To be honest, Li Mu really couldn't think of any good things in Ryukyu that were worth his own.

In Li Mu's eyes, in addition to the geographical location of the Ryukyu has a certain strategic significance, there is almost no merit, the Ryukyu people used to pay tribute to the Ming Empire and the Qing Empire, that is, to get two feet of coral, to make two horses of linen to fool around, even if it is to talk about the heart.

It's really a bit of an "inch".

The Ryukyuan people paid tribute to the Ming Empire and the Qing Empire, and the Ming Empire and the Qing Empire would not only smile happily for the face of the Celestial Empire, but also have heavy gifts in return.

Although Li Mu is a standard Han Zhengshuo, such a loss-making deal must not be done, and if the Ryukyuan people want to get Li Mu's help, they must sincerely come up with something that can make Li Mu look good.

Even if you don't have gold, silver and jewelry, you always have a sincere heart, if you don't even have this mind, then you should do it as soon as possible.

Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli probably didn't expect Li Mu to be such a philistine, or they didn't expect Li Mu to be so difficult to fool, the two looked at each other, and they were speechless for a while.

Li Mu was not in a hurry, and he didn't look at Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli, who looked embarrassed.

Li Mu can give Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli a chance to convince themselves, but there is only one such opportunity, if Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli don't seize the opportunity and convince Li Mu in this limited time, then they will never have a chance to land on Governor's Island in the future.

Li Mu is also very busy, and he doesn't have so much time to waste on Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli.

Pan Tingzhen frowned, and kept observing Li Mu, who was expressionless, as if she had turned over a pot in her heart.

Just three months ago, Japan's Minister of the Interior, Obokuri, sent people to Ryukyu to carry out feudal reforms in Ryukyu, mandating that Ryukyu use the Meiji era name, prohibiting the Ryukyu government from paying tribute to the Qing Empire, and setting up a town camp in Ryukyu, and at the same time asking Ryukyu King Shotai to go to Kyoto, Japan, to give thanks.

From Obokuritsu's request, it is not difficult for Pan Tingzhen to find that Japan's wolf ambition to annex Ryukyu has been clearly revealed.

In order to resist the Japanese advance, the Ryukyu king Shotai sent an envoy to the Qing Empire for support, but received no response from the Qing Empire.

In desperation, the Ryukyu government had no choice but to turn to the international community for help, which led to Pan Tingzhen's trip to the United States.

Before meeting Li Mu, Pan Tingzhen had great hopes for help from Li Mu.

In Pan Tingzhen's view, although Li Mu has become an American citizen, after all, he has the identity of a "beautiful student, a harmonious child", and he has read the sage books for a few days, so as long as Li Mu can read a little incense, and then carry forward the Confucian tradition of "benevolence and righteousness", then it is not difficult for Pan Tingzhen to achieve his goal.

What Pan Tingzhen never expected was that Li Mu, an American, looked even more American than the Americans, not to mention the slightest affection, and there was no "benevolence, righteousness and morality" at all...

No, Li Mu has his own standards of benevolence and righteousness, but Li Mu's benevolence and righteousness are only for Chinese in the United States, and Pan Tingzhen, a Chinese of Ryukyuan nationality, wants to enjoy Li Mu's benevolence and righteousness, so he has to queue up slowly.

That's right, Pan Tingzhen is also Chinese, in the 25th year of Hongwu, that is, in 1392, Zhu Yuanzhang selected 36 shipwrights from Fujian who were good at shipbuilding, and ordered them to go to Ryukyu to improve Ryukyu shipbuilding technology and strengthen communication between Ryukyu and the mainland.

Pan Tingzhen's ancestor is one of these 36 surnames, more than 400 years have passed since 1392, Pan Tingzhen's family still retains the Han tradition, wearing Hanfu, speaking Chinese, writing Chinese characters, these people do not even intermarry with the Ryukyu locals, in order to maintain their bloodline purity, although they have been living overseas for hundreds of years, but Pan Tingzhen They have never forgotten the direction of their ancestral home.

From this point of view, Pan Tingzhen seems to be also eligible to enjoy Li Mu's benevolence and righteousness, but it is a pity that Li Mu's requirements for his own people are very harsh, and Pan Ting really wants to be recognized by Li Mu, and it is definitely not possible to rely on her mouth only.

In fact, Li Mu's standards are both high and high, and they are not high.

Regarding the bloodline, Li Mu does not attach too much importance to it, at least not so absolutely, Li Mu has always believed that the standard for judging his own people should be more from the behavior is to analyze, for example, a bloodline is not so pure mixed blood, as long as he recognizes the traditional Chinese culture, is proud of his Chinese ancestry, and is willing to get close to the Chinese community and safeguard the interests of the Chinese, then Li Mu believes that this is a standard of his own people.

On the other hand, if a Chinese of pure blood, but he is incorruptible and shameless, he thinks that he is a thief and his father, and he is bent on seeking some kind of profit for himself by degrading his own people, then this is a standard enemy, and all Chinese should be punished.

In Li Mu's view, although Pan Tingzhen and the Chinese did not do anything to harm the Chinese, they also did not do anything beneficial to the Chinese, so even if Li Mu wanted to help the Ryukyus in order to curb the Japanese, he had to squeeze enough benefits from Pan Tingzhen and them first.

"Mr. Li, our Ryukyu suffered a catastrophe, the two of us came from thousands of miles away, with no long things, poor as a wash, only this kind of blood can be learned, if Mr. Li can help my Ryukyu, then Pan's life will be sold to Mr. Li from now on, let Mr. Li drive, Pan will never have two hearts." Pan Tingzhen thought about it, but couldn't think of anything to exchange for Li Mu's support, so in the end she could only put herself on the shelf.

After Pan Tingzhen finished speaking, he brought his robe to Li Mu and knelt down, knocked his head to the ground, and never got up again.

This...

Li Mu is really a bit of a headache, feudalism kills people, as long as people in these years are cornered, selling themselves as slaves seems to be the last option, and they are sold so thoroughly, so without self-esteem, it is really embarrassing not to buy.

In fact, people in the 21st century are the same, many people who regard self-esteem as more important than life at every turn, purely because they have not been forced to that role, and it is really time for life and death.

Seeing Pan Tingzhen kneeling in front of Li Mu, Pan Wenli also hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Li Mu after Pan Tingzhen.

Pan Tingzhen seemed to just want to sell him himself, and didn't want Pan Wenli to be a slave like himself, so as soon as Pan Wenli knelt down, he was kicked on his heel by Pan Tingzhen.

Li Mu didn't care about Pan Tingzhen's careful thoughts, and he didn't mean to help Pan Tingzhen up: "You want to sell yourself... Very good, how much do you want to sell? ”

Li Mu has become addicted to being a human trafficker, and there have been 50,000 or 60,000 people who have bought from the Qing Empire in the past two years, and there is nothing more, and looking at Pan Tingzhen, he is still a well-educated person, if Pan Tingzhen's asking price is not too high, then Li Mu will really buy it.

"Li Ye, there is a city near Shuli called Putian, the people living in Putian City are all descendants of my Han family, there are about 500 young and strong people in the city, Pan knows that he is old and useless, and he only asks Li Ye to arm all the 500 young and strong, and Pan will be full of liver and brains to repay Li Ye's great kindness." Pan Tingzhen's voice was neither sad nor joyful, and he made a bid without raising his head.

500 people use a weapon, this price is really not low.

According to the price of weapons produced by the Horse Arms Company, it takes at least $50 to arm a person from head to toe, and 500 people are $25,000.

"You're quite content, yes, get up, 500 is 500, but I have to tell you one thing first, the current thermal weapons are different from the previous cold weapons, if you want to exert the maximum power of thermal weapons, then you still need the user to undergo a period of professional training, otherwise it will be just a rabble, even if you are given weapons, you can't drive away the Japanese, so you have to think about it, it's not good to sell yourself a second time." Li Mu must provide perfect after-sales service for the products he sells, otherwise this is tantamount to smashing his own signboard.

Pan Tingzhen is very obedient, since he sold himself to Li Mu, then Li Mu is the only one, and he can get up without the slightest hesitation.

However, after Li Mu finished speaking, Pan Tingzhen immediately knelt down again, and also did not hesitate at all: "Please also ask Li Ye to try it." ”

"When you enter my door, first of all, remember that you are not allowed to kneel at every turn, and secondly, if you don't have a long grandfather, just call me Reem." After all, Li Mu is still not used to these feudal dross, and the necessary etiquette, although it should be, cannot be expressed in the way of trampling on the self-esteem of others.

"Yes, Li, Reem—" Pan Tingzhen was not used to it, and immediately became unable to speak.

"Two ways..."Li Mu raised two fingers to Pan Tingzhen and shook it, satisfied with Pan Tingzhen's obedience: "Or, I can send a boat to pick up those people, let those people be trained here first, and then send them back... Or, I can send someone over and train them locally in Putian, and then talk about anything else after the training..."

"It's all right, whatever you want, it's all up to you." Pan Tingzhen felt a little relieved, and finally sold herself for a good price.

"Don't be too happy too early, no matter which method you use, there is a training fee involved, how are you going to settle this training fee?" Li Mu has always wanted to squeeze out all the profits when doing business with people, so Pan Tingzhen was still happy too early.

"This, this..."Pan Tingzhen wanted to cry without tears, what should I do now?

Pan Wenli was silent, walked a few steps to Li Mu, and knelt down honestly like Pan Tingzhen just now.

Okay, that's a real all-in-one now...

Pan Tingzhen looked at Pan Wenli, who had low eyebrows and pleasing ears, and couldn't help but burst into tears, in the end, he still didn't escape this experience.

"As I just said, when you enter my door, you are not allowed to kneel down without moving." Li Mu emphasized again.

Although Li Mu doesn't like it, this is the characteristic of the feudal era, if you don't follow the customs, you will be regarded as unconventional.

Fortunately, this is the United States, no matter what rules Li Mu sets, no one will make noise, if this is in the Qing Empire, I am afraid that an old master would have jumped out and scolded Li Mu for not abiding by the rules of his ancestors.

Pan Wenli was also very obedient, as soon as Li Mu finished speaking, Pan Wenli immediately got up, and still stood behind Pan Tingzhen honestly.

"Okay, let me talk about the third rule, since we are all a family now, then we can't talk to two families, from now on, all your actions should be to serve the interests of our big family, as for whether the Ryukyus can drive away the Japanese, after you exchange this batch of weapons for the Ryukyu people, it is no longer your responsibility, and at the same time, you should also think about what we should do in order to get the maximum benefit in the process of the Ryukyuan people driving out the Japanese..." , except for Li Mu, they are already cornered.

"Li, Reem, you mean?" Pan Tingzhen was not sure.

"In fact, I have always wanted to find a base in the Far East that can be regarded as a foundation, since you are Chinese, then they should know very well that the current Qing Empire is not our Chinese masters, of course the same is true of the Ryukyus, the Ryukyu king will not stand on the position of our Chinese, wholeheartedly serve the interests of the Chinese, you have lived for such a long time, I must also have feelings, I only ask you one thing, if I help the Ryukyuan people to drive the Japanese away, but at the same time support a Ryukyu king who is close to the Chinese, or even simply support a Chinese to be the king, can you accept this situation? Li Mu does not hide his true purpose, and there is nothing to hide, no matter whether there is such a thing as Ryukyu or not, Li Mu and the Japanese, and the rulers of the Qing Empire, will never be able to live in peace.

Pan Tingzhen and Pan Wenli never expected that Li Mu's real purpose was actually this.

At this time, there is nothing to hesitate, to say how loyal Pan Tingzhen can be to the king of the Ryukyus, it is not necessarily, since he has entered Li Mu's family, he must serve Li Mu wholeheartedly, there is no doubt about this in the first place.

However, Li Mu's idea was still too terrifying after all, and Pan Tingzhen couldn't give a definite answer for a while.

That is, Li Mu is a person who travels through and can trample on all the laws in this era without any scruples, such as Pan Tingzhen, who has been abiding by the rules all his life, even if there is Li Mu, a demon who is demagogic, and wants Pan Tingzhen to change those inherent ideas in his mind, it still takes time.

"Don't rush to give me the answer, you can think about it tonight, if you don't understand it today, think about it tomorrow, when you figure it out, when you tell me your decision." Li Mu is not in a hurry, anyway, whether this thing is successful or not, it will not have much impact on Li Mu, at most it will only make Li Mu's road to success a little more bumpy.

The bumpy ones are also limited.