After obtaining household registration.
The Experienced One brought the remaining three—Wenren Sheng and another man and woman—and they soon entered the capital again.
They then found a locally influential street magnate and asked about sumo wrestling.
Before long, after demonstrating his immense strength, the magnate was ecstatic.
Under the magnate's arrangements and guidance, they came to a sumo arena to compete.
Inside the arena, everyone from high-ranking nobles to humble peddlers watched with wild enthusiasm.
They simply sat in different sections.
One after another, they shouted excitedly as they placed bets, cheering on the wrestlers they favored.
Wenren Sheng shook his head at the sight.
What a life of drunken dreams and death.
Who could have known that barely a decade later, this prosperity would be trampled beneath barbarian iron hooves?
Prosperity and strength would only truly match each other after the Industrial Revolution.
At this moment.
No matter how splendid prosperity was, it could not be transformed into real battlefield strength.
The mighty Great Song Dynasty had just entered an era of flourishing commodity circulation, only to be interrupted by barbarism.
As Wenren Sheng sighed, the Experienced One stepped into the ring for a sumo match.
After watching just one match, he understood the basics.
Sumo was nothing more than throwing the other person to the ground.
Sumo was highly developed in the Song Dynasty.
The Tokyo Dream Record and Dream Record of Liang recorded that the imperial court's sumo wrestlers were soldiers from the left and right divisions of the imperial guard, known as "Inner Class Sons."
There were also professional sumo wrestlers among the common people, all with their own titles.
The winners received prizes such as banners and tents, silver cups, colored silk, brocade coats, banknotes, horses, and more.
It was already highly professionalized, with both