In addition to more than a dozen people fleeing over the mountain, more than 50 people fell in pools of blood, and nearly 100 people knelt in the dust, escorted by long bamboo guns. Mr. Liu's face was full of panic, and he knelt on the ground and trembled.

"My lord, what should I do next?" Chen Shan asked.

"These people, who have been identified clearly, have nothing to do with the Shi family, will be released later. Let people bandage the injured and treat them, and let the dead and injured send them to the Shi family.

Those who are related to the Shi family will be punished for plundering people and property without reason, and will be punished with hard labor and sent to the pit for mining. Limited to one year, the reduction period for good performance. Those who resist should be appropriately added. In this mine, you have to resume production as soon as possible and strengthen management. ”

"Don't worry, but what about the county? The Shi family has killed and injured so many people this time, and there are still many catchers, squad leaders, and township soldiers inside, and the Shi family and the county are probably unwilling to give up. ”

"What if you don't want to take a break! My lord, or let's go and take down the county seat. With just a few hundred township soldiers in the county, how can they stop our security regiment? Chen Jiang also came over.

Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "Forget it." This incident is over for the time being. We don't go to the county seat. After this incident, the old men in the county town did not dare to act rashly.

Another 100 people were transferred from the cottage and stationed in the mine, and some more people were recruited, which was expanded to 500 people, and they were called the mine protection team. Chen Jiang, you just stay in the mine and show me the county seat to death. ”

"Haha, don't worry, sir. With me and Brother Shan, if someone comes to make trouble, they will be killed. Chen Jiang grinned.

"Don't slack off. It is necessary to strengthen training and bring out a capable and daring soldier for me. ”

"Don't worry, sir, it's up to me. If there is a mistake, let the adult deal with it. Chen Jiang patted his chest and said.

"If there is really a mistake, it is useless to cut off your bull's head." Chen Shan glared at his cousin, turned his head to Chen Yuan and said, "My lord, my subordinates will keep an eye on this matter." ”

"Okay, let's get busy." Chen Yuan nodded and greeted Zhao Mengchen's master and servant who was walking towards this side.

"Zhao Yuanwai, slow down."

"Well, it has come to this point after all. How innocent these people died. Looking at the dead and wounded all over the ground, Zhao Mengchen shook his head and said.

Chen's heart is not the same. Some people did it deliberately, but Chen just had to respond. Chen Yuan was also a little sad.

"From now on, where will the inspector go?"

"How can it be, I hope today's events will be the last time. If Zhao Yuanwai is interested, please tell someone. As long as people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone. If some people are obsessed, don't blame Chen for letting go. Chen Yuan arched his hand.

"Be sure to bring this to me. Zhao didn't stay much. Leave. Zhao Mengchen arched his hand.

"Congratulations to Zhao Yuanwai."

Zhao Mengchen's master and servant also ignored the people of the Shi family who were kneeling on the ground, arched their hands, turned over their horses, and drove the horses away.

Watching the two leave, Chen Yuan turned around and beckoned Dong Xingtou, the head of the Qian Prison.

"Your Excellency." Dong Xingtou ran over respectfully, in a cold sweat. I was scared. Today, fortunately, I thought of a little kindness from the Chen family in my heart just now and made the right choice, otherwise it would be ugly.

"How is the money supervisor now?"

"Your Excellency is preparing to reopen the money prison?" Dong Xing's eyes lit up and said, "Since last month, the Shi family has stopped the money prison. But as long as the adults give the order, the furnace will be reopened tomorrow. ”

"I'll talk about the reopening of the money prison later." Chen Yuan waved his hand, "Qian Jian has a lot of foundry technicians now, right?" ”

"Well, there are twenty craftsmen and craftsmen."

"Is there a technician who knows how to cast?"

"Look at what the adults said, what we Qian Jian eats is the food of casting, how can anyone who doesn't know how to cast." Dong Xingtou said with a smile.

"Alright, in a moment, gather some mechanics. I have something to command you. ”

"Yes. The little ones are going. Dong Xingtou nodded in agreement, and hurriedly went back to the convener of the money prison.

Under the force of the security group, order was quickly restored to the mine, the dead and wounded were carried onto ox carts, and more than 20 people hired by the Shi family were selected and driven back to the county seat. The rest of the Shi family members were taken into custody and prepared to be sent to the mine. Chen Shan reappointed the stewards of various departments, and Chen Jiang re-established the mine protection team to deal with the Shi family's retaliation at any time.

After the mine was disposed of, Chen Yuan and Chen Shan came to Qian Jian. The technicians and apprentices of Qian Jian have been summoned by Dong Xingtou.

Seeing the big boss coming, everyone stepped forward to salute. Chen Yuan waved his hand, then took out a few drawings from his arms and spread them on the desk. There are some crude patterns drawn on the paper with charcoal pen.

Under Chen Yuan's greeting, Dong Xingtou and several technicians stepped forward to watch.

"My lord, what are these?" Dong Xingtou frowned and asked. This thing on the paper is strange, I really don't know what it is?

"Can you make these things?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Casting can be cast, but I don't know the size, I don't know the style, and it may not be used by adults." Dong Xingtou thought for a while.

"Oh." Chen Yuan also smiled helplessly, "This thing, let's make it four feet long, and the others will be made according to the length ratio." This thing, from this opening to the back, gradually thickened, should be made thicker, and the inner wall should be made smooth. ”

"My lord, what is this thing for?" Dong Xingtou asked.

"Look, what is this thing for?" Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"I haven't seen the little one, I don't know." Dong Xingtou and some technicians shook their heads.

"Isn't your lord trying to cast a cannon?" A technician in his thirties, dressed in tabby clothes, stepped forward and asked.

"Oh. Can you cast a cannon? Chen Yuan was pleasantly surprised.

"Back to the adults, the little ones don't know how to cast cannons, but the little ones have heard about artillery. The little one has a senior brother who used to be in the Lin'an Military Weapons Supervisor, and he can make bowls and thunderbolts. Looking at what the adults said, this is like thunder and thunderbolts, but it is a little different. The man humbly replied.

Chen Yuan nodded. With the development of gunpowder, artillery was no longer too mysterious in the Song Dynasty. Both the Song and Yuan dynasties vigorously developed gunpowder and war equipment. The ordnance supervisor of the Great Song Dynasty court used to make a large number of assault muskets, fire crows, rockets, fire dragon spit water, thunderbolt cannons and other things, but due to the weak power of gunpowder in the early days, craftsmen in the Song Dynasty often added arsenic, wolf dung and other miscellaneous things to the gunpowder, and the power was not very great.

Chen Yuan's understanding of artillery is also very limited, but because of another time and space to promote tourism, many scenic spots often place some rusty cannons, some of which are antiquities, and some of which are simply imitations of later generations. These cannons are extremely heavy, but they are said to be very powerful. Thanks to the blessing of the information explosion in later generations, Chen Yuan briefly understood that these were the artillery styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties, mostly called Hongyi cannons, which were early cannons, and were mostly used for warships or defending cities.

In the face of the rolling iron hooves of the Mengyuan people, the god of war cannon, naturally cannot be absent. Artillery starts with the Hongyi cannon.

"Where is your senior brother now?"

"Senior brother was in Lin'an in his early years, and a few years ago he was transferred to Xiangyang to cast cannons to defend against the Yuan soldiers. After Xiangyang was broken, I didn't know its whereabouts. If you want to cast a cannon, you have to invite an early craftsman from the ordnance superintendent. ”

"Naturally, people have to invite some, but things have to be done. Let's try to do it first. Chen Yuandao.

"Your Excellency is right. Qian Feng, you have to find a way to contact your senior brother. But whether or not you can invite a gunsmith, everything you have to do is what the adults do. Chen Shan said solemnly on the side.

"Your Excellency has orders, and the money supervisor must cast the cannon that the adult needs no matter what." Dong Xingtou nodded and said, "The villain has also heard of the name of firearms, and I heard that the power of firearms, according to the villain, is not in the utensils, but in the gunpowder. ”

"You don't have to worry about gunpowder. You first forge the idea of this cannon, and refine it as you go. In this way, set up a foundry office, with Dong Xingtou as the main and Qian Feng as the deputy. The Qian Prison was temporarily rested, and the personnel and equipment were all put into the casting office and moved to Zixi. Chen Yuan thought for a while.

This test cannon will make a big noise, and it will be better if it is placed on Zixi's side. Together with the gunpowder field and armory workshop of Zixi Cottage, it is also a lot more convenient to manage. Besides, these are their own lifeblood, and they must be foolproof.

"Subordinate Order." Dong Xing led a group of craftsmen and said.

……

Outside the county seat, Chen Yuan was busy with artillery, and in the city, with several ox carts carrying the dead and wounded entering the city, the entire county town was alarmed.

It is common for these two families to fight against each other, but there are not many dozens of casualties at a time. Moreover, most of the dead and wounded were from the Yamen, and more than 10 people in the county were killed and injured seven or eight people were killed and injured quickly, and the rest were arrested by the Chen family, and I heard that they would be sent to the pit for mining. There are only more than 20 people in the three classes of the county government, and there are only a few old and weak left.

The corpses of the seven team leaders and the fast catchers were placed in front of the yamen, and the family members wore filial piety clothes outside the yamen, crying for the sky and the earth, and the people watched in astonishment, sighing from time to time.

Among the county officials, Hong County's order, who had long been ill and ignored government affairs, hid in the official office of the rear of the ya, and could not live or die. A word was sent to let the county lieutenant Shi, who was acting for government affairs, deal with it with his colleagues.

Hongxian ordered to ignore government affairs, Shi County Lieutenant had a gloomy face, sitting on the upper side of the left head, Zhao Zhubo, Wei Inspector, Wu Jiaoyu and Yamen Zhucao sat on both sides, everyone stared at each other with big eyes and a solemn face. Next to Lieutenant Shi, Zhao Mengchen sat sideways, and Zhao Zhong stood behind Zhao Mengchen with an expressionless face.

"Colleagues, Hong County Commander is sick and has not been able to serve for many days, so he will entrust the county affairs to his own official to deal with. Helplessly, the official was shallow in his studies and failed to deal with the political affairs of the county. Now there is a mine brawl outside the city. Colleagues, see what to do. "Above, Lieutenant Shi said lightly.

This time, the Shi family suffered heavy casualties, but the county lieutenant Shi was indifferent, which really made the officials in the yazhong puzzled.

"Lord Shi, the lower officials believe that the incident in this mine is no longer as simple as a brawl. The relocation of the money prison is a public opinion in the county, and it is a major matter related to the finances of the imperial court. The Chen family dared to openly resist the law, gather their lives, and kill and injure the county government to assist the relocated people. Such acts are tantamount to rebellion. Wei Tong, the county inspector, got up, his face flushed, and said angrily.

"If it's as Lord Wei said, what should we do?" Lord Zhao said lightly. This Zhao Zhubo is the henchman of Hong County Order. Although the Hongxian order is not sick, everyone knows that this Zhao Zhubo represents the meaning of the Hongxian order.

"This official believes that the traitor Chen Yuanhekou Town's post of inspector should be immediately abolished, and the county township soldiers should be requisitioned to quell the rebellion." Wei Patrol said.

"Oh, I wonder how many villagers can be gathered by the inspection? Zhao Yuanwai also talked about the situation of the mine. This Chen family, with the name of Qin Wang Anmin, has gathered hundreds of people, and the combat power is strong. The township soldiers in this county, at best, are only a few hundred people, and they have not been trained for a long time, what can they do? Zhao Zhubo objected.

Stability is paramount! This is also the meaning of hiding in the backyard of the Hong County Order.

"No matter how difficult it is, we must gather the strength of the whole county to suppress the traitors. If thieves are allowed to run rampant, then where is the majesty of the yamen? Where is the law of the imperial court? ”

Is the yamen still majestic? Does the imperial court still exist? Zhao Zhubo kept belly, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"Lord Shi, Inspector Wei, everyone." An old man with gray hair and a rudimentary shirt got up, bowed his hand slightly to everyone, and said, "As a teacher, Wu should not say anything about today's affairs. However, Wei Inspector actually described the matter of the mine as a rebellion. Such a big thing is not for Wu to have to say. ”

"Sect Wu has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." County Lieutenant Shi nodded.

"Thank you, Lord Shi." Wu Jiaoyu arched his hand and continued: "As far as Wu knows, this Chen family has been devoted to the imperial court for many years, and is anxious for justice and righteousness. Now the Chen family has scattered all their wealth, gathered righteous people, and sounded the order of the king of the court. How can such a person be justified in plotting rebellion and rebellion? There may be a difference in the affairs of the mine. Your Excellency should also investigate and dispose of it again. ”

Many people in the hall nodded yes.

"Hmph, what else do you need to check?" Inspector Wei said angrily: "The arrest and squad leader who were sent to the mine by Yazhong to send an order to assist in the relocation of Qian Jian were killed and wounded, and their bodies are now displayed outside the door." Chen Jiazi openly disobeyed orders and killed the county government, is this not a rebellion or something! ”

Wu Jiaoyu looked at Wei Xunjian, whose face was swollen and red, shook his head, stopped talking, and sat down. Everyone in the hall will look at the head of the county lieutenant Shi.