300,000 taels of silver to protect a head, Ma Fu was unwilling, aggrieved, scratching his heart and lungs, he wanted to tear Lin Tie into minced meat strips and salt it and eat it, but there was no way, because it was the head on his neck that was kept.

If the sun doesn't come out with 300,000 taels of silver before climbing up the treetops, Lin Jian will kill him.

Ma Rulong didn't dare to lead the troops to make a fuss; The people who used to benefit from his Ma family all went home and thought about it behind closed doors - in the face of the situation, Ma Fu didn't bow his head, he didn't bow his head, and the head on his neck was going to say goodbye to him.

The Lin family is very rich in Shanglin, and there are nearly 200,000 taels of private silver in the silver cellar of the old mansion, but compared to the giants who made a fortune with salt, the Lin family is still a little inferior.

Lin Tie climbed the treetops with the sun, and the Ma family's silver horse convoy rushed into the city to hand over silver to replace people when the morning sun rose.

Ma Fu also learned from Qin Chengbo, and hid the standard official ingots into a large silver ball of one thousand taels and one in the silver cellar to prevent foreign thieves and internal traitors from stealing silver from the cellar, and 300,000 taels of silver were transported by ten carriages, which was only 300 large silver balls.

In the courtyard of the east courtyard of Dutingyi, three hundred silver balls that had been blackened by being stored for too long were neatly arranged, one sixty-four catties, and the volume was only about one-ninth of the water balls of the same weight.

Lin Jian walked over and grabbed a silver ball with his backhand, feeling slightly smaller than the basketball in later generations, but just such a silver ball is enough to make a well-off family worry about food and clothing for a lifetime.

Ma Rulong waited for Lin Tie to speak, and secretly felt that Lin Tie's hand strength was so big, it was not at all like his background, in other words, he couldn't hold a piece of silver in his hand so lightly.

"I have discussed with Lord Liu, since Captain Shanyang has the intention of repenting and donating silver to help the military, then he should also be given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and allow him to go back and think about it behind closed doors!" Lin Jian put down the silver ball in his hand and ordered the release of the person.

The guards took Ma Rulong to the West Courtyard to lead the people, and the Mafu couple left with hatred, did not stay in the city, and went directly back to Shanyang County. They had a manor in the east of Shanyang County, built as strong as a walled city. I was afraid that the homeless army would cross the Huai to the south, so I hid in Huai'an City, but I didn't expect to meet the evil wolf Lin Jian in Huai'an City.

Xuzhou was besieged, the future of the Chu Wangfu was uncertain, they couldn't find a backer, and at this time, they couldn't get back from Lin Bin. Ma Fu also knew that "it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late", so he can only return to the private castle to wait and see the situation for the time being.

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Ma Fu and his wife, Ma Rulong and other Ma family members all withdrew from Huai'an City in the afternoon, and Lin Jian also summoned the county chiefs and garrison generals of Huai'an Prefecture to Huai'an City for the first time in the name of Huaidong Jingkou envoys.

Mafu is a lesson from the past, Lin is bound by strict laws, the power is in hand, and there are male soldiers in hand, and all the subordinate counties dare not slack off.

Those who are close to the road will rush back to Huai'an on the same day, the people who are far away are dressed in stars and moons, and they can't enter Huai'an City at night, so they wait outside the city, and when the city gate is opened, they hurriedly go to Huaidong Jingkou to make a temporary trip - Huaicheng Pavilion Station should discuss the matter.

Huai'an Prefecture has a total of seven counties, Shuyang fell behind enemy lines, the remaining six counties with Shanyang, Huai'an, Tinghu and the Liumin Army across the Huai, Jiangdong Left Army camped and set up a village, improving the garrison situation of Shanyang, Huai'an, Tinghu, but the pressure on these three counties is still much heavier than the three southern counties.

Liu Tingzhou was in charge of Huai'an, and he couldn't fight the local forces, so he could only defend in different divisions, and each county managed the territory of each county. Now that Lin Jian has full authority to control the Huaidong garrison military in the name of controlling the envoys, it is necessary to break this traditional situation of being in separate positions, and to allocate resources from the three southern counties where the defensive pressure is light, to support the defense construction of the three northern counties.

In addition to Huai'an City, which has always been valued, the city walls of Shanyang City and Tinghu City are still rammed earth plates, and heavy rain in summer and autumn can even make a large section of the city wall collapse.

Tinghu County is not enough, Shanyang is just Huaisikou, the terrain is dangerous, and Huai'an City is as important, Lin Jian asked the three southern counties to burn 600,000 city wall bricks for Shanyang, Shukou, and Tinghu before December.

This is something that the three northern counties are willing to accept, and the three southern counties are forced by the strength of the forest and can only agree.

The so-called lips and teeth are cold, since you can't violate the strength of the forest, think about the three northern counties have strengthened the city defense, and the three southern counties can also become safer, and the heart can feel better.

The second is to clean up local military equipment.

Huai'an belongs to the defense area of the Changhuai army, there is no Changhuai army to defend the territory, in addition to the private soldiers stored in the walled fort, the six county township battalions plus the Huai'an government soldiers, a total of more than 14,000 soldiers.

In addition, the money and grain were raised by the localities themselves, and the influence of the local clans on the military armament of the counties was extremely deep, making it difficult for the Huai'an Prefecture to transfer troops from the counties to coordinate operations. In fact, those who have just come to Chad and do not know the bottom of the water do not know which township camp can fight and which township camp is a nest of pus.

This time, Lin Jian wanted to reorganize the soldiers of the counties and Huai'an Prefecture, eliminate the old and weak, and set up the Huai'an Mansion Army under Huai'an Prefecture, set up a military register, and the generals and schools all asked the imperial court to reward the rank of military attaché, and compiled a total of 16 battalions of infantry and 4 battalions of sailors, a total of 12,000 soldiers.

The officers, soldiers, and defense areas of the battalions remained basically unchanged, and the money and grain were raised by themselves, but they were changed to be apportioned proportionally among the counties, and the Huai'an Prefecture allocated and distributed them in a unified manner.

He asked the imperial court to appoint the prefect Liu Tingzhou and the general judge Zhang Yubo as the chief and deputy regimental training envoys, responsible for the training and combat readiness of the Huai'an Prefecture Army, as well as the construction and repair of county towns and battle equipment.

As long as the military register is compiled, the military attache is naturalized, and the command and dispatch authority is stated in the government office, and the great enemy is coming, those who should not be transferred must consider whether they can bear the consequences of disobedience and disobedience. Unlike before, when I wanted to transfer troops, I didn't know who to transfer, let alone how many troops to transfer.

This recruitment power is concentrated in the government office, and Liu Tingzhou, who is quite knowledgeable about military affairs, is naturally in full favor, and the six counties can only swallow their anger and agree to come down considering that there is a horse family in front of them.

The formation of the Huai'an government army is to basically defend the local reserves, and the focus is on defending the city and the land and maintaining local public order. Lin Tie did not touch the military power of the Huai'an Army, and took the heart of Jiangning and Liu Tingzhou.

In a short period of time, or there has been no large amount of resources to invest, Lin Jian can't expect the Huai'an Mansion army to be pulled out to fight a tough battle, and it is enough to have a right of moderation for the time being.

Besides, Lin Jian didn't know when his Huaidong Jingkou envoy would be removed, and unless the imperial court officially set up the Huaidong envoy and let him serve as it, he could consider controlling the local military garrison.

The Ma family "donated" a large amount of military funds, Lin Jian allocated 80,000 taels of silver, and Liu Tingzhou allocated 20,000 taels of silver from the government to train the Huai'an government army, add some excellent armor, and strengthen combat readiness.

Although it was agreed that the money and grain would be shared between the counties and Huai'an Prefecture, there was not a penny of silver, and the counties deliberately pulled their hind legs, and it was difficult for this matter to be effective.

Lin Jian didn't know how long Xuzhou could hold out, or how long the exiled army would insist on fighting Xuzhou, and the sooner the training of the Huai'an Fu Army could produce results, the better, otherwise the Jiangdong Left Army would not dare to penetrate in depth easily if it was contained in Shukou.

Even if 80,000 taels of silver are taken out, there are still 220,000 taels of military funds left in the Ma family's "donation".

After the Jiangdong Left Army went north, the money, grain and salary were shared among the three prefectures of Huai'an Mansion, Hailing Mansion and Weiyang Mansion, and Lin Jian was embarrassed to hide 220,000 taels of silver in his personal pocket.

With the silver in hand, Lin Jian naturally continued to expand the army, and it was justified.

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"What, you're going to recruit six thousand warriors from among the exiles?" Liu Tingzhou was taken aback when he heard Lin Lian talk about the army expansion plan. Lin Jian is such a strong person, and he is arrogant and does not listen to control, and the princes of the court and Jiangning are all wary of him. The situation in Huaisi was critical, and he had to be used, but secret letters were exchanged, and everyone wanted Liu Tingzhou to guard against Lin Jian from taking the opportunity of guarding Huai to expand and form a big trend.

Of course, Liu Tingzhou also knew that it was impossible to completely restrict Lin Tie, unless he didn't want him to guard Huai, but he didn't expect Lin Tie to expand his troops by 6,000 all at once.

Not counting the Gongqi battalion, the Jiangdong Left Army that went north to defend Huai included five battalions of infantry, two battalions of water divisions, one battalion of cavalry, a guard battalion and auxiliary soldiers, and also 6,000 elites.

The strength of the Jiangdong Left Army was about to double all of a sudden, and Liu Tingzhou couldn't accept it.

"The surge of displaced people in the territory, picking up the brave and brave into the battalion, can eliminate the potential disaster of Huai'an; Governor Yue summoned me to the north to relieve the siege of Xuzhou, and I had to defend Shukou on the north bank, and the troops that could be used to go north were limited, and I also needed to expand the army. I didn't have the funds to expand the army before, and it was rare for the Ma family to help the army generously, and there were more than 200,000 taels of silver, and I couldn't hide it in my own pocket. Lin Jian said slowly.

In the past two years, a large number of displaced people have continued to pour south along the Ying, Whirlpool, Bian, and Sizhu rivers to avoid the military disaster, and the number of displaced people in Huai'an Province has once again risen to the peak before the Hongzepu Rebellion.

The abandonment of inland river transportation is also an important factor in the increase of displaced people in Nanchong. Many people who have no land and rely on transportation to survive have fundamentally lost their livelihoods, either becoming bandits or fleeing south to survive.

These displaced people come in groups from the prefectures and counties and the small ones in the townships and communities, and many of them have leaders, which has become a great hidden danger to local public security.

Cao grain from the Huai River to the sea, need a large number of slender men, boatmen, accommodate tens of thousands of homeless young strong, but after the homeless army into Huaisi, Huaikou Yunti Pass lost, Cao grain changed from the mouth of the river to the sea, these tens of thousands of homeless young and strong and suddenly lost their livelihood, but also made Huai'an Province more dangerous.

In fact, if it weren't for the Jiangdong Left Army guarding Huaibei, and not waiting for the exiled army to cross the Huaibei to attack, I am afraid that there would be bandits in Huai'an Prefecture.

Under various circumstances, Liu Tingzhou also knew whether the Jiangdong Left Army would expand or not, and the initiative was in the hands of Lin Lian, who discussed with the government to give him face. If Lin Jian directly wants to recruit homeless people into the battalion, what can he do?

Liu Tingzhou reluctantly agreed, and said: "Lord Lin recruited the displaced households into the camp to eliminate local troubles, and it is indeed a good plan, but I don't know what Huai'an Mansion can do?" He wanted to seize as much initiative as possible in his hands, and to restrain Lin Jian from becoming more arrogant.

"Recruit the brave from the displaced people in Xusi and Shuyi, those who need to be innocent and have a family, need to be guaranteed by their neighbors, and those who are lonely or unknown to their neighbors are not taken. The scourge of bandits is because there are no roots to be found, there is no foundation to defend, and the displaced households must be arranged into the camp and the army is the elite, and the family cannot but be resettled. Hongze Pudong Beach and Qingjiang Pubei Beach are all in Huai'an County, choose a place to build a dam, and the barren beach can be turned into fertile land and settle the family," Lin Jian said, "The matter of picking up the voters needs to be completed within half a month in Huai'an Prefecture; The matter of settling the family needs to be completed in autumn. Recruited into the army, each pawn will be directly issued with ten taels of silver, and the government will settle the family, and I will subsidize the placement of ten taels of silver for reclamation per pawn, and after the formation and training of the army, these 6,000 pawns can be the foundation of guarding Huai - these two cases will be handled by Lord Zhang and Liang Zhixian, what does Lord Liu think? ”

Liu Tingzhou said secretly: If the imperial court assigns Huai'an to Lin Bin, he will not be in a way; Lin Jian will return to Chongzhou in the future, and the families of these 6,000 soldiers are all in Huai'an, and they can be used to guard Huai, and most of them will not go to Chongzhou with Lin Lian.

"Okay." Liu Tingzhou should be inherited.