The conversation between King Xian and Dong Ce is very casual, as casual as if they have been good friends for many years.

But just because of this matter, it makes people uncomfortable, even if King Xian doesn't have a shelf, what is Dong Ce? Most of the people who know him regard him as a merchant's son, and they naturally disdain him very much.

Dong Ce naturally knows what these people think, so he hates coming to this kind of place, for him, the communication between people should be reciprocal, and there is no need to deliberately grovel, be humble and wronged.

Although in this world, such a person will always be indispensable, because this has formed an infinite loop, wagging his tail and begging for mercy on his superiors, like a loyal dog, and turning around to ask the people below to do the same to him, but he can't say it explicitly, but he has to wait for his subordinates to realize it themselves, whoever first understands the boss's mind, who can climb up, after the sunrise, he also wants a dog, to make up for his poor self-esteem that lacks in psychology.

Now, most of the people in front of Dong Ce are like this, but he didn't do this, but he was appreciated by the virtuous king, so he was hated!

"Trouble!" Dong Ce was bitter in his heart, he didn't have anything to ask for a virtuous king, so he could naturally correct his mentality, even if he asked for it, it would be regarded as a deal, and he didn't have to wag his tail and beg for mercy.

But this is undoubtedly an alternative, which makes people look very unhappy, especially the more King Xian praises Dong Ce, the more angry these people will be!

"Alright, alright!" Dong Ce had to interrupt King Xian, secretly thinking that if he was introduced like this, he really couldn't mix in Luoyang.

When King Xian saw Dong Ce's wry smile, he seemed to be aware of it, so he closed his mouth and turned to introduce other talents to Dong Ce.

I have to say that King Xian is indeed a good man, and he praised Dong Ce to the sky before, but now, he praised those talents one by one and flew into the sky, and he couldn't find the north in an instant!

Just the introducer, King Xian said that it was almost half a pillar of incense, but there were still dozens of talented people who had not been personally introduced by King Xian, and King Xian also realized that it was really boundless to go on like this, so he hurriedly gave Huang Zhongqin a look, and Huang Zhongqin, who got the order, hurriedly came out to play a round game, and only then did this farce-like scene come to the curtain.

"Everyone doesn't know, Dong Lang is not only knowledgeable, but also has excellent painting skills, he used to make an instant painting in Gusu really shocked everyone, until today, this king can still recall the excitement of that day!" King Xian suddenly changed his words, looked at Dong Ce with a smile and said, "I wonder if Dong Lang can make another painting today?" ”

"This ......" Dong Ce scolded secretly in his heart, but when he saw the expectant eyes of several talented girls, he suddenly understood that this must be King Xian's plan to make a name for him, so as to facilitate future enrollment!

"Don't worry, Dong Lang, the materials needed for painting are ready!" King Xian reminded.

Dong Ce smiled bitterly and nodded as a response.

King Xian smiled when he saw it, and said: "Although Dong Lang's paintings have a lot of landscapes and markets, this king thinks that you are the most proficient in painting people!" Why don't you make a picture for this king? ”

"I can't ask for it!" Dong Ce smiled and took out a pencil, while Huang Zhongqin began to ask people to prepare painting tools.

When everything was ready, Dong Ce put away the drawings and began to apply gelatin to a black wooden board.

This time, the materials used are different from last time, the quality is better, and it is not flour, but silver flour!

Dong Ce was indeed surprised when he saw these materials, and secretly thought that this virtuous king seemed to be also studying pastel paintings, otherwise how could he try his best to get these materials.

When Dong Ce finished applying gelatin and splashed silver powder on the black lacquered wooden board, in an instant, a picture with the same outline as King Xian appeared.

"Wow!" Everyone who witnessed the painting was amazed, even King Xian and Huang Zhongqin, who had seen it before, were surprised again.

"It's a miracle!" King Xian sighed.

"Dong Zhangjiao's painting skills are really ingenious, just like Dong Zhangjiao's words that day, no matter what material can be painted, I wonder what new paintings Dong Zhangjiao can try now?" Huang Zhongqin asked curiously.

When King Xian heard this, he also stared at Dong Ce with bright eyes.

"Alas!" Dong Ce sighed and said: "The so-called fish and bear's paw can't have both, because the previous art garden and the current academy have made me too busy, so where can I get the time to paint!" ”

"Hypocrisy!" Yu Long, who was not far away, despised Dong Ce fiercely, but she knew that Dong Ce was now busy painting the head of the Queen Mother on the copper coin! Of course, this matter cannot be made public now, so even if she is dissatisfied with Dong Ce, she cannot mention this matter on such an occasion.

King Xian looked at the painting on the black board, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and finally he laughed out loud and said, "If you are interested in this, you can train Dong Lang now, if you miss this time, next time you want to learn, you can only go to Tianxiang Academy!" ”

In a word, it immediately attracted many people to move, which shows that art is still very popular!

In less than a moment, Dong Ce was surrounded by the crowd, and King Xian was finally relieved to see this.

As long as Dong Ce can be popular, even if it is only a niche, it is also a good start.

The literary meeting continued, although many people asked Dong Ce for advice on the skills of splashing pastel, but most of them still went not far away to exchange the imperial examination!

For them, art is just a matter of playing in their spare time, and the imperial examination is the right way, in fact, the same is true for Dong Ce, business is the king!

Therefore, after he only explained a little, he refused to say that there was something, if you still want to know more, welcome to Tianxiang Academy!

After saying goodbye to King Hexian, Dong Ce just left the mansion when he saw Huang Zhongqin waiting by a carriage.

"Can you bring dry food?" Dong Ce asked as he got into the car.

"Don't worry, there is no shortage of food and water." Huang Zhongqin said with a smile after getting into the car.

When the carriage drove out of Guiyifang, Dong Ce suddenly asked: "Among the talents, there is a young man in a black robe, I don't know if the owner of Huang Zhuang can know him?" ”

"Black-robed youth?" Huang Zhongqin pondered carefully when he heard this, and then shook his head and said: "It seems that there is this person, but Huang doesn't know it, although Huang knows some of the people invited today, but some talents have the right to come with friends, so ......"

Dong Ce nodded and didn't ask anything more.

The reason why he asked about this was just because at the beginning of the Wenhui, he noticed that this young man would stare at him from time to time, even if he and Huang Zhongqin went to a distance to talk secretly, this person would still look over, which showed that the other party was thinking about him!

It's not a good thing to be remembered, and it's still a man!

The carriage went all the way out of Luoyang, turned north, and after a long time arrived at Bishan, but it still did not stop, but entered the winding mountain road, bumpy until it was almost dark, and they arrived at a town.

"Rest here today, set off tomorrow, and if it's fast, you can return to Luoyang before dark." Huang Zhongqin proposed.

Dong Ce did not refuse, and got out of the car with Huang Zhongqin and entered an inn in the town.

"How many more towns like this are there in the mountains?" Dong Ce sat in the inn and asked.

Huang Zhongqin asked the shopkeeper to serve the meal before replying: "This place is relatively deserted, there are many villages, but there are very few towns like this, and it is also because of the forbidden army camp not far away, which makes the neighborhood have an extra aura of slaughter!" ”

"Oh! There are barracks around here! So, can they still come out and play two? Dong Ce was pleasantly surprised.

"Playing two?" Huang Zhongqin was stunned for a moment, and then when he saw Dong Ce's gesture, he understood what it meant, and said with a smile: "Indeed, but how did Dong Zhangjiao know that they could come out to gamble?" ”

"I just passed by a gambling house, and it was very noisy inside, but how many people can there be in this small town, besides, listening to the sound, there are a group of grumpy guys inside!"

"Admire and admire, Dong Zhangjiao can guess based on this, which really makes Huang have to admire!"

Dong Ce smiled bitterly and didn't say anything.

There was no word all night, and the next day, when the two continued on the road, it only took half an hour to get from the town to the place Huang Zhongqin said.

Dong Ce only glanced at it, and couldn't help but feel silent for Huang Zhongqin!

What kind of land is this, it's clearly a river beach!

"Dong Zhangjiao, what do you think?" Although Huang Zhongqin knew very well that he was tricked by the Queen Mother, but whether it was or not, maybe the Queen Mother didn't know, she just gave him some land, as for that piece, where can the Queen Mother, a woman living in the deep palace, be clear, so it was all arranged by the people below, that is, it is very likely that his land was greedy for others, but after all, it was the Queen Mother who opened her mouth, and she couldn't help but give it, so she gave him a piece of river beach!

This kind of thing, although Huang Zhongqin is a member of the royal family, it is not easy to speak, otherwise I don't know how many people will be offended.

"Why aren't you there!" Dong Ce shook his head, he looked left and right, but no matter how he looked, he couldn't see what this land could do?

"The hillside, but yours too?" Dong Ce suddenly pointed to a crescent-shaped slope on the right.

"Yes, the first fifty zhang of this slope belongs to Huang, and then it is someone else's, although some things can be planted on it, but Huang heard from the locals that sometimes the river can be flooded here."

"But it shouldn't be flooded, after all, the water level of the Yellow River is already very high, and this place is much higher than the river beach, although the place is a little smaller, but it's not unusable!"

"Oh! I don't know what method Dong Zhangjiao thought of? Huang Zhongqin said excitedly.

"The method is not counted, it is also suitable for local needs, you look at the crescent-shaped slope, if you first cover the channel to open the water, and then fill in the middle of the slope, and plant trees on the side to prevent soil erosion, it is a good land for leveling!"

"But that's too small, what can you do?"

"At least five acres of land, not small."

"Isn't that small?" Huang Zhongqin originally wanted to grow some grain, after all, there was only this amount of land that could be used, and the remaining dozens of acres were river beaches, which could not be used at all.

But as soon as Dong Ce opened his mouth, he was building a lot of construction, although the place is not big, and he can do it with his financial resources, but the investment is inevitably a little large, and it is a blood loss to plant anything, but what can he do without planting things? Building a house?

Dong Ce looked at Huang Zhongqin's face, couldn't help but smile, and said, "As long as the middle of the crescent moon is filled, this piece of land can be made into a racetrack!" ”

"What?" Huang Zhongqin is stupid!

Hippodrome? What am I doing with this stuff? Raising horses? Crazy, raising horses requires a large grassland, just this small slope, you may not be able to afford to raise ten!

Dong Ce did not propose an explanation, but continued: "Yes, the racecourse, after the ground is built on the ground for the race, you can build stone steps on the moon-shaped slope, and then place chairs, so that the racecourse can accommodate at least 5,000 people. ”

The more Huang Zhongqin listened, the more confused he became, the racecourse was forgotten, after all, raising horses was very profitable, but making stone steps and placing chairs for people to see? See how horses are raised?

Dong Ce knew at a glance that Huang Zhongqin was disappointed, but he still didn't explain, and continued: "If Huang Zhuang thinks that the racecourse is not making money, then it is better to rent it to you?" Rest assured, I will rent it at the best field price under the meeting! ”

If it was someone else, I was afraid that he would agree immediately, but Huang Zhongqin knew very well that the person in front of him would never make a loss-making deal!

"Dong Zhangjiao really thinks that the racetrack can make money?"

"Of course, this is a game that has taken the world by storm!" Dong Ce smiled, looked left and right again, paid special attention to the faintly visible mountain hills, and then thought about the previous town, and although it was a winding mountain road, it was not a very steep route, and then looked at the crescent slope, his eyes were full of golden light!

"Okay, since Dong Zhangjiao is not afraid, there is nothing to be afraid of, but can you please explain it in detail?"

"At this time, we can talk while walking on the way back!"

Huang Zhongqin did not refuse, and immediately got into the carriage with Dong Ce and rushed back.

Along the way, Huang Zhongqin sat in the car, listening carefully to Dong Ce's plan, the more he listened, the more surprised he became, the more excited he listened, and finally he couldn't stand the temptation, and decided to do it!

There is no cement these days, it is too difficult to make a racetrack like the previous life, it is not strong to build with wood, and it is easy to decay, if you encounter termites, oh my God!

Not to mention anything else, the cost of trimming alone is astronomical, so it can only rely on the natural environment, and the slope that Huang Zhongqin got is undoubtedly the best natural environment.

However, Dong Ce's plan is too terrifying, and the investment is huge, although Huang Zhongqin wants to do it very much, he has to think about it for a while.

Dong Ce didn't let Huang Zhongqin agree immediately, anyway, if Huang Zhongqin didn't do it, he would do it himself, after all, this place looks biased, but in fact it is not far from Luoyang City, and it can be reached from morning to noon, if you can't take a taxi, get a car dealer by yourself and provide a carriage to the racecourse for free.

There are so few entertainment projects these days, and one Xiaoyao Palace can attract so many people, let alone a racecourse!

Where are the women, but horse racing, maybe many people have seen it in these years, and some people have played it themselves, but those are just running in the wild, for the system of horse racing, there is an unexpected gambling fun, and even the shocking jackpot after the middle, is there no reason to be crazy?

And it can also be a trading place for famous horses, is a mule or a horse to pull out a race, can people who love horses not pay money? As the host, the racecourse naturally has to charge some fees, and in addition, this line, including the economic income of the town just now, will be greatly improved.

Although it is not without risk, the rewards are also huge, and Dong Ce's favorite thing is to play these! (To be continued.) )