"What's going on?"

The black-faced man looked surprised when he saw that the hunt was fast and rushed into the crowd like a wolf and a tiger.

"You are being used, and Liufu Yin is pulling these people out." Lin Mu said to the black-faced man.

Liu Jiangbai's subordinate Liao Dang is a refined and capable person, and when this matter showed signs, he went around to find out the situation, and what he was waiting for today was for him to suppress the incident and arrest people.

The idlers in the crowd knew that they were exposed when they saw that they were coming straight to him, so they ran away.

Some of the people had long been suspicious of these people, how could they let these people slip away, and everyone swarmed around hundreds of escaped idle bastards.

"Grab them all!" Liao dared to shout, and the catchers immediately swarmed up and brought these idlers who were mixed with the people into the palace.

"Lin Mu, the people will be handed over to you, now I will find out who instructed it from these people's mouths, and then I will work with His Highness to settle the matter of your foreign goods store." Liu Jiangbai smiled.

Originally, this matter was extremely tricky for him, but he didn't expect Lin Mu to resolve it in just a few words, and at the same time let the people see the benefits of changing the law, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Then thank you Uncle Liu." Lin Mu said with a smile, if he could get the position of the head of a foreign goods bank because of this matter, he would really make a fortune.

Seeing Liu Jiangbai return to the mansion, Lin Mu said to the black-faced man: "There are not many people in the countryside who can read and hyphenate, and your identity must be good." ”

At this time, some people shouted: "Lu Zhen is behind the gate." ”

Lin Mu was surprised: "After the gate? ”

"Dongjia, this is true, Second Brother Lu's father used to be a commander of the Northern Army, and when he was fighting with the Jin people, he was framed by a traitor and was defeated and killed, and his eldest brother also died in battle with his father, but the hateful thing is that the traitor relied on the Commander Lu for all the guilt of defeat, which made Second Brother Lu unable to inherit the position of Commander Lu." The weaver who was familiar with Lu Zhen said in one breath.

Lu Zhen seemed reluctant to mention this matter, he said: "After what is the gate, now the Sprinkle family is just an ordinary person. ”

Shan Hu was dissatisfied with Lu Zhen when he heard this: "A good man doesn't want to serve the country, but he feels sorry for himself here, what kind of husband is he." ”

"Hahaha...... As a man, who is not enthusiastic, who doesn't want to fight on the battlefield for the country, and be ashamed, but can the current Northern Army still be regarded as an army? Lu Zhen glared angrily, took a step forward, and almost touched the face of a single tiger.

"The Northern Army is rotten, but the thousands of people of the Hua Dynasty are innocent, do you want to watch them being bullied by the Jin?" Lin Mu spoke up, he could see that Lu Zhen was a hot-blooded person, otherwise he would not have taken the lead in leading the people to make trouble.

"I don't want to, but what can I do?" Lu Zhen sighed deeply.

Lin Mu smiled, "The Jin soldiers are about to go south, Jiangning Mansion is supervising the regimental training, and our Lin family is also going to organize a regimental training army. “

"Lu has heard about this." Lu Zhenduo glanced at Lin Mu, a little tempted, their Lu family has been a general for generations, he grew up in the army since he was a child, he is familiar with marching and fighting, and there is nothing else in his mind except fighting.

"Your hands are used to kill the enemy, not to weave cloth, and the choice is up to you." Lin Mu didn't say much, "If you still want to go into battle to kill the enemy, come to the Lin Mansion to find me, if you don't want to, you can register here and enter the weaving workshop to work." “

Dropping this sentence, Lin Mu left with Shan Hu, leaving behind a pensive Lu Zhen.

"Second brother, what are you hesitating about, this Lin Dongjia is not an ordinary person, I am timid and dare not be a soldier, but you are different, my father said that you are handsome."

Lu Zhen was silent for a while, and he said: "What about handsome talents, it is still not as good as a pen, the Chinese Dynasty's atmosphere of emphasizing literature over military force will be conquered by the Jin people sooner or later." “

"That's why I said that this Lin Dongjia is not ordinary, it is said that he is proficient in Western studies, advocates strengthening the army and rejuvenating the country, and is now the attendant of Duanwangfu and the teacher of the only son of Liufu Yin." Lu Heng said.

"Really?" Lu Zhen was a little surprised, "No wonder he came up with this recruitment notice, it's weird." ”

"Anyway, I don't think it's necessarily an opportunity, do you want your father's old department to be busy with crops for the rest of his life like you? Moreover, if you can't get ahead, how can you justify your father and eldest brother. ”

Lu Zhen nodded slightly, "I'll go back and contact them now." ”

Here, Lin Mu left the mansion and went back to the neighboring compound.

As the reputation of soap becomes more and more famous, there is now an endless stream of merchants who come to buy soap, and his pocket is naturally more and more bulging.

With the silver, he can naturally do more things now, and the two most important things are regimental training and military workshops.

During this period of time, he recognized the character of Duanwang and Liu Jiangbai, but drawing on the experience of contemporary history, sometimes only a handful of people with lofty ideals cannot change the fate of a dynasty, such as Guangxu's Wuxu Reform case.

So he won't put all his bets on the two, since ancient times, the only thing a person can trust is himself.

Because of this, he will actively participate in the regimental training to establish his own private army, so that he can grasp the power like Li Hongzhang, who established the Huai army in the late Qing Dynasty, and become a feudal official, even if the royal family has to rely on his private army to defend against the enemy.

"Second uncle, third uncle, it's time to let the children of the Lin family enter the city." As soon as he entered the door, Lin Mu said to the busy Lin Qing and Lin Yang.

Lin Qing and Lin Yang glanced at each other, Lin Mu mentioned this matter when he returned to Linjiazhuang, he said: "When I came to Jiangning City, I explained to the children of the Lin family, and asked them to contact relatives and friends, so that the family can come to participate in the group training, and now the time is estimated to be about the same, tomorrow I will ask Lin Qi to go back and bring people over." ”

Lin Mu nodded, there is no one who is more loyal to himself than the children of the Lin family in organizing a group practice, these children of the Lin family will contact relatives and friends, and relatives and friends will contact relatives and friends, so that they can bring a large number of loyal and usable young people, which is more reliable than recruiting them with random money.

"My nephew has already thought about it, the name of our regimental training will be Ning Jun, and the number of people will be set at 5,000 for the time being, so that our Lin family's financial resources can also be supported."

On the way here, he roughly calculated that the highest salary for a soldier in the Hua Dynasty was two taels of silver, and he gave four taels, so that it was 20,000 taels of silver per month, and at least 3,000 taels of silver for dinner every month, which was close to 30,000 taels of silver.

In addition, the equipment is a big head, muskets, artillery, ammunition, etc., if there is no money, it is really not easy to maintain the existence of the Ning army, and it is no wonder that the warlords in the late Qing Dynasty tried their best to loot money to support their troops.