novelaction Chapter 257 Yong'an County Magistrate
Chapter 257 Yong'an County Magistrate
Ji Ke was covered in black coal dust. He quickly drank a large pot of cold tea before saying, "Sir, I found the coal mine."
Xie Ling was very surprised. "That's great. Winter is coming, and coal mines are very important. Have you ever heard of coal mines in other places?"
Ji Ke nodded. "I've heard of coal mines in Shaanxi before, but people there don't call them coal mines, they call them graphite or coal. But mining is very difficult. Do you have confidence?"
"Don't worry, I have a way to mine it."
Xie Ling spoke hurriedly. She was afraid of the cold, but she was very greedy for the coal mine.
The autumn in Lingnan is so cold, I imagine the winter will be even more bitter.
If coal is successfully mined, people will no longer freeze to death.
And coal can not only be used for heating, it is also an extremely valuable fuel.
With coal, iron smelting and ceramics production can be carried out on a large scale.
Ji Ke paused, his tone a little hesitant, "Sir, although the coal mine belongs to Sinan on the map, it is next to Yong'an County. Is it appropriate to rashly mine it?"
Xie Ling frowned.
Ji Ke's personality is like Gu Wei's. He is never afraid of anything and never hesitates like this.
He immediately asked, "Have you been harassed by the Yong'an people?"
Ji Ke smiled bitterly, "I can't hide it from you, sir. As soon as we arrived at the border between Yong'an and Sinan, we were discovered by the people over there.
I don't want to cause trouble for Sinan, so I have always been conservative. But the people in Yong'an County are really too much. If we really want to mine, we must deal with Yong'an first. "
Xie Ling frowned.
Yongan?
"If you meet such a person in the future, you should treat him the same way he treats you, so as not to think that we Sinan are easy to bully. No matter what happens, Gu Wei and I will cover you."
His tone was full of confidence.
Ji Ke looked up in disbelief, his eyes filled with emotion.
He finally understood why so many soldiers supported and loved a young girl who had just come of age.
Such a lord is naturally endowed with the charm to attract people to follow him.
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at the same time.
Yong'an County Government Office.
A soldier walked into the county government office and whispered a few words.
The middle-aged man sitting on the high hall had a long face, beautiful beard, and was dressed in blue cloth. Judging from his appearance, he looked like a good and honest Confucian official.
He stroked his beard and sneered, "Leaving? Then have you followed the hospitality etiquette of our Yong'an?"
The soldiers understood the meaning of the music and immediately described in vivid detail how they had made the people of Sinan suffer a setback.
"We released the captured wolves on the first day, set a fire in the forest on the second day, and urinated in the river they had to drink on the third day... Those Sinan people dared not speak out!"
Yong'an County Magistrate Cen Rensheng listened calmly.
While I felt relieved, I also felt a little sad.
It stands to reason that soldiers should be the most likely to get angry. As long as they get angry, he will have a reason to drive them away. Then he can turn right into wrong and put pressure on Sinan without any worries.
But those soldiers were so patient that he was really impressed.
Looking at the smug soldier in the hall, Cen Rensheng felt annoyed and waved his hand, saying, "Go back quickly."
After the soldiers left, Cen Rensheng called out his two advisers.
"What do you think is the conspiracy behind Sinan County sending people to inspect the Qilian Mountains?"
An adviser cupped his hands and said, "Sinan County and Yong'an County have always kept to themselves. The new county magistrate is from the capital, so he must be arrogant and overbearing. I think the people of Sinan are here to demonstrate."
Another echoed: "I think so too. I think this is an offensive act."
Cen Rensheng frowned, but his thoughts were far-reaching.
If it was really intended to offend, why were those soldiers so calm?
A group of people stayed in the mountains for so many days, as if they were looking for something?
He had already investigated Zhou Shijing's background clearly.
This man came from Shangjing, was extremely talented, and was loyal to the royal family.
At first he was still wondering why such an official was sent to a remote area.
At this moment he suddenly came together.
Could it be that Sinan has something good and he was instructed by the emperor?
These days, the best mines are gold, silver and iron mines, but the technology is monopolized by the imperial court.
Cen Rensheng was so excited that he trembled all over.
Although Qilian Mountain belongs to Sinan on the Beijiang map, it is so close to Yong'an that he has long regarded Qilian Mountain as his own territory, and the people there also regard him as their parent.
He slowly expressed his guess.
The two counselors were also shocked by this conjecture.
If this is true, we must not give Sinan any chance!
Cen Rensheng rubbed his brows and said, "It's a pity that Zhou Shijing cleaned out our people as soon as he took office. The Sinan County Office is now surrounded like an iron barrel. Our people can't penetrate at all."
"I have a plan, but......"
"You can say whatever you want."
"It is said that the magistrate of Sinan County and his wife are deeply in love. Why not send the woman in prison there? She is a beauty that can overthrow a country..."
Cen Rensheng laughed out loud.
"Your plan is brilliant. That's a carnivorous plant that eats people without leaving any bones."
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After Ji Ke left that day, Xie Ling asked his men to thoroughly investigate his background.
Magistrate of Yong'an County.
Cen Rensheng.
This person was also quite talented. He learned from a great scholar, was the second place in the imperial examination that year, and entered the officialdom at a young age, living a very successful life.
However, when he first entered the government, he had a rebellious character and offended a nobleman, so he was sent to Lingnan. From then on, he never recovered and ignored worldly affairs, and his name gradually disappeared from the officialdom.
It is worth mentioning that his daughter-in-law is the biological daughter of the current Lingshan County magistrate.
Lingshan and Yong'an have such a good relationship that they are almost integrated into one.
Xie Ling raised an eyebrow as she looked at the information sent by her subordinates.
This Cen Rensheng doesn't look like a person who is "unable to recover and not surprised by praise or criticism".
Feng Jian Qingli asked, "Sir, should we continue to mine Qilian Mountain?"
Xie Ling raised her eyes, "Let me ask you, are you cold now?"
Feng Jianqingli nodded, "Although it is only late autumn, the chill is biting and very cold. It will definitely be colder in winter."
"If I say that after coal is mined, it can not only be used for cooking, but also make the room as warm as spring, and the price is very cheap, do you believe it?"
Fengjian Qingli's eyes lit up.
"Mining, we must mine!"
You have to know that his hometown is warm all year round, but Lingnan is so cold that it makes people's bones ache. It is said that many people freeze to death every year.
The mining of this coal mine will be a great benefit to both the military and the people.
Fengjian Qingli was originally in Changshou, helping Xu Xingzhi.
But Xie Ling was really short of people, and she was used to his cleverness, so she asked for the person back.
Xie Ling held a brush in her hand and drew a cylindrical mold full of holes on the paper. She handed it to him and said, "Go find a blacksmith and have him make this thing. It has to be hollow in the middle."
In the afternoon, Xie Ling summoned all civil servants and asked them to publicize the news of recruiting miners.
At the same time, certain risks are also emphasized.
Participating mining workers, 50 centimeters a day.
If someone encounters an unexpected accident, the government will treat his family well for the rest of their lives.
Three days later, Shu Jian, Ji Ke, Feng Jian Qing Li, and Xie Ling.
The four men led one hundred elite soldiers and five hundred miners to Qilian Mountain.
At the same time, an exquisite carriage hung with red silk was heading from Changshou to Sinan.