Li Mu heard the footsteps, and regardless of pretending to be weak, he jumped out of the wheelchair, grabbed Wei Yingluo's arm, and pulled her up.
Only then did Pearl see clearly that it was not what she thought. The young lady was just kneeling in front of the Marquis, not...
But why does the lady kneel down?
Could it be that Mr. Hou bullied her?
Pearl has always felt that the young lady is already very aggrieved by being a maid in the Zhulu Hou Mansion. She is also bullied by the scheming and poisonous Li Zhien on weekdays. She originally thought that Li Mu was a good person and would not bully the young lady, but she did not expect that he was also a piece of shit!
It's too much! Pearl couldn't bear it anymore. Even if she was punished, she had to say it. She had to speak up for the young lady. Otherwise, how would she live in the future?
In Pearl's heart, the young lady should at least be comparable to that Li Zhien.
Pearl came up to her aggressively and said, "Master Hou, what mistake has my young lady made again? Why do you want her to kneel down as punishment?"
"none of your business!"
"..."
Pearl suddenly lost her temper. This person... why is this person so vulgar? Why can't he be reasoned with?
Li Mu nodded at Pearl's forehead and said: "I think you still haven't figured out your identity. You and your so-called young lady are just maids in my house. You two, Xiaozhu and Xiaomei are all
The same... No, you two are not as good as them. They have longer working experience than you. They are senior maids, and you are just juniors. Normally, please behave yourself! I am your master, and with you like this, you are the master of your family.
Are you talking?"
"I……"
"What am I? Don't say that I didn't punish her, even if I did, what? You still want to complain? I am the master! In this Zhuluhou Mansion, I have the final say on everything, and you still point your fingers.
Have you ever been beaten?"
Wei Yingluo quickly winked at Pearl, who pursed her lips, knelt down, and said aggrievedly: "The Marquis is right, I know I was wrong!"
Li Mu glanced at her and said, "Why are you kneeling? Did I ask you to kneel?"
Pearl had no choice but to stand up, lowering her head and not daring to speak.
Li Mu sighed and said: "How can I tell you so that you can understand? It's been a few days since you two came to my house, right? What you see with your eyes, neither I nor my wife, even if you know
Well, when did you punish someone for kneeling?"
When Wei Yingluo and Pearl heard this, they both thought about it, and it seemed that they had never done anything like this before. Even the scheming and venomous Li Zhien had never made anyone kneel down before.
"I have always advocated that since we all live under the same roof, we are a family and have a fate. I don't want to scold you all day long, nor do I want to see you trembling every day. So, when I came to this house, I used to be
For those who are slaves, I also tore up the bonds of sale and gave you a monthly salary. Have you seen the master who gave monthly salary to the slaves at home?"
Both women shook their heads.
"Giving you a monthly salary means that what you do is a job. I hope you will do a good job and be worthy of the monthly salary I give you. This is enough and I am very satisfied. I don't need you to be afraid of me. You are afraid
Me, you can't make me happy. Only by doing your own things well can you make me happy." Li Mu glanced at Wei Yingluo and said, "As for you... your biggest problem is that you have too many random thoughts. I said you need to train him.
Training you, what do you think it is? Where did it go? I, Li Mu, am an upright person, how could I do the kind of permissive thing you think? Even if you want to do that to me, I still don't want you to do that...
You think beautifully, you,"
Wei Yingluo's face was so red that she was about to bleed, and her head was about to be buried in her chest. However, because her ravine was too shallow, she really couldn't bury it, so there was nothing she could do.
Pearl didn't know the reason, so she just listened to Li Mu and felt confused. Why does the Marquis want to train the young lady like this? What does it mean?
But she didn't dare to ask any more questions, fearing that Li Mu would scold her again.
Li Mu sighed and said: "My house does not lack a maid like you, and you are clumsy and can't do anything. But the children and craftsmen lack someone like you who is willing to teach them how to read. But you didn't
How to teach well as a professor? Don't think that you have learned how to be a teacher just by reading a teacher's talk. You are still far away! So, when I say training, I mean, I want to train you to become a person like me.
I think of a qualified professor so that you can teach children and craftsmen how to read.”
"Look at you, you are young and have dirty thoughts. Don't you feel ashamed? Wei Yingluo!"
Wei Yingluo was shocked by Li Mu's deafening voice of justice. She raised her head and looked at him. She felt that Li Mu's whole figure seemed to be bathed in the sunset, shining brightly. His whole person was much taller, and she suddenly felt a sense of reverence.
But for some reason, there is still a voice in my heart saying, Wei Yingluo, you are not wrong. He said the word "training" on purpose, and he just wanted to lead you to think that way.
Seeing that Wei Yingluo was silent, Li Mu asked sharply: "Isn't it wrong?!"
Wei Yingluo didn't dare to think about it anymore and hurriedly said: "Yingluo knows that she was wrong, and she won't dare to do it again."
"That's pretty much it." Li Mu snorted, sat back in the wheelchair, and said, "My feet are numb and I can't walk. Push me to the backyard and I'll teach you a set of literacy techniques."
"Oh..." Wei Yingluo responded and went to push the armrest of the wheelchair, but after pushing it, it did not move. She is a rich young lady, even if she grew up in a poor country like Wei Zheng, she is still a young lady, no
Having done menial work, there was no strength left. Pearl had no choice but to help, and with the combined efforts of the two of them, they pushed Li Mu back to the back house.
When they arrived at the door of the back house, there was a threshold, and the two women had no choice. While they were hesitating whether to call Li Chongyi to come over for help, Li Mu stood up and walked into the house. The two women looked at him blankly, and Li Mu also looked at him strangely.
Looking at them both: "I suddenly feel numb, can't I?"
"oh……"
Wei Yingluo had been completely frustrated and lost her temper. Although she wanted to shout to Li Mu, "Aren't you just teasing me?" But she knew that if she yelled, Li Mu would still have countless words waiting for him. Her heart suddenly felt better.
I was tired, so I decided not to say anything.
Li Mu sent Pearl away, sat down at the table, and asked Wei Yingluo to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and also asked her to grind the ink. When Wei Yingluo was grinding the ink, she still looked very good, because she was very serious and knew how to save.
The Wei family was very poor, and it was rare for them to save a little money to buy pens and inks for Wei Yingluo. So she would be very frugal if she bought it occasionally. Although Zhuluhou Mansion was not short of these things, but seeing that Wei Yingluo cherished things very much, Li Mu
Still very gratified.
While Wei Yingluo was polishing her ink, Li Muchun made up some nonsense: "The literacy method I taught you was invented by me when I was learning to read. The basis for my current literary talent is because of
This literacy method. Half a year ago, I was not much different from the children and craftsmen. Apart from my own name, I couldn’t write a word. My achievements now are enough to prove how sophisticated this literacy method is, so you don’t
If you have any doubts, just study hard."
Wei Yingluo nodded obediently. Now she was too lazy to refute Li Mu, because she knew she couldn't win, so she believed whatever Li Mu said.
"The name of this literacy method is called 'Pinyin'." Li Mu picked up a pen, dipped some ink, and wrote twenty-six letters on the paper. Wei Yingluo had never seen these letters before, and each one was unique.
He didn't know him, so he eagerly waited for Li Mu to explain.
Li Mu took a deep breath, recalling in his mind the fear he felt when Li Tai kept asking "Why is this a pronounced 'ah'" when he was teaching him the four arithmetic operations? He said to Wei Yingluo very seriously: "I am now
I’m going to teach you how to read these letters. You can have questions, but hold them back. I’ll read one, and you’ll read one after the other. Don’t ask why, because there’s no reason. That’s what I ordered. Do you understand?”
Wei Yingluo nodded obediently.
"Good boy," Li Mu smiled relieved when he saw her being so cooperative. He pointed at the letter 'a' and said, "This is pronounced as 'ah'"
Wei Yingluo blinked and asked curiously: "Why does it say 'ah'?"
Li Mu gripped the penholder tightly and almost spurted out blood! I've already fucking reminded you, why are you still asking! Li Mu glared at Wei Yingluo fiercely and pointed to the next letter: "This means 'wave'..."
…”
When Wei Yingluo saw Li Mu's look, she knew that she had said the wrong thing. She pursed her lips tightly to show that she would stop talking nonsense. Seeing that Li Mu was still staring at her, she was stunned for a long time and finally thought about what Li Mu wanted her to do.
What's up? Then I chanted "wave".
"呲"
"呲"
Outside the door, Xiaozhu was passing by the door after watering the flowers. Hearing the sound in the house, he was wondering in his heart, why did the Marquis boil water in the house? Is the water boiling?
…
Wang Pu returned to Yongning County Duke's Mansion, went straight to Wang's study, and repeated everything Li Mu said like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.
"Brother! The Marquis said that he will discuss the carriage matter with the Li family of Zhaojun. As for the road matter, we can just do what he said. Although we may not be able to get everything for our Taiyuan Wang family, half of it,
You can still do it if you work hard!" Wang Pu has been completely brainwashed by Li Mu and has become his loyal believer. His eyes are shining when he speaks: "Brother! This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come back! If others steal it,
First of all, our Taiyuan Wang family has suffered a big loss! Hurry up and write a memorial and send it to the palace, quickly!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute..." The more anxious Wang Pu became, the more he muttered in his heart. He had experienced too many things in his life. Even if he couldn't understand Li Mu's meaning at the moment, he could feel it intuitively.
Got it, there must be something wrong here. I just don’t know how Li Mu persuaded his brother to look like this!
"Brother!"
Wang Pu was so anxious that he jumped up and said: "Do you think this news came to me casually? I am not the one who has been flattering the Marquis these days, even willing to be a bully. Only after I have gained his trust can I be willing to treat him.
Let me tell you! Brother, you can't let me waste my time, can you? Li Ying of Zhao Jun's Li family will meet with the Marquis in the afternoon. If they talk about carriages and horses, they also talk about the road... The Marquis said it casually, let's
It’s okay”
Seeing that the king was still indifferent, Wang Pu was furious and said: "Brother, if you don't write this memorial, I will! If the elders of the clan blame you, I will take full responsibility for it!"
"Sit down first!" Wang pulled Wang to a halt and said, "I always feel that there is something wrong with this. It is such a good thing, why doesn't Li Mu do it himself?"
Wang Pu replied on behalf of Li Mu: "Because your Majesty didn't let him leak the news! If he did it, wouldn't everyone in the world know about it? How could your Majesty wait until a year later when there is food?"
The king frowned and said, "But how can we be sure that there will be food in one year?"
"Brother!" Wang Pu sighed and said, "Didn't I already tell you that the factories under the Ministry of Industry are currently casting the plowshares of the Zhenguan plow day and night! There are only a few hundred pieces a day. When farming next year, they will still be cast.
Not tens of thousands? When the Zhenguan plow was tested, you and I both saw it. With this thing, of course countless farmlands will be opened up. If there are more fields, how can there be less food? Unless there is a natural disaster, but how can it be so coincidental?
, just in time for the natural disaster next year!”
"Wait, wait..." Wang muttered in a low voice, suddenly opened his eyes and said: "I know, I know!"
Wang Pu was stunned and said: "Brother, what do you know?"
"Li Mu, Li Mu, you are such a cruel trick!" Wang gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, we have all been fooled by Li Mu!"
"What, what do you mean?"
The king took a deep breath and said: "The depth of Li Mu's city is far beyond my imagination! All the mining and salt industry are just a cover, an illusion! His real killing move is to shake the foundation of our noble clan.
!Brother, think about it, what does our noble clan rely on for thousands of years of inheritance? It’s the fields! It’s the food! It’s the knowledge! He invented the Zhenguan plow, which allowed people to cultivate fields without plowing cattle, thereby devaluing the food in our hands.
Kill two birds with one stone! He also invented printing and printed books so that the ignorant people in the world can read and write. Every step shakes the foundation of our noble clan. Wherever he is on our side, he is still on His Majesty's side.
He is the sword in His Majesty’s hand!”
Wang Pu suddenly realized and said: "What should we do? Brother, we have to stop him!"
"How to stop it?" Wang asked back: "Can you prevent the implementation of the Zhenguan plow, or can you prevent the people from using the Zhenguan plow? And the printing technology, the imperial court has even established a printing supervisor, but you won't let it be allowed.
What's the reason? Throughout the ages, people's livelihood has been a top priority. Who dares to stand up and oppose it? If this is true, how can we block the mouth of the world? "
"Then what should we do!" Wang Pu said angrily: "Are we just going to watch his plan succeed? Watching the foundation of the noble clan like us be shaken by him?"
The king shook his head again and said: "He may not want to eradicate the weeds, otherwise he would not share the mineral and salt profits with us."
Wang Pu was completely confused and said: "Brother, why are you talking so hard? Do you say he is good or bad? Is he our friend or our enemy?"