Chapter 163: Cattle and Horses
Gold!
A box of gold!
None of the people who can enter the racecourse are short of money, and at the invitation of Cheng Biting Jin, it can be said that the number of characters in Chang'an City is basically here, and there is no bad money, but there is so much gold, most people are still seeing it for the first time.
Beautiful! It's really beautiful!
What is called Xiaguang Wandao, what is called Ruicai Qiantiao! Under the afterglow of the sunset, the brilliance reflected by the golden cake is not a perfect interpretation of this sentence?
Wang Pu's eyes were stabbed by the light, tears flowed, and he quickly raised his hand to wipe it, but he heard Li Mu say beside him: "It's not like this, isn't it just a loss, isn't it just two thousand runs, don't you just want to challenge Ben Hou, and you didn't succeed in playing a majestic show?" What's the big deal, as for crying? Alas, at such an age, it's really a shame to be like a child? Okay, you can cry a few times, or Ben Hou will spare you some ...... No three runs? Five runs are also possible......"
The sound was heard inside and outside the stadium through a PA device. The people in the stadium knew what was going on, but the people outside the stadium didn't know, they all thought that Wang Pu really cried because he lost the bet, and suddenly there was a commotion.
Chang'an City, Guanzhong people are the majority. Guanzhong people have a heroic temperament and like heroes and heroes. It's a very normal thing to bet. The big husband can afford to lose and win, and he cries when he loses, what is this, people look down on it.
Wang Pu hurriedly wiped away his tears, pointed at Li Mu and said, "You are talking nonsense, I didn't cry." I am, I am ......" Wang Pu looked at this box of gold, and was speechless, how to say? Could it be that I am flashed by your gold? Wouldn't it be even more humiliating!
Li Mu laughed and said, "Why don't you speak?" Wang Pu, the son of the Taiyuan Wang family, the younger brother of Prime Minister Wang Qi, can casually take out 2,000 yuan to buy horses, how can he be so clumsy to express? ”
Wang Pu only felt that the anger in his heart was rushing upward, his forehead was bruised, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Whether you are clumsy in expressing it or not, what does it have to do with you." The source of your gold is unknown, I will go to the government to report you! ”
Li Mu's expression became cold, and he said, "Why did you report Ben Hou?" Ben Hou made a bet with you, 5,000 guan to buy this horse, and now Ben Hou has taken out the money, here is 500 taels of gold, worth 5,000 guan, right? You can't sue Ben Hou just because you lost the bet. ”
Wang Pu said angrily: "You are not victorious, you are talking about 5,000 yuan, but you are taking gold!" ”
"Isn't gold money?"
"Gold, gold......" Wang Pu was choked and speechless, isn't gold money? Gold is indeed money, but it is not money in common sense. In the east and west cities of Chang'an, there is no place to spend gold! It's like someone in later generations who wants to buy a toothpick and has to take a hundred yuan bill, you can't say how he broke the law, but if he does it, most people will think that there is something wrong with this person.
Wang Pu decided not to entangle with Li Mu, and asked: "As everyone in the world knows, gold is a rare thing. Why do you have as much as five hundred taels, I think you don't know where this gold came from, so you have to report to the official, can't you? ”
"Joke! You have five hundred taels of gold and you have the right way, and Benhou has five hundred taels of gold and the way you came from is unknown? What a reason! ”
Wang Pu was so angry that he had forgotten his brother's entrustment, and the amplification device next to him, and said angrily: "How do you compare with me, I am a disciple of the Taiyuan Wang family, with the words 'Taiyuan Wang', the world will believe that I have this money, what are you?" The small people in the border areas, if they are lucky to be favored, they will not be able to live forever! Five hundred taels of gold, which you also have? ”
"Hahaha!" Li Mu laughed three times, and Li Shimin, who was in the stands on the north side, listened to it and glared at Wang Qi with a smile. These three loud laughs, Li Shimin is too familiar. After a few royal preludes, Li Mu was about to start attacking after each three laughs.
Sure enough, I heard Li Mu say: "Everyone in the world says that when the world is a gatekeeper, there are five surnames and seven hopes." In my opinion, from today onwards, the Taiyuan Wang family can be removed! ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Wang Pu's voice trembled with anger, and he pointed at Li Mu and said, "You, you dare to insult my Taiyuan Wang family!" ”
"No, how can you say that this Hou insulted your Taiyuan Wang clan, but you took it upon yourself!" Li Mu said, didn't give Wang Pu a chance to fight back, and said like a cannon: "Ben Hou really didn't expect that a mere five hundred taels of gold would make you, the younger brother of the prime minister, who was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, so surprised, and you still have to report to the official?" It's like a frog at the bottom of a well! ”
"You have a sentence that is right, Benhou was born in a small border area, not as illustrious as your family, but there is a wise monarch in the world, and he knows people well. With His Majesty's trust, I was appointed to the Ministry of Industry. Your Majesty is unsuspicious of employing people, so that I can use it. Therefore, there are horseshoes, printing, and Zhenguan plows. Making money, the small way, but Benhou is loyal to the country, seeks benefits for the people, and repays His Majesty's kindness, and his leisure is not enough to praise. But since you want to know so much about the source of gold, Ben Hou has nothing to say. ”
"When Ben Hou was the Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, he promoted the reform of the Ministry of Industry, and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, in addition to meeting the national conscription, could contract projects under the organization of the Ministry of Industry in their spare time to earn money. Profits, part of the Ministry of Industry for unified deployment, part of the craftsman self-satisfaction. This move can improve the livelihood of craftsmen, and second, it can increase the cost of the Ministry of Labor, so that it is not necessary to apply to the national treasury. His Majesty was very appreciative and ordered me to do my best. ”
"There are rich people in Longxi, find Benhou, take out a thousand taels of gold as a fee, and ask the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to build a high-rise building in Chongrenfang, and call it heaven and earth. This gold is half of it. Benhou gave his money to the craftsmen in exchange for the gold. It's a shame that you were born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and you haven't seen five hundred taels of gold, so your knowledge is so shallow, isn't it ridiculous? From this point of view, the Taiyuan Wang family is superior to the rich man in Longxi who found Benhou. Do you say that you have wronged yourself by taking your own shame? ”
"Where did the rich people of Longxi come from, they dare to compare with my Taiyuan Wang clan, you call him out!"
Li Mu sneered and said, "With all due respect, this rich man in Longxi is not something you are qualified to see. Even if you are the king and lord, you must give a salute first when you see him. What are you ......" Li Mu glanced at Wang Pu up and down, shook his head, and said contemptuously: "You are in front of him, just like a cow and a horse, and you are also worthy of mentioning the word 'see'?" ”
Wang Pu was completely insane, and shouted hysterically: "Li Mu! You dare to insult me like this Taiyuan Wang, compare me to livestock, you wait for me, and what kind of rich people in Longxi, give me ......" Wang Pu was about to say more, and suddenly his mouth was covered. Wang Pu turned his head to see that it was the eldest brother Wang Jue, Wang Pu struggled, Wang Jue was weak, and hurriedly shouted: "Come on, take this bastard away for me, lock him in the house, and don't go out!" ”
"Zhulu Hou, the old man apologizes on behalf of the younger brother! The old man will greatly reprimand him, and please don't be surprised by the deer marquis. ”
When Li Mu saw Wang Jue, his mind turned a little, and he didn't continue to speak sarcastically. As the prime minister, Wang Qi apologized in such a low profile, which was already enough face. Today, Wang Pu's face has been completely lost, and he can't offend Wang Jue anymore and form a mortal enemy.
Li Mu said with a smile: "The Lord in the middle of the service really has the style of a famous person, this is the style of the family in my heart." Just now called the younger brother Niu Ma, and please don't mind the adults. I am also like a cow and a horse, I am the son of the people, and the horse of Your Majesty. I am a big cow horse, and my brother is a small cow horse. Everyone is a cow and a horse, and the difference is not very big. ”
Wang Qi's beard is crooked, you said so, the difference is not big? But at this time, he was helpless, and he had to grit his teeth and smile: "What Zhuluhou said is right." There are still important matters to be dealt with at home, and I will listen to the high talk of the deer marquis another day. ”