Yipin Tang

Chapter 100 Running Water Festival

Rectifying the military affairs to appease the common people does not need Wang Xiang to ask. Without Ju Wentai's people, these things are not difficult for Mo La, let alone Changsun Wuji who leads people to help.

The Turks' promise of sending troops to help has not been realized, and Yanqi's resistance has also exceeded Ju Wentai's expectations. He is now in a dilemma, and he has no time to take care of Xizhou under his desperation. People are relieved.

Although Gaochang and Yanqi were caught in the flames of war, Xizhou was not disturbed. The people of Xizhou were still very friendly to Datang, and the caravans of Datang always brought many things they needed. Showing up in West State didn't cause much trouble.

Most of the land in Gaochang is a barren land with no grass growing across the border of the Tang Dynasty.

The Han people in the Central Plains pay attention to etiquette, and to put it bluntly, they like to save face. Although they have defeated the countries of the Western Regions many times in history, as long as these small countries ask to surrender to the Central Plains, most of them will be lenient and not care about them.Moreover, in the eyes of the Han people, the Western Regions are a land of barbarians. The desolation and poverty are far inferior to the beauty, prosperity and prosperity of the Central Plains. Such a place is useless, so even if the Central Plains army swept the Western Regions, they never thought of occupying it.

Xizhou is a rare piece of paradise in this desert, because there is a Kongque River running through the city in Xizhou. According to legend, it is a branch of the Kongque River in the ancient Loulan Kingdom. Of course, this is just a beautiful legend. Under the yellow sand.

The Kongque River is the mother river of Xizhou people. It is because of this never-drying Kongque River that Xizhou has fertile pastures for cattle and sheep, and even learned simple farming from Tang merchants who traveled to Xizhou. In this way, some easy-to-grow food can be planted, and the life of the people in Xizhou in other cities in Gaochang is much better.

At this time of year, the people of Xizhou will hold a grand festival celebration on the banks of the Peacock River—the Water Festival. This is the wish of the people of Xizhou to hope that the Peacock River will flow forever. Ju Wenya is very interested in such celebrations and took the initiative to bring Wang Xiang out Join the celebration.

Wang Xiang was also very curious about the festival celebrations in Xizhou, so he and Li Huiming Tiedan changed into Xizhou costumes and joined Ju Yiya and Aqinu to participate in the festival celebration by the Kongque River. Cheng Chuliang originally wanted to come, but Changsun Wuji It's a pity to arrange a task for him.

When he arrived at the Kongque River, Wang Xiang found that there were many Han people in Xizhou costumes celebrating the festival.

There are not many Han people in Xizhou, and they are basically merchants from Datang. Because the King of Xizhou treated Datang caravans well, it attracted many merchants from Datang. The status of merchants in Datang is very low, but here Datang The merchants of the Tang Dynasty were treated almost as well as the nobles of Xizhou. Many merchants of the Tang Dynasty even chose to marry and have children in Xizhou. With a delicate face and enchanting figure, Wang Xiang was already a little dazzled.

The Tang Dynasty can be said to be the most open dynasty in history, but the costumes of women in the Tang Dynasty are compared with those of women in the Western Regions... Tsk tsk, look at the small waist that is full of grip, the waist of a woman in the Tang Dynasty is not just for people to see of.

"Xizhou is really a good place." Li Huiming beside him was shaking his fan and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. This guy completely forgot how he cried bitterly and refused to come here.

"Brother Wang, do you still remember the agreement with the little brother that day?"

Wang Xiang wondered: "An agreement?" He didn't remember any agreement with Li Huiming.

Li Huiming leaned close to Wang Xiang's ear and smiled: "Brother Wang forgot? The younger brother said that when he arrived in Gaochang, he wanted to accompany Brother Wang to see the beauties in Gaochang. I didn't expect to have the opportunity so soon, hehe."

"Cook, what are you talking about?" Ju Yiya was curious when she saw Li Huiming and Wang Xiang whispering.

"Ah, it's nothing, my brother Li is praising the good water and soil in Xizhou."

"Yes, the water and soil are good, the water and soil are good! Hahaha!" Li Huiming smiled meaningfully.

Wang Xiang decided that it would be better to stay away from this guy, it's too fucking embarrassing, staring at her girl to see if she should be so blatant, her saliva flowed out...

The festival celebrations in Xizhou seem to be different from those in the Central Plains. Everyone is very casual. Many grills are set up on the grass by the Peacock River, and it is Wang Xiang who takes out jar after jar of the incomparably precious Western Region grape wine in the Tang Dynasty. Strangers in front of him were handed cut roasts and a large bowl full of wine when they walked past a grill.

All the grills formed a circle, and everyone sat in the circle. There were several strong young guys wrestling in the circle, and girls screamed and cheered from time to time.

"What are they doing?" Wang Xiang found a place to sit down, eat barbecue and drink wine. Although the taste was not as delicious as that of Dengxianlou, it was intoxicating in this atmosphere.

"The Running Water Festival is also the day when our Xizhou girls choose Alang. In Xizhou, most of the girls' marriages are arranged during the Running Water Festival."

After listening to Aqinu's explanation, Wang Xiang finally understood that these guys were working hard to win the favor of the girls.

"Is this how girls from Xizhou choose... Alang?" Li Huiming asked, pointing to two bare-chested Xizhou guys who were struggling to wrestle.

"Of course, we Xizhou girls like warriors the most."

"Ah?" Li Huiming's face suddenly collapsed.

Looking at Li Huiming's appearance, Wang Xiang felt amused in his heart, and joked, "Why, brother Li is planning to go up and have a try too?"

Li Huiming said with a guilty conscience, "I... I'd better forget about it."

Ju Yiya pursed her lips and smiled: "Don't listen to Aqinu's nonsense, not all Xizhou girls like that kind of warriors, it's true that Aqinu likes warriors himself."

"Princess!" Aqinu became very shy.

"In addition to warriors, you Han people are also very popular with Xizhou girls. After all, Tang merchants can bring them a better life, and some Xizhou girls like talented people."

"The princess is talking about you, right? You said before that if you want to marry, you should marry a talented man who knows how to recite poems and compose poems." Aqinu finally found a chance to talk back to Ju Yiya.

"When did I say that!" Ju Yiya blushed and quickly changed the subject: "The warrior who wins the first place in the water festival can also get the richest and most delicious food at the festival..."

"Young master, if you win the battle, you can get the richest and most delicious food." Tie Dan, who was sitting behind Wang Xiang and just finished eating the barbecue, suddenly said in a gruff voice.

Wang Xiang looked at Tie Dan curiously: "Do you want to go up and try?"

Tie Dan nodded honestly, he was interested in food.

Wang Xiang turned his head to Ju Yiya and asked, "Can Han people go up for a competition?"

Ju Yiya nodded: "It's possible, but there are very few Han people going up to compete."

The reason why few Han people go up to the competition is simple, because most of the Han people in Xizhou are merchants from the Tang Dynasty, and their physique cannot be compared with the warriors in Xizhou, and they have wealth and do not need to use this method to win girls of favor.

"In this case, you can go up and play." Wang Xiang said worriedly: "Remember, don't hurt people."

With Wang Xiang's approval, Tie Dan smiled innocently, and when Tie Dan got up and walked into the circle, Ju Yiya realized that she gave Aqinu a strange look on her face.

(End of this chapter)