In the back garden of Gu Mansion, Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin and others were sitting around the table, chatting and blowing cattail leaf fans in the shade, not feeling how uncomfortable this hot summer was.
"The mutiny trial of the Qingzhou Army was concluded. Liu Yefei was seized of office for his crime. He just arrived in Jiangning two days ago." Gu Wuchen said about something that Lin Fu had not learned about in time. "Before he arrived in Jiangning, he sent his family to Zangjin Bridge.
I bought a big house there, saying that I wanted to cultivate my mind and cultivate my character and hide in the busy city, but I was afraid that I was thinking of reviving..."
The former Shandong Inspector Liu Yefei resigned due to the mutiny of the Qingzhou Army, but he only seized the official position and did not lose his citizenship. The title of Jinshi was still there, so there was naturally a chance of reinstatement. Lin Fu originally thought that Liu Yefei would stay in Beijing to camp in order to get the chance to be reinstated as soon as possible.
, I didn’t expect that he would come to Jiangning to wait and see the situation.
Jiang Ning really has all kinds of cows, horses and snake gods.
"The mutiny of the Qingzhou Army is a major case. If Liu Yefei wants to make a comeback, I'm afraid it won't be that easy..." Lin Fu said.
"It's hard to say, but regardless of whether Liu Yefei can recover or not, our situation can't be said to be any worse; but as long as the Jiangdong Left Army can hold on in Chongzhou, the situation here can't be said to be that bad," Gu Wuchen said, "
On the Prison Island side, Qinmin contacted the various township parties and came up with 100,000 taels of silver, and the matter of merging Prison Island into the river mouth was finally settled. The Lin family paid more for this amount of money, and the family only contributed 50,000 taels.
Come out with two taels of silver, otherwise it won’t be so easy to get it all together.”
"There's nothing we can do about extorting a sum of money," Lin Fu sighed lightly, "As long as it doesn't cause any problems..."
"When it came to this matter, the Inspector General was in charge; and when the prison city was built at the mouth of the Chongzhou River, the Xuanfu Commissioner had to allocate a tael of silver. The Xuanfu Commissioner's treasury was not fat, and Wang Tian could not do it all day long.
He looked sad. Without a large amount of income, it is difficult to allocate a large amount of money. What we are fighting for now is to get more money for you to build a prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River..." Gu Wuchen said, "Now Wang Tiancai has relented and is willing to give 50,000 yuan.
Two silvers, I'm afraid it's still a little short of that."
Jiangdong County is located in a wealthy area, and has the reputation of "the Suhai is ripe, and the world is sufficient". However, the ten years of war in East Fujian mainly collected salaries from Jiangdong County and Jiangning Prefecture, which consumed a lot of financial resources. The war in East Fujian ended, and last year there was another
When the Donghai bandits invaded Taihu Lake and the Hongze bandits disrupted Dongyang and Haozhou, Jiangdong County had no chance to breathe.
After the defeat of Haozhou, Yue Lengqiu reorganized the Changhuai Army, with three times the number of troops and troops. He directly asked Jiangning Mansion, Jiangdong County Secretary and Jiangning Ministry of Industry Weiyang Salt and Iron Division for a salary of one million taels, and he would have to pay more in the future.
According to the standards of the Jiangning garrison, pay was drawn from various prefectures and counties. Although Jiangdong County was rich and prosperous, its finances still felt stretched and it was difficult to cope with it.
Chongzhou wanted to build a new city, and even if it cost 70,000 to 80,000 silver, the Xuanfu envoy would not pay it out, which made it impossible for Han Zai to seize the initiative from Lin Fu in Chongzhou.
"If I can actually pay out fifty thousand taels of silver, I will admit it. After all, I won't raise people in vain when they are exiled to Chongzhou," Lin Fu said, "Now we have finally solved the problem of Prison Island. What a loss."
I can’t care less about the money... Dongyang and Jinhai and I exchanged several letters and thought it would be better to keep Prison Island in our hands.”
The cultivated farmland on Prison Island was only two to three thousand acres. In addition to the buildings and docks on the island, the Dongyang Township Party scraped together 100,000 taels of silver to merge Prison Island into the river mouth, which was considered a severe blackmail by the Xuanfu Envoy.
Pen. But when it comes to the importance of Prison Island to the mouth of the river, I have to grit my teeth and take out the one hundred thousand taels of snowflakes and silver.
However, Prison Island has matured under Lin Fu's management in more than a year.
An acre of farmland in Jiangning is worth six to seven taels of silver, but the nearly 2,000 acres of vegetable gardens on Prison Island are much more fertile than those in Jiangning. The breeding of pigs and beach birds, as well as fishing of river fish, are also on a large scale, and the accumulated manure can be used as fertilizer.
A virtuous cycle system. The comprehensive income generated by relying on Jiangning, a large city with a population of about 600,000 to 700,000 people, growing vegetables on Prison Island, breeding pigs and beach poultry, and fishing river fish, is far higher than simply farming. In addition,
, Lin Fu also built two docks on Prison Island, and the prison cells could be used as large-scale storage areas. He also built more than a dozen large-scale workshops. The largest spinning and weaving workshops on Prison Island are also extremely rare in Jiangning.
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After the Prison Island was dismantled, most of the prisoners incarcerated would be moved to Chongzhou. The Lin family and the Dongyang Township Party only needed to move one or two thousand ding from the river mouth to the island, and they could successfully maintain the normal operations of the Prison Island and make profits.
In this sense, spending one hundred thousand taels of silver to take down the entire Prison Island and merge it into the river mouth would not be considered a big loss.
It was Lin Fu who suffered the biggest loss. He worked hard to manage Prison Island for more than a year, but did not enjoy many benefits. However, the Prison Island was abolished and moved to Chongzhou as a whole. The various craftsmen trained in more than a year can make up for the loss of Xisha Island.
lack.
The Lin family took refuge in Jiangning for more than a year, and the expenses were high. The 200,000 taels of silver they brought from Shanglin had been used up by seven or eighty-eight yuan, and there was not much left.
However, Lin Fu, Lin Xuwen, and Lin Tingli had discussed this matter several times in their letters. The advantages of keeping Prison Island in the hands of the Lin clan far outweighed the disadvantages.
Not only did Lin Fu formally establish a water camp in Chongzhou, but after the Lin family took refuge in Jiangning, they also focused on developing the fleet. The total transport capacity now reaches 60,000 shi, which is 30 to 40% higher than the total transport capacity of the two fleets of the Jinghai camp.
It’s just that there are still few sea-going ships that can go to sea. After Lin Fu allocated large-scale sea-going ships to form water camps, the merchant fleet under the name of Jiyun Society was greatly expanded, and the total transport capacity was reduced to about 10,000 shi. There were also few ships that could go to sea.
Sailing sea ship.
Jiangning City has a population of 600,000 to 700,000, and the demand for materials is huge. It can no longer be met by the suburban counties around Jiangning. A large amount of materials need to be imported from Waifu County, which is also the largest and most mature city under the current farming civilization.
The adjacent Weiyang, Pingjiang, and Jiahang are all super large cities with a population of more than 150,000. These cities and the surrounding prefectures and counties are mainly connected by waterways and rivers.
The Lin clan, who have become prosperous due to business in Shanglinli City, naturally understand the significance of Prison Island more clearly.
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Next, Lin Fu talked a lot about Chongzhou with Gu Wuchen, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin, and Lin Xulu. He didn't mention the affairs of She's sister-in-law. This time, he used the bandit case to investigate the monastery's income, and he didn't want to hide it from Gu Wuchen.
Raising Jiangdong Zuojun was a huge expense. Outsiders might think that the Lin clan had provided certain sponsorship to Jiangdong Zuojun, but there was no point in hiding it from Gu Wuchen and them.
"If we could conduct a comprehensive inventory of the fields and settlements in Chongzhou, we would be able to identify at least 500,000 acres of evaded grain fields," Lin Fu said. "In recent years, disasters and banditry have continued in the north, causing refugees to flock to the south.
Many people went to the south and became tenant farmers, but the household registration did not reflect it in time. For example, in Chongzhou, the number of 220,000 households was still calculated twenty years ago. When I first arrived in Chongzhou, I estimated the actual number of households in Chongzhou.
There are 300,000. After checking the temple fields and the fields, I found that my previous estimate was still a bit conservative."
"The investigation of 220,000 acres of farmland in the bandit case is already amazing. I didn't expect you to hide so much privately," Zhang Yubo said with slight emotion, "The investigation of monasteries is a very profitable thing. I don't know.
Will Yue Lengqiu, Wang Tian and the others be inspired?"
If the land properties of Jiangdong County and Jiangning Prefecture could be inventoried, the increased taxes would be enough to make up for the treasury deficit over the years, and it would also be enough to support the war against the Eastern Lu and the Central Plains to suppress bandits, but this is not easy to do.
Success? If Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian had this idea, Lin Fu wouldn't mind pushing them, but Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian are not that stupid.
Gu Wuchen shook his head and said: "It can be done in Chongzhou because of many factors, but it cannot be done in the whole county... If Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian can act hastily, things will be easy."
Jiangdong County is located in a prosperous area, and many families have enough money to support their children in education. The literacy rate is much higher than that in other counties, and there are more people who have become officials. In addition, there are various people who are subsidizing the officialdom, and it has become a powerful force of the Wu Party.
.They are either big landowners themselves, or they collude with local powerful families. A comprehensive inventory of the land and settlements will directly peel off a large chunk of the benefits they have swallowed. It is conceivable that their counterattack will also be
Deadly and crazy.
If there had been no external troubles, and no large-scale civil strife like the Seven Bandits and the Donghai Bandits, the powerful and powerful court might have been able to accomplish this. However, at this time, there were serious internal and external troubles, and the party struggle between North Korea and China was in a bad and cruel situation. It was difficult to achieve this goal.
It is absolutely impossible.
Lin Fu was able to accomplish this in Chongzhou without even encountering much resistance. He really had to thank the Donghai bandits for conquering the Chongzhou Massacre City. While greatly reducing local power, it also made the Donghai bandits become the main contradiction in Chongzhou. The local government had no power.
People dared to come forward to put resistance to the bandit case. The matter was carried out smoothly.
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At night, the Dongyang Township Party organized a dust-cleansing banquet for Lin Fu at the mouth of the river. Gu Wuchen relied on his status and did not attend such a banquet. Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, and Liu Xilin left the city at dusk. Gu Wuchen also specially asked Zhao Qinmin to accompany him to the mouth of the river.
The seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, also rode a horse and followed Lin Fu and others out of the city. However, she was under the gaze of everyone and had no chance of close contact. When they arrived at the mouth of the river, Gu Yingxiu wanted to go straight back to Lin's house, separated by a gauze curtain.
He smiled and asked Lin Fu: "You have ruined the Chongzhou Monastery, but you still have the heart to ask about Buddhism?"
Lin Fu knew that Gu Yingxiu had asked him to meet at the nunnery, so he replied with a smile: "Of course, I still have some thoughts about worshiping the Buddha."
The town of Hekou has formed a large scale. The Jiangan Wharf can berth six Jiyun-class sailing ships at the same time. Summer grain is on the market. The daily import and export of rice grain in Hekou reaches up to 10,000 tons. It has become one of the four major rice markets in Jiangning. It has replaced Quyang Town and become Jiangning's largest rice market.
The leading water and land wharf outside the city. Now various companies are raising funds to merge Prison Island into the river mouth, making the river mouth's position outside Jiangning city increasingly consolidated. The Dongyang Township Party has gained huge benefits from it, and it has also become a leader of Dongyang Township and Jiangdong.
An important source of money for the Zuo Army.
The Dongyang Township Party also gathered into a powerful force at the mouth of the river. Unfortunately, there were few officials and prominent figures. Only Gu Wuchen, Lin Xuwen and others could not form a powerful group in the court that could compete with Zhang Yue.
The Dongyang Township Party is still a little worried about the status of Gu Wuchen and Tang Haoxin, but they have high hopes for the military victory of the Jiangdong Left Army, which is famous all over the world for King Qin in the north. They also know in their hearts that the Lin clan and Tang Gu will join forces in front of Zhang Yue.
Even though he is still a little weak, he still has the ability to protect himself.
The marriage between Lin Fu and Gu Junxun is not only the expectation of the Lin family and the Gu family, but also the expectation of the entire Dongyang Township Party. Lin Fu is also very eager and looking forward to Lin Fu being able to escape and return to Jiangning.
Lin Fu drank moderately, but he could not resist the enthusiasm of the village party. When the banquet was over, he was drunk and walked with light steps to the nunnery in the back to have a tryst with the Seventh Lady.