Li Shimin was walking in front, and when he heard Li Yuan's words "calf and horse", he almost stumbled and fell down the steps. He turned around and glared at Li Mu fiercely, and walked away angrily.
Li Yuan laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry about him. He has only been emperor for a few years and is still looking good. Li Mu, I now know how uncomfortable it is to not be able to express your feelings directly. "The Analects" has a saying, when you are thirty, you will be four years old.
When you are ten, you will not be confused; when you are fifty, you will know the destiny; when you are sixty, your ears will be attuned; when you are seventy, you will follow your heart's desires without going beyond the rules. Although I am still a few years away from seventy, it is time to start doing whatever I want. Next time I see the king, I will also call him
Calf and horse!”
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. The king is a servant and prime minister. It is too indecent to call him a calf and a horse."
"Humph, it depends on whether he offends me or not!"
Li Yuan said a word and strode away. Li Mu watched the two men walking away and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't expect that he would get into trouble by calling him a casual name. How could Wang Pu, a calf like him, give him
I'm looking for trouble.
Calf and horse!
Li Mu took a sip and was about to go find Bai Qiaoqiao when Cheng Yaojin came over in a hurry. Before Li Mu could greet him, Cheng Yaojin had already grabbed his arm. Li Mu felt pain and threw it away with all his strength, saying: "
Uncle Cheng, my nephew is weak and cannot withstand your grasp. What happened to make him so excited?"
"Li Mu, do you know the net profit of today's Marseille?"
"Uh..." Li Mu calculated in his mind and said, "About six or seven thousand strings?"
Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened and he said: "It's amazing! How did you know that? There are six thousand three hundred and fifty-four strings in total!" Cheng Yaojin was very excited and said: "My dear nephew, the first time I saw you,
I knew you had great talent, and sure enough, I didn’t make a mistake! One game is more than 6,000 dollars in net profit, and there are more than 300 days in a year, so let’s count 300 games, my God, how much money is this!”
Hearing Cheng Yaojin mention 'money', Li Mu thought of what Li Shimin had just said, his expression changed slightly, and he pulled Cheng Yaojin to sit down. Although Cheng Yaojin was a careless person, he was both rough and subtle.
Li Mu's expression told him that something had happened.
"My dear nephew, we have already agreed on how to divide the accounts. I know that this horse farm cannot do without you, but if you take advantage of it, I cannot agree to it."
Li Mu shook his head and said: "Uncle, how could my nephew do this? I originally said not to split the accounts... But your guess is not bad. Someone really wants to take advantage of the situation. This person..."
Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened and he said, "Isn't it your Majesty?"
Li Mu hurriedly gave him an appreciative look and said, "My uncle is wise and he is your Majesty."
"How can your majesty compete with the people for profit? This is wrong. I have to tell him!" Cheng Yaojin doesn't care about that. He is a veteran of the court, has great military exploits, and is consciously reasonable. He is really capable of confronting him.
But Li Mu couldn't let him go. He had just promised that if Cheng Yaojin went to see Li Shimin, Li Shimin would definitely not fight, but he had to find someone to vent his anger for losing face...
…
Li Mu didn't want to be the unlucky guy, so he quickly grabbed Cheng Yaojin and said, "Uncle, don't worry, listen to me!"
Cheng Yaojin sat down angrily and said, "Say it!"
Li Mu sighed and said, "Uncle Cheng is confused. You have seen the benefits of Marseille. I also know the benefits of Marseille. But there are no fools in Chang'an City. Who can't see the benefits?"
Cheng Yaojin immediately shouted: "How dare they get involved? No one has the guts to touch my old Cheng's things!"
"Uncle Huwei, they are one-on-one, so naturally they don't dare to offend you. But you have also seen that it is like this powerful family is connected with the same spirit. When I provoked the Bolingcui family, a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family immediately jumped out.
Looking for a place. Today I will pay 3,000 guan. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and in the future, will such things happen? My uncle wants to make money in this business. How can he make money steadily?
, Only by being friendly can you make money. I don’t need my uncle’s help today because of this consideration. If my uncle helps me, Marseille’s business will definitely be affected!”
Cheng Yaojin thought about Li Mu's words, nodded, and said: "What my nephew said makes sense, I accept your favor."
"These are all trivial matters," Li Mu pulled back and said: "Of course my uncle is not afraid of one-on-one. But if they join forces, my uncle will also have a headache. So we have to find a way to make them retreat!
"
Cheng Yaojin slowly said: "You mean... to bring His Majesty in?"
"Yes!" Li Mu said seriously: "Only by bringing His Majesty in, we can run this horse farm in Chang'an City alone. We can declare to the outside world that Uncle Cheng used Your Majesty's land and donated 30% of the net profit from the internal funds. Others can't understand the meaning.
?In this way, our racecourse will become a 'royal racecourse'. Who dares to spy on it? Officials often say that you cannot compete with the people for profit. On the contrary, who dares to compete with your majesty?"
Cheng Yaojin frowned and said: "My nephew, this is the truth. It's not that I don't understand it, but the 30% of the net profit, then, that's a lot of money..."
Li Mu lowered his expression and said: "If uncle is reluctant to part with it, then all of them will come out of my family. Uncle is still inconvenient at 45%, so I only want 25%."
"No! Absolutely not!" Now this Marseille is like a golden mountain, and Li Mu is like the God of Wealth. How dare Cheng Yaojin offend him. If Li Mu took out 30% of the net profit alone and only had 25% left, he would still
Will you continue to work hard? Cheng Yaojin didn't dare to bet, and he couldn't tolerate any further hesitation, and said: "The business is a partnership between the two of us, how can we let you contribute alone? Let's do it this way, each of us will contribute half. I will contribute 15%."
, it only accounts for 30%."
Li Mu said with a smile: "Uncle Cheng, don't worry about money. Once the business is stable, the money will naturally continue to flow. My nephew will not let Uncle Cheng lose the money. In this way, Uncle Cheng, I, and Your Majesty, we will all take 30%, and the rest will come out."
10%, a separate account is used to pay salaries to the racecourse clerks, as well as rewards for outstanding clerks. If the income of the racecourse continues to rise, their rewards will also become more and more, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of the clerks.
They will be motivated and empowered to work. After a while, my nephew will find a way to make up for the 15% you lost. Wouldn't everyone be happy?"
Cheng Yaojin sighed and said, "It would be the best if it could be done like this."
"My nephew will keep his word." Li Mu promised, patting his chest and saying, "I will go see Your Majesty tomorrow and be sure to ask for a plaque given by the emperor."
Cheng Yaojin nodded and asked again: "Today you competed with Wang Pu and lost so much money. I don't think there is much money left in the house. When the accounts are sorted out later, I will ask someone to send five thousand guans over. Quan Dang
Advance, you keep it for use."
Li Mu smiled and said: "My nephew is not polite. If there is another cow thigh that accidentally falls to death..."
"! Is it so easy for my cow to fall to death? Get out of here now. You have ruined my good mood. Now I am unhappy and just want to beat someone!"
"Then my nephew took his leave." Li Mu turned around and slipped away. Before he had taken a few steps, he heard Cheng Chumo's voice.
"Dad, I found the bullock cart you asked me to find."
"Why so slow!"
One kick!
"Dad, why are you kicking me?"
“You can’t handle such a small thing!”
Two feet!
"father……"
"Why did I give birth to such a fool like you? Look at Li Mu, then look at you, I'll kick you..."
Li Mu heard the sound and ran away faster.
Returning to the partition of his home, Li Mu found that the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Wang Ou was sitting on the left, with Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien far apart in the middle. The three women had no communication, and they were all like strangers to each other.
Seeing Li Mu back, Wang Ou quickly stood up, bowed down Yingying, and said: "The slave family apologizes to the Marquis on behalf of my uncle. My uncle has been a playboy since he was a child. He has no manners, is arrogant, and is extremely arrogant. Please don't do it to the Marquis."
As he knows, the money lost by the Marquis today will be repaid by the slave family tomorrow. Someone will be delivered to the house before noon. Please also ask the Marquis not to implicate the Taiyuan Wang family because of him alone. The descendants of the Taiyuan Wang family are not like him.
!”
Only then did Li Mu understand why the atmosphere was so awkward. It turned out to be because Wang Ou was also from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Li Mu was provoked by Wang Pu and lost three thousand coins. Naturally, Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien would not look good on her.
Li Mu quickly helped Wang Ou up and said: "It's one thing after another. Wang Pu provoked me, and it was inevitable that I hit him back with a few derogatory remarks. But I have no prejudice against the Wang family in Taiyuan.
I will not harshly blame the people of the Taiyuan Wang family for this. This matter is a private matter between me and him. It has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with the king's servants. If the Taiyuan Wang family does not help the tyrants, naturally it has nothing to do with the Taiyuan Wang family. Besides, you still have nothing to do with it.
My savior, I, Li Mu, am a person who doesn’t know right from wrong. You will never be able to make up for this money. Since I have said five thousand guan, it means that I can afford it. It’s just a mere amount of money. I haven’t yet.
Put it in your eyes."
Wang Ou sighed: "The slave family has traveled all over the country and met countless men. At the age of the Marquis, the only one with such heroic spirit is the Marquis. He is a real man, and the slave family admires him very much. Thinking about it, only such a heroic mind can
Write such heroic verses."
Hearing Wang Ou mention poetry again, Li Mu felt a little embarrassed and quickly changed the topic: "It's getting late today, so I'm taking my family back home. I'll talk to you about poetry another day when I have the opportunity."
Wang Ou bowed slightly, and Li Mu ordered his servants to pack things, took Bai Qiaoqiao's hand, called Li Zhien and Li Chongyi, got down from the stands, found his carriage, and went back to the house. Wang Ou kept watching Li Mu disappear from sight,
The smile that had always been on his face gradually disappeared, and he said to the maid beside him: "Reply a book for me for the great elder, detail what happened today, and ask him to call my uncle back to Taiyuan, and we can't let him stay in Chang'an anymore.