Lin Tailai and Magistrate Xu kept talking to each other, and it seemed that the matter of Songjiang Prefecture borrowing troops from Suzhou Guards to defend it was about to be finalized.
This frightened the surrounding local gentry. This kind of thing is not without lessons learned.
For example, in Yangzhou, since hundreds of Suzhou Guards troops stationed in Shuicicang in Yangzhou, the power structure of Yangzhou City has changed drastically in a few years!
In fact, normally speaking, a force of 1,500 soldiers is not scary to powerful country gentry. The Jinshan Guards in Songjiang Prefecture and the Jinshan Commander-in-Chief have more soldiers and horses, so they are not taken too seriously.
But if there is political support from people like Lin Tailai behind these 1,500 officers and soldiers, that is another matter!
"No way!" Xu Fan quickly interjected, "The defense matter is of great importance and must be considered in the long term!"
Lin Daguan was chewing the dried fruits fed by the beauty in his arms and said without raising his eyelids:
"I am a Nine-Yuan True Immortal, Hanyuan Tsinghua University, and the first deputy leader of the literary world. I was imprisoned in Guibao, and I was almost besieged and killed!
Of course, it doesn't matter if I suffer, I should just practice in the human world, but I just hope that I can use this to improve the atmosphere of Guibao Land!
If there is no improvement at all in Guibao, then wouldn’t my suffering be in vain?”
Everyone: ""
Before you, Lin Jiuyuan, say that you are suffering and suffering, can you first let go of the beauty in your arms?
Xu Fan winked at Feng Shike, asking Feng Shike to come forward to smooth things over, but Feng Shike pretended not to see it.
If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer a lot! He Feng Shike has been giving various advices from the beginning. Will anyone listen? At this time, it is out of control, and you think of him again?
Xu Fan had no choice but to stand up and face Lin Tailai personally, no matter as Lin Tailai's in-laws or as a local figure.
In fact, he doesn't like such passive negotiations. All the advantages are in the hands of the other party, and he has almost no counterattack ability. How can he negotiate?
Mainly because the pace changed so quickly, they thought Lin Tailai would continue to go to jail and delay. After all, one more day of delay would allow Suzhou to earn one more day of money.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden thunderstorm, and the situation took a turn for the worse. The locals had no time to react.
Xu Fan made a good psychological preparation and said to Lin Tai: "Earlier you said that the Xinwu Club would take over the cotton produced by all the tenants of Lin Tai's family? Now it can be decided."
Lin Daguan was surprised and said: "Isn't this something that was decided a few days ago? Mr. Taichang took it out and repeated it again. What's the reason?"
Xu Fan, who has been trained for a long time, asked patiently: "So what are the new regulations now?"
Official Lin finally let go of the beauty, stretched out his hand, and made a circle toward everyone, as if to draw everyone in.
Then he said: "Not only Mrs. Lin's family, but also the cotton cloth produced by your tenants, the Xinwu Club takes care of it! All purchases and sales are under unified control!"
The Jin gentry at the scene calculated silently and found that the total amount of cotton cloth that each of their tenants could sell for export was about one million pieces.
Xu Fan subconsciously said: "Is it too much?"
Official Lin sneered, "Is that a lot? Your families must have hundreds of thousands of acres of land, right? There must be tens of thousands of tenant households dependent on you, right?"
There are so many tenants, but they can only produce one million pieces of commercial cloth every year. The small-scale peasant economy is a small-scale peasant economy."
Xu Fan emphasized: "Whether a million horses is too much is another matter, but your appetite for taking it all is indeed a bit big."
Lin Daguan looked at Xu Fan as if he were a fool, "Did you forget something?
Am I the one who takes care of it all? Does Xinwu Club also have shares of yours or even yours?"
Xu Fan: ""
Very good, there is no problem with this condition!
As long as we don't "garrison troops", it will be fine if we can negotiate like this.
Lin Tailai took the opportunity to press forward and said: "I heard that the seawall in the southeast of the county has been in disrepair for a long time. After the old lower reaches of Wusong River are dredged, we can consider rebuilding the seawall.
Our Lin Group has a General Engineering Bureau and two engineering brigades under it, which can be responsible for general contracting, design, budgeting, and public relations."
After some discussion with several others, Xu Fan said: "The reconstruction of the seawall can be started, but it must be carried out with Xinwu Club as the main body, and your General Engineering Administration does not want to enter Songjiang Prefecture!"
"Okay." Lin Tailai did not insist on this issue.
Xu Fan only felt tired. The last time he was so tired was when he was dismissed by Gao Gong. He felt that the negotiation could be ended, so he asked tentatively: "That's it?"
Then Lin Daguan seemed to be very satisfied with Xu Fan's attitude, "Very good, I feel Guibao's sincerity in improving the atmosphere.
Therefore, the garrison troops stationed in Suzhou can be reduced from 1,500 to 1,000, and there is no need for so many people!"
Everyone: ""
Xu Fan, who was presiding over the negotiations, felt that if he were forty years younger and a foot or two taller, he would have rushed up and strangled Lin Tailai to death!
Even Feng Shike, who insisted on right-leaning capitulationism, couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Jiu Yuanjun! Be a human being!"
Lin Tailai asked: "If we don't station troops, how can we ensure that the agreement is implemented? If I come to Songjiang Mansion again in the future, how can I ensure my safety?"
After all, Mrs. Lin is an in-law of the Xu family, so I can't bet heavily on Mrs. Lin's character."
Feng Shike had no choice but to smooth things over in the middle. He pulled Xu Fan aside and whispered: "The future of Lin Jiuyuan's legitimate son is uncertain, but he also has two concubines.
One of them is already engaged to be married to the daughter of Shen Xiang’s second son, and the other is not yet engaged and can be decided immediately.”
After Xu Fan thought about it for a while, he nodded and said: "If Lin Jiuyuan agrees, I have no objection.
My eldest grandson Xu Youqing has a daughter who is about the same age as him."
Feng Shike returned to Lin Tailai and whispered a few words.
After Lin Daguan thought for a moment, he nodded, "Okay!"
It would be a pity for a legitimate son to marry a daughter of the Xu family, but if it is a concubine, there is nothing wrong with it.
The lecture was finally coming to an end, and Officer Lin suddenly seemed to have just remembered something, "By the way, the Lin family incited the tenants to besiege me, and they should be fined with 10,000 acres of land and compensated to me!"
Xu Fan didn't want to say anything more than "Grass Mud Horse", so he looked straight at Feng Shike.
But Feng Shi could not bear it and said: "Half to 5,000 acres! This is the final condition!"
Lin Daguan murmured loudly: "Five thousand acres, just five thousand acres. I really can't do anything with you locals who protect each other."
The arduous negotiations finally came to an end, and the sovereignty crisis in Songjiang Prefecture was resolved.
The price that the Jin gentry of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture paid for this was only the right to purchase and sell a million pieces of commercial cotton cloth, the general contracting rights for the future hundred-mile seawall project, the ownership of 5,000 acres of land, and "the marriage of a daughter".
After coming out of the county government office, Xu Fan, who came to his senses, sighed to Feng Shike: "I really don't know what we talked about. After talking about it, we seemed to be even more disadvantaged?"
Feng Shike replied: "At least I bought Lin Taipu's life. How much do you think Lin Taipu's life is worth?"
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Xu Fan: ""
Feng Shike, do you know that the way you speak is becoming more and more like Lin?
After the crisis was over, Official Lin happily moved out of the county jail and compensated Taipu Lin for fifty-six kilograms.
Then he continued his good-neighborly and friendly visit to Songjiang Prefecture, and then visited the Feng family and stayed for two days.
Then he went to Shanghai County, took a symbolic walk around the construction site, and then continued to meet with various squires.
During this period, Chen Jiru came to the street with an imperial examination candidate named Xu Guangqi and asked Lin Daguan to help him find a job.
Xu Guangqi, Chen Jiru, Dong Qichang and others all challenged the provincial examination together back then, and they were considered "students at the same time". However, Xu Guangqi and Chen Jiru have been on the road continuously until now, so they feel that they are in the same boat.
Chen Jiru had given up on the idea of taking the imperial examination, but Xu Guangqi still wanted to continue challenging the road to fame.
After Lin Daguan thought for a while, he asked Xu Guangqi to temporarily help him manage the newly acquired 5,000 acres of land in Huating County, while studying and preparing for the exam.
After the visit to Shanghai County, Lin Daguanren's eastward tour officially ended and he returned to his loyal Suzhou Prefecture.
When we entered Suzhou Prefecture along the waterway, we saw the roar of gongs and drums, the blast of firecrackers, and hundreds of community workers and people on the shore to warmly welcome Lin Zuiguan's safe return.
A few months ago, when General Lin returned to Suzhou and inspected within the group, he issued the instruction to "march to the east, march to the waterway" and actively prepared to control the new Wusong River waterway.
The blockade of the waterway leading to Songjiang Prefecture some time ago was equivalent to military training in the eyes of Lin Daguan, and it was also equivalent to testing in actual combat.
Lin Daguan is quite satisfied with the results of the inspection, and the results are gratifying.
When Mr. Lin returned to Canglang Pavilion, it was already November.
Seeing that the seventeenth year of Wanli is about to pass, Lin Daguan has never been so busy and experienced so many things as he has been this year.
In Lin Daguanren's career, this year may be the most critical year.
Fortunately, all the big things that need to be done have been completed relatively smoothly. As the end of the year approaches, I can finally relax a little and have the energy to worry about some small things.
For example, Lin Daguan went to the Shen Mansion and said to Mr. Shen: "You and I agreed on the marriage of our children before, but we couldn't decide which one. Now you can choose!"
Mr. Shen complained: "You haven't been able to decide, right? How come you can be sure again today?"
Lin Daguan replied: "I am a good family man, and what I pay attention to is that a bowl of water should be balanced.
No matter who of my two sons, the Fan family and the Huang family, marries the granddaughter of your chief minister's family, the other one must be unbalanced, so he cannot decide easily.
Now I have reached an agreement with Taishi Xu's family next door, and they are also the chief assistant of the family.
It just so happens that there is a chief assistant on each side of the two houses, so no one suffers, and there is no imbalance!
For the sake of our long-term friendship, I allow you to choose one of my two sons!"
Second Master Shen was thinking about it, and suddenly he started to get entangled, and he didn't reply for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Lin Daguan asked.
Second Master Shen let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "It's so hard to choose! Your bowl of water is so flat, it's so abominable!"
If Lin Tailai was biased, he would have chosen the one Lin Tailai was more partial to.
But now both houses are very powerful. One controls fish, salt, water transportation, smuggling, and in the future, sea trade;
The other is to control many entrances, customs, rivers, and the future golden waterway of the Wusong River.
Second Master Shen thought it was good to look at this side, and it was good to look at the other side. He was deeply stuck in the difficulty of choosing.
"How about I give birth to two daughters and take them all?" Second Master Shen asked tentatively.
Official Lin flatly rejected Second Master Shen's unreasonable idea, "It's impossible! The other one wants to marry the daughter of Taishi Xu's family!"
Then he said: "If you can't decide, I'll let the two families decide on their own! Let's see who among them is willing to marry a daughter of the Shen family!"
"Okay! Okay! I can do it!" Mr. Shen, who couldn't make a decision, could only say.
After returning home, Officer Lin told the matter to his wife, Wang Shiwu.
Wang Shiwu smiled and said: "My husband is so generous. The two concubines have arranged in-laws like the Prime Minister's Court."
So what are your future plans for our double happiness?"
Faced with this subjective question, Lin Daguan replied wittily: "The wife our Shuangxi will marry in the future must be the prime minister's wife, or the prime minister's mother!"
The time for rest and recreation always passes quickly, and in a flash it’s the end of the real twelfth lunar month.
There are only a few days left in the seventeenth year of Wanli, and the party and banquet held before the year has also reached a climax.
Official Lin's first year-end banquet was held at Shuixuan in Canglang Pavilion, and all officials or relatives and friends in the official circle were invited.
The attendees included Governor Zhou, Prince Wang, County Prince Yuan Hongdao, Second Son Shen Erye, the second son of the chief minister, Liu Tongpan, the governor of the government who had made great contributions, Guo Tuiguan, and some family members of Suzhou officials abroad.
From the perspective of the power field, this is the most high-end party in Suzhou City.
This year has been good, everyone is very relaxed, and after three drinks, we started chatting.
Governor Zhou asked Lin Tailai: "When will Jiuyuanjun's vacation end?"
Official Lin replied: "The court is not a good place to go now. You can stay in your hometown as long as you can!"
This is Lin Daguan's sincere words. The catastrophe of the country is so fierce, who wants to go to the imperial court to overcome the tribulation? Isn't it comfortable to be a domineering local bully in your hometown?
How does a line in the opera come to be sung? Emperor Wanli sits in the capital, and I am the second court in Suzhou.
At this time, suddenly a servant of the Shen Mansion came in and gave a letter from the Feng family to Second Master Shen.
This is normal. After all, it is the end of the year and it is also the peak period for receiving letters from home.
After reading the letter from home, Mr. Shen raised his head and said to Lin Tai: "My father asked me to tell you that our fellow Suzhou native, Xu Xianqing, the Minister of Rites, failed to withstand the criticism and was dismissed from office!"
"It's none of my business?" Lin Tailai said doubtfully.
Everyone here is a true member of our family, and Mr. Shen did not shy away from anything, and said: "What my father means is that the current situation is tight, and I want you to return to the capital as soon as possible!"
Everyone: ""
Suddenly, I saw another servant of the Wang family, who also stuffed a family letter to the royal family, Wang Zhiyou.
After Wang Fuzun read it, he also raised his head and said to Lin Tai: "Brother-in-law! My second brother Situ said that Sun Qin from the Qingliu force was promoted by the court to be the left minister of the household department, and he couldn't stop him!
From now on, there will be constraints on the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. After the New Year, you should return to the capital as soon as possible to stabilize the situation!"
Everyone: ""
After a moment of silence in the hall, I heard Mr. Lin let out a long sigh.
"Why can't this court do without me, Lin Tailai? I've only been away for half a year, and the situation has already started to deteriorate like this!"