Lord of the House

Liu Yueer went to the front first after washing up, and saw Zhao Hu and Chen Enze in the yard who only wore their jackets and punched in the cold weather. Seeing that they were all sweaty on their foreheads, they were really not afraid of the cold at all. Lin Fu and Zhou Pu was sitting on the armrest of the corridor talking, and saw Lin Fu had a scabbard knife with a sharp blade on his knees, and his clothes were quite thin. Liu Yueer thought to himself what Lin Fu would do if he woke up early and didn't practice calligraphy or reading, with the knife in his arms. ?

"Are your feet better, and the crutches still work? My son and I were busy until midnight." Zhou Pu asked with a smile when he saw Liu Yue'er walking out leaning on the crutches.

Liu Yueer thought that it was just Lin Fu who asked Zhou Pu to help, but she didn't expect Lin Fu to join hands until midnight, thanking him, "Yue'er, thank you Young Master and Master Zhou."

"What a big deal!" Zhou Pu waved his hand indifferently, "Your foot is injured, you don't have to get up early to prepare breakfast for us in the past two days, and let Zhao Hu or Enze do it later."

Liu Yue'er gave Lin Fu a surprised look. She thought Zhou Pu and the others made breakfast today, but Lin Fu woke up early. She didn't break it either, she just thought it was a secret between her and Lin Fu. She couldn't explain this kind of thinking.

"In the past two days, you should lie down and rest more, and don't move around at will." Lin Fu asked Liu Yue'er to go back to her room to rest. Yesterday, when she saw her peering out of the window and looking into her room, she was somewhat uneasy. It seems that he is overthinking.

After Liu Yue'er was sent away, Lin Fu explained to Zhou Pu about the meeting with Su Mei yesterday. With Su Mei's 3,000 taels of silver at the bottom, there is no need to rush the remaining 40 good horses. He also said about Qian Xiaowu, Lin Fu asked Zhou Pu to go there himself to confirm that Qian Xiaowu was honest and honest, and would not be a hidden stake in Qingfeng.

Before noon, Lin Fu took Zhao Hu and led two horses to Jiangning's Ministry of Officials and Jiangdong's Xuanfu envoy Siyamen to join the stupa. Liu Yueer was inconvenient, so Chen Enze stayed and guarded the house.

The local officials of this dynasty are divided into three categories: chief officer, assistant official, and subordinate official according to the weight of their powers. The prefect and assistant officials of the prefecture and county are all officials sent by Beijing, such as the prefect, the county magistrate, the general judge, the Tongzhi, the county chief, the teaching and other official positions. The emperor personally ordered or was selected by the personnel department. The Jiangning personnel department could only stare on the sidelines, and the local government could not intervene; In order to take care of the face of Jiangning's officials and yamen, the subordinate officials of the prefectures and counties in Jiangdong County are jointly enrolled by Jiangning's officials and yamen and Jiangdong's envoy Si Yamen from the local honorable family, the students of Jiangning Guozijian, as well as the outstanding and famous people and scholars. Pick and choose.

In fact, Jiangdong Xuanfu and Jiangning officials have been quarreling over the personnel rights of local officials since they moved from the imperial capital to the north. It has now become a practice that the personnel rights of Jiangning officials are limited to the 12th of the Jiangning government. Selected by local officials of the county.

If Lin Fu wants to get any official or half-office, he needs to put his body in these two yamen to wait for selection.

Being ranked first in the ranks of people, you are famous for being famous, and you have the qualifications to be an official, but you don't necessarily have an official to do it. There are as many as hundreds of official documents accumulated on the official records of Jiangning. However, only a few people can talk about the vacancies of subordinate officials in the twelve counties of Jiangning Prefecture. There are many monks and few porridge. . Jiangdong Xuanfu Envoy is better, but Lin Fu doesn't want to leave Jiangning, so he can only find an official and a half position in Jiangdong Xuanfu Envoy, Jiangdong Envoy and Jiangdong Admiral's Office in Jiangning's yamen. It is even more slim that the slips are thrown into the Jiangning personnel department.

Whether it was Jiangning's official department or Jiangdong's Xuanfu envoy, Lin Fu didn't have much access, so he threw himself in and left.

It was impossible to ride a fast horse in Jiangning City. After the two yamen were finished, Lin Fu and Zhao Hu rode on the dustpan alley and it was past lunch time.

Lin Fu and Zhao Hu led the horse into the front yard and saw a carriage parked in the yard. They felt strange. They saw Chen Enze coming out to help him lead the horse and asked, "Are there any guests?" They thought that Gu Wuchen's family could not do this Fast forward to the city, and besides, they didn't know that they would end up here on the first day they entered Jiangning.

"Xiusai, it's me..."

Lin Fu looked up and saw Lin Jingzhong accompanied a middle-aged man out of the guest room. The middle-aged man put his hands behind his back, stood in front of the corridor and said to Lin Fie: "I received a letter from Shanglinli, and I have been counting the days of your arrival in Jiangning. When Jingzhong came over today, I found out that you have arrived in Jiangning... …”

"Jingzhong, why are you here?" Zhao Hu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Lin Jingzhong, and eagerly walked over and stretched out his fist to punch his thin and small body.

"There was a shipment of goods coming to Jiangning, and the seventh lady asked me to come along with the ship for a long experience. I only arrived in Jiangning yesterday," Lin Jingzhong said. It was also because the seventh lady held real power in the clan, otherwise he would never have the opportunity to have a long experience in Jiangning. He asked Lin Fu again, "Why didn't you go to the warehouse to find Uncle Mengde after you arrived in Jiangning, and set up a house here first?"

In addition to Su Mei, Xiaoman, and Si Niangzi, Lin Bie did not have no acquaintances in Jiangning City. The middle-aged man in front of him was an acquaintance. He was Lin Mengde, the chief shopkeeper of the Lin family in Jiangning warehouse.

Lin Mengde was only in his early forties, with a burly stature, a broad face and thick eyebrows, and a leather jacket over his long gown in cold weather. His blood relationship between the Lin family and the family is not close, but he has a lot of ability in life, and Lin Tingxun's trust in doing things for the family. He was sent to Jiangning to stand alone in the early years.

When Lin Fu went to Jiangning to participate in the township examination, Lin Mengde took care of his daily life. After the township examination, Lin Mengde also claimed without permission to pay him twenty taels of silver. Even if he was not very close, he was a familiar person. .

"Uncle Mengde," Lin Fu also greeted Lin Mengde affectionately, "the official ship is moving slowly, we only arrived in Jiangning yesterday, and we stayed overnight at Chaotianyi before we missed Jingzhong. Coincidentally, I just arrived in Jiangning yesterday, and I fell in love with this house when I went to the first **** shop, and I was thinking of waiting for two days to go over to greet Uncle Mengde..." He asked again, "Oh, yes, dream How did Uncle De and Jing Zhong know that I live here?"

"Don't dare, you are now the master of Juren," Lin Mengde said, squinting and laughing, looking at Lin Fu, thinking that he should be separated for three days, and it is true that this is true, he explained with a smile The reason why I came here, "Xiao Ji Pawnshop Caidong Xiao Mi is a fellow from Dongyang. He has opened a **** shop in Jiangning for a few years. I met him this morning at the Dongyang Guild Hall, and he mentioned you... You were there the night before. The fact that Chaotianyi and Du Rong swore to be at odds with each other has also spread in the Dongyang Guild Hall today, I came to see you, and Xiao Mi asked me to sue me for last night's recklessness."

"It can be a big deal," Lin Bie smiled, "I don't know that he and Uncle Mengde are friends, otherwise what if the house is returned to him?" He didn't mind, but he scolded Xiao Mi in his heart. shower head.

In this year, whether you go out to do business or go out to be an official, you often get no news from your hometown for a few years after you leave your homeland. If there is any difficulty, they will take the initiative to help each other and support each other, and they will become the power of the township party.

The Dongyang businessmen and travel officials in Jiangning also gathered under the name of Dongyang Guild Hall. Lin Fu also thought about going to Dongyang Guild Hall to get to know the township party someday, so as to find some help in Jiangning, but unexpectedly, he almost gave Dongyang Township's party pit, Lin Fu may have a good impression of Xiao Mi.

"Find yourself to eat first, in order to wait for you, Jingzhong and I are both hungry and shriveled," Lin Mengde said aloud, "Just be casual at noon, and promise to wash the dust for you at the Dongyang Guild Hall the day after tomorrow, and you will be in Jiangning from now on. Standing on the ground, Dongyang Township Party, you can't help but get acquainted; the housewarming banquet has to choose another auspicious time..."

"Don't dare, Uncle Mengde is going to kill Lin Fu..." Lin Fuqian said.

After looking for a restaurant to have a drink and ate for an hour, Lin Meng had something to do, and made an appointment to leave after cleaning Lin Fu at the Dongyang Guild Hall tomorrow, while Lin Jingzhong followed Lin Fu back to Dustpan Alley.

Back at Dustpan Alley, the flat forehead that was ordered yesterday was hung under the eaves in the afternoon. Lin Jingzhong looked up and saw the large gold characters "Jiyunju" on the flat forehead. When he entered the yard, he said to Lin Fu, "Uncle Mengde looks like Enthusiasm is actually here to test your bottom."

"I know," Lin Fu said, "Shiliang County and Jiangning are only two or three hundred miles away. He should be able to know what happened in Shanglin from the correspondence... He was afraid that I would come to Jiangning to replace him. "

It is said that Lin Mengde is a generation older than him in the Lin family, and he is also the general manager of the Lin family in Jiangning. Generally speaking, no matter how enthusiastic Lin Mengde is, there is no reason to take the initiative to visit Lin Fu.

Seeing Lin Fu's thoughtfulness, Lin Jingzhong didn't seem to have to remind him of anything, and took out a letter from his arms: "The letter that the seventh lady asked me to bring you, I will stay in Jiangning for three days, and I will go back with the boat the day after tomorrow. If you have something to say to the Seventh Madam, I will bring it back to you."

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The rut rolled over the stone street, making a rumble.

Lin Mengde sat in the carriage ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ leaning against the cushion, frowning slightly at the withered winter trees on the street, thoughtfully.

Lin Mengde was worried that Lin Fu would come to Jiangning to take his place.

Although Shanglindu is the root of the Lin family, Jiangning is the most important foreign port of the Lin family. Although it can't be compared with a big business like Qingfenghang, the cash holdings of Jiangning Linji business exceeds tens of thousands of taels.

In such a position, if Lin Mengde was willing to let someone else take his place, that would be a ghost; Lin Mengde knew very well that there was no better position for the Lin family to wait for him than Jiang Ning's chief.

The head of the family, Lin Tingxun, suffered from a stroke, and his powers in the family were scattered among the Seventh Lady, Sixth Lady, Second Master Lin Tingli, Second Young Master Lin Xuzong, and Lin Zonghai. Even though Lin Mengde thought that the Seventh Madam had no children, it would be difficult to gain a firm foothold in the Lin family, but he knew that the Seventh Madam nominally held the greatest power in the Lin family, and it was not impossible to assign Lin Bie to Jiangning to replace him. The support of the elders.

Lin Mengde didn't know what happened to Lin Fu, and he didn't know that Lin Fu came to Jiangning because of his own efforts. The seventh lady's love for Lin Fu was a well-known thing in the family. He thought that the seventh lady didn't bring Lin Fu Staying in Dongyang to help her gain a foothold in the Lin family, but letting Lin Fu follow her uncle Gu Wuchen to Jiangning, must have a deep meaning.

After many attempts just now, Lin Mengde was also sure that Lin Fu really had the intention to establish himself in Jiangning.

This kid is not as cowardly and arrogant as he was a few months ago. He just wants to seize power. What should I do? Lin Mengde has been troubled by this headache all the time. He even suspected that everything that happened in Shanglin was being manipulated by the Seventh Lady behind the scenes. That woman is really powerful.

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