Lin Fu, Zhou Pu, Lin Jingzhong and others stood on the east beach of Prison Island and watched the sunset. The setting sun fell on the bushes and weeds on the desert beach.
The wild grass on Dongtan has grown to almost half a person's height. Although it is all dead grass, it does not fall down. On the waterlogged mudflat, there are green tender reeds sprouting out.
"..." Lin Fu looked at the sunset as red as blood, knowing that it was not easy for such a situation to happen in a few months, and he was filled with emotions for a while.
On the prison island, Sun Geng, the secretary general, is responsible for the daily prison affairs and prisoner labor, Yang Shi is responsible for the supervision of military soldiers, and Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu are responsible for the training of new military soldiers, military guards, and warships. Hekou settled in
Cao Ziang, Lin Jingzhong, Qian Xiaowu and others were responsible for the management of the refugees and laborers. Zhao Qinmin and Lin Mengde were responsible for inviting the Dongyang Township Party to come to the river mouth to jointly build the project. The three-masted thousand-stone ship and the boatmen were in charge of Bengpu. The training of the sailors was taken care of by Big and Small Loach Masters.
; The security force at the mouth of the river is weak, so spies have been used to monitor the situation, and Wu Qi, the crow master, is in charge.
Among these many people, Yang Shi and Zhao Qinmin were Gu Wuchen's confidants. Lin Fu was not qualified to take Zhao Qinmin for his own use. Gu Wuchen was quite satisfied with the situation at the mouth of the river.
The veteran worker officer Ge Fu and the bamboo craftsman Zhao Zui Gui'er as well as Ge Siyu, Zhao Shuhan, Wu Yanqing and others actually made up for many technical deficiencies such as the construction of the river mouth and the labor of prisoners on the prison island.
The first batch of young men and women who were recruited to recruit workers and refugees were almost completely divided. There were forty military guards, more than forty chariots and boat oarsmen, and the boatmen who were taken to the Longjiang Shipyard for training by the big and small Loach Masters.
More than sixty sailors, more than forty clerks from Jiyun Club, and more than forty handymen, as well as some people who were disabled in the refugee tragedy, were also assigned to watch the watch, guard the bells and lights in the corner tower, and guard the gates of the surrounding houses. Of course, there were also a handful of people.
Lazy or unreliable refugees were ruthlessly expelled.
Dongyang Prefecture is close to Jiangning, and people from Dongyang will flock to Jiangning in large numbers to work as laborers, porters, or go to the workshops run by the Dongyang Township Party to find work. Due to the guarantee of the Dongyang Township Party, these Dongyang residents
The disciples could distinguish themselves from the refugees stranded on the north bank and cross the river.
In order to avoid the infiltration of local forces with ulterior motives in Jiangning on the Hekou side, Lin Fu naturally used local people guaranteed by the Dongyang Township Party as much as possible. Lin Mengde played a very important role, and most of the workers on the Hekou side were him.
Merchant ships under the name of Linji Warehouse were recruited from the banks of the Shiliang River.
The Hekou side invited the Dongyang Township Party to co-organize the party, and the Dongyang Township Party was naturally accustomed to using local people to work. Although due to the influx of refugees, the price in the suburbs of Jiangning was very low, but out of local sentiment, whether it was Jiyunshe or other
When the Dongyang Township Party hires people, the labor price given to local children is always 20 to 30% higher than the local labor price, so that they can live in Jiangning with food and clothing and save money to send home to subsidize their families. It is this kind of local affection that makes the villagers
The party and local people can firmly unite and form forces in different places.
The three-masted thousand-stone ship needs to be trained in Longjiang Lake for half a month, and then it has to be trained in Caotiandang so that it can handle stronger winds and waves. After all, if you encounter wind and waves when you go to sea, you will not be trained again.
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In late March, before the plum rainy season arrived, Lin Fu sent three more Wupeng cargo ships to transport hundreds of stones of rice, seeds, cloth, medicinal materials, ironware and other items as well as one thousand taels of silver to Changshan Island. Transporting the silver there,
It is also convenient for Changshan Island to sneak into Songjiang, Chongzhou and other counties to exchange for some scarce supplies, so that they don’t eagerly expect them to be shipped here. The privately-hidden fine soldiers and armor are not in a hurry to be shipped. After all, Lin Fu is still worried about the
In the Yangtze River, when a gangster robbed a ship with evil intentions, the Wupeng cargo ship was escorted by only three or five people and had no power to fight back. Lin Fu promised that the escorts were on the river. If they encountered robbers at sea and had no way to escape, they could abandon the ship and escape.
. Rice grains, iron tools, medicinal materials, cloth and even silver are nothing worth cherishing. They are all easily obtained and can be taken away by others. Fine scale armor, fine steel sword heads and other fine armor can be bought if you have money.
If you don't get anything good, it would be safer to wait until the Thousand Stone Ship can sail into the Yangtze River and prepare all the armed guards before sending it to Changshan Island.
Lin Jingzhong looked at the deserted beach where two temporary camps, one large and one small, were built with wooden stakes for three to five days. There was also a leveled training ground between the camps. Four vehicles and boats were dragged to the shallow beach. What was going on in his mind?
It's really not difficult in Lin Fu's hands.
"Yang Pu sent Gu Siming here, what do you plan to do with him?" Lin Jingzhong asked Lin Fu.
"Let him cause trouble for Zhao Qinmin. If he dares to break the rules at the mouth of the river, you can tell me again," Lin Fu said.
Gu Siming is the son of Gu Wuchen's cousin. He came to Jiangning with Gu Wuchen. Gu Wuchen couldn't let him idle around in the city all day long. Gu Tianqiao was very diligent in managing the tea shop of Jiyun Society. After the New Year, he also brought his wife and young son with him.
After receiving Jiang Ning to settle down, Gu Wuchen asked Yang Pu to send Gu Siming to the mouth of the river and asked Lin Fu to arrange a job for him.
Gu Wuchen sent the person here, so Lin Fu naturally wanted to take the person back. Jiyun Society and Prison Island would naturally not let Gu Siming intervene, leaving it to Zhao Qinmin.
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By the end of March, the personnel transfer in Southeast, which had been discussed for nearly half a year, was finally finalized.
Yue Zhiqiu, the Minister of War who was promoted to the position after the Chentangyi defeat last year, is also a member of the Chu party. After the Chentangyi defeat, he personally went to the Yanshan defense line to supervise the army and supervise the war. He played an important role in stabilizing the northern defense line. It is also the reason why the Chu party has won the trust and respect of the superiors today.
This time, he was appointed as an envoy to supervise Eastern Fujian, taking charge of civil affairs, armaments, and supervising other affairs, and became the new governor of Eastern Fujian County.
It stands to reason that Yue Zhiqiu is more familiar with northern defense. If he is to be reused, it would be more reasonable for him to be in charge of the governor-general Yanji Defense Area. Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen knew the subtleties of it. All of this came from the internal arrangements of the Chu Party, and the Yanshan Defense Line
At this time, the country is still very important, and there are too many distinguished veterans and generals. Yue Zhiqiu's qualifications are still relatively young, and it is difficult to control the defense of Yanji. Moreover, the situation in Yanshan will be particularly difficult even with elite reinforcements from the southeast. If Yue Zhiqiu is defeated at the Yanshan defense line, it will be very difficult.
The advantage that the Chu party had finally gained in the court collapsed. Instead of having many worries, it would be better to let Yue Lengqiu go to Eastern Fujian to accumulate resources.
Lin Fu was speechless. While the dynasty was in turmoil, the Chu party still focused on one faction's top priority. The temporarily stable Yanji defense zone still seemed to be full of crises and the struggle for power was serious.
Li Zhuo, the former governor of East Fujian, also received special honors. He was awarded the title of Prince's Major Division and the title of Shangshu of the Jiangning Ministry of War. He was appointed as the garrison of Jiangning. The former garrison of Qin Chengbo in Jiangning was awarded one level of military honors as usual. After Li Zhuo went to Jiangning and took office, he was transferred to Yanjing for the garrison.
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From late March to early April, Jiangning City returned to a rare calm. It seemed that everyone was holding their breath waiting for Li Zhuo to come to Jiangning to take office. No one dared to cause trouble at this time, which became the first thing Li Zhuo burned when he came to Jiangning.
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In the past few days, Lin Fu exchanged a large amount of atonement copper coins from Hekou into official silver and sent it to Chen Yuanliang and Zhang Yubo. Instead, Jiyun Society needed a large amount of copper coins to settle wages. Nearly 30,000 kilograms of copper coins were piled up in the warehouse. Every day
When wages were calculated every day, hundreds of catties of copper coins were distributed.
The construction of the second enclosed house in the Bamboo Hall is intensifying and is almost completed. The third and fourth enclosed houses have also begun to build the outer walls. The carriage road connecting the south gate of the fence to the Donghua Gate official road is quickly being built, and drainage is being dug.
Ditch, tamp the excavated soil onto the roadbed, spread the charcoal residue, and recruit a large number of laborers. As long as a large amount of money is spread, the suburbs of Jiangning are rich in materials. From the Donghuamen official road to the north, there is a ten-step wide carriage road.
It can advance a hundred steps a day. Lin Fu felt that the speed was not fast enough. The rainy season was coming soon, and the speed of road construction would be greatly reduced during the rainy season, so he went south from the gate of the river mouth and from the middle of the carriage road.
Road paving started in the north and south at the same time.
The money for road construction was shared by four merchants in Jiangning Prefecture, Moling County, Prison Island and Hekou. Wang Xueshan and Chen Yuanliang both sent the first batch of 500 taels of silver very straightforwardly. Even though the Dongyang Township Party had not yet decided on the final payment for some
In order to throw the silver into the river mouth, they all pledged 500 taels of silver one after another. The 500 taels of silver from Prison Island were naturally paid by Jiyun Society first.
In the past half month, the turmoil in Jiangning City has almost completely subsided. In the turmoil where Dongcheng Wei deceived Shi Jing'er and attacked the river mouth, the 32 people who were the first criminals and were imprisoned in Jiangdao Prison have been gradually released.
, as of early April, there were still nine people detained in the Prison Island Prison.
Lin Fu entertained these chief criminals with good wine and meat every day. However, the food and wine provided to these chief criminals in the prison were not free. Every time they were released, they had to pledge a share of the road construction money that the prison island should bear.
, after calculation, the price of wine and meat provided by Prison Island is only twice as expensive as that of Fanlou. Compared with the style of the big prison in the city, it is already much more restrained. After all, the bulk is left to Gu Wuchen for blackmail. But there is no extortion here.
If you don't knock, it would be too obedient. Lin Fu also specifically ordered Changsun Geng to personally take charge of this matter. The other jailers were very observant after the prison was cleared. Liu Xilin, the deputy captain of Yunqi in Dongyang Prefecture, was transferred to Jiangning to serve as the captain of Dongcheng.
The transfer order was jointly signed and issued by the Jiangning Garrison General's Office, Jiangning Office, and the Jiangdong Envoy Office at the end of March. However, Liu Xilin had to wait until the Dongyang Office was completed before he could come to Jiangning to take up his post.
On April 12, Mr. and 60 boatmen and sailors, who had been training in Longjiang Lake for nearly 20 days, finally moved the three-masted thousand-stone ship from Longjiang Lake to the mouth of the river with the assistance of craftsmen from Longjiang Shipyard.
Since the main mast of the Thousand Stone Ship is ten feet high, and the main bridge hole of the Jiuweng Bridge across the Jinchuan River connecting the Donghua Gate Official Road is only six feet higher during this season, under the operation of many craftsmen, boatmen, and sailors, the flower was forced to bloom.
It took two hours to be ballasted and tilted to pass through the main bridge opening of Jiuweng Bridge; thousands of people along the coast gathered to watch this as a rare event.
Lin Fu came to Jiuweng Bridge and rode on the river embankment to watch the Qianshi boat passing through the bridge opening. After the boat passed through the bridge opening, it temporarily anchored at the Jiuweng Bridge ferry. Lin Fu invited Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu, Ge Fu, Wu Yanqing, Zhao Qinmin and Lin Meng.
Then, Gu Siyuan and others boarded Jiyunshe's first large-scale commercial cargo sailing ship to watch the grand event.
The big and small Loach Master commanded the boatmen, and the sailors quickly raised the sails. The southeast wind was strong, and they sailed quickly towards the sky with the help of the wind.