Zhaixinglou is the tallest restaurant in Kyoto, with a total of nine floors. It is also the most expensive restaurant in Kyoto. The cost will double several times for each floor. Few people who are not dignitaries can afford to enter Zhaixinglou.
At this time, Xiao Yi was sitting in the private room on the ninth floor of Zhaixing Building. Sitting opposite him was Wei Zijian, the eldest prince of the Su Kingdom and Wei Qian's brother.
There were only two of them in the huge private room, not even a single servant serving them.
"This time Kangning was attacked, thanks to His Highness the Seventh Highness's help, her reputation was preserved. After my mother heard about it, she specifically told me to express my gratitude to His Highness in person."
After Wei Zijian finished speaking, he raised his hand to pour a glass of wine himself and brought it to Xiao Yi.
"The eldest prince is serious. I just happened to pass by and it was just a matter of effort." Xiao Yi took the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.
"Are you really passing by by chance?" Wei Zijian suddenly raised the corner of his mouth, half-smiling.
He raised his hand and filled another glass of wine for Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Xiao Yi put down his wine glass, smiled slightly, and said calmly: "The eldest prince is wise. I happened to pass by, so naturally I paid special attention to the princess."
Wei Zijian was startled. He didn't expect Xiao Yi to speak so straightforwardly.
"May I ask, Your Highness, what is your intention?" Wei Zijian stopped beating around the bush.
"Tengjia Army." Xiao Yi answered simply.
"Haha, Your Highness saved my Princess Dasu once, and now you want to ask for our country's 100,000 Tengjia Army?"
Wei Zijian put his palms together and smiled, with a casual smile on his face, as if he heard a big joke. Then he raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Yi, and his voice softened: "Your Highness, you are too open-minded."
Xiao Yi kept his eyebrows unchanged and said calmly: "The eldest prince's words are wrong. Whether he can save the princess or not, I want the Tengjia Army."
"Hahaha, okay!" Wei Zijian laughed again, "It's not impossible for His Highness to want the Tengjia Army. If Your Highness is willing to marry me, one hundred thousand Tengjia Army will be vacant, and I will also wipe out the Prime Minister. welcome."
Xiao Yi was silent, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Dare you ask the eldest prince, do you have other sisters?"
Wei Zijian was silent. He still knew his sister's virtues, but so what?
He slowly stroked the wine glass and raised the corner of his mouth with a tired smile: "If Your Highness is not in a hurry, then when I go back, I will discuss with my mother about when to add a younger sister?"
Xiao Yi lowered his eyes and said nothing more.
In a small teahouse in Dongcheng
Qu Moran drank tea leisurely: "So, you just broke up on bad terms like this?"
Xiao Yi said: "It doesn't mean we broke up on bad terms, he will agree in the end."
Qu Moran asked: "Why?"
Xiao Yi took a sip of tea and said: "The Tengjia army is indeed very strong, but the Dasu country is too weak. The army is strong but the country is weak. What do you think, brother?"
"If the army is strong, shouldn't the country be stronger?" Xu Haozhi, who was sitting aside, asked in confusion.
Qu Moran smiled and said: "Tiger Head, only when a country is strong can its army be strong, and strong soldiers and horses require a lot of money. Only when the army is strong can it expand its territory and make the country stronger."
"It's just that Dasu Country is located between high mountains. Although it is rich in products and minerals, transportation is inconvenient, so it is difficult to expand its territory. This is why Dasu has never been able to truly unify the Zangtian Mountains."
"Dasu had no choice but to attach himself to the Tiansheng Dynasty and became an idle vassal state."
Xiao Yi nodded: "So the Tengjia Army has both advantages and disadvantages for them."
"The advantage is, of course, that one of the Tengjia troops is equal to ten, which can ensure the safety of Da Su. The disadvantage is that the weak are armed with sharp weapons, which will make the strong jealous."
Qu Moran also nodded: "We have 600,000 soldiers in the southwest. If the Tengjia Army confronts them, they will not be able to fight. Instead of letting Jin Shang be suspicious, it is better to let the Tengjia Army be included in the Tiansheng Military Camp, which can also save money. expenditure."
"However, Dasu can completely present the Tengjia Army directly to His Majesty to show his sincerity. Why do I have to hand it over to you?"
Xiao Yi smiled and said: "Of course you can offer it directly to Tiansheng."
"For me, it doesn't make much difference whether I got the Tengjia Army from my father or from Wei Zijian, but for Wei Zijian, the difference is huge."
Qu Moran thought about it and suddenly realized. In any country, there is always competition for the throne. Wei Zijian still has many brothers.
"Don't your heads hurt from thinking so much?" Xu Haozhi complained. He had a headache listening to it.
"If the second brother really wants the Tengjia Army, wouldn't it be very simple to marry that princess directly?"
"Hahaha, your second brother doesn't like the princess." Qu Moran laughed jokingly.
"Not even one hundred thousand vine-armored soldiers?" Xu Hao looked at Xiao Yi in surprise, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, second brother, what kind of fairy-like figure does the second sister-in-law have to be?"
Xiao Yi glanced at Xu Haozhi and said quietly: "You don't want the one hundred taels of silver this month?"
"Yes, yes." Xu Haozhi immediately smiled with a smile on his face.
Xu Haozhi is the leader of many little beggars. He has thirty or forty people under him. They need to eat every day, and their monthly expenses depend entirely on Xiao Yi's support.
"The mountain just sent living expenses, you can take these too." Qu Moran took out a twenty-tael silver note and handed it to Xu Haozhi.
"Thank you, brother."
Xu Haozhi took the bank note with a wide smile. What he held in his hand was not just two pieces of thin paper, but the hope of thirty homeless children to survive.
At this moment, he suddenly realized what Qu Moran just said, that a strong country can only make a strong army. He pursed his lips and looked at Xiao Yi. The second brother said that he would unify Yagu and he would make the world full of food. Just by saying this, he would try his best to help his second brother.
Shen Zhuo has been busy with Jishantang affairs recently. After buying a house, the first thing to do is to choose a capable manager. It is impossible for the six of them to be in charge, not even one of them.
"Where can I find someone?" Everyone was worried.
"I have a way." Shen Zhuo patted his chest.
So, with everyone entrusting them with the important task, Shen Zhuo took Ying'er to the Yinling Mountain next to the Huguo Temple...
With a "squeak" sound, Shen Zhuo pushed open the crumbling door and walked into Tongchen Temple.
Qing Xuzi was lying on the rocking chair, shaking his cattail leaf fan with his eyes closed, and drinking tea. When he heard someone entering the hospital, he opened his eyes and saw that it was Shen Zhuo, and fell down from the rocking chair.
"Shen, Miss Shen?" Qing Xuzi was extremely surprised.
Shen Zhuo winked at Ying'er, who quickly entered the main hall, brought out a chair, dusted it clean, and gave it to Shen Zhuo to sit on.
Seeing Ying'er's flowing movements, Qing Xuzi suddenly felt something bad. One look revealed that Shen Zhuo came here this time to ask for a lot.
Qing Xuzi got up from the ground and said with a flattering smile: "It's Miss Shen~~~ What a distinguished guest! A distinguished guest!"
"I would like to ask Miss Shen whether she wants fortune telling or Feng Shui reading when she comes to visit this time?"
"No." Shen Zhuo shook his head, "I came here this time to ask the Taoist Master for a favor."
"What help?"
"My friends and I have set up a charity hall, but we need someone to take care of it. I would like to ask the Taoist priest to help take care of it."
Qing Xuzi immediately shook his head like a rattle and waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no. I can only tell fortunes, divination, and feng shui. How can I look after people's homes, care for their homes, and take care of their property?"
Shen Zhuo burst out laughing.
This old man looked like a real liar, but she had a vague feeling in her heart that this man had some real abilities. No, just "looking after the home, caring for the home, and taking care of the property" made it clear what she wanted him to do.
Shen Zhuo stretched out his hand, and Ying'er immediately took out a banknote from his arms.
"The monthly remuneration is twenty taels." Shen Zhuo said.
"If Miss Shen wants to set up a charity hall, she should find a great monk. What are you looking for from our Taoist family? We don't care about that."
Although Qing Xuzi refused verbally, his eyes glanced at the bank note several times.
"Fifty taels."
"Alas, alas, how can this be done..."
"One hundred taels."
Qing Xuzi grabbed the banknote, shook his mustache, and said with a serious face: "Saving the world and helping people is also the duty of us as Taoists!"
As a result, Qingxuzi became the first manager of Jishan Hall.
"Master, didn't you say you shouldn't interfere with destiny easily?" Mizi asked.
"How can fate be more important than eating?" Qing Xuzi counted the banknotes one by one, smiling with squinting eyes. Then, with a straight face, he lectured Mizi, "Besides, how did you know that this is not destiny?"
Mizi lowered his head and pondered. He felt that what the master said seemed to have profound meaning, but he always felt that he was just talking nonsense.
Could it be that nonsense is also Tao?
