Seeing off Zhao Chengyun, who was full of joy, Lin Feng saw that it was almost noon, so he called Li Qiang and Fei'er, and went to a nearby shop to have lunch.

After eating, Lin Feng asked Fei'er to go home by herself, and went directly to inspect the construction progress of the supermarket by car.

Twenty days have passed, and the supermarket site has already been cleared, and more than a dozen large pillars have been erected at equal distances in the center of the site. Soon, Lin Feng behind the stealth car found Hu Cheng standing on a few pieces of wood. I saw that the old gentleman was full of red light, his expression was very relaxed, he commanded calmly, and the craftsmen on the scene shuttled endlessly but in an orderly manner.

It seems that the three lazy guys Zhong, Feng, and Chen even handed over the on-site command to Hu Cheng! Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction, did not alarm Hu Cheng, turned around and left.

When Lin Feng returned to the mansion, he found that Fang Hongxing, the head of the Fang family who was engaged in overseas trade, was already drinking tea in the main hall, and there was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old standing behind him, and a large wooden box was still placed at the young man's feet.

Seeing Lin Feng, Fang Hongxing laughed, got up and hurriedly greeted him, hugged his fists and saluted: "Congratulations to Lord Lin for his promotion, a little courtesy, not a respect, please Lord Lin don't blame Fang for being late." With a wave of his hand, the young man took two steps forward and presented the large box.

Lin Feng directly opened the gift box, only to see a two-foot-high coral on one side of the red bottom of the wooden box, and a small box on one side, which contained two pearls the size of pigeon eggs.

Lin Feng smiled, picked up a pearl, handed it to Xiao Fei'er, who came in from behind to make tea, and said to Fang Hongxing: "Brother Fang's gift is too heavy, Lin doesn't dare to accept it!" Fei'er and I have been for a while, but we have been suffering from no gifts, today I borrowed a treasure bead from Brother Fang, and Lin will return it with greater benefits! ”

"A few gifts, not enough! The jewel is a gift to the beauty, just right! Fang Hongxing picked up the small box with a bead and forced it to Xiao Fei'er.

Xiao Fei'er waved her hand again and again, took a step back, and looked at Lin Feng in embarrassment.

"Forget it, Brother Fang has a good idea, Fei'er, you can accept it." Lin Feng had no choice but to agree.

After the two sides sat down, Lin Feng arched his hand and said, "Xie Lu, Brother Xie Fang!" Lin Feng made a special trip to invite Brother Fang to come over from Yangzhou, just to give Brother Fang a great fortune! ”

"Oh!" Fang Hongxing immediately became interested, and his body straightened up.

Lin Feng looked at the young man with a smile and asked Fang Hongxing, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the dog Fang Tai, who goes to sea with Fang every day, and is also an expert in handling boats." Fang Hongxing looked at Fang Tai with pity.

Fang Tai hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Lin Feng laughed and said, "The hero is a young man, I'm afraid that a lot of things will fall on Ling Gongzi's head!" ”

Fang Hongxing and Fang Tai thanked together. Lin Feng waved his hand and asked, "Brother Fang, have you ever heard of the Ten Questions for Recruiting Talents?" ”

"I've heard that the old man has seen him in Yangzhou, and my humble brother also sent someone to inform me. What does Lord Lin mean? Fang Hongxing was a little puzzled.

"Brother Fang, have you ever paid attention to Articles 4 and 9?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

"Lin Daren refers to high-yielding crops, as well as instruments and charts to guide the course? The former has nothing, but the latter has a lot to do with the old man's industry. Fang Hongxing was still confused.

"It's not a secret, the ten questions for recruiting talents were all raised by Lin. Lin is about to give Fangtai a wealth first! Lin Feng first threw out a big temptation and pointed at Fang Tai.

Ah, Fang Hongxing and Fang Tai's eyes widened. Fang Hongxing looked at Lin Feng eagerly, and the sound of his breathing immediately became much heavier.

"I can provide the answers to these two questions, it depends on whether Brother Fang is interested or not." Lin Feng continued to smile and said.

Two? One is enough, and the saint promised to directly reward the eight-rank official! Their Fang family is engaged in overseas trade, but because there is no one in the family to be an official, how much money has been spent in vain on weekdays! If Fang Tai can become an official because of this, Fang Jiaquan and Qian support each other, and from now on the two ways of government and business can develop together, what a beautiful thing?

Fang Hongxing's eyes widened, and he suddenly shouted: "Fang Tai, kneel down for Lord Lin!" ”

When Fang Tai heard this, he immediately fell to his knees on the ground, looking at Lin Feng with the same eager eyes. In this era, officials are definitely a scarce breed, even if they win the champion, plus good luck, they will only reward a seven-grade county official!

Lin Feng picked Fang Tai up, faced Fang Hongxing and said: "Forgive Lin for saying something boastful, the reform of my Tang Dynasty is imminent, and the overall change can be said to have been proposed and promoted by Lin Mouli. In Lin's opinion, making Gongzi an official is just a trivial matter that is easy to do, and the long-term prosperity of the Fang family is what Lin is really interested in! ”

Fang Hong stood up and paced a few steps, bowed his head and said nothing, suddenly stood still, looked up at Lin Feng, and the bloodshot in his eyes burst out: "If what Lord Lin said comes true, help the dog enter the office, help the Fang family prosper, Fang is willing to give half of all the Fang family's future income to Lord Lin!" ”

Fang Tai was stunned and shouted "Father" unfreely, eager to take his hand.

Lin Feng smiled silently, just looked at Fang Hongxing.

Fang Hongxing shook his hand and knocked off Fang Tai's hand, gritted his teeth and said: "There is no basis for what you say, Fang Mou's words are based on it!" After speaking, Fang Hongxing took the paper and pen on the edge of the table, wrote a line of words with a brush, dipped the thumb of his right hand in inkstone, and put a handprint on his name.

Lin Feng glanced at the note, turned to Fang Hongxing and said, "Brother Fang is wise and decisive, Lin admires!" Lin will first talk about the fourth article, as far as Lin knows, the current highest-yielding crop is the Champong rice produced in the middle of Jiaozhi, which is three crops a year, and is suitable for the land of my Tang Dynasty, which can be introduced.

But this information is not unusual, many people can get it, so Lin suggested that Brother Fang quickly send a boat to the sea, to Jiaozhi to search for good varieties of Champa rice, first buy a boat of good seeds and a few boats of rice, and then buy a lot of money to buy the planting methods and precautions of Champa rice, etc., it is really not possible to pay a lot of money to bring back the local farmers who are good at planting, and at the same time can invest in the purchase of a large number of good fields in the place of origin. After coming back, try to find a paddy field near Jinling City as soon as possible to plant, this series of measures can ensure that the Fang family can gain a huge first-mover advantage in the fourth article! ”

"Okay, Fang will definitely do it!" Fang Hongxing impulsively took out half of the family's income just now, and he was actually a little uneasy in his heart, but when he saw Lin Feng talking eloquently, he was obviously in his chest, and he was also a lot relieved in his heart.

"Let's talk about Article 9 again, Brother Fang, please take a look." Lin Feng took out two pieces of paper, one large and one small, from his arms. The small sheet is the style of a compass, and the large sheet is a chart of the world.

In fact, the compass appeared very early in our country, around the Warring States period. The original compass was made of natural magnets, shaped like a spoon, with a round bottom, which could rotate freely on a smooth "turf", and when it was stationary, the handle of the spoon would point to the south, which was called "Sinan" by the ancients. Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty once wrote in "On Balance? It is recorded in the "Ying Chapter": "The ladle of Sinan is thrown into the ground, and its guide is the guide." "Han Feizi? There is a record of "the first king of the south to the end of the day". Guiguzi? There is a record of "Zheng people take jade, and they must carry Sinan, so that they are not confused".

However, the ancient Sinan is made of natural magnet by the method of artificial jade, it is not easy to find out the accurate polarity in the process of cutting, and it is also easy to lose magnetism due to earthquake, so the yield is low, and the effect is not very good, so Sinan has not been widely used.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the military work "Wujing General Essentials" edited by Zeng Gongliang and the "Mengxi Writings" written by the famous scientist Shen Kuo introduced the compass fish and compass respectively. The guide fish is cut into a fish shape with a thin iron leaf, magnetized it, when marching, take a bowl of water and put it in a windless place, and then float the iron leaf fish on the water, you can guide, the same practical value is small. The compass is made of natural magnet rubbed steel needles. Shen Kuo also did experiments to explore three methods of use: water floatation method, fulcrum rotation method, and silk suspension method. Since then, especially the water float compass, from the two Song Dynasty, the Yuan, Ming to the early Qing Dynasty, has been used in navigation and Kanyu.

In Lin Feng's case, he borrowed the water float method, and at the same time borrowed the most common fire method in later generations to magnetize the steel needle. He pointed out on the paper that he wrapped a small needle-shaped iron piece with a hole in the middle with an iron wire, put it in the fire and burned it red, and immediately immersed it in cold water in the north-south direction to cool it, and then put it into a small sealed box with water, and a simple and portable compass came out, very simple. This magnetization method was completely obtained by the experience of the ancient Chinese in later generations, and it was more than 400 years earlier than the same magnetization method used in Europe.

As for the nautical chart, Lin Feng drew the approximate location of the large and small islands on the east side of our country by impression according to the map of the world in his memory, with Jinling as the center and the latitude and longitude lines to divide the world, and marked the main routes most commonly used in later generations.

In Lin Feng's planning, the compass is important, but the most important thing is the nautical chart, which will provide a geographical basis for him to guide the expansion ambitions of the Southern Tang Dynasty!

Fang Hongxing's father and son stared at the two pieces of paper with their mouths open, feeling that their heartbeats were speeding up, could it be that the eighth rank official was about to get his hands like this?

"Brother Fang, how is it, isn't this a trivial matter that is as easy as a hand?" Lin Feng said with a smile, waking up the two who were still stunned.