Chen Mingzhe rode on the riverbank and looked north at the mouth of the East River, quite coincidentally, Lin Jian was separated from Chen Mingzhe by a river at this time, and he was on Jiangmen Island near the north bank of the river.

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, sandbanks and sand islands are mostly close to the north shore, whether it is Xisha Island, a large island of more than 100 miles in circumference, or Jiangmen Island, a small island in a few miles of circumference, it is twenty or thirty miles away from the south coast, but only one or two miles away from the north shore, and with the increasing siltation, there is a tendency to connect with the land.

The people of the world were puzzled by this geographical phenomenon, but Lin Lian, who had a certain geographical knowledge in later generations, knew that this geographical phenomenon was related to the rotation of the earth. Due to the rotation of the earth, when the Yangtze River flows into the sea, it produces a southward deflection force, which has a stronger scouring force on the south bank of the estuary, making the north bank more prone to siltation.

This natural phenomenon cannot be observed with the naked eye, but in a few decades or even hundreds of years, people will find that the estuary waterway is slowly moving southward, and the sandbanks and islands that appear on the north shore are connected with the land, and the rate of land formation is much higher than that of the south bank.

The process of land formation in the entire Hailing Province is roughly the same, but it took thousands of years. Almost six or seven hundred years ago, Chongzhou County was basically landed, and the Hecheng grassland was formed more slowly, almost in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it was also a large area of tidal flats in the early years.

Jiangmen Island is a small island in Jiangkouzi, facing the mouth of the Dongjiang River that flows into the Yangtze River, to say that the gateway of Chongzhou, Jiangmen Island, which is 60 miles away on the east side of Xisha Island, is the real gateway of Chongzhou, and the distance between it and the Hecheng grassland on the north shore is only four or five hundred steps.

Lin Jian turned over and dismounted, squatted down and grabbed a handful of sandy soil, stretched it out to his mouth and licked it, and said to the eldest grandson Geng behind him: "This soil has no alkaline smell, it is different from the tidal flats in the north, it is not saline-alkali land, you can grow pasture grass to raise cattle, mules and horses!" ”

The eldest grandson Geng has been tied to Lin for a long time, and he has long worn out the habits of scholars, neglected poetry, and devoted himself to farming and craftsmanship all day long. Hearing Lin Tie say that grass can be planted here, Changsun Geng also squatted down and grabbed a handful of sand and tasted it, nodded, and said, "Although the land is thinner, it is still possible to grow grass...... More than 10 or 20 exiled prisoners are sent in every day, and it is feasible to set up a prison department on Jiangmen Island to grow grass and raise cattle and horses, but we must not be negligent in guarding against it, and the jailers are afraid that they will not have enough manpower. He picked up the slightly turbid river water in his hand to wipe the mud and sand in his mouth, and he didn't feel that he was a scholar in doing so, so he squatted on the river beach and discussed with Lin Jian about setting up a prison department.

The prison city was not built, and the county officials of the six southeastern counties did not care, and after the imperial court officially ordered it, they escorted the exiled prisoners who were sentenced to death one after another. The flood season has just passed, and the number of exiled prisoners and their accompanying family members on Xisha Island has exceeded 100, and the number is increasing every day.

According to the system, the exile or hard labor or conscription ranges from three to ten years, and the parents and children can accompany or stay in the countryside, but the wife and concubine must accompany them.

Even if only half of them were to be accepted, the capacity of Jiangkou Prison would rapidly swell to as many as 350,000 in two to three years, far from being comparable to the previous prison island.

There are only more than eight miles around Jiangmen Island, and all the land is counted, which is only more than 2,000 acres of land, and it may be enough to build a large prison for 350,000 people, but Lin Jian only got 50,000 taels of silver from the county department, and it is barely enough to build a prison city, but he can't support these exiles in vain.

Jiangmen Island is just a smoke bomb released by Lin Tie to build a prison city, after all, in the text given to the Prosecutor's Department, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is necessary to formally build a prison city for everyone to see step by step.

Lin Lian's real target was the Hecheng Grassland on the north bank, but at this time, the Hecheng Grassland belonged to the Weiyang Salt Iron Division, which provided the necessary forage for the two Huai Salt Farms to fry the sea and boil salt.

The salt tax of two million taels of silver supplied by the Weiyang Salt and Iron Division every year is almost the lifeblood of the Dayue Dynasty, and whoever dares to touch this will have a large group of people jumping out.

There are some things that can never be done.

"Let's go to the north shore to see...... Lin Lian clapped his hands, patted the sand and soil on his hands, and took a car and boat parked at the water's edge, and went to the north bank, don't look at the turbulent river, the river between Jiangmen Island and the north bank is actually very shallow, when the water is shallow in winter, there will be a large area of river beach on the north bank of Jiangmen Island exposed, and the shallow water separated from the north bank is only two or three hundred steps wide. The big ship could not dock at Jiangmen Island, so Lin Jian could only change to a small car to inspect the island.

On the north bank is a settlement in Hecheng grassland, where about 100 grassland households and a team of salt guards are stationed here, but people can only see the vegetation on the shore on the river, and they can't see the courtyard of houses. If it weren't for the map obtained from the Tsurujo Division, outsiders would never have imagined that there was a settlement behind the riverbank.

Seven or eight dilapidated hay boats were towed to the river beach, and a dozen men in rags were mending their boats on the river beach, and it seemed that when the grass was cut and tied into bundles at the end of autumn, these pasture farmers would use these dilapidated boats to transport them to the salt works in the north.

The Jinhai with a length of more than 20 zhang stopped in the center of the river, and there was also a Jinhai-class warship, three Jiyun-class warships, and a number of loach ships, Cangshan ships, shipwrights, and wingboats to enclose them, forming a spectacular naval fleet, and the impact was huge for the grassland households that almost lived in the world.

They had no intention of working, and watched vigilantly as the fleet released a few small boats to land on Jiangmen Island, and then crossed the river to their side in a moment, and they threw the grass boats on the river beach, climbed up the river bank and tried to escape, only to see a group of cavalry in the distance, which seemed to be in line with the fleet in the river. These men were shocked, but they also knew that there was no escape, and seeing that the fleet and cavalry looked like officers and soldiers, they had to send someone to inform Wang Qitou first.

More than a dozen salt lads came over with weapons first, watching the fleet stop in the middle of the river and not docking, the horse team stopped in the distance, and did not approach, watching a few small boats sail towards this side, the horse team came to converge, and they were busy going to the Duting courtyard to pull out the flag head that had been drunk all day.

"We are all poor ghosts, the pirates were sick last time, so they would come ashore to rob, but fortunately, grandpa ran fast with your feet, and there was no damage, what are you doing dragging grandpa out at this time?" The flag head was quite dissatisfied with the subordinates who dragged him off the couch, stumbled over the path, scolded and scolded in his mouth, and when he saw the cavalry, he was also shocked into a cold sweat and sobered up a little. From the east, there were almost no roads, all wasteland overgrown with weeds and bushes, and the fleet took the river road, and it was easy to understand that this cavalry was doing so hard by land. What is the need to take the delicate cavalry to explore the wilderness? He could read and write, although the ship was far away and he couldn't see the big characters on the flag clearly, but the shape and color of the flag, he could distinguish clearly, his face was shocked, and he pretended to be rude for a while before he pretended to be rude and said: "Damn the bird, it's an officer and soldier!" It seems that it is not small, you all abide by the rules, follow me to kowtow and say hello, don't talk too much, don't wait for a while to be whipped, blame grandpa I didn't remind you in advance. ”

The boat came ashore, Lin Jian jumped off the boat, stepped on the soft sand and went ashore, looked at the flag head that came to greet him, and asked: "Isn't there a commander in charge of Jiangmen Duting, where did the others go?" ”

"Lord Huiyu, Wang Dutou went to Hecheng Division in the past few days, the little Wang Chengfu is a banner leader......" Wang Chengfu kowtowed to say hello, not to mention the fleet stopped in the center of the river, the cavalry on the shore approached, more than 200 people were brave and strong, murderous, and the official who asked the question hugged him left and right, wearing a scarlet official robe that only courtiers of the fifth rank or above could wear, he didn't dare to ask Lin Tie about his intentions.

"I'm the Jinghai Metropolitan Envoy Lin Lian, and I'm here to patrol the river," Lin Lian said, "Since the head ......of the royal capital is not there, some things are the same for you."

Lin Tie reported his name, Wang Chengfu was also shocked, subconsciously raised his head to look at Lin Tie, and then realized that this was extremely rude, scared into a cold sweat, and hurriedly knocked his head on the soft sand: "The villain Wang Chengfu visited the Lord of the Metropolitan Prison of the World, and in this life I have witnessed the look of the Lord of the Metropolitan Prison, I am really fortunate in this life, what instructions the Lord has, the villain knows everything." ”

Lin Jian saw that the flag head in front of him was about forty years old, looking black, thin and shriveled, only wearing a half-cut military uniform, and there was no saber around his waist, probably because he was troublesome, full of wine, thinking that he had drunk a lot of wine at noon and was not drunk, but he spoke as if he had read a book, except that Wang Chengfu did not look like a person, and the dozen or so salts who came around were still a little energetic, not as loose as ordinary miscellaneous soldiers. The surrounding pastures are all dressed in tatters, but their bodies are still strong, and their lives are not as hard as they seem.

Lin Jian sat on the sand ridge, patted the grass in front of him, and said to Wang Chengfu: "You also sit down and talk back," and asked with great interest: "You have read books, how can you be a flag leader here?" ”

"It's good for the villain to kneel and reply," Wang Chengfu replied respectfully, "The villain studied in his early years, committed crimes in his hometown, and was sent to fill the army, just because he had studied for a few years, he came to Jiangmen to be a deputy to Wang Dutou......

"What have you done, how many years have you been in the army, and how many years have you been in the Hecheng grassland?" Lin Jian asked, not so good at giving Wang Chengfu a vague past.

Even if Wang Chengfu didn't want to answer this question, he had to answer truthfully, he knew that Lin Tie could easily transfer his own file, in case Lin Tie had nothing to do and thought about himself, wouldn't he be asking for trouble? replied: "The villain is a native of Fengcheng in Western Qin, who committed adultery/adultery, took away his fame, barely saved his life, and was stabbed with Yongchong, and has been in the Hecheng grassland for eight years......"

The Western Qin sentenced the grassland of Liuhecheng to be filled with troops, which was regarded as a far away, and Lin Jian did not ask Wang Chengfu what kind of adultery he had committed. At that time, men were tolerant, and those who committed adultery and adultery were sentenced to eternal stabbing, and most of them were the wives and daughters of adulterers, and they were retaliated against. Lin Lian's eyes stared at Wang Chengfu carefully, there were tattoos on his cheeks, but after a long time, it was not so obvious, the actual age should be much less than it looked, and the Liujun mixed with a small flag head, and he could still live drunk - in these years, even if the wine is privately brewed, it is a luxury, even if this Wang Chengfu can't be pressed by the punishment of Yongchong, he should be a character.

Lin Tie chose to build a prison city on Jiangmen Island on the surface, but he actually set his sights on this land on the north shore, and the Yan Tie Division also had a good relationship, and the relevant people would pretend to be deaf and dumb, but Lin Tie was afraid that he would meet someone who understood below, so that he couldn't cover the matter, and he couldn't be cautious about this Wang Chengfu.

Lin Jian looked at Wang Chengfu with his eyes and said with a smile: "Smelling the aroma of wine, if you want to come to the capital pavilion to have good wine, Wang Qitou won't mind taking a glass of me?" ”

Wang Chengfu's face changed slightly, and he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

The grassland is vast, and no one knows about cultivating a piece of land to plant some rice, wheat and tree fruits, even if the boss who comes to the patrol accidentally bumps into it, as long as the sufficient amount of forage is paid on time every year, everything else is turned a blind eye, and even a piece of the pie is taken from here.

Wang Chengfu has been to Jiangmen Duting for six years, from the second year he came, here he opened up a private land to grow grain, began to make wine for self-drinking, and sent 100 jars of good wine to Hecheng Division every year.

Illicit brewing is a felony, Wang Chengfu is already a permanent assassin, if Lin Lian is more serious with him in this matter, even if Wang Chengfu is an accomplice, it will be a sentence of immediate execution.

Wang Chengfu couldn't figure out the meaning of Lin Lian's intention, and heard him say that he was patrolling the river and passing by this road, and he had nothing to do to ask for a glass of wine to drink, which sounded harmless, but he really wanted to make things difficult here, and he became a fish and meat for him to slaughter. If Lin Tie is a greedy person, it's fine, but he is exploited, if Lin Tie is a clean and honest official who is determined to pursue a career, Wang Chengfu will have to worry about the head on the item.

Lin Jian peeked at the path and walked in the direction of the Duting Courtyard, Wang Chengfu was apprehensive, but he didn't dare to stop it. Lin Jian is a high-ranking official who is knighted from the fifth grade, and he is just a wanderer who is always full of assassination, and his status is in the sky and underground, and if he is slightly disrespectful, he will also be beaten to death with a stick.