The Counterattack of the Villains

Li Mu explained to Xiaoyue what he had said to Fusu before, and asked her to say that he was a good friend of the eldest brother in her clan when someone asked her about her relationship with Li Mu.

Xiaoyue took note of it carefully. It was related to her own destiny, so how could she dare to take it lightly.

Li Mu was not in a hurry to arrange anything for Xiaoyue to study. He arranged for her to live there first and treated her with care and concern every day.

Until she completely adapted to life in the Young Master's Mansion, she became natural and no longer so reserved when facing herself.

Li Mu is not an upright person. He is sometimes funny and sometimes gentle, making his ordinary appearance become respectable and amiable.

Xiaoyue gradually began to truly treat Li Mu as her own brother.

Managing the Prince's Mansion is easier than Li Mu imagined, because the superior does not need to do everything personally, but only needs to make appropriate decisions on some important matters.

Although the position of Zhan Shi in the Young Master's Mansion has always been vacant, the configuration of other positions is basically complete.

It's just that Fusu has never found a talent who is capable of coordinating the overall situation and worthy of his trust. He has always managed the Young Master's Mansion himself.

To him, Li Mu was no different from his right and left hands, allowing him to finally be freed from internal affairs and devote all his energy to state affairs.

As the eldest son of the First Emperor and the invisible Prince of Qin, he also had to participate in political affairs and share the worries of the First Emperor.

Li Mu should have nine subordinate officials under his command. Currently, there are eight of them, and one deputy is missing. The official position is called "Zhan Shicheng".

There wasn't even Zhan Shichen before, so naturally there couldn't be Zhan Shicheng.

The candidate for this position depends entirely on the master's style of serving.

If the master's family pursues the method of balancing and restricting the emperor, then Zhan Shicheng will usually be appointed by the master's family himself.

That person does not have to be capable, but he must be a confidant of the master's family.

However, such situations often affect work efficiency and lead to cliques and conflicts, which Fusu naturally disdains.

He pursues the principle of not employing people if you doubt them, and employing people without doubting them.

Li Mu himself is equivalent to his confidant and trusts him very much. Naturally, there is no need to arrange another Zhan Shicheng to restrict him.

Therefore, he would not appoint the position of Zhan Shicheng personally, but would completely leave it to Li Mu to arrange it himself.

Because this candidate must be someone who can help Li Mu, not someone who hinders him.

At present, Li Mu has no good candidates, so he can only be vacant temporarily.

There are certain benefits to leaving this position vacant. If his subordinates want to take this position, they have to work harder.

Li Mu has eight subordinate officials who are in charge of various affairs of the Prince's Mansion.

He didn't make too many comments, he just made a comprehensive understanding of the previous work of each subordinate officer, so that he knew it well.

These eight subordinate officials are...

Household order: The head of the house handles matters such as punishment, food, storage, servitude, etc.

Guard rate: Guards in the governor's house. Guards and soldiers are not the same thing, and the two sides do not interfere with each other.

Rate update order: palm leakage engraving, ritual music, etc.

Zhong Shuzi: Mainly responsible for serving Fusu, equivalent to life secretary.

Sheren: Responsible for Fusu’s paperwork.

Xi Ma: When Fu Su travels, Xi Ma is the vanguard, which is equivalent to pioneering the road. Usually the backbone of the soldiers is responsible for this.

Shao Shuzi: In charge of all the common tasks in the house, such as sweeping the courtyard, moving and lifting, and other miscellaneous tasks.

Gongzi servant: in charge of carriages and horses, mainly responsible for the stables.

These eight subordinate officials have basically divided the affairs of the Young Master's Mansion. They only need to take care of their own part to ensure the normal operation of the Young Master's Mansion.

Li Mu's main responsibility is to be the person in charge and make decisions on some matters when Fusu is not in the palace.

At the same time, we screen out which matters need to be reported to Fusu for judgment and which matters he can handle directly.

All in all, this is a relatively leisurely position, but one with great power and heavy responsibilities, and Li Mu can do it with ease.

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That day, after having dinner with Xiaoyue, the brother and sister took a walk in the courtyard to eat. Li Mu finally mentioned his plan to her.

"Xiaoyue, this is a world where the strong are respected. If you want to stand firm in this world, you must have a skill. At least you must have the ability to protect yourself."

"I see that you don't have anything to do on weekdays, which is quite boring. Why don't you learn some martial arts from me to protect yourself and strengthen your body? What do you think?"

Xiaoyue's eyes lit up and she asked expectantly: "Can I really do it? Is it too late to practice martial arts now?"

Li Mudao said: "No problem, you are less than seventeen years old, you still have time to practice martial arts, and my martial arts is different from ordinary martial arts, it is not that hard and tiring. As long as you stay diligent, you will definitely become a master."

Xiaoyue said happily: "Xiaoyue is willing to practice martial arts with me, please teach me!"

Li Mu smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's start from today! I will teach you a set of techniques that can strengthen your muscles and bones first, and I will teach you the method of breathing, breathing and guidance in the evening."

"Uh-huh."

Xiaoyue's qualifications and understanding gave Li Mu a surprise. Her fundamentals were surprisingly good.

It turned out that she had learned to dance since she was a child, and was especially good at the Western Chu sword dance. Later generations commented on her as having a stunning appearance, equal emphasis on talent, and beautiful dancing.

If you want to perform Xichu Sword Dance well, in addition to body flexibility, you also need a certain amount of waist and arm strength.

It only took her a few hours to get started with the exercises in the "Yi Jin Ji Tong Gu" chapter. Because of her profound dance skills, she quickly reached the point where she could move smoothly and smoothly.

After nightfall, the two returned to the room. Li Mu used his own skills to open up the meridians throughout her body. At the same time, he used his own internal strength as a guide to make her remember the route of the Xiaowuxiang Kung Fu.

Then he taught her the mental method of Xiao Wuxiang Gong, explained it in detail, told her clearly how to do it, and let her try to breathe in and out the exercise on her own.

In just five days, she developed her first ray of inner strength and entered the door of inner strength practice.

Li Mu attributed his internal skills to Peng Zu's qigong guidance technique. Xiaoyue didn't know how powerful it was, but she didn't have many ideas, so she just practiced hard.

After a year of this, Xiaoyue's muscles and bones were greatly strengthened due to her long-term practice of Yi Jin and Bone Strengthening.

In addition, I have made some progress in terms of internal strength, and my foundation is now solid, so I can start practicing martial arts.

Li Mu first taught her the skills of Lingbo Weibu and Snake Walking and Tanuki Flan. He also learned Qinggong and Shenfa first, so that she could gain combat effectiveness as quickly as possible.

Because after you have achieved Qinggong Shenfa, even if you don't know any martial arts moves, you can still have considerable lethality by slashing and stabbing with a sword in your hand.

Duan Yu took two days to practice Lingbo Weibu, while Xiaoyue was taught by Li Mu personally and only took one day to practice it.

After half a month, Lingbo had become very good at Weibu, and had some success in the art of walking like a snake and turning over a raccoon.

Li Mu organized a game in his courtyard and asked a group of maids and servants to catch her. The person who successfully caught her would be rewarded.

Li Mu was on hand to teach her how to use Lingbo Weibu flexibly. This was to train her to do whatever she wanted and not stick to the order of footwork.

In the end, of course, none of the maids and servants caught Xiaoyue, but Li Mu also rewarded everyone, but it was not as much as he promised if he caught Xiaoyue.

Seeing that the maids and servants had no effect, Li Mu simply called the guards in the mansion and asked him to arrange several guards with high martial arts skills to cooperate with Xiao Yue in practicing martial arts.

He made a new rule: anyone who can successfully capture Xiaoyue will be rewarded heavily.

The guards took action, and the pressure on Xiaoyue suddenly increased. The effect of honing her footwork and body skills was much stronger than that of a maidservant.

She was caught several times by the guards in the past two days, but after a few days, no matter how cooperative the guards were, they could no longer catch her.

Her practice of body and footwork had come to an end, and Li Mu finally began to teach her boxing, sword and spear skills.

The Tianlong World martial arts mastered by Li Mu basically require deep internal support, and Xiaoyue is naturally unable to practice them now.

So what Li Mu taught her was the Demon Subduing Boxing Technique, the Changkong Sword Technique and the Zhong Family Spear Technique.

Although these martial arts say that the deeper the internal strength, the greater the power, but the lower limit is relatively low, the requirements for internal strength are not so stringent, and the power can be exerted even when the internal strength is not deep.

This weapon of the Qin Dynasty, the spear gun can be said to be relatively light. After all, it is a wooden pole with only one head made of metal, but the sword is a little heavier.

If Xiaoyue hadn't practiced the "Yi Jin Ji Forging Bones" for a long time, and had some internal strength, it would be really difficult to control this bronze sword of Qin Dynasty.

Although Da Qin's iron smelting technology has been very advanced, it does not mean that iron swords are necessarily stronger than bronze swords.

In this era, iron swords had higher hardness and were lighter than bronze swords, but had poor toughness and could break easily.

In order to make the sword body not easy to break, the thickness of the sword body must be increased, which will naturally increase the weight, and there is no advantage over the bronze sword.

Therefore, the Qin army was mainly equipped with bronze swords, and iron was mainly used for weapons such as spears and arrow clusters that were not likely to break.

Only iron swords made by some top craftsmen can perform better than bronze swords.

But such iron swords are mostly collected by members of the royal family or top dignitaries.

Fusu did have one, but it was his sword and could not be given away, so Xiaoyue had no choice but to use a bronze sword.

Li Mu planned to introduce a more advanced method of smelting iron and steel after some time, when Xiaoyue's martial arts skills came into play and he no longer needed guidance from the side and could be free to do other things.

He has been working in the Young Master's Mansion for more than a year, and his foundation has been firmly established. He has been completely integrated into Da Qin, and it is time to move his title up.

…

On this day, after Li Mu finished handling the affairs that needed him to deal with in the house, he still returned to his residence to teach Xiao Yue how to practice martial arts and sword practice.

Sitting on his knees behind the desk, Li Mu suddenly became interested as he watched Xiaoyue moving around in the field with graceful postures.

This seems to be a good opportunity to spread my literary name.

Now I took out a few volumes of diabolo slips and pen and ink, and unfolded them on the desk.

Fortunately, Duan Yanqing had learned Xiaozhuan when he was the crown prince. Otherwise, if Li Mu had been replaced and couldn't even recognize the characters, how could he have dared to claim to be a scholar of literature, martial arts, and even know a thing or two about poems, lyrics, and songs?

After he unfolded the bamboo slips, he suddenly heard two footsteps, one of which was very familiar and belonged to Fusu.

His eyes flickered slightly, he pretended not to know, did not move, and wrote on the bamboo slips with his pen.

There are three words in the first line: Yu Ji Fu.

Xiaoyue is from the Yu clan in Kuaiji. The Yu clan was originally a prominent family in Wuzhong, so her full name is Yu Xiaoyue.

Ji is a kind of beautiful name for women, so there is nothing wrong with calling Xiao Yue Yu Ji. It is not that she was called Yu Ji after marrying Xiang Yu.

In the corridor, Fusu and a strong man walked slowly side by side.

This person has a strong build, a majestic expression, a square face and a wide mouth, and has the air of a general.

The two of them looked at Xiaoyue practicing her sword in the courtyard, with wonder in their eyes.

Fusu was amazed that Xiaoyue, who had only been in the mansion for a few years, had already learned such a superb swordsmanship. It seemed that Gao Qing was not only a skilled martial artist, but also a master.

The man with a majestic expression put himself in the position of confronting Xiaoyue, but found that he might not be able to perform three moves or two.

Because Xiaoyue drew the sword too quickly, he couldn't react in time. He couldn't help but be secretly surprised and couldn't understand why she could be so fast.

Fusu was about to speak out, but the man raised his hand to stop him.

He quietly watched Xiaoyue practice her sword, while Fusu quietly walked behind Li Mu and checked what he had written.

After reading a few words, my eyes couldn't help but light up, and I almost couldn't help clapping my hands.

Li Mu wrote very quickly, and Fusu admired the good calligraphy he inherited from Duan Yanqing.

Soon, he finished writing on one scroll of diabolo slips and spread it aside to let the ink dry. Then Li Mu opened the second volume of diabolo slips.

He suddenly murmured to himself: "These bamboo slips are too troublesome. It seems it's time to put papermaking on the agenda."

As he spoke, he continued to write.

Xiaoyue finished practicing a set of sword skills and exhaled a breath of turbidity after finishing her sword skills.

When he turned around, he saw Fusu and was about to step forward to greet him, but saw him making a silent gesture.

Seeing this, Xiaoyue stopped her voice, stood on tiptoes and walked gently behind Li Mu. After seeing what Li Mu had written, a blush appeared on her face, and she was a little shy.

It’s true, brother, I can’t write as well as you do, I’m just making people laugh.

After a while, the poem of several hundred words was finally completed, using two volumes of bamboo slips.

There is no doubt that Li Mu was doing something that most time travelers would do, copying books.

However, because the current scene does not match the original text, he revised and deleted a lot.

It only simply describes Xiaoyue's grace and beauty when dancing with the sword, and does not involve the original author's expression of love and the content of his divergent imagination.

Li Mu put down his pen and looked up at the field, seemingly stunned because Xiaoyue was not there.

Then he turned around and looked around, and finally found Xiaoyue and Fusu standing behind him.

One was looking at him with a smile, the other had a look of shame and joy on his face, and next to him there was a burly man with a strong aura standing quietly.

Li Mu quickly stood up and said politely: "I have seen the young master, but I didn't know that the young master was coming. I am rude."

Fusu waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Gao Qing's literary talents have opened my eyes. Once this poem comes out, not only Gao Qing will become famous, but Xiaoyue will also become famous all over the world, making the world's talents yearn for it."

After hearing Fusu's words, Xiaoyue became even more embarrassed.

The sturdy man on the side stepped forward and picked up a scroll of bamboo slips and recited: "As graceful as a startled giant, as graceful as a wandering dragon. The autumn chrysanthemums are glorious, the spring pines are magnificent..."

"The body is as fast as a flying duck, as erratic as a god. The wave moves slightly, and the socks are dusty. The movement is unpredictable, if it is in danger, if it is safe. If it is difficult to progress, if it is going, then it will be back..."

When the man was reciting "Yu Ji Fu", Fu Su narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head.

Xiaoyue was thoughtful. Isn't the following paragraph the essence of Lingbo Weibu that my brother preached?

In the past, she knew it but didn't know why. Li Mu only tried to make her master it as soon as possible and didn't say much about the relevant martial arts theory.

Now that she heard this poem about Yu Ji, her understanding of Lingbo Weibu became even deeper. This was also one of the purposes of Li Mu writing this poem.

After reading Yu Ji's poem, the man praised it: "It's a good poem. Gao Jun has great literary talent. I admire it."

"The best thing is that this poem seems to contain an extremely clever way of advancing, retreating and avoiding. It combines martial arts and poems. Gao Jun is indeed a genius."

Li Mu said humbly: "Your Excellency, you have commended me, sir, I wonder who this is?"

Fusu smiled and said: "Let me introduce to you. This is my General of the Qin Dynasty, General Meng Tianmeng, the internal historian of the dynasty."

Li Mu looked shocked, hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "It was General Meng who showed disrespect and disrespect."

Meng Tian smiled and said: "You're welcome, Mr. Gao. The horse gear and repeating crossbow you created have greatly increased the combat power of our Qin cavalry and defeated the Xiongnu and the Rongdi."

"At the same time, it also greatly reduced the sacrifices of brothers in the army. This is an eternal achievement that will benefit the present and will benefit the future. I would like to thank you Gaojun for all the honors in the army."

After saying that, he cupped his fists and bowed to Li Mu. Li Mu quickly stepped forward to help Meng Tian up and said, "If you don't dare to be a general, please get up quickly."

After helping Meng Tian up, Li Mu sighed: "The soldiers sacrificed their lives and blood on the frontier to defend the country. We enjoy the peace that the soldiers exchanged for their lives. We just made a trivial contribution, so it doesn't matter."

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Meng Tian's eyes sparkled, and his affection for Li Mu greatly increased. Xiao Yue looked at her brother with eyes filled with admiration and admiration.

Fusu was full of praise for him and couldn't help but said loudly: "Well said, if there are more people like Gao Qing in the world, how can we, the Qin Dynasty, be unhappy?"

Meng Tian nodded his head, obviously very much agreeing with this.

After Fusu finished speaking, he asked slightly curiously: "Just now I heard Gao Qing mention the 'papermaking technology', but I wonder what kind of miraculous technology it is?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "It's not a magic trick, it can be regarded as a strange and obscene technique."

Fusu smiled at Meng Tian with great interest and said: "Gao Qing's strange and obscene skills are all great things. Why don't we sit down in the room and listen to him explain them in detail?"

Meng Tian said happily: "That's fine."

Li Mu stretched out his hand and said, "Young Master, I invite you, General Meng."

"Please, Mr. Gao."

After Fusu and Meng Tian walked into the house, Li Mu said to Xiaoyue again: "Xiaoyue, you go take a shower and change clothes first! This is the first thing to practice today."

"Okay brother." Xiaoyue put the long sword in her hand back into the scabbard, then picked up the two bamboo slips and went to her room.

Entering the hall, the three of them knelt down around a table, and Li Mu spoke eloquently: "The so-called papermaking technique means that my subordinates can use hemp, bark, bamboo and rice sheets to create paper like silk that can be used for writing.

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"The bamboo slips are too heavy and inconvenient to use. The government affairs His Majesty has to deal with every day may weigh hundreds of kilograms. The silk is too rare and precious to be used on a large scale."

"Paper is lighter and more suitable for writing than silk, and the material is very cheap and common. It can completely replace bamboo slips and silk."

After listening to Li Mu's description, Fusu and Mengtian suddenly became excited.

Fusu said excitedly: "If Gao Qing can really create paper, it will be a great achievement that will benefit the present and the future! When does Gao Qing plan to start?"

Li Mudao: "My subordinates have written down the specific steps of papermaking in the past few days and can start tomorrow."

Fusu said happily: "Okay, I'll leave Gao Qing to worry about this matter. I'm waiting for your good news."

Li Mu smiled and said, "I will never let you down."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he looked at Meng Tian and continued: "In addition to papermaking, based on the emergence of horse gear, my subordinates also have some ideas for improving the weapons of the Qin army."

"This matter requires full cooperation with General Mongolia before it can be accomplished. I wonder if General Mongolia will have any free time in the near future."

Meng Tian's eyes lit up and he said: "I have been ordered by Your Majesty to go to the border to welcome the princess from the small country of Tu'an who has come to marry me. I have no free time in the near future."

"However, I can first send my deputy general to listen to Gao Jun's orders. When I return, I will cooperate with Gao Jun."

Li Mu's heart moved. Meng Tian was going to pick up Yu Shu, which meant that Yi Xiaochuan was about to return.

I don’t know how he would react when he sees himself now and knows what he has done.