Gu Sizhi wanted to maintain the dignity of the "old prominent clan", but he didn't know that the Jiangnan prominent clans who felt that the rivers were declining had a heart to rise again. Looking at the current Tang Dynasty, Li Mu was the only one who could bring them this opportunity. How could they not seize this opportunity?

The Xiao family has no reservations about Li Mu. However, in Yangzhou City, the Xiao family's power is very limited. Their shipyard cannot meet the need for the ten thousand stone ships to be closed. If they want the ten thousand stone ships to be closed, they must use the Zhu family's shipyard. But there is a problem here. The ten thousand stone ship is a project that the Xiao family spent a lot of money to bid for. They are still counting on the ten thousand stone ships to rise up. Now the Zhu family has done nothing, but they are reaping the benefits of the fisherman. The Xiao family refuses to do so.

Li Mu also understood this problem in his heart. The problem he is facing now is that he must find a way that can benefit from all parties to weigh the issue of distribution.

Li Mu took out the map he drew and wrote and painted. Finally, when it was almost dawn, he planned a result, and then he rested with a satisfied smile.

Local snakes are not in vain. Before Li Mu woke up, all parties in Yangzhou had already received news that Li Mu had already boarded the ship and was staying at Yuelai Inn. All parties came to Yuelai Inn at the same time with tacit understanding, but no one dared to disturb Li Mu's rest. They were all waiting in the hall. They knew each other and the atmosphere was a bit awkward when they gathered together again, but they all understood what was going on with each other, so they didn't laugh at each other, so they just tacitly understood.

At noon, Li Mu woke up. Just as he was about to ask the waiter to send some things to eat in the room, someone downstairs chanted: "Wujun Gu, I offer a food box and ask the marquis to taste it."

Before he finished speaking, another voice rang out like a competition: "Wujun Zhu family, donate two food boxes, please ask the marquis to taste it."

"Langya Wang family, offer a delicacy box, please give it a taste."

"The Yu family of Kuaiji..."

Li Mu was stunned when he carried the food boxes in one meter long. Looking at the food boxes that were one meter long, he really couldn't think of how many dishes he could fill it.

Manager Xiao appeared in the room at some point. Seeing Li Mu a little confused, he leaned into his ear and muttered. Li Mu showed a look of surprise, came to the food box, and reached out to open the food box. He saw that it was a three-layer food box. The first layer contained three pastries and the second layer contained four dishes, but this was not the point. The third layer had a mystery. Normally, in order to avoid bumps in the food box, some heavy objects should be placed on the third layer to stabilize the center of gravity, and it is generally square stones, but this food box was not like that. There were piles of square silver ingots inside, and roughly it was estimated that there were thousands of taels.

Blatant bribe!

Li Mu opened the other food boxes, and without exception. Li Mu smiled, looked at the somewhat cramped shopkeeper Xiao next to him, and said, "How come some people know how to be human, why don't the Xiao family have food boxes?"

Manager Xiao replied: "Marquis, the Xiao family can afford such food boxes. But the head of the family secretly thinks that what the Marquis needs is not food boxes, but people who can help the Marquis. We all rely on the Marquis to make a living, so how dare we show off in front of the Marquis?"

Li Mu laughed and said, "The words are good, but they are not wrong to give gifts. There is a saying that they don't hit people with smiles. It's not a big deal. Let's do this. For each food box, leave a dish to try. I took the rest. They have been waiting for the whole morning, but they didn't eat. We have eaten together. After the meal, let's have a good chat. This is the one who likes to be straightforward and waste time. Time is too long!"

"Whatever the marquis said is what!" Manager Xiao was overjoyed. Li Mu asked him to say that invisibly declared the special status of the Xiao family. In this way, no matter how Li Mu made a choice, the Xiao family would definitely not receive less benefits than any other family.

Each food box left a dish, a total of fifteen food boxes, and the final one was also fifteen dishes. Li Mu, Wei Yingluo and Jin Chen had a limited amount of food and could not eat much, so most of them ended up in Li Chongyi's belly.

However, the few dishes Li Mu tasted were very delicious. I found out that they were the most famous foods in Yangzhou.

Shepherd's purse spring rolls, crab roe noodles, three diced buns, osmanthus candy lotus porridge, Li Mu wrote down the name of the dish and ordered two chefs who were willing to go to Luoyang to raise a chef in the Hou's Mansion. He could eat it anytime if he wanted to eat it.

After removing the leftovers, Li Mu came downstairs. After waiting for almost a day and a night, everyone finally saw the rumored Marquis of Luoyang. Everyone was surprised when they saw Li Mu, because Li Mu was too young, but when Li Mu approached, he didn't dare to show any contempt. Everyone had aura. Li Mu had been in the upper hand for a long time, and just glanced at him casually, it was like a tiger peeking at him, which made people frightened.

"I understand the psychology of everyone." Li Mu was indeed straightforward and did not say nonsense, and was unexpected to everyone: "To give an inappropriate example, Yangzhou Port is like a piece of meat pie. Now each of your family eats one piece. You are worried that I will steal yours when I come. If I take a bite, you will eat less. If I have a big appetite, you will have nothing to eat. You are worried that I can't fight. If you admit it, you don't want to admit it. You are extremely entangled in your heart, but this is how?"

Everyone hurriedly bowed and left the table, not daring.

"I am not a clever man who robs the world. Although my reputation in the world seems to be a bit unhappy with a family. However, there is a reason for everything. I am not an unreasonable person. On the contrary, I am very reasonable." Li Mu paused, waved his hand, signaled Li Chongyi to hang the picture he drew, and continued to say, "First of all, I inform you that the Marquis of Yangzhou Port must be requisitioned. No one can change this fact, but this Marquis is not useless. There are two ways to compensate, and you can choose."

Li Mu took out a bamboo, pointed to a place on the map, and said, "Here, you are more familiar to me. This is Wuxian. I can tell you that it contains rich minerals for making cement, with a large reserve, and it is one of the best in the country. It is even more rare. There is also an iron ore here, which will be equivalent to gold coins in the future."

"How is that possible!" Everyone looked at each other. Many of them, their hometown is Wu County. They were born and raised here, and they lived here for generations, and they didn't know what Li Mu said!

Li Mu ignored everyone's reaction and continued: "Of course, I can't say the specific location now, I just tell you. Cement plants and iron ore will be available as one of the compensations."
Chapter completed!