Gu Sizhi wanted to maintain the dignity of the 'old noble families', but he didn't know that the prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River, who felt that their situation was declining, all wanted to rise again. Looking at today's Tang Dynasty, the only person who can bring them this opportunity is
Li Mu alone. How could they not seize this opportunity?
The Xiao family has no reservations about Li Mu. But in Yangzhou City, the Xiao family's power is very limited. Their shipyard cannot meet the needs of the Wanshi Ship. If you want the Wanshi Ship to be put together, you must use
Go to the Zhu family's shipyard. But there is a problem here. The Wanshi ship is a project that the Xiao family spent a lot of money to bid for. They are still counting on the Wanshi ship to turn around and rise. Now the Zhu family has done nothing.
, but the Xiao family is not willing to reap the benefits.
Li Mu also understands this problem in his heart. The problem he faces now is that he must find a way to weigh the distribution matter in a way that benefits all parties.
Li Mu took out the map he drew and began to write and draw. Finally, at dawn, he planned a result, and then rested with a satisfied smile.
The local snake was not in vain. Before Li Mu woke up, all parties in Yangzhou had received the news that Li Mu had boarded the ship long ago and was staying at the Yuelai Inn. All parties arrived at the Yuelai Inn at the same time with a tacit understanding, but no one dared
They were all waiting in the hall to disturb Li Mu's rest. We all knew each other, so the atmosphere was a little awkward when we got together again, but we all understood what the other was going on, and no one was making fun of anyone else, so there was a tacit understanding.
At noon, Li Mu woke up. Just as he was about to ask the waiter to bring something to eat in the room, he heard someone singing downstairs: "Mr. Gu of Wu County, please bring me a food box and ask the Marquis to taste it."
Before he finished speaking, another voice sounded like a contest: "Mr. Zhu from Wu County, please present two food boxes and ask the Marquis to taste them."
"Wang of Langya, please present a box of delicacies for your Lordship to taste."
"The Yu family in Kuaiji..."
Li Mu was stunned as food boxes were brought in one by one. Looking at the one-meter-long food box, he really couldn't think of how many dishes would be needed to fill it.
Shopkeeper Xiao didn't know when he appeared in the room. Seeing that Li Mu was a little confused, he whispered in his ear. Li Mu looked surprised, came to the food box, reached out and opened the food box. He saw that it was a three-layered food box.
In the food box, there are three kinds of pastries on the first layer and four dishes on the second layer, but these are not the point. There is a mystery in the third layer. Normally, in order to avoid the bumps of the food box, some heavy items should be placed on the third layer.
Objects that have a stable center of gravity are usually made of square stones, but this is not the case with this food box. There are stacks of square silver ingots inside, roughly estimated to be as many as a thousand taels.
Blatant bribery!
Li Mu opened the other food boxes, without exception. Li Mu laughed, looked at the somewhat embarrassed shopkeeper Xiao next to him, and said, "They are good people, why don't the Xiao family have food boxes?"
Shopkeeper Xiao replied: "Mr. Hou, the Xiao family can afford to prepare such a food box. But the head of the family secretly believes that what Mr. Hou needs is not the food box, but someone who can help him do things. We all rely on Hou.
How dare you show off in front of the Marquis when you are just living a living?"
Li Mu laughed loudly and said: "That's true, but it's not wrong to give gifts. The right way is not to hit someone with a smiling face, and it's not weird to give gifts to many people. Let's do this. In each food box, leave one dish for me to taste.
Taste and take down the rest. They have been waiting all morning, and they haven’t eaten yet. We all eat together. After eating, let’s have a good chat. I like to get straight to the point and waste time guessing. Time flies!”
"Whatever the Marquis says is what it is!" Shopkeeper Xiao was overjoyed. Li Mu asked him to say it, which invisibly declared the special status of the Xiao family. In this way, no matter what Li Mu decided, the benefits the Xiao family would get in the end would definitely not be the same.
It will be less than any other company.
One dish was left in each food box, a total of fifteen food boxes, and there were fifteen dishes left in the end. Li Mu, Wei Yingluo and Jin Chen had limited food intake and could not eat much. In the end, most of them went into Li Chongyi's
belly.
However, the few dishes Li Mu tasted were all delicious. After asking around, I learned that they are the most famous food in Yangzhou.
Shepherd's purse spring rolls, crab roe braised noodles, sandwich buns, sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root porridge. Li Mu wrote down the names of the dishes and asked to find two cooks who were willing to go to Luoyang. He planned to keep a cook in the Hou Mansion so he could eat it anytime he wanted.
arrive.
After removing the leftovers, Li Mu came downstairs. After waiting for almost a day and night, everyone finally saw the rumored Marquis of Luoyang. Everyone was surprised when they saw Li Mu, because Li Mu was too young, but when Li Mu left
When you get close, you don't dare to look contemptuous. Everyone has their own aura. Li Mu has been in a high position for a long time. At a casual glance, he is like a tiger watching, which makes people tremble with fear.
"I understand everyone's psychology." Li Mu really got straight to the point, without any nonsense, and his straightforwardness surprised everyone: "To give an inappropriate example, Yangzhou Port is like a piece of meat pie. Now every one of you eats it.
Together, you are worried that I will come and rob you. If I take one bite, you will eat one less. If I have a big appetite, you will not eat. In a fight, you are worried that you will not be able to fight. You don’t want to admit defeat yet.
Admit it, I’m extremely confused inside, but is this the case?”
Everyone hurriedly left the table without even daring to say a word.
"I am not a person who takes advantage of others by taking advantage of others. Although my reputation in the world seems to be that I am a bit unhappy with my family. However, everything happens for a reason. I am not an unreasonable person. On the contrary, I am very reasonable."
Li Mu paused, waved his hand, and signaled Li Chongyi to hang up the picture he drew, and continued: "First of all, I would like to inform you that Yangzhou Port must be requisitioned. No one can change this fact, but I will not use it in vain.
You can choose between two methods of compensation."
Li Mu took out a piece of bamboo, pointed to a place on the map, and said: "You are more familiar with this place than me. This is Wu County. I can tell you that this place is rich in mineral deposits for making cement. The reserves are so large that they are one of the best in the country.
What’s even more rare is that there is also an iron mine here, which will be worth a gold mountain in the future.”
"How is that possible?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Many of them were born and raised in Wuxian County, and their ancestors have lived here for generations. They didn't know anything about what Li Mu said!
Li Mu ignored everyone's reactions and continued: "Of course, I can't say the specific location now, I'm just telling you. The cement plant and iron ore will be available as compensation."
When they heard that Li Mu actually used cement plants and iron mines as compensation, they almost blurted out the word "agree". However, the greedy nature of businessmen made them hold back. Their intuition told them that there must be something better to come!