Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 571 Opening Ceremony

On the eighth day of August, the weather was fine.

Before dawn, the whole Dingxiang City became lively.

All the merchants who sell food in the city prepared their own special food in advance, loaded their carts full, and urged their own guys to rush to the main venue outside the city. With the business experience accumulated during the military competition, there is no better business than the merchants who sell food and drink on a big day like today.

The other group, workers from various workshops in the city, made breakfast early, and after a full meal, put on their most decent clothes, brought a piece of red silk that they had bought a long time ago, and headed to the sports field with their families. Hurry up, they know that today's opening ceremony will have the biggest excitement in the history of the Tang Dynasty, they will wave red silk to express their welcome to this grand event, and at the same time, they will also express their love for this grand event to the emperor who will be present enthusiasm.

As for those courtiers with official positions, they started to dress up early in the morning under the wake-up service of the hotel waiter. The courtiers from Chang'an mainly lived in the Dingxiang branch of Wangjiang Tower. , Here, there is a very rich buffet breakfast today, but there is no porridge or drinks, this is to prevent everyone from drinking too much water and urinating during the ceremony.

Sun Xiangfu's family also started preparations before dawn. His token allows everyone in the family to enter the viewing seats with seats for guests. Hongmei and Chuntao are stubborn even though they have big bellies like watermelons. They had no choice but to go to the scene to watch. Sun Xiangfu had to send all his guards to escort them.

When the sky was bright, Sun Xiangfu's family went out of the city together with the flow of people. In fact, the opening ceremony didn't start until about nine o'clock in the morning, and there were still two or three hours left!The reason why everyone rushed out of the city so early was to occupy a good position, and after dawn, when the colorful hot air balloons took off, the enthusiasm of the people to run outside the city was even higher.

Many people who visited Shanyang City earlier had seen this kind of thing. However, more people from Dingxiang didn't know what it was. They thought it was a miracle. The kings of the country think so too.

After rounds of fiery yelling and various nonsensical visits, as the insider's explanation slowly spread, the crowd finally settled down after the initial chaos and accepted this unknown thing.

Ten big hot air balloons encircled the area with a radius of several kilometers, and the center of the circle was the main venue.Surrounding a central field that is larger than the four football fields of the later generations, there are nearly a hundred steps of high turf slopes. These steps extend to the four sides at an angle of 25 degrees, and are the viewing seats for ordinary civilian spectators.

In order to build this oval-shaped high slope, Zhang Sun impulsively used more than 2 people. According to the original terrain of the hillside, he dug for more than half a year. Roughly, it can be used for several 10 people to see the venue of the main venue. It is actually very difficult to see the scene on the field clearly. A place as large as four football fields is just a small square when viewed from a few hundred meters away.

As for the people outside the slope, there is no guarantee. The whole venue is open and open, and God knows how many people will gather here.

Li Jing dispatched all the soldiers out early in the morning to guard against the slopes in sections to prevent stampede accidents. Those people who could not enter the range of the slope could only listen to the drums and cheers from the main venue. Sound, look at the densely packed heads of people.

This is impossible. Even in later generations, without borrowing the TV platform, it would be difficult for hundreds of thousands or even millions of people to watch a live performance at the same time.

Around the slope, there are many dark holes. These holes are the passages leading to the interior of the slope, where actors enter and exit. Tens of thousands of actors who are about to go on stage are preparing in those holes.

When Sun Xiangfu entered the venue, it was still early, so she first came to the cave to see how Yu Xiuer's preparations were going. She had been busy for eight months for this performance. Last night, I'm afraid It was a night without rest.

"Actually, you don't have to be so nervous. In such a large-scale performance, very few people make a small mistake, and the audience can't see it. There is no need to be perfect, as long as it is that kind of thing. By the way, you slept last night Do you feel it? If not, you can still take a break for an hour now, and if there is something, I will help you deal with it. "

In the actor's rest area, Sun Xiangfu said with a bit of distress when he saw Yu Xiu'er dressed up and dressed up.These days, Yu Xiu'er has lost a lot of weight.

"It doesn't matter. In the second half of the night, I slept on my stomach on the fou for an hour or two. This arm is still very sore. I'm afraid that it won't be strong enough when I conduct a command later."

"Come on, let me rub it for you, things like this! You have to train someone to do it in the future, and the director will perform in person."

Women, when they are troubled, always like to act coquettishly to men. Sun Xiangfu acted like a dog's leg, which immediately made Yu Xiu'er feel relaxed, and said with a smile, "In the future, Hongxiu and Xiangdie will come back, I will leave this to them By the way, are they here today?"

"It's such a big excitement, can they not come to see it! It's just right, help me bring a few little guys."

Hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, Yu Xiuer glanced at him with deep eyes and said, "Husband finally got the hang of it! From now on, don't let them do things like this!"

"Uh, this, what is it! That is, my token can allow them to watch in better seats..."

"Okay, Husband doesn't need to explain, this is a good thing."

"This, it's better to be clear..."

While Sun Xiangfu was chatting with Yu Xiuer, Cheng Chumo, who was wearing a military uniform, also came to this area.

"Yo, I didn't see anything."

Seeing Sun Xiangfu who was pressing Yu Xiuer's arm and chatting, Cheng Chumo deliberately covered his eyes with his hand and said loudly.

Interrupted by Cheng Chumo, Sun Xiangfu was embarrassed to continue rubbing Yu Xiuer's arm, and yelled at him, "You idiot, I didn't see anything and you covered your eyes, by the way, this is the actor's rest area, what are you doing here ?”

"Uh, no, I'm worried that Ruyan is busy with work and can't take care of breakfast, so why don't you bring some food over here?"

"Oh, I haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm so familiar with it, Xiu'er, don't the actors care about the food?" Sun Xiangfu deliberately joked.

"The meals of the actors are still good. This morning, everyone is full."

"Nah, nah, what happened to you should be useless." After getting Yu Xiu'er's answer, Sun Xiangfu continued jokingly.

"You don't know that. Today I have good news for Ruyan. If you don't get this news, Ruyan won't be able to eat anything."

"Good news? What good news?" Sun Xiangfu asked curiously.

Realizing that he seemed to have missed something, Cheng Chumo immediately averted his eyes when Sun Xiangfu asked.

Sun Xiangfu immediately saw the clue from his expression, and said in a solemn tone, "It's a brother, just tell me the truth."

"Uh, that is, His Majesty pardoned her elder brother Zhang Cheng for his meritorious service in destroying snake venom, and let him receive life-long labor education in Shanyang Labor Camp."

Sun Xiangfu squinted his eyes and said, "Whether Zhang Cheng can live depends on whether Wang Hao will die! Tell me, is your Majesty planning to pardon Wang Hao?"

"No, no, didn't His Majesty tell you a long time ago, how to deal with Wang Hao, we will make a decision after the sports meeting."

Sun Xiangfu did not doubt Li Shimin's integrity, but he always had a bad feeling lingering in his heart.

Continue to question Cheng Chumo, but Cheng Chumo didn't know what to ask, so Sun Xiangfu reluctantly believed what he said, and asked him to deliver food to Zhang Ruyan.

At about the same time, Sun Xiangfu was kicked out by Yu Xiuer. She was about to start gathering people to prepare, and Sun Xiangfu also went to the center of the venue to line up to welcome Li Shimin.

"Master Sun, what are these flying things in the sky? I asked Mr. Tang and the others, and they said they were hot air balloons. How did the hot air balloons fly in the sky?"

After walking to the center of the field, Sun Xiangfu was entangled by Heraclius, who was the top representative of Fanbang. It seemed that their moods were very complicated throughout the morning, because they encountered too many incredible things.

When Heraclius asked this question, representatives from other countries also looked at Sun Xiangfu expectantly.

"Uh, this thing! It involves very profound knowledge. Even if I tell you, you are the same as when you were at the opera that day. The more you listen, the more you don't understand. If you really want to understand, You need to learn from the basic culture of our Tang Dynasty." Sun Xiangfu made an excuse.

"Then, can I learn the basic culture of your Tang Dynasty?" After listening to the translation's explanation, Heraclius looked at Sun Xiangfu with more expectant eyes.

"Of course, our Majesty has always welcomed Fanbang to learn about our Tang culture. He even prepared a lot of exquisite books and gave them to you. As long as you understand the principles in the books, it's easy to learn these things again." There are many."

"Really? That's really great. It turns out that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is such an enlightened and friendly person. I will definitely offer him the most pious gift..."

Sun Xiangfu's words were translated to them by the translators of many foreign representatives, and immediately aroused the admiration of the foreign delegation.

On the contrary, Sun Xiangfu's heart is very complicated. If these guys study Confucian classics as holy scriptures, what will the whole world be like in a hundred years? I really look forward to it!
It was close to nine o'clock in the morning, and the fiery red sun illuminated the entire earth. A huge hot air balloon, painted with gold paint and a five-clawed golden dragon, was dragged by the ropes in the air and slowly moved towards the main venue. Flying from above, the golden lacquer reflected the sun's rays, making the five-clawed golden dragon shine brightly. As it entered the sight of everyone in the main venue, Sun Xiangfu stopped chatting with Heraclius and the others, straightened his clothes, On the red carpet, I found my place and stood up.

Everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was coming. This was the first time he showed his face in front of the representatives of Fanbang.

There was no need for people to organize, and the sound of 'long live' sounded like a tsunami.

In the hanging basket nearly [-] meters high, after the initial fear of heights, Li Shimin's mood was extremely excited. This kind of feeling that all the people in the world are under his feet, and millions of people collectively shouted long live to him, is simply too refreshing .

Equally excited was Empress Changsun. She was a person with poor heart and lung function. During the whole flight, she felt as if her heart was about to come out of her mouth, but luckily nothing happened.

On the contrary, the old Li Yuan, although his body was trembling all the time, his eyes were full of excitement. Who would have thought that he would be able to go to heaven for the last time while he was alive!
(End of this chapter)