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Chapter 66: Sacrifice

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By the time Doctor Song finished treating the injured female Nian Beast, it was already ten o'clock in the middle of the night. Ouyang Shuo had other things to do in reality, so he didn't stay any longer. He temporarily stored the two Nian beasts in the stable, and hurried off the assembly line.

In reality, it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the new year begins. Last night, the sound of firecrackers and fireworks never stopped, and it was very lively.

When Ouyang Shuo walked out of the room, Bing'er had already woken up and was playing with Xue'er in the living room. Seeing my brother, he said with a smile: "My brother is a big slob, he doesn't get up as early as Bing'er!"

"Big slob, big slob!" The little guy Xue'er was imitating her tongue again.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head with a wry smile, these days his game reality kept changing, he seemed so busy. In the end, in the eyes of the two little girls, Qing'er and Bing'er, she has become a big slob, which is really hard to describe.

He walked into the bathroom, washed up briefly, returned to the living room, smiled and said to Binger: "Baby, can I take you to the temple fair today?"

"Okay, okay!" The little monkey Bing'er is of course happy to be able to go out to play.

"If you go out, you can't take Xue'er with you, there are too many people outside, it's not safe." Ouyang Shuo explained.

"Yeah? What should I do? Bing'er doesn't want to be separated from Xue'er." The little girl seemed very embarrassed.

Xue'er also flew to the top of Bing'er's head in a very humane manner, grabbed her hair, and said in a childish voice, "No, no."

"Then you put Xue'er into the summoning ball, you can't summon it out." Seeing how clingy these two little guys looked, Ouyang Shuo could only settle for the next best thing.

"En." This is acceptable, Bing'er took out the summoning ball, and Xue'er flew into the summoning ball obediently.

After the brothers and sisters went out, they went straight to the most lively Spring Festival temple fair in Jiaozhou.

The New Year Temple Fair in Jiaozhou takes Chenghuang Temple Zhongyou Square, Zhongshan Fourth Road, Fuxue West Street, Beijing Road, Huifu East Road Food Street, Dafo Temple, and Wuxian Temple as the fulcrum. There are special folk cultural performances and intangible cultural activities every day. Heritage handicraft production display, traditional small commodity exhibition and sales, traditional food exhibition and other activities.

Citizens and tourists can not only see the northern temple fairs such as walking on stilts, twisting Yangko, sugar-making people, and raising gods, but also include Sichuan opera face-changing, acrobatics, magic, hard qigong, etc., and martial arts performances such as Baimei boxing, Cai Lifo boxing, and Wing Chun boxing. , as well as folk puppets, human puppets, Wuhua marionettes, Gaozhou single puppets, etc. will be staged one by one.

Wandering in the bustling temple fair scene, shuttling among the crowds, the two brothers and sisters linger and forget to return. A temple fair is a Spring Festival carnival, where you can eat, drink, play, have fun, swim, shop, and entertain.

Two big and small foodies, the most favorite is the food street. Beijing candied haws, Tianjin Goubuli, North Korean rice cakes, Changsha stinky tofu, Tianjin 18th Street Mahua, Mongolian barbecue, Shanghai crab roe soup dumplings, old Beijing fresh pear soup, Taiwanese kimchi stinky tofu, delicacies from all over the country, Everything you need.

This little girl Bing'er is quite caring, she had a great time shopping by herself, and she didn't forget to prepare gifts for everyone. The little girl used her lucky money to buy a Beijing opera mask for sister Xiaoyue and a clown mask for her brother. Of course, Xueer's gift is definitely indispensable, which is a miniature set of Beijing opera costumes, which are very delicate.

Holding the clown mask, Ouyang Shuo shook his head and smiled wryly. This little girl deliberately teased him.

When I came back from the temple fair, it was already half past six in the evening. Bing'er fell down tired again, Guji Guji took a shower, then carried Xue'er back to the room to rest.

Ouyang Shuo wished that the little girl would go to bed early, but there was an important event waiting for him to host in the game, so he hurried back to his room. When it went online again, it was exactly seven o'clock in the morning in the game.

After waking up, Ouyang Shuo didn't wear leather armor and leather boots as usual to dress up as a military general, but specially put on the scholar's uniform that Qing'er sewed for him. There is no other reason. Today is the first day of the first lunar month, and Shanhai Town will hold a grand sacrificial ceremony.

Before seven o'clock in the morning, everyone in Shanhai Town had gathered in the square in front of the ancestral hall. Even the villagers of Beihai Village came early to participate in this sacrificial ceremony by fishing boat from their residence.

The Director of Administration, Fan Zhongyan, served as the priest, and the Director of Material Reserves, Tian Wenjing, served as the sacrificial wine. After Ouyang Shuo arrived at the ancestral hall, the sacrificial ceremony officially began.

The ancestral hall in Shanhai Town is dedicated to the ancestor Xuanyuan Huangdi. The entire sacrificial ceremony, including a total of nine agendas, including welcoming the gods, laying jade and silk, entering the group, first offering, second offering, final offering, withdrawal, sending off the gods, and looking away, was carried out strictly according to the process, and did not dare to be sloppy at all.

After a whole set of procedures, it was already nine o'clock in the morning. After sacrificing the ancestors of the Yellow Emperor, everyone moved to the Mazu Temple and began to worship Mazu. As the only officially recognized Shinto belief in Shanhai Town, the ceremony of worshiping Mazu is also solemn and grand, comparable to the ancestor Huangdi.

After the sacrifice, it was exactly eleven o'clock in the morning. While there was still time, Ouyang Shuo called Gu Xiuwen and Zhou Feng, who had rushed back to attend the ceremony, to his office.

After sitting down, he smiled and asked, "How is everything going well in Beihai Village?"

"Thanks to the concern of adults, Beihai Village has gradually entered the right track. Before the Spring Festival, it has been promoted to a second-class village. The planning of the entire village generally follows the layout of the original Shanhai Village. At the same time, in order to strengthen the connection with the territory, in the river Near the mouth of the sea, a pier was built." Gu Xiuwen reported.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, "Very good, the speed is very fast. What are your plans for the next step of construction?"

"Next step, my subordinates are going to take a break. First lay a solid foundation and improve the organizational structure." Gu Xiuwen said cautiously.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "No, it's too conservative. Let me tell you this. In the next step, I plan to put fishermen under the management of Beihai Village. In addition, the construction of the third phase of Beimu Salt Farm is about to start. The population of the village will expand rapidly. Therefore, I request Beihai Village to be upgraded to a third-level village within a week. When Shanhai Town is upgraded to a second-level township, Beihai Village will be upgraded to a first-level township.”

As the former head of the household registration office, Gu Xiuwen is very familiar with the population situation of Shanhai Town. Hearing the arrangement of the adults, he asked inexplicably: "According to the arrangement of the adults, wouldn't the method of directly transferring the population from Shanhai Town to Beihai Village like this will greatly delay the progress of the upgrading of Shanhai Town?"

"Shanhai Town's upgrade progress is fast enough. It's time to give the opponent a little breathing space. I'm afraid that if you press too hard, it will have bad effects. Just take this opportunity to lay a solid foundation for us. When When their attention was still focused on the base camp, they must have never imagined that our affiliated villages have been promoted to the township level." Ouyang Shuo explained with a smile.

"In addition, you should calculate carefully. The refresh rate of refugees in Shanhai Town is 75 people per day, while Beihai Village only has 14 people per day, which is less than one-fifth of the base camp. Therefore, it is appropriate to sacrifice a little bit of Shanhai Town's upgrade progress , the level of Beihai Village can be quickly raised. Generally speaking, it is very beneficial to the population increase of the entire territory." Ouyang Shuo continued.

This trick to increase the total population of the territory in a disguised form was thought up by the lords who had been promoted to the county level in the previous life when they wanted to quickly increase the level of the subsidiary territory. Now when Ouyang Shuo was in a first-level town, he borrowed it in advance. I have to say, very capricious.

Gu Xiuwen suddenly realized, and said excitedly: "Your Excellency is thoughtful, and Xiuwen admires it. In this case, after returning, I will immediately organize manpower to build the basic buildings of the second-level village. It will be upgraded to a third-level village within a week. , lived up to the expectations of adults."

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, and said, "I'm sure you can do the work. How is the establishment of the territorial defense team going? Is it going well?" In the latter sentence, he was asking Zhou Feng, who had been silent all this time.

Zhou Feng nodded, and said loudly: "Sir. According to the instructions of the Lord before leaving, after the establishment of the intermediate barracks, 20 soldiers have been selected from among the newly recruited refugees in the past few days. Militia. In the next stage, try to upgrade them to the full level as soon as possible so that they can be transferred to sailors."

"Is there any communication with the intermediate shipyard? Do you understand the construction progress of the small warship?" Ouyang Shuo continued to ask.

"Yes. According to Director Zheng, the construction of small warships has already begun. With the current progress of the shipyard, a small warship can be built in three days, which is enough to meet the training needs of the early navy." As expected of Lin Ouyang Shuo was very satisfied with Zhou Feng's clear thinking and comprehensive handling of the talents recommended by Yi.

"Very good. As you may have guessed, my arrangement of you to Beihai Village is not just as simple as forming a garrison team. In the future, Beihai Village will serve as the navy base and headquarters of the territory. Therefore, from the establishment of the village From that moment on, you have to work hard for that goal."

"Understood, my subordinates must do their best to live up to your trust." Zhou Feng replied loudly.

"Okay. It seems that arranging the two of you to go to Beihai Village is a very correct decision. I am very satisfied with the progress that Beihai Village has made so far. I hope you can continue to work hard and create greater glories." Ouyang Shuo finally concluded that it was over. This time it is not a debriefing, it is better than a debriefing conversation.

"I will live up to my lord's entrustment!" Gu Xiuwen and Zhou Feng responded in unison.

Ouyang Shuo looked at the time, and before he knew it, it was almost twelve o'clock, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go have lunch together."

After the meal, Gu Xiuwen and the two immediately returned to Beihai Village by boat. With Ouyang Shuo's confession, the two of them seemed even more excited. They were full of expectations and enthusiasm for the development prospects of Beihai Village.