Thus, the first martial arts tournament began outside Mida City.
The Wu people competed in kung fu, while the Di people competed in horsemanship. Song Liyun generously offered prizes, including sheep, cloth, and silver.
Merchants generously contributed, and the prizes piled up like a small mountain, further fueling the enthusiasm of the Di people, who spread the word to all the tribes in the Mida River Valley.
This was a rare and grand event on the grasslands, presided over by Lin Qingyuan and Manager Wan, along with hastily organized city guards, the Lei Battalion which was on high alert, and Jian Fangtong and his band of horse bandits hiding among the crowd.
Through both overt and covert methods, Midacheng thoroughly investigated the backgrounds of the Di tribe contestants.
Therefore, although there were many people outside the city, there was no chaos.
The competition proceeded in rounds of preliminary rounds and second rounds.
As more and more people arrived, the competition was extended day by day, and some people even set up yurts outside the city walls to live in.
This is naturally a good thing for the merchants in Mida City. Even if the competition is held year after year, it doesn't matter, because there are many people coming, and they will always have to spend money on food and drinks.
Several businesses have even opened betting odds on horse races, making the prizes increasingly attractive, suggesting they intend to continue the event long-term.
Song Liyun did not go to watch the competition. Accompanied by Song Dekui and Song Erlang, she went to the river to see the newly cultivated land.
Since Song Erlang said that potatoes and corn could be planted, Song Liyun sent the seeds she had prepared in advance to the riverbank.
In the past few days, Qin Huai has led people to plant the seeds in the ground.
Along the surging Mida River, the grass was already ankle-deep.
There were no sheep among the vast expanse of green grass, but rather large tracts of moist, dark new land, exuding the fragrance of earth.
Qin Huai and the others had already received news of Song Liyun's arrival and were waiting in the prefab house at the edge of the field.
"Young Madam, we've planted eighty mu of potatoes and fifty mu of corn. There's no time to plant more, so we'll plant them all as vegetables and melons!"
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