Zhao Yuan was holding a chicken leg and gnawing on it, Tang Yaoyao looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Have you found a new business opportunity?" ”

Tang Ning has always felt that silver is inexhaustible, as long as it is enough to spend, but Tang goblins have always maintained a high enthusiasm for making money, which may come from the bones of their Tang family, no wonder the Tang family's business is so big.

Tang Ning looked at her and said: "It's going to be a big competition of sixteen guards soon, you can bet, and when the time comes, the gambling house will definitely open a handicap." ”

Tang Fairy is known as the God of Gambling, and when he won the top prize in the Tang Ning examination, he won nearly one million taels of silver in betting, and nothing is faster than this.

"Gambling is risky." Tang Yaoyao looked at him and asked, "Aren't you in the military department, do you have any inside information?" ”

Unexpectedly, Tang Fairy, who has always been eclectic in doing things, has become diligent and thrifty, and this progress surprised Tang Ning.

However, the Ministry of War only has the right to undertake the Sixteen Wei Dabi, and it is a thankless task, and there is no insider or black-box dealing, unless he poisons the food of a strong team participating in the competition, and bets on another weak team to win, anyway, their food is managed by the Ministry of War, and this method is very operable.

But this is too disgraceful, it is not a gentleman's doing, and the money earned is not clean, the most important thing is that it is risky, it is better to cultivate a weak team as a dark horse, but Tang Ning does not belong to the Sixteenth Guard, this idea is not feasible at all.

This matter can be put aside for a while, as the undertaker, even if there is no dark box and shady scenes in the military department, there will definitely be a little insider.

It seems that Wu Langzhong is in charge of Dabi's preparations, so just ask him when the time comes.

Xiao Jue has been running here every day recently, and after walking in quickly from outside the door, he looked at Tang Ning and asked, "I heard that you beat the sixteenth guard captain today?" ”

Tang Ning looked at the few bruises on his face and asked, "What's wrong with your face?" ”

Xiao Jue touched his face and said, "No, I accidentally touched it." ”

It's not easy to touch a good face, but Tang Ning didn't continue to ask, nodded and said: "The military department is not in their army, I just teach them a lesson, so that they don't be too presumptuous, how do you know about this?" ”

"How do I know?" Xiao Jue glanced at him and said, "The whole Beijing Division knows that the sixteenth guard captain was beaten in the military department, and the sixteen could not beat one, and there was no face left ......at all."

Tang Ning's previous fame in Beijing was mostly obtained by his three-yuan champion, of course, the next scientific examination is coming soon, and his champion identity is gradually not mentioned, but when it comes to broom stars, Shilang nemesis, it can be said that everyone knows it, no one knows, because of beating people and becoming famous, it may not be a good thing for him, a dozen sixteen records, how much better than broom stars.

Tang Ning looked at Xiao Jue and asked, "Why are you here today, you should be on duty today, right?" ”

Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "From today onwards, I will no longer be in the Right Yuwei, I am now the captain of the Left Xiao Cavalry." ”

Emperor Chen's care for the Xiao family is already very sufficient, Xiao Jue has only been the captain of Yulin for a year, and then he was promoted to the captain of the Xiao cavalry, although the Xiao cavalry guard is not as good as the Yu Lin Wei, but the Xiao cavalry captain is the martial arts of the sixth grade, Xiao Jue only took a year, and he was promoted to a whole level.

It's a pity that he is tired and tired of running around the six departments, arresting corrupt officials and removing ministers, and going all the way to Chu State halfway, and being in danger many times, only to be promoted to one level.

And Grandpa Xiao has only been in Beijing for a year, this is the difference between the emperor's brother-in-law and ordinary people.

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "For no reason, why did Your Majesty let you go to the Xiao Cavalry Guard?" ”

Xiao Jue explained: "My father used to be the general of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, and many of his subordinates were in the Xiao Cavalry Guard, and those of us will all be trained in the Yulin Guard at the beginning, and after two or three years, we will be transferred to the remaining twelve Guards ......, by the way, this time the big competition of the Left Xiao Cavalry Guard is what I am responsible for." ”

"You're responsible?" Tang Ning looked at him, thought of something, and asked, "What is the strength of Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard?" ”

Xiao Jue said: "It's okay." ”

"Last year's Xiaobi, how many of the sixteen guards?"

"Fifteenth."

"Fifteen?" Tang Ning's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Fifteen is good......"

Xiao Jue looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Tang Ning didn't answer him directly, looked at Xiao Jue and asked, "Do you want to get rich?" ”

Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "I don't want to, I have enough money to spend." ”

Tang Ning asked again, "I really don't want to?" ”

"No ......"

Xiao Jue only said one word, and Tang Ning stuffed a chicken leg into his mouth, Tang Ning looked at him, shook his head and said, "No, you want to." ”

……

"Lord Tang."

"Hello Lord Tang."

"Lord Tang, morning."

When Tang Ning returned to the military department again, the treatment was completely different from the previous two days.

When he first came to the Ministry of War, the officials of the Ministry of War avoided him, but today they became extremely eager, and whether it was officials he knew or did not know, they all took the initiative to greet him.

On the way to the duty room of the military department, what I heard in my ears was his brilliant record of yesterday's 16 picks, yesterday's incident, the 16 guards lost face, the military department was proud of their eyebrows, and the officers of the military department were both prosperous and lost, and their attitude towards him also changed dramatically.

In addition, he heard another message.

It is said that yesterday in a certain restaurant, someone saw the daughter of Lord Shangshu, Miss Lu, who has a great reputation in Beijing, to do something to someone in public, and the reason for the action seems to be that the other party insulted Miss Lu, saying that she could not marry for the rest of her life, which touched Miss Lu's scales......

Everyone expressed pity for Miss Lu, who was beautiful but hot-tempered, and expressed pity for Xiao who dared to expose the witch's scales......

Tang Ning stood in the corridor and listened to the gossip for a while before returning to his duty room.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Lu Ding walking in from outside.

Tang Ning stood up and arched his hand, "Lord Shangshu." ”

"You're welcome." Lu Ding waved his hand and said, "This official came to you for a reason. ”

Tang Ning said: "What's the matter, Lord Lu will say." ”

Lu Ding said: "The new system of the Sixteen Guards Contest you proposed yesterday is very good for this officer, not only is it fair, but the pressure on our military department is much less. ”

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "What does Lord Lu mean ......?"

"What this official means is that since this law was proposed by you, you will be responsible for the preparation of this sixteen Wei Da Competition, after all, no one is more familiar with this new system than you."

When Lu Ding said this, he was still a little embarrassed, after all, this kind of thing has always been thankless, not only unprofitable, once it is not done well, it will also be blamed by the Sixteen Guards, and the people in charge of this matter, even within the Ministry of War, also pass the buck to each other every year.

Tang Ning was still thinking on the way to come, the quadrennial Sixteen Wei Da Competition, there are too many places to operate, but unfortunately he is not in charge, there is no way to grasp the business opportunities in it, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the Ministry of War, Lu Ding sent this opportunity over.

He thought for a while, looked at Wu Langzhong on the side, and said: "Wu Langzhong is in charge of this year's big competition, so I didn't rob Wu Langzhong of his errand, isn't this okay?" ”

"Good!" Wu Langzhong was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up and said: "This official is worried that if he can't handle this matter, won't he live up to Lu Shangshu's trust, Lord Tang can work hard, and this official has no objection......

"Since that's the case, then the lower official has no choice but to obey." Tang Ning sighed, looked at Lu Ding, and asked, "I don't know how much the cost of this big competition ......?"

Lu Ding's face was slightly embarrassed, and he said: "The funds of the Ministry of War have always been tight, and the Sixteen Guards will not allocate funds to the Imperial Court in previous years, and the Ministry of War can only take out 1,000 taels ......."

The problem of funds is also one of the problems encountered by the Ministry of War, the Sixteen Wei Dabi, the imperial court never allocates funds, and the Ministry of War can only contribute its own funds, and it is impossible to come up with too much money to prepare for the already tight Ministry of War......

Tang Ning looked embarrassed and said: "Lord Lu, you also know that the Sixteen Wei Dabi requires a lot of manpower and material resources, this thousand taels ......."

It is a contradiction to want the horses to run and not to give them grass.

Lu Ding looked at him and said, "The military department can take out a maximum of two thousand taels, not more." ”

Tang Ning looked at him, sighed, and said, "Since that's the case, let's try it." ”

Seeing that he agreed, Lu Ding breathed a sigh of relief and encouraged him a few more words before leaving in a hurry.

Back in his office, he picked up the teacup, but did not drink it, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

No one wants to do thankless things, I thought it would take a lot of words to persuade Tang Ning, but I didn't expect it to be so easy, it was so easy that he began to doubt himself, could there be any problems in this?

After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think of anything wrong, so he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

In any case, this difficult matter is finally over.

In the Ministry of War, Tang Ning, who had already obtained the right to host the Sixteen Guards Competition, had just returned to his position.

He's going to write a plan.

A plan for the "1st Cup Sixteen Guards Tournament".