scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 132
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Although Line Yuxuan is just a man similar to a woman, but the power of his small cherry mouth is no less than that of any woman with a long tongue in this world - at least Fatty Lu thinks so.

Why did Fatty Lu come to this conclusion?Because although Fatty Lu has repeatedly told Yu Xuan that there is no need to mobilize the crowd, let alone rush to Phoenix Mountain to explore with himself, but when he set off the next day, Fatty Lu was dumbfounded——Outside the west gate of Nanning, Fifteen hundred heavily armed Nanning garrison soldiers, armed with grain carts and tents, lined up on the official road.In addition, not only Line Yuxuan himself came, but several important generals under Line Guoan Li Ruchun, Hu Tongchun and Quanjie also came, and Nanning prefect Han Zhang led his colleagues, experience, and general judges. These local officials also came , densely packed with official roads.

"Third General Line, isn't this too exaggerated?" Fatty Lu wiped his sweat, mourned and said to Yu Xuan, "Lu Yifeng just wanted to borrow 30 or 2000 people. How can you get me [-] people? Your Nanning garrison The current situation is inherently bad, with so many troops being mobilized, who will pay for the money and food?"

"Lord Lu, you have never been to Phoenix Mountain, so you don't know how big it is. Two or thirty people entered there, it's like throwing a handful of salt into the sea, and it won't work at all." Line Yuxuan explained very seriously. : "So Yu Xuan thought, since he wants to find the mine you mentioned, he should simply bring more people to find it, so that the hope is greater. Anyway, the army is idle, so they take it to Phoenix Mountain to find the mine, and by the way Let them practice mountain marching."

"That's right, that's right." Hu Tongchun, who has a straightforward personality, can't wait to say: "Master Lu, please rest assured that Phoenix Mountain is not far from Nanning City, and the transportation of food and grass is also convenient. The army needs to eat in the barracks. It’s also for eating, so there’s no need to worry about wasting that bit of food, as long as you can find the big mine you mentioned.”

"Lord Lu, although I'm not good at mineral exploration, I've brought you some help." Han Zhang also squeezed forward, pointing to a group of people behind him and said, "After receiving the news last night, my official , immediately organized all the blacksmiths, coppersmiths and craftsmen in the city, and asked them to follow us to Fenghuang Mountain to look for ore. They all said that as long as they can find the big mine you mentioned, even if they don’t pay the prospectors. Okay, as long as they are allowed to participate in mining in the future."

The sweat on Lu Fatty's fat forehead rolled down, gradually forming a pouring trend, and he said tremblingly: "Three generals, Hanfutai, General Hu, and other generals, your kindness is appreciated by Lu Yifeng. According to Lu Yifeng's After research, there should be a big mine in Nanning, but Lu Yifeng is really not sure whether it is in Phoenix Mountain! If you can’t find it, so many people have worked so hard and wasted time, what does Lu Yifeng think? install?"

"Master Lu, you are too modest." Hu Tongchun hurriedly said: "No one in the world knows that you are the living God of Wealth, Master Lu? Yunnan and Guizhou used to be poorer than us, so you just randomly set up a Eight Banners Fushou You have made Yunnan and Guizhou as rich as Jiangnan, and now you are kind enough to come to Nanning to help us solve the problem of food and wages, can we not believe it?"

After all, Hu Tongchun didn't give Fatty Lu a chance to defend himself, so he turned around and yelled at the Nanning soldiers who were waiting in line: "Brothers, Master Lu said that we have found the ore lode in Phoenix Mountain, and we will never again You don’t have to worry about not being able to pay the military salary! The military salary that was in arrears to you before can also be reissued with a lot of pennies, and everyone will be rewarded and rewarded! Brothers, Master Lu has helped us so much, thank you Lord Lu soon ?!"

"Thank you, Mr. Lu!" Countless Nanning soldiers shouted in unison, all of them high-spirited, high-spirited, and full of anticipation and excitement, as if they saw that the military salary that had been owed for many days had been paid to their hands.Seeing this scene, Fatty Lu's legs inevitably felt a little weak, and he couldn't help but glared fiercely at the masculine Yu Xuan, who stuck out his small tongue like a woman, and quickly turned his head away, not daring to Look at Fatty Lu's fierce eyes again.

"Master, you can't." Xiao Erlang was also taken aback by this scene, and couldn't help but whispered to Fatty Lu tremblingly: "It would be fine if we found that tin mine in Phoenix Mountain, but if we can't find it , these Qiuba haven't skinned us yet?" Fatty Lu felt the same way with a sad face.

When things got to this point, it was useless to frown. In desperation, Fatty Lu had no choice but to secretly pray that he did not remember wrongly, and that the legendary large mine was located in Phoenix Mountain. Han Zhang, the prefect of Nanning, personally Leading the way, he led Line Yuxuan's [-] troops, and marched mightily towards Phoenix Mountain—looking for mines.

Taking this opportunity, by the way, I would like to talk about the situation of the mine ban. The mine ban prevailed 42 years after Kang Mazi, and then the three chiefs of Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing had the strictest control over the mine ban—if Fatty Lu In these eras when mining was proposed, Line Yuxuan, Han Zhang and others would not dare to agree even if they starved to death.But in the current era, although the Qing court also issued a mining ban in the ninth year of Shunzhi, it only targeted some of the proven mines, and the mining of mines that had not been banned was correct.

At the same time, the ban in the ninth year of Shunzhi was a waste of paper in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, and Fujian. Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and other vassal princes directly controlled countless mining areas, and none of them could be banned by the Qing court—mainly Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, who made their fortunes from shipping sea salt, were better off. Wu Sangui, whose land was full of poor mountains and rivers, simply took mining as his main source of income, and even directly mined copper to cast western coins. The Qing court still had nothing to do with him.

When it comes to Guangxi, Guangxi is originally the nameless Dingnan Prince's Mansion and Dingfan, and the mining ban of the Qing court is no different from farting in this area.It is also because of this that after Fatty Lu proposed to mine the Phoenix Mountain minerals, not only did the poor and crazy Yu Xuan and Han Zhang not object, but they did their best to support and mobilize people to help - but this inevitably made Fatty Lu tremble even more. I was terrified, afraid that I would not be able to find the mine and would not be able to explain to Line Yuxuan, Han Zhang and the Nanning garrison.

Fenghuang mountain area is not too far from Nanning city, the straight-line distance is less than [-] miles. Fatty Lu's target Dingjintou Mountain is closer to Nanning city, so although there is no road to pass through, he can only build bridges all the way, but only After spending most of the day, Fatty Lu and others arrived at their destination smoothly.After camping next to a small river, Fatty Lu quickly explained that he asked everyone to look for stones with white metal in the middle of the fault or metal particles in the pores, but after this order was forwarded by Line Yuxuan, soon It changed the taste.

"Let me go on, 1000 people scattered to find the kind of ore Mr. Lu wants." Line Yuxuan ordered: "The other 500 people brought tools, widened and strengthened the way, and built bridges on the streams to transport the ore out of the mountain. preparation."

"Third General Line, there is no need to be so exaggerated." Fatty Lu sweated again, and hurriedly said: "There is no need to repair the road, because I am really not sure whether the mine I want to find is in this area."

"Master Lu, I believe in you, and I also believe that the mine must be in this area." Line Yuxuan smiled, and said: "Besides, repairing the road will also facilitate the transfer of grain and grass, right? Sixteen thousand and seven hundred people , the food and grass consumed in a day is not a small amount."

Seeing Yu Xuan's sincere and pretty face, Fatty Lu almost had the urge to smash his head, thinking that you, a dead monster, have made such a big splash, what if the mine can't be found by then?At the same time, it was rare for Fatty Lu to regret it—how could he be so uncontrollable, how could he have told this dead shemale who was even more gossipy than a gossip woman before he even said anything about the mine?Such motivating teachers and mobilizing people is in vain in the end, so how will I end up?

Regret is obviously useless. Under the personal command of Line Yuxuan, the Nanning army not only scattered around to find the ore that Fatty Lu needed, but also dispatched a large number of engineers to build roads and bridges, bury pots and stoves, and prepare for a long-term station here. Fatty Lu had no other choice, so he had to lead a group of people to drill holes around the mountain, survey cliffs and faults, and look for the legendary big tin mine ore veins.

After working hard all afternoon, no ore was found, but in the early morning of the next day, Guangxi governor Ma Xiongzhen and Guangxi admiral Ma Xiong came to the Dingjintou camp together. Of course, these two Guangxi officials came to invite Fatty Lu out of the mountain However, after hearing that Fatty Lu was planning to find a large ore vein in this area, Ma Xiongzhen and Ma Xiong, who have very similar names, did not rush to invite Fatty Lu to leave Nanning, but also temporarily stayed in the Dingjintou camp. After I got down, I wanted to take this opportunity to see with my own eyes whether Fatty Lu was as amazing as in the legend.Fatty Lu is well aware of this, but there is nothing he can do about it.

Another fruitless day passed, and Fatty Lu, on the advice of several Nanning craftsmen who had worked as miners, decided to expand the scope of prospecting and at the same time use the vertical shaft prospecting technique to find ore veins—that is, in several soil stratifications. Digging wells in obvious low-lying places and digging underground to find ore veins is the most stupid way, but it is also the most effective. Basically, as long as there are ore layers underground, you can definitely find them.But just as the soldiers of the Nanning garrison started digging, Huang Zhangsi, the envoy of Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Shang Zhijie, the envoy of Shang Zhixin, also arrived at the scene.

"My aunt, it's been a long time. We met last time when you went to Guangzhou, but I don't know if my aunt remembers it." Huang Zhangsi said to Fatty Lu affectionately: "My lord sent the young man here. I came to persuade you to bring Little Gege and the prince’s grandson back to Guangzhou. The prince said that as long as you and Xiao Gege return to Guangzhou, no one in the world will dare to touch your hair, and the prince will show up to the court. Please let the court let you go. The Clan Mansion renewed the genealogy for Xiao Gege. This is a handwritten letter from the prince, please read it."

"Brother-in-law, I'm your sixth brother." Shang Zhijie held Fatty Lu more affectionately, and said, "The last time you went to Guangzhou, I happened to be in Lianzhou, so I couldn't meet you, but my eldest brother and I Same, but I have always recognized you as brother-in-law. This is a handwritten letter from our elder brother. Please read it. Oh, yes, our elder brother said that you have to go to Guangzhou this time, or you have to go if you don’t. Go, even if I tie you with a rope, I will tie you back to Guangzhou. Ha, brother-in-law, I don’t think you want me to do this, do you?”

The legendary big tin mine has not shown up until now, and the appearance of Huang Zhangsi monk's festival undoubtedly gave Fatty Lu a chance to get rid of the embarrassing situation. He Quanjie and others were unhappy.The outspoken Hu Tongchun was the first to shout: "No, Lord Lu can't leave, at least not now! We have dispatched so many troops and spent so much manpower and material resources, just to hope to find the mine that Lord Lu mentioned. If Lord Lu What are we going to do now?"

"That's right." Quan Jie also said angrily: "Master Lu is gone now, isn't our hard work wasted?"

Although Line Yuxuan and Li Ruchun didn't speak, their expressions were extremely firm, and they were determined to never let Fatty Lu leave now, which would lead to the waste of all previous efforts in searching for mines.And Fatty Lu didn't want to offend the army of the line family, nor did he want to go to Guangzhou to join the old man who betrayed his country and sold his pants even if he was an old traitor, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Master Huang, Brother Six, I appreciate your kindness." , but now I have promised to help Third General Line and the others find the mine, so I must help them find it, so I am sorry, but I can’t go with you now.”

"Looking for mines? What kind of mines are you looking for?" Shang Zhijie became interested and asked, "Brother-in-law, do you know there are mines here?"

"According to my research, there must be a huge mine in Nanning Prefecture, and it may be here." Fatty Lu answered boldly.

"Then I'll wait for a few days." Shang Zhijie rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I've heard that brother-in-law is a pedant of heaven and man, and knows everything about astronomy, geography, medicine, divination and astrology, but I have never had the opportunity to witness it with my own eyes. When I came across such a good opportunity, of course I had to see it with my own eyes.”

"This Fatty Lu is really as powerful as in the legend? This is a good opportunity, and I should take a good look at it. If he is bragging, or the rumors are false, I don't have to waste my energy and offend the prince." Shang Huang Zhangsi, the old traitor's confidant, also pondered in his heart, and said with a smile: "Young master is really trustworthy, and he will do what he says, then well, since the uncles have agreed to lead the three generals and the others, the little one will stay here for a long time." Wait for a few days, and wait for my aunt to find the mine for the three generals."

Ever since, under the personal supervision of the two special envoys of the Pingnan Palace, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangxi Ma Xiongzhen and the admiral Ma Xiong and other dignitaries and dignitaries, a test was conducted to prove that Fatty Lu, the most capable minister of the Qing Dynasty, was really golden. The operation of Chengse began. The Nanning garrison and nearby people were all mobilized to drill holes in the mountains to find ore veins and seedlings. But the more this happened, Fatty Lu would inevitably become more flustered. Mine, then Fatty Lu's face will be too embarrassing.

On the sixth day, the eight shafts had been dug to a depth of nearly ten feet, and the scope of ore search had been extended to the main peak of Phoenix Mountain, but the legendary big tin mine was still missing.As a result, Fatty Lu inevitably became more and more flustered and embarrassed, and the soldiers of the Nanning army and the people of Nanning naturally began to cast suspicious glances at Fatty Lu—this fat white man, is he bragging?And Han Zhang and other Nanning local officials were even more impatient, and began to discuss the time to return to Nanning City to work.

That afternoon, there was a light rain in the sky. Fatty Lu, who climbed the mountains himself but returned empty-handed, returned to the shaft at the foot of Dingjintou Mountain, and asked Yu Xuan, who was supervising the well digging, about the drilling effect, but Yu Xuan was helpless. He replied: "It's been eleven feet deep, but I still haven't found the kind of ore you mentioned, my lord."

"Is it really my mistake? The mine is really not here?" Fatty Lu scratched his head, thinking about how to persuade Yu Xuan to stop working, stop wasting manpower and material resources, and how to persuade him so as not to offend his father and son.

"Lord Lu, don't worry, I've also inquired about it, you can't rush to find a mine, what you need is patience and carefulness." Line Yuxuan comforted in turn: "Maybe we can dig a few more feet, and we can find the mine." ore."

"What the third General Line said is very true. Open-pit mines are better, and deep-buried mines are indeed the hardest to find." Fatty Lu hypocritically agreed, but he was worried in his heart-whether did I remember wrongly?Remember the legendary big tin mine, it seems to be an open-pit mine?
"Yes, it would be great if the mines here are like the tin mines in Nandan." Line Yuxuan sighed: "I have seen the tin mines there in Nandan, there are ores everywhere, just dig down. "

"Nandan? Tin mine?!" As if struck by lightning, Fatty Lu couldn't help but sat down on the wet and slippery ground, screaming like a pig in his heart, "Damn it, I know what's wrong! Here It’s Nanning, not Nandan, I misremembered the name of the place! The best tin mine in China is in Nandan! My God, I’m blinded by eating lard, how can I put such a big oolong?!”

"Master Lu, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Fatty Lu fell to the ground, Yu Xuan was startled, and hurried over to help Fatty Lu, but at this moment, someone shouted from the bottom of the shaft: "Dug it! Here comes the ore! Such a thick ore layer, almost half of the stone is ore!"

"Lord Lu, we found it! We found it!" Line Yuxuan couldn't help shaking Fatty Lu's arm, and the surrounding Nanning soldiers cheered even more, "We've found it! We've found the mine!"

"Dug it? Really dug it?" Hearing this thunderous cheer, countless Nanning military and civilian officials rushed here like a tide, and Shang Zhijie, Huang Zhangsi and others who were hiding in the rain in the tent before rushed to the last In front, he shouted from a distance: "Dug it? Really dug it? What kind of mine? Copper mine or iron mine?!"

"We have also dug it!" The new good news came, and several Nanning soldiers covered in mud rushed over with several baskets of ore, and shouted: "Third General, Mr. Lu, our The shaft next to it has also dug ore! Master Lu, please take a look, is this the kind of ore you mentioned?"

"Strange? The tin mine is in Nandan, how can there be one here in Nanning?" Fatty Lu was confused, and then soon came to his senses, "It's probably a small tin mine that is not well-known, but it's okay, this time I finally got it I can barely explain."

Under the tense gaze of countless Nanning soldiers, civilians, officials and soldiers, baskets of ore were delivered to Fatty Lu. Blacksmiths, coppersmiths, and craftsmen from Nanning City also rushed over to accompany Fatty Lu to appraise them. ore.But after picking up a piece of ore and taking a closer look, Fatty Lu's fat face turned pale on the spot—the middle of this gray-brown stone is indeed mixed with silver-white metal, but it is definitely not a tin mine!Because tin ore is associated with granite, and this taupe stone is obviously not granite.

"Oh my God----!"

Fatty Lu's face turned pale here, while the experienced blacksmiths, coppersmiths, goldsmiths, and silversmiths over there were screaming, "How is it possible? How is it possible?"

"Impossible! Impossible! How could we have such a mine in Nanning?"

"God, I'm not dreaming, am I?"

The last craftsman simply slapped himself, rubbed his eyes and looked at the ore carefully, and shouted the truth of the matter, "God! We're rich! We're rich! Such pure silver mine! I'm so tall!" It’s big, and it’s the first time I’ve seen it!”

"Silver Mine!" Fatty Lu's heart twitched suddenly, and a long-forgotten memory came out of his mind - Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine!The second largest silver mine in China!The silver mine with the highest ore quality in China!

"Silver mine! Silver mine!" Fatty Lu hugged the person next to him fiercely, and yelled, "I remembered, so this is a silver mine! The best silver mine in the world! The silver mine here The mine can mine more than 300 tons of silver! 4000 more than two million taels!"

"Lord Lu, did I hear you right?" The man in his arms suddenly exclaimed, "The silver here can be mined for more than 4000 two million taels?!"

"That's right! I definitely remember that correctly!" Fatty Lu yelled, "If all the silver here is mined, there will be a full 4000 taels (equivalent to 65 tons)!"

"Lord Lu, I..." The man in his arms was so excited that he hugged Fatty Lu and started to cry loudly.It was also at this moment that Fatty Lu noticed a faint fragrance rushing straight into his nostrils. When he lowered his head to take a closer look, Fatty Lu was paralyzed with fright on the spot. It turned out that the person in Fatty Lu's arms who hugged each other like Siamese twins—hehe Of course, it was the third son, Yu Xuan, who was as good as Long Yang at first sight.

"Silver mine! We found the silver mine!" Just as Fatty Lu was about to push Yuxuan away, countless soldiers from Nanning rushed in like a tide, squeezing Fatty Lu and Yuxuan in the middle, hugging each other again. Crying and jumping, cheering like thunder - there is no way, under the joint oppression of Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling, the Nanning Line Army has indeed been poor for too long, now that such a huge windfall has hit their heads, these line army officers and soldiers can still calm down down?

And what's even better is that the main currency of this era is silver. That is to say, once this silver mine is mined, it will be like a money printing factory in the future-there is no need to arrange a sales department-at least, Friends, haven't you heard that the banknote printing factory also has a sales department?
Being squeezed in the middle by the soldiers and civilians of Nanning, and standing face to face with the pretty girl Line Yu Xuan, Fatty Lu felt as bad as it could be, but the worst was yet to come, Line Yu Xuan Suddenly struggling and hammering in Fatty Lu's arms, she cried coquettishly like a woman, "Liar! Liar! You lied to me that this is a tin mine, so you wanted to cheer me up, big liar, I was tricked by you What a tragedy!" Weeping, Yu Xuan suddenly grabbed Fatty Lu's neck again, offered his cherry lips, and pressed them firmly to Fatty Lu's lips...

"God! Help me!" Unavoidable, Fatty Lu, who was squeezed so hard that he couldn't even touch the ground, screamed in despair.

The exciting carnival lasted for less than half an hour. Finally, after the ecstatic Nanning soldiers and civilians gradually dispersed, Fatty Lu, who had been kissed countless times by Yu Xuan, was of course looking for water to rinse his mouth. But this wish obviously couldn't come true - because as soon as Fatty Lu let go of Yu Xuan, he was immediately held back by a large group of members of the two major groups, including Shang Zhijie, Huang Zhangsi, Jin Guangzu, Ma Xiong and Ma Xiongzhen. , was almost torn to pieces and chewed on the spot...

"My aunt, the matter in Nanning is over, you should follow us back to Guangzhou, right? The prince is in Guangzhou, but I can't wait to see you!"

"Brother-in-law, if you don't go with Sixth Brother, I will really tie you up with a rope!"

"Lord Lu, where do you still want to go in Guangdong and Guangxi? The governor will go with you. Whatever you want, the governor can provide for you!"

"Yifeng, you call me Uncle Ma. You were wronged and went to Guangxi. Why don't you go to Liuzhou to join Uncle? What are you doing here in Nanning? Come on, go back to Liuzhou with Uncle. If anyone dares to bully you, Uncle will fight him!"

"Lord Lu, although this is the first time I have met you, I feel like old friends at first sight. This time you are in Guangxi. As the governor of Guangxi, I have to..."

"Damn it, where is Lu Yifeng's son of a bitch?" A discordant voice came, and everyone looked up together, only to see a team of more than 20 cavalry rushing brazenly, and the leader of the general shouted loudly. Roaring: "Who is Lu Yifeng? Who is Lu Yifeng? I know you are here, if you are smart, get out!"

"Who are you? What are you going to do?" Countless Nanning soldiers and civilians stopped the cavalry and asked them where they came from.

"What are you doing? According to the order of Guilin Metropolitan Commander Dai Liangchen, General Dai Du, you are here to capture Lu Yifeng!" The leader of the general shouted in a big way: "Go and tell Yu Xuan, if you are smart, quickly hand over Lu Yifeng who has offended Si Gege!" Come out! Otherwise, he, Yu Xuan, will bear all the consequences on his own!"

The answer to Kong Sizhen's servant's servant was, of course, the sound of shouting and killing all over the mountains and plains, as well as stones flying all over the sky, and fists and straw sandals falling like raindrops.In addition, there are the roars of Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, and Ma Xiong, the admiral of Guangxi, "Bold! He, Dai Liangchen, doesn't he think that he doesn't want to be his own?!"

"Damn it, arrest all these bastards and beat them hard! Beat them to death! Anyway, they are all my subordinates, and I will be responsible if I beat them to death!"

(End of this chapter)