The southeast beach of Xisha Island is also called the crane beach, this tidal flat wetland area is rich in aquatic grass, shrimp snails multiply, the red-crowned cranes migrate through Chongzhou after autumn every year, will inhabit this place in large groups, Chongzhou fishermen then call this crane beach.

This year's red-crowned cranes have not yet begun to move south, and there is no crane shadow on the crane beach, and the survivors who have been hit by the typhoon and the tidal wave have moved to Guanyin beach, and a large number of waterfowl have begun to gather and forage here again.

Eight people fled into the reed field at the east end of the crane beach in a panic, startled a canopy of birds flying wildly, the arrow feathers in the quivers of the two archers were empty, and two of them lost their weapons on the way to escape, looking at the vast river outside the reed field, and there were assault boats in the river in the distance, listening to the sound of the pursuing horses' hooves behind them, this group of people wanted to cry without tears, wanted to abandon their weapons and surrender, but the pursuers behind them did not accept their surrender at all.

More than 30 pursuers came in tandem and intercepted them, first shooting with arrows, shooting the eight lake thieves who had fled into the reeds like hedgehogs, and then divided into ten people to approach from the left and right in two groups, and those who still had a remnant wiped a knife on their necks, and the auxiliary soldiers in the back stepped forward at this time, wading through the water and throwing eight corpses into the river.

Seeing the corpse washed away by the river, Ning Zechen took the reins and ordered everyone to follow him back to Guanyin Beach.

At the end of July, the Guanyintan disaster relief camp was attacked by lake bandits, and 117 people were killed and 267 were injured and disabled by the armed guards and the temporarily organized people. Although the number of lake pirates who attacked Xisha Island in depth was small, they did everything they could to burn, kill, and plunder, and did everything they could, causing casualties to the displaced people on Xisha Island of nearly 2,000 people.

Zhao Hu and Zhao Qingshan led the crowd to rush to the aid from the estuary, attacking the lake thieves of Guanyin Beach from the flank, Zhou Pu led the soldiers guarding the island and the people Yong also fought back, repelling the lake bandits, most of the lake thieves crossed the entire Xisha Island and fled by boat from the South Beach, but there were still many remnants on Xisha Island that did not have time to evacuate, and they were also the lake thieves who caused the most murders.

After Lin Jian regained control of the situation on Xisha Island, it was difficult for the lake thieves who had not had time to withdraw from Xisha Island to do anything. After the great calamity, the resentment in everyone's hearts needed to be vented, Lin Jian categorically did not accept the surrender of these remnant lake bandits, so that Ning Zechen and others led more than 300 people to search the whole island in five teams, and resolutely purge the remnants of the lake pirates, and also made the people on Xisha Island tempered in the battle of iron and blood, fire and tears.

Ning Zechen led the crowd back to the Guanyintan camp, and saw that there were officials and officers and soldiers in the camp, and he casually pulled someone to ask, only to know that Chen Kun, the magistrate of Chongzhou, came to the island, Ning Zechen spat in the mud and scolded: "Dog officer! "Let the people return to the camp bravely, and hand over the horses to the camp with three or five servants.

Ordinary mules and horses are not unusual, and you can even buy one for ten taels of silver in Chongzhou City.

After Lin Jian was attacked on Xisha Island, he no longer cared about the opinions of the Chongzhou locality, and officially organized the people on Xisha Island without authorization, with a quota of 60 people for each team, and in addition to the armor and bows and arrows, 20 horses were also allocated to take care of and feed themselves.

Only the kind of good horse led by Ning Zechen with a high head and a high forehead, a huge body weighing four or five hundred catties, and a short-distance sprint that can lift a weight of three hundred catties, there are only more than forty horses in the entire Xisha Island, which are very precious, and they are all transferred from Jiangning by Lin Tie.

There is a horse camp in the Guanyintan camp, and the people of each team are brave enough to return these good horses to the horse camp in time to feed and care.

"Ning Zechen, Ning Zechen, the lord called you over."

Ning Zechen turned his head and saw that it was Lin Lian's guard, Chen Hua's face with a birthmark on his face, and asked, "What is the matter with the adults calling me?" ”

"There are several officials from Chongzhou, and the Hailing Mansion Sikou has also come over, and has talked about the resettlement of the displaced people and the people's courage for a long time, according to the rules, even if Xisha Island sets up a township camp, it will also be under the jurisdiction of the Chongzhou County Lieutenant and the Hailing Mansion Sikou Joining the Army, looking for you, it should be said that this matter ......" Chen Huamian said.

"the thief. Where were these dog officers when the tide invaded Xisha Island? Xisha Island was attacked by lake pirates, where are these dog officers? The people of Xisha Island only listened to the orders of the adults, what do these dog officials want to see me? Ning Zechen asked with a frown.

"The adults let you go, you are long-winded, don't talk nonsense when you enter the camp." Chen Hua scolded with a smile.

"If you have this time, you might as well practice your knife more!" Ning Zechen muttered reluctantly, and walked with Chen Huamian to the camp where Lin Jian lived.

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Chen Kun is more than forty years old, the white face is thin, the short beard under the chin is black and dense, it can be regarded as a dignified appearance, there is a Confucian temperament of a scholar, he and Wu Meijiu, the secretary of Hailing Mansion, joined the army Wu Meijiu are both Jinshi of Chongyue for three years, and have the friendship of the same year, at this time he and Wu Meijiu sat side by side, looking at Lin Lian, who was born and behaved perversely, sitting opposite them, there was an evil spirit that could not be suppressed to rush to their hearts.

The camp tent was set up according to the military tent, the main seat was vacant, and the following two rows of seats, Chen Kun, Wu Meijiu, and Chongzhou County Lieutenant Hong Changji and other local officials sat on one side, and Lin Jian sat alone on the other side. If it weren't for Wu Meijiu persuading him, "Gu Wuchen has already served as the imperial historian of the right capital and the Jiangdong envoy, and has the right to supervise local officials, and it would be easy to bring down a magistrate with iron determination, and if people are under the eaves, they will bow their heads if they can bow their heads", Chen Kun would have brushed his sleeves away a long time ago.

The curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside, and outsiders had no rules, so they came in directly without singing the promise, Chen Kun looked sideways, and saw that behind the guard who had just sent Lin Tie to find someone was a thin and white young man, thinking that he was the leader of the people elected by Lin Tie? I thought it was a vulgar man with five big and three rough.

"Chen Zhixian, Wu Senjun, Hong County Lieutenant, he is what I said Ning Zechen, my brother and nephew died in the wind disaster, the widowed mother died in the plague, Xisha Island set up a township camp, Hu Zhiyong is a famous squire in Chongzhou, serving as a commander, I have no opinion; I also recommend Ning Zechen as deputy commander. He has read for a few years, and he knows some things about leading troops to practice, I called him to come over to Chen Zhixian, Wu Senjun, and Hong County Lieutenant to test whether he can be competent," Lin Jian introduced Chen Kun, Wu Meijiu, Hong Changji and others to Ning Zechen, "These three are Chen Zhixian, Wu Senjun, and Hong County Lieutenant, you quickly salute them......"

Ning Zechen was reluctant in his heart, and Hu Zhiyong, who was also standing on the side, secretly pulled his shirt, so he reluctantly hugged his fists to salute Chen Kun, Wu Meijiu, and Hong Changji, and didn't say anything.

"What books have you read?" Chen Kun looked sideways at Ning Zechen, seeing that he was thin and white, different from ordinary martial artists, his previous resistance had faded by two or three points, and he was also seriously admitted to the school.

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After Lin Jian returned to Xisha Island, he almost met with the soldiers of the military Shanshui Village, and did not greet the local people at all, and directly issued swords, spears, bows and arrows, and armor to more than 300 people to start clearing the whole island of bandits.

Lin Kun's behavior has been a great taboo, Chen Kun's heart is on fire, and after knowing the news, he immediately sent someone to hand a piece of paper to Hailing Mansion.

The main way of thinking for local governments in dealing with displaced people is to limit their scope of activities, closely monitor them, and then repatriate them to their places of origin in batches when the time is ripe. Especially after the Hongzepu Rebellion, although the county department wanted to resettle the displaced people in the local area, the heart of prevention was even greater, and it was naturally regarded as a big disaster for the displaced people to come into contact with military equipment.

In Chen Kun's view, it is impossible for the people selected from the displaced people to be loyal to the local area, and Lin Lian's behavior is simply to stuff a sharp knife in the hands of the displaced people on Xisha Island.

After Chen Kun's paper was handed to Hailing Mansion, it did not cause an uproar, and Wu Meijiu, who joined the army of the government secretary, immediately rushed to Chongzhou to deal with the affairs of the displaced people on Xisha Island on behalf of Hailing Mansion, and also to mediate the contradiction between Chongzhou and Lin Bin.

Chen Kun thinks that a scholar should have the heart of a scholar, how can he bow his head in the face of power, and easily refuse to accept Wu Meijiu's mediation.

Wu Meijiu questioned him: "Once the matter is big, will the responsibility for the wind disaster on Xisha Island be investigated first?" None of the island's twelve cemeteries are buried with paper figures. In the event of an attack on Xisha Island, will the officers and men be held accountable for slacking off the war? Even if the paper is handed to the capital, it will eventually fall into the hands of the Chu Party, how to deal with it, is not the Chu Party decided? First remove you from the post of magistrate, replace you with someone from the Chu Party to serve as the magistrate of Chongzhou, and then send this case back to Chongzhou for disposal, do you want to see such a result? ”

Chen Kun realized that Lin Lian, as the vanguard and favorite of the Chu Party, was no longer something that he could bring down as a Qipinzhi County, no matter how Lin Lian messed up in the place, as long as it did not go against the interests of the Chu Party, it could almost be said that the Chu Party, which had already controlled the center, would try their best to shield him and connive at him.

If the responsibility for the local disaster relief in Chongzhou County is seriously investigated, Gu Wuchen can indeed remove him from the seat of the magistrate first, and he has to bow his head under the eaves, Chen Kun can not prevent Xisha Island from setting up a township camp, but he must also try his best to restrict Lin Tie's actions in the locality.

This is also the meaning of the officials of Hailing Mansion and Wu Meijiu, instead of fighting hard to break the blood, it is better to follow his meaning first, in short, to actively grasp the many affairs of Xisha Island in the hands of the local government, and first send Lin Bin, the new god of the Chu Party, back to Jiangning. After three or five years have passed, it is not necessary to pinch Xisha Island into a circle or a square, and it is not a local decision?

Chen Kun put down his confrontational posture and wanted to summon Lin Jian to Chongzhou County to discuss the disposal of the displaced people on Xisha Island, but he gave Lin Jian a sentence "The East China Sea has not gone, Xisha Island is in danger, and I dare not leave for a moment" blocked and almost had a stroke, and it was Wu Meijiu who could not bear to persuade Chen Kun to deign to come to the island to see Lin Jian and discuss the disposal of the displaced people together.