Sandalwood lingers in the elegant room of the Xiyuan of the Hekou Bamboo Hall. It is hot outside. Walking outside, my skin feels like it is burning. I don’t know what techniques Li Zuiguier used to build the bamboo hall. When I walk into the elegant room, I feel cool and refreshing.
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Sun Jingxuan's complexion was sallow, with beads of sweat on his forehead. He was lying on the bed with a pillow under his neck, looking sick. Wu Yanqing took his pulse seriously, and Sun Wenwan, who looked haggard, stood beside him. Sun Jingxuan had been ill for five days, and Sun Wenwan passed away.
After working around the clock for five days, one is naturally exhausted.
Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe, who came to visit, sat on high rosewood chairs beside them, while Ao Canghai stood beside them, standing like a majestic mountain.
After Wu Yanqing took Sun Jingxuan's pulse, Lin Fu asked, "Can Sun Huishou's condition be relieved?"
"It's better than yesterday." Wu Yanqing said vaguely.
"That's good," Lin Fu said with some relief, "It's all Lin Fu's fault that Sun Hui-shou became ill due to overwork. Seeing that Sun Hui-shou is expected to recover, I can finally feel at ease..."
"I'm fine now," Sun Jingxuan struggled to stand up and said to Lin Fu, "Master Lin, we can't delay our trip to Dongyang any longer. If I sweat again, I can barely accompany Master Lin to Dongyang.
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"Sun Hui-shou wants others to say that I am unkind," Lin Fu said with a smile, "I have already caused enough trouble to Xihe Hui in the past few days. Sun Hui-shou is exhausted because of this. How can I bear to drag someone who is still ill?"
Is Sun Huishou tired of traveling again? There is no need for Sun Huishou to worry about going to Dongyang."
"We are going to Dongyang. The journey may not be smooth sailing. If something unexpected happens, the congregation will be left unchecked, which will cause trouble for Mr. Lin. It's a pity that Jingtang, Wen Yao, and Wen Bing are not in Jiangning at this time." Sun Jingxuan frowned and thought for a moment.
"Mr. Lin, do you think this is a good idea? Wan Niang's mother died early, and I don't know how to discipline her. She was born with a wild temper, and there is no taboo against her daughter's public appearance. It is not without benefits. She can restrain hundreds of congregation members.
What big problem could there be..." At this point, he couldn't help but cough violently.
"How can this be done?" Lin Fu refused, "The Lin family also has boats. In the past, Tuoxihe Club was afraid that the Lin family's boats would not be enough, so they Tuoxihe Club. Now Longjiang Shipyard has delivered two large ships to transport these supplies to Dongyang.
It's enough, so I won't bother Mr. Sun Hui to worry about everything." He then said to Wu Yanqing, "A few days ago, the medicine shop collected more than a dozen old ginseng roots from other places. I asked someone to send two of them over, please Mr. Wu.
Give Sun Huishou some medicine and let him get well as soon as possible. We can't delay Xia Cao..."
At that moment, Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe said goodbye and left. After a while, someone sent two old ginseng roots wrapped in brocade handkerchiefs.
Looking at the two old ginseng roots sent by Lin Fu, Wu Yanqing sighed softly, prescribed a prescription for recuperation, handed it to Sun Wenwan and told her to take the medicine according to the prescription, and packed up the medicine without saying anything.
Box ready to leave.
"Mr. Wu is in trouble..." Sun Jingxuan restrained his sick look. He knew that he could not pretend to be sick in front of Wu Yanqing.
"I'm just an old doctor who heals illnesses and doesn't care about your affairs. But if you think Master Lin can't see that you're pretending to be sick, you're totally wrong." Wu Yanqing sighed softly, "Wan Niang can heal her wounds."
Well, others only think that the old man's medical skills are much better than before, but they don't know that this bone-strengthening miraculous technique was actually created by Master Lin..."
"..." Sun Jingxuan was slightly startled. He knew that he was ill and it was just the right time to make Lin Fu suspicious, but he didn't know that Lin Fu's visit to the patient and delivery of medicine was basically cooperating with his acting.
Yanqing defended himself in front of Yanqing, "The Xihe Society has been handed over to me for the fourth generation. I have seen a lot of the ups and downs of the He Gang factions. Lin Fu has great talents. The factions in the court are fighting, and the Chu Party is also
It’s not that Jingxuan doesn’t know that they have the upper hand. But Xihehui is just a group of poor brothers who work hard to make a living. What qualifications do they have to participate in these major events? Jingxuan does not dare to seek temporary wealth, so that Xihehui will have a century-old foundation.
You are in danger."
"You have your concerns, you have your considerations. I'm just one of the old men. I don't care much about these things. I really can't comment." Wu Yanqing said, summoning the apprentice who was helping with the decoction outside, and took the boat back to prison.
Go to the island.
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Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe went to the dock on the river bank and looked into the distance.
In the past few days, Lin Fu spent a lot of energy to organize the rural warriors into the military guard according to the new formation method. These rural warriors have a good foundation. Although they have not had time to undergo more rigorous training, they are still barely usable. At this time
They were all arrayed in bright uniforms on the riverbank pier.
"Jingxuan always worries too much," Fu Qinghe sighed slightly, "It's not easy for Xihe to be passed down to him for four generations."
At this time, Lin Xulu came over and asked: "Why, we don't need the boat from Xihehui? We have already agreed, so why don't they leave even if they don't leave?"
"It's better to not bother others as much as possible," Lin Fu said. "Our ship is barely enough. We will ship it after loading the goods."
Since Xihe would see the dangers involved, Lin Fu knew that he was not qualified at this time to let Xihe follow him and plunge in regardless.
On the second day after asking Tuo Xihe Club to buy supplies, Sun Jingxuan fell ill at the right time, and his condition became worse day by day. Lin Fu mobilized all the Lin family's boats in Jiangning to the mouth of the river for backup. Fortunately, Long
Jiang Shipyard's two thousand-stone fast sailing ships were also delivered in the past few days.
During this time, Little Loach Master Ge Cunxiong, Chen Enze and others came with the boatmen selected from the refugees who were recruited for labor. More than 60 sailors have been training at Longjiang Lake, and they are almost familiar with the two boats, at least in
There is no big problem in driving these two boats in inland rivers. Lin Fu also wanted to save convenience and directly named the two boats "Jiyun One" and "Jiyun Two".
Lin Fu owns three thousand-stone ships, and the Lin family also owns more than twenty wooden ships. The total transport capacity is nearly seven thousand stone, and a single shipment of polished rice can exceed one million kilograms.
Lin Mengde, Lin Jingzhong, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong and others were in the warehouse, berth and ship respectively supervising nearly 300 dock workers to sort steel bars, rice sugar, medicinal materials, cloth and other materials in the warehouse and load them onto the ship.
At this time, there were many empty ships parked on the river outside the pier. The Dongyang was parked at the berth. When the Dongyang was full, the "Jiyun One", "Jiyun Two" and the Lin family's Wupeng wooden boats came to the berth in sequence to load the goods.
.The goods are scattered and complex, and there are no containers in the world that can provide efficient loading tools. Although there is a lot of labor at the dock, there are turret lights to provide light at night, and work does not stop at night. It is still not until the afternoon of the next day that all ships are loaded.
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At dusk, it started to rain, but the wind was southeasterly. It was time to set sail to the west.
When the maid came back and said that the ship was ready to depart at the pier, Sun Wenwan held up an oil-paper umbrella, walked out of the bamboo hall with the maid, climbed the embankment and walked to the river bank, overlooking the city of boats in the mist and rain, and the people on the pier wearing raincoats.
The military guards also boarded the ship one after another.
There were so many people at the dock and on the boat, all wearing raincoats, and it was hard to tell which one was Lin Fu.
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On the Chaotian River on the west side of Prison Island, a black-topped boat floated in the mist and rain, and several fishing boats were scattered around.
After Li Zhuo arrived in Jiangning, he strictly prohibited the water camp warships from entering the river to collect donations while performing patrols. If the collection boats of the Hebo Division encountered bandits, the prefecture and county should send horse infantry and sword archers to first aid. In fact, they would
The mouth of the river ban was torn open.
Not to mention the heavy mist and rain at this time, no matter how much stronger the wind and rain were, there would still be many small fishing boats floating in the sky.
She Feihu was sitting in the cabin of the Wupeng boat, looking at the scene at the dock on the river bank in the distance. He just put his sword on his knees and fiddled with the tassel.
Song Jia looked at the girl in green holding an oil-paper umbrella on the river bank. She couldn't see her face clearly, but she was walking with an umbrella in the misty rain, just like the person in the painting, and asked: "Who is that girl?"
"Perhaps it's Wanniang, the daughter of Sun Jingxuan of the Xihe Society..." Du Rong said, "Lin Fu asked the Xihe Society to purchase supplies with great fanfare, but in the end he didn't ask the Xihe Society to send a ship to transport them. It's really strange----'Dongyang' and
The three ships 'Jiyun 1' and 'Jiyun 2' are indeed full of cargo and there is no fraud."
"Perhaps, I'm afraid that Xihe will see the danger and pull out at the last moment. I heard that Sun Jingxuan has been seriously ill in the past two days," Zi Tan said with a smile. Normally, they would not pay special attention to Xihe's behavior.
It is a small force, but the whirlpool has already drawn the Xihe Society into it, so they cannot afford not to pay attention to it. "Sun Jingxuan may be willing to send his daughter out, but he dare not easily involve the Xihe Society."
"General Lin Fu finally managed to capture most of the village warriors and took them all away just after they were incorporated into the military guard. Did he really leave no other backup plan?" Song Jia asked with a slight frown on her eyebrows.
"What backup can he have?" She Fei asked, "Take Gu Wuchen into account, how many troops can they mobilize in Jiangning? Most of the inspectors' Si Jiqi are in Jiangbei, even if they are in Jiangning city, and even if Gu Wuchen comes in person, Jia Pengyu
Are they allowed to transfer all the cavalrymen? The manpower they can transfer is less than 200 guards, 200 swordsmen and archers from Moling County, and 1,200 "elite" Dongcheng Lieutenant Battalions.
...The only people who can be tabooed by the Qu family are the elites of the Dongcheng Lieutenant Battalion," She Feihu laughed contemptuously.
The others also laughed with She Feihu.
Although Dongcheng Wei's two battalions of horse infantry are well-equipped and have a large number of personnel, their combat effectiveness has been fully tested by the Dongshi incident two months ago. Lin Fu frightened the first battalion of Dongcheng's horse infantry into oblivion with only two to three hundred blood warriors.
He abandoned his armor and returned in defeat. Although after the Dongshi Incident, Dongcheng Lieutenant was actually in the hands of Gu Wuchen. Gu Wuchen also transferred the young general Liu Xilin from Dongyang to serve as the Dongcheng Colonel to command the two battalions of horse infantry. However, the two Dongcheng Lieutenants
The infantry of the camp, from the military attache to the soldiers, are rotten to the core. Only by disbanding and recruiting new recruits for training can it be possible to improve the combat effectiveness. To achieve this, not to mention Liu Xilin, even if Gu Wuchen personally takes action, it is impossible to do it in a short time.
It was accomplished silently within a certain period of time. To defeat Dongcheng Wei's two battalions of horse and infantry, it would be a waste for the She family to send a hundred elite soldiers.
The same is true for the sword archers in Moling County. How much combat effectiveness can the old soldiers who usually only bully the good and domineering in the city have?
Zi Tan said: "Lin Fu cannot afford to pry at this time. Perhaps the two hundred warriors on Prison Island are more of a headache."
"It doesn't matter how powerful Lin Fu is?" She Feihu said disdainfully, "There are only sixty veteran soldiers on Prison Island, and the other soldiers are all new recruits. I'm afraid they haven't even seen blood. In two months,
, how much fighting power can be developed? Besides, after what happened, Lin Fu really dared to abandon the prison island and move all the soldiers to the river mouth? No matter how the Qu family arranged it, Lin Fu dared to move the soldiers to leave the prison island.
We can either cross over and attack him, or go directly to the island to kill him. In short, if we stab him in the back, we will make the hole so big that no one can cover it for Lin Fu."
Lin Fu could not mobilize soldiers to the mouth of the river, so the guards at the mouth of the river were extremely limited.
"Will Lin Fu secretly transfer the two hundred military guards back?" Song Jia asked.
"The Qu family is not stupid. Lin Fu plays 'Divide the troops into two directions and lure the snake out of the hole'. Isn't it possible that the Qu family is not guarded at all? I think the Qu family will also follow the play 'Divide the troops into two directions and use the imaginary to make the real'
!" She Feihu said, "Is it true that Lin Fu is willing to leave the fleet he finally assembled to the water bandits, and the lake bandits will attack them wantonly? Lin Fu spent nearly 20,000 taels of silver on purchasing supplies in Jiangning, and in addition, he also brought a lot of money with the ship.
There is a large amount of cash. The news has spread out, and all the water village forces will take notice of it without even having to come forward from the Qu family."
"We still need to prevent Lin Fu's soldiers from taking the wrong lead. We need to send out scouts to keep an eye on the fleet." Zi Tan said.
"Where's Li Zhuo?" Du Rong asked, "When Lin Fu returned to Jiangning this time, his informant said that Li Zhuo's close confidant Gao Zongting had had several contacts with Lin Fu. The incident involving the riverbank refugees was caused by Zhang Yubo. Lin Fu and Gao Zongting jointly forced
Gutang County bows his head."
"Li Zhuo will not interfere in this matter," Zi Tan was relatively sure of this and said, "If Li Zhuo interferes in this matter, several Qu masters will not be able to fight, so we should just admit defeat in this matter."