In mid-March, Li Hongyu and other children of the Li family who participated in the Xiangyang Prefecture Examination set off for Xiangyang City to prepare for the Prefecture Examination held in Xiangyang City in April.

The prefectural exam, like the county exam, is the basic test of the children's exam, but the prefectural exam is more difficult than the county exam, and Liu Wenxu, the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture, serves as the chief examiner.

Normally, candidates from other places who come to Xiangyang City to take the exam will rent an inn, but the Li family has a separate courtyard in Xiangyang City, so the children of the family and the candidates of Baihe Academy who have no place to live can live in another courtyard.

Li Hongyu has a house in Xiangyang City, so he naturally wants to live in the house, and Zhao Xin lives with him.

Originally, Fuxiang also had a store in Xiangyang City, but there were people coming and going, goods were coming in and out, and the environment was not as good as Li Hongyu's house, and Zhao Xin felt that it was inconvenient to live there, so he went to the Li family's house with the help of it, anyway, there was a room there.

Zhao Xin still hasn't realized that in addition to those objective factors, deep down in her heart, she actually likes to be with the honest Li Hongyu, especially listening to Li Hongyu play the violin.

Unlike Qin Yue, Zhao Xin has been exposed to things in business since she was a child, so the field of music and rhythm is just a desert for her.

The news that Li Hongyu had won the Jiangkou County Examination had already reached his aunt Yang and grandfather Zhao Guangfeng, and the two families were naturally very excited and happy about this, so they specially set off firecrackers to celebrate so that the neighbors knew about this happy event.

Zhao Guangfeng was very pleased with this, not only because Li Hongyu became the head of the case, but also because Li Hongyu "destroyed his family and relieved the difficulty".

In particular, Li Hongyu's sentence "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband" has been passed down as a good story by the world, and is highly respected by those who read, even the prefect Liu Wenxu specially invited Zhao Guangfeng to the house to inquire about Li Hongyu's news, knowing that Li Hongyu was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, he was surprised, but he didn't expect Li Hongyu to be so young.

It is worth mentioning that due to Li Hongyu's fame in Xiangyang City, Li Hongyu's odds are only one to two in the first odds of the government trial opened by several casinos in Xiangyang City, which is the third lowest odds in the entire handicap.

The person with the lowest odds is Yang Renxiao, the head of the Xiangyang County trial case in Xiangyang County, Xiangyang City, with a payout of 1.5 to 1, and the second lowest person is Lu Kun, the head of the trial case in Guanghua County, with a payout of 1.8 to 1.

Compared with the famous Li Hongyu, Yang Renxiao and Lu Kun can be said to have been famous for a long time, and they can be described as young people, and with the strength of the two, they can gain fame even if they participated in the last children's exam.

However, the two were ambitious, so they naturally would not be satisfied with the small students, so they postponed the participation in the children's examination for three years, and their goal was to raise people in the township examination.

Although Li Hongyu has been in the limelight recently, he is a rising star compared with Yang Renxiao and Lu Kun, so everyone is still more optimistic about Yang Renxiao and Lu Kun, who are already weak.

According to Li Hongyu's meaning, Rou'er put the 50,000 taels of silver won from the county trial gambling game in the casinos in Xiangyang City.

Therefore, Li Hongyu decided to gamble, if he really won the first place in the government test, then the 50,000 taels of silver in his hand would be doubled to 100,000 taels, and this money would become the first pot of gold he dug up.

Even if he didn't become the head of the government examination this time, it wouldn't be a big deal, anyway, the 50,000 taels of silver was also won back by him, which at most affected his business plan a little.

Rou'er felt that Li Hongyu's move was too risky, so she invested all the money she won at once, and if she made a mistake, she would have to lose everything.

But Li Hongyu had made up his mind, and Rou'er had no choice but to follow Li Hongyu's instructions, and let Wang Tieniu and others bring silver tickets to the gambling houses in the city from time to time to bet on Li Hongyu's body.

The 50,000 taels of silver tickets won by Li Hongyu came from three banks, including the Fuxiang Bank, which were very famous in Huguang and could be exchanged throughout the province and had a very good reputation.

Zhao Xin is one to three in the handicap of the first case of the government test, and she is also a popular candidate for the first case in terms of odds, no matter how she is also the second place in the county test of Jiangkou County, and she has strong strength.

To tell the truth, Zhao Xin was angry about losing to Li Hongyu in the county test and was not reconciled, so he wanted to defeat Li Hongyu in the government test, so he seized the time to review.

This gave Li Hongyu a chance to leave, and a few days after entering the city, he quietly followed Zhao Yulong and slipped out, and Rou'er stayed to cover for him.

South of Xiangyang City, a civilian area.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Yulong, dressed as ordinary people, entered an inconspicuous grocery store, and the owner of the grocery store hurriedly greeted Zhao Yulong with a smile when he saw Zhao Yulong coming, and led Li Hongyu and Zhao Yulong to the living room door in the backyard and turned around and left.

"Zhao Gongzi." In the living room, a middle-aged man who was also dressed simply and had two mustaches was pacing back and forth restlessly.

"Boss Sun, how are things considered?" Zhao Yulong smiled slightly when he heard this, and asked quietly, this middle-aged man with a mustache is Sun Hongye, a cloth merchant on the verge of bankruptcy.

At the beginning of February, Zhao Yulong had contact with Sun Hongye, and after some exchanges, in early March, he showed Sun Hongye the cloth dyed with Li Hongyu's new dye, and asked him to comment on its advantages and disadvantages.

This made Sun Hongye surprised, the colorful and not easy to fade cloth can't put down, he is a cloth business expert, naturally know that this cloth has a very huge potential market value, the dyeing method used will form a huge impact on the fabric market pattern.

From Sun Hongye's attitude towards the fast cloth, Zhao Yulong knew that he had been impressed by the dyeing process on this cloth, so he took the opportunity to propose a partnership with Sun Hongye to do a cloth business, and the two of them each accounted for two and a half of the profits, and the remaining fifty percent of the profits were given to the people who provided dyeing technology.

Zhao Yulong thought that the matter was very important, but did not let Sun Hongye make a decision immediately, but gave him a period of time to think about it, and made an appointment with him to listen to his decision at that time.

In fact, this is Li Hongyu's plan to get away with it, although Sun Hongye is still a wealthy businessman outside, but in fact he is desperate, and the loan shark that is about to expire will devour him and there will be no bones left.

Li Hongyu just wants to give Sun Hongye, who is about to drown, a life-saving straw, so that he wants to catch it but can't catch it, and then polish Sun Hongye's temperament, which can be regarded as giving him a dismount, so that he understands that although he is young, he is not the kind of person who has no city, so as not to have a contempt for him, and it will be difficult to control in the future.

"I have already thought about it, and I am willing to do the fabric business with Zhao Gongzi." Where does Sun Hongye have a choice now, so he pretended to calmly agree, the loan shark he borrowed will expire at the end of March, and if he can't get through this hurdle, he will have nothing.

"That's very good." Zhao Yulong nodded with a smile when he heard this, and then turned to Sun Hongye to introduce Li Hongyu who was following him, "This is Boss Mu, the big boss of our fabric business, and we will look forward to it in the future." ”

"Boss Mu?" Sun Hongye misheard Li Hongyu's title, and couldn't help but glance up and down at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy in front of him, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he never expected that the big boss who accounted for two or five percent of the profits in Zhao Yulong's mouth would be a young man who still looked a little immature.

"Boss Sun, down there is the 'wood' of the trees." Li Hongyu heard that Sun Hongye would misunderstand his name, so he corrected with a smile, "You can call me Brother Mu in the future, and I will call you Brother Sun." ”

Sun Hongye couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he has been in the business circle for more than 30 years, he can be said to know countless people, the maturity and stability shown by the young man in front of him surprised him, and it was very inconsistent with his age.

"Brother Sun, as a business partner, my brother naturally wants to give you a gift, I hope you like it." Li Hongyu noticed that Sun Hongye was taken aback by his words and deeds, and then said to Zhao Yulong with a smile while the iron was hot, "Take out the gift." ”

"Brother Sun, this is a new loan letter, as long as you sign it, the money you borrowed can be repaid next year, but you have to pay an extra year of interest." Zhao Yulong took out a document from his arms and handed it to Sun Hongye with a smile.

"You...... How do you know this? ”

Sun Hongye was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly took the document and checked it, and then looked at Li Hongyu and Zhao Yulong with a stunned expression.

He thought that the two of them didn't know about his deep predicament, but he didn't expect that the other party not only knew it clearly, but also got him a new loan contract.

Sun Hongye carefully looked at the paperwork in his hand just now, it was exactly the same as the style he signed last year, the content was only slightly different, the amount of money borrowed was changed to last year's principal and interest payable, the interest rate was the same, but the repayment time was delayed for a year.

"Brother Sun, it doesn't matter how we know, the important thing is that you can breathe a sigh of relief and have a chance to turn over." Li Hongyu did not answer Sun Hongye, but Yu Feng turned around and asked, "Brother has something I want to ask Brother Sun, does Brother Sun think the fire last year was an accident?" ”

"Fire?" Sun Hongye looked at Li Hongyu in amazement when he heard this, he never thought that Li Hongyu would mention the fire that made him bankrupt, you must know that outsiders only know that it was an accidental incident, and then stared at Li Hongyu with an excited expression and asked, "Brother Mu knows who set that fire?" ”

After the fire, Sun Hongye also felt that it was an accident at first, but later realized that it might be man-made but there was no evidence, so he could only bury this question in his heart, and now Li Hongyu's re-mention of the matter immediately aroused his attention.

"Brother just thinks that the fire is more strange, as for the truth, it can only be found out by Brother Sun." Li Hongyu shook his head and said solemnly, "If someone really got involved in that fire, my brother thinks it's too hateful, and there is no business ethics at all. ”

"Don't hide it from Brother Mu, I also thought that the fire was too sudden last year, but I didn't have the slightest clue." Sun Hongye's face suddenly showed a bitter look, and he looked at Li Hongyu with a gloomy face and said, "If it weren't for that fire, I wouldn't have been forced into such a situation." ”

"Brother Sun, brother believes that no case can be perfect, there will definitely be some unknown mistakes, if our fabric business can gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan, then Brother Sun will get twice the result with half the effort when he investigates this matter."

Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "Brother Sun, it's man-made, brother believes that Brother Sun will be able to find out the truth!" ”

"Then Brother Chengmu Jiyan." Sun Hongye smiled a little embarrassedly, his smile was full of bitterness, the fire almost destroyed his family, so he naturally would not give up easily to find out the truth, and he must find out the real reason.