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Returning to Chongzhou and passing through Jiangmen, Lin Fu sent the patrol fleet back to Chongzhou to rest and recuperate, while the Jinhai anchored in Jiangmen. Lin Fu took Song Bo and Wang Chengfu ashore at Jiangmen to observe the changes in the past six or seven days.
Jiangmen Island and the coastal area have not changed much, but when walking through the forest, Wang Chengfu saw that Jiangmen had changed a lot in just six or seven days.
Zhao Hu, as the deputy battalion commander and prison commander of the Chongzhou infantry camp, led 300 soldiers to garrison in Jiangmen.
Dutingyuan originally only had a north gate. Now, after most of the courtyard was forcibly removed for use as a garrison for the guards, a separate new door was opened in the south wall for entry and exit. Each of Dutingyuan and Jiangmen Duting occupies half of the courtyard without interfering with each other.
In just six or seven days, the Yuanmen archery tower, which is more than two feet square at the south gate, was newly built to more than one foot high, and mountains of sand, stone, bricks and wood were piled on the site.
A large clearing was cut out of the miscellaneous woods on the south side of the Duting Courtyard, and a 12-foot-square beacon tower was built in it. It is more than two hundred steps away from the Duting Courtyard and four to five hundred steps away from the river bank. It has been rammed.
It is nearly two feet high and covered with bricks. You can imagine how majestic it will be after it is built.
In addition to the more than 300 military soldiers who came earlier, there were more than 300 prisoners serving sentences in Jiangmen at this time. They were cutting wood, collecting soil, and piling soil to ram the platform outside Nanyuan Gate. Wang Chengfu had guessed before that Lin Fu had occupied Jiangmen with his intention.
The prisoners were resettled, but after six or seven days, the weather here changed again, and I secretly lamented how fast Chongzhou moved. I thought that Lin Fu was really a enterprising person, and he didn't do anything sloppy at all.
The beacon tower was supposed to be built close to the river bank to make it easier to view the river mouth. However, the river banks outside Hecheng Grassland are naturally formed sand embankments, which are prone to collapse during heavy rains and rapids. The terrain of the river bank is unstable, so it can only be built some distance away from the river bank.
The beacon garrison must be built to a height of seven or eight feet.
Song Bo knew military affairs and city building. He looked at the layout of the beacon tower and the capital courtyard, and saw that Lin Fu was only two feet tall. The garrison that was just level with the top of the forest looked out over the distant river, and he asked tentatively
Said: "The beacon fire garrison and the Duting Courtyard are laid out in an angle, which is convenient for both offense and defense. It is conducive to defense. If a city is built here in the future, it will be very convenient. Does Mr. Lin think so?"
Lin Fu smiled slightly and did not comment. Some thoughts cannot be hidden. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance. Some things cannot be said, so just do it.
Wang Chengfu's heart skipped a beat and he looked at the distant river, somewhat able to understand Lin Fu's thoughts.
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The land on the other side of the river was originally called Yudong Grassland. Although its area is half that of Hecheng Grassland, it and Hecheng Grassland are both under the jurisdiction of the Weiyang Salt and Iron Division and provide fodder for the Lianghuai Salt Farm to cook sea salt.
In the third year of Qingyu's reign, Wang Kui, the deputy envoy of the Weiyang Salt and Iron Department, wrote to the imperial court, saying that the waves in the river were dangerous and that households in the Yudong grassland could only transport grass across the river and cross the sea to reach the Lianghuai salt field. There was a risk of capsizing and drowning every year.
There may be as few as a dozen people, as many as a hundred or ten people. Please cut off the Yudong grassland, bring it to Haiyu County, and move people to cultivate it to increase taxes.
Wang Kui's petition was supported by Chen Zhun, Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the court. The controversy lasted for many years. Chen Zhun fell ill and died suddenly while in office. I thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, when Emperor Delong succeeded to the throne, the matter suddenly came to a head.
After reaching the conclusion, a special edict was issued to approve the abolition of Yudong Caochang, but all its land was converted into Yudong Renshou Gongzhuang, with a total of more than 4,000 hectares of farmland, and all the original grassland households were converted into Gongzhuang households.
Renshou Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager of Liang. The so-called Renshou Palace is actually a type of imperial village. The imperial village is the farmland directly operated by the inner court. There are three categories in the world. In addition to the emperor's farmland, there are also the farmland of the empress dowager and the crown prince. The prince's farmland
The Zhuangtian is the Zhuangtian of the East Palace, and the Empress Dowager lives in the Renshou Palace. The Empress Dowager's Zhuangtian is also called the Renshou Palace, and the grains of silver collected every year are also called the grains of silver from the Renshou Palace.
Yudong Palace Villa is directly run by the eunuchs sent by the Queen Mother to Guanzhuang. Nearly 20,000 taels of silver from Renshou Palace are collected every year, which are also at the Queen Mother's discretion. In addition to the eunuchs Guanzhuang, there are hundreds of officials, village heads, village men, etc.
There are about 20,000 households in the village.
Quite strangely, Yudong Palace Village has also been invaded by Donghai bandits in the past two years. However, the eunuchs in Guanzhuang all said that they successfully repelled the invading bandits with very little loss. They exported more than 20,000 taels of silver to the capital as usual every year.
It is not surprising to say that Yudong Palace Village has more than 4,000 hectares of fertile land, and the villagers are exploiting it extremely hard. They often take away 70% to 80% of the harvest in a year. With more than 4,000 hectares of fertile land, every year the Renshou Palace earns a grain of silver.
It's definitely far more than 20,000 yuan. No matter who the lost money is finally paid for, these people don't want to know that the accounts are published to the world. Even if they suffer heavy losses from the pirates, they can only have their teeth smashed.
Swallow the blood into your stomach.
Yudong Palace has a great background and special nature. It cannot be controlled by the county government or even the six ministries and nine ministers. It is a self-contained entity and outsiders cannot see the reality inside the palace. Wang Chengfu stayed in Jiangmen for six years, facing Yudong across the river. From many
Some clues can be seen in the details. At least Yudong Palace is not as simple as it seems.
Removing the Yudong grassland and setting up a palace will not bring any benefits to the Haiyu clan.
Secondary Prime Minister Chen Zhun had to jump to the ground to evacuate the Yudong grassland. How could he be sympathizing with the grassland households who faced the danger of crossing the river and the sea? In the past twenty years, the size of the Haiyu Chen family's mulberry orchards on both sides of the Dongjiang River has suddenly increased to more than 2,000
How could there not be something fishy in this? Today, with the financial resources of one family, they can support a village of five to six thousand people. It can be seen that the Chen family is so wealthy that even if you look at the world, not many people can match it.
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On the surface, it seems that Lin Fu built a beacon fire garrison in Jiangmen to prepare for pirates, and it also revealed his intention to use Jiangmen's land to resettle prisoners. Considering the number of prisoners who would need to be resettled in the future, the conditions provided by the court and county officials to Lin Fu
Even if some people see that Lin Fu intends to use Jiangmen's land to resettle prisoners, they are not intolerable as long as it is not excessive.
However, Lin Fu's goal is the entire Hecheng grassland! Wang Chengfu saw Lin Fu looking at the south bank of the river, and this idea suddenly popped into his mind, secretly feeling that he was really ambitious and courageous.
The area of Hecheng Grassland is more than twice that of the original Yudong Grassland. With the removal of Hecheng Grassland, even if a large area of land is designated as inner court farmland, the forest in Chongzhou has actually been controlled, and a large amount of land can be secretly seized and made into one's own.
Lin Fu was able to obtain an additional three to four hundred thousand acres of private land from the Hecheng grassland with fertile land and good water conservancy. Not to mention that the Jiangdong Zuo Army could support six to seven thousand people. Even if the strength of the Jiangdong Zuo Army was doubled,
I can barely cope with it.
But how can Lin Fu resist all kinds of resistance? You must know that Hecheng Grassland needs to provide 7 to 8 million taels of hay to the Lianghuai Salt Fields every year, and the Lianghuai Salt Fields provide the court with a salt tax of 2 million taels of silver every year, which is almost
Lin Fu, the lifeline of the imperial court, wanted to influence Hecheng Grassland. There was no telling how many people from the inner court, the outer court and the Salt and Iron Division would fight against him.
Lin Fu withdrew his thoughts and turned around. Seeing Song Bo and Wang Chengfu next to him, they were thoughtful and asked with a smile: "You two are standing on the high platform with me. Do you dare to ask: Is it possible?"
Song Bo said nothing.
Wang Chengfu's heart was pounding. Lin Fu's question was ambiguous, but if his guess was true, Lin Fu was asking about the strategy for Tuhe City's pasture. He blurtly replied: "You can figure it out slowly." After saying this,
He immediately felt regret after saying that. Tuhecheng Grassland should be Lin Fu's secret thoughts hidden deep in his heart. How could he blurt it out and reveal it in one word? He really pushed his head under Lin Fu's knife.
Lin Fu glanced at Wang Chengfu, smiled, and said nothing. At this moment, Wang Tianyi, the head of Jiangmen, came to pay his respects. Although he did not belong to the same yamen, Wang Tianyi was only the captain of the capital, deputy captain of Yuqi, from the ninth rank.
The rank difference between military attache and Lin Fu was too big. If he were charged with disrespect, it would be enough to kill Wang Tianyi.
Lin Fu did not embarrass Wang Tianyi, and even gave him a good sword that he had captured this time. He gave him a few instructions, asking Wang Tianyi to lead salt men and cooperate with the Chongzhou infantry soldiers to guard Jiangmen. He rode a horse and walked around Jiangmen.
Without saying anything else, he boarded the ship and returned to Chongzhou.
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Fortunately, the east wind was strong, so we sailed up the river at a very slow speed. Before dusk, the Jinhai docked at the Nanya Wharf of Zilang Mountain.
Lin Fu asked someone to take Wang Chengfu to the Donglu Temple to wait for a while. He took Song Bo directly to the Summit Temple to meet the She family's aunt.
The foundation of the new city has just been opened. The governor of Jinghai City is concentrated in the Donglu Temple to handle official duties. The Chongzhou infantry camp and the cavalry camp, including the second battalion of the Jinghaihai camp, are mainly stationed in the Dongshan area. Everyone has become accustomed to Donglu.
The Zen Temple is called Dongya, and the Beishanmen Zen Temple, which serves as the temporary county government, is called Beiya. Lin Fu lives in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain, and the female camp and the personal guard camp are stationed in it, which is the inner palace.
It was a cool autumn day. After seeing the pond, Song Jia felt that there was no good news anywhere. So she went to the south cliff to relax on the terrace. From a distance, she saw Lin Fu climbing the stairs surrounded by guards.
Coming from a distance, he was not afraid that Lin Fu would find him, so he leaned on the stone platform to look at him.
When Lin Fu and the others came closer, Song Jia suddenly felt that the person next to Lin Fu looked familiar. Looking at him again, tears fell. Although she and Song Bo were not born from the same mother, they were among the many brothers and sisters.
, they had the best relationship, how could he end up with Lin Fu? Even though Song Jia knew it was impossible, she still couldn't help but have some extravagant hopes in her heart, hoping that her father and the Song family would not abandon her as an abandoned child.
Lin Fu raised his head and saw Song Jia dressed in green sitting on the side of the stone platform, with tears on her face. The rare pitiful look made her look even more radiant, and her beauty was eye-catching. He asked the guards on the left and right to go back to camp.
, and laughed with Song Jia: "Brother Song traveled to Jianghuai, and I was lucky enough to meet him in Jiangmen, so I invited him to Chongzhou as a guest. If the young lady has any words or grievances, maybe Brother Song can take him back to Jin'an... I
It won’t prevent you siblings from getting together.”
Lin Fu left Chongzhou for seven or eight days. He also missed the beauty in his house and left Song Bo on the south cliff. He went to find Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman went.