Lord of the House

"If you have anything to do, stand up and talk." Lin Fu was secretly vigilant and asked the five people who stopped them in front of the inn to stand up and talk. The guards in front of the inn looked here for a while, but they didn't come over after all. Check.

"Thanks... the copper coins rewarded by the master, the little... villain bought a pound of rice and came back, and my mother asked me to come over and kowtow to the master again!" But the three strong men in the back rushed the boy and the little girl to the front to answer, The young man had a yellow face and thin skin. He stuttered in front of strangers, knelt down and kowtowed three times, then got up covered in dirt and said, "Little... people really have the strength to work, I don't want so much money, My sister and I work for the master, as long as one person's wages are enough, and if there is no money to get a meal, I beg the master to accept us, and if there is no food to eat, my mother and my sister will starve to death... "The young man wiped his tears with his dirty and torn sleeves when he said this. The little girl looked thirteen or fourteen years old, with delicate features, but she was too thin, and her face looked a little scary. She was even more timid. Cover your eyes with tears.

Listening to the tone of the young man's words, they also went to the tea shop to apply for recruitment, but they were screened out. At this time, they came to beg for admission. There are almost a thousand people who have passed by today. both remember.

"My lord, it's all right, please take us in. Kuyazi's mother has been lying sick in the shed for several days, and she has no strength at all. Otherwise, she will crawl over and kowtow to the lord..." At this time, the three Only one strong man stood up and replied to Lin Fu, "If the uncle takes us in, please bring Kuyazi with him. He is weak, so what kind of work does he have? The family of three is going to starve to death by this road."

Lin Fu had no impression of the young man, but he didn't seem to be faking it, but these three men had never met in the tea shop. The refugees came all the way to seek survival, and they were all very hard. Even those individuals who entered Cao Ziang's fortress had a cold look on their faces. In the severe cold weather, if you walk thousands of miles down the road, and sleep in the wind, even a mule will lose dozens of pounds of fat, let alone a person? These three sturdy men were full of energy even under the lamplight in tattered clothes.

Lin Fu thought to himself, who is going to hit a dark pile on his side? Thinking of coming to She Feihu, he would not willingly give up the land by the river without fighting. Are these three people sent by Qingfengxing?

Lin Fu looked at Chen Shuban, a householder in Moling County in embarrassment, and said, "The number of applicants is full..."

Chen Shuban only likes when Lin Fu sees the three strong men in front of him. Jiyun Club can recruit 40 armed guards with swords to guard against thieves and theft in caravans and shops, and can even carry 10 bows. It is the target that Jiyun Club is trying to recruit, he said with a smile: "It's not a low-ranking nonsense, there are really few people in the world who obey the law and abide by the law like Lord Lin. Lord Xu Lin recruited a hundred people in the county, and Lord Lin just recruited a few more people, Can we go out to the street and shout? It's just two more words at most."

"Hahaha..." Lin Fu laughed loudly, took out a famous post from his body, handed it to the man in the lead, and said, "You guys will take my famous post tomorrow and go directly to the tea shop to stay on the boat," and then from He took out dozens of copper coins from his body and gave them to the boy, "Take them and see if you can find a doctor at night to treat your mother, and buy some delicious food."

The five people knelt down and thanked them together and left. Lin Fu and Zhou Pu invited Chen Shuban and the two yamen to have a meal in the inn. Chen Shuban and the two Moling county yamen did not notice Wu, who had been following them. Qi did not follow them into the inn.

Lin Fu sent Chen Shuban and the three of them to have a meal in the inn. He didn't stay overnight, but went across the river with Zhou Pu overnight, and even went to the tea shop to talk to Lin Jingzhong, but he didn't tell Lin Jingzhong about the dark pile. , Afraid that his inexperience would reveal his signs, the four guards were left to him first, and the guards didn't dare to have any objections. It is not unusual for officials to send their soldiers to do chores, which is one of the reasons why the current town army and local army are weak.

Lin Fu doesn't have so much time to delay. Tomorrow, Lin Jingzhong will take these recruits to cross the river. He will stay in Moling County for a day or two, and then he will go directly to the mouth of Jinchuan River. Now there is no thatched hut at the mouth of Jinchuan River. stand up. Although there was Lin Mengde on the south bank to help, and Qian Xiaowu followed, but things were too messy and more manpower was needed. Cao Ziang and the others had to follow Lin Jingzhong and the others across the river, and they couldn't help them in the past two days. Besides, She Feihu and Du Rong would definitely not give up that section of the river honestly. If you are on the south bank, if something happens to the prison island, you will be able to rush there in a blink of an eye if something happens to the prison island. It's cold - now on the prison island, neither Zhao Hu nor Changsun Geng nor Yang Shi can stand alone.

Lin Fu couldn't easily spend the night on the north bank at this time, even if it was late, he still hurried back to the south bank to feel at ease.

Wu Qi arrived before the Wu Peng boat left the dock.

"The boy has no problem with the little girl. It's a refugee from Zhongzhou. The other three are secret stalkers. They chased the boy and the girl over to cover, but they couldn't find out which house they belonged to?" Wu Qi took him away. The news that I inquired about at this time was told to Lin Bing, and he took a meat patty from Zhou Pu, no matter how cold and hard it was, he chewed it.

"What should I do, should I let them in first, so as not to startle the snakes temporarily?" Zhou Pu asked. What they had to keep secret was the ship that they would arrange for Cao Ziang in the future, and that ship would not use unreliable outsiders, and there was no other place in Jiyun Club that they had to strictly guard against others.

"How can we be so easy to bully?" Lin Bie laughed, "There are so many prison cells on the prison island, and there are hundreds of shackles that are useless for a while, let's take the three people across the river first, who will come to redeem them in the future? People, sold for one hundred taels per person."

Zhou Pu and Wu Qi smiled and didn't say anything else.

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Lin Fu and the others sailed to Prison Island, and it was the next morning.

Lin Mengde moved very quickly. He drove in from the mouth of Jinchuan River to Jiuweng Bridge and then went southeast for 12 or 13 miles. On the northwest bank of Longxing Lake is Quyang Town, one of the 24 towns outside Jiangning City. The town's merchants gathered, and the goods were all over the world. Lin Mengde took people to Quyang Town to buy all the things needed on the prison island in one day. Shortly after Lin Fu and the others returned to the prison island, Lin Mengde brought a boat full of supplies to the island. The prison island sent twenty prisoners to work all morning before unloading the ship full of supplies.

Jinchuan Prison Island covers an area of ​​more than 2,000 mu even if it is calculated based on the water level during the autumn period. Although the entire Jiangdao prison is built on the scale of a prison city, it only covers an area of ​​more than 800 mu. There are 12,300 acres of open space, and the area is more than three or four times larger if it is considered to be a low-level river beach and river pollution. The northwestern part of the island is relatively high, and there are miscellaneous forests. When the prison was built, earth was burned to make bricks and logs were used to make beams. Although the old kilns have collapsed, most of them still exist. There are still three or four hundred acres of woods that can be cut down for purlin beams, and there are also large bamboo forests. Brick making and bamboo cutting can be used not only for the island itself, but also for the construction of warehouses at the mouth of the Jinchuan River.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but once it starts, it becomes easier.

Lin Fu initially picked ten prisoners to go fishing on the north beach of Prison Island. In the eyes of Changsun Geng and others, these were beyond the rules. On the one hand, Lin Fu is the prison officer with the sole power. On the other hand, Lin Fu ordered the military soldiers to strictly prevent escape from prison, and others could not say anything. As long as three or four hundred catties of plump anchovies can be caught every day to subsidize the prison materials, the officials and prisoners’ meals can be greatly improved so as not to cause a deficit. During these seven or eight days, Chang Sun Geng and others will monitor the prisoners. River beach fishing is a matter of course.

Speaking of which, there is still interest inducement behind this.

Lin Fu's next move is to open a vegetable garden and a livestock shed outside the high wall.

There is open land outside the high walls of the island. In addition, a large amount of Chengu rotten rice is mixed with the prisoner's rations coordinated by the Xuanfu envoy. Lin Fu is strictly forbidden to mix the rotten rice with the prisoners. A large number of aquatic plants, snails, and trash can be used to feed livestock such as pigs and sheep. Lin Fu wants to try to solve the problem of vegetable and meat supply on the prison island before summer.

All these things have to be done by the prisoners in the prison. With the previous fishing experience, Lin Fu brought up the construction of vegetable gardens and livestock sheds to Chang Sun Geng. Chang Sun Geng did not find it particularly difficult to accept. The key is how to The problem of enslaving prisoners and preventing prisoners from escaping prison.

More than 200 prisoners were imprisoned in the high wall, and 60 military soldiers and more than 20 officers were enough to supervise them. Even if Jiang bandits crossed the border, the prison door was closed, and there was no fear that Jiang bandits would come to the island and attack the prison. . However, putting more than 200 prisoners to work outside the high wall, and the supervision of 60 soldiers and more than 20 guards is not enough. Once an escape from prison occurs, it is a major accident for the prison officials.

Regardless of Changsun Geng's integrity, qualifications, knowledge, and prestige in the original squad and officers, Lin Fu will use him as his main assistant in managing the prison island and prisoners, even when he temporarily leaves the prison island. After that, Changsun Geng was asked to preside over the affairs of the prison island.

After the prison was cleared, Lin Fu specially found time to explain in detail the idea of ​​​​governing prisons by means of prisoners and guilt-based prisoners with Chang Sun Geng.

Based on many factors, such as the crime in prison, the prisoner's sentence, family situation, and the length of the remaining sentence, the prisoners are classified and managed in different categories. Prisoners with a low risk of escaping can work outside the high wall; prisoners with a high risk of escaping can work in a workshop built inside the high wall; prisoners with serious danger can be put in the inner prison for strict surveillance, and even wearing Work in chains.

Preventing prisoner abuse, improving prisoners' living conditions, and employing some well-behaved misdemeanor prisoners to manage prison cells can effectively prevent escape from prison.

Of course, no matter how careful things are, the escape of prisoners cannot be completely eliminated, but is there a prison in the Dayuet Dynasty where escapes do not occur? Not to mention escape from prison, the prison where prisoner Mo Ming died of a sudden illness is the normal prison of the Da Yue Dynasty.

Changsun Geng is also a learned person. Even though Lin Fu's idea of ​​​​governing prison is completely different from the traditional way, after Lin Fu's detailed explanation, Changsun Geng can still accept some new things and new ideas. On the one hand, there are benefits and benefits to guide him, and on the other hand, the clearing of the prison has brought him a great impact. Even if Lin Fu is not on the prison island, Changsun Geng can still implement Lin Fu's idea of ​​​​governing the prison very well.

In addition to these things, Lin Fu also asked Changsun Geng to pay attention to selecting prisoners with good skills. After all, Prison Island has a lot to do in the future, whether it is fishing, growing vegetables, feeding livestock, spinning, weaving, making clothes, etc. Blacksmithing, boating, carpentry, prisoners with skills can solve a lot of trouble for them.

There are not many prisoners in prison on the island. Changsun Geng first spent two days to thoroughly sort out all the prisoners. He also specially set up the post of prisoner among the prisoners, and used the ten prisoners originally selected by Lin Fu to be responsible for the prison gate The daily management of the prison and the monitoring of changes among other prisoners even have the right to supervise the behavior of the guards in the cell, and severely suppress the cell boss who has been in the cell for a long time.

In fact, after Lin Fu used the new rules to greatly improve the prison conditions, most of these prisoners who came to prison because they couldn't pay the redemption money suddenly became much easier to manage.

Lin Mengde transported the supplies and tools to the prison island, and Changsun Geng sent the 40 or 50 male prisoners with the lowest risk of escape from prison and all the female prisoners out of the high walls to cut bamboo and trees, open up wasteland to build vegetable gardens, and livestock sheds.

It wasn't until the fifth day that Lin Jingzhong brought nearly 400 of the recruited homeless people with him.

Although these people are all settled in Moling County, there is no room for them in Moling County, and they have to rely on Jiyun Club to solve their survival. I thought it could be solved in two or three days, but after so many people dragged their families along, each household still has a mess of belongings, and a lot of troubles will arise. It was delayed for two days at Chaotianyi Ferry, and the talents gathered together; after arriving in Moling County, they were admitted to the Yellow Book, and a family member of the migrants who were recruited for labor failed to survive and died of illness in the county town, and it was delayed for another day in Moling County. In the end, more than a dozen trucks were hired from Moling County, and UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com brought these more than 400 people to the mouth of the Jinchuan River. The family of the refugee who died of illness, Lin Jingzhong also bought a coffin and carried an ox cart to the mouth of the Jinchuan River for burial.

Lin Jingzhong and the others rushed to the mouth of the Jinchuan River, and saw that they had built a few simple thatched huts on the dozen or so acres of land they had previously bought at the mouth of the Jinchuan River. The open space behind the thatched sheds was neatly piled with bricks, stones, bamboo and wood. , Qian Xiaowu and the four guys that Lin Mengde lent to Jiyun Club to stay there, neither Lin Fu nor Lin Mengde were seen.

"Hey, you guys are not slow!" Lin Jingzhong saw that all the materials for building the house were ready, he stopped Qian Xiaowu and asked, "Where are the young master and Uncle Mengde?"

"It's all on the island, Lord Lin just sent a boat of piglets to the island," Qian Xiaowu said, "Young master told you to come over and let you take the few refugees who applied for his famous posters to the island by boat. go up..."

"Uh..." Lin Jingzhong touched his forehead, and after thinking for a moment, he thought that five people came to apply for the recruitment with Lin Fu's famous post on the next morning at Chaotianyi Ferry. Chen Shuban of Moling County also said that Lin Fu was in He promised to take him in front of the Chaotian Inn, and he took Jiang directly without thinking much. He was so busy with all these things that if Qian Xiaowu hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten that there were five people, and he quickly ordered Lin Fu to leave it to him. He did not understand that Lin Fu would not let Cao Zi'ang and the others meet by boat at this time, but he wanted to take these five people to the prison island.

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