The merchants came out of the conference room of the Ministry of Works in a daze until they walked to the gate of the shop. What Li Mu had just said was still echoing in their minds.

Are the various "benefits" given by Li Mu this time really good?

The answer is yes, Feng Si is a living example.

From an unknown hawker in Xishi to a big boss who often costs more than 100,000 yuan in business today. He also took over the five-year order from the Datang Daily. Such a person is bound to rise.

However, this is a grassroots figure, and it was his luck to meet Li Mu. He had nothing at all, and in order to make a name for himself, he didn't care about letting go. If any of them were in Feng Si's position, they would have done the same thing.

This is called barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

But in comparison, merchants are different. They have shoes to wear, and they are not their own shoes. They can only operate and cannot make decisions because the business is not theirs. However, what they have to face is indeed the problem of choosing one of the two given by Li Mu.

Either, act according to his intentions, with loans, orders, sales channels unimpeded. Or, if you fight against him, the ending will be hard to say.

There is a saying that goes, "People die for money," but are people really willing to die for money? Don't forget, there is another saying that goes, "Make money for life, and spend money without life."

If it were Li Mu himself alone, the merchants might have dared to give it a try. But now, he is the general minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. All of these businesses are under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What is the Ministry of Internal Affairs? It is the emperor's wallet.

If you can't get along with Li Mu, you can't get along with the emperor.

Who dares to oppose the imperial power if a mere merchant?

Li Mu's actions this time can't be called a conspiracy. He is an open conspiracy. I will tell you clearly that I did this, what can you do?

Some people are also thinking, I do my own business, wouldn’t it be enough if I don’t get involved with your Ministry of Internal Affairs?

But after thinking about it, he figured it out himself. In this situation, who can protect himself?

Take the Zhenguan Plow order for example. If you don’t do it, there will naturally be someone doing it. If the profit is there, and getting the order is equivalent to making money. Everyone is in the wood shop. If they make money, their business will inevitably expand. The cake is so big. If they don’t take the initiative to participate, they will be squeezed out of the table. Not to mention eating the cake, they will not smell the smell.

This is also the most despicable thing about Li Mu's conspiracy.

Pulling the emperor's tiger flag makes you dare not fight me. Then use the temptation of interests to make you live with me. Those who follow me will prosper and rebellion against me will perish. Those who do not cooperate with me will not need me to do it themselves. Your companions will take your life!

The merchants did not dare to make a decision. After leaving the Ministry of Works, they went to their respective masters and told them what happened. Then, the major mansions came out of the back door and gathered in different places.

Zhao Duke’s Mansion.

The nobles have already quarreled.

The nobles who came from military backgrounds were not good at doing business. However, they had a big family and a large population, so they had to make a living.

A simple and crude business like lending has become one of their first choices. Who doesn’t have many channels for lending? Moreover, most of the nobles have military power, guards and personal soldiers. Who dares to pay for the debt and go directly to the door, and no local officials dares to take care of it.

Now that Li Mu's bank issued a loan of three cents of interest, they directly cut off their life.

Where to make up for the losses?

Gao Shilian was furious and shouted, "Which side of this kid is Li Mu? Why do you try hard to attack the clan and us? What does he mean? Isn't he obviously cutting off our wealth when he does this?" Gao Shilian looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "No, you have to go find him!"

Changsun Wuji rubbed his temples, and his head was about to explode. Why is Li Mu so uneasy? He has to do something big every few days. He regrets very much now that he was unable to make up his mind when Li Mu was not yet full of wings, so now, even if he wants to make up his mind, he can't do it.

His Majesty actually allowed him to open a palace? He also gave him the power to appoint officials. What is he doing?

Changsun Wuji couldn't understand what Li Shimin fell in love with Li Mu. No matter how talented this kid is, he is only seventeen years old. Can he really do such a heavy responsibility to him?

"Changsun Wuji! I am talking to you!"

Gao Shilian shouted irritably. He was Changsun Wuji's uncle and had great kindness to Changsun, so he was always unscrupulous.

Changsun Wuji had to speak and said, "Uncle, Li Mu is now leading the Office of the Internal Affairs. What he does is the intention of His Majesty. How do you ask me to find him? Who will fill His Majesty's treasury? Unless his uncle can fill it, no matter how we look for it, it will be useless."

Gao Shilian's mouth suddenly closed and muttered, "My Gao family doesn't have much money, so it's useless to give it to His Majesty..."

The sound became smaller and smaller, and I slowly stopped talking.

Dugu Xiude looked left and right and said, "For the sake of the current plan, I think it's better not to oppose Zhulu Hou. You might as well think that this is an opportunity. If we go to Li Mu earlier and get the order in our hands, this is a visible and tangible money."

Gao Shilian became alive again and scolded: "You are easy to talk to. Your son is by Li Mu all day long. You old boy must have known the news. What does this mean? Come as a lobbyist?"

Dugu Xiude blushed and retorted: "Old Duke, what do you mean? We, the nobles of Longyou, are we all the same, when did I do something sorry for everyone? I just talk about the matter and say my thoughts. If you say that the relationship with Li Mu is far and wide, are you far away? But still remember when Datang Salt Industry and Datang Mining invested in both sides? It was not just Lao Duke, you? If you say that, I began to doubt you. Could it be that you deliberately sang the opposite tune, but it was actually exploring the truth!"

"Dare you afraid of me? Good boy, can you bully me old?"

"I dare not! I will say the same thing, just talk about the matter!"

"Okay!" Changsun Wuji was as big as a fight, and suddenly shouted loudly, saying, "What's going on? It's not like that, I've started arguing first. If someone sees it, won't it be a joke?"

Gao Shilian and Dugu Xiude looked at each other, snorted coldly, and turned their heads to the other side.

Changsun Wuji sighed and said, "I just thought about this and found something strange. Li Mu took out this bank loan, where did he get the money to borrow from outside?"

As soon as this said, everyone was stunned. In their consciousness, it was already a certain fact that Li Mu had money, so he did not think about it at all. After Changsun Wuji mentioned it, he thought about it carefully and then suddenly realized it.

Li Mu has no money!

It’s not that he really has no money, but that he doesn’t have that much money. His winery, tens of thousands of yuan per month, his shop, tens of thousands of yuan per month, and the share of the horse farm, are indeed quite a lot.

But he spent more. He first paid for the construction of the craftsman workshop, and then took out a large amount of 100,000 yuan in the alleyway of Chang'an City. Even if he had a gold mountain at home, he could not withstand such expenses.

Besides, this is the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Li Mu has no reason to pay for the money himself. He then takes a step back and says that even if he is willing to pay for the money, his money is not enough.

A paper shop is 50,000 jin, and then a wooden shop, blacksmith shop, etc., 100,000, 200,000, and 500,000 are not necessarily enough. Where did he get so much money?

"Could it be..."

Gao Shilian gasped and said, "He dares to touch our money? This kid is brave enough to eat the courage of the bear heart and the leopard!"

Changsun Wuji sneered and said, "I can't think of anything else except the two million guan in the Ministry of Works' Ice Cellar. If you want to break the situation, you have to start from this aspect. No matter what, he will take our money and lend it to us, which is unreasonable!"

Dugu Xiude stumbled for a moment, but he couldn't say anything else.

Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Please go back first, I'll go find Wang Gui. The old fox Wang Gui must have thought of what we think of, and see what he said before. If he is not willing to suffer a loss in this silence, there is still room for this matter to turn around. If he admits it, we can't do anything. Then, we will study the next thing."

All the nobles stood up: "Please give me my uncle."

Changsun Wuji did not delay and sent the guests away, so he asked someone to prepare a car, and at the same time sent a servant to ride a horse to Wang Gui's mansion to deliver a letter.

As the uncle of the country, he naturally could not visit him, so the two agreed to meet him and went around the place where they met.

Wang Gui arrived as scheduled and pushed open the door of the private room. Seeing Changsun Wuji drinking tea, he quickly put away his sad face, changed into a calm and calm look, sat down next to him, and said, "My uncle's qi cultivation skills are beyond my reach. Mountain of Tai collapsed before his face remained unchanged. He said that he is a deep person like the uncle."

Changsun Wuji put down the teacup and said, "I don't have time to talk to you. I've heard about it, what do you think?"

"No one's money is blown by the strong wind, it's all the blood and sweat of his ancestors. Li Mu has always been too smooth, so it's time to give him a little pain."

Changsun Wuji sneered: "You are trying to avenge that punch, right?"

"Whatever you say."

Seeing Changsun Wuji teasing, Wang Gui stood up and said, "I have already written the memorial book. I don't care about what the uncle does. I can't avoid the word "reason" in anything. I don't believe it. What else can Li Mu make a quibble this time."

After saying that, he shook his sleeves and left.

Changsun Wuji went down the crack in the window and saw Wang Gui get into the car. He pondered for a while, gritted his teeth, and his eyes became firm.

This game is of great significance. It not only concerns the present, but also the future. Now the three major forces in the court, namely nobles, aristocrats, and gentry. Although they are sometimes strong and weak, they are still balanced in general.

If Li Mu wins this time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will become a force that can be on par with the nobles, the clans and the gentry!
Chapter completed!