HLnovel Chapter 342 is so interesting
Chapter 342 is so interesting
Sun Shan looked at Lu Jinxi's ecstatic expression and smiled indifferently.
An event like this cannot be organized by just spending a little money and putting in some thought.
Since the court is short of money, let the court take care of it.
This can also shut them up and prevent them from having any more bad thoughts.
So, he simply took out 10000 taels of silver and slapped it on the table: "Master Lu, I will also bet 10000 taels on the Datong team."
These words made Lu Jinxi smile happily.
Now he likes to be a sucker like Sun Shan.
Anyway, regardless of winning or losing, one tenth of the income has already gone into their own pockets. No, it should be said that it has gone into the pocket of the Imperial Ministry of Revenue.
"Good."
Lu Jinxi quickly wrote down Sun Shan's name and the amount of his bet on the Datong team's side. At the same time, he asked slyly, "Zhongshan, why are you betting just this little? With your strength, it's not a big deal to bet a few tens of thousands more."
"Haha, Lord Lu thinks highly of me. I sold all my shares because I had no money." Sun Shan laughed at himself, then he lowered his voice and said, "Besides, with the emperor taking the lead, no matter how rich I am, I can't be richer than the emperor, right? If Lord Lu wants to bet bigger, he can ask the emperor to encourage all the lords and wealthy gentry to actively participate in the empire's sports and contribute to the empire's tax revenue."
Hearing this, Lu Jinxi's eyes widened.
Then, he looked at Emperor Yuanfeng who was not far away and had also heard Sun Shan's words.
Emperor Yuanfeng cursed inwardly, "You little bastard, you've plotted against me."
He thought about it and waved to Sun Shan to come over.
"Zhongshan, you should be the one to handle this matter. Just say that I have given my permission and welcome capable and enthusiastic people to participate in the empire's sports cause. If the conditions are right in the future, we will continue to develop it."
The voice of Emperor Yuanfeng was quite loud.
Those who were concerned about this matter were all paying attention to the conversation between Emperor Yuanfeng and Sun Shanhe.
"Okay, then I'll organize it. Just consider it as my voluntary contribution this time. When the competition comes next year, our Hengzhou Prefecture will have to get a share. After all, the investment in the previous and subsequent stages is quite large."
Upon hearing this, the Hengzhou officials, led by Zhang Pingan, burst into laughter.
Lu Jinxi and others glared at him for a few seconds, but then they thought that they were on someone else's territory and everything would require the other party to do it, so they held back.
Anyway, this time, all the income belongs to the court.
After the negotiation, Sun Shan walked back to the business district of Hengzhou, and no one knew what he said.
After a while, dozens of wealthy businessmen, holding silver bills, came to Lu Jinxi as if paying tribute.
The officials of the imperial court and Chuzhou, seeing that the local ruffians were all wealthy and powerful, began to place bets in their thousands.
Then, under the eager attention of Emperor Yuanfeng, they also waved their silver bills, and either excitedly or gnashing their teeth, took out their own silver bills and piled them on Lu Jinxi's desk.
Just as Lu Jinxi and others were busy registering the boats, the first group of dragon boats, which had already finished drawing lots, also took their positions.
As the highest official in Hengzhou, Zhang Pingan naturally became the whistle blower for the dragon boat race.
Seeing Su Yuan, who was in charge of security at the Xiangjiang River, he lowered the red flag and waved the green flag.
He blew a sharp whistle desperately.
Then, on both sides of the Xiangjiang River, the sound of firecrackers rang out.
Immediately afterwards, the first group of 8 dragon boats, urged by their respective drummers, paddled forward vigorously to the rhythm of their drummers.
This time, in order to increase the visibility of the performance, Sun Shan required each dragon boat team to start from the stands, paddle 1 kilometer upstream first, and then go around the buoy in the middle of the river and come back after reaching the designated location.
Then, they were required to row to the designated point 1 km downstream, bypass the designated buoy, and then row back to the observation deck where Emperor Yuanfeng was.
In this way, the round trip is a 4-kilometer water race.
Although it will be very beautiful, highly entertaining and suspenseful.
However, it places very high demands on the drummer's command ability and the team members' endurance.
"Come on! Come on! Come on Hengzhou team!"
The first group is the Hengzhou team and several teams from the Yue family that stood out. They were a little lacking in strength because of the absence of the most popular and strongest Datong team and Hengwangfu team.
However, the people living along the banks of the Xiangjiang River still cheered with all their might.
Many people even followed the dragon boats and ran back and forth on both sides of the Xiangjiang River.
Emperor Yuanfeng sat on a high observation deck, watching the eight dragon boats bravely advancing on the river and the people cheering wildly on both sides of the Xiangjiang River.
I was so excited that I was even happier than when I got married.
I feel that seeing this scene, this trip to Hengzhou is worth it.
About half an incense stick of time later, the Hengzhou team, which returned first from downstream, passed the viewing platform first, followed closely by the Yue Family Dragon Boat Team.
This made the Hengzhou officials, headed by Zhang Pingan, all smiles.
Yue Yunfei carefully watched the paddling rhythm of his team members, especially the movements of the old drummer he hired for 1000 silver coins, and felt that they seemed to be holding back some strength.
I feel a little more at ease.
Then, more than half an incense stick of time later, the Hengzhou team was ahead of the Yue team by half a dragon boat's length and surpassed the finish line where Su Yuan was standing.
After a while, the Huayang team behind, two boat bodies behind, also crossed the finish line.
The fourth place is the Wang family team organized by Wang Dashan's family.
Finally, amidst laughter and cheers, the results of the first group came out.
The first place is Hengzhou team, the second place is Yue family team, the third place is Huayang team, and the fourth place is Wang family team.
I am naturally happy to have entered the finals, regardless of the results.
At least we have made it to the finals and we still have a chance to fight again.
Just when everyone was laughing and clapping in celebration.
A funny scene happened on the bank of the Xiangjiang River. The Luo family team was rowing last, lagging behind the first place Hengzhou team by five or six boat lengths.
Since the master was completely paralyzed, Luo Zhixiang, who became the head of the Luo family, actually kicked one of his clansmen into the Xiangjiang River.
Then, he pointed at dozens of tribesmen and cursed: "You are fucking idiots. I gave you so much money, but you got the last place!"
"When I get back, all of you bastards, kneel down in front of me in the ancestral hall!"
Emperor Yuanfeng looked at the Luo family team in chaos by the Xiangjiang River, and the other three teams who were all lowering their heads like defeated soldiers, and finally he couldn't help laughing.
This is so fucking interesting!
Life is interesting this way, joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all wonderful!