December of the second year of Chongzhen.

The winter sunshine penetrates the morning mist and sprinkles on the slightly green river water, emitting a flash of light under the rippling waves. The morning mist shines in the sunshine, becoming thinner and thinner, and finally disappears, making Lin Chunhong, who is standing at the bow of the boat, feel very happy.

No wonder Lin Chunhong was excited. After controlling Bailizhou Island and successfully navigating the Qingjiang River coast, he also controlled the Jingjiang River channel. The road to wealth became wider and wider, and the speed of accumulating wealth was getting faster and faster.

What's more, because of the "sweeping" Zhang Zhao, under the operation of Zhang Daohan, the prefect of Jingzhou appointed Lin Chunhong as Zhijiang County Dianshi, Dianshi, in charge of arrest and prison in a county, but was not included in the official position, and there was no need for the Ministry of Personnel. Lin Chunhong took office today, and the former Bailizhou inspector was taken over by Li Chongde. In this way, after Bailizhou inspector, Lin Chunhong finally took a solid step in power.

Looking at the vast Yangtze River flowing eastward, Lin Chunhong couldn't help but feel passionate. He couldn't help but think of Yan Dianshi who became famous in the world more than ten years later. Lin Chunhong thought to himself: No matter what, the tragedy of Yan Dianshi cannot be staged again.

Soon, the ship docked at the wharf. Lin Chunhong led Zhou Shiliang, Li Guangzu and Chu Wenshan to the Zhijiang County Government.

The county yamen was full of mottled eyes and was inconsistently broken, which made Lin Chunhong secretly complain: "If the official does not build a yamen, what are the bullshit rules that make the yamen and the doghouse."

Even though he was slandering, he had to go through some things about face. Under the leadership of the yamen runner, Lin Chunhong first went to see Bao Zhedong, the county master. Bao Zhedong looked cold and said something about the scene. He served tea to see the guests in less than a cup of tea.

Lin Chunhong thought inwardly: It seems that he relied on the relationship between He Zhiyuan, the prefect of Jingzhou, to seize the position of Dianshi, which made this Jinshi dissatisfied.

Lin Chunhong didn't care about it. So what if I hate me, I will still be my own official!

Immediately, Lin Chunhong went to see Lord Bo again. Tan Jiexi. Tan Jiexi was in charge of the county's money and grain. He knew more or less Lin Chunhong's strength, so he was quite polite in his words and kept emphasizing: "In the future, the money and grain of Zhijiang will all depend on Lord Lin."

This made Lin Chunhong feel much better. It seems that this Lord Bo is a wise man.

After saying something unnutritious to Tan Jiexi, Lin Chunhong came to his office: Xisi. In the entire Xisi, Lin Chunhong is the well-deserved boss. Look, the head of the chief Shi Chao and the head of the prison He Miao led a group of constables. The jailer had been waiting in Xisi for a long time to welcome Lord Lin to take office.

Everyone gives face so much. Of course, Lin Chunhong adheres to the principle of "I respect you one foot and I respect you one foot". He not only invites his subordinates to drink and get drunk in the restaurant, but also clearly states at the banquet: How to do the past and what will happen in the future, and he will never move the captain and the prisoner's land one acre.

Everyone was overjoyed and felt that they had met a good official, and they wanted to treat Lin Chunhong as their rebirth parents in their words.

Of course, Lin Chunhong looked down on the captain and the prisoner's small profits. He cared about the name of Dianshi and did extraordinary things. Dianshi also had an important responsibility, which was to manage the archers. In this way, the private soldiers Lin Chunhong raised along the Qingjiang River and Bailizhou became the archers of Zhijiang, and he could use force legitimately in the future to avoid being falsely accused of rebellion.

Furthermore, Lin Chunhong is now in a hurry to find talents, so he is planning to recruit talents in Zhijiang County publicly under the banner of recruiting subordinates in history.

Finally, most importantly, Lin Chunhong discovered that in the current Ming Dynasty, the power of the government never reached the countryside, and the governance of all rural areas relied entirely on the local gentleman class, the so-called landlords. He was ready to go deep into the countryside, replace the gentlemen to manage the countryside, and completely undermine the entire Zhijiang County government. To go deep into the countryside, of course, it is necessary to have a name. This name is to use the maintenance of public order and send his troops to every village.

As for Bao Zhedong and Tan Jiexi, no matter what attitude they have towards him, Lin Chunhong didn't take it seriously at all. All he needed was a name for a classic history, which was also the reason why he spent all his time to make money to obtain a classic history.

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Not to mention that Lin Chunhong was trying his best to dig the corner of Zhijiang government, but also that the New Year is approaching and the workers are on holiday and rushed back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year. This includes the second pole.

Erganzi is a honest person. After getting married, his wife gave birth to a fat baby for him, which made him unable to stop talking all day long. Now his wife is pregnant again, and she is swaying around with her belly, which makes him even more proud. The old man in the village said that the shape of her belly must be another cowherd.

Now Ertanzi has stopped logging wood himself and has been promoted to deputy manager of the Yazikou warehouse, with a lot of wages. Now, by the end of the year, he will still be given a bonus of more than 20 taels. According to Manager Guo, Boss Lin takes care of everyone and let everyone have a good New Year. If you work hard in the future, Boss Lin will make a higher profit and will pay more for everyone.

The second-chanzi name Gu Xiulin is from Gujiazhuang near Yiling. He also went home with an old lady Gu Dasao, who is from the same village as him. After breaking up with everyone in Yidu, Gu Xiulin and Gu Dasao came home by land, and they thought the waterway was too slow.

Gu Xiulin was anxious to go home to see his boy, and also anxious to tell his wife about the bonus of more than 20 taels. He enjoyed the surprise of his wife when she heard that she had paid more money. It is estimated that every man hoped that his wife would have such an expression.

In fact, what he wanted to tell his wife even more was: after the New Year, he would move to Bailizhou with his parents!

The reason why Gu Xiulin is so sure that his family will be happy to go to Bailizhou is because Lin Chunhong told everyone: Any worker who has signed a contract with him can take his family to Bailizhou to rent farming, and no one person is allowed to rent more than fifteen acres. The rented land only requires selling one stone of grain to Lin Chunhong at 60% of the current price every year, and there is no other tax or rent. Gu Xiulin asked about it. The land in Bailizhou is quite fertile. Generally, winter wheat can be planted in winter. In March and April of the next year, cotton seedlings can be used.

Interplanting in the wheat field, after the wheat is harvested, the cotton seedlings will grow. After picking cotton in September, winter wheat can be planted. Moreover, the wheat yields about two stones per mu, and the cotton picked is nearly 100 kilograms. Although these are far less than his wages, it is quite attractive to ordinary people who are hard to move. If a stone of grain is purchased at an hourly price of 60%, wouldn’t it be that there is basically no land rent? Gu Xiulin calculated this account very clearly. After all, he had not learned arithmetic for a long time.

Mrs. Gu’s money was not as much as Gu Xiulin, and he received a dividend of more than 5 taels of silver at the end of the year. But the more than 5 taels of silver also made Mrs. Gu very happy. Thinking about her husband and son working hard for a year, after paying taxes and land rent for the food she planted, there was only a lot left, and she was quite satisfied.

Now she has a high status at home. She used to be beaten up by the way and was polite to her. She was really respectful to each other. By the way, the mothers in the village often asked her about it, and even if she wanted to cook, she would always say proudly: How can it be so easy to recruit people? The people they hire are very good at cooking. They made those people timid and couldn't help but jealous, and they just gossip behind their backs.

In the past, Mrs. Gu cried when she heard these rumors and felt very aggrieved. Now even her husband and son comforted her, making her waist stand straight. Last time, Mr. Gu in the village asked her husband to recall her, but she was scolded by her husband. Uncle Gu was so angry that she lay on the bed for three days, which made her feel even more relieved.

"Second, you said that Boss Lin is so righteous at such a young age? Even I can rent fifteen acres of land in Bailizhou. This is a good thing that fell from the sky." Mrs. Gu said to Gu Xiulin as she walked.

"No, I'm going to let my wife and parents move to Bailizhou. I've been fed up by Mr. Gu! The land rent is 50%!" Gu Xiulin was quite dissatisfied with Mr. Gu, the patriarch.

"Well, I also asked the head and my son to go there, and I won't go back to this place anymore. The people in Gujiazhuang did nothing good except gossiping. In the first half of the year, you also helped me stand up and teach Qin San a lesson. That kid kept staring at our family. I'm really afraid that he would take revenge!" Mrs. Gu hated and afraid of the scoundrel Qin San.

"For a person like him, this should be like this. Next time I meet him, I will beat him up! Boss Lin said that there are two major harms in the village now, one is the chief of the clan or the clan leader, and the other is the rogue. This really comes to my heart." Gu Xiulin clenched his fists and said, "With his knowledge outside, Gu Xiulin is no longer the timid and afraid of troubles, and he learned some battle formation methods with Zhou Wang back then, and generally the rogue is not his opponent.

"Haha, do you know that Boss Lin is planning to set up a private school in Bailizhou, saying that as long as you pay two stones of grain a year, you can get a kid to study?" asked Mrs. Gu.

"It's not just that? I heard from Big Maoer that girls are free to go to a private school!" Gu Xiulin said mysteriously.

"Ah? How can Boss Lin do this? What's the use of a girl studying? Can she take the exam for fame and fortune?" Mrs. Gu asked in surprise.

Gu Xiulin smiled and said, "Do you know that Boss Lin's family was poor when he was a child. It was his mother who taught him to read. Boss Lin also said that if his mother knew to read, no matter what the situation was, his son would definitely read!"

Mrs. Gu thought about it and felt reasonable. She chatted with Gu Xiulin all the way, and arrived at Gujiazhuang in half a day.

After Gu Xiulin separated from Mrs. Gu at the entrance of the village, he quickly walked towards home. The closer he got to home, the more brisk he walked, as if the heavy package did not exist. In the package, there were a few pairs of exquisite embroidered insoles and headwear from natives, as well as the zealander brocades, some bacon, ginger candy, etc., which he brought back to taste for his family, and a few toys for playing with by the boy. Hehe, his kid is almost two years old, and he just happened to play with this. Thinking of the boy, Gu Xiulin couldn't help but smile and sent him to study in the future, so as not to be so difficult to learn arithmetic.

When he arrived at the door of the house, Gu Xiulin was about to shout loudly, but suddenly a small head poked out from the crack of the door, and asked angrily: "Who?" Gu Xiulin pulled the boy over, raised it over his head, and shouted: "You, don't even recognize me?" The boy laughed happily.

As the laughter came out, Gu Xiulin's wife and parents were all overjoyed when they saw Gu Xiulin coming back, especially because they were so busy that they made some of the things in the house for Gu Xiulin to eat. And when they heard that Gu Xiulin had paid more than twenty taels of silver, they kept nagging to build a new house.

"Brother and sister-in-law know if I'm back today? Why didn't I see anyone?" Gu Xiulin couldn't help but ask without seeing his elder brother and the others.

When the wife and parents heard Gu Xiulin mention brother, they both lowered their faces. Gu Xiulin felt something was wrong and asked, "Did my sister-in-law come and quarrel again?"

The wife was sad and nodded. It turned out that when the two brothers split up, there was a conflict between the sister-in-law, claiming that their parents helped each other. Especially the sister-in-law, who had refused to go to her house since the separation of the family. Gu Xiulin was a honest person and he served his parents alone. Now Gu Xiulin's life is getting better and better, and the sister-in-law was even more jealous. She directly attributed the reason for their good life to their parents helping them. She ran over and quarreled over the past few days. She didn't dare to point the finger at her parents, so she quarreled with Gu Xiulin's wife. Gu Xiulin's wife was not a good person. If it weren't for Gu Xiulin's suppression, the two wouldn't know what they would have made a fuss.

Gu Xiulin was too lazy to pay attention to these things at the beginning. Now he is outside all year round, and his vision is not comparable to that in the past, and he doesn't want to intensify the conflicts. But now he is not feeling bad when he sees his wife being angry every day.

"Dad, it was five acres of land at the beginning. My elder brother and I were half of the cows. The two families took turns to raise them. I am going to give my portion to my elder brother. The cows belong to them, and I don't want them." Gu Xiulin was silent for a long time and said to his father.

As soon as he finished speaking, his wife kept blinking. Seeing that Gu Xiulin ignored him, she pretended to have something to pass by here and secretly kicked him. Gu Xiulin ignored his wife and waited for his father's statement.

The father took a deep breath of dry tobacco and exhaled thick smoke. He then sighed and said, "I didn't favor anyone at the beginning. They were all my own sons. How could I favor anyone? Although you have earned a lot of money outside in the past few years, you have to keep a root. If the fields here are gone, you will have no roots. In other words, your elder brother should also be suppressed, and it will become more and more dissatisfied!"

"There is nothing to be left to miss here. As Lord Dianshi said, we can rent fifteen acres of land in Bailizhou to plant, and there is no chore. It is enough to sell 60% of the timely price per mu of land to Dianshi for one stone of grain every year."

"Is this good thing?" The father's eyes were full of disbelief. "If this is the case, everyone is rushing to plant it, how can it be your turn?"

Gu Xiulin smiled and said proudly: "Mr. Dianshi only lets his own people rent crops, not others. Even Mrs. Gu can rent fifteen acres."

"Oh, it seems that there is really nothing to be left to nostalgic about in the land here. If you want to give the land to your elder brother, your father doesn't care about you, you can discuss it yourself. However, the land always planted your own peace of mind. I think it's better for you to plant the land for your elder brother, and you don't charge any rent, but you still keep the land deed. As for the cow, just do whatever you want. I'm old and can't control anything."

Gu Xiulin's wife nodded desperately there. Gu Xiulin smiled at her, nodded, and then said to her father: "It's okay to follow my father's method. I'll call my elder brother over now to see what he has to think." After that, she was about to go out. As soon as she walked to the door, she met Gu Xiuxing. Gu Xiulin quickly smiled and said: "It turns out that it's Xiucai Gong, come to the house and sit in the house." Gu Xiuxing is not a scholar, but he has studied books and can read in his early years, and is called Xiucai Gong by the villagers.
Chapter completed!