Xiao Jue sat in the hall, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "What is the plan you mentioned last time to get rich?"
"bet."
Tangning looked at him and said, "Bet your left knight to win the Sixteenth Guard Competition."
"Bet on the Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard?" Xiao Jue looked at him as if he were a fool.
Tangning nodded: "Bet on Zuo Xiaoqiangwei."
Xiao Jue looked at him for a long time and saw that he was not joking, so he said: "The best thing is to bet that they will be eliminated in the first game. According to the rules of previous years, unless they are lucky enough to draw the right knight, they can win a game.
This year you changed the rules. The left knight is in Group A and the right knight is in group B. There is no chance of winning even one game..."
Tangning waved her hand and said, "Don't be so discouraged, everything is possible."
The Sixteen Guards Competition, each guard sends out 100 people to simulate the battlefield. What is compared is not the strength of individual soldiers, but the ability of teamwork and the commanding ability of the generals. It is not a real fight with real swords and guns, no need to fight hard, technical content
It's not that high, but even so, it's not easy to counterattack from second to last to first in two months.
Fortunately, Tang Ning still has Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao has an almighty master. The old beggar can make the disciples of the Beggar Clan invincible with a stick. He teaches them some powerful formations and lets them practice them for two months. There is no counterattack.
possible.
Taking a step back, even if they can't win the final victory, they can make a lot of money by playing in the group stage, reaching the semi-finals, and the semi-finals.
"What are your ideas?" Xiao Jue looked up at him and said, "Can you sit down and say, my neck hurts when I look at you like this."
"If your neck hurts, just stand up." Tangning glanced at him and said, "I sat for too long today and I don't want to sit now."
The reason why he didn't want to sit was certainly not because of this.
This is because he is not kind to people, and he actually thought that Tang Yaojing would be willing to admit defeat, but he just asked her to learn three pig brays. Is this too much?
Compared to some people with ulterior motives who would take advantage of girls, he neither let her hug him, nor let her kiss him, nor did he let her do anything like that...
He just asked her to learn three pig sounds, but did she throw him over his shoulder and then ride on him?
Xiao Jue looked at him and asked tentatively: "You were beaten, did Miss Tang do it?"
"..."
Xiao Jue looked at Tang Ning with a look of envy. He rubbed the bruises on his face and sighed, "Miss Tang is such a good girl, why don't you know how to cherish her? At least she won't slap her in the face..."
"Without further ado!"
After being exposed, Tangning looked at him angrily and said, "For this competition, I will use your place as a cavalry guard. Also, take me to your place in the next two days. I want to see the real performance of Zuo Xiaoqiuwei."
How is the strength?"
"It's okay to go and have a look, but if you borrow our place, I have to go back and report to the general..." Xiao Jue stood up and walked outside, sighing and saying: "A man who is actually being bullied by a woman is like a degenerate from the end of the world.
…”
There is no problem in using the Cavalry Guards' place as the competition venue. In previous years, the competitions were concentrated in a certain guard's camp. The Ministry of War hosted the Sixteenth Guards Competition, so it still has this power.
Tang Ning thoroughly perfected this plan and handed it over to Lu Ding early the next morning.
"Has it been completed?" Lu Ding looked at him and said, "Master Tang, it's faster than I thought."
Tang Ning reluctantly accepted Lu Ding's compliment, but she saw him looking somewhere, frowning, and said, "Are you going to reward the winning team and all the soldiers with one hundred taels of silver?"
Lu Ding looked at Tang Ning and felt that he must have written it wrong.
There was a great competition between the sixteen guards. Each guard, including the generals, totaled one hundred and one men. Each of them was rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, which was ten thousand taels over there.
The budget of the Ministry of War is only two thousand taels. Even if he wrote ten taels, it still accounts for half of the budget. This is extremely inappropriate.
Tang Ning nodded and said: "The soldiers compete hard, so naturally they should be given generous rewards to boost their enthusiasm. As far as I know, many officers and soldiers in the army come from poor families. These rewards are for their hard work."
What they get in return is what they deserve."
Tang Ning is not only preparing to reward the silver, but is even preparing to make a large trophy out of copper. It will be awarded to whoever can get the first place in the Sixteenth Guards Competition. She will bring it over to the next competition and award it to the winner again.
It became the symbol of the Tangren Cup Sixteen Guards Championship...
Lu Ding looked at him and asked, "The Ministry of War doesn't have that many..."
Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I have already raised this money, and there is no need for the Ministry of War to provide it."
"Have you raised it?" Lu Ding looked at him and asked, "Where did you raise it?"
Tang Ning explained: "The shopkeeper of Tang Renzhai and the big boss of the Tang Chamber of Commerce are willing to sponsor this Sixteenth Guard Competition..."
Lu Ding was stunned and asked, "Aren't you the shopkeeper of Tangrenzhai?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "This is what our landlady meant."
Lu Ding frowned and said: "The Sixteenth Guards Competition is a very serious matter. How can it be related to businessmen? This matter is not feasible."
I want the horse to run, but I don’t want to give the horse hay. It’s okay if I don’t give the horse hay, but I don’t want others to give it...
What can two thousand taels of silver do? It's not even enough to pay a bonus. It's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. Without money, Tang Ning can't do this either.
He looked at Lu Ding and said helplessly: "Master Lu, I know the difficulties of the Ministry of War, but you want this competition to be wonderful, and you are stingy with money, and you don't want money donated by others. Please forgive me for this errand."
There is nothing the lower official can do.”
In fact, even Lu Ding himself felt that his requirements were too harsh for Tang Ning, and even a bit embarrassing.
He thought for a while and said: "I will give you an answer on this matter this afternoon."
Royal study room.
Emperor Chen rarely reviewed the memorial, but stood in the hall, looking down at the jar on the ground.
The jar is densely packed with poisonous insects such as centipedes and scorpions, making people's scalp numb just by looking at it.
He straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and asked, "Is this Gu?"
Gongsun Ying, wearing shackles on his feet and hands, stood aside and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is not a poison yet. These poisonous insects are fighting in the jar. After seven or forty-nine days, the remaining one can be called a poison."
To use it as a poisonous insect, if we choose the most poisonous poisonous insects around the Dragon Boat Festival, the poisonous insects that are born will also be the most powerful. After the poisonous insects are born, they are nourished with warm blood. After seven days, they can be controlled through the art of controlling poisonous insects."
A look of surprise appeared on Chen Huang's face, and he murmured: "There really is such magic in the world..."
At this time, a eunuch came in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu Dinglu, the Minister of War, would like to see you."
Chen Huang walked up and said, "Let him come in."
When Lu Ding walked into the imperial study, only Emperor Chen and a few eunuchs were left in the palace.
Lu Ding walked to the palace, bowed his hands, and said: "Your Majesty, regarding this Sixteenth Guards Competition, I have ordered people to formulate new rules. Please take a look at them."
"Send it up."
After a while, Chen Huang took the book from a eunuch, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Is this new rule formulated by Tang Ning?"
Lu Ding said: "Your Majesty is wise, this is indeed formulated by Tang Langzhong."
"What is so wise and unwise?" Chen Huang waved his hand and said: "If he hadn't just thought of it, your Ministry of War would have come up with it long ago, so why did you wait until now?"
Lu Ding said: "I can't make up my mind about this new regulation. Please make a decision, Your Majesty."
"This is a good idea." Emperor Chen nodded and said, "The sixteen guards all rely on their own abilities. If they lose again this time, they have nothing to say, so just do as he says."
Lu Ding thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, this method is wonderful, but if you plan it according to this method, you will need more silver. Tang Langzhong raised the silver from merchants in the capital..."
"Businessmen?" Chen Huang frowned and said, "Why do the Ministry of War affairs have anything to do with businessmen?"
Lu Ding said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. The Ministry of War has just replaced the damaged equipment of the Ministry of War with new ones. It has cost a lot for this. We really can't get any more money."
"In that case, let's allocate money from the treasury." Emperor Chen waved his hand and asked, "How much do you want?"
Lu Ding said: "Initial estimate..., fifty thousand taels."
Chen Huang looked at him and asked, "What did Lu Aiqing just say?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the preparations for this competition are initially estimated to require fifty thousand..."
"Not this sentence, the previous sentence."
"The Ministry of War has just replaced the damaged equipment of the Ministry of War with new ones, and it is really hard to get them out..."
"One more sentence."
Lu Ding was stunned and said: "Mr. Tang raised money from merchants in the capital..."
Emperor Chen nodded and said: "Although Tang Aiqing's method is somewhat inappropriate, it is also for the sake of the national treasury. His intentions are commendable, and I am sure."
