Fuyuan County, the area is not as large as Luliang County, but the population is close to 20,000, which is a place with very rich coal resources.

Since ancient times, people here have been mining coal for cooking, and later using coal to smelt metal utensils, and it can be said that the history of mining and using coal is very long.

Of course, Li Yi's purpose in coming here is very clear, that is, to conduct a field investigation of the coal resources here.

According to the existing situation, large-scale and orderly mining will be carried out, and the output of coal will be sold to various places in order to obtain huge profits.

More importantly, it is necessary to use coal in mineral smelting, papermaking, cement manufacturing and other industries to maximize the benefits.

This is Li Yi's preliminary assumption, and the specific situation will be determined after full investigation and demonstration.

Xuan County is very close to Fuyuan County, and it rushed to the territory of Fuyuan County in less than an hour.

The terrain in Fuyuan County is basically relatively flat, but there are also many undulating mountain cols.

In this season of fire, mountain flowers of various colors fill the hills and plains, swaying in the wind like waves, changing colors.

From a distance, it looks like a colorful watercolor painting, which makes Li Yi feel an indescribable comfort and refreshment.

After walking along the hillside road for a short time, I saw smoke rising from the cottage not far from the roadside.

Everywhere else there is green smoke, but here it is black and gray smoke that fills the front and back of the house, and it seems that the people here have become accustomed to boiling water with coal for cooking.

It is already very close to the county seat, so Li Yi decided to stay here for a while to visit the villagers here and learn about the life of the people here and the mining and use of coal.

In order not to disturb the local people, Li Yi asked He Shoujie to lead a large group of men and horses to be stationed on the side of the road, while he and Lian Jun walked towards a small village with only a dozen washers in front.

As soon as he turned the mountain col and was only a few dozen meters away from the small village, Li Yi heard the heart-rending cries of women from the village, mixed with the scolding of many men.

What is the situation, Li Yi and Lian Jun hurriedly quickened their pace.

When I walked to the entrance of the village, I found that dozens of people had gathered on the road at the entrance of the village.

There were men, women, and children, and they were arguing about something around a few people dressed as government officials.

Li Yi and Lian Jun quietly walked outside the crowd and stopped to listen.

I heard a man dressed as an official pointing at the people around him domineeringly: "Our county lord cherishes the people's feelings and gives you so many benefits, but you still don't know how to lift, you lawless people, it seems that you are living impatiently." ”

"If you are stubborn and don't eat and drink, my lord, I have no choice but to detain you all to the prison of the yamen, and then you Diao people should understand some right and wrong."

When the people on the left and right heard him say this, most of them showed frightened expressions, and even the women's cries were much quieter.

As soon as Li Yi heard this person's tone, he was very disgusted in his heart.

What kind of thing is this, at every turn to raise the signboard of the yamen to scare the people, is the prison of the government against the good people!

The little officials who are not in the flow of sesame mung beans treat the people so arrogantly, if they do it at their own level, their eyes will not be able to look at the sky.

Li Yi was about to squeeze in to ask what was going on, but he saw a young man in a cyan robe, a wide face, a high forehead, a dark complexion, and a strong figure walking forward.

He said loudly: "This official is angry, please let me dare to ask a few words, but I don't know what laws these people have violated, and they want to be detained in the yamen." ”

"Could it be that you forcibly demolished the people's houses and the people who lost their homes are still guilty?"

Of course, the meaty-faced, drunken official heard his teasing.

Suddenly, he slanted his face full of anger, and shouted sharply: "What are you kid, you dare to take care of the affairs of the official family, it seems that you also want to taste the taste of prison food?" ”

"Ho! What is your name? Where did it come from? Hurry up and recruit from the truth, otherwise don't blame the old man, I will be ruthless. ”

The young man was not moved at all in the face of the small official's sharp reprimand, but said with a faint smile: "If you don't change your name in the downstream, you won't change your surname, Jiang Hua from Songzi Township, Ningzhou, is Jianghua, does the official want to detain me in the county office?" ”

Although the evil official is usually arrogant, he has also seen some of the world after all.

The young man in front of him, in the face of the intimidation methods he was accustomed to using and tried and tested, did not even show the slightest fear.

On the contrary, he was determined to be unmoved, and he couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, not knowing where this person came from.

Therefore, he also softened his tone slightly, puffed up his chest and said proudly: "This official is in accordance with the county's regulations, if you have any questions, you can go to the county to ask." ”

"You must know that the county is also for the good of these people, once the coal is mined underground, most of their houses will not be able to live, and the county lord has found a good place for them to live in, isn't it really for their sake?"

"I advise this Jiang Gongzi to be nosy, don't provoke anything, and when the time comes, he will not be able to eat and walk around."

The man named Jiang Hua sneered slightly, and a young man with a thin face, a cold face, and a hooked nose stepped forward and said coldly in an authentic Sichuan and Shu accent: "This official, as the saying goes, 'the homeland is hard to leave', the common people have lived here for an unknown number of lifetimes, how can they be willing to leave the place where they were born and raised at will." ”

"Besides, demolishing a room is only 200 yuan, which is not enough for a family to eat for a month, but it makes the people go to beg for a living."

"Driving the people around like pigs and dogs, but fooling the people to have a better place to live, is this the charter of our government?"

Without waiting for the evil official to refute, he continued: "I heard that the current Yunnan Xuanfu envoy Lord Li has always been pro-government and loves the people, and even the victims who fled from southern Sichuan can be open to acceptance, don't your own people be given a way to live?" ”

"This kind of bullshit charter is also the work of you dirty officials below, Lord Li will never do this kind of behavior of fish and meat villagers......"

Before the man could finish speaking, the evil official was already annoyed and angry, and when he was exhausted, his face turned purple and he shouted loudly for his servants to come forward and take people.

Several servants rushed over like wolves, and just rushed to the man.

I saw that the man's body only shook slightly, and where his hands and feet started, several officials fell out on their backs, with blue noses and swollen faces.

Although the evil official was angry, he was also quite afraid of such a hard stubble, and did not dare to come forward and take people personally.

When it was difficult to ride a tiger, I saw more than a dozen people rushing over from the path on the other side of the village.

Most of the people who came were dressed as officials, and in the middle were a middle-aged man wearing a light green official robe, with a ruddy face and a bloated body.

Li Yi knew that the acting county magistrate of Fuyuan County was named Fei Yin, although he had met him once during the meeting and was not impressed, but he didn't know what this person's temperament was.

Wanting to see the performance of the acting county official, he beckoned Lian Jun, quietly hid behind the crowd, found an inconspicuous place, and watched coldly.

Fei Yin, surrounded by more than a dozen swaggering officials, dragged his fat body and walked quickly, panting heavily as he walked.