The spring water is shallow and green, the waves are like jade, and the light boat drifts with the waves.

Gao Zongting, a famous scholar in western Zhejiang, stood on the bow of the light boat in a green shirt, looking in the direction of the estuary, the first thousand-stone sailboat under the Jiyun Society at the mouth of the river was breaking the waves, Lin Lian and everyone stood at the bow of the boat to appreciate the pleasure of riding the wind and waves, Gao Zongting retracted his gaze, and said to a middle-aged scribe in front of him: "Commander, that person is Lin Lian, the son of Dongyang who has accumulated a lot of prestige in Jiangning City in the past few months!" ”

"I was talking to Chen Xiyan in Xixi the day before yesterday, and Chen Xiyan called him a swineherd maniac...... "The middle-aged scribe has a white face and a short beard, is nearly fifty years old, but his sideburns are dyed frost white, and he looks at the direction of the estuary with a smile on his face.

"This is an allusion, after the prison was cleared on this island, Gu Wuchen went to the island three times to inspect, and Lin Jian had to tell Gu Wuchen about raising pigs and watching the pen shed, and these things came out of the mouth of the subordinate officials of the inspection envoy, saying that Dongyang Juzi was not good at writing and writing, especially good at raising pigs, fishing and digging bird droppings, and Shizi Qingliu was regarded as a joke. Besides, after others arrived in Jiangning, they first had a bad relationship with the clan family, and Dongcheng Jing'er hated him to the bone, of course, there was no good word to pass on, Xixi was so famous, Chen Xiyan really had no good things to say about him......" Gao Zongting said with a smile.

"Dig up guano?" The middle-aged scribe asked suspiciously, "I haven't heard of this, what is it like to dig up bird droppings?" ”

"It's really hard to inquire about the things on Prison Island, but it's also difficult for people with hearts," Gao Zongting said with a smile, "Digging bird droppings is for accumulating fertilizer, and Prison Island was used to be Bird Island before the prison was built, although the river gulls decreased at this time, but a large amount of bird droppings accumulated in the jungle." When the vegetable garden was cultivated on Prison Island, it was mixed with guano and turned over the soil, and it was natural to have to make people dig up guano by hand - although Chen Xiyan disdained Dongyang Juzi, I think that the swineherd maniac really deserves the title of this son. Others only think that pigs are raised for meat on Prison Island, but the pigsty shed on Prison Island is covered with hay and manure, which is another important source of fertilizer for the vegetable garden on Prison Island in addition to guano soil. This method of manure was adopted by some farmers when I was in Shaowu, and it was quite effective. Raising pigs is really not tired of its dirty, the circle is not clean, the pig is not thin, a pig grows to be slaughtered manure to fertilize enough to apply an acre of land, in addition to meat, the land increases the yield of more than two stones, the villagers follow suit and benefit more, but after Shao Wu levied the pig tax, this law will be abolished, and I have not heard other places use this method to raise pigs and make fat...... Prison Island fertilizer accumulation is also really effective, Lin Tie New Year after the prison on the prison island, after the prison clearance, only to hold the real power, only in the past two months, prison island has vegetables to supply the estuary, soil fertilizer and intensive cultivation, vegetables on the market is earlier than the old farmers in the suburbs of Jiangning. ”

"I have a question," the middle-aged scribe asked, "I can actually reclaim more than 1,000 acres of wasteland on Guanjiao Island, which can be turned into a vegetable garden, digging bird droppings to accumulate fertilizer or raising pig fertilizer, and one strategy is enough, Zongting, why do you say that this Dongyang Juzi should take two strategies at the same time, in fact, the two strategies are not conducive to saving manpower?" Besides, there are many things in the prison such as weaving and spinning workshops, smelting furnaces for iron control, and wood workshops, and so on, and it would be too complicated to use only the prison force for servitude......" and asked the young scribes around him, "What do you think?" ”

"......" The young scribe frowned slightly, and said, "I'm afraid that Prison Island can't accommodate his will......"

"Dongyang Juzi's ambition is really not a prison island that can be installed, not so much a prison island, but a prison island is a test place for him to practice his ambition. I think he wants to learn miscellaneous crafts at the mouth of the river, although he is a little arrogant as a son, and he really can't be regarded as an unconventional and grandiose person," Gao Zongting said, "However, in the eyes of the scholar Qingliu, miscellaneous craftsmanship is a cheap thing, and Chen Xiyan prides himself on being a great Confucian in the world, and it is natural that he can't get used to Dongyang Juzi." ”

"It's really rare for you to praise others," the middle-aged scribe smiled at Gao Zongting, he was quite satisfied with Gao Zongting's answer, and asked the young scribe beside him, "What do you think of Dong Wenbaozi?" ”

"I'm really not afraid that you won't be happy to hear it, if you talk about the talent that has been applied to the world, no one in the world can compare with Dong Fuzun, Dongyang Juzi is an example." Gao Zongting hurriedly smiled at the young scribe.

The young scribe was Dong Yuan, the prefect of Weiyang Prefecture, and the middle-aged scribe was Li Zhuo, the former governor of Eastern Fujian, who was known as the governor of the southeast. Although others respectfully called Dong Yuan Dong Fuzun, Li Zhuo still called him Dong Yuan's nickname in the army.

After Yue Zhiqiu, the squire of the military department, arrived in Eastern Fujian at the end of March, Li Zhuo quickly handed over the affairs of the governor of Eastern Fujian with him, and at this time he was on his way to Jiangning to take office. His chariot escort had just left Xianxia Ridge and walked slowly, and he only took a few casual clothes and light horsemen to Jiangning first, and lived in the hermitage where Gao Zongting lived. At this time, Jiang Ning knew that he had only arrived two or three people, Gao Zongting had been living in seclusion outside Jiangning City for half a year to watch the situation in Jiangning for Li Zhuo, and Dong Yuan also came to Jiangning secretly to meet him with his followers after Li Zhuo arrived in Jiangning, and the guards on the fast oars on both sides were Dong Yuan's followers.

Dong Yuan said with a smile: "In front of the commander, I am not so arrogant and ignorant. I heard about this person in Baisha County, and there was really nothing surprising at that time, he and Su Mei, the famous Ji of Jiangning, were robbed by the East China Sea Kou, and after careful debate of the file, he and Su Mei seemed to have another hidden ...... when they were saved."

"Donghai Kou raided Weiyang Mansion for the beauty of talent, it is a joke that storytellers can come up with, there is naturally another secret behind it, but it is difficult for others to know......" Gao Zongting said, when Donghai Kou attacked Baisha County to rob people, he and Dong Yuan were both in Baisha County, and later he also suggested that Dong Yuan push the Baisha County robbery to the head of the Dongting water bandits, "Xixi Pinjiangning characters, pig house maniacs are ranked last, if you think with my mind, pig house maniacs can be ranked first." ”

"It's a pity that it's someone from the Chu Party." Dong Yuan sighed.

"For the sake of the community, and when it is in crisis, we should abandon our previous suspicions and give up our views on the door." Li Zhuo said solemnly.

"The commander and others abandon their previous suspicions, but I am afraid that others will not abandon their previous suspicions with the supervisor," Dong Yuan sighed lightly, "If the things in this world can be solved with no shame, it will be much simpler; Chen Xiang is in danger in the center, will the Chu Party allow Chen Xiang to breathe a sigh of relief? ”

Li Zhuo also sighed lightly, and would not expect to convince Dong Yuan on this matter.

The light boat continued to go down the river and arrived at the river beach outside Gao Zongting's secluded house, Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting and four others went ashore, Dong Yuan was no longer stranded, he came to Jiangning and Li Zhuo's secret meeting privately, and he couldn't stay out willfully, so he took a light boat down the river and went to Weiyang. Jiangning and Weiyang are close to each other, and Gutang County on the north bank of the river used to be Baisha County of Weiyang Province.

Li Zhuo stood between the barren grass of the river embankment, looking at the rolling eastward river, a few lonely sails dotted on the green water of the Spring River, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, the north bank looked at a flat river, there were occasionally a few lonely hills, and the ups and downs of the earth could not be lined up, and he turned back to Gao Zongting and said: "Dong Wenbaozi just talked about the Donghai Kou, I am worried that the Donghai Kou is not just a mustard disease. ”

"The key is to look at the northern line, if the northern line can expel the Donghu people from Jibei, the luxury family will also be a problem of mustard. I really don't understand, why doesn't the imperial court use a commander? Gao Zongting said indignantly, "Do you really understand that in the hearts of those people, Sheji can really play like this?" Chen Xiyan is also a stealer. ”

"......" Li Zhuo looked at the river for a long time, and said leisurely, "We should do our best." He looked back in the direction of the estuary and said to Gao Zongting, "I'm bored left and right, it will take three or five days for the car escort team to come to Jiangning, maybe we can go to Dongyang Juzi to talk, maybe it's more interesting than Dong Wen's bag." ”

"It's a real thing." Gao Zongting said with a smile.

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Lin Tie was in Baisha County, and he had only seen Gao Zongting and Dong Yuan from a distance, and when he was at the mouth of the river, he was far away from the light boat that Dong Yuan and the others were riding, and he couldn't see his face clearly, until the Qianshi Sailing Boat was commanded by the big and small loach lord to sail into the riverbank wharf, and Lin Tie was still thinking about who the three scribes at the bow of the light boat were.

"It is said that this boat is good, the boat is very convenient, down the river, day and night can go to Chongzhou, is it not too late to practice in the sky, let me open my eyes......" Xiao Ji pawn shop Xiao Mi watched Lin Tie them get off the boat, and everyone came forward to congratulate.

"Then let's try it," Lin Jian readily agreed, and said, "This ship only needs sixteen crew members to operate, and the rest will be withdrawn first, and then ten military guards will be sent up, and the ship will be in order, and the drill should also have the appearance of drill......

Ge Cunxiong, the little loach fish, also went down to the dock with the extra crew, and the ten guards who were equipped with this ship went on the boat, and the big loach master Ge Cunxin and Hu Qiao and others led the sails to the sky, and trained the people standing on the dock on the vast water.

The more than 20 people on the boat are all the elites of the anti-donation fishermen who brought Jiangning from Huaishang, and there are more than 20 elites on Changshan Island among the displaced people on the north shore of Chaotiandang, and they will also be hidden on the boat as black households. At present, in addition to regular drills, the whole crew must participate in various actual combat emergency drills such as banditry, fire and strong winds and waves.

Everyone praised the speed of the ship, and if such a ship encountered bandits, not only could the guards on board take advantage of the height of the ship to unload the enemy, but the front and bottom ridges of the ship were wrapped in a circle of black iron, and on the wide water, they could even hit the thief ship with the ship's strong body, or they could raise their sails and escape with the advantage of fast sailing.

"Nephew Lin Xian, have you ever thought of giving this ship a name for good fortune?" Zhengye Tang Caidong Ye Kai asked with a smile.

"Ye Caidong is here, and I want to ask Ye Caidong to give him a name......" Lin Jian said with a smile.

"Which green onion am I, do you want to ask Mr. Zhao to give me a gift?" Ye Kai said to Zhao Qinmin.

Gu Wuchen is also really good at employing people, and he is not on guard because Zhao Qinmin was a staff member for Wang Xueshan before, and he is also relieved to use him in Hekou affairs, every time there is a private banquet in the palace, Lin Jian will also take Zhao Qinmin's escort to show his envelopment, Zhao Qinmin's son Zhao Jin is still recuperating from his injured foot, and Gu Wuchen often thinks about asking Gu Siming to bring good medicinal materials over. Ye Kai and other township parties built houses and shops in the estuary, all of which were through the hands of Zhao Qinmin, so naturally they also asked him to come.

Lin Jian also smiled at Zhao Qinmin: "Please give Mr. Zhao a name?" ”

"Then I'll trespass, if you feel bad, don't care about my face and say it directly," Zhao Qinmin arched his hand to the people around the wharf, and said with a smile, "The Dongyang Township Party gathered at the mouth of the river and united to raise its business, how about this ship be named 'Dongyang'?" ”

"Okay, good," Lin Lian said with a smile, "I also have this intention, after a few days of training, this ship will go to Dongyang to transport new tea on its maiden voyage, named 'Dongyang', but there is more than one place to agree, and the words will be painted in these two days." ”

Everyone was also satisfied with Lin Tie, and naturally they all echoed it.

Xiao Mi said flatteringly: "When the Dongyang entered the port, it felt towering, and when it sailed into the heart of the river, it really felt that it was a giant, and it was rare to see this kind of giant ship under the Lin Ji Warehouse and Qingfeng Xing, and Jiyun Society purchased three ships at a time, which is really courageous!" ”

Lin Lian squinted at the Dongyang sailboat that was sailing towards the center of the Chaotian waters, the Dongyang was not loaded, only the side of the ship was three or four feet high, and there were two cabins at the stern, plus the wooden female wall on the top floor, almost three zhang high, and the three masts were full of sails, as high as ten zhang.

Lin Jian smiled faintly, in his eyes, such a sailboat was still too small. The Dongyang has a calculated displacement of only more than 100 tons, carrying more than 1,000 stones, not to mention compared with the giant ships with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons or hundreds of thousands of tons in later generations, even if the Longjiang Shipyard has built an eight-masted giant ship with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons in the past.

If you consider water warfare, the formation of four vehicles and warships on the Dongyang and Prison Island does not have to be afraid of small groups of river bandits even if they are not equipped with special combat equipment in the chaotiandang.

On the riverbank wharf, he watched the Dongyang drill with great interest, and when it was getting late, Lin Jian feasted the Dongyang Township Party in the thatched cottage at the mouth of the river, and then sent everyone back to the city.

In the next few days, Lin Jian either watched the Dongyang train in Chaotiandang on the river bank, or personally boarded the ship to watch the training, and after the third day, he still couldn't wait to try to make four chariots and warships full of newly formed soldiers to train with the Dongyang formation in Chaotiandang.

The sky was getting late, the sunset was paving the river, Lin Tie made the Dongyang continue to train in the sky, he changed the boat and came ashore from the river embankment wharf, and saw two of the three scribes in the bow of the light boat a few days ago standing on the river embankment wharf and looking at the Dongyang in the sky.

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PS: Ask for a red ticket.