"This boat ......is so fast" Zhao Qinmin watched the two banks quickly retreat, and compared with the carriages traveling on the embankment, he also felt that this boat was sailing very well in the Jinchuan River.

"......" Lin Jian laughed, the height of the three masts of this thousand-stone ship is more than eight zhang, a total of fifteen sails are hung, and the hull is also slender, and the operation is much more complicated than ordinary medium and large sailing ships, but the tall mast and compound sail structure make this ship far faster than ordinary sailing ships. This kind of fast sailing ship sailed on the sea to borrow the power of the wind, and even set a record of sailing five or six hundred miles day and night, and it was really not in vain that Jiyun Society spent more than 3,000 taels of silver. If it weren't for the Longjiang Shipyard smashing the boat in his hands and begging to get rid of it, in exchange for the prosperity of Caolu in the past, this ship might not be able to buy five thousand taels of silver. Lin Lian booked the other two fast sailing ships of the same type in the Longjiang Shipyard in a hurry, and also symbolically added five hundred taels of silver to the ship, giving the director of the Longjiang Shipyard a lot of benefits, Lin Lian naturally would not boast to Zhao Qinmin that the advantages of this ship in sailing on the sea will be more obvious, and only smiled, "Transfer the goods, lest the line be slowed down." If the goods are transferred once a year, the profit is 30%, and if it is transferred more than once, it will be doubled...... In the eyes of me, who is bent on digging into money, it is really an insult to the reputation of a scholar. ”

"Lord Lin is really humble." Zhao Qinmin said with a smile, thinking that after Lin Lian came to Jiangning, he was arrogant and domineering, and the prison officials and prison officials have always been a position despised by scholars and Confucian scholars, plus Lin Lian in Jiangning also greatly admired the miscellaneous craftsmanship that was despised by the mainstream, so his reputation among scholars and Confucian scholars was indeed not good.

None of this prevented Lin Jian from making a splash in Jiangning, although he was disdainful of Qingliu, but probably no one in the powerful families inside and outside Jiangning City ignored Lin Jian anymore, and Gu Wuchen also trusted him.

Of course, Lin Jian is also worthy of Gu Wuchen's trust in him, and in a short period of time, he helped Gu Wuchen create a new situation and gain a firm foothold in Jiangning, not to mention, the more than 30 first criminals who stormed the estuary and were detained have been released one after another. Although Zhao Qinmin didn't know how much silver Gu Wuchen had gotten out of it, he knew that it was definitely not a small number. In short, Gu Wuchen has come to the estuary twice these days to inspect, and he is very happy and smiling, and he will hold Lin Lian's shoulder to show his affection and extraordinary relationship.

The gongs and drums in the distance sounded to welcome the thousand stone boats into the port, although Gu Wuchen did not come in person, dozens of Dongyang Township parties rushed to the estuary to congratulate, and they all waited from afar on the riverbank.

On the estuary, the dam has been removed, and tens of thousands of man-hours of deep-water channel have been dug, so that the ship can berth directly on the river bank without worrying about being stranded on the river beach. Although it will take some time to excavate the stone platform at the riverside wharf, it is now possible to load and unload cargo from ships moored at the shore using ropeways and temporary plank roads built on the rock walls of the river cliffs.

Besides, this thousand-stone ship will have to be trained in the sky for a while before it is officially opened.

Zhao Qinmin squinted at Lin Lian, who promised to make him responsible for inviting the Dongyang Township Party to build the estuary, and he would also take his words seriously and not send someone to contain him. Gu Wuchen sent Gu Siming to the estuary, although Lin Jian had an old gap with Gu Siming, he did not prevent him from participating in the affairs of the estuary.

In addition to the promising benefits in the future, the joint construction of the estuary will also help to unite the township party forces, and Gu Wuchen has a foothold in Jiangning, which he really needs the most. Lin Mengde took the lead, Ye Kai, Xiao Mi and other Dongyang Township Party members who did business in Jiangning also responded positively, in addition to the 500 silver donation of the carriage and horse road, the shop street that came out of the riverbank wharf and the river embankment wharf was paved with granite, and the grass market where the shop head was connected with the carriage and horse road was also paved with granite and built a green tile eaves to cover the ground, for which the Dongyang Township Party pledged a total of nearly 4,000 taels of silver. Of course, the land that can build shops on both sides of the long street is also distributed to each family according to the donation of silver, and after the completion of the grass market, it will be jointly managed by each family, converted into 36 silver shares, Jiyun Society accounts for four shares, Gu Jia accounts for four shares, Chen / Yuan Liang and Zhang Yubo each account for two shares, and the other 24 shares are divided by each family.

In addition to the berths of the riverbank wharf that can berth large ships, the open waters and beaches of the estuary have also been built to build a riverbank wharf that can berth more small and medium-sized passenger and cargo ships, and there is a carriage and horse road to connect with the official road of Donghua Gate. If you don't consider the banditry of Caotiandang, it is indeed an excellent land and water wharf, the ferry from Chaotianyi to Jiangning City does not need to dock at the Qixia ferry more than 60 miles away or Rao to the south of the city at the mouth of the Longzangpu Sanchai River, after all, the nearest Jiuwengqiao ferry is too small, can only accommodate the official ship to moor, and the wharf of Quyang Town is too limited to the inland, limited by the river and the bridges across the river, and the medium and large sailing ships with a load of more than 1,000 stones do not enter.

During Zhao Qinmin's time at the estuary, he really appreciated the practical talent embodied in Lin Lian's body, and it was really Gu Wuchen's strong help after he arrived in Jiangning, Lin Lian's performance was also very measured, very knowledgeable about advance and retreat, in addition to many things, it is clear that he did not have the luxury of taking advantage of the estuary, but Zhao Qinmin also had unusual doubts: How much financial resources did Jiyun Society hide?

The early foundation laying on this side of the estuary, including the construction of the riverbank, the embankment wharf, the construction of the enclosure house and the bamboo hall, and the recruitment and resettlement of displaced people, etc., were almost all supplied by the Jiyun Society, and it was not until early April that the funds for the construction of the estuary were mainly raised from the Dongyang Township Party, and Zhao Qinmin estimated that the Jiyun Society invested no less than six or seven thousand taels of silver in the early stage.

Although after the prison was cleared, there were a large number of vacancies in the prison island's military guards and servants, and Lin Jian could eat empty quotas on the prison island, and Zhao Qinmin could not see the detailed accounts of the prison island, but Gu Wuchen came to inspect twice, and he had the opportunity to accompany him to the prison island to take a look on the spot, and after seeing it on the spot, he knew that the shortage of empty salaries was far from making up for Lin Bin's investment in the prison island in the early stage.

The case of escaping prison and seeking criminal punishment was also submitted to the Criminal Department for merit by the Inspector General, and Lin Jian was also rated as excellent in the spring performance appraisal of the Officials, and was awarded the rank of Nine Rank Confucian Lin Lang on merit.

In addition to the official positions previously held, the rank is also an important basis, unless there is a special promotion, otherwise it is necessary to follow the rules of the rank and the product. Similar to the rules of the later generations at the stock level, section level, and department level, if you want to entrust a county magistrate, you must select a deputy department-level cadre to promote to the greatest extent.

Although the ministry remains unchanged, it is already a very rare honor for Lin Bin, who was born as a child, to be awarded the rank of Nine Grades in half a year.

Lin Lian didn't care about this, and Zhao Qinmin could also roughly judge from the escape from prison to ask for criminal punishment that Lin Lian not only deducted money from the prison rations, but also gave some additional money. In addition, the food and treatment of the officials on the island are good, and it is not enough to support the labor and food allocated by the Xuanfu envoy, and the additional shortage must be allocated by Lin Bin's private pocket.

In the past few months, four or five hundred acres of wasteland have been reclaimed on the island, 100 sheds have been built, a number of fishing gear, a number of weaving wheels, several smelting furnaces, a number of boats, two new warehouses outside the high walls, more than 200 piglets, sheep and cattle, and tens of thousands of poultry have been raised. All of this must be sprinkled with a large amount of silver, and the purchase of silver for only four speeding chariot warships is as high as 1,600 taels, and in addition to the soldiers, there must be forty-four additional oarsmen.

In the city of Jiangning, in addition to the nobles and official households and the official lowly status, the ordinary city households are divided into ten grades, and the main basis for the classification here is the family property, which is also a specific manifestation of the merchants of the Dayue Dynasty being higher than the previous dynasty. A family property of 300,000 yuan can be included in the upper class, even in the prosperous Jiangning City, a family fortune of 10 million can be regarded as rich.

Zhao Qinmin was sure that the net money that Lin Jian had invested in Hekou and Prison Island in the past few months was definitely more than 10 million yuan, and at this time, he added a large sailing ship of 3,000 taels of silver, and three at a time. In addition to the one under his feet, there are two galleons of the same specification being built in the dock port of the Longjiang Shipyard, and Zhao Qinmin really can't guess how much financial resources Jiyun Society has hidden.

It is said that Lin Jian is the abandoned son of the Lin family, and he was expelled to Jiangning after offending his family, but Zhao Qinmin really can't imagine that this is the case. But in any case, Lin Lian's status is comparable to Chen/Yuanliang, Zhang Yubo and others, although he is regarded as Gu Wuchen's family and is Gu Wuchen's cronies, but unlike Yang Pu and Yang Shi, these servants and domestic servants, Lin Lian does not prevent him from expanding his power while relying on Gu Wuchen.

Lin Jian didn't know what Zhao Qinmin was thinking, he had considered that such a large-scale sprinkling of silver at the mouth of the river would arouse the suspicion of others. With the purchase price, most of the more than 32,000 taels of silver that had been obtained in the past few months had been scattered, and less than 10,000 taels of silver were left in the account. Suspicion is not afraid, it is more troublesome to arouse the covetousness of others, and it is still a small matter for bandits to come to the door, and if they have no power, it is common for the government to be imprisoned. But as long as Gu Wuchen is still sitting in the position of Jiangdong's deputy envoy, Lin Jian doesn't have to worry that someone will attack Jiyun Society. As for the Gu family, not to mention that Gu Wuchen is still a person of friendship, in addition to the silver shares that Jiyun Society promised to give the Gu family 1,000 taels of silver per year, in the incident of Dongcheng Wei and Shijing'er attacking the estuary, the Gu family received more than 30,000 taels of silver, not to mention the geographical advantages of the estuary, Lin Tie also let the Gu family control. As for whether the Gu family can control Zhao Qinmin and Gu Siming, it is not something that Lin Jian can consider.

After the heavy task of building the estuary was transferred to the Dongyang Township Party to build together, the money spent by the Jiyun Society on infrastructure construction was significantly reduced, but the expenses for the training of the new military soldiers and guards, as well as the cost of recruiting workers and the resettlement of military households and displaced people, were greatly increased.

Although Jiyun Society has not yet started large-scale business, after entering April, the new tea produced by the Gu family this year has only arrived in Jiangning in small quantities for marketing, but ten large spinning wheels on Prison Island can produce more than 300 catties of yarn day and night, which is enough to reach the 1450 spinning households in Jiangning City, and the monthly surplus can reach 200,000 yuan, which has exceeded the previous prison to force female prisoners to sell themselves in brothels in Quyang Town for profit. The number of fishing boats launched on Prison Island increased to six, and the shallow water catch on the river beach not only supplied the needs of Prison Island and the estuary, but also sold nearly 300 catties of pickled fresh fish to fishmongers every day. It's just that at this time, the salty salt needed for pickled fish is purchased from the official salt merchants, and the profit of pickled fish is even less than that of fresh fish, but at this time, it is necessary to lay the foundation for the use of a large amount of private salt in pickled fish in the future. The Iron Workshop in Prison has basically been able to meet the consumption of iron tools on Prison Island, and can also supply the estuary. The first vegetables were also produced, which could be supplied to the island and the estuary.

The initial recruitment of migrant workers and young people were divided into various places, and the employment of Hekou was gradually dominated by the children of Dongyang hometown, but there were still more than 100 young and middle-aged women and nearly 200 family members of the newly formed military households to be resettled. Naturally, this side can not provide enough land for them to cultivate, but it cannot be provided for them in vain, Lin Tie made Jiyun Society to build a weaving and spinning workshop in the estuary, before the workshop was completed, a large number of ordinary spinning wheels were purchased and sent to each family, and the cotton was supplied to each family by the Jiyun Society, and then sold by the Jiyun Society to the weaving and spinning workshops in Jiangning City.

Although Jiyun Society was still unable to make ends meet at this time, it had passed the bottoming period with the largest silver consumption, and the branch gap was also shrinking at a visible rate every day. If Zhao Qinmin could really see the details of Prison Island, his surprise at this time would increase by a few percent.

It is said that "using power to seek wealth, using wealth to seek power", in Lin Bin's view, the silver spent is silver, and ensuring the balance of income and expenditure of Jiyun Club is the most important thing.

Lin Jian remembered that the last time he went back to the city, he heard Gu Wuchen say that Qin Chengbo had privately melted all the silver ingots he had collected in Jiangning in the past three years into a large silver ball weighing a thousand taels to prevent theft, and Lin Jian could only sigh deeply, guessing in his heart: Qin Chengbo would take hundreds of big silver balls with him when he left Jiangning and went north?

When the galleon arrived at the mouth of the river, the gongs and drummers on the embankment pier made more and more efforts, beating the gongs and drums loudly, and the big and small loach masters commanded his subordinates to steer the sailboats out of the estuary and turn west against the current to enter the deep-water channel of the riverbank wharf and enter the berth.

Lin Jian stood on the bow deck of the boat, watching from a distance as a light boat went down the water in the east, and several people standing on the light boat were pointing at Prison Island, and the sailboat sailed out of the estuary, which also attracted their attention to look back.

These people are all dressed in long shirts and scarves, nothing surprising, but there are two fast paddle boats on both sides of this light boat, and there are more than a dozen men sitting on each boat in an orderly manner.

Lin Jian was curious: Who are these scribes, and the dozens of followers that Qin Chengbo is close to him don't have dozens of guards and strong spirits? It's just that it's far away, and I can't see their details clearly.

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PS: Ask for a red ticket.

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