Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 573

Chen Jun finally reported to Sun Xiangfu, the only person who might have the extra telescope under the repeated request of Heraclius. This thing is now under the control of the military, and many ministers borrowed it temporarily. Sun Xiangfu, who made it, will prepare some spares.

"Go to Changsun Chong to pick it up, and tell me that I said it, but it was only borrowed by the representative of Fanbang who was assigned an interpreter. After the performance, ask them to take it back immediately, and make it clear to everyone. Be sure to ensure the safety of the telescope. If you can't take it back Come back, they will die."

Sun Xiangfu is currently acting as Yu Shinan's temporary position, and he is in charge of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and diplomatic affairs. Anyway, in order to make it easier for the bigwigs of the imperial court to better watch the performance at the opening ceremony, he transferred more than 1000 pairs of binoculars to Chang Sun Chong. At present, it is only for officials above the fourth rank and the young prince of the royal family. The little prince has borrowed some, and there should be many more. Moreover, Sun Xiangfu naturally has his own plans if he agrees to Chen Jun's request.

"The subordinate officer will definitely tell all colleagues to pay attention to the safety of the telescope."

After getting Sun Xiangfu's approval, Chen Jun quickly found Chang Sun Chong. However, after he got the binoculars, all the translators were not interested in watching the performance, because they all focused on the binoculars. I'm afraid that these foreign lords and representatives will break this thing, which is related to their lives!
"Amazing, this thing is simply amazing."

After getting the binoculars, Heraclius never stopped admiring them. This kind of binoculars with [-] times power is not the top configuration in the armament, but it is enough for those who are relatively close to the venue. Hirac saw the details of the performance on the field clearly.

Moreover, having led troops in battle, he quickly understood the usefulness of this telescope and the reason why Datang restricted its sale to outsiders. With such a weapon of war in hand, it is no wonder that Datang has expanded so rapidly in recent years. He can make the commander more comfortable in commanding and dispatching the army, and...
Many benefits were thought of by Heraclius one by one. As he can use the telescope more flexibly, he wants to own a pair of telescopes even more. Now, he is already planning how to bring back at least a pair of telescopes from Datang. One or two binoculars.

Of course, Heraclius is not the only one who has this kind of thinking. The kings or representatives of all other kingdoms that still have hegemony have thought about this issue. They may plan in their hearts to be more submissive to Datang Some, in order to get a pair, or calculating how much property I brought on this trip, can I buy a pair.

Some people list all the conditions that they have in their hands that can bring benefits to Datang, and see if they can be exchanged. In short, they do not allow their opponents to have such a sharp weapon. but no.

Sun Xiangfu didn't even intend to disclose the manufacturing technology of the full-length mirror and glass to any foreign country, let alone the telescope. Letting them see this high-end product of Datang is to make them maintain enough awe of Datang.

As for the technology that can really be opened to them, at present, it has only reached the level of traditional wooden ships, and even water ships have to wait for a few years.

Because Datang wants to ensure that it earns profits while maintaining at least two generations of technological leadership over Fanbang.

For example, in terms of shipbuilding, Datang's steel structure keel, or Baotou steel large ship, has been launched, and the traditional wooden structure ship is already in the stage of being completely eliminated. Even private merchant ships must be upgraded to the level of water ships to meet The demand for greater cargo throughput naturally cannot allow those traditional ships to rot in the river for nothing, sell these old ships and the technology of manufacturing old ships, and fully release the traditional shipbuilding technology left by the ancestors The economic value is the most in line with Datang's interests.

With binoculars, these country lord representatives can better appreciate the performance, and they can see it more carefully.

After the fish and dragon dance, there is the thousand lion dance presented by Lingnan Road. Under the rhythm of drums, a thousand lions of different shapes roll and jump on the lawn in the field, blink their eyes, and pretend to be drunk. The liveliness of the lion dance, the might and domineering arrogance of the lion, all the foreign representatives who watched it were mesmerized.

After the lion dance, there will be the colorful boat dance in the south of the Yangtze River. It is worth mentioning that the actors this time are all composed of women. Thousands of colorful boats are made of colorful paper and bamboo sticks. In the center of the venue, Dancing in a variety of fancy swings and interspersed forms is very visually impactful. Under the powerful soundtrack, the actresses also sang the Han Yuefu poem "Jiangnan" in a multi-voice chorus.

This Yuefu poem was sung by almost all Han people in this period. The actors just opened their mouths, and there was a scene of a million choruses on the scene.

"You can pick lotus in the south of the Yangtze River, lotus leaves and He Tiantian! Fish play among lotus leaves, fish play with lotus leaves..."

Heraclius, who does not have a deep understanding of Chinese culture and Chinese, does not have a deep understanding of the scene in front of him. People like Yi Siqi and Abu Bakr have been there many times. Datang, people who have some understanding of Han culture, are extremely impressed in their hearts. All the people of Datang can spontaneously sing this kind of poems singing about the beauty of life, which also proves from the side that they are under the rule of this newly rising empire. , life is good.

After the colorful boat dance, the seamless dance is the Hu Xuan dance, which is the favorite of the northerners. However, if you just dance the ordinary Hu Xuan dance in such a grand scene, it will be too boring. After a period of improved and more intense spinning dance, behind the chime bell next to the venue, the musicians began to strike a very dynamic and unusually bright melody, and the sound of the fou in the venue also changed to "boom, cha , bang, bang' This rhythm, combined with the sound of the chime bell, is very magical.

Then, everyone's eyes were straightened, because not only the music is magical, but the dance is even more magical.

The drag dance, which has become popular on all kinds of video screens in later generations, was staged in the Tang Dynasty for more than 1000 years, and the scale of the performance was as high as [-] people.

"The Tang Dynasty is really full of magic..."

The magic music, the magic dance, changing patterns, was danced four times by the dancers facing the stage, and everyone still hasn't seen enough.

After the fiery dance, came the song and dance performance presented by Xue Yantuo. Dongzhu, who appeared on the big drum carried by a strong man, was the lead singer. The climax parts of Dongzhu's songs that she often sang in recent years, such as "Riding the Horse", "Horse Pole", and "Flame", were put together by her to make a string Burn, likewise aroused a chorus of millions.

You know, these Xueyantuo people were much less familiar with Chinese than the Turkic people a few years ago, but now, most of them can sing in Chinese, just like the original Turkic people in Dingxiang City. Chinese is not unfamiliar at all, this is the great progress that Datang has made in ethnic integration.

Of course, it can also be said that Sun Xiangfu helped Li Shimin prove what he said, "China has been valued since ancient times, and barbarians are cheap, and I love them all as one." ' correctness.

The performance of more than an hour left everyone unsatisfied. However, the business still had to be done. After the dancers and the battering array were withdrawn, delegations from various countries began to line up. The first team was the Datang Royal Team. The costume design, as well as the mental outlook, are not comparable to those who were randomly selected by Fanbang and pulled over.

In fact, except for the royal generation team, almost all the participating teams of Datang have a very long period of targeted training. That warrior can be low-end.

For Datang, the harvest of holding this sports meeting is already in his pocket. Whether it is promoting the country's popularity, establishing the country's status, or demonstrating the country's strength, it has done a perfect job. The field, the beginning of the game, is when those small countries and foreign countries are really harvested. At least, there are millions of foreigners who know the names of their countries, even including big countries like Byzantium. Before, most big countries The people of Tang did not know the existence of this empire.

There was not much delay in the entry of athletes, just hold up the flag, stand in line and it's over.

Then, the following flag-raising ceremony is very interesting. People from the Western Regions have never seen an army that can walk out of the aesthetic feeling. The whole flag-raising team is neat and tidy during the process of walking. The ones are as sharp as knives, all of them are tall and tall, and their clothes are even more straight. The armed belts, the shining military ranks, and the shiny long cowhide boots directly aroused some boldness in the audience. The woman screamed.

Then, the whole set of flag-raising ceremony came down, and everyone felt dignified and majestic. Even the emperor Li Shimin had to stand up and sing the national anthem during such a ceremony. This was the first time that the country was ranked ahead of the king. , forming a new concept, rather than the previous concept that the monarch is the owner of everything in the country.

Almost all the rulers of the Western Regions, after watching the flag-raising ceremony, wanted to move this ceremony to their own country. They did not analyze the concept of "state" and "monarch", but saw that this ceremony can Increase citizens' sense of identity with a country.

The last part of the morning was the lottery draw. Almost all the teams were unwilling to face the Datang Royals directly. It was only during the lottery draw that the tense atmosphere of the arena began to emerge.

At noon, although there was an hour's rest, everyone was unwilling to leave the venue. Meals were simply settled directly at the venue, because it was quite troublesome to leave and enter the venue, and, in the afternoon, it was a major game. The team, against the Anbei Army polo team, no one wants to miss it. For such a match sequence, one can only blame Niu Jinda, who is in charge of drawing lots, for being unlucky. The first draw directly draws the stronger Royal team .

However, when he learned that the Royal Polo Team was going to face the Anbei Army Polo Team in the first game, Emperor Li Shimin became nervous, because the Anbei Army's equestrian skills were recognized by the Tang Dynasty as the strongest. The team came to him, that is to say, he had a little advantage in terms of tactical coordination. Moreover, everyone had agreed before that on the field, everything was based on strength, and he didn't care about face or face.

In the afternoon, the polo goal was set up, and the grass field of the main venue was also marked out with white lime. This made the viewing circle of all the audience move forward a lot, and even Li Shimin went directly to the side of the arena Come up to cheer for the Royal Polo Team in person. With a sharp whistle, the first match of this sports meeting officially begins.

And it was at such a critical moment that a Qianniuwei captain wearing bloody armor came from the direction of the barracks in the south of the city and rushed towards the arena on horseback. He had something important to report to Li Shimin.

(End of this chapter)