More than ten miles south of Yongping Town, the hills are undulating, and they belong to the remaining veins of Wuyi Mountain, between the hills, there are large and small mines, and some mountain people in tattered clothes drag baskets of slightly green copper ore out of the bottomless pit and pile them on the ore pile outside the pit mouth in the shouting and reprimand of the supervisor.

The copper ore will be sent to the refinery to be crushed and crushed, and then sent to the smelting furnace to refine a yellow and clear ingot of refined copper. Not far away is the refining field, more than ten flues several feet high, bursts of thick black smoke coming out.

In the world, copper is also the second hard currency after gold and silver, so from the pit to the refinery, you can see guards patrolling around with knives and guns at any time.

The refinery is not far away, is a finished product warehouse of copper ingots, and next to the finished product warehouse, there is a money supervisor called the Imperial Court Supervision Office, which is actually all the coinage of the copper mine.

This is the core of the entire mine, and more than a dozen brick houses of all sizes are built, either as warehouses or as office buildings in the mine. The workers and directors of the mine are busy going in and out of the premises. In addition, there are some neatly dressed patrol and guard personnel wearing cotton armor, and there are no less than 50 patrol guards, guarding all movements inside and out.

A richly dressed and wealth-looking middle-aged man came out of a house with several guards wearing waist knives, and several of them were staggering at the door and immediately greeted him.

"Wang Er, how is it going? In the past two days, all the copper ingots in Curry have been sent to Yongping City! The rich middle-aged man said lightly.

"Manager Liu, I'm afraid this is a little difficult, these times, the casting of the money supervisor has also stopped, and the copper ingots accumulated in this treasury are no less than 200,000 catties, and it is not easy to send them to Yongping City within two days. As a rule, our copper yard is minted into copper coins and then transported back to Yongping City. Why didn't Mr. Liu return to his wife and let the copper ingots be minted into copper coins and then shipped back? "The main thing called Wang Er.

"You know what, this is what the county lord meant. Now, this army is in chaos, for the sake of safety, this money supervisor may have to be relocated to Yongping City. From now on, the copper ingots produced will be transported back to Yongping City immediately. Manager Liu scolded.

"Lord Steward, if these more than 200,000 catties of copper ingots are to be moved to Yongping City, it will take a lot of labor, chariots and horses, but we don't have so many mules and horses in the mine." A principal was worried.

"Don't worry about this, Madame has already made arrangements, and will send a lot of people to help." Before the meeting, these principals were relieved, and Manager Liu also relaxed a little.

Mr. Liu is the distant cousin of Mrs. Liu, the county lieutenant, and in recent years, he has been tied up with a cousin who can't beat the eight poles, helping to dispose of some of the Shi family's properties, and he has gradually become prosperous, and he can be regarded as the number one person in Yongping.

This copper mine is connected to the money prison, and the production is a piece of real money, not to mention the continuous production in the future, the hundreds of thousands of catties of copper ingots in this warehouse alone is nearly 10,000 copper coins, as long as these are disposed of, it is undoubtedly a great achievement. At that time, I will also be able to profit a lot from it.

Thinking of this, Manager Liu couldn't help but be happy.

"Don't have any worries, this copper mine is now up to the Shi family. As long as you do things well, there will be many rewards from Madame. Looking at a few worried principals, Manager Liu comforted lightly.

At this moment, a group of people slowly walked not far away, at least there were nearly a hundred people, but there were no carriages and horses as Mr. Liu said.

"Sir, were those men sent by Madame? It's not quite like that. Wen An, the head of the guard beside Chief Liu, said softly.

Mr. Liu was silent. A group of people watched as the group of people gradually approached, many of them carrying knives, guns and sticks, and the most conspicuous thing was that many of them were carrying a slender bamboo pole, and the head of the bamboo pole was equipped with an iron spear head. The first person, in his twenties, was talking to a young man next to him as he walked.

"Hey, isn't that Chen Shan Chen's manager?" Wang Er's eyes were sharp, and he recognized the current young man at a glance.

"It's not good, it's the Chen family who is making trouble." Wen An reacted.

"Got it, why don't you gather the brothers quickly. Another person quickly informed his wife. Manager Liu's fat face trembled and shouted.

Wen An hurriedly took out a copper whistle from his busyness, put it to his mouth and blew it. A whistle echoed in the mining area, and the supervisor stopped cursing and reprimanding, and looked over to the storehouse, where the guards heard the whistle and rushed to this side in groups.

When the guards gathered, the group also came to the outside of the mine's main hall and stopped. Chen Shan greeted some of the principals in front of him with a smile, as natural as returning home.

"Yo, isn't that the second king? You're not watching from the storeroom, why did you get here? ”

"Hey, you're a Dong Xing, why aren't you busy with Qian Jian and come here. What's going on with this money prison, why doesn't there seem to be any movement over there. ”

"This....this is Chief Chen, the money prison has stopped in recent days." Dong Xingtou, who was named, replied stubbornly.

"Stop, who told you to stop. The money prison has stopped, where will the copper ingots from this mine be piled up in the future! ”

"Well, I don't know." Dong Xingtou scratched his head.

"Wang Er, what's going on." Chen Shan looked at Wang Er, the head of the warehouse. Wang Er had no choice but to step forward and said, "There is an order from above to move the money prison and treasury to the county seat." ”

"Above, which above, how I don't know! What is not there, scattered, scattered, go your own way. Chen Shan waved his hand.

Wang Er and several principals looked at each other for a while, then stepped back, revealing Chief Manager Liu.

Looking at the more than 100 guards and supervisors gathered behind him, Director Liu seemed to have some confidence, coughed, and stepped forward.

"The relocation of the warehouse is what it means, Chen Shan, the mine has nothing to do with your Chen family, what are you doing here today?"

"It has nothing to do with the Chen family? Then I may ask, who does it have to do with it? Chen Shan asked with a smile.

"Didn't you know a few months ago? According to the resolution of the county government, the money supervisor will be taken over by the government. ”

"Oh, the money supervisor will do it, but what does it have to do with the copper mine?" A young man beside Chen Shan stepped forward and asked.

"Joke, this copper mine is naturally part of the money prison, without the copper mine, how can the money prison mint money."

"Hehe, is this manager saying that the Qian Jian Imperial Court wants to take it back, and even the copper mine will be confiscated? Don't say that it is in Lead Mountain, just say that the entire Xinzhou and Jiangnan East Road, who doesn't know that this copper mine is the industry of the Chen family in Hekou. Even if the imperial court wants to collect it, there is no reason to say that it will be collected. ”

"Bold, the court acts, how can you talk to a small people. This mine will be directly managed by the county government in the future, so if you don't want to eat a lawsuit, just leave quickly. Steward Liu shouted.

The young man was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Then dare to ask your lord, you have any position in the county, and you are here to reprimand me and other small people." ”

"Liu was ordered by the county lieutenant, and if you don't want to enter the class room, you should leave quickly. The Governor is not to blame for the past today. Manager Liu straightened his fat body and said proudly.

"Oh, it turned out to be sent by the county lieutenant, what a great majesty. Do you know who I am? The young man still smiled.

"Who are you?" Mr. Liu meowed the inconspicuous young man in front of him.

"You're really blind." Chen Shan stepped forward and said with a smile, "Look at it, this is the Xinzhou Mining Propaganda Envoy of the Ministry of Industry of the Great Song Dynasty appointed by the imperial court, and Lord Chen of Hekou Town is inspected." Inspecting the Chenjia mine today, I didn't expect to be barked at by your mad dog. ”

Hearing that the young man in front of him was the current head of the Chen family, Chief Manager Liu was taken aback, and boldly arched his hand: "I have seen Chen's inspection, but the matter of the collection of minerals to the imperial court is the order of the lords in the county. I also asked Inspector Chen to take the people away quickly. ”

"Don't give me any official tone here." Chen Yuan put away his smiling face, waved his hand and said, "Today, I am not considered official business, I am here to deal with private affairs." As for you, don't open your mouth to the county government, shut up the lord. Aren't you just a dog from the county governor's family? Let's put it bluntly, this mine originally belonged to the Chen family, and your Shi family wanted to grab it, but there was no door. ”

"You..."

Chen Yuan didn't pay much attention to him, turned around and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone is here, and they all know that this mine originally belonged to the Chen family, and the Shi family took it away. Today, I am leading people to fight against the wrongdoers. It's okay, let's stick it.

There is a way to be wronged, and there is a debtor. Today's mine dispute is the dispute between Chen and Shi. It turns out that many of you are old people in the mine, and if you think that the Chen family should take back the mine, you will stand on the right, and if you want to cling to the Shi family, you will stand on the left. Those who do not help each other retreat far away. Life and death are according to the destiny of heaven, and no one should complain at that time. ”

It is not uncommon for two families to fight for land and water in mountain villages, and often gather dozens or hundreds of people in order to fight for land and water, and often kill and injure many people, and on this side of the lead mountain, for the benefit of the mine, it is not uncommon for dozens or hundreds of people to be killed or injured.

Everyone present naturally knew the intention of the Chen family to come today, and seeing that Chen Yuanming said it clearly, the head of the Shi family who sent troops and some people who felt that the Shi family was powerful simply walked behind Chief Manager Liu and stood still. Some of them scattered with an attitude of not helping each other. Only a small number of old people of the Chen family, under the leadership of Wang Er and Dong Xingtou, walked to the right.

After the surname of the mine, these old people of the Chen family mine are not as good as day by day, and sooner or later they will be driven away, so it is better to fight now.

More than 80 people in the mine guarded Ding Zhuang and did not disperse, some unsheathed, and some raised their spears in their hands, on guard. I think these people are all newly sent by the Shi family. Manager Liu looked at the eager escort behind him, and suddenly came to confidence.

"Okay, since your Chen family is looking for death, you can't blame me." Manager Liu smiled evilly, and while stepping back, he commanded: "Wen An, take the brothers to send the Chen family well, and Madame will be rewarded." Afterwards, each person paid 10 yuan. ”

"Mr. Xie." Wen An was overjoyed, hurriedly stepped forward, raised his knife, and shouted: "Brothers, these rioters storming the mine are rebellion, let's send them away, and then we will receive a reward to go to the county seat for delicious food and fun." ”

The escort listened with appreciation, and immediately burst into laughter, and each drew his sword and spear and prepared to pounce on him.

On the other hand, on Chen Yuan's side, there was no laughter. Seeing that the opposite side was ready to pounce, Chen Yuan smiled, and retreated with Chen Shan, more than 100 people behind him did not know when they had been lined up in several rows, the first two rows were all holding slender bamboo guns, and then there were two rows of people but each with a small crossbow arrow, and on the side, there were two teams of people, holding knives and waiting quietly. There was not a trace of laughter in the whole team, just a solemn slaughter.

The scene became weird, the smile on Wen An's face froze, and the noisy guards also sensed that something was wrong, and gradually stopped laughing. I thought I was dealing with hundreds of villagers, but now it seems that it is not so simple. Where are the villagers, they are clearly soldiers, and there are crossbowmen behind the strict bamboo spear team, and the blue arrows are coldly pointed at themselves.

"Those who descend live, and those who resist kill!" Chen Yuan said coldly. It's time to show the color to those people.

"Yes." Chen Jiang gave a military salute, turned around and shouted: "My lord has an order, those who surrender live, and those who resist are killed!" ”

"Yes. Those who descend live, and those who resist kill! Everyone responded in unison, and the sound of cheers resounded like thunder throughout the mine, and the guards on the opposite side were like fallen leaves in the wind, and many of them were colorless and trembling, as if they could not hold their swords and guns.

"All of them, forward!" Chen Jiang pulled out his waist knife and pointed forward.

"Those who descend live, and those who resist kill! Those who descend live, and those who resist kill ....."