Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 108 Arrival
  'The Art of Expelling Corpses [Elementary]' requires not only a corpse, but also a special corpse-expelling talisman.

Jia Qiang still has the talisman ink and talisman paper left in her game inventory. She just needs to find time to draw them, which is easy to solve.

However, he looked at the environment he was in. If a corpse was resurrected on this decommissioned battleship, he didn't know how to explain it.

It seems that I still have to wait until I have the opportunity before I can use the 'Corpse Exorcism Technique [Elementary]'.

Although he had this important skill of the Taoist priest profession but could not use it, which made him feel as uncomfortable as a cat scratching his heart, he still endured it and heard the sound coming from the dock at this moment.

He left the room and saw a group of people arriving at the dock.

There was a salt officer running towards the battleship. Lin Ruhai did not need to report to the salt officer and had already changed his official robe and got off the ship.

Jia Qiang thought for a while and followed Lin Ruhai.

Who knows what the temperament of these officers and soldiers is, if they want to kill good people and take credit, it is possible.

The great achievements of more than two thousand Japanese pirates are extremely rich achievements for any officer and army.

We can't blame him for treating people's evil thoughts, but the officers and soldiers in this world have never been kind people.

In fact, Jia Qiang was overthinking it. When Zhao Qianhu heard that Huishan was attacked by Japanese pirates, he rushed over with a team of troops.

Zhao Qianhu did not meet anyone who came to report the news, but when he came to Huishan, he first learned about what happened in Huishan from other people.

Although he didn't know who killed the Japanese pirates, he knew one thing very well. Since that person could kill more than two thousand Japanese pirates, he could also kill their group.

So when he came to the dock, his attitude was very humble, for fear of accidentally causing any misunderstanding.

"Yangzhou Salt Inspector Lin Ruhai is here. I wonder which general is leading the army?" Lin Ruhai looked at the officers and soldiers parked outside the dock and asked in a deep voice.

"It turns out to be Master Lin. Gusu City Guard Zhao Minsheng Qianhu has met you!" Upon hearing Lin Ru's name on the poster, Zhao Qianhu quickly dismounted and came to see him.

It must be mentioned here that Zhao Qianhu's Qianhu grade is the fifth grade, while Lin Ruhai's Salt Patrol Censor is the seventh grade.

From a grade point of view, Zhao Qianhu should have a much higher status than Lin Ruhai.

But in fact, Zhao Qianhu is a military official, which is several levels lower than the civil servants. Not to mention that the position of Salt Patrol Censor is low and powerful, and the power in his hands is far beyond what a Qianhu can compare with.

"I returned home from Yangzhou to worship my ancestors. I passed by Huishan and found that Japanese pirates were about to attack Huishan. I escorted and killed the Japanese pirates. I found that all the Japanese pirate corpses were there. Zhao Qianhu counted them and handed them over!" Lin Ruhai explained the situation. .

"Master Lin, on behalf of the people of Gusu, I would like to thank you for your help in eliminating harm to the people. I will report this matter truthfully when I return!" Master Lin bowed and said.

Lin Ruhai asked him to handle it, which more or less gave him some credit.

Although the majority of the credit has not been reaped, the contribution of the small and small parts is not small. This is Daqian's biggest victory against the Japanese pirates in so many years.

The handover work was very cumbersome. The corpses were counted one by one and the weapons were checked one by one. They had to be recorded and stamped by both parties.

Of course, Zhao Qianhu didn't see the weird Western-style gunboat parked next to the retired battleship, but he didn't ask anything. Since Lin Ruhai didn't take the initiative to mention it, he just pretended that he didn't see it.

For such a huge contribution, a portion of the profit was given to him. It was just a ship. Even if there was any property in it, it was Lin Ruhai's trophy.

He didn't dare to say much at all. The most terrifying thing about the position of Xunyan Censor was that he could go directly to Tianting via Zhezi. If he really provoked Lin Ruhai, a zhejiao would save thousands of households like him from having nowhere to go. Reason.

"Mr. Lin, I've handed over everything, so I won't disturb your return. Here are fourteen Japanese swords. Your guards may not have noticed them, but these fourteen Japanese swords are all precious swords!" Zhao Qianhu was handing over the goods. After that, he sent fourteen more Japanese knives to Lin Ruhai and said.

"Then farewell!" Lin Ruhai smiled and asked Yan Ding to put away the fourteen Japanese swords, and then said.

Neither he nor Jia Qiang paid much attention to the fourteen Japanese swords, but Zhao Qianhu did so, which made people feel extremely comfortable. This time they were acquainted.

Seeing Lin Ruhai accept the Japanese sword, Zhao Qianhu smiled and watched Lin Ruhai go to the boat.

This good relationship may seem like nothing, but if it comes at a critical moment in the future, it may be an opportunity.

What kind of official is the Salt Patrolling Censor? Since the Salt Patrolling Censor returned to the capital safely, he is at least a fourth-rank official in the capital.

This Zhao Qianhu has not noticed Jia Qiang who is following Lin Ruhai. Jia Qiang also does not care about this Zhao Qianhu, because Zhao Qianhu has not practiced the art of general body refining, even if he has the strength of martial arts. Extremely limited.

Military attachés like Zhao Qianhu are the normal state among Daqian military attaches.

I didn't see the Yangzhou camp, but there were only three warriors who practiced the body-refining technique of the generals. Very few ordinary military attachés could practice the body-refining techniques of the generals. In addition to not having any training techniques, the training resources were too rare.

If Jia Qiang hadn't taken action to kill these Japanese pirates this time, Zhao Qianhu's team would not have been a match for the Japanese pirates.

Of course, if he really knew the scale of the Japanese pirates, Zhao Qianhu would not fight the Japanese pirates, but would wait for reinforcements.

The decommissioned battleship left the dock, and thirty saltmen and several sailors stayed on the Western-style gunboat, pulled along by a rope.

"What are your plans for the ship behind?" Lin Ruhai and Jia Qiang sat on the second-floor terrace again, and he asked Jia Qiang.

He had seen the combat power of Western-style gunboats, and the cannons equipped on the ships were prohibited.

"I have the power of imperial envoy. I will use this power to keep this ship first. After I return to Beijing, I will find a way to ask the Holy Emperor for a decree. It is not difficult to think about it!" Jia Qiang smiled and told her arrangement.

When Lin Ruhai heard Jia Qiang's confident words, he underestimated the relationship between Jia Qiang and Emperor Jingwen.

Jia Qiang dared to make such a guarantee, which showed that she was confident that she could obtain this favor from Emperor Jingwen.

"Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, so be careful!" Lin Ruhai reminded, still a little worried.

"I understand this matter. I will find an opportunity to mention it again. I will not make the Holy Emperor angry!" Jia Qiang nodded and said.

He poured a cup of tea for Lin Ruhai. After getting engaged to Lin Daiyu, he and Lin Ruhai were both prosperous and devastated. Lin Ruhai had a lot less scruples about his suggestions.

"Teacher, I found this from the Japanese pirate leader. I am going to take over these properties!" Thinking of Lin Ruhai's attitude towards herself, Jia Qiang no longer wanted to hide anything from Lin Ruhai.

He took out the stack of official contracts from Daqian, which contained 11,000 acres of fertile land, as well as properties spread across cities in the south of the Yangtze River.

Lin Ruhai flipped through these Daqian official contracts with her fingers, and there was a hint of anger in her eyes.

"There will always be some moths in Da Gan. These people are attached to Da Gan but do things like eating inside and outside!" He patted the table hard and said. These Daqian official contracts, whether it is 11,000 acres of fertile land or properties spread across cities in the south of the Yangtze River, are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River is difficult to purchase, and most of it is divided up by various families.

Even if unowned fertile farmland in the south of the Yangtze River appears, it will be snatched up quickly.

The fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River was an important granary for Daqian, but it could be purchased by the Japanese pirates for 11,000 acres. On such a large scale, it was impossible to achieve it without the help of the powerful family of Daqian behind it.

Not to mention the industries all over the cities. Lin Ruhai was not Jia Qiang. When he saw these industry contracts, he recognized that many of them were located in prosperous locations in various cities.

One or two cities are fine, but properties in so many prosperous locations in cities are so easy to purchase. The more prosperous the properties, the more popular they are.

"Is there any evidence of correspondence or anything like that?" Lin Ruhai looked up at Jia Qiang and asked.

"No, besides, even if those families have connections with the Japanese pirates, how could they leave such obvious evidence!" Jia Qiang shook her head and replied.

"That's true!" Lin Ruhai sighed, and then said: "Since these contracts fall into your hands, you must eat them all!"

As he said this, he tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about what to do.

Jia Qiang didn't say anything. He originally wanted to ask shopkeeper Quan to handle this matter, but judging from Lin Ruhai's intention, there should be a better way.

"I know all the chief officials in Jiangnan. I'll write to them first when I get back, and then I'll have someone come over and take over!" Lin Ruhai took another look at the Da Gan official contract on the table and finally decided.

In doing so, he will owe a little favor, but this wealth is not ordinary wealth, but real wealth that can be passed down to the family.

Look at those big salt merchants. Even if they have tens of millions of taels of silver in their hands, they all want to exchange the money for fertile land or industries in prosperous locations in cities, because only fertile land and good industries are the foundation of the family. Unlike the Silver is so dazzling.

By taking advantage of these fertile lands and industries in the official Daqian contract, Jia Qiang's family will not have to worry about livelihood issues for many generations.

Jia Qiang's matter is her daughter Lin Daiyu's matter. Lin Ruhai knows this very well, and that's why she works so hard on this matter.

At the same time, Lin Ruhai also had to sigh for Jia Qiang's good luck. He had previously considered Jia Qiang living alone. In order to have a happy future life for his daughter Lin Daiyu, he did not hesitate to risk offending the big salt merchant and deducted 50,000 yuan for Jia Qiang. Yan Yin, Jia Qiang benefited from it eight million taels of silver.

Now Jia Qiang has obtained millions of taels of property without spending any money.

This wealth was so huge that if Jia Qiang hadn't been his son-in-law, Lin Ruhai would have been jealous.

Due to the considerable delay in Huishan, and the fact that the battleship was decommissioned and towed a Western-style gunboat, it was already evening when the group arrived in Gusu.

The two ships did not stop at the large dock in Suzhou, but passed through a tributary of the canal and traveled for a while to a dock quite far away from the city of Suzhou.

According to Lin Ruhai, this pier was built by Linjia Village, and he funded the construction back then to facilitate the return to the ancestral home by water.

Most of the people in Linjia Village have the surname Lin. The Lin family is a big family. Lin Ruhai's branch is the direct line, and those who stay here are branches.

This wharf can be regarded as giving the Lin family branch of Linjia Village a way to make money. The convenience brought by a wharf allows Linjia Village to transport items to Suzhou City by waterway.

The two large ships stopped, leaving several saltmen and sailors to take turns guarding them. Eight carriages got off the ship, and Jia Qiang's white horse was also pulled down.

The saltmen put on lanterns with Lin's mansion on them, lighting up the road ahead.

The carriage was moving slowly and slowly. It was not far from the Lin family's ancestral home. Not long after walking, we saw the Lin family village and the tallest Lin family's ancestral home in the village.

The Lin clan members in Linjia Village had been alarmed for a long time. They walked out of their houses and looked at the motorcade.

"Brother Qiang, come with me!" Lin Ruhai saw an old man from the Lin clan and quickly greeted Jia Qiang.

Lin Ruhai walked a few steps quickly, and Jia Qiang followed behind him.

"Old uncle, why did I alarm you?" Lin Ruhai saluted the old man and said.

"It's Ruhai who's back. We can have a big ancestor worship ceremony this year!" Uncle Lin saw Lin Ruhai and said with a smile showing his incomplete teeth.

When old uncle Lin reached his age, he was most worried about ancestor worship, a major family matter. However, Lin Ruhai had official duties and it was rare for him to come back.

The absence of Lin Ruhai, a direct descendant of the clan, always made him feel a little uncomfortable every year.

"Brother Qiang, come and meet my old uncle!" Lin Ruhai said to Jia Qiang beside him.

"Jia Qiang has met my old uncle!" Jia Qiang stepped forward and said politely.

"Who is this little brother?" Uncle Lin looked at Jia Qiang and asked with some surprise.

Lin Ruhai came back to worship his ancestors, so it was impossible to bring back irrelevant people.

"Brother Qiang and Yu'er got engaged not long ago!" Lin Ruhai introduced with a smile.

"Okay, Yu'er's life is decided!" Uncle Lin said with a smile and helped Jia Qiang up.

After Jia Qiang straightened up, she found that after Lin Ruhai introduced herself, the people standing behind Uncle Lin looked a little strange.

Later, when Lin Ruhai introduced him, he learned that those people were uncles from a branch of the Lin family.

He didn't quite understand why his uncles didn't look at his relatives, but looked at him with scrutiny.

However, he didn't care what these side relatives thought, and after greeting him, he followed them into the ancestral home.

There was a servant left in the ancestral house, and he was placed in the guest room, which was kept clean.

Siyu got busy, fetching water for him to wash up, and the usage was no different from that at Lin Mansion in Yangzhou.

After sorting things out, Jia Qiang went to the main house again and had dinner with Lin Ruhai and his family, which had become a habit.

The Lin clan members have all left and it is already dark. Even if there is anything, we have to wait until daytime to talk about it.

Jia Qiang was feeling deeply about the heritage of the Lin family. The Lin family's ancestral home occupies a large area. Although the land in the countryside is not as valuable as in the city, the cost of building such an ancestral home is very considerable.

(End of this chapter)