"This is too much!" Back at the county government office, Hu Dahai was furious on behalf of Liu Tingzhou. He beat his heart and lungs and spoke fiercely. Depending on the situation, if Lin Fu stood in front of him, he could rush up and take a bite.
Uncle Tang En had seen Hu Dahai follow the pug in front of Lin Fu just now, as if he was too frightened to say a word, so he ignored his words at this time.
Xiao Kui'an sat, silent and in a bad mood. Liu Tingzhou was kind to him. Although he might not agree with some of Liu Tingzhou's actions, he was loyal to Liu Tingzhou and determined to do so - Liu Tingzhou reprimanded Lin Fu like this
, how can he be in a good mood?
Liu Tingzhou's face looked very ugly. Hu Dahai's words made him feel better, but he was not so incompetent that he could rely on Hu Dahai's two words to relieve the anger in his heart.
What made Liu Tingzhou even more uncomfortable than Lin Fu's bad attitude was that he was unable to refute Lin Fu's every reprimand.
Compared with the impact that the prefecture and county suffered this time, the Huaidong Army Division, who was in charge of building such a large fortification on the sea wall, was not affected at all.
In addition to the supply troops, the Huaidong Military Division also recruited laborers from the resettlement households in the surrounding villages. Now there are not ten young men and women directly piled on the construction sites of the sea dikes in Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng counties.
The number of tens of thousands is almost the same.
The Huaidong Military Division pays laborers two and a half liters of japonica rice per worker. The cost of supplies is unclear. It is unlikely that it will be worse than the labor force. This means that the Huaidong Military Division is repairing and defending the sea wall.
The monthly expenditure on rice and grain last month was at least 80,000 shi.
Why did he, Liu Tingzhou, go to the Huaidong Military Division to complain?
As for Lin Fu's large-scale organization of manpower to reclaim wasteland and cultivate crops along the Huaidong coast, and was suspected of encroaching on land in the salt area, Zhang Yan initially sent people to stop him several times, arguing with each other. In the past two months, he completely restrained himself and stopped talking about it.
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Why? Without him, Jinhai Liangdao completely sucks grain from grain merchants.
Nowadays, rice prices in Jiangdong have soared, and compared with grain prices in Shandong, profits are already very low.
Although the grain merchants kept asking for price increases, the Huaidong Military Division remained silent on this matter. Heishuiyang Shipping Company, Jiyun Society, and Lin Ji, who almost monopolized about two-fifths of the supply of grain from the Tianjin-Haihai Road, remained silent.
, so as long as small and medium-sized grain merchants can barely survive, nothing will happen.
But the thing is also very obvious. No one should mess with Huaidong. Don't let Lin Fu support the grain merchants' collective demand for a 30% price increase behind the scenes. Officials from the Ministry of Revenue will be tempted to jump off a cliff.
The Jinhai grain road is responsible for the annual supply of 2.5 million shi of rice grains for the Gyeonggi and Yanbei defense lines. The settled rice price in Jinhai is one or two eight yen per shi. On this basis, it will increase by another 30%. The Ministry of Household Affairs will have to
To raise an extra 13,400,000 taels of silver - it would be easier to jump off a cliff.
Liu Tingzhou suspected that Lin Fu was really determined to kick him out of Huai'an Mansion. Will Jiang Ning or the court object?
"The military commander's affairs are related to the supplies of the Huaidong army and the stability of Huaidong. The current duties of the military commander are not satisfactory. It is actually because Mr. Liu of Liu Tingzhou has other things. At this time, Mr. Liu should be responsible for the military commander's affairs."
Liang Wenzhan said, "I think the imperial court and Jiangning will seriously consider this matter..."
Liang Wenzhan said it politely, but in fact he suggested that the military commander directly kick Liu Tingzhou out of the position of Huai'an prefect.
Lin Fu frowned and thought, and asked: "Who do you think is suitable for the post of Huai'an Magistrate?" If the post of Huai'an Magistrate is filled by someone even more unpalatable, it is better to let Liu Tingzhou keep it.
"Master Liu Shidu Liu," Liang Wenzhan said, "Master Liu Shidu has a political reputation in governing Hailing. Being able to come to Huai'an will be a blessing to the gentlemen and people of Huai'an Township..."
Huai'an Prefecture has always been more important than Hailing Prefecture. Liu Shidu was transferred to Huai'an to replace Liu Tingzhou, which can be regarded as a small step of promotion.
It's just that the prefect is an important position starting from the fifth rank, which is probably the most important central link in the control of the place by the imperial court. Lin Fu tried to interfere in the appointment of prefect-level officials by placing him in the position, which is considered a huge overstep of his duty.
Liang Wenzhan didn't say who was more suitable to succeed Liu Shidu as the prefect of Hailing; Lin Fu didn't say a word to ask - both of them had the same idea: except for Lin Fu who also holds the post of prefect of Hailing, nothing bothers Huai more than this.
Dong longed for it.
Liang Wenzhan continued: "The Tianjin-Hai Grain Road is troubled by the increase in grain prices in Jiangdong. Maybe the imperial court has seen the difficulties, or maybe it hasn't seen it yet. Your Excellency should submit a document to express your feelings. If you don't even get the hard work,
It would be a shame not to go up there..."
Lin Fu frowned and thought: Regardless of whether he submitted the document directly, it is impossible for the court and Jiangning to misunderstand their meaning. Threatening the Tianjin Hailiang Road in order to seek the post of Hailing prefect is a bit naked no matter how you look at it!
Lin Fu did not immediately confirm the adoption of Liang Wenzhan's suggestion. He just nodded and said, "I will seriously consider this matter..."
After talking about some other things, Liang Wenzhan said goodbye and left.
"The situation is such that there is no room for looking forward or backward." Song Jia was not in a hurry to speak in front of others. At this time, she put down the pen in her hand and said, "Even if we want to protect the Jin Hailiang Road, you have the power to control the Hailing Mansion.
One position—Although Chongzhou has some grain reserves, it can only supply the Tianjin-Hai grain road until next spring and summer."
"That's true..." Lin Fu nodded.
Huaidong grain storage has been carried out secretly since July, and with great fanfare in September, it is divided into two parts: official storage and private storage.
The official reserves are mainly led by the Huaidong Military Division, which borrowed one million taels of silver from Huaidong Bank, and stored a total of 1.5 million shi in grain. The private reserves are mainly dominated by Heishui Yang Ship Company, Jiyun Society, and Lin Ji.
The grain storage is about 1.8 million shi.
The grain reserves of the Huaidong Military Division are mainly used to meet Huaidong's military needs and various manufacturing and village needs - private reserves are the supply that meets the Tianjin-Haihai grain road.
Before next summer, it is the seaworthy period for sea transportation. As long as there are no major changes in the north, 1.6 million stone grains will be transported to Tianjin and Hainan before next summer and autumn.
At present, the Huaidong Military Division is focusing on the overall situation and is suppressing grain merchants from raising prices. It can only support it until the spring and summer of next year. This is also because many grain merchants, including Heishui Shipping Company, have stored grain in a timely manner.
Supplying grain to Tianjin and Hainan at the original price can bring considerable profits, and it can even supply rice grain to small and medium-sized grain merchants. Therefore, the military commander can bear the price without raising the price, and there is no problem.
But when the grain reserves are shipped out, no matter how proud Lin Fu is, it is impossible for grain merchants to willingly supply the Jinhai grain road at a loss. At that time, they must ensure that there is a large amount of cheap rice grain to supply the Tianjin and Hainan grain road. In addition to supplying grain from Haidong
Besides transporting grain, the best way is to hope that Hailing Prefecture and Huai'an Prefecture will see a considerable increase in summer taxes and autumn grain next year.
Both public and private, everyone wants to seize the seat of Hailing prefect.
Lin Fu picked up the charcoal pen from the pen holder, spread out a piece of paper, and thought about how to use the right words.
Song Jia stood aside and said nothing, knowing that Lin Fu was planning to write a letter to Gu Wuchen.
Liu Shidu was to replace Liu Tingzhou as the prefect of Huai'an. Lin Fu took the post of prefect of Hailing on his own. He couldn't hide it at all. He wanted to save some face for the court and Jiang Ning. Lin Fu naturally had to discuss this matter with Gu Wuchen.
Let others help Jin Yan to clear up the matter, let Gu Wuchen bargain with Yue Lengqiu and Ning Prince's Mansion in Jiangning, so that the matter has room for discussion and buffering - it must be guarded against a sudden stalemate, and there is no room for the two to step down.
Something big happened.
After Lin Fu finished writing the letter, he asked Song Jia to read it over for him. If there was no problem, he put it into the envelope and stamped it. He was about to call the guards and send a horse to Jiangning to deliver the letter - Zhou Pu rushed to get it
I got a letter and copied it in:
"Jibei Army conquered Songshan, this is the Jie Tang copy of the capital's biography..."
Now that the cavalry camp has taken on the responsibility of guard, Lin Fu went north to patrol, and Zhou Pu personally led 500 cavalry guards to accompany the guards. If it were an ordinary Tang copy, Zhou Pu would not come here personally.
Lin Fu was not happy but was surprised. He took the copy over from the pond, opened it and read it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned.
"I heard that Li Bingbu won a great victory in western Liaoning!" Liu Tingzhou rushed in excitedly, but the guards outside the door couldn't stop him and could only follow him in embarrassment.
From Liu Tingzhou's face, there was no trace of the unlucky look on Liu Tingzhou's face that he had been reprimanded before. He must have been encouraged by the news of the great victory.
Lin Fu waved his hand and asked the guards to leave, and Liu Tingzhou and others broke into his military tent without caring.
When the capital announced a victory, the post riders would shout along the way to boost morale. Therefore, many people did not see Tangchao, but they knew about the great victory in western Liaoning.
Liang Wenzhan also arrived shortly afterwards. He could not understand the impact of the victory in western Liaoning on the situation in eastern Huainan for a while, and looked a little confused.
"Master Liu, look..." Lin Fu handed the Tang copy to Liu Tingzhou and circulated it to everyone, but he sat back and said nothing.
"Okay, the Changle bandits have marched southward to Qichun, and the situation in Jiangdong is stagnant. We should have this great victory to boost morale!" Liu Tingzhou held the Tangzhi in one hand and read on the paper with his fingers in the other. He was so excited that Hu Dahai didn't care about the rules.
, put his head close to Liu Tingzhou's body, and shouted excitedly: "Okay, wonderful! Killed in the battle of Songshan, more than 10,000 prisoners were captured, and the main force of the captive soldiers is stranded in Datong at this time. It seems that the Liao Dynasty is about to fall!"
Lin Fu ignored the excitement of Liu Tingzhou, Hu Dahai and others. He handed the letter he had just written to Zhou Pu and said, "Send someone to Jiangning quickly!"
Liu Tingzhou didn't know for a while what urgent letter Lin Fu had to send to Jiangning; Liang Wenzhan could guess it, but he was wondering, could it be that the victory in western Liaoning was meaningless to the entire situation?
Liu Tingzhou was considered a knowledgeable and capable official. Seeing how excited he was about the victory in western Liaoning, he didn't even say a word in his heart, he just sat there with a cold expression.
It is said that Jietangzhao came from Beijing, and the battle situation was too embellished, making it impossible to get a glimpse of the details of the Songshan battle.
Even if Tang Chao faithfully copied the battle report returned from the north, Songshan City, as the outskirts of Liaoyang, the capital of Donghu King, had only a little more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, which would be too few. Lin Fu knew clearly that Donghu
People's ability to mobilize.
Lin Fu even hoped that the Jibei Army's Northern Expedition would be frustrated and return. A small victory without decisive significance, even if it was not a trap by the Donghu people, would only make the princes in the court more aggressive and make the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Yanji Army more aggressive.