After finishing the flowing water banquet in his hometown, Lin Daguan and the people were ready to go to Mudu Port to take charge.

Gao Changjiang also wanted to follow Lin Tailai to Mudu Port, but Lin Tailai refused, and sent him back to Nanhao Street.

Gao Changjiang said dissatisfiedly: "The affairs of the municipal management office are trivial, not interesting, how can there be tax customs or projects are vigorous and magnificent." ”

Lin Tailai instructed: "Your most important task at present is to go to the city to publicize Zhang Siwei's residual poison, even if it is not a household name, it must be known to passers-by." ”

Gao Changjiang suddenly felt that he had nothing to love, and he worked hard for half a year, but his work was still rumor-mongering.

When the rumors of the old alliance leader were spread at the beginning, they were still justified, but now they say that this "Zhang Siwei residual poison" is simply coming out of his mouth, and he doesn't need any evidence.

Also, whose main job is to spread rumors? It's overkill!

After Lin Daguan assigned various tasks such as spreading rumors, contracting projects, and collecting money and grain, he plunged headlong into tax and customs affairs.

In the three months after the opening of the Mudu Port, the progress of tax and silver collection was slow, and if the annual task of five thousand taels could not be completed, Lin Daguan would not be able to explain to the tax envoy Wang Zhidu.

For the Xincheng Wang family in the capital of the king, Lin Daguan is thinking about doing long-term, this is not a question of money or not, of course, he must help the capital of the king to brush up his political achievements.

At present, the performance of the stage is not ideal, mainly because after the switch, various systems are being created and explored, but Lin Daguan, the only person who can make decisions, is always absent, so the tax work is particularly loose and there are no certain rules.

Up to now, Lin Daguan has no choice but to personally pay close attention to the tax customs business and vigorously urge the tax customs to get on the right track as soon as possible.

For the next month or so, that is, in the entire November, Lin Daguan did not go anywhere, and honestly sat on duty in Mudu Port.

For Lin Daguan, who has been running around all year and fighting in the south and north, this month can be regarded as a very stable one.

In addition to busy official business, leisure time is also used to create people, and the two "Niangniang" jokingly called within the club are also trying their best to cater to them.

Gao Changjiang's previous admonition was correct, in order to stabilize the hearts of the community, there must be a successor.

After all, the community is different from the family, the children of the rivers and lakes are not informal, they don't have to pay too much attention to etiquette, they should be born, as long as the community is recognized internally.

The traverser also has to follow the customs, it is impossible to shock the world, and Lin Daguan has little time, and he will definitely not be able to settle down after the beginning of spring next year.

In this month or so, even the most important winter solstice festival, Lin Daguan was spent in Mudu Port.

In the era of agricultural society, the Winter Solstice Festival is a particularly important festival, and in Suzhou customs, the Winter Solstice Festival is especially important, no less than the Spring Festival.

The time has come to December, and the thirteenth year of Wanli is about to pass.

A lot of things have happened in the officialdom of Suzhou City recently, and on the surface, it has nothing to do with Lin Daguan, who is "far away" in Mudu Port, 20 miles away.

But in the hearts of people who know the line, all the piles and piles are inextricably linked with Lin Daguan.

The most shocking thing was that after the impeachment of Governor Zhao, Governor Zhu was suddenly removed from his post and reappointed after entering Beijing for investigation.

In the popular words of the streets, it is Zhang Siwei's biggest minions in Suzhou City who have been expelled.

Now everyone in the city knows that Zhang Siwei's biggest residual poison is a big king in one government, one county.

One house is the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, one county is the prefect of Wu County, and one king is the Dongshan Wang's family.

The name of this group is very simple and easy to remember, impressive and unforgettable, and was created and disseminated by Gao Changjiang.

It has to be said that Gao Changjiang has continued to grow in his propaganda work, and the trend of progress is still very gratifying.

It has progressed from being completely dependent on sitting in the library to being able to create itself to a certain extent.

Now that the province has been removed, I don't know what the future of one county and one king will be.

Another major event was that Governor Zhao petitioned the imperial court to exempt the Suzhou Prefecture from arrears of money and grain for nearly ten years, and the imperial court approved it.

This is a virtuous policy praised by all the people, and it has dissipated a lot of resentment against the tax storm.

The idea was Lin Tailai, but Lin Tailai couldn't stand in the foreground, he knew very well that this was the glory that belonged to Governor Zhao.

Another thing, on this day, Gao Changjiang came to Mudu Port from Suzhou City, and brought a letter from Yuan Hongdao, the magistrate of Changzhou County.

If someone in Suzhou wrote a letter to Lin Tailai, it was usually sent to Shijia Lane, Nanhao Street, and then forwarded by Gao Changjiang.

Gao Changjiang reported: "I heard that Yuan Xianzun is going to inspect the construction site, and it is estimated that this letter is an invitation to you to go with you." ”

Changzhou County started the dredging project of the ancient Sanjiang estuary at the southernmost part of the county border, that is, near Wujiang County.

The first phase of the project is about 10 miles, and it adopts a different contracting method from the previous government, supervision and private office, and is contracted by the second team of Lin's Engineering.

It has only been a month of construction, and Yuan Hongdao, the county magistrate, can't wait to inspect it, and to engrave a monument.

Faced with Yuan Zhixian's invitation, Lin Tailai refused and said, "You attend in my place, and I won't go in person."

After all, it is Yuan Xianzun's stage, so I don't want to take the lead. ”

Gao Changjiang thought so, he had been dealing with the museum for so long, and he knew the situation very well.

In his own house, he has a passive talent of "stealing the limelight".

There is often a situation where there is no subjective consciousness, but it still automatically steals the limelight.

In order to avoid this situation, it is better not to go, after all, Yuan Xianzun is a friendly army.

Then Gao Changjiang said: "In addition, I sat in the museum and asked me to inquire about the situation of Canglang Pavilion in detail, and now I have found out. ”

During this time, Lin Daguan's life was very boring, and he finally heard something that could arouse his great interest.

As a character who can make the city of Suzhou shake three times with a stomp, he doesn't even have a formal mansion, it's a joke.

But Lin Daguan is also a particular person, unwilling to be resigned to the ordinary, and the Canglang Pavilion that does not belong to private ownership is the target of Lin Daguan's coveting.

"Say it! What's going on? Lin Tailai urged.

Gao Changjiang continued: "This Canglang Pavilion is located in the south of the city, and the entire garden covers an area of less than 20 acres."

Hearing this, Lin Daguan immediately frowned, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Such a famous garden, it turns out to be so small? How is it only twenty acres? ”

Gao Changjiang was speechless, now Canglang Pavilion is not an industry to sit in the museum, what qualifications do you have to dislike the small?

Lin Tailai compared: "Among these gardens in the city, not to mention the 200 acres of the Humble Administrator's Garden, even the old garden has 80 acres!" ”

Gao Changjiang persuaded: "It's really not small, a garden of twenty acres is in Suzhou City, and it can be regarded as medium-sized."

What's more, there is also a historical bonus, and this area is more than enough to match your status. ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Changjiang didn't understand, what was he trying to persuade? Persuade the sitting hall to be clever and down-to-earth?

Lin Tailai sighed: "I have to look at the problem from the perspective of development, what if in a few years, twenty acres will not match my status?" ”

Gao Changjiang turned around and left, if he couldn't look down on Canglang Pavilion in the museum, then he would report a fart.

Lin Tailai hurriedly held down Gao Changjiang, "It's all here, you finish talking first!" ”

Gao Changjiang couldn't move, and continued to report helplessly:

"Previously, the Canglang Pavilion had been abandoned for a long time, and it was not until the Jiajing Dynasty that the monks of the next Dayun Nunnery raised funds to rebuild the Canglang Pavilion.

So since then, Canglang Pavilion has been under the management of Dayunan.

Today's Canglang Pavilion is actually an attached garden of Dayun Nunnery, which can be regarded as a part of the entire Dayun Nunnery. ”

Lin Tailai couldn't help but sigh and said: "These monks are really rich, a garden of twenty acres, and it will be repaired if it is said to be rebuilt."

Isn't it a bit of a waste for such a historical-level garden to fall into the hands of a group of monks? ”

Then Gao Changjiang reminded: "Dayun Nunnery is not just an ordinary temple, it has a lot of friends with Suzhou literati and has contacts with many celebrities.

For example, when Dayun Nunnery rebuilt the Canglang Pavilion, it was to invite a generation of famous people to write an article to commemorate it. ”

What kind of celebrity is not a celebrity, Lin Tailai is not a bird at all, but asked: "What did Yuan Xianzun of Changzhou say?" ”

The dividing line between Wu County and Changzhou County is Wolong Street, and Canglang Pavilion is on the east side of Wolong Street, so it is under the jurisdiction of Changzhou County.

What Lin Tailai meant was that Yuan Xianzun could help him and take the place.

Gao Changjiang replied: "Yuan County cherishes feathers and is unwilling to bear notoriety for no reason. ”

Lin Tailai nodded, which was all expected.

Yuan Hongdao is a celebrity who advocates Buddhism, and Yuan Hongdao's own religious outlook is more inclined to Buddhism, so it is really a bit difficult for him to attack the temple.

Lin Tailai then instructed: "When I finish the tax affairs at the end of the year, I will go into the city to see with my own eyes, and then I will make plans." ”

Gao Changjiang thought of other things, "Your eldest brother also asked me to talk, the city gate is almost completed, when will you take a look?" ”

Lin Tailai replied: "In half a month, I will go to the city and watch it together." ”

After another half a month, it was late December, the real end of the year.

At this time, most of the yamen will be sealed, stop working, and prepare for the New Year.

Although the customs will not stop collecting taxes, other official duties have also been suspended.

So after a lapse of nearly two months, the two "Niangniang", who are mainly also in the arms race, both reported good news, and Lin Daguan finally had a leisurely time, got out of the Mudu Port Tax Customs, and went to Suzhou City to inspect.

Taking the restored Shenwei Lieshui No., Lin Daguan returned to Nanhao Street first.

He first sat down in the renewal academy and joined up with the eldest brother Lin Shilai.

Then I walked more than a mile north along Nanhao Street and came to the Xinchengmen construction site.

From afar, you can see a large group of idlers standing there pointing and pointing, and a new city gate that can greatly improve traffic is still very attractive, enough to become the hottest topic of conversation.

In the whole city of Suzhou, the most prosperous place is the northwest part, and the most congested place is also the northwest part.

If all the new city gates with land and water are successfully built, it can double the waterway traffic capacity between the inside and outside of the city, and more than half of the land road traffic capacity.

More intuitively, if you go in and out of the city by boat, the time spent blocking the city gate can be reduced by at least half.

The wolf-like subordinates parted the crowd and let Lin Tailai walk into the moat and carefully examine the new city gate on the other side of the moat.

Boss Lin proudly introduced: "At the peak, more than 7,000 craftsmen were mobilized at the same time, hurry up and hurry, and finally according to your requirements, Lumen can be completed before the end of the year."

I dare to say that our new city gate is more majestic than Lao Changmen!

Now there is an inscription missing, what do you say the city gate should be called? Isn't Lin Men too high-profile? ”

Lin Tailai said casually: "Regarding the name of the city gate, shouldn't it be something that the magistrate considers?" ”

Boss Lin directly said Wu County's biggest secret: "Deng Xianzun is just an ornament, and in the end, he didn't listen to the fourth brother?" ”

Lin Tailai walked to the bridge in front of him again, and glanced at the new city gate a few times, and he was used to seeing high-rise buildings in later generations, and he didn't feel how majestic.

If you look closely, you can see the problem again.

It stands to reason that when you look into the city through the opening of the gate, you should see the streets.

But now when I look through the doorway of the new city gate, I can't see anything, it's black, as if the doorway is blocked.

Lin Tailai pointed to the door hole and said with a smile: "Still not working?" ”

Boss Lin said helplessly: "The city is blocked by the courtyard wall of Wang Jiayi's old garden, and they refuse to tear it down, of course it won't work."

And you said that you should only repair the city gate first, and not the king's house, so it became like this.

Now there is still a situation, if the royal garden is not demolished, the waterway will not be opened, and the water gate of the new city gate will not be able to talk about. ”

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "Lin Jieyuan! Could it be that building a city gate is just a way to go? ”

Lin Tailai's cultivation gradually improved, and he ignored those boring people, and entered the city from Xumen again, and went around to the other side of the new city gate.

As a result, he couldn't walk near the new city gate at all, and was tightly blocked by the Wang family's Yi Lao Garden.

Boss Lin asked vigorously: "Could it be that the workers have been working for 100 days and forcibly demolishing the garden, is it today?"

Gather those craftsmen who have not dispersed yet, and this piece can be demolished in a blink of an eye, so that the Wang family can't react! ”

Lin Tailai shook his head and said, "We don't need to do it, when the time comes, this garden will naturally fall." ”

At this time, the gate of Yi Lao Garden suddenly sounded the sound of dense firecrackers.

There are slaves of the Wang family who carry a basket of copper coins out and sprinkle happy money for the passing crowd.

It turned out that the imperial court rewarded the old ministers a few years ago, and Wang Youren, the head of the Wang family, the eldest grandson of Wang Weiyan, and the former Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, also received the grace of the imperial court and was given the three-grade treatment.

Lin Daguan also stepped forward to join in the fun, but he stood at the gate, like a hornet's nest, and a large group of armed domestic slaves escorted Wang Yusheng out.

Lin Tailai pointed to the new city gate and said: "The city gate has been built, and the prefect who protected you is also gone, and your Wang family still refuses to make it convenient?" ”

Wang Yusheng is still proud, "The official of flowing water, a century-old family!" Even the imperial court will remember our royal family!

How can you understand a nouveau riche? What if you can expel a prefect? How can our royal family be afraid of you? ”

Lin Tailai shook his head and said: "You are wrong, history is written by the people, and any family is false."

I advise you to do it yourself, and tear down the garden that obstructs the city gate before the Spring Festival, otherwise you will bear the consequences. ”

Wang Yusheng said ruthlessly: "If you dare to move the Yi Lao Garden, one brick and one tile, our Wang family will dare to fight the lawsuit to the capital!"

Even if it is Shen Ge Lao in person, it is impossible to favor you! ”

Lin Tailai smiled "haha", "Do you think you will still have a chance to fight a lawsuit?"

Don't be unpredictable! When you regret it, don't say it's rude! ”

If you continue to overdo it, you should be able to conceive the plot of the next stage tomorrow.

(End of chapter)