Lord of the House

Lin Fu has opened the river embankment pier to the outside world, allowing cargo and passenger ships and ferries from other places to park here. The cloth yarn, pickled fresh fish, ironware, vegetables and other items from Prison Island are also invited by Jiyun Society to the city's merchants to come to the river mouth to sell. Although it will take time to build the access road for carriages and horses, and it is a little inconvenient to come from the Donghuamen official road, but the price of goods at the estuary is lower than that of Quyang Town; merchant ships and ferries park at the estuary, and the goods berth into the grass. It is sold in the market, and the lijin collected is also very low, and there are no other officials to exploit.

There are no restaurants, inns and other shops here, and there are no outsiders left at night. Thousands of recruiters, refugees from the army, and children from Dongyang’s native town live here. It was also very lively inside the fence. It was only in the evening when there were no ferries docked at the pier, and most of the pedestrians inside the estuary fence wore coarse clothes.

Lin Fu took a boat back to the mouth of the river, and noticed the two scribes from a distance. He saw that there were several strong men with swords around, and he thought they were the guards of the two scribes. After the opening of the embankment pier, there is naturally no reason for the estuary side to stop the characters mixed with dragons and snakes from entering. After landing, Lin Fu finally saw the faces of the two. The young scribe was also thirty-one or two years old, with a slender face, short beards, a long gown, and a hunchback; , eyes are long and narrow, Zhuo Ran stands at a high place and looks extraordinary.

Li Zhuo's car driving **** team has entered Jiangning and walked slowly. After calculating the itinerary, they will arrive at Jiangning City like a snail the day after tomorrow. When crossing Xianxia Ridge, I quickly rode in plainclothes and left with three or five escorts. In the name of the Qing bandits, all the more than 1,000 arresting cavalry under his name were sent to the southern line. Three days ago, seeing the two and the other standing on the bow of the light boat, Lin Fu was suspicious. When he got closer, he saw that the appearance of the middle-aged scholar was exactly the same as that of Li Zhuo described by others, and then he knew that Li Zhuo Zhuo Zhen arrived in Jiangning first and thought to himself: Could that young man be Gao Zongting, a famous scholar in western Zhejiang? It is said that after Dong Yuan and Li Zhuo fell out, Gao Zongting also left the army, but he and Li Zhuo appeared in Jiangning at the same time.

Following the gazes of Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting, the Dongyang was blasting toward the sky, and a white wave was dragged out from the stern. Lin Fu didn't know how long the two stood here watching the Dongyang's training. . Zhou Pu stayed on the prison island to assist Zhao Hu in training the new military pawns and military guards, but Lin Fu came ashore with guards and military pawns, and Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting were also accompanied by guards with swords. When they got up, Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting turned around. Gao Zongting bowed to Lin Fuzuo and said, "Lord Lin, is it convenient for you to take a step to speak?"

"What do you have to teach Master Gao and the commander-in-chief?" Lin Fuzuo asked.

Gao Zongting was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Lin Fu to see through their identities, but Li Zhuo smiled and pointed to the Dongyang sailboat in Chaotian Dangli, saying, "I'm here to watch, Dongyang and the four-carriage ship enter separately. Combining strikes seems to be the method of training in water camps, you must know military affairs too?"

"The commander-in-chief, swaying toward the sky and the open waters, has always been a place to accept bandits and hide bandits. It is necessary to be proficient in preventing bandits and rejecting bandits. The method of training in water camps is also a little bit of understanding by oneself..." Lin Bie said that it is common for powerful and giant clans to have private soldiers these days. He used the water camp method to train the Dongyang in Chaotian, which is not a shocking move. The only regret is that he cannot equip the Dongyang with heavy equipment. . He felt strange again in his heart: When did Li Zhuo come to Jiangning, how could he be so clear about the situation in Hekou? He glanced at Gao Zongting and knew that Li Zhuo could easily leave the army, but Gao Zongting could be his eyes and ears.

"Uh," Li Zhuo responded lightly, looking thoughtfully at the vast water surface, "I see this ship, there is a transverse compartment between the belly of the cabin, and the sides are also made of solid wood, such a strong ship, Cruising the Yangtze River seems to be overkill..."

The inland river has small winds and waves, and some sailboats do not even use the keel to save shipbuilding costs; Dongyang adopts a watertight compartment structure, and the whole ship is divided into eleven compartments. The damage of one compartment will not affect other cabins, and the watertight compartments are used for watertight compartments. The thick wood divides the cabin horizontally, and also increases the lateral firmness of the hull. In addition, the Dongyang uses a whole section of long wood with the same specifications as the keel on both sides to reinforce the hull for the second time. There is no doubt that Lin Fu bought the Dongyang and asked for reinforcement of the Longjiang Shipyard for the purpose of HNA. If it is only sailing in the inland rivers, it is really overkill.

Lin Fu didn't know that Li Zhuo's knowledge of boats and boats was not shallow, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of such people. Lu Dasheng is just around the corner. However, in the past ten years, the inland rivers and roads have fallen into disrepair. Whether it is Baisha River or Shiliang River, it is difficult to travel a thousand stone boats. The only way is to go by sea. Jiyunshe bought the Dongyang to prepare for selling rice to Haijin. In addition to the Dongyang, Jiyunshe also purchased two large ships..." Changshan Island is the most rigorous secret he guards. , as long as his relationship with Changshan Island is not leaked, no one will be able to dispel his lies.

"Nothing else, the grain that is normally transported to Yanjing from the southeast should be more than 6 million stone each year, and the actual cost of water transportation is nearly 3 million taels per year. This does not include the daily dredging cost of the waterway. In the event of river flooding or drought in the north It is precisely when the north needs a lot of rice and grain for disaster relief, but the water roads are often blocked due to the impact of floods or shallow water, so that the disaster in the north is more serious." Gao Zongting heard Lin Fu say that Jiyun Club intends to use large sailboats to travel. To sell rice to the north by sea, talk about the advantages and disadvantages of inland water transportation.

Lin Fu Xiaoyi replied: "During the Qingtang period, the imperial court also switched to sea transportation. During that time, a large number of eight-masted giant sails were built, and a ship could carry 30,000 to 40,000 stone. It was just in order to save the cost of shipbuilding at that time, the Ministry of Household allocated it to Due to the limited amount of money in each shipyard, further deductions made the eight-masted giant ship relatively weak against wind and waves, resulting in frequent overturning accidents in sea shipping. In addition, at that time, the government and the public relied on inland waterway transportation for their livelihoods, and sea transportation was carried out by waterway. Naturally, he also tried his best to attack, so that the sea route and waterway transportation was cancelled after five years of trial operation... However, due to the superficial knowledge of the post, the rectification of the inland waterway and waterway was not a year or two years. If it increases, the drawbacks of the inland waterway may be highlighted, and it will even exacerbate the grain shortage in the north, and merchants will be profitable to trade by sea."

"Oh, so that's the case, it's a far-sighted move..." Li Zhuo replied softly, without any special words, so people couldn't guess what he was thinking.

Haijin is located 200 miles east of Yanjing. If there are goods arriving in Yanjing from the south by sea, Haijin is the most important transshipment port in the east of Yanjing. Lin Fu squinted at the Dongyang ship, which was swaying in the sky. He just said half of what he said. Half-truth. If the pirates are not considered, and only the sailboats with a load of thousands of stones are counted, at this time, it takes only half a month for a thousand stone meters to sail north from Chongzhou to Yanjing at the fastest time, and a round trip only takes more than two months. Labor losses can net 300 taels of silver; shipping goods from the north to the south for sale can make another profit. In addition to the lack of navigation during the wind and rainy season, it is really profitable to be able to run three or four round trips a year. If the Dayue Dynasty can be rejuvenated and ruled, Lin Fie would like to be a free and happy sea businessman, but the Dayue Dynasty is in a precarious and gloomy state, and the rule of ZTE is probably unpredictable.

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"Master Lin, you were originally here..." Zhao Qinmin wanted to find Lin Fu for something, and when he saw him talking to someone on the pier, he came over to greet him from a distance, and approached with a puzzled plan, the strangers Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting glanced, and was about to talk to Lin Fu, but he felt that it was inconvenient to speak in front of outsiders, so he only asked, "Are these two friends of Lord Lin?"

"Mr. Zhao came by coincidence. It happened that the commander-in-chief and Lord Gao took Fu Linhekou privately. I really want someone to report to Lord Gu," Lin Fu said. He didn't care what Li Zhuo was thinking, he ordered the guard Wu The pawn, "Go to Prison Island and let Yang Dianwei lead a team of military pawns to Hekou to guard the commander-in-chief and Lord Gao. The chief inspector reported to the deputy envoy Gu, saying that the commander-in-chief and Gao came to the mouth of the river..."

"..." Li Zhuo then came back to his senses and stopped, "You don't need to do this, we'll stay for a while and then leave."

"It's really hard to obey your orders," Lin Fuzuo said, "the commander-in-chief is coming to Jiangning, and the subordinates will not report any information. If the commander-in-chief has an accident outside the city, the black gauze hat on the subordinate's head is not enough to justify the crime. Instructor, don't make it difficult for the post..."

There are only two or three people in the southeastern counties who are worthy of the title of "supervisor". Zhao Qinmin instantly knew who the two men dressed as scribes were in front of him. See the commander-in-chief, Lord Gao…”

Li Zhuo saw that the two guards and soldiers accompanied by Lin Fu quickly left and reported to various places after receiving the order. He knew that it was difficult to continue to conceal his whereabouts in Jiangning. Lin Fu and Zhao Qinmin accompany him to walk around the estuary casually.

Yang Shi quickly led a team of prison guards to the Hekou; the inspector Jia Pengyu and the deputy envoy Gu Wuchen did not rush over, so Yang Pu led more than 200 chariots to strengthen the guard of the Hekou just in case; Yang Pu There is still an important task to verify Li Zhuo's identity. It is impossible for a large group of officials in Jiangning to run over to greet him, but the result is an impostor. After nightfall, the Jianrui Battalion of the Jiangning Guard Town Army took over the defense of the estuary with a warrant signed by Qin Chengbo, Wang Xueshan, Jia Pengyu and others, and a few more warships patrolled the waterways outside the estuary.

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