Chapter 16: Shopkeeper Lin, you have contributed a lot to this matter!
At this time, Lin Mo didn't know what was going on in Xianyang Palace, and as usual, he was studying the recipe for roasting tea and brewing wine in the teahouse.
When he met Xiao Li in Xianyang City last time, Lin Mo heard about the problems that Brother Zhao and Xiao Li encountered in the construction of the palace.
He knew that his proposal was too idealistic and very difficult to implement.
Not to mention whether Brother Zhao can find the Mo family giant, even if they do, they have also touched the interests of someone in the court.
If there are really people in the DPRK who want to win this huge project for their own selfish interests, even if Brother Zhao and Xiao Li invite the Mo family, I am afraid it will be useless.
Lin Mo would give him a glimmer of hope when he saw Xiao Li hanging his head, but the real Great Qin might be extremely dark inside, and the nobles were involved in each other's interests.
And businessmen like Brother Zhao and Xiao Li have a very low status in Great Qin, and it is difficult to take over this big project from the imperial court under huge pressure.
Just when Lin Mo was full of emotion in his heart, a carriage stopped at the door of the teahouse.
After the radiant Ying Zheng entered the teahouse, he shouted: "Shopkeeper, serve the best tea!" β
As soon as Lin Mo looked up, he was overjoyed to see his big patron suddenly come to visit.
"Brother Zhao! Looking at your spring breeze, could it be said that the construction of the palace has been negotiated? β
Ying Zheng said excitedly: "Shopkeeper, you have helped a lot this time!" I, Zhao, have made a promise and come to fulfill my promise. If you want to open a restaurant in Xianyang City, it's up to me. β
As soon as the words fell, Ying Zheng took out a gold ingot from his arms and put it on the table.
When Lin Mo saw the gold, his eyes lit up!
This big customer is really rich!
He really didn't hug his thigh at the beginning, but now Brother Zhao has won the big project of building the palace, and he finally came back to repay him.
"Brother Zhao, you are really my brother. You wait for me for a while, and I'll serve you the best tea and the best wine, and we'll talk while we drink." β
When Lin Mo came to the table with tea and wine, he asked ecstatically: "Brother Zhao, you and Xiao Li are very efficient!" β
"Xiao Li and I found the Mo family giant according to your method, and things took a turn for the better. Of course, it was mainly the cement technology you provided that helped a lot, and we won the project only when we had a slight advantage in the competition with the Gongyi family. β
Lin Mo said with a solemn face: "But I heard Xiao Li say that this project seems to affect the interests of someone in the DPRK and China, and you have offended people by robbing this project, and I am afraid that the future will not be easy." β
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, you don't have to worry about this for us. Didn't I say that there are people above us who don't dare to do anything to me. β
Lin Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He also thought that he was going to cause a lot of trouble to Brother Zhao, but he didn't expect that Brother Zhao really had a backer on it, so he was relieved.
"The cement technology will be an improvement in the skills of my Great Qin craftsmen, and those high-ranking officials and nobles in the court and China have greatly recognized this technology. When the construction of the palace is completed, it is the time when cement is popularized in Xianyang Palace. Shopkeeper Lin, you have contributed a lot to this matter! β
Lin Mo smiled and said: "Where is it, Brother Zhao has won the award, mainly because you and Xiao Li know the goods, so that I can promote the cement." Otherwise, with my own strength, even if I have a skill, I will not be able to convince the people in Xianyang Palace to use this technique. β
"Shopkeeper, you don't have to be so modest, your technology has also been recognized by the Mo family giant. If it weren't for the excellent technology you provided, Xiao Li and I wouldn't have been able to win the matter of building the palace so quickly. β
"You have such a great talent, why don't you enter the Xianyang Palace to serve the king? With your talents, it is more than enough to mix the official position of a guest secretary in the court. β
Lin Mo shook his head helplessly and said, "Brother Zhao, you don't know, I have no connections, and I have no money, how can I enter Xianyang Palace?" β
"Today's Qin State is the most powerful country among the six countries, and almost all the talents used are recommended by the nobles of the clan, and most of the officials they hire are also famous clansmen, so how difficult is it for ordinary Han scholars to climb up? There is no other way than to enlist in the army and exchange the situation of nine deaths for an official title. β
"Even if someone wants to serve my Great Qin, most of the people at the bottom are powerless! There is no nepotism between the DPRK and China, so how difficult is it to become an official in the DPRK and China? Even if you are appreciated by the monarch and enter the Xianyang Palace one day, you will still be excluded by the nobles of the clan, and your life will be even more difficult! β
"And I am the most ordinary of the many low-level people, and entering the Xianyang Palace to meet the king is something I can't think of in my life. I was already very satisfied to be able to open a restaurant in Xianyang City to make a living, and I didn't dare to have other extravagant hopes and fantasies. β
After listening to Lin Mo's heartfelt words, Ying Zheng secretly clenched his fists, and with his current ability, he couldn't change this status quo.
He has just taken over the government, and he is still in the stage of establishing prestige in the court, and he still has some reliance on these clan nobles.
If he one day insists on reusing Han Shi, it will cause dissatisfaction among these deep-rooted clan nobles, then as an emperor, he will lose power in the court, but the gains outweigh the losses!
No matter what Yingzheng laid out in his mind, reusing Hanshi was always a dead end, and he didn't dare to take that risk.
As Lin Mo said, this matter is full of difficulties, and it cannot be changed overnight.
But if one day he completely controls the government, then he must solve the problem of the promotion channel of the Hanshi students in Lin Mo's mouth.
Can't let those talented people be buried in the market forever, this is not only his loss, but also Daqin's loss.
"Shopkeeper Lin, don't be too discouraged, now that the king has just been in power, he is walking on thin ice in the court. When he stabilizes the situation in the court, he may be able to promote the Han Shi and reuse the meritocracy. Shopkeeper Lin, you still have a chance, think about the powerful one who is now beside the king, who used to be just a businessman. β
Brother Zhao's words made Lin Mo stunned, he really didn't expect Brother Zhao to dare to talk about the prime minister of Xianyang Palace so boldly!
The current LΓΌ Buwei is in the sky, and he is the most powerful person in Great Qin, and even Yingzheng, who has just been in power, has to be honored as a middle father.
As a lowly businessman, being able to get into such a situation can be regarded as the pinnacle of life.
Lin Mo felt that he was completely incomparable with LΓΌ Buwei, and LΓΌ Buwei relied on his luck to meet King Xiang of Qin Zhuang.
He thinks that he doesn't have the luck of Lu Buwei to meet the current Qin Wangzheng!
He still honestly opened his teahouse and restaurant, worked hard to make money to buy a few houses, and married a wife of three or two, even if his life was complete.
Lin Mo handed a plastic cup on the table to Brother Zhao, poured him full of osmanthus wine, and said, "Brother Zhao, life must be happy, let's have a drink!" Less unrealistic dreams! β