Rebirth of the Son Raiders

In the past half month, Lin Yanhong "wandered" in the city, seemingly just to experience the customs of the county, but in fact he knew it well.

He didn't pay much attention to other things, he just looked at the bustling market, which shops had particularly good business, and then tried to find a way to inquire in the market, and listened to some "rumors", and he could know that there were "people behind" these shops.

In fact, Prince Yu's Mansion had visited these things as early as when it entered the Northern Territory. After more than ten years, it has a good understanding of the aristocratic families in the Northern Territory.

Lin Yanhong can get information as long as he speaks to Li Jingcheng, but he has not borrowed this "relationship" for the time being.

Firstly, King Yu had a clear attitude towards the relationship between him and Li Jingcheng, and Lin Yanhong did not want to be left behind;

Secondly, at this time, there is no need for Prince Yu to step in. After all, what Lin Yanhong wants is not exact information, but only needs to know a general idea, and he can find out a thing or two by walking around.

And seeing is believing, although the things you get in the market are messy, and sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, but they are not useless.

What's more, this city is the place where Li Jingcheng was born. Lin Yanhong wanted to learn more about it and get to know it, instead of just listening to other people's mouths describing it.

Gong Mengchang knew that young officials like Lin Yanhong probably had a sense of arrogance in their hearts, and they didn't want to bear the reputation of increasing taxes to make the people resentful. In the end, they definitely refused to take the first way lightly, but they stimulated him with words. Lin Yanhong was being induced to choose the second path - to buy grain.

In fact, it is not a shocking strategy to use Kuyin to buy food from wealthy local households for military supplies. In fact, this is the case in many border areas, especially in years when harvests are not abundant but wars are frequent.

But once Lin Yanhong chooses this path, there are more difficult things to deal with.

First of all, to buy grain, there must be silver in the treasury.

But according to what Gong Mengchang and Cao Canjun from Sihu said, there is not much cash in the treasury of the Pingyang Governor's Mansion.

Secondly, to buy grain, there must be land to buy it, and there must be grain to harvest.

It is a fact that the harvests in Pingwu and Hanyang have not been good in the past two years due to natural disasters. It is difficult for ordinary farmers to hand over the surplus grain. Only those wealthy families have the possibility to stockpile grain.

In other words, we have to find a way, not only to buy grain from others, but also to persuade them to sell it at a low price...

If there is such a thing that can be done without any effort in the world, I am afraid it is a daydream.

What you want to get, you have to give something...

Whether the food can be raised smoothly depends on what those aristocratic families who have food in their hands want from Mr. Chang Shi, and Lin Yanhong, the long history, is willing to "give".

Lin Yanhong told Li Jingcheng that there was a "trap" in it, and it was hidden here.

In Pingwu County and Hanyang County, some aristocratic families have lasted for several generations or even nearly 200 years, among which the five surnames of Qiao, He, Lai, Gong and Chen are the most prominent.

It can be said that even King Yu has only been operating in Pingwu for only [-] years, but they already have an intertwined relationship here, like a few towering ancient trees, firmly rooted here and difficult to shake.

Although there is some competition among the five families, they are still very "harmonious" on the whole, at least they have done a very good job in unifying the "outside".

For them, His Royal Highness Yu Wang is not only the god of war and protector of Pingyang, but also the representative of the place controlled by the imperial power, so the relationship between them is very delicate.

The same principle applies to Lin Yanhong and the local family.

They both represent the imperial court. The biggest difference between Lin Yanhong and King Yu is that King Yu himself has powerful influence, and the stability of the northern border is tied to King Yu’s mansion. Getting into trouble and even affecting Pingyang's safety.

However, Lin Yanhong, a long history, is nominally a partisan of the Dudu Mansion in Pingyang. He can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people here, but in reality he is weak. Needless to say what to do to the family.

To a certain extent, Lin Yanhong, a long history, wants to get food from local aristocratic families, because he "asks for others".

But if Lin Yanhong didn't like them, I'm afraid there will be many more twists and turns in the road to grain collection.

Hearing Lin Yanhong's tone, Li Jingcheng felt that he didn't seem to be particularly anxious, so he knew that he should have already made up his mind: "What should you do?"

"If they can join forces, we can naturally join hands..." Lin Yanhong said softly, "It's just that we have to think carefully about which one to start with..."

Even if they are husband and wife, even brothers and sisters, it is impossible to have the same heart and mind in the face of interests, let alone the big clans that belong to their own families.

The reason why they met in one place was naturally because they were worried that the power of the imperial court going deep into Ping and Yang counties would bring them huge troubles and changes.

But if Lin Yanhong can prove that being "good" with him is of great benefit to them, and then Lin Yanhong can actually and appropriately give some "sweetness", then he believes that among these seemingly united families , There must be parts that are not monolithic that will throw peaches and plums at them.

Next, he really had to "rely on" the power of King Yu's Mansion, but Lin Yanhong planned to directly trust King Yu instead of using his relationship with Jing Cheng in order to achieve a business-like effect.

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On the other hand, when Gong Mengchang returned to the mansion, he was called to the study by his uncle Gong Zhengqian, who was the patriarch, and found that several uncles and cousins ​​were there.

He had expected this scene a long time ago, and Gong Mengchang didn't feel nervous.

"Ji Ping is back, hurry up, come and tell everyone, how are you discussing things in the county today?" Gong Zhengqian motioned him to sit down and said slowly.

Nowadays, many members of the Gong family are working as officials, but none of them have entered the center. Most of these children are sent to other places. It is rare for Gong Mengchang to be recommended by the family to stay in Pingwu.

On the one hand, this position is not very high, and only people in the collateral lineage can look up to it and value it; on the other hand, there is a balance between the several families, as the forces in the Dudu Mansion and the military camp are similar, and it is impossible for one family to dominate.

Long before the new Chief History arrived in Pingwu, each family had already confirmed each other's "heart" by some means, and was ready to fight anytime, anywhere. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Yanhong is isolated and besieged on all sides. .

After hearing Gong Mengchang's words, Gong Zhengqian and several elders felt very satisfied, and expressed their "sympathy" for the long history of "being at a loss" he described.

"It seems that Lin Yanhong won't be able to support him any longer. If he needs to come to us, he will follow the previous plan and proceed step by step," Gong Zhengqian told Gong Mengchang, "Keep an eye on these few days. Once Lin Yanhong If there is any action, come back and let me know immediately."

Gong Mengchang nodded respectfully, and replied, "Yes, uncle."

Where Gong Zhengqian couldn't see, Gong Mengchang's face moved slightly.

——In the patriarch's mind, the next thing is how they will play with the new Chang Shi... But he had a few words with Lin Hongxiu, but he had other plans, but it's too early to talk about it now , You have to taste some sweetness first before you know whether it is worthwhile to take this step.