The Founding of the Red Chamber

Lin Jing discussed business with these people during the day, and Tu Xiaosan made the army arrangements before he and Lin Jing left.At the same time, Yu Shuili inquired about returning to the water transport, and Tu Xiaosan discussed with Lin Jing, "I was thinking, it's still a water transport. For one thing, although Shui Li and the others were reeled earlier, the new group of people still have a good foundation. Second, both Shuili and Tu Xiaosan have a good understanding of the way of water transportation; third, there are a lot of people employed in water transportation, and most of them are young and strong, so they can naturally avoid people's eyes and ears when trained. What's more, the whole canal , that is, from the capital to Hangzhou, this waterway from north to south, if it can be controlled, it will be like a tiger with wings added to Lin Jing and Tu Xiaosan's grand plan of rebellion.

It can be seen from the eyes of Tu Xiaosan.

Lin Jing also admired Tu Xiaosan's vision, so Lin Jing said, "It's better than my way of smuggling salt outside the customs."

Tu Xiaosan said, "Your idea is also very important. If Shanhaiguan can establish a good relationship in advance, it will be of great benefit to our salt now, including in the future."

Lin Jing thought for a while, and said, "A few of their banks are selling, and they want to do business outside the pass. There is no reason not to manage Shanhaiguan well."

The only thing that Tu Xiaosan was worried about was the Huo family, Tu Xiaosan said, "Ah Jing, you mentioned the Huo family, the salt merchant's wealth, and the power of the world, if they recruit private soldiers, they may cause serious trouble in the long run."

Lin Jing smiled slightly, and said to Tu Xiaosan, "Although merchants are rich, as long as they have money, it is easy to recruit soldiers. However, it is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general. They don't have generals who can train soldiers. Don't worry about it. Hurry up." Just wait and see. At that time, I will have my own way to subdue him."

Tu Xiaosan and Lin Jing arranged the armaments and business in the three cities outside the pass, and sent away the owners of several banks. Fang, under the name of Xu's bank, led his confidants to the south of the pass.Lin Jing told Xiao Niuzi one thing, it is not necessary to get familiar with the Shanhaiguan guard here, not only the guard himself, but also the cronies around the guard should make a detailed and thorough investigation.

After that, the two entered the customs and went south.

Tu Xiaosan had committed crimes in Jinling before, and Jinling was well known to others. Although Jinling City experienced the Jinling King's Rebellion, just in case, he discussed with Lin Jing and did not use Jinling as the foundation, but chose to Hangzhou city.This is the starting point of the Grand Canal in Beijing and also the starting point of water transportation.

When the two arrived in Hangzhou, they first bought a modest house. In fact, a whole street was taken over by Lin Jing, and all the people living in the surrounding areas were people from the customs they brought from outside the customs.Tu Xiaosan opened a tea shop, Lin Jingzhen was a strange person, went out for a while, and actually got a certificate of guarantee for the examination of a scholar, and then, in the spring, from a child to a scholar, all the way was smooth, and he won the title of a scholar.

Tu Xiaosan was stunned, and said, "Ah Jing, you are so proficient in the knowledge of the imperial examination?"

"This is really nonsense. I was selected as a scholar in the capital. It's not easy to use the original name now. It's just a re-examination. You still think it's a rare thing." Lin Jing dusted off his clothes and said, "I want to go seriously. Examination, let alone a scholar, even raising a scholar is a piece of cake."

Because Tu Xiaosan had no chance to go to school since he was a child, he admired learned people the most. Although he knew that Lin Jing was a scholar, this time he saw with his own eyes that Lin Jing passed the exam again with ease, and Tu Xiaosan admired him even more. Ah Jing brother's knowledge.Tu Xiaosan said, "Ah Jing, what are you doing as a scholar?"

Lin Jing said, "If we want to operate in Hangzhou for a long time, we will naturally have to deal with the government. After we have fame, we will not worship officials. Moreover, with the fame, it is cheaper to deal with the people from Water Transport."

"They are all rough people, how can you get along with them."

"Although you can't get along with them, you can get along with the government." Lin Jing wanted to get involved in water transport, but he couldn't just join the group with empty teeth, and people didn't believe it.The advantage of Lin Jing and Tu Xiaosan is that both of them are good at dealing with the government.

Tu Xiaosan’s newly opened tea shop, the current situation among the people is just like Huidi shopkeeper Chen said, if there is no relationship, who would dare to do business on the street, one is the harassment of local hooligans, and the other is the government It's not easy to do business if you eat for free.

Tu Xiaosan met someone collecting protection fees within three days of opening. Tu Xiaosan is really familiar with this. He first took over the land of a street, and then, within three months, the underground forces in half of Hangzhou City were controlled by Tu Xiaosan. take over.In addition, there is half of the city, which is the territory of the Cao Gang.Most of these people's snobbery is on the river, but if they want to control the water transport in Hangzhou, they naturally need some people.Tu Xiaosan didn't want to confront the people from the Cao Gang in Hangzhou, so he accepted his subordinates for the time being, while Lin Jing used his status as a scholar to go to the magistrate's yamen to make connections, not only the magistrate's yamen, but also the second mansion with supervisors, Lin Jing is a young scholar Even if you can't go directly to the two senior officials, the confidantes of the two senior officials have already become brothers with Lin Jing.

Coupled with the situation in Hangzhou, the Cao Gang is powerful, and the government did not think that the Cao Gang would be the only one among the people. In addition, Lin Jing's disciple Xiaosan had the heart to show filial piety.

Moreover, although Tu Xiaosan took over most of the underground forces in Hangzhou, he even set up rules with the government.Tu Xiaosan held a meeting with the merchants in his half of the city, and discussed how much protection fees each of you would pay each month according to the size of your business. After that, you will give [-]% of the protection fees to the government, and then, the government officials are clearly prohibited from doing so. nuisance.

As long as the government has benefits, it is naturally willing.

And these merchants would rather be filial every month, and then have peace.

Of course, the implementation of any rule is not smooth sailing, but if there are government servants who disturb the merchants again, Lin Jing will stand up for the disturbed merchants and sue directly at the gate of the government.Those who don't know what is good and what is bad, at least lose their official positions, and at worst, they all go to prison.

In this way, after several times, although Lin Jing gained some notoriety, the law and order and business environment of half of Hangzhou have been greatly improved.Naturally, Tu Xiaosan's tea shredded business is booming.

The way of water transportation made Tu Xiaosan and Lin Jing two people to run against each other, although Tu Xiaosan took Lin Jing to the Cao Gang to visit the pier, and the half of the city forces that Tu Xiaosan gathered did not do anything to the Cao Gang.However, people are afraid of comparing themselves.Moreover, most of the Cao Gang's staff is composed of idle young adults in the city. These people also have to support their families and live their lives.Originally, everyone felt that being in the Cao Gang was not bad, with food, drink and support, but now, compared with Tu Xiaosan, the Cao Gang is simply a mob.

Even the Cao Gang's self-important strict rules are far worse than those of Lin Jingtu Xiaosan, who came out of the army.

For a time, Tu Xiaosan earned a huge reputation in Hangzhou.

The alternation of old and new forces is rarely carried out in a peaceful manner.

As Tu Xiaosan grew up, Bai Daguanshi, the leader of the Cao Gang in Hangzhou, couldn't sit still, and the official fight didn't happen.However, some small friction has not been broken.Tu Xiaosan naturally couldn't let his own people suffer, and when a batch of tea shredded goods were lost on the pier, Lin Jing went directly to the leader of the Jinling Cao Gang.

I don't know how Lin Jing negotiated this matter, the head of the Cao Gang made sworn brothers with him that day, Lin Jing directly joined the Cao Gang, when the Bai Guan heard about this, he immediately said that Lin Jing's apprentice Xiaosan had found something, To be very angry with the head of the Cao Gang, this is a dishonorable thing!

Lin Jing had a detailed talk with the big leader about some of the measures they implemented in Hangzhou, Lin Jing said, "I think there are mostly poor brothers in our gang, and we also put justice first in our actions, not like the fish and meat of the government. Therefore, I have always respected our gang. It's just that we don't explain things, and we can't argue. Although the rules in the gang are strict, we have always taken care of the people, but why, we are among the people, among the people , is still famous for gangs, not for benevolence and righteousness."

The head of the family put down the wine cup in his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "I'm not going to lie to my young brother, and I'm not afraid of your jokes. Some people will treat me like a gangster."

Lin Jing had a little smile in his eyes, thinking about the matter of Bai Guanshi, speaking, although the Cao Gang's behavior is better than that of the gangsters, it is really not on the stage.Of course Da understood the deep meaning in Lin Jing's smile, felt a little embarrassed, and said, "No matter how strict the clan's rules are, it can't hold back some useless things."

"Thinking about it, my elder brother also understands. This is the reason why our Cao Gang has not been able to make further progress among the people even though it is powerful. Although your heart is good, you can't stand the people below you. The brothers are all righteous people, but, think In order to have more prestige among the people, the rules of the gang must be stricter and stricter, and there must be more education in the gang for the people below. As for the people, I know better than me what the government is like now. The government only knows about the common people. Although we cannot Turn against the government, but I would rather make the price clear, as long as each family pays some money, from then on, doing business will reduce the government's extortion. People, who can not think of our Cao Gang?" Lin Jing's heart-to-heart words really made the head of the family happy.

The boss asked them about various affairs in Hangzhou, and Lin Jing knew everything.

In this way, Lin Jing stayed in Jinling for ten days. Except for important matters, the head of the family actually accompanied Lin Jing in person every day, and made wine with Lin Jing, and valued him very much.As for Lin Jing, even though he wants to establish a relationship with the big leader, he is unwilling to take the limelight from others. His skill of advancing and retreating well and being slick in all directions, which he has trained since childhood, even the members of the Cao Gang can't help admiring him.

In particular, Lin Jing is a scholar. Don't think that a scholar is just the beginning of his official career in the government, but in a gang like the Cao Gang, Lin Jing is definitely a high-educated high-educated person.

When Lin Jing bid farewell to Jinling City, the head of the family was so reluctant to give up and sent Lin Jing fifty miles away, the head of the family couldn't help but said, "Brothers in Hangzhou, naturally you are also a dragon and phoenix among people, but I love you at first sight, young brother. I really can't bear to part with you. If Qingdi is willing to stay, from then on, in the Cao Gang, besides me, there will be Qingdi."

Lin Jing smiled slightly and said, "In our Cao Gang, righteousness comes first. Qing is born with sourness. The folks say that a good woman should not marry two men. Qing thinks that a loyal minister should not serve two masters. My apprentice is very kind to Qing. Although Qing I have the intention of yearning for Big Brother Mu, but staying by Big Brother Mu's side like this, on the one hand, I have lost my apprentice's deep kindness, and on the other hand, I have lost the value of Big Brother Mu."

Even Lin Jing said the words "loyal ministers do not serve two masters". While the head of the family regretted it, he respected Lin Jing's character even more.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Tu Xiaosan: A good woman does not marry a second man, and a loyal minister does not serve a second master.Ah Jing, Ah Jing, I have received your wish.