"Since Master Fu values this Lin Fu so much, I don't think things will be too bad no matter how bad things are," Sun Jingtang said, "We can't force Wan Niang to do this. It's a good thing that Wan Niang is willing. I think this matter is temporary.
Just pretend you don’t know.”
Sun Jingxuan could only think about it. Girls from other families were filial and obedient, but his own daughter was spoiled by the Xihe Society. She was too self-assertive, so he couldn't temper her too much for a while.
At this time, a young man and woman emerged from a U-Peng boat. They stood on the bow and asked Sun Jingxuan: "Uncle, are we waiting here..."
"It's better to wait. After all, I told the sentry officer in Shuiying that we are here to discuss business. Besides, we have to let Wenyao and the others go back to Longzangpu first..." Sun Jingxuan ordered.
The young man and woman are Sun Wenbing and Sun Wenpei, the second sons of Sun Jingtang. Sun Jingxuan only has an only daughter, and his wife did not remarry after her death. Sun Jingtang had a wife and a concubine, and they gave birth to two boys and two girls. The eldest son, Sun Wenyao, was adopted by the eldest son, Sun Jingxuan, who will be married in the future.
Inheriting the Xihe Society, the second son Sun Wenbing also helped in the society. Both sons were married and had children. In addition to the third daughter Sun Wenpei who was only seventeen years old, there was also a younger daughter under ten years old, both of whom were born from concubines.
The river gang is involved in the misfortune of water transportation. Even if you can temporarily save some money, you never know when you will lose it all. Every few years, the river gang forces fall apart. It is not easy for the river gang to join the Jiangning River Gang.
Sixteen branches can last for more than four generations, including three in the Sun family. It is impossible for the Sun family to stop and escape in advance. First, the government will not agree, and second, there are so many members who cannot just leave it alone. Under various circumstances
, the river gang forces are much more united internally, and they are at the middle and lower levels of the food chain structure. There is also competition among the river gang forces. If they fight for power internally, they will mostly benefit outsiders.
After a while, Lin Jingzhong ran over and asked Sun Jingxuan what he needed here. Lin Fu asked the river mouth to make all arrangements. It seems that they set out yesterday after hearing the news, and there was no food on board. There were nearly thirty ships and six to seven hundred people. If they were here,
When anchored for half a day, there must be an arrangement.
"Do you have any steamed buns, steamed buns, or porridge here? We'll pay to buy them from you." Sun Jingtang's daughter Wen Pei thought Lin Jingzhong was an errand boy. Sun Wen Pei also had a wild temperament and a handsome appearance, but he was always on the boat with his father.
Her skin color is slightly darker, but it still has the luster of youthful honey. Although she didn't come here last night, she knew about it and provided cover for Wen Wan to leave. She didn't panic until the incident happened. Now that the incident had calmed down, she was a little eager to try.
She got up, thinking about going to the thatched cottage to see Wen Wan, but she was afraid that her father would remember what happened last night and scold her, so he took the initiative to greet Lin Jingzhong, trying to find an excuse to go ashore.
"What money do you need? You haven't had breakfast, right? We have prepared extra steamed buns and steamed buns on the shore today. Please pick a few people to move with me..." Lin Jingzhong said.
"Okay." Wen Pei was about to jump ashore.
"You stay on the boat and let Wen Bing take the people there," Sun Jingtang shouted softly. Although everyone loved Wen Wan, they couldn't let the two girls get together at this time. Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingtang didn't recognize them either.
Lin Jingzhong said politely to Lin Jingzhong, "Sorry for bothering you, little brother..."
"It's irrelevant. If you need anything else, just let me know." Lin Jingzhong said.
Sun Jingxuan heard that there was something wrong with Lin Jingzhong's words, and hurriedly asked: "I haven't asked this brother's name yet, it's really rude."
"You're welcome, Mr. Sun. Lin Jingzhong is the steward of Jiyun Society..." Lin Jingzhong said.
"I'm sorry. You look a lot like Mr. Lin. Could it be that you are Mr. Lin's brother..." Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingtang hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted. It was really rude to treat the chief steward of Jiyun Society as a runner. Wen Pei Xiao
The girl stood on the bow of the boat, staring at Lin Jingzhong, thinking that he was much younger than her second brother, how could he become the boss of Jiyun Club?
"You're welcome, Lin Fu and I are brothers," Lin Jingzhong said. "Lin Fu is waiting for the two leaders of the Sun Club in the thatched cottage. Uncle Meng De is also there. He said that he came here to ask for help from the second leader. He will settle the matter for the members of your society.
Just let me arrange it..."
Sun Jingtang was not very familiar with Lin Mengde, but he knew that Lin Mengde had a close relationship with Lin Fu. He also found someone to ask Lin Mengde for help. He would rather spend more money and hope that Lin Mengde could talk to him.
To resolve the matter, it was too late for Lin Meng to get the letter because there was only one person separated. He only rushed to Hekou now. Unexpectedly, the matter had been resolved smoothly long ago.
The two brothers Sun Jingxuan did not delay here, so they asked two members of the congregation to carry the silver that had been prepared on the boat last night, put the silver ingots on the tray, covered them with red silk cloth, and went back to the thatched cottage together.
Lin Fu, Lin Mengde, and Wu Yanqing were talking in the front hall. They watched two members of the congregation coming behind Brother Sun Jingxuan carrying trays of silver, and asked: "Master Sun, what does this mean?"
"It's a small thing to apologize to Mr. Lin," Sun Jingxuan said.
"What I said to Sun Huishou at the bow of the ship was not false at all. I regard Mr. Fu as an uncle, so I feel very guilty about what happened last night. If Sun Huishou is like this, Mr. Fu will recover from his injuries and return to Jiangning in a few days.
, What shame do I have to go see him? Besides, Mr. Wu is also sitting here...please go back, Mr. Sun." Lin Fu immediately issued an eviction order with a straight face.
Sun Jingxuan was also embarrassed, and Lin Fu also made it clear that what happened last night was entirely out of Fu Qinghe's face, although it seemed that it was also caused by Fu Qinghe's letter - Sun Jingxuan hurriedly asked the congregation to take the money back, and Lin Fu
Then he changed his smile and invited Sun Jingxuan. Sun Jing's cousins took their seats, and Lin Mengde also greeted them.
Although the Sun brothers were not familiar with Lin Mengde, it was a great sign of friendship that they were asked to come forward to make this trip, so they were naturally very polite and grateful.
"What I just said to the sentry officer was not just a matter of course. I actually have something to discuss with you two..." Lin Fu asked the Sun brothers to sit down and poured tea for them himself.
Sun Jingxuan was shocked and thought it was Lin Fu who wanted to mention the marriage directly regardless of etiquette. He was calculating in his mind and asked: "What's the matter?"
"Two things," Lin Fu said, "one is that the ferry terminal on the river bank here has been initially completed, and the carriageway connecting to Donghua Gate will also be completed. There is no fixed ferry to Chaotiandang North Bank and other ferries.
If Xihehui is interested, can you put a few boats at the mouth of the river, Chaotianyi Ferry, Gutang Ferry, Qixia Ferry, Shangyuan Ferry, and Quyang Zhendu? The business will be very light at the beginning, and there will be no gold left at the mouth of the river. In addition, each boat
I will give the Xihe Association another two taels of silver a month as a subsidy, Mr. Sun, do you think it will work?"
"Before the water transportation starts this year, it will be done." Sun Jingxuan agreed without hesitation. The river mouth was still very deserted, but even if Lin Fu didn't subsidize even one copper coin, just because Lin Fu refused to accept the two plates of silver, Sun Jingxuan would also
There will be no hesitation, "What is the other thing?"
"Jiyun Society has a batch of new tea in Shiliang County to be transported to Jiangning. The transportation capacity is insufficient. I would like to ask Sun Hui to send a few ships. The shipping fee will be based on the prevailing price in Jiangning. I will not give more, and I will never give less.
I would like to ask Sun Huishou if he can take out the boat?" Lin Fu said.
The Dongyang is a thousand-stone ship. The thousand-stone is calculated based on the capacity of hulled rice. The thousand-stone is about 100,000 buckets of hulled rice, which is about 150,000 kilograms. In terms of rice, the Dongyang can carry 100,000 kilograms in a full cabin. In terms of newly picked tea leaves
, can carry 30,000 kilograms. In fact, the biggest problem in maintaining the quality of new tea is overlapping, so partitions are added in the cabin to place tea bags, and enough ventilation space is left to prevent moisture. The Dongyang can only hold 10,000 kilograms of new tea in a full cabin. The Dongyang is mainly
Taking the Jiangning-Chongzhou route to support Changshan Island, the other two thousand-stone ships were supervised by Xiao Loach and his people at the Longjiang shipyard. Although they were semi-finished products that the shipyard had thrown into their hands before ordering, what was proposed here
There are many renovations, and it will take two months at the fastest to deliver the ship. The Gu family's new tea will be put on the market in late April. Lin Fu needs to hire another cargo ship in Jiangning. There are also many cargo ships that Jiangning can hire. After all, it will not be until late autumn.
It was a gap period for water transportation, and the river gang forces had a lot of surplus transportation capacity. Lin Fu wanted to use this to establish a good relationship with the Xihe Association, but he took advantage of the situation and made a request to Sun Jingxuan.
Once the river gangs are related to water transportation, they will not get official business subsidies from the government. Except for the fact that they can carry private goods in proportion to the water transportation along the Cao River, they are prohibited from trafficking goods by themselves during the water transportation period. They can only rent the transportation capacity to
Other merchants use it to ensure that the water boats can be mobilized during water transportation. Although the law was abolished and the river gang privately trafficked goods, it was not a treasonous thing. However, short-distance profits were slim, and long-distance exploitation at various checkpoints was far more than normal.
The business is much more important, not to mention making a profit, and it is often a loss-making business. Generally speaking, the river gang will be more honest in leasing the transportation capacity to other companies or merchants or requisitioning it to the government or the army. Like
During the ten years of war in East Fujian, the grain transportation in the southeastern counties was greatly reduced. The excess transportation capacity did not make much private profit for the river gang forces. Instead, it was requisitioned to support the logistics supply of the battlefield in East Fujian. Even if it was to East Fujian
The routes for supplying supplies on the battlefield are much shorter, and wages for work and food are calculated on a per-capita basis. The river gangs still benefit, but those at various shipyards openly reduce the annual 8% allocation for new ships by half. In the end, the river gangs account for
Less than half cheaper.
Sun Jingxuan couldn't get each of the two things Lin Fu asked him to do.
The war in East Fujian is over, and the new round of water transportation has not yet begun. There are also a large number of idle ships in Xihehui. Otherwise, hundreds of ships would not be mobilized at once yesterday. There is no work to do, but the boatmen still have to eat and support their families. Over the years,
The total salary and food money that each ordinary boatman can earn from water transportation is only 3,000 yuan. He usually has to travel for more than half a year. It is barely enough to feed himself, let alone support his family. It also forces the river gang to work on the water transportation.
Find new jobs during your schedule.
Lin Fu just raised his head about these matters and left the details to Lin Jingzhong to discuss with the Xihe Society. After waiting for a while, Lin Jingzhong was not seen, and he felt strange: Lin Jingzhong took the lead in settling the matters for the Xihe Society and handed it over to the Jiyun Society.
It's enough for the waiter to do it, so why did he get out of here? Isn't it possible that he wants to personally deliver steamed buns, steamed buns and other food to the ship and feed them?
By chance, Qian Xiaowu came over to report the matter. Lin Fu went to talk to Qian Xiaowu under the eaves outside the front hall, and saw that Lin Jingzhen had personally arranged for people to deliver food and soup to the boats. Judging from the situation, they were delivered to each boat personally.
, there was a girl in green clothes following closely behind her. She seemed to be from Xihe, and I wondered: Who could it be? Sun Wenwan's personal maid was also in the side hall, chatting with Sun Wenwan along with Su Mei, Xiaoman and the others.
"Go to the dock and call Lin Jingzhong back before you do anything." Lin Fu told Qian Xiaowu.
Lin Fu was waiting outside the door for Lin Jingzhong to come back and asked, "Has anyone found out the girl's maiden name and family background?"
"How dare you ask?" Lin Jingzhong replied smoothly. Then he realized that Lin Fu was trying to squeeze him because he thought he had been lingering at the dock for too long. After all, he was tender-skinned, so his face immediately turned red.
"You know I'm sorry, don't you? Then don't stick there!" Lin Fu said in a hurry, "Come in, I hope you will come to discuss things."
Lin Fu had already established his majesty in the center of Lin Jing. Lin Fu's words were neither light nor serious. Lin Jingzhong couldn't figure out what he meant, so he remained silent and followed him into the front hall obediently.
When Sun Jingxuan saw Lin Jingzhong coming in, he felt very sorry for neglecting him on the dock just now. He stood up and said, "I have kept Mr. Lin busy until now..."
Lin Fu said: "I just asked Sun Hui to take care of two things. Sun Hui will send someone to discuss the ferry in detail. If Xihehui wants to set up a point at the mouth of the river, one acre of land can be allocated to Xihehui at the mouth of the river.
The Xihe Association does not need to pay for the land, and Moling County can issue the land deed. However, if the shacks are built on the land or the brick houses are built, the Xihe Association will have to pay for it. The Dongyang Township Party is invited to the Hekou side with the same conditions. Sun Hui will lead you
What do you think?"
"Okay." Sun Jingxuan agreed. One hundred taels of silver would be enough to build a medium-sized house of one acre here. If this side of the river mouth really becomes prosperous, Xihe Club will have one more source of income here. It's better than
During the gap in water transportation, it would be better to squeeze into Longzangpu and compete with other gangs for business. Even if you use this to return Lin Fu's favor, it will be much less than the one thousand taels of silver that you just refused. In order to show his respect, Sun Jingxuan said, "
Transporting new tea is not a trivial matter. Here at Xihehui, I asked Jingtang to go there in person. I have to trouble Manager Lin to explain all these matters to Jingtang in detail."
"By the way," Lin Fu asked Sun Jingxuan, "I just saw a girl in green on the dock. She seems to be from the Xihe Club. I wonder whose girl it is, has she ever been betrothed to someone else?"
"..." Sun Jingxuan subconsciously turned around and glanced at his cousin Sun Jingtang, thinking how could Wen Pei come ashore and fall into Lin Fu's eyes?
Sun Jingtang was calm. Just now, Xiaoman and Liu Yue'er came to make tea. Their beauty was not inferior to that of Wan Niang. Although Wen Pei and Mao Yatou were also very lovable, he, as a father, felt that she was a little less beautiful. Besides, Wan Niang
My mother was imprisoned last night and did not suffer any other humiliation. In the conversation just now, Wu Yanqing also admired Lin Fu's character very much. He should not be a lustful person... While he was hesitating, he suddenly saw Lin Jingzhong, who had been calm and composed just now, blushing instantly.
Face, he smiled quickly and said: "Master Lin, are you talking about Wen Pei? That should be the little girl. She is only seventeen years old. She should have been promised to her long ago, but her mother couldn't bear it..."
"Jingzhong is a brother of our clan. He has good character and excellent knowledge. Although he has not obtained any honors, he is still a descendant of the Xun clan, but his vision is quite high. He is already in his twenties this year, and he is still a bachelor," Lin Fu laughed.
He said, "I'm just asking casually. I know that there is no sweetness in a strong-armed melon. Everything must be harmonious and both parties involved must be satisfied. I have often heard that many girls in river gangs choose their own husbands."
, this is really a good thing..."
Lin Fu was afraid that the quarrel mentioned by Fu Qinghe in his letter to Sun Jingxuan would create a psychological barrier for Sun Jingxuan and make it difficult for him to win over Xihehui, so he talked about Lin Jingzhong and the girl in green Wen Pei to resolve Sun Jingxuan's doubts.
He told him clearly: Sun Wenwan did not agree to this marriage, and he would not use his power to force it. Besides, Sun Wenwan had such a strong personality and deep grudges, Lin Fu was really afraid that it would be self-defeating and there would be no peace in the house.
Sun Jingxuan hurriedly said: "The girls from the He Gang are wild..." People who run boats cannot tell too many rules, and the same goes for Wen Wan. As the leader of the Xihe Association, he usually stays in Jiangning, but the water transportation matter,
He would never dare to take a break. He had been gone for more than half a year, and the girl had no mother to take care of her. How could he not be wild with his cousins and other congregation children? Sun Jingxuan heard that Lin Fu knew that Fu Qinghe was having an affair.
He was thinking about Wen Wan, but for the moment he couldn't tell whether Lin Fu disliked Wen Wan or for some other reason. In short, he didn't need to feel any psychological pressure over this matter.
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ps: The third update, I should have updated 11,000 words today, which is like paying off the debt due to the cold;
You may have to go out for some fresh air in two days. If you have any debts then, you can pay them later. ,!