Lin Yu wanted to take the sea road, but he was worried that the wind and waves would not be trustworthy, so he transferred to a fast horse and rushed to Tanggu from the road in a roundabout way, and met the third messenger sent by Lin Ling to urge him to go back on the way, guessing that Lin Ling's illness was probably not light, and his heart was even more anxious, day and night, braving the wind and snow, he was able to rush to Tanggu on Chinese New Year's Eve.

It turned out that Lin Ling had found out the root of the disease when she returned to Fujian last time, but she was afraid that her son would be worried and didn't tell him, she wanted to recuperate in Tanggu, but during this time, public and private affairs were pressed, but the condition deteriorated faster. When Lin Yu came to Tanggu, she was already sick and couldn't get up, and she was relieved to see her son, and ordered him to come closer, and after holding back the others, she saw her son's face full of tears, stretched out her hand to wipe it off for him, and forced herself to smile and said: "What are you crying about!" In the past few years, you have been by his side, have you seen less things of life and death? What is there to cry about? ”

Lin Yu cried: "What does it matter to me about other people's lives? At the moment, I only want to fold my own life to my mother's ......."

Before he finished speaking, he covered Lin Ling's mouth and reprimanded: "What nonsense! What nonsense! ”

The two of them talked and said sad words for a while, and then Lin Ling said: "Yu'er, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this winter, some things have been delayed again and again, and now I can't put it off." I've got the business in place, just waiting for you to take over—but will? ”

Lin Yu shouted: "I'm willing, I'm willing!" ”

"Okay, okay." Lin Ling ordered him to take a box and said: "In this box, there are important accounts, names, and secrets that I have written down, which are the foundation of controlling this family. Now our family's business is managed by several big shopkeepers, firstly, these are the people I have carefully selected over the years, trustworthy, and secondly, you have a special identity, with him and your uncle to take care of, these big shopkeepers do not dare to deceive you. In three years, you won't have to interfere with them too much, just keep an eye on them. When you figure out this business, it's up to you to toss it any longer. ”

Lin Yu just nodded, Lin Ling stroked his hair and said: "Child, your parents gave birth to you in a special situation, so that you have not had a serious reputation since you were a child, you must have been very ......bitter in your heart these years" Lin Yu shouted: "Not bitter, not at all, I'm happy." Lin Ling smiled: "Yes, yes, you are happy, smiling all day long, so that people don't know what you are thinking." Alas, in fact, seeing that you are so precocious, I know that my son must be very depressed in his heart......" Lin Yu shouted again: "Don't be depressed! It's true! ”

Lin Ling didn't dwell on this issue anymore, and said: "When I was in good health, I just hoped that you could live happily and carefree, but now I am glad that you are calmer than other young people." Although my son is young, every time I think of him being able to advance and retreat freely in the middle of so many heroes, traitors, and heroes, I am very relieved to tell myself: even if I leave, he will not suffer. ”

Lin Yu burst into tears and shouted, "Mother! You...... You'll be fine, you'll be fine! ”

Lin Ling hugged his head and said in his ear: "But in the past few years, you'd better go to Liuqiu." Except for those few big accidents related to your father, don't get too close to him. He must have turned the law upside down when he fought with the emperor, although you are smart, you are still a child in front of them after all. Add to that the fact that there are so many messy people caught in it and shooting guns and arrows, and things will become even more unpredictable. ”

Lin Yu was taken aback: "Mother, you ...... What did you say! Are you saying he's going to fight with the uncle? ”

"Hmm." Lin Ling said in a low voice: "Originally, in such a big country, it is impossible to have no contradictions, and there will be struggles if there are contradictions. One of the reasons why the Han Department was able to maintain peace and quiet on the surface was that everyone's goals were quite the same at that time, and your uncle was able to maintain a transcendent position, controlling the forces of the various factions under his command to make them balanced, holding on to both ends, taking one of them, and trying to use everyone's strength in one place. But now the internal and external situation has changed, your uncle has moved his own selfishness to enter the game to play chess, the people who watch chess have no loss or win, and the people who play chess are tired of winning and losing, no matter who they are, no matter how heroic he is, once he enters the game, it is difficult to have a transcendent position and balanced mentality, the Han has lost a high place to watch, control the two ends of the chess watcher, the regeneration of disputes will be difficult to clean up, the so-called 'not the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind', is not today's situation? ”

Lin Yu said: "Is there no way to resolve this dispute?" ”

Lin Ling said: "Yes, but it's not you, it's not me." Only one person in the world can do it. ”

Lin Yu said: "You mean daddy?" ”

"No, it's your uncle." Lin Ling said: "In the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty, your father has been at one end of the chessboard from the beginning, and he can only fight for a loss, win or draw from his position, and cannot solve the contradictions on the chessboard from the perspective of a chess viewer. If your uncle can get out of the chessboard in time and still return to the detached position he had at the beginning, then the contradiction between the Han and the ministers of the Hu, Han, civil and military factions under him will become a contradiction between the ministers of the Hu and Han factions, rather than the contradiction between the monarchs and ministers. But now it seems...... Alas—"

Lin Yu was silent when he heard this, and Lin Ling said again: "The matter of the Southern Expedition is becoming more and more confusing, there are few people in the world who can see it clearly, in my opinion, now the entire chess game has been laid out, just wait for the time to come, he will probably make a move." Even if he doesn't make a move, his men will help him! ”

Lin Yu said: "His subordinates? ”

"Hmm." Lin Ling said: "The system he built is so huge, so huge that it almost has its own independent will. ”

Lin Yu said: "You mean...... What will his men do behind his back? ”

"It's not like it's behind him, but some things may happen without him knowing." Lin Ling said: "However, there are some things that he knows or not, even I can't figure it out." Nothing he has done in recent years has not been in the interests of the system, and I even think that his seemingly idle initiatives are still guiding the system. If you want to say that he did it unintentionally, those who are discerning will probably not believe it, and you have to say that he did it intentionally...... Alas, I don't think he would have been so deeply hidden with his personality. So there are a lot of things that I can't figure out even anymore. ”

Lin Yu said: "Mother, what you just said about leisure is referring to the trip to the north?" ”

Lin Ling seemed to be a little tired when she said this, so she mumbled and closed her eyes to rest. Lin Yu was inspired by his mother, remembering the places he had passed all the way to the north, and the people he saw, he suddenly shook his whole body, but because he saw that Lin Ling was tired, he didn't dare to speak, and after a long time, Lin Ling opened his eyes and said: "I can't predict what will happen in the next few years, but I still hope that he can stabilize the situation. The situation is best to be stable and external, which is the most beneficial to our businessmen! If we let those blind streams of the Hu race control the world, and when there is no order and all the swords and horses speak, then we will be all finished. So even if it's just for the public, our family has to cooperate with him with all our might, even if it is to break more than half of our net worth in this major event! Even if it is bankrupt - as long as order is maintained, with our connections, it is not difficult to make a comeback! But the public is public, the private is private, child, I hope you don't go to Beijing again, what you really want to do for him, you can do it in Tanggu. ”

"I see, I know." Lin Yu said: "Mother, take a rest, don't bother." ”

Lin Ling shook his head and said, "Child, although you are smart, you are still young after all, and you can't think of many things that you should have thought of." These important words, while I am still sober now, I can say as much as I can, I don't know how many days I have left......" said and leaned into Lin Yu's ear, and said a lot of words in one breath, which made Lin Yu thrilled. After Lin Ling finished saying this, she couldn't support it anymore and fell asleep.

Lin Ling's spirit on this day was good, the second and third days were uncomfortable, and it was only on the fourth day that she got better, and on the ninth day of the first month, she was pushed by her son to the Wanghai Tower, and said in the direction of Jinmen: "I went north in this storm back then, and I was just thinking about making a fortune, and after I went back, I could explain to the other uncles, cousins and fathers in the family to suppress their suspicions about me." I didn't expect to encounter such a big era and create such a big foundation! Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth were full of pride, and he seemed to have forgotten that he was a woman.

Lin Yu hesitated for a while before he couldn't help but ask, "Mother, do you miss him now?" He didn't come to see you, do you blame him? ”

"Resentment?" Lin Ling said: "What's there to complain about? I knew he couldn't come. I didn't want to be completely attached to him, but I expected it to be today. Stretched out his hand and pointed to the guide and said: "After I die, you send someone to send my coffin to my hometown in Fujian, and bury it with my brother, remember to change his inscription, and return the name I borrowed from him for so many years............ Will take ...... With this name...... The ...... into the coffin I didn't expect ...... Now I can't be afraid of people talking about me...... Kid, it's nice to be rich, isn't it? ”

Lin Yu couldn't hear her words clearly, leaned over and leaned over to her cheek, only to hear Lin Ling murmur at the end: "Originally...... If...... It's fine...... "As soon as the eyes are closed, they will pass away." Lin Yu hugged his mother and was silent for a long time, until he was splashed back to his senses by a few waves before he cried loudly.

With the support of several bigwigs in the Tanggu business community and the old family of the Lin family, Lin Yu took care of his mother's funeral with sadness, and personally escorted the coffin south because he hoped that his mother could be buried as soon as possible. His decision was strongly opposed by the upper echelons of the family, and the samurai leader sent by Yang Yingqi to lurk around him to protect him also appeared to dissuade him, but he could not change his mind. Everyone couldn't twist him, so they had to lie to the outside world that Lin Yu was still staying in Tanggu, and Lin An, the Lin family's big treasurer in charge of the southern trade route, escorted him south.

At this time, the Han and Song dynasties were in a state of war, the border fields had been closed, and even the ports were on guard, although the Lin family had a special identity, but the fleet escorting the coffin did not dare to directly say that it was going to Fujian, and the official statement was to go to Liuqiu, and then find a way to sneak into Fujian when it arrived at Liuqiu - Lin An told Lin Yu: Although during the war, the business and travel exchanges between Liuqiu and Fujian were not completely severed, and there were many people who were forbidden to go to sea by private ships.

In terms of specific affairs, Lin An recommended a shopkeeper named Wang Zuo to execute, this Wang Zuo is a native of Sichuan, born in cloth, three or four years ago from the border to Han, and entered Tanggu to become the shopkeeper of the Lin family, helping to operate some peripheral transactions of the Lin family, only met Lin Ling a year ago, and won deep trust. Wang Zuo is a shrewd and capable person, and has established extensive contacts with various forces in the Han and Song dynasties over the years, and he eats both black and white dishes very openly.

However, only Lin An and the two old family members of the Lin family, as well as the samurai leader sent by Yang Yingqi, knew Lin Yu's true identity, and everyone else only said that Lin Yu was Lin Ling's "nephew", and even Wang Zuo only received the order to "try to transport the coffin to Fujian". However, after all, Wang Zuo is the specific executor of the whole operation, and Lin Yu still needs to deal with him often along the way, and after only talking twice, Lin Yu deeply admired this Wang Zuo, and said in his heart: "My mother's hard work over the years has not been in vain, there are many talents in the family, this Wang Zuo is really a talent in one aspect, as long as he investigates again, when the seniority arrives, it is more than enough to be a big shopkeeper." ”

At this time, the Han Dynasty was the outlet to the sea along the mainland coast, mainly Tanggu, Jinmen, Dengzhou, Dongjin and Huaizikou, Tanggu was the head of the ports, and the central port function of Jinmen was gradually replaced by Tanggu, and slowly became a regional port that communicated the northeast, the role of Dongjin was facing Goryeo, and the role of Huaizikou was facing the Great Song Dynasty. Now the Han and Song Dynasty started the war, Huaizikou is the closest to the Song Dynasty, the whole port of Thailand has been transferred to militarized use, Tanggu is the gateway of Gyeonggi again, after the war started, in order to avoid spies entering and leaving the guard is extremely strict, most of the civilian goods from the south now land from Dengzhou, and then re-export into Hebei and Gyeonggi. Wang Zuo also suggested going to Dengzhou first, because the interrogation from there to sea would be more relaxed.

The group escorted the coffin to the south, Lin Yu saw that the market was depressed everywhere he went, the people's livelihood was tired, and the big and small businessmen complained, compared to when he went north with Ouyang Shi, he was like a cloud, and said in his heart: "I was also fighting at the beginning!" And the scale of the war in Mobei is not necessarily smaller than that of the Southern Expedition, but at that time, the business travel here was still endless, although the government owed a lot of debts, but the people's livelihood in Hebei and Shandong was not greatly affected, and some areas and some industries could even develop. is also launching a big war, why is Hebei and Shandong in trouble today? ”

He walked and listened all the way, and only after hearing that the price of goods from the south was extremely high and the backlog of goods from the north was full: "Yes! Before the Northern Expedition, the trade relationship between Mobei and our Han Dynasty was not deep, even if the two sides fought here, there was no shortage of goods from Mobei, and we were not afraid that the goods would not be sold, but we had a very large scale of business with the Southern Dynasties. It's just that I don't know what about Shaanxi and Hedong. ”

At this time, the trade volume between the Han and Song dynasties was already extremely considerable, once the two dynasties went to war, the field was closed, the port was under martial law, and the goods could not go through the formal channels and had to be smuggled.

Wang Zuo's selection of sea ships and sailors are the best choice, and by the north wind, the walk is very smooth, this day the owner calculated the direction, pointed to the west and said to Lin Yu: "Son, if you turn to the west now, you will not be able to see the Yangtze River soon." Have you ever been to the Yangtze River? ”

"Nope." Lin Yu said: "I have been studying in the north, and I have only seen the Yellow River, but I have never seen the Yangtze River. ”

Wang Zuo said on the side: "The Yangtze River is magnificent, it is also water, and it has another pride compared to the sea, if you have the opportunity, you should take a look." ”

Lin Yu said: "What the shopkeeper said is that every time I read Bachelor Su's 'Dajiangdong', I have to be fascinated for a long time, but the north and south are isolated, and I have never had the opportunity to come there in person. Sooner or later, I'll have to find a chance to check it out. ”

Wang Zuo said with a smile: "Why don't we turn around and go west to the mouth of the Yangtze River to let Gongzi swim freely?" ”

When the owner heard this, he was shocked and said, "The shopkeeper is joking! If it was before His Majesty's southern expedition, this might have been done, but when is it now! Even if we take the Black Water Ocean, we are all afraid when we pass through this sea route, let alone face west. ”

Lin Yu asked: "Why should you be worried when passing through this section of the sea?" ”

The owner said: "The prince has probably been in the north for a long time and lives on the mainland, so I don't know the market on this sea." Our Han sailors were originally invincible in the world, but over the years, Han Shizhong, a famous general of the Southern Dynasty, has trained sailors, and gradually has the tendency to catch up, but our Han has always attached great importance to sailors, so although the Southern Dynasty is fast, it is still behind us. This time, His Majesty also sent sailors to attack and harass all parts of the southeast, especially sending a large fleet to attack Suzhou and Jiangyin, hoping to go up the river like last time and approach the line of the Southern Dynasty in Jiankang, but the three major battles of Haimen, Chongming, and Changguo were defeated, and our Han sailors failed to take much advantage. That's it, after Han Shizhong stood firm, he sent his men to venture out to sea, and even supported pirates to rob our caravans, forcing our Han sailors to send warships to protect the waterway, but even so, many times it was impossible to prevent it. ”

Lin Yu said: "If that's the case, why don't you see that our fleet is protected by warships?" ”

Wang Zuo said with a smile: "Childe, this time we are escorting Lin Dangjia's coffin to the south, and the official is turning a blind eye to us, and we can hide it from them." Most of the fleets protected by warships have to thoroughly check all the people on board, Lin Anda's treasurer said, that is inconvenient. If not, why would we go to Dengzhou to go to sea? ”

"I see." Lin Yu said: "But we don't have the protection of warships now, so don't encounter the plundering of the Song army and pirates." ”

Wang Zuo smiled: "Son, don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

Lin Yuqi said: "Why is the shopkeeper so sure? ”

The owner smiled and said: "Son, you don't know, the king who is protecting you to the south has great powers, and everyone in the north and south is black and white, and he said that it will be okay to go to sea on a certain day, so there will be no accident in keeping!" If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have dared to go out of the sea without the escort of a warship! ”

As he was talking, suddenly an urgent report came from the lookout: I found that an unknown ship was approaching!

The owner of the ship was stunned, glanced at Wang Zuo, and said with a pause: "Shopkeeper Wang, you are not a fairy this time!" ”

When Lin An heard the news, he hurriedly came to question Wang Zuo, and Wang Zuo said with a calm face: "This is an extraordinary time, and it is not surprising that something has changed. Everyone, calm down! Let's find out what's going on! Maybe it's the ship of the big man! ”

Soon the unknown fleet all appeared, and it turned out to be a large fleet composed of ten large ships and thirty-one small ships! Seeing that the formation was not like a merchant ship, and the flag of the Han Navy was not hoisted on the ship, the owner of the ship exclaimed: "I'm afraid I'm going to suffer now!" Although our people can fight naval battles, they are outnumbered and the strength is very different, and this time there is only escape! ”

The captain of the fleet said: "They are in the wind, and there are so many nimble boats, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to run!" Broadside battles are inevitable! I just hope to rush through! ”

"Broadside?" Lin An was shocked: "You mean to fight?" ”

"I'm just afraid of it." The owner said: "If you want to get around cleanly, I'm afraid it's impossible, so you can only fight and see if you can rush over!" ”

Lin An asked: "Is the chance of winning high?" ”

"Win?" The owner sighed, "Don't talk about winning, it's nice to be able to escape." ”

Lin An shouted: "That's not good! Can't hit! It's a mess, and anything can happen when it's messy! The coffin of the master is on the ship, and the battle that is not easy to win cannot be fought no matter what! ”

The owner said, "How is that good?" ”

Lin Anyi gritted his teeth and said, "Surrender!" If the other party is really a Song army or a plundering ship, surrender! Our Lin family has people in the Han and Song dynasties, as long as we go ashore, everything is easy to say! ”

The owner and the fire chief looked at each other and looked at Wang Zuo, Wang Zuo said, "Listen to the big shopkeeper." ”

"But ......" Lin Yu said: "If this is the fleet under Han Shizhong, then don't worry too much, he is a famous general in the world, and his subordinates must not be too chaotic." I'm just afraid that this fleet is unscrupulous pirates, and that's going to be in trouble. In any case, the coffin of the head of the house must not be humiliated. ”

"That's okay to say." Wang Zuodao: "When the Han and Song dynasties were reconciled, the two families joined forces to exterminate the thieves on this sea. Now is an extraordinary period, and those who can dispatch such a large fleet on the surface of the East China Sea will not be Han or Song, and they will not be unscrupulous thieves who have no place to return. ”

"That's good." Lin Yu said: "As long as they can keep the coffin of the owner, they can negotiate whatever conditions they want!" ”

Wang Zuodao: "I know some of the leaders of the Southern Dynasty Water Village and know their in-law factions. If it is really a ship of the Southern Dynasty on the other side, this matter will be discussed in the future. If you can't talk about it, Wang Zuo won't have the face to come back, so he jumps directly into the water, and Xie Gongzi and Lin Da are shopkeepers! ”

Lin An said: "Also, you have to make sure that ......" glanced at Lin Yu and said: "You have to ensure the safety of all of us!" ”

Wang Zuo agreed repeatedly: "This is natural. ”

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