The Great Seminary

Chapter 161 The dragon raises its head

The ancient ancestors of Dongshengzhou believed that the stars in the sky were transformed from the most powerful and supreme demons in an even more ancient and unknown era.

Later they observed celestial phenomena.

The brightest star in the eastern sky is divided into 28 constellations, collectively known as the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

The first constellation among them is called "Canglong".

It includes seven stars: Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji.

The angular star represents the dragon’s head;
Kangxing represents the neck;
The star Di represents the chest;
The star Fang is the dragon's belly;
The heart star is the dragon body;
The Tail Star and the Ji Star together represent the dragon's tail.

And the third day of March every year.

The angular star symbolizing the dragon's head will at one point move to the center of the celestial sphere, which is called "dragon raising its head."

In ancient times, hunter families among the common people would cut their hair and tattoo scales on it to resemble a dragon on this day.

Pray for more prey in the coming year,

This custom has been passed down to this day and has evolved into a custom that is practiced by everyone, regardless of gender, age or status.

On March 3rd, a close elder will cut off a lock of hair.

It will cut off all the bad luck of the previous year and usher in good luck in the new year...

Zhang Gui returned to Zhihai Town and went straight to his own shogunate office.

After sitting down in the lobby, he called over his right minister Ding Chengqi.

He asked himself if everything in Zhihai Town was going on as usual during his absence.

After receiving a positive answer, he nodded with satisfaction. He felt that nice words were of no use, so he really praised Ding Chengqi.

Finally said:
“I exchanged the tax money I earned these days for 1,500 taels of gold notes.

It will be convenient for me to take care of things when I return to Xianrong Island in the future."

Ding Chengqi, who looks like a clown on the stage, is actually very smart. He knows that if he wants to get along well in East Guangdong Province, the most important thing is to curry favor with King Zhen.

King Zhen is now staying on Xianrong Island.

He immediately nodded and replied, "Yes.

After the New Year, General, you relied on your reputation of "Nine Islands Expedition".

There are more than 80% more people coming to our town to buy and sell.

The remaining money in the counter would be worth over three thousand yuan if converted into gold.

If one thousand is not enough, you can always call for more."

"We must take advantage of the situation, Ding Youzai, you are quite good at business.

They collected so much tax."

Zhang Gui was surprised and said:

"Don't force me to come to town to do business..."

"What are you talking about, General?

Our town is said to be your shogunate's fiefdom and the military headquarters.

In fact, it is the place where the port is opened for business.

Even if I'm stupid, I wouldn't do anything that would kill the chicken to get the eggs! "

Upon hearing this, Ding Chengqi stomped his feet in grievance.

Zhang Gui waved his hands hurriedly and said:

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm just talking.

So you haven't been too harsh on me for saving so much money, right?"

Ding Chengqi shook his head repeatedly and said, "That won't happen.

Even if I, a bachelor, am willing.

But the brothers in this town have been living a good life since they followed you, General.

There is absolutely no way I would agree to that."

"That's right, then give me three thousand taels of gold notes.

One hundred notes of ten taels each, and forty notes of fifty taels each."

"Yes." Ding Chengqi said happily when he saw that he had flattered his boss.

No matter how much of this tax money he saved, it would still be the income of Zhang Gui's fiefdom.

Now I can use Zhang Gui's money to please him, isn't that great?

Afterwards, noticing Zhang Gui's increasingly gentle gaze, Ding Chengqi hesitated and asked hesitantly:

"General, you have been doing great things on Xianrong Island for a long time.

I don't know, well, after we have taken over the capital of the Cheonje people, are we planning to take all the fresh mushrooms in one go this year?

Help the foreign nation of Han Li rebuild its state." "Wait, who said we took over the capital of Xianrong Island?"

Zhang Gui asked in surprise.

Ding Chengqi was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise:

"Everyone, everyone says that.

It is said that King Zhen came up with a brilliant plan to attack Cheonje on New Year's Eve and captured several cities overnight.

We took Kyoto and Seoul in one fell swoop, didn't we?"

“We have taken Hanchengfu, but that was the old capital of the Hanli people, and the capital of the Cheonje people is in Pyongyangfu.

Moreover, there are four prefectures in Gyeonggi-do: Haejumok, Uijumok, and Hanseongbu.

King Zhen has only captured Seoul City so far, but he has not taken over the capital of Seonjongdo Island.

Not to mention taking all the fresh mushrooms."

"It would be great if Hanchengfu was really taken." Ding Chengqi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Anyway, Xianrongdao is a small country, and the people around me only know about Hanchengfu.

Now that this place has been lost, it seems that Yuanshan’s national defense has become completely weak.

It is no longer possible to continue invading the southern provinces of our Ming Song Kingdom. This is all thanks to the wise decision of His Royal Highness Prince Zhen!

May all the generals of the 'Xingzai' army, including you, have great military luck."

Zhang Gui opened his mouth to explain and explain that King Zhen's troops on Xianrong Island suffered losses of more than 70% in the New Year's battle.

These days, he has been digging a mass grave almost every day for the Zhenwang New Army and the Yuanshan National Protection Army to bury the dead.

But after thinking about it, he didn't say anything.

Instead, he smiled and nodded, agreed with Ding Chengqi a few words, and then ordered him to leave.

Although Zhihai Town is also Zhang Gui's "kingdom of God" on earth.

But the people here are actually all some kind of deception set up by him, and their nature is completely different from that of the real dragon people.

Some things cannot be explained clearly unless they are broken down and explained in detail.

If you are trying to fool people with half-truths, it would be better not to explain at all from the beginning.

So after simply dealing with the aftermath of Zhihai Town, Zhang Gui got up and left the town and went into the mountains and forests, crossing half of the Xuanzhi Mountains as if flying over land.

At noon, he ran back to his home in Youyufang, Pingyang Town.

Yang Duojie was combing the hair of her two widowed brothers and sisters and several nieces in the yard, cutting their hair to bring good luck.

Seeing his son rushing home to celebrate the March 3rd Festival, he was naturally very happy and laughed so hard that tears came out.

But Zhang Gui knew that his mother was not happy but worried, so he quickly put his arms around her neck and comforted her:

"Am, although I went to Xianrong Island, I didn't fight a single battle.

Just wander around the island and pick up the benefits.

Really, can't you see that I have gained some weight?

Okay, okay, don’t cry. If you cry, I will cry too.

This is unlucky for a festival celebrating the Dragon Raising its Head.

Why don't you cut off a lock of my hair and burn it to get rid of the bad luck?"

After hearing this, Yang Duojie stopped crying.

He took a pair of scissors and cut off a piece of hair from his son's forehead, and prayed solemnly:

“The horn star is above, the dragon head is above, and the Zhoutian True Spirit has heard it.

May my son have a prosperous new year and be healthy and free from harm..."

He kept talking about it for a long time, and it was all for Zhang Gui and no one else.

Zhang Gui listened with a smile, and the fatigue accumulated over dozens of days on Xianrong Island gradually came over him.

Since he was transformed from a human into a "god" on the Giant Snake Head Island two years ago, he has his own kingdom on land.

Zhang Gui had never left his kingdom of God for a long time.

Even when he went to Tianjin "pretending to serve the king but actually asking for an official position", he only stayed at sea for less than twenty days.

But this trip to Xianrong Island took him away from his own "earthly" kingdom of God for a full two months.

I deeply felt the disappointment of a god who had lost his divine authority for a long time and was unable to speak.

The inexplicable horror of an amphibian-like creature leaving the river and slowly 'drying up'.

But the strange thing was that just now in Zhihai Town, Zhang Gui had clearly returned to his own kingdom on earth, but he was still nervous.

It was not until he went to Pingyang Town, which was not his hometown of God on earth, and saw Am that his spirit slowly came to his senses.

Tired enough to pass out.

(End of this chapter)