Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 559 New Year's Eve - Ancestor Worship
Fang Jun likes to be with Princess Changle very much. This Princess Changle is like a beautiful and pure white lotus, standing quietly, without any words, it can exude a faint fragrance, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. Leisurely.

Very much in line with Fang Jun's aesthetic.

Just remembering what she just said, Fang Jun sighed again...

How could he be indifferent to the fact that Princess Gao Yang could sacrifice his life to shield him from the arrows?

For a long time, it was the history in his mind that made him avoid Princess Gaoyang, and he was always resistant to this marriage.

His soul is a mature man, not a teenager who yearns for perfect love. He is completely able to accept political marriage, and he is sure that he will not rebel against his wife after marriage.

There's nothing wrong with getting married first and then falling in love.

Love doesn't have to be vigorous, and it is more in line with Fang Jun's ideal state to get along with each other in a simple way.

It's just that she has been unable to get past the hurdle between Princess Gaoyang and the debate machine...

But when Princess Gao Yang stood in front of him to shield him from the arrow, Fang Jun knew that he was moved.

There is a woman who can die for you, and what wrong is unforgivable?

What's more, this so-called mistake is just an unsolved case in history, and it may not happen now...

I can accept Wu Meimei who "enjoys all the beautiful men in the world", why can't I accept Princess Gaoyang who is desperate for love?

The mist is steaming, and the snow powder is pouring.

Fang Jun stood by the lake, standing proudly, with emotion in his heart...

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Fang Jun is an open-minded person, like this in his previous life and in this life.

He couldn't refuse Princess Gaoyang who gave her life for him, it would disturb his conscience.

Of course, there is no love for it, at least not now.

However, he is completely able to accept the marriage first and then fall in love...

Early in the morning of New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers in every household in Chang'an City was full of the atmosphere of the New Year.

In this era when gunpowder is not yet popularized and the cost of paper is high, burning bamboo joints with fire to make them burst and make noises to expel the god of plague is the good wish of people who yearn for Antai.

Of course, "firecrackers" are about to become history.

Before dinner was served in the morning, Fang Jun led the third room's legacy and the fourth room's legacy, carrying a firecracker that had just been successfully tested in the workshop, and came to the gate.

Use a long bamboo pole to pick it up, burn a stick of incense, ignite the lead, and the sparks will "chichi" burn.Immediately afterwards, deafening and continuous explosions sounded at the gate. With the explosion of firecrackers, the red-stained firecracker paper tubes were blown open by gunpowder, and pieces of broken red confetti flew all over the sky, a joyous scene.

The third and fourth were scared and hid behind Fang Jun at first, but after a while they were no longer afraid. They touched and jumped excitedly, begging Fang Jun to hang up too.How dare Fang Jun let them set off firecrackers?If it hurts, the old lady can peel off his skin!

Since these two little guys have gotten bigger, the older they are, the more sensible they are, and since they know how to stick to people, Fang Jun feels that his status in front of his mother has plummeted...

When the firecrackers went off, not only did the servants and servants in the house blow out, but people all over the street came out to visit, all of them looked shocked and didn't know what was going on.

This is probably the first firecrackers ever hung up in history, right?

Fang Jun thought happily, this feeling of "getting ahead" is really cool...

Looking at the crackling firecrackers and the red confetti flying all over the sky with the explosion, everyone thinks that this thing is very suitable for setting off on festive days like the Chinese New Year!For the mood-boosting effect, that's not the 01:30 point.

Compared with this thing, the bamboo joints burning in the brazier are simply weak!

Neighbors came to ask.

"Jiro, what is this, it looks scary?"

"It's firecrackers." Fang Jun replied with a smile.

"Where did you buy it?"

"Yes, this thing is really loud, much better than firecrackers, this red paper is flying all over the sky, festive!"

Fang Jun smiled and said, "This is developed by the workshop at home, and it cannot be sold."

All the people living on this street are rich and official families.

He felt a little regretful, remembering that it was already the twelfth lunar month to make firecrackers and fireworks. After several experiments, although it was successful, the New Year has come, and mass production is impossible. Otherwise, it would be a good thing to make money.

After sending the curious neighbors away, Fang Jun led the third and fourth to return to the main house for dinner.

Fang Xuanling was already sitting upright, frowning and reprimanding Fang Jun: "I haven't been doing my job all day, tinkering with weird things, and I haven't made progress!"

Fang Jun laughed and didn't argue, just said: "There are some materials used to make gunpowder in the workshop, so I fiddled with the firecrackers. After the New Year, listen to the sound and make a good luck."

My heart is slander.

Is glass weird?Is gunpowder weird?Is the curved plough considered strange?
Glass now creates a lot of wealth for His Majesty Li Er every year. Gunpowder has become a big killer for sieging cities and lands.

It is these strange things that really change people's daily life and push the empire to keep advancing.

This is not outlandish, this is science and technology!
Science and technology are productivity!
Dad doesn't understand...

In the future, I will slowly instill this concept with my father. This old pedant who has studied Confucianism all his life may not be able to change this idea for a while.

Fang Xuanling heard Fang Jun's words, and immediately asked worriedly: "Gunpowder? That's something that His Majesty has strictly prohibited the people. Your boy disobeyed the emperor's order and wanted to cause me to be beheaded?"

Of course this is a joke.

Even if Fang Jun really rebelled, His Majesty Li Er wouldn't chop off Fang Xuanling's head, and Changsun Chong would not be implicated in Changsun Wuji...

But it can also be seen that Fang Xuanling is cautious.

Preventing the small and preventing the gradual, holding the body and keeping the righteousness, this is the way of being an official, and it is also the way of being a man.

Lu Shi glared at him and said, "You old man, can't you say something nice when it's New Year's Eve?"

Fang Xuanling was speechless.

Sister-in-law Du and younger sister Fang Xiuzhu snickered on the side. In this family, Lu's majesty is really invincible. Lord Zaifu, who is the best in the court, has to kneel...

Fang Jun then explained: "Father, don't worry, the gunpowder for making firecrackers is different from the gunpowder formula used by Shenjiying to make Tianlei.

Fang Xuanling was relieved, but after being stabbed by Lu Shi, he was still upset, and his face was sullen throughout the meal.

After eating, Fang Xuanling threw the tableware and chopsticks, and said coldly: "Get ready, the matter of worshiping ancestors in the afternoon."

With his hands behind his back, he went to the study to drink tea.

To prepare for the ancestor worship, it is natural that Fang Jun does not need to reach out, most of it is the matter of the eldest brother Fang Zhizhi.

It's not about ability, it's about age.

Fang Yizhi is the eldest son of the Fang family, and this kind of thing is basically his task. Of course, it is also Fang Yizhi who will inherit Fang Xuanling's title in the future.

The Fang family's ancestral hall is in Qingzhou, and the road is too far to travel back to Qingzhou every year to worship the ancestors, so an ancestral hall was built in the backyard to store the memorial tablets of the ancestors.After a few years, Fang Xuanling will branch off from the ancestral hall in Qingzhou and set up a separate house.

The ancestral ancestral hall of the East Cross Courtyard is a tall main room with five openings, a hall with a hall, steps, and corridors.

The gray plastic decoration of the roof is based on the theme of auspicious animals and auspicious patterns such as plum blossoms, peony, lotus and squid, and the gable is also decorated with exquisite grass tail gray plastic decoration.There is a huge red sandalwood carving chi case in the room. On the case, there is a three-foot-tall blue-green bronze tripod, and behind it is a row of wooden niches with the tablets of the ancestors.The shrine is engraved with various colorful flowers and plants, such as plum blossoms, green bamboos, peony, peach blossoms and lotus flowers, to represent the four seasons and the whole family.

There are a total of eight nanmu seats on the ground.

At this moment, the ancestral hall is full of blue smoke, simple and solemn.

As the patriarch of this branch, Fang Xuanling was naturally the chief priest.Fang Yi directly accompanied the sacrifice, Fang Jun offered silk, Fang Yi held incense, and Fang Yi kept the burning pond.It's just that Fang Yiyi is too young, he's just pretending, and he has to send a servant to watch him...

One of the core contents of Confucian etiquette: the order of elder and young.There are many things in the sacrifice, Fang Jun can only watch this son, and can't rank it.

After the ancestor worship, the family gathers in the main hall to have a New Year's Eve dinner.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, we must keep the year old.

At this time, Lu Cheng, the steward of Lishan Zhuangzi, led a dozen young men, drove a few carriages, and brought in more than [-] square and large cardboard boxes...

(End of this chapter)