In order to let the emperor and his ministers understand the principle of "use in and waste out", Li Buqi did not even steam alcohol, and immediately asked the craftsmen who were the prisoners to build a cage for catching rats according to the drawings he drew and put them in the granaries of Tokyo City, and caught more than a dozen large and small rats overnight.

Mice are easy to catch, but choosing those cats for experiments requires a lot of thought. Fortunately, there is a veterinarian in the Hanlin Academy, and he treats the pets of the palace and the homes of high-ranking officials and dignitaries on weekdays. Li Buqi is also considered to be familiar with the face in the Hanlin Academy, and found out the cat's situation after finding out the situation of the cat after finding out the veterinarian and asking for a drink.

Four days is enough for this news to spread all over the capital, the Song people like gambling the most, and the handicap was opened early, so people paid more attention to Li Buqi's experiment, and even asked about the style of the rat cage created by Li Buqi and how many mice he caught. It's just that whose cat was used for the experiment, and there has been no news, which has caused some people to jump up and down to inquire.

Four days later, the experiment began on time at the Ouchi Dog Arena, which had already been crowded with high-ranking officials and nobles. Cao Tong found Li Buqi before the experiment and asked, "Are you sure of what you said?" I'm betting on you to win, and even my lady's snow lion cat is with you. If that snow lion swallows a mouse today, my lady is only afraid that she will have to be awkward with me for half a year. ”

At this time, Zhao Zhen came, and he shouted long live again, and danced again, and then Chen Lin announced the start of the experiment.

The site was renovated according to Li Buqi's suggestion, and the fence of the original dog fighting ring was filled with wooden planks into the soil to form a wooden wall to form a circle. Each plank is smooth and sloping towards the field to prevent rats from escaping.

A little eunuch brought a rat cage over, opened the trap door and emptied a fat rat more than a foot long into the field. Then a eunuch hugged a fat civet cat and sang loudly in a long voice: "Xijing Zuozangku envoy Shi Xiaosun Mansion, a civet cat." ”

He then lifted the cat above his head to show a circle, bent over and placed the cat in the field. Immediately, Zhao Zhen and the others who were in the inner circle all got up and looked into the venue, and the people in the outer circle also stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks.

When the tanuki came to a new environment, he was a little frightened to see so many strangers, but he looked around vigilantly, but did not even look at the mouse, and let the mouse desperately run against the wooden wall in an attempt to escape the threat of the cat.

Immediately, a eunuch reminded the emperor that the cat was timid, and the emperor beckoned everyone to sit back and let the cat relax. But the cat was not interested in the mouse at all, and waited for a long time without moving. Everyone was impatient to wait, so they had to change the snow lion of the Cao family to come up.

The snow lion was more lively, and when he saw the mouse and thought it was a plaything, he immediately ran over, and the mouse ran around in a circle. At first, the snow lion chased behind, but after running a few laps, he couldn't catch up, and it was estimated that he was tired so he lay down on the spot and didn't chase it. This ending is really a bit laughable.

So I changed to another cat, and this one was lazier. As soon as he put it on the ground, he lazily lay there basking in the sun, completely ignoring the mouse that could no longer run and could only huddle under the wooden wall, Li Buqi had no choice but to let the cat out.

The eunuch was about to hug the cat, when suddenly someone shouted: "The mouse is dead!" ”

The rat is indeed kicking its legs belly up. Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked Li Buqi: "This cat didn't hurt the mouse, why did the mouse die?" ”

Li Buqi said: "I think it was the mouse that was scared by the cat for too long, and it was scared. ”

"I see!" Zhang Dexiang suddenly shouted: "It turns out that this cat knows that as long as it lies here, it can scare the mouse to death, so it doesn't take much effort!" What a clever brute. ”

Li Buqi almost collapsed: "Grandpa, I admire your imagination too much." Your brain is really not ordinary! ”

With this kind of person, Li Buqi disdained to be reasonable, and directly invited the fourth cat. The cat showed interest in the rats and chased them around the grounds. The problem is that the cat apparently hadn't caught a mouse before, and it took a lot of effort to catch it.

The fifth cat is a precious Persian cat in the Zhangxiang Mansion, and no one expected that this Persian cat would surprise everyone as soon as it appeared.

This time, a small mouse was placed in the venue, and the Persian cat was so frightened that it couldn't even move, but the Persian cat's reaction was even more unexpected. I saw that the Persian cat took one look, and the mouse immediately shrank to the edge of the wooden wall, and began to tremble. This made everyone's eyes widen, and Zhang Xianggong felt embarrassed, so he couldn't help but stretch his neck to look over. The cat recognized its owner and meowed twice, presumably startling the mouse and scurrying around the grounds. Immediately, the Persian cat was so frightened that he turned around and scratched the wall with his paws and tried to climb out, but then the mouse rushed straight at the Persian cat. Suddenly, I heard a terrible howl from the Persian cat, and suddenly jumped out of the field after a two-foot high.

Zhang Xianggong's big face was blocking the cat's escape route, and the Persian cat instinctively kicked Zhang Xianggong's face and jumped directly over people's heads. Poor Zhang Xianggong's face was scratched out of four bloody cuts. Zhang Xianggong was also frightened, hurriedly dodged, and sat on the ground. And he used too much force not only to shake off his head, but also to flash his waist, so he had to be helped down by two eunuchs to rest. For a while, everyone present felt funny and didn't dare to laugh out loud, and they were suffocated from internal injuries one by one.

Zhao Zhen turned his face sideways with a surprised face and whispered to the eunuch Zhang Weiji: "Is that really a cat?" ”

Zhang Weiji couldn't help but smile and nodded: "The official family, how dare the little one fool the official family." That's really Zhang Xianggong's cat, or it's a small one that people picked up from Zhang Xianggong's house. ”

"Oh, I think I really know what it's like to be afraid of the enemy like a tiger this time. That's probably it, right? Zhao Zhen was thoughtful.

Five more cats from the rich and noble families appeared in turn, only two of the cats attacked the mouse clumsily as a plaything, and the other three were either blind to the mouse or frightened away from the mouse, but not as exaggerated as the Persian cat of the Persian of the Prince.

After the display of the "Rich Cat", Li Buqi released the cats raised by ordinary people, two of which were raised by the palace eunuchs to catch mice, and as a result, five of them were killed cleanly.

Zhao Zhen looked at the sky and said, "I see that the matter is already very clear, what do you think?" ”

It is a normal person who can see that a pampered cat either can't catch mice, or the skill of catching rats is obviously too far worse than that of cats that need to catch rats frequently, so no one has any objections. Zhao Zhen said: "Li Buqi is really reasonable. Some cats are indeed degraded by nature, with their names but not their reality. This is probably the use of waste and retreat. Today I have gained. You should also think about it. ”

At this time, Lu Yijian came out of the ministers and said, "Your Majesty." Since what Li Buqi said is indeed reasonable, and he also has ideas about military training, the minister thought that it would be better to give him some and let him train to see if he could train a strong army. If it does, it can also be used as a reference. ”

Zhang Xianggong, who had ointment on his face, was also supported by the eunuch and said, "The minister also thought that Li Buqi should be allowed to give it a try." ”