Since the Wu family decided to spend money to buy peace, they sent people to cross the river to Linzhou to inquire about the rumors, if Chen Mo really went down to Jiangdong to fight them, they could pay in advance to eliminate the disaster.

Therefore, although Chen Mo's construction of the shipyard was carried out in secret, it could not escape the eyes and ears of people with a heart, and the Wu family had been operating in Jiangdong for thousands of years, so they naturally had their own people in the north of Linzhou.

Knowing that the other party was building ships and building docks during this time, he was frightened, and immediately returned to Jiangdong to tell the owner of the house.

In order to determine the truth of the news, Wu Yanqing, the head of the family, sent his son Wu Changlin to investigate in person.

Early in the morning, Wu Changlin led people to the north of Linzhou, near the Tianjiang River, the county seat called Qiantang.

Qiantang is a small county, there are no famous scholars in the city, and there are no places of interest, because by the river, there are few fields, and the people in the city are living by fishing, so Qiantang is a little poor compared to other counties in Linzhou.

Without money, the yamen naturally would not spend money to build a dock, only a small wharf built by the people on their own initiative for fishing boats to dock.

The water level at the pier is not deep, and once a ship of size and draft docks, it will immediately run aground.

In fact, when he was young, his family had a relationship and let Wu Changlin serve as the Qiantang County Commander for a period of time, but at that time he was young and vigorous, and this petty official was a little unsuitable for him, and it was not interesting for him to be a good one.

Therefore, he dropped a letter of resignation, shook his hand and left, and the official did not want it.

The small county order that ordinary people can't afford to struggle all their lives can be discarded casually for nobles.

He hasn't been to Qiantang for more than ten years, but Wu Changlin is still somewhat familiar with this small county town in his memory.

He led his men and servants to the place of his memory, which was a tavern a dozen years ago, but now it has become an herbal tea stall.

Wu Changlin asked his subordinates to hand a piece of silver to the vendor of the herbal tea stall, and borrowed his place to sit down and rest.

The servants rushed up, laying the carpet and laying the carpet, moving the case, and taking the food box, if the situation did not allow it, there would still be a beautiful woman holding the pipa and humming a little song.

This location environment is good, close to the riverside, but the economy of Qiantang County is sluggish, and the cost of wine is relatively high, so the price of selling is also high, and it is easy to make ends meet if you sell, so the previous tavern was not opened.

In the case of herbal tea stalls, the shops are small and the cost is not high, and recently many people have come to the riverside, and the vendors have made some money.

The trader watched Wu Changlin staring at the dock not far away, and said, "I don't know what the government thinks, there are not many people in Qiantang, why build such an open dock." ”

The vendor quickly brought a bowl of herbal tea and put it in front of Wu Changlin.

As for the trader, he didn't know that Qiantang County had recently built a new shipyard.

A small country shop, the food is coarse, and even a little unsightly.

Wu Changlin glanced at it, and didn't even have the idea of holding it up.

At this moment, the servant next to him had already set up a fire rack, put the heavenly spring water from the deep pool of Jiangdong into the pot, and boiled the sour plum soup.

There was even a cook among the servants, who took out the food from the food box and cooked for Wu Changlin on the spot.

The vendor looked at Wu Changlin dumbfounded.

Where did this noble man come from, with such a big pomp and circumstance, and came out with a cook, a pot, and food.

The county magistrate didn't have this pomp.

Wu Changlin didn't pay attention to the vendor's words, but looked at the dock not far away.

After Chen Mo occupied Linzhou, he was known as 100,000 soldiers and horses, sharpening his sword, and from the perspective of Linzhou, Huaizhou was entered, and Jiangdong was retreated.

And Chen Mo signed a non-aggression pact with King Huai before, and now he is building a dock in Qiantang County, which is-for-tat, so that Wu Changlin is cold.

He said casually: "The government is building a dock, I'm afraid it is to build a ship, there are mountains on both sides of the river here, and the location is narrow, but it is an excellent outlet." ”

"The noble man is discerning, and he can see it at a glance." Seeing that the identity of the person who came was extraordinary, the merchant patted his ass and said with a smile: "It's a pity that the water is shallow and there are few fish, and those merchant ships that go to Jiangdong and Jiangnan will not come here."

Recently, when the government government was building a dock, a lot of river mud was dug up, and it was almost piled up into a hill. ”

After speaking, he asked tentatively: "Are you here to play?" ”

"Hmm."

Wu Changlin replied casually and lost interest, thinking about things to himself.

Can't wait any longer.

If you wait for Chen Mo to get everything ready, even if you spend money, you won't be able to buy Taiping.

"It's time to meet with this Pingting County Marquis"

Wu Changlin muttered in his heart, at this time, the sour plum soup had been cooked, and the servant handed it to Wu Changlin.

Wu Changlin held it in his hand, and the sour plum soup, which was still steaming, cooled down instantly, and in this scorching hot weather, there was still a little frost at the bottom of the bowl.

He took a sip of sour plum soup and spit it out casually: "Today's sour plum soup, why is it so sour." ”

By this time it was already June.

……

When he left Linzhou, Chen Mo did a lot of things, first went to meet the new sailors recruited in Linzhou, that is, the newly formed Fish Scale Guard.

At present, a total of more than 2,000 people have been recruited, and Nangong Wen has very strict requirements for soldiers, and knowing how to be water is the foundation.

If you don't know how to water, you will be eliminated in the first round.

Well, in order to show his importance to the Nangong family, Chen Mo asked Nangong Wen to be the captain of the fish scale guard, but arranged Liu Ze as his deputy.

After that, I went to the barracks to see the newly recruited trap guards.

There are a total of 5,000 guards in Linzhou, and Wei Qing is in charge, with Hu Qiang as his deputy.

When Chen Mo gave this order, there were still some whispers in Shen Yongwei, thinking that Hu Qiang was also an old man in the army, and he followed Chen Mo when he was in Fuze Village, and he was the first batch of people to follow Chen Mo.

Now it's not as mixed as these latecomers.

Of course, this is not only in Hu Qiang's matter, but also Cui Shuang, Sun Meng, and Liu Ze, all of whom have greater rights than Zhang He, Han Wu, Hu Qiang, and even the captive generals Shao Jinneng, Wen Heng and others, whose status is also rising.

And these old people, although they have all been promoted to lieutenants in the military and enjoy the benefits of captains, the rights in their hands are shrinking little by little.

For example, Zhang He, Han Wu, and Hu Qiang were all responsible for managing Shen Yongwei before, but now they are gradually retreating.

These whispers naturally reached Chen Mo's ears through the preliminarily established supervision guard.

For this, Chen Mo didn't want to either.

The ability of old people like Han Wu and Hu Qiang is already somewhat unable to keep up with the development of the army, and the ability here refers to management.

When the number of people was small, Han Wu and Hu Qiang were okay.

But when there are more people, and they are in charge of thousands or even thousands, they are a little at a loss.

In addition, it may be that they have never read since they were children, even if Chen Mo forcibly makes them read and write to improve themselves, they can't learn at all.

Hu Qiang alone, Ling Li had told Chen Mo twice, saying that Hu Qiang had been sleepy several times in class and was in a fugue.

If it weren't for Chen Mo seeing that he had recently become a martial artist, this deputy would not have been arranged for him.

The so-called progress of the times, if it can't keep up, it is destined to be eliminated.

Although this was very cruel to those old men in the army, since Chen Mo disposed of Zhang He, he had adapted to it.

There is a good saying, a soft-hearted person is not fit to be in power.

And the higher you stand, the more your mind will become thin and cold.

After that, Chen Mo went to the Shenwu Guard Camp in Linzhou, in the military tent, Chen Mo's right index finger lightly tapped twice on the long case in front of him, and Cui Shuang and other generals below held their breath and listened solemnly.

"Over there in Qiantang, transfer a thousand people over first, specifically those people will go first, Cui Shuang, you are in charge." Chen Mo said.

"No."

At present, the Shenwuwei on the Linzhou side is in charge of Cui Shuang.

Chen Mo said again: "There has been no war for more than half a year, but the training cannot be left behind, after returning to Yuzhou this time, I will issue a document, today next year, I will hold an all-army drill in Yuzhou, and the people of the five guards must be present, and the martial arts will be examined at that time, and let me see the results of your training during this time." ”

"No."

Cui Shuang's heart sank when he heard this, and he silently thought about the first batch of candidates.

In the end, Chen Mo found Zuo Lianglun to discuss and gave him a talisman, but he could temporarily transfer the Shen Yongwei in Linzhou and let him pay attention to some Qiantang and the fish scale guard.

Attention is attached, and there is no less vigilance.

If the fish scale guard and the warship that were built with so much effort were all taken away by Nangong Wen, Chen Mo would have nowhere to cry.

Before being in a certain position, Chen Mo complained a lot about some imperial mental skills, checks and balances left and right, and being wary of his surroundings, so he couldn't trust a person without reservation, but after reaching this position, Chen Mo's thoughts changed.

All this is necessary.

For example, Cao Cao, is he naturally suspicious?

I don't think so, it's all caused by some acquired factors.

"Xia Guan understands." Zuo Lianglun bowed his head and bowed his hand, and then talked to Chen Mo about the affairs of Linzhou.

"Master Hou, affected by the war, there are some displaced people in Huaizhou who fled to our Linzhou by boat, should we drive them out." Zuo Lianglun said.

When Chen Mo heard about this, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

At the beginning of April, the Tianshi Army sent troops to attack Qinxian.

Although it was to take the county again, but the casualties were very large, to the back, the Tianshi army entered the territory of Yuzhou, has been defeated, but at the end of May, the situation has reversed, the Huai army has been defeated and retreated.

"These homeless people have been investigated, are there any spies of those forces?" Chen Mo asked.

Zuo Lianglun said: "Back to the Hou Ye, I have checked it, and the foundation is clean." ”

"Then what do you mean, what do you want to do with these homeless people?"

"The lower officials will send people to collect it, limited to 1,000 households, isn't the trap guard recruiting new recruits now, and you can let the trap guard pick people. After taking it back, register and make a register, and it is the recruit of the trap guard. However, according to the military household system of the Hou Ye, these household registrations will be turned into military households, and after giving them land, they will naturally be resettled. ”

Saying that, Zuo Lianglun breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "As for those who are not selected, you can implement the Qingyang New Law (Qingmiao Law) promulgated by Master Hou, so that they can settle down in Linzhou and resume production quickly." ”

(End of chapter)