Lin life

In the mid-Qianlong period, Lin's reclamation business expanded to Baijiebao and Xingzhibao (including Banqiao, Zhonghe and Yonghe today and Tucheng, Xinzhuang, Shuangsan and some areas). At that time, most of Banqiao was owned by Pingpu Sect boundary governors. Lin's development of this fertile plain was first resisted and obstructed by Pingpu people. The reclamation project had to be interrupted. At this time, it happened that there was an epidemic in the street club and many people died. Lin can see a doctor and save many people. Fan Du, the leader, was very grateful: he betrothed his daughter to him. As a result, the forest has obtained the right of land reclamation. Lin and his wife managed the reclamation together. After Pingpu people joined the society, they told the Han people to live together and get married, and gradually accepted the Han culture.

Banqiao Plain soon developed into an agricultural society dominated by Zhangzhou immigrants. Reclaiming wasteland must also have a supporting water conservancy irrigation system. Lin began to plan to dig up. Daanzhen introduces Dahan Creek through Tucheng and other places, and flows northeast into Sipantou, south of Banqiao, where it is divided into four streams to irrigate most fields of Banqiao, with an area of 1000 hectares. Shenzhen is more than thirty miles long and two miles wide. It crossed the channel of the dry stream and was buried at the bottom of the stream. However, in case of flood, the earth pipe was washed away and repeatedly repaired and destroyed. Lin didn't lose heart and worked hard. After several years of struggle, he finally finished it. The whole project cost 10 more than two thousand taels of silver, Lin invested more than 50 thousand taels of silver, and the rest was jointly invested by other corpse households and tenants. Then, Lin invested in digging Yongfeng deep mountain, crossing mountains to divert water and irrigating hundreds of acres of fields. Building water conservancy projects makes forest land management more effective. By the end of Qianlong, the land managed by the Lins had reached Xinzhuang, Xinpu, Houpu, Fangliao and Dajiala. Annual harvest1100 million mangoku. Therefore, Lin built many mansions and warehouses to collect rent and accumulate rice. Among them, Houpu is the mansion, Xinpu is the second mansion, and the deep mansion is Sangongwan. At present, Houpu Street Forest Mansion behind Banqiao Station is Lin's former residence, which later became a long-term public hall.