"Come to think of it, the Tang Empire is practically a divine kingdom on earth! Four meals a day, with fish and meat at every meal... Even nobles and the imperial family can't live like that, can they?"
As they listened to the peddler recount his experiences, the surrounding commoners were filled with envy. They could barely afford to eat meat once a month and ate at most two meals a day. Four meals a day was something they did not even dare imagine.
And even then, they could not eat their fill at every meal. They could only barely scrape by.
"If I were one of those envoys to Tang, I wouldn't come back either!"
"You want to be an envoy to Tang? Dream on! Only the sons of nobles are qualified to go."
"What a pity the Tang Empire is so far away, separated by an entire sea! Otherwise, I'd go no matter what."
"Yeah!"
"Forget about going to the Tang Empire. Even by ship, it'd take who knew how many days. And if anything happened at sea along the way, you'd lose your life."
"That's true. What a pity... Oh, right, those firecrackers you mentioned earlier... what are they for?" A commoner sighed, then remembered something and asked.
"That is a custom of the Tang Empire. Whenever something happens in a household, they set off firecrackers to celebrate. Firecrackers are nothing, though. You'll be in for a treat soon. Besides the firecrackers... that young envoy to Tang also brought fireworks from Tang lands. You might get to see them soon..."
"Fireworks! Immortal Mother... let's hurry over and watch the fireworks!" When Kaguya heard about the fireworks, she hurriedly patted Fu Hua's hand. She knew what fireworks were, but she had not seen them many times on