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!"
To be continued...