After the special Lu Xianggong successfully took the matter of tea and horse division away from Li Buqi's hands, he suffered a slight stroke and lost his honor in the palace, so he went home to recuperate. Taking away Li Buqi's errand became the last achievement of Lü Xianggong's administration.

Li Buqi was preparing for the Xiucai exam at home, and he didn't care about losing the dispatch at all. Years of workplace experience told him that as long as he hugged his boss's thigh, he was not afraid even if he had no achievements; On the contrary, he didn't know how many people he offended when he rectified the imperial history, and now there must be many people staring at him, doing more and making more mistakes, it is better to do nothing, and others can't grasp the handle.

But the emperor did not let Li go.

Zhao Zhen saw that Li Buqi would use strange methods to save people, he could make delicate tofu, he could make sugar, he could make alcohol, he could make water dragons, he could think of the cause of the rainbow, and he knew military affairs.

The emperor was taught since he was a child that the emperor needed anything, as long as he appointed a capable person to do things. In his opinion, Li Buqi seems to be this capable person who can meet his needs.

And Zhao Zhen really hasn't done a specific thing since he was a child, and he doesn't know how difficult it is to do practical things, so in his heart, he thinks that as long as he lets Li Buqi train the army, he will soon be able to get an army that will not rebel and has strong combat effectiveness, so the idea of letting Li Buqi refine a strong army has become the emperor's obsession.

After he talked about it repeatedly, everyone around him knew the emperor's thoughts. So when he entered, Zhang Yonghe gave Zhao Zhen an idea. Zhao Zhen thinks it's very good, but if he wants to turn this idea into reality, he may need Li Buqi to resign, or at least change to military attaché.

Although the emperor felt that he was very sorry for Li Bu to give up, the idea of building a strong army had grown into a towering tree in his heart, and he couldn't sleep and eat without seeing the result. So Zhao Zhen motioned to Zhang Yonghe to come to Li Buqi.

Zhang Yonghe came to Crossbowman Lane and sat down at Li Bu's house, and then he first said haha: "Li Jiancheng is also a person who is making money every day, but this courtyard is a little cramped, and it doesn't have your identity." ”

Li didn't give up or hide it from him: "It is to find another place, or buy a house, or build a larger house by yourself." ”

Zhang Yonghe immediately said: "I heard that there are a few good places in the hands of the house affairs of the inner store, why don't you talk to the official family and reward you with one." ”

Li Buqi hurriedly said: "I heard that the third division is proposing white sugar monopoly to the official family again. Sansi is poor and crazy, and he is determined to win. Without the profit of sugar, the palace has to be nervous, how can I be embarrassed to open my mouth to the official family at this time. ”

When it came to this, Zhang Yonghe was also dissatisfied. The three divisions saw that the queen had made a lot of money selling sugar, and then looked at the bottom of the treasury, which was a blush, and united the three deacons to put pressure on the emperor to take the sugar trade in his hands. Although the emperor is still resisting, judging by the emperor's consistent performance, he will soon succumb. Once the sugar trade was returned to the three divisions, then Zhang Yong and the eunuchs who could have been able to get a piece of the pie lost a lot of money.

Although Zhang Yonghe was dissatisfied in his heart, the promotion of the eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty was in the hands of the civil officials, and the eunuchs were not treated well by the civil officials, so they did not dare to show their dissatisfaction with the civil officials at all. Hearing Li Buqi say this, he hurriedly diverted the conversation: "The official family likes that you are always thinking about the official family, and you have praised you several times in front of me." Now there is a difficult matter, so I will discuss it with you on my own initiative. ”

Seeing that Li Buqi was listening to his ears, Zhang Yonghe said: "After reading the training strategy you wrote, the official praised it greatly. It's just that the ruler and the Privy Council are opposed, and the officials are not easy to act arbitrarily. But the official family has been talking about it. I saw that the official family was anxious, and the meals were reduced, so I came to discuss with the supervisor in private how to make this happen, so as not to let the official family always worry about it. ”

Although Zhang Yonghe said that he came by himself, Li Buqi certainly would not believe this statement. Private training will definitely give a hat of intent to rebel, and Zhang Yonghe will not dare to come without the emperor's approval.

Since the emperor wants to go through abnormal procedures to do this, then Li Buqi will definitely not be able to justifiably hold the corresponding official position, which is to make a sacrifice for Li Buqi. In fact, Li Buqi really looked down on this sesame mung bean petty official, and as soon as Zhang Yonghe said this, he made up his mind that he could exchange his unsightly official position for some practical benefits, such as a place to develop industry - this not only determines how big Li Buqi's money bag is in the future, but also determines Li Buqi's future power in the court.

Around Kaifeng, it is even said that from Luoyang to the seaside, large areas of land are divided and fragmented by different landlords, and a considerable number of them are extremely powerful. As for the fifty acres of land outside Kaifeng City, one is insignificant compared to Li Bu's plan, and the other is of other use.

So Li Buqi began to sing a high tone: "Those who are courtiers should be anxious about the urgency of the officials, as long as they all know how to do it, the kid must do it according to the meaning of the people." ”

"The prisoner is really happy. I think so, there are a lot of industries around Kaifeng in the palace, and there are also thousands of troops. These three divisions of the Xiangjun never asked, and neither the Privy Council nor the three divisions could control it. If you take a command from it, it will be easy for the prisoner to train according to your method. It's just that this will wronged the eunuch, this is the private property of the official family, if the eunuch is allowed to take care of the private property of the official family as a civil official, I am afraid that the official will gossip. ”

Li Buqi said: "It's nothing. I will definitely rely on the imperial examination in three years, and it will not be too late to become an official by then. But ......"

Zhang Yonghe hurriedly asked, "But what?" ”

Li Buqi thought for a while and said: "My training of soldiers cannot only be in the school field and barracks, but also must often pull the soldiers out for training, so I need a very large place. The other is that it is easy to leak the wind. ”

"Oh, how big is it?"

Li Buqi said: "The bigger the better, or the land is vast and sparsely populated." Otherwise, if you destroy Mintian, you will have to make the official jump again. ”

Zhang Yonghe thought for a while and said embarrassedly: "There is no place on the edge of Kaifeng like this." ”

Li Buqi continued: "Actually, I can think like this. Find a relatively sparsely populated place and listen to my method of management, and only say that it is the official industry, and the command of the army is to protect the industry. After a few years, the official family can not only get a strong army, but also have a lot of progress. ”

Zhang Yonghe's eyes lit up: "Can there really be an entry?" That's great. ”

Li Buqi laughed: "Zhang Duzhi doesn't think that I can only make sugar, alcohol, and perfume, right?" I still have a lot of ways to make money, but I just need a big enough place to experiment. If nothing else, alcohol has all kinds of uses, and now that the method of making alcohol has been almost studied, it is about to be expanded, how can it not be found in a bigger place? By the way, does Zhang Duzhi want to buy individual stocks? ”

Zhang Yonghe's eyes narrowed with a smile: "That relationship is good." How big of a place does the prisoner want? What are the requirements other than size? ”

Li Buqi said: "The bigger the place, the better, and in addition, it is best to be close to a relatively large river, and it is best to have a wharf." ”

Zhang Yonghe thought about it again and laughed: "Don't say it, there really is such a place." Now that the northwest is resting, many people have written to ask His Majesty to dismiss the Chunze Prison. Chunzejian is big enough, right? And close to the Yellow River, there is the Huimin River, and the grain river passes through. If you still don't think it's enough, you can ask for some places from the Cattle and Sheep Division, and forgive them for not daring to give it. ”

Supervisor Chunze? That place is almost the size of Zhongmu County, which is enough.