This man was about forty or fifty years old, and he had a look of no anger and self-righteousness on his face.

There are two middle-aged men at the same table, one is dressed in black, slightly fat, half-squinting, as if asleep, but the body exudes a dangerous atmosphere, I can sense the true yuan fluctuations on this person's body, and I expect that this person seems to be harmless to humans and animals, but in fact he is a master of the family, but compared with ordinary Jianghu people, there is a trace of gangsterism. The other was an old man in a Confucian shirt, with a slightly white beard and a smile on his lips.

When Li Muge heard this, he rushed to the table and said, just now Li Moukou said arrogant words, and Mr. was surprised. The middle-aged man looked at him with interest, and said Why don't you come over and have a drink together? Li Muge pondered for a moment and said, I am still on duty below, it really shouldn't be like this.

The middle-aged man laughed, looked at the man in black, the man took out a piece of silver from his arms, threw it to the shopkeeper, and said, My lord invited this man to drink, do you have any opinions? The shopkeeper bit a mouthful of silver with his teeth, and said with a grin, Our service tenet of Tianxianglou is to meet all the needs of guests. Li boy, you will have a half-day holiday today, and you have to accompany these nobles.

I was about to return to my seat, the middle-aged man said, this little brother, the road is uneven and helps each other, which is very much in line with me, if you are willing to appreciate your face, you might as well come over and talk about it. I pointed to Xu Ruonan and said sorry, the beauty has an appointment. The middle-aged man smiled and beckoned to Xu Ruonan.

Xu Ruonan was also generous, got up and came over, and sat down calmly. The man in black on the side saw Xu Ruonan, his eyes showed a look of vigilance, and he was on guard, the middle-aged man stopped drinking, and the man squinted his eyes again and stopped talking.

The old man in the Confucian shirt called the bowl and chopsticks, and made a corner of wine to pour it for everyone. The middle-aged man said, "My surname is Huang, I don't know how to call him?" A few of us reported each other's names, and the middle-aged man said, "Listening to this Li Gongzi talk about the scientific examination, he must be a tribute student who participated in this year's Spring Festival."

Li Muge said, the sage has clouds, and the gentleman is far away from cooking, so he shouldn't be engaged in this kind of cheap errand, but he is forced by life, and he is really ashamed. The middle-aged man said, a good man has ambitions for thousands of miles, and heroes don't ask where they come from, I am very interested in listening to Li Gongzi's lofty ambitions, but I don't know what Your Excellency thinks about governing the country?

Li Muge said with a smile, although his family is poor, he is not a person who does not listen to things outside the window, and only reads the books of sages and sages, since he was fourteen years old, he has traveled all over the world, tasted the wind and sand outside the Saiwai, and also tasted the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

The middle-aged man said, I would like to hear about it.

Li Muge took a sip of tea and said slowly, I have a beautiful country, but it is not peaceful. The sage's so-called "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh" is also an extremely irresponsible statement. According to the following observation, there are four major drawbacks such as today. First, although agriculture is the foundation of the country, commerce is also indispensable, and now the imperial court is too heavy on agriculture, but it imposes heavy taxes on merchants, which is really against the way of a rich country. Second, corruption is rife in the army, and he once traveled to the western part of Xinjiang, and a border lieutenant actually had thousands of acres of fertile land, a group of servants, the army's combat effectiveness was low, and foreign enemies were waiting for an opportunity to move. Third, power rent-seeking, now the collusion between officials and businessmen in the imperial court, as the so-called "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver", officials use their power for personal gain, and it has become a common practice. Fourth, bandits are a disaster, the so-called chivalry is forbidden by martial arts, and now there are many sects in the rivers and lakes, and the court is negligent in supervision, these chivalrous people, relying on their martial arts, defying the law, disrupting public order, and the green forest bandits are no different. These are the four disadvantages.

The old man in the Confucian shirt suddenly asked, Your Excellency proposed four evils, so in your opinion, how to solve them?

Li Muge said loudly, governing the country together is nothing more than eight words, streamlining administration and delegating power, enriching the people and strengthening the army. First, now that the officialdom is accumulating, the only way to do this is to initiate reform from the top down, delegate power to the people, reduce the space for power rent-seeking, and suppress the political style. Second, the importance of the country, the wealth of the people, only the people are rich, can the country be strong. Thirdly, the army is strong but not exhausted, to create a division of kings, a division of benevolence and righteousness, with strong military backing, in order to deter the vassal kingdom and lead all countries to the court.

Li Muge's words were eloquent, and the middle-aged man listened quite seriously. He glanced at the old man in the Confucian shirt, Mr. Lu is a great Confucian in the world, I don't know what to do? The old man in the Confucian shirt bowed his head slightly, what this Li Gongzi said is extremely true, but everyone understands the truth, and it is difficult to really implement it.

Li Muge said solemnly, because of this, he was determined to be an official, to do practical things, to do practical things, not to reach the princes, but to benefit one party.

The Confucian surnamed Lu was thoughtful, and the middle-aged man said, Li Gongzi can care about the people, which is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty, and Huang has been taught. The man took out a paper folding fan from his arms, asked the shopkeeper for pen and ink, and wrote four words on the fan: Zhigang is easy to fold. Handed it to Li Muge, said, see it in a hurry, after all, goodbye, this folding fan was given to Li Gongzi as a souvenir.

After saying goodbye, the Confucian paid for the drink, smiled at us, and followed.

It was the chubby man in black, and before leaving, he also glanced at Xu Ruonan a few times.

I saw that it was not too early, and I got up to take my leave.

When he got out, Xu Ruonan said, this man's identity is not ordinary. I said that there are strange people in the market, and it is not unusual.

The two of them were touring on the street, but they also talked about a lot of topics, and near evening, Xu Ruonan said, Xiao Catch, thank you for your treat today.

I said in my heart that if you want, I would invite you every day, but because of this, I was a little frivolous and did not say it. Seeing that I wanted to separate, I was a little reluctant in my heart, so I said, the day after tomorrow is the Flower God Festival, I don't know if Miss Xu has time?

Xu Ruonan smiled sideways, what, do you want to date me?

I blushed and nodded vigorously. Xu Ruonan smiled and said, I have some personal matters to deal with in the past two days, it is better to be like this, when the sun sets the day after tomorrow, I will wait for you at the end of this long street.

I was ecstatic in my heart, and said: "I will not see you, I will not be gone."

Xu Ruonan took out a gold needle from his arms, put it in the palm of my hand, and then turned around and left. I saw that this golden needle had a strange shape and was quite delicate, and asked, What is this? Xu Ruonan turned around and smiled, "The appointment of the golden needle, if you miss the appointment, I will use this golden needle to stab your eyes."

I stood there and watched her back. In just two days, I have seen two sides, this Xu Ruonan is sometimes delicate, sometimes spicy, and a little unpredictable, what a mysterious woman.

I saw that it was not early, so I hummed a little song all the way back to the Jianghu Division. Zhang Youqian was lying on an easy chair, holding a teapot in his hand, happy to be happy, seeing me coming, he said, yo, I see you are full of red light, frivolous steps, honestly explain, did you go to the Qinhuai River to consume?

I said you think everyone in the world is as cheesy as you?

Zhang Youqian shook his head and said, the vulgar is elegant, the vulgar is the most elegant, and talking about elegance and vulgarity with people like you is tantamount to playing the piano.

I walked over angrily, grabbed the teapot, and drank it with a clatter. Zhang Youqian shouted, saying that you are vulgar, you still don't believe it, do you know that this pot of tea is the new snow in Bitan this year, you are like a cow drinking, it is really a tyrannical treasure.

I disdainfully said, this tea is in your stomach, it can be regarded as a tyrannical treasure.

When the two were arguing, Jiang Nan hurriedly walked in and said, something is wrong.

(These few days of unit audit, three views are responsible for reception, the update is unstable, please forgive me.) ）