After seeing who was coming, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue."
The person who came was actually Li Tai, and he was not alone. There were several people following him. Because his fat body blocked his sight, from the perspective of everyone in the private room, he looked like one person.
Li Tai came in with his belly swaying, returned the salute in the direction of Changsun Wuji, nodded to the others, and said: "Uncle, elders, there is no need to be polite. I am here to do something for my eldest brother today. We have official business.
There is no need for etiquette."
Everyone looked at each other, wondering in their hearts, what big brother, what official business? What official business do we and you, the King of Yue, have to do?
Changsun Wuji was Li Tai's uncle. He was more talkative. He frowned and asked: "Qingque, is the elder brother you are talking about His Highness the Crown Prince? Do you have any official business to do with me? These people you brought here, and
Who is it?"
Li Tai smiled and said: "Uncle, I misunderstood. My royal brother is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and my eldest brother is Zhuluhou Li Mu."
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, be careful what you say!" Changsun Wuji hurriedly interrupted Li Tai's words and said seriously: "You are the son of the dragon, how can you call Li Mu your eldest brother? This is not etiquette."
Li Tai smiled and said: "Uncle, you are too worried. In front of the emperor, we also called him this way, and the emperor allowed it."
"This..." Changsun Wuji was secretly shocked, but he didn't know what to say. Hearing Li Tai say that he was working for Li Mu, he couldn't help but ask: "Why doesn't Li Mu come?"
Li Tai did not answer, and said somewhat displeasedly: "Is this how my uncle treats guests? I have been waiting for a while."
Wang hurriedly said: "Hurry up and add bowls and chopsticks, and move the chairs!"
The waiter in charge of serving in the private room counted the number of people and moved a few chairs over. Li Tai took the people to sit down and then said: "Brother asked me to tell you that he is a simple and simple person, and he will always suffer losses."
. He has used money to offset the losses suffered this time, and he has admitted it. He does not ask for any benefits, just that there will be no more problems. In the future, it is better to have less contact, so as not to be impeached next time by the censor.
Then take him in."
Li Tai looked at everyone's faces as he spoke. Changsun Wuji was his uncle after all, so he still had to be cautious, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to his mother.
Everyone was ridiculed like this, and they were somewhat embarrassed. But they felt guilty and couldn't refute anything, so they had to hold their noses and admit it. Changsun Wuji and Wang looked at each other and saw each other's helplessness. Changsun Wuji said
: "We understand what Li Mu means, but it's just that he didn't ask His Highness to come down. What's his purpose?"
Li Tai smiled and said: "Uncle, don't worry, let me introduce these people first."
Everyone looked along what Li Tai pointed at.
"This is Zhongyu Wengui, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry. He will be responsible for supervising the work and supervising the quality of the road construction project."
Yu Wengui looked at the people in front of him. Every one of them was a third-grade official. How could he, a small doctor from the Ministry of Industry, dare to speak? He stood up tremblingly and bowed cautiously.
"Supervisor?" Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "The road construction hasn't started yet, so how can we supervise the work? Besides, why does Li Mu send a supervisor?"
"Uncle, don't be anxious. I'll explain it after the introduction." Li Tai pointed to another person and said: "This is Lu Wenfeng, a doctor in the Yu Department. He will serve as a 'consultant' in the road construction process."
Wang was puzzled and asked: "What is a consultant?"
Li Tai enjoyed the feeling of answering questions. He raised his hand and stroked his non-existent beard and said: "The so-called consultant is a new word invented by the elder brother. That is to say, during the process of building roads, what is wrong?
If you know something about it, Mr. Lu can help solve it. None of you have ever built roads. Road construction should be based on local conditions. Only by using local materials in different locations can you save money, food and manpower. Yubu inspected the geography of mountains and rivers, and analyzed the minerals, stones and soil quality of various places.
We have a detailed understanding of the landforms, etc., and with the help of Mr. Lu, the road construction will be more effective with less effort."
Wang really didn't understand this matter, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. In his opinion, road construction was already his own business. Why did Li Mu want to get involved at this time? What was he going to do?
"This is the last one," Li Tai pointed to the last middle-aged man and said with a smile: "This is the accountant in my house. He studies "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and the latest "Four Arithmetic Algorithms". He is good at it.
Accounting."
"Accounting room?" Changsun Wuji raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Highness, King of Yue, what do you mean by bringing the accounting office?"
"This is what the eldest brother means." Li Tai explained with a smile: "The eldest brother said that road construction involves money and food, so the two of you are easily criticized by people like Wang Jingze and others. Catching rumors is the most hurtful. Instead of getting entangled in the future, it is better to
The calculation must be clear from the beginning. So I was asked to open an accounting room, and the two of them were asked to open another accounting room. When the road is officially built, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will open another accounting room, and the three accounting rooms will keep accounts together. Only when they are correct can the calculation be counted. This way
The calculated figures can be used as a reference for collecting tolls in the future."
"Brother said that he is afraid of being scolded."
Changsun Wuji had a look of displeasure on his face, but he kept his composure and asked, "Then why is His Highness involved?"
Li Tai said calmly: "Uncle, you don't know, but with the approval of my father, I have become my eldest brother as my teacher. My eldest brother supports me in compiling "Kuo Di Zhi", and I just happened to be building roads, so I asked him to
My participation in it is considered a practice."
"Kuo Ge Ge Zhi?" Changsun Wuji is very sensitive to political information. The prince writes books, and it is also a geographical map. What does this mean?
Wang Ye keenly noticed the clues, hesitated for a moment, and asked carefully: "What does the prince think about this?"
"The emperor and the eldest brother went out for a hunting trip in the city. The eldest brother said that he wanted to teach the emperor a method of military training."
Among the people present, most of them were military generals, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard this. You, Li Mu, are a genius in business, but how easy is it to lead troops to fight? You also taught the prince how to drill, which really makes people laugh.
Lose big teeth.
Changsun Wuji thought about it in his heart and decided not to give Li Mu this face. There are many things about road construction that are not so clear. If Li Mu is allowed to participate in this way, and the King of Yue is included, there will be many problems in future operations.
Inconvenient. Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji darkened his face and said: "Your Highness, King of Yue, building roads is not a child's play. You should act with caution. If Li Mu doesn't discuss it with us, he will send some kind of supervisor."
"My uncle understands what he meant." Li Tai interrupted Changsun Wuji before he could finish his words. He was secretly surprised that his eldest brother really knew what was going on.
Changsun Wuji was a little unhappy when he was interrupted and asked: "What do you understand?"
Li Tai still smiled and said: "My uncle just doesn't want the Ministry of Works to get involved. My eldest brother has already expected it. My eldest brother said that if my uncle doesn't want the Ministry of Works to get involved, the Ministry of Works will not get involved. But I have to say it first. If
If the Ministry of Works is not allowed to intervene at this time, the relationship with this matter will be terminated. If any problems arise in the future, it will have nothing to do with him or the Ministry of Works. My uncle and Wang Shizhong will take care of themselves, and he will be happy to be free."
"What are you talking about!" Changsun Wuji's temper was finally aroused and he said angrily: "Li Mu is too arrogant. Without him, we can't build the road? Qingque, tell him that he is not needed.
"
"Uncle Guo!" Wang hurriedly called Changsun Wuji, looked at him and turned around, and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, Uncle Guo, we have never built a road."
"What's wrong with not repairing it? Isn't it just building roads? If you have money and food, you can just repair it. Can you still repair it?"
"If it's really that simple, with Li Mu's intelligence, would he say such a thing? If he said that, there must be hidden dangers." Wang was tortured several times by Li Mu, and he was already afraid of him, so he pulled Changsun Wuji and whispered
He muttered: "Auxiliary machine, have you forgotten what you and I said yesterday? This road will not work if it is not repaired, and it will not work if it is not repaired. Since we are willing to pay the money and food, it does not matter who supervises the work, let him do it.
We can enjoy our leisure time, but don’t let anything happen in the future and cause a mess with money and food!”
"But this kid is too arrogant!"
"Oh, you can be arrogant if you are arrogant. What can you do if you are controlled by others?" Wang pointed to his eye socket and said: "I was beaten, and the swelling has just gone away!"
Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth, still unwilling to give up, and said: "Li Mu is not an official of the Ministry of Works now. When he said that he would dispatch a doctor from the Ministry of Works, would he just dispatch a doctor from the Ministry of Works?"
Li Tai chuckled and said, "Uncle, why don't you ask your father."
Changsun Wuji was choked to death, and he could think with his toes what the result would be if he asked. Li Mu paid another hundred thousand guan, and he was so red in front of Li Shimin, how could he say no to it?
Changsun Chong couldn't help but said: "Qingque, don't forget, we are closer, Li Mu is an outsider after all."
When Li Tai heard this, he said sternly: "Cousin, don't forget, Master of Heaven and Earth. You became my eldest brother's disciple earlier than me, but you slandered your mentor behind his back. Do you still have the semblance of being a disciple? My eldest brother is gifted.
Genius, your wisdom is vast. If you don’t want to serve around you, learn more skills and participate in these stupid things all day long, I think your future achievements will be like this, embarrassing and useless!"
"Qingque, you!"
"Good words may offend your ears, cousin, don't mind them."
Changsun Chong finally did not dare to quarrel with Li Tai. He gritted his teeth and endured it, but his heart became increasingly angry. But Li Tai's words reminded Changsun Wuji. He suddenly found that he had fallen into a misunderstanding. According to what he said yesterday,
According to the agreement reached by Wang, the benefits from the Taiyuan Road belong to the Taiyuan Wang family and have little to do with the Changsun family. Why offend Li Mu for the Taiyuan Wang family?
On the contrary, we should support Li Mu and let him experiment on the Wang family in Taiyuan, while we wait and see the changes, analyze the pros and cons, and wait until the Long Right Road is built to avoid risks and take advantage of the benefits.
After thinking about this, Changsun Wuji came to his senses. He glanced at Changsun Chong and said, "What Qingque said is absolutely true. You are Li Mu's disciple. You respect your teacher. How can you slander your teacher behind his back? Stop eating."
Go hunting with your master in the countryside and serve you."
Changsun Chong was a little confused: "Father, father?"
"Hurry up and go!" Changsun Wuji glared fiercely, turned to Li Tai with a smile and said: "Qingque has grown up and has learned a lot. My uncle is pleased. Come and serve wine! I am happy today and want to drink!"