The winner is king in the late Ming Dynasty

By the Pearl River, a beggar was asking for food, and an old man in his fifties suddenly hugged him and cried: "Young master, young master, the old servant has found you!" This beggar was also stunned, he was not a young master, but a broken beggar.

The old man bought him food, drink, and new clothes, and he felt happy, so he followed the old man back, and the old man was not ambiguous, he built a house, hired a few old mothers and servants, and dressed up the beggars, he was really a young master.

There is also a little servant, who is very pleasing and takes the beggar master to eat, drink and have fun, go to the Qinglou to smoke happy powder, this young master has not been able to take himself seriously as a young master in a few days.

The old man is Liu Congshan's uncle, these people are Lin Yi's people, this young master often goes in and out of the Qinglou, and he is familiar with the old bustard in the Qinglou when he comes and goes, and the old bustard also knows that this young master's family is not simple, and the big landlord in the west was squeezed out because of the unpleasant separation.

Later, the family changed, he was the only man, his father in the clan was trying to persuade the patriarch to let him go back, this kind of thing was not uncommon at that time, nothing was as precious as a son, but after all, the side out is the side, so he can only wait outside for a while.

Of course, this young master is not a real young master, he is not quick to learn good and bad is fast, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, smoking happy powder, this young master has learned it all in a few days, eating and drinking during the day, and going to the Qinglou at night to use happy powder.

Because of the relationship between this young master, there are happy fans in several Qinglou that he often haunts, which is sold by Lao Liu and his other group, and this young master has also become a guest of honor in the Qinglou, and his life is not happy.

Because of the happy powder, the business of the Qinglou is also much better, more than a month later, that is, Mayday, this young master went to the Qinglou as usual, and after waking up, the servants around him were gone.

This did not prevent him from eating, drinking, and having fun, and after scolding a few words, he continued to be drunk and drunk, he didn't know that last night, a shipload of goods was gone, and he was useless as a down-and-out beggar.

For more than a month, Chongzhen received the news that the governor of Guangzhou was assassinated, and he was furious above the court, the north is now inextricably linked, Chongzhen's energy is on it, and now there is an accident in the south, Chongzhen is really afraid that there are also rioters in Guangzhou.

Chongzhen was angry and angry, the criminal department decided the case, Lin Yi didn't care so much, after having a barren mountain, Lin Yi's iron factory was transferred to the barren mountain, this iron factory is a very special existence, no steel making or iron casting, he made machine tools under the guidance of Lin Yi.

Daming's forging technology is not bad, although the steel can't meet the standards of the current machine tools, that's because there is a problem with the craftsmanship, I don't know how to add accelerants, and I don't know how to replace them, these things Lin Yi knows, the master of the iron factory is not a wild way, Lin Yi has been observing for more than half a year, and the people he chooses are heartfelt and calm.

But no matter how calm he is, the news will leak out, Lin Yi was called over by the master, money and grain taxes, judicial prisons, cultural and educational examinations, local construction, storage, transportation and logistics, and other public and private affairs, the master has to help Lord Chu help.

This Lord Chu was sent here by Wang Pan, the governor of Liangguang, and now he is temporarily taking over, the matter is so big, Wang Pan is not in the yamen now, the yamen has been bombed and does not look human, he is still sitting in the governor's palace, and Jinyiwei is also investigating this case, but he didn't expect that Lin Yi did it.

After Lin Yi arrived at the Yamen, the master said: "You are causing trouble for me, look at it, someone reported you for plotting against you and making armor and swords, if it weren't for Lord Chu just coming, I can't figure it out, let me go to verify, and I won't be able to get rid of your lawsuit!"

Lin Yi looked at it, isn't it, someone really accused him of smelting iron in the deep mountains and forging blades in the deep mountains, Lin Yi frowned and said: " Master, I have to explain this matter to Lord Chu, otherwise I will die unjustly, I don't make tools, what do I expect to be salted!

" "I also told Lord Chu about your situation, you wait a while, Lord Chu wants to see you!" Lin Yi hurriedly said: "Master, I didn't bring anything here, this red-mouthed and white-toothed speech is useless

!" "You just have your heart!" Lin Yi nodded, the so-called collusion between officials and businessmen is like this, the money is not enough, it is difficult to do anything at all, Lord Chu is fifty years old, he is an old official, he is very calm, after seeing Lin Yi, Lin Yi bowed first.

Then standing and talking, Lin Yi said the matter, the key thing is two points, the first point is that you can let Lord Chu check, and the second point is the profit of the salt farm, which can be given to Lord Chu after June.

Lord Chu squinted at Lin Yi and said, "I will check it out, I also believe that you are a good citizen, but there is no wind and no waves, are you really making blades

and armor?" Lin Yi said: "I definitely don't make blades and armor, that thing can't be sold, it doesn't make money, what I make is all for the salt works, the students are really helpless, or I will close the ironworks, what do you think, my lord?" I buy tools from the blacksmith shop outside

!". Master Chu said: "It's not easy to set up a good iron factory, why are you closing it?" Lin Yi said aggrievedly: "I am a person who does my duty, my brother-in-law is an official in the capital, there are too many things in this iron factory, I opened it myself for the secret recipe of making salt, and now the equipment is almost the same, and now there are villains who are making trouble, I naturally want to close it, so as not to cause trouble!"

"Swords are a trivial matter, and now the court also needs swords, I see that you give up the iron factory to the government, in this way, you can make something and tell me directly, second, those small ones can't say a thing or two, what do you think?" As soon as Lord Chu said this, Lin Yi understood, this Lord Chu had taken a fancy to his iron factory.

"It's naturally good to have adults take care of you, but this iron factory is not just me, there are several other people who also have shares in it, the villain is sent with both hands, and other people's villains can't be the master, the villain makes a list out, my lord, take a look!" Lin Yi knew that the iron factory could not be saved.

What I hate in my heart is itchy teeth, but I can't say it now, I can only use roundabout tactics to let this Lord Chu and the other people who cooperate with him go, it is best to be able to keep the iron factory, otherwise this Lord Chu, Lin Yi will not let him live for too long.

Lord Chu looked at the list and said, "Okay, you can go back!" Lin Yi went back, very resentful in his heart, so he went to the martial arts house to find someone to discuss things.

The old lady of the martial arts family came forward this time, and said in front of everyone: "If you don't want the iron factory, you don't want it, the new official has three fires, it seems that the surname Chu is going to stay

here, and tens of thousands of taels of silver are even a gift from us to him!" Then he said to Lin Yi: "Don't be angry, business is like this, I still have Lord Wang's dry shares here, Jiajing Ye at that time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang weaving cases, do you know? Where did the more than 90 million taels of silver go?".