The Wusong River, which originates from Taihu Lake, has abundant water and navigation is no problem at all, otherwise it would not be called a river.
The Wusong River outlet project envisaged by Lin Daguanren is not just about building a seaport.
It is necessary to re-dredge the dozens of miles of old routes downstream and re-enter the Wusong River, which became a tributary of the Dahuangpu River twenty years ago, into the sea.
In addition to the seaport, several river ports should be set up along the three hundred miles to serve as intermediate stations from Suzhou to the ocean.
In addition, three sufficiently wide branch lines will be built, leading to Songjiang Fucheng, Suzhou Fucheng and Xujiang Industrial Park respectively.
According to the historical trend, foreign trade will explode in the next few decades, and Jiangnan is a developed "industrial" area and the area with the largest export of goods.
Therefore, the Wusong River Estuary Project is definitely very profitable. If you can control this project, you can easily control the economic lifeline of Jiangnan in the future.
However, the difficulty of the project is still a bit high for Lin Daguanren's current strength. He needs to recruit people to share the project, and even the eunuchs want to join him as a partner.
Official Lin would not disclose all his thoughts to the court at the beginning, lest his ambition to control the economic lifeline of Jiangnan be exposed.
It only says that it is to dredge the old Wusong River, increase downstream flood channels, reduce upstream flood hazards, and at the same time try sea transportation.
But even this was rejected by the cabinet, not because the cabinet or Chief Shen had any objections to Mr. Lin.
The main reason is that after Zhang Juzheng, the court's governing style tended to be conservative and did not want to mess with things, especially unfamiliar projects with no precedent.
It doesn't matter if something doesn't work, but even if it does, some things may not work.
Lin Tailai sometimes felt helpless when faced with the conservative attitude of the entire bureaucratic collective.
Anyway, it will take a few years for the production capacity of the industrial park to explode. At present, the demand for overseas trade is not that urgent, so we can only look for opportunities and take our time.
And now Mr. Lin doesn't have much energy to think about the project, and Gao Changjiang is urging him to get married every day.
That's right, the person who is most active in urging Lin Daguan to get married now is Gao Changjiang, who is more active than Lin's father and Lin's mother.
As the chief engineer of the Canglang Pavilion Lin Mansion and the chief wedding steward of the Lin Mansion, Gao Changjiang had long been tired of Lin's housework.
He just wanted to finish all Lin Zuoguan's housework as soon as possible, and then make full preparations to go to Hengtang College.
The seventh day of the ninth lunar month in the year Dinghai is a good time to get married.
On this day, the first military champion of the Ming Dynasty commanded the defense of Suzhou City, and the governor of Suzhou Yunqianhu. Lin Tailai, a student member of the Suzhou Prefecture, married the daughter of the Wang family in Shandong Xincheng, the sister of Yaojiao, the Minister of Household Affairs.
To use a popular saying hundreds of years later, this wedding was the "wedding of the century" in Suzhou.
The daughter of the Wang family got married from Fuya Neiyamen and was carried to Canglang Pavilion Lin Mansion. The route was from Fuqian Street to Yinma Bridge, then turned to Wolong Street, and finally to Canglang Pavilion Lin Mansion.
Along the way are the main roads in the city, all decorated in red.
On that day, hundreds of guests and celebrities came to the Lin Mansion to congratulate him. Even the Lin Mansion and the Canglang Pavilion were opened to the public.
The consequence of the large number of guests was that Mr. Lin drank too much. When he entered the bridal chamber at night, Mr. Lin was already drunk.
There is a set of procedures in the bridal chamber, but it was the second time this year for Mr. Lin to go through the procedure, so he was no stranger to it. Even though he was drunk, he still completed the procedure smoothly.
When the maid left and closed the door, only the husband and wife were left in the room.
Lin Daguan lay on the bed with his arms and legs spread out, exhaled a breath and said: "With you as my good wife, I can finally relax in the future."
Wang Shiwu smiled softly and said: "What do you want me to do?"
Lin Tailai replied: "From now on, you will be mainly responsible for two major aspects! The first is the management of Lin's industry, and the second is coordinating the relationship between various houses in the family."
Wang Shiwu asked again: "I still don't know what to do with the two things my husband mentioned. Why don't you give me some more advice?"
The drunk Lin Tailai also talked a lot, "What don't you understand? For example, in the first aspect of industrial management, there is no need to cover everything in detail, as long as we grasp a few core industries.
For example, banks that control funds, agricultural warehouses with wide connections, and industrial parks with the largest number of industrial workers. As long as you have these items in your hands, you can have an impact on the whole body."
"My husband is really amazing. He can outline everything in just a few sentences and simplify the complex." Wang Shiwu seemed to have transformed into a little girl and continued to ask in an adoring tone: "What about the second most important thing? How can I satisfy my husband?"
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Lin Daguan replied smoothly: "The second most important thing is to coordinate the relationship between the houses. You can be a little biased."
Having said this, Lin Daguan suddenly became more than half drunk.
Wang Shiwu has always wanted to confirm from himself who he likes the most, but he was too relaxed today and almost fell into the trap.
Wang Shiwu stroked Lin Tailai's pectoralis major and said softly: "My husband, please tell me, which one should I prefer from now on?"
Lin Tailai immediately changed his words and said: "Of course I only favor you in my heart. As for you as the mistress, you still have to be impartial and fair to the sisters."
Seeing that Wang Shishi didn't say anything, he added: "In addition to the two things you mentioned, husband, there is actually a third matter."
Lin Daguan nodded solemnly and said consciously: "I understand, giving birth to a son."
As the Lin family established its business, every woman around her wanted to have a son.
Lin Daguan, whose family is big and has a large business, doesn't care about having more children. It's enough for now.
On this autumn night, Mr. Lin made another bride cry. There was nothing I could do, it hurt too much.
The next day, the exhausted newlyweds didn't bother to sleep. They got up early to worship their parents and then went to their family temple to worship their ancestors.
After finally staying up until the afternoon, the extremely sleepy newlyweds got some rest time.
When Wang Shiwu woke up again, she felt very empty. Because she was the only one in bed, and her husband had disappeared.
A bride who is married to a strange place feels somewhat dependent on her husband.
Wang Shiwu was no exception. He asked his maid: "Where has Mr. Lang gone?"
The maid replied: "The master went to the study and said that due to the recent preparations for the wedding, there was a backlog of letters that needed to be answered."
Wang Shiwu suddenly felt a little sentimental. He might not fully understand Lin Tailai.
I don't know why, but I always feel like there is a thin veil between Lin Tailai and everyone.
Even the person who is theoretically closest to me is no exception. Maybe it’s because we spend too little time together, right?
With the idea of ​​knowing as much as possible about her husband, Wang Shiwu walked to the study. She had never seen him before. What did Lin Tailai look like in the study?
After reading the letter, Lin Tailai waved to his wife and urged: "You came just in time, help me write the letter quickly."
Wang Shiwu sat next to him and asked with his chin propped up: "Doesn't the clerical affairs belong to Secretary Bai?"
Lin Tailai said: "Secretary Bai went to Hengtang Town and will probably come back in two days."
"What letter do you want me to ghostwrite?" Wang Shiwu held back his tiredness and yawned lightly.
Lin Tailai replied: "Write a letter to Hai Qingtian in Nanjing."
"My husband and Hai Qingtian are still in contact?" Wang Shiwu was very surprised. From a normal perspective, my husband and Hai Rui were completely incompatible.
Lin Daguan handed the pen to Wang Shiwu, "I'm going to be careless first, I want to hold Hai Qingtian accountable!"
Why was he so short-sighted twenty years ago that he cut off the Wusong River and turned a river leading to the sea into a tributary of the Huangpu River!
As a result, the city of Suzhou is now losing its ocean, and a visionary like me is in trouble, and it may take ten years to correct his bad engineering!"
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She suddenly felt that the brush in her hand weighed more than a thousand pounds. When she thought that the person reading the letter was Hai Rui, she felt that she could not write her husband's arrogant tone.
I know that my husband has been upset because the Wusong River sea connection project has been blocked recently, but is it too brave to vent his anger on Hai Rui so directly?
Then I heard Lin Tailai say in an understatement: "The last thing I want to add is that I will go to Nanjing next year. I am going to question him face to face and tell him to take good care of himself and wait for me."
Wang Shiwu felt again that he might not know his husband well enough.
People in this era generally did not have the habit of taking long vacations, unless they were traveling far away from home.
So after a few days, Lin Daguan returned to his normal life rhythm. Generally speaking, he went to the government school to sign in in the morning, and in the afternoon he went to the garrison office to check on things.
That day, Senior Official Lin entered Minglun Hall of Fuxue. After scanning around, he saw Wang Heng and Li Hong sitting in the corner.
Then he said in surprise: "I am already married, and you are still studying in the government?"
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Is there any necessary connection between your marriage and our studying in the government?
Lin Daguan sighed: "You have been in the sixth grade for three consecutive times, why are you still unwilling to leave the school?
I have not used force for a long time, what do you want from me to drive you away?"
Wang Heng said angrily: "If we leave Fu Xue, where can we go?"
Official Lin slapped the case and said, "You had told me earlier! I could have shown you a way!"
To be continued...