The smile on Eunuch Bai's face was a little stiff.
He didn't expect that Lu Bai had such a big appetite. Even if Yancheng and Yongle City were there, he was still thinking about Ankang City and Shuobei City.
Shuobei City is not bad.
Not to mention the battle that destroyed this city twenty years ago, this city is now in the hands of the Northern Barbarians. If Lu Bai wants it, the emperor can write a verbal check. If he really wants to get it, he can let Lu Bai
Go find Beiman.
Ankang City is different.
Ankang City belongs to the Shi family and is the headquarters of the Shi family. Although the Shi family in Ankang City was somewhat fragmented after Lu Bai's destruction, once Lu Bai left, the Shi family still had the final say in Ankang City.
Now that the aristocratic family has become Jianzhai's secular power in the court, Lu Bai actually wants to intervene in Ankang City...
The top 100 eunuchs didn't know what Lu Bai was planning, so he smiled bitterly, "Master Lu, this Ankang City has been the seat of the Shi family since ancient times. It has been in business for many years. They have just cooperated with Jianzhai. Even if the emperor listens to this Ankang City,
If you want to take good care of it, I’m afraid you should listen to the Shi family’s opinions, right?”
Lu Bai stopped the wine glass in his hand and said, "Old Bai, it's a good thing you didn't mention this. I was just about to ask you. I remember a few days ago, the Shen family and the Shi family were fighting over who would cooperate with Jianzhai. Why?
The winner will be decided early this morning?"
Eunuch Bai shook his head and said he didn't know, "I'm also wondering, but the sect chooses the aristocratic family and wants to pay the highest price. I think it's the people from the Shi family who give Jianzhai more."
"That's it?" Lu Bai was confused. He felt that there was something else hidden.
Eunuch Bai nodded, "That's probably it."
Lu Bai felt something was wrong.
After being attacked by him in Ankang City, the Shi family was severely damaged and lost a lot of money. It was impossible for the Shi family to come up with more money than the Shen family in a short period of time.
On the contrary, the Shen family supported King Kang, while the Shi family stood by King Luo, and had a close relationship with King Luo.
Lu Bai was thinking, maybe there are still many people in Jianzhai who are hostile to the Lu family. After all, the Lu family betrayed them in the first place, and a sword fairy stole the limelight of their Jianzhai. Now the Shen family supports King Kang, so Jianzhai chose the Shi family.
?
Everything is possible.
Lu Bai couldn't figure it out for the moment, but then he thought of Lian'er.
As the opponent of the Shi family, the Shen family should know why the Shi family won. He can ask Lian'er someday.
The car was quiet for a moment.
When they arrived in front of the palace, Lu Bai was about to get out of the car. Eunuch Bai stopped Lu Bai and said, "As the crown prince's eunuch, Mr. Lu has the right to drive in the palace."
He opened the curtain and showed a token. Then the guard guarding the city gate was startled and let Lu Bai in.
"Do you still have this privilege?" Lu Bai was surprised.
Although the right to enter the palace by car was of little use to Lu Bai, in the imperial power, it was a great favor.
The car was still moving leisurely, but the speed had slowed down.
Lu Bai said casually: "Ankang City is really a good place, but it is a pity that it was ruined in the hands of the Shi family. Oh, by the way, Lao Bai, do you know of any good places near the capital? I am going to build my Haoqi Gate."
In the capital."
Eunuch Bai was startled, "Built in the capital?"
Lu Bai saw the surprised look on his face and said, "What, is there something wrong?"
Eunuch Bai hurriedly shook his head, "It's not inappropriate at all. The main eight major sects are either built in famous mountains and rivers, or among Gufeng Lake Island. It's really rare to build a prosperous place like the capital."
Lu Bai smiled disdainfully, "That's how they cherish themselves. My Haoqi sect is different."
Then, Lu Bai took off the purple gold wine gourd from his waist and took the initiative to bring the topic to the wine, "Hey, Lao Bai, what do you think of this fairy wine?"
Eunuch Bai was feeling itchy. Hearing Lu Bai's words, he hurriedly asked: "How?"
Lu Bai was playing with the purple gold gourd, flying up and down between his palms. Eunuch Bai watched it and kept rolling his eyes, fearing that it would spill all over the ground.
Lu Bai seemed to be teasing him deliberately, and poured the purple gourd with his left and right hands again, "This is just one cup, which is enough to allow a non-practitioner to enter the realm of cultivation, at least in the realm of breaking the sky."
"What!" Eunuch Bai screamed, his sharp voice piercing the silence in the palace, so that the carriage stopped, and the guards guarding the road outside the carriage had something happened and hurriedly gathered over.
In the past few days, due to the fire in the Qingxin Palace, the theft of the inner treasury, and the earth-shattering news yesterday, the emperor blamed the negligence of their guards and cut off the heads of countless people. These guards did not dare to take risks anymore.
Eunuch Bai opened the car curtain, waved his hand to the people outside, indicating that nothing happened, and asked them to disperse before turning back to confirm, "Master Lu, this is not a joke, can it really allow an ordinary person to enter the realm of cultivation?"
"If you don't believe what the wicked monk in my residence said..." Lu Bai threw the wine gourd up, "Then you don't believe it."
Eunuch Bai's face twitched, and he nodded quickly after seeing him using the wine gourd, "Trust me, this is something given by the gods in the sky. There is nothing unusual about letting people enter the realm of cultivation. In the past, the founder of Lanke Villa once watched the mountain.
Immortals play chess and enter the Tao."
"Oh?" Lu Bai was a little surprised.
He didn't know that there really was a romantic relationship with Lanke in Lanke Villa.
Eunuch Bai said with a smile: "Master Lu, what you just said makes sense. Ankang City needs to be renovated and renovated. Oh, by the way, Master Lu, the emperor has an imperial palace in the north, adjacent to Ningjiang River in the north.
, borders the capital in the south, and it only takes half a day to go back and forth. I think it is very suitable for Mr. Lu’s Haoqi Sect.”
He shook his head, "It's a pity that I can't decide what I just said. I still need the Emperor's nod."
Eunuch Bai looked at Lu Bai with a smile, "Master Lu, the emperor has always wanted to taste this heavenly wine, but unfortunately he couldn't. If you can give the emperor a glass of this wine today, maybe he can taste it.
I got what I wanted."
"Really?" Lu Bai looked at the purple gourd in his hand, somewhat reluctant to part with it.
He raised his head and looked at Eunuch Bai, "Old Bai, there is something you may have forgotten."
Eunuch Bai was confused, he had forgotten something, "Please show me, Mr. Lu."
Seeing the carriage stop, Lu Bai stretched out and said, "Although my wine cannot make people immortal, it can revive the flesh and white bones of dead people..."
Lu Bai shook the wine gourd by Eunuch Bai's ear, "It's so precious."
After that, Lu Bai got out of the car first.
Eunuch Bai was stunned in the carriage.
After Lu Bai got off the car, he looked around and saw that they were going to a quiet and elegant place, which was Yuxi Palace.
Eunuch Bai didn't get out of the car for a long time, and Lu Bai couldn't go there on his own, so he looked around and saw fish in the pond in front of Yuxi Palace, and went to play with the fish nearby.
Fish swim in the water.
Originally free and carefree, he was pushed by a mysterious force and swam in the water like a Bagua Diagram.
Lu Bai felt that one fish was not enough, so he actually pushed up a pond of swimming fish. The fish flipped around for a while, which was very beautiful.
Eunuch Bai got off the carriage at this time. Seeing that Lu Bai was getting very playful, he stayed for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said cautiously: "Master Lu, I don't know who has the least foresight to spread the word that Master Lu is rising in the market.
In the past, he once made his fortune by selling smuggled salt. Now seeing how much Mr. Lu likes to play, it seems that he is really no different from the childish people in the market."
Lu Bai smiled and said, "Yes, I was forced to do nothing when I was a child. I can't be a good son of a thousand households, so I can only do this to make a living."
Eunuch Bai brought the topic to Shuobei City again, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
But his eyes were always fixed on the wine gourd in Lu Bai's hand.
Lu Bai shook his arm at this time and showed off to Eunuch Bai: "Old Bai, my arm was broken just yesterday, but now I can't see it at all. Isn't this wine magical?"
Eunuch Bai twitched his mouth, which was obviously tempting him.
No, seducing the emperor behind him.
But resurrecting from the dead and entering the realm of spiritual practice, these two points can be said to have touched the heart of the emperor. These are things that the emperor cares about more than money. Lu Bai now has this thing in his hands, and the emperor will covet it without his temptation.
feet.
Seeing that Eunuch Bai was silent, Lu Bai walked over and patted Eunuch Bai on the shoulder, "Old Bai, I am short of money. You also know that the most lacking thing in this cultivation sect is money. Where do you think you can get this money?"
Ah, oh, by the way, I also want to establish Haoqi academies across the country."
"Haoqi Academy?" Eunuch Bai was stunned.
He knew that Lu Bai wanted money, but what the hell was this Haoqi Academy?
"This is an academy of our Haoqi Sect. It mainly selects and trains disciples with suitable qualifications from across the country, and finally sends them to our Haoqi Sect." Lu Bai explained with a smile.
"Oh?" Eunuch Bai thought this idea was quite new.
However, in his opinion, this is not a harsh condition. Most of the academies across the country are now built by Hongru or aristocratic families and have nothing to do with the imperial court. The imperial court is responsible for holding imperial examinations to select talents every year.
What was difficult was the silver that Lu Bai reached out for.
The emperor had many ways of amassing money, but the inner treasury was robbed and now it was completely looted. What the emperor lacked the most was money. How could there be any food left to help Lu Bai?
The only way left is to imitate the Supreme Emperor and give Lu Bai money from taxes every year.
But this...
Eunuch Bai shook his head secretly, why is the emperor so keen on amassing money? Part of the reason is that he is greedy for money, and another reason is because the Supreme Emperor left him a mess. When the Emperor ascended the throne, the court did not have much money at all.
Fortunately, after the emperor ascended the throne, due to the relationship between the Gu family, the relationship with Yiqiu Villa was not very friendly, so he gradually stopped supporting Yiqiu Villa, and it took so many years for him to recover.
If we continue to use the power of the court to support the opening of the Haoqi Sect and establish a sect, the emperor will have no choice but to eat chaffy vegetables in the future.
Eunuch Bai couldn't make up his mind for a while.
While he was hesitating, a young eunuch ran out from Yuxi Palace. After seeing the two eunuchs Bai, he hurried over and said, "Eunuch Bai, Mr. Lu, please go in quickly. Your Majesty is waiting impatiently. This is already urging me."
Came out to pick you up for the twentieth time."
Eunuch Bai came to his senses and responded: "I'll go in first and report. You can take Mr. Lu to the side to wait and wait for the emperor's summons."
The little eunuch responded.
Eunuch Bai attacked Lu Baigong and quickly entered Yuxi Palace.
The young eunuch respectfully led Lu Bai to the pavilion to drink tea.
Eunuch Bai's discussion with the emperor took a long time. Lu Bai drank two cups of tea before Eunuch Bai wiped the sweat from his forehead and came out to declare Lu Bai's presence.
He was waiting at the door. When Lu Bai went in, Eunuch Bai whispered in Lu Bai's ear, "When you go in later, you can tell me that you got the fairy wine last night, and today I came here to offer two cups to the emperor to thank him for his kindness."
Lu Bai raised his eyebrows and waited for eunuch Bai's next words. If this didn't give him the benefits he had just agreed upon, did he want to take away his good wine?
"Two glasses of wine, one to practice and one to keep." Eunuch Bai lowered his voice, "If you agree, I will promise you everything just now."
Eunuch Bai had a serious discussion with the emperor just now and made up his mind in a short time.
Just as Eunuch Bai expected, Lu Bai pointed out that Xian Niao had the effect of entering the realm of spiritual practice and being examined by cheese. These two days were too charming for the emperor.
During the discussion, Eunuch Bai saw that the emperor was red-faced and breathing heavily.
If he hadn't maintained a trace of reason and knew that as the emperor he had to act within his ability, the emperor might have agreed without hesitation.
Seeing Eunuch Bai's affirmative reply, Lu Bai smiled and nodded, and then followed Eunuch Bai into Yuxi Palace.
As soon as he entered Yuxi Palace, the emperor stepped down from his throne and walked over to greet him, "Commander Lu was frightened last night. Are you okay? Don't worry, I will remember your contribution and hard work."
While saying this, the emperor kept staring at the purple and gold gourd on Lu Bai's waist.
Lu Bai hurriedly said: "Lu Bai thanks the emperor for his concern."
He took off the wine gourd from his waist and said: "Yesterday I got a gourd of immortal wine from the ancestors of the Tianshang Sect. Unfortunately, I drank a lot of it just to hurt my arm. I only have two cups left. Now I offer it to the emperor."
, to wish the Emperor peace."
The emperor smiled broadly.
He also knew that there were not really only two cups in Lu Bai's purple gourd, but they were both acting.
The emperor asked the maid to pass the wine glass quickly, and then said: "I am very relieved that Mr. Lu is so concerned about you. It just so happens that I also have a few troubles. The lords of Yancheng and Yongle City are always unsatisfactory.
Commander Lu is from Yancheng and should be familiar with these two cities. Do you have a suitable candidate?"
Lu Bai poured a glass of wine for the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very serious. I would rather I go back and think it over carefully before giving you an answer."
The emperor took the wine glass handed over by the maid, his eyes were in the wine glass, "That's good, oh, by the way, when Commander Lu passed through Ankang City at the beginning of the year, he found out about the corpses of hundreds of officials in Ankang City having a vegetarian meal. Commander Lu also
Think about the suitable candidates available in Ankang City."
Lu Bai nodded in response.
At this time, Eunuch Bai took a small porcelain bottle, which was obviously for the second glass of wine. He was going to fill it and hide it properly.
Lu Bai took the porcelain bottle and poured another cup into it.
While Lu Bai was pouring the wine, the emperor slowly took a sip of the wine and said, "Wow, good wine, such an amazing brew. Commander Lu must have put his heart into it. From the perspective of the Gu family, we are brothers. My brother has given me the wine, so I should repay him."
That’s it.”
He asked the maid to bring over a scroll, "This is the royal hunting ground located on the bank of the Ningjiang River. It has mountains and rivers. It is really a good place for practice. Commander Lu is a genius, so he naturally deserves a good place for practice. This is
The manor was given to Commander Lu."
Lu Bai thanked him quickly.
Then, the emperor said: "I heard that Commander Lu is interested in setting up a college. This is a great thing that will benefit the country and the people. How about I inscribe the plaque on the college?"
Lu Bai hurriedly agreed, "That's very good."
As a result, only the silver was left. Lu Bai handed the white porcelain bottle filled with wine back to Eunuch Bai and waited for the emperor to speak.