"Why is Uncle Zhang so pessimistic?"

Lin Mu was a little surprised by Uncle Zhang's fear.

Uncle Zhang said: "Young master, now the official family favors the four thieves of Jingshi, these four thieves oppress the good, and they are doing it in search of the people's fat and ointment, how can they win the war." ”

Lin Mu was stunned for a moment, although the people of all dynasties were at the bottom, they were often very keen in judging the situation, and it turned out that the people had a scale in their hearts.

Uncle Zhang's worries are not unfounded, the four thieves in his mouth refer to the current dynasty ruler Li Wenfu, the armed eunuch Huang Wenlong, the Weiyuan Jiedu envoy Zeng Hei, and the school inspector Cao Zhang.

Needless to say, Li Wenfu is now in power and in the opposition, living in extreme luxury, claiming to spend 3,000 taels of silver on a meal, cronyism in the court, and wantonly selling official titles, but Li Wenfu is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is deeply loved by Zhao Ji, a young man in literature and art, and is still favored by Zhao Ji after repeated ups and downs.

And Huang Wenlong is the official to the Privy Council, but a dead eunuch is in charge of the power of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Army, and the power is tilted inside and outside, and now the chief officers of the Northern Army are all Huang Wenlong's cronies.

These disciples and grandchildren of Huang Wenlong are flying high and domineering in the army, eating empty salaries, greedy for military expenses, and lazy training, and now the northern army has insufficient food and grass, and the poor quality of firearms is inseparable from it.

As for the envoy of Weiyuan Jiedu, Zeng Hei was a little-known businessman in Fuzhou, when Li Wenfu was the governor of Fuzhou, Zeng's father had a close relationship with Li Wenfu, and he also married his daughter to Li Wenfu as a second room, and then poured all his family wealth to help Li Wenfu dredge up the relationship, which gave Li Wenfu the opportunity to go to Beijing to be appreciated by Zhao Ji.

Li Wenfu made a fortune, naturally did not forget the Zeng family, and recommended Zeng Hei to Zhao Ji, because Zhao Ji loved strange flowers and stones, Zeng Hei set up a bureau in Fuzhou, spent official money, tried every possible way, extorted flowers and stones, and transported them into the capital by sea by ship.

Because of the transportation of flowers and stones, the people were devastated, and the middle-class families were all bankrupt, and even sold their sons and daughters for claims, while the Zeng heir was a fox and a fake tiger, and the family property increased dramatically, becoming an armed landlord with hundreds of thousands of acres of land, claiming to have thousands of guards, and most of the officials in the southeast area came from his subordinates, known as the "small court in the southeast".

The fourth thief Cao Zhang is the chief eunuch of the imperial palace who serves Zhao Ji, because Zhao Ji does not ask about the government, Zhao Ji's holy decree must be conveyed by him, it is said that Cao Zhang is bold enough to find someone to imitate Zhao Ji's handwriting to forge the holy decree.

With such power, Cao Zhangzi is becoming more and more powerful, embezzling and accepting bribes, selling official positions, and doing all kinds of evil, even Li Wenfu does not dare to have any disrespect for him, and is known as a hidden appearance.

The information of these four people crossed through his mind one by one, and Lin Mu said: "With these four thieves in the country, where can we flee to?" Instead of being like a lost dog, it is better to fight with the Jin people in Jiangning with Liu Gong, if we can't stop the Jin people, let's make plans again. ”

Uncle Zhang sighed, "Since the young master has such a will, the old slave accompanies the young master, and it is a pity if this thousand acres of fertile land are lost." ”

Depositing the land deed in the secret pavilion, Lin Mu said: "Where are these fields, wait for me to see." ”

After that, he took Shan Hu out of the east gate with Uncle Zhang, and after less than twenty miles, Uncle Zhang pointed to the foot of Cong Mountain and said to Lin Mu: "Young master, this is our property." ”

Looking at the verdant mountains opposite, Lin Mu felt a little familiar, and after recalling it carefully, he suddenly woke up, isn't this the contemporary Purple Mountain?

"It's a good place." Lin Mu showed excitement on his face, and with this high mountain as a watchtower, he could overlook Jiangning City.

At the same time, the rise of regimental training, Jiangning Mansion will definitely build a fortress, if he builds a fortress against the cliff, he will be able to avoid the enemy on his back.

Uncle Zhang's eyes looked at the thousands of acres of fertile land like the fascination when he looked at Zhang Po, and he said: "The old slave didn't understand why the Wei family wanted to sell thousands of acres of fertile land at first, but now he finally understands, Wei Gong estimated that he smelled the smell of the golden soldiers going south in the Jingshi, otherwise if Jiangning loses it, this thousand acres of fertile land will be worthless." ”

Lin Mu nodded, Jiangning is the only way for the Jin soldiers to go south, if the Jin soldiers go south, there will be a fierce battle here.

He said: "If this is the case, when the news spreads in Jiangning, in the next few days, Jiangning's land production will definitely plummet, and it is better to take this opportunity to collect more land." ”

"Young master, it's too late for everyone to want to sell their fields, but you still want to buy them on a large scale, isn't this the other way around?" Uncle Zhang couldn't cry or laugh.

Lin Mu Zhengse said: "This is called a bottom-buying acquisition. ”

"Buying the bottom?" Uncle Zhang naturally did not understand this new term.

"The so-called bottom-buying buyout is to buy when the assets fall sharply, in the hope that the price of these assets will skyrocket after a while." Lin Mu said with a smile.

If Jiangning Mansion Yin was someone else, he wouldn't dare to do this, but he still had some confidence in Liu Jiangbai.

Now because of the instability of the border, in addition to the land, other real estate in Jiangning will definitely plummet, and it is better to wait for the acquisition at this time.

If he survives the crisis, the price of these assets will definitely rise, and his net worth will not rise by a little at that time.

Lin Mu's self-confidence made Uncle Zhang believe it a little.

At this time, Lin Mu Zhengse continued: "And the officials and wealthy businessmen can escape, but the people who depend on these fields can't escape. “

Uncle Zhang nodded, "The tenant farmers attached to the Wei family's thousands of acres of fertile land are now our Lin family, and it is indeed a little unbearable to leave them behind." ”

"So let's still think about how to cooperate with Liufu Yin to form our Lin family's group training." Lin Mu made up his mind.

Wealth and danger seek, crisis also means opportunity, if Jiangning City is broken, I am afraid that the Hua Dynasty will be finished, he doesn't want to shave his hair and change clothes, so it is better to run a group training in Jiangning and establish his own landlord army.

After inspecting thousands of acres of fertile land, Lin Mu returned to Jiangning City.

The idea of buying the bottom is good, but the reality is skinny, and now there is not much silver taels left in his hand, and he must earn enough silver taels for a while, so the matter of this soap shop must be launched immediately.

Back at the Lin family, Zhang Yang had already returned, and when he saw Lin Mu, he said: "Young master, the little slave has instructed Ding Li to purchase a large number of looms on the market for transformation, and at the same time handed over the transformation to eight carpenter shops, it is estimated that the weaving workshop can be expanded to 1,000 looms in ten days, and as for the spinning machine, Ding Li has been doing it according to the drawings, and there are already fifty units." “

The Jenny loom is a product of the eighteenth century, the structure is very simple, basically wooden structure, there are detailed drawings of Lin Mu is not a difficult thing for Ding Li.

To put it simply, Jenny spinning machine is to turn one spindle of the traditional spinning machine into 80 spindles, which directly increases the efficiency by 80 times.

This kind of spinning machine uses a large hand-cranked runner to connect a shaft with a small runner through a rope sleeve, and the shaft is equipped with eighty driven wheels connected to the spindle rod with a rope sleeve, and the spindle rod is also equipped with spindles, and the roving passes through the pressure plate of the small walking car, hooks the spindle rod, and becomes cotton yarn after coming out.