"Li Mu, have you thought about it in the future?" Li Siwen asked suddenly. Li Mu was stunned for a moment and said, "I have thought about it!"
Li Siwen looked interested and said, "Let's talk and listen."
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "I want to learn a craft to support my family first, and then open a shop to make more money so that my mother and... my wife can live a better life."
This is a very official answer. Of course, Li Mu's ambition goes beyond that. As a time traveler and with a system, if he doesn't stir up trouble in the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't he be missing out on this opportunity given by fate! But these words are very important to him.
Li Siwen said that it was obviously inappropriate. So if Li Mu thought of a goal that suited his current situation, it couldn't be considered a fool. That's what short-term goals are.
Li Siwen listened and sighed without saying a word. Li Mu felt strange and asked, "Brother Siwen, you asked me, what about you?"
"I..." Li Siwen responded, suddenly looked at Li Mu and said, "Li Mu, you heard Old Tietou call me Mr. Li, aren't you curious about my identity?"
How could Li Mu not be curious? He was just looking for a reason to ask, but he didn't expect Li Siwen to speak first. How could this be said? If Li Siwen didn't take the initiative to speak and Li Mu asked, he would naturally say that he wanted to know.
But Li Siwen spoke first, and then he wanted to change his words.
Li Mu was determined to carry out his honest persona to the end, and said: "If you want to tell me, you will tell me. If you don't want to tell me, I will embarrass you if I ask, so it's better not to ask."
Li Siwen laughed loudly, patted Li Mu's shoulder hard, and said, "It's better not to ask! I really didn't see the wrong person!" Li Siwen looked very happy and said, "I respect your filial piety, so it's okay.
It can be hidden. Now I will tell you that I am the second son of Cao Guogong Li Ji. People in the army looked at me highly because of my father's reputation. They did not call me by official title, but called me
My young master. In fact, I hate this title deeply, but there is nothing I can do to control what others say!"
Li Mu hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying: "It turns out that he is the crown prince of Cao Guogong. Li Mu has offended many people. I hope you can forgive me."
"Look, it's boring." Li Siwen pulled Li Mu to sit down and said, "I never told you because I was afraid it would happen like this. To tell you the truth, others think that having a father who is a general is so majestic.
In fact, I really don’t feel this way. On the contrary, I am very painful, because no matter what I do well or not, people always look at it for my father’s sake. Can you understand this feeling? My father is also afraid of what others say.
He defended his son and treated me no better than an ordinary soldier. His Majesty personally appointed him to join the army. However, when we arrived at the military camp, my father erased the word "joined the army" and said that there was no plan. How could we discuss military plans...
...How does he know that I am innocent? If I were a fool and he was my father, what would he be?"
The more Li Siwen talked, the more depressed he became, and he sighed.
As a person from later generations, Li Mu can understand Li Siwen's feelings very well. He is probably equivalent to the second generation of rich people in later generations. His father's aura is too dazzling. If you want to start a business, you are not as good as your father. What can you do?
It's all for his father's sake, and he doesn't feel a sense of accomplishment even if he succeeds. Instead, he often hears his father say in front of his friends that my son is uneducated and has no skills...
"As for the future..." Li Siwen laughed at himself and said, "I can't take charge of my future. My father's title will be inherited by my brother. As for me, if your majesty is in a good mood, I can give him a title.
Prince Consort? Who knows!"
Seeing that Li Siwen had given up on himself, Li Mu couldn't bear it. Although he didn't know much about the history of the Tang Dynasty, he had heard of some of the more powerful people. It seems that the name Li Siwen has never appeared in TV dramas. It is estimated that in
In history, he did not do much. However, Li Mu did not underestimate him because of this. Li Siwen's sincere help in the past few days made it worthwhile for him to make this friend.
Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you in the army now? If you can achieve military merit, His Majesty will definitely reward you."
"Ha! Achieve military merit?" Li Siwen seemed to have heard some joke, laughed for a while, and said: "Do you think I can achieve any military merit here? His Majesty appointed me to join the army, his original intention was to let me gain some military merit.
, but my father... took away my right to join the army when the army started. When they arrived in Dingxiang City, he simply sent me as a master and lived with a pen every day. Now the army is chasing the remnants of the Turks and fighting in Dingxiang City.
If you can't find a single Turk within a radius of 300 miles, how can you expect me to achieve military success?"
That's true. Li Mu didn't know how to comfort him. Li Siwen's current situation is indeed a bit difficult to deal with. Looking at his father Li Ji's various actions, it is obvious that he does not want his son to join the army. Otherwise, as the general manager of the army, even if
Without deliberately creating opportunities, taking Li Siwen to march and fight normally would also allow him to gain a lot of military merit. For Li Ji's sake, Li Shimin would definitely reward him and give him a good future.
Li Siwen lamented and said: "I have been thinking about it these past few days. I want to write to Your Majesty and request to stay as the magistrate of Dingxiang County. This Dingxiang city is an important border town and a fortress. Although the Turks were pacified this time, there are still many people in the north.
Xue Yantuo is watching, and the war will start sooner or later. I will stay here to manage it. When the war resumes in the future, I will be a loyal minister who will defend the city. Even if reinforcements fail to arrive and the enemy forces break the city,
, I will also die in the city and leave my name in history!"
Speaking of this, Li Siwen's face was full of solemnity, as if that day had already arrived. Li Mu was stunned to see the prince, he looked like a middle-aged boy, and he had added a lot of drama in his head.
A middle school boy.
Of course, Li Mu would not expose it. He nodded his head and praised as if he could not agree more: "A true man should be like this!"
"Do you think so?" Li Siwen was very happy to meet a close friend. He slapped his thigh and said, "That's it. I'll write the memorial right away and try to finalize this matter before my father returns to school.
Otherwise he will definitely get in the way."
After Li Siwen finished speaking, he jumped up and patted his butt and ran away. Li Mu looked at him and smiled helplessly. This guy wanted to prove himself so much that he was holding himself back like this. He actually wanted to ask about the secret method. Now
It seems that I have to wait until Li Siwen comes next time to ask again.
After resting for a long time, the sweat on his body had also disappeared. Li Mu checked that his physical strength was still at 70 points, and decided to work two more furnaces to end the day's work. Suddenly he noticed the record of the iron ingots he had just smelted, and his eyebrows rose.
When the iron ingot was first smelted, in addition to the iron ingot*1, gold impurities and copper impurities were also produced.
Li Mu looked up the records and found that every time iron ore was smelted, gold or copper impurities were produced. The system would not record worthless data. Since it specifically marked these two impurities, it meant that they were useful. Li Mu was thinking
As soon as he moved, he picked up a piece of slag on the ground, and the system prompt immediately appeared in his mind.
[Gold impurities, associated with iron ore, can be extracted into gold.].
Li Mu immediately threw the piece of gold impurity into the furnace, silently refining it in his mind.
[You don’t know the blacksmithing skill: refining metal yet, please learn it first. The elementary blacksmithing skill: refining metal, costs 5 silver, do you want to learn it?].
Li Mu was ecstatic and immediately shouted confirmation in his heart!