A clan member was getting married and had a banquet that night. Lin A Si, who was at the head table, drank the most.
When he woke up the next day, Lin Asi, who was lying on his old bed at home, couldn't remember how he came back last night.
Lin Asi rubbed his forehead and asked his elder brother who was about to go to the ground: "Nothing bad happened last night, right?"
Lin Ada replied: "It's nothing, it's just that you promised eight river jobs."
Then Lin Asi felt relieved, "It's okay, it's okay, you should take care of the villagers. This way, when the third brother goes to Mudu Port, he will have the help of the villagers."
Anyway, Mudu Port is a newly opened customs office and the positions are all vacant. It would be trivial to place a few river expressmen there.
Lin Asi moved his legs and legs a few times in the courtyard, and suddenly a few bold little village girls appeared, gathering outside the door and watching Lin Asi through the fence.
Lin Asi was a little frightened by these tigers that could not be messed with. He turned around and said to his mother:
"Let's go, let's go! I still have a lot of things to deal with. Let's go back to the town first, and then back to the city!"
Mrs. Lin Song said a few words of dissatisfaction, but her son was too big to be controlled by her mother, and she couldn't stop him.
So half an hour later, Lin Tailai appeared in Hengtang Town, changing from Lin Asi back to Lin Zuoguan and Lin Daguan again.
"Call the guys and go to the main hall!" Lin Zhiguan said to the guardians on the left and right.
Originally, Anletang had seven leaders, which was a bit bloated for an eighth-rate rural society.
After Lin Tailai uncovered the traitor and purged him, there are now only four leaders.
The big leader is Lu Yibin, Hall Master Lu, and the second leader and chief planner is Song Quan and Uncle Song.
Xu Dasheng, the former top three leader, was purged as a traitor. Ruan Qing, the former top five leader who actively participated in cleaning up the traitor, was promoted to the top three leader.
In addition, the original four and seven leaders were also purged, leaving only the original six leaders who were promoted to the fourth leader.
Today, the four leaders went to the countryside to run errands. The other three leaders were all here, and together they went to the Juyi Hall to meet Lin Tailai.
Lin Tailai entered the hall and said to the leaders: "Lin Tailai, who is sitting in the first branch of Anle Hall, has met all the leaders!"
Hall Master Lu: "."
Facing the sitting hall of the first branch of Anle Hall, he, the head of the main hall, really didn't know how to respond.
The second leader, Uncle Song, came forward on behalf of the hall master and said, "You can sit down by yourself!"
After three of the seven leaders were purged, there were a lot of empty seats in the hall. Lin Tailai found a seat and sat down casually.
Uncle Song asked again: "You came to the main hall today. Do you have anything to ask for instructions on?"
Lin Tai came to see Hall Master Lu and replied: "Recently, under the guidance of the chief leader, our Anletang's strength and territory have grown by leaps and bounds!
Not only were the first and fifth capitals included in the jurisdiction, but the Thirteen Capitals and Yitang, long-standing enemies, also became semi-vassal alliance halls.
This great situation is inseparable from the efforts and wisdom of the hall leader."
Even Hall Master Lu couldn't stand listening anymore and asked Lin Tailai: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Ruan Qing, the leader of the three leaders, immediately advised: "Brother, please be patient and wait for Lin to finish his words."
Lin Tailai nodded approvingly to Ruan Qing, and then continued:
“In my opinion, through the development of the hall owner, the influence of our Anle Hall is no longer limited to the church district.
For example, if there are more semi-vassal alliance halls like Heyi Hall, I'm afraid there will be more similar vassal halls in the future!
By that time, Anletang was not only the head of a family, but also the head church of an alliance.
Therefore, I think that the title of big boss, with its obvious limitations, is no longer suitable for the hall leader!
There needs to be a new title that adapts to the development of the situation and can lead the association alliance!"
Hall Master Lu and Chief Song didn't want to talk. Only Leader Ruan actively asked: "What are Lin's thoughts?"
Lin Tailai replied: "On behalf of the branch hall and all the club members, I request that the hall leader be given the honorific title of Da Longtou!"
This title sounded quite majestic. Hall Master Lu was stunned for a moment, and then returned to reality.
Then he refused with half-hearted interest: "Forget it, the name is not that important, there is no need to change it again and again."
Without Lin Tailai, "Big Dragon Head" might be a very prestigious name; but without Lin Tailai, the more prestigious the name, the more ironic it becomes.
Lin Zuoguan seemed not to have heard Hall Master Lu's rejection and continued:
"The hall master must not overwhelm everyone's respect and love. Please ask the hall master to officially announce and use the name Dalongtou when he goes to the halls on the east bank of Taihu Lake in the Mudu Town Huimen League!"
Hall Master Lu felt really rejected and lonely! It would be a waste of words to say anything to Lin Tailai!
Lin Tailai then asked Ruan Qing, the leader of the three groups: "Our Anle Hall is going to gather at all the halls on the east bank of Taihu Lake in Mudu Town. Have you received any reply from the five first batch of invited halls?"
Ruan Qing replied: "Two families responded and were willing to be present, but the other three families made no move."
Lin Tailai scolded: "What a short-sighted thing! When that garbage man Yang Zhen wanted to launch the Taihu East Coast Alliance, the five of them were very active in participating. Now he dares to neglect our Anletang!"
Ruan Qing replied with some worry: "The entire area along Taihu Lake is the base of the Dongting Merchant Gang.
Therefore, the people behind the halls on the east bank of Taihu Lake are more or less influenced by the Dongting business gang, which makes them very difficult to deal with."
Ruan Qing's words are not an exaggeration. There was a saying at that time that "emblems are everywhere in the sky and cave."
"Hui" refers to the famous Huizhou merchants, and "Zhuantian Dongting" refers to the Dongting merchant gang, which shows the strength of the Dongting merchant gang.
Let me emphasize again, the "Dongting" here refers to the east and west Dongting Mountains in Taihu Lake, not Dongting Lake.
Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "How can we be afraid of difficulty and strength in doing things? Let's try it when we have a chance. As for the three nobles who refused to form an alliance, I have my own thoughts!"
After talking about things, this meeting is over.
Song Quan sent Lin Tailai out and asked privately: "You have so many properties now, you even own the Baidao Customs, why are you still holding on to me?"
Many people can't understand this, and they don't understand why Lin Tailai is still controlling the hall.
Everyone knows that collecting taxes from the fields in Tangkou itself is not very profitable, and most of it is taken away by the government.
From a profit perspective, a society that helps the government collect land taxes is far inferior to a river tax collection or a "side business" in the fish market.
Not to mention that Lin Tailai now has an identity as a martial arts officer, so whitewashing and cutting is the choice of most people.
Regarding Uncle Song, Lin Tailai can say frankly: "Money is very important, but you can't just look at money; it is meaningless to just make money, you must also be powerful.
Although these halls do not make much money, they are an indispensable help for the government to collect money and grain, and they go deep into the bottom of the countryside. This is the real power that other industries do not have!
If you can make good use of this power, you can in turn blackmail the government and officials, so why give up these halls?"
Song Quan couldn't help but said in astonishment: "What's the use of blackmailing the government? What can you do?"
Lin Tailai laughed and said: "Half of the world's wealth comes from the southeast, and half of the wealth from the southeast comes from Suzhou, so one move affects the whole body.
Suzhou's wealth is like the seven inches of a snake to the court. If you can pinch these seven inches, you may have the opportunity to influence the direction of the court's policies.
But I’m not very sure, and you won’t understand even if I talk too much, just take it one step at a time!”
Song Quan: "."
Influence the court's policy? Is this a plan that you, a military officer, should consider?
At this moment, Song Quan felt that he might just be a "bird" and Lin Tailai might be a "swan".