Chapter 14                                                                                                                             �

Lu Yi's decision was also for his son to retreat in the Ming Dynasty, expand overseas, and maintain the economic foundation of the Lu family.

Ordinary aristocratic families do not have the vision of Lu Yi. Even if there is, they do not have the courage to break the secular views. Lin Feng will not be able to truly marry the daughter of the aristocratic families. Unless in a few decades, Lin Feng's son may have this qualification.

When Zhou Mengchen thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "When I arrived in Shanghai, remember to remind me to go and sweep Lu Yi's grave. What a pity."

The New Year is not long, if Lu Yi could live for decades, Zhou Mengchen would definitely make Lu Yi his most important economic aide.

Such talents were rare in the Ming Dynasty and could be called national talents.

No words all night.

The next morning, Lin Feng woke up from a soft and soft fragrance.

While washing, I listened to the report of the housekeeper beside me: "Head of the family, the lord sent a famous thorn yesterday."

Lin Feng yawned, letting yesterday's blonde beauty take care of her hair and said, "What is it written on it?"

The butler said, "He said his name is Zhou Changting."

Lin Feng said: "Who is Zhou Changting? Have you heard of it?"

The butler shook his head and said that he had never heard of it.

This is also the reason why Lin Feng is in the circle. He is not from the literati family and does not know much about some twists and turns. Therefore, he didn't know that Zhou Mengchen also had a Changting title.

Lin Feng said, "Let's go for now. This Zhou and others are definitely an official, and it's also a good fate. Maybe it can be used at any time."

The housekeeper agreed.

After a while, I heard from the previous story that the Wusong River finally opened.

So these boats entered one after another. Lin Feng's boat was behind Zhou Mengchen. Lin Feng suddenly heard loud shouts in front of him, saying, "Gourmet to the Governor."

Lin Feng looked out from afar on the deck and saw Zhou Mengchen's boat, and even officials from Songjiang Prefecture all came to greet him.

Lin Feng was stunned. The towel in his hand fell to the ground and said, "Is Zhou Changting the Ting Governor Zhou?"

The housekeeper shivered and said, "Maybe it is."

Lin Feng said: "Put that famous thorn alone. No. Just put it in the box at the head of my bed. Do you know?"

In an instant, this ordinary famous thorn became Lin Feng's most important treasure.

Then he thought of something and said, "I didn't do anything rude yesterday, did I?"

The housekeeper didn't know how to answer for a moment. He could only repeat how he brags yesterday. Lin Feng was so upset that he was dying of grief. If he knew that yesterday was Zhou Mengchen, he would have gone to lick at all costs.

Because Lin Feng is very clear about one thing.

Don’t look at him being so majestic in Nanyang because the Ming Dynasty is behind him, and there is no need for the court to come forward. Just a steady stream of maritime business can bring great benefits to Lin Feng, and only money can support people. Only when someone speaks in Nanyang can he be effective.

Before this, it was not that the Ming Dynasty had pirates without pirates running to Southeast Asia, but it was possible to be rampant for a while. However, over time, it could be integrated with the local natives. This is why there was no follow-up power. When the old man who had been venturing in the past died in his lifetime, people would not be able to support this situation in the next life.

Therefore, even though he was very prestigious in Southeast Asia, he still asked the concubines of aristocratic families to improve their political status and get more support from the Ming Dynasty?

The true Buddha is in front of him, but he has no eyes.

Lin Feng’s regret can be imagined.

No matter how regretful Lin Feng was, he could not look at the time and return to the past. Lin Feng could only visit the Lu family with this regret. It went smoothly here because although Lu Yi was gone, Lu Yan still followed Lu Yi's last words and married the clan girl to Lin Feng.

But there are some people with shallow knowledge in the Lu family who are very harsh on Lin Feng.

How did Lin Feng use the official language with Fujian accent to pretend to be a scholar-official style? How many jokes did Lin Feng make? What was the thought of the youngest daughter of the Lu family? What was the thought of at that time? I won’t say much about it here.

Lin Feng stayed at the Lu family for several days, and although the marriage had been settled, he was very bored. The reason was very simple. He paid more than 10,000 taels of betrothal gift and went to the Lu family to pay a small amount, not just for a woman.

To be honest, with Lin Feng's status in Nanyang, he could marry even the princesses of some countries in Nanyang. This time he came here not just for a woman, but for the support of the Lu family.

Otherwise, what help will it be for Lin Feng to just one Lu family girl?

But during this period, he couldn't find time to talk to the head of the Lu family, namely Lu Yan. This made him secretly understand Zhou Mengchen's name in his hand. He said in his heart: "Can you try to follow the path of Governor Zhou?"

Then he shook his head again and said in his heart: "Governor Zhou has always had a good reputation and has never received any rumor of bribery. I should not worry about myself. But what should I do?"

Lin Feng could only sigh. In Nanyang, no matter who it is, Lin Feng could not give any color. But in Shanghai, he had to look at others' eyes, and the gap was too big.

Lin Feng stood up and decided to see Lu Yan again.

But when I arrived outside Lu Yan's yard, I was blocked by the Lu family servants.

Lin Feng said, "I am the son-in-law of the Lu family. Now I want to see your head."

The servant said, "Sir Lin, I know your identity, but the head of the family is now meeting a distinguished guest. You should wait."

When Lin Feng heard this, he felt a little angry. His eyebrows were bursting with murderous aura in his heart. To be honest, Lin Feng is better at killing people than to get things done while drinking and chatting.

He was about to get angry.

Suddenly I walked over.

Lin Feng suddenly felt familiar. Isn’t this the person next to the Governor?

"Now the head of the Lu family is talking to the governor?" Lin Feng thought of this, the anger in his heart immediately disappeared, a smile caught his lips, and he retreated with a smile.

But he didn't know that after Zhou Dazhuang saw Lin Feng, he came to Zhou Mengchen and whispered a few words.

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and said, "It's better to meet him by chance than to invite him. Lin Feng is your Lu family's son-in-law?"

Lu Yan said, "That's right, it was decided by my father."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Mr. Lu always has a sharp vision. Since that's the case, I will give Mr. Lu a face and invite him over. Let's go together."

Zhou Mengchen has been wandering around Shanghai these days.

There is no need to say much about the prosperity of Shanghai. The entire Shanghai urban area spreads along the banks of the Wusong River. With Hai Rui worried, Zhou Mengchen did not see anything inappropriate. Therefore, the trip to Shanghai became a tourist trip. There was nothing to deal with.

The only problem is that Xu Pan became arrogant again.

Before, Xu Pan wanted to seize the interests of Shanghai. For example, he took the core foundations such as the dock warehouse in Shanghai from the Shanghai County Magistrate to the Xu family. The last time it was Lu Yi who drove Xu Pan back.

As Xu Jie took office, Xu Pan's appetite became bigger. This time, Hai Rui was not used to Xu Pan and slapped Xu Pan in the face.

It’s easy to hit Xu Pan in the face, but it’s not good to hit Xu Jie in the face.

After Zhou Mengchen arrived, Xu Pan naturally did not dare to come over to get into trouble. But Zhou Mengchen had to prepare early. Shanghai was Zhou Mengchen's experimental place. What is an industrial country? In Zhou Mengchen's understanding, commercial taxes are the foundation, not agricultural taxes are the foundation.

The collection of industrial and commercial taxes is itself an internal reform. How can taxes be collected without hurting local vitality? It is necessary to pluck hairs, not to let goose roar, and reduce the difficulty of execution as much as possible. It can be promoted.

Zhou Mengchen could not solve this most basic problem. He could only entrust this topic to the most honest official in the world in this era, and he was also a capable official. Hai Rui.

Therefore, the situation in Shanghai cannot be destroyed, which is Zhou Mengchen's bottom line.

Even if he had a head-on fight with Xu Jie, Zhou Mengchen still had this view.

It was just that Xu Jie was in the capital, Zhou Mengchen was in the local area, and Zhou Mengchen was in a passive position in the personnel rights of the Shanghai County Magistrate. Fortunately, Jiajing's checks and balances methods threw the Ministry of Personnel into Gao Gong's hands.

Zhou Mengchen still has some face in Gao Gong. There is still a fight for this matter.

Zhou Mengchen came to the Lu family after learning about these matters. On the one hand, he looked at his disciples, and on the other hand, he came to worship Lu Yi.
Chapter completed!