At night, when the moon was slightly dark, the lights of the corner towers surrounding the houses and the lighthouse at the southwest end of the island turned the lights on the wharf on the riverbank, and people suddenly noticed that the Dongyang, which had been away from the estuary for several months, had quietly returned to Jiangning.

The Hexiang Building to the east of the North and South Long Street is the property of the clan family in the estuary, and it is customary to call it a small domain building, but the scale and shape are far from being able to compare with the fifth floor in the city, the four eaves are stacked on top of each other, the wing building is only two stories high, and the courtyard is only three entrances, and the new house sandwiched in the North and South Long Street is not conspicuous.

It's not that the feudal family is reluctant to pay money, but when the new house was bought from the hands of the Dongyang Township Party and opened in three months, it was inconvenient to carry out drastic renovation and expansion.

After all, it is the shadow of a person and the bark of a tree, and it is the thatched shed built by the feudal family at the mouth of the river, and it is also the door of the wine guard, not to mention the crisp wine, delicious food, the white and clean Swen of the little girl in Tsing Yi, the wine lady in red and green clothes is charming and charming, and occasionally there is Su Mei's clear singing voice.

Strange to say, in the days when the small feudal building opened, Chen Qingqing, a pillar of Xiubai Lou who never ran outside the field, also came to this small feudal building to show off his dancing.

This not only made the small feudal building lively, but also made the estuary suddenly have the scene of the 25th city of Jiangning.

In the north wing of the small feudal building, when you open the window, you can see the riverbank wharf, Yuan Jinsheng sat cross-legged on the well-knitted mattress, looking at the Dongyang merchant ship docked on the wharf outside the window.

Said to be a merchant ship, the two sides of the Dongyang were erected chest-high women's wall guards, and the top deck of the aft cabin and the foredeck were covered with lacquered cloth.

The situation of the water battle at Luoyang Lake and the water battle at Meixi Lake was also not airtight, and Yuan Jinsheng knew that the top deck and foredeck of the Dongyang stern cabin were covered with lacquered cloth with bed crossbows and powerful combat equipment of type catapults.

Judging from the Dongyang's record of retreating from Luoyang Lake and attacking three ships at the mouth of Meixi Lake, the Dongyang can be regarded as a large warship of the standard, and it is only five or six sturdy warships with the same hull as the Dongyang in the Jiangning Water Camp.

Lin Tie's return from Luoyang Lake can be said to be lucky, and the Battle of Hekou can also be said to be a rabble of Taihu pirates who attacked the estuary, and the Qu family is too stupid, but after Lin Tie entered Taihu Lake, he performed well, and he couldn't use luck or the stupidity of the enemy to hide the light on his body.

Although the Jiyang Blood War was based on Gu Wuchen's guards and cavalry, it also made Gu Wuchen's reputation in Jiangdong increase again, but those who really know the details know that Lin Jian and his guards played a central role in the Jiyang Blood War.

The edge on Lin Lian's body is difficult to hide, and although the number of Jiyun Wuwei who has been incorporated into Dongyang Township and has an official name is very limited, it is undeniable that it is an elite force with a will to fight as solid as a rock.

If Dongyang Xiangyong, who has 4,000 people, can be elite, Hong Zepu and Liu An'er's troops will probably not be able to pose a threat to Dongyang.

It has been made clear within the Gu system that Lin Jian will not interfere in the military affairs of Dongyang Xiangyong, but the outside world who does not know the truth has speculated, if Gu Wuchen targets Li Zhuo, in the eyes of outsiders, Dong Yuan or Chen Zhihu is not a height that Lin Jian cannot reach.

Dong Yuan is now the prefect of Weiyang in the fourth grade, and Chen Zhihu is a major general in the imperial court from the third grade, if the Western Qin Party loses power, the future of Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu is even more limitless, even so, the imperial court still can't help but reuse Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu.

Yuan Jinsheng thought wildly, footsteps sounded in the corridor outside, and then Fan Ding's voice sounded: "Shizi, the second son is resting in this room......" He frowned slightly, he didn't understand why the eldest brother suddenly came to the estuary, and he was stunned, the door was pushed open from the outside, and Yuan Jinsheng saw his eldest brother Yuan Jinqiu walking in with a grin, and the incense floated up, but it was Chen Qingqing who followed him.

Yuan Jinsheng's brows furrowed even deeper: Chen Qingqing, this woman, is not innocent with the old man Mu Guogong, and the eldest brother still wants to be entangled in it, which will make the Yongchang Marquis Mansion a dirty topic after tea and dinner in Jiangning City, which will hinder the reputation very much.

"How can the second brother have the leisure to hide here and drink alone, and he didn't find a girl to talk to?" Yuan Jinqiu shook the delicately trimmed mustache on his lips, sat cross-legged on the mattress, looked at the Dongyang moored at the dock outside the window, and said to Chen Qingqing with a smile, "My second brother has always thought highly of himself, but this forest bind made him look away. He beckoned Chen Qingqing to sit down beside him, took the cup, picked up the wine jug, and poured a glass of wine for himself.

Fan Ding listened to the prince's upside-down and unabashed wild words, knowing that the second prince would not be happy to hear it, and also knew that the Hou Ye loved the second prince more, but he could only stand there and laugh embarrassedly, he couldn't drive the prince out, and the one who inherited the title in the future was always the son in front of him.

Chen Qingqing smiled gently, held a pot for Yuan Jinqiu, Yuan Jinsheng and the brothers poured wine, and heard the old man Zeng say that the ancestor of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion was the younger brother of the ancestor, and had the opportunity to win the throne, after all, it was a chess move, and Taizong took the lead, and the military power was taken away, and it was relegated to Jiangning to not even get a prince, although it was hereditary Yongchang Marquis, but after all, it was raised in captivity, and the descendants inevitably had some resentment in their hearts.

Chen Qingqing glanced out the window, looked at a few people from the Dongyang, accompanied by Lin Jingzhong, the steward of the Jiyun Society, Fu Qinghe's left sleeve was empty and nothing, very conspicuous, she wondered in her heart: Fu Qinghe used to be a boxer hired by Su Mei, how could he go to Baisha County with Lin Lian and come back, so he was determined to follow Lin Lian, and he lost his arm on Xisha Island this time?

At this time, I saw Su Mei, Lin Lian, and Xiao Man, who forcibly begged Lin Lian, appear on the dock, talking to Fu Qinghe and others, Su Mei and Xiao Man seemed to be wiping tears; After these people disembarked, the Dongyang lifted anchor and left the dock, not knowing where it was going at night.

There were no lights shining on the river, and it was pitch black.

"This is really lively," Yuan Jinqiu laughed when he saw the dock, "I heard that the emperor specially ordered Chen Mingzhen to return to his hometown to complete the marriage." said that it was a fake marriage, but it was just to warn the Chu Party: You don't have to bully people too much, Chen Mingzhen is the champion he personally ordered. Looking at the situation, when the Wu Party was still rising, the Donghai Kou was raging in Pingjiang Mansion, and Chen Mingzhe returned to his hometown to complete his marriage, most of which were in Jiangning. With one more character, Jiangning City will be more lively, how can you guess whose hands this Su Mei will fall into in the end? ”

Yuan Jinsheng smiled slightly, Gu Wuchen was kind to Wu Di this time, but this could not make up for the huge gap between the party struggles. After Chen Xiyan retired, the Wu Party was headed by Yu Xinyuan, Chen Mingzhen came to Jiangning, and behind him was the support of the Pingjiang Chen family, the largest family in Wu Land, and the Wu Party power was bound to give Gu Wuchen a headache, but after all, no one in the Wu Party directly controlled the power of the county department, and no one supported the center, Li Zhuo's attitude was ambiguous, Wang Tian was old and mediocre, and he had no ambition to compete with the Chu Party, Wang Xueshan led Gu Wuchen by the nose, and Zuo Shangrong wanted to see if he could successfully calm down the chaos in Hongzepu, and Gu Wuchen always had the advantage.

From this point of view, it is not as good as the situation on the western front is out of control, if the central center sends an envoy to supervise Jiangdong military affairs, Gu Wuchen's qualifications are much worse, and he can't afford to take on the post of governor.

Su Mei wants to get out? Yuan Jinsheng smiled coldly in his heart, but then he thought again, maybe it would be good to use Su Mei's chip well, glanced at Chen Qingqing, and thought to himself Zeng Mingxin is an old fox hiding behind her, what is the idea? Could it be that the eldest brother doesn't understand that Chen Qingqing, a woman, is not simple?

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Lin Jian took a chair car to the dock to greet the arrival of Fu Qinghe, Hu Zhicheng, Lin Mengde, Ge Cunxin, Qin Chengzu and others, and he glanced back at the wing of the small domain. The small mansion was in the dark, and the windows were open, and I could see the figures in the middle swaying and looking at this side, but I couldn't see who was peeping at this side.

The estuary always has to be open to outsiders in order to get a big profit from the collection of city taxes, and at this time, Lin Jian is completely unable to prevent others from peeking at the estuary, the key is to continue to shroud the prison island in the black fog out of the sight of outsiders.

After Lin Jian returned to the estuary, Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhicheng, Qin Chengzu and others immediately rushed to discuss the deployment of Changshan Island, Xisha Island, and Prison Island.

Even if the Donghai Kou did not become a threat for the time being, Lin Jian still asked Zhou Pu and Wu Qi to lead the main force of Jiyun Wuwei to cooperate with the township camp to garrison Xisha Island. Not only can you not take the East China Sea Kou lightly, but you must also be very wary of the military cottages that are close to you; Hu Zhiyong was busy with the resettlement of displaced people and could not get out.

Hu Zhicheng came out, in addition to meeting everyone in Jiangning, he also met with his son Hu Qiaoguan who stayed in Jiangning.

Back to the cottage, Cao Ziang, the little loach master Ge Cunxiong, Hu Qiaoguan, Ao Canghai and others were already waiting here, and there was no good food on the boat.

After dinner, I quietly took a boat from the estuary pier to the training camp at the eastern end of Prison Island; Su Mei was still an eye-catching figure at the mouth of the river, and it was inconvenient to go with him, so he went back to the other courtyard first.

After Yang Shi left, Zhao Hu would fully control the prison guards, and some of the soldiers would take Yang Shi to Dongyang as a foundation; Fu Qinghe and Hu Zhicheng came over this time and recruited a group of brave people from the displaced people on Xisha Island, just to make up for the gap after Yang Shi and his people left. These brave men all came with the ship and were sent to the training camp first.

Since the displaced people have been resettled on Xisha Island, they have had roots since then, and it is natural to recruit soldiers on Xisha Island.

Changsun Geng is not a person who does not know how to advance and retreat, at this time, Zhao Hu has full control of the prison guards, and the boats in and out of Prison Island and the exchange of materials between Prison Island and the outside are also controlled by Jiyun Society, even if Lin Jian is not in Jiangning, he can ensure complete control of Prison Island.

Speaking of which, this is also the balance that Lin Jian achieved after giving up most of the interests of the estuary.

Whether it is Gu Wuchen, Zhao Qinmin, Chen/Yuanliang and others, they all realize the huge benefits after Hekou replaces Quyang Town.

The estuary is more convenient than Quyang Town in geography, and can connect the grain trade in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangzi River, Quyang Town used to trade nearly 3 million stones of rice and grain a year, as long as the estuary reaches this level, the benefits are very amazing.

To be a rice grain merchant, the key is to have the strength to hoard rice and grain.

When the grain is harvested, a pound of polished rice is only worth four yuan, and when the green and yellow are not received, a pound of polished rice can be worth six yuan, and if there is a grain shortage, the price of grain will soar.

For example, Jiangxi and Lianghu were flooded this summer, that is, in the areas along the river, a pound of brown rice also soared to more than 10 yuan, and when the Xisha Island disaster occurred, Lin Jian urgently purchased grain from Chongzhou to save his life, and once made a pound of brown rice in Chongzhou City soar to more than 20 yuan.

Storing grain when harvesting and releasing grain when there is a grain shortage can not only help the local government stabilize grain prices, but also make profits that are beyond the reach of ordinary grain merchants.

Of course, if the profiteers still desperately hoard grain during the food shortage and the government connives, the price of grain will fly to the sky.

On this premise, Chen/Yuan Liang of Moling Zhixian County directly bought six houses connected as a rice shop on the side of the north and south long streets, and one of his nephews was the steward, and the front house facing the street was transformed into a shop, and the backyard was transformed into a granary; It is also planned to set up a vacant land in the estuary, where land is already very tight, and build a large warehouse for storing 100,000 stone and rice grain.

In this rice industry, the Gu family and Zhao Qinmin both entered the silver shares, and Lin Lian pretended not to know, and asked Gu Yingsleeve to instigate the Lin family to also buy shares.

Based on this premise, the interests of Prison Island are somewhat insignificant; Lin Bin's interests in Jiangning are fundamentally in the prison island, and everyone takes what they need.

Qin Chengzu stood at the bow of the light boat, looked at the estuary under the lights, and sighed: "When I came back to Jiangning, I also passed here, and more than nine months, it was like a city flying from the sky." ”

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PS: There are new chapters to read when you wake up in the morning, do the brothers vote for the red vote?