(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

At sunset, the bride Gu Junxun sat in front of the dresser, looking at the sunset coming in from the window grid, listening to the sound of footsteps in the yard, standing up expectantly and anxiously, walking to the door, and seeing her cousin Gu Yingsleeve, the sixth lady Shan and Zhao Hu's mother-in-law Zhao picking up the steps to the corridor, and asked anxiously: "Is there any news coming back?" ”

"Not yet," Gu Yingsleeve took Jun Xun's hand, walked into the room together, and said, "There are a lot of soldiers in the north, and Lin Jian doesn't have to charge the trap himself now, so you don't have to worry too much." Now that the war has just started, Lin Lian, as the commander, wants to boost morale in the battalion, and he can't get out, and he has snubbed you, don't complain about him...... It is not advisable to miss the auspicious time, when the worship hall is a big salute, let Xiaoman temporarily replace Lin Bin, do you think it is good? ”

"How could I complain about him?" Gu Junxun's face was anxious, and he sat on the edge of the bed and said, "I just want to hear the news that he is safe and sound in the north, so I can feel at ease." ”

"Alas," Gu Yingsleeve looked at Gu Junxun's still slightly childish face, sighed slightly, took her into his arms with pity, and said, "Before you enter the door, you have to be frightened, it's really difficult for you......" She can't stay with Jun Xun, Liu Yue'er in this inner house is five months pregnant, she is inconvenient, Xiaoman's work is not stable enough, and she can't find anyone else in charge at this time, she can't let the foxy woman of the Song family interfere in the wedding, Lin is tied to supervise the battle on the northern front, and in the past two days, Gu Yingsleeve has been busy like a spinning top, I can't rest my feet.

Chongzhou's military affairs are tight, the new city has not yet been built, and the Donghai Kou may break through the blockade of the Jiangkou at any time, and the soldiers are in Zilang Mountain, and there are many people who come with the ceremony, but there are not many people who really come to watch the ceremony and eat the wedding banquet.

The guests of the outer house have Fu Qinghe and Sun Jingtang to take care of, but there has been no definite news on the northern line, and Lin Jian will not rush back, even if it is the selected auspicious time, let Xiaoman hold a rooster in his arms to temporarily perform a big gift on Lin Bin's behalf, and this wedding banquet will be tasteless and tasteless - everyone's hearts are worried about the war in the west of Hecheng on the northern line.

Gu Yingsleeve knew that she couldn't reveal too much anxiety and uneasiness, and she had to arrange many things, she panicked, Liu Yue'er, Jun Xun, and Xiaoman had no idea, walked through the front hall, and saw the foxy woman sitting gracefully writing on the side case in the middle room, walked in and asked, "Do you think you're in the back......"

"Seventh lady, sixth lady," Song Jia stood up and saluted Gu Yingsleeve and Sixth Lady Shan Rou, and said, "The concubine can't help behind her, so she sneaks over to practice calligraphy......

Gu Yingsleeve was unhappy in her heart, and secretly said that everyone was worried about the war in the north and Lin Bin, this woman still had the leisure to practice calligraphy here, thinking that she was left by Qiang after all, and it was impossible to have the same heart with this side.

Song Jia looked at Gu Ying's frowning and slightly frowning melancholy and displeasure, and said with a smile: "How big the storm and waves have come over, the Kou soldiers provoked Hecheng to make a trivial matter, the seventh lady really doesn't need to be so worried, the sun is setting, twilight is coming, I will have good news back soon, maybe the capital envoy can also rush back to worship the church." ”

"I wish so...... Gu Yingsleeve was not as knowledgeable as Song Jia, and went to the wing courtyard with the sixth lady Shan Rou to entertain the female guests.

The anxiety and concern in her heart will not be alleviated because of Song Jia's few innocuous words, the other ladies in the inner house do not know the military situation, she is clear, the luxury family has gathered four or five thousand soldiers and horses in the Hecheng area, and the elite troops brought by Lin Tie to the north are less than two thousand, plus the local garrison and the people, there are only three thousand people, and the war is afraid that it will not be so smooth.

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The women of the inner house were anxious, and the people who could come over to attend the wedding banquet were all people who were close to the Jiangdong Left Army and Lin Tie, so they were naturally also concerned about the war on the northern front.

Fu Qinghe went to Jiangmen to supervise the battle, controlled the Jinghai Sea Camp and the Jiangmen garrison to block the Jiangkou, and copied the back road of the Hecheng military fortress; Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan, Ao Canghai, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng and others stayed in Zilang Mountain, but the Fengli Bu battalion was transferred to the north overnight, and there were not many defensive troops here except for more than 1,000 county soldiers.

There is no spacious place to hold a wedding banquet on the mountain, and the place for the banquet is selected in the backyard of the East Ya, where Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan and many guests who came to watch the banquet are waiting in the meeting hall.

"Do you want to send someone to the north to find out the news?" Li Shuyi couldn't help but ask his brother Li Shutang softly, and the news came back before noon that there was a large-scale battle with the Kou soldiers on the south bank at dawn, and the whole afternoon was the news that the battle was continuing, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, and there was no further news from the north, counting the time, the battle on the south bank of the Yanhe River lasted for three or four hours without results, so how could everyone rest assured?

Li Shutang shook his head slightly and said, "It's better to be more patient and wait." ”

His Li family has been completely tied to the Jiangdong Left Army. Lin Lian inspected the public land, and the Li family also stood up to set an example, even if he offended the local big families in Chongzhou with Lin Lian, Lin Lian couldn't gain a foothold in Chongzhou, and his Li family also had to get out of Chongzhou, he cared more about the war in the north than anyone else, but he could still be a little patient.

In addition to Hu Zhiyong and others who are still preparing for defense on Xisha Island, in addition to the leading generals, almost all the other descendants of the Jiangdong Left Army have gathered here to wait for further news, even if they are really relieved, they will send people to the north to inquire about the news, and Ao Canghai, Sun Jingxuan, and Sun Jingtang will also bring it up.

Wu Meijiu held the teacup, blew the tea leaves, and took a sip, he was also worried about the war in the north, but he was not closely related to the Jiangdong Left Army, and even had a grudge against the power to give Lin Tie a hollow, so his mentality was slightly more relaxed than others. However, Song Xiaobo is sitting on pins and needles, can he wash away the big crime of abandoning the city and fleeing first, and save the lives of his whole family, completely pinned on Lin Bin, but people are too nervous, and it is inevitable that some delusions will arise: If the famous Jiangdong Left Army is also defeated by Kou Bing, then discarding the Hecheng military fortress is not much of a crime?

Gu Siyuan, Zhao Shuhan and others were also worried.

The people in the lobby who knew the details were Ao Canghai, Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan, Hu Zhicheng and other Liao Liao people, they knew in their hearts that even if there was no great victory today, there would be no idle loss in the north, and their mentality was also stable, and they had to guard against a small group of Kou soldiers infiltrating the hinterland of Chongzhou at this time.

At this time, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves, which was as urgent as spring thunder, and it did not slow down when it came to the nearest place. Only the sentinels who carried the message could the cavalry break through, and everyone stood up together, and when they heard that the sentinels had not entered the door, they shouted loudly at the top of their voices: "The victory of Hecheng has broken the courage of the Kou soldiers, killed 600 enemies, captured 2,000, and only more than 1,000 remnants of the Kou returned to the dock to defend it, and our army suffered few casualties." Then I rushed back to have a feast with you......"

Everyone poured out of the council hall together, and summoned the messenger sentry to the corridor to ask for the details of the victory in Hecheng, but Sun Jingxuan calmed down and ordered: "Quickly send someone up the mountain to report the victory to the new lady and Mrs. Ru......"

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Lin Jian delayed for some time in the west of Hecheng before setting off to return to Zilang Mountain.

The news of the victory in Hecheng has spread in Chongzhou first, and he galloped south under the support of the guards, and the villagers on both sides of the avenue who heard the news of the victory gathered to see off Lin Tie back to Zilang Mountain to complete the marriage.

When these unpretentious villagers heard the news of the great victory of the Jiangdong Left Army, they were full of gratitude to the Jiangdong Left Army and Lin Jian for defending Chongzhou from trouble, and poured out to see the demeanor of the Jinghai Metropolitan Prison. Some people held the only old hen in their arms and wanted to give it to Lin Tie as a wedding gift, some people carried a bag of rice, and some people stopped Lin Tie's horse head, brought their sons and nephews to him, patted their strong chests, and asked Lin Tie to agree to their participation in the Jiangdong Left Army to kill Kou and defend the land......

Lin Jian had to slow down, dismount, greet and thank these simple villagers, receive their hearts, and persuade them to take the congratulatory gifts back.

In addition to the simple villagers, because of Lin Lian's inventory of the public land and hated him to the core, there were also people who reacted very quickly, after hearing the news of Hecheng's victory, they immediately prepared a rich congratulatory gift, carried it by mules and horses, and rushed directly to the front of Lin Lian, and rushed to Zilang Mountain to attend the wedding banquet.

In order to obtain sufficient funds to raise soldiers, Lin Jian carried out a large-scale inventory of public land in Chongzhou, which directly touched the interests of the large families in Chongzhou. It's just that the Jiangdong Left Army is powerful in Chongzhou, and the big families in Chongzhou hold grudges, but there is nothing they can do, Lin Lian is really the core figure of the Tang Gu family, and it is not something that these people can secretly overthrow.

Since they were eager for the Jiangdong Left Army to suffer a big loss to relieve their hatred, they were also worried that the Jiangdong Left Army would not be able to stop the Donghai Kou, so that the April disaster would be staged again in Chongzhou, and I don't know how many villages would be looted.

When the news of the victory in Hecheng came, even if the big families in Chongzhou could not see the good show of the Jiangdong Left Army, they did not need to worry that the Kou soldiers could invade Chongzhou to wash and plunder. Even at this moment, the hatred for Lin Tie and the Jiangdong Left Army was much lighter, after all, it was much better to lose some fields than to give the Donghai Kou invasion and looting, and this change of mentality also made some people realize that they also shared the responsibility of the Jiangdong Left Army's food and salary, and they could reflect on the matter of checking the public fields.

The big families with a little vision and foresight realized that after the Jiangdong Left Army won the victory in Hecheng, Lin Lian's foundation in Chongzhou was completely stabilized, and it was not something that they could fight against in the township at all. Some may close their doors and curse in secret in their houses. Some people are pragmatic, and they also realize that even if their interests are damaged, a figure like Lin Jian is worth shutting down, and the existence of the Jiangdong Left Army is, after all, beneficial to the locality.

Lin Tie didn't rush back to Zilang Mountain until it was dark, and there were more people gathered here, sandwiched on the side of the road, cheering like river tide and waves, and the echo of "Jinghai Metropolitan Prison" kept coming from the mountains.

Compared with the snub during the day, Zilang Mountain at this moment is very lively.

During the day, except for the county officials who were close to the lineage and were promoted because of Lin Bin, as well as a few people like Wu Meijiu who had to attend, almost no one else in Chongzhou County came to attend Lin Bin's wedding banquet. It seems that at this moment, the whole of Chongzhou really recognized and supported the status of Lin Jian and the Jiangdong Left Army in Chongzhou.

Lin Lian also seemed to forget the resentment and rejection of him by the big families in Chongzhou before, and greeted the people who were forced to attend the wedding by the situation at this time, not arrogant or arrogant, he wanted to hurry to change into the auspicious clothes of the chapel, and asked Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan, Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi and others not to snub their guests.

After Lin Jian was exempted from Dingkou's taxes, forced labor, and capitation in Chongzhou, there was no longer any need for the local authorities to conceal Dingkou, and a large number of displaced households were able to surface, and 320,000 Dingkou were actually recorded, an increase of 130,000 over the original Dingkou, and a total of more than 56,000 households. In terms of 100 households and 1 li, Chongzhou has a total of more than 560 li.

In Chongzhou, land annexation is quite serious, and there are 21 large landlords in Chongzhou who own 10,000 mu of fertile land, and 126 large households with more than 2,000 mu of land. These 147 large landowners alone accounted for 70 percent of Chongzhou's registered land, totaling more than 10,000 hectares.

According to the results of the inventory of Terada and Gongtian, the most serious concealment of land and encroachment on public land is the 147 families, accounting for more than 8 or 90 percent.

These large households also firmly controlled local affairs through their clans, through Lijia, and through the tenants attached to the fields.

Lin Jian used the bandit case to check the property of the Terata Temple, and secretly obtained nearly 200,000 mu of tuntian to raise soldiers, and also solved the money and silver for building a new city by the way; This inventory of public land is expected to also uncover nearly 300,000 acres of thin land, and the taxes and penalties are as high as hundreds of thousands of stone grains - these are almost all plucked from these big households, how can Lin Jian and Jiangdong Zuojun not provoke the hatred of these big households?

Lin Jian also knew that he had used power and military power to suppress these big households in the past, but he knew in his heart that if he could improve the relationship with the large households that controlled a large amount of land resources and tenant farmers in Chongzhou at this stage, it would be more conducive to the Jiangdong Left Army gaining a foothold in Chongzhou.

Lin Jian did not expect to make all the big families in Chongzhou support him and support the Jiangdong Left Army, but if he could win over a group of people, the foundation of the Jiangdong Left Army in Chongzhou would be stronger. At least at this time, the big families in Chongzhou who have changed the direction of the wind can also be regarded as enlightened or knowledgeable people, and they can be drawn over, and there are a handful of stubborn ones, and they will not be able to become any climate and stir up anything.