parentshiftbook Chapter 765: The Exhibition Of Ocean Curiosities, The Shock From Marine Life [Please Subscribe, Plea
Chapter 765: The Exhibition Of Ocean Curiosities, The Shock From Marine Life [Please Subscribe, Plea
Hongwu's seventeenth year, New Year's Eve.
As soon as it started to light up, the left and right sides of Hongwu Street were crowded with countless people who were curious to watch the excitement.
After all, half a month ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had already issued an order to have fun with the people and hold a "Sea Treasures Exhibition".
After the relevant officials of the Ministry of Rites received the order and the rare and generous budget approved by Zhu Yuanzhang at once, they naturally wanted to start a big show unceremoniously.
After all, this is not only the "Sea Treasures Exhibition", but also a summary meeting of Ming Dynasty's "First Five-Year Medium and Long-term Plan".
This is a big event that will go down in history!
And as the officials who are mainly responsible for this matter, they may even leave their names in history for this.
So when they first received this decree half a month ago, officials from the Ministry of Rites had already started to publicize it.
The result of half a month of publicity was that not only the people in Yingtian Mansion knew that the imperial court was going to have fun with the people on New Year's Eve and hold a "Sea Treasures Exhibition~"
Even the people around Yingtian Mansion also learned the news from their relatives and friends, villagers who went to the market in Yingtian Mansion, etc.
And joining in the fun can be regarded as engraved in the blood of the Chinese people, and has become the second talent of the Chinese people.
Therefore, in order to join in the fun, the people around Yingtian Mansion also activated their personal connections, and each found their familiar relatives and friends who lived in Yingtian Mansion.
Then on the 29th day of the year, I came to stay one night early so that I could go early the next day to join in the excitement of the "Sea Treasures Exhibition".
In this regard, those relatives and friends who were called to the door and lived in Yingtian Mansion would naturally not refuse.
After all, it was just a temporary stay for one night, not a loan, nor any other big deal.
And if there are more people, it will be more lively and happy because families can join in the fun together.
Under such circumstances, the largest household in Yingtian Mansion even slept with forty or fifty people last night, all of whom were relatives of the clan living outside Yingtian Mansion.
Because there are too many people, there are not so many rooms and mattresses.
In the end, the elderly, women and children slept on the beds in the house, while the other men swept the floor, spread a few pieces of clothing directly on the ground, and then covered themselves with a few pieces of clothing as quilts to sleep.
However, as soon as the curfew ended the next day, everyone hurriedly brought all kinds of food prepared in advance and prepared to get a good seat around Hongwu Street.
Naturally, Chou and the Ministry of Rites had already anticipated this situation.
Therefore, before the curfew was lifted the next day, the troops and horses in the city were mobilized in advance to maintain order and prevent various crowding, trampling and other accidents.
At the same time, the Ministry of Rites ordered people to pull up red ribbons on the left and right sides of Hongwu Street between the gate of Yingtianfu City and Hongwu Square.
In the center of the red ribbon is a twenty-meter-wide tour channel.
On both sides of the red ribbon, every five steps stood a military officer, holding a wooden stick and patrolling left and right.
Once someone is about to be squeezed towards the center of the red ribbon, the military officer will scold him. If he doesn't pay attention, he will hit him hard.
Under the management and scolding of the officers of the Military and Horse Division, although the onlookers were very curious, they still maintained basic order, and there were no riots or red ribbons jumping out.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, the officials of the Ministry of Rites stood at the gate of the city and sang loudly:
""The Exhibition of Treasures from the Sea" has officially begun!"
After saying that, a thirty-six-gun salute shot up into the sky, and the colored paper filled in it followed the explosion of the salute and landed on the people of Yingtian Mansion, marking the beginning of today's "Sea Treasures Exhibition" Add a sense of joy.
Then, a long row of musicians playing gongs and drums standing behind the official of the Ministry of Rites immediately hit their respective gongs and drums with hammers, making bursts of ear-splitting music.
And as a group of musicians tried their best to play, play and sing to add to the fun, various marine treasures that were temporarily pushed outside the gate of Yingtianfu last night were also pushed in one by one from outside the gate of Yingtianfu.
And as soon as he came on the stage, it was a blockbuster.
A whale that was more than six feet long, more than two feet wide, and about two feet tall, with an extremely arrogant and domineering attitude, blocked the light coming in from outside the gate of Yingtianfu City, turning itself into a huge black film.
The whale was fixed on a huge iron wheel by iron brackets by craftsmen, keeping it in a posture of raising its head and splashing its tail.
Hundreds of docile cows and horses walked in front, and Tucci slowly and hard pulled the dozens of tons of whales behind him.
This is also thanks to the iron plate and wooden wheel cart underneath the whale, otherwise the hundreds of oxen and horses would not be able to pull the dozens of tons of whales.
As the hundreds of cattle and horses exerted their strength in unison, the iron chains connecting the hundreds of cattle and horses to the iron plate and wooden wheels behind them tightened instantly, and the wheels made a squeaking sound as they drove on the concrete pavement of Hongwu Street.
In this way, the whale, one of the largest marine creatures in the sea, suddenly burst into the eyes of the people of Yingtian Mansion, occupying all the focus of attention, and making everyone who saw the whale All the people have lost their voices because of it.
Even the court musicians who were playing, playing and singing for fun forgot their work and stopped when they saw the whale.
The originally noisy Hongwu Street fell into silence the moment the whale entered.
It wasn't until the leader of the band came to his senses and blew a high-pitched suona that the other musicians also came to their senses and played high-pitched music again to add to the fun.
The originally quiet people of Yingtian Mansion also came to their senses under the high-pitched music, and then broke out into unprecedented fierce noises.
"Fish...such a big fish! This fish is bigger than my house!"
The common people standing next to the red ribbon on Hongwu Street looked at the whale passing by, covering themselves completely with just their own shadows, and stuttered excitedly.
"Oh my God, didn't His Majesty and the others capture the Sea Dragon King?!!"
Another commoner looked at the super large whale in front of him and said with awe.
For ordinary people, the Dragon King does not necessarily have to look like the legendary dragon.
In fact, as long as there is an existence in the water that the common people cannot compete with, and that can control the safety of the common people's boats in the rivers and lakes, they will be called the Dragon King by the common people.
Therefore, it is normal for the common people to call the oppressive whale in front of them the Sea Dragon King.
A scholar standing next to the common man heard this and said:
"Idiot, this is not the Sea Dragon King, this is Kun!"
Then the scholar shook his head and recited Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou" in the past:
"There is a fish in the North Ming Dynasty, and its name is Kun. Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it has. When it turns into a bird, its name is Peng. With the back of a Peng, I don't know how many thousands of miles it has. When it flies in anger, its wings are as big as The T that hangs down from the sky..."
The common people who were scolded by the scholar were not annoyed. Instead, they looked at the scholar with reverence and asked:
"Can it turn into a bird?!!"
After hearing the common man's inquiry, the scholar was actually not sure. However, looking at the reverent eyes of the common man, the scholar certainly could not say that he was unsure. Instead, he coughed twice, and then said with a sure look on his face:
"Yes!"
"But I guess the Kun in front of me is just a little Kun that was just born, and it hasn't grown into a really big Kun that's thousands of miles across!"
"If it can grow into a truly giant Kun that is thousands of miles across, then maybe it can transform into a roc and fly thousands of miles away!"
"But if it really grows into a giant Kun that's thousands of miles across, it probably won't be captured."
At the end of the sentence, the scholar couldn't help but sigh.
But soon the scholar became excited again. Xiao Kun was also a Kun. He could see Kun with his own eyes today. This fact alone was enough for him to brag to other friends who could not see this scene with their own eyes for several years.
As the shocking whale specimen passed by, followed by shark specimens two or three feet long, which were also fixed on an iron wheel cart using iron frames by craftsmen, and then slowly pulled forward by dozens of cattle and horses. .
The upper body of these shark specimens is gray-black and the lower body is silvery white. The craftsmen deliberately placed it in a hunting posture with its mouth wide open, revealing the densely packed sharp teeth inside.
At first glance, although his body is dead, his power is still there!
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"Hiss, what kind of fish is this? It has so many terrifying fangs and sharp teeth!!!"
"If I were accidentally bitten, I'd probably be bitten in half right away?!"
Some people couldn't help but be horrified when they looked at the specially displayed fangs of the shark specimen.
"I heard this is a shark. It is a very ferocious fish in the sea that feeds on meat!!!"
Another well-informed common man spoke in surprise.
Because he had only heard others talk about the appearance of this kind of shark, but if he really wanted to see it, it was also the first time for him to see it.
Soon the people in front of Hongwu Street all exclaimed, and at the same time they couldn't help but take a few steps back.
Because after these shark specimens, there are glazed pools one foot long, one foot wide, and one foot high, which are fixed on each iron wheel cart, and then slowly pulled forward by dozens of cattle and horses. .
In the first few glazed pools, there were live sharks six or seven feet long.
Although the sharks in these glazed pools are relatively small, under the stimulation of the noisy people around them, they become more ferocious, constantly opening their big mouths full of sharp teeth, and striking again and again. The glass that imprisons them.
The violent and ferocious appearance made the people watching around him feel terrified.
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Fortunately, there are several layers of wire ropes tied outside the glazed pools without affecting the viewing.
Even if the shark does crash into the glazed pool in the end, it will be tied up by the barbed wire outside and unable to escape and hurt people.
Moreover, around each glass pool, there are soldiers holding spears and swords. Once a marine creature breaks through the glass and comes out, they will immediately restrain and kill the relevant marine creature. .
Therefore, under such a safety guarantee, the people of Yingtian Mansion who were watching around looked at the extremely ferocious sharks and felt very scared in their hearts, but at the same time they also felt a strange sense of tension and excitement.
After the live sharks slowly passed by, there were huge turtles with diameters of three to seven or eight feet.
However, it was probably the first time in their lives that these turtles had experienced such a noisy and noisy scene. They were so frightened that all their limbs and heads retracted into the turtle shells, so that the people watching around could only see huge turtle shells.
"Dear me, such a big turtle must have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, right?"
A common man looked at the huge turtle passing by and exclaimed in amazement.
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The common people who heard his words also nodded in agreement.
After the turtles passed by one by one, small seals of four or five feet in size were swimming up, down, left and right in their own independent glazed pools.
"This is so cute!"
A little girl sitting on her father's neck looked at the seal slowly passing by, her eyes were bright and full of love.
After the seals, there are sea lions that are several feet in size, wandering around in their own glazed pools in an innocent manner.
The cute sea lion also attracted praise from women.
Compared to the big and scary whales or the ferocious and scary sharks in front of us, the sea lions and seals in front of us are cuter.
After the sea lions, there are super lobsters that are several feet in size, extra-large king crabs, and super-grade tuna.
Iron carts carrying transparent glass display pools, carrying various marine creatures, kept filing in from outside the gate of Yingtianfu City.
Those marine creatures are either weird or extremely large, so I have lived almost all my life inland and have never seen the sea, let alone the sight of marine life.
The people of the government deeply felt the shock from the sea!
This allowed them to vaguely outline a corner of their imagination about the sea they had never seen before.
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