Li Shigu reduced the frequency of going out because of a leg injury, so Li Mao was fine. As soon as he was free, he went home to accompany Su Qing, but Su Qing didn't want her husband to stay at home, so she sent Li Mao out early every morning, and Li Mao would never entangle if he had entertainment at night, let him come back late, and never complain.

Su Qing grew up, and Li Mao looked at Su Qing's bulging belly and came to such a conclusion.

After the beginning of spring, the king of Silla sent envoys to cross the sea to pay tribute, the scale of the mission was huge, and the accompanying merchants were several times more than the officials, and they set up stalls on the spot to do business since they landed, because they came with the envoys, the government could not collect taxes, so the things were good and cheap, and they were deeply liked by the soldiers and civilians along the way.

Li Shigu asked Zhang Yu, the deputy envoy of the imperial domain, to call him and told him to find a way to keep the people and send all the people to Beijing. Since the beginning of the winter of the nineteenth year of Zhenyuan, the news of the Son of Heaven's lack of peace has come to the capital, and the Son of Heaven has been on the throne for more than 40 years. Long live in the mouth of the ministers can not prolong the life of the saint in the slightest, Li Shigu has the news that the day of the saint's great trip is in these two years, at this critical juncture of the replacement of the old and the new, he hopes to establish a good image for himself.

Before Tianbao, the Tang Dynasty was strong, all the countries came to the court, the vassal countries were keen to pay tribute, every time the traders entered Beijing with the mission, the Tang Emperor had a rich reward, the so-called tribute one and ten, the enthusiasm of the traders from all countries was extremely high. In recent years, although there have been rewards, they are far less abundant than in the past, and some traders are reluctant to go because they think the road is far away and the income is not much.

Zhang Yu promised the mission businessmen that if the reward for going to Chang'an could not reach 100 yuan per person, the shortfall would be made up by Ziqing. The traders still don't believe it, and they have heard similar things say that the local officials fooled them into going to Chang'an for the sake of merit, but when they came back, they did not admit their accounts, and they had nowhere to reason on other people's turf, so they had to consider themselves unlucky.

Zhang Yu, the deputy envoy of the Charge Domain, intended to test Li Mao and asked him how to deal with it, Li Mao said: "No matter whether it is good or bad, give the money first, and let them take the money on the road." Zhang Yu said: "Who will write off the money paid in the future?" Li Mao said with a smile: "He will go to Chang'an in the future, he will come back in the future, with the nature of a businessman to see the benefits of Chang'an, how can he return empty-handed, he must return with a full load, Xuanwu and Yicheng to the west of Ziqing are the military towns of the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of the dignity of the imperial court, it is expected that there will be no taxes on the mission, and when they are paralyzed, we will do things according to the law, why worry about the money not coming back?" Naturally, if the marshal rewarded them generously, then it was a different matter. ”

Zhang Yu was overjoyed, when Li Shigu asked him about his countermeasures, he replied with words, and Li Shigu smiled: "This idea must not be what you think, it is the idea that Maohua gave you." You guys, you have all fallen into the eyes of money, Fanbang has come to pay tribute from thousands of miles to the sea, and you have to calculate others, which is really a shame for the Chinese kingdom! According to what Maohua said, the money is sufficient, the food and clothing are provided all the way, and the foot is wrapped when leaving the country, and the return journey is handled in accordance with the law, and the goods carried are not taxable. ”

Zhang Yu was overjoyed, bothering to save money for the public, how could it be as refreshing as taking public money to fill the façade? Naturally, you have to do such good things yourself, as for Li Mao, let's sit there and drink tea. Thinking of this, Zhang Yu left Li Mao alone and slipped away happily.

At the beginning, Zhang Yu had to bring Li Mao to see Li Shigu, and his wishful thinking in his heart was that in case Li Shigu was guilty, he would push Li Mao out to block the arrows, Li Mao was the old love of the Jiedu envoy after all, and now although he has fallen out of favor, it is inevitable that there will be some broken threads, and it is still possible to drag him out to block a few arrows. Now I saw that there was a cheap place to take advantage of, so I didn't want to take Li Mao with me, and when I passed by the tearoom, I saw Li Mao and Chen Jingsheng gossiping, so I flashed by, Li Mao only felt that there was a figure in front of him and shook for a while, looked up, but didn't see anything.

Chen Jingsheng chatted for a while, said goodbye and left, Li Mao continued to drink tea and wait, seeing that the sun was setting in the west, he felt that something was wrong, and asked the teahouse clerk, who got up and said: "Wait for the ya, I'll ask." Not long after I came back to tell Li Mao that Zhang Yu had something to do, Li Mao smiled bitterly and raised his hand to leave. As soon as he came out of the tea room, he heard a burst of laughter from the inner courtyard, and Li Shigu walked out accompanied by Gao Mu, Li Changshan, and Huangfu brothers. His physique is good, after two or three months of cultivation, he can already walk around the ground, which is better than Li Mao imagined.

Li Shigu had just finished a major incident, and he was in a good mood at the moment, his face was full of red light, and he greeted Li Mao when he saw him.

Q: "How is the Fuchu tea?" ”

Li Mao replied: "Very good. ”

Li Shigu said with a smile: "This is the newly sent tea from Huzhou, what is it called...... Look at my memory, go back and ask Jingsheng to bring you a packet to take back. Li Shigu said to continue to move forward, Gao Mu said to Li Mao: "In the evening, the festival marshal has a treat, come together." ”

The place where Li Shigu went was called Xiao Songzhai, the houses were made of pine wood, after the Huangfu brothers arranged the manpower, they went to check the water tank for firefighting, and found that the water in the water tank was only half, and they were immediately furious, stirring up the neighbors, and some people shouted and scolded and jumped out, and played a horizontal game with the Huangfu brothers. Li Mao hurriedly went out to appease, Li Shigu traveled in micro-clothes, and it was not appropriate to get entangled with others.

However, the other party also thought that he had some background, and refused to give in an inch, and when he shouted, the Huangfu brothers spread their hands and prepared to arrest people, but Zhang Ye was drunk and bumped over, holding a wine glass in one hand, with a smile on his face, and finally persuaded those people away. invited Li Mao to drink again, and Li Mao responded that there was a noble person here, and Zhang Ye left with interest.

Back in the room, Li Shigu asked, "Who is making noise here?" Li Mao said: "A few drunks in Yunzhou. Gao Mu asked, "Who is the person who persuaded them away?" Li Mao replied: "Inspector Zhang Ye of the branch." Li Changshan smiled: "This person is very interesting. Li Mao said: "He flattered in front of Deputy Envoy Jia, and he was very powerful. ”

Gao Mu said: "Both of you said yes, then this person must be good, there is a shortage of one who can speak well in front of the prime minister, so you have to reserve one in advance." ”

Li Shigu didn't speak, and according to common sense, he acquiesced. Li Mao glanced out the window, and the sound of Zhang Ye and the mud could still be heard in the night sky, he definitely didn't know that his fate had been completely changed in a few words from a few people.

In private gatherings, Li Shigu does not take a stand at all, and often plays tricks when he fights with everyone, drinks to a happy place, makes a lot of noise, and is very approachable. He suddenly asked Li Mao: "How many talents can your medical school produce in a year?" Li Maoleng paused for a moment, but didn't react, Gao Mu explained: "The medical school recommended several Lang Zhong to go to the Military Medical Department are very competent, and the meaning of the public is that if there is, I will recommend a few more." Li Mao pondered for a moment and replied: "When the school was set to run a three-year school system, most of the students were art investors, and they came to the name of Doctor Ge, they had a certain foundation, and some of them were even well-known in the local area, so it was expected to be ...... Eight people a year. ”

Li Changshan said with a smile: "This is not less, there is a way to teach apprentices to starve to death of masters." Many masters treat apprentices as long-term workers who don't need to be paid, and slowly make them, not allowed to go out for ten or eight years, and teach so many people for a lifetime. ”

Gao Mu said: "Having said that, after all, it's still too slow, and there is too much shortage of military doctors in our army, so what can be done to speed it up." Li Mao said: "After all, Gushan is a small town and a new city, the population is not large, there are not many suitable talents, but Ziqing is a big city in Shandong, a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, as long as the way out is good, the money can keep up, I think it will not be a problem for thirty people in one Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Everyone is still satisfied with this number, Li Shigu said: "I can make a letter of appointment first, all the students will be hired as military doctors when they enter the school, and the tuition and miscellaneous expenses during the study and art period will be covered by the military government, and a family support fee will also be paid." As long as Doctor Ge said that he could become a teacher, he would take office immediately. As long as you provide for fifteen of my men a year, I will reward you at the rate of five thousand per person. For the excess part, each person will be rewarded with 8,000 pieces. If you have the ability to hand over fifty men a year, I will reward each of you with fifteen thousand. ”

Gao Mu said: "The heart of the prince and the talent, if the officers and soldiers of the three armies know about it, they will definitely be happy together." ”

Gao Mu suggested that he hire Ge Rixiu and his wife to the Military Medical Department, and treat them as high-ranking officials, but Li Shigu denied it, he said that the gentleman does not win the love of others, but he is actually afraid of inviting a master like Ge Rixiu, and his own family has lost face, and he paid for the official to order a batch of military doctors from Li Mao's medical school, and he believes that it will be a happy ending.

talked about the military doctor, and the wine was almost drunk, and in the process of drinking tea and sobering up, Li Shigu asked Li Mao to take a walk in the courtyard. Xiao Songzhai occupies a vast area, of which the garden accounts for a large part, because of the commotion in front, the Huangfu brothers simply blocked the entire back garden, idle people are not allowed to enter, and the huge garden is only for two people to enjoy. Walking on the boulevard, Li Shigu hummed an unknown tune in his mouth, and the person seemed very relaxed.

Stopping by a lotus pond, he suddenly asked Li Mao: "Are you used to being idle all of a sudden?" Li Mao said truthfully: "I am a little overwhelmed. Li Shigu said: "There is an errand right now, you catch it first." ”

Li Shigu summoned Li Mao alone to the courtyard to explain the matter, and he asked Li Mao to set up an officer academy to train middle, high, and high officers of the Pinglu Army in Gushan Town.

At the turn of the autumn and winter of the 19th year of Zhenyuan, Li Mao set up a short-term officer training class in Gushan Town in order to cope with the anti-bandit operation in the spring of the following year, and spent two or three months training officers at all levels in Gushan Town. The purpose of that day was actually to sort out the thinking of the army and establish his authority as commander-in-chief, as for military technology, because the time was too short, the role was actually very limited, after a year, Li Shigu suddenly mentioned this matter, which surprised Li Mao.