"Stop him!" The man who rushed out ran in front and back, and behind him were several guards hired by the bank who were desperately chasing, but these guards looked really embarrassed, not only with their heads, but also with bruises on their faces, and it seemed that they had suffered a little loss in it just now.

There was no need for Li Su to order, Xi Junmai, who was accompanying him, immediately rushed up to intercept him. Xi Junmai originally followed Su Dingfang to participate in the battle of Goguryeo, and also made a lot of contributions during the period, and followed Li Shimin to Chang'an to receive a reward, but when Li Su came back, he immediately followed Li Su's side as the head of the guard, as for Su Dingfang and other meritorious palace guards, although they are now also under the name of Qi Wangfu, Li Su has other arrangements for them.

The person who escaped was good, at least the speed was not comparable to ordinary people, Xi Junmai and the guards with blue noses and swollen faces couldn't catch up for a while. Seeing that the man was about to flee to the alley, Xi Jun was in a hurry, reached out and took out a heavy money bag from his arms, and smashed it at the man.

Xi Jun bought a super strong bow that was extremely strong and could shoot six stones, and his money bag was full of copper coins, so under this throw, it was like a small trebuchet, and it smashed into the back of the man's head with great accuracy.

However, since the man was able to escape with the strength of one person, and also injured several bank guards, it was obviously not easy, and when he heard the evil wind behind his head, he knew that it was not good, and rolled on the spot in a hurry, just dodging the smashed money bag. But when he stood up again and wanted to run, he had already been caught up by Xi Junmai and others.

But when this person and Xi Jun bought a photo, both of them were stunned, because they actually knew each other. But because of the acquaintance, Xi Junmai immediately became angry when he saw this person: "Zhou Leopard, you kid wants to die, you dare to make trouble here, aren't you afraid of the military law of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

As soon as this person named Zhou Leopard saw that the other party was Xi Junmai, he knew that he couldn't escape today, and heard the other party's roar again. A hint of shame flashed across his face. He bowed down and said, "Subordinates see General Xi!" Today is all the fault of the subordinates, whether to kill or chop everything is at the command of the general! ”

At this moment, Li Su also walked over under the protection of several guards, and several guards of the bank knew him, and when they saw that it was His Royal Highness King Qi, they immediately retreated silently to the side.

"What's going on?" Li Su also heard the conversation between the two in the field, and carefully observed Zhou Leopard's words and deeds, and immediately concluded that he should be a soldier in the army, and it is likely that he also participated in the battle of Goguryeo. Because there is a hideous scar on the back of the other party's hand, it seems that it has just healed for a long time, and at the same time, the other party has a strong smell of alcohol, and it seems that he has drunk a lot of wine before.

Although Zhou Leopard had never seen Li Su, he knew Xi Junmai's situation very well, and he had heard of Li Su's appearance and age, so when he saw the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man in Chinese clothes in front of him, he immediately guessed the identity of the other party. As a result, I was scared into a cold sweat. hurriedly gave a most solemn military salute and said: "Zhou Leopard, the captain of the Left Guard Mansion, see His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" ”

"Get up, this is not the place to talk, follow me into the bank!" Seeing the commotion here, there were already many people around, so Li Su said so, and at the same time motioned to Xi Junmai to help Zhou Leopard up.

After entering the bank, Li Su was not in a hurry to find Wang Zihao. First brought Zhou Baozi and a few related bank personnel in, and wanted to ask the reason for the conflict between the two sides. However, as soon as he asked the question, he saw Zhou Leopard's face discouraged, and he took the initiative to stand up and say: "Your Highness Qiqi, this matter is the fault of the last general, and I will do the wrong thing after drinking, please punish Your Highness!" ”

Although Zhou Leopard's attitude of admitting his mistakes is very sincere. However, the staff of several banks next to him still looked angry, and it seemed that they were not lightly angered by the other party just now, and Li Su was also very curious about what he had done wrong, so he asked the bank staff carefully, and after hearing their stories, even Li Su couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

Zhou Baozi did participate in the war against Goguryeo, and also made some contributions, when he was in Goguryeo, he once deposited twenty-two guan money in the bank, and after returning to Chang'an, he had taken out twelve guan, and only ten guan was left in his name.

But after Zhou Leopard came to the bank today, he said that he couldn't find the voucher for depositing money, which is not a big deal, anyway, there is a foundation in the bank, just check it and then give him a voucher, but after seeing the bank's foundation, Zhou Leopard said that the bank was cheating, he obviously has twenty-two in his name, why is there only ten in his name now? Therefore, it is believed that it was embezzled by the bank.

Zhou Leopard was full of alcohol at the time, and he spoke with a little drunkenness, so the staff in the bank thought that he had made a mistake after drinking, so he persuaded him with good words, and also found the note he left behind when he withdrew money last time, but Zhou Leopard still insisted that he had not taken the money, and now everyone understood that the other party was playing a scoundrel.

This is the first time this kind of thing has been encountered after the establishment of the bank, and the staff called the guards in the bank at the moment, wanting to arrest Zhou Leopard and send him to the official, but he didn't expect the other party to be good, and several guards together were not his opponents, but let the other party escape.

Listening to the bank staff's narration, Zhou Leopard was ashamed and frustrated, if it was in normal times, even if he encountered great difficulties, he would not dare to hit the idea of the bank, but today he was depressed, drank a lot of wine, and forgot that the background of the bank was His Royal Highness King Qi, and as a result, he came to make trouble, and wanted to try his luck to extort a sum of money for urgent use, but he didn't expect the other party to eat him at all, and he was even more unlucky to be arrested by His Royal Highness King Qi.

Although Li Su was angry after hearing this, he didn't have a seizure on the spot, waved his hand to let the people in the bank retreat, and when only he, Xi Junmai, and Zhou Leopard were left in the room, he asked: "Zhou Leopard, you are a soldier who opened up territory for my Tang Dynasty, and this king doesn't want to embarrass you too much, but what you did today not only violated military law, but also violated national law, what do you say this king should do with you?" ”

"Your Highness, it's all strange that the last general is obsessed with ghosts, and he did this in a hurry, so no matter how His Highness disposes of it, Zhou will never complain!" Zhou Leopard is very single, he was wrong, but now he is guilty of it in the hands of Li Su, whether it is beaten or punished, he admits it.

Li Su was also a little embarrassed after hearing this. This man was a meritorious soldier. But I didn't expect to use such a means for a little money, which was a shame on the face of the Tang soldiers. But even so, he didn't want to hand over the other party to Dali Temple for justice, but if it was not lawful, he would be sorry for the law of Datang.

When Li Su was in a dilemma, Xi Junmai next to him suddenly said: "Your Highness, this guy is a bad gambler, and he must have a lot of debts in the casino." had to come up with such a stupid method, and he should have been brought to justice, but in this way, his wife and children will suffer, and at least they will be kicked out of the house by the casino people and use his house to pay off the debt! ”

Xi Junmai and Zhou Leopard have fought side by side on the battlefield several times, and they can be regarded as a fatal friendship with each other, and they also know him very well as a person. I guessed the right point at once. And Zhou Leopard also cried with a sad face after hearing this, which further confirmed Xi Junmai's speculation.

"Gambling, you gamble as a lieutenant in the army?" Li Su asked with a surprised face, in his opinion, how could he be involved in gambling as a soldier?

"Uh~" Seeing Li Su's reaction so much, Xi Junmai and Zhou Leopard were both stunned, and after a while, Xi Junmai asked with a natural face: "Your Highness." Is there anything wrong with gambling? ”

"Of course not, isn't it forbidden to gamble in the army?" Although Li Su had also been on the battlefield, he did not have much contact with the soldiers in peacetime, and he did not know much about life in the barracks, so he did not notice the problem of gambling at all.

"Your Royal Highness, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never heard of the prohibition of gambling in the army. Your Highness, are you mistaken? Xi Junmai asked a little inexplicably.

At this time, Li Su finally understood that although the Tang army was elite, there was a big gap between it and the professional army of later generations in terms of military discipline. Recall that in the Goguryeo battlefield, many Tang troops had records of looting civilians, although in the eyes of the generals of the Tang Dynasty, these actions did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, but in the eyes of Li Su, a later generation, it was extremely eye-catching.

"Zhou Leopard, how much do you owe others?" Li Su pondered for a while, and suddenly asked.

Zhou Leopard didn't know why after hearing this, he looked at Xi Junmai, and then said: "Your Highness, the villain owes a total of thirty-three yuan to the casino!" ”

"Hmph, more than thirty times, you are really willing to give up!" Li Su snorted coldly after hearing this, and said, with the other party's position, these more than 30 times are almost comparable to his year's military salary.

But he was angry, Li Su didn't want to let Datang lose a brave soldier because of such a trivial matter, so after thinking about it, he still said: "I will let the bank give you the money, and pay off the gambling debts first, but this money has to be repaid, and in order to prevent you from gambling again in the future, I will say hello to Cheng Lao Guogong, send your future military salary to the bank, and give you a part of the money in your family every month, which is enough for your family's daily expenses, as for the rest, it will all be used to repay the bank's debts, when it will be repaid, and when it will be calculated." ”

Cheng Yanjin is the general of the Left Guard, and Zhou Leopard is his subordinate, with the relationship between Li Su and Cheng Fu, this is nothing at all.

Hearing that His Royal Highness the King of Qi was willing to help him, Zhou Leopard was immediately grateful, and praised Li Su for his benevolence and righteousness, but Li Su warned him that the reason why he helped him was mainly based on his past military exploits, if this kind of thing happened again in the future, then don't blame him for turning his face and being ruthless!

In this regard, Zhou Leopard naturally swore a gambling curse and would never gamble again in the future. However, Li Su is not a three-year-old child, he knows that gambling is actually similar to drug addiction, and it is not so easy to quit completely. After beating Zhou Leopard, who was grateful to Li Su, to leave, Li Su learned from Xi Junmai that in the Tang Army, there were not a few people like Zhou Leopard who were addicted to gambling, and some soldiers had just been paid in the morning, and they were all thrown on the gambling table in the afternoon.

In addition, Xi Junmai also said a very interesting phenomenon, that is, Tang troops like Zhou Leopard, who gambled badly, often fought bravely on the battlefield, because they needed to make war exploits, and at the same time wanted to pay more loot, in order to pay off the debts they owed before. Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, although the money-greedy soldiers like Zhou Leopard are brave, they also have the problem of seeing money, and among the soldiers who rob the soldiers, it is often Zhou Leopard who takes the lead. Although the other party is not a citizen of the Tang Dynasty and does not need to be pitied, in the long run, it will definitely corrupt the military discipline of the Tang Army.

"After the Tang Dynasty, the government soldiers were corrupted, although the main reason was land annexation, but there was no reason for lax military discipline, if the current military atmosphere is allowed to develop, I am afraid it will also have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the army!" After Li Su listened, he muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

The army is the cornerstone of a country and an important foundation for the existence of a country, and if the army is corrupted, it will not only be vulnerable to foreign aggression, but will even directly cause great harm to the country. This point is particularly prominent in China's ancient society, the so-called soldiers and bandits are not separated, in fact, strictly speaking, the army with lax military discipline is much more harmful than bandits.

When Li Su was in Goguryeo, he once proposed the idea of a military academy to Li Shimin, and he also received a positive reply from the other party, but after he returned to Chang'an, because of the empty treasury and Li Shimin's busy affairs, he never had the time and money to start the construction of the military academy. However, seeing today's situation, Li Su suddenly found that the military academy that he had just conceived to pave the way for Li Yong was now playing an extremely important role, and it seemed that he was going to devote his energy to the construction of the military academy after he was busy with the conquest of Gaochangguo.

However, whether it is the conquest of Gaochang or the construction of a military academy, the two have one thing in common, that is, lack of money. And this is also the reason why Li Su came to Wang Zihao. His land voucher has just begun, and the rest of the matter will be helped by the new thing of the bank, if it can be done, not only can he raise a large amount of money, but also can help the bank to make a reputation, it can really be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Li Su finally showed a smug smile, sent someone to find Wang Zihao, and the two talked secretly for a long time, and then he left Datang Bank, but still did not return to the palace, but hurried to the printing house, checked the printing progress of the land coupon, and finally returned home with a satisfied face.

Early the next morning, the newspapers went on sale again, but people found that the same article was published on the front page of Datang Daily and Business Daily, and the author of this article was Li Su, the king of Qi who provoked a great storm last time.