After finishing the running banquet in his hometown, Lin Daguan was ready to go to Mudu Port to take charge.
Gao Changjiang also wanted to follow Lin Tailai to Mudu Port, but Lin Tailai refused and sent him back to Nanhao Street.
Gao Changjiang said dissatisfied: "The affairs of the municipal management office are all trivial and meaningless. There is no tax customs or projects that are vigorous and magnificent."
However, Lin Tailai told him: "Your most important task at the moment is to go to the city to promote Zhang Siwei's residual poison. Even if it is not a household name, it must be known to everyone on the road."
Gao Changjiang suddenly felt hopeless and worked hard for half a year, but he still spread rumors at work.
When the rumors about the old alliance leader were spread in the first place, they were still reasonable and well-founded. Now that they are talking about "Zhang Siwei's residual poison", they are just saying it without any evidence.
Also, whose main job as a military advisor is to spread rumors? It’s simply overkill!
After Lin Daguan assigned various tasks such as spreading rumors, contracting projects, collecting money and grain, etc., he plunged into customs affairs.
In the past three months after the opening and closing of the Mudu Port branch, tax collection progress has been slow. If the annual task of 5,000 taels cannot be completed, Lin Daguan will not be able to explain to the capital of the tax envoy.
Regarding the Wang family in the new city of King's Capital, Lin Daguan is thinking about the long term. This is not a matter of money. Of course, he must help King's Capital improve his political performance.
The current stage performance is not ideal, mainly because after the switch, various systems are being created and explored, but Lin Daguan, the only person who can make decisions, is always absent, so the tax customs work is particularly scattered and there are no certain rules.
Now that things have happened, Mr. Lin has to personally pay close attention to the customs business and urge the customs to get back on track as soon as possible.
In the next more than a month, that is, the whole of November, Lin Daguan did not go anywhere, but worked in Mudu Port.
For Lin Daguan, who has been traveling around all year long, fighting in the north and south, this month has been a very peaceful one.
In addition to being busy with official duties, he also spends his free time creating people. The two "empresses" jokingly called within the club also try their best to cater to her like a competition.
Gao Changjiang's previous advice was correct. In order to stabilize the hearts of the community, there must be a successor.
After all, a society is different from a family. The children of Jianghu do not stick to trivial matters and do not need to pay too much attention to etiquette. Children are born as long as they are recognized within the society.
Travelers have to follow the local customs, and it is impossible to shock the world. Moreover, Lin Daguan's time is running out, and he will definitely not be able to settle down again after next spring.
For more than a month, even the most important Winter Solstice Festival, Lin Daguan spent in Mudu Port.
In the era of agricultural society, the Winter Solstice Festival was a particularly important festival. In Suzhou customs, the Winter Solstice Festival is particularly important, no less important than the Spring Festival.
The time has arrived in December, and the thirteenth year of Wanli is about to pass.
A lot of things have happened in the official circles of Suzhou City recently, and apparently they have nothing to do with Official Lin, who is "far away" in Mudu Port, twenty miles away.
But in the minds of knowledgeable people, everything is inextricably linked to Lin Daguan.
The most shocking thing was that after the impeachment of Governor Zhao, Magistrate Zhu was suddenly dismissed from his post and was appointed to another position after going to Beijing for investigation.
To use a popular saying on the streets, Zhang Siwei's biggest minions in Suzhou City were expelled.
Nowadays, everyone in the city knows that Zhang Siwei’s greatest lingering poison is the king of one prefecture, one county, and one county.
One prefecture is the magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture, one county is the magistrate of Wu County, and one king is the Wang family of Dongshan.
The name of this combination is very simple, easy to remember, and impressive. It was created and spread by Gao Changjiang.
I have to say that Gao Changjiang continues to grow in his propaganda work, and the progress is very gratifying.
It has progressed from being completely dependent on sitting in the hall to being able to create a certain degree of self-creation.
Now that one government has been removed, we don’t know what the future of one county and one king will be.
Another major event was that Governor Zhao petitioned the imperial court to exempt Suzhou Prefecture from arrears in money and food for nearly ten years, and the imperial court approved it.
This is a virtuous policy praised by all people, and it has dissipated a lot of the resentment of the tax resistance crisis.
The idea came from Lin Tailai, but Lin Tailai couldn't stand at the front desk. He knew very well that this was the glory that belonged to Governor Zhao.
Another thing is that Gao Changjiang came to Mudu Port from Suzhou City that day and brought a letter from Yuan Hongdao, the magistrate of Changzhou County.
If someone in Suzhou City writes a letter to Lin Tailai, they usually send it to the Renovation Academy in Shijiaxiang, Nanhao Street, and then forward it via Gao Changjiang.
Gao Changjiang reported: "I heard that Mr. Yuan County is going to inspect the construction site. I guess this letter is inviting you to go with him."
Changzhou County has started the ancient Sanjiangkou dredging project at the southernmost end of the county, close to Wujiang County.
The first phase of the construction section is about ten miles long. It adopts a different government-supervised and private-run contracting method from the past, and is contracted by Lin's Engineering Team No. 2.
It had only been under construction for a month, and the county magistrate Yuan Hongdao couldn't wait to inspect it and set up a monument.
Faced with Yuan Zhixian's invitation, Lin Tailai refused and said: "You attend on my behalf, but I won't go in person.
After all, it is Yuan Xianzun’s stage, so I don’t want to overshadow the show.”
Gao Changjiang agreed. He had been dealing with Zuoguan for so long and he understood the situation very well.
He has a passive talent for "stealing the limelight" in his own restaurant.
It often happens that there is no subjective awareness, but still automatically steals the limelight.
In order to avoid this situation, it is better not to go. After all, Yuan Xianzun is a friendly army.
Then Gao Changjiang said: "I was asked to inquire about the situation of Canglang Pavilion in detail. Now I have figured it out."
During this period of time, Lin Daguan's life was very boring, and he finally heard something that aroused his great interest.
As a person who can make Suzhou reverberate with just one stamp of his feet, he doesn't even have a formal residence, which is simply a joke.
But Mr. Lin is a very particular person and is unwilling to settle for the ordinary. Canglang Pavilion, which is not privately owned, is the target that Mr. Lin covets.
"Speak quickly! What is going on?" Lin Tailai urged.
Gao Changjiang continued: "Canglang Pavilion is located in the south of the city. The entire garden currently covers an area of ​​less than twenty acres."
Hearing this, Lin Daguan suddenly frowned and said a little dissatisfied: "Such a famous garden is so small? Why is it only twenty acres?"
Gao Changjiang was speechless. Now Canglang Pavilion is not an industry for sitting in a pavilion. What right do you have to dislike Xiao?
Lin Tailai compared it and said: "Among the gardens in the city, not to mention the 200 acres of the Humble Administrator's Garden, even the Yi Lao Garden has 80 acres!"
Gao Changjiang advised: "It's really not too small. A garden of twenty acres is considered medium-sized in Suzhou city.
Not to mention the historical bonus, this area is more than enough to match your status."
After finishing speaking, Gao Changjiang didn't understand. What exactly was he advising? He was advising him to be down-to-earth while taking advantage of the situation.
Lin Tailai sighed: "We have to look at the problem from a development perspective. What if in a few years, the twenty acres are no longer worthy of my status?"
Gao Changjiang turned around and left. If he didn't like Canglang Pavilion, it would be useless to report it.
Lin Tailai quickly held down Gao Changjiang and said, "You're here, you finish your words first!"
Gao Changjiang could not move and continued to report helplessly:
"Canglang Pavilion had been abandoned for a long time. It was not until the Jiajing Dynasty that monks from Dayun Temple nearby raised funds to rebuild Canglang Pavilion.
So since then, Canglang Pavilion has been under the management of Dayun Nunnery.
Today's Canglang Pavilion is actually an affiliated garden of Dayun Nunnery and can be regarded as a part of the entire Dayun Nunnery."
Lin Tailai couldn't help but sigh and said: "These monks are really rich. A garden of 20 acres was renovated as soon as it was said to be renovated.
Isn’t it a bit of a waste for such a historic and famous garden to fall into the hands of a group of monks?”
Then Gao Changjiang reminded: "Dayun Temple is not just an ordinary temple. It has many contacts with Suzhou literati and has connections with many celebrities.
For example, when Dayun Nunnery rebuilt Canglang Pavilion, Gui Youguang, a famous figure of the generation, was invited to write a commemorative article."
Lin Tailai was completely indifferent about whether he was a famous person or not. He just asked: "What did Mr. Yuan Xian from Cheung Chau say?"
The dividing line between Wu County and Changzhou County is Wolong Street, and Canglang Pavilion is on the east side of Wolong Street, so it is under the jurisdiction of Changzhou County.
What Lin Tailai meant was, could Yuan County Zun be of any help to seize the place?
Gao Changjiang replied: "Yuan Xianzun cherishes feathers and is not willing to bear the bad reputation for no reason."
Lin Tailai nodded, this was all expected.
Celebrities like Yuan Hongdao all advocate Buddhism, and Yuan Hongdao's own religious outlook is more inclined to Buddhism. It is really difficult for him to attack temples.
Lin Tailai then ordered: "When I finish the tax affairs at the end of the year, I will go to the city to see with my own eyes, and then I will make any calculations."
Gao Changjiang thought of other things again, "Your elder brother also asked me to send a message that the city gate is almost completed. When will you take a look?"
Lin Tailai replied: "In half a month, I will go to the city and see them all together."
Another half month passed like this, and it was late December, the real end of the year.
During this time, most government offices will be sealed and closed to prepare for the New Year.
To be continued...