Zhang Jian asked suspiciously: "Japanese? Which Japanese? Isn't it a good man? ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "There are not many people who know about the fact that the mountains are Japanese spies, so it's better not to publicize this matter everywhere." So Lin Yuan smiled: "I'm just guessing." ”

Lin Yuan saw that there was nothing wrong, so he walked back with Shen Wanqing, and on the way Lin Yuan asked, "When I asked you for the first time, did you think about using the boiling water of the silk reeling factory to deal with that group of hooligans?" ”

Shen Wanqing nodded proudly and said with a smile: "Of course." ”

Lin Yuan asked: "You can't even tell the difference between silk reeling and cotton spinning, but you actually know that there is boiling water in the silk reeling factory!" ”

Shen Wanqing glanced at him and said, "What's strange about this, I've heard of the silk reeling process, can't it?" She suddenly asked, "Didn't you say that Weng Tongyi was dissatisfied with you?" He is the examiner of this year's exam, and you say that he will not manipulate your exam paper and deliberately not let you pass. ”

Lin Yuan said: "I don't think it's possible, our exam papers are all transcribed by a special person, and it is impossible for the person who reads the papers to know which paper is mine, besides, Weng Tongyi is also a righteous literati, and he will not stumble me in these places." ”

Shen Wanqing asked again: "I heard that there is a palace exam after the exam, and the emperor personally came up with the exam questions, I don't know what he wants to do?" What if there are eight more strands? ”

Lin Yuan was speechless for a while, he really hadn't considered this question, so he smiled and said: "The palace test is mostly about national affairs, and there will be no more eight-strand texts." ”

Shen Wanqing was relieved, the two separated when they arrived at the newspaper, Lin Yuan returned home, while waiting for the release of the list, while preparing for the textile industry, he thought: "There are no experts in this area on the Beijing ship, where can I find talents?" ”

Thinking about it, he suddenly understood that if he wanted to find talents, he didn't have to be those experts and professors, there were many soldiers on the Beijing ship, and they had been engaged in various industries in the local area before entering the army, and maybe some of them had been engaged in the textile industry, so they could be called in as technical consultants. ”

At this moment, Liu San ran in in a panic and said, "Lord Lin, it's amazing, there is a group of people at the door, holding guys, and they are about to break in." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "No matter what I say now, I can be regarded as a member of the imperial court, and I dare to dare someone to break into my house directly." ”

When he came to the door, he saw that the person standing outside was the commander of the Shenji Battalion he had dealt with - Yutai, Lin Yuan knew that he liked crickets, so he gave him a holographic cricket battle map, and used this to get 2,000 rifles from the Shenji Battalion to establish the first brigade.

As soon as Yutai saw Lin Yuan come out, he didn't wait for Lin Yuan to say hello, so he said coldly: "Lord Lin, you can return the gun you borrowed from me quickly, recently the above is interested in checking the Shenji Battalion, if you don't return the gun, my head will be moved." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Wouldn't it be a pity if you just returned these guns?" Yes, just make some fuss about this batch of guns! ”

So Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'll have someone send you the gun back, but it's a long way, and I hope that the adults will be graced for a few days anyway." ”

Lin Yuan said a lot of bad things, and asked the housekeeper to stuff a lot of silver, Yushan took people away, looking at his back, Lin Yuan suddenly remembered what Li Jingfang said about the operation, he thought: "Liu San understands these things in the officialdom very well, why don't you ask him." ”

So Lin Yuan called Liu San into the room and asked, "There is a Sun Yuwen in the capital, do you know the way?" ”

Liu San said with a smile: "You mean that the criminal department is still the book, the prince is young and the prince is the eldest child, why don't you know Lu Dao, he has been busy recently." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Busy?" What does he have to keep busy? ”

Liu San said with a smile: "My lord doesn't know, Li Zhongtang is old, and he is also the governor of Zhili, the minister of Beiyang trade, etc., the old arms and legs are really unable to do it, so I want to give up the position of the governor of Zhili, this Sun Yuwen is bent on taking the position of the governor of Zhili......"

Liu San was talking, and a small servant came in to report: "Lord Qiyu, Lord Long on the dock asks to see you!" ”

As soon as the housekeeper Liu San heard this, he stretched out his hand and gave the little guy a big-eared scraper, and scolded: "The thing that doesn't open its eyes is still called that dog thing in front of adults!" ”

That little guy was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he was already stunned by a slap, and he didn't know the real name of Long Ye, he was shocked and scared, and his tears almost fell, Lin Yuan comforted him a few words and let him go down, Lin Yuan didn't care about Long Ye's real name when he was old, and only then did he ask Liu San.

Liu San said: "This dragon master was originally named Long Wu, he was a little gangster, he grabbed the territory and occupied the dock with his ruthless hands, but he was just a big gangster, he made enough money in that kind of business, and now he has become a rich gentleman!" Others have to call him Shengye, something! ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What is that kind of business?" Is it to pour a share of smuggled goods? ”

Liu San said: "It's also a bit profitable to pour private goods for people, but this Long Wu can really make a fortune by selling two things." ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "What is it?" ”

Liu San said: "There are 10,000 kinds of things between this buyer and seller, but there are two things that must be bought, the same is a woman, the same is opium smoke, Long Wu has opened more than a dozen brothels, to say that it is not a big deal to open a brothel, but there are death deeds and live deeds in this brothel, and the living deeds are sold voluntarily by women, the boss provides the field, and the silver earned is divided with the boss, and when the time limit is up, they will be shot in two, but the brothels of Longwu are all death deeds, women are sold to brothels, life is a person in a brothel, and death is a ghost in a brothel!" ”

"This woman with a dead deed is the worst, she has to go to the boss for all the money she earns, and she can't keep a single copper, so this Long Wu took advantage of the dock to drive a boat to the coastal provinces to find the poorest family, a big girl has a tael of silver, and pulls it back to the brothel to earn him a lifetime of silver."

"This thing of a woman is not very powerful, the dock of Long Wu, I don't know how much opium smoke will be transported in a day, opium smoke, as long as it is stained with a little bit, people will never be able to leave it anymore, and they will buy it to smoke if they are bankrupt, do you say that this Dragon Five should be thundered five days ago!"

Lin Yuan smiled: "You just let him in, I want to see what tricks he has." ”

After a while, I saw that Long Ye led a big man in, what was strange was that the strong man was actually holding a big box, and the box was covered with a piece of red silk, according to the convention, if someone gave something to a high-ranking official of Lin Yuan's level, except for extremely confidential things, the rest would be handed over to the next person, and the guest would bring a gift list in.

Fortunately, Liu San made this set of welcome and delivery clear, so Lin Yuan and Long Ye sat down as guests, and a maid served tea, and when the tea bowl was put on, Lin Yuan asked, "Is there anything that Long Ye is looking for me?" ”

Who knew that the dragon master lifted the sleeves of his robe, knelt on the ground, and said: "The adults call the small ones so small, and the small ones can't afford to be treated." ”

Originally, this Long Ye was very arrogant when he saw Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan didn't expect him to kneel down as soon as he entered the door today, and hurriedly asked him to get up, and then Long Ye said: "The little one is here to give gifts to adults." ”

As he spoke, Long Ye waved his hand at the big man, and the big man steadily put the box in the ground, Lin Yuan thought to himself, "I don't know what kind of rare treasure is here." ”

The big man lifted the red silk, took away the lid of the box, and pressed the bracket on the box, and the four sides of the box fell down like petals blooming, revealing the contents inside. ”