A plain hairpin can be sold for ten times more than the price outside, not to mention some high-end jewelry shops, and the price of carved hairpins inside is comparable to gold jewelry in other places.

Lu Li grimaced and walked out.

"What the hell do you think is going on here? How is it different from what we've heard? Liang Song also rubbed his face, puzzled.

"If you want to know what's going on, don't you want to ask passers-by?" Lu Li took Liang Song to a teahouse.

As the saying goes, how much do you know about folk tales, and a teahouse is enough.

It was also a coincidence when Lu Li and the others came, there happened to be a storyteller resting in the teahouse, and the teahouse was chatting lively.

"Do you think the people we recruited in the first half of the year can still come back?"

The interrogator was a middle-aged woman dressed in plain clothes, with her hair pinned with a wooden hairpin.

Lu Li noticed that most of the people in the teahouse were women, and they looked tired and rested, but there were also many men, and the storyteller was counted as one.

The storyteller shook his head profoundly, and stroked his beard again.

"We can't talk about this problem."

"Everyone outside says that we live well, eat well, and sleep well, who would have thought that we are living this kind of life now!" An elderly man slapped the table in his interest.

Others chimed in.

"yes, yes, if I hadn't had my arm cut at the time, I probably wouldn't be here!"

"And my legs! Here, ordinary people might as well be a cripple! ”

……

Lu Li listened silently to the whispered complaints of those people, and the guess in his heart also had a rough idea.

"Wait."

She stopped a child under the age of ten who was serving them tea, "I have something to ask you." ”

The kid obviously didn't expect Lu Li to make such a move, so he couldn't help but freeze in place, and after a while, he squeaked and said, "But, but I still have to give it to others..."

"I'll give you the money." Lu Li also took out some broken silver from his arms and put it on the table.

"I just want to talk to you, I'm a foreigner, I want to know about the situation here, just chat, nothing else."

When Lu Li said these words, he also wondered a little in his heart, did he look so terrible? is obviously a delicate beauty.

Liang Song also said: "You just answer a few questions from us, and the silver belongs to you." ”

The little boy was obviously moved by the pile of broken silver on the table, looked at the guests around him, and saw that the owner of the teahouse did not notice this, so he secretly sat in the innermost, first put the silver in his pocket, and then looked around to see that no one noticed his movements, and then lowered his body.

"That's right, when I was just shopping, I found that the price of copper products here is very expensive, it stands to reason that you should be rich in copper ore here, how could such a thing happen?"

Lu Li asked.

When the little boy heard this, he looked Lu Li up and down, and saw that she was sure that it was an outsider, and not someone else who had deceived him, and then he made up his mind.

"That was before, it seems like a few years ago, the people in the city were still relying on mining copper resources for a living, but I don't know why the government here suddenly issued an order that every household should hand over all copper things."

Lu Li thought for a while, "Even if it is handed in, then those pots and pans in your life will definitely be left." ”

The little boy shook his head, "Whatever it is, as long as it's made of copper, it must be handed over to the government." ”

"That's not why there are so few copper things in this county now, aren't you still mining?"

"Those mined things will not circulate to us ordinary people at all, and the government has already sent people to transport the mined copper ore. Now in our world, copper is as precious as gold outside. ”

Lu Li wanted to ask something, but he was sure that the little boy suddenly panicked, and he was so panicked that he got out from under the table and ran to the back.

Lu Li raised his eyes and saw that it was some people from the yamen, sitting outside the teahouse in a big way.

And the owner of the teahouse was greeting with a smile on his face.

It seems that the young men in the county town have been requisitioned by the government to mine copper mines, and only some old and disabled people have been lucky enough to stay in the city.

Lu Li looked at those young officials and was a little disgusted, why were the young people in the city being conscripted to work, but these people who worked in the government didn't need to.

And when the women in the teahouse saw the people in the mansion, they hurriedly picked up their baskets and left, as if they saw the beast and avoided it.

The lively atmosphere in the teahouse has gradually become quieter.

Lu Li looked around, and suddenly felt that it was not interesting, so he said to Liang Song: "Let's go back and tell the adults about this." ”

Liang Song answered, and after paying for the tea, the two went straight to the post station.

It may be that the sun hanging in the sky is too hot, and Lu Li's heart is also a little irritable.

Back at the post station, Lu Li first drank two bowls of tea handed over by Liang Song, wiped his mouth, and then went upstairs to Shangguan Yinling's room.

She knocked on the door.

"My lord, are you still resting?"

Shangguan Yinling in the room was sitting at the wooden table, holding a book to read, and when he heard the voice, he raised his voice and said, "Come in." ”

He watched Lu Li sitting in front of him with a sweaty face for a long time, so he kindly poured a cup of tea and pushed it over.

Lu Li waved his hand, "Thank you, sir, but I've already drunk a lot." ”

"What's the matter with you looking for me in such a hurry?"

Shangguan Yinling also looked at the bag hanging on Lu Li's waist, "What, didn't you buy something and come back?" ”

Lu Li thought of the expensive price and smacked her tongue, so how could she afford it.

"I'm here to talk about it."

Lu Li made a long story short, and told Shangguan Yinling everything she and Liang Song had just experienced and the news they asked.

Shangguan Yinling also didn't expect this to be the reason.

I see.

"In recent years, there is no need for copper mines, and even if there is a need, a small part of it is requisitioned, accounting for about three or four out of ten, and most of them still flow into the hands of the people or merchants after mining, making some ordinary living objects or buying and selling." Shangguan Yinling said slowly.

"And the Yanzhou government wantonly requisitioned these copper mines, and the imperial court didn't know about it." Shangguan Yuling frowned.

"Don't know?" Lu Li felt that things were getting more and more complicated.

The government here dares to requisition copper ore without the order of the imperial court, the purpose is not clear, if it is an ordinary copper mine, it is just that, but the copper mine here is not only very solid to make some ordinary household things, but also can make some weapons, which is also very important to the country.

So, what is the reason for this Yanzhou government to do such a thing?