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Chapter 171 Bustling Yuan'an County

In recent years, Yu Hongdou has not been in contact with the three people in Beijing very often, but their friendship has not faded with the passage of time and age.

Sometimes pen pals last longer than real-life friendships.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the three young masters do not have any annoying airs or personalities.

Before that, Yu Hongdou wrote a letter to the three of them.

When Tan Mengao was the first to write a letter to complain, saying that his toys were taken away by his grandfather, that his toys were taken away by the emperor, and that all his toys were sold out...

Then it was Tan Langxu. He didn't write a letter at first, but just sent her a bunch of food, and sent Wangwang a bunch of food and toys, and also sent a set of saddle and whip.

The letter writing started after Yu Hongdou and Teacher Mo modified the carriage. He asked her how she came up with the horse lamp on the carriage and whether it could be modified to be more suitable for use when riding a horse.

Horse lanterns are not uncommon in later generations. As for using them when riding horses, all you have to do is put a stand on it to fix it, just like the lights on ancient bicycles.

Tan Yanlin had to explain the various books that were sent to her, and he also had to test her and discuss the knowledge and questions in the books with her.

The two of them did not exchange letters frequently, but each time they wrote a long article.

It is full of knowledge points, even geographical customs, food appreciation reviews, and later developed into complaints about the content of the novel.

"Legend of Daxia" tells the legendary stories of various amazing and outstanding talents in the previous dynasty for hundreds of years.

Some stories have the flavor of some cool novels from later times, and Yu Hongdou even suspected that this was a legend of a time traveler.

For example, there is a story in the book called "The Biography of Duke Huan", which tells the story of a poor and down-and-out duke named Huan, and how he outsmarted his brothers and escaped from his weird and unfair father and stepmother.

After the family split up, Huan worked hard to pass the imperial examination. However, he offended a nobleman by conquering his beautiful wife with his talent, and was assigned to be the magistrate of a poor county near a barren land.

Huan was not afraid of hardships. He used his wisdom to tap into the surrounding resources and mobilized the people of the whole city to build infrastructure together. He eventually turned the poor and broken town into a prosperous commercial base.

Most of Tan Bailu’s ideas for the infrastructure in Wu’an County came from here. If you encounter something you don’t understand, you can take a peek at the discussion between Yu Hongdou and Tan Yanlin.

With the help of two knowledgeable doctoral supervisors, Mr. Shang and Mr. Mo, Tan Bailu's journey of urban transformation went smoothly.

If nothing unexpected happens, Tan Bailu will be promoted when his term ends next year.

After recalling all this time, they had already arrived at the largest inn in the county.

This was the first time that Yu Hongdou entered an inn. In previous film and television works, inns were all just a lobby and stairs, with guest rooms on the second or even third floors.

The one in front of us is not like that. There is indeed a two-story storefront in front of it, and all the people living there are individual guests.

The inn arranges residents, whether families or groups, to live in the row houses and courtyards behind the storefront.

Most of the courtyards have two entrances, probably mainly because of the consideration of female relatives. There is only one courtyard with three entrances in the whole inn, and it happened to be vacant now, so Yu Sanlang booked it directly.

Xu, Yu Hongdou, Aunt Qian and others moved into the inner courtyard. Yu Sanlang, his son and Emperor An He lived in the middle courtyard. The gatehouse was just right for Changfeng and others to live in.

It was already late when they entered the city, and after they had washed up a bit, it was already dark.

Mrs. Xu was a little tired after sitting in the car all day, so she asked Aunt Qian to go out and buy some food and then she planned to take a rest.

Yu Sanlang was worried about his wife and planned to stay, but was rejected by Xu. In the end, only the two coachmen and Changhe, Aunt Qian and Qian Sanmei were left.

Yu Hongdou was thinking about the grand banquet, and could not wait to run to the front yard to meet up with her father and brother. Together with An Hedi, they set out in a grand manner to "see the world."

Yuan'an County is larger than Wu'an County, and its layout is also horizontal and vertical, but it is not in the shape of a cross, but a Chinese character "丰".

The left and right ends of the horizontal line in the middle of the character "丰" are where wealthy families gather. Today, this horizontal line and the vertical line of the character "丰" are all decorated with lanterns.

"The shop assistant just said that here, when there are weddings or funerals, wealthy families will hang lanterns and invite two groups of actors to take turns to perform, and have a buffet for three days."

"The person celebrating the birthday this time is Grandpa Peng from East Street. He is 80 years old this year, which is a rare centenarian."

"As long as you say a blessing with sincerity, you can get a bowl of soup and a steamed bun. If you can leave a longevity character, you can enter the banquet."

"If you excel and are liked and appreciated by the host, you can also receive a gift."

Yu Song's servant Qingzhu had already found out everything that was going on in the city, and now he told his masters everything.

"Oh? That's quite interesting." Emperor An He raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this rich man was such an elegant person.

Originally, Yu Sanlang suggested that Emperor An He should pass on a message to his family in the city, or simply find an escort company to send it back to him.

If it was a stranger who saved Emperor An He, he might have done the same thing, but it just so happened that the one who saved him was Yu Sanlang's family, who could be considered a half-spiritual friend.

Emperor An He simply relied on them, saying that he had nephews in the prefectures and counties, and he would go with them to the prefectures and counties to meet up with his nephews, thus saving them the trouble.

Yu Sanlang didn't mind. Although this nobleman was a little arrogant, his words and deeds were not annoying. He even gave him and the children a lot of advice during the conversation.

Yu Hongdou originally had a bit of utilitarianism in her interactions with the Emperor, otherwise she wouldn't have taken out checkers to play with him so easily.

However, after a brief chat on the way, Yu Hongdou found that the emperor was a pretty good person, so she just treated him as another Shang Shi.

A group of people strolled along the street along the lanterns. Because of such a happy event, the common people also took advantage of it. Many clever vendors set up various food and entertainment stalls on the streets where lanterns were hung to entertain the crowds and tourists who came to join in the fun.

"It's so beautiful!" Yu Hongdou, who was surrounded by her father and brother, looked around and saw a red and yellow light covering the entire road ahead. Yu Hongdou couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Lanterns were hung high and stretched out in rows from the shop doors on both sides of the road. At every intersection, there was a tall pillar with strings of lights hung on it.

The lanterns come in many colors, painted with auspicious designs such as good fortune and longevity, longevity of cranes and deer, and longevity of pine and crane.

There are many styles of lanterns, including square lanterns, round big-bellied lanterns, and a series of rice-shaped lanterns, but none of these can compare to the half-person-high revolving lanterns hung at the intersection.

On the revolving lantern there is a pattern of Magu offering longevity. Every time the lantern moves one square, the Magu on it becomes bigger.

When you reach the last square, you will see a beautiful girl wearing a colorful Liuxian skirt, holding a plate of longevity peaches in her hands, smiling at passers-by, and then flying away to the next square.

"This lamp is so exquisitely made and the painting is also beautiful." Yu Hongdou watched the entire stop-motion animation with appreciation and once again marveled at the craftsmanship and wisdom of the ancients.

"Biluo (steamed bun), freshly-cooked cherry Biluo~ fragrant and sweet cherry Biluo, flower Biluo~"

When Yu Hongdou was immersed in the beauty of the lanterns, she suddenly heard the unique long shouting of the hawker.

She turned her head and looked at the vendor's stall in surprise. The snack Biluo was also well-known in the ancient circle!

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