Lord of the House

Lin Fu was not in a hurry to go back to the forest to transport new tea, but Gu Wuchen asked him to assist Xia Cao. After Gu Wuchen and Wang Xueshan negotiated the terms, Xia Cao of Jiangning Mansion officially started to operate, and other houses would also follow the wind. It was difficult to get out and leave Jiangning anymore, so I could only hurry up and go back to the forest first, and I only needed to delay five or six days, and I couldn't delay the affairs here.

In addition to the Dongyang Qianshi boat, ten Wupeng boats with a capacity of 200 stone are still needed to transport the new tea. There are nearly a hundred boats in Xihe that will not be able to receive work, and ten boats can be dispatched almost at any time. Lin Fu hopes that Xihe Club can send more people. This is the first time in the past ten years that the Gu family bypasses other tea merchants in Shiliang County and directly transports new tea to Jiangning through Jiyunshe for sale. Not everyone takes Jiyunshe in their eyes. , to prevent them from secretly making tricks. In short, the Xihe Society sent boats to send people, and Jiyun Club paid the commission separately from the head and the boat, and paid half of the money to the Xihe Society first.

It only took two days for the Xihe Association to prepare oil paper cloth, clapboards, quicklime for moisture-proof and other materials according to the requirements here. The ten selected boats are also the best Wu Peng Cao boats in the West River Club. After all, a boat of new tea is worth thousands of taels of silver. Not to mention the water, the quality of the tea will be greatly reduced. This trip is not a big deal for the Xihe Club. On the one hand, the goods are damaged, and the Xihe Club will bear the damage. On the other hand, the Xihe Club also intends to curry favor with Lin Bie, and even dare not be sloppy. Sun Jingtang personally led the team with Lin Tie back to the forest.

On the 20th of April, Jiangning had already entered the rainy season of profuse rain and Feifei, and the sky was shrouded in a drizzle. Although the construction of houses and roads at the estuary was greatly delayed, it did not prevent the sailing north.

In the distance, the water was misty, catching up with the southeast wind that day, Lin Fu changed into a green shirt and a plain robe and put on a rainforest, and stood on the deck of the Dongyang with Sun Jingtang, watching Master Loach command the boatmen and sailors to raise and turn the sails. The rudder, arguing against the wind, adjusted the position of the sails, and sailed away towards the Shiliang River, which merged into the Chaotian River Branch.

The ten Wu Peng boats of the Xihehui were all tied behind the Dongyang with cables. Before they set sail, they felt the strong drag force from the Dongyang after the sailing. Sun Jingtang went to the stern deck of the Dongyang, watching the hemp ropes being taut and the ship breaking open and turning out huge white waves. He estimated the speed of the fleet. As long as the wind direction and speed remained unchanged, it was almost night. You can enter Shiliang County before, stop at Yerendu in the south of Shiliang County to rest overnight, and arrive at Shanglinli in the afternoon of the next day.

Sun Jingtang secretly sighed in his heart that such a solid and fast sailing ship is really enviable, but it is only envy. The thousand-stone ship is full of rice grain and has a deep draft, and it may not be able to pass through the shallows in any section of the Caohe waterway. A strong ship can also resist the wind and waves in the near sea, and it is faster to transport food by sea, but it is too dangerous to travel by sea with only three or five ships, and it may be blocked by pirates at any time. Sun Jingtang sighed inwardly: At this time, such a big ship is really embarrassing to use. He can see that Lin Fubu's defense power on the ship is definitely not only the ten armed guards on the surface, but the private support. More warriors require stronger financial resources. People like Jiang Ning and others raise private soldiers in their hometowns. They invest no less than 20 taels of silver on each private soldier every year. The Xihe Club does not have such extra financial resources.

This time, Lin Fu let Zhou Pu stay in the prison island to train the new military soldiers and military guards, let Zhao Hu go back to the forest with him, and also let Zhao Hu go home and marry the daughter of the Guo family in the forest. Now, Gu Tianqiao, as a tea shopkeeper, and a child of the Gu family, naturally followed him back to the forest. In addition, Ge Cunxin, the loach master, led ten military guards and sixteen boatmen hidden on the ship as elite combat power. , sailors, and twenty Nagayama Islanders who could not easily disembark as Kuroto boatmen.

Lin Fu asked the Xihe Congregation to send more people, and the Xihe Congregation led by Chen Jingtang also had more than 100 people.

From the mouth of the Jinchuan River to Shanglinli, it only takes more than 300 miles of waterway. For this kind of short-distance freight, there are 111 ships and 156 people on board, which can be called a large number of people.

The ten military guards on the Dongyang ship are all dressed in armour, and there are more than 40 sub-armours hidden in order to guard against the enemy in case of bandits. It can already be called a small elite. The river gang forces are strictly forbidden to carry weapons privately, and these river gang forces do not have the extra financial resources to purchase excellent armor and train the congregation, but the river gang is not a particularly honest owner. Bamboo spears, bamboo spears, waist knives, There are also a lot of hunting bows and self-made skin shields. At least with the force provided by the Xihe Society, it would not be a big problem to deal with a small group of bandits and pirates. When the robbery in Baisha County happened, nearly 20 boatmen of the Xihe Society could not defend against the enemy and were massacred, but none of them jumped into the water to escape first. This is also where Lin Fu and Su Mei feel guilty about Xihe.

The territory of Dongyang is also prosperous and Feifei. Without delaying the sailing, they arrived at the savages in the southern border of Shiliang County before nightfall.

Savage crossing to the east, there is a road leading directly to Weiyangfu City, which is a relatively important pass on the Shiliang River. There are also restaurants, tea shops, and inns. Although they are all poorly built, they can accommodate overnight business travelers.

The boat stopped at the ferry port, and Sun Jingtang came over to invite Lin Fu to go ashore to find a restaurant for a drink at the ferry port. Lin Fu couldn’t shirk, so he went ashore with Zhao Hu and Gu Tianqiao with a few guards. Facing the restaurant opposite, the lights have been turned on in the dim rain curtain, but I can't find a good way to cross.

"If that's not the case, I'll go and tell the restaurant, let the restaurant cook the food and drink and send it to the boat?" Sun Jingtang said.

"Don't be so troublesome." Lin Fu was not a hypocritical person, and walked towards the restaurant by stepping on a muddy puddle.

The restaurant is a courtyard with an earthen wall. A dozen mules and horses are tied to the shed at the west end of the yard. They are scrambling for food in the stone trough. The neighing sounds are endless. The window paper of the restaurant has been broken by the rain. The shopkeeper has not had time to cover up with new paper, and he can see faint figures in the room, but there are quite a few customers.

Lin Fu and the others walked in, and there were eight guards in total. Except for Gu Tianqiao, the other seven were wearing knives around their waists. The four guards even wore thick armor under their plain clothes. They walked in from the door, which naturally attracted the attention of the customers in the store. Attention.

Lin Fu walked into the door, stood at the door and glanced in. The restaurant looked dilapidated outside, the hall was not small, there were seven or eight tables, and a few large candles were lit in the corner, beeping and peeling. There is a sound, and the smell of pine resin comes out. The slippery black jujube wood wine cabinet was on the left side, a thin middle-aged man in April still wearing a felt hat, standing behind the wine cabinet, saw Lin Fu and the others come in, but did not come out to say hello, He just spread his hands, indicating that there were no more seats, and several tables were filled with people, and it was impossible to share a table with others.

"Brother Lin..."

Listening to someone calling him, Lin Bie looked over, but saw Liu Xilin and three men sitting in the corner and blocked by the wooden pillar in the middle of the hall. Two of the three men also knew Lin Bie, who was led by Liu Xilin last year. Two small schools in the cavalry team that escorted Gu Wuchen to Jiangning to Ning, did not expect Ye Rendu to meet the old man, Lin Fu walked over happily and asked, "Are you going to Jiangning?"

"Yes, many things have been delayed in Dongyang, and I left the day before yesterday, because I was afraid of being scolded by Master Gu," Liu Xilin said, "Are you going to the forest?"

"Well, I plan to stay overnight at Yerendu before heading out on the road, but I didn't expect to meet Brother Liu," Lin Fu said. Liu Xilin's transfer order was issued at the end of March, but the situation in Xianji, a fisherman in Hongzepu in the north of Dongyang, was critical, and Liu Xilin also Unable to get out, he pulled away, but it took 20 days. It was not a big deal. Lin Fu asked Liu Xilin, "The situation in Hongzepu has stabilized, and the fishermen are not making trouble?"

After Lin Fu said this, the men at the next two tables all waved their heads to look at Lin Fu vigilantly, and quickly lowered their heads to eat and drink. Although these men are all dressed in coarse clothes and crop men, if one or two people are not particularly noticeable, but such a large group of people are all dressed in roughly the same way, it is difficult for Lin Fu to not pay attention. When will the crop men in Dongyang Mansion Can you come to the restaurant to eat meat and drink in a big bowl? Lin Fu was surprised and thought to himself: What do they have to do with the fishermen in Hongzepu, or are rogues from other places sneaking in?

Lin Fu's eyes swept across the hall again, and then looked again, except for Liu Xilin, the other guests were not like ordinary resting business hotels~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and said to Liu Xilin: "Our boat is parked at By the ferry, there is no room for so many of us here, I think it's good, let's buy some food and drink and go back to the boat to eat, and today we can reminisce about old feelings..."

"Okay..." Liu Xilin said excitedly. He was transferred to Jiang Ning as Dongcheng Captain. It can be said that he has been promoted to three levels in a row. After all, he is not familiar with Jiangning's situation and needs to ask Lin Fu for advice, although it is not bad these few days. , but when you first arrive in Jiangning, you can make fewer mistakes, and it is undoubtedly the best to meet them on the road.

Sun Jingtang immediately instructed the restaurant to buy a new table of sumptuous feasts and send it to the Dongyang ferry docked at the ferry. Lin Fu and Liu Xilin walked out, and only then did they ask Liu Xilin: "What are those people in the restaurant, Brother Liu? Did you notice?"

"A table of wine was very silent and quiet, as if planning some big event. I asked the restaurant inadvertently. These people are doing business at the ferry, and they don't seem to be doing business at all, and they are not in a hurry to go anywhere. We have been here for three or four days, and we can’t see the origin for a while; we just have to drink and rest, and we can’t pay attention to them,” Liu Xilin said, “If the robbers sneak over, is there some big business on the Shiliang River for them? ?"

"Tea thieves?" Sun Jingtang asked subconsciously. Dongyang produces tea. Every year when new teas are released, tea thieves sneak into Dongyang County. In fact, many tea thieves are dressed as tea farmers who can't make ends meet. There are also many more rogues than usual.

"This is the shopkeeper of the Xihe Club, Sun Jingtang," Lin Fu introduced Sun Jingtang to Liu Xilin, he said, "Besides the new tea, there are no other temptations—Qin Xibo's ancestral home is Zhongli (now Fengyang), Qin Xibo resigned from his post. After that, most of them will take Shiliang River and Hong Zepu back to Zhongli Guangzong Yaozu..." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter