Once upon a time...... It must have been more than 4,000 years ago! At that time, there were six countries in the Zhongzhou continent, if you analyze them one by one, they are Qi, Chen, Mu, Zhao, Yan, and South Korea (Note: The countries here belong to another world in the novel, and have no connection with the countries in reality, so readers must distinguish them.) ）。

Now, let's mainly get to know Mu Guo.

Mu country, the last country in the Zhongzhou mainland.

This country, from its founding to the present, has only been about six years. In these six years, the days of war have occupied more than five years, until now, sometimes foreign countries will invade the territory of Mu State, and after harassing for a few months, they will choose to withdraw their troops, and then they will come to harass again. Their actions feel like tourists playing monkeys in the park, that kind of day, for Mu Guo, it is simply bitter, and there is no way to say it!

The economy of Mu Country is the best among the six countries, that is to say, most of the land where Mu Country is located can be used for farming, and there will be a bumper harvest every year, and there is never any need to worry about food. It is precisely because of this that other countries will attack Mu Country like crazy, but unfortunately, Mu Country has fertile land, and the situation is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it will be more than five years, and Mu Country has not been defeated.

Now that there are waves of roundabout battles, I don't know when it will be fought? Possible...... Someday the city will be broken, right?

In 1856 B.C., Mu Guo - Qiantian Temple.

On this day, the wife of Mu Yi, the emperor of Mu State, that is, the queen mother, was pregnant with a dragon fetus for several months and was finally about to give birth.

Outside the hall, Mu Yi paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, frowning, but he was more anxious than anyone else, after all, this was his first child! Can you not get excited?!

Time flies minute by minute......

"Wow! - Wow! ——”

Finally, the cry of a child was heard in the hall.

After Mu Yi heard this, he was the first to run towards the hall, and was catching up with the three palace maids who came out of it, and the latter saw it and hurriedly knelt down.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Happy Tyranny!"

"Get up!" Mu Yi waved his hand casually, then pushed open the door and walked in quickly.

"Concubine...... ...... concubine"

Mu Yi shouted and came to the bed excitedly, looking at the weak queen on the bed, the former reached out to hold her hand, tears welled up in his eyes, "Concubine Ai has worked hard, Concubine Ai has worked hard......"

The queen held Mu Yi's hand and smiled, "The concubine is not hard, not hard...... Your Majesty, our son-" After she said this, Mu Yi looked around, and the midwives on the side hurriedly carried the prince over, and after taking it, he slowly placed it next to the queen's pillow. The queen looked at her infant son and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, let's choose a name for our child!"

Mu Yi looked at his infant son, and suddenly shifted his gaze to the door, he stood up and said with enthusiasm:

"This ...... It's my first child! ——”

"He will represent the hope of my Mu country!"

"It will be me Mu Guo...... A symbol of world domination! ——”

"I named him Mu Chen!"

"Let him know from the moment he is born, the purpose of his existence, to benefit the people and the whole world! ——”

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Ten years later.

The palace where the prince is located, the Frost Cloud Palace.

"Wu Xiu, what day is today?"

Prince Muchen slowly lowered the book in his hand, glanced at the eunuch Wuxiu standing beside him, and asked.

After a bow, he replied: "Back to the prince, today is the sixth day of the ninth month."

The sixth day of September?

Mu Chen stood up, glanced out the window with his eyes deliberately, and asked, "So, today is the day when my father and emperor go on the expedition?"

Wu Xiu said: "Returning to the prince, yes." After a pause, he said, "However, Your Majesty has already left the palace a long time ago, and it is estimated that the army has gone far now."

"Okay, I got it. You go and call Xiao Yu for me, this prince is going out of the palace to patrol......"

"The minions obey."

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Liucheng.

The current Liucheng is the capital of Mu State.

Since it is the capital, it must be at the feet of the Son of Heaven. Therefore, the prosperity here must be what everyone expects, and there are still quite a lot of pedestrians, sellers, and acrobatics...... The whole nine yards.

(Note: It is stated here that Liucheng is completely different from the real Liucheng, and readers should not be confused at all)

"Provision of information: About Liucheng":

"Liucheng County is a county under the jurisdiction of Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The local famous Pengpo red maple forest is located in Pengpotun, Dahu Village, Guqi Township, when you climb the halfway of Phoenix Mountain, you can look around, the purple and red, scorching and dazzling red leaf forest, under the sun, shining bright red autumn light, beautiful red leaves, attracting thousands of tourists. Guqi, the only ethnic township of the Gelao nationality in the country, is also located here, where the folk customs are simple and the ethnic customs are strong."

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"Too ...... Childe, why did you remember to come out to play today? "Accompanying Mu Chen out was Mu Chen's personal guard, named "Zhao Yu", who belonged to one of the masters of the Six Doors, and was also born in a martial arts family.

"Play? Do you really think I'm playing? Mu Chen was wearing plain clothes, and his hair was casually tied, and in order to make himself more like an ordinary scholar, he also held an ink fan in his hand. He glanced at Zhao Yu, saw that the latter nodded and explained, "Xiao Yu, do you know? Father...... My dad is old, many things, should need my help, my dad is such a son as me, you say, in order to make him no longer so worried and tired, should I study hard...... Learn to be considerate of the amorous and share it for him? ”

Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "Then according to the meaning of the prince, is he going to start with the hearts of the people first?"

"Hmm." Mu Chen nodded, "Only by capturing the hearts of the people can we have the strength to defend against foreign enemies!" ”

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"Childe, look! ——”

The two walked to a teahouse and stopped.

I just listened, and there was the sound of fighting and smashing bottles inside, accompanied by the fierceness of the fight, "Bang! With a bang, a figure flew out of it upside down and fell hard under Mu Chen's feet, and then three or four people who looked like thugs ran out of it, all with weapons in their hands.

"Run! If you have a kind, you will run! ......" The thug standing in the middle pointed his stick at the young man on the ground. Listening to the tone, he should be the leader of the beaters. He shouted: "Tell you, don't come to our Gaokuozhuang if you don't have money, just a poor person like you, I'll fight once you come, and you can try again?!" Hurry up and repay the high loan you owe, don't you hear! ——”

"This brother!" Mu Chen interrupted them and interjected, "Although I know it's rude for me to do this...... But can you tell me what's going on? Why did you hit this young man? ”

"What kind of green onion are you! You ......" a minion next to him pointed at Mu Chen and scolded, but was stopped by the leader, who said, "Listen to your tone, like a reader?" Seeing that Mu Chen nodded, he said, "I won't tell you, we are all thugs invited by Gao Kuozhuang...... For the sake of teaching a lesson to those who owe money and do not pay it back. Just the guy under your feet, he owes us five thousand taels of silver from Gao Kuozhuang, and today is the deadline. Not only did he not return it, but he also packed his luggage and planned to run away, but fortunately he was bumped into by a few of our brothers, otherwise, I really don't know where this stinky boy ran to?! ”

"You talk nonsense! ——”

The kid lying on the ground supported his body, covered with scars, he wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "Where do I owe you five thousand taels?!" You reversed right and wrong, instead of turning fifty taels into five thousand taels, I was already poor, and the money I borrowed was used to get medicine for my father, and I finally earned fifty taels by working...... You don't say it's 5,000 taels, and you're still beating me, can I not run?! ”

"Fifty taels?" The leader laughed when he heard this, and then he took out a piece of paper from his arms, which should be a contract, and said, "Li Dafu, you can see clearly, it is written that you borrowed fifty taels...... However, don't forget, we are a tall village here, and if you borrow something, you have to pay it back. According to the contract you signed, it is clearly written that you Li Dafu, the silver taels you borrowed will be twice as much as the previous day every day, you see...... Now that the deadline has passed, fifty taels has become five thousand taels, do you have any complaints? ”

After he said this, Li Dafu on the ground seemed to fall apart, and he couldn't stand up at all.

He didn't expect that borrowing loan sharks would be like this!

If Heaven gave him another chance, he would never do it again!

"Take it with me! —" the leader ordered. After that, he walked up to the first two thugs and bent over to set up Li Dafu.

"Wait a minute." Mu Chen suddenly spoke, and stopped the two who bent down.

"Reader." The leader swaggered over, pointed at Mu Chen's chest with his finger, and said with a smile: "Listen to my advice, don't worry about what you shouldn't be in charge of, look at you, little white face, delicate face...... If it breaks, it's not good. How distressed should parents be? ……”

"Shut up! ——" Zhao Yu on the side stretched out his hand to stop the former, "Do you know that there is ...... in front of you?"

"Xiao Yu!!"

"In front?" Zhao Yu didn't tell Mu Chen's identity, so the leader was still the bastard just now, and said with an expression that made people look unbeaten: "What's wrong in front of me?" ...... in front of me Isn't it just a little white face? I'm talking about you! He shifted his gaze to Zhao Yu and said, "As his scholar, you should teach him if he doesn't know the place!" You see, when this kind of thing happens, you say, what should you do? ”

"How to teach, you don't have to worry about it! ——”

Zhao Yu grabbed the leader's right arm with a grappling hand, "But, what should I do?" …… I'll show you now! With that, a forward kick hit the latter's abdomen, a spin, and a hard blow with his right hand hit the latter's temple, and another kick hit the latter's hips, and the latter's body leaned forward violently, and there was a ...... "dog gnawing mud" that everyone liked to see!

Except for Mu Chen, everyone present showed surprised faces, no one expected that their leader would be beaten down by such an inconspicuous person, and they all seemed to have lost their souls.

"Look at what! Call me! ——”

The leader stood up, and the first thing he said was. The group of people who lost their souls were shocked by the boss's roar and came back to their senses instantly, and immediately rushed forward with their fists raised.

It's a pity, what kind of person is Zhao Yu, that is a person with six doors, he doesn't dare to call himself the first in the world in martial arts, and he is also a generation of masters, so a group of people who rushed up were dealt with by Zhao Yu in three or two clicks, and they screamed "wow" in pain one by one, and they fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

"Childe, have you decided?" Zhao Yu clenched his fists and stood aside after saluting.

Mu Chen stepped forward and came to the leader, who was very afraid of him, so he couldn't help but move back a few times, only to hear the former say: "From now on, whatever I ask, you can answer, okay?"

Seeing Mu Chen's serious face, the latter was naturally afraid, and nodded evenly, "Yes, yes!" ……”

"I ask you, what's your name?"

"Small...... Wang II. ”

"What's your master's name?"

"I don't have a master! ……”

"Uh, I'm sorry. The guy who hired you, who is he? ”

"He is the owner of Gao Kuozhuang, and his name seems to be Lin Yuan."

Lin Yuan?

"How is Gao Kuozhuang's daily income?"

"This ...... I don't know. However, there has to be a ...... That's the number, right? As he spoke, he held out five fingers.

"What do you mean? Fifty thousand taels? ”

The latter shook his head and whispered, "Yes...... Fifty million taels. ”

"Fifty million taels! ——”

Mu Chen was furious, and his hands clenched into fists violently.

Fifty million taels! That's a year's worth for me! One year! - He can transfer so much money in one day...... Bastard! Greedy for darkness every day, right?!

Now the economy of our country is medium, but resisting the invasion of foreign enemies consumes a lot of resources, and the number of soldiers is only small, in the past few years, the land is obviously poorer than before, and the problem of eating and drinking for the peasants alone is enough for the father and emperor...... Unexpected! There are actually people here who eat and drink spicy food!

Absolutely unforgivable!

Seeing that Mu Chen was angry, Wang Er consciously stopped talking.

Mu Chen asked again, "Lin Yuan hired you...... How much silver will I give you? ”

Wang Er stretched out five fingers again, but this time, without waiting for Mu Chen to ask, he said directly: "Five hundred taels."

Mu Chen took a deep breath, and this time, he didn't get angry, but said coldly: "I know." - I won't kill you, but you have to take me to Lin Yuan. Well, no problem, right? ”

Looking at Mu Chen's sharp eyes, the latter said, "No problem, no problem!" ……”

Zhao Yu shouted: "Then what are you waiting for?!" Don't lead the way yet! ”

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Here, it is Gao Kuozhuang.

To put it simply, it is a place to borrow usury.

The so-called usury is nothing more than a place to borrow money to repay money, as the so-called "borrowing and repaying, it is not difficult to borrow again"! If usury is explained in modern terms, it can be understood as follows: usury, or big earholes, underground banks, these money lenders now called "money lenders", borrow money from "usury" generally without collateral or even without making a written statement. Usury debt refers to the usury business relationship that exists between the lender and the money lender.

However, the value of usury's existence is nothing more than a stab in the chest. Therefore, everyone should try not to borrow usury, otherwise, even if you go bankrupt, you will not be able to pay it back.

……

The house in front of me is very "tall and noble", even the outside gate is about a meter higher than people.

"That's it, this is it......" Wang Er took Mu Chen and others to the so-called "Gao Kuozhuang". Looking at the building in front of him that could rival the palace, Mu Chen fiercely suppressed his emotions and said, "The Lin Yuan you are talking about is right here?" Seeing the former nodding violently, Mu Chen waved his hand behind him, and Zhao Yu behind him let go of the other thugs, only to hear Mu Chen say to Wang Er: "I let you live to let you change your ways...... If I find out that you are still in this kind of business, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless! ”

"Nope! No! Absolutely not! ——" Wang Er and the others hurriedly saluted, and then left in a hurry.

"How?" Mu Chen turned his head and asked Zhao Yu. The latter glanced at the gate wall that was high enough and said, "The brick wall here is even higher than in the palace, and the construction on the left and right sides of the gate is also the same as the palace gate...... Childe, this kind of contempt for imperial power, we must teach them a serious lesson! ”

"And what do I do according to your wishes?" Mu Chen asked.

"According to the law of Mu Kingdom, anyone who despises imperial power like this - Zhu Jiu Clan! Moreover, all belongings are confiscated! ”

"Good! ——”

Mu Chen was about to do this, but he just let Zhao Yu say it, and he advised: "Xiao Yu, I order you now, you go to General Lu who is defending the city gate, and say that this prince has something important for him to help, let him bring hundreds of soldiers to gather here, there must be no mistake!" Do you hear that? ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Zhao Yu saluted and received the order, and then turned around and left.

As for Mu Chen, he walked into Gao Kuozhuang......

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"Hey! What do you do? Do you understand that idlers are not welcome here? It's okay to get out of the ......."

As soon as Mu Chen entered the door, he was scolded by a big man guarding the door.

Mu Chen swallowed his anger and said, "What are you doing?" …… Didn't you see that Lao Tzu came here to take out a loan?! Do? If you want to roll, you roll! You eat inside and out! ”

"Who are you scolding! There's a kind of you say again! ——”

"Whoever accostes, I scold whom!"

"! I'm going to kill you! ——”

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"What are you two doing?! Just as the two of them were about to make a move, a middle-aged man in a gray robe came out of it, he walked up to the two of them with his hands behind his back, and scolded: "This is Gao Kuozhuang, what kind of body do you look like this?!"

"Humph!" Mu Chen snorted coldly and said, "It's not that I'm arguing, it's just your watchdog...... Act like a snob. ”

"You! ——”

The man wanted to make a move, but was stopped by the middle-aged man, he looked at Mu Chen, and said, "There has never been anyone who is not low...... Coming here, it's all about borrowing money, all the same, everyone is equal. The old rule, line up first! ”

Mu Chen glanced at the two people in front of him with contempt, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he laughed at the two of them, and then walked to the back of the team with the appearance of a gentleman.

"Steward Li, he ......" Dahan wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by the middle-aged man, he said: "This kind of person is nothing more than this...... The owner of the village has repeatedly ordered not to cause trouble casually, if it is interfered by people from the government, it will be troublesome. ”

"The little one knows ......"