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Chapter 32 Fate still favors me

The first year after Wang Yi traveled to the Tang Dynasty was over in the bustle.

New Year's Eve is very lively and the ceremony is also very grand. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are also many indispensable grand ceremonies to be held. As the leader, Wang Yi was responsible for presiding these ceremonies. Fortunately, Wang Yi has a lot of research on history and has a little knowledge of the customs of the Tang Dynasty. With the guidance of Wang Zuo and others, he did not make any mistakes. He presided over everything, and the presided over it is quite commendable.

Wang Yi's calmness and his every move made the heads of various places surprised and amazed. They never thought that this young man, who was only sixteen years old, would be so comfortable and confident in doing things!

Some people who came from other places for the first time after Wang Yi recovered from his mind. There was no news from Wang Yi's brother Wang Ang, and Wang Yi became stupid and depressed for a while, and hope rekindled in his heart. Therefore, on the first day of the Chinese New Year, all the rituals were over, everything was done, and all arrangements were reported, and they returned to their respective places where they were in charge, presided over the new year's affairs, and told the second young master what he is now to each brother.

Wang Zuo and Wang Jin and several other people who were more familiar with Wang Yi stayed in the mansion for a while. They discussed with Wang Yi carefully some things to do in the New Year. Wang Yi’s general opinions on many things became more respectful to these subordinates. Therefore, Wang Yi also knew a lot from Wang Zuo, Wang Jin and others that he didn’t know.

After learning more about the incident, Wang Yi became more and more surprised. It turned out that in addition to the village where he originally lived, there were many other places, all under his control. Some villages had more than a thousand people, with a total population of nearly 10,000 people, and so many subordinates. This was something Wang Yi never thought of. So many people could be summoned, and almost dominate the people's livelihood and economic situation in Hangzhou. No wonder Wang Fuhui said that the governor of Hangzhou was nothing!

Wang Yi was also speculating that it was possible that his father was a leader of a rebel army, or the garrison or prefect of Hangzhou in the previous dynasty, and had been operating in the Hangzhou area for many years, leaving so many tribes and industries.

Although he was surprised by these, Wang Yi did not ask anyone, and maintained a calm attitude to ask questions. He occasionally told his ideas, which surprised Wang Zuo, Wang Jin and others even more and admired them even more.

While several people were talking about it, Wang Lin secretly told Wang Yi that since the last performance, Su Yan has been staying in the house every day, rarely showing her face, and never performing again, waiting for Wang Yi to agree to give her poem. It was a few days before the Spring Festival, and Wang Lin asked a little embarrassedly, hoping that Wang Yi could send the poem to him earlier so that Su Yan could prepare a few days earlier. Thinking that he had not seen this beauty for more than half a month, Wang Yi felt a little missed, but in front of Wang Zuo and others, he pretended to be dissatisfied.

On the third day of the Chinese New Year, Wang Zuo, Wang Jin and others also went back.

However, the New Year has not yet ended, and the atmosphere of the New Year is still there. In addition to some particularly grand celebrations on the first day of the first lunar month and the second day of the lunar month, other special days also have celebrations, such as the fifth day of the first lunar month, the seventh day of the first lunar month, the valley day of the eighth day, and other celebrations. Of course, the Shangyuan Festival will be coming soon, and these days are all celebrated.

The New Year in later generations was far less so than the grandeur of ancient times. Most of the customs of the New Year were very profound. No one remembered them in later generations, let alone commemorating them. People like Wang Yi who have a good understanding of history have encountered some of the customs they have never heard of in later generations. While they feel fresh, they are also very moved.

Wang Yi also remembered that in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, when the revolutionary surnamed Sun obtained power and became president, he issued an order in the name of the government to not allow the people to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and abolished the lunar calendar that had been used for thousands of years, forcing all people to celebrate the New Year in the Gregorian calendar, that is, the New Year's Day on January 1st of the Gregorian calendar was regarded as the New Year. After learning about this, Wang Yi's admiration for him plummeted...

If the invasion of the Mongol Yuan and the Qing Dynasty caused the Chinese civilization to be destroyed, then the extreme actions of many subsequent "revolutionaries" made the Chinese civilization that had been passed down for thousands of years further pickled. In addition, many well-known reasons, in the era when Wang Yi lived, the long-lasting and splendid Chinese civilization had been "inherited" without any recognition... Heartache, heartache!

However, the power of the people is still relatively strong. After the revolutionaries surnamed Sun issued an order, the people opposed it and still celebrated the Lunar New Year in a lively manner. Finally, after Sun was given a pretext, the National Government had to issue a new order to allow the people to celebrate the Lunar New Year. At that time, through Yuan Datou's hand, a "Spring Festival" was made. Since then, when Wang Yi traveled through time, the official has always been called the "Spring Festival" of "New Year", but the people of the people do not appreciate this affection and still call the most important festival in a year "New Year", and still celebrate the New Year very lively!

Every day during the Chinese New Year, countless people who make a living outside are not afraid of difficulties and squeeze into trains and cars, just to rush home to celebrate the New Year, because the weight of the "New Year" is too heavy in the minds of Chinese people. They can usually not go home, but during the Chinese New Year, most people are eager to go home and reunite with their families, especially on New Year's Eve, family reunion is the dream and wish of many people!

However, because the official deliberately did this, he denies Chinese traditional culture and even obliterates feudal remnants. Most of these traditional cultural customs have disappeared from the dust of history in later generations, and the taste of the New Year has become very weak!

Alas... Wang Yi was even saddened by the deliberate removal of many very meaningful traditional things in later generations. He was even a little lucky that a person who studied history could travel back to the ancient times!

It would be great if his wife and daughter could travel together, and if his father was waiting for his family, he would have no regrets!

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On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, beyond Wang Yi's expectations, Li Daosu actually came to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings and brought some gifts. However, Li Daosu only sat in Wang Yi's mansion for a while and did not talk in detail. However, when Li Daosu said goodbye, he mentioned implicitly that his father Li Hongjie wanted to talk to Wang Yi.

After Li Daosu said goodbye, Wang Yi immediately discussed with Wang Fu. Wang Fu also agreed with Wang Yi's idea and went to Li Hongjie's governor's mansion to visit Li Daosu for a year.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Yi went to the governor's mansion to visit Li Daosu.

After hurriedly sending Wang Yi's famous sect in at the door, he immediately let him in.

Under the leadership of a servant from the governor's mansion, Wang Yi took Wang Fu and Wang Ting into the main hall. Due to his identity, Wang Fu and Wang Ting could only wait outside, and Wang Yi went into the main hall alone.

After Wang Yi stepped into the main hall where Li Hongjie was entertaining guests, he saw that Qiantang County Magistrate Zhou Duan was also present. However, after he came in to give a gift, Zhou Duan immediately stood up and said goodbye.

The servants in the governor's mansion changed the tea again, and the others retreated, leaving only Li Hongjie and Wang Yi in the room.

"Governor Li, Wansheng originally came here a few days ago to pay New Year's greetings to you, but I thought that Governor Li had a few days off these days, and there must be many people coming to visit, so I didn't dare to come here. Two days ago, Mr. Li came to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings. He was in a panic. This was contrary to the ranks and inferiors, so he did not dare to delay. So he came to the mansion to invite Governor Li. But he didn't expect that Governor Li really discussed matters with the Magistrate Zhou and disturbed your discussions. He was very sorry!" Wang Yi gave a polite speech, and changed the title to "Late Sheng" to show respect!

"Your Madam, please be polite!" Li Hongjie smiled and waved his hand, indicating that Wang Yi didn't have to be so polite. "I have something to say to you, so I also sent the dog to the young master's mansion to visit the young master's mansion and invited the young master to come and talk!"

"If any teachings from governor Li are given, you just need to send someone to report them. You will come here later. Why do you need to send Mr. Li to say that this is so polite to you!" Wang Yi gave a tribute.

"Mr. Wang, I also told you bluntly today. I invite you to come today, which is really a great thing!"

"Oh!?" Wang Yi was happy, probably guessing what Li Hongjie wanted to say, "What a big happy event?"

Li Hongjie also had an unconcealable joy, and said happily in his tone with Guanzhong accent: "The court has issued an edict to agree to the memorial to dredge Qiantang Lake by a certain memorial!"

"Really?" Wang Yi couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Governor Li, the court agreed to this edict, that is really a blessing for the people of Hangzhou!"

Li Hongjie laughed twice, stroked the thick beard under his jaw and said, "The emperor issued an edict to agree, and instructed the people to pull out 20,000 guan and 50,000 shi of grain as needed to dredge Qiantang Lake!"

"Governor Li, with so much money and grain as a guarantee, you can dredge Qiantang Lake completely!" Wang Yi felt a little accomplished after the event, and he said a little disregardless of his identity: "Governor Li, I feel that the weather will soon warm after the New Year, the rain is scarce at this time, and the busy farming is not coming. It is time for migrant workers to be recruited and dredged. If the number of migrant workers is enough, the Qiantang Lake can be dredged when the rainy season comes, so that it will collect water and provide irrigation for farmland during summer planting!"

"Your thought that your ideas and suggestions are more visionary than others!" Li Hong said, "After listening to many people's suggestions, I still feel that the proposals that you made by yours and the ones you just now are the most realistic. However, dredging Qiantang Lake is a very huge project. Many things need to be discussed carefully and gathered to the public. Therefore, I invite you today and I want to explain the details of dredging to you in detail. You will tell me everything you think of, just as you give some suggestions!"

"Yes, Governor Li! Then let me talk about some shallow opinions..." Wang Yiqing was ready to tell a long story!

Fate still favors me, Wang Yi thought with smugness, and he was also very proud, because of his arrival, Qiantang Lake has been reborn for many years in the morning, and he is already changing history. The spring of Qiantang Lake will come early...;
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