The river embankment here has been converted into a temporary ferry, and part of the pontoon blocking the river can be opened and closed to facilitate the passage of ships.
Lin Fu and Yang Pu rushed to the shore. The fleet had just passed the pontoon checkpoint and the Dongyang had already entered the pontoon checkpoint and berthed on the shore.
The condolences officials sent by various bureaus took Qin Chengbo's widow and family members off the boat, and prepared three official ships to send them back to Jiangning first. The fate of the Qin family had to wait until the Zhongli Qin clan sent people to deal with it.
When a general of the state dies in Hongzepu, Yanjing will probably send a special edict to comfort him, and he will also give special comfort to the children of the Qin family.
Most of the Qin family members are women. They have been frightened and suppressed in the dark lower cabin for so long. When they came ashore and saw the imperial army stationed here, they suddenly felt like they had a backbone. The panic and sorrow in their hearts were all vented.
There was a lot of crying in the open space in front of the persimmon forest.
Uncle Qin Cheng is also a person who knows how to enjoy himself. He has many wives and concubines, and a cloud of beautiful maids. Except for a few old and faded people or the daughters of the Qin family, the other female family members are all beautiful.
When Uncle Qin Cheng was appointed as the garrison general of Jiangning, he exploited his subordinates very much. Although the generals in the camp were still under his command for more than ten days, they did not have any affection for each other. Uncle Qin Cheng was robbed and killed in Hongzepu.
, many generals even found it very satisfying.
At this time, many soldiers gathered on the shore and pointed at the beautiful widow of the Qin family with a playful smile. Some even whistled. The officials responsible for comforting her couldn't look away and ordered people to drive away the soldiers who were watching.
The Lin family and the Gu family who had fled to Jiangning also came to the shore to get some fresh air.
Gu Yingxiu was not panicked by Lin Fu's side, and her complexion was good. Under the light of the campfire, her face was more radiant than those frightened Yingying Yanyan, so she naturally attracted the attention of these generals.
Gu Yingxiu saw Lin Fu and Yang Pu approaching, but it was not easy to walk towards them in public, so she looked over with full eyes.
"Miss," Yang Pu still called Gu Yingxiu by her old name when she was in the Gu family. "If it's inconvenient for you to come out, please let me say hello to you. When you arrive in Jiangning, I will let you live in the mansion first. We have sent people back to Jiangning."
Report to arrange a courtyard for you..."
Gu Yingxiu glanced at Lin Fu and said to Yang Pu: "Uncle Yang, please tell my second uncle. Yingxiu is very grateful for his concern, but Yingxiu is a member of the Lin family in life and a ghost of the Lin family in death. Master
How can Yingxiu live alone in the Gu Mansion while still using the decoction?"
Yang Pu felt strange that this was a good opportunity for the eldest lady to leave the Lin family. The eldest lady was still young and beautiful. After Lin Tingxun passed away, he could make the decision to find a husband for her to marry, so that she would have someone to rely on in the future so that she would not be lonely.
They grew up alone. But the eldest lady refused to leave the Lin family. Yang Pu couldn't say anything at this time. He thought that he would let the adults personally persuade her in the future.
"Lin Xiucai, when will the situation in Shanglinli stabilize? When we go to Jiangning, should we buy a piece of land first, or rent a few houses in the city and live there first?" Madam Six struggled to hold the eleven-year-old young master Lin Xuxi in her arms.
In her arms, she came over and asked Lin Fu that the second young master Lin Xuzong was dead, and that the eldest young master would never come back as he had a bright future in Yanjing. In her opinion, no one would compete with her son for the position of head of the family, except Lin Zonghai, whom she relied on before.
Without her around, she had to discuss it with Lin Fu. After all, she, a woman, couldn't do anything in public. She also realized that she had to rely on Lin Fu for the time being in Jiangning.
"It is impossible for Xiangyong to give permission to enter the city. Besides, there are thousands of Shanglinli villagers who followed the Lin family to Jiangning for refuge. We cannot ignore it," Lin Fu said, "There are temporary shelters outside Jiangning City.
In other places, the conditions will be more difficult, so I will have to temporarily aggrieve Madam Six."
There were many things to say at this time, so Lin Fu summoned Cao Ziang, Zhao Hu, Zhou Pu, Lin Mengde and others, and asked Zhou Pu to stay with him in the military camp. There were more than 400 local braves in the forest, organized neatly.
More than 200 people from Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan's tribe also stayed temporarily. Nearly 100 people from Zhao Qingshan's tribe were reorganized and more than a hundred village warriors were gathered along the way. Cao Zi'ang, Zhao Hu, Lin Mengde and others led them to the mouth of the river to temporarily settle down.
They discussed many matters first and waited for him to return before making a decision.
After being ordered, Lin Fu, Yang Pu and others went to comfort the Gu family.
At this time, it was confirmed that Shiliangcheng County had been captured by Liu An'er's troops, and many refugees on both sides of the Shiliang River started rioting. Although Lin Fu sent someone to send a message in time, most of the Gu family thought that Lin Fu was making alarmist remarks.
Only thirty or fifty people escaped with their families and their families. At this time, they were all afraid of themselves and their relatives and friends who stayed in Hutang.
The enemy situation in the northern border of Shiliang County is unknown, and it is impossible for this side to send an army to pick up people for the sake of the Gu family.
After being stranded in the open space on the west bank south of the pontoon until midnight, officials such as Wang Tian, the Xuanfu envoy, and Jia Pengyu, the inspector's envoy, came forward to comfort the Qin family. It was not until dawn that everyone took a boat from the northern border of Gutang County and continued to Jiangning.
Zhou Pu and ten military guards accompanied Lin Fu in the military camp, waiting for the giants to summon him at any time.
The Jingcha Envoy Division also set up a camp slightly inside. Jia Pengyu, Gu Wuchen and other officials from the Jingcha Envoy Division stationed themselves here with more than a thousand Jiqi under the jurisdiction of the Division and 600 people. Lin Fu took Lin Jiyuan with him.
More than 200 soldiers from Chen Shouyan's two tribes came to camp here temporarily.
Although the combat effectiveness of the town army is low, the camp of the Jiangning garrison is quite large, while the camp of the Imperial Guard is much simpler and more chaotic. When Lin Fu came with his people, Ma Chao was there giving a temper lecture and saw Yang Pu accompanying him.
Lin Fu and the others came over and said with a helpless smile: "If these turtle sons are dragged to Yanbei to fight, they will only blunt the swords of the Donghu people..."
"Jiangning has been at peace for a long time, and many places have been entrusted with the task of arresting thieves and bandits, so we can't be too demanding." Lin Fu said.
He saw an independent small camp to the west of the camp and asked strangely: "Whose family is there?"
"There is the Dongcheng Lieutenant's battalion led by Liu Xilin. You may not be able to see Lieutenant Liu at this time," Yang Pu said. "Li Zhuo strictly prohibits the garrison from intervening in local affairs. Gutang County's sword archers, catchers, and government officials are all
Due to limited internal security, we can only transfer a battalion of horse and infantry from Jiangning. It has only been three or five days since Liu Xilin took over Dongcheng Lieutenant, and the situation is still chaotic. Zhang Yubo has also come, but he should be in Chaotian with Magistrate Gutang at this time.
The post is in charge. Who knew that the number of refugees in Chaotianyi area might exceed 200,000..."
Lin Fu didn't say much.
Although Li Zhuo's hands and feet were tied, he still tried his best to stabilize the situation in the northern part of Chaotiandang.
There are over 200,000 refugees in the Chaotianyi area, and there are feared to be as many as 300,000 to 400,000 refugees in Gutang County as a whole. Once a riot breaks out, the situation will be difficult to control.
The correct solution is to station heavy troops at checkpoints and strategic passes, forcibly cut off contact with the outside world, and then strengthen internal security, increase measures to comfort the refugees, and ease conflicts between the main customers, so that the situation can be temporarily stabilized.
Li Zhuo's principle of strictly prohibiting the town army from intervening in local affairs is also correct. On the one hand, it can ensure the simplicity of the town army, and on the other hand, it will not distract the town army from maintaining stability in local affairs. However, the roots of the Jiangning garrison have been rotten.
, it’s not that Li Zhuo lacks ability or prestige. Changing the status quo cannot be accomplished in a day.
To calm down the situation in Hongzepu, it is easy to say. Let Li Zhuo take charge of the overall situation, stabilize the situation around Hongzepu first, and restrict the power and influence of Liu An'er's troops from infiltrating into the hinterlands of Haozhou, Dongyang, and Huai'an. The former East Fujian Army
Chen Zhihu's tribes are still clearing out bandits in Huaishang, Zhongzhou and other places. They will mobilize an elite combat force of thousands of people to determine the overall situation.
If only things could be that simple. Gu Wuchen didn't come back from the big tent until dawn, and Lin Fu didn't talk too much about the general matter of countering the rebellion.
The Chu Party wants to drive Chen Xinbo out of the central government and do everything possible to limit Li Zhuo's influence. How can they easily give Li Zhuo the great work of Hongzepu's suppression of the rebellion?
During the Luoyang Lake water battle, Cao Ziang and Ge Cunxin led four disguised fishing boats to sneak in and fish in troubled waters to obtain the spoils that should have belonged to the Hongzepu water village. A total of more than 80 sets of sophisticated soldiers and eight privately raised gold balls weighing one thousand taels.
, forty-one privately raised silver balls weighing one thousand taels.
Excluding the armor, the gold and silver were worth nearly 100,000 taels of official silver. This huge wealth only weighed more than 3,000 kilograms. If the volume was calculated, it was equivalent to 400 kilograms of water.
How much space can four hundred kilograms of water take up? A slightly larger water tank can't even fill it. These gold and silver were secretly hidden on the Dongyang without anyone noticing.
The income from the Hongzepu Water Village is probably ten times more than what Lin Fu and the others would get from fishing in troubled waters. In addition, the Hongzepu Water Village has successively conquered Sizhou City, Shiliang City, and Shanglinli, so the income will be even greater.
There are many rich households in Shanglin, and gold and silver wealth is secondary. Shanglin is one of the most important grain markets in the north of Jiangning. Many large landowners in Dongyang Prefecture, in addition to keeping enough rice for their own needs for the year during the harvest season,
The remaining grain will be transported to Shanglin and sold at a price. Although the summer harvest season is approaching, many grain merchants in Shanglin are preparing to clear their warehouses to purchase wheat, but the grain stock on the market is usually not less than 100,000 shi.
At this time, hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land along the Hongzepu coast, especially in Shiliang County and Sizhou, were about to be harvested. Dongyang Prefecture, Haozhou Prefecture officials and large landowners lost thirty or forty kilograms of tax and rent grain.
The problem is not very serious, but when the tax and rent grains are collected by Liu An'er's department, the problem becomes much more serious.
Sizhou is located in the Hongzepu situation, but it is famous for its iron production. Shiliang County may seem useless, but it will help Liu An'er's troops control the situation south of Hongzepu. It is better not to delay the crisis in Hongzepu. If they are given time, the surrounding areas are
There are countless refugees that can be recruited, and who knows how far their power will expand.
Seeing Li Zhuo urging the Jiangning garrison to establish a stable camp in Gutang County, it can be seen that he has no hope in countering the rebellion under his jurisdiction, and only hopes to stabilize the situation in Jiangning Mansion. This shows that he has a poor understanding of the situation of the party struggle between North Korea and China.
Sober. He probably also realized that it was impossible for the imperial court to mobilize his old troops to Jiangdong to quell the rebellion.
When Lin Fu retreated from Shanglindu, he saw that the situation in the north of Gutang County was eroding, and the giants were still discussing peacefully here. He knew that it was impossible to defeat Hongzepu, and he cursed bitterly in his heart: This damn party struggle.