Need for money

Before opening up the wasteland, Lin Jingzhi had disclosed the news to Zhang Jia, saying that the Lin family had a feud with Wang Meng, and asked them to take precautions and move their family to the wasteland as soon as possible. In the past two days, the Lin family deliberately spread the news among the refugees. Hearing that the government wanted to harm the Lin family, Zhang Jia tossed and turned last night, having trouble sleeping and eating.

Opening up wasteland, digging canals, and benefiting the people of Los Angeles has been his lifelong dream. If it really stops because of this, it will definitely be an unbearable blow to him.

Lin Jingzhi frowned, looked at the river flowing eastward, and thought for a while before saying, "Mr. Zhang, this is the end of the matter, and I won't hide anything from you. In fact, the Lin family fought against the government and won. It is not very sure, so the news is deliberately spread among the refugees, the purpose is to use the huge number of refugees to confront the government."

"What? Are you not afraid that Mr. Wang will charge the Lin family with rebellion?" Zhang Jia was shocked when he heard this.

"Afraid! But what's the use of being afraid?" Lin Jingzhi's tone suddenly became extremely tough, "The king is so dark that he wants to covet the property of the Lin family, so does Lin want to be like that grazing sheep and wait for the slaughter quietly? Mr. Zhang, let's open the skylight and tell the truth. If the Lin family is really brought down by Wang Meng, the project of digging canals and reclaiming wasteland will definitely be stranded. Now Lin has something to ask. I wonder if Mr. Zhang will help you. "

"You...what do you want me to do for you?" Zhang Jia used to be an official of the imperial court, and he was loyal to the royal family. Even if he was dismissed from his position, he never complained about the imperial court. At this moment, he heard that Lin Jingzhi wanted to ask him to help. Confronting the government, I felt flustered.

The reason why Lin Jingzhi wanted to win over Zhang Jia was that he valued this person's upright temper and good personality, and he had the biggest trump card to win him over, "It's very simple, I want Mr. Zhang to help organize the refugees and twist them into a rope." .”

"What?" Zhang Jia exclaimed, he didn't expect that Lin Jingzhi would also want to drag him into the water.

Lin Jingzhi chuckled, and offered the biggest reliance on persuading this person, "Mr. Zhang, can you bear to watch the half-dug project run aground? Also, once the Lin family is collapsed by Wang Meng, the 10,000+ refugees on the wasteland will What do they eat? What do they drink? You wouldn't think that the dog officer surnamed Wang would care about their life and death."

Zhang Jia had heard a little about Wang Meng's character, and after the locust plague broke out in the north, a large number of refugees flooded into Los Angeles, and the government failed to open a shed in time to provide porridge. He agreed with Lin Jingzhi's words.

However, Wang Meng is an official and represents the government. To fight against him is to be disloyal to the Daqian Dynasty, which is tantamount to rebellion. Such rebellious behavior makes him unacceptable.

Please generals are worse than aggressive generals, Lin Jingzhi added another fire, "Lin originally thought that Mr. Zhang was benevolent and righteous, a loyal and patriotic man who would devote himself to the Daqian Dynasty and die, but he didn't want to..."

Do your best and die!

When these eight big characters came to his ears, Zhang Jia's body trembled wildly, and then he flicked his sleeves, with a look of determination on his face, "Mr. Lin, don't need to say any more, opening up wasteland and digging canals is a great thing for the benefit of the people for generations to come, let alone Just to pay someone Zhang's life, even if everyone will be executed in the future, Mr Zhang will not hesitate!"

"Mr. Zhang is righteous!" Lin Jingzhi bowed and watched Zhang Jia leave.

For Zhang Jia, Lin Jingzhi had a good impression of him, so after hearing Zhang Jia's questioning earlier, he made a temporary decision and pulled him into the Lin family's camp. This time, Zhang Jia was the commander-in-chief. Putting it there, the weight is definitely not light, and winning this person is a big help for the Lin family.

Not long after watching on the bank of the river, the refugees began to work again in batches. Most of the common people these days are simple and honest, and when they start working, they are scrambling to be the first. No wonder the canal is being dug so fast.

"Yu'er, recently Wang Meng may be difficult for the Lin family again, can you ask your elder brother to help the Lin family secretly?" Lin Jingzhi turned his head and looked at Aunt Yu who was standing aside.

The wind on the bank of the river was strong, and it disturbed Aunt Yu's coiled hair, and gathered a few strands of black hair on her forehead, Aunt Yu sneered, "No way!"

Lin Jingzhi understood that Aunt Yu was still annoyed that he deliberately distanced herself from Hong Feng earlier, and shook his head with a wry smile. He also knew that it would be unkind for him to ask Aunt Yu to ask Hong Feng for help, but the reality is that if the Lin family got too close to Hong Feng, It is inevitable that he will be implicated by him, and if Hong Feng is alone, no matter how many corrupt officials and bullies he kills, he will be fine with his martial arts, but if he really gets together with the Lin family, if the government is in trouble, a large number of people will be dispatched In the army, Hong Feng couldn't escape gracefully, and in the end he had no choice but to die.

'You don't say it, I say it! Lin Jingzhi could see that the relationship between Hong Feng and Aunt Yu was extremely deep, and he believed that Hong Feng would never let his little junior sister make mistakes.

After inspecting the wasteland for a while, and explaining a few words to the chief steward and Shi Mo, Lin Jingzhi got into the carriage and returned to the city. Aunt Yu was quarreling with him and was riding outside on a tall horse.

Back in the mansion, Lin Jingzhi briefly described Hong Feng's appearance to the guards at the gate, and told them that if they saw this person visiting the mansion, they could directly invite them into the hall.

It was already afternoon, Lin Jingzhi had lunch and was about to go to the small courtyard to chat with some aunts, but he bumped into a servant who was hurrying on his way.

That servant was a guard of Lin's mansion, and he was very skilled. When he saw his master, he quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "My servant pays my respects to Second Master."

Lin Jingzhi saw a trace of nervousness on this person's expression, he gave him a hand, and quickly asked, "Did you deliver the letter I asked you to send to Zheng's mansion this morning?"

"Back to Second Master, the villain has been waiting at the gate of Zheng's residence for more than an hour, but he still hasn't seen that Mr. Zheng." The guard hurried back.

As soon as these words came out, Lin Jingzhi's heart tightened suddenly. Could it be that the situation is really as bad as he expected, and Zheng Fu and Tian Ji came together?

"Quickly tell me, is Mr. Zheng not at home, or the guards of Zheng's residence won't let you in?"

"This..." the guard hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The guard of Zheng's mansion said that Mr. Zheng is not at home, but the servant waited at the gate of Zheng's mansion for a long time, but saw many young men go to the mansion to sit. Some said they were Mr. Zheng’s friends.”

After hearing this, Lin Jingzhi's face became gloomy. At this moment, the guard took out a letter from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it forward respectfully, "Second Lord, this is the letter brought by the steward of Jiancheng other courtyard. Please have a look at the letter."

Lin Jingzhi once told the housekeeper over there to send more people to pay attention to the actions of the Zheng family and the Tian family. He reached out to take the letter, and when he opened it, his expression suddenly changed.