During the period of Li Hao's thinking, after some motivational competition, Li Yixing finally won the first place by one goal.
After the results of the competition came out, Li Hao wrote down Li Yixing's name and ordered people to rush to the palace to request engraving.
At the same time, arrangements were made for the players of the two teams of the polo match to prepare, and the game would start after the venue was rearranged. This also made it easier for the audience to change positions during the intermission.
After the arrangement was completed, Yang Wenyuan and Hu Hai were notified to lead their teams into the field. After everything was in place, the referee threw the polo heavily and the game officially began.
Following the polo ball, two pairs of players rushed out. However, because the strength of the two teams was almost the same, they immediately became anxious as soon as the game started. The members of the two teams entangled with each other, frequently stealing the opponent's passes and blocking the opponent's approach. Doorway.
This forced both sides to rely on their own strong players to break through, and relied on the cooperation between the players to block the opponent's defense. Therefore, they all scored cross-wise, and no team was confident enough to win.
As time went by, people on and off the court became more nervous. The spectators off the court couldn't help but raise their voices and watch the game carefully.
But as the incense of the game timer slowly burned to the last point, the score on the field was still the same.
This also means that whichever pair can seize the opportunity in this last ball will win the final victory and come out on top.
So everyone's eyes were focused on this small polo. The two sides were entangled and fighting for each other. The ball was changing hands back and forth. The battle was a see-saw, and no one could overwhelm the other.
Just when the competition was in full swing, Yang Wenyuan jumped out and hit the polo still in the air with a shot in front of others. Then the polo flew towards the door. At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on this polo. on the ball.
I saw the ball pass through the door with a sudden sound, and with this goal, the final gongs and drums sounded.
From the time Yang Wenyuan rushed out to the time the ball hit the hole, it only took a few dozen breaths. It can be said that it was as fast as lightning and thunder.
It was only at this moment that all the spectators on the field came to their senses. In an instant, there were loud cheers, applause and cheers.
As for Li Hao, besides being happy to see it, he also had to be busy with business. The most important thing first was to write down Yang Wenyuan's name and have someone rush to the palace.
The other step is to add today's final ranking to the list that has already been written for the subsequent rankings, and send it directly to the officials for inspection.
After finishing everything, Li Hao first waited for the court to quiet down before dragging Gu Tingye onto the court to express his gratitude to everyone who came to watch the game.
At this time, all the players on the field had changed their clothes and returned to their teams to sit down.
So Li Hao ordered the chef Fan Lou to bring all the prepared food and fruits to all the audience.
In addition, they invited the most famous sumo wrestler from Bianjing, Zhang Guansuo, who knocked down the mountain; Zhu Lai'er who used the stick, Tianwu Zhang who lifted the weight, Tianwu Zhang who lifted the stone ball, and Huama who smashed the stone pier. Son, please invite Huang Ruyi and others from Cuju to come out and let them perform for the nobles present to pass the time.
After all, you have to wait at least an hour for the medals to arrive, and you can't let everyone wait, so Li Hao specially prepared food and entertainment for everyone to pass the time.
And in order to invite the chef of Fanlou, the reputation of several top nobles was used.
After everyone had eaten and drank, more than an hour had passed. Before the medals came, Li Hao was about to send people back to the city to check the specific situation. He saw a person who was originally sent and hurried in. .
Said: "The medal will arrive soon. There is still three or four miles to go. There is also an internal official who is delivering the message. It is because the internal official has to take a carriage, so he arrived a little late. I accelerated in the middle." Come here to inform the Lord in advance.”
After hearing this, Li Hao asked Gu Tingye to go down first, and then asked Gu Tingye: "What kind of decree can you tell at this time?"
Gu Tingye said: "I don't know what the decree is, but the most important thing now is to spread the news quickly and let everyone come to the door to welcome the decree."
Li Hao reacted after hearing this and said, "Sure enough, you are still familiar with this. Then he ordered people to notify everyone to come to the door to receive the order."
The women were in a separate area, while the men were ranked according to their official positions. Li Hao and Gu Tingye both fell to the very back.
But looking back, Li Hao found that Yuan Wenchun was still standing behind Gu Tingye, and felt that the Zhongqin Mansion was really in decline.
If it weren't for the group of white men behind Yuan Wenchun, Li Hao would have been afraid that Yuan Wenchun would be embarrassed to death.
After everyone was lined up, within less than a moment of burning incense, the carriage carrying the chamberlain arrived and finally stopped slowly in front of everyone.
The internal officer got off the carriage first and saw that everyone had lined up, so he directly announced a decree to commend all the contestants who participated in the competition, and issued a decree ordering all contestants to join the imperial camp.
And according to the final ranking, all the participants were awarded official titles one by one. Among them, Gu Tingye was promoted from the eighth-rank Xuejie Captain to the seventh-rank Colonel Yihui for his merit in presiding over the league.
Among the remaining contestants, the two first place finishers were awarded the title of Deputy Lieutenant of Yi Hui from the seventh rank. Then, according to the ranking of the polo match, the second to fourth place were awarded the title of Eighth-grade Xuangjie Colonel.
Among the bottom ten, Li Yixing was awarded the title of deputy lieutenant of Yihui, who was lower than the seventh rank because he was the first in Cuju competition, and the remaining nine were imperial martial arts captains who were higher than the eighth rank.
Only the last nine unlucky ones were Colonel Renyong who were on the ninth rank.
I don't know if these unlucky guys will regret it when they go back. As long as they play well in the game, they can be promoted to a level. This is much easier than trying to gain military merit and be promoted.
After reciting the decree, everyone thanked them for their grace, but Li Hao was the only one with a surprised look on his face, wondering why everyone had an official title but not himself.
At this moment, the official who announced the edict took out another imperial edict. This time, the imperial edict was solely for Li Hao's promotion. He was relieved of his post as a promotion official in Kaifeng Prefecture and promoted Li Hao one level to the sixth grade. In the next court, he was given the title of Langjia Zhaowu school captain and took the post of commander of the imperial camp.
After the eunuch read the imperial edict, he said goodbye and left. When Li Hao ordered people to send the eunuch back to the palace, he also gave him some money to make connections.
After the internal officials left, Li Hao ordered two engraved medals to be handed over to the British Duke, who would present the awards in person.
When Yang Wenyuan and Li Yixing received the medal from the British Duke, they looked so happy.
Although this thing can only be kept in my home for one year, even if it moves to another home in the future, the name engraved on it will still be there. This is a lifetime honor.
Seeing the envy of the other contestants, they all decided to have their names engraved on it.
