"Jin Bing is going south, the Hua Dynasty is at the time of employing people, and he still needs a person like Lin Mu who is dedicated to the country and proficient in Western France, give him a chance, maybe there will be something ingenious, what do you say? Left phase? ”

Zhao Ji pinched the jade stick and concentrated on teasing the crickets in the cage, seemingly unintentionally, but he was making Li Wenfu express his position.

"Weichen will take back Guo Xianglin's position as president and let Lin Mu take over." Li Wenfu bowed his head, and no one could see his expression clearly at this time.

A smug smile appeared at the corner of Wen Kang's mouth, the foreign goods store was actually an official and businessman designated by the imperial court.

These officials and merchants made huge profits by monopolizing the foreign trade privileges of the Chinese Dynasty, and the imperial court collected customs duties through the trade between the two, making a profit of 10 million taels of silver every year. ”

In addition to the normal trade, the foreign goods company will also undertake the procurement instructions of the palace internal affairs office, and is responsible for the purchase of rosewood, ivory, clocks, glassware, gold and silverware, woollen fabrics and pets and other luxury goods for the palace.

"I'll leave this matter to the right minister, come, you come to accompany me to fight crickets today." Zhao Ji beckoned to Li Wenfu.

Li Wenfu showed a flattering smile when he heard this, and walked to Zhao Ji's side with his official robe.

Wen Kang bowed down and said, "Official, Weichen has retired." ”

When Zhao Ji waved his hand, he turned around, and the smile on his face could no longer be hidden, who in this court did not know that Li Wenfu had collected money through foreign goods stores, and there were six elements in Songjiang, four of which were his people, and countless filial piety money was given to him every year.

Now that Zhao Ji has handed over the sixth line of Songjiang to himself, it is equivalent to the Fa-changing faction also having its own small treasury.

"This Lin Mu is a deputy general, and he should be wooed." On the way back, Wenkang decided to send a letter to Lin Mu in person, telling him in person that he was competent to be the head of the sixth line of Songjiang, so that Lin Mu would naturally remember his kindness.

When he arrived at the mansion, he immediately sent two letters to Liu Jiangbai, one was a normal correspondence with Liu Jiangbai, and the other was to ask Liu Jiangbai to hand it over to Lin Mu.

Two days later, the letter arrived in Jiangning, Liu Jiangbai read the letter, saw Wenkang's thoughts at a glance, and personally came to the Lin family's compound that night and handed the letter to Lin Mu.

"Lin Mu, you want to treat you today, Guo Xianglin's current seat is yours." Liu Jiangbai sat down on the stone bench in the front yard, smiling all over his face.

"Really?" Lin Mu couldn't help but be taken aback, he didn't have much hope, but he didn't expect this to happen.

"This is still false, Wen Xianggong personally wrote two letters, one to me and one to you, don't believe it for yourself." Liu Jiangbai said and gave another letter to Lin Mu.

Tearing open the envelope, Lin Mu took out the letter paper and looked at it, above Wen Kang first said some clichés about the country's righteousness and the necessity of changing the law, and then mentioned his hard work in the DPRK and China to win the position of the head of the foreign goods bank, and finally praised him in the tone of an elder, let him continue to work hard.

"Wen Xianggong personally wrote a letter, Lin is really honored, it seems that he will prepare some generous gifts to express his gratitude for the New Year's holidays in the future." Lin Mu is a businessman, and some code words are still understood.

Liu Jiangbai smiled inexplicably when he heard this, "The foreign goods store has been controlled by Li Wenfu and his ilk all the year round and has become a tool for them to accumulate wealth, and the reason why the party reform faction in the imperial court lost very badly is because the old faction is deep-rooted, and the other is because the reform faction is very poor, and the officials eat, and there are not many people who are willing to go hungry for the sake of fame and festival today." ”

After a pause, he sighed, "It's just that as you said, the dispute between the reformers and the old-fashioned faction is no longer a change in the system, but a party struggle. ”

Lin Mu had actually been mentally prepared, foreign goods houses monopolized foreign trade, as long as they were operated properly, the profits were extremely lucrative, and it was impossible for such fat people not to stare at it.

In order to keep the position of the head of the bank and make a fortune, every year the head of the Chinese Dynasty will take out a sum of silver for dotting, and will also pay tribute to the official family on major festivals to win favor.

So he must do this when he is the head of this bank, after all, compared to the profit of the foreign goods bank, this little bit of money is just a drop in the bucket.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's nothing compared to the profits of foreign goods stores." Lin Mu smiled and groaned, in fact, one of the most important purposes for him to take this foreign goods store was to export goods to the outside world, and the other was to make the things he took out from the city reasonable.

At present, the only way for the Hua Dynasty to obtain foreign goods is foreign goods stores, even the foreign goods in the palace are provided by foreign goods stores, so that it is not strange for him to take out some strange things in the eyes of outsiders, even if he takes out a large number of foreign goods, he can use foreign trade as an excuse.

Although Liu Jiangbai is a reformer, he does not agree with the approach of Wen Xianggong and others from the bottom of his heart, but he is helpless.

Not continuing the topic, he turned his mouth and said: "Now that the silver is coming from, the matter of this group practice should also be grasped, the Hua Dynasty is here, the foreign goods store is here, the Hua Dynasty is dead, and the foreign goods store is not yours." ”

Lin Mu has been busy making steel in the past two days, and he has not forgotten the matter of military training, the children of the Lin family have entered the city, plus the relatives and friends they have recruited, a total of more than 3,000 people, and these more than 3,000 people are now arranged by him at the foot of the mountain near the Lin family's farmland.

"Uncle Liu, the little nephew doesn't dare to forget this matter, now that the three thousand Ning army is outside the city, in addition to training them, he will also assist in the construction of Wubao." Lin Mu told Liu Jiangbai about his plan to reassure him.

He knew very well that in fact, Liu Jiangbai cared more about whether Jiang Ning could keep it than business, because he was not a law-changer like Wen Xianggong, but a real loyal and patriotic person.

When the two were talking, Uncle Zhang brought up the wine and food, and the two talked about the creation of the Ning Army while drinking and eating.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and not long after, Shan Hu led a black-faced man in, it was none other than Lu Zhen.

"Lin Dongjia, Lu has figured it out and is determined to follow Lin Dongjia." Lu Zhen hugged his fists, and more than 30 men behind him also bowed down and hugged their fists at the same time.

"They are?" Lu Zhenneng was happy to come to Lin Mu.

"They are my father's old subordinates, and they are all Zheng Zheng men who have killed the golden dog." Lu Zhensheng was like a golden stone, and he introduced the thirty-six people.

Liu Jiangbai held the wine glass, thought for a while and said, "Could it be that your father is the commander of Ping'an, Lu Datong?" ”

Lu Zhen only noticed Liu Jiangbai at this time, showing a surprised look, and he said, "Exactly." ”

Liu Jiangbai nodded, and he said to Lin Mu: "Your luck is good, Lu Datong is a rare outstanding general in the Northern Army, but it's a pity that the Northern Army is erosive, and he was framed and died on the battlefield." ”

Lin Mu nodded, although the Jin Dynasty and the Hua Dynasty maintained a superficial peace, the conflict on the border never stopped, since Liu Jiangbai also said so, then these people must be able to use it.