Lord of the House

Speaking of which, the twenty-something people in the Ferry House are really suspicious, but there is nothing they can do.

After the Chinese New Year, hundreds of thousands of refugees were stranded on the north bank of Chaotiandang, especially along the Shiliang River. The fishermen and boat households in Hongzepu also protested against donations. To say that their behavior is suspicious, how many refugees in groups along the Shiliang River are not suspicious?

Refugees are people and they are easy to be cheap. In a world of chaos, the so-called morality is really useless. In order to find a way to survive, they will not do less of murder, arson, and looting. Refugees gather and scatter like locusts. If there is work, they work. If they don’t work, they beg, eat rich households, and rob their homes. Gathered to rob and murdered people, and scattered them into the countryside. There were refugees in the mountains and plains. The government wanted to arrest the criminals.

Those knives and archers in the county can barely meet the scene in the city to capture the robbers, guard the city and watch the house, but they can't be brave in the vast countryside. Xiangbing Xiangyong plays a key role in maintaining and stabilizing the locality at this time, but most of the Xiangbing Xiangyong are private soldiers controlled by aristocratic families. Such a power. In order to protect themselves and win over people's hearts, some wealthy families open more porridge farms, and provide some rice grains every day to cook porridge to help the victims.

The situation is like this, so the local officials will naturally be cautious about the handling of people with suspicious behavior, at least they will not dare to arbitrarily detain them. Even if they are detained and thrown into prison, they will not be able to find any oil or water from these people. Everyone has the attitude that it is better to do less than one thing. It's good to have a stable past, but to overly provoke the refugees has done a lot less than in previous years.

Lin Fu invited Liu Xilin and others to have a drink on the boat, and asked them to move their luggage, mules and horses onto the boat. In addition to the suspicious behavior of the man drinking at the restaurant, there are also many shacks built around the ferry to live in the refugees who are stranded here. Few refugees can afford oil lamps or candles. Knowing how many people are here, there is no reliable statistics in Shiliang County.

"Hey..." Lin Fu sighed slightly in his heart. On the south bank of Chaotian Dang, there was still a peaceful scene inside and outside Jiangning City. Only when he reached the north bank and went north, he knew that the situation became more and more tense. The DPRK vigorously cleared bandits before and after the New Year's holiday, forming a wave of refugees earlier than in previous years, which also caused many places to miss the spring planting season. The famine in the north may not be relieved this year.

It rained again at night, and there were three cabins on the stern deck of the Dongyang. Lin Fu and the others were drinking in the uppermost cabin. The cabin door was opened, and the candlelight was swayed by the night wind that came in, reflecting on Lin Fu and the others. The faces of Liu Xilin, Sun Jingtang, Zhao Hu, Gu Tianqiao, Grandpa Loach and others.

Only then did Sun Jingtang know that the simple-looking and vigorous young man whom he met at Yerendu was the school captain of Dongcheng who was about to take up his post in Jiangning.

Gu Wuchen was able to overpower Wang Xueshan, but in the final analysis, the former Dongcheng Wei Chen Zhi was too stupid. After Chen Zhi was dismissed and imprisoned, the post of Dongchengwei remained vacant, and was held concurrently by Zuo Sikou, who joined the army, Zhang Yubo. Only then did Sun Jingtang know that the post was actually taken over by a military attache from Gu Wuchen's family. Now it seems that Gu Wuchen has quite a position in Jiangning. foundation. Sun Jingtang saw that Liu Xilin's attitude towards Lin Fu was quite respectful, and he believed that it was not a legend that Lin Fu was the first member of the Gu family. Although this dynasty has suppressed martial arts and culture, Dongcheng Wei is an important figure. Even if only in terms of official position, the military position of the sixth grade is not comparable to that of the ninth grade scholar, but Lin Fu and Liu Xilin belong to Gu Wuchen's family. , or to determine each other's actual status based on the degree of intimacy of their relationship with Gu Wuchen.

"The Huai'an prefecture imposed a fishing tax to support the anti-theft camp, and the situation in Hongzepu suddenly became tense. When the situation was at its most tense, tens of thousands of fishermen gathered and made noise. In addition, the refugees were crossing the border at that time, and the Hongzepu waterway was completely blocked around the New Year's Day. Although Dongyang is only adjacent to Hongzepu in the northeast corner of Shiliang County, if the fishermen in Hongzepu make trouble, Dongyang will also be affected. At the beginning of the month, the third department of Chen Han, the anti-robbery department of the Qing bandits in Huai Shang, was transferred to Huai'an, and stationed in the northeast of Hongzepu to overwhelm the chaotic people. Only then did the fishermen gather to disperse, and then I was able to go back to Fucheng and talk to Shen. The adults are on business..." Liu Xilin said.

"Chen Han's three divisions were transferred to Huai'an, is there any **** incident?" Lin Fu asked.

"I heard that some people were killed, but it's not very serious. Chen Hansan is not from Huai'an, and his hands are **** on Huai, and he has no scruples when he starts in Hongzepu. Lord Shen is very opposed to transferring Chen Hansan over. It's already too tight, and it's time to slow it down, but Lord Shen can't control things outside Dongyang Mansion. Brother Lin, don't worry too much about going to Shiliang County. When I go back to the mansion, Lord Shen still has a group of people stationed in Shiliang. , controlled by the county magistrate of Shiliang..." Liu Xilin said.

Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang Prefecture, was a young officer who advocated the reorganization of the local army. Liu Xilin was an excellent general excavated by Shen Rong. The Dongyang Prefecture army was more trustworthy than the town army. Listening to Liu Xilin, Shen Rong was still worried about Hong Zepu's situation. Indeed, when the fishermen's livelihood was in question, the crowd clamored for it, which should not be easily swayed away by force. At this time, the fishermen's dispersal may be temporary forbearance, but it also revealed some other information. The gathering and dispersal of the fishermen in Hongzepu appeared orderly, not like an ordinary uproar.

The big and small loach master Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong brothers and the Ge family are the leaders of the Nanru River fishermen and boat households, and they are also the leaders who later led the Nanru River fishermen and boat households to resist donations. There are also many wealthy people of the same nature as the Ge family in more than 40 lakes in Hongzepu. Shijia, the government usually uses them to manage fishermen and boat households, collect taxes and donations from fishermen and boat households, and also ease the contradiction between the government and the fishermen. Once the contradiction intensifies, some wealthy and powerful people are willing to be the servants of the government, while some wealthy people are not. Sympathy for the fishermen also guarantees that some people have other ambitions.

The fishermen in Hongzepu gathered in a crowd to make a commotion. There should be some people behind the secret organization and promotion. It is not difficult to understand. Unfortunately, it is a pity that there is no local awareness of this in the transcript of the Tang Newspaper sent by the Huaian government to the county governor.

Master Loach was on duty at night, so he stopped halfway through the wine and went out to patrol the post.

Lin Fu told Liu Xilin about some situations in Jiangning. With Sun Jingtang and Gu Tianqiao present, Lin Fu only talked in general terms, so that Liu Xilin had a general understanding of the situation in Jiangning. After Jiangning, both Gu Wuchen and Zhang Yubo will teach him face-to-face opportunities.

After drinking until late at night, Lin Fu left Liu Xilin to rest on the boat. After dawn, he would have Xihehui send a boat to take them to Jiangning. There is no big problem for him to have one more boat and one less boat.

The people on the ferry are suspicious and there are many refugees. If someone incites the refugees to mutiny, Liu Xilin and his three entourages will definitely not be able to deal with it, nor can they expect the whistle-blowers and taxmen who can only bully the good and the good at the ferry to help. What are you busy with.

Sun Jingtang went back to the Wu Peng Cao boat in the Xihehui to rest. Lin Fu asked Zhao Hu to accompany him to walk on the deck. The loach master Ge Cunxin stood at the bow of the boat and stared at the shore. Except for a few lonely lights on the ferry, everything else was on. It's a dark shadow.

"What's the situation?" Lin Fu saw that Master Loach was staring at the shore with a serious look.

"There are a few groups of people who are coveted here, and another group of people just left," said the loach master, who was staying at the bow of the boat and could still vaguely see the situation on the shore, "The brothers all wore armor and took turns to rest, they If you stare at us, you will really be asking for hardships without opening your eyes."

Armor and no armor, the difference is huge. There are 20 sets of excellent armors on the Dongyang, and the others are double-layered leather armors. Even at close range, there is no need to be afraid of hunting bows and shooting, and it is difficult to be injured by ordinary swords. Mo Dao and other weapons are all sharp weapons, and they also have powerful bows and clusters. If they are still afraid of small robbers, Ge Cunxin, the loach master, will live in vain.

Lin Fu stared at the shore for a moment, it was dark, and the people who wanted to be here had already withdrawn. He couldn't see anything. He pulled Master Loach and Zhao Hu to squat on the deck to discuss: "Our boat is an empty boat. People with experience in boating can see the truth at a glance; besides, the water in Hongzepu is shallow, and even if the Dongyang ship does not carry any cargo, it will still be trembling and afraid of being separated from the Huaihe River. What are these people doing to hijack our boat? It's a little strange that the fishermen who gathered to fight against donations suddenly dispersed in the middle of the year..."

"Are they going to set a trap to lure Qin Chengbo into the house?" Zhao Hu remembered that Lin Fu said before drinking that when Qin Chengbo left office, most of the time he would like to make his way to his hometown to make a name for himself. He kept thinking about this and said, "Hong Zepu Even if Qin Chengbo wanted to return to his hometown to honor his ancestors, he would not be able to take the road from Hongzepu to Zhongli County…”

"Hongzepu has always been a land of shallow water, and there are no big boats for fishermen and boaters. Qin Chengbo brought his family back to Zhongli, and it must be a huge fleet. Some people really want to lure Qin Chengbo into the house. Forced into the shallow water area of ​​Hongzepu and ran aground, you can act recklessly, but you must also prevent the Qin family's fleet from returning to the Shiliang River. It is necessary for me to use a large ship to block the Qin's fleet's retreat..." Big Loach Grandpa said.

"In this case, it is still necessary to confirm whether the people who are secretly inquiring here are related to Hong Zepu..." Lin Bie frowned and instructed: "Light the lamp, let a group of people come out in armor and wield knives, can I afford it? Conflicts should be avoided as much as possible; in addition, the crow lord will be notified to come on board~www.wuxiaspot.com~ good." The big loach master Ge Cunxin answered and made arrangements. He is also a boatman, and if he is coveted by Hongzepu fishermen , Boat households, how much to recite incense, it is best to deter the other party from conflict.

There are also three layers of cabins on the stern deck. The top deck is about 30 feet high from the water surface. There is a wooden tower on the top deck, which is similar to the estuary corner tower. The three wicks are also as thick as a baby's arm. The oil storage lamp base is half a person's height, and there is a canopy on it. A glass cover is used to block the wind. After lighting the wick, the entire deck of the Dongyang, which is 12 feet long and 20 feet wide, is as bright as a day.

To be honest, if the wooden lighthouse on the top deck is just like this, it is far less convenient and economical than hanging a few more wind lamps on the ship. The glass cover is fragile and expensive, but the polished concave bronze mirror is used. Can project lights up to 300 paces away. In the era of no searchlight, such a simple wooden lighthouse can make the Dongyang less mistakes in the night flight or gain many advantages in the night battle.

At this time, Lin Fu just wanted to intimidate those people not to be greedy for Dongyang. If these people were targeting Qin Chengbo who was about to leave Jiangning, then they should give Qin Chengbo a Shiliang River and Hongzepu to be safe. The illusion of passing, rather than rashly attacking the Dongyang.

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