There was an endless stream of people coming to visit us next, but most of them were people from the Snake-Eating Army who went on the last expedition. These poor soldiers did not bring any expensive gifts, but the Lin family did not neglect their return gifts, which were often very valuable.
, Strictly speaking, the Lin family will lose a lot of money from this favor. Of course, Lin Fengjin and Mr. Lin don't care about this. The more he loses, the happier he will be.
It turns out that although Lin Fengjin's credit is not great, many people still know about his existence, especially since Lin Fengjin also deliberately recruits disabled soldiers from the Snake-Eating Army into his own industry. If he encounters any difficulties, he will come to borrow money from him.
They usually respond to requests, and there are quite a few people taking care of them. When meeting these subordinates, even if Lin Fengjin is lying on the soft couch, he has to come out to receive guests.
Among the people who came to visit during this period, there was an unexpected person. That was a family member of General Guangfeng Shen Can named Shen Mi. Although this person was just a family member, Lin Fengjin knew that Shen Mie
After Can took refuge with Lu Yu, he disowned all his relatives and completely severed contact with his people in the country. However, he was the only one Shen Can asked Lu Yu to use secret spies to pick out. This shows how important he is in Shen Can's heart.
This person has been serving the old man of Shen Can's family since he was a schoolboy at the age of eleven. He has been serving the old man of Shen Can's family for five years. It can be said that he is very dedicated. People say that there is no filial son in bed for a long time, but Shen Mie really has no complaints. In the end,
He did all the dirty and tiring work. After the old man passed away, he served Shen Can's parents for twenty years without slacking off at all.
Finally, it was not until Shen Can's parents passed away that he began to serve Shen Can.
Shen Can also climbed up the ranks step by step from the army. Once when he was still a deputy general, he was careless and in the midst of his triumph, someone took advantage of him. Only Shen Mi knew the key to this, and the enemy took advantage of him.
Shen Mi caught him. The method was very cruel. If he didn't answer the question once, he would chop off one of his fingers. If he didn't answer the question again, he would chop off one of his toes, starting with the little finger.
As a result, when Shen Mi was rescued in the end, only six fingers were left on his hands. There were only five and a half toes, and only half of his ears were left. Even two of the eggs below were chopped off!! Not to mention the whole body.
The horrific injuries all over his body and the maggots crawling inside the wounds were nothing to him.
Under such torture, Shen Mie didn't even say a word! Who do you think Shen Mie trusts if he doesn't trust him?
Therefore, don't think Shen Mie is just a servant. But his status in Shen Can's heart can be said to be extremely high. It can be said that apart from the child still in the mother's belly, the most important thing in the world to Shen Can is
He did.
When such a person came, Lin Fengjin naturally had to receive him in person. In fact, he didn't say anything, just exchanged a few simple greetings. He gave a few small gifts and then parted. However, after Shen Mi entered the capital, no one said anything.
Looking for, only finding the Lin family is a very clear attitude in itself.
For Shen Can, he is a surrendered general, and he has been given great power by Lu Yu. It can be said that there are many people who are jealous of him, especially Hengbo General Tian Wu. Ever since Shen Can defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty, both of them were ranked among the top six in the world.
One of the famous generals decided that they must be hostile to each other.
In this case, Shen Can must seek an aid to support each other in order to gain a firm foothold, and this aid must be deeply trusted in front of Lu Yu and be very talkative. However, Lu Yu did not ascend the throne.
Therefore, for him, the best choice is Lin Fengjin, who has not yet entered the official service. What's even better is that Lin Fengjin seems to be in conflict with Hengbo General Tian Wu, and the two are a natural alliance at this point.
Of course, with Shen Mie's visit, many nobles in Yedu had a clearer understanding of Lin Fengjin's potential. Although Shen Mie was a reduced general, who was he?
, a general who is deeply trusted by Lu Yu, and is one of the six most famous generals in the world! He has a hundred thousand troops at his disposal!
Such a person actually sent someone to show his kindness to Lin Fengjin. One can imagine the profound meaning behind this!
As a result, Lin Fengjin's market price also rose, and many noble relatives with daughters began to come to inquire. However, after learning the news that they had been engaged, they could only go away in anger, and Zuo Yasi's prefect father was also involved.
He actually benefited from this incident. After the banquet, many colleagues were half-joking and half-seriously saying that he had the vision to choose such a quick son-in-law. This shows that Lin Fengjin had previously treated Fu Miner.
The talk of delaying the divorce is probably just a blank check.
At this time, Lin Fengjin continued to be urged to carry out his studies in Donglin Academy. Because of the appreciation of the British King, even Mr. Yangming, who had always been upright and upright, did not think there was any problem with him passing the provincial examination next year.
, Lin Fengjin’s course at this time has already begun to change.
Before, all he read were books about the principles of saints such as the Four Books and Five Classics. Now, Lin Fengjin's book list includes books such as "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Gan Shi Xing Jing", "Nongsang Lun" and "Water Control Strategies".
”, “Shui Jing Zhu”, “Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases”, “Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classics” and other books. And the teachers who narrate these books are actually officials who have good reputations and have reached official positions.
On the one hand, these officials are very interested in the reputation of being able to enter Donglin Academy to educate the world's elites. On the other hand, they feel that they must pass on their life experience, so they are doing their best to pass on their experience.
It is not difficult to see that the books and courses Lin Fengjin studied cover stargazing, craftsmanship, farming, medicine, etc. Among them, stargazing can predict disasters, craftsmen can facilitate the people and fight droughts and floods, and farming can have an impact on farming.
Dao has a deep understanding that medicine can play a huge role in the treatment and prevention of epidemics. Learning this knowledge is clearly a foundation for going out to serve as an official in the future and to protect the local area.
In fact, Donglin Academy has always been very disdainful of the kind of officials who "rule by doing nothing". They are incorruptible, but their strength cannot be used where it should be used. When encountering an enemy attack or a disaster that cannot be dealt with, they will
Sacrifice one's country or light a fire and jump into it, using oneself as a sacrifice... You can say that this kind of official is fatuous, but it is definitely not considered stupid. However, it does not help people's livelihood.
The candidates who come out of Donglin Academy are often those who have the ability to govern the world and are both talented and capable. In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that the name of the No. 1 Academy in the world is so resounding that it is famous for dozens of people in the world.
How could it have lasted so long without the praise of the country and the people?
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Time flies, and nearly three months have passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Fengjin did not hide anything from the two masters. He took out the King of Teeth and He Shame and asked them to take a closer look.
Even the wild boar called over. Master Yang Ming also helped Lin Fengjin to refining these two powerful magic weapons. Lu Jiuyuan gave some instructions on how the wild boar could inspire the ferocious aura in the sky, and everything was gained.
Very shallow.
Lin Fengjin also received a lot of news.
First of all, after his own fleet docked, all the fur goods he carried were sold out almost instantly. The astonishing huge profits immediately drove the merchants to plan another long voyage. The size of the ships this time was even larger than the previous one.
Twice, the number of wealthy businessmen participating has become increasingly huge.
Under Lin Fengjin's instructions, as long as he is willing to abide by the rules, he will accept all comers. Are you kidding? With the current shipping capacity, if you want to satisfy the huge northern market and southern market,
If there is no exchange between them, it will never be possible to increase the number of this fleet a hundred times!
During this voyage, we did not encounter any deep-sea monsters. However, we encountered a storm on the way. Fortunately, the fleet was only sailing twenty or thirty miles away from the coast, so under the leadership of the demon python,
They successfully hid in a safe harbor, but while hiding, two ships hit the rocks and sank due to improper command. However, all the people were rescued, and only part of the cargo was salvaged.
However, after this voyage, it was said that the owners of the two sunken ships did not suffer much loss, because they actually made back their lost capital just by relying on the small amount of cargo they fished out! This is amazing
The news spread instantly in Shangmao, and even spread to the entire south of the Yangtze River. In addition, the large amount of northern goods that have recently emerged from Shangmao have fully demonstrated the authenticity of this incident.
Therefore, at this time, among the people, some people gradually began to call this route the "River of Silver". Li Hu, who finally wrote the letter, mentioned at the end of the letter that in addition to Shangmao, several other counties with innate seaport advantages also
They all started to get ready to make a move, because they were always thinking in their hearts, since these people in Shangmao can form a merchant fleet and successfully trade with the north, then of course I can too. At the end of the letter, Li Hu said in a more anxious tone.
Asked if he wanted to do some manipulation or something.
Faced with this kind of "copycat" behavior, Lin Fengjin just laughed it off, and his reply was very simple, that is, let nature take its course, don't make trouble, and even help where you can help a little.
It doesn't matter.
As for the Demon Python and Haijun that Lin Fengjin can mobilize, they will not attack their ships and strictly maintain the principle of neutrality.
Why did Lin Fengjin do this? That's because even if their risky behavior is successful, it will only prosper and promote the Wuzuo City built by Sanlibu. More importantly, these people will suffer some losses and encounter problems.
After having a bloody head, you will naturally give up those inappropriate thoughts. If you want to make money, you still have to follow your own footsteps!