Chapter 850: Each family buys property in the capital

Duke Yan did not think that Huang Yanglong had brought shame upon the court. Instead, he watched with great interest.

Master: “…”

Well, this is a clear message to them that they have to send a gift to Huang Yanglong.

The noble officials could only force a smile and congratulate Huang Yanglong, saying that they would send him gifts.

Someone also asked, "Since Lord Huang and Captain Jiang have been promoted to positions, will we hold a banquet?"

Jiang Dalang made it clear: "No, I have to go to the camp to train the soldiers."

Huang Yanglong said: "Of course it will be done, but I have to go back to my hometown in Lingnan to do it."

How can we intimidate the people of Lingnan Prefecture if we do it here?

However, we still need to accept gifts from people on your side, so don’t forget to send gifts.

The masters felt somewhat regretful upon hearing this... If Huang and Jiang hosted a banquet, they could bring their daughters, granddaughters, nieces, and other grandchildren to the banquet, and take the opportunity to form a marriage with Jiang Dalang.

but it does not matter.

Just send someone to Jiang Dalang’s house to propose marriage.

Just have to avoid the Qin family. After all, the engagement between the Qin and Jiang families is still there.

Everyone claimed to be a respectable person, and the Duke of Yan was still present, so even if everyone was making up their minds, no one would pull Jiang Dalang aside and say they wanted to marry their daughter to him.

The opening ceremony of the Xiangwu Hall was successfully completed in harmony.

A large number of students who followed were very curious about the Xiangwu Hall. Ying Zilin took the initiative to ask: "Sir, we would like to live and eat with the students in the Xiangwu Hall for a period of time. Please help us."

Master Jing was very pleased: "In this case, Zilin will take the students to stay. If there is anything, go to Captain Jiang for help and take care of yourself and the other students."

"Thank you, sir. I will take good care of you all." Ying Zilin was very happy and made a promise.

Mr. Jing gave some further instructions and asked Duke Yan to leave a group of imperial guards to protect the students before he prepared to return.

There was no other way. These students all had status. If anyone died in the local martial arts hall, there would be an uproar in the court, so soldiers had to be left to protect them.

Boom boom boom!

"Duke Yan is back in the city. We respectfully send him off!"

At the beginning of the afternoon, after everything was arranged, Duke Yan drove out of the Xiangwu Hall and headed back.

"Duke Yan's carriage is coming, kneel down quickly!"

Outside the Xiangwu Hall, there was a huge crowd of people coming to watch.

There are people from the capital city and family members of the students.

Everyone knelt down in unison, and did not stand up until the Duke of Yan's convoy had gone far away, with excitement on their faces.

"We have finally met the Duke of Yan. This is such an honor that we can talk about it for the rest of our lives!" The students' families were all very excited and happy.

Soon, students came out with big bowls and shouted from afar, "Mom and Dad, I brought you food. There are big chunks of braised pork. It's delicious!"

"Oh my, the Duke is entertaining the rich and powerful gentlemen with this meal, and we can actually eat it too!"

"Don't eat it, don't eat it. Take it home and give it to your ancestors first!"

Nowadays people offer sacrifices to their ancestors at every turn, so there are many voices like this.

The students tried to persuade him: "Mom and Dad, this place is far from home. It's so hot today and the food won't stay here... How about this, let's kowtow in the direction of home, as if our ancestors have eaten."

"Oh, son, you are worthy of being a student of the Township Martial Arts Hall. You look smarter now!"

Every parent praises their own children highly.

Then they began to kneel down, kowtow, and talk to their ancestors in a muttered manner. Finally, the whole family formed a small circle, sat on the ground, and shared the food.

Although it was just meat and multi-grain steamed buns, the poor family was very satisfied with the meal: "It was comparable to the amount of meat and vegetables we eat during the Chinese New Year."

The rich family didn't dare to despise it. After all, the Duke of Yan had eaten it, so who were they to dare to complain?

……

The next day, June 16, the gentlemen's gifts were delivered to Wuyuan.

The gift-giving event lasted until the 22nd.

During this period, many masters wanted to enter Wu Garden or go to Jiang Dalang to discuss marriage secretly.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to enter Wuyuan, and they only accept gifts, not people.

Jiang Dalang had been training students in the village martial arts hall, and it was Uncle Qin who accepted the gifts on his behalf.

The bastard was very ruthless. Not only did he accept gifts without making any promises, he also told them clearly that Jiang Dalang was engaged to his eldest niece, and that Jiang Dalang cared about his eldest niece very much. Both his eldest niece and his Qin family had done favors for the Jiang family. After fleeing the famine, the two younger children of the Jiang family had been raised by the two elders of the Qin family.

The marriage contract was arranged by the elders of both families, and the Qin family has also been indebted to the three brothers and sisters of the Jiang family. How could Jiang Dalang dare to regret the engagement?

The masters were furious.

However, they did not give up. They thought that if they couldn't turn Jiang Dalang into their son-in-law, they would give him a few beautiful maids.

In short, it is well worth it to use the beauty to win over a general who was personally appointed by His Majesty.

And Uncle Qin...

Although this thing may be hateful, he only has one wife and they still have no children. If he is given a few concubines, as long as they give birth to children, the relationship will be established.

Uncle Qin: "..."

I never expected that you wouldn't even let me go?

On the 22nd, Ying Zilin and his companions also returned to Wuyuan from the Xiangwu Hall.

After returning, he went to see Master Jing and said with great emotion: "Sir, the students have gained a lot from the trip to Xiangwu Hall."

He handed over the strategy again: "These are the strategies written by the students. They discuss the influence of the Xiangwu Hall on the various sectors of scholars, farmers, merchants and businessmen, and on the current and future world situation. Please review them, sir."

Old Man Xun: "..."

He slipped away in a hurry. He didn't want to stay and look at such a pile of policy papers!

Mr. Jing didn't want to read so many policy essays, but these were the students' scores, and the arguments in this policy essay were extremely good, so he had to read them all even if he was exhausted.

"Very good, leave it there, I will finish reading it as soon as possible." Old Jing praised them, and seeing that they looked tired, he asked them to go down and have a rest.

Old man Xun could not escape the task of reviewing policy papers.

When Master Jing went to him with the policy paper and begged for mercy, he had no choice but to be "drafted into the army".

But he did not let Uncle Qin go. He grabbed him and said, "You have two choices. One is to review the policy papers with me, an old man, or to write two policy papers with Yan Ji, Xue Mingyi, Luo Min, Kang Lang and other young people based on the good and bad influence of the Township Martial Hall."

Uncle Qin: "!!!"

Run away quickly.

But Eunuch An said, "Second Master Qin, the Duke said that you have to choose one of the jobs to do."

The Duke investigated Qin Zhuang's matter thoroughly and was certain that he was framed and imprisoned.

After so many years, it is time for Qin Zhuang to avenge himself and not continue to indulge in the influence of past evil deeds.

"Old man, just wait for me. When I get home, I will let Xiaomi girl deal with you!" Uncle Qin, this shameless man, couldn't do it himself so he brought up his niece: "I choose the first one."

It's easier to just take a quick look and make a few comments.

Mr. Jing and Mr. Xun were very satisfied with this... Reviewing a hundred policy essays can better demonstrate one's true knowledge than writing two policy essays himself.

Uncle Qin worked on this task for three days, but he still hadn't finished reviewing the policy papers. However, he was almost exhausted.

"I regret it. If I had known, I would not have chosen to review the policy papers... And what's wrong with Ying Zilin, Kang Lang, Xue Mingyi, and Li Zhiyuan? Are they addicted to writing? They send in batch after batch, but don't they know how to take a break? Are they the reincarnation of a donkey? How can they be so capable!"

That’s right, after resting for a day, Ying Zilin’s group of students felt that their essays were not good enough, so each of them wrote two more and sent them in.

Uncle Qin, really, almost vomited after seeing it.

Old Man Xun: "Second Master, if you work harder, you can finish reviewing these last dozen articles and you can go buy property for your family with Young Master Jiang and the others tomorrow."