Lord of the House

The five people who came to apply for Lin Fu's famous post, three strong men, a teenager, and a yellow and thin girl, Lin Jingzhong didn't know what Lin Fu wanted these five people to do on the prison island, but Qian Xiaowu. Speaking like this, he naturally brought the people to the island first, and then Cao Zi'ang didn't make any arrangements, and let them mix with other refugees who were recruited.

Looking at the past, two boats were parked on the pier at the southern end of the prison island, and there was also a Wu Peng boat parked on the beach at the river mouth. Go to Prison Island. The three men didn't know why the five of them wanted to go to the island by boat. They couldn't see anything on the face of the leader, Lin Jingzhong.

There are many waterways for a mile past the estuary, and it takes only a cup of tea to walk slowly.

The boat docked at the simple wharf on the prison island, and Lin Jingzhong took the people to the island, only to realize that it had only been six or seven days since he left the island, and the island was very different from before.

Outside the high wall, there was a 300-foot-square open space between the prison gate and the Nantou Wharf. It was also used as a training ground for military soldiers. It was empty, except for the dust blown by the wind. At this time, the school field was separated by two blocks, and the one in front of the gate of the prison was also used as a school field; more than a dozen wooden stakes were erected on the west side with arrow targets, and lime was used to draw lines on the field, and an archery field had already been built. Lin Fuzheng, dressed in short and tight clothes, was shooting arrows there with a bow. Zhou Pu, Lin Mengde and others stood by and watched him shoot arrows.

Lin Jingzhong went to the pier and stood there watching for a while, seeing that four of Lin Bing's ten arrows missed the target, he smiled and shook his head, and led someone towards the archery range.

"It's only been a few days, it's very different here." Lin Jingzhong said with emotion.

"Hehe, I saw that you have reached the estuary," Lin Fu smiled and handed the bow and arrow to the guards who were waiting beside him. He looked at the four guards and soldiers who had been running outside with Lin Jingzhong for five or six days, and said, " Come back to the team!" The four guards stood together with the guard who helped Lin Fu with the bow and arrow. Lin Fu looked at the five people who had intercepted the road in front of the post house a few days ago and asked for shelter, pointed to Zhou Pu and said to them, "It's been hard for you to come here, go with him to have a meal and have a rest, wait a moment. I have something to tell you to do..." Let Zhou Pu take people to the gate of the prison.

"Who are they? Why did you just ask them to come to the island?" Lin Jingzhong asked Lin Bie suspiciously as he watched the figures of the five people who were taken away by Zhou Pu disappear into the Yuanmen.

"I don't know which dark pile was stuffed in, let Zhou Pu lead it in to clean up..." Lin Bie said.

"Ah..." Lin Jingzhong was stunned for a moment. He has been busy these days and has too many things to worry about. He really didn't find out about it. These people came to apply for the application with Lin Bing's famous post. What would he think more, he asked again, "The boy and the little girl are too? It's not like that! They also have an old lady who is sick and dying. They can't even walk, so they pulled it over with an ox cart and said they were asking for a husband. The money you gave..."

"These two are not. You will take them back later. Just to settle them down... Come on, ignore this for now, I will lead you to see the changes on the island first." Lin Fu said with a smile, ignoring it at all The three turtles in urns that Zhou Pu brought into the high wall, and Lin Mengde led Lin Jingzhong to the east of the school grounds.

In the past five or six days, more than 40 acres of land have been opened to build vegetable gardens outside the high wall on the east side of the school field. Vegetables have been planted. Just watered, the livestock sheds built with bamboo poles and thick trees are also fenced. It has seven or eight acres of land and is divided into seven or eight pens. There are 12 or 13 piglets in each pen. Before Lin Jingzhong came here, he heard Qian Xiaowu say that Lin Mengde only sent the piglets by boat today. Let’s take a closer look. , There are also breeding pigs in the shed, and two prisoners in prison uniforms are busy in front of the shed.

"Those two were pig herders before they were imprisoned, and they both raised pigs for wealthy households in the village. They knew which aquatic pigs could be eaten in the river, which ones would get sick, and fine snails and trash fish could be used to feed them. How many litters can be born in a year and how many litters can be born in one litter, these two people are also well-informed, and it is calculated that this shed will require 12 or 3 sows for breeding. These are useful knowledge, but the moral gentlemen in the city are all It is regarded as dross - now, the Xuanfu envoy has to rub about 30% of the rotten rice in every pound of prison rations given to the prison island. This day is almost a stone of rotten rice, which cannot be eaten by people. If you feed pigs with trash fish, you can raise a hundred pigs, and after a while, you can slaughter a fat pig on this island in two days to improve the food..." Lin Bie said with a smile.

Lin Jingzhong's brain habitually calculated that in Jiangning City, pork costs 30 yuan per catty, and a pig fattened for six months can kill 100 catties of meat, which is worth 3,750 yuan, and 100 pigs are 300,000 yuan. Money, about two hundred and fifty taels of silver. Prisoners do not need to count the cost of catching aquatic plants, river snails, and trash fish, and the labor of raising pigs does not need to be counted. In six months, only one hundred and eighty stone of rotten rice is consumed, which is worth fifteen or sixteen taels of silver. With two hundred and thirty forty taels of silver, raising two pens of pigs a year is nearly five hundred taels of silver.

A book of accounts in the Linjing Center was rattling, and his eyes were shining. This business thief did it. He said, "The rotten rice in the market is worthless. You can buy more than a liter for one dollar. Send a boat to the island every month..."

"You've been a cashier in the warehouse for a few years, and you've lost all your money," Lin Fu laughed and said, "You ship a boat of rotten rice to the island, I don't want a large number of people to go to the river. Fishing for aquatic plants and snails from the beach? Special pig herders take care of the pen shed. Where are there so many people? What am I planning to do now? I will take care of the island’s needs first, and then supply the surplus to Jiyun Club. Master Gu said yes."

Lin Mengde also had a smile on his face, thinking that Lin Jingzhong was competent to be the steward of Jiyun Club, but when it comes to making money, others are really inferior to Lin Fu. It has been almost ten years since the Jiangdao prison was built. The former prisoner Ge Zuxin only thought of forcing the female prisoners to sell themselves to the brothel in Quyang Town for profit, but he did not know that the island has more than 1,000 acres of good land, two or three thousand acres of beach land, and no capital. The prisoners who are enslaved to work are the foundation of making money. At this time, only more than 200 prisoners were detained on the island. Once Gu Wuchen really reopened the prison city in Jiangdong, the number of prisoners detained on the island will be dozens of times. At that time, the labor that can be employed will be more prosperous. To be released for use, some labor needs to be supervised and used, and a few ways to make money need to be thought out and used together.

Lin Jingzhong touched his nose, knowing that there are too many factors to consider on Prison Island, and it is not enough to see only one benefit. He and Lin Fu and Lin Mengde continued to walk eastward. There were still twenty or thirty prisoners continuing to open up wasteland in the east of the vegetable garden. There were still a few prisoners digging soil pits behind the livestock shed. Look at the shallow soil they dug. The pit is not too small.

The prisoners were doing their work here, and only five soldiers were standing a little further away with armed guards.

Lin Jingzhong asked worriedly: "There are so many prisoners working outside, and only five military guards are on guard. If several people spread their legs and plunge into the river at the same time, how can they catch up?"

"Now the prisoners who are released to work are all misdemeanors and well behaved prisoners. They are all imprisoned in separate rooms, and the possibility of escaping prison in a group is very low..." Lin Fu explained.

Lin Jingzhong frowned slightly, some of the things that Lin Bie said were very ordinary, it always took people a long time to figure out some of the benefits.

Lin Fu didn't care what Lin Jingzhong was thinking about, he dragged him to continue walking, gesturing and explaining some of the next things to do as he walked, to build another warehouse outside the high wall to store supplies, and to move the Military Academy to the outside of the high wall. , the prison hall will also be moved out to make more space in the high wall. It is not to detain more prisoners, but to make room in the high wall to build a workshop. After all, to prevent large-scale escape from prison, it is more convenient to manage prisoners by serving prisoners in the high wall.

At this moment, Zhou Pu came over from the Yuanmen, and Lin Fu asked him, "It's resolved?"

"Catch the turtle in the urn," Zhou Pu said easily, "it's all tied up, and I can't get anything out of my mouth for a while. Would you like to take a look?"

"What am I looking at?" Lin Bie shook his head and said, "I can't ask anything when I go."

"Could it be someone from Qingfenghang?" Lin Jingzhong asked.

"Qingfengxing has the biggest suspicion," Lin Fu said. "It's just that things are still weird. Even if Qingfengxing wants to cause us trouble, it shouldn't leave traces. She Feihu is still in Jiangning City. If he doesn't stand firm, even if they want to fight over that section of the river to build a wharf and a warehouse, but he dares to openly provoke the Commissioner for this matter?"

"First, put them in chains and send them to the inner prison on the charge of sneaking into the prison island," Lin Fu said. "If no one comes out to negotiate in a few days, then they will be sent to the police officer's office, where there will be skin and bones. The meat/sticks to serve them..." No matter which company sent these three, Lin Fu didn't want him to overdo things. The foundation of Jiyun Club in Jiangning is still too shallow, if the scene is too **** , Gu Wuchen may not be able to cover him.

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After detaining the three dark piles decisively, Lin Fu stopped delaying, and returned to the south bank by boat with Lin Jingzhong, Lin Mengde, Zhou Pu and others, and also brought the pair of young brothers and sisters back to the south bank.

In addition to building a few thatched shacks these days, there are no tiles on the shore to shelter from the wind and rain, but there are nearly 500 refugees brought back with their families in Linjing, and a few thatched shacks can't hold so many people. Lin Fu will not send these refugees to Jiangning for temporary resettlement. These people have to be resettled in the estuary. If they don't build a shack with enough shelter from the wind and rain, some people want to eat and sleep in the open.

The boat anchored in front of the estuary beach. The river beach here was paved with bricks and wood, and a dirt-stepped road leading to the shore was opened. Dozens of logs were also stranded.

"From Chaotianyi Ferry to Jinchuan Estuary, the straight line is only more than 40 miles. It took more than 400 people to drag their families and their mouths for five or six days. Don't worry about clothing, food, housing and transportation. I feel that I have lost a lot of weight these days. I really can't imagine how those tens of thousands of troops can move thousands of miles away?" Lin Jingzhong followed Lin Fu ashore and nag about the hard work of the past few days.

"...It could have gone faster. From small to large, no matter how large-scale military transfer, it is also organized by people, vehicles, horses, materials, etc.," Lin Fu smiled, logistics management and organization have always been difficult. He turned around and said to Lin Jingzhong, "Choose the able-bodied people to form a team, and the strong village women can also organize themselves to take care of ox carts, supplies, young children, the sick and the elderly, and prepare meals for everyone. To make sufficient predictions, a dedicated person in charge should be designated for each specific transaction, and a manager should be assigned for a large category of affairs. You can sort it out - it will take you a few more trips and you will have a personal experience."

Lin Jingzhong followed behind and thought about it, but he didn't notice that he stepped on the soft soil, collapsed a piece, and almost rolled down. Zhou Pu supported Lin Jingzhong from behind, Lin Bing looked back at Lin Jingzhong and said with a smile, "Take a step at your feet, this section of the ladder is too simple, and the soil is soft, if it rains hard, it will be out of shape, and there will be no way to lay it. Bricks and wood are temporarily used here, and it will be much better when the stone steps to the west are opened."

Lin Jingzhong followed him to the shore, and the shore was already moving. Qian Xiaowu and a few guys borrowed from Lin Mengde were instructing the refugees to move materials such as bamboo, wood, brick, stone, and lacquer to the west. It's not our land, the things are piled up, and the landlord will come to the door..."

"Not only do we pile things up, we also have to build shacks there, and put all these people in place first," Lin Fu said with a smile, "I went back to the city the day before yesterday, and got permission from the Procuratorate to allow the prison on Jinchuan Island to the west. The official document for the construction of the stack dock on the river embankment. In name, these recruited workers at the estuary have now been requisitioned by the Jinchuan Island prison. The land on the river embankment has naturally been requisitioned to temporarily house hired workers. Compensation for Qingmiao is..."

Seeing that Lin Fu said it lightly, Lin Jingzhong also felt relieved. No matter how powerful the power these days, the yamen is no bigger than the yamen. In the Jiangdong area, if you can't do things in the name of the inspector and the yamen, there are not many people who can do things. , occupying dozens of acres of land is a big thing.

Lin Jingzhong thought about one thing, and said to Lin Fu: "It's strange to say, who is the landowner who went up to the land on the river embankment in the western section? I've been looking for these days, but I can't find anyone. The cadastre inquired about the landlord and found that the land in the Hekou has changed hands no less than ten times in the past few decades, and the current landlord could not be found from the cadastre. In the village, the tenants only hand over the land rent to the rent collection warehouse every year. Who is the landlord? The tenants don’t even know, but the rent collection house refuses to reveal the names of the landlords… It seems that they are forced to show up.”

There are more than 100,000 households in Jiangning City, and some of them are used to saving money and burying them in underground kilns. The land in the hands of most small and medium-sized landlords in the city is relatively scattered, and large-scale farms cannot be formed. It is very troublesome to personally go to the countryside to collect rent and pay taxes when harvesting, especially when encountering rent resistance, these apartment-type small and medium-sized landlords Usually they are helpless. Even if they report to the government, they must first exploit the officials themselves. When there is demand, new things will be produced. In this case, the suburban towns have rent collection warehouses that replace the landlords in the city to collect land rent from the tenant farmers. Even many local landowners in the local area also yearn for the luxurious and convenient life in the city, so they handed over the land in their hands to the management of the rent collection warehouse, and dragged their family to live in the city as an apartment~www.wuxiaspot.com~ collect Rent booths are usually local powerhouses, and there are also many rent collection booths that have official backgrounds behind them. Since the county cadastral register is only updated every 20 to 30 years, it is impossible to timely reflect the process of land and field transactions in the past 20 to 30 years. There is a rent collection stack between the tenant and the landlord. It is really necessary to find out who the landlord is. Take some trouble.

Lin Mengde looked up at the sky and said, "I have to go back to the city before dark, so I won't delay."

"That's okay, be careful on the road, Uncle Meng." Lin Fu said.

Lin Mengde has spent a lot of energy helping Lin Fu these days, but he has always been the head of the Lin family in Jiangning, and there are still many things waiting for him to do in the Linji warehouse.

Although Lin Mengde acquiesced in allowing Lin Bie to set up his own business in Jiangning because of the helpless situation, but after a few months of getting along, especially seeing the means and courage displayed by Lin Bie, as well as the knowledge and knowledge that ordinary people are far behind. Lin Mengde just regretted that Lin Fu was not a child of the family, otherwise he would help Lin Fu win the position of the head of the family with all his might.

Lin Meng got into the carriage. Before his entourage raised the whip, he looked back and sighed in his heart: Lin Tingxun was still half-dead on the bed, and he didn't know who would eventually preside over the Lin family. He will send someone else to Jiangning to take his place.

Lin Mengde is a little bit in love, and everyone has private thoughts. He has been in charge of Jiangning for seven or eight years. Who would like to return to Shanglin to be a side child and be excluded from the core affairs of the Lin family? Thinking about it, he doesn't have the determination and luck like Lin Fu to stand on his own.

All kinds of factors made Lin Mengde determined to help Lin Bie, which could be regarded as a way out for himself.

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