(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

Jiangning in June is already in the summer weather, the boat is on the river, the river breeze is blowing, and it is still very cool, but the people waiting on the wharf on the riverbank of the estuary have been basking in the sun for almost half an hour, even if they are standing in the shade of the trees, Zhao Qinmin's forehead is also densely soaked with beads of sweat.

"It's so spectacular to see the fleet coming...... "The person who rode on the tree tree and looked at it first saw the fleet of the Jiangdong Left Army Water Camp coming, holding the thick tree tree on the tree and excitedly reporting the news to everyone on the dock.

Zhao Qinmin couldn't help tiptoeing, looking east, on the vast river, a few points of tall mast lone sail first exposed, the weather was hot, the mist on the river surface was steaming, but also made the first to enter the field of vision of the lone sail high mast looming.

Lin Jian had sent people to Jiangning earlier to report that in addition to the personal guard battalion, he would also lead the fleet of the second battalion of the Jinghai Sea Battalion to Jiangning to facilitate the escort of the people and materials that had been removed from the prison island to Chongzhou. There is no excuse to stop Jiangning, at least in Jiangning, the Jiangdong Left Army, which won four battles and four victories in the north, has a high reputation, and the people of Jiangning also want to appreciate the style of the Jiangdong Left Army.

The Jinhai-class fast schooner can carry rice and food 5,000 stones, which is almost the largest existing sailing ship in the world.

When the Jinhai docked directly at the wharf on the riverbank, the hull of the ship with a body length of nearly 20 zhang still made the Dongyang Township party members waiting on the wharf look at each other and admire each other, and what made them even more full of praise was the military appearance of the second battalion of the Jinghai Battalion under the Jiangdong Left Army.

What can be compared to the Dongyang Township Party is the fleet of the Jiangdong Water Battalion.

The first battalion of the Jinghai Sea Battalion has 800 regular soldiers and 400 auxiliary soldiers, and the first battalion of the Jiangdong Water Battalion has 600 regular soldiers and 600 boatmen, oarsmen and miscellaneous servants, and the number is similar. In addition to the small number of small and medium-sized warships, the Jinghai Battalion has one more Jinhai-class warship and two Jiyun-class warships than the Jiangning Water Battalion -- the Jiangning Shui Battalion usually has only two building ships with the same carrying capacity as the Jiyun-class warships -- the military appearance of the Jinghai Battalion is naturally much more magnificent than that of the Jiangning Water Battalion.

The fact that the Jinghai Sea Battalion, which was fully staffed by the two battalions, could be formed at once was directly related to the fact that Lin Jian had saved a batch of high-level warships in the name of Jiyun Society before, and Zhao Qinmin thought to himself that maybe Lin Jian had the idea of forming a water battalion as early as April and May last year; Even if he didn't have an official name, he wouldn't mind forming a private armed fleet under the name of the Jiyun Society.

The fleet of the Jinghai Battalion anchored in the river outside the wharf of Prison Island, where Zhao Hu and Changsun Geng were responsible for answering. After a lapse of eight months, Lin Tie landed on the land of Jiangning again, feeling quite emotional, took a slight breath, and rushed to the dock to meet him Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin, Yang Pu, Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu, Liu Xilin, Lin Xulu and many Dongyang Township Party members hugged their fists, and said: "Tired everyone waiting at the dock for a long time under the hot sun, it is really more than Lin Tie is ......."

The leading figures of the Dongyang Township Party in Jiangning, except for Gu Wuchen, almost everyone else has already arrived, and the scene is also rare and grand.

"It is worth it to be able to see the grandeur of the Jiangdong Left Army and sweat in the sun." Zhang Yubo said with a smile.

Chen/Yuan Liang has been transferred to Shandong, Zhiqing Prefecture, and promoted to Wupin, Zhang Yubo stayed in Jiangning and still served as the left secretary of Jiangning Mansion to join the army. Because after Yue Lengqiu arrived in Jiangning, Yin Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Mansion abandoned Gu Wuchen in a blink of an eye and went back and forth with Yue Lengqiu; Zhang Yubo was subject to a lot of restrictions because of this, but he and Liu Xilin firmly controlled the Dongcheng Lieutenant in their hands, and actually controlled the public security power of Dongcheng and Donghua Gate and Jiuweng Bridge, including the estuary.

"Your Excellency has been waiting in the city for a long time, counting that the Lin Dujian can come at noon, and the palace has prepared a luncheon, do you want to go into the city after a short rest?" Zhao Qinmin said, "The Seventh Lady has also been waiting in the mansion for a long time. ”

"It's better to go to the city first," Lin Jian said, Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu and others who were waiting on the dock in the imperial court and the Dongyang Township Party apologized, "I'm so offended, after I meet Lord Gu, I will rush back to the estuary to drink and talk with the villagers......

The party of Dongyang Township returned the salute, and it was just right for Lin Jian to rush back to Jiangning to meet Gu Wuchen first; Besides, today is also a big day for Lin Jian to give a dowry to the Gu family, how can everyone be inconsiderate?

The next dowry, also known as the levy, is the fourth of the six rites, and after the dowry, you can agree on the marriage date.

In addition to two boxes of gold collars, two boxes of silver collars and eight boxes of money, there are also flower tea, fruits, reunion cakes, sheep wine, hairpins, silk and satin cloth and other things, and more than 20 large boxes.

Lin Jingzhong had already prepared carriages and horses here, loaded eight carriages for the dowry, and invited a team of gongs and drummers to help the momentum. Of course, the momentum was the greatest, and it was Ao Canghai who led the guards to escort the carriages and horses with dowry gifts and slowly drove into Jiangning City. Lin Jian rode a jujube red high-headed horse, and walked with Zhang Yubo, Yang Pu, Zhao Qinmin, Liu Xilin, Lin Xulu and others, and also invited Zhao Shuhan and Ge Siyu to go along.

Because the promotion of officials in Jiangdong County has been controlled by Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian, and Gu Wuchen has been deliberately excluded, although Lin Jian has more weight to speak at this time than last year, it is difficult to recommend Zhao Shuhan to the official position of real work.

Before Lin Jian came to Jiangning, he also mentioned in Lin Lian's letter that he would resign from the post of director of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry, and completely put all his energy into the compilation of the "Craftsman's Code". Lin Jian considered that the compilation of the "Craftsman's Codex" had to borrow a lot of resources from the Jiangning Ministry of Industry, especially many first-hand materials and the great craftsmen who could be called masters of art were still under the control of the Zhuzuo Department of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry.

Riding a jujube red horse and entering the Donghua Gate, Lin Jian thought to himself, the two people he wanted to see most when he returned to Jiangning were Gu Yingchong and Su Mei.

Gu Yingsleeve can't be a matchmaker because of her new widowhood, but the marriage between Lin Lian and Gu Junxun was actually handled by her in Jiangning on behalf of Lin Lian, and no one else interfered. Today is the day of the dowry, she didn't show up at the dock to wait, and rushed to the Gu Mansion early to help.

Thinking that it is not difficult to meet Gu Yingsleeve, but to meet Su Mei, it will take another three or two days.

Lin Jian didn't know much about the gift of recruitment, and when he was a puppet, he was all at the mercy of the Zhao family's aunt. The Gu Mansion was also prepared for a long time, Mrs. Gu was in charge with a smile, and the seventh lady Gu Yingsleeve gave Mrs. Gu a hand. In front of everyone, Lin Jian and the Seventh Lady just glanced at each other like a dragonfly and talked about their thoughts.

Gu Junxun couldn't come forward to meet Lin Jian at this time, according to the etiquette system, she couldn't officially meet Lin Jian until she got married in the chapel.

Mrs. Gu smiled, not because the dowry brought by Lin Jian from Chongzhou was worth 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver - the heavier the dowry, the more shabby the return gift and the dowry purchased - when she was tired of each other, Mrs. Gu saw that there was no satisfactory place on Lin Lian's body, and when she was happy, she felt that this son-in-law was satisfied with everything and smiled.

It is said that Chen Mingzhe is the champion of the Yuanlang, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and the first son-in-law candidate in the eyes of the world's mother-in-law, but compared to the Lin Tie who is the king of Qinwang in the north who has four battles and four victories, is famous all over the world, is given a scarlet robe, is knighted Jinhai County male, and the male soldier in his palm sits in Chongzhou, Chen Mingzhe, the champion of the Yuanlang, is several streets behind.

At least among the unmarried young talents, only those two or three princes who were crowned kings can be ranked in front of Lin Bin, how could Mrs. Gu be dissatisfied with Lin Tie at this time, and how could she mind that Lin Tie was actually the slave of the Gu family?

What can Lin Jian say to the sophisticated and snobbish Mrs. Gu? At first, he bribed Mrs. Gu with silver to strengthen the relationship with the Gu family, didn't he just see her at this?

After a series of cumbersome etiquette behind the gate of the mansion, Lin Jian was able to enter the hall and go to the Ming Hall to meet Gu Wuchen.

Compared with last year, Gu Wuchen, who had frosty hair and was only fifty years old in a few years, had nearly half of his manes dyed as white as frost, which shows that Gu Wuchen was also good enough in Jiangning, and Lin Jian was also sour when he saw it: Although he has the confidence to surpass others, it cannot be denied that without Gu Wuchen's help, his road is far from being able to go so smoothly.

"Lin Lian has asked my lord to say goodbye." Lin Tie lifted the front of his scarlet robe in front of Gu Wuchen and knelt down on his knees to greet him.

"Haha, I'm going to change my title in a few days, I'll let you go for the time being," Gu Wuchen smiled, walked over and pulled Lin Jian up, and said, "Xun Niang is the pearl of my palm, I am reluctant to marry her early, and I will marry you as soon as possible, I cut a piece of meat from my heart, and I can also accept your big gift." ”

Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin and others all stepped forward to congratulate, greeted for a while, and went to the back garden to sit down together, after the banquet, Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu and others asked to resign and go back to the estuary first, Gu Wuchen invited Lin Bin, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin, Lin Xulu and others to the back garden to speak.

When I walked to the back garden, I saw Gu Junxun sitting in the pavilion with two maids reading, and when I saw my father, Lin Jian and Zhang Yubo coming over, he pretended to be surprised and said, "Daddy, you want to talk about things in the back garden, why don't you send someone to talk about it first?" ”

How could Gu Wuchen not know his daughter's thoughts, he was informal, and he also knew that Lin Jian was informal, so he didn't blame his daughter for being in a hurry to meet Lin Lian, and said with a smile: "It's that I'm negligent, isn't there no one to bring tea and water at this time?" Then you have to spare yourself. ”

Gu Junxun was playful and cute, and when he said panicked, his face turned red first. Lin Jian stood beside Gu Wuchen, looked at Jun Xun with a smile, and said, "Please bring us tea and water......

Gu Junxun looked at Lin Lian, his heart was pounding, and he shyly took the maid down to prepare tea; After waiting for a while, it was Mrs. Gu who came over with the waiting maid to hand over the water, and said with a smile in her mouth: "Xun Niang really doesn't understand the rules at all, and I'm not afraid to show everyone a joke......

Thinking of Gu Junxun's way of teaching her mother a lesson, Lin Lian's heart was also filled with a faint smile.