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Chapter 1310 British singing and dancing

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    The next morning, the fleet arrived at Guangji Gate.

    In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhao Hao asked people to warn Chaozhou City in advance and not to think of himself as a pirate.

    Then the group of people parked the boat far outside the city and waited for their own people to come out to greet them.

    During the meal, a group of people were seen galloping out of the city. It was a group of Yufeng Academy disciples headed by Zhang Guofu.

    Seeing the master standing at the pier, looking at them with a smile, Zhang Guofu and others hurriedly dismounted from their horses and paid homage.

    "Okay, I have heard everything. You have performed very well and have not brought shame to my teacher or the academy." Mr. Zhao smiled happily and said, "Everyone, get up. You are all good disciples of my teacher."

    "Thank you, Master." The disciples immediately felt that their hard work was worth it. They had been worried about not getting the Jinshi in this subject, but now that they had received the praise from Master Yan, their hearts were finally relieved.

    "Master, please mount your horse and return to the city."

    "Where is my father?" Zhao Hao asked while getting on the horse with the help of his disciples.

    Zhao Hao was quite surprised that Mr. Zhao did not come to greet him in person, and was a little disappointed.  Does it mean that once the wings are hardened, the son is no longer important?

    "There is a celebration going on in the city. Master really can't leave, so we can only let us come to greet him." Zhang Guofu explained hurriedly.

    "Oh, what kind of celebration? Celebrating victory?" Zhao Hao suddenly became interested.

    "right."

    "Is there any singing and dancing?" Zhao Hao asked excitedly.

    "Yes." Zhang Guofu said with admiration on his face: "Master is really knowledgeable. During the rehearsal yesterday, we were all shocked when we saw it. We thought we were going to fight again, but later we found out that it was a large group dance."

    "I have heard about the great master for a long time. I heard that when a new official takes office, the local people will mobilize and perform a set of English songs and dances." Zhao Hao laughed loudly and said: "It is said to celebrate the elder's appointment, but in fact it is to demonstrate to the parents and officials to let them  Be more sensible. I didn¡¯t expect that my father, a fellow intellectual, would be treated like this."

    "You shouldn't be trying to bully the master, right? Master doesn't know. After this battle to defend Chaozhou, the master's prestige in Chaozhou City is extremely high! Anyone who dares to bully him will be the first to be refused by the people." Zhang Guofu said hurriedly.

    "Oh, my father is so arrogant?" Zhao Hao was a little unbelievable. Parents always either overestimate or underestimate their children, so it is difficult to have an objective evaluation.

    ¡°Obviously, Mr. Zhao belongs to the latter category in his son¡¯s mind

    "Let's go and have a look." He put his horse under his belly and ran towards Chaozhou City impatiently.

    "Master, wait for us." The disciples quickly mounted their horses and followed closely.

    Zhang Guofu and others got on the boat. They wanted to guide the task force's ships into the city and dock at the official ship wharf in the city.

    The cannon has been covered with gun jackets, and the police officers have also changed into plain clothes, but a blind person can also see that they are not good people.  If there is no one to lead it, it will definitely cause uneasiness.

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    Chaozhou City is known as "three mountains and one river protecting the city wall, wearing a jade belt and wearing Wusha around the waist", which means that Chaozhou City is defended by Hanjiang River and the three mountains in the north: Jinshan Mountain, Hulu Mountain and Bijia Mountain.

    The Hanjiang River is like a belt, and Jinshan Mountain, Hulu Mountain, and Bijia Mountain form the shape of a black gauze hat. It is said to be an excellent place for Feng Shui.

    Zhao Hao entered the city from Andingmen, the only west gate in Chaozhou City, and headed east along Ximen Street, which is lined with archways.  Although the shape of the city is neither square nor round, the streets in the city are based on the traditional square and are connected into a checkerboard pattern, which is neat and orderly with clear longitude and latitude.  So that no one who comes for the first time will get lost.

    In addition to the many archways, what impressed Zhao Hao the most was the exquisite and gorgeous architecture in Chaoshan, which far surpassed the folk houses in the south of the Yangtze River and the courtyard houses in the north.

    He saw that almost all of the buildings along the street were decorated with exquisite decorations and were extremely ornate.  The flowers, birds, insects, fish, birds and animals and stories of historical figures painted on the cornices are all lifelike and beautiful.

    The houses of wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River will also have various carvings on the top and bottom of the eaves, but they are all made of wood.  Even if it is colored at the time, if it is not maintained regularly, it will soon fade severely or even break out.  Therefore, in the garden mansions that Zhao Hao saw, the carvings and paintings basically kept the original wood color, and at most they were protected by a layer of varnish.

    The eaves on the Chaoshan side are much more gorgeous.  Because their paintings and shapes are all made of porcelain tiles.  Especially on the numerous ancestral halls and temples, the large-scale dragon and phoenix shapes inlaid with colorful porcelain tiles are extremely eye-catching under the sunlight.

    With such an exaggerated and gorgeous shape, it is difficult not to remind Zhao Hao of the imperial palace, especially the Nine Dragon Wall

    The saying "Chaozhou's house begins with its palace" is indeed not an exaggeration at all.

    But he came from the north??Long grinned, he also danced just now.  As an excellent general, he naturally gained some different tastes from it.

    "This dance is a reflection of organizational and mobilization power. Coupled with their bravery and fierceness, if their subordinates are government officials, they will definitely not sleep well at night after watching the British singing and dancing."

    "Hahaha, Brother Wang is so knowledgeable!" Zhao Hao said with a smile of approval: "The clans in Chaoshan show their organizational and mobilization capabilities to the government through large-scale activities of traveling gods and honoring gods."

    As he spoke, he smiled and asked, "Do you know what this British song and dance is based on?"

    "It looks like water is pouring down Liangshan." Wang Rulong liked "Three Kingdoms" when he was in the army, but now he likes "Water Margin" instead.  He carefully identified: "The leader of the hammer dance looks like Li Kui. The three hammers look like Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, and they exactly match the number of one hundred and eight."

    "That's right, this is the hero of Liangshan. It tells the story of attacking Daming Mansion to save Lu Junyi and dressing up as a busking team to cause a Lantern Festival." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile.

    "Then there shouldn't be one hundred and eight generals, eh, that's not the point" Wang Rulong quickly shut up and asked with a smile: "Young master, have you seen this kind of dance before?"

    "No, I've heard about it since I came back." Zhao Hao sighed in his heart, he had seen it before in his previous life.  Then he changed the subject and said: "I heard that the last part of the British song and dance involves beating a cloth horse. It means finding someone to dress up as an official, hanging a cloth horse around his waist, and then beating the imperial official until he runs away in confusion."

    As he spoke, he touched his chin and said somewhat unhappily: "But my father is not a prefect, so he can't afford to be so provocative, right?"

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