This year's winter was extremely cold, so much so that Huishui County, which had not seen snow in more than ten years, continued to receive heavy snow this year. Even at the beginning of March, the entire county was still completely white.
Although there are urchins on the street excitedly and shrilly shouting "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest", for those thatched houses that have not been repaired for a long time, and for those homeless people cowering in the cold wind, this snow is really heavy.
Such a killing, so fierce, as if it was a reminder to drive them into the underworld!
Lin Fengjin walked along the street with Lin Yuanwai, who had gained weight again. The snow crunched under their feet. Mr. Lin's footprints were obviously deeper and wider, and his round belly had already
The loose robe could no longer cover it.
"After this snowfall, I guess our porridge shed will have to be expanded again." Lin Fengjin frowned and said with his head buried. "Dad, there is a saying that it is better to give a man a fish than to give him a fish...
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"Go, go! You little rabbit, will you be able to fly when your wings grow hard?" Lin Yuanwai scolded him impatiently: "I eat more salt than you eat, do you still need to give me some encouragement?
How to do it? After making two small transactions, your tail is 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 "little business". At this time, the Lin family's real estate and cash had at least quadrupled - at this time, the Lin family's grain ship had already
There are close to forty ships, and they can legitimately sail in the waterways of Nanzheng under the flag of the Xiangdu Yulin Guard. No matter who comes to inspect or try to collect taxes, it is always the arrogant sergeants of the Imperial Guard like the Yulin Guard who take action.
At the reception, what was brought out was a document signed by the Joint Hall of the Ministry of War.
Of course, the grain ship only contains about one-tenth of the grain. The rest are goods that are popular in Xiangfan. The profit of five or six times is small. However, Lin Fengjin also carefully inquired about the "untouchable" people in Xiangfan before.
The range of goods involved by the "rich merchants" was very interesting and they did not "cross the line".
The net profit generated by these grain ships every month is more than one hundred thousand taels, but of these one hundred thousand taels, the Lin family can only get two to thirty thousand taels of silver, and the remaining profits will be used by Li Hu to open up more
joints and bribe more people.
And the role of these opened joints is definitely not just for grain ships!
Although Li Hu cannot be promoted for the time being, his immediate boss Tian Fuliang, Mr. Tian, is very promising. With the operation of these relationships that Li Hu has opened up, Mr. Tian was promoted again a year ago and was appointed as Yangwu.
General, under the jurisdiction of three commanders! He successfully changed from the position of Commander Tian to General Tian. Almost half of the ten or twenty servants who entered the Lin Mansion with Li Hu were also promoted.
Not only that, the political environment for the entire Tian family has become much more relaxed due to Li Hu's activities. In the past, Tian Zhu Guoshu was very popular, and when he went to court, he was often isolated, and those who opposed whatever they said or did were often isolated.
There are so many, it's as if someone has tied them tightly with a rope, which is very oppressive.
At this time, with the development of Li Hu's silver bullet offensive, Tian Zhuguo also noticed some changes, that is, although he was still alone, when he made any suggestions, at least the opposition was reduced by one-third! That is,
Say. At least one-third of the people are willing to remain silent!
This can be said to be very rare.
And these people are all people who took money from Li Hu. Most of them have long beards and gray hair. They can't do it every month. They accept the filial piety from the Tian family members and act against Tian Zhuguo at the same time.
When things came out, I was too embarrassed to turn to the Tian family immediately, so the best choice I made was to remain neutral without saying anything. I believe that given time, Tian Zhuguo can return the favor, so it won't be a problem to gather a group of people.
It is precisely because of this that the entire Tian family has maintained a tacit attitude of turning a blind eye to Li Hu's private activities. Li Hu is also very knowledgeable and will even submit a detailed list of expenses every month.
.The cooperation between the two parties is still a perfect blend.
Under such a situation, it is natural for Li Hu's status to rise again. Not only is the position of the chief confidant more stable, but Mr. Tian previously only had two or three hundred taels of silver a month, which was very poor. At this time, Li Hu was every
Yue Du Shiqu gave tens of thousands of taels of silver directly to him with both hands. In addition, Yulinwei was close to Xiangdu. If Mr. Tian didn't enjoy his life through prostitution and gambling, wouldn't he be wasting his youth and wronging these taels of silver?
Therefore, since he was promoted, except for the time spent in the military camp, most of the rest of the time has been spent in the Yicui Building, fighting with the crowd. From time to time, he also invites his colleagues to show off. As for what he has on hand,
Of course, those military affairs were all left to his most trusted confidants!
In the beginning, Mr. Tian occasionally came to check and inquire about things in the military camp. After all, this involved the issue of official position. Later, he found that Li Hu was indeed doing things steadily and without leaks. When he was sent down by the Ministry of War for two consecutive months
When it was judged to be "excellent", Mr. Tian was so happy that he couldn't even ask for it.
Mr. Tian is also self-aware. In the past, when he was the commander, he did everything by himself and only got two honors in a year. Now it is best to have someone to do it for him. In short, Li Hu started from scratch. Without a backing, he always had to rely on the Tian family to gain a foothold.
There is no risk of betrayal.
Therefore, although Li Hu was known as a deputy general manager at this time, in fact, the power in his hands could be used as at least half a general.
There is another gossip to mention at this time, which is related to the loyal Qin Qing. Probably Tian Zhuguo was also a little worried about Li Hu, so he asked his confidants to "check and balance" and asked Qin Qing to come to Mr. Tian's house.
There are also assistants around him, the purpose is to divide Li Hu's power.
However, after Li Hu received Lin Fengjin's instruction, he fully cooperated and handed over all powers. Of course, Manager Li's handing over power definitely does not mean that the Lin family will hand over power and fully cooperate. There are shortcomings in this.
What is humane to outsiders can only be understood.
Qin Qingnai is a whole generation older than Mr. Tian, and he feels that he has the important task of persuading the young master to become a man of talent. Therefore, he relies on his old man to nag in front of the newly appointed General Tian every day. Once Mr. Tian wants to drink flowers,
He drank wine, played with fans, and immediately warned him seriously, and even threatened to file a lawsuit!! Mr. Tian was really angry and annoyed. If it wasn't for the old man's force, he would have pulled out the knife and chopped him off.
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The most fatal blow came at the end of the month. The Lin family set up a few small traps in the ledger in the middle of the month. Qin Qing stepped into them without hesitation. He had an excessive sense of justice and pointed fingers in this regard, saying that this was wrong.
That's not right.
Of course, the stewards of the Lin family would not disobey Mr. Qin's orders, and obeyed them honestly and obediently. Of course, Mr. Qin also had to sign and seal to prove that he had given the order. As a result, not only did he make no profit that month, but he lost more than 30,000 yuan.
Two silver coins!
The Tian Mansion was shocked at this moment. Due to the Lin family caravan's continuous filial piety in the past few months, the expenses in the mansion had increased a little bit. As a result, not only could they not count on the caravan this month, but they had to repay the money.
Therefore, the atmosphere in the mansion became tense. Naturally, someone went to check the account books and found that the most critical decisions on the loss-making areas were made by the loyal Qin Qing, and he also signed and signed... As the saying goes
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents! Although this matter is not that serious, it still seems like a few severe cuts on the Qin family...
So when Mr. Tian was so angry (he had not drank flower wine for too long) that he smashed several cups at home, broke two tables, and threatened the old man to give up his job, Tian Zhuguo could only sigh and send Qin Qing to the house.
He adjusted back to his side, and everything returned to normal.
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The dispute between the Lin family and his son about disaster relief finally ended with Lin Fengjin's total surrender. As one of the largest households in Hecang County at this time, the Lin family was very generous and set up a total of five or six porridge restaurants in the county.
It was opened on March 13th and seven to eight thousand taels of silver were spent.
At this time, the spring breeze finally came, and the government's relief and rewards began to arrive.
Probably because the Lin family's reputation for providing relief work was so great, two or three imperial censors even sent their family members to make secret visits ------- If the crime of buying people's hearts and plotting evil was brought to court, it could be said that
It’s not a big or small achievement.
Isn’t the censor just someone who hears about things and monitors the world for the king?
However, when those experienced family members saw that every porridge shed had a memorial tablet of the Lord and Master of Heaven and Earth, and before each porridge was given, someone asked the victims who received the porridge to kowtow and shout three times, they knew that this was the Lin family.
There are people who understand, and the current officialdom is not so dark that it can be said that a deer is a horse, so these censors can only give up this idea angrily.
On the day when the porridge shed was dismantled, Lin Fengjin also packed his bags and was ready to go. The goal of his trip was Fangkang County, southwest of Nanzheng, which is a prefecture and county adjacent to Dongman.
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In popular terms, it is a place where ethnic minorities and Han people live together. In the current mainstream culture, it is basically regarded as a remote place of exile. If you work there as an official, even if you are promoted, you are considered to be reviled.
However, a few decades ago, Confucianism was at its peak. Wang Yangming, Zhu Xi and other great Confucians were born one after another, occupying the hinterland of the Central Plains. They almost forced the other factions to breathe. Faced with this situation, Zongheng Academy, Wu
De Shuyuan chose to unite with other factions to support the crisis and struggled to support the crisis. (To be continued...)