"Um……"

Wang Ou responded, but there was a trace of unconcealable sorrow between her eyebrows. On the mobile phone hps: She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it. She watched Li Mu put his tools in place and came out of the warehouse. She stayed with Li Mu in the study for a while and left before dinner. Although the relationship with Li Zhien has eased a lot now, Wang Ou rarely stayed to have dinner together. It's not that it's impossible, but that it feels inappropriate. Li Mu never forced him to talk much about women's affairs. He always did not talk much about everyone's comfort, and the palms and backs of his hands are fleshy. He couldn't be happy and wronged, that was not his style.

The next morning, Li Mu got up early. Because he discussed last night that since he could not have the New Year's Eve dinner at home, it would be better to move the meal in advance and come to eat at noon. As the head of the family, Li Mu naturally had to start. The saint said that the gentleman was away from the kitchen. Bai Qiaoqiao did not let Li Mu enter the kitchen to cook, but Li Mu had to take over the job of buying vegetables. He got up early and planned to go to the western market to grab the earliest group. If he went in two hours, the things he bought would be left.

Of course, Li Mu could also send someone to inform him, saying that Zhulu Hou Mansion wanted it and must be delivered to his doorstep. But that would lose the "New Year atmosphere". It was boring, so Li Mu still planned to go there himself.

But things went against my wishes. Li Mugang asked Dugu Jiu to pull out the horse. Xiaozhu came over to the front yard and said that there were guests visiting him. There were still quite a few people. The leader was Wang Gui. There was a tall guy following behind him, claiming to be Hou Junji. Xiaozhu didn't remember the others, but he looked like an ordinary person.

Li Mu thought to himself, ordinary people dare not enter our door. He hesitated for a moment, sighed, and said to Dugu Jiu: "Okay, Xiaojiu, you can find someone to go to the West Market to inform me. As for what to buy... you don't have to choose. You need everything. If you want too much, you can't eat it. Just send it out. After doing this, you can go home for the New Year."

Dugu Jiu immediately shook his head: "Brother, in the past year, I spent the New Year at home every year. This year, I finally left home. If I don't go back, I will spend here."

Li Mu said laughing and crying: "What are you doing here? I'm not here."

"If you are not at home, I can also accompany my sisters-in-laws. I can protect them."

"Fart! Use you to accompany me? Let me tell you, this is the reason why you don't stay. Not only you, but no one can do it. After I leave in the afternoon, there is no man in this yard, so stay away!"

Dugu Jiu was still going to speak, Li Mu said impatiently: "If you ask you to go home, you will go home. As someone else's son, Is it reasonable to not be at home during the Chinese New Year? Just one day, will you meet again during the ring competition tomorrow?" As he said, Li Mu frowned and stared at Dugu Jiu, and said: "I said, why are you so clingy now? You are so dangerous like this little brother. You shouldn't like men?"

"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Dugu Jiu waved his hand to retort, stuttering: "I, I just worry about the safety of my sister-in-law. No, there is no other meaning. Okay, I'll go home, just go home!"

Dugu Jiu didn't dare to stay anymore and rode a horse to buy it in the West City. Li Mu shook his head helplessly, took off the tiger fur on his body, changed into normal clothes, and came to the front yard to meet the visiting guests.

...

On New Year's Eve, Feng Qiuhuang is naturally not open, so Li Mu met everyone in the front yard. When Li Mu came to the front yard, he saw that there were really a lot of people. A little swept over, there were more than twenty people. In addition to the two big bosses Wang Gui and Hou Junji, the heads of various clans in Chang'an, the shopkeepers of several major partners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and several representatives of Shandong gentry. The few who raised the price of grain a few days ago also came with their faces licking.

Li Mu first asked Wang Gui and Hou Jun to gather in the study room in the backyard for a while, and then returned to the front yard. Seeing that there was not enough chairs, he asked someone to bring a bench. He didn't need to arrange it. The group of people themselves could tell the difference. Those with high status sat on chairs and those with low status sat on benches. Li Mu didn't ask anyone to have a tea. Seeing that everyone was sitting down, Li Mu smiled and said, "It's really hard for everyone on New Year's Eve. Are you here to greet the New Year?"

Everyone hurriedly said, "Happy New Year, Marquis!"

"The Marquis is rich and rich, and his wealth is abundant..."

"The Marquis comes from all directions..."

Li Mu raised his hand and pressed it down, saying, "Everyone has been dealing with me for so long, I must understand the character of this marquis. I like to be a little real. Since everyone is here to pay New Year's greetings, are you here empty-handed?"

"Yes, yes!" Among the crowd, a shopkeeper stood up. It was Cheng Qian from Cheng's mansion. Cheng Qian is now a leader in the business circle in Chang'an. Whenever someone needs to stand up and communicate with Li Mu, Cheng Qian will act as the representative.

Cheng Qian took out a gift list from his sleeve, handed it to Li Mu with both hands, and smiled and said, "For half a year, thanks to the Marquis's care, we have engraved it in our hearts. This is a little bit of gift. Here is the gift list. I hope the Marquis will not dislike the shabby and wish him a New Year."

Li Mu took the gift list, and hummed out of his nostrils, handed the gift list to Xiaozhu behind him, and said, "Leave it to the second wife and let her deal with it."

Xiaozhu responded and walked backwards. All the shopkeepers were all good-looking, obedient, and experts. Everyone looked at each other, and Cheng Qiandui smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis, I just heard you say the second wife... Marquis wants to take a concubine?"

"Oh, it's not a big deal. My wife's maid is like me...ah, everyone understands it." Li Mu showed a smile that a man understood, grinned and said, "I am a man who is born with feelings. I have to give me a title. This is a private matter. I didn't want to be a human being, and I was also a low-key one. I didn't plan to have a banquet, that is, my family is lively together, and I'm rushing on the Lantern Festival. Haha, don't be too careful, you don't have to spend money."

Why don't you say so clearly?!

The shopkeepers all froze their faces, and then they all smiled again, saying, "If people don't come and disturb me, the gifts will definitely come." Li Mu didn't even need to do anything, and the shopkeepers also froze, but they still had to do something for a while.

"Oh!" Li Mu sighed heavily and said, "I can't be stubborn. Are you trying to get me wrong? Well, everyone is friends. If I refuse sternly, it will be a mess of my friends' friendship. You must say that I will accept it. Anyway, I can return the business at home in the future, just to think it's left here. But it's clear that the gift cannot exceed one thousand guan. If it exceeds one thousand guan, the censor should impeach me and accept bribes."

The shopkeepers' faces were stiff again. Who would like to give you a gift of 1,000 yuan! We are all planning to do it. 1,000 yuan, why don't you grab it?

Everyone couldn't help but look at Cheng Qian with complaint, and said in their hearts that it was all your fault for instigation. If this was not the case, they would have avoided it. With today's gifts from the Spring Festival, 1,500 guan flew away again. Isn't this a disaster for people!

"If someone feels sorry, just pretend that it's not said that I have always been a matter of official business and a matter of private affairs..."

When the shopkeepers heard this, they quickly restrained their expressions and returned to their smiles.

In Li Mu's idea, things should be over. I have paid New Year's greetings, gifts, and I have known about getting married on the Lantern Festival. Why don't I leave? But for the shopkeepers, I am extremely unwilling to give up. After spending so much money, I have to make some benefits, otherwise it would be the same as those who didn't come?

The embarrassing silence continued. After a long time, Cheng Qian still spoke, rubbed his hands, and said with an embarrassed look: "Mr. Marquis, that... everyone is here today, there is something small..."

"Oh, say it."

"About the Interior Office..." Cheng Qian was a little difficult to organize his language, because now, Li Mu is no longer a member of the Interior Office. If he asked the Interior Office directly about the arrangements, he was worried that Li Mu would use this to make excuses. Therefore, when he spoke, he suddenly changed his words: "Marquis, everyone is used to the Marquis being in charge of the Interior Office. But recently, it is rumored that the Marquis is no longer in the Interior Office. Everyone is worried about an outsider, so they dare to ask..."

"Ouch." Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "So this is the matter, hey! It really makes me sad!"

Cheng Qian said in a daze: "Mr. Marquis, but the villain said the wrong thing? Marquis must not be angry, the villain will compensate him."

"Where is it," Li Mu waved his hand, asked without answering, and said, "I'm just thinking about whether we have friendship, or because I am the general minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you have cursed me, so it seems that there is friendship. If I really don't care about the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you won't come to greet me, right?"

"How can you do it! Everyone admires the Marquis and respects the Marquis, and has nothing to do with others!"

"The Marquis misunderstood. Everyone is worried that the Marquis will not be able to operate the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and everyone's job will be ruined!"

Everyone swears, one is more cruel than the other. Li Mu quickly waves his hand to stop him and smiles: "Just like a little joke, the Interior Office will not change. You have also said that without me, Li Mu, the Interior Office will not be able to play with it. However, you must also understand that there is no banquet that will last forever. Although the Interior Office has been raised because of me, Li Mu, I cannot be the Chief Minister for the rest of my life."

"Some time ago, I recruited a group of people, and you know that. Even among them, there are children and nephews, who are still in it. Regarding this matter, I can tell you one thing: after the New Year, the Nine Bureau and One Guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will gradually take shape. This group of students will graduate one after another and join the Nine Bureau and One Guard of the Bureau and One Guard of the Bureau and One Guard of the Bureau and One Guard of the Bureau in the future. In other words, the people who deal with you in the future may not be me. I will gradually train them and take on heavy responsibilities. The dispersion of power is also a good thing for you, so don't worry about anything, do your own thing well, and complete the order on time, and money is indispensable!"

The shopkeepers felt much more at ease, but some were still curious. Look at me, let me see you, and some people asked with the courage to say, "Mr. Marquis, then what are you doing?"

Li Mu glanced at the person who was talking and smiled and said, "Of course I am preparing for the imperial examination. You forgot that I will take the top scorer in the exam, so that Wei Zheng will be my teacher!"

This answer was obviously unexpected. Now that there is a Tang Daily, there are fresh headlines every day. After so long, Li Mu and Wei Zheng have been forgotten. The shopkeepers didn't even think about that. Who would have thought that Li Mu, who was busy with all kinds of things, and Li Mu, who was fighting gold every day, would take this gambling seriously?

Although everyone could not understand, they dared not ask. They all agreed that Li Mu would definitely be able to go to high school.

Li Mu responded with a smile, opened the conversation, and said, "I understand what everyone means. I have gathered to pay New Year's greetings to me today. If I don't have any news to you, I will ask your money to be wasted. Well, I will reveal two news to you here. If the news is given to you, who can make money and who can't make money depends on your personal ability."

Everyone was overjoyed and all raised their ears, afraid of missing a word.

Li Mu cleared his throat and said, "Is this one simple and straightforward? My brother Li Siwen is now the general of Zhechong in Dingxiang Zhechong Prefecture. At the same time, he was also granted the title of Viscount Dingxiang for official business, and his fief is also in Dingxiang. He, like me, runs the winery business, and trades with the Western Regions countries, and also accommodates a lot of refugees. To raise refugees, he needs food. Before he returns to Dingxiang after the New Year, he will take a batch of grain away. In order not to raise the grain price in Chang'an City, the price of this batch of grain can be slightly higher. But it must be a large transaction, and it is not possible to make a small fuss. Initially, we discussed this way, 50,000 yuan per order, a total of three orders. I won't say much about the profit here. Everyone understands it. If anyone makes these three orders, the profit will basically be released in a year."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted: "Mr. Marquis, our Zheng family has accepted these three orders. The prices are easy to negotiate. Just follow the current average price!"

"Mr. Marquis, if these three orders are given to our Lu family, we are willing to be cheaper, so it is easy to discuss!"

Li Mu glanced at the two of them and said, "I won't discuss it now. It's still early, and it's not my business. I have to wait for my brother to make a decision. I just tell you that there is such a thing. As for how to fight for orders, everyone can show their abilities."

Li Mu talked about the second thing again and said, "This other thing seems to have something to do with you." As he said, Li Mu lowered his voice and said, "This matter is top secret. I said I know that you are not allowed to spread it out. If it is spread out, I will not be responsible for any accident."

"We have a strict mouth, so we must not leak it. What is the matter? Marquis, please tell me!"

"This is what happened." Li Mu curled a smile on his lips and said slowly: "It's about the earth!"

"land?"

Everyone here, who does not have tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in the place? Even if they do not have it themselves, the family behind them also has it. And a clan like the Five Clans, Qiwang, adds up all the land, not only tens of thousands of acres, but also tens of thousands of acres. Moreover, the land is the foundation for living a life, so who can not pay attention to it?

"Yes, fields!"
Chapter completed!