Ten miles northwest of Xianyang City, there is a mountain forest and farmland, which is the fiefdom of the Montessori clan, with an area of dozens of hectares.

In the midsummer of May, the wheat seedlings in the farmland have been more than three feet high, the wheat ears have passed the flowering period, the grains have begun to expand and be full, under the strong sun, the wind blows, the wheat mangs shake and the wheat waves roll, and there is a smell of wheat seedlings and grass floating in the air.

In the vicinity of the mountain forest, a manor covering an area of about 20 acres has been completed, and through the courtyard wall that is more than a foot high, you can clearly see a tall water tower standing in the middle of the courtyard.

Although the courtyard is newly repaired, the flowers and trees in it are planted in an orderly manner, and there is a pond of half an acre in the front yard, and a small stream flows from the backyard to the pond, and then flows southeast through the ditch through the courtyard wall.

There are also trees in the inner courtyard, but there are not many rooms, only seven or eight, but in the center there is a huge swimming pool, also paved with snow-white tiles, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, a pool of clear water, several young men, women and children are playing in two different areas.

"Master Hou, this swimming pool is really a good thing, just right for this hot summer pastime to play!"

Several light men and men were shirtless and wearing big pants soaking in the deep water area back and forth to chat, the first young man was handsome and delicate like a woman, it was Meng Yun, the leader of the Xianyang Silk Circle, and the others were the second generation of officials who often played with him, including Gao Laosan, who broke his leg in a glider last time.

And among this group of people, the most eye-catching is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, who is the world-famous Qinghe Marquis Chen Xu.

"The swimming pool is good, but it costs too much, in order to build this swimming pool and Yunlan Courtyard, it cost nearly 200,000 yuan, and my father almost broke my leg!" Meng Yun's handsome face twitched slightly.

"Hehe, your dad is just talking, I think he must like this pool more than you!" A gentleman wiped the water on his face and said with a dry smile.

"It must be good, Master Meng is a famous beautiful man in Xianyang, there are dozens of beautiful concubines, and he is stripped naked in the hot summer and a group of little ladies play in the water here at night, the scenery must be beautiful!" Another gentleman also came over and said.

Meng Yun turned his head to look at his wife, the fourth princess, Ying Liyan and her daughter, who were playing in the shallow water, and there was a group of girls in thin short skirts and a few boys and girls next to her, and couldn't help but sigh.

Most of these girls are concubines bought by their father, and after the swimming pool was successfully built, their father bought a few more in order to celebrate, and now the house is full of them, and they have given birth to seven or eight children one after another over the years, although they are all concubines, but after all, they are still brothers and sisters, which makes Meng Yun depressed every day.

"Uncle Mo sighed, the family is prosperous when there are many people, how can you say that your father is also looking for a helper for you, with the help of these brothers and sisters in the future, many things will be much easier to do!" Chen Xu knew the reason why Meng Yun was depressed.

"I envy you, brother-in-law, the head of the family, a group of wives and concubines, Uncle Tiger and Aunt Hu are also enjoying their old age in their hometown, you are the master of the house alone, you can be as happy as you want, I won't be able to do it!" Meng Yun shook his head with an unhappy face.

"Meng Xiaoling, you have lived happily enough, okay, Jiangxi is such a big porcelain workshop, the family earns more than one million dollars a year, and married the fourth princess, this courtyard has built a swimming pool and tap water, I don't know how much I envy me, and you are still the only son-in-law, you will inevitably inherit the marquis of Lord Meng in the future, and I can't wait, three or five brothers, eating, drinking and Lazar are not enough to distribute, not to mention the courtyard and swimming pool." A dejected pout.

"Let's not talk about these disappointing topics, have you heard that Your Majesty is preparing to send a large army to attack Zhuhu in the Western Regions!" A gentleman said suddenly.

Everyone fell silent and turned their heads to look at the guy who was talking.

"Where did you hear that?" Chen Xu asked suspiciously.

"Yesterday, my father invited the officials to the banquet, and I overheard what they were talking about at the banquet!"

"Then it seems that there are nine times out of ten about this matter, at present, the reduction of the Northwest Army has not yet been completed, and I heard that there is still a mess of daily noise in the court, not to mention that the Western Regions is a bitter cold land, I heard that many places are extremely barren, and there are desert wastelands, what are you doing after conquering it, Your Majesty is not idle and has nothing to do?" A dumbfounded man said.

"Your Majesty is majestic and strategic, how can you put your beak and figure out what you have done, anyway, I don't have to worry about it, when the weather is cooler in the evening, let's go to Qinghe Garden to bow!" Meng Yun shook his head and said.

"Why wait until evening, we've been soaking for half an hour, let's go!" A few gentlemen suddenly couldn't help but start to climb up the shore of the pool.

"Can my brother-in-law come along?" After going ashore, Meng Yun and the others quickly got dressed and prepared to set off.

Chen Xu put on his clothes and said with a black face: "You don't know that I can't be like you, what am I going to do?" Go, I'll go home! ”

"Alas, it's a pity, Master Hou can do anything, why can't he bow, we don't have the energy to play without your participation!" A gentleman said very regretfully.

"It is exactly, if the Hou Ye also goes to bow, it will inevitably attract countless little ladies to watch you, and I will have the spirit to kick up!"

A few other gentlemen also echoed it.

Chen Xu's heart moved and said: "I don't know how to juju, but I also like this sport, why don't we organize a huge juju conference in Xianyang?" ”

"What is Kemari Tournament?" A group of gentlemen suddenly came interested and gathered around.

"It's that we each form a Keju team, and then take turns to participate in the competition, and finally decide a champion team, so it's better to have fun alone than to have fun with everyone, so wouldn't it be more fun for the whole city to participate?" Chen Xu explained with a smile.

"Hey, Master Hou's idea is really good, there are countless people in Xianyang City who love Keju, and the Keju team can be easily formed!"

"Yes, yes, you can find dozens of them in the Lingering Fragrance Garden alone, and there are many proficient ones, if you hear that it is the Hou Ye who is preparing for the competition, you will definitely be happy."

"You can also find a lot of them in the west of the city!"

"More ...... in the east of the city"

"Hehe, that's good, that's it, you don't have to go to the Lingering Fragrance Garden to play today, let's plan this Keju conference together, and order the Hercules Cup......"

"What is the Hercules Cup?" Meng Yun couldn't help but interrupt Chen Xu's words.

"Since it is a competition, there must be a winner or loser, then there must be a lottery head, right, we each form a team, arrange the time and place, invite many Keju lovers in Xianyang to watch, the use of the point system, several rounds of the game are over, the final winner is rewarded with a trophy made of gold, and at the same time there is a large amount of money reward, this competition we can organize once a year, the team that won the championship for three consecutive years will permanently gain the right to retain this golden trophy, Hercules...... Hehe, naturally he is a person of infinite divine power, representing strength and bravery, and we also want to publicize the names of these Juju people in the newspaper, so that their fame can spread to the entire Great Qin world......"

"Hiss~" A group of gentlemen invariably covered their cheeks and inhaled cool air.

Meng Yun looked at Chen Xu with a smile and said: "Brother-in-law, are you doing this too high-profile, Keju was originally a thing to play, and if you make such a big battle, there will inevitably be officials in the court to impeach me and other playthings who are not doing their jobs, and let the elders know that it will be another beating......

"What is a plaything to lose morale, the Keju Conference is a business activity that makes a lot of money, as long as you prepare well, maybe in the future you will earn a mountain of gold and silver because of the Keju Conference, and the annual income of 100,000 and 200,000 yuan is possible, everyone can repair the tap water swimming pool of the courtyard, and no longer have to ask your father to tell your grandmother to reach out to your father to ask for it, and see that you can also make a lot of money because of play, you will have a lot less chance of being beaten in the future, ordinary play can not be on the table, But as long as everything is played well and played to the extreme, it is not play, just like a glider, it was just a joke at the beginning, and now even the emperor is very concerned, and Gao Laosan has also won two levels of lordship......"

As soon as I heard Chen Xu say that Keju can also make a lot of money, and make 100,000 or 200,000 yuan a year, a few gentlemen instantly grabbed Chen Xu's clothes with their eyes shining.

This group of guys are all the top gentlemen in Daqin, and their respective identities are indeed noble because of their status in the family, and they can be said to be a variety that can climb sideways on the street in Xianyang, but as for making money, that is too demanding for them, and they will only spend money.

And spending money also needs to have a source, on weekdays, some rich disciples and businessmen beg them to sponsor some money, and they also have some official positions, and it is not a big problem to secretly get thousands of eight hundred pocket money, don't look at the weekdays all day together to drink and pick up girls, but if you want them to suddenly take out 35,000 yuan of money, it will be similar to asking them to die.

30,000 yuan is calculated according to the purchasing power of Daqin at the moment, as the most valuable hard currency grain, it is 8,000 stones, and as the top secretary like Meng Yi, the official rank is only 2,000 stones per year.

If you can earn 100,000 yuan a year just by playing Kemari......

A group of gentlemen didn't dare to think about it at all, and when they thought about it, they would leave their bodies and start to flutter, and they would die happily at any time.

"Master Hou, let's talk about how to compete in the Keju Conference? I'll go back and form the Keju team later! ”

A group of gentlemen were excited and excited, even Meng Yun was no exception.

Although he has now married a wife and had children, the Mengshi family has a big business, and Meng Yi is more strict on weekdays, Meng Yun's money on weekdays is very limited, and he can only support his family by relying on a few hundred stone official ranks every year, but how can he stay at home every day to play with his wife and concubines, and eat, drink and have fun with a group of fox friends is the minimum requirement, if you want to play with bamboo kites, then it will cost a lot of extra money, and now you have to play with gliders and hot air balloons, which are more tall toys, and only once you do it is tens of thousands of dollars, If it weren't for the sponsorship of Chen Xu, a big local tyrant, he would definitely not be able to play.

Even if it were to build this Yunlan courtyard and swimming pool, if it weren't for Meng Yi's own hedonistic requirements, plus he had made a lot of money cooperating with Chen Xu in the porcelain factory in the past two years, he would definitely not be able to repair it.

Just a pool of tiles Chen Xu almost converted to him at cost price, and half of the money in the entire courtyard was smashed on this swimming pool.

Looking at the excited emotions of a group of gentlemen, Chen Xu buttoned up his clothes and said: "This matter is more complicated, a few words are not clear, you each go to recruit your own Keju team first, according to the rules of the new Keju, a minimum of eleven team members are required, but it is best to prepare three or five more replacement places, as for the specific rules of the game, I have to go back and plan well, and after the respective teams are organized, I will run in and rehearse, and I will also advertise in the newspaper to promote the Keju Conference, and also organize a special referee body." and even prepare a bookmaker to open a handicap for each team's win or loss, so as to attract more money to invest in the game......"

"Can you still bet on this game?" A gentleman asked excitedly.

"Naturally, there are so many idlers in Xianyang, and the princes and princes don't know how many rich businessmen don't know how much, and betting on the game is naturally a very money-making opportunity!" Chen Xu nodded.

"Hou Ye's mind is really exquisite, and he can come up with such a way to make money, since this is the case, I will immediately prepare for the Keju team, and the rest is all up to Hou Ye to arrange!"

"By the way, you'd better give a resounding name to the Keju team you formed, otherwise it won't sound good if you publish it in the newspaper called chickens, ducks, dogs, and dogs!" Chen Xu couldn't help but admonish.

"Provincial province, this Hou Ye can rest assured......" A group of birds and beasts suddenly dispersed, and they ran out of the backyard with a group of guards and quickly ran clean.

And after a few simple exchanges between Chen Xu and Meng Yun, they also took the guards back to the Qinghe Courtyard to plan the charter of the first Keju Competition in Daqin.