Not only in prosperous places such as Leizhou City, Guangzhou City, Suzhou City and Yangzhou City, the streets present a prosperous scene, and the people are obviously more energetic.

Since Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination, the only way for ordinary people to be promoted is the imperial examination. In this era, it is almost a fantasy to make a fortune through business without a background.

But now, many younger generations have seen a different option, a way to get ahead without passing the imperial examination.

Due to the steady progress of the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty, the volume of maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty increased year by year. In particular, the leader of the opening-up faction, Lin Haoran, was already more powerful than Xu Jie, the chief minister. Some merchant groups took this opportunity to get rich.

At the same time, the giant beast of the United Business Group is quietly growing, attracting more and more young people and giving these young people a chance to get ahead.

Just like this, when people in many coastal cities feel that their lives are getting better, they also have more longing for the future, and even a kind of ambition.

However, these are some subtle changes at the local level, but they will not affect the court. Today, the court is still an open and covert struggle between the Xu Party and the Lin Party.

During the Spring Festival, the court behaved relatively restrainedly. Both parties seemed to have a tacit understanding and participated in various celebrations in a peaceful manner.

The Lantern Festival in Beijing is particularly lively this year.

A bright moon hangs high above the Drum Tower, like a large and round jade plate. The bright moonlight clearly illuminates the animal statues on the eaves of the Drum Tower.

In an open space in front of the Drum Tower, the crowd of onlookers there suddenly burst into cheers, and strings of colorful fireworks bloomed brilliantly in the sky.

As the festival of the Lantern Festival officially begins, the main streets are crowded with people.

Some small vendors holding sugar-coated haws-glut stakes were selling along the street. Stalls on both sides of the street were selling a variety of novel products, including jewelry, toys, calligraphy and paintings, and potted plants.

Since it was the Lantern Festival, the lanterns were particularly popular tonight, and one of the lifelike lantern stalls was packed with people.

In addition to commercial shops, Shuntian Mansion and the Shuntian Chamber of Commerce also organized various performances, including walking on stilts, acrobatics, drama..., which fascinated those who came to participate in the lantern festival.

If the grand occasion here can be replicated in major cities across the country, then this Longqing Dynasty can already be called the Longqing Dynasty. This scene is indeed a fascinating picture of the Lantern Festival Drum Tower.

On the Drum Tower, the common people and scholars below who were just enjoying themselves did not know that a pair of warm eyes were watching them.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing a scholar's uniform, was standing with his hands behind his back. The beard under his chin looked even more impressive, and his pair of deep eyes were looking at the grand event below with neither joy nor sorrow.

He returned to the north of the city again tonight, but he is no longer the Shuntian governor who is free from power, but the bachelor of Wenhua Palace who is at the center of power, and is the most powerful official in the Ming Dynasty at the moment.

Although he knew that many Chinese people were still struggling for food and clothing, just seeing this lively scene made him feel happy from the bottom of his heart because of the excitement here.

Perhaps he has become a politician and just came step by step from the prefecture of Leizhou. He always has the common people in his heart. This is perhaps the biggest difference between him and Xu Jie and others.

Now that he is in a high position, he has not forgotten his original intention of benefiting the people, nor has he lost his determination to lead the Chinese nation to the top of the world.

Because of this, he hoped that this grand event would not only appear in the imperial capital of Beijing, but also in all important cities across the country, so that people all over the world could feel the changes of the times.

"Mr. Lin Ge, this Drum Tower Lantern Festival is really becoming more and more lively every year. It's really a tribute to your wise decisions back then!" Shuntian Prefecture Yin Xu Gang led a group of officials to stand behind Lin Haoran and said with sincere admiration.

"The success of the Lantern Festival is due to the hard work of Xu Fuyin and all his colleagues over the years, but I dare not take the credit!" Lin Haoran looked at the silver-haired Xu Gang and said with a slight smile.

Xu Gang shook his head quickly and said with a lot of self-awareness: "Xiaoguan and others are also Xiao Gui and Cao's followers, but they dare not take such great credit. Mr. Lin Ge, please don't be humble!"

Mo Fei and others also agreed with Xu Gang's argument and echoed it one after another.

"No matter how perfect things are planned, the most important thing is execution, which is the same as marching. Now that the Head Lantern Club has achieved such great results under Xu Fuyin's rule, Xu Fuyin and his colleagues are indispensable!" Lin Haoran said.

He knew that the Great Lantern Club had the foundation laid by him, but also had the hard work of Xu Gang and Shuntian government officials, so he expressed his views seriously.

When Mo Fei and others heard Lin Haoran's point of view, although they knew that Lin Haoran meant to polish their faces, they felt quite relieved and respected Mr. Lin Ge even more for his work without any reputation.

Xu Gang was extremely happy in his heart, but he continued to compliment: "Even if we have some achievements, it is because of Mr. Lin Ge. The foundation of this big lantern festival is very good, and it is fortunate that Mr. Lin Ge

With such a wonderful trick, we can make the Lantern Festival better every year with just a little effort!"

Although this was a great achievement under his rule, he knew very well how good the foundation of the Lantern Festival was.

It is precisely because of Lin Haoran's elimination of all troublemakers and the formulation of a profit distribution plan for all parties. In addition, the high-quality and low-price positioning of the products of the Big Lantern Festival is simply the trump card of this era, making the Big Lantern Festival feel like rushing to the event.

Like a carriage.

Of course, the reason why this year is more lively than in previous years has something to do with the fact that this is the year of the competition. After all, the consumption power of the Juren group is extremely terrifying.

However, no matter what, the Great Lantern Festival can achieve such a grand scene. Although they have some hard work, the biggest contributor is always the astonishing talent of Mr. Lin Ge.

Lin Haoran stopped being pretentious, but made up his mind and said: "Xu Fuyin, your achievements as Shuntian Fuyin are obvious to all. In the next year, I will recommend you to the imperial court to be the Minister of Works!"

"Thank you, Mr. Lin Ge, for your cultivation!" When Xu Gang heard Lin Haoran's decision, he knew that this position was already inseparable, so he knelt down and thanked him excitedly.

When Mo Fei and others heard the news, their eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.

This matter seems to have nothing to do with them, but if Xu Gang is promoted due to his outstanding political performance, not to mention that they will also benefit from it and even have the opportunity to take a step forward.

Lin Haoran had a great say in personnel matters. Promoting Xu Gang to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry was just a matter of chance. He mainly wanted Xu Gang to keep an eye on Zhang Shouzhi.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several large fireworks shot up from the open space not far away, and then bloomed in the night sky, adding to the grand occasion tonight and bringing good dreams to the men, women, old and young here.

Lin Haoran and others were attracted by the fireworks. Lin Haoran came here almost every year to feel the atmosphere, but it was impossible to really get into it.

Not to mention that he has passed the age of playfulness, and if he is exposed at the Big Lantern Festival, it will cause great commotion, not to mention that his current identity and status have to take into account the impact.

Nowadays, he no longer lives alone. He has his family on his shoulders, a group of like-minded partners who support him, and a joint business group hiding in the dark.

Because of this, he needs to carefully weigh everything he does and create a stable and mature image for the outside world, which is more conducive to him becoming the leader of the civil service group.

Lin Haoran saw that the time was almost up, but he had no intention of waiting for the lantern festival to end, so he turned to look at a girl not far away and coughed.

Lin Ping Ping's reputation was no less than that of Lin Haoran, and he also did not dare to appear in the crowded lantern festival. He was shivering in front of a table not far away, holding a delicate nail clipper in his hand, looking terrible.

He bothered to follow the explanations of the women and girls next to him, but he didn't even notice the movement on Lin Haoran's side.

The women and girls were very fascinated by what they heard. No one noticed Lin Haoran's coughing sound, but they continued to ask Lin Ping Ping some questions seriously.

this……

Xu Gang and others saw that Lin Ping was indifferent over there, and they didn't know whether they should help remind him. They couldn't help but look sympathetically at Lin Haoran, who was in a high position.

Lin Haoran didn't show any anger, but he noticed that the nail clippers in Lin Ping Ping's hand seemed to have a huge magical power, which firmly attracted those women and girls.

Who would have thought that in later generations, a mediocre gadget, or even an inconspicuous thing, might very well create a new trend in this era.

From a practical point of view, nail clippers are undoubtedly very useful.

In this era, the way to deal with nails was to grind them off or cut them off with scissors. However, the nails were better, but the toenails became thicker and even deformed as they were cut.

Originally it was not a big deal, after all, people all over the world are like this, and this method of treatment has been used for thousands of years.

Lin Haoran is a person who pursues perfection, and he has the habit of preparing a novel gift for his sister every year, so he drew a sketch of the nail clippers based on the memories of later generations and sent it back to the Leizhou Artisan Institute.

The Leizhou Craftsman Institute has gathered the most enthusiastic technology geeks in the entire Ming Dynasty. Under the development of Zhang Liang, Liu Tiechui and others, they have also perfected and improved the sketches of nail clippers.

With the help of Foshan Precision Laboratory, and especially a batch of high-quality iron ore brought back from Australia, they really created this humble but practical nail clipper.

In particular, the epoch-making curved mouth and thin blade technology make the nails trimmed by this nail clipper neat and beautiful, and it solves the problem of trimming nails very well.

Just like this, on the sixth day of December last year, Lin Haoran gave a box of nail clippers sent from Guangdong to his sister as a birthday gift.

Compared with the briquettes of the year before last, last year's nail clippers undoubtedly have less economic value. After all, in this era when food and clothing are a big problem, who cares whether the cut nails look good or not.

It's just that Lin Haoran undoubtedly greatly underestimated the beauty-loving nature of women. Not only did several women in his family love nail clippers, but this little thing became very popular in the circle of Madame Gaoming in the capital at an extremely fast speed. Even Empress Chen and Concubine Li were thinking about it.

This novel object.

In order to get a small nail clipper, the British father-in-law's eldest daughter-in-law gave Lin Ping Ping ten thousand taels and said all kinds of nice things to Lin Ping Ping.

Lin Haoran was overjoyed when he saw the group of women who were obsessed with nail clippers, especially the woman who had just had her nails trimmed. She still said to her enthusiastic sister: "Let's go!"

Only then did Lin Pingda notice Lin Haoran, but he quickly responded and stood up, gave a nail clipper to Xu Gang's daughter and said: "This is for you, but you must remember to wipe the nail clippers regularly.

Apply some lubricating oil so it won’t rust or break!”

"What kind of oil is it?" Xu Qianjin took the nail clippers worth tens of thousands of dollars in flattery, and then asked nervously.

Mrs. Xu heard the lubricant clearly, and asked seriously: "Uncle Guan Jin, I have heard of lubricant, but where can I buy this lubricant?"

"There is one at United Watch Store, you can definitely buy it there!" Although Lin Ping Ping was very impatient and headed towards Lin Haoran, he responded enthusiastically.

Lin Haoran knew about lubricating oil, and he also knew the origin of lubricating oil.

Each place has its own unique way of life. Although the Ainu people in Hokkaido live a primitive life, they have abundant wood there, and they also solve the problem of food and lighting by hunting whales.

After thousands of years of life experience, they collected toxic plants to extract toxins that are extremely effective on whales, and then evenly applied them on the heads of their spears. Then the Ainu people, who have rich experience in hunting whales, can hunt whales in small boats.

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Once a whale is hunted, the whale meat will become food for their tribe, and the whale's blubber will be collected by them and boiled into oil, which becomes their most important way to store fire and lighting.

After the United Business Group started trading with the Ayi people, they not only obtained a large amount of high-quality wood from the Ayi people, but also purchased their whale oil in large quantities.

For today's Ming Dynasty, both oil lamps and candles have better lighting effects, and whale oil does not have much commercial value.

It's just that the United Business Group did not use whale oil to fill the lighting market, but it reprocessed the whale oil and turned it into a lubricant for anti-rust.

With the return of iron ore from Australia by the United Business Group, the further promotion of flintlock guns, and the birth of new mechanical products such as clocks and watches, lubricants have a broad market.

For this reason, the United Trade Group not only trades timber with the Ainu people, but also trades whale oil.

Unconsciously, Ming Dynasty is no longer a closed country, but has inextricably linked with neighboring countries or regions. Some products are often inseparable from the raw material support of neighboring countries.

Lin Haoran led Lin Pingping down to the Drum Tower, met with Wu Qiuyu and Hua Yingrong who were selecting cloth in the silk shop, and then headed back home together.
Chapter completed!