After that, although a few landlords and gentry left Yangzhou, they were only a minority, and most people were still unwilling to leave Yangzhou. Moreover, Mu Linfeng pointed out a clear way for them to make money by purchasing the people's excess grain.
way, and which of them has some other businesses in Yangzhou and other places, so they can also get appropriate tax reductions and exemptions, why not. Qilin
After that, Chen Zilong's work became easier. First, he reclaimed all the land in Yangzhou and made it public, and then distributed it equally to the people. As long as the people paid the grain on time every year, the people's burden was reduced, and life began naturally.
It is rich, and farming does not have to be done all year round. In your free time, you can go to the landlords and wealthy businessmen's houses to do part-time work, earn some pocket money, supplement the family income, and ensure the quality of life.
Mu Linfeng also encouraged farmers to raise poultry and livestock. The landowner who pushed Wang Zhizhen saw the profit, and immediately built a greenhouse in his backyard and hired people to raise pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, etc., and made a lot of money.
The scale is getting bigger and bigger, and it has gradually monopolized this industry in Yangzhou. These are all things for later.
Mu Linfeng saw that the policy of allocating farmland to households could be implemented smoothly, and he finally felt relieved. The biggest trouble now is that all his people are in Jinling, and there is a possibility that they will be taken hostage by Long Qingyun, and Long Qingyun
It has been more than ten days since I took Mu Linfeng's letter to Jinling, but there has been no news yet.
In the past ten days or so, Mu Linfeng has been supervising the gradual implementation of "dividing fields to households", supervising the military camp to conduct fire cavalry training, and estimating whether the other three cities will invade.
The first two aspects are progressing relatively smoothly. On the latter aspect, there has been no news, and Mu Linfeng has no time to think about anything else. It is already late at night every time when he returns home. Gu Meisheng has already rested. He only occasionally passes by Meixiang Building.
He went in to chat with Li Fangyi for a while, but Liu Rushi was still confused.
At this moment, Chen Zilong was also very busy with the task of "distributing fields to households". At least Mu Linfeng knew that Chen Zilong did not have time to see Liu Rushi, so he finally felt a little more balanced.
On this day, Mu Linfeng inspected the implementation of the 'dividing farmland to households' policy in several towns, and the progress was better than expected. The enthusiastic villagers knew that Mu Linfeng was coming, and they all came out to welcome Mu Linfeng, presenting what they thought was their family's best
The good things washed away the dust for Mu Linfeng. Mu Linfeng was in a happy mood, so he had a few drinks with the villagers. When he got high, he took a rest in the guest room of the village chief's house.
While Mu Linfeng was sleeping, he felt someone calling him. Mu Linfeng opened his eyes and saw that it was a servant of Mu Mansion. The servant said: "Sir, I finally found you. General Long Qingyun is back, and he even quit smoking."
There are people gathered at the mansion, and there is also a man named Wu Xing who asked us to find the young master and return to the mansion as soon as possible."
Mu Linfeng was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately jumped up from the bed and followed his servant back home.
When Mu Linfeng returned to the Mu Mansion, it was already sunset. As soon as Mu Linfeng entered the Mu Mansion, he saw a person coming up to him. He hugged Mu Linfeng and said with a smile: "Brother Mu, you want to kill me!" This person was Wu Xing.
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Mu Linfeng patted Wu Xing on the shoulder and said, "Brother Wu, I think I miss you so much!"
After the two of them finished speaking, they both burst out laughing. Mu Linfeng asked, "By the way, why did Long Qingfeng let you go?"
Wu Xingdao: "How can anything be so cheap? Brother Mu's guess is right. As soon as you left Jinling and started to attack Yangzhou, the Mu Mansion was monitored by Long Qingfeng's people, and the ordnance department was obviously stolen. I guess
It was also Long Qingfeng who did it, and Long Qingfeng also hinted to me more than once that he wanted me to vigorously produce muskets for him."
Mu Linfeng snorted coldly and said: "It's expected, by the way, then why did Long Qingfeng let you go?"
Wu Xing said with a smile: "Not only did I let go, but all the ladies also let go, and Mr. Liu also came..."
When Mu Linfeng heard that Chen Yuanyuan, Bian Yujing and others had also come to Yangzhou, he was overjoyed. He grabbed Wu Xing's shoulders and smiled and said, "This is true!"
Before Wu Xing could nod, Mu Linfeng immediately shouted: "Yuanyuan, Lianxiang, Saisai..." while shouting, he rushed into the mansion.
When they arrived at the lobby, they saw Long Qingyun standing on one side, while Liu Wanshi lowered his head and saluted. A group of brothers who had followed from Liangshan were also helping to carry things. Chen Yuanyuan, Zheng Lianxiang, Bian Yujing, Kou Baimen,
Zhong Nanping was sitting in the hall. When everyone saw Mu Linfeng, they immediately gathered around him.
Liu Wanshi was even more delighted. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Master!"
Mu Linfeng smiled and patted Liu Wanshi on the shoulder and nodded. When he saw the other girls, they had tears in their eyes. Mu Linfeng stood there and looked at it, but he didn't know who to go to first. He was stunned for a moment.
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Chen Yuanyuan's face still looked a little pale, and her face was already full of tears.
Bian Yujing's eyes were full of spring, and the corners of his eyes were moist as he looked at Mu Linfeng.
Zheng Lianxiang also had red eyes and tears in her eyes. She wanted to step forward, but held back.
Zhong Nanping, however, sat aside and did not move, just looking at Mu Linfeng coldly.
Kou Baimen, on the other hand, smiled and clapped his hands and said, "We are finally reunited!"
Mu Linfeng pinched Kou Baimen's nose and said with a smile: "Just come over here!" Then he said: "Are you all tired?" He immediately called the servants to arrange a room for each person.
Gu Meisheng arranged dinner for everyone. Today was the happiest day for Mu Linfeng since arriving in Ming Dynasty, with a smile on his face.
Mu Linfeng quickly took Wu Xing to the study and asked, "Why did Long Qingfeng let you go?"
Wu Xingdao: "This is all the result of Mr. Long. Originally, Long Qingfeng was unwilling to let me go. He said it was okay to let Brother Mu's family members go, but he was not allowed to keep me. Mr. Long and Long Qingfeng
Talking about how tense the war was in Yangzhou, unexpected conditions occurred with the muskets. Although Long Qingfeng hesitated, he still didn’t want to let me come over. In the end, I stayed up for several days and processed nearly two thousand muskets for him.
Only then did he reluctantly agree. As soon as Long Qingfeng agreed, everyone and I immediately left Jinling, for fear that Long Qingfeng would regret it again! Sure enough, as soon as we set sail, Long Qingfeng sent someone to chase us, and I went with Mr. Liu
He coerced Mr. Long and pretended not to hear the call from the shore, so he came to Yangzhou!"
After listening to Wu Xing's words, Mu Linfeng nodded and thought to himself: "It turns out that second brother's trip to Jinling was also very difficult, but he has been wronged!"
But I heard Wu Xing say again: "Oh, by the way, Brother Mu, something big happened in Jinling a few days after you left!"
Mu Linfeng asked curiously: "Oh? What's going on?"
Wu Xingdao: "Feng Ren'ao's family suddenly disappeared in Jinling. The huge house was deserted overnight, and someone also sneaked into the Mu Mansion that day and kidnapped the Tianchuan beauty and Hu Langzhong. Miss Zheng was almost also kidnapped."
He was robbed, but luckily he was discovered by Mr. Liu!"
When Mu Linfeng heard this, his heart trembled, and he thought to himself: "The Feng family is missing? Tagawa Meiko and Hu Langzhong were also kidnapped on the same day. Is it such a coincidence?" Then he thought: "By the way, the Feng family has always been with Japan.
There is contact with the party, could it be that he was rescued by Japanese ninjas?"
Mu Linfeng thought about it and found that this was the only possibility, but after all, he was no longer in Jinling at the moment, and the Feng family's affairs had nothing to do with him. Mu Linfeng was just worried about his sworn brother Kong Wu, but it was useless to worry. For now
I can only pray that he is safe.
At this time, a servant knocked on the door and said: "Sir, the lady has prepared dinner. Please invite the master and Mr. Wu to go out for dinner!"
Mu Linfeng and Wu Xing then left the study and ate with everyone. Since Mu Linfeng came to Yangzhou, it had been a long time since Mu Linfeng had eaten with so many people. During the dinner, he frequently raised glasses with Long Qingyun, Wu Xing and Liu Wanshi.
, and I also drank a lot in the countryside at noon, and I became drunk quickly.
The servants quickly helped Mu Linfeng into the room to rest, while Wu Xing and Liu Wanshi continued to greet Long Qingyun. After all, the victory of this escape was entirely dependent on Long Qingyun.
Mu Linfeng slept till night and felt his mouth was dry. He got up to look for water. When he walked to the courtyard, he saw a man sitting in the garden pavilion in the courtyard. Mu Linfeng walked up and saw that it was Gu Meisheng. When Gu Meisheng saw Mu Linfeng, he said
Shocked, he quickly stepped forward to support Mu Linfeng and said: "You have drunk so much, be careful!"
Mu Linfeng reached the pavilion and asked Gu Meisheng, "Mei'er, why are you still not sleeping at this late hour?"
Gu Meisheng lowered his head and said nothing for a long time.
Mu Linfeng said: "Is it because Saisai and the others are here that you are worried that I will not treat you as well as before?"
Mu Linfeng's words were exactly what Gu Meisheng was thinking. Seeing that Mu Linfeng had so many women at once, he would definitely fall out of favor in the future, so he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he had to go to the pavilion in the courtyard to think wildly.
Mu Linfeng hugged Gu Meisheng into his arms and said softly: "Mei'er, you are too worried. I will never change my feelings for you, even if they come!"
Gu Meisheng raised her head in Mu Linfeng's arms and asked, "What about them? It won't change either!"
Mu Linfeng was stunned for a moment, then slowly stood up and walked around the garden pavilion. After a long time, he sighed: "Mei'er, you know what kind of person I am if you know me!" Then he walked to Gu Meisheng and said,
Holding Gu Meisheng's hand, he said, "Do you regret it?"
Gu Meisheng shook his head and said: "Mei'er doesn't know what she is thinking. Mei'er also knows that you have many women. Mei'er also thought about leaving secretly, but Mei'er couldn't bear to leave you..." She choked up as she spoke.
Mu Linfeng couldn't bear it, and slowly put Gu Meisheng into his arms, patted Gu Meisheng's back gently, and said softly: "Mei'er, don't worry, Linfeng can't guarantee that he will only treat you well in the future, but Linfeng can guarantee that he will treat you well in the future."
You are getting better and better, and you will never change just because there are other women!"
Mu Linfeng said this, ostensibly to coax Gu Meisheng, but in fact, he secretly hinted to Gu Meisheng that Mu Linfeng would never have just one woman, not now, not in the future, but only more in the future.
Gu Meisheng is a smart man, so he naturally heard what Mu Linfeng said, but after all, Mu Linfeng also promised to treat her well, isn't that enough? Gu Meisheng kept comforting himself in his heart.
Gu Meisheng slowly wiped away his tears. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "By the way, why are you out so late?"
Only then did Mu Linfeng remember that he was thirsty, he laughed and said, "When I saw Mei'er, I even forgot about my thirst!"
Gu Meisheng burst out laughing, then stood up and said, "You wait here, I'll get you some water!"
Mu Linfeng nodded, looking at Gu Meisheng's retreating figure, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and thought to himself: "If every woman is like this to Mei'er, it will really tire me out!"
Mu Linfeng raised his head and looked at the sky. There was no moon in the sky tonight, and there was no starlight at all. It was pitch black. Only then did Mu Linfeng realize that it was almost the end of the year and winter had come unknowingly.
At this time, Mu Linfeng saw a figure slowly walking over in the distance. Mu Linfeng looked at the light in the pavilion and saw that it was Wu Xing.
Wu Xing also shuddered when he saw Mu Linfeng, then walked over and said with a smile: "Brother Mu, are you awake?"
Mu Linfeng nodded and said, "Why, can't you fall asleep after changing the bed?"
Wu Xing laughed and said: "No, it's just that Wu is thinking that since he has come to Yangzhou, it is Brother Mu's territory, can he let it go?"
Mu Linfeng quickly patted Wu Xing's shoulder and said seriously: "Brother Wu, what you said has touched my heart. In fact, I have been thinking about a problem for so long!"
Wu Xingqi said: "Oh? Brother Mu might as well just say it!"
Mu Linfeng said: "You see, the world is in chaos right now, and our firearms must be known to the world. Someone may come and want to buy our firearms in the future, so I want to build an arsenal in Yangzhou!"
Wu Xing was shocked when he heard this and said: "Arsenal?"
Mu Linfeng nodded and said: "Yes, once the arsenal is built, you will be fully responsible for it, but we have to divide the firearms into three levels. Our own army must use the best, and those sold to others must be
You can only buy second-class or even second-class ones!”
Just when Wu Xing was about to speak, Gu Meisheng came over with a water glass. When Gu Meisheng saw Mu Linfeng talking to Wu Xing, he quickly put down the water glass and said, "Since you have something important to say, Mei'er will leave first!"
Mu Linfeng glanced at Gu Meisheng and thought to himself, "Oh, tonight was a perfect opportunity, but it seems like it's going to be delayed again!" He had no choice but to nod his head and said, "That's fine!"