"Lord Lin, we are not unreasonable people, what you said, we all understand that the shipyard is an important task of the country, and it is also a place for the livelihood of the people, and it must not be wasted. "Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info," said the Xiucai named Mei Hong, "but it is not appropriate to use opium taxes to support the shipyard after all. Lord Lin, you are the grandson of Lin Wenzhonggong, and you know the dangers of opium better than all of us! If the foreign medicine tax is used to raise ships, it will inevitably increase the sale of this opium! As a result, more people will take it, and I don't know how many people will die! Lord Lin, just say something! You persuade Lord Shen to take back his life for the sake of the people of Fuzhou and Fujian Province! Mei Hong said, facing Lin Yizhe again, kneeling down on both knees, and kowtowing again and again.

Lin Yizhe stepped forward and grabbed Mei Xiucai, preventing him from knocking down again, "Sir, please get up!" He tried hard to help Mei Xiucai up, but Mei Xiucai insisted on refusing, but raised his head and looked at Lin Yizhe with tears in his eyes, his eyes full of expectation and pleading.

"Lord Lin, Lord Shen, if you don't agree to withdraw the tax on foreign medicines, I will kneel and die here today!" Mei Xiucai choked up and said, crying.

Lin Yizhe looked at Mei Xiucai's forehead and began to bleed again, obviously the few heavy knocks just now aggravated his injury, knowing that he was here for this opium tax today, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

"Sir, please, I promise you, from today onwards, the Harbour Master will never take foreign medicine taxes to maintain ships." Lin Yizhe's voice also became choked.

"Is Lord Lin serious?" Mei Xiucai listened to Lin Yizhe's answer, and was pleasantly surprised for a while.

"Really, I swear by the ancestor of my ancestor Lin Wenzhong, and from today onwards, the shipmaster will have nothing to do with opium." Lin Yizhe said loudly.

Listening to Lin Yizhe's words, Shen Baozhen raised his head in surprise and stared at Lin Yizhe, while the shipping officials around him were all taken aback.

After listening to Lin Yizhe's oath, Mei Xiucai did not get up, but turned around and looked at Shen Baozhen, her eyes full of begging and pleading.

"Lord Shen, Lord Lin has already agreed, ...... you" Mei Xiucai suddenly broke free of Lin Yizhe's hand, faced Shen Baozhen, and bowed down violently, "Lord Shen!" I beg you! Please! ”

"Lord Shen! Please! The surrounding people were infected by Mei Xiucai's grief, Hulala's kneeling down a large area, and the people behind were infected by the crowd in front, and they also knelt down one by one, and after a while, the surrounding people all shouted and knelt down. Lin Yizhe looked at the kneeling people with some helplessness, and for the first time in his heart had a deep sense of powerlessness.

Shen Baozhen looked at the villagers and elders who were kneeling there under the black pressure around him, and tears flowed down again.

"Folks! Please! I promise you! Promise you......"

"Did the folks hear that! Lord Shen agreed! Promised! Mei Xiucai was in ecstasy, and couldn't help but stretch out her arms and shout.

Hearing Mei Xiucai's shout, people knew that Shen Baozhen had agreed to their request, and they also let out a shocking cheer.

Shen Baozhen looked at the cheering villagers and elders steadily, and suddenly his body went limp, and he fell to the side, Lin Yizhe was startled, and with an arrow step, he jumped to Shen Baozhen's side like lightning, just when Shen Baozhen's head was about to touch the ground, he held his body.

"Uncle! - Uncle! - Lin Yizhe's hiss and roar instantly overwhelmed the noise of the people around him. People quieted down little by little, and everyone's eyes were focused on Shen Baozhen in Lin Yizhe's arms.

"Uncle! Uncle! There was a deathly silence around, and only Lin Yizhe's mournful cry echoed.

Suddenly a large cloud drifted through the sky, obscuring the sun, and the sky instantly darkened. After a while, between the dark clouds, there was a faint flash of thunder.

It's raining.

The raindrops were falling and dripping onto people's bodies and faces, but all of them did not move, just stood there quietly, as if they were still statues.

The rain wet Lin Yizhe's face, mixed with his tears, and dripped onto Shen Baozhen's face, and Shen Baozhen slowly woke up.

Seeing Shen Baozhen wake up, Lin Yizhe wanted to laugh happily, but tears poured out again and could no longer be stopped.

Lin Yizhe wiped away the tears and rain on his face with his wet sleeves, helped Shen Baozhen up, and walked towards the inner courtyard of the government office.

The rain fell on the ground, stirring up a faint mist, reflecting the backs of the old and the young walking forward in the mud.

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"Uncle, young grandmother, lord and lady are in the backyard hall now." The porter saw Lin Yizhe and his wife coming, and said to them and his wife with a worried face.

"Lord and Mrs. in the hall?" Lin Yizhe and Chen Wan glanced at each other, each seeing surprise and uneasiness in each other's eyes.

After experiencing the "gathering incident" during the day, Lin Yizhe arranged for Shen Baozhen to be sent back to his home to rest, and he began the work of "cleaning up the aftermath" -- interrogating those who had been bribed by Hu Xueyan and came to incite the villagers' boatmen to make trouble, and recorded a confession as evidence for Hu Xueyan's impeachment. After a busy day, Lin Yizhe hurriedly took Chen Wan to visit Shen Baozhen's mansion.

"Yes, after the lord returned, he took his wife to the hall and did not let anyone come close. It's been a long time, and I haven't seen it yet......"

Lin Yizhe, who had lived in the Shen Mansion for many days, knew that the hall in the backyard was a place to worship his ancestors, and it was there that he first saw the portrait of his grandfather Lin Zexu in this era.

"Let's go and have a look." Lin Yizhe had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, and he didn't wait for the porter to lead the way, so he pulled Chen Wan and ran quickly to the backyard.

As soon as he came to the backyard, Lin Yizhe heard a low cry in the hall.

Lin Yizhe and Chen Wan invariably relaxed their steps and came to the door of the hall where Shen Baozhen used to worship the ancestors and store the ancestral tablets.

Lin Yizhe heard that it was his aunt Lin Puqing crying, and he was anxious, pushed open the door with his hand, and walked in.

"Kunyu is here......" Lin Puqing saw that it was Lin Yizhe and Chen Wan, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and said, "Come, Kunyu, Wan'er, I've seen grandpa......

Lin Yizhe saw the portrait of Lin Zexu hanging in the middle of the hall, pulled Chen Wan to kneel down in front of the portrait, and bowed three times.

In the portrait, Lin Zexu is dressed in a white robe, holding a scroll in his hand, and looking down with a kind face. Lin Yizhe raised his head after worshipping and looked at this portrait of Lin Zexu's regular clothes, and his heart was full of respect for Lin Zexu.

As the first person in China to "open his eyes to the world" in that era, he deserves the word "national hero"!

"Don't kneel, come here......" Shen Baozhen looked at Lin Yizhe's solemn expression when he looked at the portrait of the ancestors, and a slightly relieved smile appeared on his face full of sadness, "Today's business is done?" ……”

"Back to my uncle, it's done. Those people have already confessed, they have already recorded their confessions, and they have drawn them. Lin Yizhe got up and came to Shen Baozhen's side and supported him. Chen Wan stepped forward to support Lin Puqing, who was still crying.

"That Mei Xiucai, how is the injury? ......" Shen Baozhen asked again.

"My nephew has already found a doctor for him, and sent some money and silver to him, so that he can study in peace in peace for the autumn season." Lin Yizhe said.

"You did a good job...... Shen Baozhen suddenly coughed violently, Lin Yizhe helped him and patted his back gently, and it took a long time for Shen Baozhen to rest.

Lin Puqing and Chen Wan came to their side, and Lin Puqing couldn't help but shed tears when she looked at Shen Baozhen's haggard appearance.

"Today's matter, thanks to you, handled it properly, there was no big mess, ala......s," Shen Baozhen said in a weak voice, "However, you just promised not to take foreign medicine tax, if it ...... in case"

"Uncle, don't worry, what the villagers care about is nothing more than the notoriety of the foreign medicine tax, and the nephew promised them not to use the foreign medicine tax to raise boats, in fact, it is just a change of name." Lin Yizhe said his own method, "My nephew has already discussed with Lord Wu and Lord Xia in the afternoon, the cost of the shipkeeper can be extracted in the name of salt tax, and the foreign medicine tax can be used to offset the account." It sounds better to say it this way, and no one talks about it anymore. ”

"You always have a way to ......" Shen Baozhen couldn't help but smile when he heard Lin Yizhe say that this was actually a solution of "changing the soup without changing the medicine", "It's good to ...... like this."

Shen Baozhen looked up at Lin Zexu's portrait and muttered: "If the country lives and dies, how can it be avoided because of misfortune and fortune...... Lin Wenzhong's teaching, how can you forget ......"

Suddenly, Shen Baozhen's mouth opened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, Lin Yizhe only felt that his arm was sinking, and he was shocked, and hugged his hands together, so that Shen Baozhen did not fall to the ground.

"Sir! Master! Lin Puqing threw herself to Shen Baozhen's side, hugged him, and cried loudly while rubbing his chest.

Chen Wan wiped the blood from the corner of Shen Baozhen's mouth with a handkerchief, and also cried.

Lin Yizhe looked at Shen Baozhen's dying appearance, and his chest was filled with grief for a while.

Since coming to this era, he is lonely, subconsciously, he has already regarded Shen Baozhen as his father, and he is so uncomfortable to see him at this time, he can't wait to replace him.

After a long while, Shen Baozhen woke up slowly.

"Master, this shipmaster's errand, can't we do it if we don't do it?" Lin Puqing cried, "He Zuo Zongtang is so vicious, he has bullied you repeatedly, how can you bear it!" ”

"No...... As long as I have a breath, I will hold on...... So...... Under the nine springs, you can be worthy of ...... to Lin Gong" Although Shen Baozhen's voice was extremely weak, it was extremely firm.

Lin Yizhe looked at the little blood stains between Shen Baozhen's beard, full of resentment and pain that could not be vented, thinking of the good things done by Zuo Zongtang and Hu Xueyan, Lin Yizhe let out an angry roar in his heart.

"The emperor is thick and the earth is thick, the ancestors are heroic, I, Lin Yizhe, will not take revenge and swear not to be a man!"

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