"It has long been a practice to pay for raising the army by yourself," Lin Sheng has already decided to develop in the army for a long time, so he has a clear understanding of these doors, "Our Northeast Army has calculated, in addition to the silver given by the household department, His Majesty will save some money from the private treasury every year, and then we have our own cultivated fields, there is no military salary, but it is not difficult to eat a full stomach." With-Dream- . lā”

"But in addition to these, the soldiers also have to support their families, and there are pensions, and there are no more, so they must always give some meaning and give the fallen soldiers a home. Therefore, every army is doing business in private, and our border army is located on the border, which is not as good as Cui's army in the Central Plains, and the most profitable business is smuggling. ”

Those businesses are all under the names of General Xu and General Su, but everyone knows that it belongs to the Northeast Army, but the two generals share more.

When the Northeast Army was still the Lin Family's Army, Lin Ying also did business privately with the merchants of the Chu State.

"So," Lin Sheng looked at them and said, "If my aunt starts with smuggling, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything to Zhao Jie." ”

When things come out, I am afraid that all the border generals will be implicated, and these things are only left on the bright side, and the emperor has always turned a blind eye and let it go.

Xu Jun also lowered his voice and said: "So my aunt and grandmother asked us not to startle the snake, what she wants is evidence of the Zhao family's collaboration with the enemy and treason." ”

At this time, Lin Sheng was taken aback, "The Zhao family collaborated with the enemy and treasoned?" ”

Lin Xin was also taken aback, the two of them didn't think that Lin Qingwan would slander them for such a big crime in order to bring down the Zhao family, this is a big crime of extermination!

So it can only be true!

At this time, Lin Xin and Lin Sheng's faces were ugly, collaborating with the enemy and treason was the most intolerable crime for them, not to mention the Liao State.

You must know that the Liao people have a great enmity with the Lin family.

Thinking that the Zhao family had been faintly targeting his aunt, Lin Xin pursed his mouth, "How much evidence does my aunt have now?" ”

"No," Xu Jun said: "We have been investigating since the assassination of my aunt and grandmother and eldest lady last year, although there are some clues, but they are not enough as evidence." That's why we paid so much attention to finding out that they were smuggling Liaoguo this time, thinking that maybe we could receive some goods this time. ”

But this time no evidence was found, but it was exposed, which made the other party vigilant.

Lin Xin frowned, thought for a while, and said: "I'm looking for my comrades to help, hmph, how can I say that this is also the territory of the Northeast Army, but it is impossible for the Zhao family to completely hide everyone's ears and eyes." ”

Lin Sheng nodded thoughtfully, he naturally wouldn't notice it when he didn't check, but there would always be traces when he checked.

"And where do you stay?" Lin Xin asked Xu Jun.

Xu Jun bowed his head and said, "I always have to find out something before I can go back to see my aunt and grandmother." ”

Xu Jun and Jiang Qian stayed here, it would be more convenient for Lin Xin to act, the management of the Northeast Army was still quite strict, and he couldn't go out every day, so some things were not easy to do.

Xu Jun and Jiang Qian stayed here, and the matter would be investigated faster.

And it was only at this time that Xu Jun and Jiang Qian knew how difficult Lin Xin was living in Dingzhou.

It's not that he's being bullied, it's that he lives under the knife almost every day.

As the weather gets colder and colder, the frequency of Liao harassment is getting higher and higher, and the border between the two countries is very long, almost this side can't be guarded against that, Lin Xin will almost meet the Liao people who fight the grass valley every other day.

Every encounter is a life-and-death contest, with no eyes for swords and guns, not to mention stray arrows, this day is worse than our group of guards.

As the guard of the Lin family, although sometimes he also needs to work hard, there are really too few times like this.

So fame is not so easy to earn.

Xu Jun and Jiang Qian both glanced at Lin Sheng sympathetically.

Lin Sheng rolled his eyes at the two of them, "I don't need your sympathy, the benefits of it can't be experienced by you kids who are greedy for comfort." ”

Xu Jun: "I would like not to experience it for the rest of my life." ”

Jiang Qian nodded approvingly, he didn't want to understand it.

Lin Sheng stuffed the letter in his hand directly into their arms, turned around and left, "Send it according to the address, and they will hand over the things they found to you." ”

Although they are brothers who grew up together, it's sad to watch, so don't look at it.

Just when they finally found some traces, the reading building in Suzhou was finally renovated, Lin Qingwan touched the bookshelf that had just moved in, and said with a slight smile: "Prepare to move the books in, the plaque given by His Majesty is already on the way, strive to move all the books in before it arrives." ”

"But Grandma, the books we print now can only fill the first floor."

"It's okay, I'll add it later," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Add a few books every day, and the second floor will be full at the beginning of spring next year. ”

Lin Qingwan said proudly: "Our goal is to make Suzhou a holy place for people from all over the world to learn. ”

That's right, it's a person who learns, whether he is a scholar or not, as long as he wants to read and learn art, he can come here.

Lin Qingwan now puts in the reading building not only the books used in the imperial examination and the extracurricular books that increase experience, but also the technical books of all walks of life, which are all in the collection of various families, and it is difficult to buy them in the bookstore.

She hopes that not only the scholars who want to participate in the imperial examination will come here to read, but also doctors, carpenters, blacksmiths, and even embroiderers and weavers......

Lin An didn't know what Lin Qingwan was thinking, but he felt that the book had only been printed for a short time and was too eager to open, so it was better to close the door first, wait for the book to be printed, and then choose an auspicious day for the zodiac to open well.

Lin Qingwan said: "The Reading Building is not to open its doors to do business, you look at the scholars who can't wander outside, they have been waiting for a long time, why bother with their appetite?" ”

"Let's open it first," Lin Qingwan said, "Everyone is frantic this year, and it's just this thing to make everyone happy." ”

"The little one is going to choose an auspicious day?"

Lin Qingwan bowed, "The plaque will probably arrive the day after tomorrow, don't choose too late." ”

Lin An should go down.

This very remote and deserted street is not lonely and deserted at all now, and a two-storey building has been built on the ground bought by Lin Qingwan on both sides, and it is still being renovated inside, but every day there are scholars who come here to take a look at the reading building.

Thoughtful and nimble residents have converted their front yards into teahouses or restaurants that can serve guests, and although the flow of people is still small, they also have a business, which is more or less income.

Finally, some businessmen saw the business opportunities here, and surrounded the reading building, and the nearby vacant land and empty houses were successively bought and converted into shops.

There are also vendors who sell some food every day, and the reading building has not yet opened, but this street has become popular one after another.

Not only because of the credibility that Lin Qingwan has always shown, but also because it was given by His Majesty.

Although most of the readers are still skeptical, they still have some hope in their hearts for this reading building, and if there is really a place for them to read any books, how happy it would be.

Especially those poor students who don't have more money to buy books, so they can only cheekily go to the bookstore to read books, although the bookstore will not drive people away, but the faces of the shopkeeper and the guys will not look good.

It's also not good for them to be cheeky and don't buy anything all the time, so they occasionally pay for two books.

But if the reading building can be opened, as Lord Lin and His Majesty said, everyone who learns is allowed to go in and read books for free, then they don't have to worry about looking at other people's faces.

Therefore, from the time I knew that the reading building had been built and the renovation began, there were scholars who came to see the situation every day.

At first, it was some eager students from poor families to come, but later more and more people received the news, and the children of rich families would also come here to take a look, while being curious, they were also looking forward to the opening of the reading building.

This is when the business on this street began to gain popularity.

Lin An asked for a good day, the ninth day of October, exactly three days later.

After setting the date, Lin An asked people to post announcements everywhere, except for the reading building and the notice office of the west city gate, he also made people post other city gates, and even spent money to invite some children to advertise the streets and alleys.

Make sure everyone in Suzhou City gets the news.

Lin Qingwan was very satisfied with this, and began to move the books into the reading building with others and put them on the shelves in different categories.

This is not something that ordinary people can do, because they have to be literate.

The books are arranged according to the categories and the paintings of the first word, first divided into categories, and then counted as paintings, and the books brought over are directly moved from the Lin Bookstore, and the people in the bookstore only print the books, and if they don't help arrange the sequence, the workload will be too great.

So Lin Qingwan went to Fuxue and Lu's family to ask for someone.

Zhou Tingshi gave an order, and Fuxue took a three-day vacation, and the students were all ordered to come to arrange, and even the gentleman of Fuxue also rolled up his sleeves to help.

On the Lu family's side, Lu Su personally led the students to come, and in addition, he also let the literate juniors of the clan come.

Shi Xian and Shi Hui naturally did not lag behind, and they also led the female students to come.

Lin Run also brought the descendants of the Lin family, boxes of books were transported from the Lin Bookstore, and when they were moved, Lin Qingwan gathered the people together and explained the classification method in detail, and demonstrated it in person, which made everyone start to act.

It happened that there were scholars walking outside, and when they saw that the reading building was so lively, they came up and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Set up the book." A student at Fuxue took the time to answer while burying his head in a book.

The scholar looked at it for a while, vaguely understood, and asked in a low voice, "Do you need my help?" ”

The student of Fuxue was stunned for a moment, looked up at him, and saw that there were several scholars standing behind him who were watching, so he got up and pointed at Lin Qingwan inside, "Why don't you go and ask Lord Lin?" We were also called in to help. ”

The scholar hesitated, but still mustered up the courage to walk into the reading building.

Lin Qingwan was burying her head in the books, putting the same type together, and they took them again to find the corresponding bookshelf.

So when a shadow was cast overhead, she waved her hand without raising her head: "Stand sideways, block the light." ”

The figure moved to the side, and a voice asked, "County Lord, do you still need help here?" ”

Lin Qingwan raised her head when she heard this, her face was a little familiar, and she thought about it carefully, isn't it the scholar who has been hanging outside the reading building for the past few days?

She smiled, "Of course you need to, are you the only one?" ”