said that he wanted to create a big scene, but in fact, in the next few days, Xie Hong's movements were so small that they were almost unnoticeable, at least for the courtiers who had been paying attention to him.

He went to the Imperial City a few times, but no one would be surprised by this, the construction of the West Garden has been carried out on a large scale, and even many palaces in the Forbidden City have begun to be renovated, so it is strange that he, the actual controller of Zhenbao Zhai, does not go.

Therefore, no one noticed that several spacious places in the West Garden have set aside many sites of unknown use. It is said that it is a venue, but it is actually similar to an open space, except for a raised earthen platform in the middle, and a few sandbags, only a circle of railings around it is a bit strange.

In addition, the billiards masters tournament in the Royal Park is also in full swing, and after the small black house, it has become another hot topic in the capital. People are talking about which lucky winner will get the title and the big reward in the end.

Since there is no charge to watch the game, only the queue is required, so the popularity and popularity of the Royal Park has been soaring, and many people even queue up outside overnight just to enter the stadium and then evaluate each player with their professional or unprofessional eyes, trying to determine who will win in the end.

Who wins and who loses has nothing to do with others, but the competitive gambling initiated by Lichun Yuan and now popular in the capital has made many people crazy.

Different from the previous monotonous bet on the size and the way of betting on the outcome of the bet, the plate opened by Lichun Yuan has more tricks, from the champion, the runner-up to the top four and the quarterfinals, as well as the victory or defeat of many key games, all of which are used to make the handicap, and the odds of each item are different according to the difficulty of the bet.

Not only are there more tricks than before, compared to betting on dice, betting on the outcome of the game has a context to follow, after all, who wins and who loses most of the time still depends on the strength, although luck is there, but it is a relatively minor factor.

What are the technical indicators of billiards technology, anyone who knows about billiards knows, even if you don't know, go to the billiards club in Houdefang and find an instructor to teach it. Judging by your own eyes, coupled with a little luck, the sense of expectation is much higher than shaking the dice, especially when this sense of expectation is still lasting, not the moment the cup is opened.

As a result, under the complementarity of the billiards master tournament and the gambling set up by Lichun Yuan, both of them are popular, and the latter is even more wealthy, which makes the two nominal owners laugh from ear to ear, praise Chunli again and again, and even disappear a lot with a bad feeling for Xie Hong, after all, billiards was invented by Xie Hong.

For this reason, the two also ran into the palace and said a lot of good things in front of their sister, which made Empress Dowager Zhang sigh again, not only can she serve her unreliable son, but also convince her two unsuccessful younger brothers, this Xie Hong is really a big talent.

With these two people, there were still some people who were dissatisfied with Qinglou's taking care of the gambling house business, so they could only shut up.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang is not embarrassed by Xie Hong now, she has not opposed the foreign courts, and from time to time she will advise the emperor a few words, so that he is neutral, who wants to provoke the two uncles for some money, and make the queen mother anxious, not to mention the queen mother, even the ministers of the court and the central government will not let him go.

After recognizing the reality, these people had no choice but to pinch their noses and follow the trend, there was no meat to eat, and they had soup to drink, right?

For the same reason, when the acquisition of Richun Yuan began, not only did the target of the acquisition obediently comply, but also did not encounter any other obstacles.

So, in less than a month after reopening, Lichunyuan actually opened another branch, which made the competitors in the same industry cry bitterly, and also made the veterans of Fengyue in the capital addicted.

It is precisely because of all this that people are dazzled, so during this time, Xie Hong and Zhengde seem to be very quiet. I must say that there is a difference, that is, the big black man next to Xie Hong suddenly changed to follow Zhengde's side, and he also carried a wooden stick on his body, and he didn't know what he did.

When Wang Yue and the others saw it, they all secretly ridiculed, such barbarians can also enter and leave the palace, it is really restless in the world, and they are in charge. However, they can only talk behind their backs, but they still have to smile at this barbarian in person, don't you hear, the emperor affectionately calls this big black man the third brother!

In addition to the elder brother, there is also a younger brother, does the emperor feel sorry that the old emperor did not add two brothers to him?

The only thing that reassured Wang Yue and the others was that this big black man was much more dissipated than Xie Hong, except for following Zhengde and accompanying him to practice martial arts, there was no action, and they were relieved. As for Zhengde's extra powerful bodyguard, Wang Yue didn't care, and the old eunuch didn't have any thoughts of being unfavorable to Zhengde, but it was the emperor, how dare he?

However, some people thought about Xie Hong because of the change of the black big man's protection target, but they soon found that Xie Hong was more cautious in entering and leaving than before, and he brought more guards, and the scarred face was almost inseparable. As before, unless a large team is dispatched, there is no chance to attack.

Even the trivial matter of changing the guards was noticed, and the attention of the outer court to Xie Hong could be seen from this, but what they didn't notice at all was that there were more than a dozen missing fans in Nanzhen Fusi, including one who spoke loudly and was nicknamed Crow.

On the day of the agreement, the crow led the people out of the city, and the destination was, of course, Xuanfu.

Although it has been decided to use baseball as cover for military training, it is clear that a few thousand people cannot be done in one step. There is a precedent for promoting billiards, Xie Hong is naturally not in a hurry, there can be fewer people at the beginning, and when the sport is promoted, it will be good to concoct it in the same way, he has already thought about it, and then the name of the league will be called Major League Baseball.

Some of these people under Jiang Bin are halfway monks, but most of them are still local military households, and there are many relatives who are old and old, nepotism, and the first thing Xie Hong thinks of is of course his own family.

I heard that Xie Hong summoned his sons and nephews to Beijing and served as sparring partners for the emperor, and the fans were all moved to death, the so-called long-term love, growing up with the emperor, I heard that the emperor is a nostalgic again, do you need to talk about the future future? If you don't talk about it, you can mix it up, right?

As for the risk, everyone scoffed, and there was still a risk in beating the Tartars, but what else was there if you won the first prize of a few taels of silver? still follow the emperor, follow Lord Xie to do things properly, have enough clothes and salaries, and have the steps to enter the body, the emperor and Lord Xie are both well-paid people with clear rewards and punishments.

Xie Hong was still thinking that it might not be enough, because among the more than 1,000 people, most of them were bachelors and people with bad backgrounds, but everyone responded enthusiastically, not to mention the children and nephews, even uncles and cousins, and even some relatives who beat around the bush were recommended, and the last statistics showed that there were more than 1,000 people, and many people recommended several, which surprised Xie Hong.

With so many people, of course, it is impossible to accept them all, Xie Hong had to make it clear that the first batch of people who are close to each other first, as well as those who are strong and have a good martial arts foundation, will take their time in the future, and there will definitely be opportunities.

Even so, everyone is still not far behind, and they all say that their children are better than Jiang Bin in martial arts, and they are all boastful. Xie Hong had no choice but to appoint the crow to take a few old people on a trip, and screened out three hundred people first.

So, under the all-night hard work of the third father-in-law, a strong man temporarily captured by Xie Hong, the crow was able to bring nearly a thousand family letters to Xuanfu.

Xuanfu is only 400 miles away from the capital, which is a very close distance in later generations, and it can be done in two hours by taking the highway. But in the Ming Dynasty, the two sides of the 400-mile journey were like two worlds, and as a border town, Xuanfu was much more closed than the capital.

In the closed place, time also passes very slowly, except for the Tartars once or twice a year, the daily life of the Xuanfu people is almost a pattern. Especially after experiencing the excitement brought by Houdefang last year, for the people of Xuanfu, after the first month, the rest of the first year of Zhengde was extremely monotonous and calm.

Therefore, although it has been almost half a year since Zhengde and Xie Hong left here, to most people in Xuanfu, it seems as if it happened just yesterday.

The arrival of the crow is like throwing a pebble in a pool of stagnant water, although the crow has repeatedly emphasized that it must be kept secret, but the news that the emperor wants to select sparring partners from the children of Xuanfu swept the entire Xuanfu City in a blink of an eye.

Fortunately, this news finally did not spread in a comprehensive way, and was limited to military households, especially the low-level military households, and the crow breathed a sigh of relief. After staying in the capital for half a year, he and Xie Hong were measured by the standards of the people in the capital, so the strong reaction of the Xuanfu military household was also greatly unexpected by them.

The crow thought about it, this matter was also reasonable, half a year ago, when Brother Jiang excitedly announced to the brothers that he would follow Master Xie from now on, who was ecstatic?

Later, when Xie Hong told them that they would be the Son of Heaven's own army in the future, the joy in the hearts of the border soldiers could not be described in words. What did these border soldiers live in the past? When the Tartars came, they rushed to the front line, but when they returned home, they lacked food and clothing, elite? Fuck the elite, right? In addition to desperately trying to be in the front, who cares if you are elite or not?

After following Master Xie, things immediately changed dramatically, the food was paid, the identity changed, and when he arrived in the capital, he was even more majestic.

The crow recalled proudly, at the beginning, those soft-footed shrimp in Beizhen Fusi still wanted to show the brothers a look, and Lord Qian didn't dare to talk much, what was the result? As soon as Lord Xie gave the order, everyone beat those wastes and rolled them all over the street, and then in the capital, who saw that the people of our Nanzhen Fusi were not afraid? It's called a majesty!

In the past, in the Xuanfu, the governor of the yamen, the patrol of the yamen, each yamen, a petty official with sesame mung beans came out at random, and he could send everyone like livestock, but now who would dare? We have scolded the secretary of the Ministry of War and beaten the head of the Ministry of War, and they can only bear it, this is called a raised eyebrows!

In the back, taking advantage of our momentum, a group of idle men in the market dared to block the entrance of the yamen and scolded the household department Shangshu, others thought it was ridiculous, but at least the border soldiers were on the side of their own adults.

It's useless to treat this group of shameless scholars, the more you hold him, the more you climb on your head, only by beating and scolding, can he honestly keep his duty.

For many years, it was the brothers who worked the front line, and as a result, the credit was swallowed up by a group of civilian officials who didn't know anything but knew how to be corrupt and wield. Just rely on a noble and martial artist! Who sets the rules? It's not up to the civil servants themselves! Master Xie said it well, and it went to the hearts of the brothers.

Therefore, don't talk about fighting fans, fighting the main thing, even if it is with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Beijing, the fans dare to draw their knives and put them right. The soldier dies for his confidant, the man of Xuanfu knows how to be grateful, for the emperor, for the sake of Lord Xie, what is a life?

After the initial consternation, the crow quickly understood the mood of the Xuanfu military households, and after gathering the elders who could represent everyone, the crow made a rather inflammatory speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wu is here on behalf of Lord Xie this time, and he has chosen a good man who will serve the emperor. How the emperor and Lord Xie treat our Xuanfu people, there is no need for Wu to say more, everyone knows it. Now what Wu wants to say is that when the emperor needs someone to contribute, the first thing that the emperor and Lord Xie think of is our Xuanfu people, our Xuanfu children! ”

When he instigated Zhengde to ask for wages for the border army and suppressed corruption in Xuanfu, Xie Hong did not think much far-reaching, one was that he had pity for the people in the border towns; Second, he also planned to build momentum for Zhengde to return to Beijing. As a result, his purpose of building momentum failed, but he inadvertently collected the morale of the Xuanfu army.

Zhengde's kindness has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Xuanfu, at this time the crow said sensational, Hebei Han is simple and bold, but also knows gratitude, listening to the crow's words, everyone is feeling the blood surged, eager to be able to immediately raise the knife into battle, for the Son of Heaven to die.

Without waiting for everyone to cheer, he immediately said: "Those who follow Lord Xie and those who look down on Lord Xie, what is the situation on both sides, there is no need for Wu to say more, Lord Xie is the stars in the sky and descends to earth, some are unpredictable means, and there is more luck blessed by a hundred gods, will it be wrong to follow Lord Xie?" ”

"You can't go wrong!"

The crowd echoed in unison. When he was able to accompany him back to Beijing, Jiang Bin's situation as a cadre had already made many border soldiers envious.

Later, I heard the news from the capital, and heard that the original robe was now rampant in the capital, majestic in all directions, up and down the Xuanfu, all the soldiers, their eyes were red, and it was impossible to describe it with envy.

What's more, beating the head of the military department and scolding the secretary of the military department made everyone sigh a lot, but they were even more amazed. I don't know how many generals have been scolded, the soldiers hate them for not being angry, they were robbed of the lead by Jiang Bin, and their own combat strength is not much worse than others, such a good thing has not been obtained, is it not that the generals do not have long eyes?

In addition, when Xie Hong went to the capital, he brought more than a dozen craftsmen, many people knew about it, and at the same time, they also knew that there were many more people who gave up this opportunity. What happened to go to the capital, everyone didn't know very well, but Jiang Bin and the others were so majestic, and Master Xie also admitted that he was a craftsman, and the situation of those people was not as good as there.

Not to mention anything else, at least the craftsmanship has become more powerful, and the Ordnance Division is a place that specializes in making treasures, and hundreds of pieces can be made a day, and eighty percent of the craftsmen who followed were among them.

On the other hand, those who are said to have no knowledge, a few of them are mixed, and they are the servants of large families, which is a little stronger than being cattle and horses in the army, but it is also limited; If you don't mix well, you will copy the old business again, and as a result, you will be classified as a craftsman again, and you will go back and forth.

If you want to say that these people also deserve it, let the stars in the sky and the earth not follow, and want to mix with themselves, it's strange if they can work! This world is to look down on craftsmen and martial artists, except under Lord Xie, who can find another paradise?

"Do you remember? When the emperor left Xuanfu, he shouted slogans to reward and punish fairly, and soon, our children of Xuanfu could verify it in person! Folks, call all the bravest children of our Xuanfu and let Wu take them to the capital to serve the emperor! Long live the Emperor! Seeing that the emotions of the crowd were already high, the crow lost no time in shouting.

"Long live the emperor!" In response, the cheers spread far away, those who knew were cheering, and those who didn't know were shocked, this cheer shook Xuanfu City, shook Xuanfu Town, and it will turn into a storm in the future and sweep the world!

(To be continued)