This man was about forty or fifty years old, and was in his turmoil and arrogant manner on his face.

There were two middle-aged men at the same table. One was wearing black clothes, with a slightly fat body, half-squinted eyes, as if he was asleep, but he was scattered with a dangerous aura. I could sense the true energy fluctuations of this person. I thought this person seemed harmless, but in fact he was an expert in the internal family. However, compared with ordinary people in the martial arts world, he had a trace of banditry spirit. The other was an old man with a Confucian shirt with a slightly white beard and a smile on his lips.

When Li Muge heard this, he bowed to the table and said, "Just Li said arrogantly, and the gentleman was surprised. The middle-aged man looked at him with interest and said, "It's better to come and drink a drink together?" Li Muge pondered for a moment and said, "It's still on duty, so it shouldn't be like this."

The middle-aged man laughed and looked at the man in black. The man took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it to the shopkeeper, saying, "My master invites this young master to drink, do you have any objections?" The shopkeeper bit the silver with his teeth and said giggling, the service purpose of our Tianxianglou is to meet all the needs of customers. Li Xiaozi, you have half a day off today, so you have to accompany these nobles.

I was about to return to my seat when the middle-aged man said, "This little brother, I am very willing to help you with others when I see injustice and righteousness. If I am willing to give my face, I might as well come over and talk. I pointed to Xu Ruonan and said sorry, the beauty has an appointment. The middle-aged man smiled and waved to Xu Ruonan.

Xu Ruonan was generous, got up and sat down calmly. The man in black saw Xu Ruonan, with a look of vigilance and full of vigilance. The middle-aged man stopped shouting, and the man half-closed his eyes and stopped talking.

The old man in Confucian shirt called out the bowls and chopsticks, and then made a little wine to fill everyone. The middle-aged man said, "I have the surname Huang, I don't know what the names of him are? We reported each other's names, and the middle-aged man said, "I heard that Mr. Li talk about the scientific examination, he must be a tribute student who participated in this spring exam this year."

Li Muge said, "The sage says, "A gentleman is far away from the kitchen and should not be engaged in such a humble person, but life is forced to do so. But the middle-aged man said, "A good man has a thousand miles of ambitions, and heroes do not ask where they come from. I am very interested in hearing Mr. Li's ambitions, but I don't know what you think about governing the country?"

Li Muge smiled and said, although his family is poor, he is not a man who ignores the affairs outside the window and only reads the books of sages. Since he was fourteen years old, he has traveled around the world, tasted the wind and sand outside the border, and tasted the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. If you talk about the way of governing the country, he would dare to talk about it.

The middle-aged man said, I would like to hear the details.

Li Muge drank tea and slowly said, "My Ming Dynasty has a beautiful country for thousands of miles, but it is not a peaceful life. The sages said that "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food" is also an extremely irresponsible word. As far as I see below, there are four major disadvantages today. First, focusing on agriculture and commerce. Although agriculture is the foundation of a country, business is also indispensable. Now the court attaches too much importance to agriculture, but imposing heavy taxes on vendors is indeed contrary to the way of enriching the country. Second, the army has become a trend, and I have traveled to the Western Xinjiang and a border.

The lieutenant actually had thousands of acres of fertile land, a large group of servants, a low combat effectiveness of the army, and the foreign enemies were waiting for an opportunity to act. Third, power seeking rent, now the court colluded with officials and businessmen. As the saying goes, "Three years of Qing magistrate, 100,000 snowflakes", officials used their power for personal gain, which became a trend. Fourth, bandits became disasters, and the so-called heroes violated the ban with martial arts. Now there are many sects in the martial arts world, and the court neglected supervision. These knights relied on their martial arts skills, despised the law and disrupted public order, which was no different from the green forest bandits. This is the four disadvantages.

The old man in Confucian shirt suddenly asked, "Your Excellency has raised the four disadvantages, how to solve them in your opinion?"

Li Muge said loudly that governing the country is nothing more than eight words: simplifying administration and delegating power, enriching the people and strengthening the army. First, the current officialdom is full of treasury, and only by starting from top to bottom, delegating power to the people, reducing the space for rent-seeking of power, and upholding the political style. Second, the country's important way is to hide rich in the people, and only by the people who are rich can the country be strong. Third, prepare for war but not to be strong, build a kingly army, a benevolent and righteous army, and use strong troops as a backing, which can shock the vassal states and attract all nations to the court.

Li Muge talked and made a loud voice, and the middle-aged man listened quite seriously. He glanced at the old man with Confucian shirt. Mr. Lu was a great scholar in the world, and he didn't know what he thought? The old man with Confucian shirt nodded slightly. What Mr. Li said was very true, but everyone understood the truth, but it was difficult to implement it.

Li Muge was righteous and righteous. Because of this, he decided to be an official, do practical things, and do things in a practical way. He did not seek to gain knowledge and gain the princes, but wanted to benefit the people.

The Confucian scholar surnamed Lu thoughtfully. The middle-aged man said that it was a blessing for Mr. Li to care about the people, and Huang was taught. The man took out a folding fan from his arms, asked the shop for a pen and ink, and wrote four words on the fan: Zhigang Yibiao. He handed it to Li Muge, and said, "I saw you in a hurry, and then I got off after a farewell." This folding fan was given to Mr. Li as a souvenir.

After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye. The Confucian scholar paid for the wine, smiled at us, and followed us out.

However, the slightly fat man in black looked at Xu Ruonan a few times before leaving.

I saw that it was not too early, so I got up and said goodbye.

After leaving the house, Xu Ruonan then said that this man has a very unusual identity. I said that there are also strange people in the market, which is not uncommon.

The two of them were traveling on the street and talked about a lot of topics. As the evening approached, Xu Ruonan said, "Young Constable, thank you for treating you today."

I thought to myself that if you want, I will ask you every day, but because of this, I was a little frivolous and didn't say it. Seeing that I wanted to separate, I felt a little reluctant to leave, so I said, the day after tomorrow is the Flower God Festival, I wonder if Miss Xu has time?

Xu Ruonan smiled sideways, why, do you want to ask me for an appointment?

My face turned red and I nodded vigorously. Xu Ruonan smiled and said, "I have some private matters to deal with in the past two days, so why not do this. When the sunset the day after tomorrow, I will wait for you at the end of this long street. I will not wait until the time comes."

I was ecstatic and said: See you no matter how far away.

Xu Ruonan took out a golden needle from his arms, put it in the palm of my hand, and then turned around and left slowly. Seeing that the golden needle was unique in shape and quite delicate, I asked, what is this? Xu Ruonan turned around and smiled and said, "The golden needle is a promise. If you break the appointment, I will use this golden needle to blind you."

I stood there blankly, watching her back leave. In just two days, I met twice. Xu Ruonan was sometimes charming and sometimes fierce, which was a bit unpredictable. He was really a mysterious woman.

Seeing that it was getting late, I hummed a small song along the way and returned to Jianghusi. Zhang Youqian was lying on an easy chair, holding a teapot in his hand, happy and said in surprise, seeing me coming, "Oh, I see that you are blushing and frivolous, and honestly, have you gone to the Qinhuai River to spend money?"

I said, do you think everyone in the world is as vulgar as you?

Zhang Youqian shook his head and said, "The most vulgar ones are elegant, and the most vulgar ones are elegant." Talking about elegance and vulgarity with people like you is tantamount to playing the piano."

I walked over in anger, grabbed the teapot and started drinking it. Zhang Youqian shouted, "You don't believe it yet, do you know that this pot of tea is the new snow on the green pond this year. You drink like a cow, which is really a waste of treasure."

I disdained that this tea can be considered a waste of treasure when it comes to your stomach.

While the two were quarreling, Jiangnan hurried in and said, something big happened.
Chapter completed!