Chapter 1711 Luck appears, Japanese pirates arrive
The next day, before dawn, Zhu Ping'an has already led the Zhejiang army to be busy in the area of the Jiao site in charge of receiving and arranging the people watching the sea sacrifice.
Actually, in the middle of the night, many people were already arriving at the sea offering ceremony.
Zhao Wenhua is determined to make this sea ceremony unprecedented and famous in history. In order to let more people watch the sea ceremony, Zhao Wenhua still cares about the people. As soon as he heard that people came to watch the ceremony overnight, he ordered the soldiers of each battalion to boil hot water and pancakes early, so that every common person who came to participate in the sea ceremony would have hot water to drink and pancakes to eat.
Not only that, Zhao Wenhua also uncharacteristically pulled down his body to express condolences to the people who came to watch the sea sacrifice, and asked about their welfare
The common people were very simple. When they saw Zhao Wenhua ordering hot water pancakes and asking for help, they all called Zhao Wenhua Zhao Qingtian, which made Zhao Wenhua enjoy it as if he had drunk fine wine.
By the time it gets daybreak, the sea ritual ceremony place is already crowded with people, crowded and bustling.
There were too many people and it was too chaotic. People were coming and going, looking around curiously at the sea ceremony. There were even many vendors selling food and toys at the ceremony. Business...
Zhu Pingan looked at the scene and couldn't help but scratch his head. Although Zhao Wenhua also adopted his own suggestion yesterday and ordered each battalion to restrict the movement of people in the area in charge of them, except for the area in charge of his own area, the implementation of other battalions was a mess, and Zhao Wenhua also turned a blind eye to this and did not emphasize or hold each battalion accountable. Responsibility, so each battalion became more and more perfunctory, and the order restricting the movement of people became a dead letter.
If the movement of people is restricted and people are arranged according to areas, even if Japanese pirates sneak into the ritual ceremony in a village or area, they will be easily caught. Even if outstanding people are caught, it will be difficult to cause trouble because they cannot move around at will.
But now...
If there are Japanese pirates sneaking into the temple to cause damage, it will be like entering an uninhabited land, and the consequences will be disastrous...
No matter how good the policy is, if it cannot be implemented, it will be a piece of paper. One piece!
“Silly!”
“Silly!”
Zhu Ping'an looked around the chaotic and lively ceremony place, glanced at the handsome tent, and couldn't help but cursed twice.
"Haha, who offended your nephew? Tell your uncle and I will help you teach him a lesson."
A familiar voice came from his ears, and Zhu Pingan turned around and looked at it like an iron ball The Marquis of Linhuai.
"Oh, uncle, I was scolding the Japanese pirates. If there were no stupid Japanese pirates to harm us, why would we need to go through so much trouble."
Zhu Ping'an said nonsensically, with a very natural look on his face. If you tell the truth, then you must not offend from above to below.
"It's true. These Japanese pirates who are damned by God are so full of evil that it's not an exaggeration to cut them into pieces with a thousand swords." Linhuai Marquis nodded, and then said, "However, it is precisely because of these Japanese pirates who are damned by God that we have Our place of use.”
“That’s exactly what uncle said,” Zhu Ping’an said casually.
"Hey, thanks to my nephew's reminder yesterday, our Jianghuai camp has re-established its main camp. Last night, Governor Zhang inspected the ritual site and saw that our Jianghuai camp's antlers trenches were heavily guarded. He also praised our camp for how well it was set up. Well, it is said that your Zhejiang Army Camp and our Jianghuai Dajianzha are the best in the whole ceremony." Linhuai Marquis patted Zhu Pingan on the shoulder gratefully and said with a smile.
Zhu Ping'an was polite and chatted with the Marquis of Linhuai for a few words. He took the opportunity to tell the Marquis of Linhuai to be more vigilant and follow the order issued by Mr. Zhao last night to restrict the movement of people in the area under his jurisdiction. If there are people who behave strangely, you should be more vigilant, screen them secretly, etc.
"Haha, my nephew is still worried that the Japanese pirates will sneak into the ceremony and cause damage?" Linhuai Marquis said with a disinterested smile, "We have so many officers and soldiers watching, and all the people are not allowed to bring weapons into the ceremony. , even if there are individual Japanese pirates sneaking in, they are just hiding some short soldiers. How much damage the Japanese pirates armed with short soldiers can cause, in front of us, is the military merit delivered to our door..."
In front of the officers and soldiers of the guard station, the Japanese pirates armed with short blades are not regarded as military merits, but as difficult wolves.
In the hands of unarmed people, it is even more deadly...
However, it is not the same.
You can never wake up a person who is pretending to sleep, especially when there is not just one person pretending to be asleep, but a group of people.
"Sir, is this sacrifice to the sea useful? If we sacrifice to the sea, can the Poseidon help us destroy the Japanese pirates on the sea?" While maintaining order, Liu Dadao approached Zhu Pingan and asked with a confused look on his face. road.
"Confucius said that we should respect ghosts and gods and keep them away." Zhu Ping'an shook his head slightly and said slowly, "We, the Chinese people, have always been self-reliant and self-reliant, and do not rely on praying to gods or Buddhas, even if it is myths and legends. The sky is broken, female Wa refined stones to repair them; floods came, Dayu dug rivers to control them; ten days were exposed to the sun, and Yi shot nine days and one was left behind; diseases came , Shen Nong tasted a hundred herbs and cured it. It is ourselves, not ghosts and gods, who determine our destiny."
"I understand." Liu Dadao nodded, and then asked, "Sir, there will be Japanese pirates today. Come to cause trouble?"
"The Japanese pirates will definitely come to cause trouble," Zhu Pingan said with determination.
The reason why Zhu Pingan is so sure is not only based on his understanding and analysis of Japanese pirates such as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, but also based on himself.
"Guangzong Yaozu." Zhu Pingan stood on the slope and muttered to himself.
The mysterious and mysterious luck appeared out of thin air in Zhu Ping'an's field of vision at the ceremony site, with blood red and black occupying the main colors of the site.
This represents a bloody disaster and death. If the Japanese pirates did not come to cause trouble, how could there be such a serious bloody disaster and death.
Looking in all directions, Zhu Ping'an found that there was nothing unusual in the four directions of east, west, south and north, but that the luck at the ceremony was mixed.
It can be seen that the Japanese pirates have sneaked in, and there are quite a few of them.
Unfortunately, luck cannot help me distinguish which ones are Japanese pirates and which ones are common people. Everyone's heads are covered with white, black, and blood-red luck. Also, no matter what level the Japanese pirates are in, whether they are cannon fodder, small bosses, or even self-proclaimed generals or kings, their luck is always the same.
At seven quarters after sunrise, the bell rings, indicating that the auspicious time has arrived and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sea has begun.
On the sea sacrifice platform, nine strong men wearing Taoist warriors walked onto the sea sacrifice platform shirtless, stood in front of nine huge cowhide drums, picked up the drumsticks with both hands, and used them all. Use all your strength to beat the drum.
Dong dong dong.
After the nine tong drums, the sound of sacrificial music sounded. Zhao Wenhua, who was bathing and changing clothes, took the lead. Zhang Jing was half a step behind, except for Zhu Pingan, Linhuai Hou and others who were in charge of order in the area. In addition to the officials, the other officials followed closely and went up to the sacrificial sea platform.
"The priests are in place! Offer food!"
Ox heads, sheep heads, pig heads, beans, wine bottles, silk and other sacrifices dressed in red silk were presented on each altar.
All the people stretched their necks and looked up with excitement. (End of this chapter)