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Chapter 2531 Unreasonable!
Shouhua didn't expect that Wang Yue even knew these trivial matters in doing business, and he was even more amazed.

You know, Le Shan has been constantly telling her sisters that Wang Yue is an omnipotent teacher.

Shouhua heard it so many times that he unconsciously felt that Wang Yue was a very remarkable person, and he also felt that he had overestimated Wang Yue.

But after getting in touch with Wang Yue, I found that Wang Yue not only had a pleasant conversation style, but also was very knowledgeable. I just didn't expect that he was also well versed in business.

She felt that such a person must have a promising future, so she didn't ask any more questions and agreed directly, and began to discuss the issue of the share of the cooperation with Wang Yue.

The final result of the discussion was that Wang Yue invested 90,000 strings of coins, the Li family invested 7,000 strings of coins, and Li Fuhui invested 3,000 strings of coins. They bought ten shops in Tokyo City and directly sold the snacks produced in Wang Yue's workshop.

In fact, Li Fuhui's dowry was less than two thousand strings of cash. The reason why she could take out so much was that part of it was given to Fuhui by Fan Lianghan after their marriage, which allowed her to have so much money.

The result of this cooperation is that the purchase price of snacks is calculated separately, and Wang Yue needs to get 85% of the profits of these shops, the Li family gets 10%, and Li Fuhui gets 50%.

The reason for this arrangement is that Li Fuhui himself needs to manage two shops, and the Li family owns 10% of the shares and also has to manage the remaining eight shops.

Of course, since the shop selling snacks did not need to be particularly large, it was impossible to spend all the money directly, and a part of it was kept as reserve funds.

The snacks on sale are divided into several price levels. The most expensive ones require several taels of silver per box, while the cheapest ones can be bought for just a few dozen coins.

The sales price is twice the purchase price, but even so, the price is still much cheaper than other similar products.

Of course, this price was a conclusion drawn by the girls from the Li family after they went to each house to inquire.

Wang Yue actually arranged for someone to investigate, and the price was actually similar to what the Li family had found, so he didn't bother about it too much and asked the Li family to quickly arrange a shop.

Several girls from the Li family had also inquired about this matter, so they quickly found a middleman to help buy the shop.

Just like that, in less than a month, Wang Yue opened ten tea and snack shops named "Wu Fu Lin Men" in Tokyo City.

It happened that at this time, scholars from all over the country came to Beijing to take the imperial examinations, making the capital city particularly lively.

Although there were only about three or four thousand candidates coming to the capital, it seemed that it was not enough to change the economy of the capital. The problem was that most of those who could take part in the imperial examination were not particularly poor.

Only a few people came to take the exam alone. Most of them brought a few servants with them, or even brought their families with them. As a result, there were tens of thousands of people coming to the capital in a short period of time.

In addition, every time the imperial examination was held, many merchants would rush to the capital to do business, which resulted in a greater population flow in the capital during the period of the imperial examination.

Therefore, as soon as the Wufulinmen dessert shop was launched on the market, it was immediately snapped up for its good quality and low prices.

After deducting the costs from the earnings of the ten shops, the average profit for each shop was more than fifty taels of silver per day. The ten shops together made more than five hundred taels of silver.

Although more than 400 taels of the 500 taels of silver belonged to Wang Yue, for the Li family, an income of about 100 taels a day was already not low.

After all, they were able to earn back almost all of the money they invested in just three or four months. This was a business that they had never dared to imagine before, so everyone in the Li family was very happy. They seemed to have seen the scene of becoming the richest person in Tokyo in the future.

Of course, this sales amount is also because these snacks are relatively rare and have just been launched on the market. The sales amount will definitely drop significantly in the future.

However, after the promotion of this kind of cheap tea shop, it will definitely attract other inns, teahouses, hotels and households to buy it. At that time, the output will be further increased. With such hedging, the sales volume will not be particularly low.

However, the business was so booming that the Li family felt completely at ease settling down in Kyoto. They felt that they had hope for a better future.

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At this time, Wang Yue took part in the imperial examination in the eighth year of Tiansheng. He defeated Ouyang Xiu and became the champion of this imperial examination, making him the most talked-about candidate in this imperial examination.

After a person becomes famous, people will dig up everything that happened to him in the past. Unfortunately, he just appeared out of nowhere and there is no news about him at all, so he seems very mysterious to everyone.

Many people speculated whether Wang Yue was from the Shanxi Wang family or the Langya Wang family. After all, only these big families could produce such a talented person.

Some people even wrote letters to inquire, as if they wanted to confirm this.

Of course, the fact that Wang Yue and Ouyang Xiu traveled together and even met the emperor together was also known by some bigwigs.

The Queen Mother also knew about it at the same time!

Amidst all this turmoil, time quickly passed to the time for the palace examination.

Because he knew Renzong very well, Wang Yue's performance in the palace examination, whether it was his policy essay or his impromptu responses, was perfect.

Renzong had always admired Wang Yue very much, so he wanted to give him the top spot in the imperial examination, and Ouyang Xiu the second spot.

What was unexpected was that just as Emperor Renzong was about to announce the rankings, this imperial decree came from Empress Dowager Liu E.

Liu E said that Wang Yue opened a academy, and among his disciples, there were three female disciples, which was completely different from other academies.

She agreed with Wang Yue on this point, but Wang Yue actually did business with the woman from the Li family, which made Liu E very dissatisfied.

Of course, this was also the excuse Empress Dowager Liu gave to everyone, believing that Wang Yue could not be selected as the top scholar.

As for Ouyang Xiu, the reason why Empress Dowager Liu found him was that he always wrote obscene poems and often lingered in brothels. She was afraid that he would lead the emperor astray, so her position as runner-up was also cancelled.

You know, the emperor is almost 20 years old now, and his personality has long been determined. How could he be led astray by the 24-year-old Ouyang Xiu?
Renzong has not yet come to power. Although he knows in his heart that Wang Yue and Ouyang Xiu are just unlucky people who are being punished by the empress dowager, he still has no way to disobey the empress dowager's wishes.

Therefore, he respectfully said to the Queen Mother's personal eunuch Ren Shouzhong, "The Queen Mother's evaluation is very pertinent. I wonder how this ranking is arranged." Ren Shouzhong looked at the emperor, and then said with a fake smile, "The Queen Mother means that since Wang Yue likes to do business, he should go back and be a good businessman. As for Ouyang Xiu, give him the last place in the first class."

The emperor did not expect the empress dowager to be so ruthless this time. He wanted to argue, but when he met Ren Shouzhong's eyes, he knew that no matter what he said, he could not make the empress dowager change her mind, and it might even cause unnecessary trouble for Wang Yue, so he could only compromise.

He felt that Wang Yue was still young, and it would be the same even after the empress dowager changed power, just like he was going to wait until the empress dowager changed power and then bring his own mother, Concubine Li, into the harem.

After the Empress Dowager got involved, Wang Yue was actually disqualified. This talented man who had scored two first place in the high school entrance examination was actually eliminated in the palace examination.

Ouyang Xiu also ranked 14th in this imperial examination.

In fact, Wang Yue understood why Ouyang Xiu was able to pass the exam, because he had already made an engagement with Xu and they were going to get married after the imperial examination.

Xu's father, Xu Yan, had just been promoted to the prefect of Kaifeng. He was a descendant of Empress Dowager Liu, which was why Ouyang Xiu was able to escape!
After hearing this result, Wang Yue was speechless. He originally thought that if he accepted a female apprentice, Liu E would not be too repulsive to him. And his strategy was well written and would be favored by Renzong. In this way, no one would object to him being the first in this imperial examination.

What was unexpected was that the empress dowager didn't even consider it so much. Just because he was close to the emperor, she directly excluded him.

This is simply too much!
People who knew the inside story didn't understand, so when Wang Yue just left the palace, the news had spread everywhere, causing an uproar in Kaifeng City.

After all, the imperial examination was supposed to select only the most talented, but now the most talented person was eliminated on trumped-up charges. This is simply ridiculous.

You know, among the officials nowadays, which family doesn’t have business?
It is just to protect the integrity of the person involved that other family members are allowed to do business.

Wang Yue did not personally participate in the business, leaving it all to the Li family. It is really far-fetched to use this excuse to not rank him in the palace examination.

However, this also makes people understand how cruel the struggle between the two palaces has become.

It was the first time that Wang Yue encountered such a thing. When he felt uncomfortable, he couldn't help but think, are they worried that Wang Yue will not be able to stand the Song Dynasty being too cowardly and will rebel in the future, so they don't let him eat the emperor's food at all?

Speaking of the word rebellion, Wang Yue thought of those strongest students who failed the college entrance examination.

Does it need him to write a poem about when all flowers bloom and all other flowers die?
Thinking of this, Wang Yue suddenly thought of the other two failed students, Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, and felt that he seemed to have more room to maneuver.

You know, Zhang Yuan was Li Yuanhao's military advisor, and later directly helped Li Yuanhao defeat the Song army. He was definitely a rare figure.

However, since Wang Yue has foresight, it seems that he can really get in touch with Zhang Yuan. It would be great if he could control Xixia.

With this thought in mind, Wang Yue left the imperial city and walked straight out of the street where the dignitaries gathered. He came to an inn, led out the horse that was stored there, and then rode back to Zhuxian Town at full speed.

Wang Yue felt that the news that he, the champion, was eliminated spread very quickly. Perhaps when he just returned to Zhuxian Town, several of his disciples knew about it. So he was ready to listen to the consolation of several disciples. However, what he didn't expect was that when he arrived home, several disciples were actually on the verge of a war.

To say that the situation was tense was actually a bit of an exaggeration, but it was obvious that several of them were arguing, and it had even come to the point of resorting to violence.

Seeing this, Wang Yue walked in quickly and asked with a cold snort, "Do you guys think my temple is too small to accommodate you big Buddhas?"

Zhao Jian's martial arts skills were higher after all. She saw Wang Yue first and was also the first to salute him. Seeing that Wang Yue was angry, she quickly bowed deeply to him and said, "I dare not, Master, please forgive me for not being able to control my junior brothers and sisters!"

The other three people also hurriedly bowed respectfully to Wang Yue and said,

"Master, please forgive me!"

"Master, please forgive me!"

"Master, please forgive me!"

Wang Yue saw that the others were still very respectful, so he snorted coldly and said, "Zhao Jian, tell me! What's going on?"

When Zhao Jian heard Wang Yue mention her name directly, she knew that Wang Yue might be angry, so she quickly explained, "Master, I was wrong. I was just thinking that you might have been implicated by me, so I didn't stop my fellow disciples in time."

Wang Yue was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After making some guesses based on the clues, he asked in astonishment, "Is your father the Eighth King?"

Zhao Jian did not hide anything. She nodded and said a little embarrassedly, "Yes, Master, I didn't hide it from you on purpose."

After hearing this, Wang Yue couldn't help but slap his forehead. After sorting out his logic, he said unhappily, "You should have told me earlier, then I wouldn't have participated in this imperial examination!"

It's not that he wasn't joking, because the Eighth Prince ignored the Queen Mother's obstruction and directly told the Emperor that he was not the Queen Mother's biological son. He also told the Emperor that his mother was guarding Huangling.

Because of this incident, a rift was created in the hearts of the emperor and the empress dowager. The empress dowager Liu E wanted to kill the Eighth King.

But the Eighth Prince's status in the royal family was too high, and he really couldn't kill him, so he found a reason to put the Eighth Prince under house arrest in disguise.

And now Wang Yue has accepted the daughter of the Eighth King as his disciple, so doesn't that make him Liu E's enemy!
No wonder Ouyang Xiu could still get the 14th place, but when it came to Wang Yue, he failed the exam directly.

When Zhao Jian heard this, she was a little surprised. After all, she was born into a royal family, and she immediately understood that Wang Yue actually knew the secret of what happened in the palace, which made her even more shocked.

This master is so amazing, isn’t he?

Wang Yue did not explain to Zhao Jian, but looked at Le Shan, snorted coldly and asked, "Le Shan, why are you arguing with your junior sister?"

When Le Shan heard Wang Yue ask her, she immediately complained angrily, "Master, I just think the emperor is blind for not accepting you as the top scholar, but Junior Sister said I was wrong! And Third Junior Brother also helped Junior Sister, it's really too bad!"

(End of this chapter)