"Yingniang, grind the ink!" Now Li Buqi has instructed Luo Yingniang to become more and more handy.

Luo Yingniang pursed her lips as usual, but still rolled up her sleeves and sharpened the ink. Li Buqi was picky: "Alas, why are you so clumsy, haven't you ever sharpened ink for your brother?" The force on the hand should not be too large, it should be moderately light and heavy, the speed and slowness should be appropriate, the ink strip should be vertical, and the ink should be rotated in a circle. That's how it gets inky. ”

Luo Yingniang pouted again: "You scholars are very particular." ”

"Yingniang, I'm curious. Why do you see that your brother has no martial arts at all, why is your sister so good at double swords? Li Buqi asked seemingly casually.

Luo Yingniang's body stiffened slightly, and then she pretended to be calm and said: "Brother is good at writing, my father and mother are counting on him to make a name for himself in the exam, so he will study with all his might." The slave family has been naughty since I was a child, and my father and mother asked me to learn some martial arts to defend myself. Actually, my brother is good at archery. ”

Li Buqi saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he nodded, dipped his pen in ink and began to draft the plan, and after the final draft, he copied a copy for Zhao Zhen, and asked Tao Lin to show him the draft.

"Tao Lin, you have been with me for more than a year, and you have experienced a lot of things, but you still need more experience to be a big person. I decided to set up a dart game, you go to the dart game, watch it develop from small to large, learn how to unite a group of people, how to manage a group of people. If you can do a good job in the game, you will definitely achieve your dreams in the future. ”

Tao Lin was not a person who was good at expressing joy and anger, but asked, "Official, what should I start doing first?" ”

Li Buqi said: "Naturally, it is to recruit manpower. Someone must be there for everything. The plan has made it clear what the game is for, and now you have to find the right people and train them. When the game opens, I hope these people will be able to use it immediately. ”

After speaking, Li Buqi still decided to remind Tao Lin: "You must pay attention to the fact that bodyguards are the same as the army in battle, relying not on individual bravery, but on the cooperation of everyone." When you choose people, you must pay attention to the selection of those who know the roots, those who are brave and self-righteous are not strong in martial arts. ”

Tao Lin nodded: "Don't worry, officials, I will carefully select people." Then he asked, "Then who will follow the officials?" ”

Li Buqi said: "Just Chen Quan." Okay, I'm going to see the official's house again. Weapons are always used in running a dart bureau, and the official family is required to have a franchise. ”

When Li Buqi asked to meet the emperor, the emperor was visiting Zhang Meiren, who was about to give birth, and unconsciously talked about the problem that the sun can be divided into seven colors: "I didn't expect that my Zhao family still has such a capable person." He can figure out what he can't even say if he doesn't give up. It can be seen that Li Buqi said it well, as long as you put more effort into it, everything in this world can find out the truth. ”

Zhang Meiren hurriedly followed the emperor and said: "The descendants of Taizu and Taizong are naturally extremely smart. Your Majesty is just worried about political affairs every day, and you can't be distracted from such trivial matters. If Your Majesty had also pondered these little things, I am afraid that they would have been exposed long ago. ”

Although Zhao Zhen knew that this was Zhang Meiren's flattery, he was still very useful: "In the past, Li Buqi said that his own intelligence was not outstanding, but he was more attentive than others and could sit up and walk. ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words: "It's just a pity that although there are many talented people in the world, no one can be as attentive as Li Buqi." If I can put half of my talent in poetry on sharing worries for the country, how can I have so many things to worry about. ”

Zhang Meiren knew that the emperor must have encountered trouble again, and nine times out of ten, it was a matter of money. It's not going to be the New Year again, all kinds of rewards, and New Year's celebrations cost money, but both the treasury and the inner treasury can starve rats to death. The emperor's year is not easy.

But she couldn't interject casually about this, and quickly changed the topic: "Oh, Your Majesty, the child is kicking me again." ”

As soon as he heard that the child was moving, Zhao Zhen immediately let go of his worries and put his hand on Zhang Meiren's stomach to feel the fetal movement. Zhang Meiren said coquettishly: "The imperial doctor said that the fetus is a little big, and the slave family is afraid. ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly comforted her: "Don't be afraid. I asked Li to wait in the capital these days. It will be fine to have him take care of you when you give birth. ”

After talking for a long time, Zhao Zhen returned to the Chongzheng Palace, and the eunuch hurriedly reported to Li Buqi and asked to see him. The emperor was about to find Li Buqi, and immediately ordered Li Buqi to come in.

After Li Buqi followed the eunuch to the Chongzheng Hall to salute Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen asked: "Don't give up, what have you been busy with recently?" ”

"I want to try to open a dart game."

"What's a dart game?"

"Now the roads are not quiet, and there are often cases of bandits robbing pedestrians and merchants, obstructing the trade routes. The dart board is to protect the safety of pedestrians and property, or to safely transport money and goods to their destinations for people. ”

"Oh, you can do such little things yourself. Isn't it very profitable? ”

"Yichen thinks about it, the dart game itself is to make hard money, but with the dart board, the trade route is smooth, there are more businessmen coming and going, and the court collects more taxes. However, this is just wishful thinking on the part of the minister, and we will not know until the result is done. The minister made this known to His Majesty because since he had to guard against strongmen, he not only needed to walk in a group, but also had to carry knives and guns, which was afraid of violating the ban of the imperial court. Therefore, the minister wanted to ask for a franchise. ”

"Oh, that's it?" As soon as he heard that he needed to carry weapons, the emperor instinctively resisted. "It's really inappropriate to gather people to carry knives and guns, if you want to make the trade route unblocked, you can also use the army."

"The Xiangjun is raised by the state's money, and it is unreasonable to only give things to a few businessmen. If there is something wrong with collecting money from merchants, the minister wrote it in the transcript. ”

So Zhao Zhen took a closer look at Li Bu's recital. Of course, the most impressive thing for him was that Li Buqi wrote that the dart bureau needed to pay a management fee to the imperial court in order to obtain a concession, which was equivalent to pedestrians and merchants paying a fee to the imperial court, which could increase the income of the imperial court.

The emperor just couldn't see the word "money" now, and carefully looked at Li Buqi's report to the imperial court in the dart bureau and also had a detailed plan, so he nodded: "I understand this matter." In this way, this dart game is indeed very useful, and it is beneficial to the country, so I will approve it, and you will do it. There is no precedent for this matter, but since the dart bureau is located in Tokyo, it is left to the Imperial City Division. ”

Imperial City Division, this matter is easy to handle. With the note approved by the emperor, Li was about to retire if he did not give up. The emperor said: "Don't give up, Zhang Meiren is about to give birth these days, so you will stay in Tokyo, and if you have something urgent, you can find it." ”

Li Buqi had no choice but to agree before he went to Gan Zhaoji, who was promoting the Imperial City Division. They are all old acquaintances, the two have always gotten along well, Li Buqi also let go of Gan Zhaoji's share of digging out the credit of the Western Xia and Liao State spies, so Gan Zhaoji is very talkative, and soon agreed that the management fee will be charged according to one or five percent of the bodyguard fee, and then it is stipulated that the knives and guns used in the weapons of the dart bureau cannot use ordnance, the bow can only use a soft bow, the personnel cannot wear a full set of armor, and the number of weapons must be reported to the Imperial City Division.

This one is very loose. Li Buqi was very happy to get the concession so easily, and he was about to go back, but he was meeting Zhang Yonghe. Zhang Yonghe hurriedly said: "Li Tiju walks slowly, we are worried about something, and I want to discuss it with you." ”

"I don't know why I'm worried?"

"It's not for the sake of lifting!" Zhang Yonghe said: "The official family asked me to recruit troops for the Zhenwu Army." It's just that last time there were only five or seven hundred people, and I couldn't be tossed. If there are another 500 people, I Lao Zhang will not live. ”

"What's going on?"

Zhang Yonghe complained: "Li Tiju, if you don't let those sergeants out of the camp on weekdays, their monthly food and salary cannot be sent home in person, but most of them will go to me to send them home." Their families are not together, and the people below are complaining bitterly, how can this be good? ”

Li Buqi laughed: "I said a long time ago that my method of training soldiers must be linked to the service of the people, now you know why, right?" I can't do anything about this matter, since you are embarrassed, it seems that you can only tell Your Majesty. ”

Zhang Yonghe sighed: "It seems that this is the only way." ”