Chapter 45: Spring Festival
Liu Zhang took the two daughters to leave the Honghou Mansion to relax and cultivate a relationship with them.
In the afternoon, I took them to the woods to practice marksmanship, and after an afternoon of practice.
The two of them have become more proficient in marksmanship, and they will consider using rifles and sniper rifles in the future.
Let them have a stronger ability to defend themselves, and let him worry less.
In two days, it will be spring ploughing, and spring ploughing will be carried out in the spring sacrifice.
A few more days passed, but nothing too disturbing happened.
In late March, the spring flowers are blooming, and it is the spring ploughing season of the year.
Early in the morning, Chen Yun and Xu Jian helped Liu Zhang change into new red clothes.
Liu Zhang is the highest status and most noble in the Red Marquis State, and he presides over the spring festival.
Pray to Shennong for a good year, and only Liu Zhang has the ability to hold a local high-level sacrifice.
He naturally wears the latest and greatest clothes, which is also the highest respect for Shennong.
"Today is the day of spring ploughing and worshipping the gods, and I hope Shennong will bless everyone with good weather and abundant grains this year."
Chen Yun also often hears that other places are either floods or droughts.
There has even been a plague of locusts, and grain production has been reduced or even lost in some places.
The god of agriculture is being worshipped everywhere, and this year's tribute used by the Red Marquis is the best.
But why do some places still suffer disasters, sacrifices are indispensable every year.
Even the emperor would personally sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth to bless the Han with a good harvest in the year.
Could it be that their sincerity is not enough, and the tribute to the sacrifice is as much as the ritual.
Liu Zhang looked at Chen Yun, her expression thoughtful.
Liu Zhang looked at Xu Xuan again, and she helped him sort out his clothes very seriously.
Watching Xu Xuan become more and more beautiful, the more I look at it, the more I like it.
Make sure your clothes are tidied up and see if the time is almost up.
"Lang Jun, this year is the first time you are presiding over the sacrifice, don't make a mistake."
Last year, Liu Jia was not in the Red Marquis Kingdom, and Zheng Ying presided over the sacrifice.
"I know the etiquette of the spring festival by heart, and I can't make a mistake."
This time, the best tribute was prepared to ensure that Shennong was satisfied.
He also has reverence for Shennong, the ancestor of agriculture.
Being able to bless the people with a year of good weather is also the good wish of the ancient people.
But in some places there are either droughts, floods, or locust plagues.
In the first month of this year, people from the south and from the north came.
Because of the disaster, they already had no land, which made their lives even worse.
Liu Zhang built a workshop in the Red Marquis Kingdom and arranged for them to work in the workshop.
They have a stable job, and naturally they have a stable income.
Liu Zhang can also collect a layer of dividends from the workshop, and he can also get part of the taxes.
Of the 500 households with a family style, Liu Zhang gave the quota to those people who were affected by the disaster and fled.
It is also to take care of them, and recently some families plan to sell girls between the ages of ten and fifteen to the Honghou Mansion as maids.
Liu Zhang refused, there were enough slaves and maids in the Honghou Mansion.
He didn't want to spend more, and he was able to understand the poverty of those people.
I am also worried that if the Honghou Mansion buys too many slaves and maids, it will be caught by the officials of the imperial court for impeachment.
Liu Zhang went to the temple surrounded by everyone, playing drum music all the way.
There were joyful smiles on everyone's faces, and they were full of hope for the future.
They are very grateful to Honghou, and their life is getting better and better.
The county government sent people to maintain order, and there could be no mistakes during the spring festival.
Children jumped and laughed, and followed the adults to see the rituals.
At the end of the ceremony, they receive sweets and pastries.
"Spring is coming, everything is Su. At the beginning of spring ploughing, farmers are busy. Take a hoe and scatter the seeds. Water and wait until it grows. Autumn harvest, joy. ”
The children sang the three-character spring ploughing song, and Liu Zhang listened to the song they sang.
They are happy from the bottom of their hearts and look forward to the autumn harvest.
This year, we can have a full meal, and the children are dancing and clapping their hands.
They exchanged the grain in their hands for high-yield agricultural seeds distributed by the Honghou Mansion, and the fertilizer was only provided to the people of the Honghou Kingdom for arable land.
There are countless fertilizers stored in the subspace, and the fertilizer packaging bags are written in foreign languages.
I don't know if there is a chemical fertilizer in countries other than Huaxia, if so, I don't know what kind of expressions those people will have?
As for the wealthy merchants and nobles of the surrounding counties, don't expect to get high-yield crop seeds and fertilizers from him.
When they arrived at the Sheji Temple, the tributes were placed in turn.
Liu Zhang took the lead in worshipping, and everyone was pious.
It is hoped that there will be no floods and waterlogging, and no locust plagues in the Red Marquis Kingdom this year.
Children stand outside the temple and look at the delicious offerings on the table.
Wait until tomorrow, and the tribute will be distributed to the others.
Because these tributes have passed today, they have been tasted by Shennong.
Chen Yun and Xu Xuan handed out cookies and candy to them, and the children had innocent smiles on their faces.
Every year at the time of the Spring Festival, they can get candy and pastries distributed by the Honghou Mansion.
They got the biscuits, which were really delicious.
"The two sisters are really beautiful, they must be messengers sent by the gods."
A little girl really praised Chen Yun and Xu Xuan, they thought that only fairies would be beautiful.
"We are not messengers sent by the gods, as long as you are happy."
Chen Yun is actually not a few years older than them, looking at these happy children.
He's also happy, it's just that he can't play as carefree as they do.
He has to deal with the affairs of Honghou Mansion and let Liu Zhang worry about it.
At this moment, a pleasant rhythm sounds, and this is the prayer kagura.
In this era, there are no firecrackers, and it always feels a little less festive.
Everyone worships according to the ritual system, and every step must not be wrong.
Liu Zhang held the tribute incense in his hand, and the rosewood god seat was placed on the offering table.
They have not seen the true faces of those gods, only their priesthoods or their names.
Carve the priesthood, or the name, out of the finest wood or jade.
It is believed that God can receive tribute, and this time the tribute is even better than last year.
In particular, everyone can smell the rich aroma of the sake that is enshrined.
The wine in the wine vessel is as clear as water, which represents everyone's highest respect for Shennong.
Afterwards, Liu Zhang recited the blessing words, and everyone listened quietly.
Every step was not wrong, even if it was a little wrong, Shennong would definitely not blame them.
The sacrificial ceremony lasted for a long time, and at the end everyone solemnly bowed.
As the end of the sacrifice, I also hope to get instructions from Shennong.
The temple is managed by a local person of prestige, and the tribute is to be taken care of until tomorrow.
The most important thing is to prevent rats and other animals from running on the offering table at night to steal tribute, and also to prevent people from stealing food at night.
Tomorrow the tribute will be distributed to everyone to bring good luck to them.
The people of the Han Dynasty had great respect for the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, and these gods were historical figures.
They have made great contributions, such as Shennong, Houji, and the God of Wind and Rain. In short, there is no way to be disrespectful to God in this day and age.
Liu Zhang traveled from the 22nd century, and I don't know if these are superstitions.
But this is ancient times, if you don't respect the gods.
That will be very annoying to the people, and it will have a big impact on their future.
Even the emperor personally worshipped the gods of heaven and earth and prayed for the blessings of the people of the world.
"The spring festival ceremony is over, and we must be optimistic about the tribute."
Liu Zhang told the management that this matter is not trivial.
After worshipping Shennong, it is a spring ploughing ceremony.
As the most powerful person in the Red River Country, he wants to set an example for everyone.
Holding the selected ploughing oxen and cultivating the land, the Han Dynasty attached great importance to agriculture.
After Liu Zhang left the temple, he got into the carriage and changed his clothes in the carriage.
Wear clothes suitable for cultivating the land, and when the spring festival is held just now.
He was very nervous in his heart, and it was the first time he had participated in such a grand sacrifice ceremony.
Once in the carriage, he took a deep breath.
Xu Xuan and Chen Yun helped him change his clothes and put on gray cloth clothes.
Isn't this just doing your old job, and you were farming before you crossed.
The land has an affinity for him, and the people live on food, and of course food is inseparable from the big harvest.
"I worshiped Shennong just now, I didn't make a mistake, right? I was so nervous just now. ”
"Lang Jun didn't make a mistake, Shennong must have seen Lang Jun's sincerity."
Chen Yun replied to his words while changing his clothes.
"This year's tribute is even better than last year's, and Shennong must like it."
Xu Jian thinks that Shennong must like this year's tribute, Shennong is a respected god.
He was also a selfless god who gave the people food to eat.
Generations will not forget his contributions, and the main worship of the spring festival is Shennong.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong, although Shennong would not blame him.
The two girls felt that the little gods around Shennong would lose their temper, and Liu Zhang enjoyed the two women's changing clothes.
After crossing over, I became more and more accustomed to this kind of life.
After spring ploughing, it is necessary to manage the fields well and wait for the autumn harvest.
When it comes to summer, it is necessary to do a good job of flood prevention.
The impact of the flood on crops was minimized as much as possible, and the people lived a subsistence life with this autumn harvest.