A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 305
The sign of a mature person is the ability to think rationally.

After the meeting that day, a few days passed in the blink of an eye, Wu Huaiyu was busy discussing with Doulu Huairang about opening the mine, and he also took advantage of this busy business to stop thinking about the Huaichun girl.

She can be emotional and impulsive, but Wu Huaiyu cannot.

Li Dezhen came from Yanzhou, but did not see Li Sanniang.She didn't want to go back to Chang'an, so she asked the maid to stop her from seeing her second uncle, and even bluntly said that if Li Dezhen forced her, she would cut her hair and become a sister-in-law.

This is more of a threat to Li Deju than going to a Taoist temple. Once this hair is shaved, it will be troublesome, so Li Deju has to stay in Lingzhou.

The matter of mining did not go well.

The local forces in Lingzhou are very strong. Although it is not as powerful as the late Tang dynasty, this side has always been special in the ninth year of the Wude Dynasty, so it has become a bit of a feudal town.

Now, although the governor, long history, Sima, and governor have all changed, the officials, tyrants, landlords, and merchants below are also intertwined and powerful.

If Wu Huaiyu wants to ban the sale of money castings in Shuofang, he must first be able to reach a compromise or exchange of interests with these local snakes. If they can't negotiate first, then even if the order is issued, it will not be implemented.

Fortunately, Wu Huaiyu had expected it a long time ago, and was not very impatient.

He and Dou Lu Huairang took turns holding banquets, and even organized a slave fighting competition during the period. Lingzhou is a martial arts place, and slave fighting and polo are deeply loved by officials and people.

Huaiyu put the polo league planned in Chang'an first in Lingzhou for trial.

When having a banquet with those local tycoons, he proposed the idea of ​​a polo league, which was unanimously appreciated by them, so soon many tycoons launched their own polo teams, and some formed them in the name of companies and other names. team.

Originally, those local snakes thought that engaging in this kind of competition would also ease the atmosphere of the current situation, and even show the strength of their respective families to Wu Changshi.

They offered to collect a sum of money as a bonus reward.

But Wu Huaiyu had better plans.

The polo game is free to watch in the ordinary court, but the number is limited, first come first served, no entry when full.

However, there is also a box area in the VIP area, and tickets are required.

In addition, there will be drinks, snacks and snacks outside and inside the stadium during the game, there will be drinks sold, and lottery tickets will also be sold, that is, bets.

These revenues belong to the league, and each polo team can get some share.

Of course, the league will also announce that the lottery proceeds, after deducting expenses, will be used to build public welfare facilities in Lingzhou City, such as public toilets, public bathhouses, social schools, orphanages, and public cemeteries.

A charity warehouse funded by the league will also be established to store food in the charity warehouse, and it will open a warehouse to provide relief in case of famine.

This is a more popular move.

There is no shortage of horses in Lingzhou. There are many good pastures here, not to mention being adjacent to the Turks, and a large number of horses are traded every year.

Many people with better conditions in Lingzhou can play polo, and even like it very much. There are even women's polo teams from noble and powerful families, and there are also players who ride donkeys and mules. To play a football.

Talking about mining here has been fruitless, but the polo league quickly attracted many polo teams to sign up.

Ever since, on the day of Xiaoman in early April, the Shuofang Polo League officially started. The number of teams.

Before the start of the official season, a qualifier will be held to select the official [-] polo teams.After the selection of these [-] official teams, it will be the preseason game, which will be a warm-up performance for these teams, to enhance tacit understanding, and to make players and coaches more familiar.

Then comes the official regular season, with two games against teams from different leagues, one game for home and one away, for a total of 24 games.Play four games with teams in the same division, two home games each, for a total of sixteen games.Play four games with [-] teams from different divisions in the same league, a total of [-] games, and four teams play three games, a total of twelve games.

In this way, from the trials to the preseason to the regular season, and finally to the playoffs, the top eight players in each of the two Lingyan leagues will enter the playoffs. All rounds adopt a best-of-seven game system until the top three winners, runners-up and third place are determined.

For each team in the league, the higher the ranking, the higher the reward, and even the higher the dividend.

This kind of competition system is mainly due to the large number of games played, especially when it is divided into two leagues. In fact, it is because the Lingzhou Dudufu is mainly composed of Lingyan and Lingyan, and there are three competition areas below, which is equivalent to the county level.

Now the registration for the first Shuofang Polo League is over. There are a total of more than 1 teams signing up, which is amazing. After the registration deadline, the league will be divided into five groups for each game, and the games will be divided into groups by lottery until the final No.[-] in each group. There are five official teams in this division.

For this game, Lingzhou also built several new stadiums for the convenience of watching the game.

"A lot of people."

The weather was fine, and there were people everywhere beside the stadium outside the city. It felt like everyone in Lingzhou had come to watch the game.

Vendors have already snatched up a good spot and set up various stalls, some selling various food and snacks, some selling buttermilk, sour water and sweet wine, and some selling tea and cakes.

I didn't miss any other clothes, shoes, needlework and trinkets.

It feels like New Years.

Wu Huaiyu brought the Fan family sisters out of the city in a carriage. They were also exclaimed when they saw this lively scene, saying that Chang'an was not so lively.

Wu Huaiyu specially arranged to build a polo field outside the city, just to create this lively 'ball club' scene, which is no worse than a temple fair.

In fact, this is not all spontaneous by the people, but by the government's operating arrangements. The vendors in Lingzhou have been notified long ago to encourage them to come, and even to attract them, they don't charge any fees. While doing business, what you earn is your own.

There is no booth fee, no management fee, no sanitation fee, no security fee, and all other expenses, and there is no need to pay taxes.

Even the yamen made a plan in advance, leveled the ground, covered it with sand, drew lines with white lime, and painted each booth, not to mention repairing a large number of parking lots, horse posts, and many public toilets in advance, which is very convenient.

Even those in Lingzhou who are engaged in the donkey rental business were notified early to let them do the business from Lingzhou to the stadium, so as to facilitate the people's travel.

"Which two teams are playing today?"

"Today is the All-Star game."

"What is the All-Star Game?"

"It's the most famous polo players in all our teams in Shuofang. They are selected to form two teams to compete as the opening exhibition match of the Shuofang Polo League in the first year of Zhenguan,"

Since it was the first official match, it had to be an instant hit. We couldn't get a group of amateurs pecking at each other on the field. If the fight wasn't good, who would come to watch it next time.

In the first game, each team must choose the best to give a wonderful performance.

And there must be a polo baby, and the singer and dancer are invited to perform.

The stadium is very large and can accommodate many spectators.

Before entering the field, Huaiyu took the Fan family sisters to the lottery ticket shop at the door to place bets. There are many ways to bet, including guessing the outcome, the number of goals, or even targeting a certain player Bet on how many goals he can score.

Different bets have different odds, which are actually carefully calculated.

The odds calculated by the actuaries can make the bookmaker the biggest winner regardless of winning or losing, and there is no need for match-fixing or anything like that.

This is the same as opening a gambling stall, there is a lot of knowledge here, anyway, this time Doulu Huairang specially invited some people from the big gambling stall to come over to calculate.

Bet as you like, no limit on how much you want.

Anyway, I bought the award ticket and exchanged it after the game, everyone has their own eyes.

Wu Huaiyu bet a little on everything, and bought a total of [-] yuan.

When issuing tickets, Huaiyu found that there was a long row of cabinets in the lottery ticket shop, and there were many people who came to bet and issue tickets. The ticket tellers at the counter kept writing. Several people are required to stamp, which has a strong anti-counterfeiting function.

Huaiyu took her prize ticket and observed it for a while, and found that there were many hidden marks on it, plus the special handwriting of the ticket teller, as well as the seal, ordinary people really couldn't imitate it.

Soon at the door, many officials and scholars from Lingzhou came up to say hello to Huaiyu. They all felt that the lively scene today exceeded their expectations.

"Li Sanniang is here." Wuniang pulled off Huaiyu's robe.

Wu Huaiyu turned her head, and sure enough, she saw Li Sanniang coming on horseback, Li Dezheng was also riding beside her, and a group of followers followed behind her.

We haven't seen each other for many days, and Li Sanniang seems to be in a bad mood.

She also found Huaiyu, looked up, Wu Huaiyu quickly looked away, led the Fan family sisters into the stadium, and went straight to her box.

Before the two sisters of the Fan family went in, they did not forget to stare at Li Sanniang and cast a warning look.

"This woman is really crazy." Wu Niang entered the box and couldn't stop complaining about Li Sanniang.

"That's right, there's no one with such a self-degraded status, who insists on hooking up with a married man."

Wu Huaiyu reluctantly told them not to talk nonsense, even though this is a private room, it is also semi-open after all.

There are quite a few boxes like this, around the globe, close distance, clear view, and a better viewing experience. Compared with VIP seats, these boxes are not only expensive, but you must have a certain status to buy them.

Xue Wanche came late, but he took the initiative to come to Huaiyu's box first to say hello. He was also a little surprised by today's lively scene.

"It's crowded outside. I didn't expect there to be so many people in Lingzhou. It seems that everyone in the city has come out. I almost got stuck outside and couldn't get in."

"Fortunately, you had the foresight to not only let Lingzhou Yamen send Yamen servant Ding Zhuang to maintain order, but also sent state soldiers here. If there were not these soldiers today, I'm afraid it would be really easy to cause trouble."

Huaiyu had expected it a long time ago. In fact, whether it is a polo match or a gladiatorial match, these are nothing. What he really cares about now is to be able to negotiate with the local forces, to stop selling money and castings, and to switch to mining.

If they still refuse to agree, don't look at everyone playing together and laughing, they may turn around and start a war.

He was very reluctant to go that far.

But the current situation is that these local snakes in Lingzhou are those with vested interests. They feel that they have given up [-]% of the share to Wu Huaiyu and the others who have crossed the river, and they have also spit out a lot of benefits they have already gained.

But if you don't stop for a few days and start to make trouble again, that is breaking your promise.

They made up their minds and refused to back down, and the situation was deadlocked here.

Of course, the more important thing here may be that the vested interests are too heavy, they are reluctant to let go, and the prospect of switching to mining is not attractive enough.

After chatting for a while in the box here, Xue Wanche left and went to his own box.

While drinking tea in the private room, Huaiyu could see Xue Wanche greeting many people along the road after he went out. This guy has not been here for a long time, but he seems to have gotten along pretty well with the local forces.

Just as Huaiyu was waiting to start the match, something happened to Xue Wanche suddenly.

Several men greeted Xue Wanche, then suddenly drew a knife from their sleeves and stabbed Xue Wanche.

There were a total of five men, all of them suddenly drew their knives from their sleeves and pounced on Xue Wanche. Xue Wanche didn't expect that, although he was brave and dodged immediately, the space there was narrow and he was stabbed twice.

"There are assassins!"

Xue Wanche's entourage yelled, and then rushed forward to block the front. The assassin stabbed him a few more times, and seeing that there were already people surrounding him, he immediately turned around and ran away.

Wu Huaiyu was also unexpected, and jumped out of the box immediately after seeing this.

By the time he passed, the assassin had disappeared among the countless crowds who were entering the stadium.

Xue Wanche was stabbed three times, two in the abdomen and one in the abdomen, dripping with blood.

No one would have imagined that there would be such an incident of assassinating the governor in the opening all-star game of the lively polo league.

"Stop the game immediately, evacuate people in an orderly manner immediately, and be sure to prevent stampedes,"

"Send someone to search for the assassin!"

"Carry the governor to the box and get the medicine. I'll stop the bleeding for the governor first."

Xue Wanche was still awake, but his face turned a little pale. He took Huaiyu's hand and said in a low voice, "Damn it, I feel like a knife hurt my thing.

Brother Wu, you must pick it up for me, I am still young. "

Huaiyu was a little speechless towards this guy, and was still thinking about this stuff at this time.

He carried the person to the box next to him, cleared the area nearby, and called in the guards of soldiers to prevent any lurking assassins from appearing. Wu Huaiyu didn't carry a medicine box with him.

I had no choice but to cut his clothes off first to check the injury. Two stabs were in the abdomen, bleeding profusely, but he probably didn't hurt any vital organs, but the knife below really hurt.

Xue Wanche was a majestic general, but his second brother was slashed and the bag was cut directly, exposing his balls.

Xue Wanche looked up and fainted in despair.

Huaiyu took a closer look, it looked scary, but it didn't seem to be injured enough to be cut, only the epidermis was injured, and it probably wouldn't affect its use if it was sewed up.

That is, there will be a long scar in the future.

The last time Wu Huaiyu was attacked in the city, dozens of people ambushed Wu Huaiyu, Wu Huaiyu was unharmed, this time Xue Wanche was stabbed three times by five people, it was really bad luck.

Almost immediately, Wu Huaiyu had pinned the suspect on local forces.

It must be because he wants to ban the sale of money to make money, and prohibit the private making of money, which has stabbed their hornet's nest. As for them looking for Xue Wanche instead of targeting him, it may be because Xue is the governor, or maybe an assassin today. Our target is not only Xue.

Thinking of this, Wu Huaiyu looked at her box, the Fan family sisters were still in the box.

"Hurry up and send someone to protect Wu Niang and the others,"

"Go to Sima Doulus and tell him to be careful, maybe there are assassins."

Wu Huaiyu had just finished speaking, when there was another commotion, and a fight broke out in front of his box, he got out of this box anxiously, looked into his box in the distance, and found that Li Sanniang and Li Deju, the uncle and nephew, raised their hands. Holding a sword, fighting five or six assassins,

Although the two are very skilled, the assassin still has sleeve arrows. The two were besieged and fell into a disadvantage, and the assassin ran towards the Fan Wuniang sisters. The two sisters met martial arts, but they did not bring swords, so they had to grab the cups and plates and throw out the obstacles. enemy,

Wu Huaiyu let out a rage and rushed over.

Sure enough, these assassins didn't just come after Xue Wanche, they were going to take them all?
(End of this chapter)