Lord of the House

Xiangzhangli is located in the northwest corner of Chongzhou County, next to Xinghua and Gaocheng counties.

The torrential rain poured down, riding a horse through such a ghost weather, wearing a rain scorpion, and the whole body was also covered with the torrential rain.

The Yunyan River was a vast expanse of whiteness. Lin Fu got off his horse and walked toward the center of the river, holding the reins. The green reeds were submerged by the flood until only the green tips were left, as well as many half-drowned elm and poplar trees and scattered earth and tile houses soaked in the water.

There is no raging flood in Chongzhou. No matter how big the flood peak in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River comes down, it will absorb and dissipate the river surface that stretches for dozens of miles in the Chongzhou section. If a torrential rain cannot be drained out in time, serious waterlogging will be formed.

The Yunyan River was originally the main drainage channel in the north of Chongzhou County. However, because the salt transportation ships of Weiyang Salt and Iron Company mainly traveled through the Beiguan River in Gaocheng County, the Chongzhou section of the Yunyan River was no longer important. After entering August, the torrential rain that has not stopped for ten consecutive months has just begun, and the flood water has overflowed the tattered embankment of the Canal Salt River.

The most important thing in front of Lin Fu's eyes is not to fight against the Donghai pirates and the extravagant families behind them, but to fight against this ghost weather and the severe waterlogging disaster in Chongzhou.

It is said that Chongzhou should enter the flood season in July. In fact, before Lin Xuwen left Chongzhou, the weather in the entire Hailing Mansion and the waters east of Hailing Mansion was very smooth. Lin Xuwen even took a sea boat to return to Jinhai.

After entering August, the weather became violent. The torrential rain did not stop for half a month. Waterlogging caused disasters everywhere, and the total number of affected fields exceeded 400,000 mu. Although the townships have their own exaggerations, Lin Fu has been visiting the townships non-stop for more than ten days, and the flooding situation in Chongzhou is indeed very serious.

Wu Meijiu was thinking about getting out of Chongzhou as soon as possible, and would not be a stumbling block for Lin Fu, but he also didn't want him to go to the wilderness in this ghostly weather to experience the people's feelings; Han Zai also just wanted to maintain his apparent rivalry with Lin Fu. , I don't want to be too shameless in front of Wang Tian and Yue Lengqiu. In this weather, I naturally hide in the deep courtyard and have fun with three or five beautiful maids.

People never expect their parents and officials to live a simple life of eating chaff and wearing kerosene, but in such difficult times, when people can't get through it, they expect their parents to appear like the savior of the world. . At this time, no matter how hard it was, Lin Fu couldn't bear to hide in Zilang Mountain and enjoy the happiness.

"There seems to be someone over there..."

Lin Bie looked in the direction of Ao Canghai's finger. In the distance, there were a few black shadows lying on the roof of a thatched shack immersed in the flood. refugee.

The water potential of the Yunyan River overflowing the embankment is still rising, and the thatched hut is left on the water. Besides, it has been submerged in the flood for so many days, and it is also shaky.

Several guards waded over and rescued a family of five people from the middle of the flood.

"The Commander Lin saved you all, but he still doesn't kowtow to thank you." Li Shuyi said with a pretense that he wanted to gain some prestige for Lin Bing when he saw that he was rescued.

A family of five, old and young, hurriedly kowtowed to give thanks, but their eyes were fixed on the crumbling thatched shack submerged in the flood. For them, this simple thatched shack may be everything.

Lin Fu picked up the affected villagers and saw that they had been trapped in the flood water for several days. They were too hungry to stand. He took out the leftover wheat cakes and dried meat from the saddle, and gave them to them to comfort them. Said: "In a few days, the flood will recede, the house will collapse, and it can be rebuilt. Don't worry, the county will never watch you sleep in the wilderness..." The five members of the family were also hungry and devoured. After swallowing the wheat cake, the 15- or 16-year-old black and thin boy choked after swallowing a few mouthfuls of cake, lying on the ground to scoop up the raw water under his feet to drink.

Lin Bie stopped the young man and took off the water bag under the saddle and handed it to him: "I'll give you this water bag, drink it slowly, don't choke anymore - you have to remember, and remember to tell others that the water must be You have to boil it before you can drink it, otherwise it is easy to get sick..." Seeing the family kneeling down and thanking them with tears in their eyes, Lin Bie held them and instructed Li Shuyi, "Li Shuyi, go and find the Li Zhengjia chief. , Now the disasters are serious in various places, Lijia cannot help but contribute."

"Yes, my lord." Li Shuyi nodded and said, and sent the yamen to find the nearby Li Zhengjia chiefs.

Lin Bing waded in the water to look at the nearby disasters. Many houses could not survive the flooding and collapsed a lot. Fortunately, the damage of the waterlogging was not so violent, and the injuries were minimal, but there were many refugees formed.

Lin Bie waded three or four miles into the water. Lizheng in Xiangzhangli and three nearby armored men were chasing after him. It was raining so hard that he had to walk in a hurry. , People stood in front of Lin Fu, and they were all soaked in heavy rain.

"Are you Lizheng here?" Lin Bie asked, staring at the thin middle-aged man in a fine cotton gown.

Ordinary villagers still think that the county magistrate is the parental official of Chongzhou County, but the chiefs in the township know that this young man is the ruler of Chongzhou County.

"Reporting to your lord, the villain is Lizheng Luofu from Xiangzhangli, waiting for your instructions."

Lin Fu said: "There is a shortage of manpower in the county, and half of the Jiangdong Zuo Army has also dispatched half of the Jiangdong Zuo Army to participate in disaster relief in various townships and villages. You should also take the responsibility. The first aid money and food, one copper and one grain of rice, will be followed by the Jiangdong Zuo Army. The county will not default on their debts, but if there are villagers in each township, li and village who starve to death due to disasters, I, Lin Fu, will never show mercy to you when I come forward!" Pointing to the dozens of disaster victims who followed him all the way, he followed Jiuhuali Li Zheng Luofu said, "They also temporarily handed over to you to settle..."

"The neighbors are affected by the disaster, there is no reason for the villains and the big households in the village to stand by and watch, please rest assured," Luo Fu stooped slightly, looking at Lin Bie's eyes without too much fear, after all, he can tell the villagers who are righteous. , Most of them are big families in the village, and they have seen the world. He added, "It's just that in the past two years, there have been many refugees who have come here. They are occupying the river beach in groups, and they grit their teeth and say that it is an unowned land. The county doesn’t care, and the village is unable to expel them. This time, these people are the worst hit. What should I do with these people?

Before Xisha Island was hit by the disaster last year, there were as many as 40,000 refugees in Xisha Island alone, and there were 80,000 or 80,000 refugees stranded in Chongzhou County. The eastern invaders invaded, and a large number of refugees in Yannan, Shandong and the northwest of Zhongzhou rushed to the south, and the stranded foreign population in Chongzhou County also further increased.

This is also the main reason why the number of dingkou registered in the household register of Chongzhou County is just over 200,000, and the actual number of dingkou is far more than this number.

Although Chongzhou County is located in the Jianghuai Plain, which is a land of fish and rice, not every piece of land is suitable for cultivation.

The large number of refugees in Nanchong has made Chongzhou County, which has a vast territory and abundant resources, also faced the dilemma of having too many people and few fields. The flooded land and low-lying land that no one usually sees have naturally become fields that can be used for cultivation.

These deserted beaches and low-lying lands were originally unowned, and they were considered a type of public land. However, the refugees who came from the south wanted to cultivate them, so they naturally occupied the land that used to be owned by the wealthy tribes in the nearby townships—this was also tax evasion. One of the main factors in the formation of the hiding hole and the field - Lin Fu has been asking people to investigate these all the time, and he is very clear about this kind of situation.

In this flood, a large number of low-lying land and river beach fields were submerged. When villages reported the disaster situation, they included these fields in it, so as to avoid more food supplies.

Faced with the doubts of Li Zheng Luo Fu in Xiangzhangli, Lin Fu did not hesitate, and said, "Lijia puts relief to the villagers first. They were sent to Jiuhua Temple, Zilang Mountain, and Hechengsi for concentrated relief. There are disaster relief camps in these three places. If the village does not fulfill this responsibility, and the road is starved to death, I will still hold the blame. Li Jia’s guilt!” Then he asked the dozens of victims who had followed along the way, “How many of you came from other places? The scattered fields that were finally reclaimed have been flooded, and the grass huts have been flooded, so don’t worry. You go to Jiuhua Temple with me first. Although the conditions are difficult, but you choose to settle down in Chongzhou, I will not watch you starve to death..."

Lin Fu turned around and said to Li Shuyi and Ao Canghai, "Let's go to Jiuhua Temple..."

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Jiuhua Temple was originally a large temple in the northwest of Chongzhou County. Lin Fu used the bandit case to drive out the monastic forces in Chongzhou County. Jiuhua Temple was also taken over by Jiangdong Zuo Army and became a camp of Jiangdong Zuo Army in the northwest corner of Chongzhou County. .

After three months of renovation, Jiuhua Temple has now been transformed into a military fortress with a circumference of more than 800 paces. Deputy battalion commander Liu Zhenzhi is in charge, but it is still marked as Jiuhua Temple on the map.

After the inspection of the sent fields, there were actually more than 60,000 fields in the military villages near Jiuhua Temple, and there were more than 3,000 tenant farmers on these fields. These tenants were the first direct beneficiaries of the operation of rent reduction and tax reduction after the inspection of the land, and they were also the first ordinary people in Chongzhou County to support the Jiangdong Left Army.

After the deduction in June, Lin Fu asked Liu Zhenzhi to organize young tenants nearby for military rotation training. This time, the entire county of Chongzhou suffered from severe floods. The disaster relief camp in the northwest of the county was naturally located in Jiuhua Temple. In addition to the more severely affected tenants and displaced persons near Jiuhua Temple, there were also many people who came from Xinghua and Gaocheng. refugee.

When Lin Fu arrived at Jiuhua Temple, the rain stopped for a while. Seeing Lin Fu rushing back, the voices in the relief camp boiled:

"The envoy is here, Lord Lin is here..." "Everyone is saved now, and the envoy will never watch everyone suffer." "Who is the envoy?" "Jiyang killed Donghai in the **** battle. You don’t even know that the commander of the capital, Lord Lin, who called Kou’s father and mother, and King Yan Nanqin killed Donglu’s father and called his mother, and you don’t know?” “It turned out to be him, who came here in the heavy rain. It's all soaked up, so maybe he's a good official." "What's the point of being a good official? The superintendent came to Chongzhou, and the summer grain harvest of the tenants around here has increased by nearly half compared with previous years. With such a heavy rain, you have seen some Which official is running around for the refugees outside? The envoys are running around almost every corner of Chongzhou County without a break. Even when they eat, they sit on the roadside and eat pie with everyone. These days, they still think about the people. Mr. Guan, but I let you meet, so you can secretly burn high incense..."

Chongzhou County was severely affected by the disaster, and Lin Fu ran around non-stop to inspect the disaster situation. Naturally, Lin Mengde, Cao Zi'ang, Sun Jingtang, Fu Qinghe, Hu Zhiyong, Sun Jingxuan and others could not sit in Zilang Mountain. In addition to Liu Zhen in Jiuhua Temple, Cao Zi'ang also took charge of the disaster relief work here.

Seeing Lin Fu coming, Cao Zi'ang and Liu Zhenzhi greeted him. Lin Fu took the thin yellow-skinned girl off the horse, handed it over to the guards, sent the girl and her family to the disaster relief camp, and said to Cao Zi'ang, "The rain will stop for a while, I don't know when it will pour down again, it's still not allowed here. relax..."

"Originally, I planned to dig the channel of the Xishan River and the Yunyan River first this autumn and winter, so as to connect the two waters," said Cao Zi'ang, "Now it seems that we can dred the Yunyan River at the same time...you know. How many refugees are there in the disaster relief team these days?"

"How many?" Lin Fu asked.

"There are a total of 32,000 people. I made a rough count. Most of them are customers who have been stranded in Chongzhou in recent years!" Cao Zi'ang replied, "It is really cruel to find out the hidden population in Chongzhou, and we can organize 100,000 young people in autumn and winter. At the same time, building a new city and digging a river is not a problem..."

"Do you really want to make this decision?" Lin Bie asked, holding his chin in his hand.

"After this disaster relief, people's hearts should be on our side. Although there is a rebound in the local area, it is not a cause for concern," Cao Zi'ang said. The distorted facts of the occupation by the Shi people must also be corrected. Desilting the river channels, transforming the flooded land and low-lying land into arable public land, and renting it to foreign tenants for cultivation can further strengthen our foundation in Chongzhou. In fact, as long as the flood season passes , the channel between the Xishan River and the Yunyan River can be excavated first..."

"Okay, then let it go~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Lin Bie nodded, affirming Cao Zi'ang's suggestion.

Lin Fu has been thinking about the source of troops for the Jiangdong Left Army.

Chongzhou is a land of fish and rice. Even if the local people are poor, they can barely survive, and they lack the courage to struggle for survival. Although they can be recruited to defend the territory, but at the same time, considering that their identification with the Jiangdong Left Army is not so strong, the local people in Chongzhou cannot be regarded as core soldiers who can be relied upon.

The Jiangdong Left Army was formed on the basis of the most untrustworthy refugees, and it also created an astonishing glorious record.

In fact, for those refugees who are forced to leave their homes by survival, the thirst for land and stable survival is unimaginable for ordinary people, and the courage they inspire is also unimaginable for ordinary people.

However, refugee uprisings are often difficult to achieve, and there is not much direct relationship with the bravery of the refugees. The most important thing is that the organization of refugees who hurriedly rises is too weak, and there is not enough military logistics support, so it is impossible to integrate the bravery of individuals. The sharpness needed to become an elite division.

The current recruitment basis of Jiangdong Zuo Army is only to place less than 40,000 refugees on Xisha Island. From 40,000 people, Jianyong is selected, forming a scale of more than 6,500 soldiers currently being supported by Jiangdong Zuo Army. , it has almost reached the recruitment limit of one household, and the most important thing for Lin Fu at present is to expand the recruitment base of the Jiangdong Left Army.

Without a solid foundation for recruiting troops, the Jiangdong Left Army cannot become stronger and stronger.

In Chongzhou, the first thing Lin Tu had to win and win were the displaced people who had left their hometowns and stayed in Chongzhou. He would do everything possible to let them take root in Chongzhou, benefit from the Jiangdong Zuo Army, and become a firm force in supporting the Jiangdong Zuo Army. Therefore, to offend the local forces, there is nothing worth hesitating about. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter