Although there was a lot of delay on the road, Li Mu, who was getting more and more proficient in Ling Bo's micro-steps and slowly recovering his skills, still arrived in Lin'an City three days before the Spring Festival.

At the beginning, the Mandate of Heaven gave the choice of the four worlds, Li Mu chose the Southern Song Dynasty without hesitation, in fact, the Southern Song Dynasty was not as weak as later generations saw.

The Mongol iron cavalry swept through Europe and Asia, in addition to facing the Eastern European castles and the Mamluks of Egypt, Western Liao, Dali, and Khorezm were all vulnerable, and they perished in less than a year, even if they were as powerful as the Jin Kingdom, they only lasted 22 years.

It took 45 years to destroy the so-called Southern Song Dynasty, and the final defeat of the Southern Song Dynasty was also due to Kublai Khan's great encirclement strategy. At that time, the domestic economy of the Southern Song Dynasty collapsed, inflation, and the maritime silk trade was cut off by the Mongols.

However, it is only the second year of Jiaxi, and although the Mongolian iron cavalry has destroyed the Jin Kingdom, it has swept across Europe and Asia. However, in the war with the Southern Song Dynasty, the two important military towns of Sichuan and Hubei have not yet been broken, and there are victories and defeats in small battles, and the Southern Song Dynasty court has not yet been terminally ill.

Perhaps the Mongols have not yet invaded on a large scale, Li Mu entered the imperial capital of Lin'an City, and all he saw was thriving, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the shouting of merchants and merchants was continuous, crowded with people, lively and extraordinary, and there was no atmosphere of chaos at all.

When he first arrived, he didn't know the layout of the capital, so Li Mu had to inquire more and ask more people, find the examination room of the Gongyuan, and take the float issued by the township examination, that is, the admission ticket. After the relevant personnel of the Gongyuan verified his identity, Li Mu hurriedly returned to the street to find accommodation.

However, although Li Mu arrived early, he still came too late, and some of the other candidates arrived a month early. Like Li Mu, who stepped on the timeline, arrived late in a hurry and had no room to live in, and Li Mu, who didn't want to live in a firewood room, ran to many inns, and finally met a scholar who was still bargaining with the shopkeeper before dark.

But now there are only three days left before the exam, and the shopkeeper is not worried about the source of customers, where can he allow others to bargain, and immediately said arrogantly: "Love can't live, the capital will not bargain." ”

"You, you're so unreasonable. You only have one tael of silver a day on weekdays, but today you actually ask for five taels, you must know that ordinary people can eat a day with 100 yuan, shopkeeper, aren't you blackmailing like this? ”

Seeing that the honest scholar was deceived by the shopkeeper, and he couldn't shake the shopkeeper even if he blushed and his neck was thick, Li Mu hurriedly leaned over and said to the scholar: "Brother Tai, it's no wonder that the shopkeeper sits on the ground and starts the price, now it's getting late, I'm afraid there is only the shopkeeper left in the capital." If you are too expensive, brother, it is better to do this, the two of us live together, and each of the five taels of silver is divided in half, do you think it is good? ”

The ten taels of silver he received from Quanzhen's sixth son, Li Mu still spent five taels of silver even if he was frugal on the road. Whoever makes Li Mu's appetite good, he can't stand the two meals a day of the ancient people, and he has to have vegetables and meat for dinner, and he only came out for more than 20 days, and it cost ordinary people a year's income.

Accustomed to spending money lavishly, after Li Mu got up early the next morning, he prepared a suit on the street, dressed like a wandering man, and was about to go to the street with a banner of "curing all diseases".

The scholar who agreed to live together last night is named Feng Mengde, who is from Jianning Mansion, and his family is still quite wealthy. is upright, it's not that he can't afford to pay for accommodation last night, it's completely because he can't get used to seeing the shopkeeper take the opportunity to raise the price, so he stood up and quarreled with the shopkeeper.

Feng Meng could afford it earlier than Li Mu, and he had already eaten breakfast at this time, and when he saw Li Mu carrying the flag and was about to go out, he asked puzzledly, "Brother Li, where are you going?" Today's poetry competition of Songhua Club is the last one, let's hurry up and take a place. ”

"Brother Chuxin, I appreciate your kindness. Brother, I am shy in my pocket, and if I don't go out to make a living, I don't think I can afford to live in the store until the release of the list next month. Brother Chuxin, today's poetry competition, I wish you a successful start and fame, and I won't go. ”

Li Mu is telling the truth, Lin'an has high prices, and the consumption level is at least twice that of the towns outside. Coupled with the fact that it takes a month after the end of the exam, and then a month after the release of the list, followed by the palace exam, the hotel industry in Lin'an City is overcrowded for at least three months.

With no money in his hand and uneasiness in his heart, Li Mu could only decline Feng Mengde's invitation and came to Lin'an Street with a big flag. Lin'an City in the early morning is not as sparsely populated as other places, as the imperial capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, even if the sky is just dawn, there is still an endless stream of pedestrians walking in the market.

Although the Southern Song Dynasty was oppressed by foreigners militarily, it was definitely the richest dynasty in history economically. Just seeing that the peddlers and pawns on the street could afford to wear silk clothes, Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he excitedly found an open space on the side of the street, inserted the big flag he was carrying into the ground, and then added a few words after "curing all diseases".

Immediately attracted a lot of pedestrians to stop and watch, only to see Li Mu's banner, compared to the ordinary doctor of Youfang, it was really arrogant. Because the big flag fluttering in the wind actually has two columns of words written vertically, from right to left, from top to bottom, in order: cure all diseases and be healthy, and medicine to eliminate diseases in the world.

Wouldn't Li Mu's approach be a mockery of those who have no doctors in Lin'an!

stabbed the hornet's nest and was ridiculed and ridiculed by passers-by, Li Mu was not unhappy at all, but sat on the horse zha he brought, staring at the fat sheep in the imperial capital with a smile on his face.

These are all money, the emperor's relatives and powerful officials are everywhere, these people are living richly, and there will inevitably be some unspeakable hidden. Li Mu is now sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, waiting for his advertising gimmick to attract big fish.

However, to Li Mu's disappointment, after waiting for a long time, the big fish was not caught, but three thin dried ribbon fish came.

As soon as he saw that Li Mu was a raw face, as a local snake gangster, he knew that Li Mu was a foreigner, and he was bold in his chest, without Li Mu's consent, while pulling Li Mu's banner, he scolded with no one in his eyes: "You are so bold, set up a stall anywhere, have we agreed?" ”

It turned out that Li Mu, who had met the chengguan and was eager to make money, didn't have such good patience, and while pulling away the gangsters who wanted to pull his flag, he argued: "I see my illness, do I still need your consent?" Can you represent the king's law and the Son of Heaven? ”

A few thugs didn't dare to block their own financial path, Li Mu immediately lost his good face, and after smoothing out the crumpled flag, he was about to teach these bastards who didn't know the height of the sky, but he didn't expect that he would be falsely accused by others first.

The gangster who pulled the flag just now was pulled away by Li Mu, and as soon as his feet were weak, he fell to the ground, rolled into a ball, and knocked over several stalls next door.

Now pretending to be seriously injured and embarrassed, with the support of the other two gangsters, he limped to Li Mu, faced a crowd of onlookers, and cried and shouted: "You thing, you broke my foot, hurry up and lose money, otherwise I will sue you to the yamen." ”