After entertaining in the yamen of the three envoys for a long time, Li Zhongyi returned home, and just entered the gate, he saw Zhao Kuangyin and Murong Yanzhao, looking at him with a smile.

"The little one has seen Mr. Viscount, the big official." Zhao Kuangyi took the lead and joked with Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi hurriedly grabbed Zhao Kuangyi's hand and said with a smile: "How polite is San Lang? ”

Zhao Kuangyi smiled and said: "Sir, my mother heard about your great event, and she was very happy. ”

Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that as his status rose and his real power increased, the Zhao family would definitely increase his efforts to entrap him.

Others may not know, but the three people present have all seen the fierce combat effectiveness of the Hechi Township Army early.

Li Zhongyi, whose fingers have already touched the military power, is still supervising the elite of the elite -- the New Army, whose status cannot be overemphasized.

Once the 100,000 new army of the Great Zhou is completed according to the plan, how much influence will Li Zhongyi, as the chief designer of the military training, have on the new army of the imperial court?

Murong Yanzhao raised his hand to shine on Li Zhongyi's chest, it was a punch, he laughed, and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Xi for receiving His Majesty's appreciation." ”

"Yes, God's grace." Li Zhongyi smiled and nodded, Murong Yanzhao's words were to the point, without Jian Zai's heart, it would be impossible for him to have today's soaring prosperity.

"Sir can finally show his ambitions." Zhao Kuangyin's words are more subtle, but the connotation is very rich.

Li Zhongyi thought to himself that Zhao Kuangyin should have regretted that he did not completely tie him to the Zhao family's chariot when he was still a small official.

Today's Li Zhongyi. Putting aside the title of Founding Viscount, just from the official position of the Wupin Weizhou Regiment Training Envoy, he is already only half a level lower than Zhao Lao Er, who is the fifth grade.

In other words, if the deputy commander of the Ma Bujun Division of the Guards and the Military Division made Zhao Kuangyin the commander, Li Zhongyi was already qualified to be a supervisor. The status is also not much different, enough to fight the court.

The four people present were also old brothers, and Li Zhongyi smiled and invited the Zhao brothers and Murong Yanzhao into the flower hall.

This meal of wine lasted more than two hours. It didn't end until the curfew was approaching.

The next day, when it was dawn, Li Zhongyi got up with a yawn. He stood in the courtyard, when he moved his hands and feet. But I heard a burst of cheers outside the courtyard wall, "Xiao Qi, the name of the archer is already yours." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, yesterday, the entourage knew that they were going to re-enter the training ground again, and they would go to the battlefield in the future. One by one, their faces turned red with excitement.

Fame, but take it right away!

This has always been the mantra that Li Zhongyi used to motivate the soldiers of Hechi Township. It has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It is not surprising that everyone has the heart of fame, and the rise of Guo Huai and others is a clear example.

Li Zhongyi is a capital eunuch, and his entourage is naturally tooth soldiers in wartime. There is a good chance to go to the battlefield and be promoted to the army.

The crippled and lonely veterans on duty at the gate of the Li family, from another angle. Use their personal experience to tell everyone that Li Xiangshuai will never forget their merits and blood and sweat.

Li Zhongyi walked slowly to the practice ground in the backyard. Standing in front of the door, he looked at the dozens of entourages who had been following him from birth to death.

"Brothers, you can't go to the battlefield without a good horse, the younger brother pondered, when it is not worth it, he will go to the horse market in the city to shop, and if he doesn't have a BMW, he will buy a good horse and come back."

"Alas, I've been there more than once, how can I buy any good horses in this Kaifeng Mansion?"

"Yes, there are quite a lot of donkeys and oxen in the city, and horses, especially war horses, are not only few, but also frighteningly expensive."

Hearing the whispers of his entourage, Li Zhongyi secretly sighed, due to the intention of the Khitans, the horses of the Great Zhou Kingdom were even less than those of the Later Shu Kingdom.

In Kaifeng City, some low-level powerful families can only use ox carts to travel, and they can't bear the huge burden of carriages.

Although the Hou Shu Kingdom also lacked war horses, it was possible to buy some Dali horses that were good at carrying things from the Dali Kingdom to breed, and gradually evolved into the Sichuan horses of later generations.

Unlike the first time he took charge of the army, Li Zhongyi already had practical experience in leading troops to fight, and although he fought guerrilla warfare and sneak attack warfare, he also accumulated a lot of actual combat experience, which was completely different from the military rookies of the past.

For the new army of more than 10,000 people, Chai Rong could not be reluctant to equip the senior generals with horses, but it was difficult for Li Zhongyi, the entourage of the capital prisoner, to make sure that everyone had horses.

Li Zhongyi thought for a moment, beckoned Li Xiaoqi, and asked him to go to the bottle to get money to buy a horse.

Due to the shortcomings of Ma Zheng, even the descendants of BMW can easily be raised as waste wood. The generals of the Great Zhou State generally chose the horses they had prepared, and gave up the military horses equipped by the imperial court.

Li Zhongyi's entourage all have horses, and there is no problem with riding on weekdays, but they can't go to the battlefield and charge into battle.

After breakfast, Li Zhongyi teased Brother Bao and Tianya, boarded the carriage with gifts, and went straight to Zhao's house.

Zhao Hongyin, the head of the Zhao family, died less than three years ago, and now, the head of the Zhao family is the surviving Mrs. Du, that is, the mother of the four brothers of the Zhao family, the future Empress Dowager Du of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The lust of the Zhao family has a tradition, Zhao Hongyin has dozens of concubines, and none of the concubines can give birth to a boy and a girl.

It's just that the concubine doesn't give birth to children, the back house of the Zhao family has always been calm, the water waves are not alarming, and there has never been a scandal.

Anyone with a little insight can see from it that Mrs. Du is powerful.

As soon as Li Zhongyi's carriage arrived at the door of Zhao's house, he saw Zhao Kuangyi walking out of the door and greeted him with a smile.

"Tingyi, so idle?" Li Zhongyi smiled and bowed his hand, but he knew in his heart that Zhao Kuangyi must have been waiting in front of the door for a long time.

"Sir, my mother said that Mr. is the first time you come to the door, it should be more formal, in the future, there will not be so many rules, you can come at any time, enter at any time, everyone is a family." Zhao Kuangyi's city government is getting deeper and deeper, and his personality is becoming more and more mature.

Li Zhongyi smiled and nodded, he and the Zhao family were really good friends. It's just that a few days ago, Mrs. Du was ill. According to reason, Li Zhongyi's wife in the main room should come to say hello.

However, Li Zhongyi has not yet gotten married, so he sent a concubine to greet him. It seems disrespectful again, so I just sent a few hundred-year-old ginseng plants to show my heart.

Before entering the second gate, I saw Zhao Kuangyin leading Zhao Pu and greeted him with a smile.

Li Zhongyi was slightly surprised in his heart. With his friendship with the Zhao family brothers, so far, the Zhao family has put on a welcoming formation, which is very grand and redundant.

"Mr. No Blame, I haven't seen you for a long time. Strange missing. Zhao Pu smiled and bowed, there were words hidden in his words, and there was more sound outside the strings.

Li Zhongyi understood as soon as he heard that since he had debated the basic national policy of whether to go south or north first last time, Zhao Pu still wanted to find an opportunity to continue arguing.

cough, at this time and at that time, although Li Zhongyi does not have military power now. However, whether it is identity or status, or the real power in hand. is not weaker than Zhao Lao Er.

In Li Zhongyi's view, continuing to argue with Zhao Pu about the debate between the north and the south is purely meaningless. Because, Chai Rong has already set the basic national policy of first the north and then the south, and is gradually advancing.

Li Zhongyi didn't see Murong Yanzhao. asked Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin replied with a smile: "Brother Hualong was temporarily sent to patrol the river. I'm afraid it's hard to get back today. ”

With the girls wearing ayaluo, the sound along the way. Li Zhongyi was led into the main house of the Zhao family's main house.

"The little nephew visits his aunt." Li Zhongyi and the Zhao brothers have a relationship of equal generation, and it is the proper meaning of the question to refer to Mrs. Du as an aunt.

"Hehe, the blameless nephew is here, the old body is really happy, don't be polite." Mrs. Du smiled kindly, waved at Li Zhongyi frequently, called him to the front, took his hand and said, "In the future, you must come and move around often, the old body's favorite thing on weekdays is to be lively." ”

Li Zhongyi hurriedly explained: "The little nephew is about to be stationed in Chenqiaoyi, and the time to return to Kaifeng is probably very small." ”

Mrs. Du said affectionately: "A good man is ambitious! The old body knows that your military affairs will definitely be extremely busy, so when you have time, you often come to sit down, glance at the old body, talk to you, and drink a few glasses of wine. ”

Hey, this Mrs. Du is very good at talking, and between three words, she has narrowed the relationship with Li Zhongyi, and she does not have the slightest contrived pyrotechnics.

It's really worthy of Mrs. Du, who let the old Zhao family have no concubines!

"As long as my aunt doesn't dislike my little nephew, I must often come to ask for a few glasses of water and wine." Li Zhongyi gladly accepted Mrs. Du's invitation, which can be described as a good person.

Zhao Pu, who was standing on the sidelines, had been watching coldly, and he felt that Li Zhongyi was a little more tactful than when he first met, and a little less bookish than when he first met.

Regarding Li Zhongyi's answer just now, Zhao Pu felt that it was very humane and easy to resonate with others.

"Hehe, as long as you are willing to come often, the wine here is not afraid of being drunk by you." Although Mrs. Du is a woman, she speaks with the hearty spirit of a man, which makes it difficult not to have a good impression.

"Thank you, Auntie." Li Zhongyi accepted Mrs. Du's kindness with a smile, and the relationship between the two families is obviously close, and it is also a matter of course to communicate with each other.

Mrs. Du ordered Zhao Kuangyin's daughter-in-law He to be summoned, as well as Zhao Kuangyin's second son Zhao Dezhao.

"The concubine has seen the uncle." He looked like a lady, and he was gentle and courteous to Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi hurriedly returned the salute sideways, and said politely: "Sister-in-law doesn't have to be so polite, the younger brother and the Yuen Long brother have a good relationship." ”

This He's appearance is very ordinary, no wonder Zhao Kuangyin always likes to take concubines home, dare to be affectionate, this He can't hold Zhao Lao'er's heart at all.

Zhao Dezhao, who was just six years old, aroused Li Zhongyi's great interest, this is the brother of the future "Eight Sages King"?

"Zhao'er visits her uncle." Under the teaching of the He family, Zhao Dezhao gave a big salute to Li Zhongyi in a proper manner.

Under normal circumstances, elders with different surnames who are not relatives must add their surnames in front of their uncles, for example, Uncle Li.

However, I don't know if Zhao Dezhao was precocious, or if someone had taught him beforehand, he actually called Li Zhongyi directly as an uncle. (To be continued)

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