Cao Tong and Wang Kechen walked side by side, and Wang Kechen asked Cao Tong: "Jing Xiu, do you think what we said to Li Buqi is useful?" ”

Cao Yan shook his head very seriously: "I don't think it may be useful, I have long seen that Li Buqi has an idea in his heart, and it is not something that can be persuaded in one or two sentences." ”

Li Buqi told the emperor that the concubines in the palace also had to exercise, and only a strong mother could give birth to a strong child, so the emperor had significantly more days staying with the queen in the past few months. Li Buqi also gave the queen a large source of wealth, so that the queen could come up with money to save the emperor's face when the emperor was tight and had to plan to reduce the rewards to his subordinates, which made Cao Tong recognize Li Buqi's role as the queen's strong support.

Therefore, for the Cao family, if they can keep Li Buqi, they must protect it, and Li Buqi by the emperor's side can help the queen say good things. So although he already knew that it was useless to say these words, Cao Tong couldn't help but say them.

Seeing that Wang Kechen frowned slightly, Cao Tong hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry about it. Li Buqi is a person who knows the importance of what is important, and what words come to an end when they reach him, and he has never seen him spread them. Zi Nan doesn't have to worry that Li Buqi will say it. ”

"Huh." Wang Kechen responded in vain, but he couldn't help complaining about his grandfather in his heart.

Several old people of his grandfather's generation were optimistic about Li Buqi's potential to become an important ally of Jiangmen in the future, so he asked him to tell Li Buqi how to mix with officialdom, otherwise in the face of a boy from a big-headed soldier family, he would at most talk about the weather and Fengyue.

Facts have proved that the quality of the kid from the big soldier family is not high. If he faced those children from Jiangmen families, he didn't have to say it so clearly, just use the Spring and Autumn brushwork. On this point, Wang Kechen is actually not optimistic about Li Buqi's future in the officialdom.

Fortunately, the task assigned by the old man was finally completed, and the words were said so bluntly, it was up to Li Buqi to understand how much he could understand, and there was nothing to do without him, Wang Kechen.

The nobles who were stimulated by "people can fly to the sky" jumped up and down looking for good iron, and good craftsmen built what Li Buqi needed, and inevitably spread the news, so even Zhao Zhen knew about it. For this reason, Zhao Zhen specially called Li Buqi over and asked: "Can people really fly to the sky?" ”

That's what the old man said. It's just that the tools needed to make the flying apparatus are materials that are not easy to obtain, and it is not too easy. ”

"Hmm. Do you want to flap your wings and fly like a bird? ”

"That's impossible. Your Majesty can find a chicken to see how thick the meat on the breast is. Birds can only flap their wings with very strong muscles, and human muscles simply do not have such great strength. But Your Majesty should have seen that birds sometimes do not flap their wings when they fly, and that the flying apparatus imitates the appearance of the bird at this time. ”

"Ah, so?" Zhao Zhen showed a look of "I didn't understand but seemed to be very powerful", and said, "So you can do it." You can only instruct the skilled craftsmen who will be the prisoners, and if you need anything, tell me, and use what you have in the Fengchen treasury. ”

The Fengchen Treasury was a place dedicated to collecting treasures for the royal family, and Li Buqi couldn't use those things. The high-quality steel that Li Buqi needed, steel wires, steel pipes, and the most beautiful things with industrial violence, these things are not found in the Great Song Dynasty now.

Several top nobles sent people to Mingzhou to collect iron, and some sent people to the northwest to collect iron produced in Hezhou to see if it could be used. Li didn't give up these preliminary work and didn't interfere, and in the past few months, the cat has been fiddling with wine koji in the wine shop outside the city. Judging from the current situation, it seems that there is a sample that can be called Daqu, which can convert solid grain into wine, although the yield is not high, but it is believed that there will be good results when it is slowly domesticated.

Most of the alcohol that was steamed out was snatched away by Cao Tong and them, and if they didn't sell it, they couldn't do it, this alcohol was worth the same weight of gold. With the money, Li Buqi bought a piece of land in the city with the help of the nobles, and prepared to build a yard first.

In October, Li Buqi was busy improving the technology of fermentation and distillation of alcohol, so he lived outside the city for several days, but on this day, the eunuch Wang Zhongzheng, who was next to the emperor, rode all the way into the winery: "The official family is urgently summoned, and I want you to enter the palace immediately." ”

Li Buqi rode on the horse brought by Wang Zhongzheng and asked as he walked: "Why are you so anxious?" ”

Wang Zhongzheng sneakily leaned into Li Buqi's ear and said: "The Xia thieves attacked in a big way, the soldiers and horses on the Jingyuan Road were defeated, and tens of thousands of people were broken. Now the ministers have written more letters to ask the officials to promise the Xia thief to sue for peace in order to dismiss the army, and the officials can't decide, so I want to ask you. ”

At this time, the Liao State had already expressed its acceptance of the conditions for increasing the 100,000-year-old currency and would no longer ask for land. Therefore, Zhao Zhen has praised Li Buqi several times for understanding military affairs, and it seems that he remembers Li Buqi whenever something happens. That's a good thing.

Li Buqi asked Wang Zhongzheng again: "The official family is not easy to decide, don't the ministers help the official family come up with ideas?" ”

Wang Zhongzheng saw that the other eunuchs were only following from a distance, so he sighed and said, "If it is said that it is to add some more years of coins to the Liao State, there is also a precedent. But the Xia thief is not the Liao State, this one is to be recorded on the heads of today's officials, but there is nothing to do with the ministers. ”

Oh, I see. The defeated negotiation and the payment of the New Year's coins will definitely be paid. Giving the Liao State New Year Coin is the beginning of the True Sect, so the psychological pressure on Zhao Zhen to increase the 100,000-year-old coin is not great. But if he gives the Xixia New Year coin again, he Zhao Zhen will be the initiator, and there is no excuse. So Zhao Zhen is also afraid of carrying this infamy.

Li Buqi knew that next year would be the third year of Qingli, and Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi should both return to Beijing, so Song Xia should have succeeded in negotiating peace after this defeat. According to the history seen from the Internet, Li Buqi estimates that there is no hope for continuing to fight, and this time he will not change history. It's just that now that you know Zhao Zhen's thoughts, you can take the opportunity to plant a seed in Zhao Zhen's heart to prepare for the future.

After Lü Yi Jian dispersed the dynasty, he returned to Zhongshu Province to serve his public officials and immediately reported to him: "Xianggong, Li Bu has arrived." I have already entered the palace. ”

Lu Yijian immediately ordered: "Quickly invite Zhang Xianggong and Yan to participate in politics." ”

Not long after, Zhang Dexiang and the new governor Yan Shu were invited to Lu Yijian's duty room, and Lu Yijian said: "Your Majesty is still undecided about the matter of Xixia asking for peace. I have said what I should say over and over again, and Your Majesty is tired of hearing it, so I want to hear whether Li Buqi has any outstanding opinions, after all, Li Buqi's judgment of the Liao people last time was still very accurate.

Li Buqi had fought with the Xia thief and knew that the Xia thief was fine. Our understanding of Western Xia also comes from official documents, and those are all official documents, so the old man thinks that we might as well listen to what Li Buqi has to say, and also increase our knowledge. ”