The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 313 Elimination of Tyrants
In late February, Ding Yi first went back to Lushun.

Because it has been nearly half a year since the troops were sent out in August, Lushun didn't know what to do, and he was also anxious to go back, fearing that Houjin would attack again.

Now, as the deputy general of Dongjiang, he officially controls Dongjiang, and Pidao will also be included in his territory in the future.

He immediately mobilized the Phi Island navy to encircle and suppress Kong Youde's troops back to Dengzhou, and transported [-] soldiers back to Phi Island.

Another [-] surrendered soldiers will hoard fields and build forts locally, and Wang Weizhong and Du Ruhai will be responsible together.

Although Wang Weizhong is currently under the control of Xu Fuzuo's Denglai Commander-in-Chief, of course he only listens to Ding Yi.

In this turmoil, Kong Youde raised troops because of the affairs of the local rich Wang’s family, and massacred them in anger. Many rich people with land were slaughtered. Ding Yi asked Wang Weizhong and Liu Yuan to seize the land, and then built a fort to stockpile the land for him in the future. Island to the mainland, build castle heads and bases.

After returning to Lushun, Ding Yi went to Phi Island again, made some arrangements, and returned to Dengzhou.

It is true that there are many things going on in Dengzhou now, and some things must be arranged by him before he can rest assured.

One day, Ding Yi took Lu Chao, Wang Weizhong, Liu Yuan and others to the countryside to look at the fields.

This place used to be the farmland of a big family in Dengzhou, but later this big family was exterminated, and all the land was manipulated by Liu Yuan and now it belongs to Ding Yi.

Looking at the fields, Ding Yi said with a sad face: "These big households occupy a large amount of land and collect the people's fat and cream, but the common people are short of food and clothing, and there are rioters everywhere. This is the reason for Kong Youde's rebellion."

After all, he looked at Lu Chao meaningfully.

Lu Chao was inexplicable at first, and soon began to churn in his mind, carefully recalling the meaning of Master Ding's words.

Wang Weizhong murmured: "The grain land in Denglai can only be fully utilized if it is in Master Ding's hands."

Liu Yuan seemed to be thinking, but Lu Chao seemed to be enlightened.

Yan Xiong also suddenly said: "My lord, I heard that some local tycoons have begun to enter Zhaoyuan Gold Mine."

"Kill." Ding Yi said sharply without hesitation: "Yan Xiong, send someone to find out all the tyrants in Denglai and Lai, and anyone who dares to get involved in the gold mines, and find them one by one later."

Liu Yuan's expression changed drastically, this is another bloodbath.

Kong Youde cleaned it up before, but some fled to Laizhou City, Changyi and other cities that were not captured by the rebels.

Ding Yi is going to clean it up again.

Right now he is an official soldier, and it is useless for the powerful to hide in Laizhou City.

For example, the Xiao family in Laizhou.

The Xiao family can also be regarded as a powerful local gentry. Their ancestors had been magistrates, and their descendants started to do business after failing to pass the examination. After several generations of management, the family now has more than 6000 mu of grain fields and hundreds of tenants. They mainly operate iron materials, iron mines, and gold mines etc.

The gold mine in Linglong Town was originally operated by the Yu family, but this time the Yu family was unlucky. Kong Youde broke the Dunbao outside, and the owner was killed.

Xiao Qi'an, the Patriarch of the Xiao Family, was smarter. He hid in Laizhou City together with the rebels, and even organized his family and tenants to help the officers and soldiers defend. Sure enough, Laizhou was kept from being breached.

After the rebellion subsided, Xiao Qianjue's Xiao family also contributed something, and the head of the Yu family was killed, and the family was in decline. Before the official could do anything, he hurriedly sent people to occupy the gold mine in Linglong Town.

But when he went there for the first time, Ding Yi's soldiers and horses were still guarding there.

Xiao Qi'an's people came back soon, Xiao Qi'an didn't take it seriously when he heard the news, because he felt that this group of officers and soldiers would definitely leave, and there was no such thing as officers and soldiers digging here before.

Soon, Wang Weizhong's troops were stationed in Dengzhou and became the Dengzhou Battalion.

When Xiao Qi'an saw the officers and soldiers leaving, he immediately sent someone to occupy them.

It turned out that there were other tyrants who took the lead, and the servants of both sides fought a battle outside Linglong Town, Xiao Qian won and drove the opponent away.

Xiao Qi'an happily found Ren Dong, the new prefect of Laizhou, and Kou Hua, the new prefect of Dengzhou, and wanted to sign a contract with the government.

Zhaoyuan belongs to Dengzhou, but Laizhou also has gold mines, Xiao Qi'an wants to make a good fortune by doing both together.

Ren Dong and Kou Hua, one was Laizhou Tongju and the other was Laizhou Tongzhi. They both made great contributions when defending Laizhou.

After the war, the two were promoted to prefect respectively, one in Dengzhou and the other in Laizhou.

When Xiao Qian was guarding Laizhou, he was acquainted with the two and had a good relationship.

As a result, after Xiao Qian found Kou Hua, Kou Hua really shook his head: "The gold mines in my Dengzhou territory are all contracted, and all the contracts were signed last month, and 1000 taels of gold will be handed over every year."

Ren Dong, the magistrate of Laizhou, also said: "All the gold mines in Laizhou are also contracted, and 1000 taels of gold are handed over every year."

Xiao Qi'an: "..."

What the hell is this operation?Xiao Qi'an was dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked, who made it?Why didn't he receive any news.

Also, the contract between the Yu family and the government seems to be a few months away, right?
Kou Huadao, Yu Yunjiu is dead, so the previous contracts are naturally irrelevant.

As for who made the package, we don't know, anyway, it was the governor who took the lead.

"The governor?" Xiao Qi'an stared.

Of course it is Liu Yuan, governor of Denglai, and Zhu Dadian, governor of Shandong.

Looking at the expressions of the two of them, Xiao Qi'an felt that both of them had benefited, and refused to tell the truth.

He is also very courageous, because at this time his people are occupying Linglong Town, and no one is going to take care of them.

In fact, during this period of time, Ding Yi asked Song Xiang to take people around to search for mines. They have been searching for more than half a year, and they haven't decided to dig there first. The garrison is located there.

So in February, when Ding Yi returned to Lushun, he sent additional manpower to steal and dig every day, and truckloads of ore were transported away.

Ding Yi's people naturally found out and didn't stop them.

Anyway, they transported the ore back and had to pan for gold to refine it. When they finished, it would be nice to get the gold directly.

Ding Yi didn't care about them, Xiao Qi'an became more and more courageous, and started to transport them back one by one.

Then I found that no one was in charge, so I simply panned and refined directly beside the gold mine, and then took the gold back.

Soon, other surviving powerful gentry from Laizhou and Dengzhou also joined in. The Linglong Gold Mine had to fight for almost a day or two. Ann stood up and said that everyone should stop fighting and dig a piece each.

All the tycoons felt that it was okay, so there were five tycoons digging the Linglong Gold Mine at most.

In mid-February, Song Xiang brought good news. After more than half a year of searching, he finally found a new gold mine near Xiadian Town.

This is the famous Xiadian gold mine in later generations, which is located at the border between Zhaoyuan and Laixi.

Later generations of this gold mine did not start building mines until 81.

Right now, this location happens to be in Zhaoyuan, so Ding Yi decided to focus on the Xiadian and Linglong town gold mines.

Wang Weizhong's Dengzhou battalion divided [-] soldiers into Linglong Town, and the reserved [-] surrendered troops were turned into miners.

After the Dengzhou Rebellion was put down, he received a total of more than 2 soldiers. The first batch sent [-] to Lushun, and the second batch sent [-] to Lushun.

Leave [-] hoards of land.

There are also three thousand turned into miners.

At that time, in order to maintain stability, Ding Yi specially sent people to select from the surrendered troops.

Those who do not want to fight and those who are willing to work as miners are paid four coins a month and three meals are included.

The 3000 people selected in this way are all willing to become miners.

The key is that Ding Yi's salary is very good, and he promises to increase his salary every year, and he will work for ten days and take one day off in turn.

This is the treatment that neither the government nor the private sector had before.

The miners will live in Linglong Town and mainly dig Linglong Gold Mine and Xiadian Gold Mine.

According to Song Xiang's estimate, there may be no output in the first year, and it will enter the peak production period after two years. The two gold mines add up to at least 2 taels of gold per year, which probably has 10,000+ silver in the account, excluding labor and others. For expenses, there is 10 taels of silver a year.

It doesn’t sound like a lot, but Ding Yi will gradually expand the production capacity of the gold mine. In the early stage, as long as he can maintain Denglai’s income and be able to pay for Denglai’s expenses, and don’t need Lushun’s sponsorship, it will be considered a success. After three years, the income from Denglai will be able to feed back Lushun.

When Ding Yi decided to start mining, it was time to eliminate the powerful.

(End of this chapter)