"It turned out to be Liu Xiaoniang."

Lin Mu paddled forward a few times and climbed onto the boat along the oars handed over by the boatman.

"Lin Gongzi, what are you ......" Liu Ruyan looked at Lin Mu, whose eyes were wet, with a look of confusion on his face.

After making a gesture, Lin Mu said: "I had a fight with the bridge just now, and I fell into the water during the pulling, and I was so disturbed, forgive me, forgive me." ”

Liu Ruyan glanced at the scholar who was rescued by another painting boat and pursed his lips and chuckled, "I haven't seen you for a year, it seems that Lin Gongzi is still alive and well, so my father can rest assured." ”

"A living dragon?" Lin Mu thought for a while, and understood that Liu Ruyan laughed at him and pointed out that he was fighting, and couldn't help but wonder: "Liu Xiaoniang made fun of it, I can't get used to seeing these scholars think of themselves as high." ”

"People have ink in their stomachs, and it is natural to regard themselves as high, but Lin Gongzi does not want to forge ahead, and he gives up on himself, which is in vain for my master's hard work."

The maid beside Liu Ruyan suddenly showed a look of indignation and sneered.

"Xiao Luan, Hugh is rude." Liu Ruyan scolded sharply, revealing a touch of majesty in his dignity, which was quite the momentum of a superior.

Looking at Lin Mu apologetically, Liu Ruyan said: "This girl has grown up with me since she was a child, some are not big or small, and I hope that Lin Gongzi will forgive me, but my father really doesn't want to see Lin Gongzi spend the rest of his life so much, and once told Ruyan that if Lin Gongzi has any difficulties, he can come to Liufu at any time." ”

"Thank you Liu Mansion Yin Meiyi, Lin will definitely visit another day."

Lin Mu's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect him to fight and encounter a golden thigh.

As a sales elite in contemporary times, Lin Mu is well aware of the importance of social connections, and a good network can even support a company, not to mention the importance of officialdom connections in ancient times.

When the two were talking, the painting boat came to the shore, and the slave had already gotten off the bridge, and then ran over while touching her tears.

"Daddy, woo woo ......" got on the boat, and the slave hugged Lin Mu's leg and cried louder, obviously frightened.

Liu Ruyan smiled gently, like a fairy, she leaned down and asked softly, "You are a slave, right?" ”

The slave burst into tears, hiding behind Lin Mu in fear, and looked at Liu Ruyan vigilantly while crying.

Sighing, Liu Ruyan said, "Sister Susu still has no news?" ”

Lin Mu shook his head, the Su Su in Liu Ruyan's mouth was his disappeared wife.

If it was Lin Mu, the predecessor, Liu Ruyan mentioned this, he would be sour in his heart and ashamed.

Because the person Lin Mu liked from beginning to end was Liu Ruyan, and his marriage with Li Susu was just forced by his father.

It's just that he also knows that the Lin family and the Liu family are not in the right household, and Liu Jiang Bai Shi's career is bright, and the future is just around the corner.

The Lin family is just a family of merchants, although the status of merchants in the Chinese Dynasty has risen, but the contempt of the scholar class for merchants still exists.

This is sufficient to see from the fact that the imperial family of the Chinese Dynasty stipulated that no clan was allowed to intermarry with merchants.

"Lin Gongzi doesn't have to be sad, I heard that Sister Su Su's father, Li Gong, has been wronged, and she may go to her family first." Liu Ruyan comforted her.

Lin Mulang said, "A person who abandons her husband and children, Lin has nothing to do with her, thanks to Liu Xiaoniang's trouble, Lin still has something, so I will leave." ”

After that, taking the slave's little hand, Lin Mu got off the boat.

Liu Ruyan sighed slightly, and she reminded: "Young Master Lin, don't forget what I just said. ”

Lin remembers. Lin Mu smiled, his predecessor Lin Mu did not want Liu Ruyan to see his down-and-out appearance, and always refused the help of the Liu family.

But he is not the predecessor Lin Mu, he doesn't have this psychological burden, he has no backer in this ancient era when people eat people, the more he shows his wealth, the faster he dies, and with the wealth of a city, he also makes wedding dresses for others.

The two sides left each other, and the painting boat gradually sailed offshore towards the center of the river.

Looking at the father and daughter on the shore, Xiao Luan said: "Miss, there are countless young talents in Jiangning City, why is the master so concerned about Lin Mu." ”

"This is going to involve an old thing, seventeen years ago, my father passed by the Lin family when he entered Beijing to take the exam, and he fainted hungry because he ran out of entanglement, and he fainted hungry because he had no money to eat, it was Lin Mu's father who saved his father, and before leaving, he also gave his father a coil to go to Beijing, and it was also that year that my father won the Jinshi, so my father always remembered the kindness of the Lin family." Liu Ruyan said slowly.

"I see." Xiao Luan slapped his mouth, "The slave maid was really talkative just now, it turns out that the Lin family is our benefactor, but the master is running around for the Lin family's affairs and dredged up the relationship, otherwise Lin Mu may also be implicated in this military case, and now at least the Lin family's incense has not been broken." ”

Liu Ruyan's eyes flickered when she heard this, and she stopped talking.

……

On the shore, Lin Mu watched Liu Ruyan's painting boat disappear into the smoke waves, looked at himself reflected in the river, and said to the slave: "Slave, is Daddy handsome." ”

"What is handsome? Great General? The slave tilted his head, his little face full of confusion.

"Handsome is handsome." Lin Mu squatted down and washed his face, revealing a young face.

When Lin Mu was fourteen years old, he married Li Susu, who was seventeen years old at the time, so now Lin Mu is only seventeen years old.

"Handsome!" The slave screamed, as if he thought it was very funny.

Holding up the slave, Lin Mu suddenly felt a sense of ease and freedom in his heart.

From now on, you don't have to work overtime until you vomit blood, you don't have to look at the leader's face every day, you don't have to drink until you vomit blood for a single business, and you don't have to worry about losing your job.

Today, his life has ended, and here it has only just begun.

Striding towards the bustling streets, Lin Mu had already made a decision in his heart, he would live a willful life again, and he would never wronged himself again.

"Daddy, where are we going?"

The slaves in the flow of people in Ruchuan raised naïve questions.

"Daddy wants to find you a home."

"With a home, will my mother come back?"

"Uh...... Probably not, Daddy can find you another mother. ”

"Don't, woo woo woo ......"

“……”

After walking a mile down the street, the father and daughter stopped at a pawn shop.

After glancing inside, Lin Mu pulled the slave and walked in.

A gold pendant is exchanged for a tael of silver, which is only enough for a few days' expenses, and it is too little to use it for business.

According to his current thinking, it is impossible to become an official in the imperial examination, and he can't write a basket in traditional Chinese, and this road is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

The most practical way to do business at the moment is to rely on the prosperous commercial system of the Chinese Dynasty.

Then through the money earned from business, he bought land and property, and bought officials from the imperial court.

In the Chinese Dynasty can be divided into three ways to be an official, the first choice is naturally the imperial examination, the second level is the shadow of the official, every major festival, the court will be the shadow of some officials' children as officials, the third is the official selling officials, as long as you pay money and grain to the court can buy an official and a half position, this is called into the money.

However, the cashiers often have no power and are often despised by officials who are born in the jinshi, but it is still the best way for businessmen to improve their status.

Moreover, the imperial court has a "locked hall test" specially prepared for the shadow seal officials and the admission officials, which is a supplement to the imperial examination, and can also be promoted to the jinshi.

However, there is a good chance of black-box operation in this exam, and if there is a way, you can also go straight to the top.

If he is lucky, he can also mix into the scholar class and become a bureaucratic landlord, and he will no longer be slaughtered like pigs and dogs like the Lin family, and he will at least have the capital to live in this dynasty, otherwise he will be just a fat sheep no matter how rich he is, and he may be slaughtered by officials at any time.

Thinking of this, he entered the city, because he didn't have to worry about the passage of time outside, this time Lin Mu walked leisurely around the city.

Now this premier international city in Xia has completely become his backyard.

According to his estimates, a hundred and fifty kilometers of the city were cut by white light.

This area is also the most prosperous, and there are plenty of items to fill it, so he has a lot to do, and what exactly needs to be explored.

Entering the gold shop in the city center again, Lin Mu picked a jade bracelet this time.

Although there was a lot of possessions here, he couldn't take too much at once, and he couldn't attract people's attention, otherwise the possessions would be a scourge to his life.

Recruiting guards while making money is the way to go.