The matter of Bizhou Mansion, the fief of Grand Duke Li Mu, seemed to have grown wings, and it flew all over the streets and alleys of Shangjing in one day. Even the beggars on the street know that there is such a number one person in Shangjing. Li Mu and Liu Luo returned to the Baron's Mansion together after meeting at the Evergreen Gate of the Imperial Palace. As soon as they entered the door, before the two of them could catch their breath, a family member ran in and spread the word that there was a noble old man outside the door who asked to see the duke.

Li Mu blinked his eyes, this, isn't it a little fast?

Liu Luo has been scared in the aristocratic circle in Shangjing for so many years, and this is the first time that someone has come to visit him, the baron's mansion, and his excited eyes are red: "Take the guests to the front hall for tea first, and tell the guests that Grand Duke Li Mu has just returned to the house and is bathing, please wait for a while." Hey, remember, don't be lazy. ”

"Second brother......" Li Mu pointed to his face: "Saliva is flowing out." ”

Liu Luo glared at him, but his psychology was still good, and he immediately asked Yahuan to prepare hot water. Li Mu was stunned: "It's really washing?"

Liu Luo's eyes glared: "Then it's still a fake wash?

Li Mu didn't think so, but he couldn't resist him, so he had to take a bath obediently. When he came out of the shower, there were four guests in fancy clothes sitting in the front hall. When Liu Luo saw him, he immediately got up and introduced: "Third brother, this is Lord Zhang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Lord Qiu, the head of the Ministry of War, Lord Sun and Lord Qi, the chief historian of General Qin. ”

Every time Liu Luo introduced a guest, the guest would give Li Muxing an official salute very solemnly, and Li Mu would return the salute one by one. After the introduction, sit down and say a few words that don't hurt or itch. It is nothing more than to admire the duke's name for a long time, and I hope that the duke will be able to take care of it in the future and have the opportunity to say a few good words in front of the saint...... Etcetera. And these guys are very polite, each of them will not speak more than three sentences, and then they will get up and say goodbye. What made Li Mu's eyes widen even more was that every time a group of guests left, and then another group came in, there would never be a 'crash'.

At first, Li Mu still listened to freshness, and chatted with them for a few words or a few polite words. Gradually, he began to get irritable. Slowly, he watched the guests come in like big-headed flies, endlessly coming in. Fortunately, these people are polite and have brought gift money. Only an hour later, the names on the gift list were recorded on a full fifteen pages!

It seems that there is still a growing trend!

Finally, after three quarters of the Shen hour, the number of guests gradually became fewer. Li Mu was about to take a bath and sleep, but the family outside the door ran in again. Now that he sees this family, he doesn't bother others, his eyes are glaring and he is about to leave, but the family quickly stops him: "Master, it's the seventeenth master who came this time, if you don't see it, it's a little bad." As he spoke, the family threw a pleading look at his master, and Liu Luo's originally excited expression suddenly froze: "Who??"

"Seventeenth Master. The family looked at the master bitterly.

Liu Luo immediately called his subordinates: "Quick! Clean up this place well! Serve tea, serve the best tea!" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Li Mu, thought for a while, and said, "Third brother, if you go out to greet you, it will be too cheap." In this way, you sit here for a while, and the second brother will help you welcome him in. With that, the guy ran out in a hurry.

After a while, as soon as the subordinates here cleaned up the front hall, Liu Luo over there led a ...... Hmm, Li Mu was a little stunned when he saw his age, this guy seemed to be only twenty years old!

Such a young prince!

Li Mu had seen this seventeenth master when he was in the court today, but at that time he was standing behind Li Mu, and Li Mu didn't see his face clearly.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, before he entered the front hall, the seventeenth master put on a posture and greeted him: "Lord Duke, Changyin has taken the liberty to visit, and I ask the lord to forgive me." As soon as the words landed, he had already walked into the front hall, and then confessed to Li Muzuo, who came up. Li Mu hurriedly grabbed his wrist and welcomed him into the front hall with a smile: "The Seventeenth Master in the court today has helped me a lot, if it weren't for the Seventeenth Master's insistence, how could the Holy Lord agree to assign Bizhou Mansion to me as a fief?" ”

At that time, the seventeenth master did say in the court: 'The younger brother also thinks that it is more appropriate to assign the Bizhou Mansion to the Duke', but his words were quickly drowned out by those opposition.

Entering the front hall, Liu Luo naturally stood in the lower seat and waited for the two to sit first. Li Mu sat in the main seat, and the seventeenth master Changyin sat in the guest seat, and after the two of them took their seats, Liu Luo, the master, sat down in the next position. When those big and small officials came before, Liu Luo sat in the main seat, Li Mu sat in the guest seat, and the guests sat down, which was the momentum that Li Mu deliberately created for Liu Luo. However, now this is the seventeenth master who is in Beijing, and he doesn't dare to compete for a seat with this master.

After taking his seat, the seventeenth master of the south gate made a joke: "How about it, is the threshold of the Baron's Mansion about to be broken on this day?"

Li Mu made a tired expression and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the Seventeenth Master, give me a pillow now and I can fall asleep." ”

The south gate chief groaned: "It's too strange to call it like this, you and I are the same age, why don't we call each other names?"

"Long groan?"

"Amu!"

The two immediately felt that the distance had narrowed a lot. If Li Mu is a duke in terms of title, and Nanmen Changyin is a prince, Li Mu is a little behind him. But in terms of real power, the south gate can't catch up with Li Mu. You must know that Li Mu has just obtained a rich fiefdom.

Although this is only in name.

But who knows but the emperor?

It can be seen from the flow of visitors today that they really believe that the emperor wants to assign Bizhou Mansion to Li Mu.

Afterwards, the south gate Changyin played a dumb riddle: "Ah Mu, do you know why I came here so late?"

"Why?" Li Mu was also a little puzzled. It stands to reason that even if the guests who came to visit outside the door were waiting in line to go inside, who would dare to let the seventeenth master line up?

Nanmen Changyin showed a mysterious smile: "Of course, I came later to leave a place for you to charge a little more." I know you're going to be tired today, so I've arranged a little show for you to take you to relax when it's dark. ”

The two chatted for a while, and then Nanmen Changyin was about to get up and say goodbye, saying that he would send a car to pick him up later.

All the guests left, and Liu Luo immediately called the official of the mansion. Without his instructions, the ceremonial officer handed him the gift slips and said, "Master, according to rough statistics, a total of more than 130,000 taels of silver have been collected. ”

"How much!" Liu Luo's eyes widened, he carefully flipped through them one by one, and handed the gift list to Li Mu with an incredible face, pouting and saying, "Third brother, this time you are richer than my brother." ”

Li Mu was also startled when he heard more than 130,000 taels, but when he heard Liu Luo say that he had more money than him, he didn't believe it, and said with a look of contempt for him: "You don't even have 130,000 taels?"

Liu Luo smiled bitterly and said, "How can I have so much silver, and now all my belongings add up to only more than 40,000 taels." ”

Li Mu didn't believe it: "Last time I asked you what you said about borrowing 5,000 taels?"

Liu Luo raised his forehead and said, "Third brother, we are brothers." Since you asked me if it must be useful to borrow money, that's why I said that you borrowed 5,000 taels less, because I was afraid that you wouldn't have enough, understand?"

Li Mu's psychology instantly flowed through a warm current. He still remembered that when he was still in a coma, Liu Luo was in the dark to fund Wanniang. When he woke up and was still a small tenant, he still took care of himself, this kind of brotherly friendship...... It's nothing more than a brother, right?

He patted Liu Luo on the shoulder, stuffed the gift slip into his hand, and said, "Second brother, you take all this money and put it in the caravan, and we will have more places to use the money in the future." ”

Liu Luo is not polite to him, so he should treat it as his safekeeping. Liu Luo knew that the financial power of the Li Mu family was in the hands of Wan Niang, and Wan Niang ...... Oh, looks like she can only count twenty, right?

Li Mu didn't know what Liu Luo was thinking, but he was thinking: I really let the emperor tell you right, he just finished saying that he would soon have money in the morning, but before it was dark, the money was sent to the door by himself. So, he secretly became more careful, and he must pay more attention to the emperor in the future.

"That's right, second brother. Li Mu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Does Nanmen Changyin have any real power besides the identity of the prince?"

Liu Luo said: "Of course there is." The security of Shangjing is mainly divided into two parts, namely: Shangjing Garrison and Wuyafu. The Boundless Mansion is spread all over the country, and their duties are more inclined to gather intelligence and monitor hundreds of officials. Therefore, the security of Shangjing is basically decided by the Shangjing garrison. The Seventeenth Master Nanmen Changyin is the commander of the Shangjing garrison. ”

Li Mu was secretly shocked. He doesn't simply think that the Shangjing garrison is an institution that manages law and order, and you can see by looking at the name that this is an armed force that protects the entire Shangjing. He remembered that Liu Huzi of the first factory had told him that now that the thirteenth master and the seventeenth master were inseparable, what right did the thirteenth master have to compete with the Shangjing garrison? Thinking of this, he asked a psychological question.

Liu Luo leaned close to his ear and lowered his voice and said, "The Thirteenth Master South Gate Chang Chong is the chief military minister of the Emperor's ** Machine Division. A veritable No. 1 boss in the Military Aircraft Department!"

"Shhh From this point of view, it seems that the rights of the South Gate Changyin are much lower than those of the South Gate Chief! The difference in rights is huge, so how can they still fight in full swing?

Slowly, he figured out the reason: the imperial power is unstable, even the emperor can't pretend to be sick, even if the military aircraft department has great power, does the south gate chief have military power?

No!

So the south gate Changyin dared to argue with him. It's just that in the absence of military power, Nanmen Changchong is not left behind, which shows that he is not an ordinary person.