I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Chapter 245 Banquet

After lunch, Qiao Er came over to report on the progress: "Most of them begged for mercy, and a few kept scolding you."

Mu Jinghua glanced at him and asked, "What are you scolding?"

Qiao Er smiled. He had the honor of witnessing Mu Jinghua kill someone. He was actually quite afraid of Mu Jinghua, so he spoke carefully: "Nothing, it's just saying that Xu Shu fainted and was obsessed with beauty. This is also a compliment to you."

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Those who beg for mercy will be thrown into the woodshed and starved for two days first."

Qiao Er responded and asked, "Are you really planning to not use those retainers?"

"I'm not saying anything, but Xiao Ran is actually quite good at judging people. Some of them are really capable."

Xu Shu snorted coldly: "In troubled times, knowing how to stand on the right side is a kind of ability."

Qiao Er said "oh" and stopped trying to persuade Xu Shu. He just smiled and said, "Don't forget the gunpowder supply you promised me."

Xu Shu nodded, and then asked Mu Jinghua: "How is Xu Shi doing?"

Mu Jinghua hummed, and said in a sullen tone: "Not many people came. Xu Shi said that most blacksmiths are tied to aristocratic families. It's difficult for us to do this..."

Xu Shu also knew this. He released the news in the early stage just to give those blacksmiths who worked alone some opportunity.

"Afternoon." Xu Shu said, "Have you prepared the invitation?"

Mu Jinghua nodded, took out a fancy invitation from his arms and gave it to Xu Shu, a little unhappy: "Why did you invite them here?"

Xu Shu invited all the relatives of aristocratic families. In addition to the wives or husbands of the head of the family, there were also many young men and women of similar age to Xu Shu.

Seeing that he was jealous again, Xu Shu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Xiao Mujin will be the governor's husband in the future, so we will have to meet each other on weekdays. It's better to get together and recognize them all at once."

"You set the time so fast that many people can't make it." Mu Jinghua said, "Besides... I'm not your husband yet."

"It will be soon." Xu Shu comforted him and said, "Don't worry about this afternoon. Just treat it as a normal family dinner. I'll go to discuss matters while you guys chat. If there's anything you don't know, just ask Qiao Wan."

Mu Jinghua was a little reluctant, but the servant had already come to the door and said that Jiang Yu wanted to see him.

Xu Shu had no choice but to kiss him and got up to meet Jiang Yu.

Mu Jinghua kicked the table in frustration: "It's only the first day, and you already don't have time to talk to me."

Qiao Er, who was standing nearby, heard this and didn't dare to breathe.

Of course, Mu Jinghua had no intention of finding him to talk to, and he quickly stood up and went to look for Qiao Wan.

Jiang Yu came because he heard that Xu Shu had imprisoned Xiao Ran's retainers and killed Bai Hai, so he came to ask why: "What did Bai Hai do to make you so angry? Now there is a lot of talk in the city, and everyone says that your family dinner this afternoon is a Hongmen Banquet."

Xu Shu motioned to the servant to pour him some tea: "They are right."

Jiang Yu was stunned: "Brother Xu, Yuzhou has just been through war, if you are so unkind..."

"I am very kind." Xu Shu smiled at him, "It's just that your family has an average opinion of me."

"What do you mean by our family?" Jiang Yu smiled embarrassedly, "Of course the Jiang family is on your side."

Xu Shu glanced at him and said, "They don't obey me, so of course I have to give them a warning, otherwise things will be even harder to do in the future. I know how to handle this matter. But if you really want to stand on my side, go and help me find blacksmiths. I'll take as many as you can."

"Blacksmith?" Jiang Yu said, "I have a hundred blacksmiths at home. If you need one, I'll give it to you."

"Conditions?" Xu Shuke didn't believe that he would be so kind.

Jiang Yu smiled gently: "Give me 10% of the business you want to do."

"Do you know what business I'm going to start? How dare you take just 10% of it?" Xu Shu asked him with a raised eyebrow.

Jiang Yu poured him a cup of tea and said, "I only ask Master Xu to give me this opportunity."

"I want 500 people." Xu Shu gave him conditions, "You must have a clean background and sign a contract to sell yourself."

After all, it is core technology, so it is better to hold it in one's own hands. People are always changeable, not to mention people in troubled times, so Xu Shu can only choose this method.

Jiang Yu could understand, and without further ado, he asked the servant to write the contract: "My Lord, your word is as good as gold. Tomorrow I will present these 500 people to you."

The time was almost up, and the servant came to remind Xu Shu that the young masters of the noble families had all arrived, and Xu Shu nodded in agreement.

This was the second time Xu Shu attended such a banquet since coming to this world.

But in modern times, he has been attending this type of banquets since he was a child, so he is naturally not afraid of it at all.

He briefly explained his purpose to everyone and invited actors to perform a scene of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, and the banquet began.

What made Xu Shu feel pretty good was that after Xiao Ran left, he gave his family's opera troupe directly to Xu Shu. Xu Shu also had the opportunity to experience the happiness of the ancient wealthy.

The food was specially provided by Muyilou, so naturally no one dared to complain about the poor hospitality.

But everyone was treating it as a Hongmen Banquet, so the atmosphere naturally became stagnant. Xu Shu pretended not to see it and kept toasting them with wine.

Compared to Xu Shu's side, the atmosphere here at Mu Jinghua is much better.

Girls and boys are not as concerned about political affairs as men, especially the young ones, whose families will not even tell them that there is something wrong with the banquet.

They only knew that Xu Shu was a great hero who saved the people of Yuzhou City and a messenger sent by God. With this filter, their attitude towards Mu Jinghua naturally became much better.

Regardless of her background, at least Mu Jinghua is beautiful.

As for why the envoy would fall in love with such a guy... although everyone was confused, they didn't dare to ask openly. They just couldn't help but inquire about the story of how Mu Jinghua and Xu Shu met, knew each other, and fell in love.

When asked about this, Qiao Wan has a lot to say.

She considers herself to be Mu Jinghua's "mother" in a sense, and generally respects and supports Xu Shu's act of taking his own cabbage.

So the so-called family dinner was quickly turned into a "Xu Shu and Mu Jinghua's CP discussion meeting" by her endless narration.

Everyone sat together and after listening to Qiao Wan's story, they couldn't help but sigh at the fate between Xu Shu and Mu Jinghua, and couldn't wait to ask about the little details of their daily love life.

The ones who asked the most were mostly unmarried girls and boys. They were interested in this kind of thing at that time, and they were not shy about asking: "Mu brother, after Lord Xu gave you Muyilou, did he dislike you showing up in public?"

Mu Jinghua shook his head: "But he dislikes me for going out every day and not staying at home with him."

“Ahhh.” Everyone immediately started to make a noise, “Why do I feel like Master Xu is the young husband? Brother Mu, you are so… free and easy!”

Mu Jinghua shook his head embarrassedly: "Actually, I'm not good at arithmetic, and I can't check the account books clearly. Xu Shu helped me."

"Mr. Xu really loves you."

"It would be great if I could meet a gentleman like this."

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I was too busy yesterday and didn't catch up, so I made up for some words today. Please go back to the previous chapter and read it again.