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Chapter 445 Miners are tricky

Beiping Prefecture, No. [-] Xishan Iron Mine.

"Asshole, do it quickly."

Ma Changfu walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, and cursed at the men guarding the mining area: "The prince doesn't want to stay in the military academy, and suddenly wants to come to the mine to do something. You are only reporting now."

The subordinates lowered their heads and muttered: "We only found out."

"How dare you talk back! Get out." Ma Changfu jumped on his feet and scolded with his neck stuck.Seeing several subordinates walking towards the door, they patted their thighs and shouted: "Come back, you all come back, each of you go to pull fifty civilians to make up the number, hurry up."

At this moment, Zhu Biao was sitting in the Yamen of Beiping Mansion drinking tea, staring at the officials of Huangming Weiguan and Yang Tiangui next to him.

The imperial court subsidized six taels of silver per person per year for the common people of Ming Dynasty who worked in the northern mines.As a result, absenteeism in mines has increased sharply, and the growth has doubled in recent years.

Just looking at the number of absenteeism in various prefectures and counties gives people the feeling that the mining industry in various places is booming, but after a long time, problems arise.

Absenteeism is increasing in large numbers, but the output of the mine remains unchanged, and the output is still fixed every year, but the subsidy silver approved by the audit is increasing.

Zhu Biao only felt a little weird, so he asked Yang Tiangui to check the list with officials from the Huangming Guard Hall.

"That's not right." Yang Tiangui moved his two mustaches around his fingers, squinting his eyes: "Prince, that's not right, this man is called Li Dalong, he is obviously not in the mine, but it says he has received it." The subsidy for two years is 12 taels of silver."

Zhu Biao looked sideways, put down the teacup in his hand and looked over: "Did you admit it wrong?"

"It's not wrong. The absenteeism requested by the court for subsidies has portraits and addresses. Isn't this him? A few days ago, when I was still in charge of the street department, he was selling fish at the entrance of the market."

Zhu Biao frowned and motioned Zhao Yunsheng to take Yang Tiangui to find Li Dalong.I'm afraid that the mine supervisory officials of Beiping Prefecture will find some people to fill up their numbers and cheat the imperial court of subsidies for absenteeism.

There is a lot of oil and water in here.

After a long time, Yang Tiangui and Zhao Yunsheng came back together, they didn't bring Li Dalong back to the government office, they returned empty-handed.

Zhu Biao said coldly: "Where are people?"

"Reporting to the crown prince, when I and Yang Tiangui went to look for Li Dalong, his blind old lady said that he had gone to the mine, he was not at home, and he did not go to the market to sell fish."

"Bang...crack..."

Zhu Biao flicked his sleeves in anger, swept the teacups and pastries on the table to the ground, walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, and asked the prefect of Beiping Prefecture in a muffled voice: "The news of the mine is really well-informed, and I have not stepped into the mine yet." The news leaked out?

We know this.

It's not Tiangui, it's not Yunsheng, only you people from the Beiping government can leak it, how do you explain this matter! "

"I don't know, I don't know. Your Highness, please give me some time to investigate this matter immediately." The magistrate of Beiping Prefecture knelt beside Zhu Biao's boots.

"One day." After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he turned and left.

The black robe brushed against the cheek of the magistrate of Beiping Prefecture. He wanted to catch him or not. He raised his head and looked at his back, and immediately ordered the government to investigate the people who were related to several mines.

There were shouts on the street, stalls were set up at the gate of the city, and some people walked out with hoes and hammers on their shoulders.

Fish, shrimp and vegetables on both sides, handmade straw sandals and coarse cloth, fine workmanship, but very cheap.Zhu Biao asked Lu Zhong to buy one.

Emperor Zhu liked this better.

When I was young, I was used to wearing coarse clothes, and my skin was rough, and most of the clothes in the palace were smooth and soft silk, which fell off when I wore them.

Coarse cloth can only be bought from common people. When Zhu Biao saw it, he paid Baochao to buy one, and then took it back to Nanjing.

"Excuse me, excuse me." A few people behind them carried hoes, pushed and shoved the people on the street, and all went out of the city.

"Rang Rang, a hoe doesn't have eyes."

Zhu Biao frowned, he knew it was a good thing the mine did.

"Walking on the rampage, Wang Niang was in the belly of the street department's rule of walking on the right." Yang Tiangui pointed at the people who were going away, and reprimanded them.

Zhu Biao didn't bother to open his mouth, but with a look, Zhao Yunsheng understood the meaning, picked up the collar of the small Yang Tiangui, and dragged him directly to the outside of the city.

There are now three mines in Beiping Prefecture, divided into the first mine, the second mine, and the third mine. Zhu Biao is going to the nearest mine.

The annual ore output of No. [-] Mine supplies Beiping Prefecture and several surrounding counties, but the matter of subsidizing absenteeism in the past few years has been suspected by the Emperor Mingwei Pavilion stationed here.

The news reached Zhu Biao's ears.

The road leading to the mine is paved with broken stones, and Zhao Yunsheng and Lu Zhong brought a lot of people to follow.

They were afraid that absenteeism would be instigated by the mine supervisor, so they rebelled.

Zhu Biao shook his head, he was not afraid.In addition to the students, the soldiers and horses stationed in the Beiping Prefecture Military Academy can be dispatched in less than half a day, and they can be put to peace.

Lu Zhong followed behind, signaling Zhao Yunsheng not to worry, what he admired most was his own prince, who always did things indifferently, with a confident look.

This is also the reason why I am willing to follow from my heart. What he lacks is this kind of indifference in dealing with things.He even took Zhu Biao as an example.

The road to the mine was a slope, and Yang Tiangui gasped for breath after walking a few steps, his hands resting on his knees, panting for breath.

When he was about to ask Zhu Biao if he was tired, he was surprised to see that the prince was not panting.

The prince is pampered in the womb, no matter how he walks without panting, it can only show that the prince is in good health.

Zhu Biao stopped and said: "Tiangui, you need to walk more in the future. You are too thin and weak. I have important matters for you in the future, so I like your daring temper. No matter who dares Say."

Yang Tiangui nodded, wiped the sweat off his brow, and followed up, "Your Highness doesn't dislike my ugliness, and you can use me again. I am very grateful."

Without Zhu Biao, he, who is full of literary talents, would have spent his whole life with the street secretary of Beiping Mansion.The whole day is to manage the stalls, supervise the maintenance of the straights, cleaning and so on.

Yang Tiangui knew in his heart that only by following His Royal Highness could he do more.

"Your Highness, I dare to ask you... Huha."

"ask."

"Why did His Highness come in person? This matter can be left to others." Yang Tiangui asked.

Zhu Biao didn't answer, he didn't train too many trustworthy officials, besides, his emperor's father was working hard, and he was pestering himself, so it's better to use his ears and eyes to see the real Daming.

This allows for better strategies to change.

But with so many people, how could Zhu Biao speak out what he was thinking? He didn't answer Yang Tiangui, but smiled and continued to follow the guards to the mine.

When there were a few hundred meters away, Zhu Biao heard the sound of clanging, and there was a lot of dust here.

The coughing of absenteeism can also be heard.

Zhu Biao thought about making some simple dust-resistant masks, and handed over these matters to the Weaving Branch of Beiping Prefecture to choose a cheap and breathable material.

In the distance, there is a large wooden sign several feet high with several bold characters written on it.

Some of the ink on the words bear traces of rain washing, but they are still clear.

Beiping Mansion, the first mine.

No one greeted them at the door, Zhu Biao shook his head, they were still here pretending they didn't know anything.

Originally suspected, the Weiguan had evidence, and Yang Tiangui knew Li Dalong, the officials of the No. [-] Mine could not escape responsibility for this matter.

But Zhu Biao is not easy to mess with, they play Zhang Liang tricks for themselves, then they will come over the wall ladder.

Seeing who has the best way to avoid killing these moths, he wrote Zhu upside down.

　Ask for a ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)