Sitting behind the bookcase, it is the Ming Sichuan chief military officer, the governor Zeng Ying, this person is long in the family of military generals, the ancestors were the Yuan Dynasty three military generals, since childhood martial arts, familiar with the book of soldiers, at the end of the Ming Dynasty was originally the governor of Huguang He Tengjiao's subordinate generals, in the battle with the peasant army, the mountains and dews, fought several victories, and got He Tengjiao's strong support, just a few years from the guerrilla general to a provincial general soldier, although the Southern Ming Dynasty chief military officer is as many as a cow's hair, there are five hundred and 11 people under the hand of the court dare to seal the general soldier, but Zeng Ying's general military officer position, But it was really piled up with military merits, which can be seen from his ability to recapture Chongqing Prefecture and other prefectures and counties from Zhang Xianzhong's hands.

After recovering Chongqing, Zeng Ying broke away from the Huguang system, formed his own faction in Shuzhong, became an independent warlord, occupied Chongqing Mansion, Kuizhou Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion, and even the Banzhou Propaganda Envoy was also included in his pocket, with more than 30,000 soldiers under his command, known as 200,000, against Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army.

Zeng Yingying is nearly forty years old, with a long beard and a horse face, a prominent jaw, a wide forehead and big ears, the whole face is full of ruthlessness, a pair of slender eyes are always squinted, projecting a cold light that seems to be able to see through people's hearts.

Jinyiwei thousands of households, originally self-contained, not under the jurisdiction of the provincial governor, but in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court decrees have long been ignored, the majesty of Jinyiwei has lost the background support of the imperial court, and has become a feathered phoenix is not as good as a chicken. Dare to stand up to the army?

Therefore, Jiang Li, a thousand households in Shuzhong, saw the wind and steered, took refuge in Zeng Ying, ran before and after the saddle, became an eagle dog, and did some spy and spy things.

As soon as the news of Shizhu's development of silver ore came out, Zeng Ying was very interested and asked twice, but unfortunately Shizhu was in a remote place, and Jinyiwei did not arrange eyeliner there at all, and all his strength was invested in Zhang Xianzhong's territory, after all, that was the main threat.

Jiang Li didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent his subordinates, Xu Qianli, the big shopkeeper of the silverware workshop, to personally go to the stone pillar to inquire about the news, after Xu Qianli received the order, he arrogantly thought that the stone pillar was barbaric, Qin Liangyu was dying of old age, and there was no need to spy secretly, and there were many bandits along the way, so he simply led the team to escort the scenery, thinking that as long as he arrived, he showed Zeng Ying's signboard, if there was really a silver mine, it would not be easy to capture.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qianli hit Wang Huan's iron plate headlong, and there was no return, Jiang Li waited for many days without replying, just at this time, Liu Mingliang and other scholars fled to complain, and after thinking about it together, Jiang Li concluded that Xu Qianli was more than auspicious, proving that Shizhu Silver Mine did have such a thing.

"If what those two scholars said is correct, the silver mine of Shizhu Tubaozhai is very good, and it produces thousands of gold per day! I have never had such a fine silver mine in the Ming Dynasty, so I don't have to worry about the salary of my army at all. Jiang Li pondered and expressed his opinion.

Zeng Ying closed his eyes and touched the tea cup with one hand, the fine Xichuan fine porcelain was smooth as satin, the feel was smooth, and the skin like a beautiful man's clotted white jade was intoxicating.

The squinted eyes slowly opened, his fingers must be pressed on the lid of the lamp, and he asked in a cold voice: "Qin Liangyu is over seventy years old, his son is dead, and his two nephews are useless, one was defeated in Henan, and the other was beaten by Zhang Xianzhong. Do you still want to make a comeback? ”

Jiang Li hesitated, he didn't have Qin Liangyu's information in his hands, so he didn't dare to speculate, so he had to be silent.

Zeng Ying took a deep breath, her eyelids narrowed into a slit, her fingers stroking the lid moved again, and slowly continued: "Mining for wealth, there must be a point, in this world, you can have thousands of family wealth, once the soldiers arrive, it is not to make wedding dresses for others, Qin Liangyu is smart, she will not think of this layer, why should she risk the stone pillar to attract military disasters and resolutely open the mine?" Her stone pillar is just a difficult road, and it is not a paradise, and the news of the mine will be known sooner or later, I really don't understand, I don't understand! ”

When Jiang Li heard this, his heart moved, and he frowned and interjected: "Could it be that she is not ambitious and intends to reorganize the army?" ”

Zeng Ying sneered: "Reorganize the army? A few years ago, in a battle with Zhang Xianzhong, she lost 30,000 elites of white pole soldiers, even if she had money, where would she recruit soldiers? No soldiers are an empty shelf, and it is useless to have money. ”

Jiang Li pondered: "In that case, why would she risk opening a mine? ”

Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, Liu Mingming's words just now aroused his association, and blurted out: "Could it be that this mine was not opened by Qin Liangyu, but by that barbarian local official Wang Huan?" ”

Zeng Ying's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Tuguan Wang Huan? ”

He stopped turning his fingers on the teacup, thought for a while, looked at Jiang Li and said, "The person you sent to Shizhu is a businessman?" ”

Jiang Li hurriedly said: "Yes, it is Xu Qianli, the shopkeeper of the silverware workshop, who is proficient in silver mining, so he was sent to go, but he has not come back for so many days, and the lower officials will send a few more capable people to take a look." ”

Zeng Ying shook his head: "No need, if you can come back, you will come back a long time ago, this person must have been left behind, or it may not be that he was slaughtered." ”

He Huo Ran stood up, his squinted eyes widened, his face was full of anger, and he said in a rough voice: "Your people don't have to go again, whether the silver mine is opened by Qin Liangyu or someone else, I will decide!" ”

His fists were clenched and crackled, and his eyes were filled with a greedy and fierce light, looking at the air in front of him, as if he could penetrate thousands of lofty mountains and reach the mountains of silver ingots piled up in the silver mines of Tubaozhai.

"My army is short of silver salary, and I have been confused about the general for a long time, such a large cornucopia of wealth is too wasteful in the hands of that old woman, and it is in the hands of the general to make the best use of it, hahaha!"

Jiang Li's eyes lit up, starting with the silver mine, can he lose his own benefits? Immediately echoed loudly: "The military gate is wise, forgive that little stone pillar, and don't dare to block the direction of the elite soldiers of the military gate, the silver mine of Tubaozhai must be in the palm of the military gate!" ”

…….

"Ahh Wang Huan in Wanshou Valley sneezed a lot.

"Someone must be talking about me." He sniffled and sat down on a chair in the middle of the Council Hall in Longevity City.

"Counselor, pay more attention to your body, don't get tired." Ma Wannian said: "You are the lord of Wanshou City, and all kinds of things are inseparable from you." ”

The square-headed Ma Wannian said words of concern, which always made people a little uncomfortable, Wang Huan twisted his body on the chair, coughed and said, "Well, how much gunpowder did you bring with you when you came back this time?" ”

Ma Wannian and Xu Goudan, who was sitting beside him, glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "The two of us were ordered by the adults to report to my grandmother in Tusi City, and my grandmother agreed very much with the lord's proposition, and specially issued the commander of the soil, granting the two of us the right to collect gunpowder. ”