Civilization spreads to another world

The fire tree and the silver flowers are closed, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened.

On the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month, Chang'an Town, which had been silent for more than ten days, lit up again.

Chang'an Town implemented the same curfew system as Chang'an in history.

Crimes are easy to breed at night. In this era without street lights, monitoring, and scientific investigation methods, Shi Yu and Huo Ci dare not take human life as a trifling matter.

For the safety of the residents of the small town, residents are not allowed to enter and leave the community at will after nightfall. Each district has specially equipped guards to patrol, and the police station in the community is also on duty at night.

Except for those who have work at night, idlers strolling on the road at night, once they are caught, they will be fined and punished for labor, and they will be treated as theft three times in total and sent to prison.

Fortunately, so far, there has been no homicide in Chang'an Town, and there are no residents in the specially built prison at the foot of the mountain.

Under Shi Yu's and Huo Ci's subordinates' continuous legal education (washing) and education (brainwashing) every day, there is no petty theft, at most bickering and shoving, so that the police station in the community is not like a police station, but rather Like neighborhood committees, the police officers trained and appointed are overwhelmed by trivial matters every day.

Because of the curfew, nights like today are rare.

Although Shi Yu and Huo Ci copied many festivals, not all of them need to be celebrated at night, like the Shangsi Dragon Boat Festival, which only needs to be lively during the day, and everyone still goes back to their respective homes early at night.

The same goes for the Spring Festival. After the [-]th night of excitement, there has been no curfew until today.

The night lights, which were as bright as daylight, were lit, which excited the people who had been holding back for more than ten days.

The theme of the Lantern Festival is of course lights.

Since the advent of lanterns, a new branch has been branched out among craftsmen——lantern craftsmen. Since the festival is very important to the tourism industry in Chang'an Town, Shi Yu and Huo Ci specially dispatched a group of slaves to the lantern workshop.

Now the lantern workshop has formed a very professional assembly line, some are responsible for designing patterns, some are responsible for making paper and silk, and cutting bamboo for weaving and construction.

well organized.

So it came to the Lantern Festival, which is dominated by lanterns. All kinds of lanterns are arranged in an orderly manner. With the experience of Qixi and New Year's Eve, the Lantern Festival has become a sea of ​​lights.

Amazing lanterns are put out one after another, and unlike the Qixi New Year’s Eve official arrangement, the Lantern Festival is full of participation. As long as the residents are willing, they can find materials and make them by themselves.

As soon as it got dark, the lanterns made by themselves were hung in front of every house, and the neighbors could not help but compare each other, and the children also showed off to each other.

It is the shops in the commercial street that really form the comparison.

A rich and powerful boss directly set up a lantern array at the door, attracting many tourists and attracting many customers.

It made the bosses who were left out next to him very annoyed.

"It seems that next year's Lantern Festival, we can make a lot of money on lanterns."

Shi Yu put down the binoculars and almost saw the gold coins running towards him.

After traveling to this world, the only thing that can make him feel happy is the continuous money he earns.

Sure enough, there is no such thing as money in this world, if there is, then there is not enough.

At least half of his resentment at being forced to travel through such a backward and unacceptable world has been wiped out.

Well, the allure of money is irresistible.

It was inconvenient for the two of them to show their identities, and at the same time, for the sake of personal safety, they did not go down to "have fun with the people", and found a high place to watch from afar.

Shi Yu lightly rubbed the binoculars with his fingers, and the lights outside the glass window were brightly lit, and there was a lot of singing and dancing. He found that he began to like to observe from a high position like now, instead of being a member of the following participating in the past.

Huo Ci played with a palm-sized tiger lantern, and smiled lightly: "Don't wait for next year, it will be there soon."

Shi Yu came back to his senses and thought for a while: "That's true."

Just like the soap paper that has been sold all over the country of Honey, the Archbishop of the Temple of Wealth will definitely not let go of the business opportunity of the lantern.

He originally wanted to sign the lanterns when the soap and paper contract was signed on Qixi Festival, but at that time the workshop was short of manpower, soap and paper, especially paper, were the most important, so the lanterns were put aside first, and they were only used as gifts, and a box was sent to King Mijin.

Now that Chang'an Town has enough manpower and the lantern workshop has matured, it's time to add another business.

With this Lantern Festival going back to promote, presumably there will be a steady stream of orders in the future.

It's just a pity that no matter whether you cooperate with the Archbishop of the Temple of Fortune or the nobles, you always have to share half of the profits.

It would be nice if I could do it alone...

The thought flashed across, and was soon suppressed by Shi Yu. In the current situation, it is better to cooperate. They are now like children with money in the downtown area. As the saying goes, 50.00% interest is enough to make people take risks. To some people, they A value of [-]% or more is enough to drive some people crazy.

The identities of the angels seem to be dignified, but in fact they are just flowers in the mirror. Once they are not afraid of death, their image will definitely plummet, and the subsequent chain reaction is definitely not what they want to see.

The prestige of a divine envoy cannot be dropped, not only cannot it be dropped, it must be continuously strengthened and deepened, so as to remain dignified.

Before Shi Yu himself realized it, he had already started to have the mentality of a superior.

According to the Archbishop of the Temple of Light, the cult is already eyeing Chang'an Town.

Shi Yu and Huo Ci didn't have any ill feeling toward the so-called cult, and of course they didn't have a good feeling for it. After all, they had never really contacted it. As for those records and rumors, they naturally wouldn't be so stupid as to believe them all.

But they are envoys of the gods. After cooperating with the Holy See, they naturally stand on the side of "justice", and they are destined not to live in peace with the cult.

Moreover, since the identity of the envoy was confirmed, the Holy See seemed to have obtained the magic sword, and began to exterminate the cult more openly. The questions that were questioned before have been answered and explained, and the theory of cults has been shattered one by one.

According to the news sent back by Jin Yi, several previously active cults were wiped out. Whether the process was tragic or not, Shi Yu and Huo Ci didn't bother to find out, but they thought it would be peaceful.

It is estimated that the cult has already hated these two envoys who appeared suddenly.

So now they can only cooperate with the Holy See and stand by them.

Thinking of the sage-like face of the Archbishop of the Temple of Light, Shi Yu couldn't help sighing, people are getting better with age.

But the good thing is that they don't want to be kings or hegemony, nor do they want to engage in religion to become the pope. As long as they don't hinder their energy collection, everything is fine.

While the two were chatting, Hill knocked on the door and came in to tell them that a nobleman had come to visit the commercial street.

Shi Yu was pleasantly surprised: "Who?"

Hill: "Earl Howard."

In addition to lanterns, the Lantern Festival also has another item—masks. Shiyu remembers watching a court drama when he was a child. There was a very classic scene in it: the girl princess ran out of the palace to participate in the Lantern Festival, lost her way and panicked and lifted the mask of the gentleman, and fell in love at first sight. , started a relationship.

So when sorting out the customs of the Lantern Festival, he added this item.

It seems that Earl Ward was willing to come out to celebrate because of the mask.

When Hill spoke back and forth, he had already entered Main Street with his servants.

After discussing with Huo Cilue, Shi Yu and Huo Cilue gave an order: "Find a few people, and carefully follow what he did and said, so as not to be discovered."

"Yes."

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The lights are like dragons.

Earl Howard selected the most popular Monkey King from the dozens of masks bought by his servants, took off the silver mask on his face and put it on.

When he came out, he changed into the cotton coat, cotton trousers and cotton shoes that are popular in Chang'an Town. After putting on the mask, he looked no different from the pedestrians on the street.

The servant also changed his attire, put on a Zhu Bajie mask, and followed his master into the commercial street.

Most men, women and children on the street wear masks, and there are countless combinations like Monkey King and Zhu Bajie, and the arrival of the two did not attract extra attention at all.

"Master, this way."

The servant who knew the way led him first to the right side of the street entrance, where stood a tall stone wall with a simple overhead view of the commercial street engraved on it, and the stone wall was surrounded by candles, which could be clearly seen even standing a few meters away Chu.

Earl Howard squinted his eyes and looked around. He was not unfamiliar with this map form. It was in the Chang'an Town tourism brochure, and he had seen it long before coming here.

There are four vertical and horizontal commercial streets, and he memorized most of them with just a glance. His eyes mainly fell on the two lines directly above the map.

The first line is in the Chinese language of God, and he can only recognize the most familiar three characters of Chang'an Town, and the lower line is written in the common language translation:

A guide map of Chang'an Town Commercial Area [-].

Earl Ward stared at the line of Divine Mandarin, and then looked away after a long while.

Habitually stroking the mask, making sure it was still on his face, he turned his head and walked along the main street.

Bypassing the towering ice sculptures of Fu Lu Shou Xi Cai Five Gods of Fortune standing at the entrance of the street, you will be greeted with excitement.

The servant let out a small gasp.

Earl Howard didn't care, because he was also shocked, and his feet froze, and it took a few seconds for him to come back to his senses.

Above the head is a bright sea of ​​lights like clouds, reflecting the wide and clean road. Colorful lanterns are placed in front of every shop, pedestrians laugh in groups, and all kinds of stalls are surrounded by crowds. All kinds of music interweave, very lively.

This small town is actually as prosperous as a royal city.

Earl Ward's eyes were a little dazed. He hadn't participated in such a lively scene for many years.

"Collect the five blessings to win the grand prize, the highest is one hundred gold coins, guest officer, do you want to try it, it only costs one copper coin at a time!"

A child with a jade rabbit mask suddenly jumped out. It sounded like a little girl, about ten years old in height, holding a small bamboo box in her arms, with a small opening on it, allowing people to put their hands in.

Earl Howard: "Fu Lu Shou Xi Cai?"

"That's right!" The girl's voice was sweet, "Collecting all the five blessings will bring you all the best in the new year, a lot of money, healthy family members, and longevity for the elderly. Let's give it a try. Fu Lu Shou Xi Cai Cai, no matter what you get Anyone will be blessed!"

luck...

Earl Howard closed his eyes and took out five copper coins: "Five draws."

The girl smiled instantly, and raised the bamboo box in front of him, her voice was sweet and crisp: "Please choose, as long as you draw one of the five blessings, you can exchange for prizes, even if you don't have one, it doesn't matter..."

She shook her head towards the side, and a little boy with a small backpack on his chest ran over. She freed one hand and took out a small thing the size of a palm from the backpack: "As long as you participate in the lottery, you can get a safe May you have a happy new year."

May you be safe and well.

The little girl raised her head and smiled with crooked eyes, and the jade rabbit mask illuminated by the gorgeous lamps shone brightly.

Earl Howard was stunned.

Suddenly, his eyes focused and his pupils shrank suddenly. Because he raised his head, the mask on the girl's face slipped back. Although she quickly pressed her hand back, he still saw the lower half of her face that was revealed at that moment.

The girl had a well-curved chin and a straight nose, but that mouth, the upper lip was actually split in the middle!

"you……"

He lost his voice.

The little girl was a little flustered, but quickly put on her mask and raised a smile: "I'm sorry to scare the guests, don't be afraid, I am not possessed by the devil, the angel said it was a congenital genetic disease, called cleft lip, just like a bunny mouth."

She pointed to the mask on her face, her voice was still sweet, without a trace of haze: "The envoy said it himself, and even named me Moon Rabbit, the Jade Rabbit on the Moon."

Not only is there no haze, but also quite proud.

Earl Howard stared at the girl for a few seconds, and stretched out his hand to randomly touch five of them. Unfortunately, he didn't touch any of them, they were just words of blessing.

The little girl hurriedly said a few nice words with witty words, smiled and handed the safety knot to him, then hugged the box and waved her hands to find the next customer.

Earl Ward looked at the small peace knot and slowly clenched his fingers.