"What do you mean by that?"

Li Mu smiled, and was not polite, he found a chair and sat down, and said: "Isn't it, I heard that the price of grain in Chang'an City has risen recently, and I know that Wei Gongqing is as bright as water and as bright as a mirror, and he has a meager income, and he has to help his relatives, so I am worried that you can't afford to eat, so I am here to help you." ”

Wei Zheng is also a doctor of imperial history, a member of the third grade, how can he stand it when he hears such ridicule, he threw the rice bag to Li Mu's side, and said: "Take your things, the old man is not rare, and you don't need relief if you starve to death!" ”

"Ouch...... Look, look, this gas! Li Mu leaned the bag on the leg of the chair and said with a smile: "I can't do it, I don't look at your face, I feel sorry for your daughter...... Hey, don't look at me like this, I don't mean anything else to Wei Yingluo, she is now working in the Internal Affairs Office, she is my subordinate, shouldn't I care about her? Could it be that she would take a vacation and let her starve to death at home because she couldn't afford to eat rice because of rising food prices? ”

Wei Zheng heard that Li Muzuo couldn't afford to eat rice, and the price of grain had risen, so he knew his intention. But Li Mu spoke in such a weird manner, Wei Zheng was also annoyed in his heart, and deliberately did not pick up, and said: "You were not dismissed by Your Majesty, what does the matter of the Internal Affairs Office have to do with you?" ”

"Hah!" Li Mu crossed Erlang's legs and said, "Old Wei, don't tell lies in front of real people, do you think that today's internal affairs office, without me Li Mu, can have fun?" Five surnames and seven wangs, dozens of big clans, who does their business rely on? Without the Ministry of Internal Affairs, without my Li Mu, how many orders have to be made in vain, how many people's goods can't be delivered, and how many people's money won't come back? All the fields and shops they mortgaged to the bank were gone, and they were all bankrupt! Missing me? Ha! I dare to think about it! ”

In the face of Li Mu's arrogance, whether it was Wei Zheng or the people eavesdropping in the firewood room next door, they were silent. People are arrogant and have the capital to be arrogant, this is the case, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they have to admit the reality.

Li Mu seemed to open the conversation box and gushed endlessly: "Why did Your Majesty remove me? I'm sure you've heard of it, so I'm not going to hide it from you. I just faked a holy decree, and His Majesty dismissed me from office in order to punish me and beat me, but you also know in your heart that sooner or later you will have to use me, who can you use without me? Do you use you old people who don't know anything about business? ”

A good "fake holy decree", a good "ignorant old decay", sentence by sentence pierced the heart, Wei Zheng suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe, and his lung tube was a little painful. He originally wanted to persuade those Shandong scholars to reconcile with Li Mu, but when he saw Li Mu's appearance, he suddenly felt that he was a little redundant, let them go, what does it have to do with him!

While talking, Wei Yingluo, who learned that Li Mu had arrived, brought two teas. She mainly came to see if the two had a fight. Because when the Shandong scholars came just now, Wei Yingluo saw it. When he entered the house, Wei Zheng was so angry that he was snorting, Li Mu looked indifferent and relaxed, and somehow his mood was also a lot easier.

Wei Yingluo gave a blessing, put down the tea, and turned around to go out.

"Xiaoying, come, take this rice, the price of grain will rise in a few days, and when you can't afford to eat rice, boil a porridge and drink."

Wei Yingluo turned her head, glanced at her father carefully, picked up the rice bag, and quietly retreated.

The door closed again, Wei Zheng took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Li Mu, I know the purpose of your coming, let's not beat around the bush." The Shandong Shi clan did this to hide it from me, I don't know about it, but it's really wrong. Now that things have reached the stage where it is difficult to ride a tiger, there must be a solution. Your Majesty has gone to look for you, and he also wants you to calm the price of food. And on the side of the Shandong Shi clan, I have also talked to them, as long as you bear the ...... of rising food prices during this period."

"Stop, stop!" Li Mu made a gesture of pause, squinted at Wei Zheng, and said, "What's the matter, Old Wei." Are you trying to tell me that as long as I bear the difference in the price of food that they use to push up, they will give up, and then I will have to take a favor from you? Old Wei, are you old and confused? You don't know me, do you? ”

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "Why doesn't the old man know you, what do you want to say, just say it!" ”

"Say what!" The corners of Li Mu's mouth hooked up a smile, and said, "Old Wei, if you want me to bend over, I'm afraid you have miscalculated!" In this world, no one can make me bend over, even Your Majesty, it depends on my mood! What are you? I need you to do favors for me? The Shandong Shi clan is a fart, and they deserve to wrestle with me? Let me give them the money? Are they blinded by lard and stupid? ”

Li Mu's voice became colder and colder, and said, "They think this can threaten me, what can they threaten me?" Even if the price of grain is more expensive than gold, can't I Li Mu afford it? But do they dare to make food so expensive? They don't dare, unless they want to rebel! ”

"If I'm not mistaken, they're ants on a hot pot now, right? Are they afraid that Your Majesty will be angry, kill the killer, and want to reconcile with me? Hehe, tell you, no way, Lao Tzu doesn't reconcile! ”

"If you do the first year of junior high school, I will do the fifteenth. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I take the money out, I won't give it to them. Aren't you able to raise the price? I threw money on the street and gave it to the people, just like on the day my gambling house opened, I stood upstairs and threw money down, so that the people could pick up the money and buy rice. Why? Because I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy! I have money and nowhere to spend it, so I just won't give it to you! ”

Wei Zheng was drenched in a cold sweat when he heard this, he saw Li Mu's gaze, it was the gaze of a madman, he didn't dare to look at it directly!

"If you do this, won't they still make money? Why can't we sit down and talk about it? ”

"Don't talk about it!" Li Mu said loudly: "Money, you can earn it." But how to take away the points, you take them like this, it is not in accordance with the rules. If you don't comply with the rules, I will do you again, and it will be logical and peaceful. Whatever you take from my hand, you must spit it out for me twice. ”

The firewood room next door is about to explode at this time, and Li Mu is too arrogant! Many people were indignant, but no one dared to stand up and confront Li Mu face to face.

Wei Zheng was also taken away by his momentum, but after all, he had seen strong winds and waves, and he could still stabilize the shelf, and said, "You just have to go big?" Have you ever thought that since Your Majesty asked you to deal with it, you want to turn this matter into a small matter, and if you do this, Your Majesty will not be able to explain it! ”

"I don't know if it's you!" Li Muye smiled: "You don't think you can do it yourself! I really don't understand what genius came up with such a stupid way to oppose me. I am in control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, the best technical skills of Datang, not to mention anything else, Zhenguan Plough. Needless to say, this is important. Who to sell to, how much to sell, I have the final say. If you raise the price of grain, I will not sell it to you. You can rise casually and survive this year, and next year outside Shandong, 10,000 acres of fertile land reclaimed through Zhenguan plough will be everywhere. If you want as much grain as you want, your grain will rot in the ground!" ”

"There is also the Ministry of Internal Affairs, along with all walks of life. When I returned, I ordered that all orders from the Ministry of Internal Affairs should be excluded from the buying and selling of the Shandong scholars. People who do business with the Shandong Shi clan don't want to get an order. When the time comes, you Shandong scholars, self-produced and self-sold,, I see how long you can hold on! ”

Seeing Wei Zheng dripping in cold sweat, Li Mu sneered and said, "Old Wei, I still have a lot of means, you play with me, there is no chance of winning at all." Because I set the rules, and I am the one who sets the rules, can you win me? Unless you break out of this rule, then you have the slightest chance of winning! ”

Wei Zheng muttered: "Jump out, how to jump out?" ”

"Rebellion!" Li Mu laughed: "If you can succeed in the rebellion, then all the rules will be set by you!" Suddenly, he changed his face again, stared at Wei Zheng and said, "But if you don't dare to rebel, then be obedient." I am a sword, you are a fish, what I say, what you hear. Maybe I'm in a good mood and can give you some leftovers. But if you want to play, then let's play, I want to see if the Shandong Shi clan, inherited for thousands of years, can come out with an opponent with enough brains! ”

"Old Wei, to be honest, I've been bothered by my excellence. I'm invincible, I'm lonely! You, and the cows and horses eavesdropping next door, you miscellaneous pieces, wine bags and rice bags! Wouldn't it be better to do what you could? If you have to challenge me in what I'm good at, why are you so yourself? ”

After that, no matter what Wei Zheng's expression was, Li Mu turned around and walked to the door, and his voice slowly reached the ears of Wei Zheng and the Shandong Shi clan who were eavesdropping: "I will limit you to three days to calm the price of grain, and then each of you will take out 500 yuan and donate it to the orphans of the Salesian Bureau, so that they can have a good year." No one can run, and after three days, if one of them doesn't do it, then don't blame me for being unkind. I want Chang'an City, there is no Shandong businessman who does business, if you don't believe it, you can give it a try! ”

Leaving this sentence, the man has already walked out.

Wei Zheng's face was already blue, and a burst of fire came up, and he almost didn't lose his breath. When the Shandong scholars saw Li Mu go away, they all rushed in, and they were all filled with righteous indignation.

"Li Mu is arrogant, let's fight with him, I don't believe it, he can cover the sky with one hand!"

"Wei Gong, why didn't you speak just now, you should ...... with him"

Everyone was clamoring and shouting, complaining about Wei Zheng.

"Shut up!"

Wei Zheng really couldn't stand the splint anger, and shouted, overshadowing everyone's voices, and said: "You are all out now, Li Mu pointed his nose and scolded you when he was there just now, why didn't you see a person who stood up?" What is your boldness, and your courage? ”

"If you think you can withstand his revenge, what do you say to me? Go back and prepare, and continue to raise the price of food! ”

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place." Wei Zhengchang sighed and said, "He has already drawn out the Dao, what you want to do, you can decide for yourself." I'm old, and I'm not Li Mu's opponent. In the future, you don't have to look for me for some big things, whatever you look for! ”

"Duke Wei, you ......"

Wei Zheng grabbed the teacup and threw it on the ground: "Send off!" ”

……

The news spread.

Soon all the forces received the news, some people felt that Li Mu was domineering, and some people felt that the Shandong Shi clan was a nest, and their views were different, but there was only one thing that was the same, that is, they all began to re-examine the importance of the Internal Affairs Office.

The three words of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are too confusing. At the beginning of its birth, they all thought that it was such a yamen that served the court. But now it seems that this is a "Ministry of Internal Affairs", this is simply a "God of Wealth", not to mention it, just say this order. It gives orders to whoever makes money. The person who does the work is too worry-free, all you need to do is follow the requirements of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and make what he wants.

Don't worry about selling, don't bother with brains, and even give a part of the deposit when people give an order. When has such a good thing happened before?

Wherever you go, you never default on your money! Who doesn't feel at ease with such a customer! And in private, businessmen have to worry about whether what the other party says counts. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is no such problem, as long as it is stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the money is equivalent to hand. Because it is impossible for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to break its word, and no businessman dares to deceive the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

That's the yamen of Li Mu, who dares to lie to him, don't you think he died fast enough?

Now that there is such a thing as the Shandong Shi clan, ordinary businessmen are even more afraid. Li Mu's capricious temperament was raptured again and became the talk of the streets.

There is a mother-in-law who likes to talk, and Li Mu is not like a person and seven points is like a ghost, saying that he laughs at people one moment and kills people the next moment, moody and unpredictable.

He also said that he saw that a beautiful woman could keep three points of thin noodles, and if he met an ugly person, he was disgusted with his eyes, so he directly cut it and chopped it into meat sauce to feed the dog.

As for these rumors, Li Mu, who was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, did not respond a word. As a big brother, how can he have this work. There are a lot of things waiting for him to do as a big brother.

For example, accompany the younger brother to see what his fiancée looks like.

Li Mu came out of Wei Zheng's house, and before he got home, he met Li Siwen on the way. Li Siwen dragged Li Mu and wanted him to help with something. The last time he got engaged, he didn't see the appearance of Miss Qin's family, and he was always at a loss in his heart. His impression of Miss Qin's family is still the side he saw when he was a child, a little chubby girl with a long snot.

Thinking of marrying such a thing, Li Siwen's heart was blocked. If you make such a big fuss, you must be married, this fate has to be recognized, but take a look at it first, and you have a good preparation in your heart.

So Li Siwen came to Li Mu and wanted to go to the Qin family with him to find a way to see what the Qin family's young lady looked like.

This matter is a bit difficult to do, the Qin family is not a small family. It was the mansion of the Duke of the Kingdom, and both families had status, and they had to do things according to the rules. During the period from engagement to marriage, you can't meet according to the rules. And today is a small year, how can you come to the door? Just say I want to meet your girl who hasn't come out of the cabinet? Is it true that Qin Qiong can't hold the copper mace?

"This matter ......" Li Mu pursed his lips and thought for a long time, and finally said: "It's easy to do, let's go over the wall, take a look and run!" ”