The Founding of the Red Chamber

When Tu Xiaosan returned to the city, Lin Jing had already arranged the post-war affairs in the city. Although basically the whole city was mobilized to kill a hundred Japanese bandits, in Lin Jing's opinion, there was really nothing to say.However, for the people of Haiyan, this is a big victory that they can't even imagine.Many people were moved and shed tears of joy and sorrow.Lin Jing even encouraged everyone after the war. From this time when he killed the Japanese bandits, Lin Jing said that the Japanese bandits are also mortal and not invincible. He encouraged everyone to guard the city and defend their hometown children.At the same time, Lin Jing has already counted the battle achievements and promised to report to everyone. Moreover, Lin Jing also praised the squire's help this time.

So, basically, when Tu Xiaosan returns to the city, what needs to be done has already been done.

What Lin Jing was concerned about was that Tu Xiaosan was going well outside.

Tu Xiaosan's armor was stained with blood, but there was no wound on his body.Tu Xiaosan saw Lin Jing, saw that Lin Jing was fine, asked about the Battle of the Acropolis, and then told them about their going out.The Japanese bandits were a bowl of water, and there were a hundred Japanese bandits who came to attack the city. Tu Xiaosan and his party basically encountered a hundred Japanese bandits. Lin Jing was delighted to hear the number, and the corners of his lips curled up, "If you don't come to Haiyan, I really don't know that there is such a thing in the world. Haiyan is also a county with city defense. You took away 700 people. Now two hundred Japanese bandits dare to divide the army. One team robs your goods and the other comes to attack the city. This Japanese bandit really has extraordinary courage."

Tu Xiaosan said, "It's normal to be courageous, but the Japanese invaders are rampant. Most of the local people are terrified. When they see the Japanese bandits, they have no fighting spirit and let them be slaughtered. Don't say a hundred people, there are 30 or [-] Japanese people." The bandits can sometimes slaughter a whole county, and if they hadn’t really come to the south of the Yangtze River, I wouldn’t believe those documents and battle reports.”

Lin Jing asked, "How about the soldiers who went out with you?"

"At the beginning, we were confused, and there were a few casualties. Fortunately, it gradually stabilized. The main reason is that we were in the wild, and they had no way out. If they didn't fight, they would die. We all worked together to find a way out. "Tu Xiaosan said, "I am away, but I am more worried about you. When I left, there were only three hundred old and weak soldiers left in the county."

"As you said, there are still old, weak and disabled soldiers. The old, weak and disabled died earlier. Our new recruits are at least under the age of 40." Lin Jing said, "They also panicked first, and later Be steady. The current battle has boosted morale. However, the Japanese bandits will not give up knowing that they have been defeated. We still need to recruit more soldiers here."

Tu Xiaosan also thought this way.

However, Tu Xiaosan is limited by his official position. He is now a thousand households. According to the regulations of the imperial court, the maximum number of soldiers recruited cannot exceed [-]. Because Haiyan was harassed by Japanese bandits and it belongs to a war zone, Tu Xiaosan can only recruit enough soldiers. Thousands of households in the Taiping land boundary are not fully staffed.

The problem now is how to deal with the counterattack of Japanese bandits.

According to Lin Jing's meaning, it is natural to recruit troops.The current official position of Yitu Xiaosan, and the number of arrests in the third squad of Haiyan County, even if they have recruited enough people, there are only more than 1000 or two hundred people.If the Japanese bandits gather to counterattack and avenge this big defeat, then there will definitely be more than two hundred Japanese bandits coming next time.

Even if Lin Jing recruited troops, he still had to train. Even if he could train in time, Lin Jing was worried that these 1000 or [-] people would not be enough to cope with the counterattack of the Japanese bandits.

Want to expand the number of recruits? With Tu Xiaosan's current official position, it would be taboo to expand the number of troops hastily.

Lin Jing discussed the matter with Tu Xiaosan, and Tu Xiaosan said, "This time we won a big victory in Haiyan, I thought that the court would definitely reward me, and when I arrive in Fucheng, I can ask the general. But I'm afraid I won't be able to wait." At that time, the Japanese bandits will come."

Lin Jing was also worried.

After thinking about it for a while, Tu Xiaosan first sent the victory report to the Hangzhou government, and at the same time asked the government to send troops to support in case the Japanese bandits raided.It's just that neither of them is sure about sending troops.

However, no matter what, the good news and official documents must be sent out first.

Lin Jing and Tu Xiaosan discussed whether they wanted to go to Hangzhou in person.Tu Xiaosan is a military officer, and the supreme official ordered not to leave the station without authorization. If he goes to Hangzhou at this time, it must be Lin Jing who goes there.It doesn't matter to Tu Xiaosan to go by himself. Once Lin Jing wants to leave the city, Tu Xiaosan is a little worried. Lin Jing said, "It's not important right now. If you want to gain military power in the southeast, you must be in charge of fighting against the Japanese. Now go over, first with the general." It’s not a bad thing to deal with the Governor’s Mansion. You don’t have to worry about me, we just reeled these Japanese bandits, and it will take some time for them to come again. But here in Yancheng, you have to be careful.” Lin Jing was not sure about bringing the reinforcements. Come.

Tu Xiaosan said, "You have more experience in defending the city than I do, so I might as well go to Hangzhou."

"Nonsense again, you have just made military exploits, if you have not been summoned to go to Hangzhou rashly at this time, if you fall into the eyes of interested people, I am afraid that you will be said to be proud of your merits." Lin Jing said, "Just don't worry, I will bring more guards, I will not Something happened."

It's not that Tu Xiaosan and Lin Jing don't have people available here, but Lin Jing is planning to go to Hangzhou this time to ask for reinforcements, and secondly, he's also planning to go to the General's Mansion and Governor's Mansion to make connections.Tu Xiaosan and his fellows were all natives, and if they fought in war, they were absolutely loyal and unsparing. However, those people in the officialdom are not as good as Lin Jing even though they have experienced in the past few years. Immersed in wealthy families for many years, I am familiar with them.What's more, Lin Jing has always been unpredictable, they have a normal relationship with Hang Cheng, they just spent some money to buy Tu Xiaosan a vacancy for thousands of households, this time, things are not easy to handle.Lin Jing was thinking, first get through the relationship with Hangzhou, and then send Chen Erqing and other confidants to contact and move around.

Therefore, Lin Jing must be going this time.If it wasn't for Lin Jing, he would have asked Tu Xiaosan to go in person, but Tu Xiaosan didn't want to leave the residence lightly, so only Lin Jing went there.

Tu Xiaosan arranges Chen Erqing who has been with him for many years to Lin Jing, and asks Chen Erqing to protect Lin Jing.At the same time, Tu Xiaosan arranged 50 guards for Lin Jing. Lin Jing felt that this man was out of his mind. He brought [-] people enough, but Tu Xiaosan definitely couldn't agree. In the end, the two gave in and Lin Jing brought [-] guards to defend himself.

Tu Xiaosan babbled on and on for most of the night, healed Lin Jing's insomnia without any medicine, and fell asleep amidst Tu Xiaosan's nagging, Tu Xiaosan saw that Lin Jing was fast asleep, and touched his breast with love and distress. face, put one hand on Lin Jing's shoulder and fell asleep.

On the second day, Lin Jing ordered all the troops to go to Hangzhou. Tu Xiaosan personally sent him ten miles away, and Lin Jing drove him back. It's just a trip to Hangzhou, seeing you like this, how can you be a bitch."

Tu Xiaosan was not afraid to say, he straightened Lin Jing's cloak, and said, "Come back as soon as the matter is over, even if it doesn't work, it's okay, you come back, I feel at ease." Although Tu Xiaosan knew about these relations in the officialdom It must be taken care of, and besides, there is no more suitable candidate than Lin Jing.However, no matter how suitable it was, if Tu Xiaosan had someone else to choose, he would not let Lin Jing do these things of asking for help.

"Understood." Lin Jing lazily replied, and waved his hand at Tu Xiaosan, "Okay, I'll go now, you can come back too."

Tu Xiaosan kept watching Lin Jing go away, until Lin Jing was no longer in sight, stopped for a while, and then rode back to the city.

Lin Jing's progress in Hangzhou was not too difficult, but it was not that easy either.

The good news in Yancheng really shocked General Ji of Hangzhou. Seeing the 180 heads and [-] captives killed, General Hangzhou praised Lin Jing very much. , Tu Xiaosan is a thousand households in Yancheng.

Of course, Tu Xiaosan was the first to contribute to this battle, but superior officials such as General Hangzhou and the Governor of Zhejiang also contributed.General Hangcheng met Lin Jing in person, and asked about the Japanese bandit battle in detail. Lin Jing would naturally not be modest, but he did not exaggerate, just telling the truth.General Hangcheng is also a serious third-rank post. Even if you are an old man in the officialdom, you are not lacking in judgment. When Lin Jing talked about the initial panic of the officers and soldiers guarding the city, General Ji sighed, "The Japanese bandits often disturb the people, and the common people are scared. I broke my courage, but fortunately you have stabilized your position, so you have this victory."

Lin Jing said, "It can be seen that the blood in the people is still there."

General Ji nodded, and said with a smile, "This time, the great achievements of Yancheng, the general will definitely show up for you in person."

Lin Jing thanked him, and said he was worried about Yancheng, thinking that he wanted some reinforcements to go there.General Ji thought for a while, and said, "Japanese pirates have always had a strong desire for revenge, so what you said is reasonable, but sending troops is not a trivial matter, I would like to ask the governor for instructions."

Lin Jing said, "Listen to the general's arrangement."

Lin Jing was able to make a trip in person because it was not impossible to transfer troops.Because, when Haiyan established the exploits against the Japanese, the Zhedi Army must have salivated and yearned for the possible exploits in the future.

Seeing that General Ji had nothing to say, Lin Jing withdrew neither humble nor overbearing.

Lin Jing lived in Hangzhou for a period of time, and he also brought enough silver when he came to Hangzhou this time. Naturally, it was not easy for General Ji to see him.However, the staff around General Ji are not as grand as General Ji.Lin Jing did not directly send a heavy gift to the General's Mansion, but gave the gift through Mr. Fang, General Ji's staff member. Mr. Fang saw Lin Jing's handwriting and methods, and knew that this was not a melon egg in the officialdom.Mr. Fang accepted the gift on behalf of the master's family, and accepted Lin Jing's post, and went to the teahouse to have tea together. Lin Jing was only concerned about the reinforcements. Yes, there is still some integrity, and Lin Jing revealed, "I heard that Vice General Xu is good at fighting."

Lin Jing's heart sank, but he didn't show it. He had done this kind of psychological construction before, and it has always been like this in officialdom, especially in the army, where military merit is the most important.Now that Yancheng has defeated the Japanese pirates, it is natural for the generals of Hangzhou to be greedy.If Lin Jing's relationship is strong enough, naturally no one would dare to go to Yancheng to fight for meritorious service, but their roots in the south of the Yangtze River are not deep, so it is not uncommon for someone to choose Yancheng for military merit.

Tu Xiaosan is only a fifth-rank thousand householder, but the deputy general is a regular fourth-rank, two ranks higher than Tu Xiaosan, once Deputy General Xu goes to Yancheng, he will be in charge of Tu Xiaosan.Not to mention that Vice General Xu has his own troops, but that Vice General Xu will use Tu Xiaosan heavily. Then, once Yancheng has military merits in the future, Vice General Xu must be responsible for the division.This is still based on Deputy General Xu's rationality. If he encounters a military incompetent who only knows how to fight for merit, there will be more troubles.

However, because Lin Jing had been mentally prepared for a long time, he kept smiling earnestly, continued his tea for Fang's staff, and said with a smile, "Mr.'s vision can't be worse. If Vice General Xu is here, if it's cheap, you have to introduce him to me." , so I can go over and say hello to our Qianhu."

Mr. Fang's eyes have also been practiced for many years. As a result, he can only see the sincerity and sincerity on Lin Jing's face, and he doesn't know whether Lin Jing is really happy or fake.However, Lin Jing's words were sensible and interesting, so Mr. Fang also said, "Deputy General Xu likes scholars the most. Ah Qing, you are born as a scholar, so he will be happy."

Lin Jing took advantage of the opportunity to inquire, "It sounds like a Confucian general."

Mr. Fang liked Lin Jingming's knowledge and interest, so he revealed some of Lieutenant General Xu's preferences with Lin Jing, so that Lin Jing could go to Lieutenant General Xu to take care of him.

Lin Jing and Mr. Fang had tea for half a day, and at noon they invited a famous song and dance party in Hangzhou to serve wine. After the guests and hostess enjoyed themselves, Mr. Fang said goodbye and left, feeling that Lin Jing was a good friend.

After Mr. Fang left, Lin Jing's smiling face sank slightly, and the worst prediction happened - the tree hadn't grown yet, and someone had to pick the fruit.