"Fu Dashuai's surname has always been proud, and he has always been true to people, and now he looks at you differently, this is your opportunity, and it is also your luck." Pan Youdu walked slowly and talked to Liang Pengfei in a low voice.

Liang Pengfei nodded, glanced around, there were a few people chatting in the distance, it seemed that they didn't like to be lively, fortunately, this governor's mansion was really big enough, otherwise, there would not even be a place to talk quietly.

“…… Judging from the surname of the handsome Fu, let you come clearly, it is nothing more than the intention to accept you as his subordinate, you know, from the court to the holy decree, I am afraid that it will take several months, since he has the intention to promote you, he will naturally get some means in advance, however, it depends on how you do it. Although Pan Youdu is not in the officialdom, he can still see through these things in the officialdom, and this remark made Liang Pengfei feel a little more bottom.

"Thank you Uncle Shi for mentioning it." Liang Pengfei bowed deeply to Pan Youdu, and thanked him very sincerely.

"There is no need for this, in the future, you and I will be the two families of Pan Liang, which can be regarded as sharing weal and woe, and if I can help you, I am also helping myself, why thank you?" Pan Youdu's attitude of talking to Liang Pengfei has been completely dealt with with with the mentality of an ally of equal weight.

Liang Pengfei smiled and straightened his waist: "Uncle Shi's words today, the little nephew will remember it in his heart, and he will be rewarded in the future." ”

Pan Youdu nodded, stroked his beard and smiled lightly: "If you have this heart, I, the uncle of the world, will be satisfied." However, you proposed to me yesterday that you want to buy the formula and patent of the dye picric acid from those Xiyi, and I have inquired about it for you, so I should still be somewhat sure. You have a dyeing shop at home, I know that, but the amount is not much, so why spend so much money to buy it? ”

Liang Pengfei smiled, stretched out his hand and patted the railing of the corridor: "Uncle Shi, the little nephew thinks that there is still some development prospect in the dyeing industry, so the formula and patent of picric acid, if the little nephew gets it, he can produce such a dye, and he doesn't need to buy this thing from those Yangyi, although it seems to cost a lot of money, but in the future, we can produce these dyes ourselves, and we don't need to buy them at a high price, the longer this time, the more the little nephew will not lose." "Liang Pengfei can't directly tell Pan Youdu that he wants to use picric acid as explosives, so he can only talk nonsense.

Pan Youdu listened to Liang Pengfei's words, and his explanation was reasonable, so he did not continue to dwell on this issue. Chatting about the embarrassment of Cai Shiwen and others, the two couldn't help but chuckle happily.

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"It's done!" After Liang Peng flew home, a sentence made Liang Yuanxia and Ye, who were also a little nervous, breathe a sigh of relief. After Ye recited the blessing of the Buddha several times, he brought Liang Pengfei a decanting soup, watching Liang Pengfei drink the decanting soup while telling about his encounter in the Liangguang Governor's Mansion today, listening to his son show his face in front of so many people, and that Fu Dashuai also praised his son's merits in front of so many people. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a proud smile: "Unexpectedly, our son is really promising, and in a blink of an eye, he will become an official." ”

"I don't look at whose seed it is." Liang Yuanxia's words almost made Liang Pengfei squirt out the sobering soup, and after thinking about it, Liang Daguan was really right when he said this, so he could only roll his eyes and admit it.

"Okay, it's your Liang family's seeds." Ye happily punched her husband with her hand, and there was indescribable pride between her eyebrows. "You father and son sit more, I have to go and worship the Buddha and ask him to bless our family Pengfei to have a smooth career."

"Go ahead, go ahead, you won't be able to sit still for a while." Liang Yuanxia patted the back of Ye's hand affectionately, and after watching her go out, he turned his head to look at Liang Pengfei. "Since Fu Dashuai said to let you go over, then you will go over, thinking about it will only be a good thing, and it will definitely not be a bad thing."

"Uncle Pan Shi said the same, by the way, Dad, our old Liang family is now short of manpower, but there is a great shortage of manpower." Liang Pengfei put the sobering soup bowl on the table, saw that his father picked up a cigarette, and quickly lit a fire for his father, and then frowned and said.

Hearing Liang Pengfei's words, Liang Yuanxia's originally dancing face couldn't help but feel a little worried, like an old farmer holding a handful of cash cow seeds and preparing to plant, but found that the original fields had become muddy ground. "That's what you said, our old Liang family can be regarded as a few generations of business, and the foundation is not thin, but now there are so many more battleships and clippers all at once."

"But I've heard you say that it's a good idea that you've recruited two thousand sailors from that Luzon." Liang Yuanxia smashed two puffs of cigarette and continued. But this time it was Liang Pengfei's turn to shake his head: "Dad, I can't help it, when I think of having so many warships, but I can't use them, it's like a beggar holding a golden rice bowl." "I don't know how depressed Liang Daguan is, at least Liang Pengfei is about to hold back his internal injuries.

"That's a problem that can't be solved. Well, anyway, now that Fu Dashuai has agreed to donate to the official, there should be no problem, Dad, I will go back to my hometown, what's the matter, I can also pull one or two thousand Liang children to support your face. Liang Yuanxia put out the cigarette butt and said with a smile in the ashtray.

Liang Pengfei couldn't help but light up, Liang Yuanxia didn't say so, he almost forgot this stubble, the surname Liang is a big surname in Guangdong, and it is most concentrated in the Pearl River Delta, his old Liang family also happens to be from Shunde Liang's family, in Shunde's hometown, Dad's uncles and cousins still have a lot of relatives who come to Guangzhou from time to time.

If you go back, just like my father said, I don't dare to say more, one or two thousand Liang children will definitely be able to get it. However, Liang Pengfei's face just showed a hint of joy, and he turned depressed again. "Daddy, no one wants their children to be pirates, right?"

"You kid, you usually have bad water in your stomach, why are you stunned at this time, who let them go to pirates?!" Liang Yuanxia grinned angrily, if he hadn't been holding a tea bowl in his hand, he might have wanted to give Liang Pengfei a shoe.

Liang Pengfei stared at his angry father blankly, and he really didn't understand what Liang Daguan was thinking in his heart.

"Don't forget, our old Liang family is a maritime businessman, and you kid is a person who will be an official in the future." Liang Yuanxia saw his son's expression, rolled his eyes, and patiently explained.

In the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the official forces, there were also private anti-smuggling forces. Private anti-smuggling forces include patrolmen, card dealers, and patrolmen hired by merchants, shopkeepers, etc. Both the government and private forces have the power to arrest smugglers. The anti-smuggling system of the Qing Dynasty had its existential significance.

This is because in addition to the specialized anti-smuggling personnel, most of the officers and soldiers and officials also undertake other public security tasks, and their efficiency and sense of responsibility in arresting smuggled salt are relatively poor, and salt merchants are closely related to the sale of salt, so they will inevitably be unwilling to be disturbed by illegal salt activities, and will do their best to arrest salt dealers.

So the rulers adopted the method of who benefited and who was responsible, and delegated the responsibility for the arrest of smuggled salt to the salt merchants. The smuggling officers employed by merchants are called patrolmen and patrolmen. Merchants are responsible for the expenses of commercial patrols, and in addition, the additional expenses for the participation of government forces in anti-smuggling tasks are also apportioned by the merchants of the salt area.

"Daddy, when you say this, the child understands, what you mean is to recruit those Liang family disciples to come to our old Liang family to patrol." Liang Pengfei admires his father's mind more and more, and he is really flexible.

Anyway, this is allowed by the government, and now the Liang family's industry is expanding more and more, recruiting more patrols, even the government will not take care of it. And these people are equivalent to armed anti-smuggling personnel who have been recognized by the political axe, but at the same time are paid by the Liang family.

Liang Yuanxia enjoyed the admiring gaze from his son, he smiled, his eyes narrowed, and the bright essence of the thief swirled in his eyes: "This is not enough, if you really want to do a martial job in the future, the guards and miscellaneous servants around you, you can recruit from these Liang disciples, if you use some more means, ...... your subordinates" The voice of the Liang Daguan, who had a bad stomach, became lower and lower, and Liang Pengfei's eyes turned red when he heard it, and he nodded again and again.

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Early the next morning, Liang Pengfei changed his clothes, and took Bai Shusheng and Monk Chen to accompany him to the Liangguang Governor's Mansion.

After the soldiers guarding the door saw that it was Liang Pengfei, a young man who had been blessed with his own eyes yesterday, it was not difficult to do it, and led Liang Pengfei to a side hall to wait, and after waiting for about half an hour, Liang Pengfei's tea was refilled, and then he saw Fu Dashuai, who was dressed in casual clothes, stepped into the side hall first.

Behind him, there were two people accompanying him, one was burly, dressed in a third-grade military attache robe, and the other was holding a folding fan in his hand, dressed as a Svenger, and he also entered the side hall with him, and the scrutinizing eyes of the two also fell on Liang Pengfei.

As for the scribe's gaze, Liang Pengfei felt a trace of contempt and contempt, which made Liang Pengfei can't help but be vigilant.

"The grass people have seen the Governor." Liang Pengfei took two steps forward and bowed respectfully to Fukangan.

"Pengfei doesn't need to be polite, sit down." Fukangan stretched out his hand to help him, and went straight to the main seat and sat down, Liang Pengfei saluted the two people who came in with Fukangan, and then sat down and waited for this Fu Dashuai to speak.

"Originally, when Pan Youdu mentioned you to the Governor, the Governor really didn't expect that you would be able to have such a ability to capture the Sea Chief Owen, who I have been bounty for many years in the Qing Dynasty." Fukangan took a sip of the fragrant tea served by the maid, raised his hand, and motioned for these idlers to leave, leaving only the two people who accompanied him into the side hall.

Liang Pengfei didn't speak, he just looked at Fukangan quietly, he knew that Fukangan said this kind of thing, and he definitely didn't let himself answer him for any luck, coincidence or other.

Sure enough, at this time, the middle-aged scribe coughed lightly: "Listening to the rumors, your Liang family seems to be from a pirate, right?" ”

This sentence alone was like a thunderbolt rolling through the sky, rumbling in Liang Pengfei's ears.

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(To be continued)