Lord of the House

In the back garden of Gu Mansion, Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin and others sat around the table, talking and fanning their palms in the shade, and they didn't feel how hard this hot summer was.

"The Qingzhou Army mutiny trial concluded, Liu Yefei was seized for a crime, and he just arrived in Jiangning two days ago," Gu Wuchen said about a matter that Lin Fu hadn't been able to know in time, "Before others arrived in Jiangning, they sent their family members to Zangjin Bridge. I bought a big house there, saying that I want to cultivate my mind and hide in the busy city, I am afraid that I have the idea of ​​​​recovery..."

Liu Yefei, the former inspector of Shandong Province, resigned due to the mutiny of the Qingzhou army, but he just seized the post, but he did not lose his status. He still has the honor of being a scholar, and naturally there is still a chance to recover. Lin Fu originally thought that Liu Yefei would stay in Beijing to drill camp so that he could get the opportunity to resume his appointment as soon as possible, but he did not expect that he would come to Jiangning to watch the situation.

Jiang Ning really has all kinds of bulls, horses and snakes.

"The mutiny of the Qingzhou army is a big case. Liu Yefei wants to recover, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy..." Lin Fu said.

"It's hard to say, but whether Liu Yefei can recover or not, our situation can't be said to be worse. But as long as the Jiangdong Zuo Army can support Chongzhou, the situation here can't be said to be too bad," Gu Wuchen said. " On the prison island side, Qin Min contacted the various township parties to collect 100,000 taels of silver, and the matter of merging the prison island into the estuary was settled. The Lin family paid more for the money, and the family took out 50,000 yuan. Two silver coins come out, otherwise it will not be so easy to get together."

"There is no way to extort a sum of money," Lin Fie sighed lightly, "As long as we don't make extra cuts..."

"When it comes to this matter, the Minister of Press and Envoy is in charge; when a prison city is built at the mouth of the Chongzhou River, the Minister of Xuanfu can't keep a tael of silver. Sad face. Without a large amount of income, it is difficult to allocate a large amount of money. What we have to fight now is to fight for more money for you to build a prison city in Jiangkou, Chongzhou..." Gu Wuchen said, "Now Wang Tiancai is willing to give 50,000 yuan. Two silver, I'm afraid it's still a bit short."

Jiangdong County is located in affluent areas and has the reputation of "suhai cooked, the world is full", but the ten-year war in East Fujian mainly draws salaries from Jiangdong County and Jiangning Prefecture and other places, which consumes a lot of financial resources. The East Fujian war ended, and last year, when the East China Sea invaders invaded Taihu Lake and the Hongze invaders rioted in Dongyang and Haozhou, Jiangdong County had no chance to breathe.

After the defeat of Haozhou, Yue Lengqiu reorganized the Changhuai Army, with three times as many troops as before, and directly negotiated one million taels of silver with the Jiangning Prefecture, Jiangdong County Division, and the Weiyang Salt and Iron Division of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry. According to the standard of the Jiangning garrison, the salaries were drawn from various prefectures and counties. Although Jiangdong County was rich and prosperous, the finances still felt stretched and difficult to cope with.

Chongzhou wants to build a new city, even if it costs 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, the Xuanfu envoy refuses to take it out, which makes Han Zai unable to take the initiative from Lin Bie in Chongzhou.

"I can actually pay 50,000 taels of silver, and I recognize it. After all, people who are exiled to Chongzhou will not be raised in vain," Lin Fu said. Silver, I can't care... I have passed several letters with Dongyang and Jinhai, and I still think it would be better to take prison island into our hands."

Only two or three thousand acres of fertile land were reclaimed on the island. In addition to the buildings and docks on the island, the Dongyang Township Party spent 100,000 taels of silver to merge the island into the estuary. Pen. However, when it comes to the importance of the prison island to the estuary, the 100,000 taels of snowflake silver must be taken out with gritted teeth.

However, in the past year or so, Prison Island has matured for Lin Fu.

One mu of Shangtian in Jiangning is worth six to seven taels of silver, but the nearly 2,000 acres of vegetable gardens in Prison Island are much more fertile than those in Jiangning. Live pig and beach bird breeding and river fish fishing are also on a large scale. A system of virtuous circles. Relying on Jiangning, a big city with a population of nearly 600,000 to 700,000 people, the comprehensive income from vegetable farming, pig and beach poultry farming, and river fish fishing on the prison island is far higher than that of pure farming. In addition, Lin Bie also built two wharves on the prison island, and the prison cell can be used as a large-scale storage space. More than a dozen large-scale workshops have also been built. The largest spinning and weaving workshop on the prison island is also extremely large in Jiangning. rare.

After the abolition of Prison Island, most of the prisoners were moved to Chongzhou. As long as the Lin family and the Dongyang Township Party move one or two thousand mouths from the Hekou to the island, they can successfully maintain the normal operation of the prison island and make profits.

In this sense, 100,000 taels of silver would not be considered a big loss if the entire prison island was merged into the estuary.

The one who suffered the most was Lin Fu. He worked **** the prison island for more than a year, but he didn't enjoy much benefit. However, by abolishing the prison island and moving it to Chongzhou as a whole, the various craftsmen who have been cultivated for more than a year can make up for the lack of Xisha Island.

The Lin family took refuge in Jiangning for more than a year, and the expenses were also high. The 200,000 taels of silver brought from Shanglin had been used up after this consumption, and there was not much left.

However, Lin Fu, Lin Xuwen, and Lin Tingli discussed this matter several times in their letters. The advantages of holding Prison Island in the hands of the Lin family far outweighed the disadvantages.

Not only did Lin Bie formally set up a water camp in Chongzhou, but after the Lin family took refuge in Jiangning, they also focused on the development of the fleet. Now the total capacity has reached 60,000 stone, which is 30 to 40% higher than the total capacity of the two battalions in Jinghai. It's just that few ships can go out to sea. After Lin Fu transferred large sea ships to form a water camp, the size of the merchant fleet under the name of Jiyun Society has dropped sharply, the total capacity has dropped to about 10,000 stone, and there is also a shortage of sea ships that can go out to sea.

There are 600,000-700,000 to 700,000 people in Jiangning City, and the demand for materials is huge, which cannot be satisfied by the suburban counties near Jiangning. A large amount of materials needs to be imported from Waifu counties, which is also the largest and most mature under the current farming civilization. The commercial market, and the adjacent Weiyang, Pingjiang and Jiahang are all super cities with more than 150,000 cities. These cities and the surrounding prefectures and counties are mainly connected by water and river transportation.

In Shanglin, the Lin clan, who rose to prosper because of the city's business, naturally knew the meaning of Hell Island more clearly.

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Next, Lin Fu told Gu Wuchen, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin, and Lin Xulu a lot of things about Chongzhou, but he didn't mention about the aunt of the She family.

It is a huge expense to support Jiangdong Zuojun. Outsiders may think that the Lin clan has provided Jiangdong Zuojun with a certain amount of sponsorship, but it doesn't make much sense to hide from Gu Wuchen.

"If we can comprehensively check the fields and mouths of Chongzhou, at least 500,000 mu of escaped grain fields can be found," Lin Fu said. Many people went to the south to become tenant households, but the household register did not reflect it in time. For example, in Chongzhou, the 220,000 households were still counted 20 years ago. When I first arrived in Chongzhou, I estimated the actual household size in Chongzhou. There are 300,000. After this investigation of Terada and Yoda, I found that my previous estimate was still conservative."

"The 220,000 mu of land found in the bandit case is already amazing. I didn't expect you to hide so much in private," Zhang Yubo said with a slight emotion. Will Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian be inspired?"

If we can check the properties and small mouths of Jiangdong County and Jiangning Prefecture, the increased taxes will be enough to make up for the shortfall in the treasury over the years, and it will also be enough to support the war against the Eastern invaders and the Central Plains, but this is not easy to do. successful? If Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian were moved by this idea, Lin Fu wouldn't mind pushing them, but Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian were not that stupid.

Gu Wuchen shook his head and said, "If it can be done in Chongzhou, there are many factors that contribute to it. If it is pushed to the whole county, it will not be done... If Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian can act hastily, things will be easier."

Jiangdong County is located in a wealthy area, and many families have spare resources to support their children to study. The literacy rate is much higher than that of other counties. There are also many people who have become officials. Coupled with all kinds of people who have made up their careers, it has become a force of the Wu Party. . They are either big landowners themselves, or they collude with local powerful clans, and a comprehensive inventory of land and small mouths will directly strip a large chunk of their interests that they have swallowed in their stomachs. It is conceivable that their counterattack will also be deadly and frantic.

If there is no foreign aggression, and there is no such large-scale civil strife as the Seven Great Bandits and East China Sea Bandits, the powerful and powerful imperial court may be able to accomplish this. It is absolutely impossible.

Lin Bie was able to do this in Chongzhou without even encountering much resistance. I really want to thank the East China Sea bandits for capturing the massacre of Chongzhou. While greatly reducing the local power, it also made the East China Sea bandits the main contradiction in Chongzhou, and no one in the local area dared to come forward and put resistance to the bandit case. This was done successfully.

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At night, the Dongyang Township Party organized a dust-cleaning banquet for Lin Fu at Hekou. Gu Wuchen assumed his identity and did not participate in this banquet. Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin came out of the city at dusk. Gu Wuchen also specially asked Zhao Qinmin to accompany him to Hekou~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, also rode a horse and followed Lin Fu and them out of the city, but there was no chance for close contact under the watchful eyes of everyone. When he arrived at the river mouth, Gu Yingxiucheng wanted to go straight back to Lin's house, and asked Lin Fu with a smile through the gauze: "The Chongzhou monastery has been destroyed by you, do you still have the heart to ask about Buddhism?"

Lin Fu knew that Gu Yingxiu was asking him to meet at the nunnery, and replied with a smile, "Of course, there are still things in mind to worship the Buddha."

The town of Hekou has formed a scale, and the riverside wharf can berth six Jiyun-class sailboats at the same time. Summer grains are listed, and the daily inflow and outflow of rice grains in the Hekou reaches as much as 10,000 stone. It has become one of the four rice cities in Jiangning, replacing the status of Quyang Town and becoming Jiangning. The premier water and land pier outside the city. Nowadays, various families have raised funds to merge the prison island into the estuary, making the estuary's position outside Jiangning increasingly consolidated. This enabled the Dongyang Township Party to gain huge benefits from it, and it also became an important source for Dongyang Township Yong and Jiangdong Zuo Army to raise money.

The Dongyang Township Party also condensed into a powerful force in the Hekou, but unfortunately there are few prominent officials, only Gu Wuchen, Lin Xuwen and other people, unable to form a force group that can oppose Zhang Yue in the court.

The Dongyang Township Party is still a little worried about the positions of Gu Wuchen and Tang Haoxin, but they have high hopes for the military victory of the Jiangdong Zuo Army, who is famous for being the king of Qin in the north. Even if he is still a little weak, he has the ability to protect himself.

The marriage of Lin Fu and Gu Junxun is not only the expectation of the Lin family and the Gu family, but also the expectation of the entire Dongyang Township Party.

Lin Fu restrained his drinking, but he couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the township party. When the banquet was over, he was drunk and reassured, and walked lightly to the nunnery in the back to have a tryst with the Seventh Madam. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter