Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 270 Recruitment (please subscribe!)
...

Wen Huanzhang and others welcomed the beleaguered Li Yan into the Duhu Mansion.

As soon as Li Yan sat down, Wen Huanzhang reported: "The governor, the Song Dynasty sent Cai You and Lin Lingsu over here. Please come back, Commander."

Li Yan asked, "What are they doing here?"

Guo Yongdao: "It's obvious that I'm here to inquire about crimes, but most likely I want to recruit the governor of peace."

Li Yan asked again: "What is the difference between you?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "Some of them think that we shouldn't accept Zhao'an, Song Guojun is a faint minister, we are already in today's situation, there is no need to accept Zhao'an, and some people think we should accept Song Guo's Zhao'an, so that we can be justified. And one more powerful ally."

Li Yan looked at everyone one by one, and found that most of the people who supported Zhao'an were people from the imperial court. Obviously, these people hadn't given up on the Song court. They probably believed that the Song country could be saved as long as it changed to a wiser emperor, and they opposed it. The recruiters were the old brothers who had been with Li Yan all the time. Most of these people were very disappointed with the court of the Song Dynasty, and thought that Shuibo Liangshan was developing very well now, so there was really no need to praise the stinky feet of the Song Dynasty. In addition, Those who support Zhao'an obviously lack confidence. After getting along for so long, how could they not know that Li Yan has always opposed Zhao'an and even deliberately rebelled? The reason why they invited Li Yan back was just in case, and opposed Zhao'an People are full of confidence, and they also know Li Yan's consistent attitude.

Li Yan asked Wen Huanzhang, "What's the military advisor thinking?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "Jane is in the heart of the governor, and he should be the boss."

Li Yan nodded secretly.

Wen Huanzhang's biggest advantage is his duty, which is also the main reason why Li Yan assuredly handed over Le Lang and Zhenfan two counties to Wen Huanzhang's management.

Li Yan thought for a while and said, "I'll see Cai You and Lin Lingsu first."

Wen Huanzhang said: "Okay, I'll arrange it now."

Li Yan said: "No hurry, I will rest for three days first, and see them again in three days."

Everyone laughed, and they all said, "The governor's methods are getting better and better."

……

Lin Lingsu asked his disciples to invite Gongsun Sheng, and greeted him with great enthusiasm, saying: "Fellow Daoist, I wonder if your great governor has returned?"

Gongsun Sheng said: "I have returned, but the governor has been fighting abroad for a long time and is tired. He said that he will not do business for three days, and he must enjoy family happiness for three days first."

Lin Lingsu said: "I would like to ask fellow Taoists to introduce me. I have been here for more than a month, and I can't delay any longer. The officials are still waiting for news from the poor Taoist."

Gongsun Sheng said: "The governor has always said that one thing is true. If you want to rest for three days, you must rest for three days. Whoever dares to speak out will die."

Lin Lingsu's neck felt cold, and he asked, "The governor likes to kill people?"

Gongsun Sheng didn't deny it, and said: "If the governor is gentle, can he take down the two counties of Lelang and Zhenfan?"

Lin Lingsu thought about it, and thought, "You need to be careful when dealing with such a bloodthirsty person, he won't be as lenient as the officials."

Lin Lingsu said again: "I don't know what attitude the governor has towards our Taoists?"

Gongsun Sheng said: "The governor believes in utilitarianism, he will trust whoever is useful to him."

Lin Lingsu rolled his eyes, then took out a small box from his bosom, and said: "This is the most precious pill of Jiuyang. After eating it, it can protect ten daughters at night. The official family has rich heirs. It all depends on this treasure pill. Wan Baodan asks fellow Taoists to help the poor Daoist to offer it to the Governor."

Gongsun Sheng said with a smile: "The governor is in the prime of his life in spring and autumn, and he has many heirs. This treasure pill is not needed. If fellow Taoists want to please the governor, they need to start from other places."

How could Lin Lingsu, who could fool Zhao Ji so far that he couldn't even find Bei, not a smart person?

Seeing Gongsun Sheng give it to him, Lin Lingsu immediately said: "I also ask fellow Taoists for advice."

Gongsun Sheng looked puzzled: "This... this matter involves the secrets of my Anton Governor's Mansion..."

Lin Lingsu understood the meaning of Sun Gongsheng's face very well, so he took a jade pendant from his waist and gave it to Gongsun Sheng very eye-catchingly, saying: "This is a consonant pendant bestowed by the government. As soon as the Taoist friend saw it, he gave it to the Taoist friend to complete the friendship between the poor Taoist and the Taoist friend."

Gongsun Sheng couldn't evade it, so he could only put it away, and then said: "What I lack the most at the Andong Protectorate's Mansion is people. Fellow Taoists will use this as a breakthrough, and we will be able to persuade the governor to accept the recruitment."

Lin Lingsu was puzzled and said, "Human?"

Take people's money and destroy them.

Since Gongsun Sheng accepted Lin Lingsu's jade pendant, how could he not help Lin Lingsu plan?

Gongsun Shengdao: "The governor wants to build a mansion in Seoul, and the governor also wants to build Seoul into an unbreakable city, but the governor has no craftsmen on hand, and we are trapped in this overseas place, all by boat For transportation, there are some boats, but the captain is broken, and there is no way to repair them without boatmen, so the captain is extremely short of boatmen. Let’s put it this way, as long as Taoist friends can bring three to five thousand skilled boatmen for the captain Blacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, stonemasons, paper crafters, painters, plasterers, or shipwrights will most likely succeed in recruiting."

Lin Lingsu smiled and said, "It won't take so many craftsmen and boatmen to build mansions, cities and ships, right?"

Gongsun Sheng asked instead: "Is this important? The important thing is that with these three to five thousand skilled craftsmen and boatmen, the governor may accept the recruitment, and the two counties of Lelang and Zhenfan may belong to the Song State. Territory, and Immortal Master Lin, you will be able to establish such a person of unworldly merit."

Three to five thousand skilled craftsmen and boatmen are nothing to the developed Song Dynasty, not even one-tenth of what Zhao Ji built the Longevity Mountain. It is very cost-effective to exchange these people for the land of two counties, at least Lin Ling Su thinks it's a good deal.

But just in case the three to five thousand craftsmen and boatmen couldn't get Li Yan to accept the recruitment, Lin Lingsu asked again: "I don't know what else the governor wants?"

At the same time, Cai You was also asking Sun Jing, "I don't know what else the governor wants?"

While playing with a jade finger, Sun Jing said, "You're still a man, a literati. In the two counties of Lelang and Zhenfan, the governors have been defeated, but they can't manage them. The governors don't trust the Koreans, only the Han people. And the Han people who immigrated are all farmers, and they don’t have management talents at all. If Xianggong can recruit a thousand imperial students for the governor, the recruiting will be successful.”

Cai You hesitated and said, "Isn't one thousand Tai students...too many?"

Sun Jingdao: "The government established Biyong as a foreign school and recruited [-] imperial students. Of these imperial students, less than a hundred are selected for use every year, but thousands of them are enrolled. The accumulation of imperial students is increasing. More and more, so that most people can't apply what they have learned, they can only engage in cheap jobs, or repeatedly study abroad in the hope that one day they will be selected, it is too wasteful, if it is not for the governor, no, for Le Lang and Zhenfan Wouldn't it be a great thing for the two counties to send a thousand students here to make Le Lang and Zhenfan counties completely Han?"

Cai You said in his heart: "Among those Tai students, only a few are worthy and can be recommended to be officials. The rest are mostly worthless. It would be a good thing if they could be exchanged for the land of two counties."

……

(End of this chapter)