Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 242 All eyes are on, thousands of sails race dragon boats!To show one's will by death, hundreds of scholars scramble to jump into the river first!

The fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

Today is a special day, Qianfan Dragon Boat Race, the largest dragon boat race in history, is about to be born!
The Yongding River is hundreds of feet wide, and there are crowds of people on both sides!
Crowds of people, countless people standing on both sides of the river!

The Dragon Boat Race was publicized as early as in the Beiping Daily, and the common people had been looking forward to it for a long time, so they arrived early in the morning to see this once-in-a-thousand-year sight.

The business hawkers came early with their carts and set up their stalls according to the designated locations, forming an area similar to a market.

In the area, there are candied haws, popsicles, skewers, all kinds of snacks, and even the stinky tofu that just appeared.
"Father, mother, there are a lot of people today."

"Your mother, it's also the first time I've seen so many people."

This is an ordinary family of three who came to watch the dragon boat rowing. In order to prevent the child from getting lost, the man asked his daughter to ride on his back.

"Candied haws, candied haws."

The little girl riding on the man's shoulder pointed at the candied haws and yelled.

"Okay, dad will buy it for you."

The man spent a penny and bought a bunch of candied haws for his daughter. The daughter beamed with joy, "Thank you dad."

The woman said: "Men, go to the village area early, take a good seat to watch, otherwise you won't be able to squeeze in later."

The man smiled innocently and said, "Okay."

The family walked towards the bank of the river.

Families like this are everywhere.

Smiling, joyous.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was walking behind the common people holding his crutches. Beside him was Zhu Di, surrounded by guards in cloth clothes.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Di and a group of fellow citizens to come to Weifu for a private visit to experience the people's feelings.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the happiness and harmony of the people in front of him, he always had a smile on his face.

He pointed to the family just now and said: "Fourth, look, they have smiles on their faces all the time, the people's life is better now."

"It's all delaying Li Xiao's blessing."

Zhu Di pointed to the people on the two shores, as well as the crowd on the shore, and said with a smile: "Father, it is true. Look at the number of people here. There may be as many as a hundred thousand people here today. Really enjoy with the people!"

Zhu Di didn't expect that Yao Guangxiao's words of a man with blessings like a mountain brought blessings to everyone in the world, which is surprising.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion: "Yes, the scale is so large that a thousand villages will participate. So many people have free time to come to celebrate the festival. Life really has become better."

Zhu Di nodded, "The scale is indeed large. It is said that the Beiping Prefecture did not spend too much money to organize this competition."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked strangely: "With such a large scale, it didn't cost any money?"

"Dad, look."

Zhu Di pointed to the rows of banner advertisements on the shore, "The expenses of the competition are all sponsored by businessmen. There are also village enterprises in each village, and the rowing teams are sponsored by enterprises."

"Hahaha, it turns out there is a sponsor."

Zhu Yuanzhang understood this a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Nowadays, business is booming. According to Li Xiao, this sponsor businessman has gained popularity. Not to mention the competition, it has also promoted consumption. Everyone gets what they need!"

"Father, let me help you find a good place to watch. The game will start after a while." Zhu Di laughed.

"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Zhu Di supported Zhu Yuanzhang and walked towards an excellent viewing spot.

Without them saying much, the Jin Yiwei around started to push back the crowd, quickly found a good position, and then sat on a portable stool.

During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, officials of the imperial court would naturally come to participate in this grand event. The competition was hosted by the Beiping Prefecture, so they were happy to relax.

Of course, there are no privileges, and you can only come to watch it as ordinary people.

"Hey, aren't the ones sitting over there the Holy One and the Supreme Emperor?"

A sharp-eyed official found out and whispered to his colleagues.

"It's true, the Holy Majesty is here for a private visit on Weifu, and I will also go over and stand not far away secretly. If it is useful, we can also perform well in the place."

"This statement is justified, I will go with you, let's go."

After many officials discovered Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang, the brave ones pretended to be ordinary people watching nearby, while the timid ones ran far away and did not dare to approach.

Not long after, another group of Confucian scholars came in groups.

There were about a few hundred Confucian scholars, and they were very conspicuously dressed. As soon as these people came, someone would immediately watch secretly to prevent them from causing trouble.

Then, the dragon boat teams from various villages came one after another.

Every village attaches great importance to this matter. Everyone has been training hard in private for more than a month, hoping to win the first place today.

The rewards for this dragon boat race are very generous, and the top ten will reward the village with 500 taels of silver.

No.5 will reward 1000 taels of silver, and No.1 will reward 3000 taels of silver!

The funds are allocated directly to the cottage area and can be used for development in the village.

However, it is not an easy task to get the top ten out of a thousand teams.

Which village does not pay attention?

They are all treated as top priority.

Each village selects the strongest man in the village, and it will be a very fierce competition.

Men from various villages carried dragon boats one after another, and the flags of each village were still planted on the dragon boats.

One after another, they entered the waiting position at the source of the competition and lined up neatly. It seemed that the competition was about to kick off.

More and more people came to watch the game, and it was hard to count. Zhu Yuanzhang found that there were as many as 20 people.

Looking around, there are more and more people on both sides of the river, densely packed.

What is the concept of gathering more than 20 people in a river in ancient times?
That's very easy to mess up.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help worrying: "Look, fourth, there are too many people. I'm afraid there are 20 people. Will there be trouble?"

"probably not."

As the emperor, Zhu Di was in charge of major affairs. He had never taken part in this competition, so naturally he didn't know the arrangements. However, he took a closer look and analyzed: "Look, every village has people who manage their own villages. White lines were drawn on both sides of the strait, and people from each village stood and watched the game according to the range within the white line."

"Huh, that seems to be the case."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked down and found that he was also within a white line, about ten battles wide, with words written in white powder on the ground: "Royal viewing area."

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Speaking of which, we made a mistake and went on the right path. This is our viewing venue."

Zhu Di didn't take a closer look, but he really said: "Father, if you really say that, isn't our private visit on Weibo going to be exposed?"

As soon as the words fell, all the princes and grandchildren in the palace, princesses and princesses Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui, Zhu Gaoxu, and their families came towards this side one after another.

"See Grandfather, Father."

At this time, everyone came over to pay their respects.

The surrounding guards also came over one after another, encircling the area for protection.

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Ningyun, you are here too, come, sit beside the emperor's grandfather."

"Good grandfather." Zhu Ningyun immediately walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and a servant brought a stool beside her, so she obediently accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, Your Majesty, don't you two have trouble talking?"

Empress Xu smiled and walked over.

"This..." Zhu Di smiled awkwardly: "I took my father to watch secretly, but I didn't expect you all to come and be seen by you. If that's the case, let's watch together."

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di planned to come to watch as civilians.

I didn't expect that the position I occupied was exactly the position for the royal viewing. No wonder no one came to this best viewing position.

This is good, but it is still a bit motivating.

But everyone didn't dare to say anything, after all, it was the emperor's idea, they all stood behind and watched quietly.

"There are so many people!"

Prince Zhu Gaochi sighed with emotion, he also turned down all the government affairs and came here today, and he was in a good mood.

After being busy all night, I finally took a rest today to watch the dragon boat race.

Seeing such a big scene, I couldn't help feeling: "I'm afraid there are 20 people. Peiping Prefecture has really held such an important event with the power of a single government, and it seems to be organized, amazing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "This is the strength of the dormitories, Gao Chi, take a closer look, every dormitory can exert its management ability."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi looked around and found that every village has people in charge of its own people. There are not many people in a thousand villages, so it is orderly.

Not only in the dormitory, Zhu Gaochi found that the officials of Beiping Mansion were also very strong in organizing.

"The emperor's grandfather is indeed so!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Peking Mansion is really good, if it is like this everywhere in the world, what a wonderful thing it would be."

Zhu Di nodded, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile, "Father, it is certain to win the promotion of Shequ."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That's right, with just one glance, we will admit that there should be no problem in this match."

"Look, isn't that Gao Xu?"

Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi excitedly pointed in a direction.

Everyone looked and found Zhu Gaoxu.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is old, he can see clearly with the glasses Li Xiao gave him.

"Second brother is really cool. He still has the leisure to participate in the competition, unlike me, who is exhausted all day long. This emperor's position, why not give it to the second brother."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help saying enviously in his heart.

Soon, everyone discovered that Li Xiao was also among them, and called out again.

crackling
The sound of firecrackers means that the game is about to start.

The host at the source shouted: "Welcome to the first Dragon Boat Race in Beiping Prefecture. Today, dragon boat racers from thousands of villages gather here to compete fiercely for honor and victory. We have 20 spectators They will be the witnesses and witnesses of the game, please use applause and shouts to inject the greatest strength and passion into this game."

Most people couldn't hear what the host was shouting. As the people in front started applauding and shouting, the whole scene was boiling.

More than 20 people shouted together, and the trees on both sides of the bank were shaken and fell down.

The rippling water of the river is deafening and deafening, pushing the passion to a climax.

The host explained the rules of the competition in public. After a while, Rory shouted loudly: "The competition is about to begin! We invite the teams from the first division to enter!"

There are floating lines on the big river, which represent the starting point of the competition.

At this time, a hundred boats fell into the water and rowed to the starting point.

In the first round of the competition, hundreds of boats will compete together, and the top ten will be taken.

The top ten are the rankings of the divisions, and there are rewards, but not many.

The top ten in each division will continue to participate in the finals.

Taking out the top ten is the ranking of the finals.

The dormitory mentioned by Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu is in Beiping City, which belongs to the first competition area, and they are the first to participate.

"Brother-in-law, I will beat you today."

On the starting line, Zhu Gaoxu's boat was next to Li Xiao's boat. One of them was wearing a red team uniform and the other was wearing a blue team uniform. They did not belong to the same team.

However, both of them are at the helm, and it is bound to compete.

"Come on, if you don't accept it, give it a touch."

Li Xiao laughed and said.

With his hips on his hips, he looked around and found Zhu Yuanzhang smiling and waving at him on the shore, and Li Xiao immediately waved in response.

Li Xiao said: "Second brother, our family members are watching us from the shore."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it and said: "It's really true, then you have to perform well."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the team members on his own ship and shouted: "Brothers, if you can win the first place today, I will pay for it myself, and each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"

hiss.
The people on Zhu Gaoxu's boat couldn't help but gasp.

You can't risk your life to row a boat, and you have to earn the 100 taels no matter what.

Li Xiao smiled and shook his head, thinking that this younger brother is really competitive.

But Li Xiao didn't say anything like that, he doesn't care if he wins or loses, just do his best, the most important thing is participation, friendship comes first, competition comes second.

"preparation!!!!"

the referee shouted.

Everyone tensed up, holding the oars in their hands tightly, ready to exert force at any time.

Even the audience couldn't help but hold their breath and watch quietly.

"Oh!"

The gunshots sounded and the game officially started.

dong dong dong-

The drummer on the dragon boat began to beat the drum regularly, and the sound of the drum was loud.

This drum sound is very important, allowing the crew to find the rhythm and exert force at the same time as the rhythm.

According to the rhythm of the drums, the crew began to row, and Li Xiao also shouted: "One two!"

"Hey!"

All the crew members he was in shouted together, and then exerted their strength.

The boat broke through the waves and the water splashed in all directions. The dragon boat seemed to be transformed into a thousand-year-old dragon, shuttling through the torrent, and the air was filled with tension.

"One or two!"

"Hey!"

"One or two!"

"Hey!"

Only voices could be heard.

The team members in each village worked hard, waved their oars, and worked hard.

The teams compete to surpass each other, and you chase after me.

The dragon boat on the water is like shooting an arrow with a bow, passing through layers of waves.

Numerous shadows of oars interlaced, breaking through the waves and creating spectacular splashes.

The faces of the men on each ship were filled with firm belief and passion, and the desire for victory shone in their eyes.

"come on! Come on!"

The shouts of the people on the river bank kept ringing, and they all shouted for their own fleet.

Li Xiao also sank into it, paddling vigorously, feeling the endless shouts in his ears.

The starting speeds were almost the same, but after 5 minutes, the gap between them widened.

Obviously, Li Xiao's team is currently No.1.

"Our grandson-in-law's team is ahead."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was paying close attention to the game, his eyes lit up and said with a smile.

After finishing speaking, he pointed at Gao Xu again, and said, "Gao Xu is not bad, but if he bites the back, there is a possibility of surpassing him."

Just as he was talking, Zhu Yuanzhang saw something from the corner of his eye and felt that something was wrong. He pointed to the Confucianism Road not far away, frowned and asked, "What are those people doing?"

As soon as the words fell, the group of Confucian scholars jumped into the water one by one.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di stood up angrily.

This group of people is really crazy, such a grand event, and someone is so disappointing.

I don't pick a good time to jump into the river, I have to pick this time to jump into the river.

It's a good game, more than 20 people are watching, and there will be a group of dead bodies floating on the river. Will this game continue?

"Come on, come on, get these stupid pigs up for me."

Zhu Di hurriedly ordered, but he soon became confused. He only brought some Jinyiwei with him when he came out today.

At this moment.

Li Xiao is commanding the rowing boat, and his boat is on the far right, leaning against the river bank.

Suddenly, those Confucian scholars jumped into the river one after another just like Shi Lezhi.

In a blink of an eye, seven or eight jumped down.

After these people entered the water, they began to choke on the water, struggling uncomfortably, floating and thrashing on the water.

Li Xiao had to adjust his direction to avoid killing these people.

With this adjustment, the speed dropped, and Zhu Gaoxu next to him seized the opportunity to overtake.

"The heavens are not fair, the heavens are not fair! Today I will declare my will by death!"

Another Confucian scholar shouted, with the intention of dying generously, he jumped vigorously.

It turned out that this group of Confucian scholars were just now by the river, constantly promoting their ideas.

However, none of the surrounding people paid any attention to them.

These people are hurting the spring and the autumn, and they say that the imperial examination will be canceled and Confucianism will be suppressed, and the world will be in chaos.

As a person became extremely excited, he shouted, "Today, like Qu Yuan, I will show my ambition by death. After awakening this group of ignorant people, I jumped down directly.

This jump was a start, and the others followed suit.

"Look, that's the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty!"

A Confucian scholar on the shore shouted: "Today we will die in front of the Great Master of the Ming Dynasty. We will see if he saves us or not. If he does not save us, then he is a beast."

As he said that, this person jumped with all his might.

Several other people also shouted and jumped down directly.

But after falling into the water, this group of people regretted it after choking on the water. The feeling after choking on the water is very uncomfortable, and the death will also arouse people's desire to survive.

So he yelled at Li Xiao again: "Master, save me!"

"Sick, I'm not Chu Huai Wang, what are you learning from Qu Yuan!"

Li Xiao cursed, directly commanded the fleet, and walked away.

But after such a delay, the fleet fell behind.

"The national teacher is so indifferent, how can such a person become a national teacher!!!!"

Seeing this, the Confucian scholars on the shore were even more distressed.

In anger, more than a dozen people jumped down.

However, those who dared to jump into the river were few, and the remaining Confucian scholars on the shore saw the people who dived so painfully, and some people had already sunk to the bottom.

This is real death, not a joke!
They suddenly woke up and shouted: "Come on, someone has fallen into the water!"

The person who fell into the water was also shouting: "Help me, save me, I suddenly don't want to die"

If it is normal, the people nowadays are very enthusiastic, and they will rescue anyone who falls into the water, not to mention the large number of people at the scene, and there are no longer a few people who can swim.

But no one came to his rescue.

The Confucian scholars looked at the common people and shouted: "You are so cold, are you going to die without saving?"

The people still had no one to help them, saying:
"What fell into the water, didn't you jump into the river voluntarily?"

"Yes, yes, I clearly saw that you jumped down voluntarily."

"You are looking for death, why do you want to save?"

The Confucian scholars were speechless and could only be anxious.

However, at this time, dozens of lifeguards came to rescue with lifeboats.

Fortunately, the magistrate had prepared for it long ago. If someone really jumped into the river, the twenty or so Confucian scholars who jumped into the river were rescued by the lifeguards. .

The form was reversed, and the Confucian scholars were relieved, and couldn't help being even more annoyed at Li Xiao.

Apparently, the scene where Li Xiao left without saving them just now made them very uncomfortable.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, you died so miserable."

"Poor that national teacher, if you see death and don't save him, your death will be in vain."

"I'm waiting so sad, sad"

Several Confucian scholars knelt on the ground and shouted at the unconscious Confucian scholars who had been fished up from the bottom.

Those Confucian scholars were obviously out of breath, looking like they were about to die.

"Get out of the way!"

Several lifeguards dispersed them and began artificial respiration.

"What are you doing, they are already dead, do you still want to insult the corpse?"

A Confucian scholar cursed.

"Shut up, don't say a few words!" the lifeguard said.

Following mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration, these people were miraculously revived.

There was a burst of exclamation from the surrounding people, which is amazing!
"This is called artificial respiration, do you understand?"

After rescuing a few people, the captain of the lifeguard yelled at the Confucian scholar: "You are not allowed to insult the national teacher. The national teacher has passed down this method of artificial respiration. Every year I wait by the river to save hundreds of people who accidentally fell into the water. How can the national teacher be a person who refuses to save him? The national teacher has arranged for me to wait for lifeguards here to prevent people from drowning. It is really a villain's heart to save a gentleman's belly!"

The captain of the lifeguard scolded several times, saying that these Confucian scholars were ashamed.

The surrounding people booed continuously.

"Let's go, let's go"

Confucian scholars are ashamed to continue to make trouble here, helping the drowning man and fleeing.

As soon as they left, the people applauded.

"Great, finally leaving."

"If it weren't for the laws laid down by the National Teacher, I would have wanted to beat them a long time ago."

"The people who fear the world will not be chaotic every day are these rotten scholars."

The common people discussed one after another.

Hearing the remarks behind them, the group of Confucian scholars walked faster, and they disappeared in a blink of an eye, and left the Yongding River where they watched the dragon boats.

A farce, this is the end.

distance.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gaochi clapped his hands and applauded: "At first, I was worried that my brother-in-law would really die. It turns out that there are lifeguards prepared. The preparations for this event are really sufficient and comprehensive."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said, "These Confucian scholars are really annoying."

Zhu Di smiled and said: "Then you can watch the game with peace of mind, but Li Xiao fell from the first place to the sixth place after such a delay. It's a pity that he lost his ranking."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "It counts as entering the top ten, isn't there a final after that?"

Everyone nodded and continued to watch the game.

At the same time, I have already approved Li Xiao's reform in my heart. With the participation of the dormitory, the 20 spectators and the year-on-year competition of [-] villages are organized in an orderly manner!

What Li Xiao did was indeed right!
It's not just Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

Seeing today's game and what happened just now, the court officials gradually changed their views on Li Xiao.

If they were asked to organize this important match, they would probably be unable to organize it so well.

Fortunately, Li Xiao didn't have to manage these things at all. Instead, he was free to participate in the dragon boat race, but the race was still going smoothly. It can be seen that his appointment of officials and reform system are remarkable and extremely effective!
Li Xiao is not mediocre, but really has the ability to reach the sky.

It seems that the Taishanghuang really has a discerning eye. 11 years ago, he saw Li Xiao's extraordinary ability and dared to entrust him with a heavy responsibility. It's really a pearl meeting Bole!
Next, the game was still in full swing.

Not at all affected by the episode of jumping into the river just now.

It wasn't until almost noon, after the ten divisions had competed, that the finals took place.

Naturally, in this finals, Li Xiao won the first place and won the first place.

Under the frantic shouts of countless people, the winner was decided.

"Master Guoshi is amazing!"

"Li Qingtian, Li Qingtian, Li Qingtian!!"

"Our Master Qingtian has won!"

Although Li Xiao hid his identity, he was quickly recognized by others. When the people found out that the champion was Li Xiao, they all shouted loudly.

Even if your own village loses, it doesn't matter, Lord Qingtian won!

"Ashamed, ashamed, I welcomed it easily."

Li Xiao stood at the bow of the boat, laughed, and waved to the common people, enjoying the feeling of being watched by thousands of people.

Li Xiao has the perfect level of dragon boat rowing skills, and winning the first place is almost a certainty.

"Brother-in-law, my brother is not as good as you"

Zhu Gaoxu said with a helpless smile, he was the first in the division and won the second in the finals, and he still lost to his brother-in-law with some regrets in his heart.
After the game, a sensational awards ceremony was held, with cheers resounding all over the world.

Li Xiao held up the golden dragon boat trophy designed by himself, and shouted: "We are the champions!"

Afterwards, the audience boiled!
That's it.

The first dragon boat race ended successfully.

And Zhu Yuanzhang also saw the power of the dormitory, and made up his mind to let Zhu Di make the next reform, and began to develop in this direction!
However, this matter definitely did not fall on Zhu Di's head, and finally fell on Zhu Gaochi's head. It seems that he is busy again
On the other side, the Confucian scholars were completely defeated, so thoroughly defeated that they became clowns and soon appeared in the newspapers.

In desperation, the great Confucian Kong Maoxue began to plan his last fight!
If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!

(End of this chapter)