Within a few days, the merchants and craftsmen in Foshan Town took over additional business, large and small.

The coarse porcelain cups and plates in the porcelain shops were sold in baskets; the southern goods stores, fruit shops, tea houses, wine shops, and food shops all received orders and pledged donations; in the incense and candle shops and paper shops, from the shopkeepers to the men, they stayed up all night, just desperately trying to make horses to welcome the gods and lanterns to offer to the gods; even the craftsmen in the iron shop were not idle. The man who tied the braid on his forehead every day has always been the main force of the portable shrine when traveling, in addition to the Mazu Niangniang who is enshrined in the iron line, the rest of the portable shrine everywhere are also proud to ask a few friends who are made of iron to carry the sedan chair, in addition to the wine and dinner, there are several hanging rewards to give.

In the whole town of Foshan, everyone said nothing more than four words: "Opening ceremony!"

Not only the people of Foshan are like this, but even in the city of Guangzhou, there are many wandering children, bustards, warblers, foreign merchants, good believers and other figures, who are flocking to Foshan Town together.

In such a situation, if it is placed elsewhere, especially in Shandong, Zhili and other places, the magistrate will directly disperse the matter in the name of gathering all sentient beings. However, in the Qing Dynasty, the execution of officials has always been a tragedy, and in the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, it was barely relied on the supreme ruler to handle government affairs without sleep, so that the local government could be regarded as keeping a close eye on the locality.

However, in the Qianlong Dynasty, no matter what, Aixin Jueluo Hongli still pinched his nose and pretended to be the chief Kuanren for several years at the beginning of the succession, and there were many fewer things like Yongzheng who fought wits and courage with the bureaucracy all day long. This kind of "leniency" contributed to an inevitable terminal disease in the feudal era, which did not improve until the end of the Qing Dynasty -- the annexation of wealth.

During the Qianlong Dynasty, the wealth of the people was more rapidly accumulated among the three strata of officials, gentry, and big businessmen, and whether they were officials, gentry, or big businessmen, their use of wealth was always extremely inefficient. In the end, it is nothing more than annexing land, hoarding gold and jade treasures, or spending their minds on eating, drinking and repairing gardens like Yangzhou salt merchants, and so on, playing with girls' school books and so on.

The so-called "Huanghuang Qing Dynasty", the GDP has long occupied the first place in the world, and the result is nothing more than the accumulation of wealth in the hands of only a very small number of people, while the majority of the entire society has to face natural and man-made disasters all the time. So first Yunnan, Guizhou, Taiwan and other backward areas of chaos ups and downs, and then the White Lotus Sect swept across Sichuan and Shaanxi, to Jiaqing after the succession, even the lower class Manchu had to rely on the Tianli Sect to host the civil mutual aid action to survive, and finally performed the Tianli Sect attack on the Forbidden City, so that Jiaqing lamented: "There has never been anything, but out of the Qing Dynasty".

However, things must always be looked at from two sides, such as Guangzhou and Huaiyang, the accumulation of wealth has certainly created a large number of wealthy officials, gentry and giant businessmen, but along with the daily use of these wealthy classes, the burghers who serve them have also been born. Just as the Song Dynasty gathered the wealth of the world in the capital, so in Bianliang was born the "arrogant people", also in the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou monopolized the profits of export trade, and Huaiyang controlled the heavy profits of the salt industry, which also gave birth to the urban culture of these two places, hidden in the thirteen provinces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which seemed relatively loose and open.

Even in contrast to the city of Guangzhou, the town of Foshan, where the inhabitants were mainly merchants and craftsmen, and the net of bureaucrats and gentry had to show some signs of loosening in the face of the active economic forces.

Although it is only a little loose, it is enough for someone to spread.

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Before the fourth watch, in the Dakui Hall of the side hall of the Beidi Ancestral Temple, the people who took the "Daohai Zongyuan Opening Ceremony" as the "Welcoming God Competition" gathered one by one, and there were also small squires with thin faces in various villages and communities, and there were also well-known foremen on various streets.

These people greeted the prime minister's old master Gu one by one, and reported the beginning and end of the things they were responsible for one by one.

"The third master of the Huo family ancestral hall in Niulu Village asked me to report that the Huo family has prepared a collar of the Chixia Eight Treasures official robe used by the grandfather of the Northern Emperor of the Imperial Palace, and the Su embroidery is good, and the cluster is freshly made!"

"Fude Shop, Senior Shop, Fuwen Shop, Mingxin Shop, Fengning Shop, and Shilutou Pu gentry each presented 30 sets of magic operas for Grandpa Beidi, and the masters of each eight-tone class, female music class, and Guangdong class have been waiting in front of Wanfu Stage!"

"Jinlan Shop, Bridge Pavilion Shop, Mountain Purple Shop, Zhenming Hall Shop, Guanyin Hall Shop, Yiling Temple Shop, the gentry of the Beidi Grandpa dedicated Wudang Immortal Mountain, Zixiao Jinque, Five Dragons Holding Saint, Beitianrui Palace, and the Immortal Dynasty Ceremony Fifteen firecracker mountains of various colors, each escorted by a hundred flower teams, just waiting for the auspicious time to leave!"

"Wanzhenguan Tan Dingxian old master, Guanyin Hall Yihui master, Mingyin Nunnery indifferent master as the head, Foshan Town 21 nunnery, 34 registered monks, have prepared a fast ceremony, welcome the Northern Emperor grandfather out on patrol, and for Wei Zhenren to ascend to the throne to congratulate, pray for the light of the gods, all living beings to inherit the grace, widely covered with the rain, the four people moistened!"

This piece of news came over, and it was only a matter of lay people and monks, but what happened next was that the ghosts of the hundreds of temples in Foshan added some solemn or humorous atmosphere to this ceremony:

"Tuqipu Zhenjiang Dragon King Temple shrine has been prepared, the temple Zhu Biao is outside, for the Zhenjiang Dragon King Lord to the Northern Emperor Grandpa handed the handbook to ask to see!"

"The shrine of Dajipu Dawang Temple has been prepared, and Xianggong Lin Anfu is outside, handing over a handbook to Grandpa Beidi for the great prince of Guangli in the South China Sea!"

Taking the lead of the temple blessings of these two temples, the temple blessings of the famous temples in Foshan Town have whips wrapped around their heads, incense plates on their heads, and hand the handbooks to the Beidi Ancestral Temple.

These handbooks were written by the temple wishes looking for some old children, but the content was to speak for the gods they worshipped.

There are also those who call Emperor Wenchang and Emperor Sanguan "Foolish Brother", there are also those who call Emperor Dongyue and Emperor Guan Sheng "Brother Yin", there are also those who call Guigu Immortal Master and Xu Jingyang "Late Life", and there are also those who call King Hongsheng and Marshal Huaguang "Nephew", and even those who call Nanhai Guanyin and Tianhou Mazu "Little Sister......

There are only two temples dedicated to the Taishang Dao Ancestor and the Pangu Heavenly King, and the seniority is too high, so it is not good to make up for this fun, and the city god of Guangzhou Mansion is still in the city of Guangzhou, and the city god in the Wanzhen Temple is not qualified to hand over the handbook to the grandfather of the Northern Emperor on behalf of the city god.

I know, this is the temple blessings of various temples fighting for a dignity - which temple gods want to carry out the temple gate to open the way for the Beidi grandfather and guard, which temple gods want to set up sacrifices in front of the temple gate, and which temples The bodhisattva grandmothers want to guard the etiquette and religion of men and women.

I don't know, I thought that the Beidi Ancestral Temple had been changed to the Liangguang Governor's Palace, and the Governor was accepting the court of officials from the province.

Old Master Gu held a small purple clay pot in his hand, took a sip of ginseng soup from time to time, and then raised a little vitality, and his eyes were red and distributed in the same way.

From the offerings of the squires everywhere to the old routines and hours of welcoming the gods in the shops, societies, streets, and alleys, the order of the dragon dance and lion trickery in front of the Beidi Ancestral Temple, and the list of elderly gentlemen who escorted the statues of the Beidi Palace gods out of the temple and the streets, it was all the same after the thin old master confirmed it again and again, and then asked the people below to go out to prepare.

He is still in better spirits, and those characters who are running around are all covered with sweat and dust, and they are just desperately lifting their spirits at this time.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but I feel a little bored.

Every year Beidi Grandpa Christmas, Beidi Grandpa Enlightenment Day, all kinds of competitions are indispensable, carrying the palace like a tour, singing magic tricks to reward the gods, lion dance and dragon dance to release firecrackers mountain, the old squires of each family to show up, contact feelings, praise each other's wealth, all kinds of excitement is inexhaustible.

But in this matter, we are all gentry with fame and face, and the so-called Taoist priests are just playing Jiao and entertaining the gods in front of the gods.

But how come this time, we, the squire, are about to break our legs, but the last glorious benefits are all taken by that Wei Daoshi? Li Tongzhi, as an old parent in Foshan Town, also respects that Wei Daoshi like a living immortal, and he does not have the dignity of the same master at all. The changes in this world are really incomprehensible.

These emotions only flashed in their already numb brains, and then they could no longer make any ripples. In the end, only Old Master Gu slapped his back and made a circle to everyone present: "You have suffered such a hard time, which really makes Gu admired. However, the back is the most critical time, starting from the Southern Lion Team and the Dragon Dance Team, and welcoming all the portable shrines to worship the Northern Emperor's grandfather, it is the most critical time, everyone must be careful, don't make a mistake! After everything is over, Gu Mou will set up wine in the Pearl River Flower Boat, and then invite you to Gao Le...... Now let's go to the back hall to wash up and use some porridge soup and side dishes, so as not to be unable to support it later. ”

Speaking of this, Old Master Gu turned his head around, and found a clever person to send away: "Today, the head incense in front of the god of the Beidi Lord still wants Lord Li to come, and the squires and elders of the twenty-four shops in Foshan Town are all the companions of the Beidi Master, and none of them are missing, please invite them to come to Dakui Hall to prepare!"

Speaking of this, he changed his voice and said, "Remember to go to Fengfu...... No, it's Chongming Mountain House, inform Wei Immortal Master, today's competition, no one is missing, he is indispensable!"

When he said this, there was already a sound of neat footsteps outside the Dakui Hall, and these principals who were busy all night and in poor spirits looked over, but saw a group of people surrounded by a young Taoist who came to give alms.

I saw that Wei Ye was still dressed in a bamboo crown and green ribbon, and he was dressed in brocade and jade, and there were two heroic young men standing behind him, one holding a bamboo sheath wooden sword, and the other holding a white jade scripture. Both of them are dressed in ancient Taoist clothes, wearing jade and silver crowns, wearing ethereal pigmented brocade Taoist clothes, and the silk silk around their waists is also tied up with a jasper ring, but it is completely different from the Taoist costumes of the national dynasty.

In front of Wei Ye, two rows of young Taoists lined up in a strict line, with iron-colored Dao scarves on their heads, not Jiuliang scarves, not pure yang scarves, not Zhuangzi scarves, and the Dharma clothes on their bodies, nor Dao robes, nor straight clothes, but they were quite sharp. It's just that everyone is carrying a red bronze ancient sword on their backs, and a quiver full of iron arrows is hung around their waists, and it looks like there is naturally an awe-inspiring and threatening aura.

Looking at the young Taoist priest in the team, and the smile on the corner of his mouth that looked like a mockery, all the people in the Dakui Hall who were running for this opening ceremony were not good. The original status of these people was a step worse than that of the famous serious gentry, and they were not taken into the eyes of Feng Tiannan, so they were naturally infected and transformed into the "blessings" of the sea devils.

Old Master Gu was the one who was good at dancing with the longest sleeves, but at this time, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Wei Yezuo: "It's good that Immortal Master Wei has arrived! Today, Grandpa Yiwei Beidi should be the foreman of Immortal Master Wei in front, and this kind of glory is not something that I can do sideways." This Foshan Town, Grandpa Beidi's patrol should be exquisite, and it is already clear that Wei Xianshi wants to come, so I don't need to rap anymore. Let's go down and clean our faces and hands, and prepare the chores for the rest of the year, so let's ask Immortal Master Wei to stay here for a while. ”

As he said this, the principals finally had some steps to go down, and one by one they came forward to say hello, and then they all slipped away.

Wei Ye looked at the braids that these characters threw behind their heads, sneered, and then glanced at Lu Yan: "Ah Yan, what do you think of the atmosphere in Foshan Town?"

Lu Yan looked at Wei Ye, but shook his head: "The richness is not comparable to Liangzhou under the rule of the teacher. Under the teacher's rule, he can feed on wheat rice and scallion soup every day, and he is already a middle-class family. is the so-called wealthy family, and the consumption of food is not as good as an ordinary merchant in Foshan Town. As for cloth, incense, and all kinds of tricks, most of them are something that students have never seen. However, the scholars here are so polite, but their words and deeds are insincere, and they only feel that in the rich and beautiful scenery, there is a smell of weakness and weakness, and there is no backbone. ”

Wei Ye nodded lightly and said with a smile: "At this time, if you can see this, you are qualified." Meng Qi, what do you think?"

Ma Chao's answer was straightforward: "The head is too ugly, worse than the hair of a Qiang thief." ”

With this answer, not only Wei Ye, but even the Dao soldiers couldn't help laughing.

The immortal warlock smiled, pointed his finger from Dakui Hall and circled around, and then said: "These people's ancestors are also descendants of Xuanyuan Miao, after the Han Dynasty, they have only been in the barbarian state for a long time, so they recognize the barbarians as the king, and the Yidi clothes as Zhengshuo." Such fools, not only at this time, but also in terms of luck at this time, in the next three hundred years, such fools are still endless, and there are also fallacies such as Yan Chongnian and Li Zhiting, which are still infinitely poisonous. It is the Heavenly Dao that bears the burden, the ancestors left braids on their heads, and the descendants dragged the braids in their hearts, and if they want to really cut off the braids, I don't know how many generations and how much effort it will take. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Ye looked at his students and subordinates, but they were all stunned, so he had to shake his head first and said: "These things are also considered heavenly opportunities for you, and you won't understand them if you say it." That's it, although the Mandate of Heaven is like this, but the way of heaven is constantly changing, since Wei has brought you to this Foshan Town, I am afraid that the evolution of heaven is another new article. Each team has it, take a break, stand upright, rest in place, and wait for the opening ceremony to begin!"