Dragon Fire Festival, one of the traditional festivals of the Kingdom of Dogurland, commemorates the historical event of the Battle of the Dead River in 2188 in the Divine Fall calendar.

In the Battle of the Dead River, the "Ancient King" Doguland I was besieged by the forces of the Six Kings in the Dead River, and at the end of his life, the "Dragon Queen" Sofina Fin Regnom rode the black dragon Nidhogg down from the sky and evaporated the water of the Dead River with the surging dragon's breath, helping the main force of the Ancient Kings to get out of trouble.

Then, the Ancient King launched a counterattack, annihilating the remaining six kings in one fell swoop, banishing their forces to the northern regions, and finally allied with the Dragon Queen to establish this great kingdom hand in hand.

On the day of the Dragon Fire Festival, the cities of Doguland will set off fireworks to simulate the scene of the Dragon Queen and Nidhogg falling from the sky and spitting out the dragon's breath, in honor of the eternal blood alliance between the Laurel Flower and the Dragon.

The Dragon Fire Festival is a favorite festival for children, and they may not know the epic Battle of the Dead River or how symbolic it is, but as long as there are lively fireworks to watch, it doesn't matter who it commemorates, and the joy is over.

However, for the Sheriff's Department soldiers, the Dragon Fire Festival can be very painful, as the task of the night is extremely difficult, and the fireworks in the sky are both a pleasing sight to behold, but also a huge safety hazard.

When fireworks are set off, embers will inevitably fall from the sky, and if a spark falls on the thatch, it is no joke to start a fire.

In order to avoid fires, the fireworks display location of the Danyu City Dragon Fire Festival is set up in the Nancheng area.

The climate of Danyu City is like spring all year round, and there is almost no temperature difference between the seasons, but the wind direction will still change with the season.

In the "winter" season like the current one, the north wind blows from the north, so the fireworks are set off in the southern city, and the sparks and embers are blown by the wind to the southern suburbs, where there are rocky mountains and no combustibles.

Even if there is no wind that day and the embers of Mars fall straight down, the buildings of the southern city are mainly made of stone bricks and will not burn.

The most important thing is that the eight granaries are located in the north city, and the separation of the north and the south like the current one is also the greatest protection for the granary, plus the granary is always guarded by professional fire prevention soldiers, and the hidden danger of fireworks is almost zero for them.

On the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, the southern urban area of Danyu City was already crowded, thousands of people were empty, every household came to the street, the wife held her husband's arm, and the child rode on the father's neck, full of laughter and laughter, to welcome the arrival of the festival together.

Under the dispatch of officials at all levels, a fireworks area has been cleared in Nancheng, the encapsulated fireworks are neatly ready, and the soldiers in charge of the fireworks are already waiting for the celebration time.

There are fireworks, there is naturally a viewing area, a nearby observation deck is located on a high position, the view is excellent, it belongs to the undoubtedly VIP position, the people who can watch the fireworks here are the real power officials of Danyu City, or the merchants and nobles who are close to the ruling government residence.

However, the more subtle thing is that the celebration is about to begin, and the two main officials, the consul Gomer and the procurator Lin Gengsen, were not present, and the middle position was empty.

While the rest of the officials were waiting, a guard of the Ruling Mansion hurriedly ran up to the observation deck and reported to the remaining eight officials in the front row: "My lords, my lordship, the Archon and the Inspector have asked us to come and spread the word, the two of them have eaten some stale ingredients at night and are not feeling well, so they will not come to participate in the Dragon Fire Festival tonight." ”

After hearing this, the security captain slapped the armrest of the seat and scolded: "What's the matter with the chef in your house?!" How dare you give stale ingredients to two adults to eat?! What's the name of this chef? I'll have him arrested! ”

The guard resigned, "Your Excellency, please calm your anger, this is just a momentary negligence in the kitchen, and the chef himself did not mean it, and the Archon has forgiven him." ”

"Lord Archon has a big heart, and that fool is very lucky." The captain of the security took the lead and stood up, looked around at the crowd and said, "Your Excellency is in poor health, we can't sit still here, so don't look at this firework, let's go to the consul's mansion to visit your lordship." ”

The guard hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Your Excellency has already instructed you that you don't have to go to visit the sick, he just wants to have a good rest in the mansion, and you can watch the fireworks here with peace of mind." ”

"This—" The sheriff captain was momentarily puzzled, mainly because he didn't know if Gome's order was sincere or some kind of test.

If it's sincere, that's fine.

In case it is a test, and people deliberately pretend to be sick to test your sincerity, you really won't go, and you will be stupid to watch fireworks here, and there is a high probability that there will be no you in this year's year-end evaluation.

The guards seemed to see the officials' concerns, and specially added: "Your Excellency really doesn't need to visit the sick, just stay here, and the Archon has specially told him not to let him ruin everyone's interest." ”

With all that said, it was not appropriate to pay a forcible visit, so the captain of the security team also sat down and said silently: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate, let the Archon and the Inspector recuperate in peace, and when they recover a little, we will visit again." ”

The guards handed over the errand, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and left with their heads bowed.

After a while, the messenger in charge of the Dragon Fire Festival ran up to the stage and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, the time is almost up, do you want to start setting off fireworks?" ”

Looking from the height of the observation deck, the bustling crowd was separated by soldiers in various aisles, and everyone obviously couldn't hold back the excitement, and they were all asking for the fireworks to start quickly, and all kinds of noisy sounds were mixed together, very noisy.

There were also a few drunkards who were drunk, taking advantage of the festive atmosphere to get drunk and make trouble, pushing here and touching there, causing a lot of complaints, and were soon arrested on the spot by the security soldiers who rushed to hear the news and sent to the public security bureau for prison food.

Seeing that the atmosphere was already hot, the security captain asked his colleagues around him, "If you have no opinion, then..."

"Let's get started, don't keep everyone waiting." Colleagues are unanimous.

Soon, the captain of the security was elected to speak, he got up and walked to the front of the observation deck, drank a bottle of temporary amplification potion, his voice was amplified dozens of times in an instant, and the loud voice penetrated the bustling crowd: "People of Danyu City, today is a day full of commemorative significance, 513 years ago today, the Dragon Queen helped the ancient king get out of trouble in the Battle of the Dead River, and joined hands with him to establish the great kingdom of Dogulland, we ignite the warmest flame to commemorate the eternal friendship between the laurel and the dragon!" I declare now—"

"The Dragon Fire Festival fireworks celebration has officially begun!"