Suddenly there were more than a thousand villagers from Shanglinli on the Hekou side. Although everyone had fled, they were also worried about the safety of their relatives and friends who stayed in Shanglinli. After all, the Hekou side was much livelier than before, just like the prosperous city.
Town.
The night was thick, the candles were burning brightly in the thatched cottage, and two exquisitely crafted copper oil lamps were placed on the desk. Lin Fu, Lin Xulu, Lin Mengde, Lin Xuhong, the third lady, the sixth lady, the seventh lady, the young lady and three clan elders were sitting there.
Discussing the future of the Lin clan in the hall.
It was May, and the weather was getting hotter. We were discussing things in the hall, and the doors and windows were open. Occasionally, a gust of night wind came in, causing the copper oil lamps and candlelights to flicker. It also made people feel that the current situation was so unstable.
The clan is also sailing in the waves, which is frightening and unsettling.
Speaking of sadness, the third lady, the sixth lady, and the young lady couldn't help crying again.
No matter what, the current situation is uncertain, and everyone has to settle down temporarily in Jiangning. There was no one who could make decisions about many things before. The third young master came here on behalf of the second master Lin Tingli. It was considered that he had someone who could make decisions about the resettlement.
There is no need to delay.
Lin Tingxun's coffin was parked at the mouth of the river. No matter how difficult the conditions at the mouth of the river were, it was necessary for several ladies and young ladies, the young master, Master Sun and even Lin Xulu and his wife to keep mourning at the mouth of the river. Unless Lin Tingxun's body was moved to the city, but
Moving the coffin casually is considered disrespectful and unfilial. People in the world would not dare to violate this taboo.
Lin Fula and the Dongyang Township Party jointly built Hekou, and Lin Mengde was the first to invest money in it. Several houses he invested in building in the back streets were about to be completed, and he immediately said that he would give up the best house to several wives and their wives.
The young lady, the young master, and the young master Sun moved in to stay temporarily.
The layout of Lin Mengde's houses is similar to that of Jiyunju. They all have front yards, a main yard and a backyard with three courtyards. There are two houses next to each other, which can be opened up to form a large house.
Although this house is far from comparable to the Lin family's mansion in Lindu, it is a rare and good house on the newly built land at the mouth of the river. It can accommodate several ladies, young masters, Master Sun, maids, and mothers-in-law.
Go in, hire a few reliable helpers from the refugee villagers, and you can barely settle down.
"Uncle Meng De's house can't be lived in for free. I think our family can just buy it directly for double the cost..." Lin Xulu said.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I have some savings in my hand, which is a gift from my family," Lin Mengde said. "If the ladies want to live in it, just use it to live in. I will transfer the house deed to my name the next day. The money
Third Young Master, don’t mention anything that is not worth money.”
"Uh..." Lin Tingxun's cousin, the chief steward of Linji Warehouse, Lin Xuhong, the seventh eldest son in the family, coughed slightly and said: "It's hard to predict whether the situation will change. This place is close to Jiangning City, which is worse than in the countryside.
It’s ten times, a hundred times safer. This side of the river is also a newly built place. The Lin family will buy a house here and some land, and Old Seventeen will take care of it, so they can’t be counted as customers in Jiangning. Having an extra place to stay is also a benefit..."
The implication is not just to settle temporarily at the mouth of the river, but to buy a permanent family property here.
Gu Yingxiu glanced at Lin Fu and saw Lin Fu sitting upright, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Among the many people, the three clan elders may be said to be a bit old-minded. After all, they are old and unwilling to make troubles. Lin Xuhong, who is not yet 30 years old, is the easiest to win over.
In addition to the enclosed houses for ordinary people on the Hekou side, the shops and houses funded by the Dongyang Township Party along the north-south long streets and back streets have also begun to take shape.
Not to mention that the current Hekou side is not as prosperous as the city, but it is far less prosperous than Longzangpu and Quyang Town in the south of the city. The Dongyang Township Party originally intended to invest money here. One was that Lin Fu would give the land free of charge, and the other they wanted to give to Gu Wuchen
The Xiangyang Township Party is very enthusiastic about participating. Anyway, they have invested money to move a house there, but they have not yet thought about moving here or moving their business here. Lin Fu and Lin Mengde are the central contacts.
, it is not difficult for the Lin family to buy the soon-to-be-built shops and houses from them at a high price.
From the perspective of future generations, this group of Dongyang Township Party members will be regarded as the most primitive real estate investors.
Lin Xuhong, the seventh eldest brother, suggested that our family should directly buy property at the mouth of the river. Lin Xulu frowned and thought for a moment, then asked the ladies: "Third aunt, sixth aunt, seventh aunt, second sister-in-law, what do you think?" Without waiting for the four women to answer, he continued
He said, "It has been less than five months since Lao Qi has established a foothold in the river mouth. It is really not easy for the river mouth to be like this. I don't know how long the chaos in Hongzepu will be settled. Since Lao Qi and Mr. Gu both advocated Dongyang
The township party is working together to build Hekou, and our Lin family should not fall behind others..." He was already inclined to buy a family property directly in Hekou.
The chaos in Hongzepu was somewhat violent, and they complained that there were too many refugees stranded on both sides of the Shiliang River and around Hongzepo. Liu An'er raised the flag and almost responded to it. Jiangdong County did not have enough troops to suppress the rebellion. Lin Xulu had to consider whether the rebels would threaten him.
After arriving in Dongyang Fucheng, his family also wanted to take refuge in Jiangning.
It is better to buy a family property now than to be left alone when the time comes.
Of course, Lin Xulu originally wanted to buy a house directly in the city, but Lin Tingxun's body was buried at the mouth of the river, and no one could live in the city.
According to the "service system", sons, wives and concubines must observe mourning for twenty-seven months, which is often said to be mourning for three years. Lin Xulu must observe mourning for his father for at least 100 days, but Lin Xulu knew in his heart that if the coffin stopped at the mouth of the river, several
The lady stayed at the mouth of the river, and he couldn't leave here.
Lin Xulu thought that before the chaos in Hongzepu was settled, everyone would have to live at the mouth of the river.
"The Lin family is also prosperous because of the water. I heard from the old man that Shanglin Ferry was very desolate at first." The young lady Ma thought that staying at the mouth of the river could rely on Lin Fu, otherwise her mother-in-law and the third wife would eat her to death.
, she interjected, "I am a woman and don't understand anything. But looking at this place these days, I may not be able to go to Lindu in the future."
The father of the young lady Ma was an old scholar, who had studied with him for several years since childhood. He had a strong temperament and was considered to be somewhat knowledgeable among the women of the time.
Many buildings on the estuary side have not yet been built, but the planning has already taken shape.
The river mouth has a cross-street pattern. The north-south long streets coming out of Jiang'an Wharf are directly connected to the carriageway and Donghuamen Official Road. There is also a back street running east-west from the river bank wharf through the river mouth.
It is said that the North-South Long Street is actually only 400 steps long, and the back streets are only 300 steps long. The Dongyang Township Party mainly built shops and houses around the North-South Long Street and the back streets. From the perspective of Lin Buna's later generations,
It is really pitifully small. But in the current era, there are long north and south streets, back streets, river bank piers, river embankment piers, two warehouses covering an area of 30 to 40 acres, and several large buildings on the west side that can accommodate a hundred households each.
The houses make the river mouth have the air of a big town.
Ma's words made even the third lady with whom she had the worst relationship have to nod in agreement.
Moreover, the carriage road connecting the official road of Donghua Gate has been finally built. Jiyunshe is hiring people to plant willows, peach, elm and other trees on both sides of the carriage road. Taking a carriage from the mouth of the river into Jiangning City is the 14th Five-Year Plan.
The carriage roads here are very convenient.
Besides, the cash the Lin family brought out this time was nearly 200,000 taels, which is not a scary figure when written on paper. If calculated based on the price of Jiangning land, 200,000 taels of silver can buy 30,000 acres of paddy fields in Jiangning. Based on the area,
Calculated, it is almost seventy or eighty times the area of the river mouth. From this we can see how huge this wealth is.
Purchasing real estate in Hekou would cost at most three to five thousand taels of silver, which was not even as big a gift as a gift to the Gu family.
It has been really difficult to come to Hekou these past few days. However, the owner of the house is buried in Hekou, and no one can move to the city to live. It seems that we don’t know how long we will have to live in Hekou. Everyone is complaining after they are used to enjoying it.
The Third Madam and the Sixth Madam thought that the money would be spent, they could live in a big house, and they could hold the deed of the house in their hands. Besides, the place might become prosperous, so they didn't hesitate, so they all agreed.
Lin Fu also hurriedly agreed to ask Jingzhong to help them coordinate and dispatch more craftsmen to build the house that the Lin family had acquired from the Dongyang Township Party so that everyone could move in as soon as possible.
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Lin Mengde insisted on letting go of the Lin family's affairs in Jiangning. After all, he couldn't let Lin Xuhong and other stewards escape from Shanglin. The shopkeeper had nothing to do in Jiangning. This also showed that Lin Fu had no involvement in the Lin family's property.
position.
It is well known that Lin Mengde was close to Lin Fu in Jiangning.
Lin Xulu and several ladies persuaded Lin Mengde for a while. Seeing Lin Mengde's insistence, they naturally agreed. In this way, there was no need to worry about Lin Fu seizing the family property. After all, apart from taking by force, Lin Fu could only
There are no other means of robbery. The Lin family is a distinguished family, and Lin Tingli and Lin Xuwen are in the court. Local officials hold important positions. Of course, there is no need to worry about others openly snatching the family property.
The affairs of the Lin family in Jiangning were naturally taken over by Lin Xuhong and several other managers and shopkeepers.
Lin Xulu had no control over specific and minor matters, not to mention the ladies. Lin Xuhong and the other stewards had always been trustworthy, so there was no need to change people at this time.
In fact, most of the Lin family's affairs in Jiangning are reselling products produced by Dongyang Prefecture, especially tea, rice, paper, oil and other products with particularly large sales.
To say that the Lin family is the first wealthy family in Dongyang Prefecture is not just nonsense. The fact that they were able to bring out nearly 200,000 taels of cash in a hasty escape shows how powerful the Lin family has accumulated in the past ten generations.
The Lin family resells hundreds of thousands of kilo of rice from the Jiangning prefectures every year, and once had a monopoly on Dongyang tea sold to other places. The Lin family has eighteen oil press mills along the Shanglin River, and the oil press mills drive large waterwheels with millstones.
There are sixty of them, and four hundred oxen are used for grinding. The Lin family paper mill produces tens of thousands of paper baskets every year, which are resold by Linji Warehouse to various prefectures in Jiangdong.
The fall of Shanglinli caused immeasurable losses to the Lin family.
Similarly, after the fall of Shanglinli, many affairs of the Lin family in Jiangning were also seriously affected.
In Jiangning, the main industry of the Lin family is a large warehouse with an area of 20 acres at the mouth of the Sancha River in Longzangpu in the south of the city. There are 17 or 18 shops in prosperous areas in the city selling rice, grain, oil, tea, and paper goods.
Waiting for Dongyang/Business Products.
There are also three houses, one is an exquisite and unique courtyard where Lin Mengde lives; a large house facing the street has a Dongyang Guild Hall that also operates a restaurant and inn; and a private garden is empty to receive the family members who come to Jiangning.
Not counting the real estate value of warehouses, shops, and houses, the Lin family's total deposits and inventory in Jiangning totaled more than 40,000 taels of silver.
Lin Mengde immediately handed over all the Lin family's assets in Jiangning.
Lin Meng had such an overall understanding, which made Zhao Xulu, the third lady, the sixth lady, the young lady, the three clan elders, Zhao Xuhong and others very happy. They all felt that the family leader did not trust or use the wrong person when he was alive.
Lin Mengde stepped away, and it was not particularly difficult for Zhao Xuhong and other managers to take over. After all, various industries were managed by shopkeepers, big and small, and most of these shopkeepers were local children, many of whom were members of the same clan.
Zhao Xuhong and other stewards who came from Shanglin were not without their worries.
The Lin family's properties in Jiangning employ a total of 240 or 50 people including shopkeepers, clerks, and guards. The warehouse in Longpu in the south of the city employs the most people. The inventory there is usually worth tens of thousands.
With two silver taels, the military guards alone (actually elite rural warriors drawn from Shanglin) had more than 40 people.
Before the Hongzepu chaos broke out, the Lin family's own fleet had just transported a batch of goods to Jiangning. The Linji Warehouse's fleet mainly took the waterway from Linli to Jiangning. The ships were one hundred stone and two hundred stone.
There are twenty-two wooden boats in Dongyang, and there are more than 140 boatmen and sailors.
In addition, there were seventy or eighty shopkeepers and clerks from Shanglin who fled to Jiangning with them.
In addition to the Dongyang Guild Hall, which also operates restaurants and inns, the Lin family's other business operations in Jiangning are mainly resale products from Dongyang. Now that Shanglinli has been lost, the warehouses, shops, and fleets have all lost their livelihoods. After all, the Lin family will still need to
Going back to the forest, nearly five hundred people including shopkeepers, clerks, guards, boatmen, sailors, etc. cannot be dismissed. No matter how difficult it is to make a living, the settlement allowance must be paid regularly.
"You have to support so many people?" After hearing what Lin Mengde said, the sixth lady, Dan Rou, sighed in surprise. She came from a small family and had a good appearance. She had been pampered and raised since she was a child, and she was trained as a concubine by Lin Ting.
Regardless of the affairs of the Lin family, no one knows how powerful the Lin family is.
Lin Xulu was not very clear about the specific affairs of the Lin family. Hearing Lin Mengde's explanation, he was quite surprised. He pretended to be calm and said: "With these shops here, we can get some supplies from elsewhere to maintain our supply. It is impossible to support these people."
question……"
"It should be possible to barely maintain it," Lin Mengde said.
The Lin family's operations in Jiangning are mostly large-scale transactions, and the bulk product trade in various places is monopolized by local wealthy merchants. If other families rush to Shanglin to buy tea, paper, rice, oil and other Dongyang products, the Lin family will naturally obstruct them in every possible way.
Destruction, and vice versa. Lin Mengde knew that the matter was far from as simple as Lin Xulu said, but he and Lin Fu felt that it would be better to let the Lin family run into more obstacles elsewhere.
In short, Lin Meng had to let go of these tedious matters and could also specifically assist Lin Fu to do other things.
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ps: It’s already October,
Happy National Day to my brothers and sisters,
Everyone should make voting red a habit.
I would also like to thank my brothers and sisters who recharged and supported me.
Zongheng changed "reward" to "support", which feels really good.