Chapter 765: Dinner Party Competition
That night, the Luo family was in the mansion of the Luo family in Jinzhou City, for Yan Liqiang and his entourage, Rong Guifei, King Min, Princess Anping, as well as Concubine Yi, Concubine Duan and Concubine Rui all attended the banquet, and the invited Yan Liqiang naturally also took Liu Xitong and Sima Qingshan and others to attend.
At this banquet, Yan Liqiang met a lot of backbone figures of the Locke family, Jinzhou's civil and military officials and local wealthy businessmen, naturally, as Yan Liqiang, who escorted Rong Guifei and others to Jinzhou along the way, also became the focus of attention at the banquet, especially several elites of the younger generation of the Locke family, but also frequently looked at Yan Liqiang, and Yan Liqiang always looked calm, for him, such a scene, he was not surprised, such an occasion, in addition to a full meal, the only meaning for him is to take the opportunity to learn more about the strength of the Locke family and Jinzhou, he is a snake, as long as he comes to this kind of occasion, even if he doesn't say a word, you can get a lot of information and information that ordinary people can't imagine.
I have to say that this Luo family is indeed extraordinary, not to mention anything else, it seems that the civil and military officials who participated in the banquet are not comparable to ordinary wealthy families, among those officials, there are both officials in the Jinzhou Assassin Mansion, and a group of senior generals in the Jinzhou camp of the Black Mountain Army, the civil and military officials are seated in two rows, gathered together, the talent is prosperous, the civil officials are not to say, those generals in the Montenegrin army, one by one, have a calm breath, a tiger's back, and different temperaments, but Yan Liqiang is deeply impressed.
After the performance of several groups of singers and maiko, another group of samurai performed the sword dance, and after the sword dance, in the hall of the banquet, some people began to push the circle to compete, and it was this push circle competition that pushed the atmosphere in the entire banquet hall to a climax.
In the past, Yan Liqiang saw this push circle competition, all of which were mostly in the people, and he saw the push circle competition on this occasion, and the person who pushed the circle competition was not arranged, but the guards of all colors and other people present and the officers in the Montenegrin army who were sitting on the field were all personally in the competition, not about the level of identity, only about the level of ability, a group of dignitaries and wealthy ladies present were cheering and watching, and even many people bet on winning or losing on the spot, and those who performed well in the push circle competition skills will even get rewards of various rewards.
After drinking a little wine, Guo Sida's skills itched, and he couldn't help but have the courage to play two laps, the first round Guo Sida defeated a guard of a wealthy businessman in Jinzhou, and in the second round, Guo Sida was defeated, and was pushed out of the circle by the guards brought by another guest attending the banquet, but Guo Sida was very happy, Guo Sida, who won a game, also got the reward of 20 taels of gold from the Locke family, smiled and returned to the seat, and drank a glass of wine. "Enjoyable, enjoyable ......"
The strength of the people who began to push the circle is average, but with the beginning of the competition, the strength of the people who stay in the push circle is getting stronger and stronger, and the cultivation is getting higher and higher, and the competition is becoming more and more exciting。
"Interesting, interesting!" Yan Liqiang drank wine, watched the battle in the field, and turned his head to look at Sima Qingshan, "Is this Jinzhou wealthy banquet so wild and enthusiastic?"
Sima Qingshan, who attended the dinner today, also changed into a well-fitting outfit, a lupine scarf, and sat on the second seat behind Yan Liqiang, looking a little strange, hearing Yan Liqiang's question, Sima Qingshan leaned forward slightly and replied in a low voice.
"The son doesn't know, this Jinzhou folk style is bold and fierce, so this push circle is in Jinzhou Dasheng, up to the dignitaries, down to the peddlers and pawns, all like this, many wealthy families have a lot of samurai and masters, every day at home to practice the skills of pushing the circle, in order to be able to shine on such an occasion, win the first place, this Luo family has raised a lot of masters of pushing the circle!!"
"Haha, this is interesting, although this push circle competition skill is related to the way of fighting cultivation, often play and compete, it can indeed make people's fighting skills improve, but it is not completely equivalent to the way of fighting cultivation, long-term practice of this skill, the entire martial arts cultivation must be wasted, in this Jinzhou is really a master who is willing to do nothing every day, just practice this push circle technique?"
"Adults in the northwest rich side, may not know the hard work of ordinary Jianghu characters, ordinary Jianghu characters, nine out of ten are poor, this concentration on martial arts needs money, buy all kinds of good pills need money, apprenticeship also also needs money, where do ordinary people have so much money to support to practice martial arts, so naturally there are various means of making a living, such as entering the dart bureau to take darts, giving people care for the home, becoming someone else's guard, or becoming a ranger, some go directly to the underworld business, before the Luquan County guard recruited the few Jianghu outlaws belong to the latter type, and a few thousand taels of silver can make them sell their lives every yearThe benefits of coal and iron in Jinju are unbeatable in the world, and the wealth of the local wealthy families is unimaginable to outsiders, these wealthy families are willing to pay money, and are willing to devote themselves to the way of pushing the circle to compete with the masters, and there are countless of them, and for those wealthy families, although the cost of raising these masters is expensive, but as long as these masters can win a game in the key push circle competition, the bet of that game may be one or two mines, and its value is definitely far more than the cost of these masters......”
"I see!" Yan Liqiang suddenly realized, and then glanced at Sima Qingshan approvingly, "You are good, you know a lot of things?"
"When I was young, I couldn't learn martial arts, so I had to study literature, and I also traveled all over the world in order to learn literature, and I paid more attention to the customs and customs of various places, and now I can serve by the side of Gongzi, which is really my blessing!" Sima Qingshan lowered his head and said modestly and cautiously.
Yan Liqiang was talking here, and on the pushing circle field over there, a young Montenegrin Army officer in his twenties had won seven consecutive games on the field, and no one had gone up in the eighth game, and the young Montenegrin Army officer looked at Yan Liqiang's side with burning eyes, and said loudly, "I have heard for a long time that Lord Yan has outstanding martial arts and is a young hero, I don't know if I can give a lesson in the end?"
Hearing the words of the young officer in the push circle, the huge banquet hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Yan Liqiang's face, one by one full of curiosity, they had heard of the name Yan Liqiang for a long time, and they had long wanted to see what the upstart and heavenly master of the Han Empire were capable of, but it was rare for someone to directly challenge.
"Nonsense......" Yan Liqiang hadn't spoken yet, Luo Yutian's face sank, and he scolded, "Lord Yan is a guest from afar, where is there a reason to let the guests end up, and besides, Lord Yan's name is spread all over the world, a young hero, where is your turn to judge, don't let me go down......"
Yan Liqiang saw that the face of the young officer who was going to challenge him was actually a little similar to Luo Yutian, so at a glance, he knew that it must be someone from the Luo family, and it was possible that he was still Luo Yutian's nephew and nephew, otherwise it would be impossible to be so bold, and on this occasion, he didn't want the atmosphere to be too stiff, so he glanced at Yan Hong next to him.
Yan Hong really stood up all of a sudden, laughed and walked into the push circle, "It just so happens that I have itchy skills, and I want to try it out, and I want to challenge Lord Yan, so I will pass my level first, and then ......."
Since someone on Yan Liqiang's side had ended, Luo Yutian's face also eased suddenly, and he just smiled apologetically at Yan Liqiang, and Yan Liqiang also smiled, and raised the wine glass in his hand at Luo Yutian, indicating that he didn't mind......