Lu Yao brought Tangxi to Jiuzhongxian. Along the way, he also listened to what Tangxi saw and heard today. Now Tangxi has grown into a qualified housekeeper. He has begun to deal with the relationship between the Cao family and the Han family.
Now that he has become more skillful, Lu Yao might have been worried about the trouble Tangxi would bring to him after meeting the Cao family and the Han family, but now Lu Yao no longer has to worry about this problem.
After arriving at the restaurant, Lu Yao called the shopkeeper and learned that Fangzhuang had arrived a quarter of an hour ago. The shopkeeper, who knew that Lu Yao was going to train in Jiuzhongxian, had already made preparations. He asked his servants to train in Jiuzhongxian
An open space in the backyard was created specifically for Lu Yao and Fangzhuang to train. Fangzhuang was responsible for all the furnishings and necessary items in the training place, and Jiuzhongxian only had to satisfy him.
That's fine, this is also Lu Yao's order.
Lu Yao walked toward the backyard, and he must have passed through the lobby. A month or two ago, Lu Yao, a so-called famous person, would attract everyone's attention wherever he went. Basically, all eyes would be on him.
It will be moved away from Lu Yao. But today is slightly different. Lu Yao walked towards the backyard, but unlike usual, he did not receive any attention from other people. This can be said to make Lu Yao feel very strange. Although he himself
He is not usually a face-friendly person, nor is he the kind of person who must always be the focus of others. But he feels that the reason why these people do not see him, or see him and do not intend to pay attention to him,
It's because they have more important topics to discuss.
From the moment he entered the Jiuzhongxian, Lu Yao felt that the people drinking there were talking a lot more than usual, and it was not just one table of people discussing, but basically two or three tables of diners in a row joined in the discussion.
Therefore, Lu Yao deliberately slowed down his pace and wanted to hear what they were saying.
"How about it, who will win the game tomorrow?"
"I planned to buy football lottery tickets early in the morning and queue up. I didn't buy a ticket for any of the first three games. No matter what happens tomorrow, I will go and see it."
"It's the Lions versus the Goshawks. I think the odds of these two teams are about the same."
"The leader of this Lions team is the eldest son of Uncle Cao Guo's family. He was demoted from Bianliang before, but now he is back. It is said that he is very capable. For a person of this status, I think the Lions team he trained
The strength of these people should not be inferior to that of the Fanlou team and the grassroots team."
"So, then this Lions team is guaranteed to win?"
"That's not necessarily true. Their opponent, the Goshawk Team, is not easy to mess with. The leader of the Goshawk Team is Han Qi. Although Mr. Han is not in Bianliang now, the people in this team are all soldiers, especially the
That guy named Gu Liang, he maintained order on the sidelines in the first three games. I heard a friend of mine say that it seemed that the outcome of the three games was judged correctly by Gu Liang."
"Really? It looks like it's a strong showdown. I must buy a ticket tomorrow."
"I'm not interested in going to watch the game on the spot. I do hope that the Lions can win tomorrow, so that I can earn money for drinking tomorrow."
"Haha, who says it's not!"
Lu Yao smiled knowingly. It turns out that now the football lottery and the new Cuju competition have attracted so much attention. Now the streets and alleys are talking about this competition. It is no wonder that Zhao Zhen sent someone to ask him about the income from the football lottery.
There is a suggestion from the royal family that they want to take back the football lottery. Anyone who sees such a huge profit will be greedy. For the common people, they naturally think that the football lottery is more important than the new Cuju competition. Whether to go to watch the game live is one thing.
But whether they win the lottery is more important to them. However, these people seem to have not realized a problem, that is, although the football lottery can bring them high profits, this thing after all
It still relies on the emergence of the New Cuju Competition. In other words, after the first New Cuju Competition is over, the football lottery will fall into a stage of temporary suspension of operations. By that time, everyone will probably be looking forward to the second one.
Let’s hold the next Cuju Competition as soon as possible. Because before the start of the competition, football lottery is basically a shutdown period. Today’s football lottery is not like modern times. When a league’s schedule ends, there are other divisions and national competitions. You can still buy it.
, there is only one competition like the New Cuju Contest in the Song Dynasty, so once the game is over, everyone will have no way to buy football lottery tickets. At that time, they will turn around and buy ordinary lottery tickets, but the winning rate may not be as high as football lottery tickets.
Therefore, the key point is actually the new Cuju competition, not the football lottery.
Although this football lottery is a mutually beneficial business where everyone can make money, Lu Yao does not intend to start preparing for the second Cuju Competition immediately after the first competition because of this high profit.
.This competition is undoubtedly very successful. Because of this, some rules, participating teams, and competition schedule must be more perfect by the second session. Therefore, Lu Yao plans to wait until then to complete the first session.
The leaders of all the participating teams were called together to allow them to participate in the discussion, improve the competition system, and completely promote the sport of Cuju to the whole people. At that time, while everyone can improve their physical fitness, selections will be held nationwide.
Come, by the time of the second competition, the overall strength of the team will be improved. Of course, football lottery has not yet been promoted to all parts of the country. Even the lottery is only limited to Bianliang. After all, there may be
When it comes to the issue of corruption, once it is promoted, there are too many issues to consider. Lu Yao feels that it is better to be more cautious in this regard and to take it step by step.
"Isn't this Mr. Xiao Lu? Why are you here?"
Lu Yao was walking when he heard a shout coming from outside the private room on the second floor of Jiu Zhongxian. Lu Yao looked up and saw that he was right. Su Dongpo was probably the only one who could address his name in public so informally.
Lu Yao then asked Tangxi to go to the backyard to inform Fangzhuang that he had arrived, while he went upstairs to chat with Su Shi.
After entering the private room, Lu Yao discovered that the people sitting in this private room were all great writers and high-ranking officials.
Of course there is no need to say more about Sansu, but speaking of it, Lu Yao has interacted with Su Shi and Su Zhe more often, while their father Su Xun has not had much in-depth communication except for having met a few times before.
Today, Lu Yao could imagine that Su Shi must be the one hosting the guests, otherwise Su Xun would not come to such a place. And what is the source of the money of Su Shi and Su Che who live in the temple? There are two,
The first is that the two of them also buy football lottery tickets in private. This is what Katsuki Zhejiang told them. Before the start of each game, as commentators, they actually have a certain understanding of the strength of the two teams, and they
Every time, he would ask Zhe Kexing for his opinion on the outcome of the game. After listening to Zhe Kexing's words before buying football lottery tickets, there is no need to say more about the winning rate. Lu Yao didn't bother to pay attention to the behavior of the two of them. And secondly,
The only source of income is the remuneration given to them by Lu Yao for doing commentary. Although it seems to Lu Yao that it is only a small amount of money, but when the two of them can only live in a temple and go to Beijing to take the exam,
For the poor literati, it was enough to keep them happy for a long time.
In addition to Sansu, there were three other people present. Needless to say, Ouyang Xiu, the man who almost called himself a brother, the author of Drunken Old Pavilion, plus the examiner and grader of this imperial examination.
Thinking of this, Lu Yao couldn't help but feel that the imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty, at least now, was relatively strict. Even people like Su Shi and Su Che who had very good personal relationships with Ouyang Xiu, when it came time to grade the examination papers, Ouyang Xiu would not
Because the private exam gave them a relatively high score, the exam is still very fair at this point.
"I've met Mr. Ouyang Xiu." Lu Yao said hello to Su Xun and then said to Ouyang Xiu.
Ouyang Xiu stroked his beard. He was obviously a little drunk. He waved his hands and said with a smile: "Hey, today is a gathering among our friends. It doesn't need to be so formal. Speaking of which, I seemed to have seen your paper two days ago.
, I have to say that you performed really well in the examination, and there is no problem if you want to take the imperial examination."
Ouyang Xiu's words can be said to be true. In fact, everyone present fully recognized Lu Yao's ability. No one thought that Lu Yao would not be able to enter the imperial examination when he took the imperial examination. But before the scores were announced, everything was still in doubt.
It's undecided, and Ouyang Xiu said this today just to dispel Lu Yao's concerns, but he just stopped there and told Lu Yao that there would be no problem if he passed the exam. But as for the specific scores and rankings, it was not convenient for Ouyang Xiu to tell him, but
This alone is enough to make Lu Yao happy, although Lu Yao also has an estimate of his own achievements.
After saying this, Ouyang Xiu stood up, walked to Lu Yao, and whispered: "I know that you are busy preparing for your marriage to Miss Han recently, and Han Yonghe must be paying great attention to this aspect, so I will give you the gift today."
You can be reassured that there will be no problem for you to enter the palace examination. Of course, with your abilities, I was very optimistic about you from the beginning."
Lu Yao was not surprised at all when Ouyang Xiu learned about his marriage. After all, his father, Lu Xu, and Ouyang Xiu had some personal relationships. Such a big event was also a happy thing. It was normal for Lu Xu to inform Ouyang Xiu. Lu Yao said: "
So, thank you Mr. Ouyang for informing me."
"Master Xiao Lu must have other things to do when he comes to Jiuzhongxian today." The person who spoke was another high-ranking official, Yan Shu. Today is really a big gathering of everyone in the literary world. Lu Yao looked at Yan Shu, but did not answer, just a look,
Yan Shu understood that Lu Yao did have other things here. Speaking of Yan Shu, Lu Yao recommended Wang Anshi to him before, and then Yan Shu recommended Wang Anshi to Zhao Zhen again. That is, after the first game, Lu Yao
There is no other intersection with this prime minister. After all, one of them is an official in the court, the other is busy with his catering business, and now he has his own life-long events, so it is more difficult to have some intersection.
But no matter what, Yan Shu was very grateful to Lu Yao on the issue of Wang Anshi. Of course, this also benefited from Yan Shu's own assessment of the situation. He knew that although Zhao Zhen disliked Wang Anshi, in terms of the overall situation,
We can still see it very clearly. It has to be said that Wang Anshi’s strategy in facing the Song and Xia issues can be said to be very far-reaching. At the party in Fan Lou, no one could put forward such an idea as his
, Therefore, liking or hating has never been the emperor's criterion for judging another person. In the eyes of the emperor, whether it is useful to him or not, and whether his suggestions are valuable is a more important thing. Therefore, even if Zhao
Zhen didn't like Wang Anshi, but in the end he accepted his suggestion, and even sent people to Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi. For this alone, Yan Shu had merit in the recommendation. Zhao Zhen would not have recommended Wang Anshi to him without knowing it.
My own is Yan Shu, and if Wang Anshi really prospers in the future, the first person to thank him should be Yan Shu. However, Yan Shu still hasn't understood one thing until now, that is, from Wang Anshi's reaction and answer
Look, he and Lu Yao did not know each other, and they had never even met. However, after leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Anshi went to Lu Yao's place. Was it to reminisce with Lu Yao or to meet Lu Yao?
Meet Lu Yao? And where did Lu Yao learn about Wang Anshi's talent? Yan Shu has never been able to figure this out. However, for a person like Yan Shu who has reached the position of prime minister, this question
The answer is actually not very important. As long as Wang Anshi is beneficial to the Song Dynasty, the so-called hero does not ask about his origin. Since he is a great talent and can show his talents in the officialdom, this is the most important thing. As for Lu Yao, Yan Shu sighed in his heart
, whether you can see Lu Yao becoming a high-ranking official is a question, so don't worry about the relationship between him and Wang Anshi anymore.
"Master Yan Shu, I came to Jiuzhongxian today to check the accounts, and by the way, I will discuss with the shopkeeper about the cooperation between this restaurant's wine and my hotpot restaurant."
In fact, Lu Yao's answer is not a lie. He did have such a purpose in coming to Jiuzhongxian today. After all, the hot pot restaurant is about to open, and the ingredients have been taken care of, but things like sour plum soup and white wine are still
It is necessary, and the hot pot restaurant does have some shortage of manpower, so Lu Yao plans to establish a cooperative relationship between Jiu Zhongxian and the hot pot restaurant. Drinks such as liquor and sour plum soup will be delivered to the hot pot restaurant from Jiu Zhongxian every day. Of course
The cost of this is to be borne by Yang Tao's hot pot restaurant. Because Yang Tao has not been with him for a long time, and he is not as familiar with Jiu Zhongxian's shopkeeper as Pan Wen and Chen Chen, so Lu Yao came here in person to provide food.
Yang Tao sent a message to formulate a plan. The purpose of this is naturally so that Yang Tao will not be discriminated against by the owner of the hot pot restaurant in the future. The two of them should be talking to each other with equal status. This is the other main purpose of Lu Yao's trip besides practicing martial arts.
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Yan Shu knew from Lu Yao's eyes that he did have something to do today, but it was obvious that he didn't want to tell him, or in other words, tell the people present, so he did not continue to ask.
"You must be Mr. Lu Yao."
Then, the only person present who did not know Lu Yao stood up from his seat, saluted Lu Yao very politely, and said something.
Lu Yao also didn't expect that this person was older than Ouyang Xiu, but he was the one who paid the most attention to etiquette. He quickly returned the gift, and then asked very politely: "I wonder who this is..."
"Let me introduce to you, this is Master Fu Bi." Yan Shu said.
It can be said that Lu Yao was shocked. The polite middle-aged man in front of him was Fu Shaolong's father, Fu Bi, who would become the prime minister in the future?
For a moment, Lu Yao really felt hesitant about the next martial arts competition. If he really beat up Fu Shaolong then, looking at Fu Bi now, he would really feel a little unbearable.
Originally, Lu Yao thought that Fu Bi would be an old man, and he would not have much interaction with Ouyang Xiu and others. He was just an official in the court, and he was the same kind of person as Han Yonghe and Cao Guojiu. Unexpectedly, this person was also a literary scholar.
A great master. At this moment, Lu Yao suddenly remembered that when Su Shi evaluated Fu Bi, he once said that he was an outstanding person, comparable to Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan.
The more outstanding a talent he is, the more Lu Yao feels a little guilty in his heart. After all, he will become Fu Shaolong's opponent in the upcoming competition to recruit a bride.
However, this emotion only lasted for a second or two. Lu Yao would never give in on the issue of Cao Han.
Later, Lu Yao and Fu Bi also chatted for a while. From the chat, Lu Yao discovered that Fu Bi was more like a politician than fighting at the frontier. He was better at handling conflicts between different countries or officials.
, and this person’s literary talent is first-rate.
The most important thing is that after Fu Bi and Lu Yao didn't say a few words, they said that Lu Yao seemed to be troubled by something recently, so he seemed a little lack of energy, and his every move showed fatigue and nervousness.
Lu Yao didn't feel anything at first, but when he said these words, Lu Yao became really nervous. He thought to himself that he didn't show any emotions just now. Could it be that this old guy could read minds? However, there were people in the Song Dynasty who could.
Looking at the situation, it is not difficult to analyze people's psychology through their words. What's more, Fu Bi is considered a veteran of the imperial court, so it is not difficult to be able to see these things.
It was not advisable to stay here for a long time. After Fu Bi said what he just said, Lu Yao was worried that he would find out more things about him, so he immediately said that he still had things to do and was about to leave. This move made Lu Yao
Becoming the focus of others present, Su Shi insisted on forcing Lu Yao to tell him why he was anxious. Obviously, if Fu Bi hadn't been right, Lu Yao wouldn't have left in such a hurry.
Therefore, Lu Yao could only say that it was the issue of the football lottery management rights obtained by the final winning team of the new Cuju competition. How to balance the relationship between the royal family and the winner was a difficult problem. After all, this new Cuju competition was organized by Lu Yao, and everyone also
He believed Lu Yao's words, and Su Shi even said that it seemed that Lu Yao already had a candidate for the winning team in mind.
Lu Yao did not continue to disturb the gathering of these literary people. He was worried that if he sat there for a moment longer, Fu Bi would see what was on his mind. Leaving now was the most correct choice.
When Lu Yao went to the backyard to see Fang Zhuang, even Fang Zhuang's first words when he saw Lu Yao were asking Lu Yao if everything was okay.
"Do you know about fortune telling and fortune telling?" Unexpectedly, Lu Yao didn't ask about Kung Fu in his first sentence, but asked about Fangzhuang.
Fang Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and then said that when he was an escort, he had been to many places. There were many people like fortune tellers on the street, but he always kept a distance from them. The so-called "I would rather trust people"
It exists, but it cannot be trusted that it does not exist.
Before this, Lu Yao was a staunch atheist, and he laughed off all these questions. But the way Fu Bi looked at him and the words he said just now made Lu Yao have to doubt this thing.
It's really quite evil.
However, there is no time to think anymore. Lu Yao knows that even if Fu Bi is a great talent, and among those people, even Yan Shu was very polite to Fu Bi just now, I am afraid he also knows that this guy may be there.
Bao Zheng will become prime minister after that, so Wang Anshi should have to wait. Even so, because Cao Han is involved, and Fu Shaolong is a short-lived ghost, Lu Yao must not leave Cao Han in the hands of such a person.
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"Come on, you will guide me in countless aspects from today on. When my people invite Mr. Jintai back from Hebei, we will train together. Don't treat me as someone special. What should you do?
Just teach how you want to teach.”
Lu Yao asked Fang Zhuang not to regard him as his boss, but to truly teach him as his disciple. Seeing Lu Yao's serious look, Fang Zhuang naturally did not dare to neglect and immediately said
Will guide Lu Yao's practice well.
Then, the two began to train Kung Fu. Although Lu Yao was born with supernatural powers and was only preparing for this martial arts competition, so he did not need to learn Kung Fu systematically, but some basic skills still had to be given to Lu Yao.
After that, some professional training will be carried out for this competition.
The training lasted until late at night, until the shopkeeper of Jiu Zhongxian came over and said that he was closing, so they gave up and made an appointment to continue at the same time tomorrow. Back at home, Lu Yao felt a little exhausted. Everyone in his family had gone to bed, and he
Without saying much, he returned to the room and fell asleep.