"It's coming, it's coming."

In the midst of the discussion, the gate of the palace opened, and the Imperial Forest Army came out first.

"The emperor has arrived!"

The step stopped, the emperor and the prince walked in the front, and Yi Xiaohan followed closely behind.

The rest of the princes were in front of the courtiers, and when the emperor sat on the highest place, the great eunuch shook off the dust and sang: "Kneel!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Everyone knelt down in unison and saluted.

Outside the arena, the onlookers also hurriedly knelt on the ground, not daring to look at the nobles.

"Flat."

"Your Majesty."

Seeing the Ninth Five-Year Honor, everyone realized that this Imperial Merchant Competition must be regarded as one of the most important events in Daning in recent years.

Those merchant families waiting on the periphery looked at each other, and their eyes were full of hope for the family to turn over.

Especially those businessmen of the older generation, if they can lead the family to win the imperial merchant qualification when they are the head of the family, then they can be regarded as being able to make a difference in front of their ancestors.

"Ah Li, look at the other side."

The palace people were checking the competition tokens one by one at this time, Wu Nianmo raised his eyes and saw an acquaintance opposite, and hurriedly tugged at the corner of Yuan Li's clothes, "Why is he here?" ”

When Yuan Li looked over, he happened to be facing Liang Bai's four eyes, and the other party's face was very ugly, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, Yuan Li felt that the other party might spit out the quintessence of the country directly.

Thinking of the pig's head taunt on the drawing paper, Yuan Li gave the other party a sweet smile, and sure enough, Liang Bai snorted coldly and looked away.

"He's been fished out a long time ago, this time, he's a fierce rival, don't underestimate him." Yuan Li stopped at the point, and did not explain his relationship with the second prince too clearly, after all, there are many people.

"Got it, Ah Li, you have to pay more attention, your eldest brother's eyes are about to pop out." Wu Nianmo turned his head to look at the man not far behind him, and directly rolled his eyes back for Yuan Li.

"Leave him alone." Yuan Li sneered, this time, she wanted to press Yuan Wang to the ground with her own hands, so that he would have no more and turn over.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The drums shook three times, and everyone's voices stopped, both in and out.

On the palace wall, with a "swish", a huge long curtain fell.

"Imperial Merchant" two golden characters, dragon flying phoenix dance on it.

The sun shone straight down, the light dispersed, and everyone subconsciously let out a cry of amazement.

Such a scene of joy with the people is rare on weekdays, but now the time and place are favorable, the royal prestige is fully displayed, and the emperor is also happy when he sees this, "Good!" As the Regent, this event is well prepared! ”

"Thank you for the emperor's compliment, then let's start?"

Yi Xiaohan saw the excitement on Yuan Li's little girl's face at that moment, and even with him, he was a little looking forward to this event.

The great eunuch took the signal and walked to the front of the steps.

"Please invite the supervisor of this Imperial Merchant Qualifying Competition, the regent!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The sound of drums sounded, and Yi Xiaohan walked to the top of the ring with the holy decree in his hand in the surprise of everyone.

This is the second time Yuan Li has seen Yi Xiaohan in an official uniform.

The last time was the Queen Mother's birthday.

The bright purple official uniform fell on the man's slender body, and there was no sense of heaviness and old-fashionedness, but it expanded the aura several times.

When Yi Xiaohan said the rules of this event, he raised his eyes in the crowd, and found the bright little girl in an instant, the corners of her mouth were raised, and Yuan Li immediately smiled back.

"Business is the arm of the country, if business is not prosperous, the country is weak, if business is strong, the country will be prosperous. Business has business, benevolent and righteous business is the pillar of the country, yes, I hope you will always keep benevolence, business also has a way! ”

When this last sentence fell, everyone applauded in unison.

Both men and women seem to have a fire in their hearts that is beginning to burn.

"Ahri, did you hear that? We businessmen are also very important, right? ”

Wu Nianmo's eyes were red.

Yuan Li also had a different feeling in his heart at this moment, as if a seed had grown from a crack in the stone with a "poof".

"Your Majesty, it's time for the first round of test questions."

In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the test questions of each round were personally announced by the emperor in the form of an oral message, which was mentioned by Yi Xiaohan in the excerpt from the beginning.

Originally, the emperor didn't think so, until his cronies found out, and in the past two days, many ministers have inquired about the test questions of the imperial business qualifying competition, and the prince has participated in it.

"Ahem."

The emperor coughed lightly, beckoned to the big eunuch, and said in his ear.

"Listen, the first round of questions is ......"

When the great eunuch finished speaking, everyone looked at each other.

This also ...... It's too hard, isn't it?!

Yuan Li smiled helplessly, the emperor is really the emperor, it's really ...... Dog's very.

A few days ago, the weather was unpredictable, and many surrounding villages were harmed by floods, and the villagers suffered.

The minister who went to the disaster relief said that the villages that were affected this time were all big clans, and the number of villagers affected by the disaster was far greater than previously estimated.

The most important thing is that because of this disaster, those crops have been crushed into their own hands, and if they can't deal with it quickly, it will be a big loss.

Most likely, those villagers did not have even a grain of surplus grain this year.

happened to encounter this event, and the emperor thought about asking these merchants to find a way to sell all the stranded crops.

First, it relieved the plight of those villagers, and secondly, it also relieved the royal siege, after all, if this matter is not resolved, in the end, the money will have to come out of the treasury. This......

"Ah Li, I heard you right, right?" Wu Nianmo couldn't believe his ears, "This is asking us to help those villagers sell things?" Aren't you selling our own things? ”

Everyone is used to doing their own business, and this suddenly has to take over the villagers' things, who knows what the specific things are? If this can't be sold out within three days, it won't be smashed into your own hands by then.

Hearing this, the crowd that was full of excitement at the beginning also began to become silent.

There are also many people who turn their heads to look at their families outside the field, not knowing what to do.

"Those who listen to the rules can go here in turn to write their names, make military orders, and get a map of the affected villages, and then they can go to those villages on their own." The great eunuch said to everyone, "At noon in three days, just come back here and report the results, and if anyone dares to play some tricks, they will be punished as the crime of bullying the king!" ”

The military order was set up by the emperor in order to let these businessmen complete the task as much as possible.

In other words, the minimum amount of tasks to be completed by each person is 1,000 taels of disaster, and if you do, it depends on whether you rank in the top 20, and if you don't, then you will end the competition for the Imperial Merchant Qualifier.

But if even a thousand taels of the plague are not completed, how much money is not done, and how much silver is fined.