Volume 1 Above the Temple Chapter 111 Playing with people's hearts
After the two entered the city and walked for a while, Su Xiaoxiao said to Mu Qiuhuang: "Childe, then you go back to the Hou Mansion first, and Xiaoxiao will return to Liujing River first." ”
"Well, there you go! I'll look for you later. Mu Qiuhuang nodded in response.
Su Xiaoxiao's return to Liujinghe is not to be her Oiran, but because now the stronghold of "Huangling" in Yunzhou City is located in Liujinghe. Although Mu Qiuhuang ordered all the members of Huangling to withdraw from Yunzhou City at that time, when he left Yunzhou City and went to Wudang Mountain, he let Su Xiaoxiao arrange for some strange faces to sneak back...... After all, when others are outside, they still have to keep track of every move in Yunzhou City at any time.
After sending Su Xiaoxiao away, Mu Qiuhuang did not ride a horse again, but walked along the market.
I saw him taste Sun Ji's steamed buns, Li Ji's roasted wheat, Chen Ji's tofu brain, and Bai Ji's grilled skewers...... All in all, Mu Qiuhuang is walking all the way to taste all the way, and whenever he sees an appetite for food, he will go up and buy it and eat a few bites.
And because after the incident of stepping on the red carpet on the green building before, there are a large number of people in Yunzhou City who know him, at this time, seeing him walking alone on the street, some people who know him hurriedly knelt down and saluted, this is not kneeling, there is a person who kneels, and then the next pass knows his identity, and where he walked along the road, he actually knelt down one after another, and those who had just received his money The vendors were even more frightened one by one, and hurriedly sent the money back.
Mu Qiuhuang took a look, this is okay. Deliberately ruined his reputation before, because his qi was abolished, and he had to protect himself as a last resort. Now that his qi has recovered, and his position as the son of the world is as stable as Mount Tai, if he ruins his reputation among the people at this time, wouldn't he have a brain disease? Thinking of this, Mu Qiuhuang scolded the vendors who came to return the money.
"Who do you think of my son? Dare to come and return the money, do you think my son is eating white food? I tell you that it is only natural to spend money on things, even His Majesty the Emperor. ”
"And you, hurry up and get the money back, have you forgotten what I just said? That's what you deserve. ”
"Your tofu brain tastes good, but only the salty ones are not sweet, the taste is too simple, you listen to me, add the sweet ones another day, and add two spoonfuls of caramel on top, and the taste is called a beauty."
"What are you doing here? Your skewers taste very good, better than the chefs in the Hou Mansion, especially the spicy ones, which are delicious enough. ”
"Well, your siu mai tastes pretty good, too."
"By the way, bring me a few more strings of your rock sugar gourd, and I'll take it back for my little sister to eat."
"Wait...... I bought your rock sugar gourd, not robbed your rock sugar gourd, took the money, and rewarded you for the excess. ”
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said that it was a "scolding", but in the end, it became a lot of praise, and those merchants who were praised by Mu Qiuhuang were full of red light and proud of the spring breeze, and those merchants who were not praised by Mu Qiuhuang were like mourning and regret. More daring people, seeing that Mu Qiuhuang is still here, he has the courage to take the things he sells to Mu Qiuhuang to taste, for these, Mu Qiuhuang is also a person who does not refuse, after tasting one by one, he did not forget to praise two sentences, and at the end he had to pay some more money, and the merchant did not want to...... Therefore, when this street is down, no matter how Mu Qiuhuang walks in, it is full of people and enthusiastic.
And after this incident, this group of ordinary people suddenly discovered that this young master was actually quite approachable, and it was not as terrible as they usually imagined? Thinking about it carefully, this young master doesn't seem to have done anything bad except for acting in front of the Liujing River a few years ago, except for some Meng Lang who acted in front of the Liujing River a few years ago? As for going to the Qinglou, it's nothing big if you think about it, isn't it? Who is not good for people with money and status, don't those who pride themselves on being high scholars also drill in and out of the Qinglou? As for the red carpet, this is even more trivial, if you are not convinced, you will also roll it out, but do you have the ability? If I had the ability, I would have shopped it...... Don't you see that back then, the Marquis of Haihun spent 100,000 gold for half a month in the Liujing River, is it a beautiful talk in the Liujing River?
Someone in the crowd took the lead, and the others thought that it was indeed the case, so they talked about it. They all began to take the initiative to whitewash Mu Qiuhuang.
"The young master is young, and it's normal to visit the Qinglou! I don't believe you haven't been? ”
"That's right! That's right! At least the young master's family is still looking for an oiran, I heard that the son of the county guard of Muzhou, does not love girls and loves bustards......"
"Is this true?"
"Look, isn't the young master much stronger than them?"
"Of course, you look at the young master's knowledge, and just now he praised my family's roasted wheat for being delicious?"
"And my family's skewers, which are better than the cooks in the Hou Mansion?"
"What are you guys, the young master just bought me so many sugar gourds and said that he wanted to bring them back to our little princess of Beiyu to eat...... What does this mean? It shows that everyone loves my rock sugar gourd. ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, from tomorrow, my family will start selling sweet tofu brains."
"It should have been sold a long time ago, the young master said that the sweet is delicious, and I will only eat sweet in the future."
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For a while, the people on the street were talking, but they admired and praised the young master of Beiyu a lot in their words.
Although their voices were not too loud, they all fell into Mu Qiuhuang's ears.
When Mu Qiuhuang heard this, the corners of his lips rose slightly, and he said in his heart: "The unpalatable buns and roasted wheat just now are really not considered to be eaten in vain......
Mu Qingen once taught him: "People's hearts are used to manipulate, and ordinary people are ignorant." ”
Before, he was still skeptical of these two sentences. But with what had just happened, he was convinced.
Today, he just gave those vendors a few more small bucks, and praised his delicious food, and they naturally promoted a good reputation for themselves...... But if they do something else bad tomorrow, I'm afraid they will forget the "good deed" they did today, right?
Mu Qiuhuang never believed in the phrase "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", in his opinion, this is just a means used by those who are in power to win the hearts of the people after they succeed in taking office. If you really want to get the world, after all, you have to rely on your own strength, in the troubled times, whoever has a big fist, who has the final say...... "people's heart" this thing, usually shouting slogans, but it can't be taken seriously.
But having said that, if you can leave a good impression in the hearts of this group of people, Mu Qiuhuang is also happy to see it.
Anyway, the cost of buying this person's heart is still relatively low.
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Seeing that the sun was hanging overhead, I felt a little dry. Mu Qiuhuang also didn't delay any longer, turned over and got on the horse again, and galloped all the way back to the Beiyu Marquis Mansion.
Knowing that the young master came back today, the Beiyu Marquis Mansion was naturally wide open. At this time, the sun was shining warmly on the door plaque of the Beiyu Marquis Mansion, making the four big characters on the plaque shine.
Mu Qiuhuang looked at those big characters with a smile, and felt deeply for a while.
But before he could soak himself in, the good atmosphere was interrupted by an exclamation from the butler Fubo.
"Yikes! Childe, you're back. With a loud shout from Fauber.
I saw that Chun Tao and Xia He also appeared at the gate at some point. Xia He was a little better, he was able to control his emotions, but he just looked at Mu Qiuhuang with slightly red eyes, of course they were tears of joy. And Chun Tao stared at Mu Qiuhuang with bright eyes, and the next moment he ran out in small steps, because the speed was too fast, he knocked the housekeeper Fu Bo to the side, and was tripped by the high threshold, if it wasn't for Mu Qiuhuang's quick help in time, I was afraid that I would have to fall well.
Chun Tao grabbed Mu Qiuhuang's sleeve with joy on her face, but she was a little speechless with excitement.
"You girl, run like a gust of wind, almost knocking the old slave to the ground." The butler Fubo said with some dissatisfaction.
He didn't really blame Chun Tao Ya, even though he had the right, he didn't dare to blame. They are all old people in the house, and he naturally knows that this eldest prince is very spoiled by the four girls in his own garden, and the relationship between them is far beyond that of ordinary masters and servants...... The reason why he was dissatisfied was that Blame Chuntao robbed him of the "first" position.
"The old slave greets the son, congratulations on the return of the son."
As the butler Fu Bo knelt down, the porter servants also knelt on the ground. Chun Tao also hurriedly loosened Mu Qiuhuang's sleeves and was about to kneel down to say goodbye.
Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang grabbed Chun Tao, and at the same time stopped Xia He with his eyes, and said: "It's not that you don't know you, Fu Bo doesn't know you, we don't care about this in the garden...... Fauber, get up too! They are all old people in the house, and you know that I don't care about this. ”
Xia He smiled when he heard this, and Chun Tao glanced at the porter servants who knelt on the ground with some pride.
It's strange to say, for generals like Tie Qiyun and Ling Huji, who hold heavy troops, they have etiquette for Mu Qiuhuang, etc., Mu Qiuhuang is all in order. On the contrary, it was the etiquette of these low-status maids and servants in the house, but Mu Qiuhuang didn't care at all.
"Childe." Xia He stepped forward and said softly.
"Hmm." Mu Qiuhuang nodded, carefully looked at Chun Tao and Xia Helai, I haven't seen them for a year, but Chun Tao has grown a little taller, and Xia He has become more and more rounded...... It's just that I don't know if there is any change in the two girls of autumn frost and winter snow?
It's just that before Mu Qiuhuang finished thinking and exchanged feelings with Chun Tao and Xia He, he only heard a burst of noise coming out from a few sides, and then heard a rush of pace rushing towards this side.
Mu Qiuhuang's eyes were sharp, and he saw from a distance that it was his little sister ~ Mu Qiuming, and behind Mu Qiuming was his second brother ~ Mu Qiulin.
"Big brother, you're back." Mu Qiuming screamed, and after confirming that it was Mu Qiuhuang, he rushed towards Mu Qiuhuang like a bird entering the forest.
Mu Qiuhuang also smiled slightly when he saw this, worried that Mu Qiuming would fall, so he hurriedly stepped into the threshold and opened his hands.
Sure enough, Mu Qiuming threw himself into Mu Qiuhuang's arms with a flying pounce, and Mu Qiuhuang also hugged Mu Qiuming when he saw this.
"Big brother, where are you going this year?" Mu Qiuming asked with her big bright eyes, and hugged Mu Qiuhuang's neck tightly with both hands.
It's just that before Mu Qiuhuang could reply, he saw Mu Qiulin also come up.