Chapter 2066 Treasure Offering

The next day was the day when the results were released.

Song Yan did not show any anxiety or uneasiness, but waited patiently.

Near eleven o'clock.

The one who announced the good news finally came, and he won, not the first place, but the second place.

But now, he cannot be called a Jinshi, thinking that he can only have the status of a Jinshi after passing the palace examination.

Although only second place.

But it was still a very remarkable thing, so many people came to congratulate Song Yan, and even in the evening of the same day, they even called him over to offer sacrifices.

The palace examination will be in seven days.

Even if you don't hand in the blank papers, you can get the status of being a Jinshi.

The first-level Jinshi will be selected by the ministers who invigilate the examination and handed over to the emperor for selection.

PY Hou Wenchang is an impatient person. After receiving Song Yan's advice, on the day when the results were released, he invited three other idle princes to his house for a banquet.

The wine glasses served to them were all glass.

These three princes, all with considerable net worth, were very fond of such exquisite wine glasses, and they all asked where the wine glasses of Marquis PY came from.

Hou PY did not tell the truth, but boasted that he had spent a lot of money to get them from overseas, and there were only ten sets in total.

I heard that there were actually ten sets of glasses in PY Hou’s house.

The three princes all shamelessly wanted to buy one.

This cup is so beautiful. It will definitely save face if used to entertain distinguished guests.

In the end, against Hou Wenchang's reluctance, the three princes each took away a set of cups for a set price of thirty thousand taels.

After seeing off the three princes, Hou Wenchang couldn't help but lock himself in the room and burst out laughing.

Three sets of cups brought him a profit of 66,000 taels. If he sold all ten sets of cups, wouldn't it be a profit of more than 200,000 yuan? This is already more than the income of all the properties of his house in a year. .

You know, the annual income of his Marquis Mansion is only 120,000 to 30,000 taels of silver.

No wonder the bookstore that Song Yan mentioned was just a small profit. If he could sell more than a hundred sets a year, wouldn't it be a huge profit of millions of taels of silver?

The three marquis who bought the wine glasses were also people who loved to show off. The day after they bought the wine glasses, they invited a group of lords to come to their residence for a banquet.

How could these lords not be tempted when they saw such an exquisite and high-end wine glass? When they found out that the cup came from PY Hou’s Mansion, these lords rushed to PY Hou’s Mansion and took away the remaining seven sets. The wine glasses were all gone.

This made PY Hou Wenchang make a huge profit of 220,000 taels, which almost made him crazy with joy.

But those lords who didn't buy the wine glasses actually stayed away.

After Hou Wenchang repeatedly promised to deliver the new wine glasses to their homes personally after they arrived, the lords left unwillingly.

After sending these lords away, Hou Wenchang immediately ordered someone to contact Song Yan secretly, and also brought 80,000 taels of silver with him.

Butler Hou waited until nine o'clock in the evening for Song Yan to return.

But it was Song Yan who went to visit Cai Zixiao and informed him of the news that he had won second place.

In fact, Cai Zixiao knew it before him, but this was an attitude.

As soon as he saw Song Yan, Butler Hou could not help but lower his voice and said: "Mr. Song, the wine glasses you provided are so popular. Now all ten sets of wine glasses have been sold. Mr. Hou means to ask the old slave to come and get five more wine glasses." Ten sets!”

"By the way, Mr. Song, here are the silver from the ten sets of wine glasses from before!" Butler Hou thrust a stack of silver notes to Song Yan.

"Butler Hou, come in and talk!"

Half an hour later, Butler Hou rode away in a carriage with a face full of joy. He also took away fifty sets of wine glasses and was even more impressed by Song Yan's explanation.

After getting the wine glass, Hou Wenchang immediately wanted to send the wine glass to the houses of those lords, but the housekeeper stopped him and repeated Song Yanguo's statement that he was too late.

Although Hou Wenchang was impatient, he did feel that what Song Yan said was reasonable, so he did not rush to send someone to deliver the wine glasses.

at this time.

The housekeeper opened a wooden box and found eight wine glasses inside. However, there was a lifelike dragon wrapped around these eight wine glasses.

"Oh my god, this wine glass is really, really a treasure!"

"Master Hou, Young Master Song wants you to send this set of wine glasses to the palace as a tribute to the emperor!" Housekeeper Hou said.

Hearing this, Hou Wenchang showed a look of extreme reluctance. Even if the price of this set of wine glasses was one hundred thousand taels, someone would probably want it.

"Master Marquis, you are just idle now. If you have merit in presenting treasures, the emperor will give you an official position, which is more cost-effective than anything else!" Butler Hou reminded again.

Hou Wenchang slapped his forehead and said happily: "Butler, you are so smart!"

The housekeeper said: "Master Hou, this is what Mr. Song ordered the old slave to say. Once Mr. Hou has an official position, will the civil servants still dare to look down on you?"

"It makes sense! Go and get ready, I will enter the palace immediately to present the treasure!" Hou Wenchang said excitedly.

The current Emperor Weiguo is in his early thirties, and logically speaking, he is in the prime of life. Unfortunately, his body has long been hollowed out by his addiction to wine and sex.

Upon learning that Hou Wenchang requested an audience, Emperor Wei ordered someone to invite him in.

"Marquis PY, why did you come to see me?" Emperor Wei said in a casual tone.

"Your Majesty, I am here to present a treasure!"

Hearing this, Emperor Wei's eyes fell on the brocade box in Hou Wenchang's arms, and he said in a deep voice: "Bring it up!"

Hou Wenchang quickly handed over the brocade box with both hands. Emperor Wei opened the brocade box, and eight exquisite wine glasses wrapped with dragon patterns appeared in front of him.

Emperor Wei stretched out his hand to pick up a wine glass, admired it, and laughed, "Okay, this crystal wine glass is so exquisitely crafted. Okay, it's really great!" After saying that, Emperor Wei looked at Hou Wenchang and said with a smile, " Marquis PY, I am very happy with your gift, tell me what reward you want!"

Hou Wenchang said: "Your Majesty, I don't want anything. This wine glass is surrounded by a dragon and is a living thing. Who else in the world is qualified to enjoy it except you, your Majesty? Therefore, I am just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. Therefore, I dare not stop you." achievement!"

Hou Wenchang's words made Wei Emperor Longyan happy, and he said with a smile: "You just want to talk, but I am not a stingy person. Come here, take a thousand taels of gold from the inner treasury and give it to PY Hou!"

It was just a reward of gold and silver. Marquis PY couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but he still didn't show it. After all, he still had this in the city.

But on the second day.

A eunuch came to the house to announce the decree and made Hou Wenchang the right capital commander of the capital camp.

The Jingying camp is the most elite army of the Wei Kingdom, with a total army of 30,000 people. The Right Dutong is second only to the Zuo Dutong in the Jingying camp, and is a third-grade general. This time Hou Wenchang can be said to have reached the sky in one step.

For this reason, Hou Wenchang held a banquet and invited Lord Yiqian to the banquet. He also invited Song Yan. However, he did not go, but he also sent a congratulatory gift. In the future, he will take the path of a civil servant, so it is not appropriate to go with him. The general has too many contacts.

As for why he wanted to be an official, it was very simple. He wanted to help Cao Kui overthrow the Wei Kingdom. How could he gain luck if he did not personally participate in the usurpation of the country.

And people like Hou Wenchang are the kind of people who are ambitious and ambitious. The bigger his official position, the greater the harm he will do to the country.