He Yuanzi mouth, the river course is inclined to the southwest corner, and the west bank of the river mouth and the riverbank are sandwiched together to form a sharp-angled platform that is slightly higher than the surrounding area, about 300 mu. Jiyun Society has been buying down the land rights of these 300 mu over time. Three hundred mu are not big or small, surrounded by about 1,300 steps, except for the Jiangbin Wharf and the Zhudi Wharf, the platform is surrounded by a fence made of mixed bamboo branches and willow strips.

  It has been more than half a month since the willow branches were inserted, and with the spring breeze, they have sprouted roots and buds. From afar, the entire area is covered in green, clearly separating the platform from the outside world.

  The buildings in the yard are still limited, and there is a large courtyard house composed of nearly forty independent houses at the west corner near the river embankment. Such a courtyard house occupies about fifteen or sixteen acres of land, with high and thick outer walls. Except for the four corner towers that exceed the outer wall, Zhao Qinmin and Lin Fu stood on the high ground on this side of the bamboo dock, and they couldn't see the situation inside the courtyard house at all.

  Listening to the whistle warning, Ge Fu, Wu Yanqing, Zhao Shuhan, and Ge Siyu did not go to the prison island to hide. They followed Zhao Qinmin and Lin Zhe onto the shore, walking to this high ground. However, their view was blocked by a grove of poplar trees in the southwest corner, so they only saw birds flying up in the southwest direction, but didn't know how many people were charging towards them from that side.

  Listening to the continuous ringing of the whistle, Zhao Qinmin's heart was in a flurry, but Lin Xizhen stood calmly on this side of the high ground, and he could only hold back his anxious mood and look around.

  He knew that on the west side of the large courtyard, which blocked his view, another courtyard of similar size was being built halfway through. There were also grass houses and dozens of thatched cottages, as well as earthen warehouses for storing goods. And then there was the Bamboo Hall by the river mouth, which had just begun to take shape - the Bamboo Hall was a standalone building, and Zhao Qinmin stood on the high ground of the bamboo dock, looking at the entire semi-circular Bamboo Hall, which occupied about two mu of land, making it hard to imagine that such a large-scale building could be built with only bamboo.

  Apart from these buildings, most of the land within the enclosure is still empty. This is not surprising, Lin Xie has been in charge of the prison for only two months or so, and during this time, there was a refugee massacre at the river mouth, and Ji Yun She mainly focused on excavating the river embankment wharf, being able to achieve such a scene in such a short period of time is already astonishingly efficient.

  On the one hand, it shows that Lin Xie and Ji Yun She had made a lot of preparations in advance for the He Kou Di plan; on the other hand, it shows that the financial support behind Ji Yun She is sufficient, and Ji Yun She is not just an empty shell as rumored by outsiders. On the other hand, it also shows that Ji Yun She's organization in this place is extremely efficient, whether it is material supply, personnel organization, or construction work, all are very efficient.

  Zhao Qinmin had been serving as a staff member under Wang Xueshan for eight years. Even though he was feeling anxious at this time, his basic eyesight had not been lost. He thought that the people in Jiangning City were narrow-minded and thought that Lin Xie was just a arrogant and overbearing madman who had risen to power by luck. If they could come here and take a look, they would know that Lin Xie's ability to appreciate and understand the world was not limited to his sharp and unstoppable strong personality, but he also possessed great talent that ordinary people could not match. Last night, when he used his skills to set the broken bone with plaster, it was another example of this.

  Perhaps he should have some confidence in him, Zhao Qin thought to himself. Although there were a large number of people approaching from the southwest direction, he noticed Lin Tie's gaze was fixed on the northwest. Following Lin Tie's line of sight, Zhao Qin only then discovered that the northeastern corner tower of the castle-style enclosure house overlooking the river was the high point of this platform. The alarm bell had been sounded from that corner tower, and a string of two-color triangular flags were raised one after another on the flagpole extending from the southwestern corner tower of the enclosure house. Although they were blown somewhat awry by the wind, Zhao Qin counted a total of ten triangular colored flags.

  "Wow, Wang Xueshan really looks up to us, there are thousands of people here, although the miscellaneous soldiers and brave warriors only account for half of them, with 200 cavalrymen. The rest may be following to watch the excitement..." Lin Fu said, leading the crowd around the grass hall and heading straight to the south-facing gate, the other guards who were left behind at the grass hall also came together, Zhao Qinnian only then discovered that these guards were all carrying bows and arrows.

  That is Tencent flag?

  Zhao Qinmin looked at the southwest corner tower in surprise, and the literate people in Jiangning City were relatively more numerous. However, it's unlikely that there are even a few among 100 people who can clearly distinguish between thousands of people and horses, accurately transmit signals within such a short period. Not to mention the sentry posts of the Jiangning Prefecture's Garrison Command, which may not possess such high cultural quality, even the sentry posts of the Jiangning Defense General's military camp, which has not been trained for a long time, may not be able to transmit signals so accurately and quickly.

  Zhao Qinmin found that the laborers working on the platform did not appear to be in a state of panic after hearing the alarm bell, but instead stopped work and gathered together, sitting on the ground. Only one or two foremen or supervisors stood up, looking towards the corner tower. When Zhao Qinmin followed Lin Xie to the south gate, he found that a group of about 70-80 men with bamboo spears had already assembled there, and two layers of obstacles, including a barricade, had been set up in front of the gate. On the north bank of the river, another group of people was gathering and distributing bamboo spears.

  Zhao Qinmin now saw the difference, hearing the whistle at various construction sites gathering and sitting on the ground were all laborers hired by Jiyun Society from Yiling County and Jiangning City suburbs. These people holding bamboo spears in formation were migrant workers recruited by Jiyun Society more than a month ago from the north shore of Chaotian Tang. Zhao Qinmin never thought that after the migrant case, the will of these migrant workers not only was not defeated, but was organized so orderly by Lin Fu.

  Lin Jingyun and Cao Ziang, who had not appeared before, also came to the south-facing wall.

  Zhao Qinmin was shocked by what he saw, and Lin Xie wondered how he had achieved all this in front of him. He thought to himself: He has been serving as the prison officer on Prison Island for only two months, and the Ji Yun Society has just established itself here. If he is given another half year, I'm afraid there will be no need to worry about those mobs under the command of the East City Patrol.

  After Yang Pu led the cavalry back to the city, Chen Zhi, the eastern city guard, immediately dispatched more than 500 soldiers, including horsemen, archers, and constables, from the military command to hurry to the river mouth to capture Zhao Jinmin's family. Chen Zhi knew that since the Jiangning Prefecture had issued a warrant for the arrest of the river mouth guards after the two departments and three courts recognized the right to joint defense in front of the Jiang Island prison some time ago, the warrant did not have enough binding force on this small area of the river mouth without the attachment of the inspector's office. However, he was not worried about this, as his 500-strong army could overwhelm the small area with just one spit from each person, so why would Lin refuse to hand over the people?

  From the east gate of Donghua to the river mouth, there are still 11 or 2 miles of land, and the horse-drawn vehicle road has not been repaired. Ge Sicong calculated that from the river mouth, a horse-drawn vehicle road with a width of 8 steps, which can allow two carriages to pass each other, and has a drainage ditch and willow trees on both sides to protect the road slope, needs to occupy more than 120 mu of land, and without 2,500 taels of silver or 3 million copper coins, it cannot be built. Therefore, this planned horse-drawn vehicle road has been delayed and has not started construction. All the materials transported from the river mouth are taken by waterway, and there is only one dirt road that leads directly to the village in the west head of the willow forest at the river mouth, and then goes around the south head of the willow forest to come here.

  The Jiangning Prefecture's Garrison of 500 horses marched out in a majestic manner, occupying nearly two mu of land, and formed four rows to advance. The team was also 40-50 zhang long, and they came out of the East Huamen Gate in an orderly and powerful manner. Chen Zhi rode a tall horse at the front, surrounded by several guards, and he was very proud. The news of his nephew's severe injury and death did not bring much sadness to him. Many rascals and young hooligans from the city, especially those who were taught a lesson by Lin in the East Market yesterday but escaped in time, also swarmed to watch the excitement when they knew that the Garrison was coming to the river mouth to catch people. Some of them even held weapons in their hands, thinking that they could take advantage of the situation and follow behind the Jiangning Prefecture's Garrison to loot.

  This mighty army, which had marched out of the East Flower Gate with such fanfare and majesty, was squeezed onto a narrow dirt road barely two arms wide, and by the time Chen Zhi arrived at the gate of the stockade, his troops were strung out for two or three miles, their formation all scattered and disorganized. Chen Zhi's face turned ugly, and the open space outside the stockade gate was too limited to allow him to deploy his troops in a show of force to intimidate those inside the stockade.

  It was Chen Zhitong who was outside the fence gate, and the soldiers and horses behind him were constantly gathering, the terrain was narrow, there was a deep drainage ditch on the outside of the field, and the military officer could not command in time, so the area was crowded and chaotic, completely without order. In the end, Chen Zhi couldn't help but send out several bodyguards to beat back the crowd with whips, only then did the people and horses behind stop surging forward, and the scene looked a little better.

  Lin tied up quietly, looking at everything outside the fence gate, sighed and shook his head, turned to Zhao Qinmin and others and said with a smile: "You see, Jiangning has 150,000 households and population, relying on these mobs to prevent bandits and thieves. If I had 30-50 elite troops at my disposal, I would open the fence gate and kill them all..."

  Zhao Qinmin looked at the refugees who had lined up in a horizontal queue, scattered on both sides of the fence gate, holding simple bamboo spears. He knew that Lin Xian was not talking nonsense, and Lin Xian's rough words were probably also meant to intimidate these disorganized masses.

  Zhao Shuhan, Ge Sixu, Ge Fu, and Ge Yanqing also shook their heads in silence. The combat effectiveness of the imperial army had deteriorated to such an extent that even the entire garrison was not much better off. At present, the court could only expect two things: one was the elite troops under Li Zhuo's command in eastern Fujian, and the other was the tens of thousands of remnant soldiers who were reorganized after Chen Tangyi's defeat on the northern front. Other elite armies were also scattered and unable to form a large scale. Of course, the more than 10,000 soldiers left behind by Xi's family after their surrender were also precious elites, but the elites of Xi's army were not necessarily a blessing for the court.

  Chen Zhi saw Lin Xie and others in the fence wall, waiting in a strict array. Those outsiders who had just settled in Yiling County were holding bamboo spears in a neat horizontal row inside the fence gate. His heart ignited with anger, he raised his bright silver spear and pointed at Lin Xie behind the barrier: "Lord Lin, what do you mean by this?"

  "General Chen, what do you mean again?" Lin Xie asked.

  "You, Zhao Qinnin, have privately stolen official silver, forcibly seized civilian women, and used your power to frame innocent people with false charges. There is solid evidence against you, and this court will arrest you and bring you back to the Jiangning Prefecture government office for trial..." Chen Zhi held up a document issued by the Jiangning Prefecture, reading it out in a measured tone.

  "That's enough," Lin Tie said impatiently, interrupting Chen Zhi. "The guards have the right to defend within the river mouth fence. If there is no signature from the Inspector General, who dares to bring weapons and take another step? Kill without pardon! Guards, draw your bows..." He pointed at Chen Zhi with his hand, giving the order. Eight guards immediately dispersed to the front and sides, took down their longbows from their backs, drew out arrows and held them in their hands, pointing directly at Chen Zhi outside the fence gate.

  Chen Zhi only then felt that the horse he was riding was too tall, instantly making him a target for arrows. He didn't have the courage to gamble and didn't dare order his men to shoot arrows. In a panic, he climbed down from the horse and pulled two bodyguards in front of him. Only after his subordinates had set up over ten shields in front of him did he loudly say from behind the wall of people: "Lin Xie, you little brat, are you rebelling? The arrow is pointing at your head, be careful, I'll make sure you suffer a thousand punishments and have a thousand arrows pierce your heart..."

  "What a load of nonsense!" Lin Xie shouted, "If you dare to rush in through that door, I'll kill you! Even if the case is brought before the Qinghe Temple, Lin will not be afraid of your revenge!"

  "You're just a mere eight or nine people, what kind of prestige are you trying to show off? Are these refugees really going to listen to you and dare to kill government soldiers?" Chen Zhi didn't have any use for them either, nor was he afraid of Lin Xian's eight or nine armed guards. This time, he had brought over a hundred archers with him, just the bow and arrow alone would give him the upper hand even in a chaotic shootout.

  Ignoring the crowd outside the fence, Lin walked straight to the front of the bamboo spear-wielding migrant worker team and said loudly: "More than a month ago, bandits raided our camp at night, I and your brothers and sisters were killed or injured over a hundred people, is there anyone from the Jiangning Army here?"

  "No one is in." The refugees replied loudly and uniformly.

  "Jiangning's military and cavalry officials are framing innocent people, despising the authority of the investigating censor's office. They use unlawful orders to arrest good people here. Do you allow him to enter?" Lin Xian loudly asked again.

  "Not allowed." The refugee replied loudly.

  "He relied on his powerful backing to force his way in and trample our home, does he dare follow me to kill without pardon?" Lin Xie asked loudly again.

  "Kill without pardon! Kill without pardon! Kill without pardon!"

  Don't mention that Chen Zhi outside the fence heard his legs go soft, his face fell, and he lost all his courage. Zhao Qinmin inside the fence also heard it with a start, thinking that these nearly two hundred men holding bamboo spears really wanted to charge out, in this narrow place, they might not be able to defeat the soldiers of the Eastern City Garrison.

  It's no wonder that Lin Xie dares to be so arrogant, he indeed has the qualifications for being arrogant. In this world, how many people can gather these refugees from all over the place and train them into a team with such high morale in just over a month?

  A team of refugees with bamboo spears were recruited to work under the protection of a row of armed guards, and they formed a defensive line in front of the gate. Lin Xie walked back to the middle of Zhao Qinnian and others, looking at Chen Zhi outside the gate with disdain, saying: "The ground in front of the gate is also a place where the prison guards cooperate to defend, I will allow you to withdraw your troops within half an incense stick, if not, we will shoot to kill... Light the incense to count the time! When the time is up, shoot arrows and open the door to destroy the enemy."

  Next to it, someone immediately lit incense and inserted it under the simple door sill of the fence wall.

  Even with Lin Tie's momentum so strong, Zhao Qinmin still worried that Chen Zhi would order a fierce attack. Lin Tie saw the worry on his face and smiled softly, saying: "Chen Zhi dare not launch a fierce attack, Wang Xueshan wants to kill you, why bother with open knives and guns? It's just leaving things to chance."

  Zhao Qinmin gave Lin a hint, and he suddenly understood. He was also an extremely intelligent person, but because everything was related to him, it made his mind chaotic, and some of the subtleties were not as clear as Lin's. Wang Xueshan framed him by pouring dirty water on him, only to reduce the credibility of his testimony against Wang Xueshan; if Wang Xueshan had openly robbed people with a false order and fought with the prison guards and refugees, it would have given others reason to say that he was guilty, which was not as good as sending someone to assassinate him. However, since the Jiangning Prefecture had issued an arrest warrant, they knew Zhao Qinmin was at the river mouth, but they couldn't just ignore it and had to come over to make a show of arresting him.

  Chen Zhi brought so many people here, hoping to intimidate this side. If he can't intimidate them, Chen Zhi wouldn't dare to charge forward either, and instead would be calmed down by the other side's imposing momentum.

  Chen Zhi was hesitant and unsure, not knowing whether to retreat or hold on for a while. The soldiers and officers in front of the empty city gate were also fearful, as they had witnessed Lin Xie cutting off people's hands and feet on the street last night. Many of them were afraid that he would fly into a rage again, and without waiting for Chen Zhi's orders, some of them began to sneak away quietly, at least trying to avoid the direction where the arrows were pointing.

  The incense had burned halfway, but Chen Zhi still hadn't given the order to retreat. The area in front of the gate was already empty by half. It was hard to imagine that Chen Zhi could lead these soldiers to launch a strong attack.

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