Li Mu bared his teeth and opened Cheng Yaojin's fingers, saying: "Uncle Cheng, this is mine. I will sell it to whomever I want... Are you being too lenient?"
"What are you talking about?" Cheng Yaojin said angrily: "You have lost your father since you were a child, and your adoptive father is like your father. Your adoptive father and I are like brothers. He is not in Chang'an now, so I am like your father.
, seeing you do something stupid, can I just ignore it?"
Li Mu is a little confused. Do you have a good relationship with my adoptive father?
"Oh, my Uncle Cheng, I have my own ideas, so don't worry about it. It's getting late and the shop gate is about to close. You'd better go home and rest early..."
"I'm not in a hurry!" Cheng Yaojin pushed Li Mu's hand away, with the air of an old gangster, and said: "I have been ordered by the emperor to take charge of the defense of Chang'an City. Which of the soldiers on night watch dares to care about me? I must treat you well today.
He said, "I won't leave until you make it clear!"
"this……"
There was nothing he could do when meeting such an old bastard. Li Mu gestured to Dugujiu and said, "Okay...Uncle, I haven't eaten yet, let's have some drinks."
"That's pretty much it!" Cheng Yaojin snorted, and Li Mu took him to the guest room. Dugujiu brought wine and food in, and then left again.
Li Mu filled Cheng Yaojin's wine glass, toasted him with a glass of wine, then broke off a chicken leg and took a big bite. That's the best thing about eating in front of Cheng Yaojin. There is no need to show off, he is a rough guy.
People don't care about these red tapes.
Cheng Yaojin broke off another chicken leg and took a bite. Taking a sip of wine, Cheng Yaojin said: "Boy, what are you thinking about? You have already killed the chicken to retrieve the eggs, but you just don't want to be with me, Cheng."
Is the family involved?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Uncle, this is looking for trouble. If I don't want to get involved with the Cheng family, I will give you some advice? Can we two sit here drinking and eating meat? I definitely respect Uncle Cheng as an elder."
of."
"Then why did you exchange shares?"
"Alas..." Li Mu knew there was no way around it, so he picked up the wine cup, took a sip, sighed, and said, "Uncle, to be honest, I have my own reasons!"
"The reason?" Cheng Yaojin laughed and said: "You are a young man, but you are already in a high position. I have been around for a lifetime, and you are only a third-grade official. You are only seventeen, and you are already a third-grade, and
You are in charge of a yamen alone, and you are extremely favored. Who dares to offend you, what other difficulties can you have?"
"Ha..." Li Mu smiled bitterly again and said, "Uncle only saw the bright side of my nephew, but did not see the troubles behind it. What you said is true. His Majesty has shown me great favor. But do you know that,
Why does Your Majesty pay so much attention to me? And why did you establish the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Cheng Yaojin spat out the chicken bones and said vaguely: "I heard that His Majesty asked you to get money to build a cavalry? Is that what happened?"
"Yes!" Li Mu sighed: "Your Majesty wants to build a cavalry of 10,000 people. For this cavalry of 10,000 people, at least one million guns must be prepared. This is only the money for buying horses, armor, weapons, training and raising troops.
Not included, if included, it would still be at least 500,000 yuan!"
"One and a half million yuan! Now that the national treasury is empty, how can we squeeze it out? Your Majesty asked me to run the Ministry of Internal Affairs, do business, and fill this hole." Li Mu raised his hand, pointed to his head, and said, "Uncle
, To be honest, I am under a lot of pressure. One and a half million yuan, is it a small number? You also know that I have a brain disease, and things have piled up in the past few days, and my head is about to explode."
"Hiss..." Cheng Yaojin took a breath of cold air. Hearing what Li Mu said, he also felt a headache. One and a half million yuan was really too much. The Cheng family had a big business, and before there was a racecourse,
, even if he worked hard for a year, he would only get an income of more than a hundred thousand guan. Thinking about this 1.5 million guan, his head would be big.
"But this has nothing to do with your property replacement, right?"
"It doesn't matter." Li Mu snorted angrily: "I don't know what Tai Sui I did! I provoked a bunch of dog censors! There used to be a Wei Zheng who asked me to make a move because of road construction. Now I don't dare to do it easily.
He was causing trouble for me. Just a few days after he stopped, another Wang Jingze came out. This bastard was even more hateful than Wei Zheng. He specifically picked on my seven inches and pinched me, leaving me helpless. His Majesty also protected him, so there was no way he could attack...
The last time I was talking about running the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he gave me a stumbling block. Originally, I was thinking of making some money myself while doing business for His Majesty, but he ended up saying everything first, which made me choke to death.
Yes, now I am working for nothing, how can I not be angry?"
"I am in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and must deal with various families, and that Wang Jingze is staring at me again. If I continue to be a member of the racecourse, unless the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not do business with the Cheng family, that Wang Jingze will definitely cause trouble for me. For example,
When I give the order to the Cheng family's workshop, he will say that because I have shares in the racecourse and have financial dealings with the Cheng family, I gave the order to the Cheng family. At that time, I will not be able to defend myself against such a stigma.
How can I bear it?"
Li Mu took another sip of his wine and said: "I'm really worried right now, and I really don't want to cause any more trouble. So I'll replace all the members, including Datang Salt and Datang Mining.
.From now on, whenever we do business, we will do it through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have nothing to do with anyone, so I can’t find any fault, right? As for myself, I have a wine shop and this phoenix, so I will never be hungry. Next spring will come.
, I’m buying some land and saving some for my children and grandchildren, that’s all.”
What Li Mu said made sense, but Cheng Yaojin still felt that there was something fishy in it. There was no reason, it was just the intuition of an old fox.
But he didn't ask again. He knew that he had asked. Li Mu still had something to say to prevaricate him. He rolled his eyes, changed the subject, and asked: "Then you can't open a brothel. You are a third-grade military prince, so you are shameless."
return?"
"I understand...but uncle, I am not shameless in this matter alone, I have someone to accompany me."
"ah?"
"Prince of Hejian County."
Cheng Yaojin said in surprise: "How is it possible? Prince Hejian..." Halfway through his words, Cheng Yaojin suddenly held back. He remembered the rumors about Li Xiaogong, something that would never happen to other princes.
, it’s really not safe to put it on this prince.
"Is this serious?"
"Is there still a lie?" Li Mu filled Cheng Yaojin's glass again and said, "My uncle must have heard about what happened between me and Yin Hongzhi a few days ago. I have a secret to tell you, that day I smashed Yin Hongzhi
Zhi's Chunfeng Tower has blocked Prince Hejian inside."
"Ah?" Cheng Yaojin's hands trembled, and half of the glass of wine spilled out.
Li Mu chuckled and said, "I told you this, and you must not spread it outside. But it was solved later. The King of Hejian County took a fancy to my adoptive brother, the big man. He accepted him as his righteous brother.
Son, let this matter be over. We have not known each other since we had not fought. Later, when we drank together, the prince of Hejian County mentioned his good friend, and just like that, he brought up the matter of opening a brothel."
"I am replacing these properties to help him. To the outside world, it is said to be our joint venture, but in fact it is his. When the brothel makes money, he will give the money to me."
"So that's what happened." It was about Li Xiaogong, and Cheng Yaojin had no doubts about him. The main reason was that he didn't believe that Li Mu dared to make fun of Li Xiaogong.
After understanding the whole story, Cheng Yaojin felt confident.
"Boy, no matter what reasons you have, you should tell me when you want to change the members of the racecourse. Who do you think I am, Cheng Yaojin? Is anyone qualified to do business with me? Fortunately, Cheng Yaojin
Well-informed, before others take action, we can change the members of the racecourse first, otherwise if we change to another person, won't my racecourse have to be mixed up with others?"
Li Mu was surprised and said: "The Cheng family is really a big business. Is there a brothel in my uncle's business?"
"Fart!" Cheng Yaojin cursed: "How can I run a brothel? It is run by your aunt's natal family, a nephew of Cui family in Qinghe. I spent money to buy it, but he was not happy, so I was so angry that I beat him
After a pause, he was happy again, he is so spineless... That's all, let's not talk about him, I want to ask you, after you have replaced the members, will you still care about the affairs of the racecourse and the polo match in the future? "
"Of course we have to take care of it. Don't we still have 30% of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the racecourse and the polo match? I am the Minister-in-Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I have a duty to take care of it. I must take care of it."
"That's not what you mean!" Cheng Yaojin stared at Li Mu and asked: "Managing is divided into how to manage, doing your best is managing, and being perfunctory is also managing. In the future, if you are no longer part of the racecourse, can you still do your best?"
Li Mu laughed and said: "I call you uncle and I will do my best. Do I need to say this?"
"With your words, I feel at ease!" Cheng Yaojin did not hesitate, drank another drink, stood up and said: "That's it, it's getting late, so I won't stay too long. Yesterday the tenant told me that there is
A cow died in childbirth, so I had no choice but to eat it. I’ll send you a leg of cow tomorrow, don’t be too little!”
Li Mu held back his laughter and said, "Thank you very much, uncle."
After seeing Cheng Yaojin out, Li Zhien came out of nowhere and said, "Master, why are the tenants of the Cheng family so careless? His cows die every month."
Li Mu knocked her on the back of the head and said, "If his cow doesn't die, where will you get the beef jerky to eat?"
"Well..." Li Zhien nodded, his eyes narrowed with a smile, and said: "That's right."
The two returned to their room, Li Mu had dinner, and then asked Dugu Jiu to give some instructions. Dugu Jiu put on night clothes, jumped around a few times, and disappeared into the night.
At this time, a carriage will come out of the palace before the palace gate is closed.
After Li Mu left, Changsun Wuji dismissed Ju Zhisheng and drove straight into the palace. He also had the privilege of riding a horse in the imperial city, so he had an unimpeded journey to the Taiji Hall and met Li Shimin.
He told Li Shimin the three points that Li Mu said, except for the benefit of Longyou Road.
With a double act, the matter of Gaochang's surrender was settled.