-The reason why Xuezheng was surprised was that he was an extreme person, a little introverted, and not good at words, so he really appreciated Lin Fengjin's willingness to put down his body to "work out" in order to seek truth and knowledge, so he gave him a grade.
performance appraisal.
However, he only thought that this performance appraisal would probably not pass the public meeting, so he regarded it as his private encouragement and praise to this outer disciple. Unexpectedly, Lin Fengjin passed the exam even though he had failed in the public meeting.
Well, his popularity is obviously much better than Tu Xuezheng imagined.
If this kind of thing happened to others, he would definitely be a little proud. However, in the eyes of others, Lin Fengjin was unhurried and not affected at all. He was extremely calm. So he fell silently.
Tu Xuezheng, who was paying attention to him, couldn't help but give him another comment about "not arrogant nor impetuous".
But these people don't know how Lin Fengjin's calmness is so good? It's mainly because he doesn't take it seriously because he's just a top student in the monthly exam.
After returning to the academy, Lin Fengjin at least superficially stopped investigating the Cuijiazhuang case, as if that incident had never happened at all.
－－－－1~ Because he knows the principle of haste, waste in speed.
The mastermind behind the scenes planned this series of events. If the preparation time is included, the time span spans at least four or five years! I am a new arrival from outside. Although I am conducting a secret investigation, I may have noticed some clues.
Once the mastermind behind the scenes strikes back with all his strength, Lin Fengjin feels that he may not be able to protect him!
More importantly, Lin Fengjin's identity at this time was very embarrassing. What qualifications did a young student who had just entered the academy have to investigate such an earth-shattering and horrific case involving thousands of lives?
As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct! And at this time, he already has certain clues, so it is the last word to stabilize it temporarily, settle it down, and consolidate the harvest by the way.
Of course, Taoist Fu, an old man, couldn't help but make some insinuations. In fact, he still hoped that Lin Fengjin would give up. But for some reason, Lin Fengjin also knew that this matter was probably not trivial. But for some reason, he thought of seeing it with his own eyes.
When he arrived at the dead silent Dongren Village, he could feel the despair just by looking at it from a distance. Lin Fengjin felt an indescribable depression in his heart.
Those were living human lives! The entire village included the lives of women and children!
Lin Fengjin asked himself that he was not a moral defender, and he did not have a strong sense of justice, but he still had the conscience and morality that a person should have!
He felt that he now had the ability to solve the whole mystery and bring the real culprit to justice, and that neither he nor his family would be harmed, so Lin Fengjin felt that he had to keep doing it!
As mentioned before, there is a lychee forest next to Tianchang Academy. When Lin Fengjin came, he missed the spectacular sight of the lychee flowers blooming brilliantly, like spreading clouds.
However, after staying in the academy for so long, it is already June (lunar calendar), and the weather has become hotter. In the lychee forest, green and red fruits have begun to hang down one by one. Just look at it.
It's time to feast.
By this time, the severe cold that was rare in a century had long passed, and the rivers in the north, not to mention the south, had long been open to navigation. Although there were no big rivers in Nanli County, there was a Panjiang River flowing through it in Canggui County next to it. This waterway
There is abundant water, and there are dedicated personnel who have been dredging the river for many years, so even a ship with a weight of two thousand rocks can pass along the river without any hindrance.
Smooth traffic has two consequences.
First, the Lin family's newly established shop in Nanli County began to receive a large amount of goods. The famous lychee honey and a local lychee called "Lanzhu" were loaded on large ships and quickly followed the developed transportation river network.
It was aimed at Xiangdu and transported there.
The lychee honey contained in a special blue and white porcelain bottle is very beautiful. It is azure and clean, and has snow-white walls. What is inside is dark amber lychee honey with a fragrant fragrance. It can be said that it is full of color and fragrance.
.The bottom of the blue and white porcelain vase also has the words "Lin Ji" burned out.
The cost of such a palm-sized porcelain bottle of lychee honey is one cent and three cents, and although the honey inside is of high quality, it can only hold two taels at most.
In ancient times, sugar was a luxury product, so the cost of two taels of lychee honey was slightly more expensive, about five cents, so the total cost was six cents and two cents. However, the shipping price after transportation to Xiangfan,
It's five taels! A huge profit of nearly nine times!
This is so, Linji lychee honey is in short supply because of its good-looking appearance and good honey quality! Others want to "copycat", but at most they can only copy a porcelain bottle, but the high-quality lychee honey inside cannot be faked, open it
You will know the authenticity as soon as you smell it.
Although lychees cannot be stored for a long time, Lin Fengjin discovered that there are many varieties of lychees in Nanli County, probably hundreds of species. The "Lanzhu" lychees he is interested in are, to be honest, not big.
, the taste is also sweet and sour, and not much juice. It is a medium-to-low-tasting variety among lychees, but it only bears fruit! It takes a long time to bear fruit, and the yield is not high, but the advantage is that it is drought-resistant, and it can be planted in front of and behind the house.
, even if it is not taken care of very much, it will still bloom and bear fruit.
Usually farmers will plant a few lychees in the idle land in front of and behind their houses. Countryside people are short-sighted and know that the lychees do not look good when taken out, have an average taste, and cannot be sold for much, so they treat them as snacks to entertain children.
But Lin Fengjin discovered the advantage of this "orchid bamboo", which is its thick shell.
If the shell is thick, it means it is durable for storage! It has a long shelf life! Lin Fengjin verified that ordinary lychees can stay fresh for up to four days after being picked, but after picking this orchid bamboo, use fire to burn the broken part of the fruit stem.
, but it can be kept for about twelve days.
From here to Xiangdu, we travel by water, day and night, and with a military license, it will only take five days if we hire trackers at all costs on several sections of the road!
This means a huge business opportunity! Lin Fengjin directly abandoned the name of "Lanzhu" and changed it to "Concubine Smiling", using the famous sentence "When the concubine laughs when she rides on the red dust, no one knows that it is lychee."
"Allusions.
This "concubine laughs" Lin Fengjin had previously asked his men to buy a boat in the countryside, and had already transported a boat to Xiangfan to explore the road. He made some rumors in advance, but before he reached the dock, a black awning boat was directly ahead.
The boat was blocked at twenty miles! The originally deserted river beach was so noisy that it looked like a busy city.
Three of these boats were filled with eunuchs from the inner palace. Naturally, they were the concubines of the Lord of Nanzheng who longed for the glory of Concubine Yang in the past and wanted to taste it.
In previous years, to transport lychees, it had to be frozen and transported at an extremely high cost. This was because those merchants did not have Lin Fengjin's military background, and it would take at least seven days to clear customs and cards on the way!
Even if the lychees are still edible, they are all black and dry, which makes you lose your appetite. So it’s no wonder that Lin Fengjin’s boat of fresh lychees is so popular!
Fortunately, Li Hu rushed to the scene directly at that time. Seeing that the atmosphere was tense and almost a fight, something was wrong. He hurriedly announced that this ship of lychees would only be given away and not sold. Finally, the forces of all parties were settled.
Although there seems to be no profit from this boatload of lychees, the boatload of favors sent out cannot be bought with money, because many of the people who come to buy goods are you crying and begging, so you send them banknotes.
Those who don't accept it are at least ten times or a hundred times the value of the boat of lychees itself!
Well, the second thing that the unblocked waterway brought about was that the mountain chief personally informed that there would be guests visiting in the future.
And it was a large group of guests.
There is a saying that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Many academies regard this sentence as the truth. Among them are military strategists, Confucianists, Mohists, Yin-Yang scholars, etc.
Military strategists advocate traveling thousands of miles because a general must know all about astronomy and geography so that he can strategize and win a thousand-mile victory! If students who are taught geography do not understand geography and are forced to use cavalry to fight the enemy in swamps and riverbanks, then
It is the lifelong stain of the academy.
Confucianism wants to go out and take a look, because there is also a saying among Confucianism that scholars write pens and serve in the army, and pick up swords to gain fame. When they are generals, they become prime ministers.
Can you show your talents?
Not to mention the reason why Wude Academy requires students to go out more often. Visiting dragon veins, searching for feng shui, and exploring the earth's energy - these things cannot be accomplished by being locked up in the study room.
The Mohists are famous for their defensive mechanisms, which means they also inspect various cities, do on-site surveying and mapping, and then feed back various data to develop mechanisms for defense.
Therefore, those who visit Tianchang Academy are students from academies of several major schools.
These students are also elite disciples in major academies. Their knowledge and cultivation have become extremely proficient. If they reach their own bottleneck, if they want to break through, they cannot succeed by studying hard in the study room. No matter how hard they study,
If you work behind closed doors, you must come out to broaden your horizons and travel around the world.
At first, Lin Fengjin was a little surprised, because there is a saying that people with different Taoisms cannot work together. The conflict between Legalists and Confucians was still very tense, and they were both pushed to the corner to bring about development. Why?
The academy should give such a grand reception?
Later, after listening to what Senior Brother Zheng Gong said, I realized that although the major factions were fighting secretly, they were not at odds with each other after all, and they were still in harmony when it came to the table. Just like how fierce the party struggles in the court were, at most
I won’t do anything sarcastic or sarcastic. After all, we are all scholars. We can’t be as rough as warriors. We still have to do our best on the surface. Otherwise, we will be jointly ridiculed and said that we are ignorant of etiquette, and our reputation will be affected.