hsntnovel Chapter 1089: Rice Wife Festival
Chapter 1089: Rice Wife Festival
Inazuma, Narujingu Shrine.
As soon as the morning light breaks, the hardworking Inazuma people get up, the fishermen drive their fishing boats to fish on the sea, the vegetable sellers take advantage of the early morning to carry vegetables into the city, and the samurai of the Tenryo Bugyo come out to work early in the morning.
Colorful flags are flying on the outlying islands, distinctive lantern garlands are dotted throughout Narukami Island, and the air is filled with the scent of cherry blossoms.
Strangely, the cherry blossom season in Inazuma has long passed, but from the coast of the outlying islands to the mountain trails of Narujin Taisha, wherever cherry trees can be seen, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
It is said that the chief priest of Narukami Taisha Shrine has made an effort to postpone the cherry blossom season this year in order to... hold the legendary Banquet of the Seven Gods.
The news of the Seven Gods Banquet had finally leaked out, and there was no need for Ming Jingu Palace to hide it. Could it be that if the criminals knew about it, they would ambush the Seven Gods Banquet in advance?
If these criminals were not made up of demons, they would not have the courage to attack the seven rulers of the mortal world. Moreover, one demon alone would not be enough, a team of demons would be needed.
The people of Inazuma are a little confused as to why this year's Banquet of the Seven Gods is being held in Inazuma?
Could it be that General Lei Dian thought that just because he opened the sea, everyone would celebrate and that he had made an achievement comparable to that of the Rock King?
That would be too much of a show-off, or even to put it bluntly, the shogunate would lose face.
Are you blind to what you did before? And now you are planning to invite the Seven Gods to a banquet to see your great achievements?
However, there was no brave man who dared to scold General Lei Dian in front of her. Everyone has neighbors, aunts and uncles, and no one would complain that they have too many relatives, right?
Inazuma hasn't been this lively for a long time since the Cherry Blossom Festival.
No, it should be said that even the Cherry Blossom Festival is not as lively as today.
After all, when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, Inazuma's hunting order and the isolation order were clearly issued.
Travelers and merchant ships do not go through the Inazuma sea, so the Inazuma people are left to play on their own.
The shogunate and Kaijima were still sharpening their knives, ready to fight to the death.
Unlike now, on the day when the isolation order was lifted, large ships were eager to sail on the sea of Inazuma, like horses that had been locked in a stable for several days and could not move.
The merchants of the International Chamber of Commerce scrambled to escape from the hell of Inazuma because the shogunate was really unruly.
When the isolation order was issued, it was not announced in advance, which resulted in these merchants being blocked in Inazuma for more than a year and unable to sneak across the border at will.
General Lei Dian’s thunderstorm sea will not accept Mora. Anyone who dares to go out will die.
Therefore, businessmen from other places are the most eager people to escape from Inazuma.
But there was a problem: all their money had been drained by the shogunate officials, and now they didn't even have money to take a boat ride.
A group of merchants who were desperate asked the shogunate for help. After reporting to the higher authorities, they were actually received by General Raiden.
That day, the merchants of the International Chamber of Commerce pooled their money to order coffins for the merchants who were going to meet General Lei Dian. Surprisingly, General Lei Dian did not chop them to pieces.
Instead, he returned the money that the shogunate had extorted from the merchants and told the merchant representatives that the shogunate would open a back door to their trade.
The merchants bowed down to the mercy of General Raiden and vowed to transport resources from the outside world to Inazuma in an endless stream.
Once the trade route is opened, prosperity will naturally come.
Countless large and small ships dock at the outlying islands every day, and the people in charge of surveying and enforcing the regulations collect taxes until their hands are tired.
Now think about it, many Inazuma patriots said that the Hiiragi family was a traitor and suggested to General Raiden that the country be closed to the outside world and issue a seclusion order.
In fact, the one who should least suggest closing the country is the Hiiragi family. Without foreign trade and no large ships docking, where would the Hiiragi family get the money?
They should be the group of people who most support maritime trade.
Inazuma is particularly happy today.
The people in the shogunate wanted to use the Seven Gods Banquet to wash away the bad luck they had experienced over the years.
The Banquet of the Seven Gods is taken very seriously by the shogunate, and has even escalated into a war that is no less than a war with the resistance.
No, it's heavier than that.
No matter how powerful the rebels are, they cannot overthrow the shogunate.
But the six rulers coming from overseas are truly capable of deciding the future of the shogunate and the future of Inazuma.
General Raiden entrusted such a grand event to the community magistrate, that is, the Kamisato family.
That’s right, the shogunate returned the shrine magistrate to the Kamisato family.
Jing Fantian once disrupted the three major magistrates. Although his original intention was to prevent the aristocratic families from occupying the power center of the shogunate, it now seems that it has instead caused chaos in the shogunate's administration.
The Kamisato family's social practice, the Hiiragi family's designation and implementation, and the Kujo family's heavenly leadership.
Each of them is deeply rooted in the system it adheres to, and removing them would destroy that system.
In order to allow the three magistrates to operate normally, Narujingu returned all the magistrates to the three great families, but the chief magistrates were no longer those scheming old men.
The chief magistrate of the Kanjo Bugyo is Chisato Hiiragi, the daughter of Shinsuke Hiiragi and the only heir of the Hiiragi family.
The corresponding tenryo magistrate is presided over by Kujo Kamajima, and the shrine magistrate is presided over by the Kamisato brothers and sisters.
The Kamisato family responded to the Seven Gods Banquet with the highest work attitude, and it was said that even the family dogs were sent out to work.
Inazuma City.
Kamisato Ayaka is setting up the scene for the Seven Gods Banquet at Narujingu Shrine. Because fireworks will be used to celebrate the Seven Gods, Kamisato Ayaka goes to the Yoshomiya family to check her fireworks show.
Xiao Gong shouted, "Don't worry. When it comes to fireworks performance, no one in the entire Inazuma is the best except me. I will definitely use the best fireworks to bless the Seven Gods."
General Raiden said that fireworks are a fleeting beauty, and the people of the shogunate have been suppressing Yosunomiya's desire to set off fireworks.
Now the Seven Gods Banquet naturally has to use the highest standard of fireworks feast to entertain the Seven Gods. Xiao Palace can set off fireworks to their heart's content, and the most important thing is that every firework is paid for by the people of the shogunate.
This is undoubtedly the best thing for Xiao Palace.
She was more enthusiastic about the coming of the Seven Gods Banquet than anyone in the shogunate.
Kirara Ryo was carrying fireworks to Yoshinomiya with his tail up. After the sea was reopened, Komagariya was as busy as the tax collectors on the outlying islands. Kirara Ryo cruelly asked the owner of Komagariya for a day off so that he could spend the Seven Gods Banquet with his friends.
Although the banquet of the Seven Gods was not prepared for them, mortals benefited from the banquet of the gods.
However, his two friends, Xiao Gong and Kamisato Ayaka, had no intention of resting. They were the main force in entertaining the seven gods and were very busy.
Kirara's wish to travel around the entire Narukami Island in a kimono on this day was completely shattered.
Xiao Gong urged Kamisato Ayaka: "Ayaka, I'm fine here, you can go somewhere else!"
Kamisato Ayaka smiled and said, "Okay."
"correct!"
Qi Liangliang reminded Kamisato Ayaka: "Ayaka, do you think the big evil dragon will follow us?"
Kamisato Ayaka's eyes dimmed for a moment. Jing Fantian walked very quickly, purely being dragged away by the immortals. Everyone was afraid that the evil dragon would continue to stay in Inazuma and harm the people of Inazuma.
Kamisato Ayaka still had a lot to say to him.
Qi Liangliang cursed the evil dragon: "He left completely. Do you think he will still recognize his marriage with you?"
When Inazuma was behaving evilly, Jing Fantian was ordered by General Raiden to marry into the Kamisato family and marry Kamisato Ayaka.
Later it was shelved for various reasons.
But no one dared to propose marriage to the eldest daughter of the Kamisato family. Although Jing Fantian was no longer in Inazuma, his power was still there.