The weather is getting warmer at the end of April, and you can wear a single shirt when going out at noon. In the evening, Lin Fu stands on the cliff and puts on a coat, and the river breeze blows on your face, making you feel refreshed.
Lin Fu has been on the island for several days to discuss future development plans with everyone. Today, Wu Meijiu invited him to discuss the construction of the new city, so he left to come to the north bank in the afternoon.
The construction of the new city was a problem. The new city was 600 paces square. In addition to digging moats and building new roads, 2,000 acres of new land were required. It rained heavily in Chongzhou, so to build the city, it was necessary to build brick walls and use soil to burn the walls.
Millions of bricks.
Requisitioning land, requisitioning civilians, taking soil to burn walls and building cities would cost sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver. The taxes in Chongzhou County could only cover daily expenses and salaries. Adding to the deficit caused by previously borrowing the Jiangdong Left Army, Han
If Zai wanted to govern Chongzhou County properly, he would need to obtain another hundred thousand taels of relief money from the Xuanfu Envoys.
Han Zai wanted to fight for local power, so Lin Fu let him fight. He didn't let Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and others do anything behind the scenes. Lin Fu would seize the bandit case now and prevent Han Zai from getting involved.
Without money, everything Han Zai fought for was in vain.
Even if Han Zai knew that Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and other officials in the by-election were all installed by Lin Fu first, there was nothing he could do. After all, Wu Meijiu was the nominal magistrate of the county. He was also full of resentment towards Wu Meijiu at this time. Naturally, everything
Can't do it.
After sitting in the lobby of the county government, which was temporarily converted into a Buddhist temple at Beishanmen Gate, for an hour and talking nonsense, nothing could be decided. Lin Fu had no patience to waste time with Han Zai there. He returned to Donglu Temple.
, watching the sunset towards the evening, Lin Fu took Xiaoman and walked up the mountain, wanting to stand on a high place and take a good look at the magnificent river view towards the evening; Liu Yue'er was still the prefect of the rule, and kept the rules honestly.
In the house, he refused to show his face outside with Lin Fu.
"You have been frowning all day long. What are you thinking about?" Xiaoman tilted his head and stared into Lin Fu's eyes. Her eyes had a strange brilliance under the sunset.
"I'm worried about money!" Lin Fu raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"It turns out that there are things that can make Mr. Lin worry..."
Lin Fu turned around and saw Song Jia and She Mingyue coming from behind, and said with a smile: "Young madam, are you also interested in seeing this Xiang Wan river view?"
"Maybe the two caged birds have other things to do to pass the time?" Song Jia smiled sweetly, glanced at Xiaoman, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen Miss Xiaoman for a long time, and here comes a water spirit that is as beautiful as the world...
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Sun Wenwan knew that Lin Fu was coming, so she came to see him and smiled kindly at Xiaoman.
Xiaoman was quite kind to Sun Wenwan. Seeing her wearing a red armor and seeing her delicate face mostly hidden in the cold metal pocket, she had a different kind of heroic appearance. However, she treated Song Jia quite coldly and felt that there was something wrong with her.
Her sexy temperament seduces men, but she also feels that her eyes are too sharp to see people, so she doesn't like to deal with her. Since Song Jia is around, she leans behind Lin Fu and just says lightly: "Young man can't afford this."
"Young Madam, praise me," she said to Sun Wenwan, "When will Sister Sun come down the mountain again? The top of the mountain is deserted and deserted, and people who live there for a long time will find it boring."
Xiao Man and Liu Yue'er had long known that Song Jia and She Mingyue were imprisoned in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain. Liu Yue'er was not a troublemaker, so he would not come to the top of the mountain easily. This was the first time Xiao Man saw She Mingyue after arriving in Chongzhou.
My aunt and sister-in-law simply don’t like to see them.
"Seriously," Song Jia pretended not to notice Xiaoman's indifference, and said with a smile, "It's so deserted that my teeth are chattering! I have nothing to do, so I just stand on the cliff and watch Jiangdong's left army move around. I'm afraid there will be six or seven
Thousands of people! To support six or seven thousand people, no wonder Master Lin is worried about money!" She Mingyue became more and more silent. She was not as open-minded as Song Jia, who was easy-going. She really regarded herself as a caged bird, watching Lin Fu and others.
There is some hostility in the eyes.
Except for Beishanmen and Beilu Temple, the entire Zilang Mountain is under the control of the Jiangdong Left Army. The garrison was adjusted. The Cavalry Battalion, Chongcheng Infantry Camp and Jinghaihai Battalion were stationed at East Foot, Nanya, and the Women's Camp.
Zen temple on the top of the mountain.
Except for a few people, no one else knew the identity of the She family's sisters-in-law, and Lin Fu did not prohibit them from moving around the temple on the top of the mountain.
Zilang Mountain is not high, but it is quite steep. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can clearly see the situation below. Lin Fu did not expect that Song Jia was imprisoned here. He stood on the cliff every day and observed the situation of the Jiangdong Left Army.
Probably. Maybe Sun Wenwan accidentally leaked something when talking to her. This woman is so smart that she can always see things from the slightest clues that others can't see.
Lin Fu walked to the stone table under the Bodhi tree and sat down. He pointed to the stone bench opposite and motioned for Song Jia to sit down. He asked with interest: "Young Madam is very smart. From what I can see, Young Madam, what should I do?"
Solve this headache?"
"Master Lin has blocked the Jinhai grain road. In the past few days, he seems to have sent people to secretly measure the fields to the north of Zilang Mountain. Song Jia also saw that monks from other temples were constantly being detained for questioning. It is really possible to lead to banditry cases.
All the monasteries in Chongzhou County are involved!" Song Jia said with a smile, "Who would believe that Mr. Lin has no means to make money? The only conflict in Mr. Lin's heart is how to choose?"
Sun Wenwan's expression changed slightly. It was she who suggested letting She's sister-in-law go out of the monastery and move around on the top of the mountain. She didn't expect that Song Jia would have such vicious eyes. She could even guess that they were secretly seizing the monastery's property.
Jiu Buli Ten said to Lin Fu apologetically: "I will be careful not to let them touch the east cliff and the south cliff..."
Xiao Manyi stood behind Lin Fu, staring at Song Jia warily. Smart and beautiful women always easily aroused hostility from the same sex.
Lin Fu didn't comment, just stared at Song Jia's eyes, and Song Jia didn't feel annoyed because of his words.
Lin Fu then smiled and said to Sun Wenwan: "Don't make such a fuss. If the She family could listen to women's words, our situation would be much more difficult than now - the mountain monastery is indeed quite deserted. You
Remember, Tangdiyi asked someone to make an extra copy for the young lady to pass the time."
"Thank you, Mr. Lin, for your generosity..." Song Jia also restrained her aggressive aura and thanked Lin Fu for not treating them completely like caged birds. Compared with being trapped in the mountains out of boredom, her whole body would be rusty. She could see the official pond.
Reporting to pass the time and knowing what is happening outside will make life much easier.
"There is no such thing as being kind or unkind," Lin Fu smiled and said, "As long as the young lady doesn't think Lin is being mean to others."
When they first met outside Donghua Gate, Song Jia showed a calmness, calmness and strong observation skills that are rare in women.
Thousands of years later, men and women have long been accustomed to seeing each other as equals. It is this psychological inertia that enables Lin Fu to appreciate the excellence of women without discrimination.
Song Jia's natural strength may be viewed by others as arrogance or lack of sense of propriety. Lin Fu thought in his mind that she might be a little arrogant, but in the eyes of other men, they only see her charming face and graceful and sultry figure.
Beautiful body.
"Master Lin is joking," Song Jia said with a smile, "In terms of magnanimity, there are really not many people who can match Master Lin..."
Seeing Lin Fu and Song Jia sitting in front of the stone table, pretending to be polite, Xiao Man pursed his bright red mouth unhappily, but he didn't want to say anything, so he thought about going back to remind Liu Yue'er, be careful not to let Lin Fu's soul go to this
The vixen seduced him away.
"Since Young Madam is interested, I might as well talk to Young Madam," Lin Fu said. "I'm afraid Young Madam won't believe it. Nineteen relatively large monasteries in Chongzhou have been found to have concealed their land."
A total of more than 310,000 acres. Although the monastery occupies a lot of land, it can be divided into temple land and monastery land. If divided into ten equal parts, it is almost the ratio of one to two monastery fields and eighty-nine monastery fields..."
"Ah!" Song Jia was surprised. She really didn't expect that Lin Fu would dig out from the monastery line and find so many concealed properties in one county. "I really didn't expect that there would be such a thing."
many……"
"Eastern Fujian has many mountains, few plains, and many natural disasters. The She family can sustain a protracted war with Jin'an and surrounding prefectures and counties. The essence is that the She family and other seven surnames have extremely strong control over the local area.
Three to five households can raise one soldier. Chongzhou is located in a fertile plain, and if its ability to provide taxes is not as good as that of a county of the same area in Eastern Fujian, it will be called Tianfang Night Talk!" Lin Fu said.
Song Jia thought about it. When the She family was at its peak, it controlled two million people and had one hundred thousand soldiers. Based on the military-civilian ratio, it was almost four or five families raising one soldier. Only then did she understand Lin Fu's inner thoughts on military affairs and people's livelihood.
Everything is very clear.
“The essence of the troubled and chaotic autumn is that the central government fails to control local areas, and a large amount of tax receivables are lost to powerful hands, while the people who have lost their land become more and more difficult... If there is a war and the central government is short of money, it will be forced to levy and apportion it to
In a place, it can't hurt the powerful, it just scratches a layer of oil from the heads of the poor households - if the people are not able to make a living, chaos will occur frequently. It is a vicious cycle that is difficult to break. Take Chongzhou County as an example, it is really a thorough decision.
It wouldn't surprise me if the acres of land were counted and the land for endowment doubled."
"The city of Chongzhou was destroyed. She Feixiong helped you. There should be no force in Chongzhou that can resist Master Lin's majesty. Why is Master Lin still frowning?" Song Jia asked doubtfully, "I think Yue Lengqiu will send someone there.
Chongzhou is here to restrain you, are you afraid that you will not be able to make a wedding dress for others? Or does Mr. Lin want to delay it and let Yue Lengqiu's people share some of the pressure for you? "
Lin Fu's smile faded slightly and he said: "It's getting late, so I won't delay the young lady's rest..."
Song Jia frowned slightly, stood up, bowed and saluted, and said, "I am inconvenienced, Master Lin, so I would like to say goodbye here..." She knew that Lin Fu would not be able to say everything in front of her.
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When going up the mountain, Lin Fu had a lot of hesitations about various options. However, after talking to Song Jia, although his thoughts were not new, he became more clear-minded.
They have the throat of Jinhai Liangdao in their hands, but if they are greedy and want to take advantage, they will push all the collaborators to the opposite side.
The entire Jinhai Grain Road can actually be divided into four links: from the source of Cao to the mouth of the Huaihe River to the sea to Jiaozhou Bay is the first link. This link is basically carried by the Zhuhe Gang. Not only must the interests of the Zhuhe Gang be protected, but also the
Rectify the bad habits of officials exploiting and making things difficult for the river gangs, and support the river gangs in supporting the Jinhai grain road.
Taking the Jiao Lai River from Jiaozhou Bay across the Shandong Peninsula was the second step. Tang Haoxin was in charge of Shandong's military affairs at this time. Gu Wuchen sent Gu Siyuan and his retinue to rush to Qingzhou to assist Tang Haoxin, and even further transferred Chen/Yuanliang to Shandong through the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
, the benefits generated from this link will naturally belong to them.
Crossing the Bohai Bay from Laizhou Bay to Tianjin Sea is the third link. The benefits of this link are shared by Jiangdong Zuojun and various maritime merchants in Hejian Prefecture and Denglai area of Shandong.
Taking the Wishui River from Jinhai to Weihe to Gyeonggi is the fourth link and the last link of the Jinhai grain road. There are many forces involved in benefit sharing in this link. Lin Xuwen transferred Lin Xuhong and other Lin tribe members to Jinhai
, the main thing is to divide the cake.
Although the benefits generated by the entire Jinhai grain road are huge, the chain of interests is relatively scattered. The Jiangdong Zuojun actually extracts only 700,000 to 80,000 silver in benefits every year; after all, in a short period of time, Lin Fu does not have the ability.
Organizing a large-scale blackwater merchant ship that sails directly from Chongzhou to Jinhai, even if it can organize a blackwater shipping capacity of 50,000 shi, it is easy to earn 200,000 taels of silver a year from it.
Coupled with the layout of Jiyunshe and Hekou, at most 30,000 to 40,000 taels of silver can be drawn out every year.
If the cavalry camp is abolished, the water camp is halved, and the total strength is kept at about 3,000, and an annual investment of 100,000 taels of silver is barely enough, but at present, if we save more every year, we will have to make a budget of more than 250,000 taels of silver.
There is a shortage of 150,000 taels of silver every year. The only solution for now is to do everything possible to tap the potential of Chongzhou County.
Chongzhou County's summer and autumn grain payment is about 10,000 taels in silver. If you want to suddenly tap Chongzhou County's salary potential from 10,000 taels to 150,000 taels, there is even a considerable margin in theory, but it is not something that can be done easily.
of.
Although it was found that the monastery had secretly occupied as much as 310,000 acres of land, it was impossible for Lin Fu to take all these fields as his own. With such a huge conflict of interest involved, not to mention the fierce resistance from local forces, Yue Lengqiu even
Maybe they could send troops directly to Chongzhou to grab this piece of cake.
I didn’t expect that a woman like Song Jia could see so much and so deeply when she was imprisoned in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain. It would be better for such a smart woman to be imprisoned in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain. Lin Fu and Xiao Man went down the mountain. Sun Wenwan saw him off. Lin Fu
She was told: "Add another sentry post on the top of the mountain so that nothing happens."
Sun Wenwan nodded and stopped at the pavilion halfway up the mountain. She watched Lin Fu and Xiaoman go down the mountain. Xiaoman thought that no one else could see them, so he innocently grabbed a corner of Lin Fu's sleeve and shook it.
Going down the mountain, Sun Wenwan felt a little sour in her heart.