The winter of this year was particularly cold, so that Huishui County, which had not snowed for more than ten years, has suffered heavy snow this year, and even entered the beginning of March, and the entire county was still white.

Although there were excited and sharp shouts of "Auspicious snow indicates good harvest" on the street, for those thatched houses that had not been repaired for a long time, for those homeless people shivering in the cold wind, the snow fell so fiercely and fiercely, as if it was a death talisman to drive them into the underworld!

Lin Fengjin accompanied Mr. Lin, who had gained another circle, and walked around the streets. The snow under the two of them was creaking. Mr. Lin's footprints were obviously deeper and wider. His round belly could not cover his loose robe.

"After this snowfall, our porridge shed will probably be expanded again." Lin Fengjin, who was buried in his head, frowned and said. "Dad, there is a saying that it is better to teach people how to give them fish than to give them...."

"Go away! Little rabbit, your wings will fly if they grow hard?" Lin Yuanwai criticized him impatiently and said, "You, I eat more salt than rice you eat. Do you want you to mention me how to do it? After doing two small transactions, my tail was raised to the sky! A arrogant soldier will be defeated, and a arrogant soldier will be defeated!"

Lin Fengjin sighed, wanting to argue with his old man about his "small transaction" at this time at least quadrupled the Lin family's real estate and cash. At this time, the Lin family's grain ships were close to forty, and they could be justified in sailing the waterways of Nanzheng with the flag of the Yulin Guard in Xiangdu. No matter who came to check or try to collect taxes, they were received by the arrogant soldiers of the Imperial Guards such as the Yulin Guard, and the printed documents from the Ministry of War Huitong Hall.

Of course, the grain ship only contains one-tenth of the grain, and the rest are goods that are popular in Xiangfan, with a small profit of five or six times. However, Lin Fengjin had carefully investigated the scope of goods involved in Xiangfan's "can't afford to offend" wealthy merchants. He was very tactful and did not "fight the boundaries".

The net profit generated by these grain ships exceeds 100,000 taels per month, but out of these 100,000 taels, the Lin family can only get about 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver. The remaining profit is to use Li Hu to open up more joints and buy more people.

And the role of these opened joints is definitely not just for the grain ship!

Although Li Hu was temporarily unable to be promoted, his immediate superior, Mr. Liangtian, the young master of Tian’s mansion, had great potential. Under the operation of these networks of relationships that Li Hu had opened, Mr. Tian was promoted again before the New Year and was appointed General Yangwu, with three commanders under his jurisdiction! He successfully changed from the position of Commander Tian to General Tian. The more than 20 servants who had entered with Li Hu in the Lin Mansion were promoted. Almost half of them were also promoted.

Not only that, the entire Tian family also had a much relaxed political environment under the activities of Li Hu. Before, Tian Zhuguoshu attracted a lot of wind, but when he went to court, he was often isolated. There were many people who opposed what he said and did, as if he was tightly tied to a rope, which was very depressed.

At this time, with the development of Li Hu's silver bullet offensive, Tian Zhuguo also discovered some changes, that is, although the situation was still the same, when there was any proposal, at least one-third of the opposition was reduced! In other words, at least one-third of the people were willing to remain silent!

This can be said to be very rare.

These people were all people who took Li Hu's money. Most of them were old beards and gray hair. They could not do it every month while keeping the filial piety of the Tian family members, while doing things like "unconventional" such as "unconventional" sings against Tian Zhuguo. The side was embarrassed to turn to the Tian family immediately, so the optimal choice made was to keep neutral without speaking and believe that if Tian Zhuguo could repay his kindness, it would not be a problem to gather a group of people.

It is precisely because of this that the entire Tian family has kept acquiescent attitude towards Li Hu's private activities, and Li Hu is also very tactful and even presents a detailed list of expenses every month. The cooperation between the two parties is still in harmony.

Under such a situation, it is natural that Li Hu's status has risen again. Not only is the position of the chief confidant more stable, but Mr. Tian had only two or three hundred taels of silver a month before, but he was so poor that he was so poor that Li Hu would give him tens of thousands of taels of silver every month. In addition, Yulinwei was close to Xiangdu, Mr. Tian did not do a good job of gamble and enjoy his life. Wouldn't he waste his youth and begging and sorrowing these silver?

So since he was promoted, except for the time he spent in the military camp, he spent most of his time in Yicui Tower, and fought against the common people. From time to time, he also invited his colleagues to show off. As for the military affairs at hand, of course, he threw them all over his most trusted confidant!

At first, Mr. Tian occasionally came to check and inquire about the matter in the military camp. After all, this involved the issue of official positions. Later, I found that Li Hu was indeed stable in his work and was not leaked. When he was rated as "excellent" by the Ministry of War for two consecutive months, Mr. Tian was even more happy to ask.

Mr. Tian also knows it himself. In the past, when he was the commander, he only took two advantages in a year. Now it is best if someone does it for him. However, Li Hu started from scratch and had no background. He always had to rely on the Tian family to gain a foothold and there was no risk of betrayal.

So although Li Hu was named a deputy general manager at this time, his power could be used at least half of the General Yangwu.

At this time, there is still a gossip to mention, which is related to the loyal Qin Qing. Perhaps Tian Zhuguo was a little worried about Li Hu, so he asked his confidant to "check and balance" and asked Qin Qing to come to Mr. Tian to assist him, with the purpose of dividing Li Hu's power.

However, after Li Hu was instructed by Lin Fengjin, he cooperated fully and handed over all the powers. Of course, General Li's handover of power does not mean that the Lin family needs to hand over power and cooperate comprehensively. The shortcomings of this are worthy of being outsiders, and that can only be understood.

Qin Qing was a completely older generation than Mr. Tian, ​​and he felt that he was responsible for the importance of persuading the young master to become a talent. Therefore, he always nagged in front of the newly appointed General Tian every day. Once Mr. Tian wanted to drink flower wine and play with pink heads, he immediately advised him seriously and even threatened to complain!! Mr. Tian was really angry and annoyed. If it weren't for the old man's forced him over, he would have pulled it out and chopped him up.

The most fatal blow was at the end of the month. Lin's family made several small traps in the account book, and Qin Qing stepped in without hesitation. He had too much sense of justice and pointed at this point, saying that this was wrong and that was wrong.

Of course, the manager of the Lin family would not violate Lord Qin's instructions and obediently followed suit. Of course, the old man Qin also had to sign and stamp to prove that he had issued an order. As a result, not only did he not make a profit that month, he lost more than 30,000 taels of silver!

This shocked the Tian Mansion. Because the Lin family caravan has been constantly filial to the past few months, the expenses in the mansion have increased by not a little bit. As a result, not only can't count on the caravan this month, but also have to pay for it.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the mansion became tense, so naturally someone went to check the account book and found that the decisions made by the most critical places of loss were made by the loyal Qin Qing, and he also signed and stamped... As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents! Although this matter is not that serious, it seems like a few slashes on the Qin family...

So when Mr. Tian was angry (I haven't been drinking wine for too long) smashed a few cups at home and slapped two tables, and threatened the old man with the help of quitting the pick, Tian Zhuguo could only sigh and re-replace Qin Qing back to his side, and everything was restored as usual.

***

The debate between the father and son of the Lin family on disaster relief ended with Lin Fengjin's full surrender. As one of the top major households in Hecang County at this time, the Lin family generously set up a total of five or six porridge farms in the county, which lasted until March 13, and consumed seven or eight thousand taels of silver.

At this time, the spring breeze finally came late, and the court's relief and rewards began to fall.

Perhaps it is because the Lin family's reputation for relief was quite big. Even two or three censors sent their families to secretly investigate - if they were charged with bribing the hearts of the people and making bad intentions, it can be said that it is a big and small contribution.

Isn’t the censor just a report and supervise the world for the king?

However, when the experienced family members saw that the tablets of heaven, earth, kingdom, relatives and teachers were placed in each porridge shed. Before serving each porridge, there were people asking the victims who received the porridge to bow. After shouting long live, they knew that there were wise people in the Lin family, and the current administration was not so dark that they could be called a deer and a horse. Therefore, these censors could only give up this idea in disappointment.

That is, on the day the porridge shed was cancelled, Lin Fengjin also packed his luggage and it was time to set off. His goal for this trip was Fangkang County, southwest of Nanzheng, which was a prefecture and county next to Dongman.

In a popular way, it is the mixed place of ethnic minorities and Han people. In the current mainstream culture, it is basically considered a remote place of exile. Going there to be an official, even if you are promoted, you are considered to be demoted.

However, decades ago, the Confucian school was at its peak at that time, with great scholars such as Wang Yangming and Zhu Xi coming out in succession, seizing the heartland of the Central Plains. Almost forced the rest of the factions to breathe. Faced with this situation, Zongheng Academy and Wude Academy chose to unite with the rest of the factions to support the crisis at that time. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!