At most, 40,000 to 50,000 people gathered near Wukou Village. Except for the military camp on the south side of the mouth of the Wushui River, the mess to the north was full of shacks. The Donglu completely withdrew from the pass, and the villagers gathered at Wokou thought about returning home.
What else could be left at home? There was no way the soldiers would knock down all those adobe houses, patch them up, and put thatch and reeds on them to make a roof, which would also provide shelter from the wind and rain.
The weather is getting warmer, the rivers have melted, and it is time to prepare for spring planting. However, at this time, there is still some food left at home, or there is no one who buried the food in the ground in time before escaping and did not find it. There is no food to eat, and there is no spring plowing.
Not only the villagers gathered near Wokou Village followed suit, but refugees returning from other places also took notice.
On the 28th, the mouths of the three branches of the Wei River and the Woushui River were cut off. There was a low-lying land in the southeast of Wangdentai Mountain. The river water was introduced into the low-lying land through the breach in the river embankment, forming a large lake. It only took one day.
, the shallow part of the Guoshui River is exposed to the water surface.
Lin Fu caught up with the rising tide of the sea and blocked the mouth of the river with four flat-bottomed boats filled with sand. As soon as the water receded, the four boats were actually shallow on the river bed at the mouth of the branch, next to the mouth of the branch in the middle of the night.
When the water was gone, they organized nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians to dig wooden piles, transport earth and broken bricks and build a temporary river-sealing dam based on four sea ships.
In April, it is necessary to use the Woshui River to transport grain to and from Gyeonggi. There is only one month to renovate the Wushui River. It is impossible to completely improve the navigation conditions of the Wushui River. We can only focus on a few special places.
The shallow river bed was excavated and dams were built to ensure that the hundred-stone ship could navigate smoothly when fully loaded. In addition, the avenue on the north bank of the Wushui River was smoothed and solidified so that there would be a straight road connecting the vortex mouth and the Weidai.
Grain can also be transported to Weitai by mules, horses and carts, and then shipped to Gyeonggi. After all, the distance from Wukou to Weitai is short, only more than fifty miles. The direct road is wider, and mules, horses and carts can travel back and forth every two days.
Prepare two hundred mules and horses, and the transport capacity can be three to five million shi a year. The two hundred mules and horses are four to five miles long, and the straight road of more than fifty miles can only be used at most.
It can accommodate two hundred mules, horses and carts, otherwise it would be a complete mess.
Lin Fu, wearing a crimson official robe on his green armor coat, walked with Tang Haoxin on the seawall. Ma Chao and other retinues were scattered around, which did not prevent Lin Fu from talking to Tang Haoxin.
The sea breeze blows on my face, and I no longer feel cold. Spring has officially begun in the whole north.
"This war is temporarily over," Tang Haoxin said slowly, stroking his white beard and gazing at the azure blue water with his turbid eyes. For state affairs, he looked exhausted and old, "There is a giant pirate called the East China Sea Harrier in Chang State.
There were giant bandits Liu An'er in Hongzepu, and there were giant bandits Luo Xiancheng, Gong Yucai, etc. in Jingchu, and there was no peace for a day. Among them, Liu An'er suffered the most serious disaster, Haosi and Si fell. Chen Han surrendered three times and rebelled again. The Liu thief claimed to support the crowd.
Three hundred thousand. If Li Zhuo hadn't been in control of Jiangdong, Huai'an, and Dongyang would have fallen long ago. Now Liu thief led his troops up the Huaihe River, and seven counties in Huaishang were captured, and the rebels became increasingly rampant. According to Jingchu's report, Luo Xiancheng, Gong
Yu Cai and other thieves are also heading north, and they seem to be joining forces with Liu thieves on the Huai River..."
"..." Lin Fu silently looked at the waves outside the seawall. Those who followed Liu An'er in Hongzepu were mostly fishermen, poor farmers and refugees who were forced by life and could not find a way to survive. It is said that they are also pitiful people, but they must obey the rules of the world.
If such chaos continues, it will only overthrow the entire Central Plains, allowing the Donglu to reap the benefits. There must be ruthless measures to quell the chaos in the counties. The key is to suppress and appease simultaneously, in order to more completely quell the chaos of the refugees.
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Lin Fu didn't know why Tang Haoxin suddenly mentioned this. Did he want to lead the Jiangdong Left Army back to Jiangdong to join the war? He didn't really want to quell the chaos of the refugees. He was so cowardly that he couldn't play any other role except using it as a butcher's knife. He tried to
Ask Tang Haoxin: "What will the court do to deal with the rebellion of bandits?"
"Yue Lengqiu petitioned to lead his troops to Jiangdong to suppress Liu An'er's tribe," Tang Haoxin said, "The Holy Spirit sent a special envoy to Wukou today to inquire about this matter..."
"..." Lin Fu was startled, and the hairs on his back stood up. He didn't expect that the evil thief Yue Lengqiu would interfere in Jiangdong's affairs. This was definitely not a situation he wanted to see.
Lin Fu did not expect that Yue Lengqiu was timid and did not dare to fight with the Donglu, but he was keen on suppressing the bandits. He probably saw that the combat effectiveness of the refugees was far inferior to that of the Donglu soldiers, so he wanted to use the heads of the refugees to make military achievements. It was really
A complete villain.
Tang Haoxin squinted his eyes to observe Lin Fu's expression. Seeing that he was not hiding his surprise, he asked, "What do you think?"
"I dare not discuss such an important state matter in my humble position," Lin Fu said.
"It's just you and me here, and what we say won't fall into the ears of a third person. What do you dare to say?" Tang Haoxin said.
"Why not use Li Zhuo?" Lin Fu asked.
It is obvious that Yue Lengqiu has bad intentions towards Gu Wuchen, and Tang Haoxin should not have a good impression of Yue Lengqiu. At this time, Li Zhuo is a better choice than Yue Lengqiu. Besides, if the whole army of Changhuai Town is destroyed, Li Zhuo will be more stable.
The situation in the south made it impossible to suppress Li Zhuo at this juncture.
"Li Zhuo's memorial came to Beijing on the 25th, and he invited him to go to Jizhen to supervise the war. He offered strategies to pacify the captives, saying that they would be able to pacify the captives in five years..." Tang Haoxin said without any unnecessary expression.
"..." The surprise in Lin Fu's heart could only turn into a long sigh. He didn't know what kind of determination Li Zhuo had to submit such a memorial. In the memorial, he even insisted on five
He must be able to pacify the captives in the next year. He asked, "What is the opinion of Lord Zhou Zongfan of the Ministry of War of Zhou?"
"Zhou Zongfan has been dismissed from his post," Tang Haoxin said. "Zhou Zongfan has no one else to blame for the Donglu invaders. Just being dismissed from his post is already a sign of the benevolence of the saint..."
Lin Fu didn't know that in just two or three days, the situation in the court would be turned upside down. He was still an insignificant pawn at this time. If Tang Haoxin hadn't been in Jinhai, it would have been two days before he knew about these things. Of course, the court asked about these changes.
his opinion.
Tang Haoxin asked him again what his views were on the matter of Yue Lengqiu and Li Zhuo, but Lin Fu insisted that he "does not discuss state affairs arbitrarily" and refused to discuss the matter.
The situation has become very obvious. The Minister of War has been dismissed. At this time, the only people who can influence the decision-making of Emperor Chongguan are Zhang Xie, Tang Haoxin, Chen Xinbo, Hao Zongcheng and other people. Li Zhuo all submitted such a memorial. Lin
What else can I say?
The Yanshan defense line was riddled with holes. Although Hao Zongcheng was in charge of the Jibei Army, he would never bear this heavy responsibility due to his timid and enemy-fearing temperament. Besides, he did not have the ability to revitalize the Yanshan defense line.
Chen Xinbo hoped that Li Zhuozhen could make achievements on the Yanshan defense line and support him to continue to stay in power in the DPRK.
Zhang Xie and Tang Haoxin naturally don't want Li Zhuo to go north, but they don't have a more suitable candidate. How can they expect Yue Lengqiu to take the lead? What's more, Li Zhuo praised such a Haikou, which directly blocked their mouths.
Lin Fu looked at Jinwei Island to the southeast with concern, and was unwilling to express his personal opinions on Yue Lengqiu and Li Zhuo in the court.
Tang Haoxin also looked at Jinwei Island to the southeast. Although Lin Fu stood unswervingly on Gu Wuchen's side and on their side in many matters, he had to admit: Lin Fu could no longer do it.
He was a small role at the mercy of others. Thinking about it carefully, Tang Haoxin also found it strange that since Lin Fu's rise, he seemed to have an indissoluble bond with "islands". First, it was Jinchuan Prison Island in Jiangning, then Chongzhou Xisha Island, and now it is
Jinwei Island.
Jinwei Island is a small island located six or seven miles southeast of the outlet of the Wushui River. It is even smaller than Jinchuan Prison Island and Changshan Island in Jiangning. It is about four miles long, covering the island mountain and the beach to the southwest.
Including the land, it is approximately five to six hundred acres in size.
Lin Fu had no substantial benefit from being knighted for his military merits, so he didn't care about any taboos at this time. In the name of allocating 500 acres of Yongye land, he occupied the entire Jinwei Island and counted it as his personal private property.
This is also the biggest and most substantial benefit of his knighthood this time.
After the victory at Jinhai, a large number of Japanese troops counterattacked to monitor the villages of Wukou, Wukou, Changlu, and Qingqi. The scale of the villages was limited and could not accommodate too many people. Lin Fu could only build a logistics base on the island to evacuate the villagers.
, hoarding supplies, and as early as that time, Lin Fu had taken a liking to Jinwei Island.
Although Jinwei Island is small, it is a bedrock island. The northeast side has the highest terrain, with a height of 17 to 80 feet from the sea. It is the commanding height around the vortex mouth, and is higher than Wangdengtai Mountain. The northeast and east sides are steep.
The cliffs and rocks on the beach are also rugged, making it difficult for ships to approach. However, the terrain in the southwest is steep and flat, and there is a natural harbor that can facilitate ships. It can accommodate six thousand-stone ships or two five-thousand-stone ships to berth and take shelter from the wind.
It is impossible to determine when the Donglu will invade the border next time. Lin Fu wants to transform Jinwei Island into an island fortress that can station a battalion of elite soldiers before the Donglu invades next time. Even if the land is occupied by the soldiers,
They can also gain a foothold in Jinhai.
No matter how short the manpower needed to open a sea canal from the Jinhai Sea, the more than 1,300 captured rebels who were escorted north from Yangxin were still thrown to Jinwei Island by Lin Fu, and his servants came to dig mountains, cut rocks, fill the sea, build forts, and build buildings.
Small seaport.
Lin Fu now had a lot of resources at his disposal, and under Tang Haoxin's nose and nose, a deal with Hao Zongcheng for superior military merits had been made; Hao Zongcheng also urgently needed to gain a barbarian rank to cover up his ugly appearance of fearing the enemy.
Fifty thousand taels of silver were rewarded for military merit, and 200,000 taels of silver were traded for military merit. In addition to repeated seizures, Lin Fu had more than 300,000 taels of silver on hand in Jinhai.
The more than 40,000 stones of grain hoarded on Jinwei Island were exchanged by Jiangdong Zuojun for seized materials such as foreign horses, horsemeat, and leather goods with Denglai merchants. Lin Fu was very talkative in order to use this batch of materials to open the sea canal.
But these require money from the Ministry of Revenue in exchange.
The imperial court decided to establish the Tianjin-Haidu Water Transport Department. The first tranche of silver allocated was 500,000 taels, which seemed like a lot, but based on the high food prices in the Gyeonggi region, 500,000 taels of official silver could only buy 200,000 taels.
Ten Thousand Stones of Food.
Lin Fu is not particularly sinister. One stone of millet is worth one or two and a half taels of silver. Forty thousand stones of millet and wheat total 60,000 taels of official silver. There is no need to talk about anything less. This price is higher than the price of millet in Gyeonggi Province at this time.
Much lower, but three or four times the price of millet in Jiangning.
At this time, several people came up to the seawall. Tang Haoxin saw Zhang Wenden (Deng), the former head of the Ministry of Household Affairs and now the warehouse supervisor under the Tianjin-Hai Water Transport Department, and others. When they approached, he asked: "Yu Deng, Laihai
How was the negotiation?"
Zhang Wendeng smiled awkwardly and said: "One stone of millet is worth one or two and a half cents of silver. This is already the highest price that the Ministry of Household Affairs can bear. However, the words of the merchants in Denglai seem to be only willing to trade with Jiangdong Zuojun, life or death."
He refused to let go, so he had to force Mr. Lin to do something difficult..."
"Ah, is there such a thing?" Lin Fu asked in surprise. Thinking about it, reputation is not something that can be established in a day. The reputation of the court and the military and merchants in the border towns is really far inferior to that of Jiangdong Zuo.
Compared with the military, it is normal for merchants from Deng and Lai to have such a mentality.