Li Mu's reputation has never been very good. It was like this when he was in Chang'an City. He couldn't turn it around when he arrived in Luoyang City, and it was even worse. Yesterday, he sought bribes in broad daylight. After the propaganda of the merchants who were blackmailed by him, it was known to the whole city overnight. In this era, reputation is more important than life. Even if Li Mu is a strange man, he doesn't care what others say, and he can't stand being stabbed all day long. (Don't hurry to see the repetition, it will be refreshed after more than ten minutes!)

Fortunately, he was prepared.

"The notice is here, the notice is here, get out of here!"

A Jinyiwei came to Nanshi City and raised a notice in his hand. Everyone quickly moved the road away. Jinyiwei dismounted and posted the notice on the wall. After posting it, he stood there and said, "The Marquis wanted to develop four schools, and he received strong support from Luoyang City merchants. He collected a total of 100,000 yuan, and the detailed donation list was on the notice. The Marquis said that in the future, everyone's children would study hard, and they must not forget the names of these generous charity people who donated money."

After saying that, the Jinyiwei got on his horse and left, and everyone gathered around him. Someone shouted: "Isn't this blackmailed by the Marquis yesterday-" He said halfway, and knew that he had made up his words. Seeing that everyone next to him looked over, he quickly changed his words: "I understand!"

The person next to him said wonderingly: "What are you doing? He screams, what do you understand?"

I heard the man say, "Everyone knows that I have done business in Chang'an City. The Marquis' reputation in Chang'an City is very famous. Since he came to Chang'an City last year, he has risen rapidly in less than half a year. He made a fortune by making wine and his family has countless wealth. People in Chang'an City say that the Marquis' money given to His Majesty alone has millions of dollars."

The crowd was gasping for air conditioning, and a local Luoyang person asked, "Millions of coins? Boast!"

The man smiled contemptuously, as if he was sarcastic about the person who spoke, he had never seen the world: "Boy it? It's so strange! I have experienced it myself. Just around the Chinese New Year this year, the Marquis threw money in the city to celebrate his wife's pregnancy. According to legend, he scattered 50,000 guan in one night. Now, in the cracks of the floor tiles in Pingkangfang, you can occasionally pick up one or two copper coins. Everyone in Chang'an has seen this. There are many people who have received the money. If you don't believe me, go and ask?"

There are many merchants traveling between Nancheng City, and of course, there are merchants who traveled between Chang'an and Luoyang like the one who speaks, and they all stood up to testify when they hear this. Everyone in Chang'an City knows that Li Mu's coins are scattered throughout the city, and it is not considered as giving on his face.

"I heard about the Marquis extortion of money yesterday, and I thought it was strange. The Marquis' family has countless wealth, so can it be used to extort? Even if he really extorted, he wouldn't just extort such a little bit, right? Look, there are only 100,000 yuan in total, of which the Marquis himself paid more than 20,000 yuan. Does he seem to be a shortage of money?"

Someone in the crowd shouted, "But he took the money, and everyone was watching!"

"Bah!" This man seemed to be a fan of Li Mu. He couldn't hear others say that Li Mu was not good, so he rushed to the man after hearing this: "It's not necessarily true to see it! We only saw that the Marquis collected the money, but we didn't hear it. Why did the money be collected? I think it was all done by those merchants who were unconscienced! The Marquis wanted to run four schools for the people and ask them to donate some money. They were all dissatisfied with cramps and bones. They were also dissatisfied with the Marquis' majesty, and they dared not to take it. So after taking the money, they spread rumors everywhere and arranged the Marquis' character! Let us think that the Marquis was a profit-oriented villain, and his heart was really despicable!"

As he spoke, he motivated and shouted, "Let's go, can we get fooled with this?"

Most of the people in the crowd were onlookers. No one was able to talk, they might just take a look. But there was such a person who stood up to analyze and analyzed it seemed quite reasonable, and more people subconsciously believed it.

"You're right. People spend 50,000 pounds on the streets. Can they still be greedy for this little money?"

"Isn't it? These merchants are really cunning and treacherous, or are there many marquis who have been plotted against this, so don't forget to keep an eye on them. Don't forget the good of these merchants. I'm apologizing! Whoever remembers their goodness, remembers them, and also remembers the good of the Marquis! If they really had such a good intention, they would have donated money to build a school. Why didn't the Marquis have this before they came? It was only after the Marquis came?"

"My brother is right!"

"Go to Mr. Xie!"

The crowd started to clamor, and someone took the lead and wanted to go to the county government to thank Li Mu. With a leader, there were followers behind. With a few followers, there were more people watching the fun. The same thing happened at the entrances of each yard, and gradually the crowd gathered in one place, and the momentum became huge in an instant.

...

The news soon reached somewhere in the city. A carrier pigeon flew into the sky, flew out of the city with its wings, and fell in a forest. Madam Rong took the note, took a look, took it behind Sister Lu, who was painting, and whispered: "Sister, that boy Li Mu made a move. He took out all the money he had blackmailed yesterday and posted more than 20,000 yuan himself to set up four school museums for the people's sons to study. Now a large number of people are rushing to the county government and want to thank him in person."

Sister Lu put down her pen and smiled: "Working with the flow, leveraging the power, I use the methods very skillfully at a young age."

Mama Rong said with no expression on her face, "Sister, how should we deal with it?"

"Care?" Sister Lu looked at Mama Rong and said strangely: "Why do we have to deal with it? Did we have any conflicts with Li Mu before?"

"This..." Mama Rong thought for a moment. Although both sides were already clearly enemies, they knew each other well. But so far, there seemed to be no real direct conflict between the two sides. After passing a few moves across the air, they were all just trying to test each other.

"This kid just arrived in Luoyang City and his foundation was not stable. For us, Luoyang City is like his own garden, with no comparison at all. Now he is in the light and we are in the dark. If I guess correctly, he is now eager to find trouble for him so that he can understand us more, find our weaknesses, and come up with solutions to it."

Sister Lu smiled and said, "I don't give him this opportunity. If anyone is allowed to have a head-on conflict with Li Mu, it doesn't matter if he wants to follow his wishes. If the losses are caused, they will be closed on my account. I will pay for the money."

Mama Rong hurriedly said, "Sister, this will damage your reputation and make people feel that we are afraid of him, Li Mu."

"Why do you have to fight for a moment?" Sister Lu didn't seem to care about her reputation and asked, "Madam, how did you arrange the things I asked you to do the day before yesterday?"

"What is my sister talking about purchasing the old grain?" Seeing that Sister Lu nodded slightly, Mama Rong said, "The amount of old grains in each family has been summarized on the account. The price given by my sister is 15% more than the average price. They are willing to sell them, and they have already made a contract. I have sent someone to build a warehouse on the spot according to my sister's instructions and gather all the grains together. It will be completed before the autumn harvest. Please rest assured."

Sister Lu nodded and said, "I have always been relieved to do my job in nanny." She stood up, moved her muscles and said, "Let's arrange the bath soup, I'm tired, so I'll take a bath and take a rest."

"No." Mama Rong responded and served Sister Lu to change clothes. Sister Lu saw her looking at her but stopped looking from the corner of her eyes, and said with a smile: "Mama and I have been with me for decades, and I still have to keep what I have to keep in my heart, don't you say it?"

"Miss, this time, the money is used to purchase Chenliang. The elders sent a message and wanted to ask the lady why she did this. The new grain will come down soon. This year, the weather will be good, and the grain will surely be harvested. After the lady has collected so much Chenliang, she will still purchase it at a higher price. She will definitely lose money by then."

Sister Lu didn't say anything and signaled Mama Rong to finish her words. Mama Rong knew that the lady was a little angry, but she had to be responsible for the elders. Even if Sister Lu didn't like to listen, she still had to say it: "The elders also know that the lady must have a deep meaning in doing things. If it is more than 100,000 yuan, the elders would not say anything. But this time the money used by the lady, the money for purchasing food, the money for travel, the loss, etc., was added together, and it was almost one million yuan. If you pay for it, you will have to give it half of it. Such a large sum of money, the elders have to ask."

After hearing what Rong Mama said, Sister Lu was not angry and said lightly: "These elders always look like this. If you make money, don't say you are good or you lose money, you can talk about it for the rest of your life. If they can't understand things, you must let you explain them clearly. You are annoying and have no worries. You always see others' mistakes, but you don't know that they are stupid."

Mama Rong looked embarrassed and whispered: "Miss, it's the elders after all, so it's inappropriate to say this."

"What's wrong?" Sister Lu laughed contemptuously and said, "My grandma will teach me a message. If they can still trust me, don't ask anything. If they don't believe me, I won't care. Anyway, I'm a dead widow who has lost her child. I should have gone to the nunnery to become a monk!"

Mama Rong didn't dare to answer the conversation anymore, and she bowed in a proper manner and stepped back.

Sister Lu fell down and looked at the unfinished paintings on the table. The people in the painting only had outlines but no appearance. She gently rubbed the paper, tears fell down, and the ink was lost.

"Son, where are you..."

...

Li Mu thanked him for a long time before he sent away the enthusiastic people of Luoyang. Things went smoother than he thought. The people sent out to clamor today basically completed their tasks. Li Mu naturally did not hesitate to reward money, and he spread hundreds of tuitions, and everyone was very happy.

With these people, you can only be considered a stake in Luoyang City. It is not certain that things will go to that step, but this first step is taken. Next, it depends on how the opponent takes action. Li Mu thought about it and was stunned for a while. When Bai Qiaoqiao called him to eat, he got up from the bed.

"Where is Xiaojiu? Is there no one again?" Li Mu sat down and didn't see Dugu Jiu, and asked casually.

"I haven't seen it yesterday until now, and I don't know what to do." Zhang Tianai continued, "Husband, I want to tell you something."

"Tell me," Li Mu said in a vague way, seeing him swallowing voraciously, Jin Chen served him a bowl of soup and placed it next to him.

"The Jinyiwei is now in Luoyang, and there is a difficult problem now. It is crowded and the place is too small. The people we brought from Chang'an do not have a suitable place to live. Although I have built several yards near Nanshi, it is very inconvenient to travel. What should you do if you think about this?"

"What a big deal." Li Mu took a sip of the soup, and Zhang Tian was eagerly waiting for his next sentence, but Li Mu was just concerned about drinking the soup and stopped talking.

"Hey hey hey!" Zhang Tianai knew that Li Mu was intentional, raised his hand and patted him, and said, "What should I do if I ask you!"

"You are the commander of the Jinyiwei." Li Mu spread his hands and said, "What should I do? What is the constitution? This is?"

"I have to let me say it clearly?" Zhang Tianai said angrily: "Then I will say it explicitly, either I buy a place or build a place. It's fine. Anyway, I'll give it money first!" Zhang Tianai spread his hands in front of Li Mu, as if he wouldn't take it away if he didn't give it money.

Li Mu said speechlessly: "Madam, do you really think I am the God of Wealth? The winery has been demolished and has not been rebuilt yet. Our family has broken its lifeline. The money is now tight, and only tens of thousands of guan of available money is left. It's a shortage of madam. Didn't you say that you have rented the yard for the Jinyiwei to live in, so let's live first?"

"No!" Zhang Tianai denied it and said, "I promised them that the Jinyiwei must have a bright place. Don't cry with me, poor. You have some tricks to make money, so just say you should give it or not?"

"Don't you want money!" Li Mu also looked stern. Seeing that Zhang Tianai's eyes were about to turn red, his lips squirmed for a moment, and then said, "At worst, the county government will give you it. I will lead Qiaoqiao, Chenchen, and the three of us will move out."

"That won't work!" Zhang Tianai asked for face no matter how much he wanted, he could not ignore Qiaoqiao's belly and hugged Bai Qiaoqiao and said, "It's not okay if Qiaoqiao has no place to live."

"What should I do?" Li Mu sighed, "Who asked me to marry a prodigal girl like you. For my own sake, my whole family has slept on the streets. I pity my Qiaoqiao, who is about to give birth in August, and I will suffer such a crime, alas——"

"I..." Zhang Tianai didn't know what to say. She clearly didn't mean that, but when Li Mu said this, it seemed that it was really the case. Bai Qiaoqiao saw that Zhang Tianai seemed to be crying, so she reached out to pinch Li Mu and said, "Sister Tianai, don't listen to his nonsense. He said yesterday that His Majesty gave him a mansion, now, the key is here, and there is a picture."

As he said that, Bai Qiaoqiao took out an envelope, poured out a key from it, and a simple map of the mansion.

"After the meal is finished, he will go to find this mansion. If he lives in a suitable place, he will move in tomorrow. The county government will be useless and there is no other use, so he will give it to you naturally."

Only then did Zhang Tianai realize that Li Mu had already thought about how to arrange it, but he deliberately said that to make fun of her. He felt ashamed and angry for a moment, and didn't know how to release it. He grabbed Li Mu's arm, snorted, and bit his wrist.

The clearly visible crescent moon appeared on Li Mu's wrist. It did not bite and bleed, but it became red and swollen.

"A dog!"
Chapter completed!