"I'm here......" Qin Chengzu walked out of the gatehouse, stood under the lantern hanging on the eaves of the porch and looked at Lin Bin, Qian Xiaowu, Zhao Mengxiong and others all gave Wu Qi the first envoy to go elsewhere, there were no outsiders in the front yard, and a thin layer of snow accumulated in the afternoon, which did not look good.

Compared with when he was in Qingjiangpu after the autumn, Qin Chengzu lived at sea for several months, his skin was darkened, his thin face cut a few dry and cracked thin cuts in the cold wind, his appearance looked slightly old, his expression was vibrant, his eyes were bright under the lamp, he was wearing a silk shirt, dressed as a businessman.

"It's good that Mr. Qin can come," Lin Lian was also very happy that Qin Chengzu could come over in person, Zhou Pu and Wu Qi both have their own expertise, and it is definitely better for them to steal chickens and dogs, kill people and set fires than others, but when it comes to the layout of the land, they are not as good as Qin Chengzu, there are some things, Lin Lian hopes to discuss with Qin Chengzu, walks over, and asks with concern, "Are there any troubles in entering the city?" ”

"This year's tide of refugees is earlier than in previous years, and Jiangning has always been peaceful, so it is no problem for us to enter the city with a fake tooth card......" In addition to the people sent by Wu Qi to contact, Qin Chengzu took a subordinate to sneak along the way, and after arriving at the boundary of Jiangning, he disguised himself as a merchant and entered the city, he said, "The waterway from Chongzhou to Jiangning, I have to walk to rest assured......"

"Well, I can't get out, otherwise I'll go again......" After leaving Qingjiangpu in autumn and dusk, Lin Lian and Zhou Pu first sent Su Mei, Siniangzi, and Xiaoman back to Jiangning, and they walked back and forth from Jiangning to Chongzhou along the waterway, Lin Lian invited Qin Chengzu and others to go to the main courtyard wing, and said as they walked, "Mr. Fu, Ziang, Qiao Guan, and Qiao Zhong are okay on the island?" ”

"It's all good, it's hard work, and the rest is safe, otherwise I wouldn't dare to leave the island easily," Qin Chengzu said of the situation on Changshan Island, "In the winter, there have been several pirates who invaded Chongzhou and Hailing from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and Changshan Island is not on its route, so there is no conflict." However, after we went to the island, there were also pirate ships approaching and coveting the island, and I discussed with Ziang and Qinghe and felt that I couldn't swallow my anger and wanted to fight. At the beginning of last month, a group of pirates on the island were lured into the jungle, and in the middle of the month, the two pirate ships that were going to approach Changshan Island were directly driven away, and after that, it was much quieter......"

Qin Chengzu said it easily, but Lin Jian could imagine their hardships and dangers.

Qin Chengzu's family of men and horses still have only forty or fifty elite combat strength, but there are three or four hundred old and weak women and children, to gain a foothold on Changshan Island, in addition to the hard work of surviving on the island, but also to show their fangs to dispel the covetousness and greed of other pirate forces. In the East China Sea, where the law of the jungle eats the strong, no one will be particularly polite to Changshan Island just because it is good-looking, and it is precisely because other pirate forces know that they will pay a bloody price if they want to swallow Changshan Island.

"Lin Lian is waiting in Jiangning to listen to Mr. Qin and Ziang re-establish their prestige in ......the East China Sea," Lin Lian said with a smile.

"But the name we released in the East China Sea is the East China Sea Fox Tan Zong......" Qin Chengzu squinted at Lin Bin.

Lin Jian was slightly stunned, laughed again, and said: "Mr. Qin is really good at scheming, but the truth is false, and the virtual is real, and he has a foothold on Changshan Island, not only to establish his authority, but also to contact the East China Pirates, how can he easily show others the details?" The pseudonym that I thought of casually was lent to Mr. Qin for you to use, so it seems that I can't let the prestige of the East Sea Fox fall! Lin Jian knew very well in his heart that Qin Chengzu's gang of rogue makou has always been an independent force with strong cohesion, and he will not easily rely on others, let alone pin his future hopes on him, a son with little power, the reason why he used his pseudonym to establish a name on Changshan Island may be grateful to him for doing things for them during this time, and the main reason is that Qin Chengzu set up a suspicious array on Changshan Island to confuse other East Sea pirates, and asked with a smile, "But why do bandits use 'East China Sea Fox'?" ”

Qin Chengzu laughed and said with a smile: "This is what Qinghe came up with, if you are not satisfied, go to him in the future." Lin Bin's reaction was very satisfying to him, although Lin Jian was very worthy of admiration and trust, but now was not the time to think too much.

At this time, Liu Yue'er brought tea to the main room, she just heard Qian Xiaowu say that there were guests from other places coming, and when she saw Lin Lian coming back, she made tea and brought it, and watched Qin Chengzu and Lin Lian sit and talk about the case, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Zhao Hu, Chen Enze, Lin Jingzhong and others all stood aside, and also knew that the identity of the guest was extraordinary, because before Lu Feihu and Zhao Shuhan and others came to the door, she didn't see such respect for people from Zhou Pu and Wu Qi's eyes.

Liu Yue'er never imagined that the guest who came over today turned out to be a horse thief leader, and now he has changed his career to be a pirate leader, put the tea on the table, bowed to Qin Chengzu, and asked Lin Lian and said: "When the guests came, the house had already eaten, and I prepared some wine and food at this time......

"Okay, I'll go over with Mr. Qin in a while, thank you for your hard work." Lin Jian said, looking at Liu Yue'er's charming face under the lamp, and remembering what Gu Wuchen said before leaving Gu's house.

Men like beautiful women, there is nothing to hide, but Lin Jian knows in his heart what the intention of Liang Zuoren of Shiliang Zhixian County to give Liu Yue'er to the Gu family as a cook, and he has no other thoughts to let Liu Yue'er stay in the house. When he was distracted for a moment, Su Mei's charming face flashed in his mind again, and Lin Jian raised his head and asked Wu Qi: "Mr. Qin came over, did you tell the fourth lady?" ”

"People are not in Baiyuan, I'll go to see ...... later," Wu Qi said.

Liu Yue'er stood there with the tray, panting slightly, and a feeling tightly grabbed her tender heart: Lin Gongzi didn't avoid himself when he talked about secret matters with guests! She lowered her head, slightly suppressing the excitement in her heart.

Qin Chengzu bowed his head slightly towards Liu Yue'er, and glanced at her again to see her withdraw, after he came over, Wu Qi told him about the situation in the house, but he didn't mind Lin Jian talking about this woman at all. In this era, it is precisely this kind of charming and glamorous woman that is the easiest to control, as long as the mouth is strict. Unlike ambitious men who will betray their master's family in exchange for silver in exchange for fame and wealth, these women's glory, wealth and security can only depend on a certain man, once Lin is bound to collapse in Jiangning, such a beautiful Liu Yue'er will only attract others to scramble for it, how good can the fate be?

When the wine and food were ready, Lin Jian invited Qin Chengzu and the two subordinates who came with him to move to the meal, and Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Lin Jingzhong and others sat together. After the meal, Lin Jian and Qin Chengzu returned to the wing room to talk about the arrangement of using the cloud stack as a cover to deliver supplies to Changshan Island.

"From Jiangning to Chongzhou, the waterway twists and turns for nearly 400 miles, under the jurisdiction of Jiangning, Weiyang, Hailing, Pingjiang four prefectures, Jiangfang District and Jiangning garrison under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning garrison general's mansion under the Yanji water camp and Jiangdong Governor's Mansion under the jurisdiction of the Ninghai Town water camp, in addition to the upstream Dongting Lake bandits and the East pirates outside the mouth of the river will enter from time to time, although this section of the river has not become a force of water bandits entrenched for a long time, but occasionally there will be local township tyrants will come in to fish in the water, the situation is quite complicated. To tell the truth, in this case, it is really better to let a family, whether it is an officer or a bandit, occupy this section of the river, anyway, it is better to pay for the road, it is better to only hand it over to one family......"

As long as the merchant ships have bought routes, they can generally ensure the smooth transit of merchant ships, even if the East Pirates rob merchant ships within their respective spheres of influence, they are very aware of the disadvantages of fishing in the dry water, only the occasional foreign foraging force will be extremely vicious to kill people and cross goods, Lin Jian knows this truth, and only has such feelings. If you want to talk about thieves, for thousands of years, hasn't the government been doing what robbers do? It's just that it's just a veil of warmth.

Lin Jian put a simple map of Jiangdong County on the bookcase, and explained the situation of the Yangtze River section from Jiangning to Chongzhou with Qin Chengzu, the map was very simple, but it was not easy to come by, Lin Jian doubted that there was a more accurate map in the army, and could only barely explain the meaning thoroughly.

Qin Chengzu and the others had just arrived on Changshan Island to gain a foothold and had little contact with the outside world; As the protégé of Gu Wuchen, the deputy envoy of the procuratorate, Lin Jian himself is also a famous man, and he has the qualifications to consult the ordinary Tang newspaper, and he also has close contact with the officials of the envoy, and it is far more convenient and detailed to inquire about the situation in Jiangdong County than Qin Chengzu.

"Fortunately, Lin Ji Warehouse is also taking this waterway, what needs to be done along the way, what joints need to be bought, and there will be no mistakes in general," Lin Jian said, "In addition, Jiyun Society took business posts from Moling County; The matter of the merchant ship and the military guard was also negotiated, and the principal of the Jiyun Society was falsely reported to be 20,000 taels, and Xu Xiang hired forty people to bring knives to fill the military guard......"

The nature of the business post is similar to that of the business license after the millennium, and the business name and the trading company can only legally market or sell the commercial goods after obtaining the business post.

The guards hired by the dart store only hang their names under the banner of the dart store, which is actually the private soldiers owned by the firm and the trading company, which is a semi-legal private soldier, if the caravan feels that these manpower is not appropriate to act as guards, then it is necessary to really hire a dart master from the dart store, but the rules are always not strictly followed. Led by Du Rong, Qingfeng Xing had 200 guards with swords, and Lin Jian estimated that there were about 200 guards on the Jiangning General of Qingfeng Xing, and the guards scattered in various places and with caravans and merchant ships were concentrated, which was definitely an elite force that should not be underestimated.

Many matters of the firm are under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Envoy Department and the prefecture and county yamen, and the matter of dart operation alone is under the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate Department, and monitoring and restricting local armaments is an important duty of the Inspectorate Division.

Lin Tie told Qin Chengzu about building a warehouse at the mouth of the Jinchuan River, Qin Chengzu took a deep breath and said, "The position of Jiangdao Prison Officer is really just right...... Thinking that Lin Tie's arrangement is really proper, the rest of the matter is how to insert the human hand without revealing flaws.

Lin Jian smiled, at this time, Wu Qi, who had just sneaked to Baiyuan to find the fourth lady, came back and said: "The fourth lady, they have returned to Baiyuan, and Miss Sumei said that she also wants to meet the old man......"

Lin Jian thought for a while, and said to Zhao Hu: "You take my name and go directly to Baiyuan, we will go to Baiyuan tomorrow openly...... "Baiyuan servants and guards are all people sent by the clan family, and it is a big deal to go alone to break the big deal and run away immediately will only be regarded as a thief on the beam, and it is easy to break it if there are more people, and it is strange that it will not arouse the suspicion of the clan family after it is broken, it is better to visit it openly and honestly tomorrow." Next, he arranged Qin Chengzu to rest in the wing room, let Zhou Pu, Wu Qi and Qin Chengzu catch up with each other, and he went back to the room to rest first.