On the second day after Zhu Erfu's death, Wang Qi took advantage of Yinxiang's brief negligence and committed suicide by biting his tongue. However, his younger brother was not as lucky as him. After Wang Qi's death, Yinxiang's supervision of Wang Mo and others became even tighter.
Before he had the chance to commit suicide, Wang Mo's spirit finally collapsed under the double pain of endless torture and the inability to wish for death, and he told everything he knew.
In the 42nd year of Kangxi, the governor of Hangzhou at that time was a member of Yinhu. By chance, he discovered that there was a large amount of fine gold iron ore hidden in the ground not far from the West Lake. It was different from ordinary iron.
Mine, there were only a few of this kind of fine gold iron ore in the entire Qing Dynasty. The weapons made from it were particularly sharp, and it was the first time that such a mine was discovered in Jiangnan. The most surprising thing is that there is a mine near the mine.
There was actually a ground fire nearby.
He reported this matter to Yinhu, but for some reason Yinhu did not tell the court, but chose to hide it. This went on for five years, until in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, Yinhu suddenly ordered him to
He and Wang Qi were responsible for digging shafts in the mines and recruiting a large number of blacksmiths.
As for what exactly Yinhu was going to do and the location of the mine, Wang Mo didn't know, because he had always been responsible for external affairs. Wang Qi was the real person in charge and the one who really gained Yinhu's trust.
Long before, when they asked Chen Yuanjing to conduct door-to-door searches to lure Wang Qi and the others to the bait, they had already heard that many blacksmiths were recruited by a mysterious man for very high remuneration to go to other places to blacksmith. Now they were finally able to find out.
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In this matter, Yinhu invested millions of silver coins, which cost a lot of money. The thing he planned must be of great importance, and it may have something to do with the stability of the country.
Yinzhen remembered that the forty-seventh year of Kangxi happened to be the year when Yinzhen was reprimanded by Kangxi in public for being a lowly servant of Xin Zheku. It was this sentence that made Yinzhen lose his qualifications to compete for the throne forever. Even if he did anything in the future
Besides, it's just making wedding clothes for others.
This is definitely a very serious blow to Yinhu, who has been planning for so many years. Although on the surface it seems that he has accepted the result, no one knows what his true thoughts are in his heart.
What's more, the matter has been investigated to this point, and there is absolutely no reason to give up. After a detailed discussion with Chen Yuanjing, although he has a secret intention, the matter is related to the elder brother of the dynasty, so it is not appropriate to make a big deal about it, and it is still necessary to rely on the Lord Fu Yin.
The power secretly traced Yinhu's secret underground lair.
Chen Fuyin had no reason to disagree, and ordered the officials of Hangzhou Prefecture to secretly search around the West Lake and not miss any suspicious place.
Under such an almost inch-by-inch search, no matter how hidden things were, it was difficult to hide them. On one day in late October, the mine was found, just a few miles southwest of the West Lake.
On this day, Yinzhen, Yinxiang, and Chen Yuanjing led the yamen, who usually held swords in their hands and were on full alert, and entered through a hole covered by vegetation. This was the only entrance to the mine.
It was an extremely narrow road at first, allowing only one person to pass, and it was extremely steep. If one was not careful in this pitch-black tunnel, one would slip down, so they walked extremely slowly.
I didn't feel anything at first, but the further down I went, the hotter I felt. Later, everyone started sweating on their heads, and their breathing felt a little heavy. However, this also confirmed that the words of earth fire were true. This place should
It's already very underground.
All the way down, I don't know how long we walked, and finally there began to be light, and there was a faint sound of "ding-ding-dong-dong", and occasionally there was very loud movement, which was somewhat similar to what they heard in the West Lake. Yinzhen
He was refreshed and moved a little faster. After walking for about one stick of incense, his eyes suddenly opened up. Yinzhen was the first to see it. Even though he was prepared, he was still shocked by what he saw.
In front of them was a cave with a radius of hundreds of feet. The cave was filled with spears, swords and other weapons. There were also many shirtless men banging red-hot iron blocks hard. They did not use the stove to light a fire.
Instead, it directly draws fire from the earth for use.
These ground fires are different from the usual orange-red flames, but are green and white in color. Obviously the temperature is extremely high. The iron blocks will soften as soon as they are thrown in. However, these iron blocks are very strange. No matter how they burn, as long as they burn, they will burn.
It is as hard as ever after leaving the flame.
The blacksmiths polished the iron blocks and threw them into the cold water. Next to them were all kinds of weapons, including long spears, short swords, steel knives and sharp arrows. It was clearly a privately-made weapon.
place.
The blacksmiths were stunned for a moment when they saw Yinzhen and others. When they saw the fully armed Yamen, they stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do.
"I am Chen Yuanjing, the governor of Hangzhou. Now I order you all to stand up, put down your things, and stand aside. Otherwise, I have the right to kill you on the spot for treason!" Chen Yuanjing endured the turmoil in his heart and went up.
Qian shouted, in this situation he is undoubtedly the most suitable one to come forward.
Those people were just ordinary blacksmiths. How dare they be negligent when they heard this? They quickly threw away the things in their hands and stood aside in fear, waiting for Chen Yuanjing to ask questions.
"Who asked you to gather people here to make weapons privately? Do you know that this is a serious crime, and it will harm your family if you don't save your own life!" Chen Yuanjing frowned his half-white eyebrows tightly. Under his rule, some people made weapons privately.
, but as a parent official, he didn't realize it at all, so he couldn't escape the crime of dereliction of duty.
Chen Yuanjing's words frightened the blacksmiths out of their wits. They all knelt down and begged for mercy. One of the bold ones crawled forward a few steps and said in a trembling voice: "In reply to the eldest master, this matter has nothing to do with the common people. I beg you, lord Qingtian."
Mingjian!"
Under Chen Yuanjing's questioning, they told how they got here. It was no different from what they had heard before. Someone found them who were making a living by blacksmithing in Hangzhou, and asked them to leave with silver several times higher than the market price.
The shop was dedicated to blacksmithing for him for two years.
Blacksmithing is an extremely hard job, but the money earned is not much, especially for those less famous blacksmiths. After working hard for a day, they can only earn enough for food and clothing. Now that I heard that I can earn a lot of money, I am naturally excited, and I have never done so.
After asking a lot, I agreed to the man's request.
Before arriving, each of them had been wearing a hood. They had no idea where they were. It was only here that they realized that they were hired to make weapons. Although they knew that this was a fatal matter, they had no choice but to do so at this time.
They made the decision, and those people didn't allow them to leave at all, so they were forced to stay here.
During this period, some people tried to escape, but without exception, they were caught and thrown into the underground fire after being tortured. They watched with their own eyes a large living person being burned to death by the underground fire without even a trace of ashes.
Stay. From then on, they completely gave up the idea of escape and worked here obediently.