Shi Kefa said to Mu Linfeng: "These people are now holding important military positions in various places. If they jointly submit a letter to the emperor, I believe it will be effective!"
Mu Linfeng smiled and said: "Okay, so Mu, I would like to thank you two adults!"
Wang Zhizhen said from the side: "Mu Shuai, you said that after the New Year, you would discuss the marriage with your sister-in-law. Now that the New Year has arrived, I don't know..."
Shi Kefa heard this and said in surprise: "What? Mr. Wang, isn't your sister betrothed to Mr. Wu Xingwu? Why..."
Wang Zhizhen felt embarrassed at first when he heard this, then he laughed and said: "It's a long story. I can only say that my sister-in-law and Mr. Wu are destined to have no connection!"
Shi Kefa was confused, but Mu Linfeng coughed twice and said: "Master Wang, there is no need to worry about this. Since Mu has agreed, he will definitely not run away!"
Shi Kefa laughed and said: "Yes, Brother Wang, my sister is not in a hurry, but she is in a hurry as an elder brother. You are forcing a marriage!"
Mu Linfeng smiled slightly when he heard this, and looking at Wang Zhizhen's face, he roughly guessed that this might not be Wang Zhizhen's worry, but Wang Xuyuan's idea!
Wang Zhizhen said quickly: "Wang just mentioned it casually, just casually!"
When Mu Linfeng heard Wang Zhizhen mention the marriage, he couldn't help but think of the two sisters Zheng Lianxiang and Zheng Xiyu. I wonder how they are doing now, and there is also Zhong Nanping. Mu Linfeng agreed to the marriage. I really don't know what to do first when the time comes.
Who should I marry?
Shi Kefa laughed at the side and said: "Yes, nothing good happened last year, and Mu Shuai is not young anymore. He got married, so Shi can also have a wedding banquet..."
Mu Linfeng laughed when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shi, as long as Jiangnan is pacified, your wedding wine will be indispensable!"
When Wang Zhizhen heard what Mu Linfeng said, it meant that his marriage to Wang Xuyuan might have to be postponed until after the war in Jiangnan was over. He couldn't help but feel distressed and couldn't say anything.
Mu Linfeng immediately exchanged a few words with Wang Zhizhen and Shi Kefa, and then Wang Zhizhen and Shi Kefa left the Mu Mansion and sent people to deliver their letters.
After all, Shi Kefa and Wang Zhizhen had served as officials in the imperial court. Within a few days, the letters they sent received replies one after another. Seven or eight of Shi Kefa's more than ten letters were answered, all of which promised that Shi Kefa would definitely take care of this matter.
Play.
However, although both of Wang Zhizhen's letters were answered, they were both letters of rejection. The reason for the rejection was very simple and clear, saying that Wang Zhizhen was no longer an important member of the court. Yang Sichang even cursed Wang Zhizhen's treatment of the court in the letter.
disloyal.
Shi Kefa and Wang Zhizhen sent their letters to Mu Linfeng for review respectively. After reading them, Mu Linfeng thought to himself that although Shi Kefa's letters were all answered, these people were from outside the imperial court and were not as important as Wang Zhizhen's two letters.
However, these two letters were both rejection letters. Mu Linfeng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed after reading them.
Shi Kefa and Wang Zhizhen saw Mu Linfeng's expression and immediately left without saying much.
The next day, Wang Zhizhen came to Mu Mansion alone and told Mu Linfeng that Xiong Wencan had been appointed by the imperial court and became the Minister of Recruitment and would come to Yangzhou soon.
Mu Linfeng heard this and thought to himself: "Didn't Zhou Yanru already appease him years ago? Doesn't Chongzhen know what I mean? Why did he send someone here?"
Mu Linfeng then thought of Xiong Wencan's lifelong achievements, which was to recruit Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Xianzhong, and thought to himself: "Is it possible that Xiong Wencan is so eloquent? Why does he specialize in this kind of recruitment work?"
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng said to Wang Zhizhen: "Since Xiong Wencan is coming to Yangzhou, let him come. Then Mr. Lao Wang will be responsible for receiving Xiong Wencan!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Zhizhen immediately said: "My subordinates know!" After saying this, he prepared to leave.
Mu Linfeng thought of something again, and immediately called Wang Zhizhen and said, "By the way, Mr. Wang, the Lantern Festival will be in a few days. How did Yangzhou hold events in the past?"
When Wang Zhizhen heard this, he quickly replied: "In the past, every household just hung a lamp at the door. If someone had no money to buy a lamp, the government would subsidize his purchase. The main purpose was to deal with the court and let them know how Yangzhou is doing and how the people are safe.
In fact, when people don’t even have enough to eat, how can they be in the mood to hold events..."
Mu Linfeng nodded when he heard the words, and then said: "Well, this year's Lantern Festival must be a big one. The scale will be bigger than the New Year's Eve party. The main reason is not to celebrate, but to show this Xiong Wencan. Isn't this Xiong Wencan over-the-top?"
Come here in a few days, just ask him to see that our Yangzhou, under the jurisdiction of Mu, has truly achieved peace and prosperity for the country and the people!"
Wang Zhizhen heard this and said quickly: "Well, Mu Shuai's idea is good. When the time comes, Xiong Wencan will see that Yangzhou is like this and will definitely go back and report it to the court. Then..."
Mu Linfeng laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "Letting the court know is the second best thing. The main reason is to let officials in other cities know. This will be of great benefit to our future development!"
When Wang Zhizhen heard this, he kept nodding his head and said: "Yes, yes! That's what Mu Shuai said!"
Mu Linfeng smiled slightly and said: "Then you, the bricklayer, will be solely responsible for these two matters. There should be no problem, right?"
When Wang Zhizhen heard this, he quickly replied: "No problem, no problem... But there is not much silver left in the government bank, I'm afraid..."
Mu Linfeng frowned when he heard this and said: "Now that the people have their own fields, why are there still so few taxes?"
Wang Zhizhen said quickly: "This was just implemented last year. The people have enough food, but there is not enough money yet!"
Mu Linfeng heard this and said to himself: "Yes, I can eat here, but it's not easy to do without money. It seems that the focus this year is to boost the economy of Yangzhou and the surrounding Yangzhou!" Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng immediately said
Wang Zhizhen said: "If you don't have enough money, go to Mr. Wu Xingwu of the iron factory and get it first. Then pay him back after tax is collected in the future. The iron factory can't lose one tael of silver. This is a last resort!"
Wang Zhizhen immediately said after hearing this: "Yes, the silver from the iron factory is used to produce firearms. Wang collected the tax money in the spring and immediately paid back the money to the iron factory!"
When Mu Linfeng heard what Wang Zhizhen said, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Because of the shipyard incident, he had already taken 60,000 taels of silver from Wu Xing, and now the Lantern Festival Party was going to take money from Wu Xing again... He really should find someone who can calculate carefully.
It's up to people to take care of the accounts.
Thinking of accounting, Mu Linfeng suddenly thought of Sang Hongyang during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. All the expenses of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for external military use were coordinated by Sang Hongyang alone. If he had a person as good at calculating as Sang Hongyang, he could
It saves a lot of things.
Moreover, after the spring begins, troops will be deployed in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jinling will be occupied. There will be a complete set of government offices there, and a temporary government can be temporarily organized. Then various talents will become a thorny issue.
Wang Zhizhen seemed to see Mu Linfeng's worry and couldn't help but ask: "What is Mu Shuai worried about?"
Mu Linfeng thought to himself that Wang Zhidao had been in Yangzhou longer than him, so he should know the people in the area, and quickly asked: "Does Mr. Wang know anyone who is good at calculation?"
After hearing this, Wang Zhizhen pondered for a while and said: "Yes, this Mu Shuai can go to Fushe to ask Zhang Cai for advice. Mr. Zhang, they have all kinds of talents in Fushe. As far as Wang knows, there is a man named Gu Yanwu in Fushe.
People who are good at calculations, he and another man named Huang Zongxi have always advocated the 'study of managing the world and applying it', and they also have many disciples studying finance and economics, who can all be good at calculations!"
When Mu Linfeng heard this, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Yes, why did I forget about resuming the club?"
In Mu Linfeng's mind, Fushe is a talent market, and there are talents in all fields. And now that Fushe has been subordinated to him, why not just take all kinds of talents at will?
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng immediately said to Wang Zhizhen: "Then the two things you have told Mr. Wang must be completed, and you don't need to worry about money! Mu will go to Fushe to recruit talents right now!"
When Wang Zhizhen heard this, he immediately said to Mu Linfeng: "Mu Shuai is going to resume the society now?"
Seeing that Wang Zhizhen seemed to have something to say, Mu Linfeng couldn't help but wonder: "What? Does Mr. Wang have any suggestions?"
Wang Zhizhen said: "Then Mu Shuai should know about the grudge between Fushe and Zhou Yanru, right?"
Mu Linfeng couldn't help but feel shuddered when he heard this. Of course he knew the relationship between Zhou Yanru and Fushe. The leader of Fushe, Zhang Pu, was killed by Zhou Yanru. Moreover, Zhou Yanru was two-faced. When Zhang Pu was alive, he promised to kill him.
They used people from Fushe, but as soon as Zhang Pu died, Zhou Yanru immediately changed his face and began to vigorously attack Fushe members. This was also one of the main reasons why Fushe began to turn from above ground to underground.
Mu Linfeng naturally knew that Wang Zhizhen was reminding him that after all, he had interacted with Zhou Yanru before, but he didn't know if Fushe had received the news.
Although he has nothing to do with Zhou Yanru, and his assassination is very likely to be related to Zhou Yanru, he will naturally attract people to talk about it. Besides, Mu Linfeng went to Meixiang Tower with Zhou Yanru, I am afraid there are many people on the street.