What they said was the truth, and Li Mu couldn't argue with it, so he could only say: "Suppose I follow you? Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. You can save people until the end." After that, Li Mu said again: "You
You like eating jerky, right? You do me a favor, and I’ll take care of whether you have jerky for the rest of your life. You can eat as much jerky as you want!”
"As expected, they are the Han people who love to talk big." The girl squeaked and said, "How can anyone eat meat every day? Do you really think you are a rich man?"
"I'm not lying!" Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry: "I'm really rich, I..."
"Okay, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." In the girl's heart, she looked down upon Li Mu again. Not only was this man unprofessional, but he also talked big words. Why was she so unlucky to have a relationship with him?
Li Mu didn't know why the girl was angry. He just wanted to solve the problem at hand. The two continued to walk forward. Li Mu had nothing to say and said: "Miss, please..."
"I don't dare take it." The girl said sarcastically, "I'm not a young lady. There are no young ladies in the Miao village. I'm not as delicate as your Han family."
"Okay, okay," Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "What about this girl?"
"Young lady, I have a name!"
Li Mu couldn't bear it anymore and said: "I just want to have a good talk with you. If you have a name, tell me. Are you looking for trouble?!"
"Why are you looking for trouble? Who has nothing to say? I didn't tell you!"
"..." He was under the eaves and had to lower his head. Li Mu suppressed his anger and talked pleasantly again: "What do you want to do before you are willing to help me? If you set a condition, why don't I agree to everything?"
"No, I just don't care about you."
"..." Li Mu was stunned and couldn't regain his composure for a long time. He was not a shameless person. After being a marquis for so long, he also developed the arrogance of a superior person. He was snatched away by the girl.
His self-esteem was somewhat hurt, so he remained silent. He made up his mind to follow the girl first, and he would have to meet someone. If he met someone else, he would separate from her. The life-saving grace would wait for Dugujiu and the others.
Now that we're together, let's find a way to repay her. He can't serve this girl anymore, she's just being unreasonable!
I really don’t know where I offended her!
The girl kept glancing at Li Mu's expression. Seeing that he was a little discouraged, she felt that it was a bit too much.
In fact, she is not such a mean person. If there is nothing between the two of them, even though she doesn't like the Han family, it won't be like this. But now, whenever she sees Li Mu's face, the matter of arrogance appears in her mind, and in her heart
I really can't get over this hurdle.
But after we were separated, for some reason, I was afraid that I would never see him again in this life. Whenever I thought of this possibility, I felt sour and wanted to cry.
Although Li Mu didn't speak, it didn't mean that he had given up completely. He spent most of his life as a marquis, and most of his previous life as a grandson - the grandson of Party A's father. When he just graduated from college and started working, because
He has no qualifications or experience. He is annoyed by his bosses and veterans in the company, and externally by Party A’s father. He has also been trained in the battlefield.
He felt angry in his heart and felt relieved. Li Mu is a very resilient guy. After thinking about the current situation and finding no other way, he decided to try again and find it from the girl.
Breakthrough.
Why do girls have problems with themselves?
Of course, Li Mu couldn't imagine that it was because he saved him, lost his first kiss, and was so entangled in his heart that he was like this. What he could think of was another reason.
From the moment they met, the girl was wary of him. When she just spoke, she was talking about Han and Miao people, and the boundary was very clear. In this way, she should be hostile to Han people.
Where does this hostility come from?
Li Mu thought of how at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, when the Miao territory wanted to stand on its own, it was Li Xiaogong who led the troops and pointed the troops at the front. The Miao people knew they were defeated and surrendered, so they pacified the territory. Since then, the Miao territory has gradually divided, and the Uzbekistan has been pacified.
The Miao became closer to the Han people, and with the help of the imperial court, their power became stronger. However, the Bai Miao maintained their traditions and were incompatible with the Wumiao who were gradually becoming sinicized. The Miao territory formed a confrontation, which was what the imperial court wanted to see.
Li Mu didn't know how to tell the difference between black and white Miao, but judging from the girl's attitude, she must be a white Miao. If she was really a white Miao, her hostility towards the Han people would be understandable.
Li Mu thought for a while, then spoke again, "Girl, do you hate Han people?"
"So what?" Sure enough, Li Mu guessed it, and the Miao girl retorted: "You Han people are cunning and treacherous, and you use your power to bully others. Why don't you let me talk? Others are afraid of you, but I am not." She said she was not afraid, but her eyes flashed.
You can't fool anyone. As if to embolden herself, the girl added: "You can't beat me!"
Li Muchan smiled and said: "Girl is so powerful that I am no match for you. However, girl must have misunderstood. I am not a Han Chinese who bullies others like you said. I do things fairly."
The girl sneered: "Every Han people say this, in the end they are all bullies?" The girl said angrily: "If nothing else, let's talk about the river. There was a bridge originally, but you Han people demolished it. So.
I saw you falling into the river and I didn’t want to save you. You are a Han family member and you deserve it!"
"It's not me who demolished it." Li Mu was infinitely aggrieved and muttered in a low voice. But this also solved his doubts about why the road was cut off. It turned out that the bridge was demolished. Li Mu was still confused and asked: "The river is so wide.
, how to build a bridge, don’t lie to me.”
"Who lied to you!" the girl said angrily: "Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, my father said it, how could it be false? Besides, the river is not always so wide, there are narrow places upstream. My father said,
There used to be a suspension bridge, but you Han people demolished it."
"Oh," Li Mu finally understood. It seemed that the girl was not lying. This matter was most likely true.
From the upstream to the downstream, the water flow of the river must be getting slower and slower, and the river surface is getting wider and wider. Inferring from this, there is probably a narrow place in the upstream, which is twenty to thirty meters wide, or even thirty or forty meters wide, and it is not possible to build a bridge.
It is completely impossible. It is said that there is a kind of vine in Sichuan. After being soaked in oil, it cannot be hurt by swords or soaked in water. When building bridges, such materials are usually used. They only need to be braided into a long length and then thrown into the river.
, and then find someone with good water resistance to pull it to the other side. Dozens of people work together to pull it up and fix it. With a rope, the suspension bridge can be built.
The girl continued to mutter: "Without the bridge, most people in the Miao village in Shibawu, Jiuxiang, cannot cross the river. If they want to cross the river, they have to risk their lives. Tell yourself, are you Han people bad?
"
"They are quite bad!" Li Mu picked himself out first and asked curiously: "If the bridge is demolished, they can't leave, right? Are there no Han people here? Isn't there a government?"
"Yes, there is." The girl said angrily: "They have a big boat, but only the Han family is allowed to sit on it, not the Miao family!"
"That's it." Li Mu nodded, completely understanding.
This should be one of the ways the imperial court controlled this place. It used the Minjiang River as a natural barrier to isolate most of the Miao people on the other side of the river. If they could not cross the river, they would naturally not pose a threat. It only caused hardship to the Miao village.
The common people cannot cross the river and will always live in the mountains and forests. They cannot do business or trade. Their living standards can be imagined.
In the words of his previous life, it is very difficult to get rid of poverty.
From this point of view, it is normal for the Miao people to hate the Han people. This is equivalent to locking people up in a huge prison. Who would be happy with that?
"If you help me, I will build you a bridge. Name it after you and it will be under your control for generations to come. What do you think?"
"Really?" The girl was overjoyed. If it were true, the people of the Miao Village in Shibawu, Jiuxiang would be blessed. But then I thought about it, how could this young boy in front of me do it? Even if he comes from a wealthy family.
With his background, how could he compete with those government officials? But with this kind of heart, the girl's impression of him softened a bit.
"Even if you are telling the truth, you think too simply." The girl said for Li Mu's 'science popularization': "Building a bridge is very easy. You don't need to pay for it. Don't we Miao villagers know how to build it?"
Your Han family official has the final say on this matter, you, ha,"
official?
Li Mu wanted to laugh after hearing this. I am a noble third-rank man and the best in the world. We are also standing in the first two rows of the Liangyi Palace. Are we being looked down upon? What an official! How dare you call me master!
"Do you know who has the final say on this matter? I'll go talk to him and maybe it can be done?"
"You'd better forget it," the girl continued to popularize science: "I'm afraid you don't know, but it's not easy to see an official. In my entire life, I have only met the county magistrate once. He didn't even touch his feet.
land……"
"Is he a cripple?"
"What kind of cripple is he? He's doing walking, and he's being carried by someone." The girl glanced at Li Mu and felt that he seemed like a country bumpkin who had never seen anything in the world: "When walking on a mountain road, he didn't even go to the ground, so he had to be replaced by someone else to carry him.
"
What a great prestige! Li Mu gritted his teeth, I am the best in the world, and when I came to this mountain, I didn't even bother to sit down and chase you. How can you, a small county magistrate, have such a great prestige? I hate you the most in my life.
If you are more arrogant than me, please don’t let me see you. If I see you, I will break your legs. Don’t you like to be carried? Just let you be carried for the rest of your life!
"And it's not the county magistrate's decision on this matter." The girl's attitude became much better, and she continued to popularize science for Li Mu: "I heard daddy say, it seems that it must be called something... Hmm
," the girl's memory seemed to be poor. She thought about it for a long time before finally remembering it and said: "Ah! I remembered it. Calling the governor is a matter that can only be decided by the governor."
Li Mu thought to himself, the governor probably can't decide on this matter. When it comes to the treatment of hundreds of thousands of Miao people, it has to be written by the governor at the level of the court, and then the court can make a decision before it can be implemented.
Xuzhou is the boundary between Sichuan and Shu, and the largest official here is none other than Tang Jian, the governor of Shuzhou who was devolved from the Ministry of Civil Affairs by Li Shimin, Li Mu's nominal stepfather.
I bet I am a serious second-generation official here.
"I will definitely help you accomplish this!" Li Mu patted his chest and said, "Just think of it as thanking you for your life-saving grace."
"Hey," the girl smiled, not sarcastically this time: "Just think what you said is true, thank you."
Seeing that it was time for dinner again, the girl stopped and took some dry food from her bag and gave it to Li Mu. Perhaps it was Li Mu's volunteering to build a bridge that changed the girl's impression of him. This time he gave it to him
In addition to dry food, there is also an extra piece of dried meat.
For the first time, Li Mu felt that the dried meat was so delicious. He almost shed tears. Seeing him like this, the girl smiled and said, "Look at you like that. You even said that you don't care about my dried meat for the rest of your life. You rarely eat dried meat, right?"
"
"No, I..." Li Mu wanted to explain, but thinking of how he had just behaved, it seemed that it was useless to explain, so he had to smile bitterly and let the girl think whatever she wanted.
"Well," the girl hesitated for a while, then took out the dried meat from the bag and divided it into two parts. The dry food was also divided into two parts and handed it to Li Mu: "I'll give this one to you so that you don't have to look for me again.
Yes. There is a market at the foot of the mountain further ahead. It is a place where people from Shibawu, Jiuxiang, Miao Village exchange things. When we get there, let’s separate. You wait for your brother there, and I want to do mine too.
It’s over.” I’m sorry that I’m a serious second-generation official here.
"I will definitely help you accomplish this!" Li Mu patted his chest and said, "Just think of it as thanking you for your life-saving grace."
"Hey," the girl smiled, not sarcastically this time: "Just think what you said is true, thank you."
Seeing that it was time for dinner again, the girl stopped and took some dry food from her bag and gave it to Li Mu. Perhaps it was Li Mu's volunteering to build a bridge that changed the girl's impression of him. This time he gave it to him
In addition to dry food, there is also an extra piece of dried meat.
For the first time, Li Mu felt that the dried meat was so delicious. He almost shed tears. Seeing him like this, the girl smiled and said, "Look at you like that. You even said that you don't care about my dried meat for the rest of your life. You rarely eat dried meat, right?"
"
"No, I..." Li Mu wanted to explain, but thinking of how he had just behaved, it seemed that it was useless to explain, so he had to smile bitterly and let the girl think whatever she wanted.
"Well," the girl hesitated for a while, then took out the dried meat from the bag and divided it into two parts. The dry food was also divided into two parts and handed it to Li Mu: "I'll give this one to you so that you don't have to look for me again.
Yes. There is a market at the foot of the mountain further ahead. It is a place where people from Shibawu, Jiuxiang, Miao Village exchange things. When we get there, let’s separate. You wait for your brother there, and I want to do mine too.
It's over." There is a market at the foot of the mountain in front of me. It is a place where people from Shibawu, Jiuxiang, Miao Village exchange things. When we get there, let's separate. You wait for your brother there, and I will do mine too.