Although it was only a little over a month, the attitude of the officials and people in Shandong towards the opening of the sea has undergone a 180-degree change.

More than a month ago, there were many people who resisted the opening of the sea, and there were more criticisms in the teahouses and restaurants, as if this opening of the sea was a heinous thing, and for this reason, the foolish man and foolish woman continued to attack the family of the people who were requisitioned to Weihai to build a port.

But now, this kind of opposition has been swept away, not only the government issued a strict order prohibiting criticism of the opening of the sea, but those scholars who pretend to be high and superior to others have all become saw-mouthed gourds, and they dare not talk about it, and some even immediately changed their words and began to advocate for the opening of the sea.

When the news from these places kept coming back, Lu Jin couldn't help but smile happily and contemptuously. Obviously, what they did in Jinan and Qufu really scared these guys, so they had to make a choice that was more in line with their own interests. In this world, not everyone can stick to their own ideas, but more ordinary people who fall like grass on the wall.

However, this is naturally a good thing for Lu Jin, with the reversal of the reputation of the opening of the sea, it will be much easier to recruit people to rush to Weihai to repair the port. In addition, this is the slack season after winter, and the people have nothing to do, and the government is willing to pay them to do things, so naturally everyone is enthusiastic.

So after entering November, the news brought back from Weihai is the same day by day, and judging from the current progress, it is not impossible to build this harbor before the end of the year. The only problem was that as the number of people increased, the progress accelerated, and the expenses of the silver taels also rolled upward, and the silver he took out before was obviously not enough to spend.

In fact, this time the sea and Lu Zhen opened the sea to run an errand for the imperial court, since there is a shortage of silver, he should go to the court and the emperor to ask for it. But he also understands that the imperial court is now overstretched, even if the provinces will then hand over the local silver taxes, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to allocate much silver to his own emergency. Therefore, after weighing, he did not mention this verse in the recital of everything before the concert with the Son of Heaven.

However, in this 10,000-word note, Lu Zhen still mentioned in detail what he had done in Jinan during this time, including how to deal with the Confucian family of Yansheng Gong.

In the eyes of ordinary people, such an unseemly means should be hidden from the Son of Heaven when the courtiers are the ones who are not on the table. But Lu Zhen didn't see it that way, because this matter could make the Son of Heaven believe that he was loyal to his duty. And there are so many brocade guards around, even if they have always obeyed their orders, it is difficult to guarantee that some of these people will pass everything back secretly, so they simply reported everything truthfully, presumably Zhu Qiyu would not blame himself for his insidious means.

However, the same thing is written in different ways with different brushstrokes, and the effect is completely different, and he is still quite concerned about this. Because of the importance of the matter, Lu Zhen didn't dare to write it by pretending to others or discussing it with others, so he had to revise it for many days, and this was still the time taken out in the middle of his busy official business.

By the time he actually finalized it, it was already mid-November, and it had been more than half a month since he returned to Jinan from Qufu. Fortunately, the performance of this era is not very time-sensitive, and it is not a problem to send it to Beijing later.

On this day, after carefully looking at the notes in his hand again and confirming that everything was fine, Lu Zhen took out his seal and stamped it with a bright red seal, then closed it and shouted outward: "Wutong ......"

A moment later, Han Wutong came to him. Lu Zhen handed over this note to him: "Let people send it to the capital as soon as possible and present it to Your Majesty." ”

"Yes, the little ones will do it." Han Wutong hurriedly agreed, and then hesitated for a moment and said: "By the way, master, there is a businessman named Lu Renjia outside who asks to see him, and the little one doesn't dare to call the shots, so he ......"

"Is he coming? Let him come to me. Lu Jin's face suddenly appeared happy when he heard this, and he was worried about the matter of silver, but Lu Renjia came in time.

Han Wutong glanced at his master a little strangely, he hadn't seen him have any dealings with businessmen in the past, could it be because the other party was also surnamed Lu? With doubts in his heart, he didn't slow down, and hurriedly agreed and went out to welcome people in.

After another half an hour, seeing that his spirit was much better than before, Lu Renjia, who was full of red light, strode in. I don't know if it's an illusion, at this time, Lu Zhen looked at this partner, and always felt that his temperament had become a lot better and he seemed more confident.

But even so, when he came to Lu Jin, Lu Renjia still looked respectful, and when he was outside the study, he had already bowed to his knees: "The villain has seen the governor." ”

Lu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him: "This kind of red tape between you and me can save energy, so you can be regarded as my elder anyway." ”

Hearing that Lu Jin finally had the intention of admitting this, Lu Renjia suddenly felt happy on his face, but he didn't dare to say it in his mouth. After all, Lu Zhen had completely broken off relations with the Lu family a few years ago, and his clan uncle naturally didn't dare to support him.

After introducing people into the study, sitting down, and saying a few words of gossip to each other, Lu Jincai said with a smile: "Seeing your look like this, you know that you have made a lot of money this time, right?" ”

"That's all a blessing to Lord Tofutai. If you hadn't advocated that you should buy hundreds of thousands of catties of grain and transport it to Qufu, Shandong Province for sale, it would have been impossible to have such a harvest. Lu Renjia said modestly.

In this regard, Lu Zhen was not modest, and accepted this flattery with a smile. This is exactly the case, it turned out that long before rushing to Qufu, he had already had a comprehensive plan for this matter, intending to make the Kong family pay the price. But the people of Qufu were innocent after all, and in order to prevent an accident of food shortage, he sent a letter one step earlier, asking Lu Renjia to buy more grain in Huguang and send it to Shandong.

Today's Lu Renjia has changed from an ordinary businessman to an official businessman because of his friendship with the Shanxi army and the government, so it is not difficult to buy hundreds of thousands of catties of grain. However, he still has doubts about Lu Jin's request, after all, except for natural disasters, Shandong has never been short of food, not to mention that Qufu County, how could it suddenly need such a large amount of food?

But Lu Jin is his backer after all, plus the real owner, Lu Renjia doesn't dare to go against his will. It happened that he was buying grain in Huguang at that time, so he gave a sum of money by the way, and then asked his shopkeeper to send it to Qufu.

The result was so good that he couldn't believe it, just this one business, let them earn 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver, and the Kong family, who bought the grain, didn't even talk about the price, and directly ate all the grain at the local rice price.

This result made Lu Renjia more and more respectful of Lu Jin, and when he received the letter from the latter asking him to come to Jinan with silver, he rushed over day and night.

Seeing that Lu Renjia was amazed by this business, Lu Zhen smiled: "You are a big businessman in Shanxi, why are you still so shallow, tens of thousands of taels of silver make you happy like this?" If I tell you that there is more business waiting for you to do than this, you will not faint from the joy? ”

"Is this true?" Lu Renjia, who was grinning, heard this, and immediately perked up and asked urgently.

"When did I lie to you?" Lu Zhen asked rhetorically, and then continued: "What am I doing in Shandong, I guess you already know it, right?" This business is related to going to sea. ”

"Out to sea? Do you do business with foreign countries? Hearing this, Lu Renjia suddenly became a little nervous. Like nine out of ten people in the world at this time, he also has a great fear of the sea: "Is this really possible?" ”

"Of course, have you forgotten the old days when the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to the West? At that time, his fleet was not only warships, but also countless merchant ships, so that many people earned enough gold and silver. Lu Jin said immediately. In fact, he didn't know much about it, but that didn't prevent him from talking like that.

Of course, Lu Renjia couldn't know whether this matter was true or not, and when he saw Lu Jin's solemn words, he nodded and said, "I see." Do you mean that we should follow the example of the beginning and do business with overseas countries? ”

"Not bad. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a lot of money. As far as I know, many of the items that I shipped overseas in the Ming Dynasty, whether it was silk tea or porcelain, were deeply liked by other countries, and their prices were higher than gold. After nearly a hundred years, our Ming Dynasty has not opened the sea for trade, and now if these goods are sold, they will definitely be snapped up by overseas countries. Just ask, is there a better deal in the world than this? ”

After pondering for a while, Lu Renjia nodded and said, "I understand, I'll let Boss Chu purchase relevant goods in Jiangnan, and then send these to Shandong." But there wasn't much excitement on his face.

He can create a big situation in Shanxi, he is not comparable to ordinary businessmen, and naturally he has his own judgment. Although Lu Zhen painted a big pie for him, he still didn't have much confidence in this matter, after all, this was a sea trade, and the risk was too high.

But he also saw that Lu Zhen had made up his mind on this matter, and he was afraid that it would be impossible for him to persuade the other party. And most of his own industry belongs to Lu Jin, so even if he is worried, he can only follow his orders in this matter.

"Okay, Uncle Lu, if you think so, I'll be relieved." Lu Zhen was overjoyed, as long as he had this attitude, the next thing would be easy to do.

After a pause, he said with some shame: "Actually, in addition to this matter, I also want you to come to Jinan this time, and I want you to take out a pen of money first." Now that the government has spent a lot of money on building a seaport in Weihai, I don't have much money left. ”

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