The box was opened, Liu Zhizhou looked at it for a long time, and only recognized a few of them, and he asked the officer: "Why do I see that the box is filled with a ruler and a saw, what are the other things, do you know each other?" ”

A servant replied: "My lord, the thing in this box is called small hardware, I look at this exquisite workmanship, it must be the best Gyeongju small hardware---- this is a steel tape measure, this is a wrench, this is an iron tong, a hand saw, steel scissors, hammers, screwdrivers, short knives and other items. Adults don't know each other, because these things are carpenters and blacksmiths, but I heard that this thing is very good at home, usually put at home, repair something, make something, no need to ask a carpenter. ”

Liu Zhizhou was slightly disappointed, he complained: "The carpenter's things were solemnly given as gifts, and it was in vain that Lord Ben thanked him." ”

The official added: "My lord Hugh underestimated this box of tools, I heard that the iron guys in it are all made of tool steel, and the word tool steel was invented by Lord Zhao. Everything in this has its own name, and it is said that the hammer is called firm, and it can break the sledgehammer and not break the gap; And the scissors are called Bike, which is said to be able to cut iron, but the shape of this short knife is strange, called a dog's leg, and it is like cutting iron like clay. Nowadays, Guangzhou shipbuilders like to buy this kind of thing the most, and the short knife alone is worth fifty yuan on the market alone. ”

Liu Zhizhou was shocked at this time, he changed his concept, and looked at the box of tools and became kind: "I said, these things are really exquisitely made, the iron parts are really smooth, and the round places are round." The square place is angular and angular, and it is really beautiful. ”

The official continued, "My lord, I heard that there is also a set of Gyeongju hardware, which contains an axe. A machete, it is said that the axe can usually be used to chop wood, but used to chop meat is also cut bones like mud, many people in Guangdong buy this set of things, with a machete as a weapon, can be much stronger than the Pu knife in our hands. My lord, there are more than 100 sets of gifts in this set. It's better to take out fifty sets and exchange twenty sets of big hardware with that Lord Zhao, so that we can exchange weapons. There are only knives and axes in the big hardware, and they are usually easy to use at home. ”

Liu Zhizhou nodded in agreement: "It's useless for the official to ask for these carpenters' things, so he simply took out a hundred sets and exchanged them for forty sets of hardware with Lord Zhao." It is to replace it with 30 sets, which will also facilitate your law enforcement in the future. ”

Later, at dusk, Zhao Xing took his local guards into the treasure money prison.

Zheng Jian Si, the treasure money supervisor, greeted Zhao Xing, and 10,000 money prison craftsmen stood in the open space of the mine money. Watching Zhao Xing and his five hundred attendants enter, Zhao Xing glanced at the surrounding scenery in the twilight. In the end, the focus of his eyes was determined on Zheng Jiansi: "Baojijian has produced a total of 120,000 copper plates since the beginning of this year---- this number may be a bit different, but I will take a whole number, and I will not care about it......"

Zhao Xing took a deep breath, raised his voice and said: "So far, none of the copper plates in the production area of Bao Ji Qian Supervision are qualified, and these copper plates have extremely low copper content, and they are all lead and tin. In addition, the treasure money supervisor only minted 200,000 copper coins, and the copper coins minted were thin and not enough. What's even more infuriating. Superintendent said that eight of the ten steam presses assigned to them had been damaged. But my people only found two machines in your money prison. As the saying goes, if you live to see a person, you have to die to see a corpse, and my machine is damaged. Where are those iron pieces? Show me? ”

The smile on Zheng Qianjian's face did not change at all, and he replied with a smile: "Lord Zhao, I have 10,000 people in Baojijian---- and some of them are inevitably diligent. The machine of the adult is broken, put it in the place to occupy the place, it happens that my treasure prison furnace is very prosperous, the machines of the adult are all good steel, some people are greedy for money, and they will inevitably melt those steel parts in exchange for some income. Adults want to see the remains of those machines, no. But I am willing to compensate according to the price. Now how much is a pound of iron worth, and my treasure prison is willing to compensate adults with the price of iron. ”

Zhao Xing stared at the other party for a long time, and asked with a gloomy face: "Are you from China Post?" …… It's a pity that I'm not in the mood to play with you. The machine is damaged in the treasure superintendent, I can only punish the treasure superintendent ---- punish the team of the superintendent, as for how you self-discipline internally, that's your business, I don't have the time, and I don't have so much cost to spend with you. I decided to abolish the treasure money prison and blow up the mine with explosives, Lord Zheng, you go back with me, I still have something to ask you. ”

Supervisor Zheng Qian looked at Zhao Xing with a straight face, and reminded meaningfully: "My lord, my treasure prison has 10,000 craftsmen!" ”

Zhao Xing smiled very coldly, and he replied without a beginning or a tail: "The denser the grass, the easier it is to cut." ”

Zhao Xing's words are a famous saying when the Goths invaded Rome hundreds of years ago, Zheng Qianjian didn't know the origin of this sentence, but he felt Zhao Xing's determination, so he didn't continue to entangle, just arched his hands arrogantly, and replied: "My lord, sleep peacefully tonight, and wait for me to tell the miners the news." ”

Zhao Xing nodded indifferently, and said with a big grin: "Tomorrow morning, you will gather the miner team, a team of ten people, a team of a hundred people, gather in the open space in front of you, and wait for me to announce the news." ”

Zheng Qianjian smiled and retired, Zhao Xing sent him away stupidly, his face was full of honest smiles, but as soon as Zheng Qianjian walked out of the room, Zhao Xing's smile gradually became cold, and he turned his head and told Shuai Fan: "Tonight, this pavilion is a battlefield, or our grave." ”

Shuai Fan straightened his chest and replied: "Don't worry, my lord, most of these attendants are veterans of Gyeongju, and the subordinates are also Mizhou regimental training, at least they have seen life and death with the Liao people." My lord, do you say that people who have fought with tigers and wolves care about the attack of the lamb? ”

Zhao Xing bared his teeth and replied: "The mountains are high and the forests are dense, so be careful to prevent fire." The soldiers were ordered to reserve more water, and at night the outer wall of the bamboo building was splashed wet. ”

Shuai Fan also bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Adults don't need to worry, there is a lot of humidity here, I took a look at the bamboo building, the moss on it has not gone, and it is not so easy to ignite." Now that our navy is actively preparing for war, I guarantee that there will not be one or two fierce fire oil in Guangdong and Guangxi that will be scattered among the people. Without the fierce fire oil, I see how they can ignite these wet bamboos. ”

Zhao Xing turned around and walked to the second floor of the bamboo building, and whispered to himself: "In this way, I can sleep well tonight." ”

Night. Zhao Xing did not sleep peacefully, from sunset, the sound of gunfire and explosions in Zhao Xing's bamboo building was non-stop, like the sound of firecrackers in the celebration. When the sun rose again, Zhao Xing climbed out of the Dai family house where he lived, and the fog revealed a dreamlike color in the early morning, and the sun drew a rainbow in the sky through the fog in the air.

The only regret was that there was a faint smell of blood wafting through the air. Zhao Xing casually asked Shuai Fan, who was cleaning up: "How many casualties?" ”

Shuai Fan replied: "Our people were only injured three, and this is still accidentally shot in a part that is not covered by armor, and they immediately rinsed the wound with strong wine after being injured, it should not be a big problem." We've found one hundred and seventeen bodies in the area, and perhaps some with minor injuries have fled. The rest is up to the adults. ”

Zhao Xing ate breakfast slowly, during which none of Zheng Qianjian's people appeared, and when he had eaten his stomach and wiped his mouth clean, Zhao Xing threw down his handkerchief: "The whole army is wearing armor." Without waiting for him, we went to the door. ”

Shuai Fan knew who "he" Zhao Xing was talking about. Hurriedly commanded the soldiers to dress neatly, Zhao Xing led the soldiers to break into Zheng Qianjian's official office, Zheng Qianjian was discussing something with a large number of cronies in the official office, Zhao Xing unceremoniously pulled Zheng Qianjian aside with a horsewhip, sat behind the public case, crossed Erlang's legs, and said lazily: "Zheng Jiansi is gathering people?" I asked you to gather miners yesterday, how are you doing now? ”

Zheng Jiansi's eyes flashed. Immediately replied: "Xiaguan will go and gather people." ”

Zhao Xing's eyes flashed. He had already found that his intrusion had caught Zheng Jian Si off guard, and now he was willing to let the other party go out to mobilize manpower. So Zhao Xing smiled very honestly, that smile was like a four or five-year-old child who had just gotten a lollipop, he said with this smile: "Why do you use Zheng Jiansi to summon such a small job, it is enough to let a few of you go down, come, Zheng Jiansi, let's talk about the wind and snow...... It's a pity that there is no music here, otherwise drinking wine, chanting poetry, and listening to songs and dances is also considered an elegant thing. ”

Zheng Qianjian immediately raised his feet, and said as he walked outside: "Lord Zhao likes this, why didn't you say it earlier, there happens to be a group of musicians in my house......"

Zheng Qianjian's words stopped abruptly, and at the door, his body was higher than the door, and Tyson grabbed his thin neck, dragged him back to Zhao Xing's side, and then returned to the door with his arms in his arms.

Zheng Qianjian coughed for a long time, and through his breath, he looked at the black man Tyson who was blocking the door, and then looked at Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, who were casual, and swallowed his anger again.

After a while, Zheng Qianjian's cronies rushed over to report that the team had been assembled, and he glanced at Zheng Qianjian while reporting, and the movements were so obvious that even a blind man could feel it. But Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan didn't realize it.

Zheng Qian smiled and bowed his hand to Zhao Xing: "Lord Zhao, 10,000 miners have been assembled, please give me instructions!" ”

Zhao Xingyi waved his hand and said to Shuai Fan: "You go and arrange, leave twenty people by my side, and the rest of the people are scattered left and right, and surround them all." ”

Zheng Qianjian's body moved, he just wanted to stop Shuai Fandi from acting, but after thinking about it, his face was full of joy---- there were 10,000 miners under him, and Zhao Xing only took twenty people with him, isn't that looking for death." Therefore, Shuai Fan took as many people out as possible, even if his men surrounded the miners, there was nothing to fear.

The untrained miners were scattered in a row, mostly in piles and chatting privately. When Zhao Xing passed by, he found that the topics they talked about were from all over the world, some talked about Buddha, some talked about gods and ghosts, and some talked about their wives and children.

Zhao Xing ascended the high platform, glanced sternly at the miners in the audience, and waited for the miners' whispers to subside, he raised his voice and shouted: "I came to punish you." There are two reasons to punish you, the first is that the copper plates and coins you produce are not up to standard, so I have to travel thousands of miles to see what is wrong with you.

You also have a head on your shoulders, and two hands under your head, why can't you do what others can do? Huizhou Fumin Money Supervisor has minted 1.2 million yuan this year, and your treasure money supervisor has only minted 200,000 yuan.

I don't care if I mint more money or less money, what I care about is the cost. Your treasure money supervisor minted 200,000 yuan of money, but the whole cost was comparable to that of the Fumin money supervisor, but the Fumin money supervisor used this money to mint 1.2 million yuan.

So I was thinking. How about the abolition of the Treasure Accumulation Supervisor? Invest the money to feed the Treasure Prison in the Fumin Money Prison, and it will produce more than five times your income---- please remember that I'm not talking about someone in the Treasure Prison Prison, I'm talking about the Treasure Savings Prison group. As a member of a group, you spend a lot and produce a lot of money, and everyone is to blame. So, there are no innocents among you!

Yesterday, I told Zheng Qianjian that Zheng Qianjian told me that the law does not hold the people accountable, which means that I should not punish all of you. Rather, some of you should be punished. I wondered, why do very few people need to bear the mistakes of the entire treasure accumulation prison, could it be that they are scapegoats? So, who will be the scapegoat for this?

I said this to Zheng Qianjian not long ago. I was attacked that night, and remember that I was attacked in the official residence of the Treasure Prison Prison, and this responsibility should be borne by the entire Treasure Prison Prison, and who should bear the responsibility within the Treasure Prison Prison. That's an internal problem in the Supercharger, and I don't have that much time. I don't have that much energy to play hide and seek with others, so I decided: punish the entire treasure money prison.

My punishment is as follows: Every person who is in charge of the treasure has a ninety percent chance of survival, and as for who should live, it depends on the heavens on the one hand, and on the other hand, on your earth's self-discipline.

It may be a detour to say this, so let's keep it simple, say some straightforward words from men in the army, and say it in the simplest language. That's the law of eleven killings. Lots are drawn in groups of 10 people. One of the ten signatures is a dead lot, and the person who draws this dead lot. I'm sorry---- you're out of luck and I'm going to kill you as punishment. The remaining nine were pardoned by me.

Whoever draws the winning lottery and who wins the dead lottery is purely providential. The one who draws the lot to death, no matter how innocent he is, God will do this, I can only send him to death. Those who draw lots, no matter how great their sins were in the past, and Providence is so, I obey Providence to forgive them.

Okay, let's go, start the draw. ”

The miners below fell into a dead silence, and they all stared gloomily at the people on the stage. At this time, Zhao Xing took twenty attendants, and there were hundreds of Zheng Qianjian's entourage behind him, but he didn't feel the hostility around him at all, he just waved his hand coldly at his attendant, and the attendant stepped forward, pointed to the group of people closest to the high platform, and shouted: "You, start with you, come up and draw lots." ”

There was a dead silence in the scene, the group of people had gloomy faces but did not move, at this time, Shuai Fan led the rest of the soldiers to surround the nearby hillside, forming a dense formation to surround the 10,000 miners, the named miners stared at the twenty people on the platform in silence, only to see the captain of the guard who gave the order grinned and waved his hand to order: "Fire!" ”

The twenty men on the stage pulled their handcuffs from their waists, aimed at the group of named people in the audience and pulled the trigger......

A firecracker shot rang out, and the group was knocked to the ground one by one. The guards on the stage finished firing their guns, and in the blink of an eye, they inserted the empty guns back into their waists, and pulled out their other handcuffs from their waists, and coldly compared them with the people in the audience.

The captain who had given the order to open fire just now pointed to the other group and beckoned, "It's your turn, come and draw lots." ”

The group was silent for a moment, and when they saw that the guns of the guards on the stage were already aimed at them, they suddenly burst out with a shout: "It's not us...... We weren't the ones who attacked you yesterday. ”

Zhao Xing nodded silently, and the squad leader mocked loudly: "Of course it's not you, attacking the imperial court officials is a major crime of rebellion, and it is necessary to exterminate the Nine Clans." I know it's not you, but since my family has been attacked in the Treasure Prison, then all the people in the Treasure Prison should be killed.

My family is a kind person, open the net for you all the way, nine of you can live, one of them must die, come and draw lots, if you don't obey, you will be killed. ”

The team discussed a few words in a low voice, and suddenly pointed to the stage and said, "My lord, the person who attacked you yesterday was Li Erzi and them, and there were others, but we only know Li Erji, and the people he brought are behind you." ”

Zhao Xing's guards didn't need him to greet them, they immediately turned around and pulled the trigger, and as soon as a gunshot rang out, except for Zhao Xing, they were still standing on the stage, and the rest of the people were either shot and killed, or kowtowed to the ground.

Zhao Xing followed the instructions of the team, grabbed eleven people from behind him, including nine who were killed and wounded, and threw them to the stage, and several guards jumped down and beheaded them for public display. Zhao Xing listened to the report on the stage and replied: "Twenty people died, which means that two hundred people can be pardoned, and a few of you whistleblowers selected your relatives from the audience, and gathered enough two hundred people, and these people have been pardoned by me." ”

Zhao Xing said, pointed to the team of people he had just reported, and said loudly: "What is self-discipline, this is self-discipline." They reported the adulterer, and not only themselves could live, but also their relatives and friends. ”

The other people in the audience were still hesitating, and the team of people who had just been pardoned immediately rushed into the miners' ranks, and they pulled out one or two people from the team from time to time, and then hugged each other with tears in their eyes, but they also pulled out two or three people from the team from time to time and twisted them to Zhao Xing's side.

In the end, the number of people they sent reached sixty-one, Zhao Xing's attendants rushed off the stage, counted the number of people one by one, and after a while, reported to Zhao Xing: "My lord, at present, they have reported a total of sixty-one bandits, here, there are five hundred and fourteen of their relatives and friends, and there are still more than a hundred places missing. ”

Zhao Xingyi waved his hand: "Let them fill the quota." ”

Zhao Xing's words made everyone vaguely guess something, but they waited with the last expectation, and soon, the team of pardoned miners began to walk out of the circle under the leadership of the attendants, and the squad leader returned to the stage, pointed to a nearby team of miners, and ordered: "You, come and draw lots." ”

The miners were shocked and trembled and said, "My lord, all the bandits who attacked you yesterday are already here, and they have all been tied up by you, what else are we going to draw lots?!" ”

Zhao Xing's expression did not move, as if he hadn't heard it, the squad leader snorted and replied, "Didn't you understand the words?" As my family said just now, the punishment is the team of the Treasure Prison, and only one out of every ten people is punished, come on, no matter how many sins you have, you have a ninety percent chance of being forgiven.

Don't worry, my family said that he would kill a thousand people, and he would never kill one more, and he would not kill one more. My family can talk about the rules. ”

The miner came to the stage tremblingly, pulled out the first life and death sign of the treasure prison, he looked at the signature carefully, and immediately shouted with ecstasy: "Shengzhi, Shengjiao, I'm fine, I'm fine." ”

There was a demonstration of this person, and the rest of the people began to take turns to come forward and draw lots. During this period, some people who won the lottery tried their best to resist, but before Zhao Xing's soldiers could make a move, his companions had already subdued this person and escorted him to Zhao Xing......

In the evening of that day, Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan went down the mountain with their attendants, and the Baoji Supervisor Zheng Qianjian and his cronies behind them had all been killed, and the original deputy mine supervisor was promoted to take over the position of Zheng Qianjian.

When everyone returned to Enlizhai, Shuai Fan patted the horse and walked to Zhao Xing's side, let out a sigh of relief, and said: "My lord, it's so dangerous, you walked into their *** with twenty people, I'm worried about accidents---- those miners have 10,000 people, and you will kill 1,000 people." ”

Zhao Xing replied expressionlessly: "This is the lamb effect." The group knew that they had a ninety percent chance of getting away with it, and they were not willing to take that ten percent of the risk anyway, and once they confirmed that they had drawn a death lot, the other few Lambs who had survived would not allow him to break the rules, because that would mean that their lives would be in danger again.

Therefore, no one will resist, and those who resist will surely have their companions subdued. And the twenty of us are not in danger at all, but you, in the event of a riot, the first thing they want to think of is to flee into the mountains and forests. A sparse front of five hundred of you is simply not going to be able to hold off the onslaught of 10,000 people. ”

Shuai Fan frowned, and said, "It's just that the adults killed a thousand people as soon as they came up, it was too ruthless, what if there were innocent people among them?" ”