Gu Yingxiu changed to a fast horse and quickly rushed back to the mouth of the river with Lin Fu.
Lin Xuhong, who was hiding at the gate of the fence, saw Lin Fu rushing towards him surrounded by the guards. He rushed to meet him and said, "It's chaos, it's chaos. These bastards eat the food of the Lin family and wear the clothes of the Lin family. But now they know that there is a mutiny."
.Zhao Qingshan’s son-in-law didn’t listen to orders, and the Lin family didn’t treat him badly. He actually dared to refuse to lead people to drive away the rebel villagers. Old Seventeen, please quickly order troops to be mobilized from Prison Island to suppress these bastards.
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"Why are you panicking," Lin Fu said in a deep voice, "Weapons are so sharp, how can we casually attack them on the heads of our fellow villagers?"
Cao Ziang, Ge Cunxin and others will not come forward for the Lin family's affairs, but will only secretly strengthen their vigilance; besides, except for Lin Fu's orders or encountering a real enemy attack, Zhao Hu, Zhou Pu, and Yang Shi can lead the soldiers of the Prison Island to cross the river to help.
In the forest scene, Lin Mengde left the river mouth for business in the afternoon. At this time, Lin Mengde, who had gone to Quyang Town for business, got the letter and rushed back with Lin Fu. Lin Fu didn't have time to discuss anything with him in detail. He looked at the crowd gathering in front and went straight to the scene.
Go away from the troublesome place.
The new house on the west side of the street has not yet been completely built, but the Lin family can't stand the simplicity of the surrounding house. After passing the new house with three courtyards, they couldn't wait to move in in the past two days.
There was no time to lay bricks in front of the new house's front door, and two emergency horse posts were temporarily buried. The horse-mounting stones were not prepared, and the garden behind had just been built. Since the Lin family is a distinguished family, the front door had just been painted.
It turned into a vermilion red color but was not completely dried, and there was a smell of tung oil spreading out.
The number of Xiangyong that the Lin family wants to reduce this time is 1,670. The news that the Lin family wants to reduce the number of Xiangyong has been out for a long time. The real decision was made before noon today.
The local warriors who made trouble gathered in the open space in front of the new house, sitting or squatting. The weather was hot and the military uniforms were heavy. Some people couldn't bear the heat, so they took off their uniforms and exposed their breasts, shouting and yelling. They also lost their swords, guns, swords, spears, bows and arrows.
Together with the crowd of onlookers, not only the area in front of the new house, but also the entire north-south long street was tightly blocked. The scene was really lively and chaotic.
But when they saw Lin Fu, Gu Yingxiu, Lin Mengde and others riding over, the place suddenly became quiet.
Zhao Qingshan only led thirty or forty village warriors to guard the gate of the new house to prevent the mutinous village warriors from getting close to causing trouble, and did not take any other measures. Seeing Lin Fu and the others rushing back, Zhao Qingshan took a few
People came down the steps to greet him.
The vermilion gate and the side doors on both sides were tightly closed. Only the side door revealed half of his face to observe the situation outside, and it was Lin Xulu who was inside.
Lin Fu sighed slightly, Lin Xulu was knowledgeable and good at everything else, but his courage was too lacking. He and the other Lin family members hid behind closed doors, which not only made it difficult to communicate with the mutinous villagers, but also made it difficult for those who were guarding the door.
Xiangyong felt alienated.
Since Lin Tingxun, there really is no one in the Lin family who can control the overall situation.
"What are they all like? The soldiers don't look like soldiers, the bandits don't look like bandits. How can the river mouth allow you to act recklessly?" Lin Fu got off his horse and handed the horse to the guard soldiers. He and Gu Yingxiu walked straight to the middle of the mutinous villagers, kicking and kicking.
He threw the swords and spears carelessly on the ground and shouted sternly, "You have not been disbanded for a day, and you have become a village soldier in the forest. Who allows you to throw away your weapons and armor everywhere? If an enemy attacks the mouth of the river, how will you greet them?"
enemy?"
"Sir Lin, we will never be able to repay your kindness for several lifetimes, but the Lin family will be disbanded tomorrow and we don't even have any money for settling in. Why do you want us to work for the Lin family today?" A soldier stood up and argued.
"There are no parents, wives and children like you here?" Lin Fu looked at the soldier and asked, "Are you really holding the troops to defend the country just for the Lin family?"
After Lin Tingxun passed away, no one in the Lin family could have his prestige.
Lin Fu gained such a great reputation in Jiangning in just six months, and became a legend in Shanglin.
This time he led his troops to fight fiercely with the water bandits at Luoyang Lake, and then led his men to confront the water bandits for a long time at Shanglindu, successfully evacuating thousands of people from Shanglin. Later, the villagers who fled to Jiangning, Lin Fudu
Every one who survived was taken in. These village warriors who were defeated when the village camp was attacked were also collected by Lin Fu, accommodated and brought back to the mouth of the river for refuge.
Although the older generation of Shanglinli villagers have different views on some of Lin Fu's radical gestures, the younger generation undoubtedly regards Lin Fu as a role model.
When Lin Fu and his seventh wife, Gu Yingxiu, came over, no one was squatting or sitting on the ground. At this time, Lin Fu had scolded him, and even though he still had resentment in his heart for being abandoned by the Lin family, he still put on his military uniform and put it on the ground.
Pick up the weapons and armor.
"You have been at the mouth of the river for more than a day or two, but you see people dying of hunger here. What do you have to worry about?" Lin Fu walked up the steps and said loudly, "What grievances do you have? Recommend a few people to accompany you."
I'll go in and talk, and I, Lin Fu, will ensure that nothing happens to them; everyone else will go back to the temporary camp. What's the etiquette of gathering here? The Lin family will explain everything to everyone before dark."
Lin Mengde saw that Lin Fu had controlled the situation in just a few words, and Lin Xulu saw that Lin Fu had controlled the situation at this time, so he asked someone to open the door from the inside. Regardless of Lin Xulu's appearance, family background, conversation, and demeanor, he was extraordinary.
, he also has fame, but compared to Lin Fu, he is really very different.
A mutiny must be led by someone to start the riot. With Lin Fu's guarantee, the five leaders quickly stood up. To show their respect for Lin Fu, they handed over their weapons to others to take back first.
"The third brother, the third madam, the sixth madam, the young madam and the three clan elders are all inside?" Lin Fu asked Lin Xulu.
"Inside, fortunately you and Seventh Aunt came back in time." Lin Xulu did not dare to speak harshly to the five people who were leading the trouble at this time, and walked into the new house with Seventh Madam, Lin Fu, Lin Mengde, Lin Xuhong and others.
Walking around the screen wall and walking into the hanging flower door, the widow of the Lin family and the three elders of the Lin family were waiting in fear in the atrium. They regarded the five troublemakers that Lin Fu brought in as Lin Fu's followers. When they saw Lin Fu coming back, they
As if they saw the savior, they couldn't wait to say: "Just come back. Quickly notify the government to send troops to arrest those who are making trouble. I have long said that these untouchables are unreliable. When I was alive, how could I treat them badly? The corpse of the master
It's not cold yet, and they are about to rebel. They are really as abominable as Zhao Neng's traitorous slave."
"Okay," Lin Fu said calmly, stopping them from talking nonsense and saying, "The situation is not that serious. Everyone has dispersed. I asked everyone to nominate five people to come out and discuss the abolition of Xiangyong with my family.
After all, the abolition of Xiangyong is related to Xiangyong himself, and we must listen to their opinions. Zhao Neng is not willing to cut him into pieces. The gathering of Xiangyong outside the door is just to ask our family to carefully consider disbandment, abolition and resettlement. What are the two different things?
Can we mix things up?"
At this time, everyone realized that the five men who came in with Lin Fu and others were recommended by the troublemaker Xiang Yong to negotiate. Their faces became ugly. Seeing that Lin Fu came back and brought the situation under control, they felt confident. The third lady said coldly:
"Have you negotiated with them? The Lin family has been raising them in the first place, so why should they have to bear the burden of birth, old age, sickness and death for the rest of their lives?"
Lin Fu frowned, knowing that it would be impossible for a woman to twist her head and turn her back immediately. He had already made a plan on how to deal with this matter, so he said: "Several ladies and three clan elders are here.
Yong also elected five representatives here, and this matter needs to be properly resolved. Since my family is determined not to use it, I will take over it first. After Shanglinli is recovered, it will not be enough if there are less manpower... Although the Hekou side is in distress, there are many
Raising one or two hundred people will not make people starve to death, but Jiyunshe's military guard quota only has forty people, so we cannot raise more private soldiers. I think the Lin family's dismissal of Xiangyong should not be reported to the outside world. Third brother,
Third Madam, Sixth Madam and Young Madam, what do you think?"
Lin Fu meant to take over all the heroes from the troubled villages, but he would also take up the Lin family's quota of soldiers.
Although Lin Fu raised private soldiers in the name of Jiyun Society and would not stick to the limit of forty military guards, it would be difficult to conceal the increase of so many people at once, which would give Gu Wuchen's political opponents or Lin Fu himself in Jiangning.
If someone offends him, he will be in big trouble.
Although the Xiangyong in Shanglinli were guest soldiers in Jiangning, they had an official name after all. With this name, Lin Fu could even drive these Xiangyong to go north to participate in the Hongzepu War.
"That's fine," Lin Xulu couldn't figure out for a while how powerful Lin Fu was behind the scenes. He was able to raise nearly two hundred more private soldiers on his own, but it was not good to offend the troublemaker Xiang Yong. Lin Fu was willing to
It was natural to take over the hot potato. After all, Lin Fu still wanted to count the Lin family. He looked at the widows of the Lin family and said, "Aunts, what do you think?"
"People with foreign surnames really cannot be trusted. Since Lao Shiqi is not afraid of trouble, he should take over all the foreign surnamed Xiang Yong." The third lady said angrily, "That Zhao Qingshan, we have decided to increase his monthly salary to four
Two, he dared to pervert my order just now, this time he must be cleared..."
"Let's not talk about this matter for now. Since it has been decided, please third brother and seventh lady to accompany me to the camp to announce this decision." Lin Fu said, thinking that the third lady lived deep in the house, how could he know that it is not always easy to control people's hearts?
One thing? Even if all the children of the Lin clan are used, there is no guarantee that the children of the Lin clan will not be disloyal. Is it true that there have been so few cases of brotherly murder in history? There is no such thing as unreasonable loyalty in this world. The Lin family regards the bravery of the hometown as nothing.
It is natural for Xiangyong to regard the Lin family as a bandit. It makes no difference whether they have different surnames or not. However, those who have a noble mind can make even foreigners like their arms.
Lin Fu no longer wasted time in the new house, and led the five leaders of the troublemaking Xiangyong, together with Lin Xulu, Lin Xuhong, Lin Mengde and the seventh lady Gu Yingxiu, to the Xiangyong temporary camp west of the surrounding house at the mouth of the river.
The heroes from the trouble-making townships all gathered together to announce the decision to incorporate the trouble-making township heroes into the Jiyunshe Military Guard.