In the bushes that grew into the water on the east side of Prison Island, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong and others surfaced one after another, climbed onto the ship's deck, carefully put away the airbag made of pig bladders, took the wine jar, and sat on the ship's deck to take a sip.
He poured wine into his mouth. After being submerged in the water for so long in this cold spring weather, his body was numb. He drank a few sips of wine, wiped his body with ginger cubes soaked in wine, and worked for a long time before putting on his clothes.
"Will this work?" Crow Wu Qi squatted aside and watched Big Loach Master Ge Cunxin and the others rubbing themselves with ginger cubes.
"Immerse you in the water for an hour or two, and you will find it useful..." Ge Cunxin, the big loach man, was busy putting on his clothes. Only then did he regain his composure. He grinned and joked with Wu Qi, and he sailed the boat
He picked up the end of the cotton-core rope piled up on his head and looked at it carefully, and said, "This rope is easy to use, light, strong, and will not get entangled underwater..."
"It's good, but it's too expensive. Do you know how many pieces of cloth can be woven with these ropes? Besides, it will rot quickly after being soaked in water." Cao Zi'ang directed the people at the side to put away the fishing net and make a float made of pig skin.
The bag was carefully removed from the fishing net, and the eyes were watching the melee on the water in the distance through the gap in the bushes. Who would have thought that they just used fish nets, cotton-core ropes, air bags made of pig's bladders, floating bags and other simple things
They quietly brought back five heavy silver bags from four or five miles away? Of course, their boat was also ambushed on the water. At this time, they stayed away from the chaotic waters with other real fishing boats to avoid danger.
It brought disaster to Chi Yu. I thought that if the mystery was not revealed, only Qu Wuyang, the Qu family, would never know who was hiding in the secret and biting them hard.
"Where is Mr. Tan?" Ge Cunxiong finished packing, came to Cao Ziang, and asked in a low voice. Some people still didn't know Lin Fu's identity.
"On the shore," Cao Ziang whispered toward the mouth of the river, "I said I wanted to go to the cemetery first..."
Ge Cunxiong glanced towards the southwest corner, and his view was blocked by bushes. When he first came to Jiangning, Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi and others all praised the East China Sea Fox, and Changshan Island also named the East China Sea Fox a tree. Ge Cunxiong
He and his brother had no choice but to live under someone else's roof. He still had doubts about the sudden rise of Donghai Fox. After spending more than a month together, so many things had happened. At this time, Ge Cunxiong knew that Qin Cao, Zhou Wu and others had been in the Huaihe River for many years.
Why do you admire Donghai Fox Tan Zong so much?
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Six fast-oared warships from Jiangning Water Camp were loaded with soldiers and approached the Prison Island. The golden drums shook the sky, but the boats were slow. Only within a few miles of the Jiangning Shuiying warship approaching, the bandit ships in the chaotic group separated.
, and walked away, they saw the soldiers of the Shuiying warship shooting arrows randomly into the water, and the bandit ships disappeared one by one into the depths of the dusk.
Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen looked at the river embankment and shook their heads. The water camp soldiers had such weak deterrence. It is no wonder that the river pirates are rampant and arrogant these days.
Although the Jiang bandits who were fighting for no apparent reason were dispersed, Gu Wuchen was still a little worried: if the prison island was attacked, he could not expect Jiangning Water Camp to rescue him in time. He had seen the training of the prison guards on the island, and these weapons
The soldiers were replaced on the island after the prison was cleared, and there were only sixty of them in total. Compared with a month and a half ago, they did look like more elite soldiers, but after all, the number of soldiers was too limited, and the care was not comprehensive.
Gu Wuchen did not watch the cat-chasing game on the water, and said to Lin Fu: "I'm afraid the Hekou massacre will not be investigated anymore, but it is not without benefits. The day before yesterday, the five divisions gathered to discuss the issue of the refugees on the north bank, and the other divisions finally relented and agreed.
The guards guard the river mouth to prepare for banditry..."
Lin Fu nodded. Perhaps in the eyes of many people and even Gu Wuchen, the thirty-six people who died in the Hekou tragedy were insignificant. The biggest benefit was to get the guards to help defend the Hekou area. From now on, if anything happens to the Hekou, the guards
Prison guards can be transferred to the river mouth openly.
It's not yet time to reopen the prison, but the guards will make up for the shortfall and restore it to the level before the prison was cleared, and two more teams of 120 soldiers can be added.
Lin Fu really didn't have much confidence in how many capable soldiers the Jiangning military households, especially the remaining Jiangning military households selected for the Jiangdong Admiral's Mansion and the Jiangning Garrison General's Mansion, could select. He suggested that Gu Wuchen let the Chief of Staff be appointed.
The Military Preparation Division under the command came forward, and together with the military commanders of the Admiral's Office, they took the trouble to go to the north bank, and selected some strong and brave people from the refugees to serve as guards in the military households.
Whenever there was a wave of refugees, the imperial court also encouraged local governments to select strong and brave people from the refugees to fill military households. On the one hand, it could bring fresh blood to the town army and the government army system. On the one hand, it could solve the survival problems of some refugees. On the other hand, it could also weaken the
The harm that the refugee wave may bring to the local area.
"Okay," Gu Wuchen nodded in agreement. Most of the existing military households are old and weak soldiers. Not to mention Lin Fu, he would not agree to send these old, weak and disabled soldiers to the prison island to serve as prison guards.
It is a common practice for refugees to enter military households, and it is in accordance with the duty of the inspectors and envoys to prepare troops for military affairs. He said, "You should also go to the north bank together when you have time..."
"It's better to let Yang Shi go. The south bank is in such chaos, I don't feel comfortable leaving. Even if I go back to the city, if something happens here, I can still get here in time; if I want to go to the north bank, these forty or fifty miles of waterway will at least
It only takes half a day to walk." Lin Fu said. He didn't want to crowd in this time. There were standards for selecting Jianyong. At least in front of Gu Wuchen, Yang Shiduo still had to perform well when selecting soldiers for training. This is also the case.
It can be regarded as an explanation to Yang Pu.
"That's okay," Gu Wuchen said with a smile, "I'll ask Yang Pu to come over then and see if Yang Shi can satisfy me with his work."
"How capable that kid is, it's all thanks to the good guidance of the adults and Mr. Lin." Yang Pu said with a smile beside him.
"Yang Shi is really capable of following Lin Fu," Gu Wuchen laughed and said to Yang Pu, "I'm afraid you didn't have confidence that Yang Shi could lead the troops so well..."
"..." Yang Pu smiled. He admired Lin Fu's talent and knowledge very much, and was very polite when they met him. However, he always felt that there was a layer between him and Lin Fu. Perhaps the talent and learning displayed by the young man in front of him was too dazzling.
, always makes people feel uneasy.
Although Gu Wuchen had the privilege of entering the city gate at night, Gu Wuchen was not a person accustomed to abusing his privileges. Seeing that it was getting late, he said goodbye and left, riding directly from the river mouth and returning to the city surrounded by guards.
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The setting sun has already set on the eaves of the city tower in the distance, and the water surface has returned to calm. On the east bank of the river, the Qu family left angrily. Six fast oar warships from Jiangning Water Camp have also left, and a ship is leaving from Prison Island.
Come to the river mouth.
Cao Zi'ang, dressed in gray cloth, stood on the bow of the boat. Brothers Ge Cunxin and Ge Cunxiong went to the shallow water to take poles and punt the boat. When they arrived at Zhutang Pier, Lin Fu, who was standing on the embankment, smiled slightly and asked someone to invite Lin Jingzhong.
Lin Fu accompanied Gu Wuchen to inspect the mouth of the prison island. Lin Jingzhong did not go over to accompany him. After all, he was an insignificant person and would not join in the fun. When he saw Lin Fu looking for someone to call him to the thatched cottage, he told Qian Xiaowu to do what he was doing.
He took some water from the vat, washed his face, and walked towards the thatched cottage at the mouth of the river.
It's said to be a thatched cottage, but it's actually a simple thatched shack, where Lin Fu and Liu Yue'er have been living these days.
An enclosed house has been built on the river embankment, and Lin Fu insisted that the displaced persons who had been recruited as laborers should move in first, especially the families who were injured or killed in the Hekou massacre.
The surrounding house is not so much a large courtyard as it is a defensive castle that can accommodate thirty to forty households. Although the surrounding house is also a layout of one household and one courtyard, the courtyard doors of all houses open towards the surrounding area.
The small square and public hall in the center of the house, and the back wall of each house also surrounds the outer wall of the house. They are made of three-component soil sandwich panels mixed with slaked lime and inserted with bamboo pieces as wall reinforcements. The walls are much higher than the height of the ridge of an ordinary house.
It is also much stronger than ordinary rammed earth walls, and there are small and steep watchtowers built at the four corners of the surrounding house. The construction of the surrounding house was based on Ge Siyu's suggestion. A Sanhe earth courtyard wall was built, and the construction period was short.
The latter is strong and durable, which can save land. People can live together in the compound. There is a public hall to handle public affairs surrounding the house. It is also conducive to strengthening cohesion and more effectively organizing these labor-recruiting refugees.
Although one enclosed house has just been built, and the foundation of the second enclosed house has only been dug out, the displaced people who are used to living in the open are not so particular. Three or four families are squeezed into a single house and temporarily put them in that enclosed house. It was a mess before.
The shacks built must be cleared out to build storage yards, warehouses, and warehouses. According to Lin Fu's wishes, Ge Wuyu also planned three main streets for this area, one along the south bank of the river, one along the west bank of the Jinchuan River, and one from the storage yard.
Pass through the warehouse and take the carriage road until it is connected to the Donghua Gate official road.
The idea is very good, who doesn’t want this place to eventually become a prosperous Shuilu Pier? The key is money, Lin Jingzhong murmured in the center, Lin Fu said that he didn’t need to worry about money, but in less than half a month, Lin Jingzhong
Calculating the silver in hand, more than one thousand taels have been consumed, and now there is only one thousand, five hundred taels of cash left, which can only support half a month's expenses.
Lin Jingzhong walked into the thatched cottage and saw that Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Cao Ziang and the Ge brothers were all there. There was also a warning outside the thatched cottage and said: "Everyone is here. That's good. Longjiang Shipyard sent a message saying that it is
As long as the remaining silver is sent over, the boat can be lifted out of the Longjiang Lake dock. You should work together to think about where to raise the two thousand taels of silver... If the appointment period is over, don't say that the boat can't be picked up.
We can't get back the five hundred taels of silver deposit we paid before. Now is also the time when the shipbuilding yard is at its worst. The Longjiang shipyard added watertight cabins according to our wishes, and many structures were reinforced. A thousand-stone ship
It's only two thousand five hundred taels of silver. In previous years, if we had to modify it the way we did, it wouldn't be less than five thousand taels of silver..." He looked at the bag in front of Lin Fu's desk. He had been walking all afternoon today, and his feet
They were all sore. Seeing Zhou Pu and the others sitting there, there was no free stool in the room. He touched the bag and asked Lin Fu, "What is this thing here? Can I sit on it?"
"Sit down..." Lin Fu said with a smile.
Lin Jingzhong felt something wrong. He opened the bag and saw that it was full of silver ingots. Seven or eight of them were found, and they were all standard fifty-tael official ingots. They were solid and did not look fake. Lin Jingzhong only thought that they were fake.
I was in a dream. I pinched my cheeks gently and looked around at everyone: "I'm not dreaming. I think about money every day and I go crazy."