For three days in a row, Lin Jian handled official business and slept in the thatched cottage at the mouth of the river during the day, and after dusk, he took a light boat to the training camp on the east beach of Prison Island to discuss with everyone the countermeasures to take root on Xisha Island, in addition to many things, it was also decided to secretly move some Changshan Islanders who "will not leak secrets" into Xisha Island.

The so-called "no leakage" here refers to reliable people, and the number of people in this part is very limited, and Paracel Island is to make up for the lack of available manpower on the island; The other part of the population is relatively large, and this group of people who fled from the interior or fled to Changshan Island but did not know much about the situation on Changshan Island, and there were no secrets that could leak out of their mouths.

The area of Changshan Island is the same as that of Prison Island, but it is necessary to ensure sufficient jungle density to facilitate concealment and combat, and cannot be overdeveloped, and a large number of survival materials must be imported from the outside world to accommodate more than 1,000 people.

Lin Jian and the others planned to reduce the number of inhabitants of Changshan Island, including the elite combat force, to less than 800 people, which was mainly due to the real threat to Changshan Island from the East China Sea Kou entrenched in the Shengsi Islands.

Reduced to less than 800 people, even by taking advantage of the terrain of Changshan Island, it can deal with a large number of invading enemies for several days; In the event of an emergency retreat, two ships like the Dongyang can be fully loaded.

Of course, the so-called cunning rabbit three caves, Lin Tie has to plan for the worst, Changshan Island is an important secret base, Lin Tie will not give up continuous investment and accumulation of materials.

In addition, some people from the estuary should also be relocated to Xisha Island.

When Lin was in a hurry, Lin Jian incorporated the noisy townsmen into Jiyun Wuwei, and also became the main force of Jiyun Wuwei at this time, and the vast majority of these people were poor landless tenants.

Lin Jian decided to move Jiyun Wuwei's family to Xisha Island in batches, and in addition to the housing and living materials, they were also directly allocated to the fields.

Although it is difficult to leave the homeland, although Xisha Island is still facing the threat of the East China Sea Bandits, but the desire for land of the landless tenants in the world is unimaginable to later generations, and the vast majority of Wuwei and his family members are not only not resistant to moving to Xisha Island, but also quite welcome, and even regarded it as Lin Lian's fierce appreciation for the brave fighters.

Lin Jian entered Taihu Lake in July, and after several battles, the casualties of the Jiwei and Wuwei accumulated nearly 90 people. There were 39 people killed in the war, and Lin Jian directly bought nearly 400 acres of fertile land in Jiangning to support his family; Four days later, 48 people were injured and recuperated on Xisha Island, and about 147 of their families took the Dongyang to Xisha Island with Qin Chengzu, Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Hu Chengzhong, Ge Cunxin and others, and the first batch of families moved into Chongzhou.

They are the staunchest supporters of Lin Lian, and they will also become an important foundation for Lin Lian to take root in Xisha Island.

From the beginning of the year to the uprising of Liu An'er in Hongzepu, the mobility of people in the western part of Jiangdong County has increased dramatically, and the strict control of household registration has also been disrupted. People who have relatives and friends and have surplus wealth buy land and settle down, and more people live on the streets and countryside, begging for food, and even in the corner of the estuary, there are more than 6,000 refugees.

In this background, Lin Jian moved one hundred and ten people to settle on Xisha Island, which was not at all inconspicuous; Besides, it is normal for Lin Jian to do everything possible to disperse the refugees who are accommodated in the estuary and disperse the pressure borne by the estuary.

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Five days later, Lin Mengde sent a letter, and Chen Kun, the magistrate of Chongzhou, hesitated for a few days before making a bid with the Hu family through his staff.

Chen Kun agreed to support the Hu family as the head of the Xisha Island township, and in the form of tax and rent collection that was more common in the world, the Hu family would pay 15,000 taels of silver to the county every year, and the county would not ask the Hu family how to reclaim Xisha Island, and could even restrain Li Shuyi from interfering in the affairs of Xisha Island.

Chongzhou County and a county are giving less than this amount of silver, anyway, it is asking for a lot of money, sitting on the ground to pay back, Lin Jian doesn't mind Chen Kun's lion opening his mouth, just asking Lin Mengde and Hu Zhiyong to bargain with Chen Kun to talk about the tax rent in addition to ten from 1,500 taels of silver per year.

The current situation is favorable to them, and there is no problem in delaying one or two, and agreeing too eagerly or agreeing to the high conditions of the Chongzhou locality will also make people suspicious.

Besides, Lin Jian and Li Shuyi get along quite happily, and there is no need to exclude Li Shuyi. If Li Shuyi is really kicked out of Xisha Island, it will only intensify the suspicion of the Chongzhou locality.

It is rare to be born evil, and there are very few people who can really stick to their principles. As long as there are interests, there is almost nothing that cannot be discussed, Chen Kun personally has such a big prejudice against Lin Bin, didn't he still make a bid this time?

Li Shuyi's family is also considered a Wang clan in Chongzhou, and when the East China Sea invaded Chongzhou, Lin Jian had the grace of the whole clan to the Li clan. Not only could he not take the opportunity to squeeze out Li Shuyi, but he also instructed Lin Mengde and Hu Zhiyong that although they could not make the Li people directly participate in the development of Xisha Island, they could entrust the Li people to the Li people as much as possible in purchasing raw materials from Chongzhou, so that the Li people could enjoy the benefits of developing Xisha Island, and Li Shuyi and the Li people would naturally not become an obstacle.

Commercial reclamation can be postponed, and even if it is actually implemented, it will not be completed in one or two years.

At present, it is necessary to focus on the construction of enclosure towers that can control the situation around Guanyin Beach, forming a defensive complex, so that the military guards and the township battalions can cooperate and have the ability to resist the invasion of three to four times the enemy from Guanyin Beach with fewer casualties and costs.

In addition, it is necessary to build 50 large-scale enclosure houses in the central hinterland of Xisha Island extending from Guanyin Beach to the central hinterland of Xisha Island, and based on the actual population of 4,000 to 5,000 households on Xisha Island.

A surrounding house accommodates a homeless person, almost the size of a natural village.

In order to facilitate large-scale commercial reclamation in the future, and to avoid suspicion between the local government and the county department, the surrounding houses should not be built in such a concentrated manner as the estuary side, and should be dispersed to the hinterland of Xisha Island, but the roads connecting the surrounding houses should be built to Guanyin Beach.

In addition to forming a control situation with Guanyin Beach as the core, it is also to prevent pirates from invading Xisha Island on a large scale from other aspects.

In order to facilitate the berthing of large ships and the rapid loading and unloading of a large number of materials, Lin Jian asked Lin Mengde and Hu Zhiyong to build a floating dock in Guanyin Beach by setting up a pontoon bridge, and more than a dozen pirate ships captured by fishing some time ago can come in handy.

Although the floating dock can be fixed with a large number of iron anchors, it can only be used in autumn and winter when the river is gentle and the wind and waves are weak.

Lin Jian stared at the topographic map of Xisha Island and the surrounding river area, and in the future, he had the strength to connect Guanyin Beach with Junshan Island and Zilang Mountain in the north, so that the embankment could directly become a passage connecting Xisha Island and the land on the north shore, and use the tide and silt to accelerate the connection between Xisha Island and the land on the north coast, and become a part of the land on the north shore, which could completely make up for the defects of the terrain of Xisha Island.

Lin Jian measured the distance between Guanyin Beach and Junshan Island with the palm of his hand, and measured the distance from Junshan Island to Zilang Mountain, which was almost about 2,000 steps away.

With the help of machinery, it was not difficult to build a four-kilometer-long causeway in the middle of the river; Of course, building a stone dam to protect the island on the west beach can also stabilize the topography of Xisha Island, and Lin Jian has the impression that the geological form of Chongming Island is so stable, but the amount of these projects is extremely huge, and it is not something that can be considered at the moment.

At present, most of Lin Lian's financial resources are mainly used to resettle, organize the displaced people, and build defense facilities in Guanyin Beach, and the initial resettlement costs of more than 20,000 displaced people are expected to consume more than 100,000 taels of silver; The harbor embankment is only planned to be built, which can extend into the river 200 paces away.

Looking at the map of Xisha Island, Lin Jian was worried about whether the accumulated 200,000 taels of cash could support the investment in the early stage, of course, that is, the investment in the early stage was the largest.

As long as the first two years are overcome, especially if the displaced people on the island temporarily settle down, even if they are not able to break even, the investment can be controlled. At that time, if the world is not in chaos, the income obtained from Prison Island and Hekou can also support the construction of Xisha Island for a long time.

Lin Tie is most lacking in manpower, after Gu Wuchen's position is stabilized, the threat faced by the estuary has been greatly reduced, and now he only leaves a few people in the estuary, such as Ge Cunxin, Lin Jingzhong, Ao Canghai, Zhao Hu, Lin Mengde, Fu Qinghe, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng and most of the military guards are on Xisha Island.

The limited manpower he has at his disposal now can only mainly support the island, and he must concentrate his limited manpower on the island, after all, the Tokai Kou is a long-term and real threat. A large amount of raw materials are purchased and imported into Xisha Island, which can only rely on Lin's Warehouse and Xihehui.

If there is spare energy, more miscellaneous trees should be planted in the east and south of Xisha Island. The forest also enabled Qin Chengzu to search for tree and shrub species adapted to saline-alkali sandy soil from coastal islands off the coast. Large-scale cultivation of coastal defense forests in areas prone to wind and tidal attacks on Xisha Island is the only way to effectively reduce wind damage and tidal inundation at this stage.

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The large-scale invasion of the East China Sea Kou in July turned the prefectures and counties along the Taihu Lake upside down, and they completely withdrew due to the bloody battle of Jiyang.

Whether it is rewarding meritorious deeds or whitewashing the peace, the rewards given to Lin Jian and Yang Pu and other people who have made the first contribution to the Jiyang Blood War have also been conveyed from Yanjing to Jiangning in October. Yang Pu was promoted from the sixth-rank martial rank Zhaowu lieutenant, with more than ten gold and silver coins from the various internal treasury systems, and Lin Jian was promoted to a seventh-rank Xuanyi Lang.

Lin Jian was born as a lifter, and was promoted to four levels in a year, which is also known as a miracle of officialdom; Even if Dong Yuan also stayed in the position of Ru Linlang and the chief secretary of Xianxia County for nine years, he got the opportunity to make great contributions and be promoted quickly.

Probably the only thing that is not happy is that this year's new champion Chen Mingzhe gave the current saint leave to return to his hometown to complete the marriage, and returned to Jiangning at about the same time.

Because of the meritorious reward, the official promotion, according to the routine of the wine, Lin Jian and Yang Pu together to invite a banquet, October 6 in the estuary to invite the Dongyang Township Party and relatives and friends to participate.

After Yang Shi went to Dongyang, Dongyang Township Yong repeatedly used troops in the northeast direction, out of the idea of training and cherishing soldiers, he would not engage in large-scale battles with Liu An'er's troops entrenched in Shiliang County, and naturally there were no results.

The situation in other directions of Hongzepu is also stalemate, and Dongyang has always been seriously threatened by Liu An'er's department.

Most of the people invited to drink were from Dongyang, and the mind of eating and drinking for fun was also light, and they dispersed early before the night was deep, Lin Tie grabbed Sun Jingxuan, and wanted to hire 50 boats and 500 boatmen with the Xihe Association for Xisha Island.

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PS: Chapter 3, Asking for Red Tickets.