History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

The port of Tianjin has been clogged with cargo ships in the past two months, causing most of the ships to transfer to other ports, just waiting for a few days before they can dock.

After docking, the ship has to load the cargo and leave immediately, otherwise it will block the ships behind.

Steel ships that need to use coal to run, if they want to buy coal, they are not allowed to pull over, and can only be transported to the ship by small boats.

The two big ships of the "Seven Star Palace" were driven aside by some small boats before they arrived at Tianjin Port, and there were still several giant ships in front of them.

Every time a ship sails to the port, hundreds of people will rush up to transport the goods on board.

Because it is manpower, it often takes a long time for a ship to be filled.

This was a waste of time, and the ship "Seven Stars Palace" couldn't dock for two days, which caused the people trapped on the ship to be in a hurry.

The third child climbed to the top of the ship and looked into the distance. He saw that the port was busy, and the people pushing the goods were like ants. There were still two ships ahead of them.

It seems that today is not their turn.

"Damn it, we have to wait for two more days!" The third child swung his hat unhappily and cursed.

The hat that fell hit the head of the second child who was passing by. The second child raised his head while pinching the hat, and yelled at it.

"What are you doing? Third child?"

"Sorry, second brother, I didn't see you coming." The third child and the monkey slid down the rope, took the hat from the second hand and put it on their heads again, then glanced at the captain's room before sneaking in. Go to the second head and ask, "Second brother, what is the eldest brother doing?"

The second child looked at him vigilantly, "What do you want to do? Brother said that you are not allowed to go ashore and mess around!"

The third child cursed secretly in his heart, he guessed all his thoughts just now.

Then the third child said with a smile on his face: "Second brother, look at what you said, am I that kind of person?" Then he put his thumb to his mouth and bit it, and whispered to the second child, "How about Tell your elder brother, we don't go ashore to mess around, just go for a stroll."

The second child knocked on his forehead, "You guys, I'm not worried, don't forget, there are a group of boys on our boat! Once you go, can they stay?"

Now there are only a few of them on the boat. At night, there is a group of young men. These young men are all pirates.

After the third child heard this, he glanced at the young men walking around on the boat this time, pursed his lips, and said, "Okay, I'll wait a few more days!" Anyway, when the boat docked, the eldest brother wanted to stop them. I can't stop it.

Tianjin is as prosperous as Qingdao. For the group of people who have stayed at sea for more than ten days without docking, the brilliant lights of Tianjin Port have always hooked their hearts.

The third child didn't know what to think, he was dreaming.

The second child ignored him, turned around and entered the captain's room.

Lin Mo is studying the nautical chart, which is the latest nautical chart issued by the trade union. This chart is just the safest waterway explored by those who went treasure hunting earlier.

He once again lamented the great powers of the union, and once again believed that there must be members of the union among other forces and pirates, otherwise such a detailed nautical chart would not have been obtained by the union.

The second child knocked on the door, Lin Mo looked up to see him, and folded the blueprint casually.

"what's up?"

The second child put his head in and said, "Brother, when can we go ashore? The boys on the boat are all in a commotion."

Lin Mo stood up and put the drawings into a box behind him, and replied, "Is there any movement on the other ship?"

The second child replied: "No, it seems that the fifth child really intends to atone for his sins, and managed the people on that ship very well. There has been no movement during this time." Unexpectedly, the fifth child still has this talent, managing people On the one hand, he has a hand.

The extra boat was just bought by Lin Mo. It was about the same size as the current boat, and it was bought second-hand, but unlike the first boat, it didn't take advantage of it. It cost 100 taels to buy it.

Almost half of the 5000 taels that Zhu Yan used to treat his illness were spent, and the remaining half was used by Lin Mo to buy goods and lease weapons.

Lao Bai was quite interesting, as soon as Lin Mo proposed to rent the weapon, he agreed, but the weapon was not rented for nothing, and he had to pay a depreciation fee of two taels of silver for each cannon used.Special personnel were sent to maintain these weapons.

As long as two taels, Lin Mo is already taken care of.

Lin Mo agreed without saying a word. If there is anything he can’t agree to, in terms of this condition, he is completely taking advantage. Although Lao Bai sent someone to monitor the number of times they use weapons, the person sent can be used as training. Members, teach them how to use these useful ones.

It took more than half a month to adjust, and the newly recruited crew members have already integrated into the life on board.

If it is said that there was still some hostility towards Lin Mo and others before, after this period of training, everyone's files are not so narrow, and they are all rushing to earn money.

Lin Mo was made a big deal by them, as long as they worked on the boat for a year or two, after earning money, he would introduce them to sellers who sold steel boats and let them buy a steel boat.

They are even invited to join the trade union, so that they can make money in an open and aboveboard manner without falling into trouble.

Judging from the current situation of the imperial court, it is intended to vigorously develop maritime trade. In this way, the pirates along the coast will definitely be cleaned up by the imperial court in the future.

After all, if the sea trade is to be developed, some invisible crises must be clarified.

Ordinary pirates are doing it day by day, and they certainly don't think about the crisis in the future.

But pirates with a little brain can see the future trend, and naturally they can't wait to seize such an opportunity to change their ways.

Of course, there are also some people who are stubborn and don't bow their heads. They are not in a hurry right now. Someone will teach them how to behave in the future?

Among them, Zhu Yan knew the most in his heart. It was he who came forward to persuade the people on the island to allow some young children who were not willing to stay on the island to freely apply for crew members.

The group of people selected by Lin Mo are all young people, the youngest is fifteen or sixteen years old, and the oldest is only 24 years old.

Hello young people, with a little agitation of language, emotions will be mobilized, and we will fight for the future.

Especially when I saw with my own eyes that Lin Mo and the others had purchased another batch of ships. As soon as this pie was drawn, many crew members who had just joined were full of confidence in the future.

With the head, naturally dare not make trouble.

As soon as the new boat was bought, Lin Mo directly asked Zhang Dahai to transfer it over. In name, he asked him to discipline and train the group of young people, and by the way, watch them not to make trouble on the boat.

Secretly, there was also the intention of transferring Zhang Dahai from the ship. No one knew when Zhang Dahai's mind would go dark and what crisis would he bring to the fleet?

Better to lose a ship than to lose an entire fleet.

As soon as the proposal was made, several brothers agreed to the proposal. In order not to let Zhang Dahai feel that he was assigned, he still came to this boat for dinner on weekdays.

Zhang Dahai also understood in his heart that what he did before was because of a gap between him and his brothers.

Those who didn't speak, directly agreed to the big brother's proposal, at least he can stay on the bed, and he can still have time to apologize to the brothers with actions.

During this period of time, Zhang Dahai performed very well, and worked hard to train the new members with the methods he had learned before. Of course, training with firearms is essential.

The firecrackers without bullets are first used to integrate the team. It is necessary to hit everyone with guns. After the basic training, it is to shoot guns. This is not trained on the ship. First, it is outside, privately collecting sharp weapons among the people. For a felony, although the firecracker is a sharp weapon among sharp weapons, if you find one, you must go to jail.

This training can't be done under aboveboard conditions. Fortunately, a certain amount of points can be exchanged for shooting spots in the trade union. In order not to waste bullets, they usually switch to the trade union for target shooting training during training.

The bullets in the trade union have been specially treated and have no bullets. They only hurt a little when they hit people, so you don't have to worry about getting hurt by going off.

But the outside world can't do it, all of them are novices, if they accidentally go off and hit themselves, they are afraid that others will be affected.

Therefore, before the rules are well trained, the bullets of the firecrackers cannot reach the hands of these novices.

Some time ago, I went north from Qingdao. After a few days of training and touching the firecrackers, a group of newcomers screamed, but after the fresh time passed, they carried the firecrackers for training all day long and could not shoot. This group of people started to cry again .

No, after a few days of boring training, I stopped to take a breath when I arrived at Tianjin Port. In order to avoid accidents, the firecrackers were put away, and the daily training was changed to underwater training.

Probably being suppressed too hard, looking at the bustling scene of the port these days, a group of boys on the boat are ready to move after training.

If he hadn't watched closely, he might have jumped into the water at night and swam ashore.

When Lin Mo heard what the second child said, he said, "Okay, let the third and fourth children lead a group of people ashore in turn. Let them watch the arrangement first, but they have to come back at night. Not less, no one is allowed to spend the night on the shore."

The second child's frown relaxed immediately, and he said to Lin Mo relaxedly, "If the news is heard by those boys, they will be very happy."

After Lin Mo finished the blueprint, he turned around and explained to him, "Second brother, I'm going on a long trip today, and I won't be back until about two days later. Please take care of anything on board."

The second child hurriedly asked, "Brother, where are you going?" Without the eldest brother, he always felt that he couldn't control those boys.

Lin Mo cleared his throat and replied, "Isn't this in Tianjin? It's not far from the capital. I plan to visit my uncle."

As soon as the second child heard this, he immediately stopped talking. In his heart, his elder brother's uncle was a mysterious existence that only existed in his elder brother's words.

Eldest brother, although he said he was fighting alone, but that Uncle Lin just raised his hand to take care of him a little bit. The care that elder brother received was beyond his imagination.

Like a normal fleet, there is no way to get firearms. Steel ships and firearms are things that ordinary people have never heard of.

In the heart of the second child, the elder brother's uncle must be a high-ranking person.

Otherwise, even the firearms that the imperial court began to ban, how could the eldest brother get so many?

Tianjin, which is close to the capital, has never seen the scene of cannons flying in Qingdao.

Let alone cannons here, he has never even seen a firecracker, as if that thing was just his phantom.

"Brother, you can go, don't worry, I will be optimistic about our ship." The second child didn't mention to go with him, he thought he was not qualified enough.

Then he thought about how long it would take for the eldest brother to come back. If he went today, he should be able to return tomorrow, and there would be no delay in going back and forth.

Anyway, it may not be their turn today, even if it is tomorrow, it will take a lot of time to fill two ships.

There is a certain amount of free time in the middle, enough for the eldest brother to visit relatives.

Lin Mo thought the same way, and spent half a day arranging things on the boat.In the afternoon, he was taken ashore by the second child in a small boat.

Tianjin is still some distance away from Beijing. In fact, it is closer by water. If you take the water, you have to go to Wuqing County, and then take a boat to Tongzhou.

Tongzhou also has ports, but they are all connected by internal waterways and cannot directly connect to coastal ports.

If the waterway of Tianjin can be connected with the waterway of Tongzhou, the ship can go straight to Tongzhou when it enters the port.

However, if this waterway is to be really built, the project will be huge, because seagoing ships have a heavy draft, and the manpower and material resources used to dig such a channel cannot be afforded by the imperial court.

When we arrived in Tongzhou, it was already dark. Although there was no curfew in the city, there were not a few people who rushed home in the dark.

If he entered Beijing at this time, he could only be blocked outside the city gate, so Lin Mo randomly chose an inn, planning to rest for one night, and then rush to the capital tomorrow morning.

There are quite a lot of people in the inn, and it turns out that it will be March soon, and several temples outside the capital are planning to hold a temple fair together, and the time is set on March [-]th, which is not far away. Came here half a month earlier.

Hearing the merchants chatting in the inn during the meal, Lin Mo knew something about the temple fair.

I heard that this time the temple fair has played a new trick, not only has businessmen been recruited to sponsor it, but a large area has been planned outside the city to allow people from all directions to do business to have a place to set up their stalls.

It can be said that the scale of the planning this time is probably comparable to the temple fair of the New Year's Eve.

And on March [-]th, the weather was neither too cold nor hot at that time, and the effect of the event was even better than that of the New Year's Eve.

I live near the capital, so I don’t need to be in a hurry to occupy a seat. The one who is in a hurry is a foreign traveler, who is talking about bringing novelty items a month or two in advance to join in the fun. Although the trip costs a lot, it can be earned No less.

Sometimes the things sold in a temple fair can be compared with the goods sold in the previous year.

Some traveling merchants also specialize in looking for temple fairs in various places to sell goods.

The people in the inn originally planned to go back to their hometown, but when they heard that a temple fair was being held, they immediately expressed their willingness to stay for a few more days to join in, and then go back to their hometown after the fun.

So when Lin Mo moved in, the low-class rooms and ordinary rooms were gone, only the high-class rooms that were too expensive and no one chose.

Fortunately, he only stayed for one day, so there was no need to feel too distressed. Lin Mo directly asked for a superior room.

The upper-class room is a real upper-class room. It not only provides dinner, but also has a separate bathing place. When sleeping, the room is warm and the quilts are fluffy. sunned.

Before falling asleep, Lin Mo thought to himself, it seems that the money is not in vain.

On the second day, before dawn, I heard the crowing of cocks.

There was a knock on the door, Lin Mo was woken up, put on his coat and got up to open the door.

Outside is the waiter who told him to wake up.

Before going to bed yesterday, he asked for a wake-up service. To him, this was a new thing. It hadn't happened before, and it was all from Beijing.

After receiving a pot of hot water from the waiter, Lin Mo brushed his teeth and washed his face before he felt awake.

Putting on his clothes, Lin Mo went downstairs with his belongings. After paying the bill with the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper chatted with Lin Mo while holding the abacus.

Lin Mo was waiting for the bus to the capital, he didn't want to go outside to blow the cold wind, he would rather endure the nagging of the shopkeeper in the warm lobby.

"...Our business is becoming more and more difficult to do. It used to be enough to have a quilt and a bed, but it turned out that the rules in the capital were broken. Everything must be served well, and disposable toothpaste and toothbrushes must be prepared. The cleaning is clean, the bed cover has to be replaced every day, and it has to be dried out when the sun is out, and this guest is becoming more and more picky. There were not so many requests before, since I opened one in the capital What chain of inns, these have become the minimum configuration, alas, we have to follow suit, otherwise there will be no business at all."

When the shopkeeper said this, he vomited bitterness, and the abacus was crackling, "It doesn't cost any money, but the money earned has not increased. This business is getting more and more difficult!"

The waiter came in from the outside wrapped in a thick down jacket. He seemed to hear the shopkeeper's nagging, and couldn't help but interjected, "I say the shopkeeper, you can be satisfied. We are not busy with these things. What's more, that time Sexy toothpaste and toothbrushes, most of them are not the defective products you get from toothbrush factories and toothpaste factories, it doesn't cost a few dollars. And since we did this, the people in the inn have not come more , Many of them are repeat customers. This time, I don’t see you making less money!”

"Well, you bastard, you dare to talk back, don't you?" The shopkeeper grabbed the abacus, scared the waiter to hide his head and hide in Lin Mo, and added, "Don't you have to learn from those who are unwilling to change, now Which one has not been run over is about to close, if we don’t change it, will the inn still be open?”

The shopkeeper will call again.

The shop waiter ran away with his head in his arms, "Oh, my father, isn't it enough to tell the truth?"

The shopkeeper was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, then packed up the account book and said to the waiter, "You have the ability, right? Then I will leave this place to you, and I will go to sleep!"

The waiter in the shop shook his head, and then said to Lin Mo embarrassedly, "I'm telling you the joke, my father is old, and he likes to chatter, so you don't need to talk to him." He pointed outside, "The carriage you want It's already outside the door."

Lin Mo grabbed the luggage and opened the door first, and the curtain went out.

The door curtain is made of old quilts, and there are quilts to keep the heat in the room from being lost. At this moment, Lin Mo suddenly felt the heat disappearing from his body when he suddenly came into contact with the cold air.

He shivered from the cold, and then saw a carriage parked at the door by the faint candlelight from the gap in the door curtain.

The carriage was also vaguely visible in the darkness, because of the heavy fog, it was not difficult to see clearly at this time, only the occasional snorting of the horse in front was heard.

Lin Mo walked to the side of the carriage and called out tentatively, "Master, are you going to the capital?"

He hummed the people in the carriage, and then slowly jumped out of the carriage.

This is an old man who looks very old. He is wearing a thick padded jacket, tied around his waist with a hemp rope as a belt. It can be seen that he has a leather cap on his head, and the cap is connected to the ears.The only thing that made Lin Mo feel strange was that the old man didn't even have gloves in such a cold weather, and he was holding a stick with a hemp rope tied at the end with hemp-like hands. This should be a whip for driving a carriage.

The old man pointed to the carriage compartment and said, "Go up."

Lin Mo immediately stepped on the vehicle, climbed into the carriage and got into the carriage.

There was no one in the carriage, and as soon as Lin Mo sat on the cold seat, his legs began to tremble.

The old man outside also got into the carriage, flicked the rough whip, and the horse started to drive the carriage forward.

Lin Mo put his hands in his pockets and touched the gloves again. Feeling really sorry, he pulled off the two gloves and handed them outside.

"Master, it's too cold this day. I have gloves here. You can use them."

The old man's hoarse voice sounded, "No need, I've been driving for a lifetime, and I'm used to it."

Lin Mo urged him a few more times, but the old man still refused to accept it, so he had no choice but to take the gloves back.

From time to time on the official road, you can meet other vehicles. Because of the heavy fog, everyone walks very slowly, which can be said to be cautious.

Sometimes we even met each other almost, and then we staggered and went our separate ways.

After walking for about three hours, the sun came out at this time, and the fog slowly dissipated. When we arrived at the capital, the city gate was already opened.

Because horse-drawn carriages were not allowed into Beijing, he got off at the gate of the city.

On the way, the carriage also brought a few people, all of whom went to the nearby market. In order to let the old man earn more money, Lin Mo did not refuse, and when he transferred to the capital, there was only one person left.

If the carriage enters the city, the old man will pay more to enter and exit the city, Lin Mo is not reluctant, anyway, there are still many carriages at the gate of the city.

After paying the fare, Lin Mo gave the old man a few pennies, but he didn't give too much. After the glove incident, he knew that the old man probably didn't like other people's handouts.

When entering the capital, one needs to check household posts, but generally the checks are tight only during the New Year's festival, and one eye is turned a blind eye on weekdays.

Look no problem, basically let people pass.

Lin Mo lined up and entered the city.

After entering the city, I found a carriage leading to Chaoyang Gate.

His uncle lived in the inner city, and Lin Mo always remembered the address given to him earlier. After all, boxing gifts were given every year, but this was his first time here.

Because he didn't say hello beforehand, Lin Mo was also afraid that his uncle was not in the capital now, so he ran away this time.

After all, uncle travels all over the country throughout the year, and the time he stays in the capital is extremely short.

When he arrived at Chaoyangmen, after Lin Mo got off the carriage, he found that there were still many people pulling the carriages parked there beside the site.

Many people walked over and told a driver the address, negotiated the price and boarded the car.

Lin Mo figured it out. Thinking that this was his first time in the capital, although he had the address of his uncle's house, it didn't mean that he could find it just by looking for it. It was convenient to take this kind of rickshaw.

He went up to find one, and after telling the address, he decided on the price. No, after he got in the car and sat down, the driver took him and ran away.

I feel that this section of the road is quite winding. It took nearly half an hour to go back and forth. I almost fainted in the alley. I wanted to remember the road at first, but later found that there were too many alleys to remember. Don't waste this time.

When Lin Mo got a little impatient, the rickshaw finally stopped in front of a mansion.

The word "Lin Fu" is hung on the door.

Lin Mo thought that he had finally arrived, and gave the driver ten cents, thinking that the fare in the capital city was also quite expensive.

You must know that it only cost six renminbi to ride a carriage from the South Gate to Chaoyang Gate.

Forget it, just sit down, and don't care about the few copper coins.

After straightening his clothes, Lin Mo stepped forward and knocked on the door.

When he heard the movement inside, he stopped knocking on the door.

From far to near, there was a voice of inquiry.

"Who is it?"

Lin Mo spoke to the closed door, "Qingdao Lin Mo, I'm here to pay a visit to Uncle Lin."

As soon as the surname was Lin, the people inside immediately replied.

"Wait a minute, I'll go in and report right away."

Then Lin Mo found that he was left outside, but he was not angry, after all, he came to the door so abruptly, anyone would have to ask.

Fortunately, according to what the other party said, uncle didn't go out.

The sun shone in the sky, and all the fog in the morning disappeared, as if the thick fog that filled the air before was just an illusion.

Bored, Lin Mo scanned the mansion next to him, and found that the next door was Zheng's mansion.

I've heard it said before that Steward Zheng and his uncle are neighbors, but I didn't expect it to be so.

It's just that Steward Zheng seems to be a little more low-key, just looking at the gate is not as grand as his uncle's.

Just when Lin Mo turned his head to look, the door in front of him was opened.

Lin Mo saw that the person walking in front was the uncle he had met a few years ago. Apart from looking a little older, his uncle had even more aura.

"Nephew pays respects to uncle!" Lin Mo bowed halfway when he saw the person.

Lin Yuan stepped forward and helped Ren Xu up.

"Don't be too polite."

Looking up and down at Lin Mo, Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, I looked calmer, figured it out, and finally came in to see me? Let's walk around and introduce you to a few people of the same age. "As he spoke, he took his hand and led him into the gate.

There are not a few nephews that Lin Yuan has recognized over the years, and many of them are far away, and they are separated by several generations. The main line of the Lin family, whether it is the direct branch or the side branch, has few people, but those who are already far away. It prospered, as if it hadn't been cursed by blood.

In recent years, he has indeed cultivated a lot of descendants of the Lin surname, probably because of this, these children are involved in too many businesses, Lin Yuan has been deprived of many positions this time, and is temporarily raised at home.

Position and power have always been closely linked. Lin Yuan temporarily relinquished his duties and went home. The other children surnamed Lin were naturally worried about being affected, so they came to visit from time to time, wanting to inquire about news.

Lin Yuan believed that he had no selfish intentions. He accepted the review from above. The reason why he used the Lin family's child was because it was easy to use.

So Lin Yuan was not worried about being temporarily dismissed from his post and returning home.

He also understands that he has controlled too many secrets over the years, and the higher-ups are inevitably worried that some things will be stripped out and distributed to others.

Among these nephews, Lin Mo was the one who received the least care from him. Lin Yuan thought that Lin Mo came here because he heard the news about him, so he came here to visit him. When he saw him, he was deeply moved.

"When did you arrive in the capital? Why didn't you tell me in advance, I'll send someone to pick you up." After entering the door, Lin Yuan let go of Lin Mo's hand and asked him.

Lin Mo said vaguely, "I received a mission to go to Tianjin to pick up the goods. I didn't want Tianjin to be close to the capital, so I wanted to visit my uncle."

Lin Yuan nodded, "It turns out that you are also going to the Wa country, so that's just right, I will introduce you to a brother who only goes to the Wa country, and complained to me that all the goods he ordered were robbed by the imperial court. "

Lin Mo smiled and said nothing.

He came here this time mainly to find out what Lin Yuan said, what happened to that treasure map?

After thinking about it these days, he always felt that the treasure map was unreliable.

There is a big conspiracy mixed in it. If there is really a conspiracy, Uncle Lin Yuan must know something.

After entering the room, Lin Mo saw three people sitting in the room, some older than him and some younger than him.

Lin Yuan helped to introduce them one by one.

"This is Lin Kun. He is the one I told you to go to Japan." Lin Kun is an ordinary-looking man, but he looks very shrewd.

There are two people beside him, one with a beard who looks older than 15 years old, and the other half a boy, Lin Mo can bet that the younger one is definitely not more than [-] years old.

"This is Lin Cheng. Regardless of his young age, he is proficient in all kinds of firearms, and even developed a new type of firearm. He is Lin Kun's younger brother. The two brothers fought fiercely with firearms in the Japanese sea area. The Japanese ronin lost their temper."

Lin Cheng showed a shy smile towards Lin Mo, "Big brother, if you want to buy firearms, you can find me, and I can give you a [-]% discount."

Lin Mo smiled, this advertisement is really well done.

Lin Kun next to him knocked on his younger brother's forehead, and Lin Cheng immediately covered his head and looked at Lin Yuan, closing his mouth in fright.

Lin Yuan acted as if he had never heard of this scene. He pointed to the bearded man and introduced to Lin Mo, "This is Lin Tang. He is honest and good at actuarial calculations. Now he is following me to learn some skills."

After introducing the three people, Lin Yuan pointed to Lin Mo and introduced them to them, "This is Lin Mo. He has organized a fleet by himself to run in the East China Sea."

The four got to know each other.

Lin Yuan sat down on the stool, and soon someone came up with tea.

Lin Mo said to Lin Yuan, "I don't know where my aunt is, but my nephew wants to visit."

After hearing this, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Then it's not a coincidence that you came here, your aunt has gone to her mother's house these few days."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, Lin Mo keenly noticed that the expressions of the other three people were a little strange, so he stopped asking questions wisely.

The five talked together.

Considering that Lin Mo had just arrived, he repeated the previous topic.

Lin Mo didn't know much about these things, so he just listened silently. Lin Cheng couldn't sit still, so he moved closer to Lin Mo, "Big brother, how did you come here?"

Lin Mo looked down at him, not understanding what he meant.

Lin Cheng continued, "Uncle's house is not easy to find. It's the first time for big brother to come to the capital, how did he find it?"

Lin Mo put down his teacup and said, "I came here by rickshaw, and the people who pull the cart are very familiar with these alleys."

Lin Cheng clenched his hand into a fist and knocked on the other palm, "I knew you were tricked too, big brother, how much did you pay?"

"Ten texts."

Lin Cheng looked at him sympathetically, "Brother, you are really miserable. When my brother and I came here for the first time, we were only knocked out for five cents. I didn't expect you to be knocked out more."

Then he pointed to the east and said, "Didn't you realize that our alley is very close to Chaoyangmen? You just need to ask for directions, and someone will show you the way."

Lin Mo doesn't care if he is cheated or not. The price is worth it just to lead the way, not to mention that he ran for half an hour and talked to him halfway. enough.

But looking at Lin Cheng's appearance, he seemed to be brooding over this matter, otherwise he wouldn't have remembered this matter and came to ask him.

The three people over there seemed to hear the movement here, and they all turned their heads to look over.

Lin Cheng was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth, and returned to his original position honestly.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Yuan stayed at home for lunch.

Lin Kun and Lin Tang stood up and said apologetically, "Uncle, I still have some things to do. I can't accompany you for dinner, so I won't bother you."

When Lin Cheng heard what his brother said, he also stood up, but he was at a loss, and he still hadn't figured out what happened?

Lin Mo looked very kind to Lin Cheng's appearance, and his Xiaoqi often showed this expression.

But Lin Cheng is different from Xiao Qi, he can tell at a glance that he is well protected by Lin Kun.

Lin Yuan nodded, and did not continue to keep anyone. After all, there was Lin Mo at home. Lin Mo came all the way, and Lin Kun proposed to leave. This was not to disturb his conversation with Lin Mo.

After Lin Kun and his party left, Lin Yuan led Lin Mo to turn to the study.

"Lin Kun is also a poor man. His mother died of illness early on, and his father married another wife, who gave birth to a pair of children for him. No, every stepmother has a stepfather, Lin Kun As soon as he turned 16, he was instigated by his stepmother to let his father separate them out. Lin Kun was afraid that his stepmother would hurt Lin Cheng, so he brought him out together with Lin Cheng. What can a half-child do with a younger brother? , the two lived in a dilapidated thatched hut in the village, relying on the support of the villagers, and opened an acre of wasteland to live."

"When I sent someone to look for them, the two children were thin and thin, and Lin Cheng was still sick. When he asked to take them away from his hometown, the child Lin Kun only asked if he could eat enough, and he agreed quickly."

Lin Yuan said to Lin Mo at this point, "You are all good children. If you meet in the future, you will get along well. Both are surnamed Lin. If you have a friendship, you will be closer than those with other surnames."

Lin Mo nodded, he understood that Lin Yuan was referring to his sworn brothers.

Although Lin Yuan didn't say a word about the sworn brothers Lin Mo made friends with, he disagreed with him from the bottom of his heart.

Because those sworn brothers did not bring Lin Mo any benefits, but instead kept dragging him down.

If it weren't for this group of delayers, Lin Yuan believed that Lin Mo might not have been able to create a new career.

His own child is still young, and he is eager to find a junior to take over his class. Among them, he is most optimistic about Lin Mo, but it is a pity that he does not have this ambition.

Lin Yuan didn't ask to stay, but continued to search for other people, and Lin Kun was another candidate he had his eyes on.