Lin Mengde never expected that Lin Fu would ask this question so seriously. He asked in confusion: "Is there something untrustworthy about me? Is there any other secret?"
"Uncle Mengde, you are not a fool. You have seen many things happening here in Hekou. Even if I don't explain many things, you probably have suspicions in your heart. But there are many things that are completely different if I don't explain them clearly.
Lin Fu said in a serious tone, "Uncle Mengde, let me ask you again, can I trust you? You have to know that it is easy to get on a pirate ship, but it is difficult to get off the pirate ship."
Of course Lin Mengde was not a fool. Lin Fu was based at the mouth of the river and could hide so many doubts from outsiders, but he relied on Lin Mengde to handle many things. If he couldn't see, he would really be blind.
The first doubt is the identity of Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong and others. Not to mention Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxin and Ge Cunxiong all came with the first batch of labor-recruiting refugees.
They were very capable, and they quickly gained Lin Fu's trust and reuse; when Lin Fu was not at Hekou, and when Lin Jingzhong was unable to make a decision on many matters, he would take the initiative to go to Cao Zi'ang for discussion - this kind of trust and reuse was beyond the ordinary.
The second doubt is that there are only ten nominally armed guards among the more than fifty people on the Dongyang. However, from the brief battle with Liu Miaozhen's troops in Shanglin, Lin Mengde can also see that these more than fifty people are all wearing armor and armed with weapons.
Elite fighting force. Except for more than 20 gangsters, the others were all selected from the first batch of labor-recruiting refugees. Lin Mengde was very clear about the situation of the first batch of labor-recruiting refugees.
Can you casually recruit a hundred households of refugees and select from them elite soldiers who have not been trained for more than thirty years?
The third and biggest doubt is that the financial resources of Jiyun Society seem to be invisible. At least Lin Mengde can be sure that the money Lin Fu brought with him when he first came to Jiangning was very limited. When the construction of the river mouth was at its most intense, Lin Jingzhong was completely
He was worried about money every day, but after a while Lin Jingzhong no longer worried about money at all. Jiyunshe bought land at the mouth of the river, built a riverside wharf, built a river embankment wharf, built enclosed houses, built bamboo halls, resettled the refugees and many other things
The money spent was no less than six or seven thousand taels, and the money invested in Prison Island was no less than four or five thousand taels. The cost of building three thousand-stone fast and sturdy sailing ships was no less than ten thousand taels.
It is natural that outsiders cannot see through the reality of Jiyun Society. Even the Lin family suspected that the seventh lady was secretly supporting Jiyun Society. Lin Mengde was personally involved in many things. Even before Lin Fu went north this time, Lin Fu and
The correspondence between the Seventh Madam was carried by him personally or by his trusted associates, so how could he not be aware of it?
The Lin family is established in Shanglinli and has such a large family business. The people chosen to take charge of the affairs are unlikely to be good men and women who abide by the law and are certainly not timid.
Lin Mengde can also understand that if Lin Fu wants to achieve a great career, he will never be a good man and a believer in public and law-abiding. Not to mention secretly, which of the few things Lin Fu did after arriving in Jiangning was not bold? It is precisely this
Many things made Lin Mengde gradually change from the initial confrontation, to expecting the two to cooperate against the family, to now determined to assist Lin Fu in controlling the power of the Lin family.
Seeing Lin Fu's solemn tone, Lin Mengde also looked seriously into Lin Fu's eyes and said, "Even if you want to be the head of the family, I will follow your path. Why do you still have concerns about me?
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"Things are more serious than this; Uncle Mengde, you see that the Lin family is in trouble and crisis. In fact, the whole world is already in difficulty and crisis." Lin Fu sighed lightly and said, "What happened here
, we won’t care about it for now, you follow me to Prison Island.”
Lin Mengde didn't know what was hidden on Prison Island; Lin Fu returned to the thatched cottage and told everyone that there was an emergency on Prison Island. He and Lin Mengde would go to Prison Island immediately to deal with it. Lin Tingli's funeral required five ladies and three clan elders.
Negotiating.
The Prison Island Pier is located in the southwest corner of the island. The outside world communicates with Prison Island through this pier. Lin Fu opened Prison Island. At this time, it was mainly concentrated on the western part of Prison Island. This is the only pier that outsiders know about Prison Island.
In order to train the newly recruited soldiers and guards, Lin Fu built an independent training camp on the deserted beach at the east end of Prison Island. This place is separated from Jiangdao Prison on the west side of the island by a dense forest, as well as on the river beach and in low-lying shallow water.
There are thick bushes. In addition to opening a trail in the dense forest to connect with the western end of Prison Island, Lin Fu also ordered people to build a simple dock in the bushes on the river beach, so that soldiers can quickly get out of the training camp to Chaotiandang by armed vehicles and boats.
Support everywhere.
This pier is built deep in the aquatic shrubs. Even if outsiders pass by in a boat, unless they deliberately look closely, they will not be able to discover that there is a small pier hidden deep in the shrubs on the shallow water beach at the east end of Prison Island.
Lin Mengde knew that this dock existed.
Lin Fu and Lin Mengde got on the paddle boat and went directly to the training camp pier instead of docking at the Prison Island Pier.
The boat passed through the twists and turns of the bushes. The outermost bushes were dense, and were not pruned to facilitate concealment. It was difficult for the boat to enter. After a few dozen steps, it suddenly became clear that a waterway about six or seven steps wide led directly to the training camp dock.
The pier made of sandbags and soil is very crude and can only accommodate small paddle boats and awning boats with a capacity of about 20 stone. At this time, there are four armed vehicles and boats parked on the shallow water on both sides of the pier.
Going up from the pier is the school ground, which is about 200 paces square. Seventy or eighty soldiers are practicing with wooden swords on the school ground. Lin Mengde knew that the newly recruited soldiers plus the Jiyun Society's military guards who were trained here totaled 150
There are only half of the people in the school field, and I don’t know where the other half have been taken to train.
Zhou Pu and Zhao Hu were both on the school grounds. They were a little surprised when they saw Lin Fu coming with Lin Mengde, so they walked over and didn't ask any questions.
"Where is Master Cao?" Lin Fu asked Zhou Pu.
"In the inner room, I will take you there." Zhou Pu said.
In the past, there was a forest that was only seventeen or eight steps deep. Three camps were built in the open space behind the forest. The camps were not large, and together they were comparable to the size of an enclosed house. The walls of the camps were the thickness of a bowl, and one person could
The tall and short fir wood stakes are tied into a row and inserted into the ground. The top and middle of the wall are reinforced with crossbars nailed with iron nails.
The three military camps are independent of each other, seven or eight steps apart, and there are narrow bridges on the walls.
Such a camp is very simple and easy to set up, but it is also very practical.
Lin Mengde knew about this training camp, but this was his first time here.
Seeing the layout of the training camp pier, the school ground and the camp, Lin Mengde thought that with such a hidden layout, once lake bandits and river bandits attacked the prison island, the soldiers could attack unexpectedly from here, but he also thought that the people here
The newly recruited soldiers and Jiyunshe's military guards were under Lin Fu's firm control, and they were subject to strict discipline. The two channels into the training camp were also strictly controlled. In other words, what did Lin Fu want to do here?
It's impossible for outsiders to know.
Listening to Lin Fu's tone just now, it seemed that Cao Zi'ang was also in the camp. Thinking that the mystery was about to be revealed, Lin Mengde didn't even think about what kind of pirate ship he was about to embark on, but he felt excited in his heart.
Zhou Pu led Lin Fu and Lin Mengde into the innermost camp, which was only three or four acres of land. There were no guards outside the camp wall. There were two posts inside the wall, and the narrow wooden bridge on the wall also targeted people.
In the other two camps, thorn trees were placed to block the horses to prevent soldiers and guards from accidentally entering.
Not only did the walls of the camp be built with fir wood piles, but the houses inside were all simple wooden houses. The roofs were covered with varnished cloth and straw felt to prevent rain. Cao Ziang walked out from a wooden house in the upper left corner and saw Lin Fu bringing Lin Fu with him.
Meng De came over and asked with a smile: "Why did you bring Manager Lin here?"
"Lin Tingxun has passed away." Lin Fu said.
"Oh..." Cao Ziang was slightly startled after hearing this. He had gone to Prison Island in the morning and did not know the news about Lin Tingxun's death.
Cao Ziang knew that as long as Lin Tingxun was alive, the situation in the Lin family would maintain a delicate balance that was beneficial to Lin Fu. If Lin Tingxun died today, the balance would be immediately broken. The reactions of Lin Tingli and the eldest son Lin Xuwen would be crucial.
Lin Fu wanted to lift the last lid on Lin Mengde and win over Lin Mengde completely.
Cao Ziang guessed Lin Fu's plan, so he didn't say anything and directly brought Lin Fu and Lin Mengde into the house to talk.
The wooden house has two small windows on the upper edge of the wooden wall. The light is a bit dark, and it is a bit uncomfortable to walk in at first. At first, Lin Mengde only saw a large table in the center of the wooden house. Five or six people were holding big iron scissors.
Things. Lin Meng was shocked when he saw clearly. There were four large silver cakes bigger than the washbasin placed on the countertop. These people were cutting the large silver cakes into small pieces with iron scissors.
Lin Mengde was about to turn around and ask Lin Fu where these silver cakes came from. As soon as he looked away, he saw dozens of silver balls the size of pigeon balls stacked in the corner of the wooden house, as well as an iron platform with two
A shirtless man stood by the iron platform and looked at this side with a big hammer in his hand.
Lin Mengde suddenly realized that the silver cake on the table, which was bigger than the washbasin, was made by hammering these silver balls on the iron platform. Uncle Qin Cheng went north to collect the silver cakes in the past few years to prevent theft.
Lin Mengde had also heard the rumor that a thousand taels of silver were cast into silver balls. He looked back at Lin Fu in surprise...
"The robbery and murder by Uncle Qin Cheng at Luoyang Lake was not without warning. At this time, we can be more certain that the She family secretly provided support to the forces in Hongzepu's water villages behind the scenes. Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang, connived at the development of the crisis in Hongzepu. I am here
On the way to Shanglinli, I wrote to Gu Wuchen twice to explain the matter. Gu Wuchen kept silent both times," Lin Fu said, "What do you think I can do? Apart from fishing in troubled waters, I just need to be prepared to withdraw from Shanglinli.
They are all trophies intercepted from the Hongzepu water village forces by fishing in troubled waters. They are worth about one hundred thousand taels in silver, and there are more than 80 pairs of fine soldiers and armors. What we have to do now is to rub off the private seal of the Qin family on the armors and remove them.
Smash the silver balls into silver cakes and cut them into small pieces..."
Lin Mengde opened his mouth. He really didn't know what to say. He had known for a long time that Lin Fu was not a law-abiding master, but he never thought that he would be so bold and reckless. His throat and eyes felt very dry. After a while,
, Lin Mengde returned to normal and asked: "But I can't figure out how to fish in troubled waters to snatch these away from Hongze Qingshui Village?"
"It's actually very simple," Cao Ziang took Lin Mengde's arm and said with a smile, "The Hongzepu water village forces did not want to attack Luoyang Lake. We just arrived at Qingyanggang in advance when the fleet entered Luoyang Lake.
The direction burned a fake beacon to prompt the Hongzepu water village forces to rob the Qin family fleet in Luoyang Lake in advance..." Cao Ziang told Lin Mengde the details of the Luoyang Lake water battle on Lin Fu's behalf, and finally laughed.
, "The only pity is that such a wonderful plan to kill three birds with one stone cannot openly tell the world that it was the East China Sea Fox."
Lin Fu shook his head and smiled, and said: "It's not a wonderful thing, but others never expected that someone would dare to snatch food from the tiger's mouth. It's not so much killing three birds with one stone as killing three birds with one stone..." He also met Lin Mengde again.
Said, "Uncle Meng De, Master Cao's name is not known to outsiders, but 'Cao Xiucai on the Huaihe River' is famous. Master Zhou's bandit name is Zhuan Linbao, and Master Wu's bandit name is Black Sky Crow - I'm talking about you
What we are about to embark on is a pirate ship, and this is indeed a pirate ship."
Lin Mengde stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, trying to return his chaotic thoughts to normal, and said: "Before I came to Jiangning to take charge, I was responsible for the affairs of Linji Warehouse from the north of Huai River to Luoyang, and I was responsible for the flow of people on the Huai River in southern Henan.
I know a lot about the Ma Kou. Five or six years ago, there were fifty or sixty Ma Kou groups in Shuganzi, Huaishang. I can still name the most famous ones now. But most of the Ma Kou people are one-year-old.
There are only one or two people with the most famous names in the stock market. Qin Huzi, Cao Xiucai, Leopard Master, Crow Master and later Si Niangzi, there are a total of eleven or two people who are famous in Huaishang and even Zhongzhou. They are important.
If Qin Husheng, Master Cao, and Master Zhou are horse thieves, they are also righteous thieves and chivalrous thieves. Not to mention the people in Huaishang, people doing business in Zhongzhou and those on the trade route also understand this. I have also admired them for a long time. Later, they all
It was said that Qin Huzi was suppressed by the anti-theft camp, and many people felt sorry for him." Lin Mengde asked Lin Fu again, "How did you get together with Master Cao and Master Zhou?"
"It's a long story," Lin Fu briefly told Lin Mengde about many things that happened last autumn, and then said, "We are based on Changshan Island and have many arrangements in Jiangning. We are not going to do anything big.
Kou, as a matter of harm to the local area. First, the situation is forced, many people's lives are at stake, and I cannot be left alone. Step by step, Master Cao and I are also dependent on each other for life and death, regardless of each other. On the other hand,
, the situation in the world is corrupt, the imperial court is sluggish, internal and external troubles are constant, how can those officials who wear official robes perform on the stage and stab each other behind the scenes, and the officers and soldiers who only know how to visit brothels and prostitutes, extort and plunder the common people all day long?
Are we to be relied upon? If the situation continues to develop, it will become more and more turbulent. The lives of ordinary people are like ants, and we are just trying to survive in troubled times."
p: Brothers, you must develop a good habit when voting red.