A few days ago, the private mine owners who ran the Nanyang private mines together with Wu Shigong elected a representative, Qiu Yuanwai, to come to He Fei and the others. He came to discuss a matter with a heavy gift.
In fact, in the two counties of Nanyang Prefecture where Li Lu is stationed, in addition to the private mines of local tycoons, there is also an iron ore area. However, that iron ore area belongs to the imperial court's official mine - Nanyang Iron Ore.
Internally, it is managed by mine supervisors sent by the imperial court.
However, in that iron ore area, the government-operated Nanyang iron ore has stopped mining for a long time. The reason for reporting to the court was that the mineral resources were exhausted and it was difficult to mine. This makes sense. The iron ore in Nanyang has been mined since the Han Dynasty.
It has been more than a thousand years, so most people take it for granted that the mineral resources must have been exhausted.
However, in fact, the iron ore resources in that iron ore area are still quite rich. The reason why the ore resources are reported to be exhausted is the same as the reason why the Zhaoyuan gold mine is exhausted.
Therefore, in this iron ore area, the government-run Nanyang Iron Mine is no longer being mined, and local officials and mine supervisors colluded to establish private mines for extensive mining in order to reap huge private profits.
But there are some differences between this private mine and the private mine owned by Wu Shigong. In addition to the quality, quantity and transportation convenience of the iron ore which greatly exceeds Wu Shigong's private mine, the biggest difference is that Wu Shigong's private mine was owned by the original private mine owner.
They are mainly owned by local gentry and wealthy people. However, this private mine is protected by local officials and mine supervisors, and it is also dominated by them.
After many years of fighting, the two groups had formed a tacit understanding. The two groups did not interfere with each other and each made their own money. However, when the local gentry and tycoons other than the Qiu Yuan Yuan discovered the powerful combat effectiveness of the Runing camp and Wu Shigong's commitment to keeping their promises,
After they cooperated with them, Qiu Yuanwai and the others became interested and wanted to seize the private mining area.
Qiu Yuanwai and their plans were quite thorough. Because of the private mine, the local officials only had a shareholding, and the majority of the production and profits were controlled by the mine supervisor.
Those officials who live in other places are easy to deal with. Because the official's shares are handed over to the current official. When he resigns, the income from the shares will be transferred to the official who succeeds him. So as long as Qiu Yuanwai and others are grabbing
After entering the private mining area, the income of those officials can be guaranteed, and those officials will not embarrass Yuan Qiu and them.
As for those petty officials who live in the local area, it is easier to deal with it. It is nothing more than building relationships, coercion and inducement. After all, local people always prefer local people.
What is up for grabs is the share owned by the mine supervisor. You can’t say that Qiu Yuan and other gentry and local tyrants are quite brave. You must know that the income from official mines like Nanyang Iron Mine does not enter the court household.
It went into the inner treasury of Emperor Chongzhen. In other words, all the money was the emperor's private money. And these gentry and local tycoons actually dared to rob the emperor's private money. This behavior...!
But Yuan Qiu and the others were not afraid. Because there was one person before them who dared to touch the emperor's private money, and that was the mine supervisor of Nanyang Iron Mine. And robbing this private mining area was just a gangster attack.
It is unlikely that after seizing the private mining area, the mine supervisor dared to cry in front of Emperor Chongzhen and ask Emperor Chongzhen to seek justice. If the mine supervisor became impatient and really dared to cry in front of Emperor Chongzhen, then
It can be imagined that Emperor Chongzhen will definitely seek justice for him, but before he can seek justice, he will definitely beat the thief in front of him to death with a stick.
Therefore, they also understood the psychology of those officials and mine supervisors outside Qiu Yuanwai. However, after all, the gentry and local tyrants in places like Qiu Yuanwai did not have a high vision. They did not know that internal officials like mine supervisors could do anything without going through Emperor Chongzhen.
Through the good eunuch, huge energy can be exerted. But this is another story.
When Qiu Yuanwai presented the plan to Hefei, Shumo and Zuge, he told the three of them the plan to rob the private mining area. It was nothing more than starting with friction, then fighting with weapons, and then escalating to a large-scale fight with weapons. This
The appearance is just like the local private mine owners competing for private mines in the past, and it will not attract special attention from others.
The preliminary work will be carried out by Qiu Yuanwai and others, but Nanyang Camp will need to take action next. Because although the private mining area is also under the management of Nanyang Iron Mine and is not under the jurisdiction of the local government, its location is just right.
It is also within the jurisdiction of Nanyang Camp.
Since a large-scale armed struggle has occurred, it is logical that the Nanyang Camp can also send troops to calm down the place first. As for the future, who has the final say in a place that is not controlled by anyone?
After acquiring the private mining area, apart from the shares given to local officials, Qiu Yuan and the others also agreed that the profits from the iron ore would be divided according to the proportion of the original iron ore. In addition, Qiu Yuan and the others would pay an additional sum to
Nanyang camp gave three thousand taels of silver and one hundred horses as expenses for sending troops.
After hearing such generous terms, and it didn't sound like there was any risk, Hefei and Zuge wanted to agree. There was no need to think about the income from the iron mines, as the Nanyang camp must have the Runing camp.
The upper level came to receive it. But the three thousand taels of silver and one hundred horses could just solve the current problem of lack of silver and horses in Nanyang Camp.
But the reason why they think so is because they don't understand that mine supervisors can sometimes exert tremendous energy.
But Shu Mo didn't quite agree. Apart from the fact that he was always timid, Shu Mo was born as a servant in the Hou Mansion. Unlike He Fei and Chu Ge, he vaguely knew the power of some eunuchs.
Besides, Shu Mo was originally a person with no enterprising spirit. He was like an abacus bead, and he would not move until Wu Shigong flicked it. So Shu Mo did not want to cause trouble over nothing.
There is another very important reason. In the Runing Camp, one of the strictest military regulations is that no troops can be dispatched at will without Wu Shigong's order. Now, if the Nanyang Camp wants to dispatch, it will also have to get a temporary replacement.
Military leader--Xue Yongli's order.
But we can see from the experiences of Hefei and Zug that they are both ambitious people who want to get ahead. Therefore, they came up with a reason: Nanyang Camp is the military force carried out in their own garrison.
Action, the commander of Nanyang Camp can handle it according to his authority, as long as he reports to Xue Yongli afterwards. Their exact idea is to play a side game.
Regarding this point, the three of them are all well aware of this. If Nanyang Camp sends troops, they cannot tell Xue Yongli and others in Runing first. Otherwise, if the benefits of sending troops are so divided by the above, these three people will still
Don’t you all have to cry to death!
For this reason, Shu Mo raised another difficult point: after all, Nanyang Camp was nominally led by Nanyang garrison Li Lu. Without his consent, Nanyang Camp would have been unknown.
This is indeed a problem. However, seeing that Shu Mo has always objected, He Fei and Chu Ge just had a few laughs and moved the topic away.
After that, of course, Qiu Yuanwai and the others arranged for the three leaders to eat, drink, and sleep with women. Shumo would not pretend to be aloof because of his disagreement.
Seeing that these three commanders had different opinions, Qiu Yuanwai and the others also decided to defeat them one by one. He arranged for Zug to be his niece. After spending the night, Qiu Yuanwai and the others also reached an intention of action with Zug.
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After that, Chu Ge asked He Fei to come out again. When the two of them combined, the fox's brain suddenly moved and he set up such a trap for Shu Mo.
Of course, Li Lu's problem raised by Shu Mo also had to be solved. Qiu Yuanwai and the others were indeed very energetic, and it didn't take long for them to solve Li Lu's problem.
It should be said that Li Lu, who once served as the commander of Nancheng in the capital, would not agree to have a conflict with the eunuch. But what is Li Lu's current mentality?
He doesn't care about being in the officialdom at all, he just wants to sleep with wives and make money. At most, he will be dismissed afterwards and return to the capital with the wives and money he looted in Nanyang to retire. So a generous gift from Qiu Yuanwai and the promise to give
After Li Lu received a new private mining stake, Li Lu readily agreed to this military operation.
After that, Hefei and Zuge set up a trap to drag Shumo into this military operation.