Wen Yuming asked in confusion: "Of course the food delivery team went to the north. They were thousands of miles away. Their bodies couldn't appear on the Chu River, right?"
After thinking about it, a deep sneer appeared on his face: "If this is true, then we should worship the river devoutly. Think about it, even corpses in the desert can appear here, which further illustrates the tragedy of the Resentment Corpse Tribulation
It’s not groundless.”
"Where did the resentful corpse calamity come from?"
Hua Rujin felt helpless at Wen Yuming's coma: "These recovered corpses are all intact, which is absolutely impossible to achieve by ordinary means. Whether it is the battle on the Chu River or the missing grain delivery workers eighteen years ago,
It is impossible for their corpses to remain unscathed. Over such a long period of time, they will only be corroded by the loess and turn into white bones."
"That being the case, where do you think these floating corpses came from, Miss Hua?"
Wen Yuming asked with interest.
Hua Rujin looked at Liu Yan with a smile and pointedly said: "I have to ask the Admiral, Jiang Fangxiaowei's mansion is supposed to patrol the river, why is it set up in the mountains? Is it to hide it?
"
"Bad talk."
Liu Yan looked stunned and glanced at everyone present calmly:
"There is no need to explain to everyone why the Jiangfang garrison is located in the mountains, but when Miss Hua asks, I can also give an explanation. In the thirty-sixth year of Tianhua, that is, the year when Taizu passed away, the whole country was in great danger.
Difficult, there is a landslide in Baekdu Mountain. I think many of you here know about this. The reason why Jiang Fang is stationed here is to better monitor Jiang Fang and to repair the mountain road."
These words resonated with many people, and they all agreed:
"It's true. Back then, there was a towering green peak on the southeast side of Mount Paektu, but it collapsed overnight. Fortunately, no damage was caused."
"It does seem like there is no loss."
Hua Rujin smiled and said: "And you all think that Jiang Fangxiaowei's office has done a good thing for the benefit of the people."
"Of course."
Liu Yan snorted disdainfully: "It is our duty as officials in the officialdom to serve the people."
"But whether this landslide is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, I'm afraid even the Admiral doesn't know, right?"
Hua Rujin sneered again.
"What do you mean by that?"
Liu Yan's face was already unhappy.
At this time, Hua Rujin turned her gaze to Ye Chengguan, who had a gloomy face, and asked meaningfully: "Master Ye has read a lot of poetry and books, and he has been studying the county annals in the past few days since he came to Jiang'an County. He said that Jiang'an County's location is
We are a small but prosperous people, may I ask Master Ye, what is the most abundant mineral here?"
Ye Chengguan gradually realized that this girl might have gained something after running away for a few days. Since she was determined to put herself in danger, he would try his best to stop her and not get even a cent, but it would make her unhappy.
At this point, he decided to let her make a desperate move with him, and said with a warm smile: "Everyone knows that Jiang'an County is the center of iron production in our country, and the most famous one is naturally the iron mine."
"wrong."
Hua Rujin immediately corrected him: "Master Ye only remembers iron ore, but he forgot that since the early years of Taizu, coal mining has also become popular all over the country. In order to earn a lot of money, many dignitaries did not hesitate to hide it from the court.
Detection and mining of coal mines, especially in the early years of the dynasty, your lords' salaries were meager, so I am afraid that even the royal family and nobles would want to get a share of this emerging hugely profitable industry."
She probably remembered that before the Daye Dynasty, most of the charcoal raw materials used throughout the country were bamboo charcoal, mainly charcoal. It was not until the improvement of charcoal excavation technology that this fossil fuel contained in the ground was widely popularized.
Emerging industries will naturally spawn many profit-seeking groups.
Wen Yuming was very puzzled by her words: "Even if Jiang'an County is rich in coal, what does it have to do with these floating corpses on the Chu River?"
"Because the peasant women felt that the missing grain delivery men had never been to the North, but were deliberately hidden and sent to mine coal in a coal mine dug privately."
Hua Rujin combined all the suspicions before and after, and quickly gathered the information into one place: "The private construction of coal mines lacks government qualification approval, which naturally poses serious safety risks. Excessive excavation will definitely cause landslides, and the coal wells are close to the river.
, if the excavation is improper, the mineral source will leak out and penetrate into the river, so the river on the southeast bank will turn black."
Looking at Liu Yan again, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised with a faint smile: "If the girl guessed correctly, this Jiangfang garrison is where the private kiln that collapsed that year was located."
"That's complete nonsense."
Liu Yan suddenly became angry with shame: "You are a cunning woman who really likes to talk nonsense as Magistrate Ye said. How can Jiangfang Xiaowei Mansion hide the truth for those unscrupulous businessmen?"
"I don't dare, Lord Admiral, but you can't help yourself in officialdom."
Hua Rujin's smile gradually turned deep: "If this illegal and profiteer has a high position and threatens the admiral, wouldn't he just obey his orders? I think you all know who was in charge of Jingzhou Mansion eighteen years ago. Three thousand
The profits dug by people from the mines are considerable every year."
Wen Yuming felt that she was alluding to him and scolded him unhappily: "What did Miss Hua want to say? I have been in office for many years, but I have never known anyone mining coal in Mount Paektu."
"I think this cunning woman is here to stir up trouble."
Liu Yan immediately shouted angrily: "Someone, pull this cunning woman down and put her in jail to await trial."
"Wait a minute."
Ye Chengguan finally heard some clues at this time.
Although I don't understand the mining of mines, I also know that coal mining is an underground operation. Once the mine collapses due to improper operation, it will naturally cause casualties.
This girl really has some skills.
He began to regret his original decision. If he had let this girl participate earlier, he wouldn't have been worried for so many days in vain.
Stopping the sergeant who came forward, Ye Chengguan smiled: "Admiral, I am so forgetful. Just now I wanted to stop Miss Hua, but you insisted on asking people to talk about your opinions. Now that she has revealed her suspicions, you want to
Holding people accountable is not what an official should do."
"Brother Ye."
Liu Yan looked at Ye Chengguan with a bitter look on his face, but he couldn't understand what he was thinking.
"Please allow her to finish her words, Admiral. I think many people here, not only the subordinates, would like to hear Miss Hua's final opinion on this matter."
Ye Chengguan's tone of half discussion and half intimidation forced Liu Yan to compromise and glared at Hua Rujin with dissatisfaction: "Please speak."
"Things have become clear."
Hua Rujin finally said: "Someone moved the food delivery workers to Baektu Mountain to mine. The mine collapsed and an accident occurred. I think even if there were survivors, the people behind this would not dare to make this shameful act public, so they had to
Let everyone bury it in the bottom of the mine together,
I thought that the landslide could cover up all the evidence, but I never thought that the bottom of the mine would leak again because of the river water, and the long-buried corpse would flow into the river and be seen again. Only then would someone come up with such a sinister excuse to paralyze the world.
.”
After finishing his words, he looked at Liu Yan with sharp eyes and asked: "I wonder, Lord Admiral, is what the civilian girl said true?"