At the end of April, the weather is getting warmer, you can wear a single cloth shirt to go out at noon, to the evening, the forest is tied to the mountain cliff, and you wear a gown, the river breeze blows, blowing people are refreshed.

Lin Jian had been on the island for several days to discuss the future development plan with everyone, and today it was Wu Meijiu who invited him to come over to discuss the construction of the new city, so he came to the north shore in the afternoon.

The construction of the new city is a problem, the new city is 600 steps square, plus the digging of moats and the construction of new roads, the need for new land acquisition of 2,000 acres. Chongzhou is rainy, to build the city, it is necessary to build a brick city wall, and it is necessary to take soil to burn millions of bricks on the city wall.

land requisition, requisition of people's husbands, taking soil and burning walls to build cities, and then saving 60,000 or 70,000 taels of silver; Chongzhou County's taxes can only maintain daily expenses and salaries, plus the deficit caused by the previous support of the Jiangdong Left Army, Han Zai wants to govern Chongzhou County properly, not to mention another 100,000 taels of relief silver from the Xuanfu Envoy.

Han Zai wanted to fight for the right to local affairs, so Lin Jian let him fight, and he didn't let Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and others do anything behind their backs.

Without silver, Han Jae-fighting is all for nothing.

Even if Han Zai knew that Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi, Chen Lei and other officials in the by-election were all inserted by Lin Tie first, he was helpless, after all, Wu Meijiu was the nominal Quanzhi County, and he was also full of resentment towards Wu Meijiu at this time, so naturally he couldn't do anything.

In the county hall that was temporarily converted into the Beishanmen Buddha Hall, he sat for an hour, talked a lot of nonsense, and couldn't discuss anything, so Lin Jian didn't have the patience to accompany Han Zai to waste time there. Back at the Donglu Zen Temple, watching the sunset, Lin Jian took Xiaoman to paced to the mountain, wanting to stand on a high place and take a good look at the magnificent river scenery in the evening; Liu Yue'er is still too obedient to the rules, honestly staying in the house, and refusing to follow Lin Tie to show her head outside.

"You've been frowning all day, what's on your mind?" Xiao Man tilted his head and stared at Lin Bin's eyes, her eyes had a strange brilliance in the sunset.

"Worry about the silver!" Lin Jian raised his eyebrows and laughed.

"It turns out that there are also things that can make Lord Lin worried......"

Lin Jian turned around and saw that it was Song Jia and Hao Mingyue coming from behind, and said with a smile: "The young lady is also interested in coming to see this late river view?" ”

"Could it be that the two caged finch, have other assignments to pass the time?" Song Jiayan smiled, glanced at Xiao Man, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen Xiao Man girl for a long time, and she has a water spirit ...... like a dazzling beauty."

Sun Wenwan knew that Lin Lian was coming, so she came to pay a visit and smiled kindly at Xiaoman.

Xiaoman treats Sun Wenwan quite kindly, seeing that she is wearing a red armor, seeing that most of her delicate face is hidden in the cold texture of the metal hood, there is a different kind of heroic posture, but she treats Song Jia quite coldly, feeling that she has a glamorous temperament that tempts men, and feels that her eyes are too sharp to look at people, and she doesn't like to deal with her, because Song Jia is there, she snuggled behind Lin Lian, and just said lightly: "Xiaoman can't afford to be praised by the young lady," before she greeted Sun Wenwan, "When will Sister Sun come down the mountain again, The top of this mountain is deserted, and people will be very bored after staying for a long time. ”

Xiaoman and Liu Yue'er had long known that Song Jia and Hao Mingyue were imprisoned in the mountaintop Zen courtyard, and Liu Yue'er was not a troublemaker, so she wouldn't easily come to the top of the mountain if she had nothing to do; Xiaoman met his sister-in-law for the first time after arriving in Chongzhou, but he didn't like to see them.

"It's true," Song Jia pretended not to see Xiaoman's coldness, and said with a smile, "It's so cold that your teeth are shivering!" If you have nothing to do, you just stand on the cliff and watch the Jiangdong Left Army transfer around, I'm afraid there are six or seven thousand people! If you want to raise six or seven thousand people, it's no wonder that Lord Lin is worried about silver! Luxury Mingyue became more and more silent, she didn't have Song Jia's open-mindedness and casualness, she really regarded herself as a caged bird, and the eyes of Lin Jian and the others were somewhat hostile.

In addition to the Beishan Gate and the Beilu Zen Temple, the entire Zilang Mountain should be under the control of the Jiangdong Left Army, and the garrison was adjusted, the cavalry battalion, the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion and the second battalion of the Jinghai Sea Battalion were stationed at the east foot and the south cliff, and the women's battalion was stationed in the Zen Monastery on the top of the mountain.

Except for a few people, no one else knew the identity of the aunt and sister-in-law of the luxury family, and Lin Jian did not prohibit them from moving within the scope of the mountaintop meditation monastery.

Zilang Mountain is not high, but the mountain is quite steep, standing on the top of the mountain can see the situation under the mountain, Lin Jian did not expect Song Jia to be imprisoned here, every day is to stand on the cliff to observe, but also observe the situation of the Jiangdong Left Army. Maybe Sun Wenwan accidentally leaked something when she talked to her, this woman is too smart, and she can always see things that others can't see from the slightest clues.

Lin Jian walked to the stone table under the Bodhi tree and sat down, pointed to the stone bench opposite, motioned for Song Jia to sit down, and asked with interest: "The young lady is smart and wise, with what the young lady can see, how can I solve this headache?" ”

"Lord Lin pinched the Jinhai Grain Road, and it seems that in the past few days, he has sent people to secretly measure the fields north of Zilang Mountain, and Song Jia also saw that monks from other temples were constantly detained for questioning, and the bandit case can really implicate all the monasteries in Chongzhou County!" Song Jia said with a smile, "If you want to say that Lord Lin has no means to make money, who would believe it?" Lord Lin is conflicted in his heart: how to choose? ”

Sun Wenwan changed color slightly, or she suggested that her aunt and sister-in-law go out of the Zen monastery to move within the mountaintop, but she didn't expect Song Jia's eyes to be so vicious, and she saw that she could guess the secret seizure of the monastery's land and property here, and said to Lin Jian with a little apology: "I will be careful not to let them pick up the ...... on both sides of the east cliff and the south cliff."

Xiao Manyi stood behind Lin Lian, staring at Song Jia vigilantly, smart and beautiful women are always easy to arouse the hostility of the same sex.

Lin Jian was noncommittal, only staring at Song Jia's eyes, and Song Jia did not feel annoyed by his words.

Lin Jian smiled and said to Sun Wenwan: "Don't make such a fuss, if the luxury family can listen to the words of the woman, our situation will be much more difficult than now-the mountain Zen temple is indeed quite deserted, you remember, the Tang Mansion post copy let people copy more copies for the young lady to pass the time." ”

"Thank you Lord Lin for your generosity......" Song Jia also restrained her aggressive momentum, thanking Lin Jian for not treating them completely as caged birds, compared to being bored and rusting the whole person trapped in the mountains, it would be much easier to read the official Tang newspaper to pass the time and know what was happening outside.

"There's nothing lenient or unforgiving," Lin Jian smiled and said, "As long as the young lady doesn't think that Lin is mean." ”

When they met outside the Donghua Gate for the first time, Song Jia showed a calmness, calmness and strong observation that are rare in women.

Thousands of years later, men and women have long been accustomed to looking at each other from the perspective of treating each other as equals, and it is also this psychological inertia that enables Lin Jian to appreciate the excellence of women without discrimination.

Song Jia's natural exudation of strength, others may see it as pampering and arrogant, as if she doesn't know the proportion, Lin Jian thought in her heart that she might be a little arrogant, but in the eyes of other men, she only has her delicate and seductive face and graceful and sultry body.

"Lord Lin laughed," Song Jia said with a smile, "In terms of bearing, there are really few people who can match Lord Lin......"

Seeing Lin Lian and Song Jia sitting at the stone table and pretending to say kind words, Xiao Man pouted his red mouth unhappily, and it was inconvenient to say anything, thinking about going back to remind Liu Yue'er, and be careful to let Lin Lian's soul be taken away by this fox spirit.

"Since the young lady is interested, then I might as well talk to the young lady," Lin Jian said, "I'm afraid that the young lady won't believe it, but the nineteen slightly large-scale monasteries in Chongzhou have been found out, and the total amount of land occupied is more than 310,000 mu. Although there are many hidden properties in the monasteries, there are two types of terada and sentada. If it is divided into tenths, it is almost the ratio of Terada Ichi and Toshida **......"

"Ahh Song Jia was taken aback, she really didn't expect that Lin Jian would dig down from the line of the monastery and find out so many hidden fields in one county, "I really didn't expect that there would be so many ......."

"Eastern Fujian is more mountainous, less plain, and many natural disasters, the luxury family can only maintain a protracted war in Jin'an and the surrounding prefectures and counties, the essence of which is that the luxury family and other seven surnames have a strong control over the local area, and three or five households can support a pawn. Chongzhou is located in the plain of anointing, if the ability to pay taxes is not as good as a county of the same area in Eastern Fujian, it is called Arabian Night Talk! Lin Jian said.

Song Jia thought about it, when the power of the luxury family was at its peak, it controlled two million Dingkou and supported 100,000 soldiers, which was calculated according to the ratio of military and civilian, which was almost four or five households raising a pawn, and she realized that Lin Jian was very clear about military affairs and people's livelihood affairs.

"The essence of the troubled autumn is that the central control of the local area is not effective, a large number of taxes receivable are lost to the hands of the powerful, and the people who have lost their land are becoming more and more difficult and hard...... In the event of a war, the central government lacks money and is forcibly levied and distributed to the localities, but it will not hurt the powerful and the powerful, but will only scrape another layer of oil from the heads of the widows and poor households -- if the people are not able to make a living, chaos will occur frequently, and it is really a vicious circle that is difficult to unravel. Taking Chongzhou County as an example, it is really a decision to thoroughly inventory the acres of land and double the supply of fields, which will not surprise me. ”

"The city of Chongzhou is broken, and the extravagant flying bear has helped you, there should be no force in Chongzhou that can resist the majesty of Lord Lin, why is Lord Lin still worried?" Song Jia asked suspiciously, "I think Yue Lengqiu should send someone to Chongzhou to restrain you, are you afraid that you won't be able to make a wedding dress for others?" Or does Lord Lin want to delay and let Yue Lengqiu's people share some of the pressure for you? ”

Lin Lian's smile narrowed slightly, and said, "It's not early, don't delay the young lady to rest......"

Song Jiaxiu's eyebrows condensed slightly, stood up and bowed, and said: "The concubine is inconvenient for Lord Lin, so I will say goodbye here...... She knew that it was impossible for Lin Jian to say it thoroughly in front of her.

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When going up the mountain, Lin Jian had a lot of hesitation about the trade-offs of various disposals. After talking to Song Jia, although there is nothing new in my heart, it is more transparent.

They are holding the throat of the Tsukai grain road in their hands, but if they have the greed to take advantage of everything, they will push all the collaborators to the opposite side.

The entire Jinhai grain road can actually be divided into four links: from the source of the Caoyuan to the mouth of the Huai River to the sea to Jiaozhou Bay as the first link, this link is basically carried by the Zhuhe Gang. It is not only necessary to protect the interests of the river gang, but even to rectify the bad habit of the officials to exploit and make things difficult for the river gang, and to support the river gang forces in the Jinhai grain road.

Taking the Jiaolai River from Jiaozhou Bay across the Shandong Peninsula is the second link, Tang Haoxin was in charge of Shandong's military and political affairs at this time, Gu Wuchen sent Gu Siyuan to lead Hu from the emergency to Qingzhou to assist Tang Haoxin, and even further transferred Chen/Yuanliang to Shandong through the ministry.

From Laizhou Bay across Bohai Bay to Jinhai, it is the third link, and the benefits of this link are shared by the Jiangdong Left Army and the maritime merchants of Hejian Province and Denglai area of Shandong.

Taking the Whirlpool River from Jinhai to the Weihe River into Gyeonggi is the fourth link and the last link of the Jinhai Grain Road, and there are many forces involved in the benefit sharing of this link.

Although the benefits generated by the entire Jinhai grain route are huge, the interest chain is relatively scattered, and the Jiangdong Left Army actually draws seventy or eighty thousand silver from it every year. After all, in a short period of time, Lin Jian did not have the ability to organize a large Heishui foreign merchant ship that was sent directly from Chongzhou to Jinhai, even if he could organize 50,000 stone Heishui ocean transportation capacity, it would be easy to earn 200,000 taels of silver from it a year.

Coupled with the layout of Jiyun Society and the estuary, at most 30,000 taels of silver can be drawn out every year.

If the cavalry battalion is abolished and the water battalion is halved, the total strength is maintained at about 3,000 men, and 100,000 taels of silver are invested every year, which is barely enough, but at present, a budget of more than 250,000 taels of silver will be made every year, and there will be a shortage of 150,000 taels of silver every year.

Chongzhou County's summer and autumn grain supply is discounted by about 10,000 taels of silver, and it is necessary to sharply tap the potential of Chongzhou County's supply from 10,000 taels to 150,000 taels, and theoretically there is even a considerable margin, but it is by no means easy to do.

Although it was found that the monastery had concealed as much as 310,000 mu of land, it was impossible for Lin Jian to occupy all these fields for himself. Involving such a huge conflict of interests, not to mention that local forces will fiercely resist, Yue Lengqiu may even directly send troops into Chongzhou to grab this piece of cake.

I don't want Song Jia to be imprisoned in the mountaintop Zen courtyard and see so much, so deep - such a smart woman is better imprisoned in the mountaintop Zen courtyard. Lin Lian and Xiaoman went down the mountain, Sun Wenwan saw them off, and Lin Lian instructed her: "Add another sentry post to the top of the mountain, don't miss anything." ”

Sun Wenwan nodded, stopped at the pavilion halfway up the mountainside, and watched Lin Lian and Xiaoman go down the mountain, but Xiaoman thought that others couldn't see them, so he innocently grabbed one of Lin Lian's sleeves and swayed down the mountain, seeing that Sun Wenwan's heart was a little sour.