This kind of big banquet for guests lasted for more than twenty days, and the money collected was nearly 700,000 yuan. Such a terrifying speed of making money made anyone who heard of this number dumbfounded. Even Zhao Ji himself was surprised that the merchants in Bianliang City were so rich that they could only get such an amazing harvest. No wonder his predecessor tried his best to fight all directions when he was in the Song Dynasty. He was indeed rich and willful!

The harvest was so amazing that not only relieved the embarrassment of the Duan Prince's Mansion, but the expenses for the first year of opening up the martial arts hall were more than enough. Although the method was not high-end, it was finally able to solve the urgent problem and make the matter done. Zhou Tong was also very happy. It was confirmed that the imperial boxing gym would not be opened again in the court, and Zhou Tong also made up his mind to open a martial arts hall outside Bianliang City. He had initially contacted more than a dozen former colleagues and friends, and could have put the stalls on the first place.

Since he has money and his staff are gradually taking place, he can start doing things. Zhao Ji went to see Zhou Tong's old friends, most of whom were taught or disciples from the Imperial Boxing Gym. Although he may not be as good as Zhou Tong in martial arts, if he is placed in the martial arts world, he is definitely a first-class master. It is just that because he rarely interacts with people in the martial arts world, most of them are not famous in the martial arts world. But in fact, they all have amazing skills, such as one of them has several unique skills in Shaolin, and another even practiced the Dragon Subduing Palm of the Beggars' Sect!

It was the first time that Zhao Ji knew that there were so many masters hidden in the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. What was particularly rare was that these masters were not a wild path cultivated by the folk martial arts world. They were not only skilled in martial arts, but also skilled in military skills and both inside and outside. They were definitely high-quality talents. Just gathering these people together would be a considerable force, no less than any sect in the martial arts world. Unfortunately, they were buried in the military states in the world before, and their amazing skills were hard to have the opportunity to display.

The location of the martial arts lecture hall was chosen to be in the northeast of Bianliang City. It took only 5,000 guan to buy several hectares of ridge land. In the bustling areas of Bianliang City, the money could not even be bought in a small courtyard.

Although the matter was completely left to Zhou Tong to plan, Zhao Ji spent so much effort and had many ideas about the future development of the martial arts hall, so he naturally had to arrange for his own people to watch. The first thing he thought of was Liang Shicheng, but Liang Shicheng had to deal with the intelligence system in Bianliang City and also had to deal with many affairs in the Duan Palace, and he was already unable to do anything. So Zhao Ji remembered the eunuch Tong Guan who knew martial arts.

After so long time of getting along, Zhao Ji's discrimination against eunuchs has gradually been eliminated. In general, eunuchs are also humans, and physical defects cannot rise to personality slander. Most civil officials have contempt for eunuchs. Zhao Ji guessed that the reason was that eunuchs were promoted and taken into power for the civil servant system, which was a violation of the rules of the game and cheating. It didn't take ten years of hard work, no need to take the title of the gold list, and if you cut that thing, you can enjoy the rank of honor by flattering the attendant. This is unreasonable!

However, for the emperor, no matter what you have been working hard for ten years, you still need people who can do things. Moreover, in the eyes of the emperor, eunuchs are more trustworthy and friendly than those hypocritical court guards. This is the difference in concepts caused by different status. The reason why eunuchs in power in all dynasties have no good reputation is that, first, they are a kind of cheating existence in the officialdom, and second, many civil officials without integrity want to follow the mercy, which hurts the normal channels for promotion and recruiting scholars in the officialdom, and then leads to castration.

Zhao Ji did not have much psychological barrier to using Tong Guan. The only thing he needed to consider was Tong Guan's loyalty. After all, he was not a person who had served him personally for many years like Liang Shicheng. Therefore, he also understood Tong Guan. Tong Guan was a disciple of Li Xian, the eunuch of the Emperor Shenzong Dynasty. When Li Xian opened the border in Xining, he made some contributions in Western Xinjiang. However, he was dismissed after committing a crime, and Tong Guan was also implicated and sent to a place without oil, water, and few people in the military warehouse. After squatting for a few years, it can be said that he had reached the end of his journey.

Zhao Ji was quite satisfied with Tong Guan's situation. He didn't have much involvement, so he came forward to let Tong Guan leave the palace. Such a minimum errand-fed eunuch move would not even be alarmed by the deacons and eunuchs in the inner court. It was very simple to get things done. Zhao Ji only went to the palace once and brought Tong Guan out, and explained some things, and sent Zhou Tong to do some chores.

For Tong Guan, his previous situation was extremely poor, and any change in situations was a good change. Although he entered the palace from the inner court and did not have the chance to enter the inner hub in the future, in fact, even if he stayed in the palace, Li Xian's opponents in the palace would not give him a good life, but when he entered the Duan Palace, he would have another situation. Moreover, he was very worried about his internal injuries and was assigned to Zhou Tong and had the opportunity to ask for advice on recuperation at all times. Therefore, Tong Guan was grateful to Prince Duan's favor and promotion from the heart.

The martial arts lecture hall was completed until the official recruitment of disciples, and the year was the end of the year as soon as possible. Zhao Ji used his reputation as a Taoist temple to go out of the capital to practice the Taoist temple and beat Qiufeng for a while. If he took the money and still stayed in Bianliang City, not to mention that those merchants who were beaten with Qiufeng would have to make a fuss, first of all, the officials who had been acquiesced to him during this period would be unhappy.

Therefore, after the martial arts lecture hall was prepared for a clue, Zhao Ji began to prepare for leaving Beijing. At this time, Quan Guanqing, who rushed to Luoyang to investigate the rumors, also returned to Bianliang City. Because the whereabouts of the rumors were not found, when he met Zhao Ji, Quan Guanqing was a little weak and said, "Prince, the person hidden in the dark is really fast. After the villain arrived in Luoyang, he had just controlled the spread of the rumors. Then the other party noticed it and took the first step to get rid of the troubles. With such a quick reaction, the villain suspected that there should be an eyeliner installed by the other party in the main hall, but was afraid that the matter would alarm the rest of the elders in the elders' hall, so he did not make a big spy search, and only arranged some subordinates to investigate in the main hall secretly."

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "There is no result found, and it's not your fault. Some clues have been revealed in Bianliang City recently. Manager Liang is already staring at this line. If you go to him later, he will explain it carefully to you."

After a pause, Zhao Ji said again: "Also, during this period, when you choose some elite and simple disciples from the Beggars' Sect, the most important thing is that you must be innocent and not be cunning. There are about a hundred people with some martial arts foundation. Let's gather in Bianliang City first, and arrange a place for them later."

Although some sects in the martial arts world recruit disciples, they rarely accept some people who have the skills to join the masters. This is because they are worried about the origin of their disciples, and they may leak the secrets of the martial arts inheritance of the sect, and the other hand, there may be conflicts when practicing different martial arts. However, there is no taboo in this regard. First of all, for the people of the martial arts world, this is a rare step forward. Who would be so stupid that they give up their official background and learn martial arts and go to the martial arts world before going to the martial arts world? Secondly, the martial arts hall has the original Musasa capital of the Imperial Boxing Hall. For disciples, you can teach according to their aptitude and do not have to stick to the inheritance of each school.

Quan Guan nodded and carefully recorded Zhao Ji's instructions.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ji decided to cultivate Quan Guanqing's military power. This person is an important bridge and channel for him to mobilize the human resources of the Beggars' Gang. If he is simply assassinated, it will be a considerable loss for Zhao Ji. Moreover, it is not easy to find such a well-behaved and obedient candidate.

Although there are many Musashi in the Imperial Boxing Gym, Zhao Ji didn't know what martial arts to practice for Quan Guanqing, so he took him to visit Zhou Tong. Zhou Tong, a master-level figure, was an analysis of Quan Guanqing's situation, which was appropriate.

Zhou Tong was not sure about the relationship between Zhao Ji and Quan Guanqing, but since it was brought by Prince Duan himself, he also seriously tested Quan Guanqing's current skills. Quan Guanqing is not very old, and although his status in the world is not low, his martial arts skills are really not very good. It is hard to be ranked second-rate masters in the world. If you want to directly improve your strength in a short period of time, even a master-level figure like Zhou Tong feels it is a problem.

After thinking for an afternoon, Zhou Tong finally came up with an ingenious method. First of all, it is impossible to fundamentally improve a person's internal strength quickly, so he can only use external moves and weapons to make up for it. Zhou Tong designed a Qimen weapon, which is more than three feet long and has a wooden stick, and has seven or eight inches long horizontal strokes on the stick. Although it looks funny, it is combined with more than a dozen external skills and acupunctures. Even if the opponent's martial arts are better than the entire crown, if the moves are proficient, he can still protect himself. Of course, this method that depends entirely on moves is a trick, but even so, no sect in the martial arts world can do it.

Zhao Ji looked at the sword sketch next to him, and his eyes couldn't help but twitch. If it was created, it would be a 3,000-year-old life! Although he felt funny in his heart, he still told Quan Guanqing to hurry up and create it after he went back. At the same time, he also sent someone to the military library to recruit more than a dozen secrets of acupuncture martial arts issued by Zhou Tong, so that Quan Guanqing would copy it and take it back to practice hard. Undercurrents were surging in the martial arts world, and his subordinates had more self-protection ability, so Zhao Ji didn't need to passively deal with everything.

After the matter in Bianliang City was roughly arranged, Zhao Ji was officially ready to leave. This time he left the capital and went to Yuntai Mountain, Zhao Ji also planned to inquire about the location of Leigu Mountain. If possible, he would go to visit Wuyazi.

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Where is Leigu Mountain? I only know it is Henan, but I can't find out the specific location...
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