Shen Mu was quite helpless about Duan Chao's question. To be honest, he himself doesn't know what kind of gift to give a girl, giving money, it's too cheesy, I'm afraid it will reduce his favorability! Send clothes, you don't know the size, in case it doesn't fit, wouldn't it be very embarrassing! Send cosmetics, there is only rouge gouache here, and let Duan Chao a man pick this thing, he will definitely not be happy.

After thinking about it, it is more appropriate to send some decorative hairpins, firstly, there is room for choice, and secondly, this is a must-have thing for women. Pick a good hairpin, don't be afraid that the girl will not be happy.

A huge Duan Mansion was sent out, and a hairpin would not make Duan Chao feel too distressed about money.

Shen Mu said something to Duan Chao. Duan Chao listened, and really clapped his hands and applauded, and said that he would do so.

The brothers of the righteous valve staggered and pushed the cup to change the lamp. At midnight, Duan Chao proposed to raise a glass and sing together, singing the "Old Plum Tune" of Xishan Road, Shen Mu didn't understand it very well, so he had to follow along.

Lu Laosan and the others lit eighteen firecrackers, which means that they were eighteen men when they first arrived in Dingzhou Mansion!

Eighteen, after all, is an auspicious number.

After the twentieth day of the first month, Shen Mu left Dingzhou Mansion with nearly 200 people from the merchant team and the hidden word team and went to Xingang.

As for Duan Chao, he also began to train the remaining three hundred people.

The matter of children's love is still put in the back, when Duan Chao sent the carefully selected pearl hairpin at the beginning of the new year, Zeng Roushui did not have a trace of waves, and he didn't even invite Duan Chao to leave a lunch.

Although Shen Mu said it, this is the crime of the girl blaming him for not coming to the door in advance yesterday. But in Duan Chao's opinion, Zeng Roushui didn't have any affection for him, maybe he was just trying to repay his kindness!

He is also a rectum, and his brain circuits are surprisingly simple. In this case, it is better to continue to miss the beautiful fairy in red.

Duan Chao didn't know anything about business, but he was very good at managing so many brothers. These hundreds of people can cope with it easily in his hands, and he has the feeling that Han Xin's more troops are better.

The matter of settling accounts will be handed over to Shen Mu to do. When Shen Mu comes back, he will definitely let him see a different righteous valve!

When Shen Mu was leaving, Duan Chao was afraid that he would be attacked again, so he asked Ma Linzi, Zong Ming and others to protect him.

Shen Mu wanted to refuse politely, but thinking that with Ma Linzi and the others here, it would be easier for him to deploy himself, so he said thank you and took people out of the city.

Before leaving, he told Duan Chao that if Guo Wenyuan and Gao Jintao came back, they would ask them to come to Xingang to find me immediately!

Duan Chao didn't dare to slack off, so he responded and watched Shen Mu and the others go away.

When he arrived in Xingang, Shen Mu quickly took over the local inns and wine shops with lightning speed.

Most of the people in the caravan team are familiar with the shopkeeper here, and everyone looks at it as "their own family", thinking about who they are eating under their hands, and the handover is also very smooth.

Those who should stay continue to stay at their posts, and those who want to make trouble are directly sent away with crowd tactics.

In only three days, Xingang smoothly transitioned into the hands of Yiqimen, and it can be said that this reception did not take any effort. This is also thanks to the fact that Yin Yuyonghe of the government greeted people in advance, and the local government officials knew it well and did not ask.

As soon as they stopped, Guo Gao and the others drove over in a carriage.

Shen Mu was overjoyed and welcomed the two into the guest room where he lived.

The two first wished Shen Mu all the best in the New Year. Then Gao Jintao said: "Mr. Shen, about the matter of the salt mine, I have discussed it with my father, and in a few days, my father will bring the old salt port to recruit some men to come to help." ”

Shen Muxi said: "This is very good. From now on, it's up to my uncle......"

Gao Jintao hurriedly said: "Where...... Where...... Mr. Shen was polite. On the way here, we all know that Mr. Shen is a good means, and he can really take over this salt mine business!"

Shen Mu said: "This matter is not difficult, the imperial court is a huge operating machine, they can't do everything, a business like this, although it is an official camp on the surface, but secretly the imperial court needs a "red-top businessman" like us to assist in dealing with it." And Shen and you are just servants who run errands for the imperial court. It's just that compared with the officials in the yamen, there is one less official hat!"

Gao Jintao admired: "Mr. Shen is talented, and he can't reach it in his later life!"

Shen Mu said: "In everything that is done in official business, you must first learn to protect yourself. The reason why Shen asked his uncle to come to help was because of this. The experience accumulated in this area in Brother Gao's Mansion is beyond the reach of others, if you invite others again, I am afraid that it will only be half the result! Brother Gao, you have done Shen a great favor!"

Gao Jintao said: "Mr. Shen gave our Gao family a chance to regroup, Gao should bow to Mr. Xie for his great kindness!" As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee and bowed respectfully.

Shen Mulian helped him up and said, "Brother Gao is serious. After a pause, he asked Guo Wenyuan again: "Brother Guo, what does the master mean about the poetry meeting?"

Guo Wenyuan bowed and said: "The late life will say to the master at this time, and the master is very happy when he hears it." Xishan Road has not held such a literary event for many years, and since Yongning 33 years later, Xishan Road has only had one or two literary discussions in the past ten years. The master said that as long as Mr. Shen agreed on the time and place, he would immediately arrange for the various colleges of Xishan Road of the Federation of People to come to the meeting!"

Shen Mu said: "This is very good, but I don't know much about this student's preferences...... No, is there a suitable place for such a grand event in this Dingzhou capital. Brother Guo can recommend it. ”

Guo Wenyuan muttered: "If you say that in the territory of Dingzhou Mansion, the flowing water and clear spring in the Willow Mountain are more suitable, but the ice and snow in the river have not melted at the moment. If there is a side, it is the Baili Peach Forest at the junction of Dingzhou Mansion and Huazhou Mansion. ”

Shen Mu said: "Hundred miles of peach forest? sounds very good, and in more than a month, the peach blossoms will be in full bloom, and the time is just in time!"

Guo Wenyuan was suspicious: "Mr. Shen, what can you catch up?"

Shen Mu thought about the tea bureau in his heart, but he said it out of his mouth, and said busily: "It's nothing, for the rest of the month, students from all walks of life can just catch up, so it's decided." On February 22, a hundred miles of peach forest, a poetry conference will be held!"

Guo Wenyuan said: "Sir, do you have the theme of the conference?"

Shen Mu said: "Isn't it carried by tea?"

Guo Wenyuan said: "This is only a question, not a theme." The theme should be like the guise of the store, which is convenient for the writing of invitations and elegant collections. ”

Shen Mu suddenly said: "Alas, I didn't expect this. The brain has been used for a long time, and it is easy to be sluggish. Brother Guo, what do you think, let's hear it!"

Gao Jintao's mind was full of how to operate the salt mine, and when he heard Shen Mu mention himself, he just shook his head.

Guo Wenyuan groaned: "Since it is held in the peach forest, it is simply called "Peach Blossom Yuan", how about it?"

Shen Mu said: "Ten miles of peach blossoms, three lives and three lives, the peach blossom edge can also be pink, will it be too pink?"

Guo Wenyuan said: "This fate is not the fate of love between men and women, it is a kind of fate that people and artists in the world can get together." Under the peach blossoms, the words of pearls and jade are also a kind of fate. ”

Shen Mu thought that this literati was very particular, maybe the theme of "Peach Blossom Yuan" could attract those old homes more attractable, and some hidden dragon writers were uncertain. What's more, it doesn't matter what the name is, the important thing is that the article must be good and the publicity must be in place.

Although the name "Peach Blossom Yuan" is cheesy, it is more conducive to communication. For the matter of knowing the tea bureau, it seems that it can be more attractive to be hooked by the love fandel.

Shen Mu asked Guo Wenyuan to start arranging this matter, and he stayed in Xingang for another day, arranged a house for Gao Jintao, and after the Gao family came over, he would also have a place to live.

Gao Jintao was grateful again, and went back to Gaofu to invite his father over.

Next, Shen Mu took Ma Linzi and others to Baili Peach Forest to arrange all the things needed for the "Peach Blossom Yuan".

Baili peach forest, not really a hundred miles, but because the fruit farmers here make a living by planting peaches, planting peach trees between the mountains and forests, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, intermittently stretching for dozens of miles, so there is a hundred miles of peach forest.

The most dense place of peach trees in Baili Taoyuan is Jingming Mountain, and Shen Mu set the location of the conference here.

At this time, spring will open, the flowers of the peach forest are early and late, some have all bloomed, pink and white, such as fat like jade; most of them are also a cluster of flower bones, shyly crowded in a pile, hanging on the branches, clustered, and swaying in the spring breeze.

Maybe tomorrow, maybe more than ten days, these flowers will all be in full bloom, and then the mountains will be full of flowers, and the fragrance will be fragrant. Swimming in the peach blossom forest is like a fairyland.

Shen Mu made people build a platform on the edge of the peach forest, and rebuilt several thatched huts used by farmers in the peach orchard to watch peaches, and used them as shelters and resting places from the rain!

Everything is ready, just waiting for the students to come to the meeting.

Shen Mu was very busy on the mountain, and on the country road below the mountain, two horses carried the knight and drove slowly.

The knight is a husband and wife, the man is heroic and cool, and the woman is charming.

I only heard the beautiful woman say: "Brother Hui, why did you suddenly have Yaxing and accompany your concubine to this hundred-mile peach forest to play?"

The man who was called Brother Hui was the one who stopped the prince from fighting with Shen Mu in the Dingzhou Mansion that day. He was none other than Murong Hui, the eldest son of Murong Mansion, the king of Zhennan, and that woman was his wife, Xia Yanxi.

Murong Hui smiled softly: "I have been busy with military affairs a few days ago, and I haven't even been able to have a quiet meal with my wife during the Spring Festival. I heard that when the peach blossoms bloom here, the beautiful scenery Tiancheng happened to accompany his wife to go out for a walk. ”

When Xia Yanxi heard this, she looked at Murong Hui with affection and said, "Brother Hui, we have been together for so many years, how can I ever complain about anything." You are busy with official business, you shouldn't have neglected military affairs so much, and if your father-in-law knew about it, he would reprimand you again. ”

Murong Hui said: "Madam, don't worry, this time there is really nothing important." But in a few days, I may have to go to the tea bureau. I heard that some of the merchant missions of the eight countries have crossed the border. Counting the time, I'm afraid that I will come to Xishan Road in half a month. At that time, I won't have time to accompany you, this time it can be regarded as accompanying my wife to enjoy the flowers in advance. ”

Xia Yanxi smiled warmly, and her beautiful eyes never left Murong Hui.

The two of them have tied the knot for eight years, and they have always respected each other like guests, and Xia Yanxi has always called Murong Hui "Brother Hui".

The two have a son, named Murong Hongyan, who means a wild goose. Second, the word "Hong" has the meaning of good luck. Murong Hui's insistence on using this name for his beloved son is also a kind of doting on his wife!