Li Ying withdrew from the study room and prepared to go to Zhao Kuo's mansion to convey Emperor Zhao's will, but before he left the palace, he actually met Li Zhou and Zhao Qing'er. Then he asked with a smile: "Commander Li doesn't have to be on duty today, is this specially here to pick up the princess to go out to play?" ”

Li Zhou saluted Li Ying with a fist and returned: "That's right, the princess said that it was too boring to stay in the palace, so she came to pick her up out of the palace and walked around, is Mr. Li going out of the palace to do business?" ”

"Yes, I was about to go out of the palace to preach an oracle for the emperor, and we talked as we walked."

So several people walked outside the palace together, and on the way, Li Ying said again: "Commander Li is really interested in our princess, the old slave will wait for a few years to change his name to call you a colt, and then I will expect you to take care of the old slave more, hehe"

"Mr. Li is serious, the princess is still an adult"

Zhao Qing'er looked around from the side, but didn't pay attention to what they said, but suddenly said to Li Ying: "Father-in-law Li, you can help me do something."

"If the princess has something, just open her mouth and tell the old slave, and what the old slave can do must be done for the princess."

"You help me arrest the boss of Hulinyuan, I want to beat him, opening a black shop is so unpalatable, I kept going back to the palace hungry last night"

Li Ying's face turned red after hearing this, and she instantly regretted that she had just said too much, "This... This old slave can't do it, princess, how can the old slave have the right to arrest people, princess, if you don't believe it, you can ask Commander Li, right? ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Zhou, but Li Zhou actually smiled and said: "Manager Li, you can order the people under your command to arrest him."

"The inspection department can't just arrest people, if the emperor knows about it, he won't pick the skin of the old slave, the old slave has to hurry up to convey the emperor's will, and he has to take the first step", after speaking, he walked briskly with a few little eunuchs, and after a while, he distanced himself from Li Zhou and Zhao Qing'er. He was also afraid that Zhao Qing'er would pull him directly, and insisted that he catch Li Situ's son, Zhao Guo is the only princess, Emperor Zhao doesn't like Zhao Kuo, but he loves Zhao Qing'er very much. It's just that this princess is still extremely willful and rude, if she really pesters him to arrest people, it will be over, so it's better to go first.

Li Ying soon came to Zhao Kuo's house, and Zhao Kuo was sitting in a daze in the house at this time, probably still thinking about how to make a lot of money. After Xie Anlai told him that Li Ying was coming, he came back to his senses, got up and went to the front hall, and after seeing Li Ying, he greeted politely: "Manager Li is here, my house is really shining."

Li Ying smiled and said, "Fourth Highness, in fact, you don't have to be so polite with the old slave."

"What you want, what you want"

"I really don't need to"

Zhao Kuo smiled, "Is there anything you want to order when Manager Li came here today?" ”

"There is indeed something, this time I came to preach the oracle on behalf of the emperor, and the emperor ordered the fourth highness to take up the post of the history of the Western Inspectorate, and be responsible for recruiting people to form the Western Patrol Division"

"What's that? History of the Western Patrol? Still want me to recruit? What does this department do? ”

"It's mainly responsible for going to various places to find out information, and at the same time, it is also responsible for supervising hundreds of officials."

After Zhao Kuo heard this, he immediately thought of a word in his heart, spy, this Nima is to let people be spies, and the errand of supervising hundreds of officials is even more thankless.

Zhao Kuo pulled a face and asked, "Can I refuse?" ”

"As soon as the emperor Chrysostom came out..."

"Okay, okay, you don't have to talk about it later"

Li Ying smiled and said: "Your Highness, this is not a bad thing for you, after you set up this inspection department, you will be the history of the Western Patrol, and Yu Lu will be directly promoted to 1,000 taels of silver, and I will send you another 5,000 taels of silver to recruit people later, Your Highness, don't you just lack silver?"

Zhao Kuo waved his hand directly: "Don't talk about the silver or the silver, the main thing is that this is an errand that offends people, and it is okay to go to various places to find out information, you said that this is also responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, isn't this offending this official today and offending that official tomorrow?" In the end, all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were offended by me, and when I went out, they didn't just scold me to death."

"How can you, Your Highness, you are too worried, you see that the old slave has been doing so many years, isn't it okay? When the officials saw the old slave, none of them dared to scold."

"What kind of patrol history did you have before?"

"No, no, there was only one patrol history before, that is the old slave, but there will be two in the future, you are the history of the western patrol, and the old slave is the history of the eastern patrol"

"Then this is good, why do you suddenly want me to set up a Western Patrol Division? Your inspector there is too busy? ”

"That's right, Your Highness is really smart, that's why the emperor wants Your Highness to be responsible for recruiting people and then forming a Western Inspection Division."

Zhao Kuo patted his forehead after hearing this, and said in a low voice: "I know, you can quickly ask someone to send the silver when you go back."

"In this way, the old slave will go back to the palace to report to the emperor first"

"Do you want to stay for a light meal?"

Li Ying shook her head and left.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel worried, what West Patrol Division, there is only one name after a long time, no one is there, and he has to recruit people by himself, sister, thankless things can always come to him, fortunately, he will send himself five thousand taels of silver as start-up capital later.

Thinking that there would be another five thousand taels of silver coming in soon, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but smile, and then shouted outside the door: "Butler Xie, let me in"

As soon as Xie An entered the door, Zhao Kuo directly threw him five silver tickets, "You take these five thousand taels of silver to find someone to buy materials or something, and in the afternoon, arrange for someone to come over and make a plan to renovate the mansion for me from top to small, from the inside to the outside, and I will give you the rest of the silver later, just let it go, we are not short of money."

"Your Highness think twice, although our house is a little dilapidated now, there is no need for large-scale repairs, it will cost a lot of silver."

"Don't be verbose, what do I say, you just do it, go and arrange it"

Xie An sighed and went out, and before leaving, he looked back at Zhao Kuo with resentment, as if he was a little dissatisfied with Zhao Kuo's waste of silver. Thinking that since he became a housekeeper in Zhao Kuo's mansion, the silver in charge has never exceeded one thousand taels, and he is even thinking of ways to save various expenses in the mansion on weekdays.

Thinking that his mansion would be completely new after a while, Zhao Kuo was in a much better mood, and strolled to the kitchen with his hands behind his back and humming a little song.

The ingredients they bought were now washed, and Zhao Kuo was ready to start cooking, when he thought that he was going to teach an apprentice to come out, so that he wouldn't have to work hard to do what he wanted to eat in the future, so he shouted: "Monk, monk, you come over to me"

After a while, the Void Monk came to the kitchen and asked, "Why are you calling me?"

"Monk, is it okay for my brother to teach you to cook? Look, don't you usually like to eat? My brother taught you how to cook all kinds of delicious food, and you can make your own whatever you want to eat in the future, right? How convenient it is."

How do you know that the Void Monk shook his head after hearing this: "The little monk likes to eat, but the little monk doesn't like to cook, as long as you give me silver, what do you want to eat, you can't buy it outside?" Wouldn't that be more convenient? ”

"No, the dishes I taught you to cook are delicious, and you can't buy them outside, you... Come back, you come back to me"

The Void Monk ran out of the kitchen without waiting for Zhao Kuo to finish speaking, leaving Zhao Kuo screaming behind him.

In the end, Zhao Kuo directly called the two of them and asked them to stand aside and watch, while Zhao Kuo himself explained to them while cooking, and looked like a kitchen master with two elementary school apprentices.

After his first dish of braised pork ribs came out of the pot, he turned around and asked if the two had learned, and the two who were already confused nodded first, and then shook their heads, Zhao Kuo sighed helplessly.

At this time, Yan Ning came to the kitchen, and the two of them spoke at the same time: "The slave meets the princess", and then stepped aside.

Zhao Kuo saw Yan Ning and said with a smile: "Why did the princess come to the kitchen, there is a lot of smoke here"

"I heard that His Royal Highness is cooking in person, so Yan Ning came to take a look, and by the way, let's see if I can steal a few tricks from His Highness" Yan Ning joked with a smile.

In this way, there was another princess in the kitchen, Zhao Kuo was cooking boiled fish, and the three of them were watching from the sidelines.

After the second dish was ready, Yan Ning sniffed: "It's so fragrant, what's the name of this dish?" I've never seen such a grilled fish in the United States before."

"This dish is called boiled fish, the money is up, the money is down, did you two just see how to do it?"

The two of them still shook their heads, but Yan Ning said: "I seem to know how to make this boiled fish, I remembered the steps you put in the ingredients just now."

After Zhao Kuo heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Really?" Why don't you give it another try, princess? ”

"Next time, wait until the next time I invite His Highness to dinner, and then I will make it myself for you to try"

After working in the kitchen for a short time, Zhao Kuo made four dishes, and then walked out of the kitchen with Yan Ning and asked others to cook some more.

Accompanied Yan Ning to the living room, as soon as he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, Lian Yun arrived, and after saluting Zhao Kuo and Yan Ning, he happily said to Zhao Kuo: "Your Highness, I have investigated the identities of those Qin people last night, do you know who the general of the Qin State is?" He is actually a member of the Wang family of the famous family of the Qin State, named Wang Li, has His Highness heard of him before? ”

"His father's name is Wang Ben, and his grandfather's name is Wang Qian?"

As soon as Zhao Kuo's words came out, Lian Yun was immediately stunned: "Your Highness, how did you know?" You knew him before? ”

"I've heard of" Zhao Kuo replied lightly, for these people with the same name as the Warring States Period in his previous life, Zhao Kuo is not very surprised now, Zhao Kuo feels that even if someone is called Yingzheng now, he should not think of him and Yingzheng of the first emperor in his previous life.

Lian Yun sighed, and continued to ask Zhao Kuo: "Then Your Highness, do you know the identity of that Qin Tian?" ”

"Didn't he report himself last night? Qin Guowu Anjun Bai Qi is his uncle, is it fake? ”

"That's not it, it's just that he didn't say one identity, his father is the protector of the Qin State and the uncle of the Qin Emperor."

Zhao Kuo sighed lightly: "But what do you have to do with us for so long?" ”

"The minister said that these are to remind His Highness that you can make friends with this person, so that Your Highness should be helpful in the future."

"What General Lian said is indeed reasonable, Your Highness, you should make more friends with powerful people from various countries, so that even if Your Highness can't stay in Zhao Country in the future, you can go to other countries to defect."