Lord of the House

There were more than 1,000 Shanglin villagers on the Hekou side. Although everyone fled, they were also worried about the safety of their relatives, friends and old friends who stayed in Shanglin. After all, the Hekou side was much busier than before, just like the prosperous town.

The night was dark, the candles were burning high in the thatched cottage, and there were two exquisite copper oil lamps on the desk. Discuss the future of the Lin family in the hall.

In May, when the weather is getting hot, the hall is discussing affairs, and the doors and windows are all open. Occasionally, a night wind comes in and blows the copper oil lamps and candles to flicker. It also makes people feel that the current situation is so precarious. The family is also in the waves, which is shocking.

Speaking of the sadness, the three ladies, the third lady, the sixth lady, and the young lady, couldn't help crying again.

And no matter what, the current situation is difficult to determine, and everyone has to temporarily settle down in Jiangning. There was no one who could make up his mind on many things before. The third son came here on behalf of the second master, Lin Tingli. He was considered to have someone who could make up his mind, and the arrangement was urgent.

Lin Tingxun's coffin was parked at the estuary. Even if the conditions of the estuary were difficult, it was necessary for several wives and young ladies, young masters, Master Sun and even Lin Xulu and his wife to observe filial piety at the estuary. Unless Lin Tingxun's body was moved to the city, it would be disrespectful and unfilial to move the coffin casually.

Lin Fula Dongyang Township Party built the estuary together. Lin Mengde was the first to put money in. Several houses he invested in the back street were about to be completed, and he immediately expressed that he would give the best house to several wives and others The young lady, the young master, and the young master Sun moved in temporarily.

The layout of Lin Mengde's several houses is similar to Jiyunju. There are three courtyards in the front yard, the main yard and the back yard. There are two houses next to each other, which can be opened up to form a large house.

Although this mansion is far from being comparable to the Lin family mansion in Lindu, it is a rare and good mansion on the newly built site on the Hekou side, where several ladies, young masters, young master Sun, maids and wives can live there. Go in, and then hire a few reliable helpers from the refugee villagers, and life can barely settle down.

"Uncle Mengde's house can't be lived in vain. I think the family can buy it directly at double the cost..." Lin Xulu said.

"I don't dare, I don't dare, I have some savings in my hand, which is also given by my family," Lin Mengde said. The three young masters don't want to mention anything that is not worth money."

"Uh..." Lin Tingxun's nephew, the chief steward of Linji Warehouse, and the seventh oldest of the family's children, Lin Xuhong, coughed lightly and said, "The current situation is difficult to determine. This side is next to Jiangning City, which is safer than the countryside. Ten times, a hundred times. The Hekou side is also a newly built land. The Lin family buys a house here, buys some more land, and has the old seventeen to take care of them. In Jiangning, it is not a customer. It is also good to have another place to stay..." Yanxia The meaning is not only to temporarily settle in the estuary, but to buy a fixed family business here.

Gu Yingxiu glanced at Lin Fu and saw that Lin Fu was sitting upright, as if this matter really had nothing to do with him.

Among many people, the three clan elders may say that they still have some old brains. After all, they are too old and do not want to toss; Lin Xuhong, who has not yet reached his thirties, is the best to win over.

In addition to housing the surrounding houses for ordinary people, the shops and houses built by the Dongyang Township Party along the North-South Long Street and Back Street have also begun to take shape.

The current Hekou side is not as prosperous as the city, and its prosperity is far less than that of Longzangpu and Quyang Town in the south of the city. The Dongyang Township Party originally intended to throw the money over. One was that Lin Fu gave the land for free, and the other was that they wanted to give face to Gu Wuchen. The Xiangyang Township Party is very active in participating. Anyway, they have invested money in and have a house there, but they have no intention of moving in or moving their business here for the time being. There are Lin Fu and Lin Mengde who are in the middle of contact. It is not difficult for the Lin family to buy the soon-to-be-built shop and house from them at a high price.

From the perspective of future generations, this group of Dongyang Township Party should be regarded as the most primitive real estate investors.

The old seven Lin Xuhong suggested that the family directly set up the family business in Hekou. Lin Xulu frowned for a moment and asked the ladies, "What do you think about the third aunt, the sixth aunt, the seventh aunt, and the second sister-in-law?" He said, "When the old seventeen had been established in the Hekou for less than five months, the Hekou already looked like this, and it was really not easy. I don't know when the chaos in Hong Zepu will be pacified, since the old seventeen and Mr. Gu both proposed Dongyang. The township party builds the estuary together, and our Lin family shouldn't be left behind..." He was already inclined to buy his family business directly in the estuary.

The chaos in Hongzepu was a bit menacing, and he also complained that there were too many refugees stranded on both sides of the Shiliang River and around Hongzepu. Liu Aner raised the flag to almost a hundred responses, and there were not enough troops in Jiangdong County to suppress the rebellion. Lin Xulu had to consider if the rebels were a threat When he arrived at Dongyang Mansion City, his family would also take refuge in Jiangning.

It is better to buy a family business now than to be a lost dog at that time.

Of course, Lin Xulu originally wanted to go directly to the city to buy a house, but Lin Tingxun's body was buried in the river mouth, and no one could live in the city.

According to the "service system", sons, wives and concubines must observe filial piety for twenty-seven months, which is often referred to as three years of filial piety. Lin Xulu has to do at least 100 days of filial piety on behalf of his father, but Lin Xulu knew in his heart that the coffin was parked at the mouth of the river every day. The ladies stayed at the mouth of the river, and he couldn't leave here either.

Lin Xulu thought that almost before the chaos in Hong Zepu was settled, everyone would have to live in the estuary.

"The Lin family is also prosperous because of the water. I heard from the old man that Shanglin Ferry was very desolate at first." The young lady Ma thought that she could rely on Lin Bie if she stayed in the river mouth, otherwise her mother-in-law and the third lady could eat her to death. , she interjected, "I'm a woman and I don't understand anything, but after seeing this place in the past few days, it may not have the weather of going to Lindu in the future."

Young Madam Ma's father is an old scholar who has been reading books for several years since he was a child.

Many buildings on the estuary side have not been built, but the plan has already taken shape.

There is a cross street pattern on the side of the estuary. The north-south long street from the Jiangan pier is directly connected to the chariot and horse access road and goes straight to the Donghuamen official road.

It is said that it is only 400 steps long, and the back street is only 300 steps long. The Dongyang Township Party mainly builds shops and houses around the north and south long streets and back streets. From the perspective of Lin Funa's later generations, it is really pitiful. However, in the present day, the north-south long street, the back street and the river bank wharf, the river bank wharf, two stacks covering an area of ​​30 to 40 acres, and several large enclosing houses on the west side, each of which can accommodate a hundred households, have made the river mouth already large. The atmosphere of the town.

Ma's remarks, even the third lady who had the worst relationship with her had to nod her head in yes.

Moreover, the chariot and horse access road connecting the Donghuamen official road has been finally built. Jiyun Society is hiring people to plant trees such as willow, peach and elm on both sides of the chariot and horse access road. The carriageway is very convenient.

Besides, the cash that the Lin family brought out this time was nearly 200,000 taels, which was not too scary to write down on paper. If the price of the land in Jiangning is calculated, 200,000 taels of silver can buy 30,000 mu of paddy fields in Jiangning. In terms of area, it is almost equal to seventy or eighty times the land occupied by the estuary. From this, we can see how huge this wealth is.

Buying real estate in Hekou would cost at most three or five thousand taels of silver, which was not even a big gift to the Gu family.

It has been really hard to come to Hekou these few days, but the owner of the house is dead in the Hekou, and no one can bring it into the city to live.

The third lady and the sixth lady felt that they would spend money, have a big house to live in, and hold the house deed in their hands. Besides, it might prosper here, so they agreed without any hesitation.

Lin Fu also hurriedly agreed to ask Jingzhong to help them coordinate and dispatch more craftsmen to build the house that Lin's family handed over from the Dongyang Township Party so that everyone could move in as soon as possible.

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Lin Mengde insisted on letting go of the Lin family's affairs in Jiangning. After all, Lin Xuhong and several other stewards and shopkeepers who escaped from Shanglin had nothing to do in Jiangning; it also showed that Lin Fu did not have anything to do with the properties of the Lin family. position.

It is well known that Lin Mengde and Lin Fu got close in Jiangning.

Lin Xulu and several wives persuaded Lin Mengde for a while, and seeing that Lin Mengde insisted, they naturally agreed, so that there was no need to worry that Lin Fu would invade the family property. After all, apart from robbing, Lin Bie no longer has any other means of encroachment. The Lin family belonged to the Shixun family, and Lin Tingli and Lin Xuwen held important positions in the court and local officials. Of course, there was no need to worry that others would come to openly **** the family property.

The affairs of the Lin family in Jiangning were naturally taken over by Lin Xuhong and several other stewards and shopkeepers.

For specific and trivial matters, let alone a few wives, Lin Xulu couldn't handle it either. Lin Xuhong and several other stewards had always trusted him, so naturally there was no need to change people at this time.

In fact, most of the Lin family's business in Jiangning is to resell the products produced by Dongyang Mansion, especially the sales of tea, rice, paper, oil and other products are particularly large.

To say that the Lin family is the first noble family in Dongyang Mansion is not empty words. The fact that they can bring nearly 200,000 taels of silver in a hurry to escape shows that the Lin family has accumulated a strong family for nearly ten generations.

The Lin family resells hundreds of thousands of shi of rice grains every year in the Jiangning prefectures, and once monopolized the Dongyang tea sold to other places. The Lin family has 18 oil mills along the banks of the Shanglin River. The oil mills drive the waterwheel of the mill. There are 60 of them, and there are 400 oxen for grinding. The Linjia Paper Factory produces tens of thousands of baskets of paper every year, which are resold by Linji Warehouse to various provinces in Jiangdong.

The loss of Shanglinli to the Lin family is incalculable.

Similarly, after the fall of Shanglinli, many affairs of the Lin family in Jiangning were also seriously affected.

In Jiangning, the main industry of the Lin family is at the mouth of the Sancha River in Longzangpu in the south of the city. There is a large warehouse with an area of ​​20 acres. In the prosperous part of the city, there are 17 or 8 shops selling rice, grain, oil, tea and paper goods. Wait for Dongyang/Property.

There are also three other residences, one is a delicate and unique courtyard where Lin Mengde lives in his own house; a large house facing the street has Dongyang Guild Hall which also operates a restaurant and an inn, and a private garden is vacant to receive family members who come to Jiangning.

Not counting the value of the warehouses, shops, and houses, the Lin family's silver deposits and inventories in Jiangning would add up to more than 40,000 taels of silver.

Lin Mengde immediately handed over the Lin family's business in Jiangning.

Lin Mengde was so knowledgeable that Zhao Xulu, the third lady, the sixth lady, the young lady, the three clan elders, Zhao Xuhong and others were all very pleased. They all felt that the family owner did not trust the wrong person or use the wrong person when he was alive.

Lin Mengde stepped out, and Zhao Xuhong and other managers took over, and it was not particularly difficult. After all, there were large and small shopkeepers in charge of various industries. These shopkeepers were mostly children of their hometowns, and many of them were clansmen.

Zhao Xuhong and other stewards who came from Shanglin were not without worries.

For these industries in Jiangning, the Lin family used a total of 245 people, including shopkeepers, clerks, and guards and guards in various places, especially the warehouse in Longpu in the south of the city. The stock there usually is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there are more than 40 people in Wuwei alone (actually the elite Xiangyong recruited from Shanglin).

Before the Hongzepu chaos broke out, the Lin family's own fleet had just shipped a batch of goods to Jiangning. The fleet of Linji Warehouse mainly took the waterway from Linli to Jiangning. The boats were all Dongyang wooden boats with a capacity of 100 or 200 stones. There were 22 boats, and there were more than 140 boatmen and sailors.

In addition, seventy or eighty shopkeepers and clerks escaped from Shanglin to Jiangning.

Apart from Dongyang Guild Hall which also operates restaurants and inns, other business operations of the Lin family in Jiangning are mainly resale from Dongyang/Property. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com has now fallen into Shanglinli, and the warehouses, shops, and fleet have all lost their livelihoods for a while. After all, the Lin family will return to Shanglinli in the future. After nearly 500 people can't be disbanded, no matter how difficult it is to maintain a living, the settlement fee must be paid regularly.

"You want to raise so many people?" The sixth lady, Shan Rou, sighed in surprise after hearing Lin Mengde's words. She came from a small family and had a good skin. Regardless of the Lin family's affairs, they don't know how huge the Lin family's family is.

Lin Xulu was not very clear about the specific affairs of the Lin family. He was quite surprised when he heard Lin Mengde give the details. He pretended to be calm and said: "With these shops, we can buy some supplies from other places to maintain them, but raising these people is impossible. question…"

"It should be possible to barely maintain it." Lin Mengde said.

The Lin family's operations in Jiangning are mostly bulk transactions, and the bulk product trade in various places is monopolized by local rich merchants. If other families rush to Shanglin to buy Dongyang/products such as tea, paper, rice oil, etc., the Lin family will naturally obstruct and destroy them in every possible way, and vice versa. Lin Mengde knew that things were far from being as simple as what Lin Xulu said, but he and Lin Fu felt that it would be better for the Lin family to run into obstacles elsewhere.

In short, Lin Mengde gave up all these tedious tasks, and could also assist Lin Fu to do other things.

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