Lin Fu, Chen Yuanliang, Zhang Yuber, Zhao Qinmin and others rushed to the Gu residence. Gu Wudeng soon returned from the government office, Lin Fu had already taken it upon himself to let Yang Pu and the account house of the Gu mansion enter the accounts for more than 9,000 taels of silver and more than 300 taels of gold.

  Madam Gu was truly beaming with joy.

  When Gu Wu Dun first arrived in Jiangning, although the gifts of silver from the Dongyang Xiang Party and the Chacha Shisi officials were generous, the personnel in the mansion gradually became more miscellaneous and numerous, making it difficult to control expenses. Before the New Year's festival, she had Ma Chao bring a large sum of silver to her father to buy precious items and treasures for the Chu Dang colleagues, various government departments, temples, and palace officials. There was little silver left in the account.

  With the Dragon Boat Festival approaching, someone would have to be sent to Beijing to make arrangements. Although the Xiang Party colleagues also showed respect, it was impossible to wait until after receiving their respects to go to the imperial capital to make arrangements. Madame Gu was thinking about whether she should write a letter asking her father to lend some silver, as other expenses, including gifts and respects for various places, could not be reduced.

  Lin tied them this time brought more than 9,000 taels of silver and more than 300 taels of gold, which really solved the urgent need.

  Gu Wudu returned, and Lin Xian and the others reported to him the results of their handling over the past two days. Chen Yuanliang being the most senior naturally spoke up: "There is still 14 million taels of copper stored at the river mouth, but transporting it all together would be too showy, so we'll exchange it for gold and silver first before sending it over..."

  Gu Wudu's face sank, and he said: "What are you all moving here for? The silver you sent over, I don't want it either. You can all take it back and divide it among yourselves."

  "The silver is on the side of the adults, and it can be spent where it should be. The various departments, temples, and offices in the court all need to be greased, colleagues and old friends also need to come and go, the mansion needs to add attendants and followers, and the adults all need to take out their purses to give them wages and food money. Where can't silver be spent?" Chen / Yuanliang advised, "If the adults can stand firm in Jiangning, we can stand firm too. If the adults don't spend these silvers, we also can't rest at ease..."

  "...What you said is also true," Gu Wu Chen pondered for a moment, then instructed Yang Pu to "bring over those three hundred taels of gold..." Seeing that Chen Yuan Liang was about to persuade him again, he furrowed his brow and said, "I'll take the silver for future use. The river mouth has copper, Lin Kou, Chen Yuan Liang, Zhang Yu Bo, you three will divide it among yourselves, after all, you also have many places to spend your silver. Three hundred taels of gold, bring it over to reward those who have made contributions this time, and the three of you will also get a share..."

  There were still over 14 million copper coins at the river mouth, equivalent to 10,200 silver taels. Lin Jie, Chen Yuanliang and Zhang Yuber each got 4,000 taels of silver. Lin Jie had just received 20,000 taels of silver from Qu's family, while Chen Yuanliang had been the county magistrate of Muling for two years and his family was quite wealthy, so he didn't make a fuss about the 4,000 taels of silver. Zhang Yuber, on the other hand, had been an official for many years but held unimportant positions and was not as ruthless as other officials, so his family was not well-off. The 4,000 taels of silver were a huge fortune to him, beyond his wildest dreams. In this event, Zhang Yuber contributed the least, yet he got a large share of the silver, which made him somewhat uneasy.

  Chen Yuanliang, Zhang Yubo and Lin Fu all stood up to thank Gu Wu for his courtesy, as if the silver was given to them by Gu Wu. Yang Pu brought out the gold and divided it into six shares, at which point Yang Pu, Ma Chao and Zhao Qinmin each took a share.

  If it weren't for the sake of his only son Zhao Jin's life, Zhao Qinmin would not have earned such a small fortune from Wang Xueshan. However, he and his family had escaped with nothing but the clothes on their backs, without a single penny to their name. The sixty taels of gold, worth four or five hundred taels of silver, was a considerable fortune, but at this moment, Zhao Qinmin cared more about safety than wealth, fearing that Wang Xueshan's assassins would come after him.

  In fact, Zhao Qinmin also knew in his heart that Gu Wuduan's performance just now was a bit hypocritical. Everyone knew that the biggest profit was still the thirty-two principal offenders detained on the island prison. As for how much profit could be squeezed out of these people, it depended on Gu Wuduan's means. In short, the island prison would only release people after seeing Gu Wuduan's order. Gu Wuduan did not mention that the silver also had to be taken out and shared with Lin Fu, Chen Yuanliang, and Zhang Yuber.

  Zhao Qinmin also found it strange that Chen Yuanliang and Zhang Yuber didn't exert themselves much this time. Was Lin Fu really not greedy for that silver? Zhao Qinmin wondered, since Lin Fu was young and had passed the imperial examination to become a scholar, why he didn't strive to become a jinshi (a high-ranking official)? With his talent and courage, if he had better opportunities for advancement, his future achievements would not be inferior to those of Gu Wudu.

  Just as Chen Yuanliang said, without the big tree of Gu Wudun supporting them, the Dongyang Party in Jiangning is just a loose sand. The first thing they need to do is to consolidate Gu Wudun's power in Jiangning and expand the influence and foundation of the Dongyang Party in Jiangning. Who knows, one day they may have a place in the imperial court.

  After leaving the Gu residence, Zhang Yuber, Chen Yuanliang, Lin Fu and Zhao Qinmin followed in a group. Zhang Yuber felt uneasy that he had not made much achievement but received so many gold and silver, so he pulled out of the street corner, without anyone else, and said: "I have not achieved anything, I will take the gold with a thick face, but I dare not be greedy for the copper stored at the river mouth..."

  "If we're talking about credit, Lin Xie deserves the most. If you don't want it, just give it to Lin Xie, it has nothing to do with me..." Chen Yuanliang said.

  "Isn't Magistrate Chen making things difficult for me? I still want to rush back to Hexi to attend to some business, but now I have to persuade Magistrate Zhang," Lin Xian said with a smile, looking up at the sun and then saying to Chen Yuanliang, "Magistrate Chen has been away from Miling County for three days, I dare not delay any further. I will exchange the copper for silver tomorrow and send it to Magistrate Chen. I also need to accompany Mr. Zhao on a trip to the Dongyang Guild Hall. From now on, Mr. Zhao is a member of my Dongyang party, how can we not go to the Dongyang Guild Hall..."

  Chen Yuanliang really didn't dare to linger outside any longer and led his men back to the county first.

  Chen Yuanliang left, Lin Xie and Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin found a teahouse on the street to talk.

  "Yu Bo brother," Lin Xian said, "from now on you are no longer a idle person. Lord Gu will transfer Liu Xi Lin to take over as the Eastern City Garrison Commander, Liu Xi Lin and I have traveled together for several days and I understand his character, he is also an upright person. The situation in the Eastern City is quite complicated, I believe that if we give you and Liu Xi Lin two battalions of soldiers to train in the deep mountains, it won't take long to produce a sharp and obedient army, but in this prosperous city of Eastern City, it's extremely difficult to make the two battalions of soldiers obey your orders. You must strictly discipline them, reward and punish them at the same time, you and Liu Xi Lin not only cannot ask for money from subordinates, but also need to give them silver to comfort their hearts and win them over. Yu Bo brother, how can you do it without any money? Moreover, I also got 40 sets of armor and 40 horses, which is worth several thousand taels of silver."

  Lin tied up like this, Zhang Yubo also had nothing to refute.

  Lin Xie knew that the East City Patrol was still a mess, so he didn't delay Zhang Yu Bo's time and let him return to the Military Affairs Office. He exchanged the copper coins from the river mouth for silver and took some time to send them to Zhang Yu Bo.

  After listening to Lin Tie's words of advice to Zhang Yubo, Zhao Qinmin also felt a sense of emotion. He had not expected that young Lin Tie would have so many and such profound ideas. In just three days at the river mouth, Zhao Qinmin roughly understood how Lin Tie was able to effectively organize the recruited workers and refugees.

  A tragic incident occurred at the river mouth, resulting in over 140 deaths and injuries. If it were someone else, there would be thousands of migrant workers on the north shore of Chongqing, eager to work for two sheng of rice per day, and no one would care about the dead or injured migrant workers, they would just replace them with new ones.

  Lin Xie's reaction was different from others, he built a cemetery at the river mouth, buried the dead in coffins, and used his remaining energy to rescue and treat the injured. He also donated silver money to comfort the families of the wounded and displaced people. Roughly calculated, Lin Xie paid out over a thousand taels of silver for the wounded and displaced people. With the labor price of the refugees on the north bank of Chao Tian Tang, one thousand taels of silver could employ 500 able-bodied laborers for half a year. Lin Xie was willing to spend it on useless wounded refugees, and even those who were injured and disabled were properly settled.

  When digging the river course and building the dock, Lin Tie again prioritized building a fence house for the migrant workers to live in. He himself still lives in a thatched cottage. The wages calculated for the migrant workers are three sheng of rice per day, which is 50% higher than the north shore. However, the labor intensity on the embankment and under the embankment is extremely high, and three sheng of rice can barely fill their stomachs. But Jiyun Society provides extra subsidies for oil, salt, vegetables, and meat. Although the workers work hard every day, they are all well-fed and their bodies are even stronger than when they first arrived at the river mouth.

  Unlike the common people in Jiangning City who enjoyed a life of abundance, these refugees were people who had experienced separation and displacement, and were originally considered outcasts on this land. Lin Xie was able to treat them so well that they would truly give their lives for him.

  Chen Yuanliang and Zhang Yubo successively led their men to leave, Zhao Qinmin saw that there were only Zhou Pu and four guard soldiers beside him, and he was still a little worried about following Lin Fu to the Dongyang County Government.

  Lin Xian originally agreed to meet Lin Meng in the Dongyang County government office last time he entered the city, but didn't expect so many things to happen suddenly. However, it seems that events have taken a big step in their favor. Just now in the teahouse, there were guests discussing the recent events, all saying that Gu Wu Chen will likely replace Jia Pengyu as the Inspector this year and become one of the five giants of Jiangdong City in name and reality.

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  Lin Fu and Zhao Qinmin rushed to the Dongyang Guild Hall, just after noon, many fellow villagers were gathered there for a meal and had not left yet. Seeing Lin Fu coming over, they all surrounded him together, asking about what happened in the past two days.

  In fact, most of the inside story has been spread out and the situation has temporarily cleared up: The Surveillance Commissioner avoided Pingjiang Prefecture after the incident and has not returned to Jiangning until today. Gu Wu Chen and Wang Xue Shan engaged in a fierce battle, with Gu Wu Chen eventually overpowering Wang Xue Shan. As a result, Gu Wu Chen's prestige as a new noble of the Chu Party is dazzling.

  Lin Tie had also gained a lot of attention over the past two days, and it was not easy for the Dongyang Party to meet with Gu Wu Chen. When Lin Tie appeared, they were naturally extremely enthusiastic. Lin Tie politely greeted everyone and also greeted the shopkeeper of the Dongyang Guild Hall, covering all the tea expenses for the afternoon. He introduced Zhao Qinmin to everyone. At this time, some people in the guild hall recognized Zhao Qinmin, but most did not know him. However, with the recent rumors spreading wildly, they knew about Zhao Qinmin's reputation. In this era, people only distinguished between friend and foe based on party affiliation, without discussing moral character. Lin Tie brought Zhao Qinmin to the guild hall and formally introduced him to everyone, his intentions clear. As a result, everyone treated Zhao Qinmin with enthusiasm, at least not minding that he was still a close associate of Wang Xueshan, the former prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, just a few days ago.

  Lin Jie let Zhao Qinmin get close to Dongyang Township Party, and when Lin Mengde came over, he found a elegant house with Lin Mengde to talk.

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  P.S: Looking for red envelopes (with money).