Chapter 66: The Sacrifice
By the time Dr. Song finished healing the injured female beast, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. Ouyang Shuo still had something to do in reality, so he didn't stay long, temporarily stored the two year beasts in the stable, and hurriedly went offline.
In reality, it is already the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the new year has begun. Last night, the sound of firecrackers and fireworks was non-stop, and it was very lively.
When Ouyang Shuo walked out of the room, Bing'er had already gotten up and was playing with Xue'er in the living room at the moment. Seeing his brother, he said with a smile: "My brother is a big lazy worm, and he hasn't gotten up early yet!" ”
"Big lazy worm, big lazy worm!" Cher, the little guy, is learning to speak again.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head with a wry smile, in the past few days, he has been playing the game reality continuously, and he is as busy as if he is something. In the end, in the eyes of the two little girls, Qing'er and Bing'er, they have become big lazy worms, which is really suffering.
He walked into the bathroom, washed up briefly, returned to the living room, and said to Bing'er with a smile: "Baby, will I take you to the temple fair today?" ”
"Okay, okay!" To be able to go out and play, of course Bing'er, the little monkey, would be happy.
"If you go out, you can't take Xue'er with you, it's too crowded outside, it's not safe." Ouyang Shuo explained.
"Huh? What can I do, Bing'er doesn't want to be separated from Xue'er. The little girl looked very embarrassed.
Xue'er also flew to the top of Bing'er's head very humanely, grabbed her hair, extremely reluctant, and said in a milky voice: "Don't, don't." ”
"Then you can take Xue'er into the summoning ball, but you can't summon it." Looking at the sticky appearance of these two little guys, Ouyang Shuo could only retreat.
"Hmm." This is acceptable, Bing'er took out the summoning ball, and Xue'er obediently flew into the summoning ball.
After the brother and sister went out, they went straight to the most lively Spring Festival temple fair in Jiaozhou.
Jiaozhou's Spring Festival temple fair, with Chenghuang Temple Zhongyou Square, Zhongshan 4th Road, Fuxue West Street, Beijing Road, Huifu East Road Food Street, Big Buddha Temple, Five Immortals Temple as the fulcrum, every day there are special folk culture performances, intangible cultural heritage handicrafts production display, traditional small commodities exhibition, traditional food exhibition and other activities.
Citizens and tourists can not only see the northern temple fairs such as stepping on stilts, twisting Yangge, pinching candy people, and lifting statues, but also include Sichuan opera face changing, acrobatics, magic, hard qigong and other Chinese unique skills, Baimei boxing, Cai Li Buddha boxing, Wing Chun and other martial arts performances, as well as folk puppets, dolls, Wuhua marionettes, Gaozhou single puppets, etc. will be staged one by one.
Wandering in the lively temple fair, shuttling through the sea of people, the brother and sister lingered. A temple fair is a New Year carnival, where eating, drinking, playing, playing, traveling, shopping, and entertainment are all in it.
Of the two big snacks, the most favorite is the food street. What Beijing sugar gourd, Tianjin Goubuli, North Korean cake, Changsha stinky tofu, Tianjin 18th Street twist, Mongolian barbecue, Shanghai crab roe soup xiaolongbao, old Beijing fresh pear soup, Taiwan kimchi stinky tofu, all over the country.
Bing'er, this little girl, is quite caring, she has fun shopping by herself, and she doesn't forget to prepare gifts for everyone. The little girl used her New Year's money to buy a Peking Opera mask for Sister Xiaoyue and a clown mask for her brother. Of course, Xue'er's gift is definitely indispensable, which is a miniature version of the Peking Opera costume, which is very exquisite.
Ouyang Shuo took the clown mask, shook his head and smiled bitterly. This little girl is trying to trick him.
When I came back from the temple fair, it was already half past six in the evening. Bing'er was tired again, took a shower, and went back to the room to rest with Xue'er.
Ouyang Shuo wished that the little girl would go to bed early, but there was still an important event waiting for him to host in the game, so he hurried back to his room. When it went live again, it was exactly 7 a.m. in the game.
After getting up, Ouyang Shuo did not wear leather armor and leather boots as usual and dressed as a military general, but deliberately put on the scribe's uniform sewn for him by Qing'er. There is no other reason, today is the first day of the first lunar month, and Shanhai Town is going to hold a grand sacrifice ceremony.
Before seven o'clock in the morning, all the people in Shanhai Town had already gathered in the square in front of the ancestral hall. Even the villagers of Beihai Village came early by fishing boat from their place of residence to participate in the ceremony.
Fan Zhongyan, the director of administration, served as the priest of the sacrifice, and Tian Wenjing, the director of the material reserves, served as the sacrificial wine, and after Ouyang Shuo arrived at the ancestral hall, the sacrifice officially began.
The ancestral hall of Shanhai Town is dedicated to the ancestor Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. The entire sacrificial ceremony, including a total of nine agendas, including welcoming the gods, laying jade silk, entering the group, first offering, sub-offering, final offering, retraction, sending gods, and looking at the disease, was carried out in strict accordance with the process, and did not dare to be sloppy.
The whole process came down, and it was already nine o'clock in the morning. After worshipping the ancestor Yellow Emperor, everyone moved to the Mazu Temple and began to worship Mazu. As the only officially recognized Shinto belief in Shanhai Town, the ceremony of worshiping Mazu is equally solemn and grand, comparable to that of the ancestor Yellow Emperor.
The sacrifice was over, and it was exactly 11 o'clock in the morning. While there was still time, Ouyang Shuo called Gu Xiuwen and Zhou Feng, who had rushed back to attend the ceremony, to his office.
After sitting down, he smiled and asked, "How is it, everything is going well in Beihai Village, right?" ”
Thanks to your concern, Beihai Village has gradually stepped onto the right track. Before the Spring Festival, it has been promoted to a second-class village. The planning of the whole village is roughly based on the layout of the original Shanhai Village. At the same time, in order to strengthen the connection with the territory, a pier was built near the mouth of the river. Gu Xiuwen said.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, "Very good, it's fast." What are your plans for the next step of construction? ”
"Next, the subordinates are ready to slow down. First lay a solid foundation and improve the organizational structure. Gu Xiuwen said cautiously.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "No, this is too conservative." Let me tell you this, in the next step, I am going to assign the fishermen to the management of Beihai Village. Coupled with the fact that the third phase of the construction of the Beihai Salt Farm is about to start, the population of Beihai Village will expand dramatically. Therefore, I asked Beihai Village to be upgraded to a third-class village within a week. When Shanhai Town is upgraded to a second-class township, Beihai Village will be upgraded to a first-class township. ”
As the former head of the household registration office, Gu Xiuwen still knows the population situation of Shanhai Town very well. Hearing such an arrangement from the adults, he asked puzzledly: "According to the arrangement of the adults, wouldn't the practice of directly transferring the population from Shanhai Town to Beihai Village like this greatly delay the upgrading progress of Shanhai Town?" ”
"The upgrade progress in Shanhai Town is fast enough, it's time to give your opponent a little respite. I'm afraid that pushing too hard will have a bad effect. It is a good opportunity to lay a solid foundation for us. While their attention was still focused on the base camp, they must not have imagined that our affiliated villages had been promoted to the township level. Ouyang Shuo explained with a smile.
"Also, you do the math well. The refresh rate of displaced people in Shanhai Town is 75 people/day, while Beihai Village has only 14 people/day, which is less than one-fifth of the base camp. Therefore, by sacrificing a little bit of the upgrade progress of Shanhai Town, you can quickly increase the level of Beihai Village. Overall, it is very beneficial for the population of the entire territory to increase. Ouyang Shuo continued.
This trick of increasing the total population of the territory in disguise was thought up by the lords who had been promoted to the county level in the previous life when they wanted to quickly increase the level of the subordinate territory. Now when Ouyang Shuo was in the first-level township, he borrowed it in advance. I have to say, very capricious.
Gu Xiuwen suddenly realized, and said excitedly: "The adults are thoughtful, and Xiuwen admires it so much. In this case, after I returned, I immediately organized manpower and made every effort to build the basic buildings of the second-level village. It must be upgraded to a third-level village within a week, and it will live up to the expectations of adults. ”
Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly and said, "I am naturally relieved that you are doing things." How is the formation of the territorial garrison going, and is it still going well? In the latter sentence, he asked Zhou Feng, who had not spoken all the time.
Zhou Feng nodded and said loudly, "Tell your lord." According to the instructions of the adults before leaving, after the establishment of the middle-level military camp, the subordinates have selected 20 soldiers from among the newly displaced people in the past few days and transferred them to the militia. In the next stage, try to upgrade them to the full rank as soon as possible so that they can be transferred to sailors. ”
"Is there any communication at the intermediate shipyard? Do you understand the progress of the construction of small warships? Ouyang Shuo then asked.
"Yes. According to Director Zheng, the construction of small warships has already begun. With the current progress of the shipyard, a small warship can be built in three days, which is enough to meet the training needs of the navy in the early stage. "It is worthy of Lin Yi's strong recommendation of talents, Zhou Feng has clear thinking and thoughtful work, and Ouyang Shuo is very satisfied.
"Good. As you might have guessed, I sent you to Beihai Village for more than just forming a garrison. In the future, Beihai Village will be used as the base and base camp of the territory's naval army. Therefore, from the moment the village is built, you have to work towards this goal. ”
"I understand, my subordinates must do their best to live up to the trust of adults." Zhou Feng replied loudly.
"Good. It seems that arranging for the two of you to go to Beihai Village is a very correct decision. I am very satisfied with the progress made so far in Beihai Village. I hope you can make persistent efforts and create more brilliance. Ouyang Shuo finally concluded that this conversation was not a debriefing, but a debriefing.
"I will live up to the trust of adults!" Gu Xiuwen and Zhou Feng responded in unison.
Ouyang Shuo looked at the time, and before he knew it, it was almost twelve o'clock, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to lunch together." ”
After the meal, Gu Xiuwen and the two immediately returned to Beihai Village by boat. With Ouyang Shuo's confession, the two of them were even more excited, full of expectations and enthusiasm for the development prospects of Beihai Village.