Lin Jian has opened the river embankment wharf to the outside world, allowing cargo and passenger ships and ferries from other places to anchor here, and the cloth yarn, pickled fish, ironware, vegetables and other goods from the prison island are also invited by the Jiyun Society to trade in the estuary. Although it will take time to build the carriage and horse road, and it is a little inconvenient to come from the official road of Donghuamen, the price of the river mouth is cheaper than that of Quyang Town; Merchant and passenger ships and ferries docked at the estuary and goods were sold in the grass market, and the money collected was also very low, and no other officials were exploited, and the embankment wharf on the estuary was open for more than ten days, but it also gathered some popularity.

Restaurants and inns have not been built here, outsiders can not be left at night, thousands of people from the countryside of Dongyang gather here, and there are corner tower lights shining near the left, but after the night part-time work, the estuary fence wall also looks very lively. It was only late in the evening that there were no ferries docked at the wharf, and most of the pedestrians in the fence of the estuary were dressed in coarse cloth clothes.

Lin Jian took a boat back to the mouth of the river, and noticed the two scribes from a distance, and saw that there were several sturdy men with swords around him, thinking that they were the guards of the two scribes. After the opening of the embankment wharf, there is naturally no reason for the estuary to prevent the mixed characters of dragons and snakes from entering. After going ashore, Lin Jian saw the faces of these two men clearly, the young scribe was also thirty-one or twelve years old, with a slender face, a short beard, a long robe, and a little hunched back; The middle-aged scribe was nearly fifty years old, with a white face and a slight beard, and narrow eyes.

Li Zhuo's escort team has entered the territory of Jiangning and walked slowly, calculating the itinerary, and will be able to arrive at Jiangning City like a snail almost the day after tomorrow; According to the inspection envoy, Li Zhuo did not follow the chariot to accompany him, and as early as when he crossed Xianxialing, he rode quickly in plainclothes and left with three or five followers. According to the Inspector General, who was also in a cold sweat, in the name of clearing the bandits, he sent more than 1,000 anti-horsemen under his name to the southern front. Three days ago, when he saw these two people and another person standing on the bow of the light boat, Lin Jian was suspicious, and when he walked closer, he saw that the appearance of the middle-aged scribe was no different from the appearance of Li Zhuo described by others, and he knew that Li Zhuo had really arrived in Jiangning first, and thought to himself: Could that young man be Gao Zongting, a famous scholar in western Zhejiang? It is said that after Dong Yuan and Li Zhuo fell out, Gao Zongting also left the army, but he did not expect him and Li Zhuo to appear in Jiangning at the same time.

Following the gaze of Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting, the Dongyang was blowing wind on the water in the sky, and a white wave dragged out of the stern, and Lin Jian didn't know how long the two of them had been standing here watching the Dongyang drill. Zhou Pu stayed on the prison island to assist Zhao Hu in training the new military guards and military guards, but Lin Zhuo also accompanied the guards when he came ashore, and Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting also accompanied them with swords, and the two sides approached, but the guards were vigilant first, Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting turned around, and Gao Zongting said to Lin Lian: "It is convenient for Lord Lin to take a step to speak?" ”

"What do you have to teach the tall man and the overseer?" Lin Lianzuo asked.

Gao Zongting was slightly stunned, he didn't expect their identities to be seen through by Lin Zhuo, but Li Zhuo smiled, pointed to the Dongyang sailboat in the sky, and said: "I'm here to watch, the Dongyang and the four vehicles and ships are divided into joint attacks It seems to be a method of training for the water camp, presumably you also know about military affairs?" ”

"Commander Shuai, the sky swings the water surface is open, it has always been a place for the bandits to hide the bandits, the matter of preventing bandits and rejecting the Kou must be trained skillfully, the method of water camp training, the post is also to figure out a little bit about it...... "Lin Jian said, this year it is common for the powerful and powerful families to support private soldiers, he is in the sky swinging with the water camp method to train the Dongyang can not be regarded as a shocking move, the only regret is that he can not be equipped with heavy combat equipment on the Dongyang. He felt strange in his heart: when did Li Zhuo arrive in Jiangning, and how could he be so clear about the situation at the mouth of the river? He glanced at Gao Zongting and knew that Li Zhuo could not leave the army easily, but Gao Zongting could be his eyes and ears.

"Uh," Li Zhuo replied lightly, looking thoughtfully at the vast water surface facing the sky, and said, "I look at this ship, there are transverse compartments in the belly of the cabin, and the side sides are also made of solid wood......

The inland rivers have little wind and waves, and some sailing ships do not even have keels to save shipbuilding costs; Dongyang adopts a watertight compartment structure, the whole ship is divided into 11 cabins, one cabin is damaged and flooded will not affect other cabins, and the watertight compartment is horizontally separated from the cabin with thick wood, and also increases the horizontal firmness of the hull. There is no doubt that Lin Lian's purchase of the Dongyang and the request for reinforcement of the Longjiang Shipyard were born for the sake of sea navigation, and it would be a bit overkill to only sail in the inland rivers.

Lin Jian didn't know that Li Zhuo's knowledge of boats and boats was not shallow, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of such figures, so he thought about it and said: "Thanks to the great achievements of the commander, the war in the southeast has subsided, and the imperial court can once again rely on the wealth of the southeast, and the prosperity of Caolu is just around the corner." However, in the past ten years, the inland river road has fallen into disrepair, whether it is the Baisha River or the Shiliang River, the water is shallow and difficult to carry a thousand stone boats, even if the southeast is willing to provide more rice and grain, it is difficult to restore the old view in a short time, and the only way is to take the sea route. Jiyun Society purchased the Dongyang in preparation for selling rice to Haijin. In addition to the Dongyang, Jiyun Society also purchased two other large ships...... "Changshan Island is his most rigorous secret, as long as his relationship with Changshan Island is not leaked, no one can expose his lies."

"Not counting the others, the southeast should have more than 6 million stones of grain transported to Yanjing every year, and the actual annual cost of transportation is nearly three million taels of silver, which does not count the daily dredging cost of the waterway, if the river floods or the drought in the north, it is when the north needs a large amount of rice and grain for disaster relief, but the road is often blocked because of the impact of the flood or the shallow water, so that the disaster in the north is more and more serious." Gao Zongting heard Lin Jian say that the Jiyun Society intended to use galleons to sell rice to the north by sea, and talked about the pros and cons of inland river transportation.

Lin Xiaoyi replied: "During the Qingtang period, the imperial court also changed to sea transportation, and during that time, a large number of eight-masted giant sails were built, and a ship carried 30,000 to 40,000 stones. It's just that at that time, in order to save shipbuilding costs, the household department allocated limited money to each shipyard, and then deducted layers of money, resulting in a relatively weak ability to resist wind and waves of the eight-masted giant ship, which made the capsizing accidents of sea shipping frequent. In addition, at that time, the government and the opposition relied on inland river transportation for their livelihood, and naturally they did their best to attack the sea transportation, so that the sea transportation was canceled after five years of trial implementation...... After the war in the southeast subsides, the amount of grain imported into Yanjing will increase greatly, and the drawbacks of the inland river road may be highlighted, and I am afraid that it will even aggravate the grain shortage in the north, and the merchants will be profitable to traffic by sea. ”

"Oh, I see, it's a far-sighted move...... Li Zhuo replied softly, without any special expression, so that people can't guess what he thinks.

Haijin is located two hundred miles east of Yanjing, if there are goods transported to Yanjing from the south by sea, Haijin is the most important transshipment port in the east of Yanjing, Lin Jian squinted at the Dongyang that was swinging towards the sky, and what he said just now was half-true. If you don't consider pirates, only a sailboat with a load of 1,000 stones, it only takes half a month for a thousand stone meters to sail north from Chongzhou to Yanjing at the earliest, and it only takes more than two months for a round trip, and you can make a net profit of 300 taels of silver after deducting labor loss; Transporting goods from the north to the south and selling them can make another profit. In addition to the lack of navigation in the rainy season, it is really profitable to be able to run three or four round trips a year. If the Da Yue Dynasty can rule in Zhongxing, Lin Jian wants to be a happy and happy sea merchant, but the Da Yue Dynasty is now stormy and gloomy, and the rule of Zhongxing is only unexpected.

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"Lord Lin, you used to ...... here" Zhao Qinmin had something to look for Lin Tie, saw him talking to someone on the dock, greeted him from a distance, and walked over from a distance, and walked closer to Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting, who were unfamiliar with each other, and was about to talk to Lin Tie, but felt that there were some things that were inconvenient to speak in front of outsiders, so he only asked, "These two are friends of Lord Lin?" ”

"Mr. Zhao came by coincidence, it happened that the Governor and Master Gao were privately serving in the estuary, I really want to find someone to report to Lord Gu," Lin Jian said, he didn't care what Li Zhuo was thinking, and ordered the guards around him, "You go to Prison Island and let Yang Dianwei lead a team of soldiers to the mouth of the river to protect the Governor and Lord Gao," and instructed another person, "You take my tooth plate and ride a fast horse to report to the deputy envoy Lord Gu according to the Inspector Division, saying that the Inspector and Lord Gao are coming to the mouth ......of the river."

"......," Li Zhuo came back to his senses and stopped, "You don't need to do this, we'll stay for a while and leave." ”

"It's really difficult to obey the command," Lin Lianzuo said, "The overseer arrived in Jiangning, and the subordinates didn't report it, if the overseer had an accident outside the city, the black gauze hat on the head of the subordinate was not enough to offset the crime, and I implore the superintendent not to embarrass the subordinates......"

There are only two or three people in the southeastern counties who can be called "Governors", Zhao Qinmin instantly knew what the identities of the two men dressed as scribes in front of him were, and he was busy dressing up and giving gifts to Li Zhuo and President Gaozong: "Student Zhao Qinmin sees the Governor and the tall man ......."

Li Zhuo watched the two guards accompanying Lin Jian quickly leave after receiving the order and reported everywhere, knowing that his whereabouts in Jiangning were really difficult to continue to conceal, and he also had the intention of being at ease with what happened and tossing with others, just asking Lin Lian and Zhao Qinmin to accompany him for a casual walk at the mouth of the river.

Yang Shi soon led a group of prison guards to the mouth of the river; Jia Pengyu, the envoy of the inspection, and Gu Wuchen, the deputy envoy of the inspection, did not rush over, and asked Yang Pu to lead more than 200 cavalry to strengthen the vigilance of the estuary just in case; Yang Pu also had an important task to verify Li Zhuo's identity, and he couldn't wait for a large group of officials from Jiangning to come over to greet him, but he was greeted by an impostor. After nightfall, the Jianrui Battalion of the Jiangning Garrison Town Army took over the defense of the estuary with a warrant signed by Qin Chengbo, Wang Xueshan, Jia Pengyu and others, and a few more warships patrolled the waterway outside the estuary.

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