Luoyang City is different from Chang'an City, the transportation here is developed, and there will basically be no hoarding, but Li Mu still plans to reserve some grain in advance in order to ensure the raw materials for winemaking. On the second day of the reopening of the winery, he posted a notice to collect 3,000 catties of grain every day. This amount is calculated by him, and if the harvest is less, the purpose of storage will not be achieved, and if the harvest is too large, the grain transfer will not be in place, and the price of grain will soar, which will affect the lives of the people.

According to the number of grain transferred in Luoyang City, 3,000 catties should be an easy amount to complete, but the sign was hung out for a day, and unexpectedly, this easy to complete number could not be realized. Only 1,200 catties of grain were collected, which was just enough for the daily brewing needs and a little bit of leftover, but if it was stored, it was definitely not enough.

Li Mu originally thought that this was not in place of publicity, and in a few days the grain merchants would know about it, and the situation would improve. However, for several days, the amount of grain received still failed to increase, hovering at more than 1,000 points every day, and occasionally receiving 1,500 catties was considered too much.

With such an obvious situation, if Li Muruo can't see it anymore, then he is really a fool. It's easy to check, Dugu Jiu checked it for two days, and the news was clear.

A month ago, there was a large-scale purchase of grain stocks in various places. Now all the grain stored in the eight hundred miles near Luoyang City, except for their own rations, the excess is basically in the hands of this family. Every day, the grain supplied by Luoyang City comes from this family, and how much they produce and how much the grain merchants in the city sell. Li Mu can only receive more than 1,000 catties of grain every day, it's really not that the grain merchants join forces and don't sell it to him, it's true that they don't have the goods in their hands.

How much does it cost for a company to buy all the grain within a radius of 800 miles?

Li Mu made a simple calculation in his head, and was frightened by the results. This can only be done with hundreds of thousands of yuan in cash, you know, this is not running water, this is cash, pressed on food, it is all the bottom of the goods. He couldn't take out such a large sum of money, neither could the Internal Affairs Office, nor could the treasury. None of the five surnames and seven sects have such strength. Only the Succession Hall, an organization that has connected almost all the great clans of the Gate Lords, can gather such huge financial resources in a short period of time!

The financial resources are terrible, but it is not this that scares Li Mu. What really scared him was the strength of the Jihedo Hall that was reflected in this incident.

In just one month, the grain of 800 miles nearby was purchased, and such a large-scale purchase did not cause prices to rise, and the price of rice in Luoyang City was stable as usual-

It is hard to imagine the extent to which Jihetang has controlled the vicinity of Luoyang!

"Big brother, I've already found out where several of their warehouses are, why don't I bring someone over and copy them?" Dugu Jiu saw that Li Mu was embarrassed and whispered.

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "You can't do this kind of thing." ”

"Why?"

"There are rules for everything, if people raise prices, we will also have a head to say. People are now at a parity in, and at a parity out. Losing money to make money, it did not affect prices, nor did it force buying and selling. And all the purchases are stored grain, not this year's new grain, the old and new policies can't control others, why do you copy it? ”

Li Mu sighed and said, "It is reasonable to travel all over the world, and it is difficult to move an inch without reason." This time, we have met a real master. ”

Dugu Jiu wondered, "Big brother, I don't understand, what is the purpose of their doing this?" Got water in your head and lost money to play? ”

"The person who can mobilize such a huge amount of resources will be the person whose brain is in water? Absurd! Li Mu pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "Now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, what do they think, they still know too little news, it is difficult to guess." But you must not take it lightly-" After a pause, Li Mu said again, "I guess the other party is trying to force me to bow my head-"

"What do you mean? They supply food on demand every day, the price of food in the city is stable, there is no shortage of food, and we have enough for winemaking, why should we bow to them? ”

Li Mu frowned and said, "This is also what I can't figure out, this year's wind and rain are smooth, it will be a bumper harvest year, seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, the new grain is about to enter the market, and the price of old grain will fall." They are buying in large quantities now, and they don't sell at a higher price, no matter how you look at it, they are losing money, and they can't coerce me into anything, what kind of road is this, I can't see through it-"

"Maybe it's really a fool," Dugu Jiu persuaded, "Big brother, since there is no threat to us, you don't think about it, don't you have something at hand?" ”

Li Mu still shook his head, as if he was enchanted, and said, "People have no long-term worries, what are they going to do-" When he was pondering, someone outside the door came to report, saying that he was coming to deliver the decree, Li Mu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Dugu Jiu out to greet him.

Li Mu came to the door, saw the person coming, and greeted him with a smile: "Father-in-law Gao, you are an indispensable person who has been by Your Majesty's side for a day, why are you so free to come to Luoyang?" As he spoke, he said to Dugu Jiu, "Go find a few local cooks, I want to entertain Grandpa Gao." ”

"Oh, don't be so troublesome, you won't stay for a while, you have to go back overnight," said this, and Grandpa Gao still happily followed Li Mu into the house.

When Li Shimin opened the mansion in Luoyang, Gonggong Gao was already with him. This mansion, Gao Gonggong is very familiar with it. After five years, I will come back here and look at it everywhere. Li Mu's room used to be the duty room when Li Shimin was a general of Tiance. For many days and nights, he fought here at night, discussing with the generals how to deal with people such as Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin. Father-in-law Gao waited at the door, and he had to deliver tea and soup three times a night, and he was too familiar with the furnishings in this room.

Stroking the handle of the seat, Gonggong Gao sighed with emotion, "Your Majesty likes this courtyard very tightly, and has said several times that if you go back to Luoyang in the future, you will not live in the palace, but also live in this Tiance Mansion." Our family really didn't expect that His Majesty would be willing to give this to you, but not to King Wei. ”

"Well, it's terrified." Li Mu bowed his hand to the west and said, "How can Mu He De, deserve such love from His Majesty, I really am——"

Seeing that Li Mu was about to play again, Gonggong Gao hurriedly stopped him, took out a superstitious letter from his arms and handed it over.

Li Mu checked the fire paint, the seal was intact, he felt strange in his heart, glanced at his father-in-law, and said, "What's so mysterious, you can't even know about your father-in-law?" ”

Gao Gonggong laughed and said, "Sensei knocked on the side and asked, our family doesn't know anything." Whatever Your Majesty asks us to do, we will do it, we are a eunuch in our family, it is useless to ask too much, we are older, and we don't have so much curiosity. ”

Li Mu laughed, "If you don't say that your father-in-law has to live a long life-" While joking, Li Mu turned sideways and opened the letter.

The letter was short, but it said two things. The first thing, the eldest grandson Wuji 'got better', and he passed it off, but it was enough for Li Mu to understand the meaning of this sentence. Another thing, but it made him frown.

The bad people found out that the owner of the current heir hall is the Miss Lu family who was known as the double pride with Li Jiancheng in Luoyang City, and it is rumored that she died in childbirth, but it was actually a fraudulent death. For many years, she has been hiding in the shadows to lead the heir hall. And it is very likely that this person is now in Luoyang City.

Li Shimin said in the letter that when he and Li Jiancheng were in Luoyang, he also had several encounters with this Miss Lu. Miss Lu and Li Jiancheng are husband and wife, and it stands to reason that he has to call his sister-in-law. It is rumored that she gave birth to a child for Li Jiancheng, and after she cheated her death, the whereabouts of this child are also unknown, I don't know if it is a man or a woman. If it is a man, this man is the only bloodline of Li Jiancheng.

Since he has decided not to pursue the bereaved son, he will naturally not harm the mother and son again. Li Shimin wanted Li Mu to find the mother and son, persuade them well, and strive to resolve their grudges. If he can obtain Miss Lu's understanding, he is willing to treat her as a brother and sister-in-law, and her children and men will be crowned princes, and the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River will be a feudal country and hereditary. If it is a woman, she will be crowned a princess, and the dowry when she marries is compared to that of the eldest princess. The horse is a marquis, and the hereditary replacement.

The letter ends here, and it is not said what would happen if persuasion fails. But as long as you are not a fool, you can imagine it, if the persuasion fails, it is the four words 'benevolence and righteousness', and then you will respond to the sentence 'The golden cup is drunk together, and the white blade is not spared'.

After thinking about it, Li Mu felt that something was wrong. If he really finds this Miss Lu, will Li Shimin really do what he said in the letter? According to his previous practice, he should have killed it directly. Even if he really let go of the pursuit of Jiancheng's widow, he can't tolerate what Jihetang has done over the years. Li Shimin has never been a gentleman and a good person, and it is absolutely impossible for him to have a soft heart and a soft face.

Could it be that this is a plan to kill people with a knife?

Wrong!

Li Mu suddenly thought of something, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back. He understood, understood Li Shimin's true intentions!

When the eldest grandson Wuji framed him before, he said that he was Li Jiancheng's son. There was also speculation about his mother. Among them, several doubts point to this Miss Lu from Luoyang. Although there is no tangible evidence to prove that Li Mu is Miss Lu's son, this kind of thing, from Li Shimin's point of view, must rather be believed than not. Li Shimin handed over this matter to Li Mu to do, and there is another layer of deep meaning.

If Li Mu is not Li Jiancheng's son, and Jiancheng's son is someone else, Li Mu has really found it. Then, if the mother and son die, Li Mu will have a mortal enmity with Jihetang, and he can only be an enemy of Jihetang in his life and stand on Li Shimin's side. Li Shimin doesn't have to worry that he will rebel, without the support of the heir hall, even if Li Mu can make money again, he can't rebel!

If Li Mu is the son of this Jiancheng, then he will have to face a choice. Li Shimin can reveal this matter to him now, he must have made preparations, if Li Mu plans to rebel, he will not be able to rebel with only one Luoyang City. Luoyang is the center of the world, extending in all directions, which is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. If Luoyang rebels, it will face the army of King Qin in all directions, and a lonely city will not last long.

If Li Mu doesn't plan to rebel, he has to make a clear attitude. If he handed over Miss Lu, he would be equivalent to handing over a handle to Li Shimin. Once Miss Lu died, Li Mu was the murderer of her biological mother. If the name of unfilial piety is buckled on his body, he will be spurned by the world. No one will follow an unfilial person, a person who sells his mother for glory.

Li Mu suddenly felt a chill down his spine, at this moment, he felt as if he was a car on a chessboard, thinking that he could kill all directions and be invincible, but he didn't know that there was always a 'cannon' aimed at him, all Li Shimin's connivance, what he did before, was like a joke, and in the end, he still couldn't decide his own life.

Li Mu originally thought that he was not the original Li Mu, and everything about the original Li Mu had nothing to do with him. Whether it is Li Jiancheng or this Miss Lu, it has nothing to do with him, he will not think about revenge in this life, nor will he want to meet Miss Lu.

But this matter, after all, still failed to go as he thought. Li Shimin forced him to a dead end, and the current situation is that if he doesn't want to admit it, he will have to 'kill his relatives with righteousness', either black or white, and there is no middle option.

Father-in-law Gao followed Li Shimin day and night, how could he not know what was written in the letter. Seeing that Li Mu was silent for a long time, he said loudly, "Your Majesty, our family owes a mouth, and I can't help but say a few words, if you like to listen or not, you will be my old fool." ”

Li Mu folded the letter and said, "Where is my father-in-law, we have a relationship, and we can say whatever you want." ”

"The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, plus the eunuchs, female officials, etc., may have their own ideas and backgrounds, but in the final analysis, everyone is His Majesty's courtiers. As a courtier, let him feel the holy will with his heart. Let's just say that this matter of building a posthumous son, no matter what His Majesty says, if you put it down or not, it will always be a heart disease. Those involved in this matter have no good fruit to eat. This is you, Your Majesty is really reluctant, if you change someone else, you will lose your head a long time ago. ”

Li Mu nodded and didn't speak.

Gao Gonggong continued, "You can't blame Your Majesty for being ruthless, it's been the same throughout the ages. Our family naturally believes that Hou Ye will not be the son of Jiancheng, and he can't be beaten by eight poles. Your Majesty, our family also thinks that Your Majesty does not regard you as a widow. But is there such a rumor after all? Hou Ye has a bright future, and it is always bad to be stained. Since His Majesty has given Hou Ye a chance, Hou Ye should seize it. As long as you find Miss Lu, find out whether her child is a man or a woman, persuade her to submit to the imperial court, and disperse the heirs of the Rausch son, you will have a great achievement, no, two! ”

"If these two great achievements are completed, our family will have to change their words and call you grandpa, you say yes?"

Li Mu laughed dryly and said, "Grandpa, I don't dare to think about it." This thing that His Majesty asked me to do is really difficult to do. I can only say do your best, and if you don't do it, it's up to God's will. ”

Gao Gonggong smiled and said, "It's easy to say, Your Majesty is not in a hurry." ”