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Chapter 169 Team Up
After chatting for a few more words, Princess Yiguang went back to the back house, and Ren Ning got up to say goodbye.

"It's still early, don't rush to leave." Huo Qing said with a smile, "I still have something to discuss with you."

Ren Ning sat down suspiciously: "I don't know what's the matter?"

If it's about the rubber business, it's not very kind for the two of them to talk privately without leaving Zhongyong's mansion and Guangxin's General Li's mansion aside.

Huo Qing didn't realize it, his smile remained unchanged, "It's not about the Dragon Boat Festival, is it? Let's form a dragon boat team and go to the dragon boat race."

Ren Ning was surprised.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of Yunchui.Star Ji City holds several large-scale dragon boat races in the moat every year.The crowds of spectators were even worse than yesterday's triumphant entry into the city.

Of course, the feudal system was strictly hierarchical. Although ordinary people could also race dragon boats, they were not held in the same place as the rich and nobles.

The moat itself is a part of the Xinglan Grand Canal, which is long and wide, so there is no need to worry that there will not be enough places to hold these events.

"At this time to form a team?" Ren Ning calculated the time: "It should be too late."

A dragon boat team needs 23 people, which is not difficult.

It's just that it's less than ten days away from the Dragon Boat Festival.The hastily assembled team has not received enough training, and it is a problem whether they can row the boat to the finish line.

"Don't worry about it." Huo Qing smiled and spread his hands: "In order to live with peace of mind, in fact, I have already formed a group of young men with similar tempers to train together, and now it is up to you."

Ren Ning was stunned and quickly laughed.

He grew up in the Taishi Mansion in the imperial capital since he was a child. Although he is not well-known, Ren Ning has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running.

On the surface, this dragon boat race is just an ordinary race.In fact, it is vaguely the division of forces in the imperial capital.

After all, things gather people in groups.

To be able to get together and become a team member, they either have similar tempers or have good personal friendships.When something happens in the future, there is a high probability that it will be the same camp.

With the status of the Duke of Zhen, Huo Qing, as the eldest son, is the master of all kinds of forces no matter where he goes.Even if you stay at home and don't go out, countless people will come to visit the seeking group.

That being the case, it's better to act first and choose teammates on your own initiative, so as not to let others down.

"How many people are there now?" Ren Ning asked.

Huo Qing smiled: "Not many, just ten."

Ren Ning wiped his sweat speechlessly.

A dragon boat team needs 23 people, minus one drummer, and 22 rowers.Huo Qing's team is still short of ten people, so it's almost halfway there, isn't that much worse?
But he was not surprised.

Although the imperial capital is large and seems to be full of wealthy families, there are actually not many young people who have the qualifications and courage to make friends with the prince of Zhen Guogong.And most of these people are already married.

Others are qualified and have the courage to make friends with Huo Qing, but there is nothing they can do if they don't have the temper.

Therefore, it is normal for him to make up less than 23 people.

"Shall I go find some generals who came back from the south?" Ren Ning suggested.

In particular, Li Hebai and other soldiers in Zhennanguan were not only physically strong, but also almost all received water training.Of course rowing a boat is a no-brainer.

Haha!

Huo Qing slammed the table down, laughed heartily and said, "I've been waiting for your words."

After leaving Zhen Guogong's mansion, Ren Ning directly entered Zhongyongbo's mansion on the opposite side.

In the side hall, Xiao Gang had a bitter expression and was dressed in fancy clothes. At first glance, he looked like a peacock with its tail spread.

"What's going on with him?" Ren Ning asked suspiciously Lei Er and Li Hebai who were sitting at the side holding back their laughter.

cough!
Li Hebai lowered his voice, and said concisely: "Mrs. Uncle's yard has a matchmaker."

Ren Ning laughed dumbfounded.

He listened attentively to the commotion in the hall, and saw that there was no one else, so he laughed and gossiped: "Which family is the girl from?"

"I don't know, I heard that only a matchmaker came."

Ren Ning was stunned.

Think about it too.If there were girls secretly looking at each other behind the screen, then Lei Er and Li Hezhu would not stay here, so as not to overwhelm the host.

"Xiao Gang, what the matchmaker ordered from your parents. You just returned home yesterday, but the matchmaker came to the door today. I guess my aunt already has a goal in mind."

Ren Ningyu smiled earnestly: "If you have a girl you like, tell your mother quickly. Otherwise, it will be too late."

cut!
Lei Er and Xiao Gang knew each other well, and shook his head tut-tut: "Old Ren, don't worry. The Second Young Master Xiao wants to keep his noble title in the uncle's mansion wholeheartedly, so he doesn't have the heart to think about it. Maybe he doesn't understand what it means to be a girl."

"You think I'm you." Xiao Gang hummed and rolled his eyes.

Before joining the army last year, everyone in the imperial capital knew that Xiao Gang was known as a swinger.

Although it is very likely that this smear was deliberately propagated by his elder brother in order to tarnish his reputation.But where there is no wind, there are no waves, and Xiao Gang is definitely not a pure and upright young man.

"I heard from the general that last year when the Yanzhen Fortress sent the spirit back to his hometown, a girl from Yunzhong County kept sending glances and greetings to a certain person surnamed Lei. It's a pity that the falling flowers are intentional, but the flowing water is ruthless..."

Lei Er gnawed on the beans, as if he had never heard of it.

"Oh? And this?" Li Hebai listened to the story with his ears upright, winking at Lei Er persistently.

cough!
Ren Ning interrupted the quarrel of several people, "You are not too young, so you can take care of yourself."

"Yes." Li Hebai suddenly thought of his lonely eldest sister, and nodded with concern.

Ren Ning ignored him, talked about the dragon boat race, and asked, "Do you want to participate?"

If you don't participate, you can quietly go back to the barracks to serve as a soldier after a while.

If you participate, you will inevitably be targeted by someone with a heart, and you may be dragged into the power vortex of the imperial capital.

"How can I miss this kind of thing?" Lei Er and Xiao Gang looked at each other, "Of course I will participate."

When they left the imperial capital last year, they had already messed with Cheng Enbo's mansion.Whether or not he comes back to participate this time will be watched by Sun Ye.

never mind.

Besides, as soldiers of the Starfall Legion, who were they afraid of?
Li Hebai laughed: "I will also participate."

He himself is a member of Zhennanguan, and Guangxin Li's family has already brought the rubber business to the imperial capital, and it is getting more and more prosperous.

After a while, when the content of the battle report spreads and the army and caravans flock to it, the rubber business will definitely make many people jealous.

At that time, even if Li Hebai wanted to, he could only escape for a while but not for a lifetime.

Ren Ning nodded, not surprised.

"The dragon boat team is still short of ten people. Subtracting the four of us, we are still short of six. Lao Bai and Lei Er, you go find the soldiers who escorted us back to Beijing with us, and pick out a few more."

Lei Er and Li Hebai looked at each other, nodded and said, "It's on us."

"General, what about me?" Xiao Gang asked hurriedly.

"You, let's have a good blind date." The three of them laughed.

They ignored the frowning Xiao Gang, they all left Uncle Zhongyong's mansion and went straight home.

Whether it is the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Industry that Ren Ning is going to, or the place where Lei Er and his two are going, it is a little distance from Yong'an Hutong, so they have to go back and take their mounts first.

At this moment in the main hall, Yingpan was talking about business with a businessman with a smile on his face, and when he saw Ren Ning and the other two came back, he just waved his hands neatly.

(End of this chapter)