Lin Jingzhong opened every silver bag beside Lin Fushu's desk and looked at it. He wanted to spread all five bags of official silver on the ground and count them one by one. Twenty thousand taels of silver sounded scary, but in fact it was only fifty taels of official official silver.
There were four hundred ingots, each of which was not even as big as Zhou Pu's fist, but Lin Jingzhong almost drooled when he saw it. Lin Jingzhong had been thinking about the silver these days, and was so worried that two of his hair turned white. Suddenly there was a pile of them.
The brilliant white money piled up on his face, making his eyes dazzle.
"By the way, where did this money come from?" After a long while, Lin Jingzhong remembered to ask where the money came from.
"It's not without reason that there is chaos in the sky today..." Lin Fu then told Lin Jingzhong about the Qu family's affairs. He was afraid that he would lose his temper before. After all, the river mouth is under the jurisdiction of the Quyang Town Inspection Department, and Lin Jingzhong wants to represent him.
Jiyun Society dealt with the Qu family, especially Quyang Inspector Qu Wuming. Now Prison Island has the right to assist in the defense of the river mouth. Although the administrative affiliation was not explicitly stated, Lin Fu could completely ignore the Quyang Town Inspection Department.
What matters can be contacted in Moling County?
"Ah!" Lin Jingzhong stared blankly at the money in his hand. These days, few people outside Dongcheng are still talking about the tragic attack on the refugees that killed thirty-six people, but the case of the disappearance of Qu Wuyang's only son has made a big fuss. Except for
Qu Wuyang's only son is the son of a famous playboy in Jiangning. The Qu family passed through Jiangning Mansion and the reward offered by Moling County is also exciting. The reward of five million yuan is equivalent to 4,000 taels of silver, which can be purchased in Jiangning for 500 yuan.
acres of fertile farmland.
Lin Jingzhong swallowed hard and asked, "Have you found out who was behind the Qu family's command?"
"No," Lin Fu shook his head and said, "For this period of time, the Qu family has been trying its best to find Qu Wuyang's only son, and there is no sign of close contact with other forces. If there must be any relationship behind it, Zhi Shi left the center to
Chen Xiyan, the former Secretary of the Ministry of Finance who lectures at Xixi Academy, is Qu Wuyang's wife's cousin, but Chen Xiyan probably has no motive for such cruelty. We need to pursue the case carefully. Before the prison is cleared, any female prisoner in Jiangdao Prison who has the slightest appearance of beauty will be punished.
Forced to sell their bodies in brothels in Quyang Town. The two brothels in Quyang Town are properties owned by the Qu family. After the prison was released, no more female prisoners would sell themselves in brothels in Quyang Town. However, the Procuratorate did not hold the Qu family accountable.
Even Ge Zuxin, Zhou Shide and others used money to launder their crimes and leave Jiangning Mansion. To say that it was because of this or to prevent Jiyun Society from establishing a foothold in the river mouth, it can be said to be a motive. In any case, the blood feud between the thirty-six people will not be like this.
That's it..." Lin Fu said the last sentence in an unusually cold voice.
Lin Jingzhong and everyone were sighing.
As the saying goes, "relatives may still be sad, but others have also sung." More than a month has passed since the refugee tragedy. Even among the displaced people who are recruiting workers, the panic and sadness have gradually dissipated. Naturally, the Linjing Center regards the tragedy as a lesson.
Soon I started thinking about how to spend the twenty thousand taels of silver.
After a while, everyone shifted the topic to business. Lin Fu said: "When Jiyun Society applied for business invitations from Moling County, the principal reported was twenty thousand taels of silver. Besides, after the large-scale construction here, the expenses have been rising.
It's very big. In the past two months, as many as five or six thousand taels of money have been paid out. Lin Mengde is the only one who knows a little bit about Jiyun Society's account books. However, these people are very familiar with Jiyun Society's account books.
It is still reliable, even if they see some problems, they will not talk about it, and the money will be directly put into the treasury for use without worrying about arousing the Qu family's vigilance."
"Twenty thousand taels of silver can be converted into 24 to 5 million yuan of copper. For ordinary people, it is definitely an unimaginable huge amount of wealth, but this amount of money is really limited," Cao Ziang said.
Fenglang's three-masted thousand-stone ship plan costs four to five thousand taels of silver to build each one, and 20,000 silver taels can only buy four or five thousand-stone ships."
"Yes," Lin Fu sighed and said, "If there is no strong person in the court to stand up and turn the tide, the world will probably become more and more chaotic. I am also willing to buy a few more large ships to prepare for the worst.
1. Besides, the Cao Road from the southeast to the north has not yet begun to recover due to the impact of the East Fujian War. There are many shipyards near Jiangning Prefecture that have a backlog of new ships due to previous cancellations of orders by shippers. At this time, they are purchasing new ships.
, not only can you buy a new ship immediately, but the ship price can be kept to the lowest. Even if the world returns to chaos, buying more ships at this time will not be a loss-making business. In addition to the previous three-masted ship, I want to collect clouds
The company has purchased another large merchant ship for normal trade. In addition, Jiangning Prefecture and Jiangdong County Prefecture have officially recognized that the guards of Jiangdao Prison have the right to assist in the defense of the river mouth from the day before yesterday. I also have an excuse to give
Prison Island has added two fast armed vehicles and ships. Speaking of which, what troubles me is the staffing issue. Fortunately, Big Loach and Little Loach came over, otherwise I would have been worried to death..."
"Master Tan is too polite, we brothers can only do our little bit..." Ge Cunxin said.
Lin Jingzhong knew that a pole was erected on Changshan Island in the name of Tan Zong, the East Sea Fox. He was just wondering: Why did the Ge brothers regard Tan Zong as Lin Fu's real name and address them as "Master Tan" in private discussions?
When Cao Ziang heard that the problem of the prison guards' assisting defense rights in the Hekou area had been solved, he was excited and asked: "Are the guards going to expand?"
"Well, let's make up for the shortfall first. Three teams of soldiers are enough to deal with the small group of bandits in Chaotiandang. In the next two days, we will go to the north bank with the Admiral's Office and the Inspectorate to select refugees to fill the military households..." Lin Fu said.
With the assistance of Zhou Pu and Zhao Hu, it would not be a problem for Lin Fu to personally control these three teams of prison island warriors. The key lies in the personnel distribution at the mouth of the river.
Lin Fu and Cao Ziang discussed that they must first ensure the staffing of the ship that transports supplies to Changshan Island. Without complete certainty, outsiders cannot be easily used. Ge Cunxin and the thirty men brought by Ge Cunxiong this time are mainly deployed on that ship.
On board the two fast armed vehicles and ships purchased for the prison island, the main combat force can only be provided by the prison guards, but the sailors still have to choose people from the refugees recruited from the river mouth. Lin Fu asked Ge Cunxin, and brother Ge Cunxiong recommended two
Reliable manpower to be the leader of the sailors on these two armed vehicles and ships must not only take on the responsibility of training the sailors, but also have the ability and courage to organize the sailors to assist the soldiers in combat or even directly fight the enemy if there is a water battle.
For the merchant ships purchased by Jiyun Society, whether they are boatmen, sailors or military guards, they can recruit workers from the river mouth and select people for training. However, the merchant ships carry millions of dollars, so the leaders of the merchant ships have to pay attention to it. They discussed it to the end and decided
Little Loach Master Ge Cunxiong was personally in charge of the ship. He couldn't spare any other manpower, so he asked Chen Enze to run errands with Ge Cunxiong.
Of course, Jiyun Society now only allocates a budget of four thousand taels to Ge Cunxiong. From the purchase of merchant ships, supervision of transformation, staffing and training to final launch, Ge Cunxiong is responsible for everything. Although Longjiang Shipyard has
There were many new ships in the backlog, but Lin Fu still requested that they be modified and reinforced to the standards of offshore navigation or even battle. If something unexpected happened, the ship would still have to leave for Changshan Island.
"Master Cao, I hope you can stay on the shore," Lin Fu said to Cao Zi'ang at the end of the discussion. "There are more than 100 households registered in the Yellow Household Register of Moling County here at the mouth of the river, and there will be more in the future. They need to be registered. I
We have discussed with Moling County that the capital of Li Changjia can choose someone from among the refugees. After all, Jingzhong is young and lacks experience. My energy is also limited. I want to wrong Master Cao to be the chief..."
Lin Jingzhong was overjoyed. With Cao Ziang in charge of civil affairs, his burden would be reduced by at least half. In fact, these days, under Lin Fu's deliberate guidance, Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxiong, and Ge Cunxin have become the de facto leaders of the refugees at the mouth of the river. Lin Fu at this time
Calling them openly to discuss matters was a normal thing in the eyes of others; Zhou Pu and Wu Qi were both retinues.
The prison guards still have to be stationed on the island. Although there are forty guards on the Jiyunshe side, if they are divided between the two ships, the ten guards on the river mouth side will be enough.
If you want to take the path of organizing and training private households, only Cao Zi'ang is suitable to do this.
Cao Ziang thought for a while and said: "Okay, I will stay on the shore; I will have to work hard to get to Changshan Island..."
Ge Cunxin scratched his unkempt beard. Cao Ziang, Cunxiong and others divided their men. He had less than thirty men left for him. There would be no problem if he sailed normally. If he encountered other bandit forces, his men would all be gone.
It is quite difficult for less than thirty people to guard a thousand-stone ship. He asked: "Can there be some gangsters on the ship?"
"Use," Lin Fu nodded and said. There is no one who follows the rules when sailing in this world. It is normal to use gangsters and carry private goods. It is just that the fees of various forces must be paid.
As long as Mr. Loach feels reliable." He can even draw more people directly from Changshan Island. Lin Fu can now say that he has taken all the civil affairs, defense assistance and other matters on the Hekou side. This small move can still be done.
Yes, even if someone discovers it, it's not a big deal, as long as it doesn't cause a big mess. In this world, if you follow the rules here, it will make other people suspicious.
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Everything is in a mess, and it is time to discuss it. It is already the zenith of the moon.
Lin Fu asked everyone to have a simple meal in the thatched cottage before leaving.
Since many refugees came to the river to recruit workers, Cao Ziang and others pretended to be refugees, so they naturally had to live in shacks. Lin Fu also asked Lin Jingzhong, Qian Xiaowu and others to live in shacks. Now a surrounding house has been built, and Lin Fu
They also asked Lin Jingzhong and Qian Xiaowu to move into enclosed houses and live with the refugees.
Qian Xiaowu's wife Yun Niang was still helping to clean up the house. Lin Fu saw that it was getting very late, so he asked her to stop and go back to rest. Thinking that Qian Xiaowu was just learning, and his ability was actually not weaker than Lin Jingzhong, he could have taken on the responsibility
More matters, but he is a pedantic person, and Lin Fu is not sure that he can accept the fact that Jiyun Society is not only a collusion between officials and businessmen, but can even be said to be a collusion between "officials, businessmen and bandits".
Lin Fu walked to the thatched cottage and looked at the backyard, which was simply surrounded by a bamboo fence, shrouded in moonlight, as if he were standing at the bottom of clear water. After a busy day, he was already a little bloated. When he saw the moonlight, he suddenly felt relaxed.
Quite a few, Lin Fu couldn't help but sit on the bamboo steps, looking at the moonlight in the courtyard and pressing his temples with his fingers.
"Are you tired?" Liu Yue'er squatted quietly beside Lin Fu.
"Some..." Lin Fu turned around and glanced at Liu Yue'er, then turned and moved so that she could sit next to him.
Liu Yue'er looked back and looked in through the back door with a guilty conscience. Zhou Pu and the guards were either practicing swordsmanship in the front yard or scattered around on guard. There was no one in the house or in the backyard. She bravely said: "What are you going to do?"
Why don't I rub it for you?" He squatted behind Lin Fu, pressed his fingers on the Taiyangtang and started to rub it gently.
Smelling the faint fragrance coming from Liu Yue'er, and pressing her cool and delicate fingers against the sun, Lin Fu felt so comfortable that he stretched out his legs and hands, and leaned into Lin Liuyue's arms.
Enjoy it.
Liu Yue'er didn't expect that Lin Fu, a scoundrel like him, would go to extreme lengths. Seeing him closing his eyes and relaxing his eyebrows, Liu Yue'er couldn't bear to push him away from her arms, so she endured the shame and panic of being discovered by others at any time and massaged him.
He got up and talked to him quietly.
"What else will happen tomorrow?"
"There are always things that can't be done," Lin Fu felt the soft fragrance of Liu Yue'er's arms and closed his eyes as he said, "We still need to recruit some people on the island to send Yang Shi to the prison on the north bank of Zhengye Hall.
The books have also been engraved. When the bamboo hall here is completed in a while, Zhao Shuhan will be invited to give lectures..."
"How many people will come to listen to the lecture on prison books?" Liu Yue asked.
"Who knows," Lin Fu didn't know how many people he could invite. "You can go and listen to it then."
"I'm a woman, why should I listen to this?" Liu Yuer refused without much thought.
Lin Fu smiled and did not force Liu Yue'er at this time. He chatted with her about the urgent things to do these days: "Jiyun Society is going to add two big ships. Although the modification of the hull has always been difficult for Jingzhong and Ge,
When my brothers go to supervise, I always have to take the time to take a look. On the other hand, the dock side has taken a preliminary look. Now the guards have the right to assist in the defense of the river mouth. With this foundation, we can deceive
Others put money in. Jiyun Society can't invest all their money here. Besides, according to Ge Siyu's plan, three streets will be built here, and Jiyun Society doesn't have so much money to invest. I will go in tomorrow.
city……"
"..." Liu Yue'er chuckled, "I'm not going to say serious words, but I'm going to use the word 'liar'. How many people do you think were deceived by you?"
"Aren't they all?" Lin Fu smiled and asked Liu Yue'er, "Will you come with me to the city tomorrow?"
"What can I do if I accompany you?" Liu Yue'er asked, "Besides, it's rare for you to go into the city, why don't you go to see Miss Su?"
"What's the problem?" Lin Fu asked.
Of course, Liu Yue'er didn't want to meet Su Mei or Xiao Man. Their identities were inexplicable, so it would be even more embarrassing if they met them.
At this time, he heard the sound of messenger drums coming from the prison island. Lin Fu frowned and stood up. He saw someone on the high wall of the Jiangdao prison waving a rosin torch regularly. This was because the prison island had something to ask him.
After receiving the signal to return to the island, Lin Fu felt strange: It was almost midnight, and all the prisoners were in prison. What else could happen on the island?