With the support of the royal government, the Long's cloth shop was quite smooth, and the two Long Xiao brothers were relieved, Long Xiao supervised in the store, and the business was even more prosperous. Long Xiao had already written a letter to his family, asking the family to add 700 looms, and the family did the same, the Long family had 1,000 looms, which produced 1,000 pieces of cloth every day, and the monthly output was 30,000 horses, of which 10,000 horses were supplied to local traders, and 20,000 horses were supplied to the capital. Due to the good quality of the Dragon family's dragon brand cloth, it is in short supply, and the cloth of other cloth shops is a little unsellable.

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The bosses of the other eight major cloth shops discussed with Wanquanhe whether it was the cloth of Long's cloth shop, and the price of each horse would increase by one or two silver, so that the price would be expensive, and the cloth of other cloth shops would naturally be bought less, and the cloth of other cloth shops would be able to sell well. After Wanquanhe consulted Long Xiao, the price of the cloth increased by 50%, and the selling price was 3 taels of silver per horse. In this way, many people do not sell, because the gap between the two silver is too big, the dragon brand cloth has become a symbol of nobility, and has become the exclusive product of dignitaries, therefore, the profit of Long's cloth shop has also increased, and the monthly sales value has reached 60,000 taels.

In this way, the cloth of the Bada Cloth Store also has a lot of sales, and they are all grateful to Long's cloth shop and say good things about Wanquanhe, and Long Xiao is also relieved. As long as the eight major cloth shops do not make mistakes collectively, the days of Long's cloth shop are also peaceful. Long Xiaoxian came down and accompanied Long Zhi to contact martial arts. After more than a month, the martial arts examination began. More than 10,000 martial artists from all over the country began the competition.

The first item of the competition is the competition of the Force, which is divided into 500 catties, and 1000 catties and 2000 catties of three levels, those who can lift 500 catties will enter the second round of the competition, and those who can't lift it will be eliminated, and half of the people will be eliminated. Those who can lift 1,000 pounds will directly enter the semi-finals, and only 100 people will pass the test, and these 100 people will be able to enter the list at least. Long Zhi was one of the 10 people who lifted 2,000 pounds and only went straight to the finals. At least it's a jinshi.

The undergraduate martial arts examination is to admit 1,000 people: 10 Jinshi in the first list, including one champion, one Tanhua, one Bangyan, and seven Jinshi, and they are ranked. The second list of jinshi is 200, regardless of rank, and the third list of jinshi is 790, regardless of rank. Because Long Zhi was the one who entered the top ten, he directly competed with the other 9 people, and after 9 rounds of competition, he became the first place with the highest score. Even Qi Xuanjiang, who had been funded by Long Xiao, also won the 9th place in the first list of Jinshi, which can be regarded as entering the first list and being able to meet Long Yan.

The first list of Jinshi is to enter the Qinzheng Palace to see the emperor, and the other second and third lists are not qualified. Long Zhi met the emperor in the Qinzheng Palace, and was awarded the title of the champion by the current emperor, and was given the champion mansion, a pair of gold plaques, and the book "champion mansion", rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and allowed to return to Beijing after three months, and was given a heavy responsibility. The others also have rewards, Tanhua is 800 taels of gold, the list eye is 600 taels of gold, the other Jinshi have 500 taels of gold, and the second and third Jinshi have only 1000 taels of silver.

Long Zhi had the Champion Mansion, so he couldn't stay in the guest house, so he moved into the Champion Mansion, and Long Xiao also moved in. Long Zhi is not good at managing family affairs, so Long Xiao entrusted Jing Zhaoyin, hired a temporary housekeeper, and bought dozens of maids and maids, and the Zhuangyuan Mansion was a bit decent. The next thing is to usher in the things that are being sent, and Long Xiao suggested that the first person to see is the backer Wang Yang Su.

The next day, Long Xiao went to buy a rich gift, and together with Long Zhi, he sent eight people to carry it and entered the palace of the king of the backer. Yang Su, the king of the backer, saw that Long Zhi valued himself so much, and the first person to visit was himself, and he was overjoyed, and in order to win over Long Zhi, he rewarded Long Zhi with 2,000 taels of gold on the spot. Immediately, he set up a banquet and entertained Long Zhi and Long Xiao brothers.

Yang Su asked Long Zhi: "Long Zhi, you have also been admitted to the martial arts champion, do you want to follow me?" At this time, Long Zhi knew that Yang Su, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, had absolute rights, that is, the emperor would arrange it in the future, and he would also seek Yang Su's opinion, so he said happily: "Long Zhi but arranged by the prince", Yang Su was overjoyed when he heard it: "Hehe, okay, what I am waiting for is your sentence, after a few days, after you come back from your hometown, I will ask the emperor for the title and see what position will be arranged for you."

Long Zhi repeatedly said that he was the champion of martial arts, but there was still a huge gap between him and the king of the backers. Even if he is the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, he is still far from the name of the king of the backer. Long Zhi stayed in the palace of the king of the backer for a whole day, and never left the king of the backer half a step, which made the king of the backer Yang Su very pleased, and praised Long Zhi again and again, at this time the king of the backer had already taken Long Zhi as a confidant.

After Long Zhi and Long Xiao returned to their Zhuangyuan Mansion, they immediately visited dozens of princes, some princes and ministers, and the compounds of the three provinces and six ministries, and they were busy for more than a month before they rested. Long Zhi discussed with Long Xiao whether he would go back to his hometown. At this time, the family reported that a group of people outside the door asked to see them, saying that they were the treasurers of the eight dart bureaus in Beijing.

Long Zhi didn't know what was going on, so he asked Long Xiao if he saw it, but Long Xiao guessed a few points, so he said yes and said, "Big brother, let's see it, maybe it's for Zai's silver?" Long Zhi was confused, so he let the big shopkeeper of the Eight Darts Bureau come in.

Long Zhi and Long Zhi came to the front hall, and the shopkeeper of the Eight Darts Bureau was already sitting in the guest position, Long Xiao arranged for tea, and the servants brought the tea up, with a cup per person. Long Xiao asked, "Excuse me, who are you?" What do you do in Zhuangyuanfu? ”。

One of them said; "I am the big shopkeeper of the Chang'an Dart Bureau, known as the ghost hand Zhang Wuying, and I came today to discuss a matter with the champion prince." Long Xiao: "Zhang Da Shopkeeper, please say", Zhang Wuying: "The villain knows that Zhuangyuanlang will definitely be crowned by the emperor in the future, and the high-ranking official Houlu is not to say, but the villain, there is a small requirement, that is, can you be the honorary treasurer of our Chang'an Dart Bureau?" ”。

Long Zhi understood that the people of the Chang'an Dart Bureau were using their names to scare people, so that they could walk on the rivers and lakes in the future under their own banners. There is no problem with this, the question is, what if something happens, what will you do? I am an official of the imperial court, so I can't be a bodyguard for the dart bureau. Long Zhi wanted to refuse, so he looked at Long Xiao and let Long Xiao have an idea. In Long Zhi's opinion, his younger brother, who is only eight years old, is older and more stable than himself, and in Long Zhi's heart, he values Long Xiao very much. If you don't have this, you will never get the first place in the martial arts examination, and you will not get this champion, so your success has the absolute relationship of Longxiao.

When Long Xiao saw that his eldest brother looked at him, he knew that this matter was to let him deal with it. Long Xiao said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, there is no problem with being an honorary treasurer, the problem is that my eldest brother is an official of the imperial court, and it is impossible to have time to deal with trivial matters with you, but nominally." What's more, this nominal treasurer is not done casually." As soon as Long Xiao said, Zhang Wuying understood: "Mr. Long, how about our dart game giving out a thousand taels of gold every year?" Long Xiao smiled and agreed, Zhang Wuying asked the entourage to carry up a thousand taels of gold, and Long Xiao didn't look at it, so he asked his family to put it away.

Zhang Wuying clapped his hands happily, and the other seven dart games stood up one after another and said to Long Xiao: "Mr. Long, our seven dart games also mean this, I hope Mr. Long will be successful." Long Xiao looked at Long Zhi and said with a smile: "Big brother, it seems that you can only make it difficult, you will be the honorary treasurer of the eight dart games", Long Xiao saw that Long Xiao said okay, and he agreed, and the seven dart bureaus also brought up the thousand taels of gold they brought. A total of 8,000 taels of gold, Long Xiao was happy, after everyone left, Long Xiao said to Long Zhi: "Big brother, it seems that the champion is good, not only has the emperor's royal seal, but even the people can make money, and it is 8,000 taels of gold, which is more profitable than our family's weaving field."

Long Zhi: "That's nature, the weaving field, there are all over the country, there is only one champion, hehe", Long Xiao called his family, 8,000 taels of gold were exchanged for silver tickets, so that Long Zhi collected it. Subsequently, Long Xiao went to the dart bureau to select 20 dart heads to serve as the caretaker of the Champion Mansion, and the Champion Mansion was very safe. Long Xiao discussed with his eldest brother, packed his luggage, and prepared to go home.