Lord of the House

After the rain, the sky was clear, and the sky was clear. Lin Fu was wearing a green official robe, standing on the **** of the river, overlooking the Zilang Mountain on the north bank. In the past few days, for the disaster relief work, his cheeks have been sunken, and it is more difficult to leave than to leave. Hekou just lost weight.

Zilang Mountain was formerly known as Langshan Mountain. Yang Jun, the former state shepherd, felt that the name of Langshan Mountain was indecent and changed it to Langshan Mountain. Because of the purple rocks on the mountain, the county people used to call it Zilang Mountain.

Hu Zhiyong saw Lin Fu overlooking Zilang Mountain from afar, and explained to him: "When I was young, Zilang Mountain was still an island in the middle of the river. The monk Jianxin crossed the sea and encountered wind and waves. More than ten people, these disciples built a temple on the top of the island, called Guangjiao Temple. The incense of Guangjiao Temple has lasted for more than 300 years, but because the temple was trapped in the river, it was inconvenient to travel by boat. There are many incense. In recent years, the sand at the northern foot of Zilang Mountain has been connected to the land, and the incense of Guangjiao Temple has gradually become more and more popular. In the past two years, a lot of construction has been carried out, and many temples and pavilions have been built from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain..."

Lin Fu looked back and saw that there were several busy figures of monks from Guangjiao Temple in the disaster relief camp.

He only has the name of assisting the local relief for the victims of Xisha Island, and naturally he cannot prevent others from coming to the island to participate in the disaster relief, not to mention that Guangjiao Temple is quite famous locally, Lin Fu can only let the Wu Qi faction secretly keep an eye on these monks.

"I have climbed the mountain and entered the incense, and there are monks and soldiers in the temple. I can't find out the exact number. The number is not too small. It is said that they are guarding against sea pirates. It's just that Zilang Mountain and Junshan Water Village are next to each other. Is it necessary to raise monks and soldiers?" Fu Qing He said softly, they had paid great attention to Chongzhou, and naturally they had already seen the abnormality on Zilang Mountain.

When the typhoon passed, he was in Pingjiang Prefecture, and after hearing that the refugees on Xisha Island suffered a catastrophe, the first thing he thought of was to prevent the luxury family from taking advantage of this. He couldn't contact Lin Fu for a while, so he put the others aside in advance and rushed to Xisha Island with people. He didn't expect Lin Fu to move faster. It has been two days for disaster relief on Xisha Island.

"Raising monks and soldiers, and building construction, just relying on the incense provided by the fishermen and believers there, I am afraid that it would be enough for the monks in the temple to tighten their belts and save for three hundred years." Lin Bie said with a small smile on the corner of his mouth.

The refugees stranded on Xisha Island were hit hard, and the Shejia should be the most able to see the opportunity. In the past few days, Lin Fu did not see the Shejia people show up. Maybe the people of the luxury family can only hide in the dark when they see that they have taken the lead.

It is easy to associate the suspiciousness of Guangjiao Temple with the extravagant family, but there is still a lack of sufficient evidence. If this is the case, the She family is really a good plan. In the future, the East Sea bandits will invade the Yangtze River on a large scale, and using Zilang Mountain as a transit is much more convenient than Shengsi Island, which is four or five hundred kilometers away.

"The situation on the river in this ten-mile radius is really not that complicated..." Fu Qinghe sighed slightly.

The appearance of Guangjiao Temple is suspicious and I will not say it.

Zilang Mountain is actually five adjacent hills in the middle of the river. Except for the main peak, Zilang Mountain, which is 35 feet high and whose northern foot is connected to the land, the other four hills are all in the middle of the river, with heights ranging from 156 feet to 223 feet. The husband does not wait.

Compared with the famous mountains and rivers in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the five Zilang Mountains are not worth mentioning, but in Hailing Mansion, which is a low-level silted plain, the topography of Zilang Mountain is very dangerous. The gateway is much more important than Xisha Island.

In the middle of the river south of Zilang Mountain, Junshan Island is only three miles around and the highest is 21 feet. The former dynasty set up a navy here, hence the name Junshan Island. Ninghai Town set up a military mountain and water village in the middle, with more than 600 officers and soldiers stationed in the water camp, more than 400 miscellaneous soldiers, and more than 40 warships of various types.

The military commander, deputy commander, and the generals stationed in the military are not others. The commander Xiao Baiming and the commander of the fifth battalion of the naval division Chen Qianhu are all the confidants of the deputy general of Ninghai Town, the commander of the sixth battalion of the naval division of Ninghai Town, and the commander of the Cavalry Commander Xiao Taoyuan. Both of them were involved in the boy robbery; the deputy governor Xiao Changze was the eldest son of Xiao Taoyuan.

Xiao Taoyuan's intentions are really clear at a glance. Let the eldest son and confidants lead the elite to monitor Chongzhou. If there is any trouble, Xiao Taoyuan can also withdraw from Pingjiang House to Junshan Island and then go to sea calmly.

Besides, after giving Xiao Taoyuan a calm arrangement for more than half a year, the more than 600 officers and soldiers and the more than 400 miscellaneous soldiers in the army should also be the elites that Xiao Taoyuan can master.

The situation in this ten-mile radius is not only complicated, it can be said to be extremely sinister.

Only then did Hu Zhiyong realize that this sharp sword was always hanging over the Hu family's head.

"The wind disaster on Xisha Island is really unfortunate and fortunate." Lin Fu said softly.

Fu Qinghe knew what Lin Fu meant, and the typhoon on Xisha Island was really a big misfortune for the refugees. In the past few days, they buried more than 8,600 drowned corpses on the island, and the number of missing persons was as high as 12,400. Such a catastrophe has not occurred since the establishment of the Dayue Dynasty.

In another day, the imperial court would have to send a special envoy to comfort such a catastrophe, but this time all the people who died were refugees, and the local people also pretended to be deaf and did not want to take responsibility. Lin Fu sent people to follow Li Shuyi of the Chongzhou County Book Office to inform Chen Kun, the magistrate of the disaster. After Chen Kun heard the number of casualties, he blew his beard and shook his head in denial: "The strong wind crossed the border, and the other part of Xisha Island was affected. The tiles of the houses in the town were removed, the tide recharged, and the seawalls collapsed in various places in Chongzhou accumulated more than 30 miles. With such a catastrophe, the number of people who drowned and disappeared in a county of Chongzhou was only more than 600. Based on this calculation, Xisha Island The drowning plus the number of missing two or three hundred people is sky-high..."

Lin Bie's nose was crooked. It was the local indifference and irresponsibility that caused the refugees who had no experience in preventing sea tides and typhoons to suffer such a huge loss. This was a natural disaster and even more man-made disaster. Take Chen Kun, the magistrate of Chongzhou, from the county seat to Xisha Island.

Think about it and give up. The real disaster situation, Lin Fu can only describe in detail in a private letter to Gu Wuchen. The meaning of taking care of Wuchen is to ask him to live in harmony with the local area; in the official letter, the disaster situation on Xisha Island can only be reported by Chongzhou County.

More than 20,000 people drowned and disappeared in the disaster, and finally it was whitewashed as more than 200 casualties. How can it not be a great misfortune for the displaced people?

Lin Fu and the others had no chance to intervene in Xisha Island. This time, the storm and tide recharged, and the local government shied the blame. Lin Fu passed through here and assumed the responsibility of disaster relief. Naturally, he also took all the power of Xisha Island in his own hands , for them it must be said that it is a blessing.

Of course, disaster relief is not an easy task. Lin Fu felt that the burden on his body was very heavy, he lifted the sleeves of his wide official robe, and said to Fu Qinghe and Hu Zhiyong, "I will drag Li Shuyi to Pingjiang House to raise food. , it's all up to you here, and we have to discuss many things carefully when we go back..."

Brothers Hu Zhiyong and Hu Zhicheng knew the truth about Changshan Island. For them, stepping on the thief ship Lin Fu was the only option for the Hu family.

Besides, Lin Fu was just an act of little power in the beginning. To save nearly 30 Chongzhou boys, he had to take some extraordinary measures.

In the eyes of Hu Zhiyong and Hu Zhicheng brothers, Lin Fu could have left it alone and went to Beijing to participate in the conference to try to gain higher fame without taking such a big risk. With his ability and talent, his future in the official career will be unlimited. ; instead, they felt that it was this matter that affected Lin Fu.

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Worried that Xiao Taoyuan was staring at Chongzhou; Lin Bie happened to rescue Hu Zhicheng, Hu Qiaoyi's uncle and nephew, and Hu's hired laborers in the middle of the river. Taking advantage of the situation to get closer to the Hu family, Xiao Taoyuan would not suspect anything, but other Chongzhou boys Lin Bie still can't get in touch with his family.

Hu Zhiyong invited some enlightened gentry from the county to come to the island to offer condolences to the victims and donate supplies. Chen Enze's father, Chen Lei, was also among them. He was always worried that too many people who knew the secret would make Xiao Taoyuan aware of the flaws. Lin Fu was also cruel to let Chen Enze Reluctantly avoid.

What was lacking most on Xisha Island was food. Both Hailing and Pingjiang were severely affected, and the price of food soared. Before, three coppers per pound of rough grain were now the same price as polished rice.

At the same time, Xia Cao of Jiangdong County has already been shipped. Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingcous brothers have all escorted the grain to Yanjing. Sun Wenbing, the son of Sun Jingtang, helped to transport 4,000 shi of grain from Jiangning for emergency, but it was only enough to consume Xisha Island for ten days. .

The daily supply of rice and grain in Xisha Island costs 200 taels of silver. To manage Xisha Island well, wave and windbreak forests are the key. Lin Bing resolutely stops the deforestation of the few forests that have grown up on Xisha Island. Even firewood and carbon must be removed from the island. With the shipment from abroad, plus other supplies, Lin Fu has to invest four hundred taels of silver a day on the island.

Lin Fu didn't feel bad about the money, but the key point was that most of the money in his hand could not be spent openly.

Afraid that Li Shuyi, the Chongzhou County Book Office, would cause trouble for him on the island, Lin Fu dragged Li Shuyi to Pingjiang House together. Before leaving, he gathered Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng, Zhou Pu and others to discuss the arrangement of everything.

"For disaster relief, 40,000 catties of food a day is enough on the island. If you take into account the resettlement, 60,000 catties of food a day may not be enough." Lin Mengde's longest calculation, how much food is consumed for how much labor, in his opinion I have a clear account in my heart.

"There is no oil or water, and there is no meat and food. People who do heavy physical work can't bear the hunger," Zhou Pu said. A few steamed buns. The county gentry invited by Mr. Hu’s family looked at it and almost flashed his tongue. In terms of resettlement, three catties of food a day for one person is conservative. There is no work to do, just so that we can fill our stomachs, we are hungry."

At the beginning of the disaster relief, besides setting up ten disaster relief camps in Guanyin Beach to house more than 26,000 victims, the most urgent task was to bury the bodies in time to prevent the spread of the epidemic. More than 2,000 strong men were organized from the disaster victims, and Lin Fu asked Zhou Pu to take charge of the matter personally. Twelve simple cemeteries were built on the island to bury the people who drowned in the disaster.

This work was dirty, tiring, and quite taboo. The treatment Lin Fu gave them was to eat with open stomachs, with little meat and fishy food, and the water in the river was turbid and turbid. They didn't get much harvest when they went fishing, but they were full of steamed buns and white rice.

The vast majority of these victims are landless tenant farmers. Even before they left their hometowns, they did not live a happy life full of white rice. After being displaced for more than half a year, grass stalks and bark were used to satisfy their hunger. The fierce light is like a wolf and a tiger. These few days of dirty work and tiring work, no one is lazy, but there are many people who bring steamed buns and steamed buns deep in their pockets and crotch to their families. Naturally, Lin Fu turns a blind eye on these things.

Lin Fu knew that the victims were suffering, but he couldn't let all the victims eat enough.

Ordinary victims are given wild vegetable porridge, twice a day, with half a catty of rice per day, and they are hungry and full, and they are not starved to death. In order to quantify, occasionally there is meat and fishy; for the dirtiest and most tiring work, naturally there is the treatment of steamed bread and rice.

After the corpse was buried, in order to prevent Chongzhou County from reading it, Lin Fu disbanded the 2,000 strong men temporarily organized on the spot and put them into ten disaster relief camps.

In fact, in addition to luck, physical fitness is also very important to survive a catastrophe. The tide is pouring in and the big waves are attacking. Even if you can catch the floating objects in time, you must persist until the tide recedes to survive. There are more than 26,000 disaster victims on the island, most of them are strong men and strong young women. The elderly, children and the infirm are drowned and disappeared especially tragically.

It is hard to imagine how serious the situation will be if these victims are to be controlled by the luxury family!

Lin Fu knew that Zhou Pu had something to say in his heart. He wanted to say that these disaster victims were starving. In order to have enough food, what else could they do?

Things are not as easy as imagined. Now unless the flag is raised to rebel, it is impossible to organize these victims closely on a large scale.

The local government in Chongzhou County would not agree, not even Gu Wuchen.

Lin Fu and Li Shuyi of the Chongzhou County Household Registration Office agreed that he would go to Pingjiang Prefecture to raise food, and he would choose 200 people from the disaster victims to accompany him, so as not to go to Pingjiang Prefecture to run out of staff. This is a relatively safe number that is not easy to doubt. Li Shuyi also delayed for a day to ask Chen Kun, the magistrate of Chongzhou, before replying to Lin Fu.

There are differences between people. Take Lin Jingzhong and Lin Mengde as an example. After a few more years, Lin Jingzhong may not be inferior in his ability to do things, but Lin Mengde's influence is beyond Lin Jingzhong's for a while.

Before the chaos in Hongzepu, Lin Jingzhong was capable and motivated, but he could hardly attract any people when he returned to Linli. Although Lin Mengde was a descendant of the Lin clan, he was able to respond to Lin Fula's hundreds of people. It's not a problem to come out - this is the difference in influence and prestige.

At this time, Lin Fu wanted to select 200 people from the disaster victims to go to Pingjiang House to raise food together. Some of the "Lin Mengde" type of staff should be selected to go, and some of the "Lin Jingzhong" type of staff should also be selected to go. This arrangement will not only make the remaining victims more stable, but will also be able to surround these two hundred people in the future, so that the influence of this disaster relief can be maintained to the greatest extent in the long run.

The refugees on Xisha Island have no household registration information in the first place. After the disaster, it was even more chaotic. When the disaster relief camp was set up, it was only superficially divided by cadastre. To really grasp the information of more than 20,000 people, it was not possible to do it in a day or two. thing.

Lin Fu also has enough manpower available. After all, there are 200 soldiers who came with the boat, and there are more than 100 boatmen, handymen, and the Hu family. However, there are many disaster relief tasks. He, Lin Mengde, Fu Qinghe and others worked tirelessly to participate, and seized the limited time to communicate with more victims. In order to do this, Lin Fu even bought grain from Hailing Mansion at a high price in the early stage and did not rush to Pingjiang Mansion to raise grain.

Lin Fu set up the disaster relief camp at Guanyin Beach in the northeast of Xisha Island. Apart from the fact that it is the closest to Chongzhou and overlooks Zilang Mountain and Junshan Water Village in the north, the Hu family has several hundred mu of sugarcane forest in the south of Guanyin Beach. In the future, these victims will naturally be resettled with Guanyin Beach as the center, which will facilitate the Hu family's relocation to Xisha Island and continue to increase their influence among the victims.

In order to avoid suspicion, Lin Fu will remove all the people who belong to him on the bright side in the future. Except for the people left in the dark, only the Hu family can directly rely on the control of Xisha Island.

Chongzhou really wants to resettle the refugees on Xisha Island. Naturally, the locals should select the gentry to be the chief and the head of the Xisha Island to be responsible for local affairs on the Xisha Island. What excuse is there not to choose brothers Hu Zhiyong and Hu Zhicheng?

The local relationship between Lin Fu and Chongzhou County is definitely irreparable. He only saved lives for Hu Zhicheng and Hu Qiaoyi in name, so the Lahu family participated in the disaster relief work together; but the Hu family still belonged to the local gentry class, waiting for Lin Fu. Once they left, there was no substantial conflict between them and Chongzhou County.

Besides, Lin Fu was covered by Gu Wuchen at this time, not to mention Chen Kun, the magistrate of Chongzhou, and Hailing House didn't dare to really tear up with Lin Fu.

At present, in addition to Li Shuyi, Lin Fu is in contact with the local government of Chongzhou County, through Hu Zhiyong and Hu Zhicheng brothers, to create the momentum that Hu Zhiyong and Hu Zhicheng brothers are representatives of local disaster relief.

"It's good for the Hu family to be on the island in the sugarcane fields," Lin Bie said while tapping his fingers on the table board, while thinking over and over, "We can't wait for the county secretary to come up with the specific resettlement guidelines for the victims and then calmly lay out the hundreds of acres of sugarcane fields. If you use it well, we will take the lead. The craftsmen transferred from Jiangning will be able to go to the island tomorrow. After I go to Pingjiang Mansion, you will build the enclosure first. In addition, we purchased and shipped blue bricks, lime, charcoal slag, bamboo and wood bars and other materials from Danyang. I think the width of the outer wall should not be less than three feet. I will give you a rough picture, how to build it, and wait for the craftsmen Come here, you discuss and decide..."

Although Xisha Island is a deserted island, the nature of the land on the island belongs to official land. Even apart from this, Lin Fu couldn't build a large-scale building in Guanyin Beach that could accommodate 80 to 100 households until the county governor, Hailing Prefecture, and Chongzhou County did not come up with specific policies for resettlement of refugees. The large enclosures of the households were built to accommodate the refugees.

The Hu family had a sugar workshop and needed to plant a large area of ​​sugarcane forests, so they spent some money to bribe officials from Chongzhou County to get more than 300 mu of sugarcane fields in Guanyin Beach. Lin Fu could also use the name of the Hu family to build two inner buildings in this sugarcane field to have a foothold.

The She family should be able to see the disaster-hit Dali on Xisha Island~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At this time, the She family has not come forward, but they have to guard against it. The suspicious appearance of Guangjiao Temple in Zilang Mountain and Xiao Taoyuan's deployment in Junshan Shuizhai are always a threat. There is no solid and reliable foothold on Xisha Island. No matter how strong Lin Bie leaves on the island, he will be fatally attacked at any time.

First, build the inner enclosure in the name of the Hu family. In an emergency, hundreds of people can be evacuated and guarded. Once the specific resettlement regulations for refugees are released, the central enclosure and outer buildings can be expanded outside the inner enclosure. A large enclosure with an outer layer covering a middle layer and an inner layer is like a solid fortress. The sturdy and thick perimeter can not only prevent bandits and bandits, but also prevent typhoons from passing through and the inflow of sea tides.

The unstable terrain of Xisha Island is also a headache. In the tidal surge of the river and the sea and the rainstorm, the natural polder is very easy to collapse, and the short-term and limited solution is to build a stone dam. Lin Fu hopes that a small section of stone dam can be built first in Jiangwanzi in Guanyin Beach, so that they can have a reliable mooring point on the riverside for small and medium-sized ships to dock.

At this time, "Jiyun 1" and "Jiyun 2" stopped at the heart of the river, and used the assault canoes with a load of only 14 or 5 stone to transfer the supplies ashore. There were so many disaster victims concentrated on Guanyin Beach, so I didn't feel that it was so troublesome.

In addition to picking out some strong people from the refugees to maintain the basic order of the disaster relief camp, Lin Fu envoy Zhou Pu led half of the military guards to stay in case, and also temporarily left the Dongyang to Lin Mengde, Fu Qinghe, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng and others. Lin Fu took the loach master Ge Cunxin, Ao Canghai, Wu Qi, half of the Wuwei, and more than 200 selected victims of the disaster on the two ships "Jiyun 1" and "Jiyun 2" to Pingjiang Prefecture to raise food.

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