The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

The scorching sun is scorching, and many farmlands in the border passes of Xuanfu have cracked, and at this time, the wheat, which should have been green, was slightly yellowed by the sun, and it looked like it was dying with its head down. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the fields, hundreds of tenant farmers braved the scorching sun, covering their eyes with their hands, looking forward to something in the direction of the distant river.

Suddenly, there were bursts of shouts from the side of the river, and there seemed to be a cry of surprise and joy from the water.

"Thank you, Lord Governor!"

The tenant farmers in the fields were all emotional, and a few of them had tears in their eyes. If there is water, that means this year's crops will be harvested anyway.

After seven or eight days of hard work, the first Lanzhou waterwheel in Xuanfu Town was finally built, with a huge size, up to more than ten meters, and it looked very spectacular when erected on the side of the river trough.

The riverside was crowded with people, not only nearby villagers, but also villagers and tenant farmers who were a little farther away came to watch.

In the breathlessness of the crowd, several craftsmen pulled open the gate by the river trough, and the weaving wheel blades of the waterwheel immediately turned slowly under the impact of the river.

The water pushes the scraper, driving the waterwheel to rotate slowly, and the bucket is scooped up with water in turn, slowly rising.

When it rises to the middle of the wheel, the bucket mouth flips downwards and pours water into the wooden trough, which leads it into the canal, and then from the canal into the field.

The huge waterwheel is turning faster and faster, and the bamboo tube on the wheel blade keeps pouring water into the canal on the bank, and the river continues to flow forward.

Although its irrigation capacity is very small, because of the non-stop rotation day and night, a waterwheel, the large one can water six or seven hundred acres of farmland, and the small one can also water two or three hundred acres of land, and no other energy is needed.

"Okay, hard work, all craftsmen, please continue to work hard, and strive to load the whole town of Xuanfu on the big waterwheel before June, and the governor will reward each of them with an additional three taels of silver."

The huge waterwheel brought a slight coolness, which was the only happy day for Qin Haoming in the past few days.

Ever since Gao Qiqian came to Xuanfu Town, he felt that his whole body was twisting, as if a pair of eyes were secretly peeping.

But this was originally his job, and the eunuch was the official who supervised the governor.

As soon as Qin Haoming's words fell, all the craftsmen cheered, even if they worked overtime, they would get a bounty.

"Lord Townkeeper asks Governor Qin to come over to discuss matters."

In the evening, Qin Haoming had just returned to the Governor's Mansion when a small eunuch and two soldiers stopped him in front of the door and said in a sharp voice.

"Get out, something called him to come to the governor's yamen, dead eunuch!"

Qin Haoming, who was on the horse, was furious, raised the horsewhip in his hand and slashed at the little eunuch with his head and face, scolding in his mouth, and he didn't know whether to scold him or scold Gao Qiqian.

Damn, Gao Qiqian, the dead eunuch, bullied Lao Tzu.

Officially, the governor is of course higher than the lieutenant of the town.

However, the lieutenant guards are generally held by eunuchs, who belong to the close ministers and servants of the heavenly family, and have a close relationship with the royal family.

In addition, their duty was originally to supervise and supervise, so in the Ming Dynasty, ordinary governors would succumb to the eunuchs.

Like Lu Xiangsheng, who does not give Gao Qi potential property, it is already an alternative in Daming. Unexpectedly, Qin Haoming went even further, openly whipping his close eunuch in the Governor's Yamen Mansion.

When this scene spread, I don't know how many people's eyes will be stunned.

The little eunuch's clothes were tattered, and the ghost cried wolf and fell to the ground. Approaching the mansion, Qin Haoming also glared at him fiercely, making him immediately retract his tears, but he didn't dare to say anything.

The governor of several provinces is not a eunuch of his level who can be provoked, and people are not targeting him, but there is no unwarranted disaster.

The guards around Qin Haoming were relieved, Qin Du was majestic, Gao Qiqian was also an old man in Xuanfu, and he was usually notorious, and no one dared to provoke him.

Even Lu Du didn't care more about him, and turned a blind eye to many things.

The newborn calf of the Qin Governor is not afraid of tigers, and it seems that in the future, the Governor's Mansion and the town guard army will have a dragon and a tiger fight.

No, where can the Chinese army be considered a tiger, and the cat is almost the same, but everyone is afraid of the majesty of the high eunuch.

"Governor Qin, Liu Jingfeng, they have already confessed."

When he entered the mansion, he sat down, and Li Shanyou, who was in charge of interrogation in the army, came over to make a report.

"Hong Zanhua, make an appointment to meet Huang Yongfa."

Qin Haoming's suppressed mood immediately became happy, and then he and Li Shanyou walked towards the dungeon of the Governor's Mansion.

"The last general did falsely report the number of soldiers and horses, eat empty quotas, and deduct military salaries.

When the military salary is issued, thirty percent will be deducted by the chief soldier Wang first, and the silver in hand will be distributed to generals at all levels, and the soldiers below can only get forty percent of the military salary.

But the rest of the silver, the last general will not dare to swallow it all, and every year he must honor the eunuch Gao Gao......"

Qin Haoming didn't speak, just quietly looked at the bloody soldiers in the dungeon.

opened his mouth, Liu Jingfeng did not hide it, and truthfully confessed to his crime of eating empty quotas and drinking soldiers' blood.

Liu Jingfeng was a general under Wang Pu, guarding Datong, and was "invited" to Xuanfu by Qin Haoming in the name of reporting on his work.

Speaking of which, this was originally Qin Haoming's means to deal with Wang Pu and Jin Shang, but he didn't expect it to involve Gao Qiqian.

"That's all?" Qin Haoming nodded slightly and continued to ask.

"Don't hide it from your lordship, that's all ......," Liu Jingfeng said in a choked voice.

"Ben Du can see more than that, think again." Qin Haoming said coldly.

Syllable......

Li Shanyou whipped it away, and Liu Jingfeng's body added another blood mark.

"Is it a matter of Jin Shang?"

"Tell Qin Du again what I said yesterday, cheap bones."

"Yes, yes......"

Liu Jingfeng was already frightened by Li Shanyou, and he didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he said honestly:

"In addition to eating empty salaries and extra military supplies, the villain will keep these things in his own hands and sell them privately."

"To whom?" Qin Haoming asked coldly.

"It was sold to Huang Yongfa, the owner of Huang Ji Goods Company." Liu Jingfeng replied truthfully.

"Go on!"

"Datong was supposed to have 15,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact there were only about 7,000 people, a difference of half. We sold the surplus weapons and armor to Huang Kee Merchants.

Ju Xiaoren learned that this is probably the case in other border towns in other places, but the region of each Jin merchant is different. ”

Qin Haoming nodded slightly and said, "Count you honestly, let's talk about the evidence that the Jin merchants fornicated with the slaves." ”

"Yes, Governor Qin." Liu Jingfeng immediately said:

"At that time, the Tartars broke through the pass from Datong, and the last general could only flee in the direction of the north gate.

When I didn't want to walk to the street where the Huang Ji goods store was located, I suddenly saw someone coming out of the goods store and hanging an apricot yellow flag at the door.

The last general wondered at that time, how could the Tartars not dare to rush in to kill and loot because there was an apricot yellow flag on the door.

However, there was no time to think about it, and continued to flee for his life, and he didn't walk for long, and fled to the door of Tian Kee Goods Store, but here, he unexpectedly found that the door of Tian Ji Goods Store was the same as Huang Ji Goods Store, and there was also an apricot yellow flag.

Seeing such a scene, the last general thought that this should not be a coincidence, and then the last general thought that the Jin merchants and the Tartars had many transactions, and perhaps had friendships.

Later, after seeing that several Jin merchants were hanging apricot yellow flags, the last general seemed to understand something, and he really couldn't walk.

So when the apricot yellow flag worked, he turned into the Huang Ji goods store from the back wall and found a corner to hide.

It didn't take long for the Tartars to really kill them, and the shouts of killing continued in the streets, but there was no sound in the courtyard.

When the Tartars went out of the customs the next day, the last general escaped from a long distance, and when he saw that the street was in a mess, the last general curiously walked to the door of Wang Ji Goods Store, wanting to see how it was there.

When he arrived at the door, the last general found that the apricot yellow flag was gone, but the door was still closed, and there was no damage in the slightest.

It can be seen that the Tartars did not rush into the Wang Ji store to loot. Thinking of all this, the last general couldn't help but be secretly afraid in his heart that this Wang Ji goods store seemed to have something to do with the Tartars.

At this time, there was a movement in the Wang Ji goods store, and the last general quickly hid in the alley, and then saw the door of the goods store open, and a guy walked out.

They poured a few pots of snow on the ground, then smashed the door to pieces, and finally spilled something worthless at the door, making it look like they had been ransacked by the Tartars.

After the imperial court seized the Fan family's fornication with the Tartars, the last general understood everything, and those who hung apricot yellow flags must have fornicated with slaves.

It's just that the Jin merchants are powerful, and the last general doesn't want to do much, so he didn't report it to the imperial court. ”

Liu Jingfeng originally told the situation of that day, and there were thoughts in the middle, for fear that he would leave something behind, and he would be beaten again.

"Okay, sign and draw. If this is true, the Governor will let you live. ”

Qin Haoming was ecstatic in his heart, he was originally a drunkard, and he didn't want to drink, what he had to deal with was not the problem of empty salary, so naturally there was no need to put Liu Jingfeng to death.

"Thank you Qin Du! Thank you Qin Du! ……”

Liu Jingfeng originally thought that he would die, but he got Qin Haoming's promise, and kept kowtowing to thank him.

"Let's go, I'll hear them again."

Qin Haoming smiled indifferently and walked towards the next cell.