Wang showed a puzzled look and said: "I can't figure it out now. I really can't guess what he wants to do. A mortal must have a plan for doing things, but I really can't figure out what Li Mu is doing now.
What could he be planning?"
Wang Pu said angrily: "What else can it be? Working for His Majesty is nothing more than promotion, glory and wealth."
"That's wrong." The king did not explain, but asked: "You said he would be promoted to a higher rank, but he himself has already resigned. If you said he would be promoted to a higher rank, even if he wanted to, it would be impossible. If there was no decree from the Supreme Emperor back then,
Anyone who finds the jade seal passed down from all over the country will be granted the title of Marquis regardless of their origin or age. With the little contribution Li Mu has made in Dingxiang, he is at most a viscount and will never be granted the title of Marquis. At his age, he will be granted the title of Marquis.
It has reached the limit, even if he makes further achievements, he will not be promoted to a noble title."
Wang chuckled and said: "As for glory and wealth, it is even more impossible. Is he short of money?"
Is he short of money?
These four words left Wang Pu speechless. That's right, is Li Mu short of money? What kind of glory and wealth does a man who has so much money have no place to spend it and only publishes in newspapers to spread it out want?
Wang Pu became even more confused and wondered: "It's not this, it's not that, why is that? Could it be that he just sees that our nobles are uncomfortable and wants to punish us?"
Wang sighed and said: "Probably not. He got into trouble several times, and we all helped him to some extent. Judging from his words and deeds, he is not an ungrateful person, and he will not repay kindness with hatred... This is also what I can't figure out the most. A
Do people really do something without any reason?"
"Oh, brother, since I can't figure it out, I don't think I should think about it. We don't care why he does it, we might as well think about whether this move is beneficial to us. If it is beneficial, we will do it. If it is not beneficial, we will not
Let’s do it, I think it’s easier this way!”
Wang nodded and said: "Brother, you are right. Since the trend has been established, we cannot change it, so we must follow its path and strive for the greatest benefits. Although the method proposed by Li Mu is unprecedented, it is indeed
A feasible method. In this way, it is a win-win situation. The court built the road without spending a penny, and we also benefited from building the road. Fortunately, he could come up with such a method. As for what he said,
Your Majesty wants to wait a year before providing food for road construction. You don’t need to take this to heart. Your Majesty will not and cannot do this."
Wang Pu wondered: "Why? Isn't your Majesty short of money? Such a steady flow of income is just what your Majesty wants."
The king smiled and said: "Brother, this is where you lack experience. Remember, His Majesty is always short of money and food. Now the Tang Dynasty is in dire straits, how can it be recovered in a year or two?
Yes? Even if there are more fields and more food next year, do you know that there will be no war? Goguryeo, Tubo, Tuyuhun, the remnants of the Turks, Xue Yantuo in the north, etc., which one is not your majesty’s confidant? Today, your majesty is the emperor.
, his ambition is to be the co-lord of all races in the world. The so-called recuperation is just his preparation to fulfill his ambition. He has no money and food now. Once he has money and food, war will start. At that time, as long as he
If it doesn't affect his fight, he won't care about the road."
Wang Pu was not a fool. After listening to Wang's analysis, he said: "So, Li Mu still tricked me. Brother, why don't I go there again and deal with him..."
Wang said flatly: "No!"
"Why?"
Wang squinted his eyes and said: "What Li Mu said to you is his carefully considered strategy. Just imagine, if you were Li Mu, would you become angry after your well-thought-out strategy was exposed by someone you thought was bound to be fooled?
? Now the road construction is beneficial to us. If this angers him and asks him to find another partner, wouldn't it be giving away the benefits to others? Have you forgotten what he said? We are not the only ones who have food!
"
Wang Pu chewed on Wang's words, nodded, and said: "Brother is right."
"Also," Wang looked at Wang Pu and said, "Brother, you must remember the principle of hiding one's clumsiness. You are very capable. If others think you only have one point, they will use all their strength to deal with you. Then you have it.
Nine points of leeway can be used to adapt to changes without being stretched. Just like this, you exposed Li Mu's plan this time. Not to mention the loss of benefits, the next time he deals with you, he will come up with a deeper defense. This time you
I’ve seen through him, so there won’t be a chance next time!”
Wang Pu seemed to realize something and said: "Brother, do you mean that we just pretend to be fooled by him and do what he says?"
Wang nodded and smiled, stroking his goatee and said: "It should be so, this matter is beneficial to us, and since Li Mu raised it, he must have arranged every link. Even if something goes wrong, he will be responsible for it."
, when necessary, we only need to say that this is his instruction, and then we can escape unscathed, why not? I will write the memorial right now. You have been busy for a long time and are tired, so go and have a rest."
"Okay, little brother, let's go and rest for a while. In the afternoon, we have to go to Hongwen Hall to order some ham."
After Wang Pu finished speaking, he turned around and left Wang's study, but he was cursing in his heart. After talking for so long, he didn't end up writing a memorial? How different is this from writing a memorial directly? He has to look like an old man lecturing his son.
Teach me a lesson, as if if you don't do this, you can't show your ability! Even if you are old enough to be my father, we are brothers after all. It's always like this, it's really annoying!
…
Li Mu did not expect such an analysis by Wang You. But even if he knew it, he would not have any big reaction, maybe he would just smile twice. This is like the reading comprehension test in the Chinese language test during the high school entrance examination.
Get an essay by a writer of the Republic of China, draw a line and let you analyze what the author thought. Nine times out of ten, if you give this question to the author, the author will not know what he thought when he wrote it. Have written essays?
Everyone knows that sometimes writing an article is just to satisfy the 800 words. Who the hell knows what he was thinking at that time? Maybe the writer at that time was just to submit articles to the newspaper and defraud the manuscript fee?
It's possible!
Li Mu is such a writer now. He himself was confused after hearing Wang's analysis, because he didn't think so much at all! He just wanted to solve the problem of road construction. Now that road construction is a problem, the court has no money, and he himself must not
We can’t use money to subsidize such a big project. So if we want to solve this problem, we can only let people who are capable of solving the problem do it?
If you just rely on your mouth to deceive people, they are not stupid and will definitely not agree, so they promise you a favor and draw a piece of cake. This kind of thing is too common in later generations. The simplest example is when your boss asks you to work overtime,
They always talk about a salary increase next month, but when you finish your work, the boss will say, "So-and-so also works overtime, but they don't talk about a salary increase. This person is really different from other people." Listen.
At this point, do you still dare to ask for a salary increase?
Li Mu just did it a little more without a bottom line. The bad check he wrote was written in Li Shimin's name. Anyway, I have already made an idea. It's up to you, boss. If you don't agree, just pretend that I didn't say it.
But he guessed that Li Shimin would definitely agree. It was like the company's financing was about to be spent. At this time, as a boss, getting money is the most important thing. If the father of the funder comes to give money, he can still
Push it out?
Li Mu doesn’t believe it anyway, an emperor with only a few hundred thousand yuan in internal funds haha!
Therefore, after Wang Pu left, he forgot about the matter. How could this kind of thing be as interesting as teaching pinyin to a small-breasted and studious loli?
It has to be said that Wei Yingluo is a smart student. After Li Mu ordered her not to ask questions like why 'a' is called 'ah', under Li Mu's cramming indoctrination, it only took her less than an hour to get it.
He learned Pinyin. He knew all the initials and finals clearly. Li Mu was also very embarrassed. He clearly remembered that when the old dean taught him Pinyin, he had to learn it for nearly a month.
Don’t underestimate the ancients!
It seems that next time if I want to show off, I will have to teach English.
Li Mu scrawled ten words on the paper and asked Wei Yingluo to add pinyin annotations. Wei Yingluo took the pen and marked it down. The ten words were completely correct. Li Mu suddenly felt bored.
, sometimes students are too smart, which may not be a good thing for teachers, and it really affects the sense of achievement.
Wei Yingluo has been impressed by the pinyin taught by Li Mu. There is such a magical literacy method in the world. It only has twenty-six symbols and twenty-six syllables, and it can contain all the characters. It is also so easy to learn.
, it’s truly a miracle!
Although it only took her an hour to learn this method, Wei Yingluo did not feel proud in her heart. She knew deeply that this was because she was already literate, so she learned it quickly by working backwards.
But you must know that Li Mu turned out to be illiterate. An illiterate person could learn such a wonderful rule in such a short period of time. This is such a terrible thing! Thinking that millions of people can
Wei Yingluo was so excited that she became literate because of Li Mu's literacy method. Even Confucius Sheng could not accomplish such an initiative!
People's thoughts will always change due to the influence they receive, especially for a little lolita like Wei Yingluo who has a very developed "brain theory". Her views on things have not been fully established and are naturally more likely to be changed. After Pinyin
This incident overturned some of Wei Yingluo's previous perceptions of Li Mu. Even some of Li Mu's 'lecherous' behavior could be explained in Wei Yingluo's imagination.
All the reasons can be summed up in one question: How could a great talent like Li Mu be so wretched? Even if something seemingly wretched happened, there must be a reason that he didn't know!
I have to say that the idol halo thing has been the same throughout the ages.
Wei Yingluo has completely become Li Mu's crazy fan. Seeing that she had finished adding the phonetic notation, Li Mu did not comment, but just frowned. Wei Yingluo couldn't help but feel a drum in her heart. Did she write it wrong?
Or, the handwriting is not pretty?
Wei Yingluo looked at the words on the paper carefully. Li Mu's words could only be described as hooky and numb, while Wei Yingluo's words, although they were written in letters, also had a sense of beauty in them, which was consistent with
Compared with Li Mu's broken characters, they are like heaven and earth.
But now Wei Yingluo is thinking in her mind whether she made a mistake in writing and failed to imitate the essence of Li Mu's calligraphy, which made him unhappy.
"Well, it's good. You're ready to go. Clean up. I'm hungry. Tell the cook that I want beef stew. When it's ready, bring it to my studio."
Li Mu thought for a long time, but couldn't find any fault, so he had no choice but to give up, put on his tiger fur, and walked out to the studio.
Wei Yingluo tilted her head and stared blankly at Li Mu's back, and suddenly held her hands on her chest in an infatuated manner.
"Master Hou is so handsome!"
She folded and put away all the papers written on herself. These papers recorded the pinyin that Li Mu taught her. She must treasure them. After putting all other things away, Wei Yingluo put the papers into her arms.
, put it against my bellyband, and then went to the kitchen shyly.
Xiaozhu had just put away the clothes that were hanging out to dry. When he saw Wei Yingluo walking over with a rosy look on her face, she was puzzled. Why did this girl seem to have been blessed by the Marquis? Could it be that there is another Li Zhien in this house?
Humph, why don’t you look at me, Mr. Hou?
Xiaozhu looked down at his chest.
Even if she is not as good as that girl Li Zhien, she is still older than Wei Yingluo!
Mr. Hou is really blind!
…
Ah sneeze!
As soon as Li Mu arrived at the studio, he sneezed loudly. He was quite puzzled, why he started sneezing again when the cold was almost gone.
But he didn't mind, rubbed his nose, lay on the rocking chair with his eyes closed, and summoned the system in his mind.
He wants to buy a blueprint for transporting coal and stone.
The bullock carts used on the market today are different from the bullock carts he saw in later generations. Because of the tires, the bullock carts of later generations were made wider. The wider the cart, the greater the load.
.
But today's oxcarts have no tires, only wooden wheels, so the carts cannot be made very wide. Compared with the tires, the enthusiasm wooden wheels are really much worse and cannot be compared at all. Moreover, the bearings of the wooden wheels are too worn.
, cannot bear the loss of transporting coal.
There is nothing we can do about this. There are no rubber trees in the Tang Dynasty! Hainan and other places where rubber can be grown are still barren lands full of miasma. It is really unrealistic to grow rubber.
If you want to build a stronger car, you can only start from reality. Judging from the current conditions, one is to strengthen the wood with 'iron-clad wood', and the other is to work on the 'bearings'. If there are bearings
Yes, even without rubber wheels, the loss can be reduced a lot.
However, bearings are not that easy to make. With the current level of technology in Datang, it is impossible to do it.