Lin Fu stepped out of the thatched cottage and was about to welcome Sun Jingxuan ashore to make amends before going to the prison island to pick up his daughter. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he thought of something strange and turned to ask Su Mei: "Sun Jingxuan has an autographed letter from Master Fu.
I sent someone to deliver the letter quickly last night, and I will naturally release him to make amends. Why did he start such a big fight, with almost two thousand members of the Xihe Association gathering outside the river bank?"
"I don't know why. I received someone from Sun Jingxuan in Baiyuan early in the morning to ask for mercy, so I hurried out of the city without meeting Sun Jingxuan." Su Mei said, "Sun Jingxuan has no children, and Duwaniang is alone.
Girl, Wan Niang’s maiden name is Wen Wan. I have only met her twice. She is a woman with a strong personality..."
Even if you have a strong personality, you can't stab someone's life with a knife. Fortunately, Sun Wenwan's vital parts were not hurt, and he said: "Then I'll have someone bring Wan Niang from Prison Island first."
At this time, Zhao Qinmin was about to come in and saw Su Mei sitting in the front hall of the thatched cottage. He was slightly startled and asked Lin Fu: "What is going on outside the river bank? Why are there so many ships stopping? Do you want to send someone to notify the garrison?" Last night?
There was an assassination incident at the mouth of the river. He did not have the courage to leave the enclosure, and no one came to inform him of the incident. He waited until dawn without seeing any movement, and had no shame to continue hiding in the enclosure. He ran to the river embankment to take a look and was frightened.
He jumped up and asked everyone else and they all said they didn't know what was going on, so he could only run to find Lin Fu.
"It's nothing serious. Someone came to the river mouth by boat for a walk last night. I thought it was a nail sent by someone. Who knows it was a misunderstanding. I asked everyone over there to plead for mercy, so I let him go," Lin Fu said perfunctorily.
"Work is going on normally here at the mouth of the river. Don't let it affect you. When you meet the head of the village, Cao Zi'ang, you tell him the same thing."
Zhao Qinmin was puzzled, thinking that since it was a matter that could be solved through favors, why did the other party make such a big fuss? With so many ships gathering, Jiangning Shuiying would definitely be alert. But Lin Fu said this, and it was not convenient for him to question it in person, so he said goodbye and left
The thatched cottage first went to Cao Zi'ang, who was first the leader of the refugees and later recommended as the head of the village, and told Lin Fu's words to him.
When Cao Ziang saw Su Mei coming to Lin Fu, he roughly guessed that Su Mei was asking for a letter. With a coordinator among them, conflicts would be less likely to happen. After hearing Zhao Qinmin's message, he and Lin Jingzhong first let everyone here know
We are back to work as usual. The warning on the river bank will not be withdrawn for the time being. Da Loach also temporarily led people to guard the Dongyang and not drop anchor.
Lin Fu wrote the order in the front hall and gave it to the guard soldiers outside the door to go to the prison island to fetch the person. There was no one else in the front hall. Lin Fu invited the fourth lady to sit down too. Liu Yue'er made tea and brought it over. Su Mei stood hurriedly.
He stood up and bowed to her: "Xiao Man has a stubborn temper, so I asked Miss Liu to take care of her..."
"She is so much younger than me, so I should take care of her..." Liu Yue'er said with a sweet smile. Although she had known everything about Changshan Island, she was only acquainted with the fourth lady who often came to report news.
This was the first time she saw Su Mei. She really felt that she was so beautiful and graceful that she was really jealous and jealous. She couldn't figure out in her heart why Su Mei stayed in the feudal mansion. Could it be that she was really like what outsiders said?
Are you saying that Su Mei has a deeper affection for Chen Mingche, the most talented person in the Southeast?
Counting the time, Sun Jingxuan's daughter should pick her up quickly. Lin Fu stood up and said to Su Mei: "You sit here for a while, I will go to the pier to pick up people. This time I have offended a lot." He was afraid that Su Mei would be worried, so he added
He said, "She should not be seriously injured, but she is still a little injured. I specifically ordered her to be given medicine after being sent to the prison island, just because she didn't look like an assassin. I was too lazy to interrogate last night. I wish I had known that I would interrogate her...
..." Lin Fu also regretted Mo Di, thinking that Fu Qinghe could be an old matchmaker, and Sun Jingxuan and Xihe Hui should be worthy partners to win over and make friends with. He is not greedy for the beauty of Sun family women, even if he glanced at it twice last night
, the girl from the Sun family is indeed very beautiful, but her face is dirty, but she is more beautiful than Liu Yuer and Xiaoman.
Xiaoman also stood up and said: "I will go with you..."
Lin Fu thought that Xiao Man was his personal maid, and he wanted her to stay close to him within the area of the river mouth to prevent her from getting depressed, so he asked her to go with him to the river mouth to pick him up. When he walked out of the door, Xiao Man stood next to Lin Fu.
She turned around and said softly: "Sister Wan, I've seen it too. Who told you to just listen to Sister Yue'er and stay in the house?"
Ganqing came here to take pleasure in others' misfortunes. Yesterday, he even boasted to her that there would be a good show to watch today, but Lin Fu did not expect that such a good show would happen to him.
Prison Island sent a boat over. This boat had no shelter. Lin Fu stood on the river bank and saw Sun Wenwan tied tightly on a simple stretcher. Her hair was disheveled, her left arm was wrapped with wounds, and the key was that her left leg was still injured.
Plaster, Lin Fu secretly complained in his heart. He didn't expect that Sun Wenwan punched him down the embankment last night and injured his leg. The injury on his arm may not be light. There was a mother-in-law in the female prison, and Lin Fu didn't take any extra care. He thought to Sun Wenwan
There may not be any grievances, and there may not be good things to eat. Lin Fu and Xiao Man went down the river embankment. Xiao Man also complained in a low voice: "Why are you so cruel to such a beautiful girl like Sister Wan?
"
"My intestines are turning green now. Do you want me to pull out a section and show it to you? Please say some nice words to me quickly..." Lin Fu begged Xiaoman in a low voice.
"You have such a smooth tongue, how can I put in a good word for you?" Xiaoman scolded with a smile. She didn't have a particularly deep contact with Sun Wenwan, so Lin Fu's treatment of other beautiful girls was exactly what she wanted.
Lin Fu walked to the pier and waited for the boat to come over. He looked at Sun Wenwan, who was tied to a simple stretcher with fire eyes. He smiled flatteringly and said: "Miss Sun, there was a real misunderstanding last night. I'm here to apologize to you... You go to the thatched cottage first.
Rest, I will send someone to invite your father right away so that I can make amends." Lin Fu winked at Xiaoman and asked Xiaoman to take someone to carry Sun Wenwan to the thatched cottage. Su Mei was there, and asked Su Mei to take a rest.
Sun Wenwan loosened his bonds to prevent Sun Wenwan from stabbing him with a knife again.
Lin Fu walked around from the river embankment to the Jiang'an Pier. All the ships from the Xihe Club were outside the boundary piles, and they did not dare to cross the thunder pool all night. On the way, Cao Ziang and Lin Jingzhong came towards them, and Lin Fu had the opportunity to explain to them: "
It was a misunderstanding. Mr. Fu and Sun Jingxuan from Xihehui are old friends, and they exchanged letters. It was Sun Jingxuan's only daughter who caused trouble last night. Her arms and legs were injured. I personally disembarked from the boat and fetched Sun Jingxuan to plead guilty. You can each go and do your work...
"
"Is it dangerous?" Lin Jingzhong asked worriedly.
Lin Fu asked with a smile: "What danger could there be?" He signaled the big loach master Ge Cunxin to dock the Dongyang to pick him up aboard.
Now that they had to guard against Zhao Qinmin's eyes, Cao Ziang and Lin Jingzhong dispersed and withdrew the secret sentry.
Lin Fu boarded the Dongyang, explained the matter to Lord Loach, and then set sail to meet the fleet in Xihe.
After all, the vast majority of the members of the Xihe Society are poor boatmen. According to the law, each ship that transports grain can carry a certain proportion of private goods for sale north and south, and the ships can be used for private purposes during non-water transportation. These two can be regarded as the most important influence of the river gang.
Source of income, but in reality the various exploitations that have to be dealt with along the way are higher than the normal commercial taxes, and the river gangs have to pay for the shipwrecks and water transportation delays along the way. In fact, the financial resources of the general river gangs are even comparable to those of ordinary merchants.
Compare.
Among the grain ships that Lin Fu saw in front of him, which carried about 200 stones of rice and grain, there were as many as 200 in Xihe. They were still nominally owned by the government. In normal years, new ships would be allocated at a rate of 8%.
Eliminate old ships. Based on this, the depreciation life of each ship is calculated to be about twelve years. Then the special shipbuilding funds allocated by the Ministry of Revenue to each shipbuilding yard are difficult to fully focus on shipbuilding. It is difficult to say that the quality of a ship can maintain high strength.
After twelve years of sailing, the river bank will have to pay for the replacement of the old ship in advance. A large number of shipwrecks and capsizing accidents occur every year on the Cao River. The loss of shipwrecks is the second largest. If a shipwreck blocks the river channel in the shallow and narrow Cao River, it will be life-threatening.
, you have to spend money to hire people to salvage the sunken ship and dredge the river. If you delay the water transportation period between your own family and other families, you have to be held accountable. Almost every few years, the river gang's power falls apart, and the leader family comes to the government for questioning, and every few years
As new river gangs emerge and are recognized by the government, it seems to be a rule to eliminate them every few decades. However, if there are no serious mistakes, the government will not be too harsh in punishing them.
Sun Jingxuan is already the fourth generation of the Xihe Society since it established its foothold in Jiangning. It is considered a very important branch of the Jiangning River Gang. The Dongyang came close, and countless heads came out of the cabin and stood on the bow of the ship, glaring at each other.
They all hold sharpened bamboo guns in their hands. The government will severely crack down on ordinary gang organizations, but the water transportation situation is special. Without the existence of river gangs, the government organized its own manpower to transport more than six million shi of rice grains.
Thousands of miles away in Yanjing, the cost will be astonishingly high. As long as they have food to eat, most people will not take the risk to rebel. Although the existence of river gangs poses a certain threat, especially when Emperor Gaozu relied on rivers to establish his country.
There are many gangs, but since this dynasty, the newly rising river gangs have not caused particularly great harm.
"I dare to ask Sun Jingxuan which ship Sun Hui is on. Lin Fu, the jailer of Jiangdao Prison, is here to apologize to Sun Hui. Miss Su Mei has explained the misunderstanding clearly. It was Lin Fu who acted recklessly and had someone take Miss Sun off.
The female jailer brought her back to the river mouth and asked Sun Hui to go there so that Lin Fu could apologize again..." Lin Fu stood on the bow of the boat and bowed to Xihe Hui and asked loudly.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Mr. Lin has spoken harshly. My daughter is unruly and willful. She has offended you and deserves punishment. I just hope that Mr. Lin will read that Jingxuan is also serving the court and give Jingxuan a chance to atone for my daughter's sins."
The slightly larger two-masted ship did not raise the sail, but someone at the stern swung the oar to drive the ship forward. A middle-aged man at the bow of the ship clasped his fists in fear and saluted, "As long as Mr. Lin shows mercy to my little girl, Mr. Lin will punish Jingxuan no matter what he wants."
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Lin Fu was wondering, didn't Sun Jingxuan read the letter Fu Qinghe gave him? Sun Jingxuan's posture was clearly a threatening gesture and he asked softly and kindly, but in the final analysis, he was still weak. The last sentence made it clear that the fortress' silver atonement
Ah, he sighed softly: The blackmail against Jing'er in Dongcheng City was too severe. Jiang Ning's slightly powerful power was not enough to fight against Gu Wuchen's power, and he was as afraid as a tiger of anyone who had any information left in their hands.
Lin Fu could only continue to lower his posture and said: "Sun Hui's words are serious. Miss Sun is not at fault at all. If you want to say she is wrong, it was my oversight at night..." Seeing Sun Jingxuan becoming more and more frightened, he confirmed that he had not seen Fu Qinghe's letter.
Su Mei would not lie to herself, and her heart became more and more strange. She could only ask Sun Jingxuan to go to the mouth of the river to talk, and did not mention Sun Wenwan's injury for the time being.
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ps: The third update, please give me a red ticket. Be more powerful.