To the west of Zilang Mountain, the south is surrounded by cliffs that are as steep as the river. Standing in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain and looking out from the stone railing, the dark river is shining with sparkling waves under the moonlight. Xisha Island and other river islands seem to be floating in the moonlight of the river.
In the shadow, Junshan not far away reveals its blue-black border.
Junshan and Zilang Mountain are so close to each other. The northwest foot of Junshan and the southeast foot of Zilang Mountain are separated by a shallow water of less than 300 steps. The Ninghai Town garrison is located at the north foot of Junshan and is built along the north mountain.
Looking through the moonlight, the traces are clear.
"It can be seen that Xiao Taoyuan has spent a lot of money in the past two years to run the military camp," Lin Fu sighed slightly, "I really have to think of ways to remove the garrison in Ninghai Town. If Ninghai Town can't hold back,
Just provoke me first..."
"How can such a good thing be possible?" Fu Qinghe shook his head and smiled, "They only provoked us in Chongzhou when they were full at this time. If it is an ordinary dispute, think about it with your toes, and you know Yue Leng
The Autumn Festival prefers Ninghai Town..."
Sun Wenyao was tortured in Qingzhou and suffered serious leg injuries, so he stayed on Changshan Island to recuperate. After Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jingtang, and Sun Wenwan left Changshan Island, they also knew the details of the Baisha County robbery case and the Chongzhou boy case. They also believed that they were Lin Fu's.
The tortuous experience is full of emotions. Without such tortuous and difficult experiences, it would be difficult to imagine that Lin Fu would have achieved such great achievements in two or three years.
Regardless of his official position, title, or actual power and military power, Lin Fu is not even half weaker than Xiao Taoyuan, the deputy general of Ninghai Town and the commander of the Sixth Battalion of Ninghai Division, but he is worried that Xiao Taoyuan will jump over the wall and lead Ninghai Town in a hurry.
The camp is more likely to defect to the Donghai bandits and the She family. Now is not the time to reveal the inside story of the Chongzhou boy case and openly attack Xiao Taoyuan.
But no matter what, it is time to start planning against Xiao Taoyuan so that the boy who was the victim of the Chongzhou Child Case can return to Chongzhou to reunite with his family. The first step is to completely eliminate Xiao Taoyuan's infiltration into the mainland of Chongzhou and remove the troops stationed in Ninghai Town.
Congjun Shanzhai rushed back to Jiyang!
"In addition to Jun Shanzhai, Xiao Taoyuan also planted many hidden stakes all over Chongzhou to monitor the families of the victims of the Chongzhou Tongzi case," Sun Jingxuan said, "If there is an excuse to investigate the bandit case, these hidden stakes can be removed altogether.
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"This is a good idea..." Lin Fu nodded, affirming Sun Jingxuan's suggestion. These hidden stakes could have been listed as suspicious persons for investigation and investigation. By removing these hidden stakes, Xiao Taoyuan could keep his eyes on Chongzhou.
Go blind.
After spending more than ten days together, Sun Jingxuan and others had completed the role change. They were thinking and planning for Lin Fu. He also said: "Maybe Xiao Baiming, Chen Qianhu and other Ninghai Town garrison generals in Chongzhou can also be involved in the bandit case.
, but to avoid irritating them into jumping over the wall, the evidence of the crime can be more specious, and many matters should be handed over to the Governor's Mansion and handed over to Yue Lengqiu for disposal..."
"...But this will push Xiao Taoyuan to turn towards Yue Lengqiu." Lin Mengde said worriedly. At this time in Jiangdong, the balance of power between the two sides was already leaning heavily towards Yue Lengqiu, and Xiao Taoyuan was the first to win over Gu Wuchen.
The military generals did not want Xiao Taoyuan to completely fall to Yue Lengqiu.
"Perhaps we shouldn't worry too much," Lin Fu muttered, "Maybe if I push Xiao Taoyuan to Yue Lengqiu today, I will have less scruples in the future! In short, we will collect some evidence first, and we will discuss how to implement it in the end.
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After all, Tang Gu's family was weak, and the direct forces could not withstand the big trouble. Lin Fu was worried that if he tolerated it at this time, if Xiao Taoyuan became an important force that Gu Wuchen relied on in Jiangdong, it would be inconvenient to break up and take action in the future.
I'm afraid that Gu Wuchen will also persuade him to put the overall situation first and put things aside.
Lin Mengde thought that things always have pros and cons, and when he saw Fu Qinghe was unconvinced, he said nothing more.
Lin Fu remembered something and turned sideways to Sun Jingxuan. Sun Wenwan said: "There is something I want to ask Miss Sun to do. I also want to ask Mr. Sun, and Miss Sun agrees."
"Please give me your instructions, sir." Sun Wenwan responded softly.
"There are two very special female guests to be imprisoned in this mountaintop monastery. It would be inconvenient to use others. I plan to select strong women from the Xihe Association and the Xisha Islanders to compile a female camp. Listen to your father and brother, and you can handle it.
Xihe is very good at meeting affairs and has also practiced martial arts. Are you willing to take charge of the female camp?" Lin Fu asked.
"Wenwan is waiting for your Majesty's instructions." Sun Wenwan responded in a low voice. How could she ask for more? Her father, brother and others were sentenced to exile. According to the law, wives and concubines were required to move to the border with them or serve in the army.
There is no such mandatory requirement for parents and children. However, she was directly involved in the Changyi case, and was eventually sentenced to accompany her father Liu Bian to Chongzhou. In addition to the emperor's amnesty, during the ten-year period, she
Just the side of a homeless female prisoner.
Lin Fu asked Sun Jingxuan again: "Mr. Sun, do you think this arrangement is good?" After all, Sun Jingxuan is Sun Wenwan's father. If he wants to use Sun Wenwan to do things, he must get Sun Jingxuan's approval.
"I'm afraid that Wan Niang will betray your trust," Sun Jingxuan said, even though he agreed to the matter.
The girls from the He Gang had no taboo against showing up in public. Besides, the Sun family had to serve a sentence of exile when they followed Lin Fu to Xisha Island. Wan Niang could no longer be raised as the eldest daughter in the deep house compound. In the future, the Xihe Hui family members would also move to Chongzhou one after another, so she should be allowed to live in Chongzhou.
Wan Niang took up the responsibility. Lin Fu would establish himself in Chongzhou in the future, so he would naturally bring his wives and concubines to Chongzhou. The status of the women's camp was quite critical. Wan Niang's coming to lead the women's camp was also a direct manifestation of the Sun family's integration into the Jiangdong Left Army.
, Sun Jingxuan naturally had no reason to refuse.
As for the two special female guests imprisoned in the monastery, everyone in this room knows about them. These two people are really a headache. They can't kill them or release them. They can only imprison them first, and only Sun Wenwan is suitable.
Of course, it might be more appropriate for the Fourth Lady or Sun Jingtang’s concubine to take charge of this matter, but they are both in Jiangning and cannot escape to Chongzhou for the time being.
Lin Fu raised his head and looked at the moonlight and said, "Everyone has worked hard today. We will discuss many things tomorrow. Miss Sun will accompany me to meet these two special female guests!"
Fu Qinghe and Hu Zhiyong had to take a boat overnight to return to Xisha Island. Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jingtang and others also had to get familiar with the people and things in Chongzhou and Xisha Island as soon as possible in order to take on the important task.
Chongzhou City has been completely destroyed. No matter what the Hailing Mansion, Jiangdong County Secretary and the Governor's Mansion do, the Jiangdong Left Army will bear most of the responsibility for reconstruction. In addition to the mess of Chongzhou, there are more than a thousand soldiers and Xihehui
More than a thousand congregants are on their way to Chongzhou and will arrive in three to five days. There is a lot of things to do.
The current situation in Jiangdong is like this. Even if Yue Lengqiu wants to restrict Lin Fu's power and take root in Chongzhou, he does not dare to let Chongzhou continue to rot. That is not only a matter of restricting Lin Fu, but also restricting Gu Wuchen. It will also directly shake him.
The foundation of establishing a foothold in Jiangdong.
The imperial court appointed him as the governor of Jianghuai to prepare for the capital move. The most important thing was to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong. At present, he had to use all his strength to deal with the Hongze invaders Liu An'er's tribe, and relied on the Jiangdong left army to guard the Chongzhou Jiangkou, Hailing Prefecture, Weiyang Prefecture, and
The sea area outside Chongzhou actually relieves the pressure he bears.
Such is the world, even if the two factions are as powerful as fire and water, but they are riding in the same broken ship, sometimes they have to restrain themselves and tolerate each other.
After the mutiny in Changyi, Lin Fu marched into Shandong with his troops, which also made Yue Lengqiu understand that Lin Fu was not a character that could be controlled by ordinary means. At least until Liu An'er and the bandits were successfully dealt with, Yue Lengqiu would treat Lin Fu more than before.
Much more tolerant.
From the fact that he secretly instigated Xiao Xuanchou to petition for the reopening of the prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River, we know that Yue Lengqiu's focus at this time has shifted to restricting the excessive expansion of the Lin clan's power in Jiangning.
If the imperial court finally decided to move the capital to Jiangning, Jiangning would naturally replace Yanjing as the center of power, and Chongzhou, which was five hundred miles away, would become a relatively peripheral area.
Even if Chongzhou becomes Lin Fu's territory of influence, it will only be the territory of one county. In Yue Lengqiu's view, no matter how powerful Lin Fu is, how much he can do if his territory is only one county. Chongzhou can be used as a
The salary source of the tax is only 10,000 taels of silver per year.
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The moonlight was quite beautiful. Lin Fu and Sun Wenwan walked through the quiet path and walked to the side courtyard where Song Jia and She Mingyue were imprisoned.
Song Jia and She Mingyue's sister-in-law were of great importance. Ao Canghai saw through their identities, which made Lin Fu admire them very much. Liu Zhenzhi, the sentry who grew up among the refugees on Xisha Island, led a team of soldiers to guard them.
Lin Fu ordered Liu Zhenzhi to hand over the defense of this side courtyard to Sun Wenwan. He took Ao Canghai and a dozen guards into the courtyard first, and asked the guards to wait outside. He and Ao Canghai walked into the corridor and looked through the crack in the door.
With the light leaking out, he knocked on the door and asked, "Have you rested in peace, young lady? Lin Fu has come to disturb you!"
"Master Lin is so majestic now and holds so much power. Why do you need to be so cautious when you break into a house? Let me mistakenly think that you are the master here, or is Master Lin guilty of being a thief first?" Song Jia's clear voice started from the beginning.
Came from indoors.
Lin Fu and Ao Canghai smiled. This woman was sharp-tongued and had a sharp mouth. How could she have any consciousness of being a prisoner? He said: "Isn't Lin Fu afraid that the young lady is hiding behind the door with a knife and making everyone unhappy?
Besides, you should say hello." Opening the door, I saw Song Jia sitting on the table, her pretty face illuminated by the candlelight, and there was no trace of panic or confusion. It was truly a rare miracle in the world.
Beauty, I don’t know how heartbroken She Feihu will be after knowing that Guangjiao Temple was lost.
Ao Canghai was just worried about Lin Fu's safety and stayed in the porch instead of following him in.
She Mingyue is still young, and she is beautiful when she is beautiful. At only seventeen years old, she is still childish. She stood behind Song Jia and stared at Lin Fu who was walking in with angry eyes.
Lin Fu bowed his head and said: "Lin Fu wishes to greet the young madam. If there is any disturbing situation, please be kind to the young madam..."
"Forgive you, will you let me and Mingyue go back to Jiangning?" Song Jia asked with a smile, her beautiful eyes staring at Lin Fu Qingjun's slightly dark and thin face. There is always something unexpected about the man in front of her.
When I went to find out, I was still a little uneasy before. When I saw Lin Fu walking in, strangely, the uneasiness in my heart disappeared. She knew that Lin Fu would not let her and Mingyue go back to Jiangning to meet Feihu. At this time, she felt uneasy again.
I thought, it's okay to stay here. I might as well stay in this mountain monastery and see how the world changes. Who will be the hero who will finally be proud of the world? The She family may only be worthy of being a stepping stone in the end.
Seeing Song Jia being calm and calm, Lin Fu was quite disappointed. He couldn't satisfy his bad taste at all, so he could only smile perfunctorily: "Young Madam is really joking. I will send Young Madam and Miss She back to Jiangning to turn everything upside down."
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"What do you want to do?" She Mingyue was scared to death. Lin Fu's smile became more and more evil in her eyes. In her eyes, Lin Fu was quite lustful, and she was afraid that he would dirty her and her sister-in-law's bodies.
He was brave and said sternly, "I advise you to release me and my sister-in-law quickly. Don't wait for your second brother to lead his troops to attack Chongzhou. You will regret it later!"
"I'm also afraid," Lin Fu looked at She Mingyue's frightened look and said with a smile, "But I'm afraid even the She family won't admit that the young lady and Miss She fell into my hands. You guys let me
How can I hand you over? It is better to ask the young lady, Miss She, to come and be a guest in Chongzhou with peace of mind. The scenery in the mountains is not bad. It can pass the time and not be too lonely. If there is anything you need, just give me your instructions."
Song Jia sighed slightly, stared at the candlelight, and then said quietly: "The disaster in Chongzhou is not what Mingyue and I want to see. Mingyue also persuaded his brother to be merciful, but we women can't allow us to interfere in these matters, no matter what
What will happen in the future? I hope you won’t embarrass Mingyue..."
Many people knew in their hearts that the Hou She family of Jin'an was standing behind the Donghai bandits, but no one wanted to pry open this layer of window paper, not even the She family, not Li Zhuo, not Gu Wuchen, not Yue Lengqiu, not Lin Fu.
Lin Fu attacked Guangjiao Temple in Zilang Mountain on the grounds of collaborating with bandits, and captured She Feihu's wife and the daughter of She Wenzhuang in Guangjiao Temple. He could not Song Jia and She Mingyue were openly returned to the She family. Once he did that,
, which means that the layer of paper between the She family and the Donghai bandits can no longer be covered up. It can't be said that Song Jia and She Mingyue happened to rush from Jiangning to Chongzhou to enter the Tong Bandit Temple to offer incense, right?
Although Lin Fu couldn't stand those Qingliu scholars in the Xixi Society who were only talking words, he had to admit that these Qingliu scholars were important political forces that could not be ignored in the court. Once the She family and the Donghai bandits were in trouble,
After the layers of window paper were pierced, even if the pragmatic officials in the court wanted to continue to cover up their affairs, they would be forced to use troops again against the She family under the pressure of public opinion from those scholars who regarded themselves as gentlemen.
After ten years of war, East Fujian was deeply traumatized. The She family's war potential was almost exhausted, and they desperately needed time to recuperate. Otherwise, even if they succeeded in bringing down the Dai Viet Dynasty, they would only end up benefiting others.
It will take a long time for the She family to implement the strategy of abandoning the land and moving to the sea.
The reason why Longjiang Shipyard can build a large ship of 5,000 stone in six months or even less is that the government-run shipyard with a long history and strong strength has accumulated a large amount of qualified shipbuilding materials and technical savings.
Of course it is also a very important factor.
The Longjiang shipyard uses thousand-year-old Sichuan nanmu as the main materials for the keels and side plates of large-scale sea-going ships. The Shejia shipyard builds sea-going ships to go to sea. It takes a lot of time to prepare these main materials. No matter how large the Shejia investment is,
Even with the financial resources, it is impossible to reach the shipbuilding level of Longjiang Shipyard in a short period of time.
Time, time, the She family needs time more than anyone else. To support the Donghai pirates, they can support war with war, but the She family absolutely does not want to fall directly into a war of attrition at this time.
The Dai Viet Dynasty was riddled with holes, and it really did not have the financial resources to organize a large-scale war in East Fujian. If the She family did not directly raise the flag to rebel, no matter how violent the Donghai bandits were, the Central Committee would only treat the Donghai bandits as ordinary pirates.
disposal.
Lin Fu is also worried that after the window paper is lifted, the She family will be forced to invest all resources in the islands of Changguo County to attack Zhejiang and Jiangdong. At that time, Chongzhou will also be under several times more pressure than now.
There will be no time left for him to continue to lay a solid foundation for Xisha Island.
In this case, Song Jia, She Mingyue fell into Lin Fu's hands, and they really became a useless yam. It was really impossible for Lin Fu to secretly return the two girls to the She family, and they were imprisoned in the mountains anyway.