Lord of the House

Under the night, the moon was a little darker, and the lights from the corner towers surrounding the house and the lighthouse at the southwest corner of the prison island hit the pier on the riverbank. People suddenly found that the Dongyang, which had left the estuary for several months, had quietly returned to Jiangning.

The Hexiang Tower to the east of the North-South Long Street is the property owned by the Fan family in Hekou, and is also used to be called the Xiaofan Building. However, its scale and shape are far from comparable to the fifth floor of the city with overlapping eaves. , the wing building is only two stories high, and the courtyard has only three entrances. The new house sandwiched between the north and south long streets is not conspicuous.

It's not that the vassal family is reluctant to give up money. When they bought this new house from the Dongyang Township Party, and rushed to open the business within three months, it was inconvenient to carry out drastic renovation and expansion.

The Xiaofan Building is still a prosperous place in the estuary where the industry is beginning to flourish. After all, it is the shadow of people and the bark of trees. It is the thatched shack built by the Fan family in the estuary. The wine, the delicious food, the gentleman in Tsing Yi is fair and gentle, the wine maid in red and green clothes is charming and charming, and occasionally there is the singing voice of Su Mei.

Strange to say, in the days when Xiaofan Tower opened, Chen Qingqing, a pillar of Xiubai Tower who never ran outside, also came to this Xiaofan Tower to show off his dance.

This not only made the Xiaofan Building lively, but also made the scene of the twenty-fifth city of Jiangning in Hekou.

In the north wing of the Xiaofan Building, when you open the window, you can see the Jiang'an Pier. Yuan Jinsheng sits cross-legged on the finely woven mat and looks out the window at the Dongyang merchant ship docked on the pier.

Said to be a merchant ship, chest-high parapet guards were erected on both sides of the Dongyang, and the top deck of the stern cabin and the fore deck were covered with linoleum.

The water battles at Luoyang Lake and Meixi Lake were not airtight either. Yuan Jinsheng knew that the top deck and fore deck of the Dongyang's aft cabin were covered with linoleum, which were bed crossbows and catapults.

Judging from the record of Dongyang's retreat from Luoyang Lake, and the fact that the Meixi Lake mouth can flank three ships and completely wipe out the enemy of one ship, Dongyang should be regarded as a large-scale warship of the Huaihe River, and it is Jiangning Water Camp. There are only five or six sturdy warships comparable to the hull of the Dongyang.

Lin Fu's return from Luoyang Lake can be said to be lucky. The Battle of Hekou can also be said that the Taihu thieves who attacked Hekou are all rabble, and the Qu family is too stupid, but after entering Taihu from Lin Fu, they have performed well and can no longer take it. Luck or the foolishness of the enemy has eclipsed the light on him.

Although the **** battle in Jiyang was mainly based on Gu Wuchen's guards and cavalry, it also increased Gu Wuchen's reputation in Jiangdong again, but those who really knew the details knew that Lin Fu and his guards played a central role in the **** battle of Jiyang.

Lin Bie's edge is hard to hide. Although the number of Jiyun Wuwei, who was incorporated into Dongyang Township Yong and was able to have an official name, is very limited, it is undeniably an elite force with a rock-solid fighting will.

If Dongyang Township Yong, who has 4,000 people in the reorganization, can be so elite, Hongzepu Liu An'er's department probably cannot pose a threat to Dongyang.

It was already clear within the Gu Department that Lin Fu would not be involved in Dongyang Xiangyong's military affairs, but the outside world speculated that if Gu Wuchen aimed at Li Zhuo, in the eyes of outsiders, Dong Yuan or Chen Zhihu was not a level that Lin Fu could not reach.

Dong Yuan is now the prefect of Weiyang of the fourth rank, and Chen Zhihu is the important general of the court from the third rank. Unless the Western Qin Party loses power, the future of Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu is even more limitless. Even so, the court still cannot but reuse Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu.

Yuan Jinsheng thought randomly, footsteps sounded in the outer corridor, and Fan Ding's voice sounded: "Prince, the second son is resting in this room..." He frowned slightly, not understanding why the eldest brother suddenly When he arrived at Hekou, he was in a daze when the door was pushed open from the outside, and Yuan Jinsheng saw his elder brother Yuan Jinqiu walk in carelessly.

Yuan Jinsheng's brows frowned deeper: Chen Qingqing, this woman and Mu Guogong, Zeng old man, are not clear, and the elder brother still has to get involved, making Yongchang Houfu a dirty topic after dinner in Jiangning City, and it will hinder his reputation.

"Why is the second brother so leisurely that he hides here to drink alone, and he doesn't find a girl to talk to?" Yuan Jinqiu shook the delicately trimmed mustache on his lips, sat cross-legged on the mat, and looked out the window at the docks moored at the pier. Dongyang No. smiled and said to Chen Qingqing, "My second brother has always regarded himself very highly, but this Lin Fu made him look away." Greeting Chen Qingqing to sit down beside him, get the Huai Cup, pick up the jug, and take care of himself I poured myself a drink.

Fan Ding listened to the arrogant remarks of the eldest son, and knew that the second son would not be happy when he heard it, and also knew that Lord Hou loves the second son more, but he could only stand there and laugh awkwardly, and he could not drive the eldest son out. In the future, the one who will inherit the title will always be this unruly son in front of him.

Chen Qingqing smiled warmly and held a pot to pour wine for the two brothers Yuan Jinqiu and Yuan Jinsheng. He heard old man Zeng say that the ancestor of Yongchang Houfu was the younger brother of Emperor Gaozu, and he had the opportunity to ascend to the throne. One step ahead, the military power was swayed, and he was demoted to Jiangning without even getting a king. Although it was hereditary Yongchang Hou, but after all, it was raised in captivity, and the descendants were inevitably a little resentful.

Chen Qingqing glanced out the window and saw a few people from the Dongyang ship, accompanied by Lin Jingzhong, the manager of Jiyun Club. Fu Qinghe's left sleeve was empty and there was nothing else, which was very conspicuous. She felt strange: Fu Qinghe was hired by Su Mei. Boxer, why did the three of them go to Baisha County with Lin Fu and then come back, and then gave up with Lin Fu, and lost his arm on Xisha Island this time?

It was only now that Su Mei, Lin Fu and Xiaoman, who had been forcibly taken away by Lin Fu, appeared on the pier and talked to Fu Qinghe and others. Su Mei and Xiaoman seemed to wipe their tears. After these people got off the boat, Dongyang lifted anchor and left the dock again, not knowing where it was going at night.

There were no lights on the river, it was pitch black.

"It's really lively," Yuan Jinqiu laughed when he saw the pier, "I heard that the emperor specially ordered Chen Mingzhe to return to his hometown to get married. Saying that it was a fake marriage was just to warn the Chu party: You don't want to either. It is too bullying to gain power. Chen Mingzhe is the champion of his personal choice. It seems that when the Wu Party was still on the rise, East China Sea bandits were rampant in Pingjiang Prefecture. Chen Mingzhe returned to his hometown and got married. , Jiangning city is a little more lively, how do you guess who will this Sumei end up in?"

Yuan Jinsheng smiled slightly, Gu Wuchen was kind to Wu Di this time, but it couldn't bridge the huge gap between the parties. After Chen Xiyan retired, the Wu Party was headed by Yu Xinyuan, Chen Mingzhe came to Jiangning, and was supported by the Pingjiang Chen Clan, the largest aristocratic family in Wu. Quan, there is no support in the center, Li Zhuo's attitude is ambiguous, Wang Tian is old and dull, and he has no ambition to compete with the Chu party, Wang Xueshan leads Gu Wuchen by the nose, and Zuo Shangrong wants to see if Hong Zepu can be successfully defeated. When things settle down, Gu Wuchen always has the advantage.

From this point of view, it would be better if the situation on the western front was chaotic. If the central government sent envoys to supervise the military affairs of Jiangdong, Gu Wuchen's qualifications would be much worse, and he could not afford the post of governor. At that time, another core figure from the Chu Party would come over. , but it was even more lively than when Chen Mingzhe came to Jiangning.

Su Mei wants to get away? Yuan Jinsheng smiled coldly in his heart, but then he thought, maybe it would be a good idea to use Su Mei as a bargaining chip. He glanced at Chen Qingqing and thought that Zeng Mingxin was an old fox hiding behind her. What was he thinking of? Could it be that Big Brother doesn't understand that Chen Qingqing is not a simple woman?

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Lin Bie took a chair car to the pier to welcome Fu Qinghe, Hu Zhicheng, Lin Mengde, Ge Cunxin, Qin Chengzu and others. He looked back at the wing of the Xiaofan Building. The Xiaofan Building was in the dark, the windows were open, and the figures inside could be seen swaying and looking at it, but it was impossible to see who was peeping here.

The estuary always needs to be opened to outsiders in order to obtain great benefits from the collection of city taxes. At this time, Lin Fu is completely unable to prevent others from peeping at the estuary. The key is to continue to cover the prison island in the black fog that is out of sight of outsiders.

After Lin Fu returned to the estuary, Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhicheng, Qin Chengzu and others came immediately to discuss the deployment of Changshan Island, Xisha Island and Prison Island again.

Even if the East China Sea bandits did not become a threat for the time being, Lin Fu still ordered Zhou Pu and Wu Qi to lead the main force of Jiyun Wuwei to cooperate with the township camp to station on Xisha Island. Not only should he not take the East China Sea bandits lightly, but he should also be very careful about the military cottages close to him; Hu Zhiyong was too busy with the resettlement of refugees and could not escape.

Hu Zhicheng got away and came. In addition to meeting with everyone in Jiangning, he also met his son Hu Qiaoguan who stayed in Jiangning by the way.

Back at the thatched cottage, Cao Zi'ang, the little loach master Ge Cunxiong, Hu Qiaoguan, Ao Canghai and others were already waiting here, and there was no good food on board. Only then ordered the hot wine to be served.

After the dinner, I quietly took a boat from the pier of the estuary to the training camp at the eastern end of the prison island; Su Mei was still an eye-catching figure in the estuary.

After Yang Shi left, Zhao Hu took full control of the guards and guards, and some of the guards would bring Yang Shi to Dongyang as a foundation; Fu Qinghe and Hu Zhicheng came here and recruited a group of brave soldiers from the refugees on Xisha Island. , is to make up for the gap after Yang Shi took people away. These brave people came with the boat and sent them to the training camp first.

Since the refugees were resettled on the Xisha Island, they would have roots from now on, and there is nothing wrong with recruiting soldiers on the Xisha Island.

Changsun Geng is not someone who does not know how to advance or retreat. At this time, Zhao Hu has full control of the guards. The boats entering and leaving the prison island and the exchange of materials between the prison island and the outside are also controlled by Jiyun Society. Jiang Ning can also guarantee complete control of the prison island.

Speaking of which, this is also the balance that Lin Fu achieved after he ceded most of the interests of Hekou.

Whether it is Gu Wuchen, Zhao Qinmin, Chen/Yuanliang and others, they all realize the huge benefits after Hekou replaces Quyang Town.

Hekou is more geographically convenient than Quyang Town, and it can also connect the grain trade between the upper and lower reaches of Yangzi River. Quyang Town used to trade nearly 3 million shi of rice grains a year~www.wuxiaspot.com~ As long as the Hekou reaches this level, The benefits are astonishing.

To be a rice grain merchant, the transaction volume is second, and the key is to have the strength to hoard rice grains.

When the grain is ripe, a pound of milled rice is only worth four cents, and when it is not green and yellow, a kilogram of milled rice is worth six cents. If there is a shortage of grain, the price of grain will skyrocket.

For example, Jiangxi and the two lakes have been flooded this summer, even in the areas along the river, a pound of brown rice has soared to more than ten dollars. When Xisha Island was hit by a disaster, when Lin Bie urgently purchased grain from Chongzhou to save his life, he once made a pound of brown rice in Chongzhou city soar to twenty dollars. above.

Storing grain when harvest is ripe, and releasing grain when grain is in short supply can not only help local governments stabilize grain prices, but also make more profit than ordinary grain merchants.

Of course, if profiteers were desperately hoarding food during a food shortage and the government condoned it, the price of food would skyrocket.

Based on this premise, Chen/Yuanliang, the magistrate of Moling County, directly bought six connected houses on the side of the North and South Long Street as a rice shop, and one of his nephews was in charge. It is also planned to build a large warehouse with a stock of 100,000 stone rice grains in an open space within the estuary where land is already very tight.

In this rice line, both the Gu family and Zhao Qinmin have invested in the silver shares. Lin Fu pretended not to know, and asked Gu Yingxiu to instigate the Lin family to also participate in the shares.

On this premise, the interests of Prison Island are somewhat trivial; Lin Bie's interests in Jiangning are fundamentally in Prison Island, and everyone gets what they need.

Standing on the bow of the light boat, Qin Chengzu looked at the estuary under the shade of lights, and sighed, "The last time I came back to Jiangning, I also passed this time. For the past nine months, it seems like a city has flown from the sky."

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