The Founding of the Red Chamber

If Yancheng's military achievements are so eye-catching, it is not surprising that people from Hangzhou will come to pick the fruits.However, just after two hundred Japanese pirates were killed, General Hangcheng ordered his subordinates to come down to pick the fruits. This kind of vision really made Lin Jing feel emotional - he couldn't see three inches in front of him.

Such a person can actually achieve the rank of a third-rank general.

People like General Ji are naturally in the court.At this time, Lin Jing didn't care about General Ji's background. After he returned to his residence, he first sent people out to inquire about the relationship between that Vice-General Xu and General Ji.In the end, it was okay not to inquire, but once inquired, it was indeed not an ordinary relationship. Vice General Xu was not an outsider to General Ji. This was recruited by General Ji as his son-in-law in the army.After further inquiry, it turns out that he married the daughter of General Ji's family, which shows that General Ji is not generally satisfied with Xu's son-in-law.

Of course, Lin Jing also inquired about Vice General Xu's personality. At least, Vice General Xu's command is full of soldiers, and Lin Jing is quite relieved about this.After all, if things didn't work out, Vice General Xu would really go to Yancheng to pick the fruits, and Lin Jing also hoped that he would go to a capable person, not an idiot.

While Lin Jing was inquiring about Vice General Xu, since he came to Hangzhou this time, there was no reason not to keep in touch with his old friends. Whether it was the steward of the industry who stayed in Hangzhou, or the steward Yan of the Cao Gang branch, there were naturally some come and go.

Steward Yan was well-informed, heard about Haiyan’s great victory, and prepared a generous gift to congratulate Lin Jing. Lin Jing said that Steward Yan was polite, and when he heard Steward Yan’s praises, Lin Jing even said, “I can’t be Yan Yan.” Big brother praises me, I only heard about the Japanese bandits in the past. Before I went, I couldn’t see it in person. It’s okay. The world is not peaceful now, and I have seen bandits when I went out, but there are bandits, and everyone is just short of money and borrowing some money. Where are there Japanese bandits? If you die, all the old people will beheaded, and the women will be arrested and raped together, it is not a person. As long as we are men, who does not hate Japanese bandits!"

Lin Jing couldn't hide his disgust for the Japanese bandits as he spoke, raised his hand to drink a glass of wine, and ate with Guanshi Yan.Guanshi Yan sighed, "Who says it's not? I have an aunt who was married to Jiashan. Because her family lived well, there was a Japanese plague that year, and thirty or fifty members of the family disappeared." He held the lamp for Lin Jing himself, and said, "If you don't do it for anyone else, just rely on the young brother to kill the Japanese, and the foolish brother will toast the young brother. A man should be as brave as the young brother, so that he will not live in vain." Lin Jing Yujiang's alias was Li Qing.

The two drank another cup, Lin Jingqian said, "Brother Yan should not say that, if brother Yan is in Haiyan, he will be just like me."

Guanshi Yan inevitably asked about the war in Haiyan, Lin Jing said roughly, and Lin Jing said, "If you talk about Haiyan, it is really a first-class place. If there is no Japanese plague, the life of the people could not be better."

"Isn't that right? During the Taiping period, Haiyan was a first-class wealthy place." Guan Shi said, "To tell you the truth, young brother, when I was young, I went to Haiyan to trade tea shreds for salt. However, years ago Haiyan was attacked by Japanese bandits, and the market outside the city was robbed seven times and eighty times, and I heard that those hateful Japanese bandits even set fire to the market.”

"Yes." Lin Jing ate two white shrimps carefully, and said, "However, it's okay, because of the robbery of the previous market, now we have moved all the markets to the city. There is no market outside, and the city wall has been newly built. Not to mention, as long as Haiyan City is there, merchants and common people will be safe."

"This is a good idea." Guanshi Yan praised, "So, it is not difficult to reproduce the prosperity of the market."

Lin Jing talked about the future development of Haiyan with Guanshi Yan. Lin Jing said, "I don't dare to exaggerate now, because the soldiers have not been trained for a long time, so I can only keep Haiyan City safe. If we can train an elite army in the future, it will be Around Haiyan, once there are merchants coming and going, we can send troops to escort them, so how can we be afraid of Japanese bandits? Hey, but, these words can only be said now, let’s see later.”

Officer Yan saw that Lin Jing's heart to suppress the Japanese was extremely strong, and in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as they were not spies of the Japanese bandits, there was no one who would not hate the Japanese bandits.Guanshi Yan reminded Lin Jing, saying, "The Japanese bandits are always very vengeful, young brother, you should be careful." Then, Guanshi Yan said something, "Zhao Qianhu from Jiashan County was also a man who was good at fighting. , Once, the Japanese bandits attacked the county seat and were defeated by Zhao Qianhu. Later, the Japanese bandits assembled thousands of people to attack Jiashan, hey..." Guanshi Yan didn't want to mention the latter thing, but just told Lin Jing, "Young brother, you must Be careful."

Lin Jing said seriously, "Brother Yan, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention."

After all, Lin Jing and his party had only been in the south of the Yangtze River for a short time, and if Guan Shi hadn't told him about Jiashan, he really didn't know much about it.However, this matter was not a bad thing for Lin Jing. After he thought about it for a while, he asked someone to prepare a heavy gift for Mr. Fang, the staff member of General Hangzhou General Ji. "There was the matter of Jiashan first, so General Ji has to take care of us in Yancheng."

Originally, this time Yancheng made such a modest military exploit, many people in Hangzhou were jealous, and even General Ji wondered if he should send his son-in-law there so that if the Japanese bandits come again, it will be easy Some exploits.As a result, Lin Jing's words reached General Ji's ears, and General Ji immediately felt that his life was more important.

Fortunately, the matter of sending his son-in-law to assist Haiyan has not yet been told to the governor. General Ji thought about it for a long time, and he felt that although Haiyan's military exploits are eye-catching, if Haiyan repeats the same mistakes as Jiashan, the safety of his son-in-law is of the utmost importance!

To give Lin Jing such a bluff, General Ji was truly worthy of Lin Jing's judgment on him, and his eyes were on the one-acre three-point land in front of him, so he changed his mind immediately, thinking that he should recommend someone else.

When General Ji asked for instructions from Governor Zhang, Governor of Zhejiang Province, Governor Zhang said, "General Ji, do you have any talents to recommend to me?"

General Ji said hastily, "Your Excellency's eyesight is a thousand times better than that of a lower official. The lower official listens to your lord's orders." Then, General Ji couldn't say that no one recommended him. He didn't recommend his son-in-law. Three people were recommended, all with the rank of a thousand households.

Governor Zhang thought for a while and said, "It's good that Lin Qianhu is good at fighting in Yancheng. What happened in Jiashan earlier is indeed heartbreaking. In this way, Lin Qianhu will definitely be promoted in the court based on his military exploits. I remember Zhuo Qianhu also It’s the time of the war, so let Zhuo Qianhu go there. Tell him that when we arrive in Yancheng, we will obey Lin Qianhu’s orders and guard Yancheng. When I came to Jiangnan, it was not easy to use my original name and surname, so I took the surname Lin.

Lin Jingli's gift was in place, and coupled with his promotion of Jiashan's lessons learned from the past, fortunately, there were no popular people in the army to fight for the reinforcement of Yancheng. Moreover, Governor Zhang accepted the gift happily, and the person sent to Yancheng was his apprentice Xiaosan It is Zhuo Qianhu who is of the same rank as Tu Xiaosan.Although they are of the same rank, as Governor Zhang said, Tu Xiaosan is a man of military exploits, even if it takes time for the court to reward him, based on his military exploits in Yancheng, he can be promoted.What's more, Tu Xiaosan is a thousand households in Yancheng, and he is a local snake in Yancheng. If he can't subdue Zhuoqianhu who came from Hangzhou, then Governor Zhang can't help it either.

Now that reinforcements were sent, Governor Zhang and General Ji were not petty people, and he was generous even with the supplies of weapons.

Before Lin Jing returned to Yancheng, he specially invited Zhang Ji's confidantes and aides to have a drink, which can be regarded as strengthening the relationship.When they turned around, they naturally wanted to return to their respective masters, General Ji smiled, "This Lin Qianhu looks ordinary, I don't think there are such clever people under his command."

Governor Zhang twirled his gray beard, pondered for a moment and said, "Looking at Lin Qianhu's identity document, he is from an ordinary background. Although Li Wenshu next to him has a reputation as a scholar, his communication skills are not ordinary talents. some."

The surname of the staff next to Governor Zhang is He, but there are only about thirty people. They are already the confidantes of Governor Zhang. It's not surprising. It's just that I think this scholar's clerk has a good conversation and elegant manner, which doesn't seem to be from an ordinary background."

Governor Zhang raised his eyebrows, "Scholars in their twenties, even in the south of the Yangtze River, can be said to be young talents. If you put it on ordinary people, you have to hurry up and continue studying articles. This Li Qing and Li Wenshu are not in a hurry. If you want to take another exam for fame, you are following a thousand households to fight against the Japanese. This is not something ordinary people can do."

After a short pause, Governor Zhang said, "If you are from a poor family, you are not in a hurry to get fame. If you are from a decent family, which family allows him to be so casual? This is another point that doesn't make sense. place."

Mr. He frowned carefully, and said, "My subordinates have seen Li Xiucai's family background. His parents died when he was young, and he was raised by an uncle."

Governor Zhang waved his hand, "Let's take a look at it for now."

Lin Jing reversed the situation of Haiyan's reinforcements with a stroke of genius, and Lin Jing was extremely satisfied with Zhuo Qianhu's troops to aid Haiyan.Lin Jing found out that Zhuo Qianhu was under Vice General Xu, so besides having some contacts with Zhuo Qianhu, Lin Jing didn't forget to go to Vice General Xu's place.However, Vice General Xu found Lin Jing not very pleasing to the eye. Vice General Xu couldn't hide his depression, and said Lin Jing, "Your mouth is also broken, and you talked about Jiashan in a good manner. Originally, I was going to lead the troops there. Here you are." With this disturbance, Ben will not be able to go. I know what you are worried about, but it is nothing more than worrying that Ben will go to Haiyan and Canada, leaving you with no place to stand. Ben will tell you clearly, how can Ben be such a small belly People. Now that Zhuo Qianhu has passed by, he is a solid person, you have a lot of eyes, and the soldiers under this general don't need your special treatment, just a bowl of water is enough."

Lin Jing hurriedly said, "The general misunderstood the student. The student came to Hangzhou this time to ask for help. He only hoped that the strong soldiers and horses would go to Haiyan in person. How can selfishness harm righteousness?"

"Then it's not the right time for you to break your mouth." Vice General Xu has a gentle appearance, but his speech is not very gentle. Moreover, because of his uneasy heart, he is a senior official of the fourth rank, and Lin Jing is now only a servant under the command of his apprentice Xiaosan. Well, Vice General Xu doesn't need to give him any face.However, Deputy General Xu is obviously a straightforward person, and he doesn't dwell on the past. He has been in the army for many years, and he is very powerful in the officialdom, and Deputy General Xu is also clear.Vice General Xu and Lin Jing said, "I can't go to Haiyan, you should be more careful. After all, you know better than anyone else what happened in Jiashan before." It's not a narrow-mindedness to speak out all your plans, Vice General Xu said, "The people under Zhuo Qianhu are all first-class and healthy soldiers. In addition, the weapons that will be supplied to you this time are also well-chosen of."

Lin Jing has always admired people with a heart, and his calculations can be seen, Lin Jing is not surprised, after all, there are never many smart people in this world.However, since Deputy General Xu saw it, he was able to give some benefits in such an open and aboveboard manner, so Lin Jing had a good impression of this person.Lin Jing said quickly, "Thank you, General, for taking care of me."

Deputy General Xu waved his hand, "What kind of care is this, I'd rather go to the front to kill Japanese pirates." There was still a bit of unwillingness and depression during the conversation, and finally sent Lin Jing away.

In this way, Lin Jing felt that Vice General Xu was a good friend.

This trip to Hangzhou, the goal was achieved, Lin Jing didn't delay any longer, and went back to Haiyan with his attendants.When talking about the Haiyan matter with Tu Xiaosan, Lin Jing said, "I think the soldiers in Hangzhou are available, but I really don't understand why the Japanese bandits have been rampant all these years and can't be dealt with?"

Who can explain this question clearly?If it can be explained clearly, I am afraid that there will be no Japanese bandits in Jiangnan these years!

What's more, what is difficult now is not the study of the Japanese bandits in the south of the Yangtze River, but to deal with the Japanese bandits' crazy counterattack after the previous defeat!