"How about I promise you the position of supervising the Chinese army? Replacing a staff general with a deputy general not only increases his official position, but also has a lot of power in his hands. ”

Seeing that Yang Meng didn't speak, Lin Zexu smiled slightly and promised the official position of deputy general from Erpin.

Although the superintendent is also a green battalion, the deputy general of the superintendent of the Chinese army is the chief officer of the entire superintendent! Lin Zexu opened his mouth to promise such an official position, obviously wanting to use the Yang family's manpower as his backing.

"Supervising the Chinese army? Sounds good, how is the discipline? The third master doesn't want to be managed all day long! ”

Superintendent? Lin Zexu has a good calculation, and so does his own old man, why did he hand over the pigtails?

However, it seems that it is also a good deal to take over the governor's mansion, so that the entire governor's palace is under his control.

Now the position of governor of Yunnan is still vacant, and the governor and Fubiao are soldiers of a battalion, and it is also a good choice to take the opportunity to expand another army in addition to the new army.

"Bastard! How do you talk to Lord Lin? Third master, it's just a matter of calling someone else! Running to the house to sprinkle, is the skin tight?

Brother Lin, you can't help it! He Lao Fuzi Xu's rank of general, let the third child scatter the girl, you don't know the way, in order to prevent the epidemic, just because the newly recruited people did not listen to the call, he set up a torture platform in the barracks, and killed more than 100 people in one day. You can get him another job of supervising the Chinese army, in this huge Yunnan, who else can restrain this stubborn son? ”

Yang Shiqin didn't expect Lin Zexu to be able to hit the snake with the stick, he thought about being polite, but he didn't want to send the third child in. The major affairs in Yunnan are all in charge of their own third children. Took over the errand of supervising the standard. I'm afraid of delaying business!

"Huh...... Anyway! In troubled times, it should be re-enacted. The cultivator employs people properly! I am also optimistic about Xingdou's recklessness, if you want to cleanse the decline of Yunnan, you have to be a fierce general like Xingdou!

Besides, Xingdou has entered the superintendent, and I can also mention it from time to time, and when the time comes, I will return you to a son who is an all-round man in civil and military affairs. ”

There were correspondence between the major ministers of the Qing Dynasty from time to time, and He Changling was a diligent official, and he also had correspondence with Lin Zexu. I have briefly mentioned the Yang family before, otherwise Lin Zexu would have a too close relationship with the Yang family?

"So in the future, the superintendent of Yunnan will listen to me?"

The old man has to give him a hint, it is not a bad thing to take over the supervision, but it has a lot of benefits, since this Lin Zexu is willing to sit in the same boat with the Yang family, then it is not a big deal to contribute under him.

"Sort of! I heard that you donated to build a Minghu Academy in Yiliang, why is that? ”

For the Yang family. Lin Zexu also did his homework, and the Yang family was on the bright side. He touched it all, only this Minghu Academy, there are still a lot of doubts.

If this Minghu Academy was built by Yang Shiqin, it would be enough! is just one of the three reckless men of the Yang family, and his donation to build the academy is worth studying.

"Earn money!"

Lin Zexu's question was also in the calculations of Xu Ziwei and others, and Yang Meng, who came prepared, naturally answered it fluently.

"Making money? How do you say that? You built this academy, encircled a lot of mountains, forests and fields, and spent a lot of money, right? The students who move in still have to eat and live and make money, and they have to talk a lot of money a year, right? Where does this money come from? In my opinion, losing money is about the same! ”

Yang Meng's explanation, Lin Zexu also heard it a little confused, make money? Isn't the third child of the Yang family playing tricks on himself?

"Master of the bookkeeper, you have to be literate, right? You spend money to hire good hands, a few hundred or thousands of taels of silver a year, and raise one by yourself, in addition to studying, and then fifty or sixty taels of silver a year, this in and out, a person can save a few hundred taels of silver a year.

I have a large area of fertile land in Yiliang, and I also have my grange in western Yunnan. You have to look at the price of what you grow, right? Someone has to teach you how to plant, right? Build a academy, and these people will have them.

My old man, now he is in charge of copper salt, if we want to make money from this, in addition to settling accounts, we also need to produce more, and these are not good without readers.

Look at what I'm talking about, which one is less literate? How much money did it cost to build a college? When Lao Tzu counted the money, you were still stupid to look at Lao Tzu's jokes!

What is reading for? Reading is to earn money! ”

As Yang Meng spoke, he found a seat and did it, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Governor Lin with a foolish expression, which can be regarded as a disguised way to give Lin Laohu some of the Yang family's foundation!

"Uh......"

Hearing this, Lin Zexu was also choked, the road is simple! I have been groping for nearly ten years of foreign affairs, and I was done by a reckless man, which has to be said to be an irony.

Reading is to make money, which sounds a bit rebellious, but this is also the true meaning of foreign affairs!

The master of the bookkeeper, the promotion of agricultural tools, the improvement of mining and metallurgy, and then push it out? Making guns, making cannons, and building ships are not something that can be done by illiterate craftsmen, but only those who can read and break words, know what it is, and know why it is true, can take the lead in doing this.

I didn't expect it! An illiterate reckless man was able to give himself such a big inspiration, and his disgust for Yang Meng was suddenly dissipated by a huge surprise.

"It's a good study just to make money, Xingdou, how much money did you make after building Minghu Academy?"

Yang Meng's words opened a skylight for Lin Zexu, but it is not easy to do foreign affairs, can the Yang family be the first to test the waters?

The revival of Yunnan copper is a big matter, and I think there are some things, which can be used in Yunnan under the banner of the revival of Yunnan copper, and it took nearly two months to return to Beijing, Lin Zexu in addition to the appointment and dismissal of officials, in addition to getting some benefits, also heard some sincere words in the saint.

Gengzi battle, the eight banners were decayed, the green camp was slack, and the battle that should have been won was made a mess by corrupt officials and some incompetent people.

This time the revival of Yunnan copper is a great thought, if the revival of Yunnan copper is successful, then the court will have a model. With Yunnan's Yunnan copper revival. For the sword and spear, the officialdom of the entire Qing Dynasty was swept away. Returning the people to a peaceful and prosperous Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu and Emperor Daoguang still have a certain tacit understanding at this point.

Carrying out foreign affairs in Lin Zexu's heart, has always been a shortcut to the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, the threat of foreigners on the sea is not very big, the greatest threat to the Qing Dynasty is still Elos, when in the northwest, Lin Zexu saw the ferocity of Oros.

Tiger eyes on the three eastern provinces. Coveting the Northwest Frontier, this Eros is the henchman of the Qing Dynasty, making guns and artillery, and strengthening the army to resist Tsarist Russia, this is Lin Zexu's idea buried deep in his heart.

I thought that this trip to Yunnan would be unpredictable, but I didn't expect to hear such good news when I first came, and Lin Zexu became more and more interested in Yang Meng.

"How much money did you make? I really haven't counted this, but my people in Yiliang don't need to spend the old man's money. My expenses on food, clothing, housing and transportation are enough anyway.

Now this academy. It's not time to make a contribution yet, and when the output of copper salt is raised, it's time to make a fortune! ”

Seeing Lin Zexu looking at him with straight eyes, Yang Meng knew that Dao Lin Laohu had an idea in his heart, so he simply picked out the words of reforming copper salt.

"How can we increase the yield of copper salts?"

This topic is also what Lin Zexu is concerned about, but how to lead the Yang family to foreigners, this has to be said carefully, no matter how he says it, he is also a minister of the imperial court, some things still can't be done clearly, and some words can't be said clearly.

"This is simple, slaughter those useless copper officials and salt officials in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and copy their family wealth, one is to make a fortune, and the other is to lose these bastards, with our own manpower, the output of copper salt will increase a lot.

Then there is a good way to learn from other provinces, this copper factory uses the private method to be the most efficient, and the salt factory uses Sichuan's boiling brine to produce the fastest salt, which I have asked the people of the academy to do, and it will not be long before it can be used. ”

Recklessness and delicacy are just the right blend in Yang Meng, speaking of killing corrupt officials and redundant personnel, Lin Zexu frowned when he heard it, but when it came to increasing the production of copper salt, he smiled again.

Yang Meng did this, but dispelled Lin Zexu's vigilance, it seems that some things were done by the third child of the Yang family, I heard that he used to be a stupid and stupid rammer, and he was ignited by the master in the mountains, which is much better.

This roughness is his own, and the delicacy is ignited by the master, Yang Meng, can he become his pawn in Yunnan?

"Brother Yang, has last year's Yunnan copper begun to be delivered?"

As soon as Lin Zexu changed his words, Yang Meng knew that the Dao drama was coming, it seems that this Lin Laohu also wants to use the matter of sending Yunnan copper to make some articles!

Without waiting for the old man to speak, Yang Meng suddenly interjected, now is the time to fight, don't let the old man miss the horse's feet.

"Hi...... I know this thing, not because of the inconvenience of transshipment, last year Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces of the copper class is not bad, nearly 10 million catties of copper, boarding costs, can solve to the Beijing division is also around six or seven million catties, but the waterway transfer cost is not small, and so to solve the capital, can leave five million catties is very good. ”

"Ten million catties become five million catties, how is this calculated? Could it be that those five million catties of mastery were all spent on the road? ”

"Not really! Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan three provinces are mountainous, copper factories are mostly in the mountains, a pack of refined copper 100 catties, in addition to the cost of mining and smelting, this pack of refined copper, more than nine taels of silver, the horse gang to transfer to the Yanjin channel, at least have to spend three or four taels of silver, and then load the ship in Yanjin, the bamboo basket loaded with copper, the slender man along the road, the cost of the boatman, and get three or four taels of costs, this Yunnan copper solution to the Beijing Division, ten million catties into five million, what is so strange? ”

What Yang Meng said is the truth, whether it was before or now, the production and transshipment of copper factories in various places is a very expensive project, and how to reduce these costs is also something that Ge Shiyang of Xishan Academy is studying.

But the solution is nothing more than trains, ships, these Western things, but these things can't be built well for a while, so Yang Meng has a compromise method, build roads!

Building a wide road and transporting minerals and goods in Western four-wheeled carriages was the best way to do it before railroads and ships were built.

"Good! Good!! Good!!! What a Yang family's third elder Yang Xingdou, thick and fine! Brother Yang, the third child of your family is a good material, I recognize this disciple. ”

Lin Zexu pulled the beginning of the conversation, and directly wanted to accept Yang Meng as a disciple, he had more calculations in this, and when the opportunity came, he slowly ordered Yang Meng to contact foreign affairs, and quietly changed the way of the Yang family with the method of moisturizing things silently.

"Accept me as a disciple? Reading and literacy? You'd better forget it! Can you be promoted and make a fortune, but can you read and write? Lao Tzu didn't have that time! ”

It is still acceptable for the Chinese army to be the superintendent, but it is impossible for Yang Meng to accept it as a disciple of Lin Zexu, he has a little scholar Wei Zhiqing who is like a flower, why bother to follow this old man to suffer?

"Bastard! A rebel who doesn't know how to lift, can you be a disciple of Lord Lin as anyone? Hurry up and worship the tea master! ”

"Brother Yang, it's okay! Since Xing Douzhi is not in school, then be the superintendent of the Chinese army, I can also give you some guidance. Xingdou, then let's decide, you will be my supervising army! (To be continued......)