Barely passing half of the number at the start. Although this result was expected, it still made Li Mu very disappointed. But it was okay. After all, the registration fee was non-refundable and half of the people were eliminated. In other words, how many people
Wan Guan has already put it in his pocket.
All qualified people gathered in the cleared space. Ah Da and Ah Er were distributing barbecue to them, and wine was piled nearby. They could take it as they wanted, but few people took it because they were too tired.
Don't want to move anymore.
Li Mu sat on the pile of wood, looked at everyone with a smile, and encouraged: "Everyone should be happy. You see, more than a hundred people have been eliminated, and your chance of being selected has doubled. Originally, it was six.
One, now it’s one out of three. If you keep persisting, victory will be right in front of you.”
Changsun Chong lay on the ground and spread his thighs. The skin on his inner thighs was already worn out. This was one of the helplessness of fat people. Due to being overweight, the flesh between his legs was close to each other, and there were two legs sandwiched between them.
An egg, how could such a fragile thing withstand the intense friction of twenty miles?
Changsun Chong could no longer feel their presence, and secretly swore in his heart that if he became a eunuch, he would wipe his neck with a knife and die. There was nothing he could do to Li Mu in life, and he would turn into a ghost after death and haunt him.
Hearing Li Mu's words of gloating, Changsun Chong was really angry. He used his arms to support his body and got up. Just when he was about to curse, he suddenly remembered that he was his apprentice. He took a deep breath to hold back the curse words, and his face turned red.
. He raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his face, looked at Li Mu sadly, and asked: "Master... can I ask you something? When can we go home? You have put us through enough and let us go back."
Bar……"
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. Changsun Chong said what they wanted to say but did not dare to say. Only one person was thoughtful, and that person was Ma Zhou.
When Li Mu heard Chang Sun Chong's question, he burst out laughing: "My good disciple, you are so naive! Go home? You have entered my Xiaoyao Valley. Do you still want to go home before completing your studies? Years
You have to live here!”
"ah?!"
Everyone took a breath of cold air and exclaimed in surprise. Changsun Chong didn't care about the pain anymore, got up and said anxiously: "You never said you wouldn't let us go home! Besides, there is nothing in this valley, we eat
What, where do you live? There may be wild animals, how can we fight against them, if you die here... you can't afford it!"
"Be patient?" Li Mu said with a strange look on his face: "Why should I be patient? Didn't you read the registration form carefully? It has already been written on it, life or death will not matter, but you didn't read it carefully?"
Changsun Chong shouted: "Our registration form is just a piece of white paper with our names written on it. There is no such thing as 'life or death'! Stop making trouble, it's not fun!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, do you talk to the master like this?" Li Mu glared at Changsun Chong, pointed at his nose and cursed: "You have violated the way of a saint again. Children cannot be taught! Even if I added this sentence later
, that’s also to teach you a lesson. When you make a contract with someone in the future, you must be careful when writing it, and you can’t just write your name on it casually, otherwise you won’t even know that you are being sold.”
Changsun Chong also took the risk and shouted: "Who would have thought that you would be so shameless! Li Mu, you are despicable!"
"Insulting the teacher?" Li Mu's face dropped and he snorted coldly: "Changsun Chong, you have repeatedly contradicted me, but do you think that I am your master? I know that you are dissatisfied, but you worship under my sect.
There is no other way. Let me tell you one more thing. I met my uncle and he told me that I must educate you to become a talented person. I will do it by any means. I am also entrusted by others and a loyal person. So, accept
As for the arrangement, others can quit, but you can't quit. Also, if you dare to contradict me again, you will be punished with ten lashes in one sentence. I think you are rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and you will not die even if you give me a hundred and eighty lashes. How about you try
Try it and see if I dare to slap you!"
"You..." Changsun Chong was so angry that his temples almost exploded, but he didn't dare to say anything, because there was a voice in his heart telling him not to try, how dare he.
Changsun Chong snorted and sat down on the ground again, pulling the wound on his inner thigh and grinning in pain.
Li Mu looked at the others again and said: "You have been able to persist to this point, which has shown me enough sincerity and sincerity. So, I will tell you now the next arrangement for this selection. I have said it before
, your registration fee, as well as the money donated by your elders, will be used to build an academy. This academy is used to train you to become talents that meet the requirements of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"But you have also seen that this college does not exist yet. The land under your buttocks is the site of the college. And you, as the first students of the college, are about to take on the important task of building this college.
!”
"ah?!"
There was another exclamation in unison, and everyone looked around. Deep in the mountains and forests, in the remote countryside, as far as the eye could see, there was not even a single human figure. It was already very pitiful to stay here, so why should we still work as coolies?
Tang Guan burst into tears and cried: "Brother, please think again. Little brother, I am powerless and don't know any crafts. How can I build a house? Besides, Datang Daily still needs
Me, if I'm not here, who will record the important events in the court, and who will write the gossipy news? Brother, Datang Daily needs me, why don't I stop delaying manuscripts?"
"It's useless to cry!" Li Mu said with a cold face, cutting off the last trace of luck in Tang Guan: "As a young man, how can you say that you have no strength? If you don't have strength, you can train! You don't know the crafts.
, you can learn! I have arranged a teaching team of twenty people, including carpenters, blacksmiths, bricklayers, stonemasons, etc. If you don’t understand anything, you can learn from them. If you can’t learn it, just learn again and learn again.
If you can’t, you will be eliminated! Of course, you can also choose to be eliminated now. Remember the way you came, right? Once you leave the valley, you will be eliminated automatically. You can leave at any time!”
"As for you!" Li Mu pointed at Tang Guan and said, "Datang Daily doesn't need you to worry about it. The rules have changed. Zhongshu Province has appointed a living room keeper to take over your job. Latest news and the like
, I will arrange for someone else to write it. Before you graduate, you will have to die in the valley. Your fate is the same as Changsun Chong. I have already visited your father. Your father said that Ding Xingwang of your Tang family, his
There are also many sons, one more than you is not too much, and one without you is not too much!"
"Ah!" Tang Guan covered his heart and secretly regretted it. If he had known this, he would not have succeeded. If he had been eliminated in the previous level, he would have fallen into this hell.
"From today on, you will work at sunrise and rest at sunset every day. The valley is ten miles from east to west, and you will go back and forth every morning. Then someone will teach you, take an hour's lunch break at noon, and start working in the afternoon. Finish work at dusk, eat and sleep, and the cycle starts again.
Until the college is completed. If fifty people are eliminated before the completion, these fifty people must also complete the project. Otherwise, they will not have a diploma and will not be considered the final winner. I have made the rules very clear. Now, those who withdraw can
Let’s go!”
Li Mu looked at everyone with a solemn expression, and the atmosphere became heavy. Finally, someone moved, one or two stood up, without saying anything, turned and walked towards the entrance of the valley.
Li Mu's expression did not move at all. After about a quarter of an hour, the figure had disappeared at the mouth of the valley, and no one left moved. Li Mu counted the number of people, and there were only one hundred and twenty-two people left.
Fortunately, there are still more than a hundred people.
Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. There were still more than a hundred people, so at least the labor force for the work was guaranteed.
"Very good, at least there are one hundred and twenty-two people who have not let me down." Li Mu stood up and said in a deep voice: "I know some of you will think it is very unfair, why do I ask you so harshly?
, but no one asked me! Now, I’ll tell you why!”
Li Mu said loudly: "Because what I ask of you is less than one-tenth of what I ask of myself! You weaklings! Starting from tomorrow, I will come here every afternoon to show you what
It’s called: You don’t know what I know, and I know what you don’t know! As long as you can surpass me in a skill, you can be awarded an official position immediately!”
Li Mu stared at everyone and said: "I never speak big words, please wait and see!"
After that, he waved his hand: "Eat quickly, and go get your tent after eating. Before the college is built, you have to live in a tent like the Turks. You didn't finish setting up your tent before dark, and you froze to death."
Deserve it!”
…
Being an emperor is like this, one thing comes after another, and there is no time to stop.
As soon as the problem of Gaochang was solved, the problem of settling the Turkic tribes caused by the sudden death of Tuli came up. Li Shimin had not slept well for several nights, lying on the map all day long, thinking about ways to solve the problem. Honglu Temple News
The envoys of the Japanese state asked for an audience, but were put aside by Li Shimin. Compared with the Turkic problem, what was the Japanese state? It was a tiny place, facing each other across the sea, and could not be reached with eight poles, no matter what it did!
In order to brainstorm ideas, Li Shimin invited Changsun Wuji, Tang Jian, Wang, and Wei Zheng to discuss Li Mu's proposal, which was to use the emperor to command the princes, find someone to assist the son of Tuli, manage the Turkic tribes, and at the same time control the opposition among the Turkic tribes.
Pai moved to the Central Plains to work as workers.
Unlike Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin bluntly stated that the suggestion was made by Li Mu and did not hide it. He also believed that his ministers would not deny the suggestion for no reason just because it was made by Li Mu. In national affairs, all parties involved
So far, the power has been able to be unselfish. Moreover, Li Shimin is not a dim emperor without ideas. If anyone has selfish intentions, he can also detect it.