Li Zhi had been dealing with Xu Mince for several months, and found that although Xu Mince had connections, he did not care about people's money or harm others at will, and was an easy person to get along with. In front of Xu Mince, Li Zhi did not cover up so much, and said directly:
"My little brother does have some ideas about training troops for war. Even if the bandits and Tatars come, I won't be afraid of them!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, Xu Mince glanced at Li Zhi in surprise.
If it were another young man sitting in front of Xu Mince and talking about his ideas about training soldiers and fighting, Xu Mince would definitely think that he was young and frivolous. But when Li Zhi said this, it was different.
Li Zhi was the man who invented soap and the flying shuttle loom and the spinning jenny.
Xu Mince originally saw Li Zhi making soap, and thought that the secret of making soap was accidentally acquired by young people. But he didn't expect that Li Zhi then made a very efficient textile machinery and made a lot of money. He could make a lot of money at the same time.
Soap and new textile machinery cannot be explained by clever hands. This Li Zhi is obviously a craftsman, a craftsman genius that ordinary people cannot understand.
And now Li Zhi has said that he has ideas for training troops for war. Could it be that Li Zhi can also create ingenious weapons?
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, bandits are raging in the northwest, and the Jianzhou Tatars in the northeast are eyeing the enemy from time to time. If Li Zhi can create new weapons, it will definitely be good news for the Ming Dynasty, and his future is limitless.
This young man really keeps surprising people. Xu Mince increasingly feels that he should have a good relationship with Li Zhi so that he can share some of the benefits when Li Zhi soars into the sky.
After thinking for a while, Xu Mince asked: "How big of an official does Li want to be?"
Li Zhi said: "I want to be a Qianhu of the fifth grade!"
Xu Mince shook his head and said: "You have no military merit, how can you become a member of a thousand households as soon as you come up? The Shangguan can help you fill in the military merit and you can be promoted to a hundred households at most."
After listening to Xu Mince's words, Li Zhi secretly consulted Xu Mince. Otherwise, he might mess things up if he went to the governor and asked for an impossible official. Li Zhi pondered for a moment and then said: "I want to be able to take charge of a place."
Can one of the hundreds of military and civilian households have such a position?"
Xu Mince nodded and said: "Is that a Tunbao team officer? As long as Little Brother Li is willing to spend money, such a position can be found!"
Li Zhi asked: "Brother Xu, who are you looking for to get such an official position?"
Xu Mince said quickly: "If you are in Tianjin, of course you can find the governor!"
Li Zhi asked again: "How much silver does this cost?"
Xu Mince stood up and walked around the room for a few steps, and then said: "If you want to create a hundred households with nothing, you will probably need at least three thousand taels!"
Li Zhi nodded and said nothing.
The next day, Li Zhi took the banknotes and came to the Tianjin Governor's Yamen again.
This was the third time that Li Zhi came to the governor's office. He was familiar with the roads and found the governor He Shishou under the leadership of deacon Sun Youmin.
Every time Li Zhi came to He Shishou for business, he always gave him a lot of money as gifts. He Shishou was very satisfied with Li Zhi. Not only did the old man ask Li Zhi to sit down immediately after Li Zhi saluted, but he also asked his servants to serve him new tea.
Li Zhi did not dare to waste the governor's time, so he went straight to the point and said: "Your Excellency, I have a favor to ask of you!"
He Shishou took a sip of tea and asked lightly: "What do you want Mr. Li?"
Li Zhi did not answer this immediately, but took out a three thousand tael silver note from his arms and handed it to He Shishou. He Shishou looked at the amount on the silver note, nodded, and put the silver note aside.
Li Zhi then said: "I want to be a hundred households in charge of Tunpu."
He Shishou asked curiously: "You mean, you want to be a military attache and become a hundred households?"
Li Zhi replied: "Yes, sir, the common people want to find a hundred households to manage the fort."
After hearing Li Zhi's words, He Shishou sat on a chair and slowly twirled his beard, and did not speak for a long time.
Seeing He Shishou like this, Li Zhi asked anxiously: "Master Fuchen, is this difficult?"
He Shishou smiled and then said: "Okay! I will send someone tomorrow to remove you from the civilian household and put you in the military yellow roll. You will be considered to have military status. It just so happened that this month the Navy captured a three thousand ship off the coast of Tianjin
You have made meritorious service in this matter. I will put you first in the list of meritorious deeds and guarantee that you will be promoted to 100 households and find a fort to serve as a team officer."
What He Shishou meant was to force Li Zhi into the list of meritorious personnel who defeated the pirates and report it to the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.
Review. In addition to the "official" position of governor, He Shishou is also the censor of Qiandu and the minister of the Ministry of War. He is the official of the Ministry of War and the superior of the Military Selection Department. With his recommendation, the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War will not dare to make things difficult.
, there is no way to escape the reward of one hundred households.
Hearing He Shishou's words, Li Zhi felt happy and secretly thought that the official position was about to be obtained. However, he heard He Shishou say something else: "But speaking of it, this matter involves many people, so it is a bit troublesome to handle it."
Li Zhi knew what He Shishou meant, it was because he was short of money! Fortunately, Li Zhi had been prepared: he quickly pulled out another one thousand tael silver note from his arms and delivered it steadily to He Shishou.
He Shishou looked at it, nodded, and put it together with the three thousand taels of silver note just now.
Li Zhi felt relieved. He returned to his chair and sat down, taking a sip of new tea.
A month later, in mid-July, the reward documents from the Ministry of War came out.
Although He Shishou used money to be ruthless, he had a good moral character and took the money to do things. Li Zhi was on the list of the reward, and he was in the top 100 households. He Shishou sent someone to Li's house to inform Li Zhi, and Li Zhi went to the governor's office.
Received waist badges, orders and official uniforms.
In the late Ming Dynasty, scholars generally engaged in business, and civil servants did not discriminate against businessmen, especially wealthy merchants. Although Li Zhi is only a low-ranking official now, his several interactions with He Shishou made He Shishou a lot of money, and He Shishou made a lot of money.
He was very satisfied with him. He Shishou helped Li Zhi get the things done that day and was in a good mood. When he saw Li Zhi smiling broadly after receiving the things, he refused to let Li Zhi leave and asked Li Zhi to change into official uniform in the governor's office for him to see.
Li Zhi looked at the waistband again and saw that the waistband was made of silver with plain cloud patterns tattooed on it. There were two small holes at the beginning and end of the waistband, and there was a red silk ribbon on it. The reverse side of the waistband was engraved with "God bless the people."
, I am the leader of the people who have conquered China, and it is because of the tiger ministers that I have given you the golden talisman, which will be passed down to the descendants forever." A few lines of small characters seem to be the instructions of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Turn it over, and it is engraved on the front: "Tianjin Left Guard Jinghai Thousand Households
There is a row of words "Li Zhi, one hundred households in one hundred households" on the left.
This waist badge was Li Zhi's ID card in official circles, and Li Zhi hung it on his waist.
