The villagers in Xu Jixin's hometown learned the ins and outs of the coal case a few days later, and Li Lusheng knew the news as early as the same day, and the timing was very coincidental, when he was attending the banquet of the five major Jin merchants.

There are very few officials in the capital who can invite the five major Jin merchants at the same time, and they are basically the ministers of the rank of Shangshu and the cabinet Zaifu.

Still on Chinese New Year's Eve, two of the five major Jin merchants wanted to rush back to the ancestral hall for the New Year, but they didn't expect to stay.

This time, the banquet was not in a restaurant like Chalou, Li Lusheng held a family banquet at home, and invited the five major Jin businessmen to discuss his official entry into the office next year.

With his mentor Feng Quan paving the way for him, and then having the great merit of destroying the foundation of the industrial faction, all that remains is to throw a lot of silver.

Family banquets are held at noon, which is the custom of Gyeonggi family banquets, and generally important banquets are held at noon, and important banquets in Gangnam are held in the evening.

The five major Jin merchants were able to arrive, firstly, because with Li Lusheng's scheming city, it was only a matter of time before they became the cabinet chiefs, and secondly, because it involved the profit sharing of the interests of the field.

Li Lusheng sat on the main seat without a doubt, picked up the celadon wine glass of the official kiln, got up and toasted: "Li's career will rely on your help in the future, and Li will do it first as a respect." ”

The five Jin merchants sitting on the rosewood official hat chair glanced at each other and were very satisfied with Li Lusheng's attitude.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Li Lusheng still did not have the slightest arrogance, and he was still so humble and polite to the five of them.

It is worthy of being a ruthless man who can trample on the soles of the industrial Hou Zhu Shun, and this old and serious city government is afraid that there are few Donglin Party members who can compare.

Fan Yongdou has a deep relationship with several servants of the Sixth Division, and he has to admit that Li Lusheng's city government is even deeper than those central ministers, no wonder he can be valued by Lao Zaifu Feng Quan: "New year, new atmosphere, Li Ge Lao will have earth-shaking changes next year." ”

"When the time comes, don't forget your friends here."

Here's the highlight.

Fan Yongdou's words fell, and several other Jin merchants looked over without leaving a trace, paying attention to the emotional changes on Li Lusheng's face.

Li Lusheng said in his heart, as long as you are still the five major Jin merchants, we will always be friends, if not.......

For a person like Li Lusheng who has no bottom line, he has no use value, and he can sell his so-called friends at a good price when he turns around.

Li Lusheng stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother Fan Xian, what are you talking about, without the help of Brother Fan Xian and a few people here, where would there be today." ”

"A few people can rest assured at this point, as long as there is soup to drink, they will definitely let a few people eat meat."

When it came to eating meat, Fan Yongdou's three major Jin merchants immediately laughed heartily, and in just a few months, their three major Jin merchants roughly ate 300,000 taels of refined coal.

In a few days, when the Zhenyuan Mining Bureau couldn't hold it anymore, it was nearly one million taels when it was sold.

The silver profits of the other two Jin merchants may be higher, reaching about 1.1 million taels, which is simply the most profitable transaction in their lives.

There is no filial piety in the money earned, and there is no compensation for the loss of the members of the caravan, it is a sum of money that is purely earned by selling it.

Fan Yongdou and the other three major Jin businessmen immediately laughed and saluted Li Lusheng: "In the future, Brother Li's affairs will be our affairs, as long as Brother Li is short of money, it will be done." ”

"Don't dare to say anything else, what Xianyin has in his hand."

The other two Jin merchants were very unhappy when they heard about buying and selling refined coal, and for the Jin merchants who only recognized silver, earning a little tael of silver would make them feel painful, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

The other two Jin merchants also gave Li Lusheng a cup, and they were dripping blood in distress, but they still said in a smiling tone: "Speaking of this matter, Li Ge Lao is not interesting enough, and he actually left the two of us behind." ”

"Li Ge is not allowed to be so partial in the future, if he is so eccentric again, the two of us will cry, make trouble and hang ourselves, and we will not leave Li Ge's old house."

"Haha-"

Even with Li Lusheng's scheming city, when he heard the words of the two Jin merchants, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and his mood was extremely happy.

If the two small businessmen said this, Li Lusheng would laugh and directly asked the housekeeper to drive the two small businessmen out.

Who are these two in front of them, they are the Great Jin merchants who control the trade route between the Great Qing Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, and the merchants who have more money than them have been found in the entire capital and even north of the Yellow River.

In the officialdom, it is a big man at the level of the cabinet and the assistant, and these five Jin businessmen are actually like women on fire in the backyard in front of him Li Lusheng, and they have begun to compete for favor.

The five major Jin businessmen compete for favor?

I'm afraid that even the great tomorrow won't be able to enjoy such glory, and the pride in Li Lusheng's heart has reached its peak, so he can't help laughing.

It's a pity that Zhu Shun always likes to destroy the enemy when he is most proud, and only in this way will he carry out the most brutal destruction of the enemy's spirit.

The plan to invite Chongzhen to the Jingxi Coal Washing Plant was originally scheduled for the next year, and Zhu Shun learned that Li Lusheng was hosting a banquet for the five Jin merchants on Chinese New Year's Eve.

did not hesitate to advance the plan, so that Li Lusheng could be completely destroyed, so that he could enjoy the mental blow and torture of Jin Zhijun and others.

Not long after Li Lusheng laughed, the new housekeeper pushed open the door in a panic and ran in, which showed the difference between the new housekeeper and the old housekeeper.

As long as there is a major event, the old housekeeper's first reaction is what impact this incident will have on the master's official career, when and how should this matter be reported.

The new housekeeper didn't have that brain, he just thought that if he didn't report this matter in time, he would definitely be beaten to death by the master.

Li Lusheng was about to scold the new housekeeper, but before he could say anything, the new housekeeper said in a panic: "Master is not good, Zhu Shun really knows how to witchcraft, he can wash out a large amount of refined coal, and the price of refined coal will always be a penny of silver in the future." ”

"What!" Fan Yongdou Huo Ran got up, stared at the new housekeeper, and asked in disbelief: "This is true." ”

The new housekeeper knew very little about Li Lusheng's affairs, and he didn't know how this distinguished guest could be so shocked, so he replied honestly: "It's true, today the emperor and the queen and the ministers of the court all went to the Jingxi coal kiln. ”

"The little one also went, and I saw Zhu Shun's magic with my own eyes, and in less than a stick of incense, he could wash out a coal mountain."

"The industrial marquis also said later that a coal washing plant has ten coal washing ponds, that is, ten of that kind of magic, and a total of 40 coal washing plants have been built in western Beijing."

"Later, the emperor also rewarded the disciples of the industrial marquis with a filial piety workshop."