From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 314: Adjust to the wind

Just when Sun Shan finished singing "The Most Romantic Thing" as a guest performer, it drew applause from the whole audience.

Wang Baoyu pretended to cheer for Sun Shan and shouted to him standing on the stage, "Scholar in the mountains, on this most romantic day, on this Lantern Festival, as the bride's brother, as a famous scholar in Hengzhou City and even in the whole country, can't you commemorate this beautiful day and this moment by reciting a poem so that everyone can witness your literary talent?"

At this moment, the entire wedding scene fell silent for a moment.

Then, some people who liked to watch the fun also started to cheer.

Sun Shan smiled silently in his heart.

Wang Baoyu, aren't you just asking for a slap in the face?

Do you really think I can't write poetry?

Do you think you can show off in front of me just by writing those crappy poems of yours?

I have all the famous poems in my mind, and I can beat you to a pulp with just any one of them.

It seems that you came here with intention.

Then let me show you what a poet is!

What is a singing god!

He couldn't help but smile and said, "Prince Wang, I heard that you are known as a talented and beautiful man in the literary world of the imperial capital-----"

This statement caused a burst of laughter at the wedding.

If others call Wang Baoyu a pretty boy, it would be normal.

But it's a bit funny when it comes from the mouth of Sun Shan, a top handsome talent who is one in ten thousand or one in a million.

"Since Mr. Wang is interested, our next activity will be to hold a poetry competition on the theme of the Lantern Festival and a happy marriage. I will offer a reward of 1000 taels to the winner of the Lantern Festival today!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Honglou Restaurant suddenly became lively.

"it is good!"

Seeing that Sun Shan not only accepted the challenge but also took the initiative to add a 1000 tael bet, Wang Baoyu could not help but applaud and walked towards the stage, saying loudly, "Mr. Sun, you are very generous. Then I, Wang, will also offer a 1000 tael bet as a sponsorship for Hengzhou's cultural undertakings!"

After saying this, he couldn't stop talking for a moment, and said sarcastically: "I, Wang, have also stayed in Hengzhou for several months. I admire Hengzhou's economy and entertainment very much-----"

"However, I personally feel that Hengzhou City, as one of the four major universities in the empire, is slightly lacking in poetry."

I rely on!

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Honglou Restaurant was filled with shouting.

Isn't this just a slap in everyone's face?

As one of the most respected guests today and the president of Chuanshan Academy, Wang Fuzhi was furious when he heard what Wang said.

Wen Yin slapped the table, stood up and shouted: "Hengzhou has always been a place of great literary talent since ancient times. Today, I, Wang Fuzhi, also offer 1000 taels of silver, hoping that our Hengzhou students will write brilliant poems for our Hengzhou!"

"President Wang said it well. As the governor of Hengzhou, I, Zhang, feel the same way. I will donate 1000 taels of silver to encourage the students of the Great Sui Empire to create excellent works!"

"Well said, Master Zhang, I will also contribute 1000 taels as encouragement!"

Yang Yuanqing, as the highest-ranking royal member at the entire wedding scene, also followed Zhang Zhizhou and added with a smile, then glanced at Jet Li, who was the emperor's special envoy.

Just when Deng Chao was hesitating, Sun Bohe, who had been prepared, secretly slipped him a silver note worth 1000 taels.

He indicated that the money would be paid by his own Sun family.

"Okay! Then I will also contribute 1000 taels, hoping to witness this literary event that will surely shock the entire empire!"

Deng Chao happily took the banknote and happily added a sentence after Heng Wang Yang Yuanqing.

He had met Sun Bohe before he returned to the imperial capital last time.

After chatting, the two found out that they had quite a connection with each other in the Tiger Corps. They had both served as the main force in the vanguard battalion of the Tiger Corps and had fought for two or three years.

It’s just that there’s a difference of a few years between their ages, and their service time is also three or four years apart.

I haven't seen it before.

Sun Bohe is a few years older than Deng Chao and served two more years, so his military achievements and status are two levels higher than Deng Chao.

But both of them were fierce warriors in the Tiger Corps, and were among the survivors who were lucky enough to survive at the last moment for some reason.

This made the two old comrades, who were nearly 70 years old, quickly become friends for life and death.

However, Jet Li has no descendants, and Deng Chao, who is a eunuch, attaches great importance to money for the sake of his life when he is old.

Although, Sun Bohe also invited Deng Chao to live in the Sun family in his old age after he retired from the palace in the future.

But Deng Chao thought about it and said that he would decide after returning from the expedition in South Vietnam.

After the most authoritative figures in Hengzhou spoke, tables and chairs were quickly placed on the stage to facilitate the subsequent poetry creation.

Moreover, at the suggestion of Wang Fuzhi and others, all the poetry masters in Hengzhou City were quickly pulled over by rickshaws.

Zeng Guofan was one of the best men today. He looked at the dignitaries such as Yang Yuanqing who were eating, drinking, chatting and laughing in the audience, and felt very proud: Damn! Finally my chance has come!

With his expertise in poetry, he is considered a well-known figure in the poetry circle of Hengzhou.

However, apart from studying hard and doing business, Sun Shan usually runs the Datong Chamber of Commerce to make money.

Although, he occasionally had a flash of inspiration and came up with one or two couplets, which were engraved at the entrance of Chuanshan Academy and spread throughout the empire.

However, he still did not think highly of Sun Shan's literary talent, nor was he very optimistic about his future prospects.

It was believed that Sun Shan's getting close to the royal family had offended the Wang family, which was tantamount to offending a group of powerful families represented by the Wang family.

Even though his business is doing well now, his status means he doesn't have much of a future in the examination hall and official circles.

Once his official career is blocked, the huge wealth in his hands that makes people salivate would become a crime.

Fortunately, this guy was smart and knew how to make choices. He auctioned off part of his shares and set up a family trust fund.

It not only successfully strengthened the ties between the Sun families in Chenzhou and Mianyang.

The royal Yang family was also involved.

However, Zeng Guofan was not optimistic about the future of the empire and the fate of the Yang family.

At the current rate of decline of the empire, it will not last many more years.

Once the Yang family falls from the throne, Sun Shan, as a follower of the royal family, will be nothing more than a delicacy on other people's dinner tables.

But for now, I still need to follow, follow his footsteps and accumulate wealth.

Therefore, when they returned to their hometown for the New Year, under his strong recommendation, their Zeng family decided to advance into Hengzhou as quickly as possible, following Sun Shan and Datong Chamber of Commerce to complete the accumulation of wealth.

As for the future, we'll just have to adapt to the changing circumstances.