Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 196 Zhao Zhen Visits
Li Ce's three brothers also don't have real estate in the capital, and now they serve in the Wansheng Army, so the three of them simply live in the army.In the evening of that day, Li Ce was watching Di Qing drill soldiers in the army, when a guard came over and reported, "General Li, there are two people outside the barracks begging to see you."

Li Ce asked strangely, "Who?"

Visitors must register and report. This is a rule set by Li Ce, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the important military camp.

The guard said: "It's the two young masters, just say they are your friends, I don't know about the other little ones."

Li Ce thought: My friend?I don't seem to have any friends in the capital, right? "

He nodded and said, "Bring them here."

At present, Di Qing is training soldiers according to Li Ce's method.Since the election of Xindutou, the entire Wansheng Army has taken on a new look. There has been a gap between the four commanders including Sun Yuanqing. He couldn't join the regiment anymore, the big brother Sun Yuanqing felt a little lonely at this time, the other three commanders usually listened to him, but now he couldn't order anyone.

Li Ce was not in a hurry to remove anyone. Change was never something that could be accomplished overnight. To achieve the best results, one had to take it step by step.He first disrupted all the 8000 troops of the Wansheng Army, distributed 2000 to Di Qing, and divided the remaining [-] equally among the other four commanders. the elite.

Li Ce set strict assessment standards for Di Qing's 2000 people. The assessment will be conducted every month. If anyone fails to meet the standards, they will be automatically eliminated, and then they will find replacements from the other 6000 people.

The other forbidden troops were all shouting and shouting and practicing fixed postures under the leadership of the coach, but these 2000 people were directly fighting two by two, and everything was completely based on actual combat.

Li Ce is very satisfied with Di Qing's training effect, he just provided an idea, but he is not good at implementing it, and Di Qing's training effect is exactly what he expected.

Li Ce was watching in a daze, when someone patted his shoulder. When he turned around, he found that the person who came was His Majesty Zhao Zhen!The other woman disguised as a man was Princess Yongfu Zhao Qin'er!
Why are the two of them here?Li Ce didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly bowed and said: "I have seen His Majesty, I have seen the princess, and I have lost my way. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Zhao Qin'er was a little embarrassed to see him, since he sent her back last time, the two of them hadn't seen each other again.

Zhao Zhen smiled and motioned him to flatten his body, "It's been a while since I saw you, Marquis Du Yu of the Wansheng Army is my chief bodyguard, why don't you ever report to me?"

Li Ce said in his heart: I was almost beaten to death by your general yesterday... But he didn't think it was necessary to tell Zhao Zhen about it. He was beaten to complain. He didn't have this habit. He got up wherever he fell and was beaten by someone. If so, then we must find a chance to beat him back!
"I've been busy these few days sorting out the affairs of Wan Shengjun. After all, I just took office and I'm not familiar with many things." Li Ce said.

Zhao Zhen nodded and pointed to the 2000 people fighting in front of him and asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Li Ce smiled and said, "Oh, this is the minister training the soldiers of the imperial army."

"This... why does it look like a melee?" Zhao Zhen said.

"This is not a scuffle, it's an actual battle. I want to train a decent guard for His Majesty, a guard that will make the world fearful and dare not fight the enemy!" Li Ce said with a gleam in his eyes.

Zhao Zhen heard him bragging a bit outrageously, but thinking of the result of his training the Cuju team for himself before, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I believe in you, just like you won the Cuju competition for me."

Li Ce nodded with a smile, and asked, "Why did Your Majesty and the Princess come to me?"

Zhao Qin'er pouted and said: "Hey, this is not giving you money."

Zhao Qin'er was dressed in a white brocade gown, with a scholar's hairstyle and a scholar's hat on her head. Although it was men's clothing, it was hard to hide her protruding chest. Li Ce thought of the first time he saw her, she was also dressed like this, Not to mention that Xiao Ni's daughter dressed as a man has a special charm.

When Li Ce heard about the money, he thought it was the money Zhao Ji lost in the Cuju competition, which was a full 1 taels!The first thought that flashed through this guy's mind was - I'm going to post!
Li Ce stretched out his hand happily, grinning with joy, "I have to trouble the princess and His Majesty to deliver it in person, how embarrassing it is..."

Zhao Qin'er saw him smiling so blindly, she rolled her eyes at him and said, "What are you doing with your hand?"

Li Ce said seriously: "Silver ticket, didn't you bring me some money?"

Zhao Qin'er thought he was talking nonsense again, and said angrily, "What bank note? Do you know how much that 1 taels of silver weigh? Brother Huang and I are visiting privately in WeChat. Could it be that you asked us to give you the 1 taels?" Recite the two silver coins?"

Zhao Zhen also looked at Li Ce with some puzzlement.

Li Ce thought to himself: Don't you have a banknote at this time?My God, how much is that 1 taels of silver actually worth...

Zhao Zhen said: "The 1 taels of silver, I will send someone to deliver it to you tomorrow... Oh, by the way, you don't have a place to live in the capital yet?"

Li Ce nodded quickly, is it possible that His Majesty wants to solve the housing problem for himself?
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It's because I was negligent. You helped me a lot in the Cuju competition last time, and I haven't thanked you properly. Qin'er by the Bianshui River, after I gave you the house, you didn't I went to live there, you don’t need it anyway, so just give it to Li Ce.”

When Li Ce heard it, he was so happy that his heart blossomed. It's a good location by the Bianshui River.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qin'er glared and said, "Why?"

Zhao Zhen persuaded: "You can't go out of the palace to live, you see Li Qing's family is still living in the barracks, it's a joke..."

Zhao Qin'er snorted softly and said, "Who said I won't live here, the last time I left the palace was because I had no place to live, so..."

"Cough cough, cough cough" Li Ce coughed in a hurry, the cold sweat in his heart, princess, why are you talking about everything!

Upon hearing Li Ce's reminder, Zhao Qin'er suddenly reacted, and hurriedly changed her words: "That's... I'm going to send someone to clean it now."

But Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "Why didn't you have a place to live when you left the palace last time? What are you talking about?"

Li Ce was startled, but don't let your mouth slip, if you let His Majesty know that you brought the princess to the house, then you will be finished!He hurriedly said: "Princess means that there is no place to rest after leaving the palace, but don't worry, Your Highness, I will reserve a room for you alone, and you are welcome to stay at any time."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "She just had a sudden whim, and I will take this house as my loan to you, and I will replace it with you in the future. Now, let Li Ce live first."

Li Ce was afraid that Zhao Qin'er would stop him again, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

Seeing his happy look, Zhao Qin'er didn't intervene further. In fact, she didn't care about that house, but Li Ce was too shameless. Zhao Qin'er was always bullied by him before, and she was used to it in her heart. He always opposed him everywhere, but after the last Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting, this guy made a "Water Tune Song Tou" on the spot, and Zhao Qin'er's perception of him has gradually changed.

"Hey, Brother Huang and I haven't eaten yet? Why don't you show your kindness to the landlord when you come to your territory?" Zhao Qin'er said.

Seeing that Zhao Qin'er didn't object, Li Ce knew that she had already agreed to earn a house and treat her to a meal. It was such a bargain!

So he hurriedly said: "Naturally, but your majesty and the princess are used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas. When we come to Weichen, why don't we make something special for your majesty and princess, how about it?"

Zhao Zhen knew that he always had a lot of crazy ideas, so he hurriedly asked, "What's so special?"

Zhao Qin'er was also attracted by his words, what special food can there be, there are no delicacies in the palace, this guy is a broken military camp, what delicious food can there be.

Li Ce pretended to be mysterious and said, "Does Your Majesty know what is the best thing to eat on a summer evening?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.

Li Ce clapped his hands and said, "It's best for barbecue!"

"eat barbecue?"

"Yes, it would be more refreshing if there is such a big glass of cold beer?"

Zhao Zhen asked puzzledly: "What wine? Beer? There are countless imperial wines in the wine cellar of the palace. Why haven't I heard of any beer?"

Cold beer?Zhao Qin'er murmured in her heart, what kind of wine is this?But it's funny to hear the name.

Li Ce laughed, "Weichen just said casually, where did the ice come from this season?"

However, Zhao Zhen became interested. He waved his hand and said, "There are so many ice cellars in the Ice Cube Palace. How do you make your cold beer?"

Li Ce asked in surprise, "Is there still ice in this season?"

Zhao Qin'er finally saw that there was something he didn't understand, and laughed and said, "It's rare to see, but there is a special ice cellar in the palace. Every winter, the emperor will store a large amount of ice cubes. He will open the cellar to get ice when the weather gets hot next summer. To cool down the heat."

Li Ce nodded repeatedly in admiration, the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

"Your Majesty, this beer... I can't make it, but if I have a chance, I can make wine for Your Majesty." Li Ce said.

Zhao Zhen said: "The wine you are talking about, isn't there in the wine cellar of the palace? It was offered by the envoys of the Dangxiang clan last year, but the wine is extremely bitter, not as good as our wine from the Song Dynasty."

Li Ce said pleasantly: "I even have wine, which is really great! Could your majesty send someone back to the palace to fetch some ice cubes and make two jugs of wine, and I will make iced wine for you once, I guarantee you like it."

Zhao Zhen wanted to say that the wine was too bad to drink, but seeing that he said it so confidently, he was embarrassed to refuse.

Zhao Qin'er said: "I've seen that wine before. The color is very bright, but the taste is really not good. Besides, it's also very bad to drink when mixed with ice cubes and wine."

Li Ce smiled and shook his head. The Song Dynasty drank self-brewed white wine or rice wine. Of course, this kind of wine is not good to drink cold, and not only can't be iced, but it is better to drink it hot. But wine is just the opposite.

Seeing his confident appearance, Zhao Zhen also laughed and said, "Okay, I'll just listen to you once."

"In this case, Your Majesty, please come with me." After speaking, he waved and shouted: "Di Qing, come here."

Di Qing had already seen Zhao Zhen's arrival, and when he heard Li Ce calling him, he hurried over and bowed, "I've seen Your Majesty and the Princess before."

Zhao Zhen smiled and signaled that he didn't need to be polite.

Li Ce said: "Second brother, you go and bring my set of barbecue things, the place is still the same place, and take a few brothers around to guard secretly to protect His Majesty's safety."

After Di Qing was taken aback, he still took orders to leave, and the eldest brother actually took His Majesty down to have a barbecue, really...

(End of this chapter)