Bai Qi was very suspicious that Li Shimin brought a group of people over, and the main purpose was not to inspect the situation of the Cloud Breaking Army's exam, but to come here to eat and drink, otherwise people would not have brought the pots and dishes over. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I have long heard my family say that this kid can make pork unparalleled in the world, the old man didn't believe it before, but now he has been conquered by his bowl of pork!" Cheng Yanjin touched his bulging stomach and laughed.

"Boy, don't look at me with such disgusted eyes, I am willing to let go of my identity and eat this pork, which is already giving you enough face!" Li Shimin looked at the white chess very unhappily, as if eating a meal of pork was very face-saving.

Bai Qi looked at the pile of tall bones on the table in front of Li Shimin speechlessly, thinking of the appearance of the great Taizong just now, and decided to forgive him. Forget it, for the sake of their free promotion of pork, White decided not to care. He began to wonder how much money his family's pork shop in Chang'an East City could make? There are more than a dozen of them in the pigsty in the village, and it is estimated that there are not enough! Alas, it would be nice if Yan Fatzi was here, he wouldn't have to be busy every day, and this kind of thing would be done well if he left it to Yan Fatzi.

In the school field, Li Shimin and his ministers talked about the heroic past of the past, lamenting the passage of time and the ease of life in life, and from time to time they would take the white chess pieces standing next to them to vent their anger, saying that today's young people can't endure hardships, thinking that when they were soldiers, they traveled more than 5,000 miles a day, and they could fight more than a dozen of them with their bare hands on the battlefield.

Bai Qi kept rolling his eyes on the side, I had never seen a pair of legs travel 5,000 miles a day, let alone a person who was cut off by his stomach and shook his intestines and still carried a lance in and out of the enemy, and drank like nothing afterwards!

A group of old men said that they rebelled against the Sui Dynasty back then, and the more they talked, the more intense they became, and they didn't think it was interesting enough to slap the table, and finally took off their shirts, kicked over the table, and danced directly, so that Bai Qi found that the crazy hand dance turned out to be able to get warm applause and singing from the people around him. Li Shimin felt that it was not interesting enough to beat the beat next to him, so he ran to wrestle with Cheng Yanjin!

Holding a wine jug in one hand and a teapot in the other, Bai Qi walked around the crowd, and from time to time he had to watch out for those shirtless old men, which was really terrifying!

The two-hour examination ended quickly, and the invigilator went down to the front of each candidate's seat, pasted his name with a seal, and then put the collected test papers into a sealed leather bag and handed them to the chief examiner of the military department, and the military culture examination in the morning ended.

These 50 test papers will be corrected by Cui Guoli and Bai Qi this evening, handed over to Li Shimin tomorrow morning, and announced together with the physical fitness test training results tomorrow afternoon.

At noon, White wanted to take Li Shimin's group out for lunch, but Li Shimin refused.

"Do you want to bring me to the Juxian Mansion opened by your family?" Li Shimin's eyes widened and he looked at the white chess unkindly.

"Your Majesty, that's not my family, it's our Taoyuan Village, every villager has shares in it, and there are dividends every month, you can't slander the minister!" White hurriedly lowered his head and explained.

Li Shimin snorted, pointed at the white chess pieces and said, "You think I'm blind!" For your sake, for the benefit of my people, I will forget about it! Then he changed his mind and continued, "However, I want to go to the canteen of my Cloud Breaker Army today to see if you have any warriors who are embarrassed by me!" ”

Bai Qi shouted injustice, but no one paid attention, he was caught under his arm by Cheng Biting Jin, and he was about to faint by the smell of his armpits, and he now seriously suspected that Cheng Biting Jin's previous enemies were not killed by him, but were killed by him under his arm!

In the cafeteria, more than 50 shirtless men, each holding a large lunch box in their hands and a pair of chopsticks in their mouths, lined up to eat in front of the dining window, and then sat down on the table in the canteen to eat.

Seeing Li Shimin come in, those who were sitting to eat and those who were queuing up to eat stopped what they were doing: "See Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin saw that everyone was standing straight, with his right palm diagonally placed on his right forehead, and asked Bai Qi strangely: "What did you make out of this?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is my military salute for the Cloud Breaking Army!"

"Well, that's good! Simple and powerful, all of them look particularly energetic! I love it! "Li Shimin's work with white chess has finally been affirmed. He walked in front of Fang Yiai, saw that he was holding a particularly large lunch box in his hand, clenched his right hand into a fist, and hit Fang Yiai's chest heavily, and then said to him with a satisfied smile: "Yiai, how are you doing in the Cloud Breaking Army?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers eat well and live well here, and the training is not hard at all!" The stupid big Fang Yiai grinned, touched his head, and replied to Li Shimin's words a little shyly.

"Haha, Xuan Ling, your son is shy!" Li Shimin laughed, turned around and said to Fang Xuanling behind him.

Fang Xuanling glanced at his youngest son gently, and when he saw him smirking at him, his heart was warm, so he also smiled and said: "Thank you to Your Majesty and Fengqu for this, my son has been in the Cloud Breaking Army for a month, and he is very happy every time he goes home, and the whole person is much better than before!" ”

"White boy, you have done this kindly!" Li Shimin said to White.

"Uncle Fang's words are serious!" White then said, "Your Majesty, let's go to dinner!" ”

Bai Qi led Li Shimin and a group of people to the dining window, and the cook knelt down in fright.

"Get up, I'm here today to try your craft!" Li Shimin treats civilians like this, and the whole person suddenly becomes very amiable, and only white chess will be particularly harsh.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The cook stood up movingly, took a lunch box, filled it with white rice, sandwiched a few pieces of fat and thin braised pork, a spoonful of duck meat, plus cucumber fried lean meat and tender green fried vegetables, and finally scooped a bowl of pork bone soup and respectfully handed it to Li Shimin.

"Do they eat the same amount as me?" Li Shimin pointed to the soldiers who were eating in the canteen and asked the cook.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The cook glanced at Bai Qi with his eyes and continued: "General Bai Xiao said that the soldiers of the Cloud Breaking Army train hard, and they must eat well to replenish the energy of their bodies in time, and then they can receive more brutal training!" ”

Li Shimin turned around, glanced at the white chess with an unkind look, and then found a place in the cafeteria with the others and sat down.

"Guo Li, how much does the Ministry of War give to the Cloud Breaking Army every month?"

"Your Majesty, according to your will at that time, the total monthly expenses given by the Ministry of War are consistent money, including the salaries of the soldiers!"

Li Shimin pointed to the white rice in the bowl, as well as the hearty vegetables and soup, and asked Bai Qi: "Boy, what's going on?" Don't tell me, this is a play made in order to cope with my arrival! ”

In the face of Li Shimin's murderous gaze, Bai Qi stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, because the training intensity of the soldiers of the Cloud Breaking Army is very high, ordinary food cannot meet the energy needs of their bodies, so the minister stipulates that at least every meal in the army must be eaten well. To be honest, this meal was not the best in the army, because today they were conducting exams, and there was no training! Li Shimin's gaze became more and more unkind, and he wanted to slam the door when he saw that Bai Qi wanted to slam the door: "As for this expense, I dare not hide it from Your Majesty, it is because the Cloud Breaking Army has another income." ”

Seeing Li Shimin's gaze turned, Cui Guoli smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, it is true, in addition to researching and improving weapons, some of the products of the weapon development department set up by the little marquis in the Cloud Breaking Army were indeed sold to merchants in Chang'an, and all the proceeds from it were invested in the weapons development funds and the funds of the Cloud Breaking Army. These things have been followed by the Ministry of War, and all the accounts are clear! ”

Li Shimin didn't say anything more, just glanced at Bai Qi, snorted coldly, lowered his head and put the duck leg in his mouth and chewed it slowly: "After eating, take me to your weapon development department to have a look." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Bai Qi couldn't see any expression on Li Shimin's face, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.

After eating, Li Shimin called Bai Qi aside and asked him, "What's going on?" ”

"Your Majesty still remembers the fact that the original minister and Yan Song bought bacon from the soldiers after the battle of Dingxiang?"

Li Shimin pondered for a while: "Although it is a little unruly, those soldiers did get real money and food from you, and it can be regarded as an explanation of their birth and death in my Tang Dynasty!" In this matter, although someone wrote a memora asking me to punish the pharmacist, you, and that Yan Song, I still suppressed it, because I knew that in this matter, you have done nothing wrong, after all, I owe these soldiers! ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was a little lonely, Bai Qi immediately said: "Actually, none of my Tang Dynasty soldiers have complaints, and Your Majesty does not need to blame himself." After thinking for a long time, Bai Qi said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister just thinks that fighting a war is actually a profitable business sometimes!" ”

"Bastard, you actually do this as a business!" Li Shimin was angry, picked up the stick next to him and slapped it on the white chess body.

"Your Majesty spares your life! Listen to the minister! White shouted as he dodged.

"Hmph, come on, if I'm not satisfied, you can lie down and go back to me today!"

"Your Majesty," Bai Qi quietly distanced himself from Li Shimin, touched his buttocks, he was beaten with a stick just now, it was really painful, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that fighting a war will consume national strength, especially a war to destroy the country!" ”

Seeing that Li Shimin glared at him, and the stick in his hand was about to be waved again, Bai Qi immediately said: "For example, if the Turks are defeated, my Datang will bring that land under rule." What's there? There is grassland, there are herdsmen on the grassland, the herdsmen can help me with the Tang Dynasty shepherd, what can the sheep do besides eating? Your Majesty, wool can be used to weave clothes, and weaving clothes requires merchants, as long as the merchants are used well, let them become the scavengers of the war, and selectively sell the things that look useless in our army after the war to merchants, from which you can get benefits for our Tang army, and this part of the income can also be used to feed the army! It's a win-win-win, Your Majesty! ”

Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while: "Go on!" ”

"The main purpose of the minister's establishment of the Weapons Development Department is to concentrate skilled craftsmen to design the best weapons and equip our Tang army. However, research costs money, and now I have a lot of waste to do, and there is no extra money to invest here, so the minister will take matters into his own hands and sell some useless things from research to businessmen, and a small part of the money earned from them will be used for the expenses of the Cloud Breaking Army, and nearly seventy percent of the income will continue to be invested in the research and development of weapons, so that a good cycle can be formed. ”

Li Shimin sat down and thought for a long time, and finally stood up and said to Bai Qi: "Take me to the Weapons Development Department to have a look!" ”

White breathed a sigh of relief, this level is over for the time being!