The Founding of the Red Chamber

Lin Jing's career development plan is different from that of ordinary rebels. Ordinary rebels usually find a base for training secretly. It is the same as the reason why Lin Jing and Tu Xiaosan bought land in the mountains, but Lin Jing is not prepared to be like a thief. The land was bought in the mountains, and then, it continued to grow and develop like a thief.In Lin Jing's view, they have a legal status, so why don't they develop in the officialdom.Over the years, the reason for being able to work on foreign foundations is that several of them have official positions in the government. Only by developing from the officialdom can they gather a team more quickly and efficiently.

Lin Jing decided to follow the example of acting outside the customs.

Lin Jing and Tu Xiaosan discussed about buying a thousand-household title, Lin Jing said, "One is to recruit people in an open and aboveboard manner, and the other is to act in the army, after all, it is aboveboard."

Tu Xiaosan has also tasted the sweetness of being an official, and he agrees with Lin Jing's idea very much. Tu Xiaosan poured Lin Jing a cup of longan tea and smiled, "This is not urgent, let Guanshi Yan tell you a letter first, lest he Surprised then."

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Jing also understood what Tu Xiaosan meant, they were neither far nor close to the Cao Gang, and it was not good for the Cao Gang to know about this matter.Not only do you want them to know, but you have to let them know beforehand.Lin Jing raised his eyebrows, "I'll talk to Guanshi Yan."

Tu Xiaosan has always disliked Lin Jing's dealings with people from the Cao Gang. In Tu Xiaosan's view, Lin Jing, who is naturally delicate and noble, should live among the beautiful flowers, be loved and served by others.As for the Cao Gang, Tu Xiaosan had dealt with him earlier in the morning.Tu Xiaosan himself was a bandit and a bandit, and he is not ashamed of that experience. Tu Xiaosan believes that the Cao Gang is just an extra layer of "righteousness" than ordinary bandits.However, even with this skin, these people are still bandits.Tu Xiaosan always felt that Lin Jing shouldn't associate with such people, not to mention sworn brothers with these people.Tu Xiaosan already regretted letting Lin Jing go to Jinling City alone, Tu Xiaosan said, "Let me say it."

"It's more appropriate for me to say than for you."

Tu Xiaosan took a step back, "Then I will go with you."

Lin Jing no longer objected.

Guanshi Yan and Tu Lin had a good relationship and they came as soon as they invited him. When he heard that Tu Xiaosan wanted to buy an official, he was a little surprised and said, "Brother, you have done a good job in the city, why do you want to buy an official position? You are bound by that, isn't it?" The temperament of people in our Jianghu."

Tu Xiaosan said, "Brother Yan, I don't know, we still have an official status, and we will act with confidence in our actions in the future. Otherwise, when we meet those officials, we will always look down and feel uncomfortable!"

Guanshi Yan thought that Tu Xiaosan wanted to buy a false title, and said with a smile, "That's true, buy an official status, and then go out to do things, and it's decent to say it."

Lin Jing smiled, "Brother Yan, you can buy one together. Let's go together. I will handle the procedures. It's very cheap."

Guanshi Yan said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, brother Qing, I already have the title of co-prefect."

Lin Jing laughed, raised his glass and said, "Brother Yan is ahead of us."

It's just that even Guan Yan didn't expect that what Tu Xiaosan bought was not a false title, but a lack of it.

Tu Xiaosan handed over the money left over from buying the official to Lin Jing, and asked Lin Jing to keep it. Lin Jing was not in a hurry to collect the money, but asked Tu Xiaosan, "Hangzhou is a good place. The five ranks and thousands of households in Hangzhou, At least five thousand silver is needed, how can there be so much left?" Lin Jing gave Tu Xiaosan ten thousand silver at the beginning, but Tu Xiaosan got back seven thousand and five.This is also far from what Lin Jing estimated.

Tu Xiaosan said, "It's just two thousand five."

"Where are the thousands of households?" Although there is a garrison in Hangcheng, it is impossible for the garrison to be stationed in the city, and they have to be divided into places. When Lin Jing saw the money of Tu Xiaosanhua, he felt that something was wrong.Tu Xiaosan said, "Thousands of sea salt households."

When Lin Jing heard this, he almost crushed the bank note.After being away from home for these years, Lin Jing knew that the world is difficult, money is hard to earn, and there will be many places to spend money in the future. Lin Jing put the bank notes on the table and asked Tu Xiaosan, "How to buy sea salt for thousands of households? In the past half a year in Hangcheng, I have heard of the Japanese bandits."

Tu Xiaosan, "It is precisely because of the severe Japanese plague in Haiyan that it is easy to recruit troops after the past."

Lin Jing naturally knew this truth. Back then, the bandits in Hanzhou City were equally powerful. Lin Jing put the banditry under control and took power in Hanzhou City.The current situation in Hangzhou is naturally not as easy as that outside the customs. Since the imperial court has not strictly controlled the place outside the customs, Hangzhou is a well-known land of fish and rice, a rich land.However, such a fertile and prosperous land also has a confidant's trouble that has to be mentioned. It is none other than the Japanese bandits.Last month, the Japanese pirates invaded Haiyan and went all the way to Jiaxing. Not to mention the thousand households in Haiyan, even the prefect of Jiaxing died fighting the Japanese pirates during the Japanese raids. The city of Hangzhou was solid and the Japanese pirates did not invade Hangzhou.

However, even if it is cheap recruiting, there is no need for such a fierce place as Haiyan!Lin Jing said to Tu Xiaosan, "In a place like Haiyan, there are still two thousand and five thousand households, and no one goes to the two hundred and fifty. How many thousands of households are dead in Haiyan, and if there are not one thousand, there are eight hundred."

Seeing that Lin Jing was not happy, Tu Xiaosan handed the candied fruit to Lin Jing again, and smiled, "It's not that cheap."

"I mean you are two hundred and five. There are more than a thousand households in Hangzhou who can train soldiers. The Japanese infestation in Zhejiang is not a matter of one day. When we first arrived in Hangzhou, we were just practicing with some street ruffians. How long have they been training?" It's too risky to go to Haiyan at this time." Lin Jing didn't eat the candied fruit.

Tu Xiaosan handed the candied fruit to Lin Jing's lips, "Although the Japanese infestation is severe in Haiyan, I think it's a good place." Once you hear the name, you know it's a rich place.

Lin Jing is not stupid, so he naturally understood the meaning of Tu Xiaosan's words, so Lin Jing took the candied fruit and said earnestly, "There are government offices and Cao Gang in Hangzhou City, and there is indeed not much land left for us. Since you We are optimistic about Haiyan, we need to make some achievements."

"It's natural."

Lin Jing asked him, "I will go to Haiyan with you, who do you think is suitable to keep in Hangzhou?"

Tu Xiaosan thought for a while, "Let Chen Erqing be in charge, and Xu Jiasanlang be his deputy. If there is anything important, it will only take a day's journey for them to go to Haiyan."

Lin Jing nodded, "That's it."

The two are about to leave for Haiyan. One is that there are many things to explain at home, and the other is that there are some friends who should say goodbye.Steward Yan heard that Tu Xiaosan was going to fight against the Japanese, and the place he was in was Haiyan. Steward Yan got up straight away and respected Tu Xiaosan three glasses of wine. It's not easy to go here.However, a man of eight feet, full of blood, is always admirable!

In this way, Lin Jing and the third apprentice took their farewell wine and went down to Haiyan with their hands.

Haiyan is not far from Hangzhou, but it was only in Haiyan that Tu Xiaosan understood what kind of situation he was facing.First of all, the number of thousands of soldiers under his command was actually no more than three hundred.It's not that there are 40 empty pay, but that the previous 40 quota has only 40 left after defeating the Japanese pirates.Among the 40 actual members, half are veterans over the age of 50.Know what it means to be 40?These days, as long as a [-]-year-old man is in a normal marriage, he will be a grandparent at the age of [-].Nowadays, the life expectancy of people at the age of [-] can be called an old man, and sixty is definitely a long life.Moreover, these veterans do not have sound arms and legs.The remaining half are all under [-] years old... But, in Tu Xiaosan's words, it's miserable to watch.

Since Tu Xiaosan is the chief general, Lin Jing is his secretary.

Lin Jing followed Tu Xiaosan to inspect the remaining generals in the city, saw the burnt city bazaar, and even the half-burned boats, Lin Jing asked Tu Xiaosan, "Do you regret it?"

A manly man, the disciple Xiaosan insisted, insisting, "No!"

Lin Jing could tell what he was thinking by looking at his square face, Lin Jing said, "It's too late to regret it, you deserve it!"

The author has something to say: Tu Xiaosan: Eat candied fruit on Valentine’s Day~