"Are there teams of the prime minister's office?" Mengying Lin was stunned, and immediately responded, "Do you mean that the teams that participate in the boat race are all your teams?"

"It's not all. Some of them are court officials. Some of them were rich families of merchants. They show their faces in the boat race. The first is to amuse the people, and the second is to increase the influence of the family." Zhang Hai explained.

Mengying Lin was a little surprised, but she didn't expect that the people here were so smart, and even had such a concept similar to modern marketing techniques early.

"The man who could think of this boat race must be a wise man." Mengying Lin smiled approvingly.

Zhang Hai listened to her saying that he arched his hand gracefully. "Thanks for Miss Lin praised me. I'm flattered."

"Oh..." Mengying Lin widened her eyes and couldn't help asking, "Did you come up with it?"

Zhang Hai nodded, "Five years ago, when I was bored, I thought of such a way. Fortunately, with the holy emperor support, all the officials participated actively."

Five years ago, at that time, he was less than 20 years old. No wonder that he could become the Left official rank when he was so young. Mengying Lin admired him and offered him a cup of tea instead of wine.

While they were chatting, they heard the sudden noise in the teahouse. It turned out that someone in the hall had made a bet on which team would win the boat race.

"In my opinion, this time, it must be the general Wu Jun's team that can win. You see, the general Wu Jun's army has selected several strong men in the army. They all experienced in various battles in the army. Can't such a dragon boat race win?"

"You can fight, maybe you can't race. The race depends on technology but not brute force. I think the team of Zhang Hai, the Left official rank can win. I heard that Zhang Hai specially went to the south to recruit some men with good water quality to race."

"That's not necessarily true. The team of the prince of Xuanwu won several years ago. This year, it should be the same. You think, the prince of Xuanwu's dragon boat is made by a silversmith who specializes in making weapons. It's lighter and faster than other boats. It's too hard to beat the prince of Xuanwu! "

"You're talking about big hits. The odds are too low. I'll bet on the new family of Chu. I heard that the family has some ties with Tianji Pavilion. Maybe there's any magic weapon to win. It's a black horse, but if it wins, it will make a lot of money."

In the hall, all the people were having a fierce argument which made the gambler laugh. It was said that the biggest gambler in the city, the owner of the gambler's shop, who was also smart, asked people to pick up business in each teahouse. In this way, the gambler could make a profit while taking advantage of the boat race.

Seeing that Mengying Lin was also listening to those people's arguments downstairs, Zhang Hai couldn't help but smile and ask, "Do you want to try your luck to make a bet?"

"Bet on luck?" Mengying Lin turned around and shook her head again. "I don't want to put my money on luck. If I can have a look at those teams, maybe I can make a bet at night."

"What's the difficulty? If you are interested, I will take you to have a look." Zhang Hai stood up and made a gesture of invitation.

Mengying Lin didn't expect to say that casually. Zhang Hai took it so seriously, but her head couldn't be pushed off. She just stood up, "thank you, Prime Minister Zhang."

"Miss Lin, it's not the first time we've known each other. It's not pleasant for me when you call me official Zhang. I'm several years older than you. If you don't mind, you can call me brother Zhang." Zhang Hai led her downstairs.

It's just a form of address. Mengying Lin didn't care to make some small women's postures slip away, so she should say "yes" immediately.

When the children heard the team that could go to see the boat race, they were all excited in their eyes, especially tiger. Mengying Lin saw that they were happy and her face became softer.

"These children are..." Zhang Hai was still curious about their combination.

"Yisheng is my brother, Xiao Liu is my hired house worker, and tiger is my neighbor's child." Mengyin Lin gave a brief introduction.

A little surprise flashed in Zhang Hai's eyes, but soon he covered the surprise again. "Was she your house worker? Miss Lin's parents... "

"They were all gone, just leaving me and my brother." Mengying Lin interrupted him, but obviously didn't want to say too much.

Zhang Hai understood and would not ask any more. He just led several people to the boat racing team. When it was about to arrive, Zhang Hai suddenly stopped. Then he took out a silk handkerchief from his arms and handed it to her. "There's no veil or other things around me. Only this silk handkerchief can temporarily replace it. If Miss Lin wants to do, can you take this silk handkerchief to cover your face?"

Mengying Lin stared at him in a daze. She didn't know why he suddenly acted like that.

"Miss Lin, don't get me wrong. I don't dislike being with you. It's really that your appearance is too noticeable. There are many people here, so it's hard to avoid getting into trouble for you."

Zhang Hai's words were instantly understood by Mengying Lin. He was the left official rank. There must be a lot of eyes around him all the time. Whoever appeared beside him would surely attract the attention of the people around him. If he fell into the eyes of the political enemy, he would bring her a disaster. Therefore, he wanted to use this way to stop her trouble.

A man could be careful to this point, let Mengying Lin admire in the heart, but also rose slightly moved.

Such a man should be the object that all women couldn't help but want to provoke. Unfortunately, she...

Mengying Lin took the silk handkerchief and fixed it on the back of her ear with her hairpin to cover most of her appearance.

Zhang Hai took them to the river. The place where they were preparing for the competition has been surrounded by the soldiers. Only the members of each team could enter. When Zhang Hai and Mengying Lin entered the competition, they immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.

When the left official rank was young and unmarried, how many aristocratic families wanted to get marry with Zhang Hai. However, Zhang Hai's grandfather died and now was the filial piety period, which gave him an excuse not to marry.

However, after all, he has reached the age of marriage. Once the filial piety period was over, he would become the people every one want to marry of all forces. Therefore, there were many people who paid close attention to him.

Therefore, when a masked woman appeared at Zhang Hai's side, people of all major families noticed that they almost arranged people around to trace her source.

Mengying Lin felt the sight of the people around her, and sighed that thanks to Zhang Hai's preparation in advance, otherwise she would show her true face. Maybe before she left here, she would be turned over by others.