The man's remaining eye flickered and he said: "Yes, I am from Beiling. I came to the county to open up wasteland and farm fields five years ago, and I became a son-in-law."

An nodded, "Then they are prisoners of war."

The man lowered his head and acquiesced. The blood from the missing eyeball flowed out, forming a bloodstain on his face, which looked very ferocious.

Dongming Ziyu didn't shed tears when he saw that the man didn't see the coffin, so he just didn't explain that it was useful.

Putting down the tea bowl, he calmly ordered An: "Since this is your son-in-law, please invite his wife and children to persuade him."

He secretly said: "I have sent someone here a long time ago. My wife is not very good-looking, but the two boys are very cute."

Mo Wen then laughed and said: "The families of those who were captured as young men must like them very much. What do you think I will do to the people who have lost their loved ones if I hand them over to them?"

The man was completely wilted now, and his head hung low, "I don't know much. We are people who appear in public, and our identities are most easily exposed. How can the county magistrate let us know too much? I only know it once

By chance, I found out that the county magistrate had sent those people to the mountains to mine iron mines."

iron ore?

Minerals are mined by the imperial court, and iron ore is strictly controlled because iron ore can be used as weapons!

The man's one eye flashed again, "I told you, can you let my family and children go?"

Mo Wen knew what Dongming Ziyu was thinking without asking for instructions, and said: "We can't listen to your words. We will ask other prisoners. If you tell the truth, we will naturally reunite your family."

The man was furious, "You don't mean what you say! Let them go!"

Mo asked: "How do I know if you are telling the truth without asking other people?"

The man screamed and clamored to see his wife and children.

Mo Wen turned his eyes and said: "If you spit out something useful, I will let you take a look at your wife and children from a distance."

The man's one eye turned again and again and said, "I really can't remember anything."

Mo asked: "Forget it then."

When the man saw that they were about to leave, he hurriedly said: "No, I remembered something."

Mo Wen looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

The man said: "I heard that the county magistrate discusses everything with his concubine, whose surname is Liu."

Mo asked: "The value of this information can only be known after investigating the concubine. However, I have a kind heart."

He turned around and ordered a guard: "Tap his mute point, bring his wife and child over, walk past the door, and let him take a sneak peek."

No one was seen, so the man thought they hadn't caught his wife and children.

One night's work was enough to cast the net. The county magistrate and the Zhizhou family had long been controlled, and the county and government offices were also controlled by Jing Yu's people.

Mo Wen went to the county government office and participated in the interrogation of the county magistrate and his family. It turned out that Aunt Liu was a craftsman from Beiling. The public had a series of craftsmen from Beiling, and "General Zhang" was one of them.

The county magistrate was a puppet. He only frightened him and said everything. He also acted according to orders. The person above him turned out to be the magistrate.

An Yi took people to the mountains where the iron mines are located, and the results were shocking.

I discovered that not only were there large-scale iron mines, but they also smelted iron and turned it into weapons!

A small number of those weapons were raised by private soldiers, but most of them were broken into pieces and transported to Beiling.

Jing Yu's people knew that the matter was serious, so they wrote a memorial and rushed it back 800 miles away.

Dongming Ziyu mobilized troops from Wang Feng, took control of the entire state, and captured many Beiling traitors and rebels.

Shangguan Ruoli was also sighing. He didn't expect that an encounter with bandits would involve such a big matter. Most of the officials on the northern border were involved.

She thought that Xirong would lose his composure first, but she didn't expect that Beiling had already taken action, using the border trading city and contacting the original captive soldiers without leaving a trace, to infiltrate into Da Ming and gain considerable influence.

One can imagine how much damage it would cause to Da Ming if a war breaks out.

Shangguan Ruoli also felt a little guilty. It was her idea to treat the prisoners preferentially and use them to open up wasteland for farming.

Although the prisoners in Beiling were freed through several amnesties and intermarriage with local people, their roots were still with her.

It's no wonder that prisoners were killed in this era. Their loyalty to the nation was much stronger than that of modern people. As long as someone takes the lead, they can form a force.

Dongming Ziyu saw that she looked unhappy. After asking about the reason, he smiled and said, "If you could go back in time, would you let people kill those prisoners?"

Shangguan Ruoli thought for a while and said, "No. Everyone has surrendered. If we kill them again, who will surrender? By stimulating the opponent's fighting spirit, wouldn't that increase the opponent's combat effectiveness?"

Dongming Ziyu said: "Isn't that enough?"

Shangguan Ruoli sighed: "It's your idea to transport all the prisoners in Nanyun to Malay Island to open up wasteland."

Those people had no hope of leaving the island, so they all obediently became farmers and miners. Once they intermarried with the locals and the living conditions were good, they settled there.

Dongming Ziyu said: "Do you think the original people of Nanyun were not rebellious? They also did things secretly. Therefore, it will take decades to completely settle down."

Shangguan Ruoli was convinced that there had been several emperors in the Qing Dynasty, and the Honghua Society, Tiandi Society and the like, whose purpose was to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, were still rampant.

Dongming Ziyu snorted coldly: "However, this time, it is also a good thing. The peaceful diplomatic agreement signed between Beiling and Daming will definitely be ruined."

Shangguan Ruoli was not ashamed of Beiling's approach. "While signing a peace agreement with us, he secretly arrested our people, used our iron ore, and even made weapons for them. It's really too much!"

Dongming Ziyu said: "After all, Jingyu is still young, so it is understandable that he is despised. This is the border. As long as the officials are controlled, a lot can be done."

Shangguan Ruoli became alert, "This is the case on the northern border, and it must be the same on other borders. We need to ask Jing Yu to send someone to check."

Dongming Ziyu pinched her and said: "Don't worry too much. If something happened here, if Jing Yu didn't even have that little bit of vigilance, why would he be the emperor? Let him fiddle with it, and we will take care of him.

But, don’t worry too much.”

Shangguan Ruoli: "..."

Okay, free up.

Jing Yu wants to unify the Canglan Continent, and he will encounter more of this kind of thing in the future, so he might as well learn from the experience.

After such a commotion, everyone lost interest in playing. They left the matter to Jing Yu's people and followed Wang Feng's army directly to Mo Town.

Wang Feng knew that this had happened, and perhaps a war was about to break out. He quickly deployed defenses, trained troops, strengthened the inspection of people entering and exiting the customs, and also strengthened the management of Mozhen Trading City.

Shangguan Ruoli has a whole street of property here, but he doesn't want Mo Town to fall into the hands of the Beiling people again.
Chapter completed!