Chapter 28 Doing Business in Han Dynasty: The Building Will Fall Down
"This...this...a poem in four steps..."
The poem was composed in four steps, an unprecedented move that made everyone go crazy.
Ma Rixi had a look of surprise and disbelief. Then there was thunderous applause from both the stage and the audience. With his talent of writing poems in four steps, it was only a matter of time before Yuan Shu became famous.
Yuan Shu cupped his hands and calmed down the applause and cheers of the crowd. Looking at the guests on the stage, Yuan Shu saw admiration and appreciation in their eyes, which made the corners of Yuan Shu's mouth slightly raised!
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. The mission rewards have been successfully distributed. Please check back in time."
At this time, Yuan Shu, after possessing any attribute points, added this attribute point to the commander without hesitation, raising it from 88 to 89, just shy of the 90 mark!
Afterwards, all the guests nodded to each other and immediately elected Lu Zhi to come up with the fourth round of poem titles, which brought a successful conclusion to the poetry conference.
"Then for this last round, I will use rain as the theme of the poem.
It is required that there be ‘spring’, ‘rain’, ‘clouds’ and ‘flowers’ in the poem.”
This last round can be said to be the hard mode within the hard mode, with the theme of rain and spring rain, clouds and flowers.
Yuan Shu was immediately troubled, his brows furrowed, and his mind was thinking and reminiscing rapidly.
""Spring Night Happy Rain"
Good rain knows the season, when spring is here.
Sneaked into the night wind, moisten things silently.
The wild paths are all dark with clouds, but the only light is the fire on the river boats.
Look at the red and wet places at dawn, and the flowers are heavy on the official city."
Just when everyone thought that Yuan Shu would be stumped by this question, Yuan Shu's eyes became sharp and his expression was serious, and he slowly read "Spring Night Happy Rain" from his mouth.
Each word of "Spring Night Rain" is like a heavy hammer, shocking the hearts of everyone present.
Yuan Shu successfully earned enough fame from this poetry competition. Within a week, the entire Luoyang and even the entire Sili people would know everything that happened today.
Yuan Shu's reputation for talent will also spread throughout the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty!
"I heard that the Yuan family has a son who is talented and gentle as jade. I think he should be you, Gongdao. Hahaha!"
As the poetry conference ended, everyone left one after another. Just as Yuan Shu, Yuan Ji, and Dian Wei were preparing to go out, a big hand was placed on Yuan Shu's shoulder, praising Yuan Shu.
Looking back, I found that this person was Yilang Lu Zhi. During this period, the Yellow Turbans did not revolt, and Lu Zhi did not become Beizhong Lang General!
"I have met Lord Yilang. I have admired his name for a long time. I am honored to meet Lord Yilang today."
Seeing that the person coming was Lu Zhi, Yuan Shu respectfully held his hands in his hands as a salute, which made Lu Zhi very happy.
This boy's future is limitless! This is what Lu Zhi is thinking in his heart right now. He must be the best among men.
"Yuan Shu and Yuan Jiujiu! I remember, giving birth to a child should be like Yuan Jiujiu."
Huang Wan looked at it and smiled, said hello, and at the same time sighed with envy of Yuan Feng and left slowly.
After that, Wang Yun, Ma Rixi, and Cai Yong all admired Yuan Shu immensely. Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan, was even more obsessed with Yuan Shu in her beautiful eyes!
When Xun Shuang passed by Yuan Shu, he patted him on the back, looked at Yuan Shu meaningfully, and then left. The meaning is self-evident.
It seems that we are one step closer to conquering Xun You, and may even get the support of the Xun family!
Just when Yuan Shu was overjoyed, a servant of the Yuan family suddenly rushed to Yuan Shu and asked Yuan Shu to go to Sikong Mansion quickly. His father Yuan Feng had something important...
His father Yuan Feng suddenly wanted to return home quickly, which made Yuan Shu very confused. He quickly pulled Dian Wei and Yuan Ji together and followed the servants back to Sikong Mansion.
"Highway! You are famous in Luoyang City, hahaha."
Yuan Feng had been waiting outside the mansion for a long time. When he saw Yuan Shu rushing back, he nodded and praised.
"Your "White Horse", "Liangzhou Ci", "Mountain Journey" and "Spring Night Joyful Rain" are famous in Luoyang City. Even the emperor wants to summon you to the palace to meet the saint!"
"Dad! That's a good thing..."
I heard that you can meet the emperor, which is a good thing. Maybe you can get promoted again!
"Alas, you don't know something. Originally, the emperor wanted to summon you, but the ten regular attendants, especially Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, were afraid of threatening their status and obstructed them in every possible way. In the end, the emperor gave up and let you enter the palace.
Holy.”
Yuan Feng sighed, which made Yuan Shu stunned for a moment, and then he sighed, shook his head and said that he didn't need to care too much about this.
Originally, Yuan Shu did not want to attract the emperor's attention prematurely and shoot him first, not to mention that Yuan Shu had just arrived and had not yet established a firm foothold in Luoyang. If he was too strong, he would only stumble!
In Yuan Shu's heart, Luoyang City, the capital of the country and a large city with population, commerce, and culture, could definitely make a lot of money by doing business here.
With this population base alone, plus wealthy families, etc., as long as you do your job well, making money is not a problem!
"Dad! I want to do business in Luoyang City...to save some funds for our Yuan family."
"Why are you doing business? With my father here, you can definitely find a high-ranking official in the court. Dad wants to see the fifth and third prince of our Yuan family..."
Yuan Feng didn't understand Yuan Shu's desire to do business. Under the background of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business at that time, no matter how wealthy businessmen were, their status was always inferior to others.
The rise of merchants will inevitably lead to the weakening of agricultural production. Commerce caused the labor force to flow from rural fields to urban streets, so it was suppressed by the imperial court.
"Dad! Let's go inside and talk..."
Yuan Shu took Yuan Feng into the house, then asked Dian Wei and Yuan Ji to guard the door, and then checked the doors, windows, etc. to prevent the partition wall from having ears.
Seeing the cautious look on Yuan Shu's face, Yuan Feng was about to ask, but Yuan Shu spoke first.
"Dad! I'm just going to ask a few questions, and you tell me the truth."
"The Shichang servants have exclusive power, and the traitors in the court are in charge. How are the people's lives going?
Is the emperor feeling ill?"
Listening to his son's words, Yuan Feng fell into thinking and answered intermittently.
"The emperor has not been to court for a while. The ten permanent servants have exclusive power, and they are incompatible with the general. The people... the people are miserable!
The emperor is addicted to wine and sex, and is well-dressed and well-fed. The imperial doctor once said that he has a hidden disease and should drink less and exercise more..."
After listening to Yuan Feng's words, Yuan Shu nodded, pointed to the map of the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty on the case and said
"The boy rushed from Runan to the north to Luoyang. What he saw and heard along the way was frightening.
In some areas, the people have no harvest, are hungry, and even eat their own children... In other areas, natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused the people to suffer so much that they have eaten all the bark, grass and roots!
As a result, it won't be long before rebellions break out and the Han Dynasty is in crisis... Moreover, the relatives and eunuchs are powerful, and the emperor is ill. If he goes west, the new emperor will be young, and the Han Dynasty will never have peace again!"
