Chapter three hundred and eighty first smoke billows
ps: Please give me monthly tickets and recommendations on Monday...
Li Qi's idea of establishing a sports academy was nothing more than to reduce the pressure on the academy from the outside world. One more person to support would mean one less person to oppose, and it could also increase the academy's presence and allow more talents to invest in it.
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As for whether he is helping Cai Jing, that has to be discussed separately. Perhaps on the surface, Li Qi seems to be thinking about Cai Jing in everything, but in fact, this is not the case. What Cai Jing seeks is reputation. He is so old.
How could he still have the energy to manage the academy? Moreover, his ambitions in government affairs have not diminished, and he has no time to care about this.
Then, this responsibility naturally fell on Li Qi, and of course Li Qi accepted it happily.
The three of them had a detailed discussion on the promotion and implementation of the Betting Cuju Competition. It must be said that Gao Qiu is indeed a talent in this field. He considered it in very detailed and comprehensive ways, and the opinions he put forward were also of great reference value.
You must know that since he came to power, he has been behind the scenes to control all the highest-level sports competitions in the Song Dynasty. This is also an important reason why Song Huizong favors him so much. In other words, they are like each other.
Li Qi is different from them. He is not interested in these competitions at all. He considers the overall interests and the interests of the entire Song Dynasty more. Due to the several large-scale granite campaigns by Song Huizong, a foolish emperor, and the disregard of
As a result, the imposition of military pay caused the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty to plummet and never return to the past. If there was an influx of foreign funds, it would be great. He believed that with the advanced technology of the Northern Song Dynasty leading the world, as long as it is used properly, it can still be achieved.
Restore the economy quickly.
The three of them held candles and talked at night, and the more they talked, the more involved they became. Before they knew it, the sky had turned white.
Gao Qiu still had a lot of thoughts on his face, and it seemed that he still had many thoughts that he had not said yet, but his tired body and the morning meeting later forced him to go back.
Li Qi had already been so tired that his eyes were dizzy. When he stood up, he was shaky. But his mind was still very clear. When he saw Gao Qiu to the door, he suddenly said: "Captain, I have one more thing."
Asking for small things?"
Gao Qiu was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the matter?"
Li Qidao: "It's like this. I want to promote a coach of the Dragon Guard Army to a commander. His surname is Niu Minggao. He is a talented person. When I took office, he helped me a lot. Let him be a coach. I think
It’s really a bit humiliating.”
The Sanyamen were only responsible for the training and management of the army, but promotions, appointments and dismissals were all under the control of the Privy Council. As soon as this rule was mentioned, Li Qi's heart immediately surged with a lot of "blessings" to Zhao Kuangyin.
It’s so cheating!
Gao Qiu chuckled and said, "I thought it was a big deal, it's a simple matter." After saying this, he suddenly frowned and said, "Have you discussed this matter with Marshal Ma?"
If I discuss it with him, then why should I come to you? I obviously want to go through the back door. You can't even see this, right? Li Qi shook his head and said, "No."
Gao Qiu narrowed his eyes, and then understood Li Qi's intention, and said seriously: "Li Qi, although this matter is not a big deal, if you don't inform Marshal Ma, but report it directly to the Privy Council, this is against the rules, so I
I think you should inform Marshal Ma first. However, I believe that with your status today, Marshal Ma will still give you the face, and I will help you pay attention to the Privy Council."
Li Qi nodded slightly and felt that he had not considered it well. Of course he did not want Niu Gao to replace Liang Xiong, but wanted to use Niu Gao to break into other Longwei military camps. He held up his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lieutenant, for your advice.
Know what to do."
Gao Qiu nodded and stopped, saying: "Okay, I'll leave first."
"Lieutenant, walk slowly."
After seeing Gao Qiu away, Li Qi did not return to the Qin Mansion, but went to his manor in the western suburbs. After all, the Qin Mansion was a place of right and wrong, and it was too difficult to get a good night's sleep.
Maybe he was really exhausted during this period. Li Qi didn't want to think about anything in the past two days, not even entering the kitchen. He concentrated on sleeping. When he woke up, he would be in a daze. When he was done, he continued to sleep. Every meal was
Abalone and ginseng soup, whatever you want, it’s free. I just ate, drank, and had diarrhea for two days without a care in the world.
It wasn't until the third day that Li Qi had to go out, because yesterday Heshi Liebohe sent a message saying that he would leave to return to China tomorrow. Although Li Qi thought that this matter had nothing to do with him,
Heshi Liebohe's move undoubtedly hoped that he would see him off.
There was no other way. Li Qi had no choice but to run to Beicheng early this morning to see him off. In addition, Zuixianju also gave him a hundred and fifty stones of unparalleled gifts yesterday, among which one hundred stones of strong fire wine was bought by He Shilie.
In addition, Li Qi also gave him fifty stones of Tianxia Wushuang's other series of wines.
Although this wine is not much, it is enough to give the so-called nobles of Jin Kingdom a taste. If they still want to drink it, they have to spend money to buy it.
The two had another conversation about cooperation, and Heshi Liebohe also asked him some things that should be paid attention to when opening a restaurant. Li Qi did not hide it, and told him some taboos about opening a restaurant.
Once again, he also taught him some methods on how to attract customers.
After leaving Beicheng, Li Qi walked another mile or two before heading back home.
As soon as Li Qi returned to Zuixianju in his carriage, he suddenly saw Fan Shaobai coming in a hurry, holding his hand and saying, "Master Li, come with me quickly."
Li Qi was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "Wait--wait, what's the matter?"
"Don't ask first, just come with me."
Li Qi didn't even come back to his senses before he was pulled into the carriage by Fan Shaobai.
Fan Shaobai said: "Go to Fan Tower."
Li Qi asked curiously: "Master Fan, what happened?"
Fan Shaobai smiled very evilly and said: "You will know later."
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After a while, the two arrived at Fan Building. Since it was not yet time for dinner, the building seemed a bit empty. Fan Shaobai pulled Li Qi up to the fifth floor in one breath and came to a window.
Li Qi looked out the window and saw no alien. He asked curiously: "Master Fan, what on earth did you ask me to do?"
Fan Shaobai smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. You will know later."
Damn it. When did you learn to tell the truth? Li Qi muttered to himself, but he could only wait patiently.
After a while, Fan Shaobai suddenly pointed to the right front and said with a smile: "Coming, coming, look there quickly."
"Where is it?" Li Qi hurriedly followed his hand and said with a horrified look on his face: "Damn! There's a fire." It turned out that billowing black smoke suddenly appeared in a building on the right front.
Fan Shaobai clicked his tongue and gave him a dissatisfied look. He said, "Take a closer look."
Li Qi fixed his eyes and exclaimed, "Isn't that the Golden Tower?" As soon as he said this, he suddenly looked at Fan Shaobai and said in horror: "Master Fan, you don't want to ask people to set fire to the Golden Tower, do you?"
?Ouch, this is illegal. You can’t do it.”
Fan Shaobai snorted angrily, "You are so contemptuous of others. Am I, Fan Shaobai, that kind of despicable person?"
Li Qi wondered: "Can you still predict the future?"
Fan Shaobai chuckled: "Do you still remember the fireplace?"
Li Qi suddenly realized it, was stunned for a moment, and said: "You mean---." At this point, he suddenly burst into laughter.
Fan Shaobai said proudly: "I received the news last night. I learned that Jinlou worked all night to build the fireplace and it will be completed this morning. And the woman couldn't wait to send out the notice yesterday. Didn't I come to you to watch a joke?
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"Thankfully you reminded me, otherwise I would have forgotten about it." Li Qi said. Then he shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that it's morning now. It would be even better if it were noon."
The two met each other and laughed again.
At this moment, another burst of laughter came from the stairwell. The two turned around and saw who it was, not Cai Minde.
Cai Minde cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Cai originally wanted to come to Fan Tower to see the scenery, but I didn't expect you two to be one step ahead of Cai." Fan Tower is the tallest building in Beijing. Standing here, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Bianjing.
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This old fox is so shrewd. Li Qi said with a smile: "Yuan Cai is so clever and clever. Li Qi admires him. I admire him."
Cai Minde smiled and said: "No, no, Mr. Li is far-sighted and far-sighted. Cai is ashamed of himself." It turned out that the last time he saw Carpenter Tian taking measurements in his shop, he started construction after all the inspections.
He knew that the fireplace was far from being as simple as he imagined, but he did not tell anyone about it and paid special attention to the construction status of the fireplaces in other restaurants.
"Wow! What a big smoke." Cai Minde came to the window to take a look and exclaimed.
Fan Shaobai chuckled and said: "This Jinlou has made such a big joke just a few days after it opened. I think that woman must be going crazy now."
Li Qi smiled and said: "How can he have time to live now? Although this fireplace will not cause a fire, the smoke is so heavy and the smell is too strong. Where will the guests come? Let's see if she can open today
It's all a problem, Mr. Fan, you have to be prepared."
Fan Shaobai laughed and said, "I've already prepared it."
Cai Minde stroked his beard and said seriously: "Master Li, Cai thinks that our store should also be prepared."
Li Qi asked curiously: "What do you mean by this?"
Cai Minde sighed and said: "I heard that not only the Jinlou family started to use fireplaces today, but also several other restaurants. Seeing that our business was so good, they all rushed to build fireplaces. Several restaurants were completed this morning.
, so I guess they won't wait until night to try again." But there was a look of pride in their eyes that couldn't be concealed.
Li Qi and Fan Shaobai gasped at the same time. This news was so shocking. Fan Shaobai immediately ordered people to look around.
Sure enough, after a while, a bartender came over and said, "Young Master, there is heavy smoke coming from a place to the west."
When the three of them heard this, they hurried over and saw a plume of thick smoke rising into the sky in the distance to the west. It was really beautiful.
Cai Minde had sharp eyes and said with a smile: "That looks like the Lion Tower."
Okay. This is really retribution. If I want to learn from your Grandpa Li, I won’t urinate and take care of myself first. Li Qi felt secretly happy.
"Young Master, there are two more places in the north where smoke is coming out."
"Huh? That seems to be Yang Lou."
This was just the beginning. In less than a quarter of an hour, thick smoke was rising in four or five places. The billowing smoke and the snowy sky complemented each other perfectly. The scene was so spectacular.
The three of them stood in front of the window and watched all this, and Wang laughed.