"I'm still too young."

Next to the bookcase, Li Mu sat on the rocking chair, looked at Tang Guan who was holding a pen, and said, "Write, why don't you write?" ”

"Oh, oh, oh......" Tang Guan nodded hurriedly, and wrote what Li Mu had just said on the paper. In front of this piece of paper, there is a 'title', which reads 'There is only one truth, approaching the inner world of Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu'.

Li Mu sighed, shook his rocking chair, and continued: "That day, Wang Pu found me and talked about the many problems encountered by Datang Mining. I didn't want to care, firstly, I was seriously injured and not healed, and besides, everyone also knew that I, Li Mu, was the son of the people, and I was not the same person as them. If it weren't for the community, how could I be with them? ”

"An Neng broke his eyebrows and bent his waist to deal with the powerful, which made me unhappy. These words are still in my ears, and how can I forget them? Li Mu's voice was full of emotion, and seeing that Tang Guan was a little stunned, he glared and said, "Write!" Stunned, what I said was fake? ”

"It's true, really ......" Tang Guan hurriedly lowered his head, brushed and wrote it down.

However, mining is the foundation of the country, and if mining is not prosperous, the fuel, utensils, ploughshares, tools, etc., necessary for the people's daily life will not be found. Therefore, although I did not want to be in the company of the gate valve, I still endured it and came up with ideas for them. ”

Mu Li sighed and said, "The road must be repaired." However, after years of war, the treasury was empty. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are full of devastation. The people are miserable, and the people are struggling to make a living. At this time of crisis, how can I bear to advise Your Majesty to levy the labor of the people and make the people suffer more? ”

"I had no choice but to rack my brains and come up with a compromise. First, the gate valve money and grain are used to repair the road, and then the toll subsidy is collected. This is counted in one fell swoop, first, the people do not have to serve forced labor, second, to reduce the expenses of the imperial court, and third, the road can be built, which can also solve the crisis of Datang mining. Li Mu glanced at Tang Guan and said, "Have you finished writing?" ”

"I'm done."

"Add a note in front, and when Zhuluhou said this, he sighed."

"Oh, oh, oh......" Tang Guan rang for a moment, understood what Li Mu meant, and invented punctuation without a teacher.

Li Mu continued: "However, I am still too young. I judge others with the greatest kindness, but others repay me with the greatest malice. With a selfless heart, I plan for the court, seek benefits for the people, and solve problems for the gate valve. In the whole thing, I didn't get half of the benefits, and I didn't think about getting half of the benefits. But in the end, he was falsely accused of 'being embarrassed, giving and receiving privately, and stealing national wealth'! ”

"Woohoo! Wronged! Li Mu sighed twice and said, "I never imagined that one day I would be so infamy." This is a huge insult to me, I implore you to think about it carefully, am I Li Mu short of money? ”

Tang Guan felt that he couldn't write anymore, so he sang a good generous and sad song, why did he suddenly start pretending to be forced?

"How much money can you make by building a road? Is it worth my Li Mu to calculate? To commit adultery? To give and receive privately? ”

"Alas! What a pain! Li Mu came to Tang Guan and watched him continue to write: "The world slanders me, not for one day or two days. I can bear it, but this time, I really can't bear it, in order to prove to everyone that I Li Mu really don't need to give it privately, I decided, take out the money, rebuild the lanes of Chang'an, and effectively benefit the people of Chang'an, although preliminary calculations, at least 100,000 yuan, but it doesn't matter, as long as I can prove my innocence, 100,000 yuan, I'm out! ”

Tang Guan was so frightened that his hands trembled, he looked up at Li Mu and said, "Big, big brother, 100,000 ......"

"Write!"

"Oh." Tang Guan wrote the word '100,000', and his hands were trembling.

"My dear people of the Tang Dynasty, the words of the Hou of the Lu will always count, everyone will be able to see the craftsmen repairing the lanes in a few days, all the costs, the Hou Mansion of the Lu Hou is all out, there is no need for the imperial court to pay a penny, and when the road is repaired, I will take another 100,000 yuan, in Chang'an, east and west, northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest, northwest and eight directions to set up a public car and horse line, then everyone can take the car to and fro, everything promised, will have me, the Hou of the Lu Hou Li Mu, one effort to complete."

"In the end, the eyes of the people are clear, and it is clear from what he has done to see who is good and who is bad. I don't defend myself, the world will prove it for me! ”

After Tang Guan finished writing the last sentence, he couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, is it so much trouble?" Let's find a few people, grab that Wang Jingze and beat him, so that he doesn't dare to say it again-"

"Fart!" Li Mu glared angrily: "Zi said, convince people with virtue." Hit people at every turn, are you a splash? ”

"Huh?" Tang Guan was stunned and said, "Big brother, don't you all fill people with dung...... Finish? ”

Li Mulao's face was slightly red, and he said, "That was before, not now." Your eldest brother and I are going to take the top exam next year, and now I have poetry and books in my belly, and I don't mention fighting and killing, I am a scholar. ”

"......" Tang Guan closed his mouth tightly, he was afraid that if he opened it a little, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Li Mu ignored him, took the 'interview record' transcribed by Tang Guan and read it again, pointed out a few subtleties that needed to be revised, and asked Tang Guan to take it back and polish it, and see it in the newspaper tomorrow.

As soon as Tang Guan was sent away, Zhao Youcai, the porter in the front yard, came to report again, and Wang Pu asked to see him.

"Let him me off!" Li Mu scolded: "Tell him, I can't make friends, I don't do things like this, if something happens, take me to the top of the cylinder, I am your family's back?" Get me out! ”

Zhao Youcai responded, and ran back after a while.

Li Mu was about to change his clothes and go to Jingdongji, when he saw Zhao Youcai running endlessly, he said unhappily: "Who is here again?" ”

"Uncle Guo is here."

The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but give face, Li Mu had no choice but to buckle the button again and came to the front yard lobby to greet him.

"Zhuluhou, the old man is here to disturb."

"Where is Uncle Guo, if you can come to my mansion, for me, it will definitely be a flourish." Li Mu motioned for the eldest grandson Wuji to sit, served tea with others, and sat beside him.

"I don't know if Uncle Guo is here today, but is there something wrong?"

"Something." The eldest grandson Wuji got straight to the point and said: "In the imperial history, King Jing Ze impeached you, have you heard about it?" ”

Li Mu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Annoying! A man sits at home, and his notoriety comes from heaven. Uncle Guo, you know my situation, I want money and money, and I don't want to be an official, what am I colluding with them? This is good, let Wang Jingze say this, like a traitor. I'm so angry, I can't hide it, I feel that my illness is serious again, and it seems that I can't do anything in recent days. ”

The speaker has a heart, and the listener has a heart. The eldest grandson Wuji is a smart person, from Li Mu's few words, he has already heard that Li Mu seems to be angry, he doesn't want to care about the road construction, and wants to let go!

That's not going to work!

"Li Mu, we are not outsiders. Let's be honest, I came to you this time because Longyou also needs to build a road. ”

"Ah......" Li Mu suddenly blinked his eyes and said, "Xiubei, with the relationship between Uncle Guo and His Majesty, this is not a trivial matter." Find the Ministry of Civil Affairs to allocate money to give food, and do it! ”

"The treasury is empty, and you don't know where there is money and food to build roads."

"That's easy to do, I have money inside, and there are more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, take them all, and I can top it for a while. But I have to tell Your Majesty about this, although I have added it as an internal order, but it is only an internal order for Your Majesty to make money, and I am not in charge of spending money. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Mu only cared about going around in circles and not making stubble, although he was unhappy in his heart, he had no choice but to say again: "My idea is to worry about the king-"

"Okay!" Li Mu patted his thigh and said, "I personally invested 50,000 yuan, and I have the right to sponsor it!" Just rely on Uncle Guo's face! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji had green tendons on his forehead, and he couldn't hold it back. Before meeting Li Mu, he thought that his qi cultivation kung fu was good. Not only among his peers, but even among older people, he can calm down.

But when he met Li Mu, his more than 20 years of cultivation of qi cultivation kung fu was in vain. This kid just has the ability to mess with people anytime and anywhere!

"Don't need your 50,000 yuan, just say it! We also have to build a road, just like the Taiyuan Wang clan does, the Taiyuan Wang clan takes grain, and we also have grain. How he collects tolls, we can collect as much as he does, but we can't do less than him. ”

Li Mu's face gradually sank, and he said expressionlessly: "Uncle Guo is forcing me, I have been scolded as a traitor now, and you still ask me to help you plan, I want to ask Uncle Guo, what am I trying to do?" People say that eating a trench increases wisdom, I have already suffered a loss on the head of the Taiyuan Wang family, wouldn't it be a fool for me to suffer again? Or does Uncle Guo think that if I suffer the loss of the Taiyuan Wang family, I should suffer the loss of the Changsun family? If that's what you think, then I'll have to send it off. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't expect Li Mu to say it so directly, he thought that even if Li Mu refused, he would refuse politely, who would have thought that this kid would not give face.

But after thinking about it, there is nothing wrong with not giving face, and if you are yourself, you will definitely not give face.

Eldest Sun Wuji took a deep breath, softened his tone, and said, "Li Mu, you have misunderstood, I am here to discuss with you." We are relatives, you have entered the clan, and you belong to the same clan as the prince and the king of Yue. I'm the prince's own uncle, so you have to call me uncle. ”

"It's okay to call your uncle, but if you are an uncle, you can't push your nephew into the fire pit." Li Mu said angrily: "Because of the Taiyuan Wang's road, His Majesty has already reprimanded me, and I have already suffered a dumb loss." I'm thinking, be honest these days and hide from the limelight. Who would have thought that the Taiyuan Wang clan was so incompetent, and there would be a Wang Jingze! How can I not be angry? Now I can't be angry, I have to burn incense and worship the Buddha and beg Wang Jingze not to do anything, if he is beaten, it is not me who beats me, but I also beat, what about my reputation? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said in his heart, you still know that you have a bad reputation. But this is absolutely impossible to say now, he selectively filtered out this sentence, and continued to say to himself: "As an uncle, I have to have a heart-to-heart relationship with you. Li Mu, do you know the difference between Xungui and Gate Valve? ”

"I don't know."

"Xungui is the honor of Datang. The glory of the nobles and even everything comes from the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty. But the gate valve is different, the dynasty changes, the gate valve is still the gate valve, what does this mean? The lord is loyal to the country and His Majesty, while the gate lord only cares about himself. ”

Li Mu nodded stunned, and said a little reasonable.

"You are still young, and you have been deceived by the Taiyuan Wang clan. gave them such an idea, let them take advantage of it, and they ended up with nothing. If this matter ends here, it will be enough, but after Wang Jingze's trouble, everyone knows about it. Do you know the consequences? ”

Li Mu already knew what the eldest grandson Wuji was going to say, but he still cooperated with the acting: "What do you mean? ”

"Xungui, who has made great contributions to the imperial court, naturally thinks in my heart that we are honorable and share weal and woe with the country. All interests, if the gate valve is not honorable, nothing happens. Because the gate valve also knows that Xungui has merit, and they can't compare. But if the gate valve is not honorable, you think about it, how does the honorable feel in his heart? ”

Li Mu guessed: "Uneven? ”

"Yes!" The eldest grandson Wuji nodded heavily and said, "I have already told you the difference between the gate valve and the noble just now, and the gate valve can never be united with the imperial court. And the nobles will be loyal to the court, if this matter, let the nobles be separated, for the court, for Your Majesty, it is an irreparable thing. It's not about the amount of interest, it's about the inequality. ”

"I see." Li Mu had a look of sudden realization and muttered, "I'm still too young. ”

"It's okay, this experience, after the experience, you will understand, and you will not make this kind of mistake next time." The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and groaned: "So this matter? ”

Li Mu was embarrassed: "Uncle Guo, my uncle, my good uncle, you make me so entangled!" You persecuted me so much, how can I explain to Your Majesty and the people! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji saw that there was a door, and hurriedly praised a sentence, and said: "You can think of a way, you have always been full of scheming, and you can be stumped by trivial things?" ”

"Hmm......" Li Mu pondered for a while, and said: "But it's not impossible, it's just that this method has to be cooperated by the Taiyuan Wang family." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes lit up and said, "How to cooperate?" ”

Li Mu leaned closer to the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Now the Taiyuan Wang family is the target of everyone, because the world thinks that he built the road to make money. To solve this problem, he needs to prove that he is not building roads to make money, but only to recoup his capital. But everyone knows that building roads is definitely profitable. So how to fix it? ”

"yes, how do you prove yourself?"

"This is due to what Wang Jingze said."

"Which word?"

"Since road construction is not profitable, why not divide it into ten parts, and everyone will donate generously together. As long as the Taiyuan Wang family is willing to spit out this mouth and is willing to divide it, it can prove that he is not trying to take advantage, and it is not a good thing for everyone to build roads and share profits together. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned and said: "But there is another problem, if you want to make a profit from road construction, the return on capital is very slow." If it is a cooperation of several companies, the benefits are too meager, right? ”

"Fix two more." Li Mu smiled and said: "Two families repair two, three families repair three, it is still one family and one road, the difference is only that each one has the final say in two or three families, and the profit is still the same." ”