"Yes, yes, you kid is still quite good-looking."

On the streets of the capital, a carriage was walking slowly, and in the carriage, the British Duke Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin carefully, and couldn't help but praise.

At this time, Liu Jin was very well dressed, the whole person looked handsome and elegant and indifferent, his eyes were as black as stars in the sky, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, confident and not arrogant, and he was arrogant.

"Ahem, Zhang Gong has won the award."

Being stared at by the British public Zhang Mao, Liu Jin looked very uncomfortable.

"Wait a minute, we will go to the Dingguo Mansion as a guest, and when the time comes, Xu Guangzuo will take you to take a walk around the Dingguo Mansion to have a look, whether you kid is blessed or not depends on your own creation."

British Gong Zhang Mao also said to Liu Jin with a smile.

"Dingguo Gong?"

Liu Jin was also frightened when he heard it, Lao Zhang, your face is too big, this Dingguo Gong is one of the few wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty, but Liu Jin himself is dressed in cloth, and he can't even think about it.

"Yes, there is a small party in the Dingguo Mansion today, and some of us who have a good relationship will bring our families to participate, which can be regarded as a chance for the younger generation to get to know each other, so you can behave and behave."

"It's also just the right time for you to come back, if you miss this time, you won't have a chance to choose."

Zhang Mao said with a smile.

"Looks like it's time for me to come back."

Liu Jin couldn't help but smile and said.

"It's really time, it's only a month or so away from the autumn festival, and now there are a lot of talents from Beizhili here in the capital, and there will be a lot of poetry of all kinds, and after the autumn season, by the time of next year's spring, the talents of the entire Ming Dynasty will gather over, and it will be really lively at that time, but it also means that your competitors will increase."

"How's your preparation?"

"Is there any confidence in high school?"

Speaking of Qiuqiu, Zhang Mao remembered that this Liu Jin in front of him is still a showman, and he is also going to participate in this Qiuqiu, if he can go to high school in one fell swoop, he will be able to participate in the Spring Festival again next year, and once he is in the middle of the Spring Festival, he can become a protégé of the Son of Heaven to participate in the palace examination, and then the title of the gold list will be beautiful.

"Let it be."

Liu Jin replied very perfunctorily, he really didn't have confidence, that is, he had been practicing calligraphy for a long time, and this character could at least meet the next person, otherwise he would really not even dare to participate in the imperial examination.

The only thing I can count on now is my own gold finger, and let's see if I can rely on my gold finger to cheat when the time comes, no matter what, it's still very useful to get an identity that lifts people.

"Also, this is your first time participating in the Autumn Festival, the focus is on participation, and it doesn't matter what the result is."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao also smiled and said.

Of course, he knows how difficult the autumn examination is, as the old saying goes, thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young jinshi, this imperial examination is definitely not an easy thing, and there are many people who can't pass the exam in their lives.

Liu Jin is only nineteen years old now, and if he fails to take the autumn exam for the first time, it is normal, there are many people who can be lifted in their teens, and even some geniuses are lifted in the thirteenth and fourteenth years, but most people still need talent if they want to be lifted in their teens.

While the two were talking, the carriage arrived at the door of the Dingguo Mansion, and Liu Jin got out of the carriage and looked carefully at the gate of the Dingguo Mansion in front of him.

The threshold is really high, the copper ingots on the door are neatly arranged, flashing with golden light, there are two rows of stubborn soldiers guarding the door, and there is a huge plaque in the middle, on which the dragon and the phoenix dance are written in the four big characters of Dingguo Mansion.

"It is worthy of the Dingguo Mansion, this façade is grand enough."

Liu Jin knows that like the front of the Dingguo Mansion, ordinary people can't enter and exit through this door, like the people in the mansion or something, basically they all enter and exit through the back door, as for the ordinary guests, there is a small door next to this front, and they can enter and exit from the small gate, and those who can enter and exit through the main gate are people with status and status.

In this regard, they are still very particular, especially these wealthy nobles.

Originally, it stands to reason that Liu Jin was naturally not qualified to enter and exit from this main gate, and could only walk through the small door next to him, but this time the British Duke Zhang Mao took Liu Jin to visit the Dingguo Mansion, so he also followed Zhang Mao into the Dingguo Mansion from the main gate.

"I've seen Uncle Zhang"

Zhang Mao and Liu Jin had just sat down in the living room for a few minutes, Xu Guangzuo came over with a smile on his face, and first saluted Zhang Mao very respectfully.

Then he smiled and said to Liu Jin: "Brother Liu"

"Brother Xu"

Last time, Xu Guangzuo, Zhang Mao and Zhu Fu went to Tianjin to find Liu Jin to buy a boat, and they chatted very happily that time, Xu Guangzuo and Liu Jin are also young people, so they are also called brothers.

Moreover, Liu Jin and the three government governments also funded a cement factory together, and they also had close contacts in business.

"Haha, I thought Brother Liu, you didn't want to go back to the capital."

There was no one else, Xu Guangzuo also said to Liu Jin with a smile.

"This stinky boy has a very nourishing life here in Tianjin, of course he doesn't want to go back to the capital."

Zhang Mao also said with a smile, and then thought about it and asked Liu Jin: "Stinky boy, how is the trade of this whale?" ”

Yesterday, the whale entered Beijing but caused a huge sensation, almost 10,000 empty alleys, a whale sold for more than 50,000 taels of silver, which also made the powerful people in the entire capital see huge business opportunities, Zhang Mao is naturally the same.

He followed Liu Jin and invested in a lot of business, and bought fishing boats to go to sea to fish, bought sea boats to go to sea to do business in North Korea, and set up cement factories, honeycomb coal factories, and so on.

These transactions are very profitable, which makes him taste the sweetness, so now he is very interested in investing in all kinds of emerging industries, especially if this industry has something to do with Liu Jin, it is definitely not a lot of his share.

"This whale is a treasure all over its body, the oil produced by a whale is equivalent to the oil produced by thousands of pigs, and the meat produced is equivalent to the meat produced by hundreds of cows, and now there are many legends about whales, and a whale can be worth thousands of taels of silver."

"This business will not be worse than that of a fishing boat, and if you have a few whaling boats, it is not difficult to earn a million taels of silver a year."

Liu Jin replied without thinking about it.

"Great, stinky boy, remember to leave me a few whaling ships, and remember to leave me a few hundred of the graduate college of Tianjin Maritime College."

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately grinned happily, his eyes narrowed, as if he saw the rolling wealth surging towards him.

"Yes, yes, keep it for me, such a good deal naturally can't be missed."

When Xu Guangzuo heard this, he also hurriedly spoke.

"The ship is not a problem, but I can't force the students of Tianjin Maritime Academy to keep it, if you want people, you have to show your sincerity to come out, have more silver, and worry about no one?"

Liu Jin smiled and nodded and said.

"The stinky boy is refreshing, and it is not in vain that I worked hard to introduce you to my daughter-in-law."

When Zhang Mao heard this, he naturally laughed happily, and then squeezed his eyes at Xu Guangzuo, Xu Guangzuo immediately understood, and said to Liu Jin with a smile: "Brother Liu, I just have a small-scale poetry club here, and they are all entertaining themselves, why don't we go over and have a look together?" ”

"Good"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately understood, nodded with a smile and replied.