Lord of the House

Vol 6 Chapter 78: Back to Chongzhou

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After returning to Chongzhou and passing through Jiangmen, Lin Fu sent the patrol fleet back to Chongzhou to rest first, while the Jinhai was anchored in Jiangmen. Lin Fu took Song Bo and Wang Chengfu ashore in Jiangmen to see the changes in the past six or seven days.

Jiangmen Island and the near shore did not change much, but when he walked through the miscellaneous woods, Wang Chengfu saw that Jiangmen had changed a lot in just six or seven days.

Zhao Hu, commander of the Chongzhou Infantry Battalion and the commander-in-chief of the prison, led three hundred soldiers to settle in Jiangmen.

The Douting Courtyard originally only had the north gate. Now, after forcibly taking away most of the yard as the guard camp, a new door was opened on the south wall for entry and exit, and Jiangmen Doting Court occupies half of the yard and does not interfere with each other.

In just six or seven days, the Yuanmen Arrow Tower, which is more than two zhang square at the south gate, was newly built to a height of more than one zhang, and the site was piled up with mountains of sand, stone, bricks and wood.

The miscellaneous woods on the south side of the Duting Courtyard cut a large area of ​​open space, and the beacon fire tower with an abbot of twelve feet was built in the middle. It is nearly two feet high, and the periphery is covered with bricks. You can imagine how magnificent it will be after it is created.

In addition to the more than 300 military soldiers who came earlier, there were more than 300 prisoners serving prison sentences in Jiangmen at this time. Outside Nanyuanmen, they were logging wood, collecting soil, and piling soil for ramming. The prisoners were placed, but after six or seven days, the weather here changed again, and he also secretly felt that Chongzhou was moving so fast, thinking that Lin Fu was really an enterprising person, and he didn't slack off in anything he did.

The beacon tower should be built close to the river bank to make it more convenient to look at the river mouth, but the river banks outside the Hecheng pasture are naturally formed sand embankments, which are easy to collapse during heavy rain and rapids. The beacon fire tower, but it must be built to a height of seven or eight feet.

Song Bo knew the military affairs and the construction of the city. He looked at the layout of the beacon fire garrison and the Duting Courtyard, and looked at the distant river from the garrison that Lin Fujian was only two feet tall and just level with Lin Shao, and asked tentatively. Said: "The Beacon Fire Fortress and the Duting Courtyard are laid out with horns, which is convenient for offense and defense, which is good for defense. If you build a city here in the future, it will also be very convenient. Does Master Lin think so?"

Lin Bie smiled slightly, but didn't make a decision. Some thoughts couldn't be concealed, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it at a glance.

Wang Chengfu's heart skipped a beat, and he also looked at the far 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 Pasture. Although the area is half smaller than that of Hecheng Pasture, it is under the jurisdiction of Weiyang Salt and Iron Division as well as Hecheng Pasture. It provides forage for frying sea salt in Lianghuai Salt Farm.

In the third year of Qingyu, Wang Kui, deputy envoy of the Weiyang Salt and Iron Department, wrote a letter to move toward the dynasty, saying that Jiang Haitao was dangerous, and the residents of Yudong Caochang/Cangcai and Lianghuai Salt Fields were in danger of capsizing their boats and drowning their lives every year. At least a dozen people, as many as a hundred or ten people, please cut the Yudong grassland and put it into Haiyu County, and move people to reclaim it to increase taxes.

Wang Kui's letter was supported by Chen Zhun, the minister of households in the court. After years of controversy, Chen Zhun fell ill and died suddenly in his tenure. All of them were turned into Yudong Renshou Palace, with a total of more than 4,000 hectares of farmland, and all the original grassland households were converted into palace villages.

Renshou Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager Liang. The so-called Renshou Palace is actually a kind of Huangzhuang. Huangzhuang is the zhuangtian directly managed by the inner court. There are three types of zhuangtian in this world. In addition to the emperor's zhuangtian, there are also the empress dowager and the crown prince's zhuangtian. The Crown Prince Zhuangtian is the East Palace Zhuangtian, the Empress Dowager lives in the Renshou Palace, and the Empress Dowager Zhuangtian is also called Renshou Palace.

The Yudong Palace is directly managed by the **** Guanzhuang sent by the Queen Mother, who collects nearly 20,000 taels of silver grains from Renshou Palace every year, and is also under the control of the Queen Mother herself. In addition to the **** Guanzhuang, there are hundreds of people from the official school, Zhuangtou, Zhuangding, etc., and about 20,000 people in Zhuanghu Dingkou.

It is quite strange that Yudong Palace Village has also been invaded by East Sea pirates in the past two years. However, the eunuchs of Guanzhuang all claimed that they succeeded in repelling the invading pirates, and the losses were very small.

It is not surprising to say that the Yudong Palace Village has more than 4,000 hectares of fertile land, and the farmers cultivate it, which is extremely exploited. There are more than 4,000 hectares of fertile fields, and the silver grains from Renshou Palace are definitely far more than 20,000 each year. No matter who the lost money was eventually given to, these people would not want to know that the accounts were published. Even if the pirates suffered heavy losses, they could only smash their teeth and swallow blood in their stomachs.

Yudong Gongzhuang has a very big background and a special nature. The county government and the six divisions and Jiuqing can't control it. Wang Chengfu has been in Jiangmen for six years, facing Yudong across the river. From many details, he can see some clues. At least Yudong Palace is not as simple as it seems.

It is not that the Haiyu clan has no benefits at all by withdrawing the Yudong pasture and setting up the palace.

The second prime minister, Chen Zhun, jumped up and down in order to evacuate the pastures of Yudong. How could he be sympathetic to the dangers of the pasture households crossing the river and the sea? In the past two decades, the scale of Haiyu Chen's mulberry gardens on both sides of the Dongjiang has suddenly increased to more than 2,000 hectares. How can there be no tricks in it? Today, with the financial resources of one clan, they can support the village camp of five or six thousand people. It can be seen that the wealth of the Chen family is even in the world, and not many people can match it.

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On the surface, Lin Tie built a beacon fire garrison in Jiangmen to prepare for the pirates, and he also showed his intention to use the land of Jiangmen to place prisoners. Considering the number of exiled prisoners to be resettled in the future, and the few conditions provided to Lin Fu by the imperial court and the county governor, even if some people see that Lin Fu has the intention of using Jiangmen to resettle exiles, as long as it is not excessive, it is not impossible. tolerate.

However, Lin Fu's goal is the entire Crane City pasture! Wang Chengfu saw Lin Fu's look at the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and this thought suddenly jumped out of his heart, feeling that he was really ambitious and daring.

The area of ​​Hecheng pasture is more than twice that of the original Yudong pasture. If the Hecheng pasture is removed, even if a large area of ​​land is designated as Nei Ting Zhuang, the forest that has actually controlled Chongzhou will inevitably be secretly robbed of a large amount of land and turned into one's own.

Lin Fu can get 30,000 to 400,000 mu of private land from the fertile land and good water conservancy Hecheng grassland. Not to mention that the Jiangdong Zuo Army with a size of 6,000 or 7,000 people can afford it. Even if the Jiangdong Zuo Army's strength is doubled, Can barely cope.

But how can Lin Bie resist the resistance of various conveniences? You must know that the Hecheng pasture field needs to provide seven or eight million hay for the Lianghuai Salt Fields every year, and the Lianghuai Salt Fields provide the court with a salt tax of two million taels each year, which is almost the lifeline of the court. Lin Bing wants to move the Hecheng Caochang's mind, the inner court, the outer court, and the Yantie Division did not know how many people would fight with him.

Lin Fu retracted his thoughts, turned around, and saw that Song Bo and Wang Chengfu were thinking about them, and asked with a smile: "You two stand on the high platform with me, dare to ask: Is it possible to plan?"

Song Bo said nothing.

Wang Chengfu's heart skipped a beat, Lin Fu's question was ambiguous, but the guess was true, Lin Fu was asking about the plan of the grassland in Tuhe City, and he blurted out: "You can do it slowly." After saying this After that, I suddenly regretted it. The grassland in Tuhe City should be Lin Fu's secret thoughts hidden in the deepest part of his heart. How could he just say it out of his mouth? It really pushed his head under Lin Bing'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 it is not a ya, but Wang Tianyi is only the chief of the army, the deputy lieutenant of Yuqi, a military officer from the ninth rank, and the rank of Lin Fu is too different. If he is charged with disrespect, it is enough for Wang Tianyi to eat a pot. .

Lin Fu did not embarrass Wang Tianyi, and even gave him a good knife that was captured this time, and gave him a few words, asking Wang Tianyi to lead Yan Ding to cooperate with the soldiers of the Chongzhou Infantry to guard the Jiangmen, and ride around the Jiangmen. Without saying much, I boarded the ship and returned to Chongzhou.

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Fortunately, the east wind was strong, and the sails were sailing up the river, and the speed was not slow. Before dusk, the Jinhai ship landed at the Nanya Pier of Zilang Mountain~www.wuxiamtl.com~Lin Fu had someone take Wang Chengfu with him. After going to the Donglu Temple for a while, he led Song Bo directly to the Shanshan Temple to meet the aunt of the She family.

The new city has just opened the wall foundation. The Jinghai Metropolitan Supervisor Si Yamen is concentrated in the Donglu Temple to act as an official. The Chongzhou Walking Camp and the Cavalry Camp, including the second battalion of the Jinghai Camp, are mainly stationed in the Dongshan area. Everyone is used to the Donglu. The temple was called Dongya, and Beishanmen Temple, which served as a temporary county government, was called Beiya. Lin Tie lived in the Zen Temple on the top of the mountain, and the women's camp and the guard camp were stationed there, which was the inner palace.

It was a cool autumn day, Song Jia saw Tang Chao, and felt that there was no news to make people feel good anywhere. She had nothing to do, so she went to the sun terrace on the south cliff to relax, and from a distance she saw Lin Bie climbing the stairs surrounded by guards. Came here, far away, not afraid that Lin Fu would find out, so he leaned on the stone platform and looked at him.

When Lin Fu and the others approached, Song Jia suddenly felt that the person beside Lin Fu was very familiar, and when he looked at it again, tears fell. Although she and Song Bo were not born by the same mother, among many brothers and sisters, they had the best relationship. How could he go with Lin Fu? Even if Song Jia knew it was impossible, she couldn't help but have some extravagant hopes in her heart that her father and the Song family would not abandon her as an abandoned child.

Lin Fu looked up and saw Song Jia sitting on the side of the stone platform in green clothes, with tears on her face. She was so pitiful that it was rare to see her, which made her brighter and more beautiful. He sent the left and right guards back to the camp. , smiled with Song Jia: "Brother Song traveled to Jianghuai, I was fortunate to meet him in Jiangmen, and I invited him to Chongzhou as a guest. If the young lady has anything to say, if you have any grievances, maybe Brother Song can take him back to Jin'an... I It won't prevent your siblings from getting together."

Lin Fu left Chongzhou for seven or eight days. He also missed the beautiful woman in the house and left Song Bo in Nanya. He went to find Liu Yueer and Xiaoman. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter

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