In the early morning of the next day, Wang Lidong was awakened by the sound of "quacking...quacking..." outside the house. After getting dressed, he came to the window and pushed open the window. In a small pond not far away, a pair of gray
The geese are clinging to each other happily, you are farming and I am farming, taking a mandarin duck bath.
he~tui~!
Immoral and immoral!
Among the "Six Rites", there are five links in which wild geese are used as gifts, which is called the "Five Geese and Six Rites". I heard that the three geese given earlier were all raised by Rulan. With these two, the gift can be opened.
A small wild goose breeding farm.
After brushing your teeth, washing your face, and doing your personal hygiene, you were about to go to the small courtyard for a morning exercise, when your cousin Qi Xuan opened the door and entered the hall, "Brother Heng."
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Wang Lidong asked in surprise, "Brother, what happened so early?"
Qi Xuan pulled out a stool, sat down and said, "Nothing, I just came to see you. How was your test yesterday?"
Wang Lidong rolled his eyes, and his cousin had a swaying look on his face. He just barely had the words "I miss spring" written on his face, "I did well in the exam. It's okay. I'm going to practice boxing. Why don't you come with us?"
Wang Lidong raised his legs and walked out.
"Okay, let's go together." Qi Xuan followed and said, "I heard that Sheng Minglan likes to play polo very much?"
Wang Lidong came to the small courtyard and started warm-up exercises by making circles with his wrists, swinging his arms horizontally, swinging his arms and legs, "I really like it, and the level is very good."
Qi Xuan relaxed his shoulders and said, "Do me a favor and organize a polo match. Then invite Minglan over."
Wang Lidong glanced at his cousin and said, "You can do this yourself. I'll just call someone over for you when the time comes."
Qi Xuan said: "I have never played polo, and suddenly organized a ball match. Do you think my mother would think twice about such an outrageous thing?"
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "There's no problem in organizing a polo match. It just so happens to be a 'Punchball' competition. But what are you going to do when you ask Xiaoliu to participate? There are so many people here. If you want to talk to her alone, I think it's too much.
No chance. Unless you want your mother to find out."
Qi Xuan said, "My mother really liked playing polo when she was young, but I have been in poor health, so I gave it up. Isn't Xiaoliu good at playing polo? My mother will definitely like it when she sees her, maybe
I fell in love with Minglan."
Wang Lidong rolled his eyes and the word popped out: "Daydreaming."
In the TV series, the eldest wife of the Earl of Yongchang met Sheng Minglan, a good polo player, at a glance through a polo match, and planned to let her younger son marry Sheng Minglan. First, Liang Han was ranked sixth and had no chance to inherit the title, so he married a concubine.
Female, it makes sense, and Liang Han is famous for being a romantic person, and he also made his concubine pregnant, so he needs a real wife to cover up his ugly appearance.
Qi Xuan shook his legs twice and said, "How will you know if you don't try it? What if it succeeds, right?"
Wang Lidong looked at his cousin and said, "If you really like her, I have a better idea that can increase the success rate."
Qi Xuan stopped, grabbed Wang Lidong urgently and said, "I'm really interested in it, what can I do?" He has been dreaming about Sheng Minglan every time...
Wang Lidong shook off his cousin's hand and said, "Didn't you say that your mother also likes to play polo, so you simply let her and Minglan form a team. The two often play together. Over time, their relationship has grown.
It’s time to come out.”
Qi Xuan frowned and said, "The idea is good, but how can I let my mother and Xiaoliu form a team? Besides, there are only one or two polo matches in the capital every month. They may not invite my family and the Sheng family at the same time?"
Wang Lidong smiled and said, "If there is no chance, then find a way to create opportunities."
Qi Xuan asked, "What kind of creation? We can't let you form a game every month. You can tell there's something fishy in it at a glance."
"Set up a polo league and hold games every holiday for a month. The duration will be nine to ten months. Then, let your mother and Sheng Minglan form a team. In a few months, they will definitely be able to
We are familiar with each other, and if your mother also likes Sheng Minglan, then your success rate in marrying Sheng Minglan will be much higher."
"Girls, ladies, it's okay to come out to play two games once in a while, but if you have to go out often, this will definitely not work."
Wang Lidong squatted down and pressed his right leg, "What if there are big benefits?"
"What's the big benefit?"
"For example, if you participate in a game, no matter whether you win or lose, each member can get a lottery prize of 20 yuan. For every win, the members of the winning team will receive an additional 10 yuan lottery prizes. The top three teams with the best results every year, the first
The first place will be rewarded with 5,000 guan, the second place with 4,000 guan, and the third place with 3,000 guan. Do you think there will be girls and ladies participating?"
Qi Xuan nodded and said: "As long as you play, even if you don't win, you can get sixty goals. There should be many people participating."
The monthly salary of a county magistrate is only 30 guan, 60 guan, or about 300,000 yuan. Ordinary nobles and officials will certainly not be able to resist such a huge temptation.
On the surface, these families are extremely beautiful, but in fact many of them are demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall. For example, Ru Lan's Aunt Kang's house, and Hua Lan's married Zhongqin's house, have declined to the point where they have to use their daughter-in-law's dowry to supplement their family income.
Qi Xuan said, "There are ten people in a team. Even if we only form ten teams, one game will cost 500 coins. According to your plan, if you count three games a month, that will be 1,500 coins a year."
Ten months, that is Guan, plus the year-end reward, more than 20,000 Guan, as well as the venue, horses and other expenses, 30,000 Guan is not enough. If the team doubles or triples, it may cost ten thousand Guan in a year.
Wan Guan.
With so much money, are you going to let me pay it all?"
Wang Lidong looked at his cousin with contempt, "You want to pick up a girl, why should you ask me to pay for it? Besides, whether you and Xiaoliu can make it work, it can be decided in one year. For Xiaoliu, one hundred thousand yuan, you
Don’t even want to spend it?”
As the chief scientist and director of the laboratory of Sihai Trading Company, Qi Xuan's annual salary alone is one hundred thousand yuan. In addition, for the products developed in the laboratory, he can get a commission for every copy sold. Adding the two together, he can earn about 100,000 yuan a year.
There are three to four hundred thousand coins.
In addition, both Sihai Trading Co. and Cotton Trading Co. have shares. After the cotton cloth goes on the market next year, the annual income of 10 million yuan will be sufficient.
Qi Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll pay for it." Isn't it just one hundred thousand yuan? I have money. Even if it doesn't work, I can just throw it into the water and hear the sound. Suddenly a question came to my mind, "Brother Heng,
This league is obviously giving away money for free. You, a vampire, never do business at a loss. There must be a reasonable reason, right?"
Wang Lidong thought for a while and then said, "Otherwise, we can simply make the scale bigger and add a men's polo match and a men's and women's ball-thumping competition. The cost will be half for each of us."
Qi Xuan frowned and said, "If we do this, the annual cost will be at least three to four hundred thousand yuan, right?"
Wang Lidong said, "Have you ever seen me doing a loss-making business?" He gave a rough outline of the operation methods of later professional football leagues. Men's polo matches and Chuiwan matches are open to the common people, with ticket revenue, gambling business income, and stadium rentals.
Nearby stalls, etc.
Qi Xuan is not very proficient in business operations. Since his cousin said that he would not lose money, he did not think about it again, "How much investment?"
Wang Lidong thought for a moment and then said, "Each of us will pay 50,000 guan first."
"As agreed, I will pay and you will take care of the rest." Qi Xuan said, "How much money you want, you can just deduct it from my account."
Wang Lidong said, "One code is one code, and brothers will settle the accounts. I will set up a league trading company, and then you will send a few accountants over."
After the morning exercise, Wang Lidong took Qi Xuan to his parents' yard. During breakfast, Princess Pingning asked about her cousin's marriage. When she found out that she hadn't been interested yet, she enthusiastically introduced several girls from the branch of the Gu family.
Wang Lidong knew that being a cheap lady was a waste of effort. Although the girls she introduced were all good in character, they were unfortunately not very attractive in appearance.
After having breakfast, Wang Lidong told his parents that he had something to do and then he grabbed his cousin and got on the carriage and left the house.
"Brother Heng, what do the girls your mother mentioned look like?"
“Everything is just so so.”
"Send it to my doorstep. Please hurry up about the polo league."
"knew."
"How long will it take for the game to start?"
"This... let's rent a venue first. If the effect is good, we will build a special stadium."
"About how long? Is half a month enough?"
"almost..."
When Wang Lidong saw that he had arrived at his uncle's house, he opened the door and kicked the annoying spirit out of the car.
The carriage restarted, and Wang Lidong said to Fugui, "I'll leave the polo and Chuiwan league matters to you. When we get to the trading company later, I'll write a plan for you."
When Fugui heard that there was a plan, he nodded firmly and said, "Okay, Master."
A moment later, the carriage drove into Sihai Trading Company.
After entering the study, Wang Lidong told Fugui, "Go and take out the dragon robe and seal of the King of Goryeo."
"Okay, sir." Fugui helped Wang Lidong make a pot of tea, then walked to the corner of the study, opened the door to the secret room with the key, entered the secret room, and moved the rosewood box marked with the dragon robe and seal to the desk.
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Wang Lidong opened a wooden box and found three rows of seals of various sizes, made of gold, silver, copper and yellow. He rummaged through them one by one. Most of the seals had the word 'King' engraved on them, or were inscriptions on sticks. None of them matched.
What he wants.
Opening another box, there were several red and yellow dragon robes stacked on top of each other. Fugui took them out one by one and showed them... The size is a bit wide... Just make do with it... Ordinary people won't do it then.
Will figure out the details...
After looking at all the dragon robes, Wang Lidong pointed to a bright yellow five-claw gold dragon robe and said, "Keep this one and put the others and the seal back."
After Fugui put the things back, he returned to the study, wrapped the dragon robe and put it in a rosewood box, and asked in a low voice, "Master, is this dragon robe... brought back to the house?"
"Well, don't forget it when you go back." Wang Lidong sat back at his desk, picked up a pen, and wrote down the relevant plans for the polo league.
After Fugui hesitated for a moment, he reminded, "Sir, there are many people in the house and there are so many spies. If one day we are..."
Wang Lidong said, "I will send him off tonight."
Fugui breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he kept it at home, as for who to give it to, that was not something he should ask.
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The Imperial Palace of the Song Dynasty, Zhengshi Hall.
In the hall, more than a dozen people were looking down at the palace test papers in their hands. From time to time, someone would let out a sound of admiration, or two people would whisper to each other.
After the imperial examination, according to the regulations of the imperial court, the papers were read the next day and the results were released the next day, so time was very tight.
Although there are only 362 papers, which is dozens of times less than the 10,000 people who will take the exam, each paper must be evaluated by 8 marking officers. Each marking officer will write on the examination paper after reading one.
Write down your surname (do not write your first name), and also mark the merits and demerits. To evaluate the merits of the test paper, you do not need to express it in words, but use different symbols to mark it.
The marking symbols are divided into five grades, namely "circle", "point", "dot", "straight" and "cross", which are drawn as "○", "△", ",", "‖" and "x" respectively.
After the "evaluation" of the eight marking officers is completed, the final review will be by the chief marking officer, and other marking officers can participate in the comments.
First-A, that is, (top pick, second place, third overall) the test paper must have 8 "○", and those with lower scores are second-A and third-A.
"Oh, good!" Zeng Gongliang, the chief examiner of the Song Dynasty, looked at the test paper in his hand and couldn't help but exclaimed, "I'm sweating after reading this article. It's so happy."
"What article is it that Zeng Qing admires so much?" The old emperor slowly walked into the hall with the support of the internal officials. In previous years, the officials would personally participate in marking the examination papers, but recently he was ill and was detained in the harem by the queen.
After dinner, I felt itchy and unbearable. When the queen was not paying attention, I slipped out of the palace. Before I reached the gate, I heard the prime minister shouting in the distance.
"I, Zeng Gongliang, come to see Your Majesty... I, Wen Yanbo, come to see Your Majesty..." When everyone in the hall saw the old emperor coming, they stood up and bowed deeply.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The old emperor stretched out his hand to indicate that Zeng Gongliang was behind him, and sat next to Zeng Gongliang. The prime minister wisely handed the paper to the official.
The emperor took the test paper and his eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the font on the paper. The font was like a fairy pearl, elegant and dignified, plump and refined, with a gentle spirit, just like a highly cultivated and elegant gentleman, with a slim and graceful figure. Carefully follow each line.
Reading, the articles are gorgeous and colorful, the diction is exquisite, and the words are majestic and full of ambition to imitate Fan Wenzhenggong.
After reading the entire article, the official saw the eight "○" in the upper left corner of the test paper. After thinking about it, if nothing else happened, this paper could be squeezed into the first grade. He reached out and took it from a pile of corrected test papers.
I took a copy and looked at it carefully.
Time passed by minute by second, and more than two hours passed unknowingly. Seeing the emperor's stubborn attitude and refusing to move, the Ouchi manager was so anxious that he almost jumped. When he returned later, he would inevitably be beaten by the queen again.
If you scold me, you might get a few sticks...
"Your Majesty, all the imperial examination papers have been evaluated." Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang handed a stack of papers to the old emperor, "These are the top ten papers this time."
The official nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. After reading the article in his hand, he took the top ten papers and picked up the top three. Wang Junming, Chen Mu, and Zuo Zhongtong all had eight circles.
They are also among the top three selected by the ministers. If he nods, he will be in the top three.
The old emperor flipped through the other seven papers, but couldn't find the name he wanted. He asked for the exam papers for the 11th to 20th names, but still didn't see it...
frown!
Time goes back to one day ago.
After the palace examination was over, when the old emperor returned to the palace, he found his precious baby, the caring little cotton-padded Princess Fukang, standing at the gate with a smile on her face, "Daddy!"
He thought he was dazzled, but his daughter actually smiled, wiped his eyes, and saw that he was right.
In order for his precious daughter to live a happy life, he specially recruited his nephew Li Wei as his consort. Unfortunately, the couple did not live in harmony, and his daughter became increasingly depressed. Last month, he even got into a fight, beat his son-in-law, and ran back to the palace in the middle of the night.
, clamoring for a divorce.
What worries him is that most of his scant hair has fallen out.
"Weirou (Princess Fukang's nickname), what are you...?" The old emperor stepped forward and looked at her carefully. The girl seemed to be back before she got married. She was full of energy and radiant. He was so excited that he burst into tears.
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When it comes to what he worries about most after his death, the first thing he worries about is this precious girl. Without his protection, one can imagine how difficult the future life will be.
The old emperor hurriedly asked the reason. Princess Fukang helped her father into the house and helped him make a pot of hot tea. "Qi Heng asked my consort and me to invest in his cotton trading company, as well as all the companies under Sihai Trading Company."
Buying and selling agency rights on Tokyo Road."
"How much did it cost? How much share did the cotton trading company give you?"
"Six hundred thousand yuan, a total of 3 shares (three percent) were given to us."
The old emperor said, "You and Wei'er don't have that much money, right? Tell me, how much do you want from dad?"
Princess Fukang held her father's arm and said, "Dad, where are you thinking about? My daughter came to the palace because she missed her father. I paid 150,000 yuan to the consort, and I made an agreement with Qi Heng for the rest.
I’ll pay him back when I’ve earned it.”
"Three shares of the cotton trading company, plus the Jingdong Road franchise, the annual income is at least four to five million yuan. When Qi Heng was doing business, he didn't recognize any of his relatives. Don't talk about you. Even if he is replaced by the Marquis of Xiangyang, if he doesn't give him enough benefits, he will
Don't even try to take advantage of him." The old emperor looked at his daughter and said, "What does he want?"