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"Miss Mu, you're polite......"

Liu Ce bowed slightly and bowed to Mu Linsheng. m.

For the fame of this Miss Mu in front of him, Liu Ce has heard of it no matter how busy he is in military affairs, at least half of the rich sons of all sizes in Yuanzhou City are ministers under her skirt, which can be described as "open", and it is no wonder that Song Yanran will show a nervous look when she hears that she is coming to Mu Mansion.

Mu Linshang looked at Liu Ce's face, but seeing that a few tufts of black and white hair on his forehead were scattered, coupled with the face that was extremely resolute after the baptism of beacon fire, a trace of confusion suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"I didn't expect that there is such a different man among the Shu clan, it's really exciting, if you can spend a good night with him, it wouldn't be impossible......"

Mu Linshang looked at Liu Ce stupidly, her heart was like an ant scratching, and even she couldn't stop her lips from opening lightly, stretched out her fragrant tongue and licked her lips, trying to make the young man obsessed with herself.

However, Liu Ce didn't have the same appearance as Mu Linsheng, but his eyes were lightly jawed, and he said calmly: "I'm sorry Miss Mu, I still have something important to find Master Mu below, so I will leave first......

After speaking, Liu Ce took Lu Yu and continued to walk towards the main hall where Mu Tiancheng was waiting, no longer paying attention to the woman.

Mu Linshang was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Liu Ce walking in front of her in a daze, without even looking at herself, and couldn't help frowning.

"Hmph, no man can escape from the palm of my hand, Liu Ce, Miss Ben wants to see how long you can pretend, hehe......"

Liu Ce's inadvertent attitude aroused Mu Linsheng's interest, and looking at the back of the departing hero, he quickly had an idea in his heart.

"Xiao Luo, go back to the room to change clothes for Miss Ben, Miss Ben still doesn't believe that she can't clean up this ......"

When the maid named Xiao Luo heard this, she showed an embarrassed expression and persuaded Mu Linsheng: "Miss, I think forget it, I heard that the military governor is not close to women, so it's not good, right?" In case the lord knows......"

"Dare to teach Miss Ben a lesson? Believe it or not, I ordered someone to chop you up and feed it to the dogs! Hearing the maid's persuasion, Mu Linshang immediately showed a fierce look and said to her fiercely.

Xiao Luo was frightened and immediately knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice: "Miss spare her life, it's all slaves and maids who talk too much, and make Miss unhappy, please forgive the slaves and maids once, the slaves and maids don't dare to ...... anymore."

"Hmph......" Mu Linshang looked at Xiao Luo's appearance and snorted disdainfully, "Why don't you get up and go back to the room with me, next time, you have to tear your mouth apart!" ”

"Thank you, Miss......" Xiao Luo trembled when he heard this, and walked towards the room with Mu Linsheng in his arms.

"The subordinate pays a visit to the military governor......"

"Lord Mu, no need to be polite, please get up ...... quickly"

In the main hall, Mu Tiancheng, who was pacing back and forth in front of the dining table, saw Liu Ce coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

The current position of Liu Ce's former military governor can be said to be well-deserved, and he has mastered most of the resources of the Far East army, Mu Tiancheng is very glad that he chose to cooperate with him at the beginning, and did not stand on Li Suwen's side, otherwise this fate is estimated to be the same as the Wang family.

And Liu Ce also sighed in his heart, he still remembered that when he came to Mu Tiancheng's mansion a few months ago, his identity could only live in the side hall, and now the head of the Mu family took the initiative to kneel in front of him, and life was sometimes really wonderful.

After some politeness, Liu Ce and Mu Tiancheng dismissed their entourage respectively, and went directly to the main topic, while Liu Ce was in the main seat.

Liu Ce said: "Lord Mu, you say, looking for this military governor to come late at night, it's not as simple as reminiscing, right?" ”

Mu Tiancheng arched his hand and said: "I can't hide anything from the Lord Military Governor, alas, the subordinate does have something to worry about now, and wants to ask the Lord Military Governor for help......

Liu Ceqi said: "Oh, Lord Mu might as well say it bluntly, what makes you so embarrassed?" ”

Mu Tiancheng said: "Lord Military Governor, that's the case, my Mu family does all maritime trade, which is also the source of my Mu family's development, this Lord Military Governor should have heard of it, right?" ”

Liu Ce nodded: "This is natural, the Mu family's maritime merchants are all over the world, and this military governor has already heard of it, otherwise how can he rest assured that the sale of the glass mirror will be entrusted to you." ”

"Alas......" Mu Tiancheng sighed, poured a full glass of wine for Liu Ce, and then said, "Lord Military Governor doesn't know that Xiaguan's sea ship was hijacked twice by pirates when it was transported to Liuguo last month, and all the goods and sailors who traded with Xiyi were detained......

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Ce frowned when he heard this, and then asked in a low voice, "What did Yingnu do?" ”

Mu Tiancheng said: "Not only Yingnu, if it is only Yingnu, my Mu family will not be afraid of them, the problem is that together with the group of barbarians from Dongzhou, they also colluded with Yingnu to plot the fleet.

They threatened to transport another 50 one-person-high glass mirrors and 300 masks before the beginning of spring next year before they could release them, which ......"

"Presumptuous!" Liu Ce was overjoyed when he heard this, but he still pretended to be angry on his face, "This group of pirates dares to rob my Great Zhou caravan, it's too much!" Your Excellency, have you reported this to the Governor? ”

Mu Tiancheng said: "I mentioned a few, but I just listened to what Master Jiang said, the current situation in the Far East is tense, and I don't have time to take care of these private matters for the time being." ”

Liu Ce heard the dissatisfaction in Mu Tiancheng's words, in fact, if you think about it carefully, the Mu family and the Jiang family are both engaged in overseas trade, and conflicts of interest are inevitable.

It is said that when a horse of 20 taels of Jiangnan Suzhou silk passed through Yingzhou, it was purchased by those "village chiefs" from all over Yingzhou at ten times the price, and even a large-scale "weapon fight" incident occurred. The "village chiefs" have a set of official uniforms made of Su silk, which is not only a matter of saving face, but also directly affects the strength and prestige of their "village".

Think about it, if you were a poor villager who couldn't even afford pants, would you trust a ragged man to lead you to make a fortune or choose a rich man covered in silk and satin? This visual impact alone is enough to make the first judgment......

At present, the largest forces in Yingzhou all have dozens or hundreds of boxes of Central Plains specialties as a foundation, and it is easy to summon the people of Yingzhou to work for themselves, after all, these are symbols of financial strength! At least those hard-working samurai ronins should have enough to eat, right?

This is just Yingzhou, which has such huge interests, and if you go further, the interests and influence in it can be said to be even more terrifying, so the Jiang family and the Mu family want to become the biggest maritime businessmen in their hearts.

However, Liu Ce also heard another meaning from Mu Tiancheng's words, that is, Jiang Xun didn't know that he had provided the Mu family with a channel for mirrors, otherwise Jiang Xun probably wanted to use a knife to force Mu Tiancheng to confess where these lucrative luxuries came from.

Thinking of this, Liu Ce asked tentatively, "Does Lord Mu mean that you want the military governor to take back that batch of goods and people for you?" ”

Mu Tiancheng was slightly stunned, then got up and bowed, and said to Liu Ce: "Lord Military Governor, we have words first, when you were the former military governor, the lower official spoke out, and you also promised the lower official to protect the Mu family.

This time, the loss of goods in my Mu family can reach tens of millions, and the silver will be lost if it is lost, but those sailors and boatmen are precious, and I also ask the military governor to help the lower officials, and the lower officials are willing to convert half of the goods into gold and silver grain and straw to the military governor's mansion as military salaries, and I hope that the military governor will save my Mu family! ”

After speaking, Mu Tiancheng bowed deeply to Liu Ce.