Chapter 308 The journey of the mine supervisor's heart
More than a month later.
"Asshole! Asshole! Get out of here!" Then a man dressed as a servant crawled out of the study room of the official residence of Nanyang Iron Mine Supervisor Ye Zhong.
The servants in the official residence knew that their master was in a very bad mood this month, so they tried their best not to appear in front of the master Ye Zhong. Therefore, there were quite few servants and maids in the official residence around the study at this time.
, even the maids who couldn't hide and had to wait for orders outside the study were as silent as a cicada.
Ye Zhong felt that he had been having bad luck in the past month. When Ye Zhong heard about the shortage of mine supervisors at Nanyang Iron Mine last year, he did not hesitate to spend most of his fortune and went through Wang Chengen's path to get the job.
The shortage of mine supervisors in Nanyang Iron Mine was eliminated.
Although Ye Zhong loves money, he considers himself a cautious person. Since taking office, he has been completely like Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. The filial piety that should be paid to the several eunuchs in the palace is not a penny;
It means not taking one tael. Just take your own share of one-third of an acre of land.
But just over a month ago, a fight broke out among the miners at the Longtouling Private Iron Mine. Upon hearing the news, Ye Zhong didn't pay much attention at first, because a junior official in the mine supervisory office also introduced it to Ye Zhong.
However, this is the Longtouling private iron mine owned by the former mine supervisor Xiao Jinku. How many years ago did they not have several armed fights with the private iron mines mined by the local tycoons to snatch the mineral resources?
But what he didn't expect was that the scale of the fighting was getting bigger and bigger. In just a few days, the scale of the fighting reached thousands of people. This made Ye Zhong unable to sit still, and he immediately asked his subordinate eunuchs to lead
The miner went to quell the fight.
However, although the mine superintendent's office was located in the mining area of Nanyang Iron Mine, successive mine superintendents moved the official residence of the mine superintendent to Nanyang City in order to enjoy the benefits. Therefore, the office location of the mine superintendent had actually been moved from the yamen to the official residence.
However, the Longtouling private mining area is in Ye County, which is the northwestmost county of Nanyang Prefecture. Therefore, it is quite far away from Nanyang Prefecture. Therefore, the transmission of news is somewhat out of sync. So when the miners are gathered,
After a long and tiring journey, they were surprised to find that their road to the Longtouling private mining area had been blocked by an army.
And here we have to figure out the time node:
First, the mine supervisor Ye Zhong heard that there was a fight with machinery in the mines and sent miners to calm it down;
After the miners were sent out, Ye Zhong received news from Niu Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, who sent a report about the mine fighting. Although Ye Zhong himself already knew the news, this behavior was obviously Niu Wenqing's show of goodwill to him;
Next, the miners they sent came back in despair. They reported that they were intercepted by an army of officers, and the officer army also said that they were sent by Niu Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, and wanted to
Stationed in the Longtouling Private Mining Area for a long time. No other force is allowed to enter;
At this time, Ye Zhong also thought that there was some misunderstanding with Niu Wenqing. He also encouraged the little eunuch who led the miners to avoid conflicts.
But in the end, the people he sent to the private iron mine escaped. Together with several young eunuchs and accountants who were later released by the army, they told Ye Zhong: Ye Zhong sent to Longtouling to privately mine the iron mine.
Those who did not come back have been killed by the official army. And the official army also took over the management of the private iron mine. The Longtouling Private Iron Mine has changed hands.
This positive and negative news suddenly confused Ye Zhong. Although Ye Zhong already had doubts in his heart, Ye Zhong, who was cautious by nature, still hoped that this was really a misunderstanding. Therefore, he immediately sent
When people arrived in Ye County, they went to negotiate with Niu Wenqing.
The negotiation went smoothly. Niu Wenqing accepted the gift and gave him a generous gift in return. Niu Wenqing also swore that an army unit did go to the Longtouling private mining area to quell the fighting.
The officer army was sent to Ye County by Guard Li Lu to help maintain the fight after he heard about it. However, Niu Wenqing kindly sent the officer army to the Longtouling Private Mining Area in order to help mine supervisor Ye Zhong calm down the fight.
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As for the officers and soldiers who went on a killing spree in the private mining area, there might have been some misunderstanding. Could it be that Ye Zhong's people had some conflict with the officers and soldiers because of their backgrounds, and maybe they were at gunpoint.
However, Niu Wenqing still patted his chest and promised that he never ordered the army to be stationed in the private mining area for a long time.
Moreover, Niu Wenqing also offered to send a letter to the guard Li Lu immediately, asking Li Lu to recall the army immediately.
So after hearing the feedback from those who went to negotiate, Ye Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was just a misunderstanding! Ye Zhong also knew the virtues of his men. The possibility of being accidentally killed because of their arrogance was too high.
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Although the actions of the officers and soldiers were quite rough, could Qiu Ba's etiquette and moral standards be expected to be as high as those of eunuchs and civil servants?
Compared with eliminating the misunderstanding and taking back the private iron mines, the death of these subordinates is just a matter of the end! At least those Qiu Ba also knew about their existence and put back the few eunuchs and the accountant. As for those unhappy things
, let him go with Qingfeng (joking about Qingfeng, he has written "Da Ming Guan" well now). At that moment, Ye Zhong felt that his mind was extremely broad!
But at this time, both Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing thought that it would be enough if they reached an agreement. They did not even send people to Li Lu or He Fei to arrange negotiations with Nanyang Camp in the private mining area.
Although what Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing did was also the norm in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, they did not take the barrel of a gun seriously.
So Ye Zhong soon lost his broad-mindedness. Nanyang garrison Li Lu did not receive the messenger at all. He just asked the messenger to bring back a sentence: Li Lu's army has been sent out, so this officer
How the army should act is decided by the military attaché leading the army. I will not accept the order of the emperor.
Since the military attaché who leads the troops feels that it is still necessary to be stationed at Longtouling, then he can be stationed at Longtouling. Anyway, everything is in order to ensure that civil unrest does not occur. As for Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing, if they have anything to say, let them find the garrison.
Let the military attache at Longtouling tell you.
But where can they find the military attache leading this army? Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing don’t know about He Fei’s Nanyang camp. Now the entire Longtouling private mining area has been sealed off, and those negotiating and giving gifts cannot enter at all.
He went there, and the letters he sent in all came to nothing. This made Ye Zhong jump anxiously. But Ye Zhong also felt that something was wrong.
There is no other way, money can make people go around, so just spend money to ask the local snakes to find out the news. The local snakes are well-informed after all, and they quickly found out the news about the Longtouling private iron mine.
The Longtouling Private Iron Mine has fully resumed operations. The people who manage the iron mines are the original local private mine owners. In addition, officials in various government offices have not collected any revenue from the Longtouling Private Iron Mine.
A small amount of land was handed over to them. What made Ye Zhong grind his teeth was that even Niu Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, did not lose his share.
Moreover, the garrisoned army was also acquiring land in Longyan Town and preparing to build a stockade there.
Ye Zhong was so angry that he suddenly lost his head: "Okay! It turns out that you local officials and local tycoons have colluded to steal my small treasury through some tricks!"
"The most shameless one is that Niu Wenqing. He learned how to use delaying tactics to stabilize me, and then secretly went to Chencang to seize the private iron ore. Don't you know that sooner or later the incident will come to light?"
So the enthusiastic Ye Zhong immediately took hundreds of miners to Ye County to find Niu Wenqing to accuse him. But after meeting, Niu Wenqing swore to God that he had never participated in the robbery of the Longtouling private iron mine.
But now Ye Zhong no longer believes Niu Wenqing's oath. After being forced into a hurry, Niu Wenqing did not care about the scholar's face and said plainly: "Whose hands this mine is in has nothing to do with the county. Anyway, the county is indispensable.
It’s a filial piety, but it doesn’t amount to more than a tael of silver. Why should this county offend you, father-in-law, for those squires?”
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhong calmed down. He thought: "That's right! This Niu Wenqing just wants to rob the iron ore, so he doesn't need to do it so complicated. Besides, he doesn't have any benefits. It seems that he is the one who
The officers and soldiers are out of control."
At this time, Ye Zhong discovered another problem: if the gun obeyed the pen, the pen could completely manipulate the gun; but if the gun ignored the pen, the pen could not do anything about it.
The barrel of the gun is gone.
Just like now, Ye Zhong dared to lead the miners to rush into the Yexian county government office. But if he took the miners to rush into Li Lu's garrison, then think about what would happen to Lin Chong who brought a knife into the White Tiger Festival Hall.
But Ye Zhong was still a little puzzled. Anyone who was involved in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty knew that robbing the eunuch's money would mean having a deadly feud with the eunuch. And Li Lu was just a small middle- and low-level military attaché.
, how could he have such courage to do such an unscrupulous thing? There must be something inside.
So Ye Zhong's cautious character gained the upper hand again. He continued to send out a local snake reconnaissance team, and the information he got next became much more comprehensive.
It turned out that there were three groups of people robbing private iron mines. In addition to the local tycoon and Nanyang guard Li Lu, there was also a guard named "Wu Shigong" from Runing Prefecture.
Ye Zhong inquired about the backgrounds of Li Lu and Wu Shigong again. But he was surprised to find that the British Duke was Li Lu's backer, and Wu Shigong was even more impressive. Behind him stood the two great princes, Yangwuhou and Gongshunhou.
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That’s it! Ye Zhong almost cried. You said that your father-in-law and the Hou Ye’s family all have big businesses, but why do you want to rob me, a little eunuch, of my property? (To be continued, please search for Piaotian Literature and Novels.