It is easy to resolve Gu Wuchen's suspicion. Gu Wuchen is not someone who can be fooled easily. He knows best who is beneficial to him and who is useful to him. In addition, he cannot be unprepared for Zhao Qinmin at this time.
Lin Fu gently made Zhao Qinmin stumble, which was not a difficult task.
Lin Fu was still thinking about Su Mei. He could understand that Fu Qinghe would not interfere with his marriage to Sun Wenwan for no reason without discussing it in advance. Su Mei should have mentioned this in the letter sent to Changshan Island.
The relationship between Su Mei and Chen Mingzhe is not the kind of lingering ambiguity rumored by the outside world. Lin Fu still has some eyesight, but Su Mei can't get away from the feudal tower at this time. He has to deal with so many entanglements.
I had to find a shield, so I allowed the situation to evolve like this.
So what if Chen Mingzhe is the number one scholar, is he still just a pawn in the general trend of the world?
Lin Fu thought of his "love rival". He met him once when he went to Jiangning Gongyuan during the provincial examination, at the deer singing banquet when the provincial examination results were announced, and in the Cypress Garden when he was "obsessed with" Su Mei. Lin Fu had no idea about this most talented man in the southeast.
It was no stranger to me either, and I sneered contemptuously in my heart: Chen Xiyan, Chen Xinbo, Zhang Xie, Tang Haoxin and others are the ones standing beside the chessboard playing chess. It is a pity that these people only focus on party fighting and cannot see the danger of the chessboard turning over and aliens coveting the chessboard.
, perhaps among the powerful officials in the current government, only Li Zhuo and several people could take the overall situation into account. However, several people were restrained by various situations, and their talents could not be developed, and their ambitions could not be fulfilled.
Lin Fu, who was worried, followed Gu Wuchen on horseback to the house, handed the horse to Zhou Pu and the others, and followed Gu Wuchen to the inner house with Zhao Qinmin.
"ah!"
Hearing a sweet cry, Lin Fu was startled and came back to his senses. Seeing that he almost bumped into Gu Junxun, he took a step back, stood still, and asked with a smile: "What are you going to do, Mrs. Xun?" He was familiar with the Gu family.
Now, there is no need to be too shy when meeting Gu Junxun in the yard.
"This girl is reckless and runs rampant in her own yard. Aren't you afraid of scaring the guests?" Gu Wuchen said with a smile and asked his daughter, "Where is your mother?"
Gu Junxun blushed and saluted Lin Fu and Zhao Qinmin. She glanced at Lin Fu and felt ashamed. Then she replied to her father's words: "They are in the garden. They said that tonight's banquet will be moved to the garden. Let me ask."
Dad, please share your opinions with the guests."
"...It's nice in the garden, let's just stay in the garden." Gu Wuchen said.
But Yang Pu knew that because of his wife's temperament, she would not take the initiative to ask Gu Junxun to come out and spread the word. It was probably Xiao Nizi who made an excuse to come out.
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It was getting dark, the wind lanterns were shining brightly in the yard, and there was a bright moon in the night sky. It was a good mood to drink in the garden. Although everyone was worried tonight, the mood should be paid attention to. After a while, Zhang Yubo also came by car to attend the banquet.
While drinking, Gu Wuchen asked his son Gu Siyuan to come over and accompany him to give him some exercise. After the wine was finished, Gu Junxun led the maids to make tea and bring it to them. She was not supposed to do these things, but she did them, and no one thought it was important.
What, Zhang Yubo and Zhao Qinmin are uncles, Lin Fu is also close to the Gu family, they are all Gu Wuchen's confidants, they cannot be considered outsiders, and Gu Junxun is not considered unworthy of a daughter by showing up in public. Gu Wuchen and his wife have been living outside the Great Wall for nearly ten years, and they feel sorry for them in their hearts.
Ethical ethics were also ignored, otherwise it would not have happened that Gu Junxun disguised himself as a man and went out to have fun. At this moment, Gu Wuchen asked his son to go back to his room to study books and not let him stay to listen to the next secret.
I would like to ask my daughter and maid to leave the garden.
"There is a good thing today, and I am about to tell you, sir..." Lin Fu told Gu Wuchen about the marriage between Lin Jingzhong and the daughter of Sun Jingtang of Xihe Hui, naturally omitting some details as much as possible.
Lin Jingzhong couldn't say anything important at this time. The Xihe Society was just a branch of the He Gang. Gu Wuchen had the power of prison, and the River Gang forces would come to curry favor with him. He didn't take the little Xihe Society seriously yet.
, the marriage between Lin Jingzhong and Sun Jingtang's daughter was a trivial matter, and I felt strange: Lin Fu didn't mention it when we were drinking just now, but now he brought it up?
"Due to my marriage, I also chatted with the Chen brothers of Xihehui about water transportation. I knew that the river gang forces were feeling pressure on this year's water transportation. The disrepair of the canal for many years is a drawback, and the failure of the river gang's water boats to replenish enough for many years is a drawback. I'll explain.
After thinking about it, I think it makes some sense," Lin Fu said. "Even if the governments in Jiangdong are willing to pay in full to ship grain to the north, if these two major shortcomings are not paid attention to, big problems may still occur. We will investigate the responsibility at that time.
, finally shirking all the responsibility on the river gang, it doesn’t help anything..."
"Oh," Gu Wuchen responded and frowned. Generally speaking, water transportation will not start until the autumn grain is handed over. At this time, the biggest task of the Inspectorate is to urge the prefecture and county to recognize that the grain should be transported and supplied this year. Although it is not possible
Supervising the repair of the Cao River and the construction of canals is not the focus of the work at this time. In particular, the Cao Canal Road does not only pass through one county in Jiangdong. It is thousands of miles away from Jiangdong to the north. The Jiangdong County Inspectorate cannot supervise it even if it wants to. This year's water transportation
Unfavorably, Yanjing has no grain to adjust, and grain prices will continue to rise. By then, the grievances of the government and the public will be accumulated on the Chu party. Blaming others cannot reverse this disadvantage. Thinking of the seriousness, Gu Wuchen subconsciously asked, "What should we do?
?”
"Change your thinking and start shipping earlier," Lin Fu said. "In previous years, water transportation was done after the grain harvest in late autumn. At that time, the water level of the canal began to decrease, which seriously affected the speed of water transportation. Moreover, the wind direction did not allow the water transport to go north, so the speed was extremely slow.
There are no problems at all when the canal ships go north, and it takes more than three months. However, they return after spring. Although the water level has not risen yet and the wind direction has turned unfavorable, the cargo that can be loaded by the canal ships is limited.
, if the draft is not deep, it will not be easy to get shallow, it will not be easy to be damaged or capsized, and the river will naturally be much smoother. If you can send the boat northward at this time to catch up with the rising water in spring and summer, you don’t have to worry about the shallow water level and wind direction.
It is also quite advantageous. In addition, there are few ships on the Cao River at this time. The ship sails north from Jiangning and everything goes well. It only takes a month to reach Yanjing. The return trip takes a little longer, but it can be harvested in late autumn.
After the grain came back, we carried out the second water transportation----Besides, Yanjing is also short of grain this year..."
"Yes!" Gu Wuchen's eyes lit up. The imperial court needed food to stabilize the Yanbei front. The disaster in the northwest was serious and it needed food. The food shortage in Yanjing was serious. It was necessary to organize a batch of grain shipments to Yanjing in advance to relieve the pressure on water transportation after autumn.
, it was a great achievement at this time. He lacked sufficient political achievements at this time to remove Jia Pengyu from the official position of inspector. Although the autumn grain has not been harvested, there is actually no shortage of grain in the official warehouses of the southeastern counties, and it is not possible to organize water transportation in advance.
The actual difficulty is just because it goes against tradition and no one has thought of it.
"Your Majesty, King Fu Yin, promised to increase the grain supply by 200,000 shi. Let him cash in part of it first. We can't delay everything until the autumn..." Lin Fu said.
"Yes, yes, yes..." Gu Wuchen laughed loudly. Wang Xueshan would definitely not struggle with the control here. As time goes on, the situation that had been obtained with great difficulty would quietly change. In the event of autumn, Wang Xueshan
If he goes back on his promise and refuses to admit it, he will have a headache. At this time, Wang Xueshan is forced to cash in part first. After autumn, even if the situation changes, Wang Xueshan will not do anything in the water transportation.
Now Gu Wuchen discussed the details with Lin Fu.
Zhang Yubo was not familiar with water transportation, and Zhao Qinmin did know a thing or two about it, but it was better to hide his humility than show off his humiliation in front of Lin Fu.
When he met with Li Zhuo yesterday, Li Zhuo was very concerned about the issue of water transportation. At that time, he also discussed the advantages and disadvantages of river transportation and sea transportation. Lin Fu was also talking eloquently at that time. After Li Zhuo was picked up by Jiangning civil and military generals, he had been thinking about this.
The question is, what happened today is related to the Xihe Hui, a river gang force. When chatting with the Sun brothers, they also talked about many water transport matters.
Although sea transportation has many advantages, the Dai Viet Dynasty no longer has the ability to organize large-scale sea transport at this time. There are simply not enough sea transport ships that can withstand offshore wind and waves, so they can only maximize the efficiency of inland water transport. Although the government and the opposition are in chaos
, there are constant internal and external troubles, but the huge imperial system has not collapsed and is still running effectively. As long as the inland water transportation changes its thinking, there is still a possibility of great improvement, but I don’t know whether the repairs in small places can be restored.
National destiny?
After all, Lin Fu didn't want the world to collapse, causing the people to be in chaos and alien tribes to benefit.
What Lin Fu spent most time researching during this period was the strategy for reviving the country. Whether the Dai Viet Dynasty could be revitalized largely depended on whether water transportation could be effectively organized. As long as Yanjing could continue to receive financial support from the southeast, and as much as possible in the middle
By reducing losses, the huge empire will not collapse immediately.
Although Lin Fu is the prison chief of Jiangdao Prison, it does not prevent him from offering advice to Gu Wuchen on other matters. In fact, once the chief officer's staff is strong enough and operates effectively enough, it can often replace the normal operation of the yamen.
As a result, the official position was eliminated, and the powerful figures among the staff were naturally much more powerful than the subordinate officials. At least at this time in Jiangning, all the rich and powerful people who feared Gu Wuchen did not dare to look down on Lin Fu.
It is a manifestation of the latent power system in this world.
"I think it is more appropriate for the first batch of 300,000 kilograms of grain to be sent northward. It is too little to show the success of raising grain in Jiangdong, and it is not enough to relieve the pressure on water transportation after autumn," Lin Fu said, "I calculate
However, the shipping capacity of Jiangdong County in a normal year is more than 1.8 million dan. Even if there is insufficient supply of new ships over the years, the transport capacity will not be less than 1 million dan. Today I was chatting with the Sun brothers of Xihehui,
I learned that although the Xihe Club has put out boats, at least half of the boats are idle. Last night, the Xihe Club's Wupeng boats gathered on the east side of Prison Island and sailed toward the sky at night. It was because of some small misunderstandings. Naturally, there is no need to pursue the small misunderstandings, but we can learn from them.
It is judged that the Zhuhe Gang has a large number of people and ships to mobilize at this time. The official warehouses in Jiangdong County are still full. Even if the prefectures and counties directly provide money to buy 300,000 stone rice grains from the market, it will not be enough for the eight million people in Jiangdong.
The county will not have any impact - for the prefectures and counties, water transportation is organized in the summer. Firstly, the transportation time is short, and secondly, it does not consume ships, and the cost of water transportation is extremely low. After calculating the accounts clearly, I think each prefecture and county government
There may not be much resistance. In order to prevent exploitation at various places, I think your Excellency can even ask for a special achievement for this matter."
"This is a strategy for the country." At this time, Gu Wuchen's heart was completely empty of the unhappiness caused by Lin Fu and Li Zhuo's private meeting yesterday. He excitedly pounded the table and praised Lin Fu. He really wanted to be transported to Yanjing before summer.
With three hundred thousand stones of grain, Gu Wuchen felt that the position of Inspector should be his this year. Lin Fu had such a wizard of world affairs. He really couldn't let his heart go cold. He asked Lin Fu again, "Can you spare the time to help me?"
Do I do this?”
"I would also like to ask you to allow me to go back to Shanglin. I should have time when I come back from Shanglin..." Lin Fu said.
"Okay," Gu Wuchen agreed, "I have to make Wang Xueshan agree to this first. If he agrees, it doesn't matter if he gets half of the credit..." Gu Wuchen knew that using power to suppress Wang Xueshan was not a wise move, so he joined forces with him.
Taking control of the situation together is the first choice.
Lin Fu knew that the grievances between him, Wang Xueshan, and Wang Chao and his son were difficult, but the situation was like this and no one could do anything about it. It was better for everyone to just cooperate. He smiled and said: "Your Excellency is really wise."
Zhao Qinmin lamented in his heart and realized that he wanted to compete with Lin Fu in front of Gu Wuchen. He was really blocking the car with his arms. Gu Wuchen couldn't do without Lin Fu's help at this time. He took advantage of the situation and said kindly: "Master Lin is really Wang Zuo's talent.
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"Mr. Zhao, what you said is a bit inappropriate." Lin Fu smiled half-heartedly and led Zhao Qinmin's army.
Zhao Qinmin was stunned for a moment before he understood what was going on. He said that Lin Fu was Wang Zuo's talent. Wasn't it a metaphor that Gu Wuchen had greater ambitions?
"Don't talk nonsense." Gu Wuchen was happy in his heart and gently warned Zhao Qinmin, but he didn't worry about it. As a new member of the Chu Party, if he had ambitions, his biggest ambition was to become a famous minister of ZTE. He was not worried about Lin Fu's ability.
Such an outstanding person would surpass himself. After all, if Lin Fu wants to grow up in this system, he needs to accumulate qualifications and popularity for a long time. If Lin Fu can become a famous minister in a few decades, Gu Wuchen even thinks that both teachers and students can do it.
Leaving a name in history should be a more brilliant story.