maybe they still had undigested whale meat in their stomachs, and they knew that there was such a thing, so they brought it up, which dispelled the idea of auspiciousness.

Li Su was speechless about this. It's just a whale, Dengzhou can catch one almost every two days, and with the improvement of whaling technology and the expansion of the fishing range, the catch will increase in the future, and after seeing the economic value of the whale, many people have begun to prepare their own whaling teams. However, if they want to join this industry, they must first pay a technology patent fee to the Qi Palace, otherwise they will have to go to the sea to explore it themselves.

It could also be that the Chinese New Year is approaching. The Chinese military capital of the DPRK wanted to make a scene, so in the end, a result was finally discussed, that is, a grand welcoming ceremony was planned by the Ministry of Ceremonies. The whales were welcomed into Chang'an from the main entrance of the Mingde Gate, and then combined with Li Su's exhibition plan, they were placed on the Suzaku Square for people to visit.

The plan must be settled, and the relevant officials immediately get busy, because today is already twenty-four, and in six days it will be the New Year, so they must prepare everything for the year to come. As for the sea creatures outside the Mingde Gate, including the huge whale, they were all taken over by the Ministry of Rites that night, because they had to hurry up and dress up these things. In this way, we can achieve a better exhibition effect.

Li Su was not interested in the welcoming ceremony itself, but he was curious to know how those old-fashioned officials of the Ministry of Rites would dress up the sea creatures that had been transported in order to prevent them from rotting. Most of them are marinated with salt and spices, and they don't look very good.

For example, the largest whale was the largest whale caught in winter, and as soon as it arrived at the shore, it was dissected, all the entrails were removed, and then the inside was propped up with wood. Then the thick whale meat is cut into large holes inside, and salt and spices are stuffed inside, so from the outside, the whale's shape is maintained quite well, but at a glance, it still looks like a dead fish, without the slightest momentum.

Originally, the costume that Li Su had in mind should be to put various creatures in some imposing poses, but when he arrived at the scene outside the city, he found that the so-called costumes of the officials of the Ministry of Rites were just tying flowers?

At first glance, Li Su thought that he was wrong, and when he rubbed his eyes and looked again, he found that the other party was really tying flowers, whether it was a whale or a vicious shark, all of them were unified in the head to tie a big red flower, which looked like a praised child in the ocean kindergarten, but these ** little red flowers are big and small, depending on the volume of the children, the largest whale classmate, the little red flower on the top of its head is more than one person tall.

For this kind of nonsense behavior of the Ministry of Rites, Li Su shouted to stop on the spot, and then instructed the people of the Ministry of Rites to start fiddling with these poor sea creatures according to their own ideas. Originally, Li Su's approach was considered ultra vires, after all, although his status as a prince was noble, he couldn't control the head of the Ministry of Rites, but fortunately, it was Wenxin's nominal father who was in charge of the scene, that is, Li Su's father-in-law, Xiao Cuo, so no one said anything, and they all did according to Li Su's requirements.

Time was too short, and after only five days of preparation, Li Zhuo's sea creatures could finally enter the city, just in time for the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. In the five days of preparation, several newspapers in Chang'an were not idle, they all received the news, to vigorously report the news, so they all flocked to the outside of the city, ready to get the first-hand information, but unfortunately the goods had been taken over by the Ministry of Rites at that time, and a large tent was specially set up, outsiders could not see the situation inside, and the officials who came in and out were relatively busy, and no one was willing to be interviewed.

Fortunately, Li Su knew the importance of publicity, so he pushed the young Zhou Yu and the polished shopkeeper Wu to the front desk and accepted interviews with all the newspapers, who not only gave a general introduction to the characteristics of the various sea creatures that were transported, but also described in detail the hardships on the transportation road. Speaking of Zhou Yu's eloquence is really good, and the various difficulties encountered on the road are very vivid, which attracts many gentlemen in the newspaper to abandon their books and end up not to publicize the marine creatures that have been transported, but to write about Zhou Yu's biography along the way.

Thanks to the publicity of the newspaper, after the Winter Games, the upcoming marine life exhibition has become a topic of discussion for everyone, and the focus of these topics is mostly on the huge whale, after all, compared to other creatures, the huge size of the whale undoubtedly takes a lot of advantage, plus there are many rich people in Chang'an, canned whale meat has become a high-end ingredient. In fact, in Li Su's opinion, whale meat is not particularly delicious, and even in his eyes, it is not as good as pork, but this thing is scarce, and secondly, everyone has a sense of curiosity about whales, a huge sea beast, and even eating whale meat will make people have a sense of conquest to surrender to the giant beast, so it has attracted so many powerful people to buy it.

It's just that there are many people who have eaten whale meat, and there are even more people who have heard of whale legends, but people who can see whales with their own eyes are not very common in inland cities like Chang'an. However, it is also because there are so many people who have only heard of their names and do not know their names, so more and more people are interested in the true face of whales. Even after the news spread, many people gathered outside the Mingde Gate every day, hoping to get a sneak peek, but unfortunately, like the gentleman of the newspaper, they saw the big tent of the Ministry of Rites.

In everyone's expectation, the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve has finally arrived, and the mystery of the whale and its companions has come to be revealed. Before dawn, the Mingde Gate was opened an hour earlier than usual, so that the whales could be transported to the square without jamming the traffic, taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer cars and horses in the morning.

It's just that when the city gate was opened, the Suzaku Street, which was more than 150 meters wide, was already full of curious people, not only the residents of Chang'an, but also the people nearby outside the city, who all rushed to Chang'an last night and stayed at the homes of relatives and friends for one night, in order to witness the legendary whale as soon as possible.

For this situation, the Ministry of Rites had already prepared, and Jin Wuwei, who managed the security of the city, had already been dispatched, standing in two rows in the middle of Suzaku Street, and in the middle was a passage about 30 meters wide. Although the onlookers were curious, no one dared to cross these Jin Wuwei, who represented the imperial power.

When the gates opened, countless fireworks burst into the sky, and then the first group of people to sing and dance into the city, followed by the first sea creatures to enter the city. The first thing the people on both sides saw was a huge fish with a body length of more than a zhang, only to see that this fish was gray and black, with a silver-white belly, and a wide open mouth, revealing the dense sharp teeth inside, although it was dead, it was deliberately placed in the shape of predation, and it looked like the momentum was not weaker than the fierce tiger on land. As soon as many knowledgeable people saw this fish, they immediately exclaimed: "What a big shark!" ”

Immediately after the shark, there was a huge turtle, about five feet long, and the turtle cover on its back looked like a huge shield, most people have seen turtles, but people in the inland rarely see such a huge turtle, so it also attracted many people's amazement.

With the continuous blooming of fireworks in the sky, the carriages outside the city also keep entering the city gate, the sea creatures on each carriage are large or small, and the forms are also strange, such as squid, swordfish, sea lions, etc., each of which has caused many people to marvel, and they have sighed that there is really nothing strange in this world, and when the front is finished entering the city, the whales that are the highlight of the event have finally begun to enter, and even in order to facilitate the whales to enter the city, on the passage reserved in the middle, it has already been sprinkled with water and frozen, anyway, Suzaku Street is so wide, Ice in the middle does not affect walking.

In anticipation, the fireworks in the sky suddenly reached a **, and the singing and dancing on both sides of the city gate became more high-pitched, and then in a piercing friction sound, more than a dozen cows and horses pulled a huge sleigh with great difficulty, and slowly walked out of the city gate hole in the middle, and behind them, there was a huge black shadow that almost blocked the entire door hole.

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