Feng Ji sat in the bathtub, soaking in the medicinal bath, and thought about it.

"No, just opening a museum to accept apprentices and forming a gang may have some deterrent power in the market, but in the face of the Qing court and foreigners, it is not enough at all."

"I have to also have the power of the army, so that my people can also be equipped with guns, so that they can have enough say."

His eyes flickered, and he pondered how to master the military power.

If you want to have military power, you must be an official, but with his knowledge reserves, it is impossible to participate in the imperial examination, and it is simply unrealistic to obtain an official and a half-position through this channel.

And what about joining the Boxers?

"Wow~"

A slender jade hand rubbed behind Feng Ji and helped him wipe his body.

Zhang Shurong's face was crimson, and she touched Xianggong's sturdy back with some obsession.

Although it was not the first time she had seen Xianggong's body, every time she helped him take a bath, she couldn't help but have a dry mouth and a fast heartbeat.

She couldn't help but secretly sip herself, isn't she a lewd slut?

Why do you always think about that kind of thing.

She shook her head, sobered herself up, and saw Feng Ji's brows tightly locked, and couldn't help but wonder: "Xianggong, why are you so annoying?" ”

Feng Ji came back to his senses, glanced at the beauty, smiled slightly, and turned around.

Suddenly, the water in the bath bucket slammed and splashed on Zhang Shurong's thin shirt, wetting her delicate body.

"Ahh

Zhang Shurong suddenly exclaimed, her pretty face flushed.

The next moment, she was carried into the bucket by Feng Ji.

Zhang Shurong couldn't resist at all, and her whole body was paralyzed in his majestic chest, allowing him to make it bad.

"Shurong, you said that if I want to be an official and I don't want to take the imperial examination, what should I do?"

Zhang Shurong gasped and wanted to hold his hand, but she was worried that she would sweep away her husband's interest.

Qiang Zi tightened his slender legs, and said hurriedly: "Xianggong...... How do you want ...... Well...... Official-huh!? ”

She suddenly exclaimed, and quickly covered her red lips again.

Feng Ji said with a smile: "The world is in chaos right now, and if the Feng family wants to gain a firm foothold in Jinmen, it is not enough to rely on money to dredge up, it must have its own forces." ”

"But the teacher is unknown and has no identity, how can I get the government to allow me to form my own forces?"

Zhang Shurong writhed all over, her eyes watery, and she said hurriedly: "Xianggong......, Shurong has a way, you ...... You take your hands out first. ”

Feng Ji was surprised, he didn't think that Zhang Shurong would have a way, so he couldn't help but subconsciously stop and ask, "What way?" Let's hear about it. ”

Zhang Shurong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I once heard my father say that when my eldest brother comes back from studying in Japan, I will dredge up the relationship with him and spend some money to donate to the official." ”

"If you want to be an official, why don't you ask your father-in-law to spend some money and donate an official body to you?"

When Feng Ji heard this, he was stunned.

Donor?

He really didn't think of it.

After all, he traveled from later generations, and his understanding of this era is far less profound than that of Zhang Shurong.

He was ordered by Zhang Shurong at this time, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he asked, "Can you become an official by donating money?" ”

Zhang Shurong immediately popularized this knowledge to Feng Ji.

The system of donating officials existed as early as the Qin Dynasty and has existed ever since.

However, in the Qianlong period, because Qianlong often fought wars, the treasury was empty, in order to fill the treasury, so the donation system relaxed some restrictions and became easier.

In the current Guangxu period, the Qing Dynasty was decaying, the treasury had long been empty, and the Qing government was constantly releasing water to the system of donating officials.

The price has fallen again and again, in the past, a real job was 16,400 taels, and the fictitious title was 5,240 taels, but now it only takes a few hundred taels of silver to get a fictitious title.

In short, in this current situation, as long as you spend money, you can donate an official position.

After hearing this, Feng Ji couldn't help but be ecstatic.

He doesn't care whether he has a false position or a real position, that's what he wants.

The advantage of a real job is that the Qing government will really give you such a real vacancy, let you become an official, receive the state salary, and equip you with a government office.

The vacant position is only in his name, and there is no real yamen and jurisdiction, let alone a salary to receive.

But Feng Ji doesn't care, there is no place, he can occupy the place.

All he wants is an identity.

Feng Ji laughed: "Shurong, you have helped me a lot, let me thank you well!" ”

Suddenly the water splashed, and Zhang Shurong exclaimed.

The house is full of spring light.

……

The next morning, after Feng Ji finished boxing and had breakfast, Feng Ji put forward his own idea.

"Dad, if you want to gain a foothold in Jinmen, I don't think it's enough to rely on us to dredge up the relationship."

Feng Changren was surprised and asked, "Why?" ”

"It's better to ask for others than for ourselves, why can't we form our own forces and occupy a place in this Jinmen?"

Feng Changren was stunned for a moment, he had done business all his life, to be honest, he really didn't think about touching the underworld or the white way.

His temperament is okay, but he is not suitable for hard work.

It's just that the current situation is turbulent, and if you want to keep your family business, it's far from enough to rely on drilling.

Feng Ji said in a deep voice: "I don't have the strength to beg for people, and sooner or later there will be no one to ask for, who will we rely on then?" ”

"At present, although we have just entered Tianjin, when we were in Qingyuan County, we not only brought our family's assets, but also collected the assets of the Zhang family and the government, although some of them were used for disaster relief and given to the people of Qingyuan County, but most of them are still in our own hands."

"Now that we have money, we should take the opportunity to recruit troops."

Feng Changren hesitated for a moment and asked, "What are your plans?" ”

"My son wants to donate his official position, buy a guerrilla general, and if he is not good, he also wants to buy a military attache above the general level."

Feng Changren was stunned: "Military attaché? Why a military attaché? ”

In the late Qing Dynasty, the custom of emphasizing literature over military force was still there, and in the center of political power, military attachés still belonged to the bottom.

With a single word, the civilian clique can remove the military attache from his official post.

But Feng Ji didn't need to think about this, the reason why civilian officials could dismiss military attaches was because the soldiers of military attaches were soldiers of the Qing government.

But if he was allowed to lead the troops to train himself, it would naturally be impossible for these people to respect the Qing government.

These people can only listen to themselves.

Feng Ji said his thoughts one by one, and Feng Changren kept nodding.

"Dad, I have the identity of a military attaché, so I can train my own troops, although the number of officials cannot exceed a certain number, but I can build a martial arts hall again, recruit disciples, and secretly expand the establishment, who knows?"

"When the time comes, at least the underworld will not dare to touch my Feng family."

Feng Changren nodded frequently when he heard this, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "I'll let Uncle He and Uncle Gui come over in a while to discuss it." ”

Feng Ji suddenly laughed.

Now Feng Ji is no longer the hairy boy he used to be in Feng Changren's eyes.

Since beating Feng Ji to kill robbers and kill Japanese, the Feng family is no longer the most authoritative, but Feng Ji.

The reason why Feng Ji came to Feng Changren to say this was that he didn't want to work hard.

Everything let Feng Changren move around, he is more familiar with the human relations of this era than himself.

What Feng Ji has to do is the specific implementation process next.

"The martial arts hall is easy to run, just find a few martial artists to come over when the time comes."

"The main thing is military training, and we have to find a way to find some people who really understand military training."

Feng Ji doesn't have time to teach his disciples, he just sits in the boxing gym, and the matter of teaching boxing is naturally to let other boxers be busy.

It's hard to find people who train soldiers.

Feng Ji thought about it, maybe he could contact Nong Jinsun and see if there were any talents on the other side who could be recommended.

There's no rush in this matter, anyway, the donation hasn't been completed yet.

The day passed in a flash, and in the evening, Feng Changren informed Feng Ji that he would take Uncle He and Uncle Gui, and the four of them would go to Guyue Tower together.

This appointment with Nong Jinsun is the box of Guyue Building.

Feng Ji followed Feng Changren all the way to Guyue Tower.

At this time, it is dinner time, and the business of Guyue Building is booming and lively.

There are many children of the rivers and lakes who drink wine and eat meat, and a small servant stepped forward, asked a little, and led a few people to the box on the third floor.

In the box, a middle-aged man with glasses and a medium stature was thinking about something by the window.

Hearing the movement, he couldn't help but turn around and said with a smile: "Master Feng, long time no see." ”

Feng Changren hurriedly walked a few steps, hugged his fists and smiled: "Mr. Nong, it's been a long time. ”