Chapter 101: Autumn Deer Shooting
Early the next morning, the emperor wants to pay homage to the mountain! The people of the Wuhuai tribe were able to get close to the ceremony, only to find that this river valley was full of tents! There are people everywhere!
The emperor of Liao went out hunting, the pomp was very large, as the emperor's forbidden army of the flying bear, flying tiger, flying leopard battalion elite net out, the camp tent stretched for dozens of miles, at dawn, the battalion sergeant took out the bull horn "woo——! The blowing was earth-shattering, followed by the sound of drums and music.
Generally speaking, the sacrificial place of the mountain ritual should be in Konoha Mountain, Muye Mountain is in the east and west of the north, it was originally the burial place of the founding emperor Yelu Abaoji, but over the years, the sacrificial mountain ritual has gradually become a ritual at the time of autumn, and the sacrifice is mainly the emperor's behavior.
In recent years, Buddhism in the Liao Kingdom has flourished, and monks have participated in the scene of priests and prayers, so there are not a few casual monks this time, the Khitan people originally believed in shamanism, and shamans were very popular in every tribe, but in the Liao royal family, this atmosphere has gradually been replaced by monks' robes and the sound of chanting.
The mountain worship ceremony should set up the god of heaven, and the god of the earth is located in Mt. Konoha, and the middle king tree is planted, and the group of trees is planted in front of it, and two trees are planted side by side as the gate of the gods. The emperor and empress arrived, and the emperor and the queen were detached from the prison (the official of the prison) with etiquette. Now because there is only an emperor and no empress, Emperor Tianzuo stepped forward and stood alone.
The sacrificial animals include ochre, white horses, black oxen, red and white sheep, all of which are oysters. Then the servants slaughtered the animals, cut the bodies, and hung the king's tree. The witch will also be drunk. Ceremonial Officer. The emperor and the empress all wore sacrificial clothes, the emperor wore a gold crown, a white silk robe, a red belt around the waist, a hanging fish, three mountains drooping, decorated with a rhino jade knife, and sewn black boots on his feet.
The next ceremony is more cumbersome, the emperor and the queen ride on the horse, the leaders of the various departments and the women are also present, the ministers are in the south, the women are in the north, the emperor and the queen go to the king tree to get off the horse, and ascend to the south altar to sit on the royal couch. The ministers ordered the women to sit in shifts; Collective classes; Goodbye, reset. The emperor and empress went to the gods of heaven and the earth, and laid their respects. The prime minister and the official of the sect (known as Tiyin in Liao) were laid in turn in Junshu. and group of trees. The Emperor led his uncles to make three circles around the Divine Gate Tree, and the other tribes made seven circles. And under the leadership of the emperor, the emperor and the queen each raised two wines, and the meat was laid again, and the ministers ordered the women to raise one and one to lay down. Then he ordered the official of the government to throw it to the east, and ordered Cheng to offer tea, fruit, and cake bait and lay them on the gods of heaven and the earth. Dressed in white, the witch gave three speeches......
Xiao Ming was sullen when he watched from the side, so he leaned back, gradually retreated to the back of the people, and let out a long breath, now is the season of high autumn air, the sun is shining in the sky, a few cotton-like white clouds are slowly drifting, and two rows of geese in the sky are flying south in a herringbone shape.
"The weather is going to be cold again, and the geese are going to the south for the winter! Why don't they know that it's hard, it's bitter cold in the north, isn't it good to simply stay in the south? Xiao Ming was pondering this question in his heart, in fact, he missed the south a little, and he missed Su Cai'er and Shen Bei'er's two daughters.
"I don't know, they're doing well!" He knows that at this stage, the flying kite's flight ability is still limited, it can't be extremely far, and it must go through transit, and the flying kite he sends out now must go to Tokyo Bianliang or Xuzhou to transit for a stop before he can go to Hangzhou.
Therefore, Xiao Ming mentioned in the information are business and trading things, under his suggestion, Su Caier will be Richanglong weaving also readjusted, silk silk forging and other things as Richanglong high-end products, still continue, but to increase its development efforts, and strive to make a few more varieties.
As a large-scale cotton textile after the cotton harvest, Xiao Ming proposed that according to the configuration of low-end products, he would use the source of linen, another low-end product of Richanglong, to do business with the people of Liao and Jinguo, and even he suggested that Richanglong start to consider the matter of wool weaving, and seeing the boundless flocks of sheep and cattle on the grassland, Xiao Ming immediately thought of it.
In the eighteenth century, the textile industry in Britain developed because they popularized the development of the wool industry on a large scale, and also promoted the development of the industrial revolution from the indirect direction.
This kind of opportunity and resources is not to give up no matter what, in the future to do business with the Khitans, you can let them use wool to exchange items, so that the raw materials will not be solved, as long as the wool cloth comes out, it can be said that it is a kind of thing comparable to soft gold, with the toes to think that you can make money.
As for saying some other words in the flying kite, after so many hands and eyes, Xiao Ming always felt embarrassed, so he didn't express it at all, "If it is possible, if someone carries a letter, you can write the words of your thoughts into the letter, so that the two girls can blush well!" Thinking of this, Xiao Ming smiled unconsciously.
Ami suddenly squeezed over and asked, "What are you laughing at?" Are you thinking about your lover? ”
"Why! I'm laughing, they're tossing like this, it's almost dark, when will the autumn begin? Xiao Ming said.
Ami said: "It's almost here, it's about to start!" ”
"Then you're going to play soon, so behave well!" Xiao Ming encouraged.
In fact, the main purpose of the autumn is to shoot deer, and when shooting deer, first use salt to lure the deer to drink salt water, and then imitate the cry of the deer to gather the deer, and then shoot them. This kind of is also called the licking deer, also known as the deer, in fact, it starts in the middle of the night, the deer drinks the salt water, and will naturally call for the companions to come, and the hunter blows the horn to imitate the deer's song, which is redundant.
In the banner festival, a team of people and horses out, this kind of game in the autumn is the favorite of Emperor Tianzuo, every time you have to have fun, the guards belonging to him are the main people and horses who shoot deer, at this time I saw four teams of people and horses rushing out, all of them are wearing brocade robes, lined with iron armor of the Khitan guards, from the north, east, west, three sides of the gallop away, the sound of horses' hooves, dusty.
The emperor himself chose to encircle in the south, and the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and northwest were led by the princes and vassals, and the emperor wore red in the south, black in the north, green in the west, and yellow in the east, and Xiao Feifei and Ami, as the queen of the prince, would follow the emperor to participate in the hunt and show archery.
Xiao Ming saw the true face of Xiao Feifei of the Ministry of Profit for the first time! Xiao Feifei is the eldest daughter of Xiao Da Bugri, the patriarch of the Jieli tribe, known as the first beauty on the northern grassland, Xiao Ming looked at it, "Damn!" Ahh Another big cake face! It's really disgusting to see big S everywhere!
The cavalry in the four directions in the dust, finally drove out of the deer herd, the Tianzuo Emperor dressed in a red brocade robe was triumphant, ordered the red flag to be raised, and then led everyone to participate in the hunt, the color of the flags and brocade robes in other directions is the same, the team galloped back and forth, the soldiers and horses were built, the advance and retreat were well-founded, and it was spectacular!
All the soldiers advanced and retreated according to the military order, holding spears to drive the deer, and four teams of cavalry surrounded them from all sides, surrounding dozens of large deer in the middle. Incidentally, a deer escaped from the gap in the ranks, and a small group went out to chase after it, came in circles, and forced the deer back.
Everyone pursed their lips and whistled, kept calling, and saw the frightened eyes of dozens of elk and elk in the encirclement, the hunting nature of the Khitans began to be exposed, and the arrow feathers that rushed to the sky were shot at the deer, and after the group of deer were hit by arrows, they fell to the ground with a wail, and the soldiers galloped past on horseback to find the booty.
This kind of hunting behavior will be carried out several times before the emperor will have fun, so below, Xiao Ming has no interest in watching, he found a place to start resting, "The army of the Jin Kingdom will soon beat your country to pieces, but you are playing games here with great fanfare, it is really intolerable that you will not lose the country!" Xiao Ming commented on the author of Emperor Tianzuo in his heart.
This hunt is finally over, the emperor feasted the ministers, counted the spoils, the camp tent where the emperor of Liao lived was made of several layers of cowhide, flying colorful gold, brilliant and brilliant, called the leather room tent, the fire in the middle of the flame rose, the whole elk was erected, was barbecuing, and the guards carried the spoils up at one time to check with you.
At this time, two guards came up carrying a fawn, the fawn was still underage, and its fur was shiny and slippery! The two eyes of this fawn were each shot with a feather arrow, one arrow is a wolf tooth carved arrow painted with gold lacquer, which is the arrow of Emperor Tianzuo, and the other arrow is an ebony birch, the arrow feather is a white goose feather, and the arrow shaft is engraved with a word: "Mi" is Ami's arrow!
Yelu Yanxi laughed when he saw it, and said, "Heaven's will is like this!" "Immediately announced that the empress candidate of Emperor Dali Aguo is Xiao Mimi of the Wuhuai Department! This decision was a big surprise to everyone, Xiao Fengxian, the king of Hailing who was sitting on the side, after hearing Emperor Tianzuo's announcement, his face changed color, and his hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly!
After Xiao Ming heard the news, he smiled knowingly, it seems that his efforts have not been in vain! The princes and ministers of the middle prince and the representatives of the tribal clansmen stepped forward to congratulate Emperor Tianzuo together, and said that His Majesty's decision was extremely wise, and it must be the supreme blessing of the Great Liao Kingdom to choose to smile and smile!
Immediately after the cannon outside the big tent rang out, all kinds of ceremonial flowers from the Great Song Dynasty began to bloom, tens of thousands of forbidden troops, as well as flying bears, flying tigers, and flying leopard riders all knelt on the ground, and shouted with their hands and foreheads: "Long live, long live, long live!" "The sound shook the four wilds, and the birds were shocked!
After determining Ami's queen, a large number of people immediately poured in from the station of the Wuhuai Ministry, and a large number of palace maids and eunuchs of the royal family appeared, Ami was quickly dressed up, put on a heavy queen dress, and waited for the emperor to greet him in person.
Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi is in his forties, with a mustache and a very burly body, he personally came to greet his new queen, and at the same time borrowed from the escorts of the Wuhuai Department, when he saw Xiao Ming, Ami said on the side: "He is my eldest brother Xiao Ming!" Emperor Tianzuo immediately suddenly, reached out and grabbed Xiao Ming's hand.
"Are you the hero who defeated the Jurchen 50,000 cavalry and captured Anping?"
Xiao Ming said: "It's down there, Your Majesty"
"Hahahaha, good! You are so young, it is really a blessing for me to have you! I think you're more heroic than Na Yelu Yujian, and you can still fight, King Hailing, don't you say? In the last sentence, he asked Xiao Fengxian beside him.
"Your Majesty is wise, and what he said is very true!" Xiao Feng bowed first, and when he got up, his little eyes glanced at Xiao Ming deeply, Xiao Ming also glanced at him, and the two of them said to each other.
There is also a grand ceremony after the emperor, Xiao Ming as the "national uncle" is necessary to participate, this set of consciousness is very cumbersome, think it is the custom of the Khitan people, there is no way, the next morning, all the subject states and subjects of the Liao State came to congratulate the emperor and offer gifts.
When it was the turn of the envoys of the Great Song Kingdom to enter the account, Xiao Ming finally saw his old acquaintance, the original Qingzhou Thorn History: Uncle Zhang!