"Brother, do you really want to recruit Meng Kang?"

Li Dalang sneakily ran to Li Kui and asked in a low voice.

Li Kui nodded and said, "He is at least much more reliable than the shipwright you recruited." And he can also make drawings, and he is also rough in writing and ink, if he is really talented, maybe he can really build a big ship in a year. ”

Li Dalang was entangled, he seemed to have offended Meng Kang before. In his heart, he didn't want to work with Meng Kang. Besides, Meng Kang is a ruthless man who even dares to kill people, and Li Dalang is worried that he will not be able to control it in the future. had to slander Li Kuijin with a bitter face: "But he is not a good person." ”

It is a bit too much to evaluate Meng Kang by the standard of a good person. Murderers, how can they be good people?

Li Kui glanced at his brother and asked, "Do you think the fifth uncle is a good person?" ”

The fifth elder of the second generation of the Li family is the dead fifth uncle Li Lin, who is often suppressed by the third uncle. His biggest wishes in life are two, to have a son, to grab a wave of fat bandits, and to get rich overnight. In addition to the first wish, he is still working on it. He really did it. The white-clothed Xiushi, the spicy scholar Wang Lun, died tragically in his hands. It's a pity that Liangshan was very poor at that time, and he didn't get rich. Of course, this is in the past, and now Li Lin is already the largest shipowner of Jingdong and Lianglu. It occupied the Bianhe River, the Wuzhang River, and a large number of wharves and warehouses in the canal.

Now Li Lin, his forces don't even dare to provoke Liang Shan.

In the shipping industry, there is an old saying?

The car and boat shop should be killed if he is not guilty.

Li Lin's business is getting bigger and bigger, but it is not a doorway that is paved by money, this is a business that he led people to kill with a knife and a shot. I don't know how many local bullies who occupied the docks, local green skins, were sunk to the bottom of the river by him, and became a lonely ghost who could never open his mouth.

Of course, Li Dalang also knows the way of Li Lin's business, and if he wants him to say that the fifth uncle Li Lin is a good person, I am afraid that even he can't say this. But it doesn't stop him from being witty! He immediately replied: "The fifth uncle is his own family. ”

Anyway, for your own family, whether it's good or bad, the key is to be reliable.

Li Kui was speechless for a long time, and sighed: "Forget it, I'll find you a guard." ”

"Just give me Xiao Wu." Li Dalang didn't dislike it either, and felt that Xiao Wu was very easy to use. But the question is, this guy doesn't want to think about it, will Xiao Wu dislike him?

Li Kui said: "Xiao Wu, don't think about it, send a letter to the capital, let Xiao Qi come to Dengzhou to be your guard, his martial arts are difficult to say against famous people in the rivers and lakes, but it is enough to deal with Meng Kang." ”

After a pause, Li Kui instructed Li Dalang: "You take care of the money, he does things." When it comes to employing people, don't get stuck with people. You can't get stuck in terms of money. But you have to keep an eye on Meng Kang and don't let him come into contact with the Jianghu people. This guy has a straight personality, how can he run to someone's house in broad daylight to commit murder? The brain is not easy to use, and what makes sense becomes unreasonable. ”

Such a person is easily swayed by people close to him. So you can't embarrass him. But it is also necessary to supervise his progress, so that he has no time to go out for recreation. Don't be like you, the money is spent, but the ship you build sinks. ”

Li Dalang was a little sullen and said, "Okay, I'll offer him as an ancestor." But what if he doesn't make it? ”

"The money is enough, the people are as they choose, if they can't even build a boat with a wooden shell, what else can I toss?" Li Kui said proudly. In his eyes, the craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty have always been the best craftsmen in this world, and there is no one. How could it not be built?

I have to say that Li Kui has great expectations for Meng Kang.

As far as the current shipbuilding level of the Great Song Dynasty is concerned, it must be the highest level in the world. But even so, the sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty are only offshore sea ships, and if they are really going to the sea, it is a little difficult for the sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty. The ability to resist wind and waves is too poor.

It must be overturned and restarted, and the Liao State is just an excuse for Li Kui.

The world is very big, how can Xiyi be occupied?

And none of the sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty echoed Li Kui's request, so he had no choice but to find another way. The reason for choosing Meng Kang is very simple, this product is easy to control, and the level is not bad.

After all, the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty was so developed, and it would definitely not be just one Meng Kang. There are more people like Meng Kang. But such shipwrights basically serve as master craftsmen in the shipyard, and their income is not low, and even the master family usually signs very strict contracts in order not to give the opponent the opportunity to poach his core shipwrights.

Even a very long-term servant contract.

Of course, the treatment will certainly not be bad. If you want the horses to run, you are reluctant to give the horses grazing, and I am afraid that it will only be a few years before the shipyard is yellow.

After getting rid of Li Dalang, Li Kui asked Ruan Xiaowu to call Meng Kang.

Seeing Li Kui again, Meng Kang's face still had traces of being beaten by Ruan Xiaowu.

It's only been a day, and the wound on his face can't go away at all. There is a saying that you don't hit people in the face, and Li Kui can't figure out why Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu like to greet people in the face when they do it.

Meng Kang was a little leaky when he spoke, and bowed down and said, "The villain has seen Master Li. ”

Then he shrank his head, and Li Kui's eyes stared like a tiger, making him uncomfortable. But he didn't dare to shout in front of Li Kui, his face hurt everywhere, and the feeling of being beaten was not good.

"Meng Kang, do you know the purpose of this official looking for you?"

"The villain doesn't know."

Meng Kang actually guessed something, Li Kui was an official. And the official position is still very large, and it can scare the six-rank civil officials into their souls at every turn, and the five-grade Zhizhou will definitely not be able to do it.

A member of the DPRK and China?

Can you see Li Kui's age, thirty, or forty?

Some people are like this, with a dark complexion, which causes the age to be less noticeable. Twenty years old is like thirty years old, and thirty years old is like forty years old. Why didn't Meng Kang dare to think that Li Kui might be in his twenties?

It is mainly an official position that is larger than that of Zhizhou, how can it be held by a young man in his twenties?

Unless this person is the champion and the first, the Great Song Dynasty's love for the champion lasted until its demise. Even if it is a champion, a champion at the age of seventeen or eighteen, is it possible?

As for his fate, he had probably guessed it. He signed a servitarian contract, and then signed a huge loan contract, a sum he couldn't afford to pay, and he couldn't afford to pay the interest. It is equivalent to selling the rest of his life to Li Kui. How can a free person be willing to lose his freedom?

If he could resist, Meng Kang would never hesitate. But the opponent is too strong, he can't fight, he can't escape, what else can he do?

Especially after he killed someone, he chose to run away. There is no turning back. The law of the Great Song Dynasty was a provision that there was a provision for fighting with weapons to injure people to death, and to be distributed to the army. But running away is not among them. It's like a hit-and-run, it's not his fault, it's his fault.

But all his life for the dog officer, Meng Kang really didn't have the patience. As long as he waited for the opportunity, he was determined to escape.

With caution in his heart, he didn't dare to look up at Li Kui.

Meng Kang waited for Li Kui to fall, but he didn't expect Li Kui to throw a bronze medal in front of him, and a cold voice came: "Pick it up!" ”

Meng Kang bent down and picked up the bronze medal, and started to press his hand, it looked very similar to the official in the yamen, it couldn't be a real guy, right?

Obverse: Zhongshu Province.

Reverse: Commandery.

Meng Kang of Zhongshu Province knew that this was the largest yamen in the Great Song Dynasty. But he had never heard of military commanders. But this did not prevent him from pondering, this military commander should be the yamen commanding the army, and it stands to reason that it should belong to the Privy Council, right?

After all, he is a shipwright, and there are many businessmen and officials who come into contact with him, and he is well-informed.

If you are an ordinary person, you really can't think of these yamen.

Li Kui said to himself: "This official is the supervisor of the Zhongshu Provincial Military Command Bureau, Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized, and Li Kui, the official of the fourth grade. Since you picked up this waist card, you have been a subordinate of my Military Command Bureau, and you are temporarily under the command of your own official. ”

"Wait...... My lord. ”

Meng Kang was stunned, shouldn't he sign the deed of sale?

Why did you become a yamen errand in a blink of an eye? And he is also a clerk under the door of Zhongshu Province. Although there are regulations in the Great Song Dynasty, officials can never be officials.

But in the world, there is no eternal thing, as long as the backer is big enough, everything is possible.

Li Kui is very satisfied with Meng Kang's reaction, how big is his card now? Recruiting talents, and using the inappropriate means of selling deeds, he can't afford to lose this person.

Isn't it just for a little official?

Now the Military Command Bureau has everything, and there are few people. Being able to install someone he can trust, or who has given favors, is the best choice for Li Kui. It's not going to attract goods like Cai Jing into the Military Unification Bureau, right?

Facing Cai Jing, Li Kui had to take precautions, and it was estimated that it would take a lot of thought. It's not as easy as using the hands you raised.

Li Kui grinned and said: "Isn't it just a small official, and there are not many Yulu, just enough to eat in the capital." But your situation is different, you don't have to follow me to the capital, stay in Dengzhou to build ships, if you make the official satisfied, you can't get the official position of the fourth or fifth grade, and you can't get the official position of the eighth or ninth grade? ”

As he spoke, Li Kui's words changed: "As for what you think, this official has also guessed, doesn't you just want to sign a slave contract?" If you want to sign the deed of sale, the official will not stop you, and let Ruan Xiaowu take you to the yamen to sign a copy. ”

can be a small official, who has a brain caught in the door panel to be a slave?

Outside, when the people of Pingtou saw him, wouldn't they have to shout respectfully: "Master! ”

Meng Kang didn't expect that the identity of this subordinate official would be so easy to come by. If the Deng family wanted him to work hard, but if he got the identity of a small official, would he kill people?

It's okay to want to hire people, but you also have to give some benefits, right?

Besides, although the little official is not an official. But ordinary people want to enter the yamen and become officials, be filial, and go through the door, all roads must be done, and no one is missing. Song Jiang is a master of the priest, can he sit on it just by studying for a few years? Without Song Laohan's money to open the way, Song Jiang couldn't even enter the yamen. I think back then, when the third uncle wanted to send Li Kui to the yamen to be a catcher, didn't he have to prepare a large sum of money to go to the yamen to do some work? This catcher is not a clerk, and even the head catcher is not an officer. It's just that if you do things in the yamen, you can get oil and water. Not to mention the fast catch, even the head catcher is far worse than the officials.

"Villain, Master Xie cultivates."

All Meng Kang's grievances and dissatisfaction disappeared at this moment. immediately knelt in front of Li Kui and swore that he would never betray.

Li Kui didn't care about these at all, his subordinates betrayed, in addition to being wronged, there was no future. Li Kui can solve these two aspects, why betray him?

Of course, it doesn't count if you don't have a good brain.

After Meng Kang went out, he was still a little embarrassed, but he never thought that the Zhu brothers were waiting for him: "Brother Meng, our brother has prepared a banquet, and I also ask Brother Meng to appreciate it." ”