Li Mu shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to do this, it's the other way around." Tell the people that in order to better implement the new policy and accurately distribute the land to everyone, it is necessary to register and make a register, and if you cannot complete the registration before the specified date, you will not be able to receive your own farmland. Those who are able to complete the registration within the specified time will receive preferential treatment of partial reduction of forced labor. In this way, the people will inevitably rush to be the first. ”

"Then if there are still people who haven't registered—"

Li Mu sneered and said, "If you don't come to register under this condition, isn't it a weak heart?" There must be a problem, my Datang people are upright, if there is an unknown person, it will be treated as a detailed treatment and thrown into the mine as a coolie! ”

Ma Zhou said in his heart, in this way, no one will dare to hide it. Thinking about it, the effect is the same, but it is much more tactful, obviously Li Mu's idea is better.

The two said goodbye, and when Li Mu returned to the Hou Mansion, the children had already fallen asleep.

In the rooms of several ladies, only Qiaoqiao's room light was still on, Li Mu smiled, and went to Qiaoqiao's room.

Today, the child was taken away by the old mother, and Qiaoqiao was the only one who was obviously waiting for Li Mu to come back. It's just that the waiting time is a bit long, and Qiaoqiao has already fallen asleep. Li Mu came to Qiaoqiao's side, looked at Qiaoqiao's sleeping appearance, couldn't bear to disturb her, quietly took off his clothes, and lay down beside Qiaoqiao.

Qiaoqiao seemed to feel Li Mu's body temperature, subconsciously crawled into his arms, leaned on his chest, Li Mu looked down, and couldn't tell whether Qiaoqiao was asleep or not, so he looked at her sideways, waited for a while, and didn't see Qiaoqiao open his eyes, then he knew that she was asleep, so he also smiled and slept.

The next day, Li Mu asked Wei Yingluo to check the itinerary and found that today turned out to be a rare day with no arrangements, only a meeting with Gongsun Kang, which was not very important and could be postponed by a day. Li Mu thought about it, and asked Wei Yingluo to notify Yixiu and Gem to come over, these two people he had been in a free-range state, and it was time to take care of them.

Li Mu has never given Yixiu a good look, firstly, to kill his sharpness, and secondly, because of Yixiu's identity as a Japanese national, so that he really can't get close. But it's all a minor issue, and he's recently learned a new piece of news that has forced him to reposition Ikyu.

Gem, on the other hand, was what he had to see. Let's not talk about the fact that Gem is his disciple, Li Yuan said something, he has to do it, whether it is successful or not, he will definitely see Gem's side.

Li Mu had breakfast, and Gem and Ikkyu had arrived. To Li Mu's surprise, the two actually knew each other, and they were good friends. If you think about it, it's not a complete accident, after all, the two have lived in Honglu Temple, and it's possible to know each other.

I haven't seen each other for half a year, and both of them have some changes. Ikyu's hair has grown completely, and the ring scar on his head is no longer visible. Now it looks like an ordinary Tang boy. Gem, on the other hand, is developing in the direction of a reckless man, with more muscles on his body and a little taller.

Li Mu waved his hand, the maid removed the remnants, brought a cup of tea, he blew it, took a sip, and asked casually: "I haven't seen you for many months, have you both grown a little?" ”

The two teenagers couldn't help but slander, saying that they have grown up, are you embarrassed? Have you taught anything?

Gem glanced at Ikyu, and Ikyu looked at Gem. Gem said to Yixiu Nunu, Yixiu was helpless, and said first: "If you will know the words of the Hou Ye, I don't dare to take it seriously, but I have invented a small thing that can better solve the exam questions that the Hou Ye gave before." ”

"What's the question?" Too much time has passed, and Li Mu has completely forgotten about it.

"It's the problem of the water flowing high." Yixiu almost lost his breath, how can there be such a person, there is such a torturous question, and he forgot it, he actually forgot!

"Oh." Li Mu remembered and said, "Then you haven't made any progress?" ”

"Please move to the side yard." Yixiu sold a pass, but Gem remembered it and said; "You mean the one in my yard—"

Yixiu nodded, Gem laughed, and said to Li Mu; "Teacher, Ikyu did invent a new gadget, but that thing is not very easy to use, it can only be used as a toy, and it is not directly carried by hand!"

"I'm really a little curious about what you two said."

Li Mu got up and followed the two to the small courtyard where Gem lived, there was a well in the northwest corner of the courtyard, Gem lived here, and he relied on this well for washing.

When he came to the well, a familiar thing came into Li Mu's eyes.

"Hand pressure the pump!"

Li Mu was a little surprised, he stretched out his hand, skillfully pressed the handle of the water pump, and with a few clicks, he pumped up the well water more than a foot deep. The faucet attached to the pump body is pouring water. It's just that this amount of water is a bit worrisome, and the problem is obvious, the airtightness of this thing is not enough.

But looking at the whole device, it is infinitely close to the hand pump of the well in the backyard of the orphanage that Li Mu saw when he was a child. In the era when electric pumps were not popular, hand pumps were a must-have for countless Chinese farmers.

"He's known about this thing for a long time......"

Seeing that Li Mu was skillful in manipulation, he didn't even need to explain, and his self-confidence was hit a little.

He was going to show Li Mu a demonstration, but now it seems that he definitely doesn't need it......

He wanted to take advantage of this to raise his eyebrows, but who knew that the invention he had worked so hard to come up with was left over by Li Mu a long time ago. When he was in a depressed mood, he heard Li Mu say: "You can change the water lifting device to manual and make a practical machine without me prompting." Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, patted Yixiu's shoulder encouragingly, and said, "What a fucking genius!" ”

Obviously heard a vulgar word, but Yixiu was like hearing a fairy sound. He looked at Li Mu in surprise, and suddenly had a sour nose, in his memory, this was the first time Li Mu praised him......

Ikyu instantly felt that he was a whole person, and he suddenly had energy!

Holding back the sour nose, Yixiu choked up and said, "I will continue to work hard!" ”

"Hmm."

In fact, there are a lot of drawings in the system for hand pumps, and there are all kinds of hand pumps. It's just that Li Mu didn't think about it, but don't forget, this is when he has the help of the system, if there is no system, make a hand pressure pump out of thin air, Li Mu asked himself if he could do it. Maybe he can figure it out without a system, but that's because he has more than a thousand years of knowledge, and he has seen a hand pump.

Ikyu made him see a possibility, that is, smart people in this era can still invent things that cross the era.

Only this kind of progress is normal progress, and the progress brought about by his system is inevitably suspected of being fueled by seedlings.

From this incident, Li Mu saw a possibility, which was the reason why he praised Yixiu.

After praising Yixiu, Li Mu looked at Gem again. Gem shrugged his shoulders and said, "Teacher, I didn't invent anything. But I'm not idle, I've got an errand in the Foreign Affairs Office, and I'm very busy every day, and if you hadn't been looking for me today, I'd have gone to the cargo station to collect taxes. ”

"What taxes do you collect?"

"Excise tax, isn't it you who set it?"

Of course, Li Mu knew about the excise tax, but he didn't expect that Gem would sneak in and become a civil servant. In fact, this is still the arrangement of Changsun Chong, when the Foreign Affairs Office was first built, Changsun Chong came to help, and later Li Mu returned to Chang'an, and Changsun Chong also went back.

After that, the eldest grandson Chong was busy with the bank's affairs and forgot about it. Gem has been doing this job ever since, and so it has been to this day.

Li Mu looked at the two of them and said, "You two are both talented, do you have a plan for what you want to do in the future?" In other words, what are your dreams? ”

"I want to be your disciple." He didn't think about it for a while, and blurted out directly, this time he no longer concealed his thoughts, nor did he detour around the bend: "I want to learn the skill, bring it back to my country, and let the people come out of ignorance!" ”

Li Mu bowed slightly, and did not rush to agree, but looked at Gem. Gem didn't think about it, and blurted out: "I want to marry the lord of Huanzhu County as a lady!" ”

Sure enough, there was no surprise.

Li Mu didn't scold or shirk this time, and said, "I can help you realize your dreams." However, before you can achieve your dreams, you have to be put to the test! ”

"No problem with any test!" The two of them said in unison, looking not afraid.

The corners of Li Mu's mouth were hooked, and when they saw the corners of Li Mu's mouth hooked, the two of them suddenly felt a little cool breeze behind them.

It seems, it seems, is not so simple anymore -

"My previous apprentices are also very good. For example, your senior brother, Changsun Chong, whether it is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or the current bank, he can take charge of his own affairs, and he is my most proud disciple. Another example is your second senior brother, Li Tai, the king of Wei, who is well-versed in poetry and geography, arithmetic and painting, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is an all-rounder. Your third senior brother, Qin Huaidao, is not very promising, and he is also a top three talent, which can barely be said to be reasonable. ”

"But you two!" Li Mu shook his head and said, "I really can't say any merit at all!" ”

Both of them lowered their heads, but they slandered in their hearts: Which of these old people you said taught you the ability? Everyone is self-realizing, and they are all geniuses, right? But he didn't dare to say this, for fear that if he said it, Li Mu would regret it?

"It's impossible for me to accept an apprentice with such qualifications as yours. But because of fate, we can be regarded as fate, and since I have accepted you, I can't teach nothing - but! Li Mu accentuated his tone and said, "There is one thing, we have to talk about it in front!" ”

"As the old saying goes, respect the teacher! I teach you what you know, and you serve me. Whoever serves harder, I will teach him a little more skill. From ancient times to the present, this is the truth. Are you willing, or are you unwilling? ”

The two glanced at each other, and their hearts were really fine. But after weighing it in his heart, he still agreed, and said, "The apprentice is willing to serve the master!" ”

"Okay, let's start now." Li Mu glanced at this small courtyard and ordered: "Let out the main house of this small courtyard, and both of you will live in a side room." When I teach you as a teacher, I will be in this courtyard. From now on, there will be no servants in this small courtyard. Make the bed and fold the quilt, sprinkle and sweep the courtyard, and beat the back and legs for the teacher......" Li Mu paused and said word by word: "You have to do it!" ”

The two of them agreed in a daze, and did as Li Mu instructed. Taking advantage of the two of them to clean up, Li Mu went to his studio and made a gadget out. When I came back, I saw Ikyu and Gem, and the state was a little different.

Ikyu has endured hardships since he was a child, and he has also served his master Huiri, so he can do almost anything and is working diligently. And although Gem is now down, he has been a serious prince since he was a child, especially in the place of slavery in Tibet, he has been served by dozens of servants since he was a child, and he doesn't even have to drink water himself, just open his mouth and wait for someone to feed him.

During this period of time in Datang, although the self-care aspect has been very good compared to before, it is inevitable that there are still some lazy things to do.

When Li Mu was there, it was better, Li Mu was gone, and his natural form was revealed.

"Ahem!" Li Mu coughed, startled the lazy Gem and jumped up, and hurriedly grabbed a broom.

"Lazy?"

"No, absolutely not!" Gem denied it and said, "It's a little tired from work, take a break and take a breath!" ”

Ikyu raised his head, his lips squirming, but he didn't say anything more.

Li Mu snorted and said, "My eyes are not blind, who has done the work and who has not worked, I know very well in my heart." As he spoke, he sat down on the chaise longue he had just moved. The backrest of the recliner fit the spine completely, and Li Mu's eyes narrowed so comfortably.

While sweeping the floor, Gem looked at Li Mu's face, and suddenly he couldn't help it, and leaned closer and said, "Why did the master let the apprentices learn to do the trivial things that only these subordinates do?" Learning this kind of trivial matter is not a real skill, and the lord of Huanzhu County will not take a fancy to me because of these! ”

Li Mu lay on the chair and did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”

"The apprentice just couldn't figure it out, so he asked the master." Gem said in a muffled voice, he was taught how to rule slaves since he was a child, but he had never heard that he could be a king as a subordinate.

"Ask others about everything, what is the use of growing your brain?" Li Mu took out the ring ruler from his sleeve and gave it to Gem, who was so painful that he ran away with his butt covered. Li Mu took back the ring ruler, closed his eyes again, and said secretly in his heart, what is this kind of nonsense for? Can I tell you that I'm just bored and want to toss you for fun?