The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 293 Not Many Tyrants Are Still Alive

Seeing that there were still people digging below, Lu Chao couldn't help but a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "My lord? Shall I take Bo people down?"

Right now the army is in chaos, these people stealing gold should be killed.

"Forget it for now." Ding Yi is not in a hurry, these are big fats that are on his lips, and he will come to eat them sooner or later.

Song Xiang was listening clearly, and immediately said: "My lord, most of the following are experienced hands, and maybe they can be used."

When he heard that Lu Chao was called Mr. Ding Yi, he immediately changed his name to Mr. Ding Yi. He is indeed a smart man.

"They all belong to the Yu family?" Ding Yi asked calmly.

"Almost all." Song Xiang said obediently.

"Laizhou is not broken, they can go back after fighting the rebels." Ding Yi laughed.

"The little one would like to stay with the adults." Song Xiang hurriedly said, he looked terrified, as if he didn't want to go back, when he said this, his sister Song Ling behind him was also terrified.

Lu Chao saw it clearly, and suddenly put one hand on the knife, and said sharply, "Is there something you are hiding from your lord?"

Song Ling came over and cried while hugging his brother.

There is indeed a reason why Song Xiang took the initiative to seek refuge.

His younger sister is only ten years old this year, and Yu Yunjiu has already taken a fancy to Song Ling, planning to betroth her to his son as a concubine.

His son is in his twenties this year, and his character is extremely bad. He has married six women, and three of them were beaten to death or maimed by him.

Song Xiang naturally refused, and neither did Song Ling, but their father agreed, and the two brothers and sisters had no choice.

But in this rebellion, his father and Yu Yunjiu all died at the hands of the rebels.

Seeing Ding Yi, Song Xiang decisively ventured up to ask for food, and it was almost there.

In fact, he understood the virtues of the Ming army very well. From his point of view, most of the generals of the Ming army would hit him with a horse, and if they had a better attitude, they would order him to get out of the way.

But Ding Yi actually gave him dry food. He immediately decided to change his master and escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

After Lu Chao and Ding Yi heard him finish speaking again, Lu Chao's eyes flickered, and he faintly felt that this kid was a bit like himself when he was young.

This Song Xiang is very young, but he is also bold, careful, and very intelligent.

"These people help Yu's family with work, do they get money or food?" Ding Yi asked again.

"Miners pay three renminbi a month, including two meals." Song Xiang said, "Alchemists pay two renminbi, including two meals."

Ding Yi Eran, alchemy is a skill, so it should be a little more, right?Actually less.

But such a low salary was not bad at the end of the Ming Dynasty. When Ding Yi was a soldier, he paid one or two taels of silver every month, and he didn't even get three cents.

"You and Mr. Lu Qian go down together." Ding Yi said: "Tell them, I will work for me in the future, four coins a month, including three meals."

"Thank you, sir." Song Xiang was overjoyed, and quickly bowed again.

Soon Ding Yi took this group of people back to Chengguo Town, bringing back more than 40 people in total, most of them were very experienced old miners and alchemists, and some of them had worked with the Yu family for many years.

Lu Chao asked one by one at a distance. It was exactly as Song Xiang said. Yu Yunjiu wanted his son to marry Song Yan. Song Xiang was very smart and could read. He was willing to pay, but failed to finish his studies. He consulted privately with Mr. Yu's accountant, and he even learned a lot of words.

This is a young man who works very hard and wants to change his life, and is also very ambitious.

In the evening, Ding Yi called him into the camp and asked him, how to identify whether there is a gold mine?

At this time, he was holding a piece of ore, which was brought back from the Linglong Gold Mine. There was a layer of golden gold particles in the middle, which needed to be refined.

Generally, one ton of ore can contain ten grams of gold, even if it is a rich ore, the greater the particle density, the higher the gold content.

Song Xiang thought for a while and said slowly, based on the experience of their father and son, where there are gold mines, there are usually other mines, such as silver, lead, zinc, etc., and more importantly, sulfide.

Of course, Song Xiang couldn't tell what sulfide was. In his opinion, it was probably similar to sulfur.

"Generally, there are very few trees on the mountains rich in gold mines." Song Xiang thought carefully: "My father said that if the mountain has a fracture surface, it is easy to produce gold. The older generation of technicians has a saying that there is no crack. Can't—"

The little Song Xiang talked about mining and searching for mines, and Ding Yi listened with gusto.

Ding Yi finally asked how to refine gold.

Song Xiang said it was very simple, as long as the ore was crushed, and then washed with water, the heavy gold would remain.

No wonder gold diggers call gold diggers, it turns out it's that simple.

Don't you need to refine it?Ding Yi asked strangely, did you say that there were alchemists?

The alchemy that Song Xiang mentioned is not just gold, but all metals.

For example, the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine also produces silver.

If there is only silver, use lead to refine it.

If you have gold and silver, you can use diluted nitric acid solution (Tiangongkaiwu has been recorded), which is more troublesome.

Ding Yi had a chat with him, and felt that although he was young, he was indeed a talent, and he was willing to learn from him.

After dismissing him, Ding Yi recruited Lu Chao again.

"After this battle is over, I will organize people to mine gold in Shandong."

Lu Chao listened carefully.

"There are many gold mines in Shandong. In the early stage, we first occupied Zhaoyuan, which is closer to Dengzhou."

"At that time, there will definitely be local tyrants and powerful gentry who will come and snatch it from us."

"After the fight, you should immediately investigate how many powerful gentry are still in Denglai and Denglai after they were purged by Kong Youde."

"Yes." A stern look flashed in Lu Chao's eyes, and he said slowly, "Shandong's rebellious army has swept across all directions, and the local military situation has fallen to this point. Judging from my humble position, there should not be any strong and powerful people still alive."

Ding Yi looked up at him, unable to deny it.

Lu Chao had been working in the intelligence department before, and he did a good job in Dengzhou. Ding Yi also planned to let him take over Zhao Dashan in the future and let Zhao Dashan go to the army.

Now Lu Chao understands why Lord Ding wants to come to me for fighting the rebels.

Then Ding Yi waited quietly in Chengguo Town for a few more days, and finally a sentinel came back.

The official army fought fiercely with the rebels in Shahe. The rebels were defeated and fled in all directions, many of them ran to this side.

Ding Yi was overjoyed, and immediately mobilized the whole army to guard at the intersection.

The sentry cavalry kept coming back, reminding the rebels that they were getting closer.

About an hour later, the last two guards ran back in a panic.

"Here we come, there are a lot of people, and there are about five or six thousand people in the front."

Ding Yi and the generals' eyes lit up, it was all money.

A tael of silver per person is a good income.

After a while, the road ahead was billowing with dust and smoke, and a large number of cavalry rushed towards them.

Soon, a large flag with the word Kong appeared in Ding Yi's sight.

Ding Yi never liked to attract attention, and he never raised a flag, let alone riding a horse to show himself alone among the infantry.

He was standing behind a cart with a team of spear and shield soldiers, and he was stunned when he saw Kong Youde in front of him.

What a coincidence, how did you meet them?
It turned out that Kong Youde's army was defeated in the Shahe War, and they split up into three groups and ran to Dengzhou.

Many people advocate running the middle road, which is also the closest.

Kong Youde thought about it, if the Ming army intercepted them, they would definitely block the middle first. Let's take the seaside path, although it is farther away, it must be safer.

When you hear it, it seems to make sense.

So Kong Youde took his subordinates and left Chengguo Town.

"Ni Niang." Kong Youde ran to the intersection with the disorderly army, and saw a group of officers and soldiers blocking there.

At the beginning, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Stop, stop, make up the team, make up the team, listen to the order later, and rush over with me."

The chaotic defeated soldiers began to gather behind him one after another.

There were cavalry in front of him, about three or four thousand cavalry, and there were infantry running behind him.

Kong Youde wanted to wait for the infantry.

Because he saw a lot of cars blocking the road on the opposite side, it was difficult for the cavalry to rush over.

There is mud in the paddy field, and horses will fall even if they try to enter it.

"Which troop is in front?" someone asked Kong Youde.

Kong Youde said, take care of his unit, wait for the infantry to come up later, and kill them together, whoever blocks kills the other.

All the generals drink in unison.

The infantry came at different speeds, but Kong Youde was also afraid of pursuing them, seeing hundreds of infantry gathered behind him, he couldn't wait.

"There is someone blocking our way home, brothers, rush over and go home."

"Go home." The rebels yelled, roaring.

Kong Youde drew his saber with a wave.

The whole army charged.

The infantry rushed forward frantically, and Kong Youde led the cavalry back.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the figure in front is becoming clearer and clearer.

For some reason, Kong Youde suddenly felt familiar with the front.

The officer army was motionless, many people were hiding behind the cart, only one head was exposed.

And that's—guns, a lot of gunslingers.

turtle shell?
Damn it, Lushun Army?
Kong Youde's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

(End of this chapter)