Zhao Ta looked at the man in Tsing Yi and saw that he was of moderate height and slightly thin, with an ordinary appearance and fair skin, a lock of thin hair, and his eyes were dull and muddy, as if he had been squeezed by life for many years, and he had no spirit and charm.

The little boy was a little clever, tied in a double bun, born with white lips and red teeth, and his eyes were rolling, as if he was quite curious about the scene in front of him, and a little timid, and secretly looked around.

Zhao Ta looked at the man in Tsing Yi and said, "Gongliang, why is it late?" ”

Song Qing heard the words and pulled the child to bow down: "Your Highness, the child is in a lot of trouble, and he will ask for this and that, and his subordinates will pity him, so he will be satisfied, so he is late, and he will ask His Highness to surrender." ”

Zhao Ta smiled: "The answer is sincere, it is not easy for a big man to take care of a child, what is the crime?" Get up. ”

Song Qing pulled Song Anping to get up, Zhao Ta's eyes fell on Song Anping, and the little Zhao Xi next to him also looked at Song Anping, the two were about the same age, and they were as tall and short, but they were curious about each other.

Zhao Ta beckoned to Xiao Anping, and Xiao Anping immediately looked at Song Qing.

Song Qingdao said: "Your Highness's summoning can't be passed, but don't be rude." ”

Xiao Anping agreed, walked in front of Zhao Ta and saluted again, Zhao Ta rubbed his head, pinched his face again, and said, "Are you literate?" ”

Xiao Anping said: "Back to Your Highness, I don't know much." ”

Zhao Ta looked at Song Qing: "This year, I worshipped the teacher's enlightenment?" ”

Song Qingdao: "Your Highness, there is no apprenticeship, he is taught by his subordinates, his subordinates are shallow, and the children are small, so he really doesn't have much to teach, so I learned some words from him." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said to Song Anping: "Since you know some words, you should be able to memorize poems and texts, and recite a paragraph to this king." ”

Song Anping said: "I will recite a thousand-character text to His Highness." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Carry it." ”

Xiao Zhao Xi next to him was unconvinced when he heard this, and said in his heart What kind of skill is it to memorize a thousand-character essay, I can still recite the Analects, but he didn't dare to say it, for fear that Zhao Ta would reprimand.

Just look at Song Anping's uprightness, make an adult and take two steps, and chant in a childish voice: "Heaven and earth are yellow, the universe is desolate, the sun and the moon are shining, the sun and the moon are shining, the cold comes and the summer comes, and the autumn harvest and winter are hidden." Leap more than the age of adulthood, the law Lu tunes the yang. The clouds cause rain, and the dew turns into frost. Jin Sheng Lishui, jade out of Kungang. The sword number is huge, and the pearl is called the luminous ......"

After a while, after memorizing a whole thousand-word text, Zhao Ta said: "Yes, yes, it is rare to be able to memorize all of them at a young age, and there is no stagnation." ”

Xiao Zhao Xi blinked, he could also recite it, but his father had never passed the test, and he had never even praised him in reading, and he couldn't help but feel wronged in his heart, and turned his head angrily.

Zhao Ta felt Xiao Zhao Xi's anger, and couldn't help laughing: "Xi'er, Anping will study with you in the future, if you think you can read well, then don't let Anping fall, my father will test the two of you every once in a while, and the winner will be rewarded!" ”

"Reading with me?" Xiao Zhao Xi was stunned, I don't know why, I don't know why my father wants to find someone to read with him, and he has to divide the winners and losers, there are rewards for those who win, and there is no face for those who lose?

He couldn't help but secretly decide in his heart that he must not lose to this little wild boy who didn't know where he came from, and then he would know that he was powerful!

"It's just reading with you." Zhao Ta said leisurely: "The government will also build a school in the future, and your younger brothers and sisters will all go to school, as well as the children of those generals outside, they will also be together." ”

Xiao Zhao Xi was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Daddy, that big ...... Big brother won't come to study too, right? ”

Zhao Ta looked at him with a smile: "Don't you really want your eldest brother to come?" ”

"The child didn't think so." Xiao Zhao Xi said busily, but he didn't dare to look at Zhao Tan, he didn't want that Zhao Xi to come, he hadn't been by his father's side since he was a child, and he was also a wild child.

Zhao Ta squinted, was silent for a few breaths, and then turned to look at Song Qingdao: "You haven't eaten yet, come on, go and ask the East Chef to open another table." ”

Song Qing immediately showed a look of sincere fear: "Your Highness, don't be so troublesome, just find a table and sit down with Xiao'er." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head: "Where is this, don't say that today is the day of reunion, even if this king usually doesn't let his subordinates eat leftovers." ”

Song Qing hurriedly thanked him and said: "Thank you Your Highness for your compassion, your subordinates have nothing to repay, if Your Highness is sent, your subordinates will definitely go to the soup and die." ”

The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth rose slightly: "If there is such a knowing death, this king is unlikely to ask his subordinates to go to death, so there is probably no need to die." ”

Song Qing was stunned, and didn't know what Zhao Ta meant by this: "Your Highness...... That's right. ”

"Do you know why the salaries in this king's army are higher than those of other teams?"

"My subordinates don't know, please ask Your Highness to solve your doubts." When it comes to military salaries, Song Qing is deeply touched, the military salary of the Great Song Dynasty itself is high, and Liao and Western Xia cannot be compared, but Zhao Ta's side is even higher than that of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not a little and a half high, but a full fifty percent.

This is actually unimaginable, you must know that raising soldiers itself is a huge expense, especially in wartime, and the consumption of money and food is several times that of peacetime.

This is more than 50% of the military salary, and it can raise many more soldiers, reduce a lot of combat pressure, and alleviate many contradictions, but Zhao Ta didn't do that, he said as much as he wanted, and he never lowered it or was in arrears.

Zhao Ta looked at Song Qing and said slowly: "This king just wants to make the people who follow me better, regardless of whether the general is a pawn or a pawn, fighting a war is a matter of losing his head, no matter how bad it is, who is willing to be a soldier and work hard, the soldier is not homeless, what he does not have now will have in the future, marry his mother-in-law and give birth to a doll, and want to ask the doll to read, how can the book be read in a year or two?" It's all about money! ”

Song Qing couldn't help but say: "Your Highness is noble, and your subordinates admire the five bodies and throw themselves to the ground." ”

Zhao Ta said: "So I raised the salary, which can be regarded as a guarantee for those who follow the king, so that the life of the family with a family is better, and the future without a family can also have the capital to start a family." ”

At this time, the newly opened table already has wine and food, and two more tables will be prepared during the banquet in the house, just in case of emergency, there is no need for new cooking at this time, just serve it.

Zhao Ta stretched out his finger and pointed: "Go and eat, the wine is very good, it has been cellared in this city for decades, and it is mellow and fragrant." ”

Song Qingdao said: "Thank you, Your Highness." After speaking, he led Song Anping over to eat.

Xiao Anping was so hungry that he was "gurgling", in order to be able to enter the city today, the two of them just nibbled on two dry cooking cakes on the way, Song Qing was okay, Song Anping was a little dizzy, especially after reciting a thousand-character text just now, his legs were already weak.

Watching the two of them eat and drink, Zhao Ta suddenly said, "Why don't you drink?" ”

Song Qing hurriedly stood up: "Your Highness, I have never drunk. ”

"You've never drunk?" Zhao Ta's eyebrows raised slightly.

"Yes, the subordinates are not taboo in alcohol, but they have not drunk since childhood."

Zhao Ta pressed his hand and motioned for him to sit down, a strange brilliance flashed in his eyes: "It's good not to drink, wine sometimes makes mistakes, and not everyone can be self-disciplined." ”

"Your Highness is right, I am afraid that the wine will make mistakes, so my subordinates dare not drink."

Zhao Ta nodded, didn't say anything, and gently turned the wine glass on the table, Luda listened a little unhappy on the other side, filled a bowl for himself, and poured it all down......

In the blink of an eye, the sky was dark, and the full moon was in the sky, sprinkling snow-white brilliance, illuminating the house like day.

At this time, there are no lanterns all over the place, and the moon is not to be lit by the moon, but only to see the moonlight like water.

There is a small high platform in the front hall, which is beautifully arranged, with all kinds of snacks and fruits, and the most indispensable thing is the small moon group, which is the moon cake of later generations.

There are not many people in Xining City who can do small moon groups, after all, there are many people here, and the dim sum is made of meat and milk as the main material.

After the time for the moon was over, Zhao Ta ordered to eat the moon group, chatted for a while, and then left the house.

But Song Qing didn't leave, and he had nowhere to go, so he just waited for Zhao Ta to arrange.

Zhao Ta first asked someone to put Xiao Anping in his residence, after all, he had to accompany him to study, and he would live in the house in the future, and he would do so until he was twelve years old.

Then he put his hands behind his back and led Song Qing to a place leisurely.

At this time, only Qian Wenxi followed behind, Qian Wenxi had a mustache, and he didn't talk much in the days, usually Zhao Ta didn't ask him, and he probably didn't speak more than ten sentences a day.

Zhao Ta walked to a hall in the west of the mansion, asked Qian Wenxi to open the door lock, went inside and lit the lamps and candles, and summoned Song Qing to enter.

This hall is where he stored the stone wall of Hero Island, the stone wall was pulled over when he had not left Tokyo, and he still had one last trick to understand the Kunpeng Three Illusions, and this stone wall still has the value of being left behind.

"Go to the door and keep guard, no one can come in without my orders."

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Qian Wenxi said yes and went out.

Song Qing saw two wheels floating under his feet, and he actually slid forward.

"Your Highness, this ......" he was puzzled.

Zhao Ta waved his hand: "Leave him alone, he is usually willing to get some tricks, but this time I got a secret book of the Warring States Mo family, and I studied it all night, and I can't say that I will come up with something weird." ”

Song Qing's eyes flashed with surprise: "Your Highness, I heard that during the Warring States Period, strange skills and tricks were prevalent, there were wooden birds to fly, wooden horses to walk, and wooden boats to row by themselves, is it true?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "It's not easy to say about the wooden bird, the Trojan horse always has Wuhou's wooden ox and flowing horse to refer to, and as for the wooden boat, there are naturally them." ”

Song Qingdao: "It's really rare and strange for subordinates, the frog at the bottom of the well." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Gongliang, you are not shallow!" ”

"Your Highness, I'm ......" Song Qing immediately showed a puzzled look when he heard this.

"Go and get those tarpaulins from the side of the temple." Zhao Ta said lightly.

"Yes, Your Highness." Song Qing didn't know what Zhao Tan meant, so he walked towards the wall of the main hall.

When he came in just now, he saw a strange place, as if something tall and wide was placed, some secret, tightly covered.

When he walked over, he reached for it, but he couldn't reach it, so he thought of finding a stool and stepping on the cloth above it.

At this moment, Zhao Ta said behind him: "Gongliang, wouldn't it be good to jump up directly?" ”

Song Qing's body couldn't help but stagnate when he heard this, and he turned around and said, "Your Highness...... I can't jump that high. ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said nothing, Song Qing lowered his head and moved over a brocade pier, then stepped on the untied cloth head, and then ripped off the tarpaulin entirely, and the stone wall of the island immediately came into view.

Song Qing only glanced at it, but it seemed to have been struck by lightning, and then immediately turned around and said cautiously: "Your Highness, it has been opened." ”

Zhao Ta slowly stepped forward and said, "Gongliang, look at this stone wall, I used to be on the islands of the East China Sea, and everyone said it...... There is a kind of martial arts hidden in it. ”

"Your Highness, I don't know martial arts......" Song Qing lowered his head: "I can't understand these things." ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said, "Your brother Song Jiang can still use a few times with a knife and stick, how can you not understand it at all?" Shandong has admired martial arts since ancient times, and many people should be able to handle it with both hands......"

"Your Highness, I have been weak since I was a child, and everyone is learning martial arts to keep fit, but I can't practice, I'm afraid that I will break my body." Song Qing replied.

"This is the same thing as Yuanguo's splash." Zhao Qi looked Song Qing up and down, and Song Qing lowered his head.

"But no matter how King Yuanguo looks, he really has no means, as for Gongliang, you ......"

"Your Highness, I don't have any skills."

"Gongliang, can you look back at this stone wall? Do you want to visit it every day? Zhao said with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness, this ......" Song Qing said as he looked back, he didn't want to look back, but his mind didn't go over his neck, he still went to look, and at the same time sighed in his heart.

After a while, Zhao Ta said, "What did Gongliang see?" ”

"Your Highness, I really don't understand martial arts......"

Qian Wenxi took a book outside the palace gate to read, it was a parchment booklet, and the damage and stains on the surface should have existed for a long time.

Although the moonlight was bright outside, it was always difficult to read a book, so he took out a small wooden board from the back behind him, and then folded it a few times, and turned it into a small wooden stool, which was placed next to the door, and could also borrow the candlelight in the house, and it would brighten up the hall a lot.

At this moment, there was a sudden whistling sound in the hall, and then the sound of "ping-pong" fighting sounded.

Qian Wenxi was suddenly excited, his body bounced up suddenly, and he didn't look at how he moved, a strange-shaped long knife appeared in his hand, the handle of the knife was actually in the middle of the blade, and there was a handguard crescent like a halberd on one side, but it was not a hook, and it was a straight knife with a double blade on both sides.

He stepped to the door, and just raised his foot to kick the door, but suddenly stopped, and stood and hesitated.

Zhao Ta's words are still in his ears, and no one is allowed to enter without his order!

Qian Wenxi struggled to retract his leg a little, but did not leave, but closed his eyes, took out something like a horn, wrapped one end to his ears, and the other end pressed against the door lattice, listening carefully to the sound inside.

Although he was not in the temple at this time, the sound in his ears generated a blurry picture in his mind, and he listened to the sound and quickly analyzed the movements of the people in the room.

After a while, he suddenly retreated to the small stool and sat down like lightning, and then saw the door of the hall open, and Song Qing walked out with a slight limp from inside.

Qian Wenxi stood up and looked at Song Qing, Song Qing still looked cloudy and godless, but in addition to some disadvantages in his legs and feet, his two arms were also trembling slightly.

I heard Zhao Ta's voice coming from the hall: "Arrange for Gongliang to go to Ouyang Bei's house to live, Ouyang Bei will leave Xining Prefecture tomorrow, and the house will be given to Gongliang." ”

"Yes, lord." Qian Wenxi bowed to the hall, and then walked to Song Qing's side: "General Song, please come here!" ”

(End of chapter)