When Lin Fu woke up, he found out that Su Mei was a guest in the thatched cottage last night and left at dawn. He vaguely remembered the figure passing before his eyes while sleeping, with his legs spread, Ji sitting on the soft couch, and asked Xiaoman: "Am I out of character?"
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"Your leg injury has not healed, so you shouldn't drink alcohol. It's hard to refuse such kindness, but today I heard from people in Gezhai that you had a great time drinking last night and came back very drunk. Do you have the nerve to ask if you have behaved inappropriately?"
He put his hands on his hips and complained.
Lin Fu slapped him, then went over and asked Xiaoman to bring him the official documents on the table.
When he was away from Hekou, Changsun Geng, Yang Shi, Cao Ziang, Lin Jingzhong, Ge Cunxin, Zhao Hu, Lin Mengde and others were responsible for many matters in Jiyun Society, Hekou and Prison Island respectively. All matters were only briefed and circulated to him.
Now that he was back at Hekou, he couldn't be lazy about these things. Fortunately, Xiaoman was beside him and was skilled in calculation and writing, so he was able to do it.
Lin Fu woke up late and took a boat to the prison island after lunch. He dragged his injured leg and it was inconvenient to inspect the prison cells. He only divided the eldest son Sun Geng, Yang Shi, the team leaders and the cell leaders selected from the prisoners into groups.
Summoned to the front hall to inquire about prison affairs and understand the situation.
Since Liu An'er gathered a crowd to rebel in Hongzepu, many local criminals with minor and serious crimes in various prefectures and counties have been sentenced to the town and served in the government army. Only the refugees have no foothold. The soldiers who have been recruited into the army often flee with their soldiers and armor, which is disliked by the armies, and many of them are sent to the town.
Those who came to Jingjiao Island to serve in prison or be sent to the border guards were sent to jail. The number of prisoners in Jianjiao Island Prison had increased to more than 1,400.
Changsun Geng is a capable person, and he can be an official without being dirty, but he is limited to being a scholar, and there is no one to promote him. He is in his thirties, and he is still a small official. He is not even a minor official from the ninth rank.
When he failed to do so, Lin Fu left Hekou and entrusted him with managing the affairs in the Prison Island Prison, and he did everything in an orderly manner.
Lin Fu divided the affairs of the prison island into internal and external areas. The storage and consumption of materials within the high walls, including prison food, prison clothes, officials' food and silver, etc., and the personnel management of officials and prisoners were mainly responsible for Changsun Genglai; in addition, Changsun Genglai was mainly responsible.
Lin Jingzhong is responsible for many prison island affairs, including the purchase of a large number of labor tools and raw materials, the export of materials produced on the prison island, and the management of boats and boatmen, sailors and other personnel recruited to work on the prison island in and out of the prison island.
, in order to cover the many actions he made on Prison Island.
Now that Gu Wuchen was going to transfer Yang Shi away, Yang Pu had first greeted him in advance. Yesterday, he also mentioned that he would recommend Zhao Hu to be awarded the title of Deputy Lieutenant of Yunqi.
At that time, in addition to the imperial examination and family background, the "official examination" by the chief of the Busi County Secretary was also an important way.
It is easy to be an official in this world, but it is difficult to be an official. The original intention of "official promotion" was to recruit some capable and talented officials to be promoted to officials. Now it is also an important means for officials to win over their closest confidants.
The "official examination" is held every three years, and the number of places is limited. Gu Wuchen recommended and awarded Zhao Hu Yunqi Deputy Lieutenant. Although it is just a rank from the ninth rank of military service, for many ordinary people, it is a step between civilians and officials.
This also paved the way for Zhao Hu to fully control the soldiers of Prison Island after Yang Shi left.
This can be regarded as Gu Wuchen's compensation for not letting Lin Fu interfere with Dongyang Xiangyong's affairs.
Lin Fu didn't care about these compensations, not to mention that his eyes at this time were no longer limited to Prison Island, but mainly to Xisha Island.
At this time, he still has to live under Gu Wuchen's big tree. Naturally, he still has to be "loyal" to Gu Wuchen and do his duty to make Gu Wuchen's foundation in Jiangdong more stable. Otherwise, how would he be qualified to control Xisha Island without fear?
Chongzhou local power?
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Ge Fu, an old worker, built a wheelchair for Lin Fu, who had a leg injury and had difficulty walking. The shape is similar to the wheelchairs of later generations, but it does not have lightweight materials. It is certainly much bulkier than the wheelchairs of later generations, but it is made of good nanmu.
It is carefully crafted and the surface has been carefully polished. It took several days of work and it looks exquisite and elegant.
At dusk, the chaircar stopped at the southwest end of Prison Island. Lin Fu sat on the chaircar, covered his injured leg with a blanket, and asked Yang Shi to talk to him alone.
"There is nothing to hand over here on Prison Island. The situation in Dongyang is also urgent. After going to Dongyang, you will have less time to return to Jiangning. For this matter, you will go back to the city to have a good reunion with your family in the next two days. Once the paperwork is
Come down, the adults will probably urge you to go to Dongyang." Lin Fu said, "The team of soldiers you brought on the island will also be taken away by you. After arriving in Dongyang, you will also have your own foundation. Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan are all on good terms with each other.
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When they first met in Shiliang County, the young and energetic Yang Shi also had conflicts with Lin Fu and disliked him. After arriving at Prison Island, he realized the gap between him and Lin Fu and calmed down and concentrated.
Working on Prison Island.
"I've asked you to take care of me these days." Yang Shi breathed out softly and said.
"What kind of polite words are there," Lin Fu said with a smile, "It is the right thing to go to Dongyang and not embarrass the adults."
Yang Shi smiled. He was not good at expressing himself. In his opinion, Lin Fu was more suitable to go to the Dongyang Army regardless of his talent or the reputation he had accumulated during this period. However, these were Gu Wuchen's arrangements and he was not in a position to say.
What.
"These are some military tips I have been thinking about recently. They may be useful to you." Lin Fu took out a manuscript from his arms and handed it to Yang Shi. "There are not many tips on how to use troops. Put down your identity and come with
Soldiers will know the beauty of getting along with each other, and the other thing is to cherish the soldiers..."
Gu Wuchen wants to rely on Dongyang Xiangyong to help his official position, but Dongyang Xiangyong will not completely become Gu Wuchen's private soldier. He will always represent the fundamental interests of Dongyang locality and the Lin clan. In other words, Gu Wuchen must first safeguard and ensure the interests of Dongyang local forces.
, it was possible to draw Dongyang Xiangyong under his command; there is no absolute loyalty in this world.
Although they have inconsistent interests, fundamentally, there is no direct conflict between Lin Fu, the Lin clan, and the local forces in Dongyang. They even rely on each other and rely on each other more often.
Without Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu would lose the big tree where he could enjoy the shade; without the Lin clan, Lin Fu would lack the most fundamental support in this world.
Gu Yingxiu is still the seventh lady of the Lin clan. Whether it is Lin Mengde, Lin Jingzhong, Zhao Hu, Zhao Qingshan and others, more than half of the Wuwei in Jiyun Society, Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin and others, they are all related to the local forces in Dongyang.
A close and inseparable connection.
Even though Lin Fu could not directly intervene in the affairs of Dongyang Xiangyong, he definitely did not want Dongyang Xiangyong or Dongyang local power to be weakened or even consumed during the crusade against Liu An'er's tribe. He also hoped that Dongyang local power could expand with the help of this battle.
, rise.
Besides, Yang Pu, Yang Shi and his son are much easier to get close to than Zhao Qinmin, Chen Yuanliang, Gu Siyuan and others. If Yang Shi can truly grow into a general who Gu Wuchen relies on and occupy an important position in the Gu family, it will also be beneficial to
In the future, Lin Fu did not have many reservations about Yang Shi's teachings, but whether he could understand and use them in military affairs still depended on Yang Shi's own understanding.
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Returning to the river mouth from Prison Island, Lin Fu went to the cemetery to pay homage to Lin Tingxun. The Lin family built a nunnery for Lin Tingxun in the cemetery to hold the coffin, and it was also convenient for the Lin family to come and pay homage.
Lin Fu was pushed into the nunnery in a chair and cart, lit incense in the mourning hall, and then went to the side courtyard to listen to the nun, the abbot of the nunnery, read a few scriptures. Strangely enough, the nun did not believe in Buddhism, but was widely spread among the people in Jianghuai County.
The Guangzhou One-stick Incense Sect has a very simple form of worship. You burn a stick of incense and pray, and the prayers stop when the incense is burned out. Hence the name of the religion.
Because the form is simple and easy for ordinary people to accept, it is widely spread. However, there is no strict organization within the sect, so the imperial court and local officials can tolerate the existence of the Yistick Incense Sect.
There was a faint scent of incense coming from behind, and Lin Fu turned around to look. It was bright and clear. Gu Yingying stood holding the door with her sleeves, looking forward.
Lin Fu smiled slightly. If he wanted to see Gu Yingxiu and speak without being disturbed by outsiders, it seemed that he could only do so in this nunnery.
When the old nun saw the seventh lady coming in, he stepped back and helped them close the door before leaving.
Lin Fu was quite surprised and asked: "Who is this old nun? He looks very familiar."
"Have you forgotten the nunnery on Iron Curtain Mountain? She is Master Huimiao in the nunnery on the mountain. You haven't seen her for many years, so it's no wonder you can't recognize her. I saw that she had no other place to go, so I asked her to come
No one else here knows that she is mine. You may not believe it, but Lao Liu met Zhao Qinmin here at noon today." Gu Yingxiu said.
"..." Lin Fu laughed. He knew that Gu Yingxiu would not be too lonely in Hekou. Zhao Qinmin had secretly met with the Sixth Lady and most likely wanted to divide the Lin family. Gu Wuchen had to rely on the Lin family for many things at this time, but he did not
He hoped that the Lin clan would be too united, but Zhao Qinmin did not expect that the old nun in the nunnery was Gu Yingxiu's spy. He said with a smile, "As long as they can't get past the small tricks they do behind the scenes, let them go. After all, everyone is tied up at this time."
A grasshopper on a rope, no one can live without the other?"
"You said it lightly, but I was in trouble," Gu Yingxiu said, "I regret that I couldn't bear the temper and told Xunniang about that matter before. The day before yesterday, Xunniang came to see me and changed her words to find out.
My tone."
"..." Lin Fu said mockingly, "I can only be considered a good subordinate, but I cannot be considered a good son-in-law."
"If this matter doesn't go away, wouldn't it make Xun Niang hate me?" Gu Yingxiu said angrily.
"..." Lin Fu sighed softly. Many things cannot take into account the personal relationship between children. In fact, if Gu Wuchen really wants to marry Gu Junxun to him, it will make Lin Tingxun and Lin Xuwen in Yanjing suspicious. Things here are too subtle.
People must rarely be confused. Just like the She family, it looks monolithic on the surface, but there are opportunities for outsiders to borrow from She Fei Xiong and She Fei Tiger?
Gu Yingxiu didn't want to trouble Lin Fu's heart with this matter, so she walked in, knelt down in front of Lin Fu, and touched his injured leg, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore. The long skin is still itchy. I'll be able to walk in a few days." Lin Fu took her warm jade hand and put it on his thigh, touched her tender cheek and said, "You
Lost a lot of weight..."
"I have been worried all day, and I feel relieved when I see you back." Gu Yingxiu pressed her face gently against Lin Fu's thigh, enjoying the tenderness of this moment of love. Lin Fu held Gu Yingxiu's plump face,
He made her sit on his lap, looked closely at her beautiful face, her loving eyes, and kissed her red lips.
Gu Yingxiu followed Lin Fu's wishes, but she didn't dare to sit down on his lap for fear of pressing his injured leg. She was so excited by the kiss that she wished she could press her whole body into his arms, so she just
Unable to worry too much, she sat sideways on his lap, pressed her cheek to his chest, and leaned against each other in the nunnery talking for nearly half an hour before leaving.