Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 71 Preparing to enter Chang'an

Liu Mu took the donkey to the Taoist temple again. There was a stove in one room, and the next room had bedding, so he could live at night.

Li Dejian stood watching from a distance, and saw Liu Mu go out again on his donkey, and then came to the house with a basket in the side yard, Ba Dao and the other three sat in a corner of the room, and no one spoke. , just sit quietly.

After Li Dejian entered the room, he put the contents of the basket on the low table and said: "I don't know about this little uncle Mu, but he is definitely a foodie. Even pork becomes extremely delicious in his hands. I don’t dislike my elder brother and sister, but I don’t have any wine.”

"Thank you, brother." Ba Dao cupped his fists.

He called Li Dejian the eldest brother because Li Dejian was the eldest son of Li Jing, so he called him that.

Li Dejian didn't like fighting and killing, and he had nothing to talk about with these three, so he responded politely and left the room.But he respected these three people very much, so he brought the supper himself, and did not ask his servants to deliver it.

Ba Dao and the other three sat around the short table, and they were full of praise for the braised pork after tasting it.

At this time, Yidao asked, "What do you think about the matter in the north?"

"The heart is high and the hands are soft." Ba Dao knew that Yi Dao was asking about what Liu Mu did in Yunzhou in the north. Since Liu Mu had arranged for him, he naturally wanted to know more about Liu Mu.

Shadow Knife is actually called Yue Ying, the female assassin who has watched Liu Mu for a long time.

At this moment, Shadow Knife said in a low voice: "Wrong."

"You said."

"I know I am soft-handed, so I hired someone who is not soft-handed." After Ying Dao said this evaluation, Ba Dao nodded slightly after thinking for a long time: "It makes sense."

That night, Liu Mu still did not sleep all night.

It wasn't because of the cold, but because he had the idea of ​​doing something in Datang for the first time.

All night long, Liu Mu was writing and drawing on the thick straw paper with the charcoal pencil he made himself.Until the next morning.

Liu Mu still didn't sleep, turned off the stove, put the pieces of paper next to his body, burned the excess drafts to ashes, and rode his donkey back to his small courtyard.

The carriage outside the gate of the small courtyard has already been harnessed, and Yingdao is sitting beside the carriage in the attire of a high-ranking maidservant.Yi Dao was dressed in the uniform of a coachman, and Ba Dao was pulling a very ordinary horse with a short stick.

Liu Mu nodded to the three of them, and came to the boy who was cleaning the yard.

"Mr. Lang." The servant bowed.

Liu Mu nodded: "What's your name, can you read? What specialties do you have?"

"Returning to your lord, my name is Zhu Yi. I can read and write. I am a first-class servant in the Princess Mansion. In the past, my job was to help the housekeeper deal with the closed households, and to supervise the affairs of the tenants."

Liu Mu took out a piece of paper from his bosom: "Six steps east of Liu Mu in the backyard, dug it up, it is estimated that [-] yuan was buried there, went to Sanyuan County to buy a large number of pigs, and bought as many pigs as possible in Sanyuan and Jingyang. Pig’s feet. If you want to kill pig’s feet within three days, if you need manpower, the two servants of the Li Mansion over there can call them, remember to kill pigs within three days.”

"Yes, sir, please rest assured."

Liu Mu took out two more pieces of paper: "These two are the processing method of pig's feet, and the detailed process of stuffing sausages. Don't cut corners, and don't have any uncleanness. This is what the princess wants."

"Yes, sir, rest assured." Zhu Yi replied again.

Liu Mu went to find Li Dejian again: "I'm going to Chang'an for a few days, and I'll send someone to keep an eye on Sanyuan County to see what's the result of our Xinxiangxi."

"Success, I still need you to explain this trivial matter."

Liu Mu stuffed a piece of paper into Li Dejian's cuff: "Remember, remember, don't let outsiders see it."

Li Dejian touched his cuff and nodded solemnly: "An Xin, no one in Chang'an or in the land would dare to grab my things by force, except my mother."

Li Dejian's last addition to that sentence, except for his mother, almost made Liu Mu laugh.

Liu Mu said again: "Weave some cloth, three parts of kapok, five parts of silk cotton, and two parts of fine linen. When I come back, I will give your mother, wife, and princess a small gift before the New Year."

After explaining the matter here, Liu Mu cupped his fists when he left the house: "The three of you have worked hard."

"Let's go." Ba Dao got on his horse.

"Go to Princess Changping's Zhuangzi in Jingyang first, and I will ask His Royal Highness King Qin for some things. Also, can you help me find out a person's whereabouts? And where he often goes in Chang'an recently."

No matter what Liu Mu said, the three of them did not respond.

Yidao is a swordsman, but his level of driving is several times that of the coachman, and the carriage is fast and stable.Liu Mu just asked the King of Qin for a warrant in Jingyang, which is what the King of Qin Li Shimin promised to give him.

Right now, I don't want people, but I want some money and silk.

It was declared to the outside world that this was Liumu's hard-earned money for the Tang emperor's green materials, and it was handed over to Liumu by General Yuchi.

When it was getting dark, Liu Mu and his party entered Chang'an.

Ba Dao asked beside the carriage, "Where do you live tonight?"

Liu Mu knew that he had many options to choose from, and Li Ji's mansion would have good arrangements even if Li Ji lived in the north by himself.What's more, there is Qin Qiong's Duke Yi's mansion in Chang'an.

"I really don't want to go to Duke Yi's mansion. If I go, I have to explain what I'm doing in Chang'an. If I don't go, I'll have to let my brother-in-law know when I come to Chang'an. I guess it won't be easy." Liu Mu struggled.

Ying Dao sitting in the car asked: "Come to Chang'an, is it similar to going to Yunzhou?"

"It's much better than in Yunzhou, so I didn't dare to go to Duke Yi's mansion. My eldest brother-in-law wanted to ask, but I didn't know how to answer. It's definitely inappropriate to tell the truth, but I feel sorry for him if I don't say it."

"Then we have a place to go." As soon as Ba Dao mentioned it, Ying Dao said to Liu Mu: "In Chang'an, we have a garden, which can earn [-] yuan a month."

With a knife, the horse hurried forward, and before the curfew, the three arrived at the so-called garden.

The main entrance is a three-story wooden building.

It is a group of buildings, because it is not a building, but a building.Several buildings with a length of 100 meters were connected together.

Then there are courtyards behind the building, each of which is very unique.

Entering the building, half of the front building is lit, and there is the sound of silk and bamboo. There are people dancing on the stage, but the audience is very deserted. Only a dozen or so young masters are divided into two groups to drink and chat.

Liu Mu didn't stop here, and went straight to the backyard.

Ba Dao said at this time: "Half of it is going to be rented out, and the rent will be charged ten pennies per month."

"With this building, I can make a net profit of thirty pennies a day. But I don't want a courtyard, but I don't want to earn such a small amount of money. Although I am poor, I don't pay attention to tens of pennies."

On the way from Sanyuan to Chang'an, Liu Mu fell asleep all the way, so he was in good spirits.

(End of this chapter)