The setting sun hung down on the treetops of the distant village, and Lin Jian stood on the high place on the west side of the surrounding house, looking at the scene of the estuary.

Four enclosed houses have been built on this side of the estuary, and one enclosed house can accommodate 80 to 100 households. Two enclosure houses were built to house the families of the original migrant workers and the new military soldiers, and the two newly built enclosure houses were used to house the refugees who had been displaced to the estuary.

Three or four families are usually housed in a single house, and nearly 400 families or about 1,800 people are housed in two large enclosure houses. However, the number of refugees stranded on this side of the estuary has exceeded 3,000, and a large number of refugees are still temporarily resettled in shack areas with even more modest resettlement conditions.

Lin Jian asked Jiyun Society to purchase another 120 acres of land in the west at one time, and at the same time started to build four surrounding houses, and also set aside a vacant land to build temporary shacks.

Lin Lian stood on a slightly higher earthen platform, looking at the troublesome villagers who gathered, and after a while, he said: "The township camp was attacked, the second son was killed, this matter is unpredictable, the fault is not you, no one of you needs to take responsibility for this, and over the years, you have been dedicated to protecting the township, hard work and high achievements, I Lin Liansheng and Chang are all in the forest, I understand your merits best, here I want to say to you, 'hard work'......" immediately put his hands together and waved towards everyone.

The villagers in the audience were dumbfounded.

Lin Jian continued: "The Lin family suffered such a catastrophe in Shanglin, and the Lin family's losses are beyond imagination, and we are forced to make many adjustments, so please understand. I have already negotiated with my family, you can choose to enter the Jiyun Society as a military guard, or you can choose to leave the Lin family and leave the estuary. Nian has been guarding the township for many years, and whoever decides to leave the estuary today, they will be given twenty taels of silver as the road fare——"

This time, everyone fell out, and some people were afraid that the Lin family would settle accounts after the autumn, and it was not so difficult to understand that they wanted to leave.

Lin Xulu was silent, these townsmen were taken over by Lin Tie, and it was also his business to make a promise to those townsmen who chose to leave.

The five leading troublemakers stood behind Lin Tie, they knew the details, and knew what the attitude of the widows and clan elders of the Lin family was towards them as troublemakers, if Lin Tie was not willing to take them in, they would really be forcibly disbanded, and there would be no road money at all; These silvers were all taken out by Lin Tie and his private pockets. The five people were moved in their hearts, and they whispered in the countryside in the stands, and when they saw them, they even thought that the road money of twenty taels of silver per person was taken out by their own family, and there was a hot fire blocking their chests.

The villagers in the audience felt that the two choices that Lin Jian said were not bad, and it was difficult to decide for a while.

Twenty taels of silver cannot be said to be less for the common people, and you can buy forty or fifty stone of fine grain in Jiangning, even if you drag your family and your family to survive the difficulties in Jiangning.

Xiang Yong gathered to make trouble today, just hoping that the Lin family could send everyone some settlement money when they were disbanded, and he didn't even expect to get so much.

"All the good things have been said, it's time to say the ugly things ahead," Lin Lian's face sank at this time, and he waited for a moment for the audience to be quiet before continuing, "If you have a grudge against the Lin family's disposition, you can make people communicate and discuss, but it is disobedient to arbitrarily gather people to coerce each other to coerce each other for selfish thoughts." If in wartime, I will not hesitate to deploy troops to suppress it, even in the here and now, it is a big mistake that is difficult to tolerate. Accomplices can not be blamed in the past, although this family is also tolerant of the first offender and will not be held accountable, but I can't tolerate these people entering the Jiyun Society as a military guard......"

The five villagers who led the troublemaking on the stage thought that Lin Jian would suddenly make such a disposition, and knelt down together and pleaded: "We know that we are acting recklessly, and we deserve death for the following crimes, but I beg Lord Lin to give us a chance to reform our ways, even if it is a few dozen whips, we are willing to be punished, just don't drive us out of the estuary......"

"All the good and ugly things have been said," Lin Tie said with his hand, "I don't feel good about driving you away today, Chen Kuili, Han Caizhi, Gou Jingzhong, the five of you, I know three, but there are no rules, you come to the cottage and receive twenty taels of silver each to take your family out of the estuary to settle down elsewhere, I won't leave you." Others who choose to leave the estuary will hand over their armor to the grass hall to receive twenty taels of silver and leave; Those who choose to be a military guard in Jiyun Society, put their armor neatly and assemble in front of the grass hall, and there is a boat to send you to Prison Island tonight......"

"Let's go, let them make their own choices......" Lin Lian said to Gu Yingchong, Lin Xulu, and Lin Mengde, and then got off the earthen platform first, and walked to the grass hall in the east, leaving all the villagers who gathered to make trouble.

Lin Xulu glanced back at the five leaders who drove Lin Jian out of the estuary and made trouble, and they also knelt on the earthen platform and begged Lin Jian to take him in. The other villagers all looked at each other and didn't know why: After all, these five people are leading the trouble, and they should be more worried about settling accounts for the Lin family, and being able to take twenty taels of silver to take their family to settle elsewhere is simply not a punishment, why do they beg Lin Jian to take them in so much?

Lin Xulu's ability to control the overall situation is not strong, he lacks courage and courage, but he can see some things clearly, which is probably the so-called "high eye and low hand".

Lin Xulu sighed slightly in his heart, in the final analysis, Lin Jian just wanted to take the troublemakers back to his own use, and he also wanted to drive out the five leading troublemakers, so as not to leave the troubles in the future and there would be similar incidents in the future.

If it is hard to drive people away, even if Lin Jian temporarily erects the authority of clear rewards and punishments, not to mention that there will be resentment in the hearts of the five people who are driven away, and the other villagers will also have a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts, which will leave a lot of troubles.

But what about now? The five people who knelt down and begged were full of self-blame and guilt, where did they have any resentment towards Lin Lian? Thinking that after the other townspeople knew the truth of the matter, most of them would dispel their worries about settling accounts with the Queen of Autumn and choose to stay and join the Wuwei of Jiyun Society.

That is to say, Lin Jian only used one hundred and ten taels of silver to drive away the five leaders, and many future troubles were completely solved, such a method is really not what ordinary people would do.

Lin Xulu followed behind Lin Lian, a little discouraged, he made a fuss about today's incident, and at this time he really felt that Lin Lian was really too far away, and it was the first time since he arrived at the estuary that his confidence had suffered such a serious setback.

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The development of the matter was also just as Lin Xulu expected, most of the villagers chose to stay and join the Jiyun Society Wuwei after knowing the truth of the matter, and nearly 150 soldiers and armor gathered in front of the grass hall, and Lin Jian immediately sent a boat to send them to the prison island across the water for training.

In addition to the five leading troublemakers, more than a dozen villagers chose to leave. These villagers chose to leave not because they were worried that they would settle accounts for the Lin family, but because their families were not able to escape to Jiangning, they couldn't rest assured, and they had the opportunity to leave at this time, so they wanted to sneak back to Shiliang County to find their families.

It was already night, the eyebrows and the moon were clear, coupled with the lights cast by the corner tower, illuminated the courtyard in front of the grass hall as bright as day, and more than 20 villagers who would leave the estuary knelt in the courtyard to say goodbye to Lin Lian.

"I have prepared some for you, such as silver bills, broken silver, and loose money, and I have made up twenty taels of silver. You can't carry a knife or a spear with you, and I have prepared a boning knife for you that is easy to hide, and I hope you won't use it for evil...... Grab a package for each of you and go. If you want to go back to Shiliang County, I will send a boat to send you to the north of Gutang County at night to pass through the checkpoint, and if you want to go to another place in Jiangning to live in peace, you can leave again tomorrow. Lin Jian said.

"I just ask the adults to give us the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and bear the guilt." Han Caizhi and the other five township warriors who led the troubles were still unwilling to leave the estuary like this, kneeling down and begging.

"Let's go, I'm not going to change my mind." Lin Jian said with a hard heart.

"Adult's kindness, we will never forget......" Han Caizhi and the others saw that Lin Lian's mind had been decided, and they knew that it would be irretrievable, so they kowtowed and left the cottage immediately. The other three Xiangyong who led the trouble, their families are all in Hekou, and they will move to another place tomorrow to resettle, they originally had some savings, and then they had 20 taels of silver given by Lin Tie as road funds, and it was not a big problem to support each other and help them survive the difficulties in Jiangning.

Han Caizhi's father and mother fled to Jiangning, but when the Hongzepu rebellion broke out, his wife and young son went back to their parents' house to visit relatives, and they are still stranded in Shiliang County, and their whereabouts are unknown. Han Caizhi and Chen Kuili entrusted Jiangning's family to the other three to take care of, and they sneaked back to Shiliang County with more than a dozen other Xiang Yong who went back to find their families, and left that night on the boat prepared for them by Lin Tie.

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The matter was resolved very smoothly, and nearly one hundred and fifty Xiangyong who were incorporated into the Wuwei also sent the boat to Prison Island, and Lin Xulu and Lin Xuhong had a simple dinner in the grass hall, and said to Lin Xulu during the banquet: "You have to send the silver back to Dongyang Mansion and worry about meeting Liukou on the way - I think this is good, the two fast sailing ships of Jiyun Society will be officially received in these two days, and the manpower here in the estuary is quite sufficient, and I will send you back to Dongyang in two days." Many things on this side of the estuary have also settled down temporarily, and I will go to Dongyang to meet Master Gu. ”

The record of the Dongyang in Luoyang Lake, although Lin Xulu did not witness it with his own eyes, but he has heard a lot these days, if there are three such ships escorted to Dongyang Mansion City, there is really no need to worry about ordinary rogue bandits.

"That's really good," Lin Xulu said happily, "I'm still worried about how to send the silver back." ”

Lin Jian said: "I didn't want to say anything more about the affairs of my family, but judging from today's events, it is really not an appropriate thing to leave the Lin family to a few ladies in charge." When I go to Dongyang this time, I will discuss with my second uncle, hoping to let the third brother stay in Jiangning for a long time. ”

Lin Xulu was ashamed in his heart, he was not lawless in the handling of today's matter, but Lin Xuan's words made him sound very comfortable in his heart, after all, anyone who couldn't help but want to do the responsibility on others, Lin Xulu thought that if it wasn't for the panicked command of several aunts, he would not lose the law.

Lin Mengde sat aside and didn't speak, but Lin Xuhong really understood in his heart that Lin Xulu was really far inferior to Lin Xuan.

"Shanglinli is difficult to recover for a while, and if the Lin family's industrial operation in Jiangning is to be maintained, they must find a source of goods from elsewhere. The bulk trade in various places is controlled by local forces, and the Lin family rashly intervenes in it, and there will be no fewer conflicts," Lin Jian said, "These conflicts are strange and varied, and it is relatively common for local forces to collude with the water invaders or directly pretend to be the water invaders to rob." The family has a fleet of ships, with a total load of 5,000 koku, but most of them are ordinary wooden ships, and their defensive properties and speed are very average. In the past, the fleet mainly took the Shiliang River waterway, so there was no need to worry too much, and in the future, it was not possible to be so careless when looking for a source of goods elsewhere. I hope that my family will add more big boats that can be armed, after all, my family still has one hundred and fifty villagers available at the mouth of the river, in fact, my family does not need to keep so many private soldiers at the mouth of the river, only keep twenty or thirty people to guard the house, and the surplus villagers can be arranged to board the boat. Tomorrow, I will ask the third brother to go to the Dongyang to take a look at the Wuwei drill, and I will know that it will be more beneficial for the Lin family to have such a fast ship when the situation is unpredictable. Maybe in the future, Dongyang may also use it, even after the recovery of Shanglinli, use large ships to transport goods in the Shiliang River, with a larger load and fewer manpower...... After I go to Dongyang, I will discuss these things carefully with my second uncle, and I hope that my third brother will also consider one or two. It's not early, I still have to go to the island for a trip, after all, people have just sent it over, and I can't rest assured, so I won't send the third brother back. ”

Lin Jian sent Lin Xulu and Lin Xuhong out of the grass hall, and said to Lin Mengde: "When you contact the three clan elders, you should also talk more about the benefits of preparing a big boat and a strong ship. ”

Jiangdong County is located between the vast plains, and the danger of the terrain lies in the word "water", and the forest is based on Changshan Island, and the Yangtze River waterway connects Changshan Island and the estuary.

After two days when the new ship arrived, Lin Lian would have four thousand-stone ships in his hands. Although the sturdiness and sail speed of ships such as the Dongyang may be stronger than those of the main warships of the East China Sea Kou, they are not as powerful as the East China Sea Kou ships in the sea confrontation.

Lin Jian hoped that Changshan Island could avoid conflict with the East China Sea Kou as much as possible, but the time for the luxury family to integrate the East China Sea Kou and invade the coastal provinces on a large scale would not be too long, and would they tolerate the existence of Changshan Island forces located in the mouth of the Yangtze River at that time?

Lin Tie likes to hold the chips in his own hands, and according to Changshan Island's reconnaissance of the East China Sea Kou forces, Lin Tie hopes to have a five-masted or even eight-masted super-large fast sailing ship. Placing scorpion crossbows, bed crossbows and other combat equipment on galleons can also gain an advantage over many main warships in the East China Sea on the sea with a small amount of elite combat power.

Based on the Dongyang's ability to withstand offshore wind and waves and impact resistance, the cost of the super-large sailing ship with a capacity of five masts and 8,000 stones is about 18,000 taels to 20,000 taels of silver.

Although this time Lin Tie and they fished in troubled waters and touched nearly 100,000 taels of silver, if they could, Lin Tie would like to use it to buy a boat, but this money must not be spent openly.

Lin Jian has to do everything possible to encourage the Lin family to buy more big ships, at least to place an order with the Longjiang Shipyard in the name of the Lin family now, and in the future, he will buy these big ships back at a higher price in the hands of the Lin family.

A large sailing ship, even if the materials are ready, it will take half a year to completely build. Lin Jian was worried that after half a year, the integrated forces of the East China Sea Kou had almost extended their minions to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and time was really waiting for no one.

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PS: Chapter 2, brothers voted red to encourage me to continue with Chapter 3!