In the battle of Nansha, the club won a great victory. Li Mingxun stayed on Nansha Island for a few days. He did not wait for the master Su Song Bing Preparation, nor did he see Lin Shizhang and others. Instead, he received a letter from Lin Shizhang, inviting him to go to Suzhou Wangyue Tower to discuss.

Li Mingxun handed over the army to Zhao Sandao, and asked Xu Changxing to go to Suzhou City with pleasure in the business and construction of the mall.

On the moon-looking building, singing and dancing, Chongming's victory, and Su Song's gentry all breathed a sigh of relief. At least the tricky robbery last year was an explanation for Jiangnan. Although the companies intercepted taxes, forced money to attract water and mobilized funds to raise funds, which aroused everyone's dissatisfaction, since Chongming won the victory in the battle, it blocked Youyou's mouth.

Last year, in order to raise the militia, each company received nearly one million yuan in salary under various names. In addition to sending troops to Li Mingxun, purchasing weapons and training soldiers, more than half of them were all divided by each company present, which can be said to have made a lot of money.

"Oh, it's a pity that I heard that Gu Sanmazi, the leader of the Chongming bandit, escaped. But it's really time for Gu Sanmazi to escape."

"Yes, yes, if all the outstanding bandits are captured and killed, it would be unsatisfactory."

At the dinner table, Li Mingxun listened to everyone's discussion and thought that not only he had the intention of raising the enemy, but these guys were the same. It seemed that the group's salary was really a business without any money. These people had tasted the sweetness and were already a little reluctant to stop, but this was fine, at least their business hall was not afraid of being out of order.

"Mingxun, how are the store prepared?" After winning this battle, everyone was happy and got closer to Li Mingxun's title. Lin Shizhang took Li Mingxun's hand and asked around, as if he was treating him as his nephew in his life.

Li Mingxun clapped his hands and ordered the servant to hang up a map. It was the design drawing of Chongming Commercial Hall. The design drawing contained a four-story brick and stone building, surrounded by several large warehouses, all located on the port embankment. Seeing that there were no eye-catching forts, forts and other buildings in the design, Lin Shizhang was quite happy and said, "Oh, Mingxun is right to do things, so we don't have to worry about it."

"Yes, yes, but I have a question, how many troops will Mingxun stay?" asked a gentleman.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "All the people in Nanjing are moved here, all of them are accountants, documents, affairs, etc. I have seen them, and there are fifty people. Now the island is not stable, and some pirates are hiding among the people, often come out to cause trouble, and they need people to supervise the port and dock. I am going to leave two hundred people to guard it."

"Two hundred people, that's too many. These people will cause trouble when they train the army all day long." Someone raised objections at the moment.

Li Mingxun smiled: "You are saying this very well, so I plan to ask you all to help me. A unit of militia will also be stationed on the Nansha Islands to share a military camp. How about it?"

"This is a good idea."

"Yes, yes, anyway, the militia must continue to strengthen the settlement."

Lin Shizhang asked: "Where is the navy warship?"

Li Mingxun smiled: "I am going to leave a squadron, including three sloop schooners and six paddle boats. Of course, the paddle boats are still under construction." Seeing Lin Shizhang frowning slightly, Li Mingxun then explained: "You just know that Gu Sanmazi has escaped, but they don't know that he still has strength. This was originally just taking half of the ship to Chongming, and there are still a large force in the Shengsi Islands. The Zhoushan Navy was severely injured and could not suppress him. I think it will make a comeback soon."

"Of course, if the militia establishes a naval army, I can do it without leaving a squadron." Li Mingxun said with a smile at the end.

Lin Shizhang and several gentry looked at each other, but they didn't say anything. It was so difficult to build a navy. Although it could continue to retain the militia because the pirates of Chongming were not wiped out, it would definitely be cut. Where can I get the money to build a navy? Furthermore, in the battle of Chongming, the Zhoushan navy performed extremely poorly. Speaking of which, Huang Binqing was able to fight, and he was defeated. If the militia was planning to build a navy, it would not make much sense.

"Okay, let's keep three gunboats, but Mingxun, if the navy is training, it's better to go to the outer sea. You can't always hear the sound of cannons at the estuary of the Yangtze River." Lin Shizhang reminded.

"Mr. Lin said very well, I will warn the squadron." Li Mingxun agreed and continued: "You should settle the remaining funds for me."

Everyone present was unwilling to respond after hearing this. Li Mingxun went out to fight. In order to make money, everyone here tried their best to deliver things to Kingsoft Guard. At the beginning, they were all military supplies, food, vegetables, clothes, shoes and hats, nails, anchors, canvas, and wood for soldiers. However, the community army had just begun to fight, how much could it be needed, but each company saw business opportunities.

If Tenglong Trading Company wanted to accept it, Xu Changxing would write a receipt according to the market price. After taking the receipt, he could go to the militia to receive white money. So later, no matter whether the military was used or not, he would send it to Jinshanwei, cotton and cloth. Even raw silk and porcelain were used as military supplies, and all the working capital in the militia account was collected. Now there is still a quota of more than 40,000 taels left, but he can't pay it in the militia.

Lin Shizhang coughed lightly: "There is not much silver on the militia. Although he is preparing to lay off 1,000 people, he will not be able to squeeze out 40,000 silver in a short time."

Li Mingxun laughed. He knew that the militia must have some money, but it was distributed by the group of borers in front of him. Li Mingxun was not sure to take it out. He took out a list from his sleeve and passed it to Lin Shizhang beside him, and said, "My masters, it's not a shortage of money. I have no shortage of money here. But this construction store is enough for you to support me."

Lin Shizhang took it and saw that the list listed many things, including some building materials, lime, red bricks, and wood, which are the three most demanding types. In addition, there are various nails and ropes. In short, they are used to build shopping malls and ports, but the prices are lower. The masonry materials are low-ranking and the profit is not high. However, each company has its own connections and outsources to others and can make a profit at will. Although the profit is not generous, it has at least fooled the cost of sending troops. Li Mingxun didn't have to pay to go to Jiangnan to purchase various materials, and each took the needs.

"Mingxun, you are always so smart. It's not a problem for you if you have any trouble." Lin Shizhang praised with a smile, handing the list to the people around him and looking at it.

After everyone passed it over, they saw that Li Mingxun gave him a step, so they stopped insisting and agreed, and some people began to allocate their share.

At noon the next day, Lin Shizhang's mansion.

The spring sunshine shines into the courtyard, and the creeping ivy crawlers all over the wooden frame have already sprouted tender buds, and the bamboo is gently whirling in the breeze. When Li Mingxun walked into the inner courtyard, he saw the elegant scene of Lin Shizhang pouring tea in the spring breeze.

"Mr. Lin is so excited." Li Mingxun bowed and said with a smile.

Lin Shizhang glanced at Li Mingxun and smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here. Don't be so polite, sit down."

Li Mingxun took the teacup from Lin Shizhang and savored it carefully, but he had no intention of speaking. He knew that Lin Shizhang invited him alone and met in private, so there must be something important.

"Mingxun, you are overseas, can you hear news from the north?" Lin Shizhang asked.

"North? Where are you talking about? Beijing?" Li Mingxun asked.

Lin Shizhang waved his hand: "Of course not, I am referring to the Songjin battlefield."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly. He had always collected information associations in the Qing Dynasty, but it was mostly caused by merchants. Not only did the information delay, but there were many contradictions. Li Mingxun believed in the knowledge in his memory. Although he believed that the butterfly effect existed, his actions in the south had little impact on the Ming and Qing wars.

Although the opening of a port in Hong Kong gave the Ming Dynasty nearly 200,000 taels more, for the protracted war, it was like a drop in the bucket. As for what Nuergandusi did, it seemed that there was no big impact after the Qing Dynasty stopped conscription from the East China Sea and the West.

"I heard a little. I heard that Song Jin was defeated in the court, and even the governor, Lord Hong, was trapped in an isolated city." Li Mingxun said.

The battle of Songjin has been fighting for two years since the 13th year of Chongzhen. In fact, the winner was decided last fall. Wang Pu, the general of Datong, ran away and the 130,000 troops were defeated. Except for Wu Sangui who fled back to Shanhaiguan, the rest of the main force were trapped in castles such as Xingshan. The supervisor Hong Chengchou is no exception. Now it is March of the 15th year of Chongzhen. Songshan has been captured, and only Xingshan is still resisting. In fact, the victory and defeat have been decided.

"Zu Dashou has passed away." Lin Shizhang couldn't help feeling a little disappointed in his tone.

Li Mingxun was not surprised at all, which surprised Lin Shizhang and asked: "Why aren't you surprised?"

"Last year, the imperial army was defeated. Zu Dashou was alone outside the pass, so how could he not surrender?" Li Mingxun said.

Lin Shizhang nodded, he removed the tea set and asked the servant to bring the wine. He grabbed the wine pot and drank two sips, regardless of his disobedience: "Mingxun, do you think how the Ming Dynasty was so corrupt......"

This is not something that Li Mingxun can argue with. There are many reasons for the corruption of the Ming Dynasty. In front of him, the sycoids such as Lin Shizhang are one of the crux of the country. Of course, the clans and garrisons that also occupy a large number of resources and intercept too many local taxes.

"Senior, life is rare in seventy years. People are like this, dynasties are like this, and dynasties have longevity." Li Mingxun said lightly. Seeing Lin Shizhang nodding, he said again: "Since ancient times, the barbarians have not had a hundred years of national fortune. The Han Dynasty was killed after three hundred years. The Ming Dynasty's longevity is probably coming."

As he said this, Li Mingxun was calculating in his heart. Lin Shizhang called himself over, but he was not a pity. In the past, no matter what Liaodong or Central Plains were like, the gentry in Jiangnan still lived his own good life, but he never cared about the life and death of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps Lin Shizhang felt sad, but he couldn't tell him, an outsider.

Lin Shizhang sighed deeply, as if he was talking to himself: "My Suzhou Lin family has been studying and passed down his family. It only emerged in Suzhou in the early years of Jiajing. It has been blessed by the ancestors and ancestors. However, in my generation, it has been a little declining. Among the generations of children and nephews, there are only a few juren. If I go one day, I will probably not be able to hold on to the Lin family's huge family business."

Li Mingxun smiled slightly. This kind of thing seems to be the family business of the Lin family, but it is being staged in many gentry families. If someone passes the imperial examination and passes the imperial examination, he can prosper and develop. However, it must be passed down from generation to generation before it can continue to prosper. There are people from the Lin family who have served as officials in the court in the past dynasties, so they naturally have to be in the wind and rain. But now that talents are withering, this huge family business is not something that a mere Juren can hide.

"Mingxun has not seen many of his seniors, but among the people he has seen, only Manager Lin Qian and Manager Lin. Speaking of the impression, Manager Lin is smart and capable, and has a lot of experience in business practices. If he were not a member of the senior family, Mingxun would have to be recruited under his command." Li Mingxun said sincerely.

Lin Shizhang nodded: "You are right. Among the children of the family, there are no top students in the school exams, but there are a few good business people. The family has been rich in recent years, thanks to them. But you also know that in this Jiangnan land, it is not enough to have money alone."

Li Mingxun nodded and said nothing. Lin Shizhang put down his wine glass and said, "Lin Qian has been doing business with your clubs these days, and he has learned a lot. I heard that you have a lot of industries in Taiwan and Nuer Dudushi. He said that it is a club, but all the affairs are no different from the country."

"There are small countries outside the territory, not as good as the Ming Dynasty, so they are more convenient to act. Although the association also owns part of the land and the people, to put it bluntly, it is still a businessman." Li Mingxun said humbly without knowing the intention.

Lin Shizhang smiled and said, "Forget it, I won't be having a puzzle with you anymore. Let's say that, I think I am still there now and want to make more practical things for the tribe. If it is convenient for you, I want to send some nephews to Taiwan to explore and buy some land and land. There will be great changes in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the Lin family will have many retreats."

Li Mingxun then suddenly realized that it was this guy who saw that the situation in the Ming Dynasty was wrong and began to find a way out for himself. Speaking of which, in the battle of Songjin, the court was defeated in the court, and the main force was lost in the end, and the thieves made a big fuss in the Central Plains. The situation was collapsed, and finding a way out was nothing. But he didn't expect that Lin Shizhang would find such a long way out for retreat.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "There are lands and other things in Taiwan. If the seniors send people there, I can promise not to pay taxes for five years. However..., what Taiwan lacks is people, so the seniors will do this by themselves."

"This is not a problem. As long as my Lin family set a foothold in Taiwan and migrate some refugees to reclaim, it is not a big problem." Lin Shizhang waved his hand and said without hesitation.

Li Mingxun nodded, dipped his head in wine and drew a map of Taiwan on the table, and said, "The territory of the club is in the middle, and the Dutch are on the south side. The club will develop to the north next, and this year it will have plans to attack the Spanish in the chicken coop. Now, a pioneering stronghold has been set up in the north. Seniors will put their home business here. As long as you can reclaim the land, it will be yours."

Lin Shizhang looked at the map and asked, "How is the land in the north?"

Li Mingxun laughed: "Millions of acres of land are ripe twice a year, and as long as it is cultivated, it is no different from Jiangnan."

Lin Shizhang focused on it: "Okay, let's settle in this Taipei place."
Chapter completed!