Chapter 449
Boy Li Mu! Come out!"
Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly, and the woman who was choosing perfume in Feng Qiuhuang was shocked. She had a bad temper and was about to scold her. When she saw that it was Cheng Yaojin, she closed her mouth and cursed her for a while. Cheng Yaojin couldn't do anything to them, but with Cheng Yaojin's vindictive personality, the one in their family suffered a lot.
Before Li Mu splashed feces and became the great devil in Chang'an, the recognized great devil in Chang'an City was Cheng Yaojin. His great reputation was enough to reach the point where a child could stop crying. For example, Qin Huaidao and Fang Yiai were all these people when they were young, who had never been scared by Cheng Yaojin.
In fact, the children were not stupid, and they said that Cheng Yaojin was so vicious, but few people believed it. But until they met Cheng Yaojin, there was no one who didn't believe it. The bearded and black-faced man, with big white teeth that contrasted with his face, grinned, and opened his mouth so big, as if he could eat someone. Who wouldn't be afraid?
Li Mu was coaxing Li Zhien to play in the backyard. When he heard this roar, his hands trembled. He glanced at Li Zhien helplessly and said, "My so Zhien, it seems that I have something to do again, my husband."
"The master will go and do it if you have something to do, don't have to accompany me."
"Night--" Li Mu raised his eyebrows, took a sip on Li Zhien's face, grabbed the tiger fur and put it on his body, and came out of the room. As soon as he left the door, a round and unknown object suddenly appeared at the door. Li Mu took a step back and saw that it was Pangda. Pangda hugged Li Mu's thighs and did not let go, and crawled towards him. The purpose was very obvious, and he wanted his father to hug and kiss him.
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Good son, you are now piled up, it's hard for me to hold your father..." But no matter how you discuss, Pangda just wants to hug him. Li Mu had no choice but to squat down and pick him up. It's okay, but he didn't have to practice his internal skills and didn't make a useless iron. He still has the strength to hold him up for more than 100 pounds. He could barely pick him up for more than 100 pounds, but he would definitely not be able to lift him up. Li Mu held Pangda on his shoulders. When he walked through the front hall, it caused a lot of laughter from women. Although he was no longer surprised by Li Mu's strange behavior, he walked everywhere with a "pixiu". Who looked at it was not new?
This is the case with Li Mu. He has a big heart and doesn’t care about other people’s reactions.
"Li Mu, come out quickly-"
Cheng Yaojin was still shouting, but he stopped seeing Li Mu coming out. Li Mu frowned and said, "I said Uncle Cheng, I don't remember owing you money, what are you calling? I'm so old, don't you be afraid of people laughing at me?"
"Who dares to laugh at me?" Cheng Yaojin snorted, grabbed Li Mu's wrist, and the fat Da on his shoulder almost shook it off, and Cheng Yaojin screamed.
Cheng Yaojin said impatiently: "Li Mu, what's wrong with raising a piece of cake? I don't see any use except eating it. It's good for you to raise a dog, and you can also watch the house for you."
Li Mu was immediately displeased and said, "Uncle Cheng, if you have something to say, why are you scolding my son? Although I picked up Pangda, it is now my godson. Even if I die in the future, it will still have a property. It is not a joke. If you scold it, it is equivalent to scolding me. I am unhappy."
"Hey?" Cheng Yaojin's temper also came up, knocked Li Mu on the head, and said, "How can you beat me if you are unhappy?"
"Oh!" Li Mu turned around and walked back, saying, "I'm so angry if I ask someone? Okay, let's break up. I don't care about your polo game!"
"No, no, no..." Cheng Yaojin quickly grabbed Li Mu's arm, took Fatta over, resisted on his shoulder, and smiled and said with apologized: "Li Mu, isn't this kidding you? You are my nephew, your godson, just like my godson. I can carry it, right? Let it shit and pee on my head, okay? Come and take a look with me quickly. For this polo game, I have already invested tens of thousands of yuan. If this is not done well, my Cheng family will lose all its fortune and will not recover!"
"Hahaha..." Li Mu thought to himself, I believe you, you old man, you have no truth. Although the Cheng family was a nobleman who rose after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin married the daughter of the Cui clan of Qinghe, and received strong support from the Cui clan of Qinghe in the early stage. He also made great achievements and became one of the few generals Li Shimin could be completely relieved. The Cheng family can be said to have spanned the two forces of nobles and clans. In addition, Cheng Yaojin's personality of only eating but not vomiting, he has accumulated a huge family fortune for more than ten years.
Li Mu didn't know the details before, and only thought that Cheng Yaojin wanted to save more family business because of his six sons. It was not until he became the Minister of the Interior Department that he discovered the true strength of the Cheng family. Although the Cheng family was not the main shareholder of Datang Salt Industry and Datang Mining, the Cheng family had their power in almost all walks of life through various relationships and channels. Moreover, Cheng Yaojin was a business genius. His vision was very unique and forward-looking. Before the Interior Department became popular, he had already judged the prospects of the Interior Department and made preparations.
What Li Mu knows at present is that there are at least three carpenter workshops, and two blacksmith shops are opened by Cheng's "Holdings" and are specially responsible for orders from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Just these orders alone, the Cheng's family has a net profit of at least 100,000 yuan a year.
But Cheng Yaojin never mentioned anything, which shows that his thoughts are definitely not as rough as he appears.
Li Mu had agreed to the polo game for a long time, and he did not make a fuss with Cheng Yaojin, so he naturally had to take care of it. JD.com was next to the horse farm and walked a few steps, but Cheng Yaojin was impatient and brought the carriage over, first letting Li Mu get on the carriage, then carried Pangda up, and kept urging the driver to hurry up.
Li Mu lifted the curtain and shouted to Bai Qiaoqiao. Bai Qiaoqiao also knew Cheng Yaojin's personality and didn't care.
Along the way, Li Mu also heard Cheng Yaojin say the main things that happened during the reconstruction of the horse farm. He has never been to the horse farm again since he talked about the polo game with Cheng Yaojin. After hearing Cheng Yaojin say it, he really became a little interested.
"Sixteen teams have been organized now, basically all of which are funded by nobles or family families. The polo court has been built according to the drawings you designed, and the stands have been added to block the wind in winter and shade the sun in summer..."
After getting off the carriage, Cheng Yaojin's mouth kept muttering. Li Mu couldn't hear it clearly, but in short, the central idea was to tell Li Mu that they were doing it according to your requirements. In other words, if it didn't work, you had to be responsible.
How could Li Mu not speak in a voice-over, and he was both angry and funny. He thought to himself, this deal is not mine, and I didn't want to give me a part, so I just kindly gave you an idea, would you take the blame?
But he was too lazy to care about it. It wasn't that he thought he should be Cheng Yaojin. If it had been through such a long time of interaction, Li Mu would have known Cheng Yaojin's character.
Simply put, Cheng Yaojin is a "no matter". No one thought of taking advantage of him. When you can use him, he would not hide, but would stand up on his own initiative. Li Mu caused trouble several times and fought with Changsun Wuji, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng and others. Cheng Yaojin all came out to help. He was a person who was not stingy and was an old man from the Qin Palace. Even if his power was not as good as Changsun Wuji and others, he was not afraid of them. He became angry and said a few words to criticize others. Changsun Wuji and others had no choice.
Li Mu was not the general minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at that time, and was not yet rich. Many times, even his stepfather Tang Jian was out of the matter, but it was particularly rare for Cheng Yaojin to stand up and say a few words.
Li Mu is not a errand, so he also remembers that Cheng Yaojin sometimes goes too far, and more or less, he doesn't care much about it.
Cheng Yaojin took Li Mu around the horse farm for a while, but Li Mu basically didn't find any major problems. The polo competition is just an event that is open on the basis of the horse farm. There is no need for major adjustments overall. Moreover, the service staff and rules and regulations of the Marseille were already very mature, so there is no need to start training from scratch.
"No problem." Standing at the highest point of the stands and overlooking the entire horse farm, Li Mu said to Cheng Yaojin next to him and Cheng Qian who came to hear the news: "All preparations are already very appropriate. In fact, I don't need to see them. You are already capable of doing a good job. There is nothing to change now, just open the business on a date."
When Cheng Qian heard Li Mu's praise, he looked red and said, "It's all the Marquis's constitution that we can do so well. If we don't have the Marquis' guidance, how can we--"
"Okay, just say less flattering words and go and do things." Li Mu glanced at Cheng Qian and said with a smile.
He admired Cheng Qian very much. In the words of his previous life, he was a very qualified "manager". He was never stingy when he should spend money, and he never spent a penny when he should save money.
As far as Li Mu knew, before Cheng Qian was transferred to the horse farm, he was also the only shopkeeper of the Cheng family. Now that he started to run the horse farm, he went further and was already the one with the most say in all the shopkeepers of the Cheng family. Cheng Yaojin did not treat him badly. Not only did he give him a mansion, but he didn't need to inform him about the cost of less than 100 jin, and he could use it at will.
You should know that Cheng Qian is a servant. In this era, servants are slaves who are slightly better treated. Cheng Yaojin is already very generous in serving Cheng Qian like this.
Cheng Qian left, Li Mu stretched his waist and said, "Uncle Cheng, if there is nothing else, I will go back. By the way, I have to tell Uncle Cheng that I will take a concubine on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. My concubine has a similar status at home. Needless to say, Uncle Cheng has a relationship with me, but I have to prepare a generous gift."
Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "Boy, you don't need to cheat me, I'm afraid you don't want my gift."
"Oh?" Li Mu heard something in his words, became alert and said, "What does Uncle Cheng mean?"
Cheng Yaojin refused to answer and said with a smile: "Two days ago, you went to help your brother propose marriage. He took out ten thousand taels of gold on the spot, and he was rich and generous."
"It's just a rumor in the city, so how can I get that much money?" Li Mu waved his hands repeatedly, but his tone was very unmodest, and he almost wrote "I'm so rich" on his forehead.
"It's been a storm in the city. You don't have to cover up what beggars know about the streets." Cheng Yaojin stared at Li Mu and said, "I heard again that you promised Qin Qiong to accept his son Qin Huaidao as his disciple. You also sold Fang Xuanling to Fang Xuanling's face to help him do something? His second son is now with you and is going to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Li Mu probably guessed what he was going to say, and said, "Uncle is really well-informed."
"I won't go around you!" Cheng Yaojin said: "I have six sons. In addition to the eldest son who can inherit the title, there are five sons who have no future. You have met my sons. I won't say anything about it. You can offer a price. What do I have to take out so that you can place them all?"
"Uncle Cheng, you..." Li Mu was so amused and cried, thinking, I was not a job arrangement, why did you look for me? Li Mu smiled bitterly: "Uncle, you are a bit too difficult. People give their boss's face, that is, you just need five. I really can't arrange it here."
"If you can't arrange it, I will depend on you. You have to arrange it sooner or later." Cheng Yaojin's scoundrel came up again and said, "I heard that you are going to start a competition in the arena and recruit people. If I guess correctly, you are going to be charged to the Jinyiwei, right? I asked my son to sign up, but you don't agree. See you on the ring. If the competition is won, what else do you have to say?"
"Uncle, aren't you cheating? On the ring, there is no eyebrow on the sword. Although your brothers have the strength, they may not win against the experts in the world. If they are injured and touched, I can't afford it."
"If you know that you can't afford to take on it, then you will take them away." Cheng Yaojin looked like a scoundrel and said, "I am not weaker than others in my life. I have to have what others have. Either you drive away their sons, or you have arranged all my sons, otherwise even if I give up my face, I will have to rely on you."
"Oh..." Li Mu sighed, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said, "Uncle Cheng, this is you. If anyone else had changed to me, I would never have given such a great face. Okay, I agree to the five brothers, but there must be a condition, and you must also respond to me!"
Seeing Li Mu so happy, Cheng Yaojin also patted his chest and said, "What conditions are you going to say, I will allow everything!"
"Your boss Cheng Chumo has met me several times and is a talented person! My brother Li Siwen, young Meng Lang, is not as good as such a helping person. If my uncle can answer me, I will ask Your Majesty for the will and let Brother Chumo go to Zhechong Mansion in Dingxiang to be the commander of Guoyi. What does my uncle think?"
Chapter completed!