The east side of the prison island overgrown into the shrubs in the water, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong and others surfaced one after another, climbed onto the board, carefully put away the air bag made of pig belly, took the wine jar, sat on the board of the boat and poured wine into the mouth.

"Does this work?" The crow Wu Qi squatted aside, watching the big loach master Ge Cunxin, and they wiped their bodies with ginger pieces.

"Soak you in the water for an hour or two, and you will feel useful......" The big loach master Ge Cunxin put on his clothes with his hands and feet, and only then did he ease up, grinning and laughing with Wu Qi, he picked up the end of the cotton core rope piled up at the bow of the boat and looked at it carefully, and said, "This rope is easy to use, light and strong, and it will not entangle people underwater......

"It's good to make, it's just too expensive, do you know how many pieces of cloth can be woven with these ropes? Besides, it rots quickly after being immersed in water. Cao Ziang commanded the people to put away the fishing nets by hand, carefully removed the floating sacs made of pig belly from the fishing nets, and watched the melee on the water in the distance from the gap in the bushes. Of course, there were also boats lurking on the water, so they stayed away from the chaotic waters with other real fishing boats, so as not to harm the fish in the pond. I thought that the mystery would not be revealed, as long as Qu Wuyang would never think of who was hiding in the dark and biting them.

"What about Tan Ye?" Ge Cunxiong packed up, came to Cao Ziang's side, and asked in a low voice, some people still don't know Lin Lian's identity.

"On the shore," Cao Ziang whispered in the direction of the estuary, "I said that I would go to the cemetery first......

Ge Cunxiong glanced to the southwest corner, and his view was obscured by the bushes. When he first came to Jiangning, Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi and others all admired the East China Sea Fox, and Changshan Island also took the name of the East China Sea Fox to build a pole. After getting along for more than a month, so many things have happened, but Ge Cunxiong knows at this time why Qin Cao, Zhou Wu and others, who have been in the East China Sea for many years, respect Tan Zong, the fox of the East China Sea, so much.

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The six fast-oared warships of the Jiangning Water Camp were full of soldiers and approached the side of Prison Island, the golden drum shook the sky, but the speed of the ship was slow, and when the Jiangning Water Camp warships approached the range of miles, the bandit boats of the chaotic battle group separated and drove away, and they saw the soldiers of the water camp warships shooting an arrow into the water, and those bandit boats had disappeared into the twilight depths one by one.

Lin Jian and Gu Wuchen shook their heads on the river embankment, the water battalion soldiers were so weak in deterrence, it was no wonder that the river bandits and pirates were rampant and arrogant in recent years.

Although the inexplicable Jiang bandits were dispersed, Gu Wuchen was finally a little worried: if Prison Island was impacted, he was afraid that he would not be able to count on the Jiangning Water Camp to rescue him in time. He had seen the drills of the prison guards on the island, and these soldiers were replaced on the island after the prison was cleared, with a total of only sixty people, compared to a month and a half ago, they did have the appearance of elite soldiers, but after all, the number of people was too limited and not well cared for.

Gu Wuchen didn't look at the game of fake cats and mice on the water, and said to Lin Lian: "I'm afraid that the estuary tragedy will not be investigated again, and it is not without benefits." The day before yesterday, the five divisions gathered to discuss the matter of the displaced people on the north bank, and the other government divisions finally agreed to guard the prison and guard the estuary to prepare for bandits......"

Lin Jian nodded, maybe in the eyes of many people and even Gu Wuchen, the thirty-six people who died in the estuary tragedy are insignificant, and it is the greatest benefit to exchange for the right of the prison guards to assist in the defense of the estuary area.

It's not time to reopen the prison city yet, but the prison guards will make up the shortfall and restore it to the level before the prison is cleared, and two more teams will be added for a total of 120 soldiers.

Lin Jian really didn't have much confidence in the Jiangning military households, especially the remaining Jiangning military households that were selected for the Jiangdong Governor's Mansion and the Jiangning Garrison General's Mansion, how many capable soldiers could be selected, and he suggested that Gu Wuchen let the military division under the Rubbing Envoy come forward, and join the military lieutenants of the Admiral's Mansion to go to the north bank without hesitation, and select some sturdy and brave soldiers from the homeless people to fill the military households as prison guards.

Whenever there is a tide of displaced people, the imperial court also encourages the local government to recruit soldiers from among the displaced people to fill in the military households, on the one hand, it can send fresh blood to the town army and the government army system, on the one hand, it can solve the survival problem of some displaced people, and on the other hand, it is also to weaken the harm that the tide of displaced people may bring to the local area.

"Okay," Gu Wuchen nodded and agreed, most of the existing military households are old and weak soldiers, not to mention Lin Bin, he will not agree to send these old and weak soldiers to Prison Island to serve as prison guards, it is a common practice to select displaced people into military households, and it is according to the duty of the subordinates of the Inspectorate to prepare for affairs, he said, "You can also ......go to the north shore together if you have time."

"Let's let Yang Shi go. The South Shore is so chaotic that I don't feel comfortable walking away. Even if you go back to the city, if something happens here, it's still too late to rush over; To go to the north shore, the forty or fifty miles of waterway will take at least half a day. Lin Jian said, he didn't want to stuff people into the city this time, there are standards for selecting Jianyong, at least in front of Gu Wuchen, the matter of selecting soldiers and training still has to let Yang Shi perform more, which can be regarded as an explanation for Yang Pu.

"It's okay," Gu Wuchen said with a smile, "At that time, I'll let Yang Pu also come over to see if Yang Shi's kid can satisfy his Lao Tzu." ”

"How capable that kid is, it's also an adult who has a good guide with Lin Sijiao." Yang Pu said with a smile next to him.

"Yang Shi is really good at following Lin Lian," Gu Wuchen laughed and said to Yang Pu, "I'm afraid you didn't have confidence that Yang Shi could lead the soldiers so well......

"......" Yang Pu smiled, he admired Lin Bin's talent and knowledge very much, and he was very polite when he met, but he always felt that he was separated from Lin Bin, maybe the talent shown by the young man in front of him was too dazzling, and it always made people feel uneasy.

Although Gu Wuchen has the privilege of entering the city gate at night, Gu Wuchen is not a person who is accustomed to abusing his privileges, seeing that it is getting late, he said goodbye and left, and rode directly from the mouth of the river to the city under the escort of the guards.

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The setting sun has already set on the eaves of the city tower in the distance, the water surface has returned to calm, the Qu family on the river embankment in the east has gone away in anger, and the six fast oared warships of the Jiangning Water Camp have also left, and a boat is coming from Prison Island to the mouth of the river.

Cao Ziang, dressed in gray cloth, stood at the bow of the boat, and the brothers Ge Cunxin and Ge Cunxiong went to the shallow water to take the boat and walked to the Zhutang Wharf.

Lin Tie accompanied Gu Wuchen to inspect the mouth of the Prison Island, Lin Jingzhong didn't come over to accompany him, after all, he was an insignificant little person, so he didn't go to join the excitement, seeing that Lin Tie was looking for someone to call him to the grass hall, he instructed Qian Xiaowu to do the things in his hand, he took a lift of water from the tank, washed his face, and walked towards the grass hall on this side of the estuary.

said that it was a thatched cottage, but in fact it was a simple thatched shack, where Lin Jian and Liu Yue'er had been living these days.

A fenced house has been built on this side of the embankment, and Lin Jian insisted that those who recruited and displaced people live in it first, especially the families who were killed or injured in the estuary tragedy.

The enclosure house is not so much a large courtyard as a defensive castle that can accommodate 30 to 40 households. Although the enclosing house is also the layout of one household and one courtyard, but the courtyard doors of all the houses open to the small square and common hall in the center of the house, and the back wall of each house is also the outer wall of the enclosing house, which is built with a three-fold soil sandwich plate mixed with slaked lime and inserted bamboo as wall reinforcement, which is far higher than the height of the ordinary house ridge, and the degree of solidity is far more than the ordinary rammed earth wall, and there are small and steep watchtowers at the four corners of the surrounding house. The construction of the enclosed house is from Ge Siyu's suggestion, the version of the construction of the Sanhetu compound wall, the completion period is short, after the completion of the sturdy and durable, can save land, the courtyard lives together, there is a public hall to deal with the public affairs in the enclosed house, but also conducive to strengthening cohesion, more effective organization of these recruits and displaced people.

Although only one enclosed house was built, the foundation of the second enclosed house was dug out, and the recruiters who were accustomed to sleeping in the open were not so particular, and three or four families squeezed into a single courtyard were temporarily placed in the enclosed house, and the shacks that had been built in a mess before had to be cleared out to build storage yards, warehouses, and warehouses. According to Lin Bin's meaning, Ge Wuyu also planned three main streets for this side, one along the south bank of the river, one along the west bank of the Jinchuan River, and one through the storage yard and in front of the warehouse.

The mind is excellent, who doesn't want to end up being a thriving land and water terminal? The key is to ask for money, Lin Jingxin muttered, Lin Jian said that he didn't need to worry about the silver, but in less than half a month, Lin Jingzhong calculated that the silver in his hand had consumed more than 1,000 taels, and now there was only 1,500 taels of silver left, which could only support half a month's use.

Lin Jingzhong walked into the cottage and saw Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Cao Ziang and the Ge brothers were all there, and there was also a guard outside the cottage, saying: "Everyone is here, that's right, the Longjiang Shipyard sent someone to send a letter, saying that as long as the rest of the silver is sent over, the ship can be brought out from the Longjiang Lake Dock." Let's think about where you can raise two thousand taels of silver...... If the appointment period is overdue, not to mention that the ship will not be able to pick it up, and even the deposit of five hundred taels of silver that has been paid before will not be returned. Now is also the worst time for the shipyard market, the Longjiang shipyard has increased the watertight cabin according to our meaning, and many structures have also been reinforced, a thousand-stone ship is only two thousand five hundred taels of silver, in previous years, to be transformed according to us, it is impossible to be less than five thousand taels of silver......" He looked at Lin Lian There was a bag in front of the bookcase, he walked all afternoon today, his feet were sore, seeing Zhou Pu and they were all sitting, there was no spare stool in the house, he touched the bag with his hand, and asked Lin Lian, "What is here, can you sit?" ”

"You can sit down...... Lin Jian said with a smile.

Lin Jingzhong felt wrong when he touched it, and when he opened the bag, he saw that it was full of silver ingots, and even found seven or eight of them, all of which were standard fifty taels of official ingots, which were solid and solid, not like fake, Lin Jingzhong only thought that he was in a dream, gently pinched his cheeks, and looked around at everyone: "I'm not dreaming, I want to go crazy thinking about silver every day." ”