Li Mu shook his head and said: "This is not appropriate. On the contrary, tell the people that in order to better implement the New Deal and accurately allocate the land to everyone, it is necessary to register it. If it is done before the specified date,
, those who cannot complete the registration will not receive their own farmland. Those who can complete the registration within the specified time will receive preferential treatment by reducing or exempting part of the corvee. As a result, the people will definitely rush to be the first."
"Then if someone still hasn't registered—"
Li Mu sneered and said: "If you don't come to register under such conditions, isn't it because you feel guilty? There must be something wrong. The people of the Tang Dynasty are upright. If there are any unidentified people, they will be treated carefully and thrown into the mines as coolies.
go!"
Ma Zhou thought to himself, in this way, no one would dare to hide it. Thinking about it, the effect is the same, but it is much more tactful. Obviously Li Mu's idea is better.
The two said goodbye, and when Li Mu returned to the Hou Mansion, the children had already fallen asleep.
Among the several ladies' rooms, only Qiaoqiao's room had the light on. Li Mu smiled and went to Qiaoqiao's room.
Today, the child was taken away by the mother. Qiaoqiao was the only one, obviously waiting for Li Mu to come back. However, the waiting time was a bit long, and Qiaoqiao had already fallen asleep. Li Mu came to Qiaoqiao's side and watched Qiaoqiao sleeping soundly.
He didn't have the heart to disturb her, so he quietly took off his clothes and lay down next to Qiaoqiao.
Qiaoqiao seemed to feel Li Mu's body temperature, and subconsciously crawled into his arms and leaned on his chest. Li Mu lowered his head and glanced, unable to tell whether Qiaoqiao was asleep or not, so he turned sideways and looked at her.
After waiting for a while, she didn't see Qiaoqiao open her eyes. Then she realized that she was fast asleep, so she also smiled and went to sleep.
The next day, Li Mu asked Wei Yingluo to check the itinerary and found that today was a rare day without any arrangements. There was only one meeting with Gongsun Kang, which was not very important and could be postponed for a day. Li Mu thought for a while and asked Wei Yingluo to
Go and notify Ikkyu and Gemu to come over. He has been letting these two people roam free, and it’s time to take care of them.
Li Mu has never given Ikkyu a good look. Firstly, it was because he wanted to kill him for his courage. Secondly, because of Ikkyu's status as a Japanese, he really couldn't get close to him. But these are all minor problems. He recently learned about a
The new news forced him to reposition Ikkyu.
As for Gemu, he must see him. Let’s not talk about the fact that Gemu is his disciple. After Li Yuan said something, he had to take care of the matter. No matter whether it was successful or not, Gemu had nothing to do with him.
It must be seen.
After Li Mu had breakfast, Gemu and Yixiu both arrived. What surprised Li Mu was that the two of them knew each other and were good friends. If you think about it carefully, it was not a complete surprise. After all, they had lived together in Honglu.
Temple, acquaintance is also possible.
We haven’t seen each other for half a year, and both of them have undergone some changes. Ikkyu’s hair has completely grown out, and the ring scar on his head is no longer visible. Now he looks like an ordinary Tang Dynasty boy. And Gemu
He is developing in the direction of a reckless man. He has more muscles on his body and has grown taller.
Li Mu waved his hand, and the maid removed the remaining plates and brought a cup of fragrant tea. He blew it, took a sip, and asked casually: "We haven't seen each other for several months. Have you two made any progress?"
The two young men couldn't help but sneered, "How dare you say that you want to make progress? Have you ever taught me anything?"
Gemu glanced at Ikkyu, and Ikkyu glanced at Gemu. Gemu licked his lips at Ikkyu, and Yikyu had no choice but to speak first: "I don't dare to make progress if I meet the Marquis, but I have invented a small thing that can solve the problem better.
The test questions given by Mr. Marquis before."
"What test question?" Time passed so long that Li Mu had completely forgotten it.
"It's the problem of water flowing to higher places." Ikkyu almost lost his breath. How could there be such a person? He even forgot about such a torturous question. He actually forgot!
"Oh." Li Mu remembered it and said, "Then have you made any progress?"
"Please, Lord Marquis, move to the side courtyard." Yixiu gave up, but Gemu remembered it and said, "You mean the one in my courtyard -"
Yixiu nodded, Gemu laughed, and said to Li Mu, "Teacher, Yixiu did invent a new thing, but that thing is not very easy to use. It can only be used as a toy and cannot be carried directly by hand!"
"You two told me, I'm really curious."
Li Mu got up and followed the two of them to the small courtyard where Gemu lived. There was a well in the northwest corner of the small courtyard. Gemu lived here and relied on this well for washing.
When he came to the well, a familiar thing caught Li Mu's eyes.
"Hand pump!"
Li Mu was a little surprised. He stretched out his hand and pressed the handle of the water pump skillfully. With a few clicks, he pumped up well water more than a foot deep. Water flowed out from the faucet connected to the pump. But the amount of water was a little small.
Worrying, the problem is obvious, the airtightness of this thing is not very good.
But looking at the entire device, it is infinitely close to the hand pump in the well in the backyard of the orphanage that Li Mu saw when he was a child. In an era when electric pumps were not popular, the hand pump was a must-have for countless Chinese farmers.
"Sure enough, he already knew about this..."
Seeing that Li Mu was able to operate it skillfully without even needing to explain, his self-confidence took a small hit.
He originally planned to demonstrate it to Li Mu, but now it seems that there is definitely no need...
He wanted to use this to feel proud, but the invention he worked so hard on turned out to be leftovers from Li Mu's long play. When he was feeling depressed, he heard Li Mu say: "Can you think of it without me prompting you?"
Change the water lifting device to manual and create a practical machine." Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, patted Yixiu's shoulder encouragingly and said: "What a fucking genius!"
He clearly heard a vulgar remark, but for a moment it was like hearing a fairy voice. He looked at Li Mu in surprise, and suddenly felt a bit sore in his nose. In his memory, this was the first time Li Mu praised him...
As soon as I take a break, I feel like my whole body is full of energy!
Holding back the sore nose, Ikkyu choked up and said, "I will continue to work hard!"
"Um."
In fact, there are a lot of drawings in the system for things like hand pumps, and there are all kinds of hand pumps. It's just that Li Mu couldn't remember it, but don't forget, this is when he has the help of the system, if not
System, making a hand pump out of thin air, Li Mu asked himself that he couldn't do it. Maybe he could do it without a system, but that was only if he had knowledge that exceeded a thousand years, and he had seen a hand pump. If he hadn't seen it before,
, based on imagination, he must not be able to figure it out.
Ikkyu allowed him to see the possibility that smart people of this era can still invent things that transcend the times.
Only this kind of progress is normal progress, and the progress he brings about through the system is inevitably suspected of being exaggerated.
From this incident, Li Mu saw a possibility, which was why he praised Yixiu.
After praising him for a while, Li Mu looked at Gemu again. Gemu shrugged and said, "Teacher, I didn't invent anything. But I'm not idle either. I got a job at the Foreign Affairs Office and I'm very busy every day.
If you hadn't come to see me today, I would have gone to the cargo terminal to collect taxes at this point."
“What tax do you charge?”
"Excise tax, isn't it stipulated by you?"
Of course Li Mu knew about the excise tax, but he didn't expect that Gemu would sneak in and become a civil servant. In fact, this was arranged by Chang Sun Chong. When the Foreign Affairs Office was first built, Chang Sun rushed over to help. Later Li Mu returned to Chang'an.
Changsun Chong also went back. Before leaving, Changsun Chong arranged for his junior brother to go to the Foreign Affairs Office for training.
After that, Changsun Chong was busy with bank matters and forgot about it. Gemu has been doing this job until today.
Li Mu looked at the two of them and said, "Both of you are talented. Do you know what you want to do in the future? In other words, what are your dreams?"
"I want to be your disciple." He blurted out without even thinking about it. This time he no longer concealed his thoughts or beat around the bush: "I want to learn the skills and bring them back to my country so that the people can get out of ignorance.
!”
Li Mu nodded slightly, and did not agree in a hurry, but looked at Gemu. Gemu also blurted out without thinking: "I want to marry Princess Huanzhu as my wife!"
Sure enough, there was no surprise at all.
Li Mu did not curse or shirk this time, saying: "I can help you realize your dreams. However, before you can realize your dreams, you have to accept a little test!"
"No test is a problem!" they both said in unison, as if they were not afraid.
However, the corners of Li Mu's mouth curled up. Seeing the corners of Li Mu's raised lips, the two of them suddenly felt a bit of a cold breeze coming from behind them.
It seems, it seems, it’s not that simple anymore——
"My former disciples were also very outstanding. For example, your senior brother, Chang Sun Chong, whether it is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or the current bank, he can stand alone and is my most proud disciple. Another example is you.
Your second senior brother, Li Tai, King of Wei, is an expert in poetry, song, astronomy, geography, arithmetic, and painting. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an all-rounder. Your third senior brother, Qin Huaidao, is not very promising, but he is also a top three talent, which is barely fair."
"But you two!" Li Mu shook his head and said, "There are really no merits at all!"
Both of them lowered their heads, but they murmured in their hearts: Of the old people you mentioned, which of them did you teach them their skills? They are all self-enlightened and are all geniuses, right? But they dare not say this for fear of risk.
What should I do if Li Mu regrets it as soon as I say it?
"Originally, it is impossible for me to accept a disciple with your qualifications. But we are destined by fate. Now that I have accepted you, I can't just teach you nothing - but!" Li Mu emphasized his tone,
Said: "There is one thing we have to talk about upfront!"
"As the old saying goes, respect the teacher! I will teach you my skills and you will serve me. Whoever serves harder, I will teach him more skills. This has been true from ancient times to the present. Are you willing or unwilling?
?”
The two of them looked at each other and thought that nothing good was going to happen. However, after weighing it in their hearts, they agreed and said, "Disciple is willing to serve Master!"
"Okay, let's start from now." Li Mu glanced at the small courtyard and ordered: "Give up the main room in this small courtyard, and you two will live in the side room. When I teach you in the future,
, in this courtyard. From now on, in this small courtyard, no servants are allowed to serve. Make beds, sweep the courtyard, beat the teacher on the back and legs, and other trivial matters..." Li Mu paused, word by word.
Said: "You all have to do it!"
The two agreed ignorantly and followed Li Mu's instructions. While the two were cleaning up, Li Mu went to his studio and tinkered with a gadget. When he came back, he saw
Ikkyu and Gemu are in somewhat different situations.
Ikkyu has endured hardship since he was a child, and he also served his master Hui Ri, so he can do almost anything and is working diligently. Although Gemu is in a downturn now, he has been a serious prince since he was a child, especially
In a place of slavery like Tubo, he had been served by dozens of servants since he was a child. He didn't even have to do anything to drink water, he just opened his mouth and waited for someone to feed him.
During this period of time in Datang, although self-care was much better than before, it was still a bit lazy.
Things were a little better when Li Mu was here, but when Li Mu left, his true colors were revealed.
"Cough!" Li Mu coughed, causing the lazy Gemu to jump up in surprise and quickly grabbed a broom.
"What about being lazy?"
"No, absolutely not!" Gemu denied flatly, saying: "I'm a little tired from working. I need to take a break and take a breath!"
Ikkyu raised his head, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't say anything more.
Li Mu snorted and said: "My eyes are not blind. I know who has done the work and who has not." After saying that, he sat on the recliner that had just been moved over. The backrest of the recliner
, perfectly fit the spine, and Li Mu was so comfortable that his eyes narrowed.
While sweeping the floor, Gemu looked at Li Mu's face. Suddenly he couldn't bear it any longer. He came closer and said, "Master, why do you want your disciple to learn to do these trivial things that only servants can do? Learning such trivial things is not considered a real skill.
Princess Huanzhu will not fall in love with me because of this!"
Li Mu lay on the chair and did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you think?"
"The disciple just couldn't figure it out, so he asked the master." Gemu said in a low voice. He had been taught how to rule slaves since he was a child, but he had never heard that one could become a king by working as a servant.
"Ask others about everything, what is the use of your brain?" Li Mu took out the ruler from his sleeve and gave it to Gemu. Gemu was so painful that he covered his butt and ran away. Li Mu took the ruler back.
, closed his eyes again, and thought to himself, why are you asking such nonsense? Can I tell you that I am just bored and want to torment you for fun?