At the same time, countless thoughts flashed through my mind.
Damn it, this guy...
Could this person, could he be that...
Wu Zhi, whose thoughts were racing in his head, unconsciously spoke out what was on his mind.
"You, you are Zhao..."
As soon as Wu Zhi said this, the man wearing a gold hairpin stepped in front of Wu Zhi in one step.
That extremely ferocious look seemed like he was about to swallow Wu Zhi in one gulp.
"Bold! How dare you call the official by his first name!"
Wu Zhi's heart trembled.
Then he hurriedly bowed to the man wearing the purple gold crown.
"I didn't know that the official was here, so please forgive me."
Wu Zhi in the previous life was relatively clear about the history of the Song Dynasty.
That is, except for certain special occasions, it is not necessary to kneel down and bow down when meeting the emperor.
Normally when you see someone, you just need to bow and bow.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Ji smiled lightly.
"No problem, no problem. Those who don't know are not guilty."
After saying that, he turned to look at the man standing next to him with a gold hairpin in his hair.
"Gao Aiqing, what do you think of this thing?"
As soon as Zhao Ji finished speaking, a sturdy man in strong clothes ran out from a distance.
The man first whispered a few words into Zhao Ji's ear, and then stepped aside.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ji's expression gradually changed from the leisurely and comfortable one just now to the angry one now.
"This is unreasonable, it's too much to bully others!"
"These Jin people and Liao people really can't let me feel at ease for a day."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Ji turned around and left with a gloomy expression.
And Gao Aiqing, who had followed Zhao Ji just now, hurriedly came to Wu Zhi's side.
"Did you hear what the butler said just now?"
"You will report to the palace early tomorrow morning."
"When you arrive at the palace gate, someone will naturally take you in."
"After entering the palace, you must be careful what you say, you know?"
After saying that, he turned around and left the arena.
Until this moment, Wu Zhi had not recovered from the shock just now.
Because he really didn't expect that just by promoting such a small event in Kaifeng Mansion, he would attract Song Huizong Zhao Ji.
Presumably, the one standing next to Zhao Ji just now was the famous traitor Gao Qiu, right?
Wu Zhi guessed correctly, the man wearing a blond hairpin just now was Gao Qiu.
And the reason why the two of them are here today is mostly due to his contribution.
In recent days, envoys from the Jin and Liao Kingdoms have come to Bianliang City one after another.
And the purpose of their two groups of envoys coming here is also the same.
That was to get the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to agree to their strategy, and then the two families would join forces to attack the other family.
But at this time, the Song Dynasty placed great emphasis on civil affairs and neglected military affairs. Their military equipment was lax and their military strength was weak.
To put it simply, no one in the Song Dynasty could afford to offend.
The reason for the current result is that the root of the disaster has been laid since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
The main reason why Zhao Kuangyin, the founding king of the Northern Song Dynasty, became the emperor was because the power given to him by the Later Zhou Dynasty was too great.
Therefore, he is also very afraid that a scene similar to the yellow robe will happen to him this day.
Therefore, he used the trick of releasing military power over a glass of wine, and eliminated the military power of many brave generals and local vassal towns.
At the same time, in order to consolidate his power forever, Zhao Kuangyin also dismissed many powerful troops who had fought in all directions for many years and made great contributions.
After all this trouble, the Song Dynasty's army had little combat effectiveness.
After Zhao Kuangyin passed away, his brother Zhao Guangyi came to power.
Although this man was poor in other aspects, he greatly agreed with the various measures taken by his brother to reduce armaments and force.
After coming up, they continued to weaken the military's combat strength, suppress and degrade the social status of soldiers.
After the continuous efforts of these two generations of emperors, the army of the Song Dynasty was nothing more than a decoration.
Zhao Ji, who was in a dilemma and had a headache, called Gao Qiu over just after the court had finished.
Ask him if there is anything interesting he can do to relieve his boredom.
By chance, I learned from Gao Qiu that a new football match was about to be held in Kaifeng City.
So, he led Gao Qiu to the newly built stadium by Wu Zhi, wanting to relax.
Judging from the way Zhao Ji left in anger just now, the Jin envoy and the Liao envoy must have quarreled again.
Early the next morning.
Wu Zhi went to the palace to build a football field for Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji was also very happy about Wu Zhi's arrival.
He told Gao Qiu to do his best to cooperate with him no matter what convenience Wu Zhi needed.
In this way, with Zhao Ji's strong support, a large football stadium built within the palace was born.
In the stadium, Zhao Ji, who was having fun and not thinking about Shu, casually gave Wu Zhi the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Moreover, he was allowed not to go to court every day to discuss affairs.
This made Wu Zhi very happy.
You can get a monthly salary, and at the same time you don't have to worry about going to court. This is almost the same as picking up money for free.
Only occasionally, I need to report to the palace a few times and teach Zhao Ji how to play football.
Time flies, time flies.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Wu Clan Hegemony Cup football match.
On this day, a total of eighty teams participated in the competition.
But in the end, due to various reasons, some of them were cut off.
Only sixty-four teams remain in the competition.
After three months of warm-up, the news of this football match had already spread throughout Kaifeng.
In fact, people from several neighboring states and counties also came.
The purpose is to see what the so-called Wu Family Hegemony Cup football match is all about.
In order to increase income, Wu Zhi even arranged for designated personnel to collect tickets at the door.
And the cost of the tickets is not cheap either.
A ticket costs two taels of silver.
This is equivalent to a month's daily expenses for the most ordinary family in the Song Dynasty.
But even so, it still did not stop those people from coming to watch the game.
For the first show, all the 5,000 seats indoors were packed.
In one fell swoop, Wu Zhi earned a full ten thousand taels of silver!
The entire stage of the competition lasted for more than half a month.
After excluding costs and losses, Wu Zhi made a net profit of 150,000 taels of silver.
If you add in the money from selling those sports facilities, the amount of silver Wu Zhi earned at this stage would be as high as 210,000.
Such huge profits were something Wu Zhi never imagined before entering this industry.
You know, he has never made so much money since he traveled here until now.
In addition to what was left over from before, Wu Zhi now has a total of 230,000 taels of silver.