Chapter 2
Li Shimin walked in front and heard Li Yuan's words "Calf and Horse", and almost staggered down from the steps. He turned around and glared at Li Mu fiercely, and walked quickly with anger.
Li Yuan laughed and said, "Don't worry about him. I have just been the emperor for a few years and am still very proud of my face. Li Mu, I now know how uncomfortable it is to not express my feelings directly. The Analects of Confucius says that you are thirty, you are not confused when you are forty, you are fifty when you are fifty, you are obedient when you are sixty, and you are seventy when you are not out of order. Although I am still a few years away from seventy, it is time to start to do whatever you want. Next time I see Wang Gui, I will also call him a calf and horse!"
Li Mu quickly said, "The Supreme Emperor must not be. Wang Gui is the minister and the prime minister. It is too indecent to call him a calf and horse."
"Hmph, it depends on whether he messed with me!"
Li Yuan threw down a sentence and left with great strides. Li Mu watched the father and the other two walk away, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, but unexpectedly he would call him casually and cause trouble. Wang Pu, the little calf, still caused trouble for me.
Calf and horse!
Li Mu spat and was about to find Bai Qiaoqiao. Cheng Yaojin walked over quickly. Before Li Mu could see him, Cheng Yaojin had already grabbed his arm. Li Mu felt pain and threw it away hard, saying, "Uncle Cheng, my nephew is weak, but he can't withstand the power of your capture. What happened again? So excited?"
"Li Mu, do you know, how much net profit is there in today's Marseille?"
"Uh..." Li Muxin calculated and said, "About six or seven thousand guan?"
Cheng Yaojin widened his eyes and said, "God! How do you know? There are 6,354 guan in total!" Cheng Yaojin was very excited and said, "Nephew, I knew you were very talented at first sight when I saw you. As expected, I didn't miss it! A game has more than 6,000 guan in net profit, more than 300 days a year, even if it is 300 games, my god, how much does it cost!"
When Cheng Yaojin mentioned "money", Li Mu remembered what Li Shimin said just now, and his expression changed slightly. He pulled Cheng Yaojin and sat down. Although Cheng Yaojin was rough, he was thick and thin. Seeing Li Mu's expression, he knew something had happened.
"Nephew, we have already agreed on how to divide the accounts. I know that this horse farm cannot do without you, but if you take advantage of the situation, I will not agree."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Uncle, how could my nephew do this? I said I shouldn't share the accounts... But you guessed it well. Someone really wants to take advantage of the situation, this person..."
Cheng Yaojin glared at his eyes and said, "It's not your Majesty!"
Li Mu hurriedly handed over a look of appreciation and said, "Uncle is wise, his Majesty."
"How can Your Majesty compete for profit with the people? This is wrong. I have to distinguish it from him!" Cheng Yaojin didn't care about that. He was an old minister in the court, had great military achievements, and was consciously rational. He could really do something to confront him. But Li Mu couldn't let him go. He just made a promise. If Cheng Yaojin went to see Li Shimin, Li Shimin would definitely not fight, but his evil fire that lost his face always had to find someone to vent...
Li Mu didn't want to be that unlucky guy, so he hurriedly grabbed Cheng Yaojin and said, "Uncle, don't be anxious, listen to me!"
Cheng Yaojin sat down angrily and said, "You said!"
Li Mu sighed and said, "Uncle Cheng is confused. When you see the benefits of this Marseille, I also know the benefits of this Marseille, but there are no fools in Chang'an City. Who can't see the benefits?"
Cheng Yaojin immediately shouted: "How dare they get involved? No one has the courage to touch my old Cheng's things!"
"Uncle has a powerful power, and they naturally don't dare to provoke you one by one. But you also see it, just like this family, with the same anger. I offended the Cui family of Boling, and immediately jumped out to find a place for the son of the Wang family of Taiyuan. Today I will spend 3,000 guan. Tomorrow and the next day, will such things be missing in the future? My uncle wants to make money in this business. How can he earn money steadily and be honest in his hands? I don't need my uncle's help today, and it is also for this consideration. If my uncle helps me, Marseille's business will definitely be affected!"
Cheng Yaojin thought about Li Mu's words, nodded, and said, "My nephew makes sense, I will win your love."
"This is all a trivial matter," Li Mu pulled his words back and said, "Only to single, my uncle is naturally not afraid. But if they unite, my uncle will have a headache. So we have to find a way to make them retreat!"
Cheng Yaojin slowly said: "What do you mean... pull His Majesty in?"
"Yes!" Li Mu said seriously: "Only by pulling Your Majesty in, this horse farm is in Chang'an City, we can camp alone. It can be claimed that Uncle Cheng used His Majesty's apprentice and gave him 30% of the pure profit of the treasury. Others can't understand the meaning? In this way, our horse farm becomes a 'Royal Horse Farm'. Who dares to spy on it? All officials often say that they should not compete for profit with the people. On the other hand, who dares to compete for profit with His Majesty?"
Cheng Yaojin frowned and said, "Nephew, this is the reason. I don't understand, but this is 30% of the net profit, that's a lot of money..."
Li Mu lowered his expression and said, "If my uncle can't bear to give up, then he will be out of my part. Uncle still has 40% inconvenience, I only need 25% of the time."
"No! Absolutely no!" Now this Marseille is like a mountain of gold, Li Mu is like the God of Wealth. How dare Cheng Yaojin offend him? If Li Mu took out 30% of the net profit alone and only 25% left, would he continue to be attentive? Cheng Yaojin did not dare to bet, and could not allow him to hesitate anymore and said, "Business is a partnership between us, how can you make an official alone? Let's do it, half of each of us. If I give 15% of the net profit, it will only account for 30%."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Uncle Cheng, don't worry about money. When the business is stable, money will naturally continue to flow. My nephew will not let Uncle Cheng pay. In this way, Uncle Cheng and His Majesty, we all account for 30% of the remaining ones, and 10% of the remaining accounts will be used to pay salaries to the maids and give excellent men a reward. If the maids' income in the maids rise steadily, their rewards will increase. Only in this way can the enthusiasm of the men be stimulated and they will have the strength to work. In a few days, I will find a way to make up for the five percent of your losses. Wouldn't everyone be happy?"
Cheng Yaojin sighed and said, "If this is true, it would be the best."
"My nephew will be convinced when he says something." Li Mu patted his chest and promised, "I will go to see Your Majesty tomorrow, and I must ask for a plaque for the imperial gift."
Cheng Yaojin nodded and asked again: "You are competing with Wang Pu today. You have lost so much money. There is no more money in the mansion. After you have sorted out the accounts, I will send you five thousand guan to it. You can keep it for use."
Li Mu smiled and said, "You are so kind of nephew. If you can have another bull thigh that accidentally falls to death..."
"Wu! Is the cow in my husband's family so easy to fall to death? Get out of here, you have disturbed my good mood. Now I am not happy and just want to beat someone!"
"Then the nephew took his leave." Li Mu turned around and slipped away. Before he could take a few steps, he heard Cheng Chumo's voice.
"Dad, I've found the ox cart you asked me to find."
"Why are you so slow!"
One kick!
"Dad, why are you kicking me?"
"That's not enough to do anything!"
Two feet!
"father……"
"Why did I give birth to such a stupid boy? Look at Li Mu, look at you, I'll kick..."
Li Mu heard the sound and slipped faster.
When he returned to his own partition, Li Mu found that the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Wang Ou sat on the left, far away from the middle, which was Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien. The three girls had no communication, and they were both like strangers.
Seeing Li Mu back, Wang Ou quickly stood up, Yingying bowed, and said, "I have apologized to the Marquis on behalf of my uncle. I have been a playboy since I was a child. I have no courtesy, no one is arrogant, and I am extremely arrogant. I also ask the Marquis not to be as knowledgeable as him. The money I compensate today will be compensated by the Marquis tomorrow. If noon is out, someone will be sent to the mansion. I also ask the Marquis not to implicate the Wang family of Taiyuan because of him. The sons of the Wang family of Taiyuan are not like him!"
Only then did Li Mu understand why the atmosphere was so awkward. It turned out that it was because Wang Ou was also from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Li Mu was provoked by Wang Pu and lost 3,000 guan. Naturally, Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien would not give her a good face.
Li Mu quickly helped Wang Ou up and said, "One thing goes back to the other. Wang Pu provoked me. I will fight back and derogatory words. It is inevitable, but I have no prejudice against the Wang family in Taiyuan, and I will not criticize the people of the Wang family in Taiyuan for this. This is a private matter between me and him, and I have nothing to do with you, nor have I had nothing to do with the Wang Shizhong. If the Wang family in Taiyuan does not help the evildoer, they will naturally have nothing to do with the Wang family in Taiyuan. Besides, you are my life-savior, and I, Li Mu, are not a person who cannot distinguish right from wrong. This money cannot be compensated. Since I have said 5,000 guan, it is worthy of playing. I have not taken it seriously yet."
Wang Ou sighed: "I have traveled all over the country and met countless men. At the age of the Marquis, only the Marquis is so heroic. I am really a real man. I admire him very much. I think only with such a heroic mind can I write such heroic poems."
When Li Mu heard Wang Ou mention poetry again, he was a little embarrassed and quickly opened the topic and said, "It's getting late today, so I'll take my family back home. I'll have the chance to talk to you about poetry and essays again."
Chapter completed!