Wang Wenyan shook his head and said nothing for a while.
He had just come into contact with Feng Ziying. Although he felt that Feng Ziying should have great ambitions, the time was still too short and he had not had time to communicate with the other party on a deeper level.
And this trip to Jinling, Songjiang and Suzhou is undoubtedly a very important opportunity.
Anyone who intends to make a difference in his official career cannot ignore the land of Jiangnan. Since the other party is also the initiator of the strategy of opening up the sea, the importance of Jiangnan to the other party will increase day by day in the future.
After all, this is the place where the wealth of the Great Zhou Dynasty is abundant. Without this land, the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty will immediately come to a standstill.
"Brother Wen Yan, let me tell you something. You know my little brother's situation. I dare not say anything else. However, my little brother's confidence in copywriting and planning and layout is still somewhat confident."
Cao Yu felt a bit of hope and looked at the other party with hopeful eyes.
It seems that Wang Wenyan has found a new home, and it should be pretty good. For me, this is even more urgent. If he can follow the other party, he will be an acquaintance, and he will have to be able to adapt a lot.
"I asked you to go to the capital, will you go?" Wang Wenyan finally spoke.
"The capital?" Cao Yu was stunned, why did he suddenly want to go to the capital? After looking at the other party, Cao Yu asked cautiously: "Brother Wenyan, can I ask, which kind of immortal is he?"
Wang Wenyan laughed.
To be honest, he really wanted to retain Lin Ruhai's staff team.
Lin Ruhai's health has not been very good for many years this year, and he has been ill and recovered intermittently. In a sense, it is all thanks to the strength of this team of staff that he can support the affairs of the Duyuan Salt Envoy Si Yamen.
Don't underestimate the affairs of the Salt Transport Bureau.
The salt industry is quite complicated, especially now that the Emperor has not let go, Emperor Yonglong intends to infiltrate, and Prince Yi Zhong wants to intervene through various channels. How to balance the relationship between all parties is like walking on a tightrope on a cliff.
Moreover, the salt merchants also had extremely sensitive noses. They sensed that Lin Ruhai was not in good health, and the above parties were quietly wrestling with each other. They also wanted to delay and take a look at the handover of Yanyin and Yanke Yinzi.
Naturally, there will be various reasons for delaying payment.
Wang Wenyan and the others still had to cooperate with several officials in the yamen to battle wits and courage with this group of salt merchants with well-connected connections, and they also had to control the situation of private salt dealers to prevent them from causing trouble.
Whether it is through coercion or inducement, or through threats and threats, it is not easy to get the money back smoothly.
In the past two or three years, several people have cooperated very well, and these people have also been screened by Wang Wenyan. Some of the people who did not meet the conditions were slowly cleared and given out as early as two or three years ago, but there was no such thing.
I thought that Lin Ruhai's illness came at such an inappropriate time.
Like the guy in front of me, he is thoughtful, considers problems thoroughly and meticulously, and is good at understanding and analyzing. If a matter is given to him, he can come up with a strategy in a very short time according to the requirements, and he will continue to make modifications and improvements according to the changes in requirements.
, and can even proactively make some suggestions.
Just like when I saw the plan just now, I only made a request to ensure that Feng Ziying and his party arrived in Jinling safely and went to Songjiang and Suzhou. He introduced the source of the danger and the way of travel. In less than an hour, a rough guard
The plan came out.
And with my own reminder and introduction, I spent another half an hour revising it, and it basically worked.
The most satisfying thing is that after working together for a long time, the other party also knows what resources we can use, and when and where they can be used.
Except for Cao Yu, the other people are all very capable. If they are disbanded, it will be very difficult to re-establish such a staff team in the future.
What's more critical is that these people are very familiar with the situation in southern Zhili and even Zhejiang, that is, they don't know much about Fujian and Guangxi.
One of them was from Shaoxing. He once worked as a subordinate official in Hangzhou and was considered to be traveling with Wang Wenyan.
There is another person from Huai'an who once served as an aide to the first two Jinling magistrates.
Several people have their own strengths. If not, Wang Wenyan would not be so reluctant to part with him.
It's just that Feng Ziying is still just a Hanlin Academy editor. To put it bluntly, this kind of noble official in Beijing must have a very bright future, but now it really doesn't count. For such a team, it is obviously somewhat useless.
superior.
The reason why Lin Ruhai wanted to introduce himself to the other party was because the other party probably had some non-official affairs that he had to handle by himself due to the opening of the sea, but it did not mean that the other party needed such a huge team.
Unless..., unless the other party has a very grand and clear positioning plan for its future, Wang Wenyan cannot think of the value and significance of the other party leaving such a team.
"Xue Qin, there's nothing I can't say. Well, it's Mr. Feng, Mr. Lin's son-in-law."
"Ah?!" Cao Yu couldn't believe his ears, "You mean Mr. Feng, but he is a editor at the Hanlin Academy. How can he be of use to us?"
Wang Wenyan couldn't explain it for a while. How could he say that Mr. Feng had great ambitions and great plans?
Why do you say that?
Seeing that Wang Wenyan was having trouble answering his own question, Cao Yu suddenly realized and lowered his voice: "Is it possible that Mr. Lin didn't want to see us with nowhere to go, so he asked his son-in-law to take over, but this is not a long-term solution, Mr. Feng
There is no point in raising a bunch of idlers like us. Mr. Feng is currently compiling from the sixth rank. If he can go to the local government, he can go to the sixth rank, or even from the fifth rank. If he can become a state magistrate, maybe he can barely..."
Having said this, Cao Yu also shook his head in disappointment.
Even if Master Feng immediately came down to work as a fifth-grade magistrate, he might not be able to support such a group of people, with a few thousand taels of silver a year, and even if he could afford it as a magistrate, it would be meaningless and worthless.
ah.
To put it bluntly, if you want to support your own group of people and still be able to give full play to their role, you must at least be a fourth-grade prefect, and you must be a wealthy and powerful city like Suzhou, Songjiang, and Yangzhou.
In terms of value, poor prefectures like Chizhou, Ningguo, and Taiping are of little significance.
"Okay, Xueqin, don't think too much. Do your current work well first, but I can guarantee you that I will have a bowl of rice for you by then, and it will not be any worse than it is now." Wang
Seeing that the other party was still thinking about it, Wen Yan interrupted him directly.
"Hey, brother Wen Yan, then I've heard what you said." Cao Yu laughed. In the past few years of contact, he knew that the other party was not someone who took promises lightly, "What about this plan?"
"It's almost done. Let Lao Du and Qiu Zangfeng make arrangements for the Qiu Shui Sword Sect immediately. Make sure nothing goes wrong. Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while. Usually our yamen doesn't bother to use them even once. Even the guards in this yamen are doing idle work.
Son, now we have to meet Zhen Gang." Wang Wenyan nodded.
"Every year the Yamen pays so much attention to Qiu Zangfeng and the others. If he still slips away from things like this, then he really has to deal with it." Cao Yu shook his head, "Qiu Zangfeng is a leader who understands the importance of things. Hundreds of people rely on him.
At the helm."
"Well, I hope so." Wang Wenyan's eyes returned to the plan, "From Yangzhou to Jinling, I estimate that if someone really wants to ambush and assassinate, the most likely possibility will be that during the time when they board the ship, there will be no one on the dock.
Too many eyes to pay attention to. Secondly, it may be that the water flow is stable at a certain section of the road and the boat is moving slowly. As for disembarking from the boat at Jinling Prefecture, it should be more dangerous, but it has been notified here.
After the Jinling Mansion and Nanjing Sixth Department, it is estimated that there will be manpower from Long Jinwei and Nanjing Criminal Department to prepare for precautions. If these people were better informed, they would not choose this point..."
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Watching the two ships slowly passing by, the people hiding in the ships did not wait for the order and could only watch the ships slowly go away.
"Master Tiger, just forget it?"
"Huh, of course we have no choice but to give up without receiving the order, and I'm afraid if we do take action, we won't be able to get a good deal." The bearded man, known as Mr. Tiger, placed a pair of fine steel water splinters heavily on the board of the ship.
A meal.
"Qiu Zangfeng, this old dog, almost went into battle himself. Even if he was to transport money for the Ministry of Finance, he was not so enthusiastic. His two sons were on the boat one after the other, and his daughter-in-law and daughter were also said to be on the boat.
, it is said that she is the concubine accompanying an official above, huh, who knows if she sent her daughter-in-law and daughter to someone to warm their bed..."
A burst of lewd laughter echoed in the cabin.
"Master Hu, in addition to the Qiu Shui Sword Sect, there are also many people from the Cao Gang. Just now, our brothers saw the third leader of the Cao Gang with two direct disciples at the bow of the ship. There were also a few good ones among the Salt Owls. That was
How dare these cruel and evil people board an official ship, is Yangzhou Prefecture so bold?"
A skinny man couldn't help but question.
Mr. Hu didn't say anything. In fact, he was uneasy when he came to ambush like this. How reliable are these people? If they were really caught by the government, they might not be able to keep their mouth shut. They said they were desperadoes, but who are desperadoes?
Dare you say that you are truly carefree?
Moreover, he was obviously on guard. When he came to Yangzhou from Huai'an, there were only a few dragon guards. Why did he suddenly become so cautious when he arrived in Yangzhou? There were many martial arts masters that he observed and learned about.
He rarely shows up on the ship. This is obviously because he is preparing for something in a targeted manner, or someone has already tipped him off.
So after not receiving the order, he breathed a sigh of relief. This matter is not over yet, but if you do things with this group of people, you have to be careful, otherwise you will get yourself into trouble, so
He's going to think it over.
"Let's withdraw." Finally he shook his head. Mr. Hu looked into the distance and said, "Go to Songjiang and see if there is any chance."