Shangsi Festival arrives as scheduled.

The flowers and plants are flourishing in spring, and the sun is shining with a hint of early summer.

As a grand festival equivalent to the Cold Clothes Festival, Shangsi Festival is the grandest festival in spring. On this day, all daughters who have not yet married have to wear their most beautiful dresses to show their most beautiful image and seek the favor of the man they like.

From early in the morning, Xianyang was very lively, with crowds of people on the streets and alleys. Whether it was Cuju Commercial Plaza or shops on both sides of the street, they were conducting discounts and promotions. At the same time, buses sprayed with the words of Xianyang's first courtesan competition could be seen everywhere. At the same time, there were beautifully decorated floats beating drums and drums in the lively neighborhoods to promote the courtesan competition. There were beautiful young ladies wearing cool and thin clothes singing and dancing on the bus, which caused countless hormonal animals to scream and cheer.

Shangsi Festival is lively for the common people, but for the royal family, it is a grand etiquette.

At the time of Chen, with the sound of the bronze bell in the palace, the First Emperor took the Emperor's Jade Chariot out of the palace under the protection of thousands of imperial guards. Behind him were a long list of wives, concubines, princesses and royal family carriages.

At this time, all civil and military officials and princes and princes had been waiting in the square for a long time. With the sound of horns and the sound of gongs opening, all the carriages followed the emperor's carriage and went to the altar outside the east gate of the city to worship the heaven and earth for blessings. At the same time, a traditional retention program was also held, which was to wash your face and feet in the river.

When the emperor leaves the palace, all the people will worship him. Under the escort of thousands of imperial guards, the emperor's carriage passes by, all the civilians on both sides of the street kneel down and bow to him. The students of the hundreds of schools and those with status bowed and shouted to pay homage to His Majesty.

Now the atmosphere of the emperor and the people getting along much more gently than before. In the past, when the emperor went on a trip, no one was allowed to stay within thirty feet of the street, otherwise he would be thrown into prison or even killed in the street for disturbing the emperor. Although this rule is still there, when someone did not have time to retreat, he would just shout loudly. The relationship between the king and the people seemed extremely harmonious.

This is a grand festival that celebrates the whole world, so Chen Xu brought his wives, concubines, daughters, and Yu Ji to the east gate early in the morning. After the official sacrificial activities, he prepared to go out to the riverside with his family, and then barbecue and sing and relax.

The First Emperor left the city with a ceremonial guard. At this time, the river beach outside the east gate was already crowded with people. Many people had taken off their shoes and played in the shallow water by the river. There were even boys who were not afraid of the cold and took off their bars and swam in the river. From time to time, they showed off their forked ribs to show their bodybuilding posture to the girls on the shore.

"Hehe, look at that young man is so stupid!"

"Who said no!"

"Oh, I didn't wear underwear!"

"So you're still peeking!?"

"Who is peeking? She is so dark, thin and ugly. I'm here to see the Qinghe Hou today!"

"Don't be crazy about flowers, how could the Queen Qinghe take a fancy to us?"

"I'm just thinking about it, but I heard that there was news from the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion. I heard that several Marquises thought that the maids in the backyard were too old and wanted to release them for marriage, so they wanted to buy some small maids and maids again..."

"Really? Why don't we ask the teacher to help me ask, I really want to serve Qinghehou. I heard that not only do I eat well, but also give me soap for cleaning and bathing every season?"

"It's fine to have soap, I want to serve the marquis to take a bath every day..."

"Hehe, the flower ill is sick again. I heard that several ladies were there for helping the Marquis take a bath, and even the maids couldn't touch their hands. If you go, you can help the Marquis wash their underwear and pour the chamber pot! "

"I also like washing underwear. Wow, look, the emperor's support has come out, Qinghe Hou... the second one is Qinghe Hou's carriage..."

A group of girls in girls' college uniforms playing by the river suddenly cheered and excited.

Almost instantly, there was a jubilation on the east river beach of more than ten miles long in the city, and tens of thousands of people knelt down on the ground to welcome the arrival of the First Emperor.

Although the Shangsi Festival sacrificial ceremony is grand, it is not very serious, because it is not worshiping the Taimiao to comfort the ancestors. Amid the cheers of mountains and tsunamis, thousands of imperial guards surrounded a bluestone altar covered with grass and wild flowers by the river beach, and the civilians around them retreated dozens of feet like a tide to watch.

Emperor Qin Shi got off the car and surrounded the royal family and civil and military officials to the altar.

Under the arrangement of the white-white Taizhu, Taibu set up an incense table on the top of the altar. Taizai worshipped Shaozhu. Taile directed a group of Yuefu musicians to play special music for sacrifices. A group of witches with masks danced ancient special dances around the altar. Taishi took paper and pen to record the grand ceremony. After a ding-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-d

After the sacrificial activities, the First Emperor brought a group of concubines back to the palace. Some princes and princesses took their palace maids and guards to the river beach to go out for a walk and fly kites. The princes, princes, princes, civil and military ministers who followed them all rode back to the city by carriage, because according to the regular arrangement, there would be a court meeting half an hour later.

Chen Xu followed his servant to find his family members flying kites on the river beach, and told him to go back to Qinghe Hou Mansion to wash and go to court after a few words.

When Chen Xu entered the court hall, almost all the civil and military officials of the court arrived. The bell sounded at the Si hour. The First Emperor changed his usual court wardrobe and crowned him, accompanied by a group of palace servants and eunuchs, and entered the court from the back hall.

After a period of regular greetings from the king and his ministers, they each sat down and quickly calmed down in the court.

"Today's Shangsi Festival, I will take a vacation for the next three days. Therefore, I will report some unresolved official documents to avoid delaying my vacation and outings!"

The First Emperor glanced at the civil and military officials sitting upright in the hall and spoke with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Dayuan asked about enamel tableware, and asked Your Majesty to tell you what to do?" The Chief of the Dianke Office stood up and reported.

"I promised them to buy porcelain and glass. Enamel is now used for military supplies. Do not reply in advance. Let's discuss it after the commodity trade fair is over!" The First Emperor spoke calmly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Chief of the Dianke Officer sat down.

"Your Majesty, since the vassal states and Western people like enamel so much, I think the enamel technology can be relaxed and private merchants can participate in the construction and production of enamel factories to meet civil use and exports!" Chen Xu stood up and bowed.

"The Zuo Xiang said it well. The enamel is strong and beautiful, with the firmness of iron, the beauty of porcelain, and the price is economical. I also like it very much. I think merchants can open factories to produce civilian enamel to distinguish the military equipment!" An official from the Secretariat stood up and said.

"Well, the young master's words are reasonable, this strategy is feasible!" Qin Shihuang nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, the manufacturing process of enamel is complex, involving more than ten different patent bills such as steel, casting, glass, and ceramics. It also requires large-scale stamping equipment and skilled craftsmen's guidance. There is no sufficient funding to support it. The most important thing is that the private investment cannot be too much. After all, enamel is not a necessity for daily life such as grain, cloth, pottery and wood. Once overinvestment occurs, these enamel factories will inevitably cause vicious competition in order to reduce their sales and reduce their prices, which is not conducive to the country and the people. Therefore, I think there are still strict restrictions on this matter!" The Ministry of Works Order Zai Hong stood up and said.

"The Ministry of Slaughtering Works makes sense. If the enamel technology is fully liberalized, many merchants will inevitably rush forward. In order to seize the market, they will lower prices and compete with each other. I am afraid that those who make profits will become Hu merchants in the southeast, southwest and northwest, and our Daqin will not make much money from it!" Another official from the Ministry of Works stood up and recommended it to his boss.

"I advise that enamel factories should not be expanded blindly, not to mention that things are rare and anything is valuable. Once there are too many things, they are not valuable. In the world, I, Daqin, have exquisite items such as enamel glass and porcelain. Why should I expand production to please these Western barbarians? What's more, once the enamel technology is stolen and spread, Western barbarians will definitely not buy them from my Qin after they are made. Wouldn't they make wedding clothes for others?"

"Well, it's true. Although enamel is good, the price is still high. At present, civilians still cannot afford it. It is not a wise move to blindly expand it!"

"But the princes, the vassal states of the Western Regions, and the Dayuan states of the West are all seeking a lot of purchases. Could it be that they are watching the money not earning?"

"Who said you won't make money? If you sell it to them with a smaller amount, you'll just sell it to them..."

There was a slight noise in the court, some nodding and some shook their heads, and some even discussed the pros and cons in a tit-for-tat way.

"Silent!" Qin Shihuang, who was sitting on the dragon bed, gently tapped the imperial case, and the court suddenly became quiet. Qin Shihuang turned to look at Chen Xu and said happily: "The country of princes and the West have both needs, and I cannot ignore it. However, steel, cement, enamel, porcelain and glass are all secrets of my Qin Dynasty. It is not allowed to be circulated unless I allow it. This matter was reported by the young master. Please arrange it properly!"
Chapter completed!