It was getting late, and the palace gates were closed. Li Yuan ordered someone to send a letter back, informing Li Mu that he was resting in the palace today, and he was chatting with him for half a night. Li Yuan feasts and drinks all night on weekdays, he is an old night owl, he can stay up better than Li Mu, and in the end of the conversation, Li Mu has wandered into the world, I don't know what he said, Li Yuan is still in good spirits, and he is full of expectations for his future businessman's career.

Seeing Li Yuan's appearance, Li Mu really couldn't bear to tell him the truth. In fact, the deal that Li Mu thought of Li Yuan could only be done by him alone in the whole world. Imagine what kind of deal this is? The sale of talents, the sale of treasures in the palace, this is forbidden, and if someone else does this business, the next day the head will be hung on the high pole. Besides, is the business in Chang'an City so easy to do? There is no foundation behind it, and the trading will open today and close tomorrow. And there is no impermeable wall in the world, Li Yuan is hidden for a while, he can't hide for a lifetime, sooner or later someone will know, but first lay the bottom, and those who know don't dare to say it, everyone holds it together and coaxes it, so that the old man is happy.

Li Shimin knew it very well in his heart, but he didn't say it, which means that he also approves. Li Mu's heart was half relieved, it is not easy to do any business in this world, but only this 'red top' business is very easy to do, don't worry about not making money. This is also the reason why Li Mu did not dare to share the profits. He just came up with an idea, relying on Li Shimin's momentum, if he took this money, what would Li Shimin think of him in his heart? If you offend your boss, do you want to mix well in the future?

That night, he rested in the side hall of Taiji Palace, and early the next morning, Li Yuan had breakfast with him, and Empress Changsun came to ask for peace again, chatted a few words and left. Li Mu wanted to say goodbye and go home, but Li Yuan didn't allow it, so he called all the palace people in his Taiji Palace and asked Li Mu to choose someone from among them to be his buddy for trading. Isn't this nonsense, who does business with eunuchs as partners? Li Mu said that Li Yuan gave up this idea, and only selected more than a dozen handsome palace maids, who planned to be used as waiters in private rooms and clubs after training in the future. Of course, this is all a later story, and the site has not yet been chosen, and the training is naturally not on the agenda.

After lunch, Li Mu left a 'homework' for Li Yuan, didn't he want to build a building? Let's start with a name. This is a big deal, the emperor's business, the name can't be stingy, and it can't be cheesy, and it really stumped Li Yuan. I took a pen and wrote a dozen names on paper, and I didn't think it was good. Li Mu saw that he was busy, so he took the opportunity to say goodbye and go home, Li Yuan was thinking deeply, and he forgot to keep him, and when he heard this, he just waved his hand and let him go.

As soon as Li Mu left the palace gate, he was stopped by the little eunuch he dealt with yesterday. Li Mu also asked Li Shimin to ask him to lecture again, and after asking, he learned that the little eunuch was going to take him to the sect to choose slaves and maids. Li Mu didn't understand, so he asked the little eunuch. The little eunuch didn't take Li Mu seriously yesterday, but from yesterday to today, he saw with his own eyes that Li Mu was favored by the two emperors. Li Shimin gave a plaque to the slave, and Li Yuan wanted to do business with him. can be said to be a big celebrity, and his attitude towards Li Mu is naturally very different, and he has a faint state of humility, as if he is facing the country. Seeing that Li Mu asked about the slave maid, he quickly picked up everything he knew and said it.

After listening to the little eunuch's answer, Li Mu really had some understanding of the slavery system in the Tang Dynasty. The slaves of the Tang Dynasty were roughly divided into these types, official slaves, private slaves, and palace slaves. Private slaves are slaves bought and sold by the people, just like Li Zhien and Li Chongyi, these slaves come from a variety of sources, but as long as they are not the people of the Tang Dynasty, they are not protected by the government, and the trade is also legal, and the quality is relatively low. People like Lee Ji-eun and Lee Chong-yi are the best of them.

And palace slaves and official slaves, palace slaves specifically refer to the slaves and maids in the palace, such as eunuchs, palace maids, etc., and outsiders are naturally not allowed to touch them. The official slave is different. Anyone who has watched costume dramas has heard something like this, the offender is beheaded, and the family is not enslaved in the official mansion. One of the main components of official slaves is the family members of the convicted officials, especially the female dependents. These people are all well educated, and they are even proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or singing or dancing, and have talents. And the other major part of the official slave is the war slave. For example, during the extermination of the Turks, many Turkic people became official slaves of the Tang Dynasty. Official slaves were purchased and received by the nobles, and were also rewarded by the emperor. Like Li Mu, it was rewarded by the emperor. Official slaves were also lowly statuses, had no status, were not required to pay taxes, and were regarded as vassals of their masters.

Li Shimin was quite generous, and rewarded Li Mu with twenty slaves, which were chosen by men and women at will. Li Mu regretted in his heart, he knew that there was such a good thing, he said that he would not go to the West Market to buy slaves, and spent so much money to buy a little fox and a big stupid bear back home. After a turn in the Teaching Workshop Division, Li Mu selected twenty people and ten young people, planning to let Wang Hu help train them and take care of the home. I chose four more maids to help take care of the back house. There are six more, all of which are functional talents. Two cooks, two grooms, a gardener, and a bookkeeper. Li Mu calculated in his heart that with these twenty people, it would basically be about the same, and if there was a shortage of people in the future, it would not necessarily be all slaves.

The little eunuch sent Li Mu to the gate of the palace until he regretted to say goodbye. Li Mu also asked the name of the little eunuch, the little eunuch's surname was Chen, and he was one of the righteous sons of Gao Gonggong beside Li Shimin. Li Mu gave him another piece of silver, ready to make friends. Gonggong Chen pretended to excuse himself, took the silver, and became more and more enthusiastic about Li Mu.

Out of the palace gate, Li Mu rode on a horse and returned to the Cao State Mansion with twenty official slaves. When he returned to his own courtyard, he found that there was no one at home. After asking, I found out that the Sun family had already packed up Bai Qiaoqiao's things and went to the new mansion yesterday. And this morning, the emperor gave a plaque, and Li Ji and Li Bi both went to congratulate him. Li Mu saw that his family had already moved, and he couldn't stay, so he thought about it and commanded the slaves to dismantle the distillation equipment and iron-striking equipment in the martial arts arena, found an ox cart to load it, and rushed to the new mansion in Anyifang.

With such a toss, when Li Mu led people into the gate of Anyifang, it was already dusk. Li Mu found the door of his house according to his memory, and found that the door had been hung with red silk, a plaque was hung in the middle, and the vigorous and powerful "Zhulu Hou Mansion" four golden characters were shining in the setting sun, and there was a seal next to it, Li Mu recognized that it was the jade seal of the country that came back from the search. Li Mu didn't expect that Li Shimin would not only give slaves, but also give a plaque, so heartfelt, his heart was quite moved. It's still the boss of this life, the boss in the previous life is something, staying up late and working overtime and not paying for it, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have died of overwork in his previous life!

knocked on the knocker, Dasha opened the door, and when he saw Li Mu and the people behind him, Li Chongyi turned around and roared: "Master Hou is back!" ”

"Shout a fart...... Li Mu was so shocked that his ears were buzzing, he scolded, and before the next sentence came out, the whole person 'flew', and the big fool carried him up, and ran to the back house without saying anything.