Jingfan Town is one of the eighteen towns in Jiuxiang at the foot of Weishan Mountain.
It is also the largest settlement outside the local county towns.
According to official statistics, Jingfan Town alone has a permanent population of more than a thousand households, which is close to the level of a lower-level county with a sparse population.
As for why Jingfan Town is so prosperous?
In addition to occupying a strategic location, it has rural and official roads extending in all directions.
The most important thing is that Jingfan Town is the intersection of the Weishan Dragon Vein. It is said that people who live here will be promoted and rich, and will have good fortune and descendants.
For Pei Wende, who has never studied Feng Shui, he does not know whether this widely circulated statement has scientific basis.
But it is undeniable that Jingfan Town is indeed the most affluent town in the surrounding area.
Even Xinkang Town, where Pei Wende often visited, could not be compared with Jingfan Town in terms of sheer prosperity.
"It is indeed the most prosperous town at the foot of Weishan Mountain."
After traces of various pedestrians gradually appeared on the rural road, Pei Wende, who was slightly out of breath, slowed down his pace and entered Jingfan Town at a normal speed.
"Even compared to Changsha County, it is not inferior in all aspects..."
Pei Wende knew that his words were a bit exaggerated, but he was a little surprised by how prosperous Jingfan Town was at night.
You know, the Tang Dynasty was a dynasty that strictly enforced the curfew system.
Even in the chaotic era of the late Anshi Rebellion, each city still strictly implemented the curfew system according to the division of cities and districts.
In other words, once it reaches a certain time in the evening, ordinary people, except for the night watchmen, are no longer allowed to wander around in the streets of Datang.
However, it seems that Jingfan Town has already lifted this curfew.
Until nightfall, the lights in the town were still bright, and there was no intention of imposing a curfew.
This made Pei Wende feel novel when he saw the "night scene" for the first time in this era, and he felt like he had returned to the "city that never sleeps" in the 21st century.
It's a pity that what maintains this "night scene" is the candlelight and lanterns all over the street, not the neon lights that Pei Wende is more familiar with.
"Is it some kind of festival tonight? Why is it so lively?"
Looking at the lively crowds and streets nearby with great interest, Pei Wende looked around and found that the lights in Jingfan Town seemed to spread from one place.
There seemed to be some kind of show being performed there, and the people around them were packed with people on three levels and three outside, just like those people in later generations who would watch the fun and not take it too seriously.
"Opera? Poetry?"
From so far away, Pei Wende could hear the faint melody coming from the crowd.
It's just that they are not singing songs from later generations, but excerpts from poems that are more popular now.
In particular, some of the looming female vocals exude an intoxicating elegance and etherealness.
In addition, Pei Wende even heard a lip-syncing performance similar to rap, which occasionally caused the surrounding onlookers to burst into laughter.
Under such a lively scene, even the little green snake was awakened from its slumber and carefully emerged from Pei Wende's collar.
"hiss!"
Little Green Snake, who has a stronger visual ability, can see the excitement not far away more clearly than Pei Wende.
This kind of lively scene that the little green snake had never seen made it very curious about the activities going on there - are there more delicious food and snacks there than in Changsha County?
"hiss!"
With this thought in mind, the little green snake neighed again.
"I suddenly regret raising you to be a foodie. I didn't bring much money with me when I went out this time!"
Obviously understanding the neighing sound of the little green snake, Pei Wende muttered helplessly.
This trip down the mountain was a completely impromptu trip, and Pei Wende had not prepared much money at all.
If the little green snake continues to eat and drink like it did in Changsha, Pei Wende feels that he will have to work as a waiter in an inn for the next month to pay off his debts.
However, complaints were complaints, and Pei Wende, who was also very curious, walked towards the busy street.
Then, Pei Wende saw various magic performances that shocked his cognition.
Playing with swords, jumping pills, doing handstands, walking on ropes, dancing giant beasts, doing big bird tricks...
Immediate skills, upper pole on the car, top pole, upper pole on the car, five cases, seven plates, many fish and dragons...
Holding a bowl, swallowing a knife, spitting fire, butchering people, cutting off horses, playing with the wine jar, playing horns, stacking arhats...
Countless "little magic tricks" that Pei Wende knows or does not know are performing here, attracting cheers and applause from most people in the entire town.
"Is there a 'tour' these days?"
Pei Wende felt that if this was added to the 21st century standard monkey tricks, jumping through fire hoops, and breaking big rocks on the chest, this would be the standard of a traveling circus.
"Are you very interested in this? Didn't you dislike these things when you were in Changsha?"
He couldn't help but lower his head and glance at the enthusiastic snake head from his collar. Pei Wende didn't expect that the always aloof little green snake would be interested in this type of performance.
But after taking a look at the crowd surrounding him, Pei Wende could understand why this kind of performance was so popular.
After all, in this ancient time when entertainment activities were scarce, the appeal to humans was not much different from the movies and games of later generations.
Not to mention Green Snake, who had never seen a similar scene before, even Pei Wende, who came from the 21st century, was extremely curious about the content of those performances.
"Is the curfew lifted because of them?"
After looking around, Pei Wende discovered that the street he was currently on was actually just a small circle in a huge crowd.
After the surging crowd, the entire alley was packed with people, with various performances interspersed throughout, like a lively "city within a city".
I just don't know whether this lively "city within a city" is permanently located in Jingfan Town, or whether it wandered here from other more prosperous areas.
Anyway, judging from the lively crowd around him, Pei Wende is more inclined to believe that such performances do not happen often, otherwise it would not attract so many people to watch.
"Come on, let's go inside and take a look."
After thinking for a moment, Pei Wende walked around the intersection and walked deeper into the street.
On the one hand, it was because Pei Wende felt that the excitement in Jingfan Town tonight was inseparable from the troubles, and on the other hand, it was also because the beautiful singing tunes he heard before came from the innermost streets.
The elegant and long singing tone was simply more beautiful than any musical melody Pei Wende had ever heard.
Pei Wende was suddenly curious as to whether the women who were singing these verses were the legendary prostitutes and actresses who brought disaster to the country and the people and attracted the pity of countless literary giants.
Of course, Pei Wende did not expect to meet the kind of famous prostitutes and actors who could interact with various great writers and poets in such a small town.
Pei Wende simply wanted to see if the beautiful courtesans of this era could compare with the beautiful stars of later generations.
[After all, there is no plastic surgery technology in this era...]
[Those who can be called 'beauties' must be natural beauties with their own styles and abundant collagen. 】
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