Gradually, the remaining dragon boats also reached the finish line, marking the end of the dragon boat race.
Each team slowly paddled their dragon boats towards the shore, and as per tradition, the Lord County Magistrate would soon award the top three teams from the platform in the middle of the stands.
The academy students who participated in the race had to quickly change into clean robes upon reaching the shore to attend the award ceremony.
The locals by the riverside were also aware of this tradition and started to gather their things and head towards the stands.
Wang Yongzhu had instructed Old Madam Ding earlier to boil two large pots of water and chill them with cold water, making them perfectly warm to drink at this moment.
Wang Yongzhu personally added salt to the water, stirred and dissolved it, tasted it, and nodded only when he could detect a faint salty taste.
