At night, with the moonlight dimming slightly, the lights of the turrets surrounding the house and the lighthouse at the southwest end of Prison Island cast their lights on the pier on the river bank. People suddenly realized that the Dongyang, which had been away from the river mouth for several months, had quietly returned to Jiangning.
The Hexiang Tower to the east of the North-South Long Street is a property purchased by the feudal family at the mouth of the river. It is also commonly called a small feudal tower. It is just a size, but its shape is far incomparable to the five-story opposite feudal tower with four overlapping eaves in the city.
, the wing building is only two stories high, and there are only three entrances to the courtyard. The new house is sandwiched between the north and south long streets, so it is not very conspicuous.
It's not that the feudal family was reluctant to part with money. When they bought this new house from the Dongyang Township Party and rushed to open it for business within three months, it was inconvenient to carry out drastic renovation and expansion.
Xiaofan Tower is still a prosperous place at the mouth of the river where all kinds of industries are emerging. After all, it is the shadow of people and the bark of trees. Even if the fan family builds a thatched shed at the mouth of the river, it will still be full of bartenders, not to mention it is clear and chilly.
The wine, delicious food, the young man in green clothes is fair and elegant, the wine lady in red and green clothes is charming, and occasionally Su Mei's clear singing voice.
Strangely enough, in the days when the Xiaofan Tower was opened, Chen Qingqing, the pillar of the Xiubai Tower who never went out to perform, also came to the Xiaofan Tower to show off her dancing skills.
This not only made Xiaofan Tower lively, but also made the river mouth look like the 25th City of Jiangning.
In the north wing of Xiaofan Building, you can see the Jiang'an Wharf when you open the window. Yuan Jinsheng is sitting cross-legged on a finely woven mat, looking out the window at the Dongyang merchant ship docked at the wharf.
Said to be a merchant ship, the Dongyang had chest-high parapets erected on both sides, and the aft cabin roof deck and front deck were covered with oilcloth.
The water battles at Luoyang Lake and Meixi Lake were also airtight. Yuan Jinsheng knew that the Dongyang's stern roof deck and front deck were covered with oilcloths and were powerful combat tools such as bed crossbows and sling crossbows.
Judging from the record of the Dongyang retreating from Luoyang Lake, being flanked by three ships at the entrance of Meixi Lake, and annihilating one ship of enemies, the Dongyang can be regarded as a large warship that is standard in Huai, and it is the Jiangning Shuiying
There are only five or six sturdy warships with the same hull size as the Dongyang.
It can be said that Lin Fu was lucky to escape from Luoyang Lake. The Battle of the Hekou can also be said that the Taihu pirates who attacked the Hekou were all a mob. The Qu family was too stupid. However, Lin Fu performed well after entering Taihu Lake and could no longer win.
Luck or the folly of his enemies came to overshadow him.
Although the bloody battle in Jiyang was dominated by Gu Wuchen's escort of Jiqi, which also increased Gu Wuchen's reputation in Jiangdong, those who really know the details know that Lin Fu and his escort soldiers played a central role in the bloody battle in Jiyang.
Lin Fu's sharp edge was hard to hide. Although the Jiyun Military Guards, who were incorporated into Dongyang Xiangyong and had the official title, were very limited in number, it was undeniable that they were an elite force with a rock-solid will to fight.
If the 4,000 Dongyang Xiangyong who had been reorganized could be so elite, Hongzepu Liu An'er's troops would probably not be able to pose a threat to Dongyang.
It has been made clear within the Gu department that Lin Fu will not interfere in Dongyang Xiangyong's military affairs. However, outsiders who do not know the truth are speculating that if Gu Wuchen targets Li Zhuo, in the eyes of outsiders, Dong Yuan or Chen Zhihu are not at a level that Lin Fu cannot reach.
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Dong Yuan is now the fourth-rank Weiyang prefect, and Chen Zhihu is a third-rank imperial general. Unless the Western Qin Party loses power, the futures of Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu will be limitless. Even so, the court still has to reuse Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu.
Yuan Jinsheng was thinking wildly when he heard the sound of footsteps in the corridor outside and Fan Ding's voice again: "Your Majesty, the Second Young Master is resting in this room..." He frowned slightly, wondering why his eldest brother suddenly
Arriving at the mouth of the river, I was stunned when the door was pushed open from the outside. Yuan Jinsheng saw his elder brother Yuan Jinqiu walking in carelessly, with incense wafting, but Chen Qingqing followed behind.
Yuan Jinsheng's frown deepened: This woman Chen Qingqing is not in the clear with Mu Guogong Zeng, and the eldest brother still wants to get entangled in it, causing the Yongchang Hou Mansion to become a dirty topic after dinner in Jiangning City, which is very harmful to the reputation.
"Why is my second brother so free to hide here and drink alone without finding a girl to talk to?" Yuan Jinqiu shook the delicately trimmed mustache on his lips, sat cross-legged on the mat, and looked out the window at the docks at the pier.
Dongyang Hao, smiled and said to Chen Qingqing, "My second brother has always thought very highly of himself, but this Lin Fu made him look away." He asked Chen Qingqing to sit down next to him, took the cup, picked up the wine bottle, and looked after himself.
He poured himself a glass of wine and had a drink.
Fan Ding listened to the prince's confusing and unbridled rants, and knew that the second young master would not be happy after hearing this, and also knew that the Marquis loved the second young master more, but he could only stand there and smile in embarrassment, and could not drive the prince out.
The person who will inherit the title in the future will always be the dissolute prince in front of him.
Chen Qingqing smiled warmly and held the pot for Yuan Jinqiu. The two brothers Yuan Jinsheng poured wine. Old man Zeng said that the ancestor of Yongchang Houfu was the younger brother of the great ancestor. He once had a chance to aspire to the throne, but in the end, he missed a move and gave it to Taizong.
He was one step ahead, his military power was stripped away, and he was demoted to Jiangning without even getting a prince. Although he was hereditary Marquis of Yongchang, he was raised in captivity after all, and his descendants would inevitably feel some resentment.
Chen Qingqing glanced out the window and looked at the few people disembarking from the Dongyang. Lin Jingzhong, the steward of Jiyun Club, was accompanying her. Fu Qinghe's left sleeve was empty and nothing else, which was very conspicuous. She felt strange: Fu Qinghe was once hired by Su Mei.
Boxer, why did you go to Baisha County with Lin Fu and the other three, and then give up on Lin Fu and lose your arm on Xisha Island this time?
At this moment, Su Mei, Lin Fu and Xiao Man, who had been forcibly obtained by Lin Fu, appeared on the dock, talking to Fu Qinghe and others. Su Mei and Xiao Man seemed to be wiping away tears; after these people got off the boat,
The Dongyang weighed anchor and left the dock again, not knowing where it was going at night.
There were no lights on the river, and it was pitch black.
"This is really lively," Yuan Jinqiu laughed when he saw the pier, "I heard that the emperor gave Chen Mingzhe a special leave to return home to get married. It was said that he was given leave to get married, but it was just to warn the Chu Party: You don't want to either
It was too bullying to gain power. After all, Chen Mingzhe was the number one scholar he selected. Judging from the situation, when the Wu Party was still on the rise, the East China Sea bandits were wreaking havoc in Pingjiang Prefecture. Chen Mingzhe returned home and got married, most likely living in Jiangning. There was an additional character.
, the city of Jiangning is more lively, how can you guess whose hands this Su Mei will fall into in the end?"
Yuan Jinsheng smiled slightly, Gu Wuchen's trip to Wu was considered a favor, but it could not make up for the huge gap between the party struggles. After Chen Xiyan retired, the Wu Party was headed by Yu Xinyuan. Chen Mingzhe came to Jiangning, and behind him was the biggest leader in Wu.
With the support of the Chen family of Pingjiang, the Wu Party's power is bound to give Gu Wuchen a headache. However, after all, no one in the Wu Party directly controls the power of the county, and there is no support from the center. Li Zhuo's attitude is ambiguous, and Wang Tian is old and fatuous, and has no relationship with Chu.
Wang Xueshan was leading the way for Gu Wuchen to lead the party's struggle, while Zuo Shangrong wanted to see if he could successfully put down the chaos in Hongzepu. Gu Wuchen always had the advantage.
From this point of view, it would be better for the situation on the Western Front to get out of control. If the Central Committee sends envoys to supervise military affairs in Jiangdong, Gu Wuchen's qualifications will be far behind and he will not be able to assume the position of governor. By then, another core figure from the Chu Party will come over.
, it was even more lively than when Chen Mingzhe came to Jiangning.
Su Mei wanted to get away? Yuan Jinsheng smiled coldly in his heart, but then he thought, maybe it would be good to make good use of Su Mei's bargaining chip. He glanced at Chen Qingqing and thought that Zeng Mingxin was the old fox hiding behind her. After all,
What are you planning? Doesn’t the eldest brother understand at all that Chen Qingqing is not a simple woman?
Lin Fu rode a chair car to the pier to greet the arrival of Fu Qinghe, Hu Zhicheng, Lin Mengde, Ge Cunxin, Qin Chengzu and others. He turned back and glanced at the wing of the Xiaofan Building. The Xiaofan Building was in the dark with the windows open.
You can see the figures inside shaking and looking this way, but you can't see clearly who is peeping here.
The estuary always had to be open to outsiders in order to gain huge profits from the collection of municipal taxes. At this time, Lin Fu was completely unable to prevent others from peeking into the estuary. The key was to continue to shroud the prison island in black mist out of the sight of outsiders.
After Lin Fu returned to the river mouth, Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhicheng, Qin Chengzu and others rushed over immediately to re-discuss the deployment of Changshan Island, Xisha Island and Prison Island.
Even if the East China Sea bandits are not a threat for the time being, Lin Fu still sends Zhou Pu and Wu Qi to lead the main force of the Jiyun Military Guard to coordinate with the rural camp to garrison Xisha Island. Not only should we not take the East China Sea bandits lightly, we must also be very wary of the military fortresses that are close by;
Hu Zhiyong was busy with refugee resettlement matters and could not escape.
Hu Zhicheng escaped and came over. In addition to meeting everyone in Jiangning, he also met his son Hu Qiaoguan, who stayed in Jiangning.
Back at the thatched cottage, Cao Zi'ang, Little Loach Master Ge Cunxiong, Hu Qiaoguan, Ao Canghai and others were already waiting here. There was no good food on the ship. The cottage had prepared some, but they couldn't prepare for the arrival of the ship. At this time, Liu Yue'er
Then he ordered the hot wine to be served.
After the dinner, we quietly took a boat from the Hekou Pier to the training camp at the east end of Prison Island. Su Mei was still an eye-catching figure in the Hekou, so it was inconvenient to go with him, so he went back to another hospital first.
After Yang Shi left, Zhao Hu took full control of the guards guarding the prison, and some of the soldiers would be brought to Dongyang for Yang Shi to serve as a base. Fu Qinghe and Hu Zhicheng came here and recruited a group of brave men from the refugees on Xisha Island.
, just to make up for the vacancy after Yang Shi left with his people. These brave men came with the ship and were sent to the training camp first.
Since the refugees were resettled on Xisha Island and they had a foothold, it was natural to recruit soldiers on Xisha Island.
Changsun Geng is not a man who knows how to advance and retreat. At this time, Zhao Hu has full control over the prison guards. The boats entering and leaving the prison island and the exchange of materials between the prison island and the outside are also controlled by Jiyunshe. Even if Lin Fu is not there,
Jiang Ning can also guarantee complete control of Prison Island.
Speaking of which, this was also the balance that Lin Fu achieved after giving away most of the interests of the river mouth.
Whether it is Gu Wuchen, Zhao Qinmin, Chen/Yuanliang and others, they all realize the huge benefits of Hekou replacing Quyang Town.
Hekou is more geographically convenient than Quyang Town, and it can connect the grain trade upstream and downstream of the Yangzi River. Quyang Town used to trade nearly three million dan in rice and grain a year. As long as Hekou reaches this level, the benefits will be astonishing.
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To be a rice and grain merchant, the most important thing is to have the ability to hoard rice and grain.
When the grain is harvested, a pound of polished rice is only worth four yuan. When the harvest is not harvested, a pound of polished rice is worth six yuan. If there is a food shortage, the price of grain will skyrocket.
For example, in Jiangxi, the two lakes were flooded this summer. Even in the areas along the river, a pound of brown rice soared to more than 10 yuan. When the Xisha Island disaster hit, Lin Fu urgently bought grain from Chongzhou to save lives. In Chongzhou City, a pound of brown rice soared to 20 yuan.
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Storing grain when harvest is ripe and releasing grain when grain is in short supply can not only help local governments stabilize grain prices, but the profits are beyond the reach of ordinary grain merchants.
Of course, if profiteers are still desperately hoarding food during a food shortage and the government ignores it, food prices will skyrocket.
Based on this premise, Chen Yuanliang, the magistrate of Moling County, directly bought six connected houses on one side of the North-South Long Street to build a rice store. One of his nephews was the manager. The front houses facing the street were opened and transformed into shops, and the backyards were renovated.
into a granary; there are also plans to open up an open space in the river mouth where land is already very tight and build a large warehouse with a storage capacity of 100,000 kilograms of rice.
In this rice bank, the Gu family and Zhao Qinmin both invested in banking stocks. Lin Fu pretended not to know and asked Gu Yingxiu to instigate the Lin family to also invest in banks.
Based on this premise, the interests of Prison Island are somewhat insignificant; Lin Fu's interests in Jiangning are basically in Prison Island, and everyone can get what they need.
Qin Chengzu stood on the bow of the boat, looked at the river mouth under the lights, and sighed: "The last time I came back to Jiangning, I passed here. It was more than nine months ago, and it seemed like a city had flown from the sky."
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