Three days later it will be the Mid-Spring Sleeping Day, when vegetation begins to sprout, and the first few peach trees on the northern beach of Prison Island also spit out crimson stamens.
In more than a month, the tung trees will bloom and Jiangning Prefecture will enter the rainy season.
Although the spring cold has not yet gone away at this time, the river water in Chaotiandang has already revealed a light green color. The reed fields on the north beach of Jingdao Island are showing new green seedlings, and groups of ducklings are looking among the green reed seedlings.
While eating, some ducklings were sometimes pushed to the bottom by the surging white waves, only to resurface after a while.
Gu Wuchen squatted on the beach rocks by the water and looked at the duck chicks everywhere on the beach for a while. There were also a few yellow-velvet chicks in the middle and the goose chicks with light yellow fluff all over their bodies. They had all grown quite a bit.
Unlike those officials who were ignorant of grains, Gu Wuchen had been exiled in the north of the Great Wall for nearly ten years and had experienced a lot of hardships. He knew that the beaches full of crickets, clams, miscellaneous fish, shrimps, crabs, and aquatic plants and river algaes provided sufficient food for the young poultry.
Food. Prison Island has three to four thousand acres of beach land. Even if it is stocked on this beach, it is enough to raise 20,000 to 30,000 birds. When he came here, he asked Lin Fu and found out that there are river duck seedlings that are freed on the north beach.
Seven or eight thousand. The duck and goose seedlings in Jiangning are very cheap. Even if they are big enough to be thrown directly on the river beach, they only cost two coppers each. Let the duck farmers transport the ducklings by boat.
, just put it on the river beach, and just send a small number of people from Prison Island to take care of it.
The so-called talent for saving the world is really not as easy as it is said. A glimpse of one spot can reveal the whole leopard. It has been less than two months since Lin Fu took office on Prison Island, and he can manage the Prison Island to such a scene. Gu Wuchen feels that there is nothing wrong with it.
Relieved.
What surprised him even more was that Ge Fu, an old worker from the Jiangning Ministry of Industry, who had been closed to the public for many years, was actually willing to settle down on the prison island.
This was Gu Wuchen's second visit to Prison Island in two months. He wanted his companions to be more casual, but he himself walked too fast, leaving Lin Fu, Yang Pu and others behind.
Gu Siyuan, who was dragged over by Gu Wuchen, felt that there was a faint smell of water and grass beside the river beach. He was afraid that he would step on duck feces if he was not careful. He wished he could leave immediately. He thought to himself: This Lin Fu is really a man.
The son was a serious civil servant, but when he came to the prison island, he did not do serious things, but only did the despicable work of raising pigs and feeding ducks. My father was really confused. These chores that could be done by a low-level craftsman, some
What is so worthy of admiration? If the news gets out, wouldn’t it make people laugh?
"After autumn, it becomes increasingly difficult to find food by the river. I'm afraid we still need to build a duck house to raise ducks?" Gu Wuchen turned back and saw his son frowning. He ignored him and talked to Lin Fu about raising ducks.
Come.
"After autumn, these chickens, ducks and geese can be slaughtered one by one to supplement the meat supply, and another crop will be replaced next year." Lin Fu replied.
"Haha," Gu Wuchen laughed, "It's that simple, but my mind can't wrap my head around it for a while... Jiangning Mansion has always been a rich place, and every inch of land produces gold. This is true."
"Not to mention anything else, if the hundreds of thousands of acres of beach land and hundreds of miles of water around Chaotiandang can be managed well, it will not be a problem to support tens of thousands of people..." Lin Fu said.
Gu Wuchen saw that Lin Fu was looking towards the north when he said this, and asked: "Do you want to talk about opening the Jiangban? Tell me not to make any circles."
"I talked with the old engineer Ge Fu. When he first came to Jiangning, it was 60 years ago. At that time, the riverside still followed the rules. There were no less than a thousand households raising ducks around Chaotiandang. Each household had a net and fence.
For a duck farmer, one hundred and ten riverside ducks are more than enough to feed four or five people. In the past sixty years, the duck raising tax levied by Hebo has increased from one and a half cents to one and two cents. Later, Jiangning Water Camp also came to interfere.
To collect water money, there will be no duck farmers in Chaotiandang..." Lin Fu squinted at the north. After all, human vision is limited, and he could not see the hundreds of thousands of refugees who were drowned on the vast north bank of Chaotiandang. He said, "I am
The penal laws of the DPRK allow prisoners to use money to atone for their sins. Only those prisoners who cannot afford the atonement money and are sentenced to more than three years in prison are sent to this prison island. Over the years, the prisoners held on this prison island have been kept for a long time.
The level of 200 people just exported, but in the past two months, the number of prisoners sent to the prison island by various prefectures and counties has increased significantly, almost 400 people. Other prefectures and counties are not bad, Jiangning Prefecture and various counties have sent
There may be other reasons behind the surge in the number of prisoners arriving, but the refugees on the North Shore have been flooded and stranded for too long, so it cannot be said that it is not an important reason..."
"It's difficult to open a river and ban it. No one wants to spit out the fat that is eaten in the mouth," Gu Wuchen sighed. As the deputy inspector, it is impossible not to ignore the situation of the refugees trapped on the north bank. There are hundreds of thousands of refugees trapped in the river.
On the north shore, there are naturally a lot of thefts. Not to mention the surge in prisoners on the prison island, refugees who make trouble are killed on the spot almost every day. In addition, the conflicts between the refugees and local households are also increasingly intensified. He looks at the mouth of the Jinchuan River at the southern end of the island.
direction, and said to Lin Fu, "There is basically no sound about the Hekou Massacre, and the Inspectorate cannot take over it even if it wants to. This month, the refugees and villagers in Gutang County fought twice, and both times, more than a hundred people were killed and injured.
The Jiangning Garrison General Mansion successively mobilized the six battalions of the town troops to station on the north bank... It was so troublesome, but the river ban could not be opened. Other government offices were afraid that once the opening was loosened, more refugees would be attracted to this direction, but they were still exhausted in the end.
Yu Ying should pay for an even bigger mess. Besides, it is Jiangning’s garrison general’s mansion that currently takes the lion’s share of the river donation. Now that Jiangning general is waiting for others to take his place, who would be willing to stop this good thing of collecting money?
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"He's not afraid of the refugees causing trouble?" Lin Fu sighed softly.
"He's really not afraid," Gu Wuchen said in a soft voice, but also with deep dissatisfaction. "The refugees on the North Bank flocked to the North Bank and caused trouble. He didn't have to bear much responsibility. Maybe he was even more looking forward to making some trouble. Let him
Collect some military merit and leave with military power..."
Gu Wuchen's words were said to be unfounded and a bit heartbreaking. Lin Fu also thought that the current Jiangning garrison general might have such dirty thoughts. After all, the garrison here only had 30,000 soldiers under the garrison general's residence.
As well as the 10,000 garrison troops from the Admiral's Office, they were not afraid of any big trouble caused by the hundreds of thousands of refugees trapped on the north bank.
These people just wish there could be more chaos, so that it would be easier for them to fish in troubled waters.
Lin Fu took a deep breath and asked, "When will this new official take office?"
After the She family formally surrendered to the feudal lord, the DPRK issued a document requiring Jiangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang and other counties to stop the transportation of money and grain to Eastern Fujian. After the Eastern Fujian armies arrived at their new garrison, the Ministry of War would repay their arrears, thus urging them to
The armies of Eastern Fujian marched northward. In the past few months, the imperial court had successively transferred as many as 50,000 to 60,000 elite soldiers and generals from Eastern Fujian. However, the imperial edict from the Minister of War of Jiangning and the governor of Eastern Fujian, Li Zhuo, to transfer him to the garrison general of Jiangning was delayed.
It hasn’t been released yet, and I don’t know how long it will be delayed.
"They're all saying it's going to be soon..." Gu Wuchen spread his hands and said that he didn't know the exact time despite his status.
Lin Fu guessed that on the one hand, the imperial court hoped that Li Zhuo could stay in Eastern Fujian for a longer period of time. On the other hand, the imperial court might want to remove as many elite soldiers and generals from Li Zhuo's command as possible to prevent Li Zhuo from going to Jiangning to stay in power.
All the elite and powerful soldiers under his command stayed in the southeast. As long as Li Zhuo intercepted the money and food from a county in Jiangdong, he could barely support 100,000 soldiers.
Li Zhuo has been famous for a long time, and Lin Fu hopes that after he arrives in Jiangning, he can make some changes in the situation here.
Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen walked south along the river beach. Gu Wuchen saw many fishing boats on the water and asked Lin Fu: "The weather is getting warmer and there are more fishing boats on the water. Will the daily fishing on Prison Island increase?"
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"In the past, when we sent fifteen people to fish, we could get three to four hundred kilograms of fish every day. In the past two days, we could get five to six hundred kilograms, which is an increase..." Lin Fu said. He also looked at the fishing boats on the water in the distance and thought to himself.
: These fishing boats are not all here to catch fish at Chaotiandang. The Qu family secretly spread the news that today they will hand over money for redemption and exchange people at Chaotiandang. I don’t know how many people in Jiangning Mansion want to fish in the troubled waters of Chaotiandang.
, after all, twenty thousand taels of silver is not a small number to anyone.
Lin Fu was just talking to Gu Wuchen about the people living in exile while observing the situation on the river.
The Qu family's boat carrying silver was parked on the water four or five miles away from the southeast corner of Prison Island, pretending to fish. This small boat pretending to be a fishing boat had a special mark that was not very obvious. When the boat crossed the river mouth before noon,
Lin Fu saw it. Lin Fu was thinking: Where is Qu Wuyang hiding at this time, observing every move in Chaotiandangli?
"Sir," Yang Pu came over and asked, "Is it time to return to the city?"
"It's still early," Gu Wuchen looked up and said, "I promised to go to the shore to have a look..." He had heard that the mouth of Jinchuan River was very busy and wanted to come and have a look for a long time, but there was never a suitable place.
In name, I just wanted to take a look at it at this time.
"I'll go make arrangements..." Yang Pu said.
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After two twists and turns, Qu Wuyang did not directly do anything other than secretly spreading the news this time. In order to prevent other forces who came to fish in troubled waters from discovering the ship containing the silver first, apart from not very obvious signs,
, this boat is no different from other fishing boats, even the two confidants are also fishermen, and they go out with fishing gear. The boat with the silver left the mouth of the Jinkou River before noon and went to Chaotiandang to wait for the other party to bring people over to exchange the silver. Qu Wu
Yang led the people on the high embankment on the east bank of the Jinchuan River mouth to observe whether there were any abnormalities on the water surface.
Today there is really a lot going on in Chaotiandang. In the morning, the wife of King Yin Xueshan of Jiangning Prefecture took an official ship to go to the north bank to burn incense.
The waterway to the mouth of the river was closed for a while. Fortunately, the boat carrying silver left the mouth of the river earlier, otherwise the waterway outside the mouth of the river was blocked and it would have to be delayed until the afternoon. Qu Wuyang stood under a century-old willow and saw the boat loading silver.
There were no other boats approaching on the surrounding water. Looking towards the direction of Prison Island, one could see Gu Wuchen and Lin Fu standing at the end of the river talking. Although they were far apart, Gu Wuchen was wearing a vermilion official robe and Lin Fu was wearing a blue official robe.
The robes are in sharp contrast to the guards wearing armor and carrying swords.
"How come he wasn't killed with a knife in Shiliang County, but when he went to Jiangning, he secretly stirred up so much trouble for him?" Qu Wuming spat.
Qu Wuyang looked up at the sky and estimated that it had been two hours since the silver boat entered Chaotian Dang. At this time, no one had come to take the silver. Although everyone was trying to be patient, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Not only Qu Wuyang was anxious, but even the various rogue forces in Chaotiandang became anxious after hearing the news that they were fishing in troubled waters. Some boats began to approach the fishing boats next to them, wanting to find the silver boat before the transaction, but they couldn't
Think about it, if any party gets the money first and exposes the target, it will become the target of others vying to rob it.
Li Ling was so stupid that Qu Wuyang didn't expect these Kou Yong to have much sense. At this time, he was also worried that their silver ship would be discovered by rogue bandits who came to fish in troubled waters. In that case, the Qu family would be self-defeating by secretly releasing the news. At this time, Prison Island
The river began to be closed again, and four paddle boats filled with soldiers sealed the waterway between Prison Island and the south bank, driving out all the fishing boats and merchant ships in the area. Qu Wuyang saw Gu Wuchen wearing a red official robe.
Instead of boarding the larger official boat, Lin Fu and Lin Fu, who was wearing blue official robes, boarded a black-paneled boat to go to the south bank. They were wondering: Gu Wuchen is coming to the mouth of the river?
"That's not right..." Qu Wuming's attention was also drawn to the fact that Deputy Inspector Gu Wuchen was riding on a black boat. From the corner of his eye, he noticed something strange about the two cronies on the silver boat who had been pretending to cast a net for fishing.
They stopped moving and allowed the fishing nets pretending to be fishing to be washed away by the river. From a distance, they seemed to be looking at the water on the other side of the boat. Qu Wuming understood instantly, "There is someone hiding under the water!"
Qu Wuyang stared at the water with extreme urgency, and saw two people with their heads and feet covered, wearing clothes similar to the color of the river, getting on the boat wet. He had been staring at the water over there just now, and there were two or three miles around the silver boat.
There was nothing unusual on the water surface. Even the sealing water warship where Gu Wuchen traveled was more than two miles away from there. It was unknown where these two people came from diving.
There were more than two people on the other side. Qu Wuyang also saw two reflections that seemed to be clusters of iron arrows exposed on the other side of the silver ship against the side of the ship. He certainly did not believe that someone could threaten his two cronies with bows and arrows in the water.
Move. It's either a bow or a crossbow, and the opponent actually has crossbow arrows! Among the weapons of this dynasty, the control of crossbow scissors is the strictest. Both the government army and the local soldiers are prohibited from using crossbows. Although the ban is relaxed, it is not easy for the forces that can possess crossbow arrows.
Several people suddenly emerged from the water of the silver boat, and two more people boarded the boat. No matter how stupid the gangsters around were who wanted to fish in troubled waters, they could see that there was a mystery in it. Several gang boats around them disguised as fishing boats instantly
As soon as there was a move, everyone rushed to row in that direction.
Two of the Qu family's cronies held crossbows for the people in the water to keep them from moving. The two people who climbed onto the boat successively took out five heavy silver bags from the cabin. Each silver bag weighed two hundred and fifty kilograms, and they saw
The two people on the boat threw the silver bags directly into the water one after another, and the people jumped in after them.
How many people are there to support the other party in the water? Qu Wuyang and Qu Wuming looked at each other. Even if the river was buoyant, solid silver would never be lighter underwater. He didn't believe that anyone in the world could be the master of the Yangtze River in the deep and fast currents.
The waterway carried the silver bag weighing two hundred and fifty kilograms and dived out of the one-mile waterway, unless there were four or five people diving into the water at the same time to transport a silver bag together! The other party wanted to transfer twenty thousand taels of silver in the water.
Before that, they would have to send twenty or thirty water-based experts to approach the silver ship at the same time - this was impossible. They were far away from the shore and couldn't see any clues in the water, but the two cronies they sent out themselves had
It's good at water, so it's impossible for 20 or 30 people to approach the boat at the same time without them noticing.
At this time, there were seven or eight kidnapping boats rowing desperately towards the waters. Qu Wuyang stared closely. He suspected that one of the boats belonged to the kidnappers. He no longer cared about the money issue. If he spread the news, there would be nothing.
He thought that the 20,000 taels of silver would return to the Qu family, and now he hoped that the other party would keep his promise and release the person.
Seven or eight fishing boats surrounded the silver ship, and 17 or 18 people jumped on it at the same time. These 17 or 18 people obviously did not belong to the same force. First, a few people pushed and squeezed into the cabin. Seeing that it was empty, they rushed to jump in first.
Check the other boats. These people also suspected that one of them must have been sent by the kidnappers to collect the silver. Twenty thousand taels of silver made everyone red-eyed. Some people disguised themselves as fishing boats and sailed in the sky from the first day they knew the news.
They were waiting inside, becoming more and more impatient. Then they suddenly discovered the silver ship for the transaction, and their emotions were suddenly aroused. They did not believe that anyone could transport 20,000 taels of silver from the river to the shore. The south bank was four miles away from here.
, the prison island in the distance is further away, and it is still against the current. Bandit boats disguised as fishing boats are constantly approaching from behind. When Qu Wuyang stared at the water, trying to find out which boat his son might be hiding on,
The people on the seventeen or eight bandit ships who had been entangled together suddenly started to kill each other. When one person drew his sword, they all rushed to fight with their swords. The other bandit ships that came over thought they had discovered the silver.
Seeing the fighting here, they rushed over like flies seeing blood.
"Fucking thief!" Qu Wuyang looked at the chaotic scene on the river. The two people who jumped into the water and their accomplices never surfaced again. Qu Wuyang suddenly realized that the other party was just trying their best to escape.
To get the money, he never thought about releasing the people. He watched as the two cronies sent out were the first to be killed by the bandits who were in chaos because they did not bring weapons. Qu Wuyang punched the trunk of the willow tree hard.
He didn't care about the bloody blows, he was filled with hatred, his eyes were red, like a mad dog's gaping hole, and he cursed towards the river: "Unbelieving people, turtle eggs who dare not show their heads, Master Qu will definitely kill you one day."
Wait until the body is broken into pieces..."
Things happened very suddenly. The samurai boats that closed the waterway were surprised when they saw so many fishing boats gathering together and suddenly fighting each other on the water. After hesitating for a while, the four samurai boats all recognized each other and gathered towards the mouth of the river at the same time.
He looked like he wanted to protect Gu Wuchen's retreat.
Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen had just boarded the embankment on the west bank of the river mouth. Gu Wuchen was also confused by the sudden chaos on the river, so he stood on the high embankment and watched for a while. Dozens of fishing boats were fighting together, with swords and swords flashing.
It was impossible to tell which side was fighting which side. It was a complete chaos... After a while, he remembered to ask Yang Pu to send someone on a fast horse to notify Jiangning garrison general Shui Ying to send out warships to clear out the bandits.
Lin Fu raised his head and looked at the east bank of the Jinchuan River estuary. He could vaguely hear Qu Wuyang's curses. He pretended that he didn't hear anything. He turned his head and said to Gu Wuchen: "The thirty-six people who died in the refugee tragedy except one
In addition to being transported back to Shanglinli for burial, the other thirty-five people were buried in the cemetery in front. Lin Fu bravely asked you to go and pay homage to the souls of these innocent dead..."
Gu Wuchen was originally worried that the gangsters fighting on the river would attack the prison island, but Lin Fu looked like nothing was wrong. Then he saw that the prison island had also been alerted, and the guards were orderly ordering the prisoners working outside the high wall.
He was escorted back to the high wall, relieved, and said: "Of course I have to go to worship first..."
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