Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 275 Chapter 4.71 Brother Zhou wants to take the opportunity to get rid of several mine owners

Volume Four

4.71 Brother Zhou wants to take the opportunity to get rid of several mine owners.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhou Yang no longer took care of unnecessary things and focused on troop training, but this did not mean that there were no problems, or that it was not his own problem.

"Brother Zhou, do we really not care?" Zhao Qiying asked curiously as he followed the inspection on the sidelines of the training ground. "On the [-]th of this month, a large-scale mining chaos broke out in the Xishan Iron Mining Area. It is said that thousands of miners have been involved, causing death and injury. I don’t know the specific situation, but now nearly two days have passed, so we can’t look at it like this, right?”

"Why not?" Zhou Yang didn't care at all, "What about the miners' riot? To put it bluntly, it was those people who didn't know how to die and over-squeezed the people below, forcing the people below to have no way of living; mining is a business that brings money, and the miners did it. It was also the hardest work, but what was the result? The strongest man worked almost as hard as he could, but he was unable to feed his family!

That's all I can bear. Anyway, this world is so inhumane, but do those dogs ever treat the miners as human beings?We have only been here for a few days. How many times have we heard of people dying in the mine?Paying five taels of silver to each person's death and leaving a whole family orphaned and widowed, wouldn't that mean watching them starve to death? "

"Brother Zhou, I know those miners are pitiful, but if we let them continue to torture us, it will not be good for us!" Zhao Qiying said worriedly, "Our own mine is not so cruel, but it has still been affected a lot. Less than half of the workers have been away in the past two days, and it is not yet known whether they will be able to gather the required output by the end of the month.

What's more, you now have thousands of households stationed in this county. If the mining chaos is limited to the Xishan Mining Area, once it breaks out completely, allowing them to attack the county seat will be a shocking thing. I know you don't like that person very much. County magistrate, if the trouble really goes to this level, you will definitely be in trouble. "

"Then we shouldn't be anxious." Zhou Yang comforted with a smile, "According to the regulations of the imperial court, we are only stationed in Daye and have no subordinate relationship with the Daye County Magistrate. The current mining chaos in Xishan is just a 'mining chaos' ’, as long as they don’t cause trouble, it’s the Daye County government’s business, and in theory, it can be handled by relying on the government officials to arrest the police.”

"Brother Zhou, how could they do it?" Zhao Qiying couldn't laugh or cry, "Whenever the number of people involved in a mining riot exceeds a hundred, who among the county government officials has the guts to suppress it? If you can go over to see the situation and help maintain the situation, that's enough. You have tried your best, but if you expect them to do things, it is better to expect the miners to go home on their own - well, what Brother Zhou means is"

"Finally figured it out?" Zhou Yang said lightly, "Even if we do it, we can't do it in vain. At least we can't let the miners die in vain, and we can't let the mine continue to be exploited like this. Even if I can't really do it now, What to solve, if we don’t send a few mine owners to accompany us, we really can’t understand the idea!”

"Brother Zhou wants to take the opportunity to get rid of several mine owners?" Zhao Yanling frowned and said after a moment of thought, "Although these people do deserve to die, and the crimes they have committed are not exaggerated by the Nine Clan, there is no way to really kill them all. , but it should not be difficult to clean up a few, but how to solve the follow-up problems?"

"What to solve? Why do we have to solve it ourselves?" Zhou Yang turned his head and looked towards the camp gate. There was some noise there. A soldier rushed over and seemed to have something to report. "Look, isn't the person who finished the job here? ?"

"Oh?" Zhao Qiying, who also saw the running soldiers, understood, "Who is the county magistrate? As the saying goes, 'the county magistrate who confiscates the family, the prefect who exterminates the family', if he is willing to help, he can indeed do it. Brother Zhou might as well take a look, little one My sister avoided it first!"

"That's fine!" Zhou Yang nodded with a smile and watched Zhao Qiying leave.

"Report - report to the Lord Qianhu, County Magistrate He from the county government in the city arrived at the gate of the camp and was stopped by the brothers on duty. Please let me know if you want to let them come over!" He saw the guard at the door running quickly towards him. In front of him, he knelt on one knee and shouted loudly.

"Please come here, Mr. He!" Zhou Yang waved his hand to let him go back, then turned to the messenger next to him and said, "Tell everyone to rest in place and wait and follow my orders!"

"Yes, sir!" The messenger agreed and took off the copper whistle on his chest, "Beep - rest where you are, rest where you are -"

I saw nearly 600 soldiers on the training ground skillfully forming a team. They completed the formation of the formation in just a few dozen breaths, and then sat down in unison under the orders of their respective households. There were six more "red squares" on the training ground. "It looks very pleasing to the eye, at least Zhou Yang thinks so.

"Sir Zhou is in a good mood. He still has time to do some revision work at this time!" However, Magistrate He, who was walking quickly with an impatient look, was not in such a good mood. "Nowadays, banditry is rampant in Xishan. As a garrison in this county, I Qianhu, are you just watching?"

"Lord He's words are serious. It's just a few unruly people who caused a small amount of trouble. Why do we need to dispatch the garrison?" Zhou Yang said with a smile, "Or should we say that there was civil unrest under the rule of Magistrate He and the garrison was not dispatched? It can’t be solved anymore?”

"You——" Magistrate He fell down in anger on the spot, but he didn't even have the courage to retort, because Zhou Yang was right, even if hundreds of miners had gathered in Xishan, they could only be "diao miners" "Trouble" must not be "civilian chaos", otherwise even if it is resolved, the garrison can have more military merits, and whether he, the county magistrate, can survive is because of the emperor's grace.

"Okay, since Magistrate He is here, he must have already figured out a solution?" Zhou Yang turned around and sat on the horse behind him, pointed at the neat military formation and said, "We might as well talk about it, if it's appropriate, All the officers and soldiers of Qianhu Station don’t mind helping.”

"Master Zhou has a heart." County magistrate He breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes on the training ground were obviously a little shocked, so that his words became less impatient, "Please send troops immediately to wipe out those troublesome people. With the strength of the army, we will definitely win the battle and achieve success immediately!"

"Does County Magistrate He think I look like a fool?" Zhou Yang's face instantly darkened, "There are thousands of rioting miners over there, and my subordinates are not heavenly soldiers or generals. How can there be no harm in fighting them in the past? Are you red? White Fang opened his mouth and told my men to fight without mentioning the benefits, so why don't you bother Mr. He to hire someone else?" "After the deed is completed, this county will reward each soldier with five taels of silver. Five thousand households, one headmaster and one hundred taels, Mr. Zhou has other benefits here!" Even though County Magistrate He turned blue with anger, he could only hold back and promise, "This should be enough, right?"

"No!" Zhou Yang waved his hand unceremoniously, signaling him to get out.

Did Magistrate He give him a lot of money?A lot. Now a soldier in Qianhu Station can only earn less than two taels of salary a month. This is because Zhou Yang pays it in full and never withholds it. The general soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty want to earn more than one tael a month. The generals have to have a bottom line. The worst is the inland Qianhu Station. Not only do they have no money, they are hungry, but they also have to work for the officers.

However, the account is not calculated like this.

"Master Zhou, don't go too far!" Magistrate He burst out on the spot.

"County Magistrate He, the Xishan people only say that the number of rioting miners now exceeds that of my men." Zhou Yang said with a sneer, "And their number is increasing every moment. If they don't have a few heads to help, Persuasion, is it possible for you to let me lead people to kill them all? Don’t say that this matter is difficult to handle, even if it is easy to handle, I will never do it! "

"Master Zhou wants to kill the mine owner and please those unruly people?" Magistrate He's expression was extremely gloomy.

"If County Magistrate He can find a better way, I wouldn't mind hearing about it." Zhou Yang calmly blocked it.

"You——" If Magistrate He had his way, he would definitely not come here, "How many do you want, Mr. Zhou?"

He is not a fool. He must know what Zhou Yang is thinking. After killing the mine owner, what will happen to the original iron mine?You can't just leave it alone, right?
"Half of it." Zhou Yang opened his mouth first.

"I will go back and report the civil unrest immediately. I hope Mr. Zhou can afford it!" Magistrate He stood up on the spot and was about to leave.

"I won't give it away!" It's not like Zhou Yang can't get rid of the injustice, he will still be able to occupy a few more mines by then.

"Master Zhou, I know that you have some methods in the court, but this civil unrest cannot be tolerated at all. But if those unruly people really gain momentum, Master Zhou will only have less than a thousand soldiers and horses. Is it too late to catch him?" In fact, Magistrate He didn't dare to fight to the death.

"How much does Master He think it should be?" Zhou Yang decided to check the situation.

"There are a total of thirteen companies involved in the mine business in this county." County Magistrate He said with restraint, "The last three companies have little backend, and I can help arrange them."

"Master He doesn't want it himself?" Now it was Zhou Yang's turn to be surprised.

"Master Zhou has two families, and this county has one family!" Magistrate He said with a sneer.

"To be flexible, I don't want any of the gains from the house raids, but I want all the mines of these three companies." Zhou Yang was actually not short of silver, but he was short of raw materials for iron smelting.

"Happy!" Magistrate He nodded, "This county will arrange for the people from these three families to be at the front, and the rest will depend on Mr. Zhou's power!"

"They won't bring all the people there. The palace in the city will definitely need a guardian. How can the county magistrate be sure?" Zhou Yang asked lightly.

"I don't need to worry about it, Mr. Zhou." Magistrate He's face gradually changed, and he actually showed a proud smile, "After all, there are too many people participating in the mine in this county!"

"Grass (a green plant)!" Zhou Yang immediately realized that he had been tricked.

(End of this chapter)