Under the candlelight, the extravagant flying tiger stared at Xisha Island on the map on the case.

After the bloody battle of Jiyang, the thirteen families of the East China Sea of the Huimeng not only suffered heavy casualties, but also suffered a serious blow to their morale.

This is the other, the Ninghai Town Water Division has not been completely disabled, but the morale has been improved, especially Gu Wuchen's reputation has increased greatly, and his status is stable, Xiao Taoyuan, the commander of the Sixth Battalion Water Division of Ninghai Town, intends to slap Gu Wuchen, that is, no matter how bad the relationship with Lin Jian is, if Xisha Island is attacked again, the military cottage will probably not stand by anymore.

In other words, they will not have a chance to pull out the nail of Xisha Island in a short time.

Xisha Island is located in the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the Ninghai Town Army Cottage is close to each other, locking the gateway of the Yangtze River. The military cottage may not be a cause for concern, but Lin Lian's posture is unusually strong and positive, and if Xisha Island is given complete control over Lin Lian, it will be very painful for the East China Sea soldiers to enter and exit the Yangtze River in the future.

The storming of Xisha Island was too great to bear; If you enter the Yangtze River without attacking Xisha Island, the back road will be threatened. It's okay to be threatened by others, but the back road falls into the hands of Lin Lian, where can people feel at ease?

Hao Feihu said to Qin Zitan: "I think that whether it is Shengsi Island or my side, we must send someone to sneak to Xisha Island and find out the situation to rest assured......

Qin Zitan frowned, it was easy to send people to sneak in, more than a hundred miles around Xisha Island, it was impossible for Lin Jian to send people to guard it tightly, but in the current situation, it was difficult to have in-depth contact with the islanders, without contact, it was impossible to get accurate information with just eyes.

Most of the errand servants used in Prison Island are locals in Jiangning, and no matter how tightly Lin Tie controls them, they can still hear some news. Xisha Island is like a dark cloud shrouded in black fog, there is no other force to infiltrate, Xisha Island's contact with the outside world is almost controlled by the Jiyun Society, and the displaced people on Xisha Island have almost no contact with the outside world, how can others find out the news?

Qin Zitan thought to himself that at the moment, he was afraid that he could only analyze the situation on Xisha Island from the news that flowed out of the official channels of Chongzhou County, but Lin Jian would honestly report every grass and tree on Xisha Island to the local government of Chongzhou County, did he know? Qin Zitan could also know that Lin Jian couldn't be such an honest person when he thought about it with his toes.

Qin Zitan didn't say anything about intelligence gathering, and diverted to other topics: "Lin Jian left Jiyun Weiyong on Xisha Island, but the Hu family, who directly controls the township camp on Xisha Island, is incomprehensible...... The Hu family was originally a small clan in Chongzhou, and Lin Jian only occasionally rescued Hu Zhicheng in the river, on the surface, it seems that he can't directly meddle in the affairs of Xisha Island, and must use the Hu family to ease the tension with Chongzhou, but the Hu family has little influence in Chongzhou, and there are no resources, isn't it more appropriate to use Li Shuyi and the Li family? Lin Jian is kind to the Li family. ”

"Maybe it's easier for the Hu family to control ......," Song Jia said, "Besides, Li Shuyi of the Li family is also a member of Chongzhou County who is directly responsible for the compilation of displaced people on Xisha Island. ”

"This is what people can't see through," Qin Zitan said, "Does Lin Tie have ambitions or not?" ”

Extravagant Feihu frowned deeply, and the question that Qin Zitan said also made him unable to think through.

Lin Jian has to be ambitious, and he can completely grasp it while the Lin family is under the fence in Jiangning.

Lin Jian himself is a child of the Lin family, and he has a high reputation among the younger generation, and he has Lin Mengde and other important figures of the Lin clan to help. In the Hongzepu turmoil, he also had every chance to pit Lin Tingli, without Lin Tingli's moderation, and the Lin family in Jiangning were all orphans and widows, and no one would be able to compete with him. Mastering the Lin clan and the private soldiers of the Lin family, Gu Wuchen naturally couldn't exclude him when he was training Dongyang Township Yong. With his means, the financial resources of the Lin clan, and the connections and power in Dongyang, over time, Dongyang Xiangyong will naturally be in his pocket.

At that time, regardless of his official position, he will be eligible to sell at a price.

In contrast, it is several times more difficult to control the displaced people of Xisha Island through the Hu family, a small clan in Chongzhou, who have no foundation and resources, to realize his ambitions.

What's more, Xisha Island is at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and when the East China Sea soldiers recover from the defeat in the bloody battle of Jiyang, they will use troops against Xisha Island.

Regardless of the outcome of the next battle, even if Lin Jian has very strong confidence, who will put the foundation of his ambition in the most conflict-ridden area when there is a better choice?

Hao Feihu and Qin Zitan previously thought that Lin Tie would not withdraw from Xisha Island, mainly because he wanted to seize the key point of Xisha Island and assist Gu Wuchen in stabilizing the situation in Jiangdong, and also believed that Lin Tie's personal ambition was mainly to be enterprising in his career.

Many things that have happened since Lin Jian arrived in Jiangning, although selfishness is not ruled out, but it is mainly to help Gu Wuchen gain a firm foothold in Jiangning and grasp the initiative.

If Lin Jian didn't withdraw from Xisha Island, he had no other thoughts, and it would not make sense to use the Hu family or the Li family.

Song Jia looked at the two men under the lamp with sad faces, stretched his waist and stood up, and said, "Why can't Lin Jian kill two birds with one stone?" Are you sure that you will be able to successfully capture Xisha Island in the future? ”

"Lin Lian wants to be ambitious, why would he let go of the opportunity to control the Lin clan?" Fei Fei Hu asked.

"Only a man who has no interest will think about fighting in the nest," Song Jia stretched out her hand to cover her red lips, snorted, and said with a delicate and charming demeanor, "The Lin family has such a little family background, and Lin Tie may not be able to take it in his eyes; When the Lin clan withdrew to Jiangning, if Lin Jian took advantage of the fire to rob and fight for a head to break the bloodstream, the result would definitely be better than now? I see that you men have all been poisoned by the struggle for power and power, and you will only engage in conspiracy, and you will only speculate about others with your own chicken belly, and it is strange that your eyes are not blinded...... I won't interrupt you, you have a headache, I'm going to sleep, I can't support it. Oh, by the way, Zhao Shuhan, the director of the Punishment Department of the Day After Tomorrow, is lecturing on prison science in Hekou Zhutang, I want to go over to join in the fun, will there be any inconvenience? ”

Luxury Feihu smiled bitterly, now that Li Zhuo and Wang Xueshan have sent people to stare at this side, he is not happy to go out and walk around, nodded, and said, "If you want to go and relax, go and go." Watching his wife leave, he looked back at the map.

There is not much land to support the people on Xisha Island, and it is already reluctant to resettle 10,000 or 20,000 displaced people, so where will there be any surplus money to raise soldiers?

Judging from the data reported by Chongzhou County to the county department, the remaining number of displaced people on Xisha Island is less than 10,000 after the two catastrophes and dispersal.

This data is a bit small compared to the information they have before, but judging from the undeveloped state of Xisha Island, it is not easy to settle 10,000 people in two or three years, and Lin Jian really has no need to hide people.

At the peak of the luxury family, it controlled more than 2 million people and raised nearly 100,000 soldiers; Lin Tie controls such a small population, and raising a thousand soldiers is the limit, even if he has ambition, the ambition is inevitably too small, and it is really far less powerful than controlling the Lin clan.

Qin Zitan moved to the map with the candlestick in his hand, and couldn't help but glance at the back of Song Jiafu's doorman; Song Jia looked back as if she had a feeling, and saw that Qin Zitan's eyes had moved to the map, and she left with a light smile on the corner of her mouth.

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The scattered rank was promoted to one level from the seventh rank Xuanyilang, Lin Jian himself did not feel anything, in his opinion, the Dayue Dynasty was shaky, the building was about to fall, and there was really no future for the officials of the Dayue Dynasty. Although the rank of the sans increases, there will be an increase in the number of people, but it is not equal to the power of the ministry and the actual control.

During this time, in addition to recuperating from injuries at the mouth of the river, Lin Jian did not have special things to do, and spent his spare time mingling with Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu and others.

After the banquet, Lin Jian still invited Zhao Shuhan and Ge Siyu to the grass hall to drink tea and discuss the manuscript on the copper oil lamp.

Ge Fu and Ge Siyu father and son have been compiling the "Commentary on the Sutra"; After Zhao Shuhan was completely disappointed in his career, with Lin Bin's suggestion and funding, he began to compile the encyclopedia-style magnificent masterpiece "Craftsman's Dictionary".

At that time, the Qingliushi doctor was ashamed of his production, and regarded miscellaneous craftsmanship as a strange / obscene skill, but in later life, he was a junior high school student and could also say things like "science and technology are the primary productive forces" and "the economic base determines the superstructure".

Lin Jian believes that the root cause of the inevitable demise of the Great Yue Dynasty is not that it is difficult to overcome strong external enemies, but that the country's finances are on the verge of collapse and it is difficult to recover them.

In the end, it came down to the "silver", Lin Jian twisted the pages of the manuscript, and wandered thoughtfully under the lamp.

Lin Jian deliberately put his foundation on Xisha Island, and he was not too worried about causing others to be wary and vigilant, mainly because Xisha Island had an open terrain, no danger to defend, and it was at the forefront of the invasion of the East China Sea, so people with a little ambition would not set their sights on Xisha Island.

Even if we do not consider the limitations of topography and conflict of forces, the area around Xisha Island is about 200,000 mu, and only about half of the land can be reclaimed as grain fields, and the annual output of 200,000 stone of grain is already the limit.

At its peak, the luxury family controlled almost half of the prefectures and counties of Dongmin County, with more than 2 million people, and when its mobilized troops approached 100,000, it was already on the verge of financial collapse, and finally had to accept Zhao'an Turtle to retreat back to Jin'an Mansion to recuperate.

With such a limited productive force on Xisha Island, even if it is well developed, it is already the limit to raise 20,000 islanders and organize more than 1,000 village soldiers.

Lin Jian made Lin Mengde and Hu Zhiyong strictly control the total number of newly organized and displaced households on Xisha Island, and finally reported more than 2,100 households, with a total of more than 9,800 people in Dingkou. They couldn't be suspicious, after all, given that Xisha Island was still in an undeveloped state, it would already be extremely difficult to settle down these 9,800 people within two or three years.

Even if Lin Jian accidentally exposed his ambition to control Xisha Island at this time, perhaps more people would only laugh at him for being arrogant and ignorant of the economy.

Lin Jian knew that controlling Xisha Island was promising.

The difference in production mode determines the fundamental gap in the population base that can be fed on the same land and in the ability of military organization.

Since the production capacity of fertile land in Chongzhou County has reached more than five stones per mu, Lin Jian is also confident that the barren land on Xisha Island will be transformed into fertile land with a yield of five stones per mu or even higher.

Prison Island uses captive pigs to fertilize the vegetable garden, and the vegetable garden is much higher than the surrounding fertile land.

Manual workshops that are more efficient and larger than traditional handicraft workshops will be able to accommodate more surplus population and generate more surplus financial resources.

He spun cotton yarn on a large spinning wheel operated by six or seven people on Prison Island, and the per capita spinning volume was more than four times higher than in the past.

In the past, Lin Jian used Prison Island as his experimental field, but now with Xisha Island, he can test feasible cultivation and production organization models on Prison Island, and he can take Xisha Island to vigorously promote it.

However, the knowledge mastered by Lin Jian in later generations is seriously out of touch with the handicraft production process of the time.

Later generations used to use bolts to fix and assemble objects, and according to Lin Bin's requirements, the craftsmen of Prison Island could also make suitable bolts, but it took a skilled craftsman to work day and night for seven or eight days to make a bolt, and the cost was surprisingly high.

In the end, Lin Jian just put the bolt on the desk as a handicraft to watch, and never mentioned the bolt again.

On this premise, Lin Jian urgently needed to have a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the handicraft production process and technology of the world, so he asked Zhao Shuhan to compile the "Craftsman's Dictionary".

Zhao Shuhan is outstanding in knowledge and insight among ordinary people, and Jiangning is the southern capital of the empire, with a collection of humanities and hundreds of craftsmen, which provides a lot of convenience for the compilation of the "Craftsman's Code".

In addition, Lin Jian also wanted to attract more skilled craftsmen to directly participate in the compilation of the "Craftsman's Codex" by openly promoting miscellaneous craftsmanship in Hekou, and recruit some craftsmen to directly enter the workshop opened by Jiyun Society in Hekou, and then send them to Xisha Island in the future.

Lin Tingxun did a thing that was beneficial to the Lin clan during his lifetime, and funded the Lin clan and the children of the forest to study, the purpose is very simple, that is, to cultivate literate and arithmetic shopkeepers and buddies for the Lin Ji warehouse, and there are also a few children with excellent qualifications who take scientific research as the training goal.

The Gu clan has been in decline for ten years, and there are almost no available people for the younger generation, and the young children of the Lin clan can stand alone by pulling one of them. This is also the key reason why Gu Wuchen has to rely on the Lin clan.

After the Lin people withdrew to the estuary, Lin Jian took the initiative to take on the responsibility of setting up a righteous school, and the purpose was also very simple, in addition to literacy and arithmetic, a basic miscellaneous part was added.

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