After reconciling with Zengtou City, Zengtou City's iron pots, iron nails, knives, kitchen knives and other hardware products traded with Jinguo were purchased from Liguo Iron and Steel Factory, which directly angered the Lu family. That's why this attack happened. ”

Luan Tingyu said: "The top priority is to hold the copper mine first, dozens of soldiers and hundreds of miners may not be able to resist the attack of the Lu family." ”

Chao Gai said: "The infantry was too slow in the past, so they can only send cavalry, so it's better to send Sun An over." ”

Immediately passed Sun An over, Chao Gai took out the token, and said: "Order your department to leave immediately now, rush to our copper mine in Yishui County, after you arrive, take over Zheng Tianshou to defend the copper mine, Zheng Tianshou is responsible for production." ”

Sun An said: "Yes." ”

Chao Gai continued: "If the Lu family sends people to attack the copper mine, they will fight hard, and if the Lu family does not attack, do not attack." I have other arrangements for the robbery of the silver mine. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will set off." Sun An took the order and left.

Wu Yong said: "Although it is said that the emperor is far away, this kind of large-scale private fighting always violates the laws of the imperial court. On the one hand, let's send someone to Yishui County to sue the yamen, and on the other hand, let Lord Lin write to the imperial court. ”

Everyone nodded yes, after all, the Great Song Dynasty is still the Great Song Dynasty, not a wild place.

The matter of writing to the court will be handed over to Governor Lin, he has a few masters, and the copywriting is very good, and he writes to the court. As for going to Yishui County to file a complaint, it will be handed over to Li Yun.

Luan Tingyu said: "Who will snatch back the lost silver mine?" ”

Wu Yong shook his head: "The silver mine is there, and I am not in a hurry to grab it back, first find out the number of roads of the Lu family." ”

The next day, Chao Gai called Li Yun and asked Li Yun to take twenty elite catchers to Yamen in Yishui County to communicate about the robbery of the silver mine. Li Yun and the others left quickly, and Li Yun of the Yamen of Yishui County can be said to be familiar with the road, familiar with the land, and familiar with the people, but it is useless. Li Yun was closed-door, and sent his master to tell Li Yun that the Yamen of Yishui County couldn't manage this matter at all, and there was nothing the state capital could do, so if he wanted to fight a lawsuit, he would go directly to Tokyo and find the imperial court.

Li Yun was helpless and came back.

In the silver mine of Yishui County, Lu Liang, the third son of Lu Liang, asked: "What is Chao Gai's action?" ”

The subordinate replied: "Yes, I sent someone to the Yamen of Yishui County to complain, and I went back after eating the closed door." Three hundred cavalry were sent, but they had been cowering in the copper mines, where they were building fortifications, and it was not easy to fight like a bandit's den. ”

Lu Liang laughed: "Haha, haha, the family has always been afraid of Chao Gai, saying that he is a hero, and now it seems that he is just a bear, if the expectation is good, he will definitely send someone to Tokyo to complain." I know that the complaint, the complaint, laughed to death, and the place where he was strong and strong, it seems that he looks up to him. Send someone to attack the copper mine tomorrow to test the strength of the other party. ”

On the second day, Lu Liang sent 300 iron guards to try to attack the copper mine, which has a low stone wall and a horse rejection outside, and it is difficult for the iron guards to attack in iron armor.

Sun An and his lieutenant Ou Peng wore armor and stood on the low wall to direct the battle, Ou Peng said: "The iron guards are hoplites, and their actions are not flexible, and it is more difficult for them to attack than to ascend to the sky." But our bows and arrows can't do anything about them. All we need to do is rush out, pick up the mace and smash it, and we can annihilate at least one or two hundred people. ”

Sun An said: "It's easy to annihilate completely, the problem is that there are too many dead people, how to explain to the officials, Chao Tuan Lian has some scruples, so he strictly ordered us to defend." They were covered in iron armor, so we shot arrows in the face. ”

It's a pity that the iron guard is dry thunder and doesn't rain, and has been wandering more than 100 meters away. The cavalry people did not have marksmen like Pang Wanchun, and if they wanted to shoot people in the face from a hundred meters away, they could only rely on the blindfold.

The iron guard is also tempting, not attacking at all, and the distance is far away. The two sides quarreled for more than an hour, the iron guard retreated, and when the iron guard walked away, Sun An beckoned and asked the cavalry to go out to clean up the battlefield.

With cavalry to maintain safety, hundreds of miners, led by Zheng Tianshou, worked at full speed to produce copper. In this year, copper was the raw material for minting coins, and the price was very expensive.

Besides, the prefect of Jeju Prefecture, Lord Lin, according to Chao Gai's meaning, immediately wrote a letter on the table, and at the same time sent a letter to the official department Shangshu Chao. Half a month later, only the secretary of the ministry replied, saying that he could not find out, and the Lu family had a close relationship with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War purchases a large number of weapons from the Lujia Iron Mine every year, and the two sides are a community of interests, not to mention that the Ministry of Officials has no control over this area. However, Chao Shangshu had already mentioned this matter to Shangshu of the Criminal Department, but there was little hope.

In the past few days waiting for the reply, the annual Shengshi Boxing Championship was held as scheduled, and the number of participants this time was unusually large, with thousands of players. Fists and feet, guns, sticks, bows and arrows, have been screened on a large scale, and only those who have passed the pre-selection are qualified to compete on stage, because there are too many people, and if they compare one by one, they will not be able to end.

On this day, Shi Bao led the troops to maintain order at the venue, and chatted with Chao Gai while walking. Shi Baodao: "Chao Tuanlian's vision is very comparable, ordinary people have already opened this competition just to recruit talents, in fact, this competition is to cultivate the people's martial arts atmosphere in the long run, and gradually change the people's customs." ”

Chao Gai nodded: "Yes, my Great Song Dynasty has been weak for a hundred years, although the main problem is that the court is weak, but the weak customs of the people are also a big problem, if the people have the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, why not let the Great Liao and Western Xia suppress not be able to raise their heads." ”

Shi Bao shook his head: "The cowardice of the people is actually deliberately guided by the officials, I once stayed in Tokyo City for a while, and often heard such jokes, saying that the doors and windows of a large family were destroyed, and the house was burglarized. The owner looked around the house and didn't find anything missing, but found a note in the kitchen, which said, brother, I'm sorry, the kitchen knife was lost at home, the household registration book was not there, I couldn't buy it, and I borrowed a kitchen knife to use it urgently. ”

"Haha, this is a method that the brainless people in the Criminal Department came up with, knives over five inches are taboo, and now you have to get the household registration book to buy a kitchen knife, and you have to go to the chief to prove that your last kitchen knife is broken." Chao Gai laughed.

"Ordinary people are unarmed, but big families have all kinds of weapons, what kind of fairness is this." Shi Bao shook his head and sighed.

After several years of development, the folk customs of Jeju have undergone fundamental changes, and almost all young people have learned to practice martial arts, and they have become more confident in speaking and talking. However, Jeju has good public security, and it is almost the best place in the entire Song Dynasty, and thieves, robbers, porcelain touchers, and cake sellers have almost no room for survival in Jeju.

There are also a few masters in this competition, especially Jiang Menshen, who participates every year and gets a lot of bonuses. But it's a pity that these good players are just running for the bonus, and Wu Yong tried to keep a few, but he didn't succeed. However, what is gratifying is that there are more than 200 ordinary good hands, no matter what kind of weapons are used, the physical fitness of the soldiers is always fundamental, these 200 or so people are small and martial arts, and the muscular strong men are the basic officers in the army after they are familiar with the troops, such as platoon commanders, company commanders, and so on. As soon as these 200 people arrived, they just followed the Ma family brothers, the Teng family brothers, Zhang Shun, Wang Liuding and others into the mountains for training. Recruit training is hard work, living in tents and eating picnics. Every day my running feet are blistered. Wang Liuding is tall, but he is not strong enough, but he can finally hold on.

In late March, the weather has gradually warmed up, and the soldiers have changed into cotton clothes one after another.

There was the sound of war drums urgently assembled in the school field, but everyone in the barracks, including the gangsters, quickly assembled on the school field, Chao Gai stood on the high platform with a cold face, and Wu Yong, Luan Tingyu, Wang Jin and others next to him also had cold faces.

Thousands of soldiers stood neatly on the school grounds, and the battalion commander and adjutant generals stood at the front of the ranks.

"Turn back." Chao Gai command.

The team turned around in unison, and the school field was facing the camp gate. Soon fifteen carriages entered, and the horses pulling the carts walked very slowly, and on the carriages were covered with the Jeju regimental training flag, and the veterans knew at a glance that this was a fallen soldier. However, ordinary soldiers who are killed in battle are not eligible to put up a military flag. Behind the carriage were a dozen seriously wounded soldiers with broken arms and legs, limping in.

"Salute, welcome home."

"Brush." The soldiers saluted together to welcome their comrades returning from the battlefield.

The remains of the soldiers were placed on the hill of the cemetery, and everyone couldn't hold back and encouraged Li Kui to ask what the situation was.

Li Kui said: "Who is this fighting with, and the soldiers are killed and wounded." ”

Chao Gai said: "This is our soldier stationed in the silver mine in Yishui County, a hundred soldiers encountered a sneak attack by three hundred heavy armored infantry of the Lu family in Dengzhou, more than half of the casualties, the silver mine missed, Zheng Tianshou led people to retreat to the copper mine, and Sun Anbu was sent to garrison it a few days ago." ”

Everyone took a closer look, and there was really no cavalry battalion of Sun An on the school ground. ”

Qin Ming came out and said: "When Qin Ming first came, he was courteous, and there is something in the army today, Qin Ming is willing to take the lead." ”

Li Kui said: "The vanguard has always been the business of our battalion, and the Qin battalion commander should not rob it." ”

Wu Song said: "Our battalion has never had the opportunity to go to the battlefield. ”

Chao Gai waved his hand: "His Lu family is unkind, we are not unjust." The matter has been reported to the imperial court, and at the same time Li Yun has been sent to Dengzhou Mansion to negotiate, salute first and then soldier, after all, we must stand on our feet. ”

Yang Zhidao: "I'm afraid that it will be difficult to achieve a result in negotiations, and the imperial court and local government may not be able to manage it." ”

Chao Gai said: "If the court and the government don't care, then let's have an explanation ourselves, it was their Lu family who made us shed the first drop of blood, and all the generals went down, trained diligently, and obeyed the dispatch." ”

"Yes." The generals led the troops to train separately, from the soldiers to the generals were extremely angry, and the hateful Lu family dared to rob the silver mine in broad daylight, and killed so many comrades.

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