After Xianglan's dance was finished, she walked to the front of the stage and thanked Duke Wei. Although the veil was not lifted, there were love between her eyebrows and eyes.

Being in the midst of dust and wearing a mask is already a basic skill. Although Xu Pengju is already old, he still treats a lover like he is. It is no wonder that Xu Pengju wants to be her big financial backer.

With Xianglan withdrawing from the competition, this gesture about "piano" came to an end.

The organizer of this time is the Yangzhou New Chamber of Commerce. A middle-aged man came on stage and followed everyone to announce the ranking of the piano skills competition. The ranking is obvious, with Xianglan ranked first and Qilan ranked second.

When Duke of Wei heard this result, he pretended to give in to Lin Weiran, as if the courtesan had fallen on Xianglan's head.

"What did Lin Weiran react now?"

"What else can you do to react? You can only be embarrassing to sit there!"

"It's really a joke that he actually wanted Qilan to win the courtesan!"

...

Chen Boren and others looked in a good mood when they looked at the result, and they all believed that the courtesan must belong to Xianglan.

Although their power is far inferior to Lin Qinran, when it comes to money, Lin Qinran is far from enough. Now with the backbone of Duke of Wei, the courtesan is still a small game they control.

In the hall of this flower boat, in addition to big salt merchants such as Chen Boren, Fan Qianshan and Yang Dashi, there are also local squires from all over the world who come here to participate in the flower courtesan competition.

The Zhang family in Taixing was also here. Zhang Yuanwai rushed to Yangzhou from Taixing yesterday. At this time, he asked Yang Dashi next to him: "Brother Yang, what have this imperial envoy done recently?"

Yang Dashi looked up at Mr. Zhang and said sarcastically: "I know how to be romantic and happy. He takes that beautiful concubine to travel around every day, and I am afraid he will be drunk in Yangzhou!"

"Didn't he say he came to rectify the salt administration? He was afraid that someone would participate in his book when he was playing like this?" Zhang Yuanwai asked in confusion.

Hearing this, many gentry looked over and felt strange about the imperial envoy who "does not do things".

Yang Dashi sighed in his heart and said angrily: "Not to mention who dares to participate in him now? Now that he moves his mouth, the people below will run away. The salt field said that the new salt-making method should be adopted, and the officials of the salt field

Everyone is worried about the black hat, and now they are trying their best to promote the new salt making method. He said that the Yangzhou Courtesan Competition will be held in Slender West Lake, and Yangzhou Government and Jiangdu County Government are helping with this matter. Now Yangzhou officials have become the ones for him.

The errand runner is now a soft guy!”

But no matter how they belittled the imperial envoy, they had to admit that Lin Qingran had already controlled the entire Yangzhou, and even the officials in the Huaiyan system bowed down and surrendered.

For example, Lin Qingran implemented a new salt drying method in various salt fields. The people they controlled could slacken off, but they did not dare to hinder the implementation of this salt drying method. They initially asked several officials to choose to boycott, but Lin Qingran did not say a single nonsense and directly

Those officials were removed from office.

It takes time and cost to bother officials. Not to mention whether those officials dare to stand up to resist Lin Weiran holding Shangfang Sword, they also dare not be a mantis arm to be a chariot.

Lin Qingran was completely different from his predecessors Dong Fen and Yan Maoqing. Not to mention that the court had the father-in-law who served as the Minister of Personnel, he also had the power to directly dismiss and investigate officials in the salt administration system.

It was this supreme power, coupled with his blow to Chen Xian, He Dongxu and Li Yu, who had the effect of shaking the mountains and shaking the tigers. Now they did not dare to act rashly at Lin Weiran.

Now, they only hope that Lin Xuran will show off that stupid move and gather forces from all sides to attack Lin Xuran.

"Will he affect our business like this?" Zhang Yuanwai frowned slightly and asked with concern.

Yang Dashi was about to speak, but Chen Boren immediately coughed.

Everyone looked at Chen Boren, who was the leader of their small group.

Chen Boren had a gloomy face and said lightly: "If you have anything, let's discuss it tomorrow!"

Zhang Yuanwai and others nodded, ending the topic immediately, and then putting their eyes back on the stage.

The Courtesan Competition is still going on in an orderly manner, followed by the painting session.

On the huge stage, desks were brought to each brothel, with four treasure paper, pen and black inkstones on it.

Twelve brothel women who participated in the competition had already arrived on the stage, and they sat dignifiedly at the desk. As the host asked someone to light incense and announced the start, they began to paint.

There is also fierce competition in brothels, and few girls climb to the top position of brothels by relying on their appearance. In addition to their appearance, they also need to cultivate literary and artistic aspects, firstly because most of the other parties serving are talented men and officials. Secondly, they are not only talented people and officials.

This is how you can improve your identity.

However, the brothel women who can reach this point are not like vases. Even the Lanxiang, who is obviously selling meat just now, has painted a landscape painting with artistic conception.

Twelve brothel women with their own characteristics painted on the stage, and this scene seemed very pleasing to the eye.

It was Lin Qingran's first time participating in the Courtesan Competition. Seeing these women painting seriously, he suddenly had an illusion. These brothel women were participating in an imperial examination, showing their years of hard work here.

It was this scene that gave him a new understanding of these brothel women. Perhaps the courtesan is a game, but behind them, they have already put in countless sweat.

A stick of incense was burned quickly. As the host shouted "Stop" sternly, everyone put down the brushes in their hands. There was no exception, and all the paintings were completed.

A group of judges walked onto the stage and began to comment on the paintings of the twelve brothel women and gave them their ratings. They used "○", "△", "\\", "1" respectively.

, The five signs of "x" are the best ones who get the most "○".

At the end of the second session, the big dark horse Yuqi is the first, Qilan is the second, and Xianglan is the sixth place. This result made the dark horse Yuqi get a lot of flowers again.

As for the chess skills, we played a small game with the judges, and the chess master was eventually rated, with five marks: "○", "△", "\\", "1", "x".

At the end of the third session, it was a bit surprising, but the meat-selling Xianglan won the first place.

However, those who are interested found that Xianglan used her feet to touch the chess judge under the table, thus winning the only highest score in the game.

During this period, some people kept sending flowers. Thanks to the support of Duke Wei Xu Pengju and Xianglan won the chess skills, her number of flowers has always been in the lead.

The Courtesan Competition has finally reached the final stage, and it is also the most critical stage.

This "book" does not refer to calligraphy, but poems taken out by the contestants. If the competition is a competition of the money of the benefactor, then this link is a competition of their benefactor's talent.

That's why many contestants seek poetry from talented people early on, and even sacrifice their health and money, hoping to get amazing works, which will make a big splash today.
Chapter completed!