Chen Yue's explanation was very fast, and under the sudden interrogation led by the magistrate Shan Minglei, it only took half a day to try the details of the case. Zhu Qiu, the butcher's housekeeper, couldn't bear the torture at first, and explained that he personally went to Woniu Mountain to find Boss Rong, of course, in his mouth, all this was instructed by Zhu Butcher, and it had nothing to do with himself.

With Zhu's confession, everything was very easy to do, and regardless of whether the butcher Zhu was killed or not, Chen Yue immediately ordered that the butcher and a group of thugs be detained on the charge of fornicating with bandits, and all the property of the manor was confiscated.

Then summoned the miners' representatives Xiao Bing, Li Daozi and others, and announced to them the results of the handling of this matter by the Yamen of the Xishan Military Preparation Road.

I wish the butcher convicted of bribing the bandits, and all the debts owed by the miners will be nullified, and the loan sharks will not have to be repaid.

Later, the Yamen of the Military Preparation Road will check the account books of the Zhu Butcher Coal Mine, and the arrears of wages to the miners will be paid one by one.

As compensation for the robbery of Gray Yu Village, the Yamen of the Military Preparation Road will allocate 20 taels of silver to each household as a pacification fee, and the miners who were injured and killed in the attack of the mountain bandits will be given additional compensation.

After the results were announced, the miners' representatives looked at each other, and they couldn't believe the fact that officials have always protected each other, and the government has always favored the rich.

"Master Xie Qingtian!" Xiao Bing took the lead, and all the miners knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Yuelian.

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"Congratulations to Lord Bingxian, the miner's heart is now over!" Shan Minglei bowed. When Chen Yue wanted to lead his troops back to Xishan Town and wanted to control the mining area, he had doubts about Chen Yue's decision-making, but now it seems that Chen Yue was really prescient.

"The city gate of Beijing has been closed for several months, and the coal dug out of the coal mine can't go out at all, and there will definitely be an accident here without input, don't forget that I used to sell coal, how can I not figure out this kind of thing!" Chen Yue said with a smile on his face.

Just as most of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of the gentry, the wealth of the mining area was also in the hands of the coal mine owners, just to take down a butcher, the silver seized from his house was tens of thousands of taels, plus hundreds of loads of grain, and other materials, not to mention the mountains of coal, the harvest was unimaginable. And all he paid was some silver to appease the miners, and he didn't even have a dime seized. Thinking of this, Chen Yue couldn't help but feel slightly complacent, fighting the landlord and the gentry is definitely the best way to make a fortune!

Thinking of this, Chen Yue couldn't help but sympathize with Emperor Chongzhen in Beijing, there are so many corrupt officials and nobles in the city, there are no tens of thousands of taels of silver in the family, and a few families can be raided according to a crime.

"My lord, then I wish the butcher must see you." A personal guard walked in and said to Chen Yue.

"Let's go, let's see, what the hell is this guy trying to say?" Chen Yue glanced at Shan Minglei with a smile and said.

"Your Excellency, please!"

"Master Bingxian, Master Bingxian, please atone for your sins, as long as you can forgive me, Marquis Zheng Zhijun and Marquis Zheng of Wu'an will definitely be grateful to you." Seeing Chen Yue walk into the cell, Zheng Tupao pulled the fence and prayed.

"Oh, what is your relationship with that Wu Anhou?" Chen Yue asked coldly.

"Wu Anhou's eighth concubine is my sister, and I am his brother-in-law. Rest assured, if you forgive me, I am willing to give you half of my property! Seeing Chen Yue's indifferent appearance, Butcher Zheng hurriedly added his chips.

"Sounds good, but now it seems that all your family property is in the hands of this official, how can you have the other half of your family property?" The corners of Chen Yue's mouth were crooked, and he asked with a smile.

"Ahh Butcher Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"Listen, there is only one way in front of you now, that is, to honestly explain everything, maybe I will spare your life in the face of Wu Anhou!" Chen Yue said coldly, turned around and walked out of the cell.

"Continue to torture, don't be reluctant to torture, let him confess everything about peeking at the widow taking a bath when he was a child," Chen Yue said to Shan Minglei behind him, "Especially the relationship between him and other coal mine owners!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Shan Minglei couldn't help but gasp, looking at this posture, the adults are going to wipe out all the coal mine owners in Xishan! For the first time, Shan Minglei's gaze at Chen Yue was in awe!

After returning to the front hall, Chen Yue ordered Xiao Bing and the others to be summoned again.

"Now I have something I want you to do for me, would you like to?" Chen Yue directly addressed Xiao Bing and the others.

"My lord, you are the benefactor of my Gray Yu Village, as long as you command, you will not hesitate to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire!" Xiao Bing patted his chest and reassured. Li Daozi and other representatives of the miners also pledged to absolutely obey the arrangements of Lord Bingxian.

"Well done!" Chen Yue praised and continued: "The Manchu invasion caused the closure of the city gate of Beijing, and the miners who suffered were by no means your family in Gray Yu Village, there were hundreds of coal mines in the entire Xishan, and other miners suffered the same as you. By the grace of the emperor, this official was appointed to the post of Xishan Soldier Beidao, and all the places in the western part of Shuntianfu were under the jurisdiction of this official, and this official never wanted to see the people under his jurisdiction suffer such a catastrophe.

However, although the officers and soldiers under this official are elite, the number is too small, and if they want to control such a vast area, they may not be able to do it, so they need your help. ”

Hearing that Chen Yue actually had the intention of dealing with all the coal mine owners, Xiao Bing and Li Daozi couldn't help but lift their spirits, glanced at each other, and saw a kind of flame burning in each other's eyes.

"I don't know what adults need to do for villains, as long as I can do it!" Xiao Bing said solemnly.

"I need you to gather all the miners you can muster, form a team of village soldiers, and directly obey my command. Can you do it if you listen to me at all times? Chen Yue stared at Xiao Bing's eyes and asked.

"Yes! But," Xiao Bing hesitated.

"Say!" Chen Yue said coldly.

"My lord, there is no problem in forming a township soldier, but the brothers are almost short of food now, although there is your help, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support how much time." Xiao Bing was a little embarrassed.

"You don't have to worry about this, since you are my soldier, I will naturally be paid, and the miners who participate in the township soldiers will each have a tael of silver per month, plus a subsidy of five buckets of grain. When training, the team will take care of the food, and when they are not training, they will not delay the mining and coal mining! Chen Yue set the conditions, and he believed that no one could resist the temptation when the coal could not be sold and there was no income at all.

Xiao Bing and the others happily agreed, and after they went back, they would call on all the familiar miner brothers to come and join the township soldiers.

Looking at the backs of Xiao Bing and the others, Chen Yue smiled, as if he saw a violent storm sweeping across the entire West Mountain!