Wang Lin stayed in Xixi Village for another two days. On the third day, he bid farewell to Chao Gai. Wu Yong left Yuncheng County and rode straight to Yizhou.
Two days later in the morning, we arrived in Yizhou.
Yizhou is the Linyi area of Shandong Province in modern society. The famous revolutionary old area Yimeng Mountain District was within the scope of Yizhou in the Song Dynasty.
Yizhou has 5 counties under its jurisdiction.
Linyi, Yishui, Feixian, Xintai, Chengxian.
Now there is another army, the Qingping Army.
Wang Lin's fictitious title is the Yizhou Governor, but his actual duties are the Yishui County Magistrate and the Commander-in-Chief of the Qingping Army.
When he took office this time, considering that Yishui was only a remote and impoverished small town, Wang Lin had already decided to settle his family in the prefectural city.
At noon, Wang Lin quietly entered the city.
This city is quite prosperous, with a population of over 100,000. It is considered a big city within the boundaries of Jingxi East Road.
Meng Yulou had long ordered people to come to Yizhou and buy a large house. It was said that it was the residence of Emperor Zhezong, the great businessman of Yizhou, Zhu Bingwen.
There are three entrances to the front and back, several spans to the left and right, and more than a hundred houses. It is the first of its kind in Yizhou City.
Zhu Bingwen had been doing business for decades, accumulated a large business, dominated Qilu, and was known as the leader of Lu merchants in the Song Dynasty.
But later he offended the powerful officials in the court, and his family gradually declined.
Ten years ago, Zhu Bingwen moved his family to Huaixi, and his former residence and business in Yizhou were left to the family's children.
However, the Zhu family members were even more incompetent and were addicted to gambling. Within a few years, they squandered all the property Zhu Bingwen left in Yizhou, and the mansion fell into the hands of others.
Meng Yulou bought this house for two hundred dollars.
Considering the local prices, it is actually not cheap.
It is said that housing prices in the Song Dynasty were not low. In the prime area around the Daxiangguo Temple in Bianliang City, Tokyo, a large house cost at least several thousand guan, but that was the imperial capital, where every inch of land was at a premium!
In an ordinary northern city like Yizhou, buying a house for two hundred guan is quite expensive.
Judging by the time, Wang Lin estimated that Yang Zhiyanqing and others had already escorted Pan Jinlian and other women to Yizhou.
With locals like Li Yun as guides, they might have already settled down. But Wang Lin was not in a hurry to look for them, and just walked around the city to look around.
This is where he will live and thrive in the coming years.
Because Yizhou City is the main commercial route between Hebei and Henan leading to the sea, Qingzhou and Dengzhou, so business here is prosperous and there is a large flow of foreign merchants.
Wang Lin led his horse and walked for a leisurely walk. When he saw a restaurant nearby, he went in and chose a private room and ordered some wine and food to eat, preparing to fill his stomach first.
While he was eating happily, he suddenly heard the sound of a woman crying from the next room. She was so sad and intermittently crying that she was a little upset.
While I was ordering more food and drinks, I called the waiter and asked, "Waiter, who's crying next door? It's bothering me so much that I've lost all my appetite!"
The waiter bowed and apologized: "Little official, I'm really sorry. Next door is a father and daughter from Tokyo. They came to Yizhou to visit their relatives. Unexpectedly, his relatives had already moved to Nanjing (Shangqiu), so they were living in the local area.
, making a living by his daughter Lanxiang singing ditties in a restaurant."
"Unexpectedly..." The waiter lowered his voice and said, "Unexpectedly, my uncle Zhang Sheng from Yizhou took a fancy to me and wanted to take her as my concubine. But this woman is also stubborn and refused to obey, so she got into big trouble."
"My uncle has issued a message that all restaurants in the city are not allowed to accept orchid singing. The father and daughter have been without business for three days in a row and have no money to live, so they are crying in the shop..."
"Uncle?" Wang Lin said in surprise.
Who is so awesome and has become the uncle of Honshu?
The waiter looked Wang Lin up and down and saw that he was well dressed and didn't speak or behave like a local. Then he said lowly: "I see that the guest officer is not a local. I dare to tell you that this uncle is Mr. Chen from this state."
Madam's biological brother, whose surname is Zhang Mingsheng, is a powerful figure in Yizhou and is known as Zhang Daguanren."
The brother-in-law of Zhizhou Chen Ping?
Wang Lin curled his lips and said indifferently: "Little brother, please call the father and daughter here, and I will ask a few questions."
The waiter hesitated but followed the instructions.
Not long after, the waiter brought two people in.
A woman of eighteen or nineteen years old, followed by a shivering old man in his fifties, carrying a harp behind him.
Look at that woman, she is indeed beautiful, especially her figure is even more graceful.
There were still light traces of tears on the woman's face. She timidly said to Wang Linyifu: "Song Lanxiang of the slave family has met the junior official. I wonder what the junior official's instructions are for calling the slave's father and daughter over?"
The old man quickly trembled and stood in front of his daughter, and said sadly: "My lord, the little old man and his daughter are just asking for food. If they offend and disturb the officer, the little old man will kowtow to the officer and apologize."
The old man knelt down and kowtowed.
Wang Lin sighed, stood up and helped the old man named Song, and said to his daughter named Lanxiang: "I have a few taels of silver here. You and your daughter can take it. Since there is no way to survive in Yizhou City anymore."
If you don’t go down, why don’t you go and live somewhere else!”
As he spoke, Wang Lin took out five taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to Song Lanxiang.
The father and daughter were overjoyed, burst into tears of gratitude, and knelt down together to express their gratitude.
Wang Lin waved his hand, signaling them to leave quickly.
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Song Lanxiang and her daughter hurriedly left the restaurant and disappeared.
Wang Lin didn't care about this and continued to eat a lot. As his health value got closer and closer to 10, his appetite was getting bigger and bigger recently.
Meat dishes such as roasted chicken with soy sauce can easily weigh seven or eight kilograms, plus more than a dozen meat buns. If you are an ordinary family, you really can't afford it.
His delicious meal attracted many waiters and waiters in the restaurant to watch and talk about it.
Who would have thought that such a gentle and handsome young man, who looked so frail, could actually eat better than the strong man who carried the labor outside the city. This was like a starving ghost...
But Wang Lin left all his money here. What shop owner would think that customers can eat it? He just thinks it's a curiosity.
Even the restaurant owner Zhu Fu was attracted.
Wang Lin ate for more than an hour. He didn't calculate how much he ate, but it was quite a lot anyway.
He was about to leave when he heard angry shouting and noisy footsteps coming from outside the door, and then he heard the restaurant waiters fleeing one after another.
A man in brocade clothes who was about twenty-seven or eighty years old looked like a dog, with a red flower on his head, followed by seven or eight servants, all of whom looked fierce.
The owner of the restaurant, Zhu Fu, hurriedly greeted me with a smile on his face: "Uncle, why are you angry? Come on, come on, come into the shop and have a drink. It's just a small treat."
The man in brocade is Zhang Sheng, the brother-in-law of Zhizhou Chen Ping, whom the waiter told Wang Lin earlier.
Zhang Sheng sneered and glared at Zhu Fu: "Zhu, you smiling tiger, don't do this to me! Hand over that foreigner to me quickly, I want to see if this guy is
You are so bold that you dare to interfere in my uncle's business!"
At this time, two more evil slaves stumbled over, carrying Song Lanxiang and her daughter.
Song Lanxiang was crying and wiping her tears. She was so pitiful that all the passers-by on the street bowed their heads and sighed, but no one dared to come out and take care of her.
Apparently, Song Lanxiang and his daughter had obtained Wang Lin's money and wanted to secretly leave Yizhou to escape, but they were captured by Zhang Sheng's people before they even left the city.
In Yizhou, this man's hands and eyes can reach the sky. If he wants to keep an eye on anyone, even a mouse can't get out of the city.
"Hurry up and hand over that foreigner. You are so tired of living that you dare to interfere in our uncle's affairs!"
Zhang Sheng's servants shouted in unison and kept shouting.
Zhu Fu frowned and felt anxious. He thought about the power of Zhizhou Chen Ping, so he gritted his teeth and swallowed.
"Okay, stop yelling, I'm coming."
Wang Lin glanced at Zhu Fu. This person should be Zhu Fu, the younger brother of Zhu Gui of Liangshan and the disciple of Blue Eyed Tiger Li Yun, Zhu Fu the Smiling Tiger.
The force value is average, 29.
Wang Lin walked out of the restaurant slowly, standing on the street like this, his character was extremely handsome.
The people of Yizhou had never seen such a handsome man like Wang Lin. They all praised him secretly and began to worry about him.
How can a foreigner with no roots get anything good from him if he gets into trouble with a Yizhou tycoon for nothing?
Zhang Sheng looked Wang Lin up and down, then spat on the ground and waved his hand, "Come here, take this guy down and give me a slap in the face before I speak!"
The two evil slaves rushed up and tried to catch Wang Lin.
Wang Lin was full of wine and food at this time, and he felt very upset when he met such a bully.
Why are there so many rich and powerful children everywhere these days who don’t know what is upright and who don’t understand the heights of heaven and earth? Just like Gao Yanei in Tokyo. He is the adopted son of Gao Qiu, the imperial commander of the dynasty, and you are the wife-uncle of a fifth-rank official.
, how dare you call yourself uncle in this place?
As expected, the ancients said that if God wants to destroy you, he must first make you crazy.
Wang Lin punched his head, then turned around and punched the two evil slaves until their heads were bleeding.
He was so powerful that he struck out in anger, almost blowing out the eyes of those two people.
Wang Lin stepped forward slowly and said with murderous intent: "Whose uncle are you?"
Zhang Sheng was frightened, but he stepped back, and said cruelly: "Give it to my uncle, beat him to death, I will carry him and bury him!"
Wang Lin was really angry.
How old is your official position? Can you, a small magistrate, allow your relatives to do whatever they want in the government?
Wang Lin stopped talking nonsense and stepped forward. With three punches and two kicks, he knocked down Zhang Sheng's evil slaves. This time, he struck very hard. Those who were almost hit or kicked by him suffered minor fractures.
At worst, he was unconscious on the street.
Zhang Sheng was almost scared to death.
Where did this magical and fierce man appear from?
Just as he was about to run away, Wang Lin kicked him away and punched him again. Two of his front teeth were knocked out and his face was covered with blood.
Wang Lin grabbed Zhang Sheng and said, "Tell me, whose uncle are you?"
"Hero, spare your life!"
Zhang Sheng's face was pale, a stream of yellow liquid flowed down between his legs, and the smell was overwhelming.
Wang Lin covered his mouth and nose, and was so disgusted that he threw Zhang Sheng away in the street.
At this time, a group of heavily armed Xiang soldiers and another group of policemen armed with knives came running quickly from the street.
The leading catcher was in his thirties and had a ferocious face. This man rushed up and saw Zhang Sheng in such a mess. He couldn't help but said angrily: "Come here, capture this thief quickly!"
If this uncle makes a mistake, how can he explain it to Master Zhizhou?
Wang Lin clasped his hands behind his back, stood still on the spot, looked around at the menacing group of police officers, and sneered silently.
A fast horse galloped up, and it was Li Yun, the blue-eyed tiger from the capital of Yishui County.
Li Yun stopped his horse, turned over and dismounted, and vowed to kneel on one knee in front of Wang Lin: "My subordinates were late to greet me, so I was surprised!"
Wang Lin waved his hand and motioned for Li Yun to stand up.
Li Yun stood up respectfully and stood behind Wang Lin.
The leader of the police under Chen Ping in Nazhou Yamen was named Ma San, who was the distant brother of Ma Ji, who was always on duty.
Of course he knew Li Yun. When he saw Li Yun kneeling down towards Wang Lin, he suddenly remembered something.
It is said that Wang Lin, a protégé of the Emperor, the Fuhu Divine General, and the commander of the Qingping Army, is coming to Yizhou to take up his post. This person is said to have great martial arts skills and a great background. Could it be that he is this majestic young man in brocade clothes in front of him?
Ma San was startled and looked at Wang Lin hurriedly and carefully.
Ma San hesitantly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Please give me your name..."
Li Yun sneered, stood up and said: "Ma San, you are really blind. This person in front of you is the emperor's disciple, the Fuhu Divine General, the man of Qinghe County, the magistrate of Yishui County appointed by the officials, and the military capital of Qingping."
Commander Wang Lin, Lord Wang!"
Ma Sanxin said that it was indeed the case, and he quickly bowed down with a smile and said: "Ma San is a messenger in Yizhou Yamen, and I have met Mr. Wang!"
Ma San added: "Master Wang has just arrived in Yizhou, and I am afraid that he may have a misunderstanding with Mr. Zhang. I will send Mr. Zhang back now and report the matter to Mr. Zhizhou!"
Ma San wanted to put things to rest.
Although Zhang Sheng dominates Yizhou and has the support of Zhizhou Chen Ping, Wang Lin controls the military power. Since he bumped into him today, he can only suffer the loss as a mute. What else can he do?
Ma San bowed repeatedly, walked backwards, and quickly ordered someone to help Zhang Sheng up, preparing to send him back to the state government office to report to Chen Ping.
When the people around Yizhou saw this, they thought that it was the recently legendary Shandong tiger fighting hero Wang Lin who had arrived in Yizhou. No wonder he beat the shit out of Zhang Sheng's men with three punches and two kicks!
But Wang Lin said calmly: "Wait a minute!"
Ma San smiled bitterly and held up his hands: "I wonder if you have any other instructions, sir?"
"This uncle who is known as Yizhou actually wants to take a common girl as a concubine. How can you people in the government just sit back and watch..."
Wang Lin pointed at Song Lanxiang and his daughter, who were standing aside with their heads cowered. "I originally gave them a few taels of silver and asked them to leave Yizhou to make a living elsewhere, but they were caught and brought back. In this case, there is no need.
Let's go, Li Yun, and put the father and daughter in the city. I want to see who dares to cause trouble to them!"
Wang Linyang pointed at Ma San and said: "I will remember you, Ma Catou. If anything happens to the Song family and his daughter, I will only ask you!"
Ma San was sweating profusely, bowing his head and smiling.
After saying that, Wang Lin's cold eyes fell on Zhang Sheng, who was being supported by two state government agents. He took the spear and the reins of the black horse from Li Yun, got on the horse, and started driving slowly.
Everyone in Yizhou looked sideways.
Within a short time, the news of Wang Lin's arrival spread throughout Yizhou City, and everyone knew about it.
For most people in Yizhou, whether Wang Lin comes or not, their lives have to be lived and endured. There may not be any difference between the past and the present.
Only a handful of people are secretly full of expectations. Is the sky in Yizhou going to change?!