Chapter 620 Insider Information
The statues of all living beings in Nanxiang Exchange had no impact on Lady Mu in Nanxiang.
Following her usual practice, she inspected the entire workshop in the morning and asked various stewards about the situation in the workshop.
At the same time, we also need to visit the residences of the weavers in the workshops to understand the living conditions of the weavers in the workshops.
At this critical moment, she must also keep abreast of the weavers' thoughts.
I started to deal with various matters in the afternoon.
As Nanxiang’s various businesses continue to expand, Li Mu has to deal with more and more things.
Just like the exchange, there is woolen cloth trading there, so she has to pay attention to it on weekdays.
Those who try to raise food prices with different purposes, and hang themselves or jump into the river without losing all their money, are just monkey tricks to her.
If you have no real strength and no self-awareness, but want to participate in the game of such a big event as the fate of the Han Dynasty, you will only die.
The real mastermind behind the scenes will not be driven to a dead end because of this.
Li Mu, who controls the fate of more than 10,000 people, is no longer the woman who only limited her sights to her family.
Over the years, she has handled much more money, grain and cloth than a county governor.
She has seen all kinds of weird things. Maybe most of the legitimate sons in the family are not as knowledgeable as she is.
While Li Mu was immersed in handling affairs, Mrs. Li walked into her office yard with a man.
“Is Taigong Li here to see my wife?”
The young lady welcoming the guests asked Taigong Li with a smile.
“Exactly, please, please come in and say something.”
Li Taigong said kindly.
The young lady’s eyes fell on the husband behind him and asked, “May I ask who this husband is?”
The young man's face darkened.
After seeing this, the young lady's smile became even brighter, but she was not afraid of the man's threatening expression at all.
There are many people who want to disobey Nanxiang's rules, but she has never seen anyone who can end up with a good end. Not one of them.
Taigong Li is an old man and said quickly, "This is the twelfth son of the eldest son of the Li family. He has made an appointment with my granddaughter. Come and meet her today."
“Okay, please wait a moment, Grandpa.”
The young lady led the two of them to the living room, poured tea for them, and then went to notify Li Mu.
When there was no one in the hall, Twelve Lang said with some dissatisfaction, "Sixth uncle, you are Mu Niang's grandpa, and I am her brother. How dare she be so negligent? It is simply disrespectful!"
Li Taigong glanced at Twelve Lang and was not angry, "Twelve Lang, this is not Jincheng, let alone the Li family. Without this relationship, do you think you can see Mu Niang at this time? You just entered Believe it or not, there’s no chance of getting here?”
As he spoke, he pointed outside, "Every young lady in this courtyard is not only able to read and write sentences, but they are also rare arithmetic masters."
“Also, in the side rooms in the courtyard, there may be confidential things that cannot be easily seen by outsiders. Only here is the place specially used to receive guests.”
"If you are not afraid of being arrested for spying on the secrets of the workshop, can you go to the back and try to find Mu Niang?"
After saying that, he picked up the ear cup and took a sip of tea, seemingly intending to wait calmly.
Li Twelve Lang was choked by Taigong Li and couldn't breathe. Although he was the legitimate son of the eldest family, Old Taigong Li was his elder in terms of generation.
At the moment, he could only say bitterly, "I just can't stand her being so unruly..."
"What? Twelve Lang still wants to apply the rules of the clan to me?"
Before Li Taigong could speak, he heard a clear voice, his tone full of sarcasm.
Li Mu appeared at the door, but seeing the majesty hidden in her pink face, he glanced at her with phoenix eyes, looking forward to her flight without losing her sharpness.
Li Twelve Lang was startled at first and stood up involuntarily. Only then did he realize that something was wrong, and a look of shame and annoyance appeared on his face.
Li Mu, however, did not look at him. He walked up to Taigong Li and bowed, "My granddaughter is late, please don't blame me."
Taigong Li smiled and said kindly, "What kind of words are you talking about? Who doesn't know that you are busy all day long? If it weren't for this matter, I wouldn't come here to find you. Sit down, sit down quickly!"
Li Mu then walked to his seat and sat down, and asked, "But I don't know what your uncle is doing?"
Li Taigong glanced at Li Twelve Lang and said, "This matter needs to be decided by Twelve Lang."
Li Mu then looked at Li Twelve Lang.
"Mu Niang, everyone has been spreading rumors these past two days that the Prime Minister has regained Longyou. The price of grain in this exchange suddenly plummeted a lot, which caught many people off guard and forced them to die."
Although Li Twelve Lang was dissatisfied, under Li Mu's strong aura and because he wanted something from her, he could only swallow his anger and put on a smile.
Unexpectedly, when Li Mu heard this, he frowned and interrupted him, "The decline of the Han Dynasty is the time to work together to tide over the difficulties. A dignified man, instead of saying that he would die as if he were returning to the national disaster, he would instead think about hoarding food. , driving up food prices, this is not what the Son of Man did.”
“The women’s army in my workshop all know how to patrol everywhere to maintain peace. Those who are forced to die are not even as good as women. They will die if they die. What’s the pity?”
Li Twelve Lang trembled in his heart after hearing this. It is really rare for a woman to be so cruel. It is not an exaggeration to say she is a poisonous woman.
Then he glanced at Taigong Li again, and complained crazily in his heart: Look what the six rooms of your house have taught you?
The man goes to raise chickens, ducks and geese for others, while the woman talks about state affairs and the world. What is this called? This is called the reversal of yin and yang, the hen is in the morning!
Is this what a farming and reading family should look like? Even Murano Qianshou's house doesn't have anything like this, right?
Li Taigong drank tea with an ear cup and pretended that he heard nothing.
Since Mu Niang was sent to Nanxiang, who knows how Feng Langjun trained her? After becoming like this, Taigong Li actually had the urge to explain to others, "This is not a girl from my Li family."
It’s just that Liufang is becoming more and more prosperous now. Even if the clan members come to Hanzhong and want to do something, don’t they still have to ask for help? These are actually all due to Mu Niang.
If this continues, Liufang can imitate the Li family of Nanzhong and become a branch of his own in Hanzhong. When the time comes, Li Taigong will be the one to establish the clan.
So no matter how Li Mu changes, Li Taigong not only can't say anything, but also has to tell outsiders with a shy face that she is the most outstanding woman in the sixth room of the Li family.
So be it Li Taigong or Li Twelve Lang, except for the superficial identity that can be slightly concealed, they really have nothing to do when facing Li Mu.
"Mu Niang is right." Master Li Twelve's face was a little stiff, "It's just that this news has spread a lot in Nanxiang, and there is no movement from the government, so we wanted to come over and ask if it is true or false?"
Hearing this, Li Mu smiled strangely, "Nanxiang is not a county in Hanzhong. The government has to spread the news from the front, so it should start from Nanzheng, right? How can Nanxiang be ahead of Nanzheng?"
When Li Twelve heard this, he cursed in his heart.
Who doesn't know that you gave Feng Dianzi a warm bed from Liufang?
Otherwise, Liufang could be where it is today?
Who doesn’t know that you are Feng Dianzi’s confidant?
How else could you be where you are today?
You said you didn’t know the news about Feng Dianzi. Are you lying?
Li Twelve Lang almost gritted his teeth, but he had to keep a smile on his face, "Yes, I made a mistake. I mean, these days, Feng Langjun and Mu Niang have exchanged news, but Zeng said what is the situation in Longyou now?"
Hearing Li Mu's words, even Li Taigong showed a look of concern on his face.
“I wonder what message Feng Langjun conveyed to Mu Niang?”
Li Twelve Lang was even worse, even his body was shaking a little.
He didn’t know what kind of mentality he was in at this time.
Logically speaking, since there is a quota for the wool spinning workshop in the clan, he should hope that the battle ahead will be good.
However, the pride of the heir apparent of aristocratic family for a long time made him unwilling to see Li Mu and Feng Dianzi behind her living a good life.
After all, the better off the adulterer and adulterous couple are, the more likely they are to ride on the head of a family member like himself.
"The news that Feng Langjun defeated the famous Cao bandit general Zhang He is true, and it is also true that the tens of thousands of Cao bandits' elite troops in the street pavilions were wiped out. However, Guangwei County has not yet been conquered, and its county government of Linwei is still in the hands of Cao bandits. "
The county seat is the most important place in a county.
As long as the county government still exists, then the county will still exist.
"There are also Longxi County, and there are also Cao thieves from Liangzhou who are holding on. In Anding County, the Han Dynasty does not have extra troops to attack. Therefore, of the four counties in Longyou, only Tianshui and Nan'an have been truly recovered. It’s just a county.”
Li Mu said lightly.
“Is this true?”
Li Twelve Lang asked in silence.
“What’s the use of lying to you?”
Li Mu looked at him with a half-smile.
Seeing Li Mu's expression, Li Twelve Lang's heart suddenly tightened. No, there must be something fishy here.
On the contrary, Li Taigong was more sophisticated and experienced, and he looked at the problem more clearly than Li Twelve Lang: "Based on the current situation, can the Han Dynasty regain Longyou?"
"The Cao thieves have been defeated one after another. Now the roads into Longyou have been blocked by the Han. Sooner or later, Longyou will be in the hands of the Han. The Cao thieves are just lingering in Longyou."
Li Mu looked at Li Twelve Lang with clear eyes, "It doesn't matter if you say the previous words, but this last sentence must never be told to others. Do you understand?"
"Why?"
Li Twelve Lang asked blurtly.
“If those people knew the real situation in Longyou, how could they dare to raise the price of grain so boldly?”
Li Mu had a smile on his face, but his tone was extremely cold.
Li Twelve Lang shuddered, and a word suddenly came to his mind: fishing with bait.
She thinks there aren't enough people who are driving up food prices to die!
If the people who died this time were the pawns pushed to the front by the aristocratic families, then up and down, and up and down again, after a few operations, the big families in Sichuan who were driving up food prices would basically be wiped out. Eighty-eight.
Families with a slightly weaker foundation may not be able to recover for several years.
Li Twelve Lang came out of the yard in a daze and looked blankly in the direction of the exchange. Only then did he suddenly realize that it was the aristocratic families in Sichuan who decided the price of grain in Sichuan.
But unknowingly, I suddenly moved here.
Just five wool spinning workshops can make the most important families in Shu not only not resist, but even cooperate obediently...
Thinking of this, Li Twelve Lang looked up at the sky. Although the sun was shining brightly, he always felt that there was a huge black shadow floating in the sky, looking at Nanxiang coldly.
He suddenly turned around and went back to look for Li Mu.
"Muniang, we are discussing this time and want to go to Longyou to work in the army. I want to go there in person. Do you think it's okay?"
Li Mu looked at him strangely, "Who the clan wants to send, that's the clan's Grand Duke's business, what does it have to do with me? You should go to the clan's Grand Duke for this matter."
Twelve Lang nodded and said sincerely, "Thank you very much."
Compared to various private analysts, where true and false news are flying everywhere, the news from the court is much more true.
With the general situation of Longyou determined, the courtiers praised the emperor at the court meeting with so many praises that the smile on the face of little fat Liu Chan never disappeared.
Although some of the flattering words made him want to vomit, he couldn't help but feel so happy and comfortable in his heart!
So he vomited and listened at the same time.
Didn’t you see that the prime minister left a long history and joined the army, standing aside with a smile on his face, and didn’t stop him?
If we say that the Southern Expedition can only be regarded as a small fight to calm people's hearts.
So this Northern Expedition and Longyou's several great victories gave everyone hope of reviving the Han Dynasty.
The worst thing is that we see hope of filling the real shortcomings.
More importantly, Longyou is a vast land with sparsely populated areas, but it is also suitable for grazing...
How many counties are there in the four counties of Longyou? How many vacancies are there in a county?
Even if you can't become a chief officer, it would still be great to go there and become a boss or something like that.
The Prime Minister was wise. Before the Northern Expedition, he released the quota of five wool spinning workshops, so in the next few years, there will definitely be a shortage of wool.
As long as you can go there, if you pass any cattle, sheep, horses, wool or fur, even if you don’t take it, the oil and water will automatically get on your hands.
Haven’t you seen that woolen cloth has been in such short supply in recent years that it can be used as money?
After such calculation, regardless of whether they are people from Jingzhou or Dongzhou, even native people from Yizhou are happy and excited.
All the depression of the past few years has been swept away.
Especially Liu Yan, a member of the royal family, took the opportunity to take the lead in proposing that since the Northern Expedition had achieved a great victory, Your Majesty needed to send an envoy to express condolences, and he volunteered to serve as such envoy.
Unexpectedly, someone jumped out and said, "Liu Junhou is already old, how can he be so tired and running around? I can't bear it, so I am willing to go on your behalf."
Liu Yan became very angry when he saw that someone dared to cut off people. If the censor who maintained order had not been quick-sighted and stepped forward to hug him, he would have rushed up with a wat board to fight with others.
He could only hear him shouting loudly, "The veteran followed the late emperor to fight in the north and south, from Yuzhou to Jingzhou, and then from Jingzhou to Yizhou. How did he ever flinch? To put it bluntly, the veteran can be regarded as a royal relative of the Han family, and he and the late emperor are the same. Bloodline limbs.”
"Now that the late emperor's last wish is expected to be fulfilled, if your majesty sends someone to Longyou to work on the army, who is more suitable than the veteran minister?"
Liu Yan showed his identity and immediately overwhelmed the officials. No one dared to say that he was more suitable than him.
Now, whether it is His Majesty's princes or the princes of the Han Dynasty, they are still too young. In terms of status and dignity, no one can compare with Liu Yan.
However, there is actually a reason why Liu Yan is so desperate to get the labor envoys - his son Liu Liang is still feeding mosquitoes in Nanzhong.
There was a message from the other side that Liu Liang fell ill several times, and the most serious one almost killed him.
How could Liu Yan not be in a hurry?
There are so many vacancies in Longyou this time. He can take any position at random. It doesn't require a big official position. Even if he is a minor official, his son can come out of that ghost place in Nanzhong.
Even though there are many barbarians in Longyou, they will be obedient as long as that person is there!
At least it will not be like Nanzhong. If the son is not killed by the barbarians, sooner or later he will be killed by the miasma.
As long as he can go to work in the army and have a chance to talk to the prime minister, he believes that his old face is still worthy of honor.
(End of this chapter)