In mid-March, the peach trees in Xiaohuan did not bloom, but withered, and they could not survive.

Xiaohuan was so sad that she was terribly sad.

Chen Mu comforted him and said that when the peaches are ripe, I will give you a money every day to buy peaches to eat.

Xiaohuan was happy.

At this time, the lame man came over and wanted to talk to Chen Mu alone.

The cripple said that Chen Mu was now busy with seven things all day long.

Chen Mu was curious and asked the cripple what seven things he did.

The cripple said:

You encourage the people to raise chickens, so that some of the infirm people have income, and you make grinders for this purpose, and you sell feed at a low price. Your trick seems to lose money, but in fact, it attracts a large number of immigrants. Your actions have led to a sharp decline in the population of the surrounding cities, causing dissatisfaction with the Liang Dynasty in various countries.

The several cars you invented have excellent shock absorption performance, and the service life of the carriage is greatly increased by adding oil and wax injection holes. Merchants from several small nearby countries come to buy cars, although you sell them cheaply, but the profits you get are not low, you don't spend a penny on the timber, the workers are sappers, and you don't spend money. You are forcing all the carpenters to join the army, otherwise there will be no way to live.

You send people to look for iron ore all day long, and although you don't find iron ore, you find copper ore, and now you mint coins, and it's a great income.

You let Han Jianniang, Li Xian, and Jiang Wei open a money bank, lend loans, sell insurance, and invest in industry leaders.

You open schools, build nurseries, reduce the burden of the people, liberate labor, and there is no city with the same population that can work better than us Dunhuang people. On the surface, you are benevolent and righteous for the sake of the people, but in fact, you are using the limited population to do more work.

You set up all kinds of factories, such as feed mills, brick and tile factories, lumber mills, and mines, but in fact you are building the 4th Brigade.

You revise the tax law and suppress the civilian government, and you are monopolizing the military, political, and financial power of the entire Dunhuang. You sent troops to fight against the Quran, Azman, and the barbarians, ostensibly recovering the lost territory, but in fact you were establishing your own prestige.

After hearing this, Chen Mu pointed at the lame man and scolded: "You old turtle calf, don't arrange me." If your words reach the ears of the gatekeeper, I will be a man. To put it another way, every one of them is a sin! Especially privately minted coins! ”

The cripple sneered: "You think I said these words? ”

"Who said that?"

"From the Ninth Division of Xuanjia." The lame man stood up and shook his daughter-in-law's new spring robe, which was quite ostentatious.

Chen Mu stood up and said, "Your clothes are good, let your daughter-in-law make me a set too." ”

"Why should my daughter-in-law make clothes for you?"

"Okay, I'll let your daughter do it for me."

The cripple came to remind Chen Mu, but Chen Mu didn't seem to be very worried, and he was still in the mood to joke.

The cripple frowned and asked, "Are you heartless, or are you fearless?" ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "But as long as there are border generals who have made achievements, which one is not on the verge of crime?" Not to mention generals, even civilian officials are the same. If you want to be a civil official, you can find any reason to punish the crime. Because many things that benefit the people, as long as you change the statement slightly, it may be a sin. With the right person, one person ascends to heaven; With the wrong person, one fell and all suffered. What is right and what is wrong is just a statement. For example, this Xuanjia Ninth Division's Zhonglang General Cao Sui, his first step is to get close to the Queen Mother. This step is solid, it will make him invincible, what he does, the Queen Mother said it was right, that was right. But one day, the Queen Mother looked at him unpleasantly, and everything he did was wrong. ”

The cripple nodded.

Chen Mu said again: "Only a few important people know about my private coinage, how did he know about the Ninth Division of Xuanjia?" ”

The cripple frowned: "I suspect it's the old eunuch walking in the wind." ”

Chen Mu nodded: "It seems that you can't stop this old guy with money." After that, the share of the coinage given to him was cancelled. In addition, coinage has been temporarily reduced to minting arrows, weapons, armor, stirrups, axles, etc. ”

The cripple smiled bitterly: "It's a waste to make those things out of copper. ”

Chen Mu also smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders: "Let's stop those stinky mouths first." I don't think this Cao Su is a worry-free person, this person will make trouble sooner or later. If you don't know it, you have to compete with me for all kinds of interests. ”

The lame man said: "Then how should we prevent it, do you know it in your heart?" ”

"What about you, what do you think, tell me about it."

The lame man sat down with a head-killing gesture and said, "The killer I cultivated is not one who eats dry food. ”

Chen Mu hurriedly waved his hand: "Kill Zhang San, and Li Si, Li Si may be more powerful than Zhang San." So killing him is the next step. Since he wants to fight me, let's see. ”

——

In the past, in Dunhuang, the cripple said that Chen Mu had no natural enemies.

But now it's different, Cao Su and Xiang Dangyang are embarrassed, and they should be combined inside and outside, which is very unfavorable to Chen Mu.

So Chen Mu sought to cooperate with Tang Liu, the state capital, and openly made coins in the name of the government. Although this will hand over the coins to the Tang clan and give some to the royal family, the money will not flow into the hands of Cao Sui and Xiang Dangyang.

In addition, Tang Liu will inevitably make false accounts and leave a large amount of money, which naturally has Chen Mu's share. After all, the mint factory belongs to Chen Mu. Tang Liu couldn't eat alone if he wanted to.

"I'm worried that sooner or later, Cao will meddle in the copper mine mint." The cripple said worriedly.

"Or, I'll take the troops to protect?" Zhang Han took the initiative to ask.

Chen Mu shook his head.

Then Chen Mu invited his confidants to drink, and he had something to say to everyone.

The banquet was served.

The cripple and Zhang Han were the closest people to Chen Mu, and they sat together with Chen Mu, with the three of them facing south.

The others are in no particular order, each with a small number.

Chen Mu said that this is a family banquet, and if there is a wife, he will invite him.

So Yu Linglong and the lame man had a few bits, and Mrs. Zhang Han was pregnant and didn't come.

Hanxiang, Xiaomei, Xiaohuan, Han Jianniang, Li Xian, Jiang Wei, these civilians took the initiative to sit in the east row.

Yuan Hong, Lu Han, Gao Zhuang, Gao Gao, Zhang Ga, Alu, Azar, Wang Zhiyuan, and the military people sat in the west, and because there were not enough small people in the west, Wang Zhiyuan also moved one from the east, and he had to sit in the west.

Chen Mu praised him for knowing the rules.

Xiaohuan waited for the game, ran before and after, and finally, she sat down beside Chen Mu shamelessly.

When Ma Zun, the prince of Aziman, heard that Chen Mu was holding a family banquet, he also trotted over, sat down beside Chen Mu, grabbed the meat, and drank it with a wine glass, showing the boldness of the Hu people.

In fact, he could have left a long time ago, but he did not leave, and said to the messenger who came to pick him up, I have married Chen Mu as Aka, we are brothers now, I will stay for a few more days, and then I will go home by myself.

After three rounds of drinking, Chen Mu said: "From now on, my people have to be more careful." Be safe in your actions at all times. All of you here, whenever you travel, you must bring troops. ”

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