In this case, I can give it a try... a fish feast, right?
I happen to be participating too, and when the time comes, I'll see if I can mix in some eye drops.
No matter what, it would be great if it could intensify the conflict between the Liao Kingdom and the Nvzhi tribe to the greatest extent.
Only in this way could the Song Dynasty be able to concentrate on dealing with Xixia without any distractions, even when the Liao Kingdom was completely restrained by the Nuzhi.
No matter what, even if he acts coquettishly and cutely to his master, or uses all kinds of martial arts skills, he still has to convince his master to take over the important task of attacking Xixia.
Think of the 50,000 elite Forbidden Army soldiers that your father, Lieutenant Gao Qiu, had trained with great pains and sacrifices for him, as well as Lu Qian's team who are currently practicing their flying thunder cannon skills assiduously.
And the previous technology of climbing the immortal boat has been updated for several generations now. The safety factor is greatly increased. After attacking Xixia in the future, it can naturally be used to detect and defeat enemies.
Moreover, Master Zhao Ji would often sit and play, as if he wanted to become an immortal one day by practicing in the sky.
Gao Zhang was very upset about this. He tried to persuade him twice, but he always thought that it was not safe to go to heaven. What if he fell?
But Master just doesn't believe in this evil, Gao Zhang can persuade him.
Well, putting this matter aside, think about the Imperial City Division, who are working hard to collect information about Xixia.
There is also the Duan Trading Co., Ltd. that has a hand in Xixia, and has been using what Xixia needs to tightly control the cotton planting industry of more than one million acres.
Of course, Wang Fu, who was originally a traitor to the Song Dynasty, must be working hard to get into the upper echelons of Xixia.
In addition, through the relationship with Xiao Fengxian over the years, the relationship between Xixia and Liao has changed from a sweet relationship at the beginning to the current hostile situation.
Gao Zhang twirled his fingers carefully, but he really couldn't figure out which direction Xixia could survive.
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The fish feast was originally just a way for the northern nomads to replenish their food after spending the long winter and exercise their muscles at the same time.
Generally speaking, in February or March, the emperor of Liao would catch the first fish in the river in Changchun Prefecture.
Taking this as a good omen, a banquet was held, and the leaders of the nearby tribes thousands of miles away were summoned to attend the banquet. Most of the Nvzhi tribes gathered here, so they were naturally the main participants in the fish feast.
In the past, it was all about ice fishing, but this year, due to a flood, the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom did not arrive in Changchun Prefecture until April.
Coupled with the need to summon the leaders of various tribes, this delay has been delayed until now.
Today is the day when the first fish feast begins. At this moment, two boats are setting up their nets, heading this way from bottom to top.
You could already see the fat fish flying in the net, and at this moment, Yelu Yanxi, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, picked up a big hook connected with a rope and threw it into the fishing net.
After such a hook went down, the strongman on the side began to pay close attention to the water, and then slowly pulled the rope.
At this moment, everyone was extremely quiet. After all, this was fishing, and the nearly ten thousand people watching were all chattering, singing and dancing.
Not to mention fish, don't even try to catch a loach.
What's more, this is no one else, but the Emperor of Daliao, who is fishing. We can't let him just sit here and fish as a background while others are eating, drinking and having fun?
Therefore, if the fish feast is to be held, Yelu Yanxi must catch the fish first.
Today Gao Zhang has already led Wolong Fengxiao and Yao Pingzhong to come here to participate in the fish feast.
Cai Laoliu on the side was rubbing his belly at the moment, looking expectantly at Yelu Yanxi who was fishing by the river in the distance, while whispering.
"It's been so long, this can be called fishing, it's obviously netting fish, okay..."
Tong Zhisheng nodded in agreement, glanced around, and whispered.
"You're not talking nonsense. After so long, even if Emperor Liao catches hundreds of catties of fish, I'm afraid not even one person can get a mouthful of fish soup, okay..."
"You two, can you pay attention to the impact?" Gao Zhang glared at this guy angrily. Even if he was surrounded by Liao people and could not understand the Chinese Mandarin, what would he do if he was overheard by someone interested?
As soon as Gao Zhang finished speaking, he saw that Yelu Yanxi, who had been standing by and watching the powerful man pull the hook, had stepped forward.
The waiter on the side quickly picked up a net bag and waded into the river. Soon, the hook was finally lifted.
As a result, there was only a two-foot-long, shiny silver fish hanging on it, and it soon fell into the net bag.
Yelu Yanxi's face darkened when she saw such a small fish catch.
It’s not perfect at all. It seems that if you’re not ice fishing, you’re just not lucky. In the first two years of fish feasts, all we caught were catfish, sturgeons or fathead fish weighing dozens of kilograms.
But at this moment, the onlookers who had been waiting with bated breath for this moment began to congratulate loudly.
Naturally, Yelu Yanxi was too embarrassed to shout again. After all, Xiao was a little too small. It was a fish at least, but fortunately it was not a tortoise or a water snake or other non-fish creatures.
Otherwise, this year should not be called the Fish Feast, but should be called the Turtle Feast or the Snake Feast.
Seeing the little fish tumbling around freely in the net bag, Wanyan Agu's lips almost turned crooked.
At this moment, the leaders of the female straight tribes around him were also cheering loudly to congratulate the Emperor of Daliao.
He was the only one looking coldly at the Emperor of Liao who was walking triumphantly in the direction of the crowd.
The look in his eyes was like that of a hungry lone wolf looking at a fat prey.
This foolish king of the Liao Kingdom, except for hunting, playing and playing with women, completely threw aside the country's political affairs, regardless of good or bad, this kind of people can actually become the king of a country.
It's a good thing that the emperor of the Liao Kingdom is a fool like you. Otherwise, we, the female straight tribes, might not have a chance to stand up and become the masters.
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Fortunately, except for the fish hooked by Emperor Liao, all the fish in that net were considered first fish.
After they were all scooped up, they were quickly slaughtered and cooked.
At this moment, all the ministers, guests and friends came to the place where the banquet was held and sat down.
As the dishes came one after another, Yelu Yanxi began to raise his glass frequently, and all the ministers and leaders of the tribes also responded.
As the cooked fish were served one after another, there was a lot of fun with big fish, meat and wine.
Even Gao Zhang enjoyed eating it with his mouth full of oil. This is definitely similar to the feeling of Northeastern stew in later generations, which is very oily.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Yelu Yanxi, whose face was red from drinking, announced that the tribal leaders would take turns to sing and dance at the banquet.
After hearing this order, Gao Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up and he glanced in that direction involuntarily, just in time to see Wanyan Aguda, who was still chatting and laughing with the other straight female tribe leaders around him, his face darkened...
(End of chapter)
