After cutting the knighthood and losing the official, he can still get the respect of the firearms bureau, which is really an unexpected gain for Li Su.

Well, it's really unexpected, after Yang Yan finished speaking, Li Su looked at him blankly and didn't say anything for a long time.

Yang Yan is very dissatisfied with Li Su's expression, everyone respects you so much, according to the routine of playing cards, at this time you should open your mouth to be modest a few words, a few words of gratitude, and even cry a few times, it's all good, how many meanings do you mean when you look at me?

"Lord Jianzheng, the workshop where gunpowder is dispensed is still an old place, and there are already Jinwuwei soldiers guarding outside, so Lord Jianzheng can go in directly."

Li Su nodded, and the two continued to walk forward.

After walking a few steps, Yang Yan suddenly sighed and said: "The supervisor doesn't have to worry, His Majesty's dismissal is just a temporary move, just to calm the anger of the courtiers, I have to say that His Majesty is still gracious to the eunuch, leading hundreds of people to rush into the official office, beating the court officials, if you change others, it will be a big crime to kill the head and rob the family, but His Majesty only cut the official and dismissed the official, it can be seen that the emperor's grace is long, the prison is a national merit several times, His Majesty will not punish you lightly, if the prison can stand up for virtue in the future, reflect on the mistakes, I believe that after a few months, His Majesty will still be reinstated, and after His Majesty has dismissed the official position, he has not appointed a new superintendent of the Firearms Bureau, which is vacant, and it is precisely for the future reinstatement, and the superintendent does not need to worry. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Thank you Yang Shaojian for mentioning it, in fact, I don't care if I am not an official, and I can also contribute to the Tang Dynasty if I am not an official, for example, now, I am a white body, and I still come to the Firearms Bureau to dispense gunpowder, which is also out of loyalty to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty. ”

Yang Yan looked relieved and nodded frequently. showed a rare smile: "Lord Jianzheng can think like this, it is very good, and I am blessed by the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Tsk!"

Li Su bared his teeth, so easy to fool, it turned out that the way to win Yang Yan's appreciation was to shout slogans and show loyalty. By the way, he may be happier when he dances with a loyal character......

In contrast, it is more comfortable to get along with Xu Jingzong, Xu Jingzong is different from Yang Yan, he is changing his methods all the time to win Li Su's appreciation, no matter the angle or strength, it is very pleasant, but people will run away in times of crisis.

Li Su's pace was much slower, and when he thought of Xu Jingzong...... I always feel that something is missing in the Firearms Bureau today.

"Ahh Oh! Supervisor! Xiaguan ...... I want to hurt you! The tone of extreme surprise was accompanied by a strong smell of sycophancy.

Xu Jingzong's footsteps were in a hurry, and he looked like he was greeting each other. ran up to Li Su and shook his hand in surprise.

"Lord Jianzheng suffered, a few days ago the Firearms Bureau was at a critical juncture, but the lower official was not angry, but at that time he fell ill, and heard that the lord was cut off and dismissed, and the pain in the heart of the lower official was like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, Lord Jianzheng, you are in this disaster. But I was burdened by the lower officials, and I should be the one who was dismissed......"

Li Su looked at him with a smile. Very perfect acting skills, look, sincere tears were squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, standing in front of him with a look of shame, the tangled expression of shame that he wanted to hit the wall but was afraid of pain vividly appeared on his face, and it was also very layered......

Yang Yan was disgusted. What happened to Xu Jingzong's choice to fall ill at that juncture, everyone knew it in their hearts, and now seeing Xu Jingzong's embarrassed afterthought, Yang Yan's face was pale, and his nostrils let out an angry snort. Then he nodded at Li Su, brushed his sleeves and left.

Xu Jingzong doesn't care, the last thing people in the officialdom don't need is their faces, and they don't say anything about Yang Yan's departure, when he is transparent.

"Young Eunuch Mo Liyang, he is the person, Young Eunuch Xu continued, it should be you who was dismissed just now, um, and then what?" Li Su looked at him with interest, he was not interested in the content of Xu Jingzong's words, anyway, it was all, and he couldn't believe a word, but he was very interested in the expression on Xu Jingzong's face, this is an actor-level figure teaching.

Xu Jingzong showed an embarrassed look, this time it was really embarrassing, Li Su's interested gaze made him feel like he was on pins and needles, and he felt like his whole body was being seen through.

Sighing, Xu Jingzong lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Lord Jianzheng, the lower official knows that he is wrong......"

"What's wrong with you being sick? If this kind of thing happens, everyone doesn't want to ......," Li Su said leisurely.

Xu Jingzong said honestly: "Xiaguan is actually not sick...... The degree branch division is too unreasonable, after the subordinate took over the financial power of the Firearms Bureau, he was in a dilemma, he asked for money, but others did not give it, and he wanted to return the financial power, for fear of being reprimanded by the supervisor, the subordinate official was cornered, so he had to pretend to be sick and avoid ......"

Li Su smiled even more happily, his original guess about Xu Jingzong was right, this is a typical real villain, after a bad thing is done, he will naturally hide it if he can hide it, if he is seen through, he will admit it very much, and then he looks like he is killing and chopping, and he can't bear to chop him if he wants to......

"In short, the lower official was wrong, and even the eunuch was cut and dismissed, and the responsibility for the crime was all caused by the lower official...... Fortunately, His Majesty is benevolent, and the official who dismissed the prison is left behind, everyone knows that it is a matter of time before the prisoner is reinstated, and from now on, the lower official is really only the first person who is the prisoner, and he is loyal from then on, and the lower official is willing to make a poisonous oath, and ask the supervisor to believe in the next official again. ”

Xu Jingzong looked at Li Su sincerely after speaking, both his expression and his eyes were very serious, and even Li Su couldn't tell the truth from the fake for a while.

"Young Eunuch Xu, in fact, my trust is easy to get, so let's do it, you put a thousand guan money here as a deposit, from now on I will trust you absolutely unreservedly, if you do something to escape in the future, I don't blame you, a thousand guan deposit will not be returned, I will laugh at it all, next time you give me another thousand guan, I will continue to trust you, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Xu Jingzong looked at him in surprise, his face gradually became ugly, such a clearly marked trust...... Isn't it a bit expensive?

"Consider?" Li Su looked at him expectantly.

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It is not easy to prepare a thousand catties of gunpowder, Li Su locked himself in the workshop, and it took three or four days to finish the gunpowder, rubbing his shoulders and staggering out of the workshop, Xu Jingzong waited outside the door respectfully, and saw Li Su with a tired face. Immediately stepped forward to rub Li Su's shoulders diligently, and by the way, he shouted at the little officials to carry the gunpowder down and weigh it, switching back and forth between stern and smiling faces, which was very natural and smooth.

"Lord Supervisor has worked hard, but unfortunately His Majesty has a will, and the matter of dispensing gunpowder can only be done by Supervisor alone. Seeing that the adults are working so hard, the lower officials only hate to be able to share the burden for you......"

Li Su smiled and said: "It's no problem if you want to share, tomorrow I will ask Your Majesty for a decree, saying that Xu Shaojian is loyal to the country and wants to mix gunpowder with me, and beg Your Majesty to give you the secret recipe for gunpowder, and Your Majesty will definitely be happy......"

Xu Jingzong trembled, and his face turned green.

Everyone knows that Majesty attaches great importance to gunpowder, and if this is true, it will be handed to Majesty. What did he Xu Jingzong have in mind when he wanted the secret recipe for gunpowder? This is not just death, it is a great death.

"Supervisor, Lord Supervisor, don't make trouble......" Xu Jingzong's face was ugly, and he changed the topic very wisely, and took out a delicate name post in his arms: "Lord Supervisor, the Changsun Mansion has sent a famous post, and tomorrow evening the Changsun Mansion will hold a banquet, and invite the Lord Jianzheng to the banquet." ”

Li Su's heart tightened. His brows furrowed suddenly, and he didn't bother to investigate why the name of the eldest grandson's family appeared in Xu Jingzong's hands.

Last time, the leader collided with the degree branch. beat Wu Langzhong, after a lot of hardships, he finally won the honorary title of Chang'an little bastard, so the wine banquet in the East Palace was gone, and the wine banquet in the Wei Wangfu was also gone, I thought that the eldest grandson's family was the same. As a result, it was only a few days since the dismissal of the official and the reduction of the knighthood, and the name card of the eldest grandson's family was handed over unrelentingly, with a posture of not inviting him Li Su to drink and vow not to give up.

Holding the famous post in his hand, Li Su smiled bitterly a few times.

The authorities were exhausted and concealed from the prince. After hiding from King Wei, he couldn't hide it from the eyes of the old fox after all.

If you don't go, you can't do it, you can shirk it the first time, and if you still shirk it the second time, it's obviously a shameless face, with the power of the eldest grandson Wuji, pinching him to death is like pinching one to death...... What's that.

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What kind of thoughts did the big man have in inviting him three times and twice, Li Su didn't understand, what people at that level were thinking and thinking was not something that Li Su could touch.

The more this is the case, the more Li Su has a sense of crisis.

Although he was deeply favored by Li Shimin, he knew that he had not entered the power circle of the Tang Dynasty, and he was at most a peripheral man.

Being on the periphery can't avoid all kinds of banquets with unknown purposes, and if his official position and title go further in the future, how will he deal with himself? Living outside Chang'an City, every day what happened to the government and the opposition in Chang'an City and the people, I don't know what rumors there are, every time I enter the city, it is like my life is in the hands of others, I am smashed by someone for some reason, I am invited to a banquet for no reason, there is no warning in advance, and I am defenseless afterwards, Li Su is more and more dissatisfied with such days.

If you are not satisfied, you have to change it.

Therefore, Li Su finally dropped the first piece on the chessboard, Wang Zhi.

With his current status and ability, he can only penetrate his influence into the community, so he needs Wang Zhi to make friends with idle men and ruffians according to his instructions, and there are some mysterious rangers who have come and gone without a trace, Li Su needs to cultivate his own strength.

The prosperous era of Zhenguan is enjoyed by ordinary people, and he is already in the court, there can never be a peaceful and comfortable day, the court is stormy, and if the rhizome is not deeply rooted in the soil, sooner or later it will be overturned by the wind and waves.

On the way home, Li Su rode on his horse and silently arranged the plan for the next one to two years.

It is said that Wang Zhi has been waiting for him for several days, and when he returns tonight, he will bring some money out of his family's treasury and let him enter the city.

It was evening when he got home, Li Su got off the horse, and the handyman at home stepped forward to lead the horse, Li Su hurriedly entered the door and found that his father was not there, and the housekeeper said that the master was very happy these days and went to the field.

Humming a little song into the inner courtyard, the treasury is located on the inner side of the main wing of the inner courtyard, a very private place.

The printing workshop in the city, as well as the liquor trading in partnership with the Cheng family, the main input of the Li family is these two things, about 100 yuan per month, at the beginning of the month, the shopkeeper Zhao of the printing workshop and the steward of the Cheng family were transported by horse-drawn carriage, the Li family has not had much expenditure recently, seeing that the cash in the warehouse is accumulating more and more, there is a kind of gold and silver sea, every time Li Su enters the warehouse to count the money, the mood is always very good, although the money is too much to count, but the source of Li Su's good mood is the uncountable money, if you can count it one day, it means that the money is less, Li Su's mood must be very bad.

At this moment, Li Su held the key in his hand, opened the copper lock of the warehouse with a smile on his face, and slowly lit the oil lamp inside.

The dim light gradually illuminated the cramped room, Li Su turned his head, the smile on his face was as if he had been frozen, and he instantly stiffened, and his eyes looked straight at the warehouse, silent for a long time.

"Where's my money?" Li Su hissed and roared, his eyes flushed.

No one answered him, Li Su had already made a rule, the treasury was a forbidden place, whether it was a housekeeper or a maid, whoever approached would kill whom, except for the two masters of the Li family, father and son.

"Where's my money?" The voice was raised a little, revealing incomparable despair and ...... Despair.

I can't count how much money is in the warehouse, but there are accounts to check, about more than 2,000 yuan, more than 2,000 yuan, and if you use a horse-drawn car, it will take about ten horse-drawn carriages.

At this moment, the treasury that was once full of copper coins was empty, and the thick dust on the ground was imprinted with the marks of copper coins, as if crying to the owner about the wealth he had been.

With such a lot of money, there is not even a penny left.

"Furious" can no longer describe the feeling in Li Su's heart at this moment, Li Su only feels that he is about to explode,...... Catch the thief who steals the money and blow it up.

"Old Xue! Get the hell out of here! Li Su ran out of the inner courtyard and drank heavily.

Steward Xue's face was pale, and he crawled over: "What do you want Shao Lang Jun to order?" ”

"Where's the money in the treasury?" Li Su glared at a pair of eyes that wanted to kill and said angrily.

"Money?" Steward Xue showed a puzzled look, Li Su understood, not pretending to be stupid, but with an expression of "how could you not know".

Li Daozheng's familiar coughing sound came from outside the door.

Steward Xue was relieved, and stepped forward in a few steps and said, "The master has returned home." ”

Li Daozheng was in a very good mood, and grinned as a greeting.

"Dad, where is the money in our treasury?" Li Su gradually understood.

Li Daozheng smiled more and more happily when he heard this: "Money? Of course, the money is spent. ”

Li Su was a little dizzy, probably the legendary "Spinning the World", which was one level worse than the Thunderbolt on a sunny day.

"More than 2,000 yuan...... What's the deal? Li Su gritted his teeth and said.

"Jingyang Zhou County Commander came to me a few days ago, saying that the government decided to open up the wasteland west of Taiping Village, and called hundreds of conscripts, and then the government surveyed and thought it was a medium field, Zhou County Commander came to visit me at home and asked if our family was interested in buying, 300 acres of land, tsk!"

Li Su's face was as earthy: "So, Dad, you bought it?" ”

Li Daozheng nodded happily: "Of course you want to buy it, the good luck sent by God, a total discount of 3,000 yuan, the family money is not enough, Zhou County is very generous, let our family make an IOU first, and then pay it back next year, I owe almost more than 600 yuan, coward, hurry up and make money for Lao Tzu to pay off the debt!" …… What are you crying about! Guawa, it's a happy event, laugh quickly. (To be continued......)