Outside the Daqing Fort, ten fat pigs were killed in one go, and a cauldron was put on the shelf, and the fragrant broth floated out of Erli. When the refugees shivered and took the hot soup bowl, inhaled the aroma vigorously, almost tears flowed down, even during the Chinese New Year, they had never eaten such a good thing!

The refugees were grateful to Zhang Ke one by one, and kept thanking him, and Zhang Ke was also full of smiles, shushing the cold and asking for warmth.

"Everyone can eat with confidence, with me, everyone will definitely be better in the future!"

The refugees almost fell to their knees in excitement: "Thank you, Master Zhang." ”

After appeasing the surname, Zhang Ke turned around and returned to Daqing Fort, and his face changed as soon as he entered the city.

Tang Bi, Qiao Tieshan, and a group of little brothers were all blocking the door, waiting for him to come back. Apparently they all know how the refugees came, and they are indignant one by one!

"My lord, after eating this meat, I dare to guarantee that there will be refugees outside the city in less than two days."

Qiao Tieshan also said: "That's right, Yongzhen, you can't be a bad person, if you take in all the surnames, Daqing Fort will not be able to maintain!" ”

Zhang Ke nodded: "Uncle Tieshan, don't worry, I have an idea, let's find a place to talk." ”

The big guy followed Zhang Ke to the study and sat down one by one.

Zhang Ke smiled slightly: "Uncle Tieshan, are there any good things in the several dungeons around us?" ”

"Good stuff? Yongzhen, what are you referring to? ”

"It's mines, forests, lakes, farmland, etc., in short, it's a valuable thing!"

Qiao Tieshan was quite familiar with the surrounding situation, frowning and thinking for a while.

"Yongzhen, if you want to say that the area around our Daqing Fort is also a good place to be rich, close to the fine river are all fertile fields, and there is a charcoal field outside Zhenyi Fort, I heard that there was an iron-making workshop a few decades ago, and the workshop in Hewan Village is one. Again, there is Shuangshantai, where there are gold mines! Panning for gold in the river valley, you can get almost two taels of gold a month! ”

There is nothing more exciting than something golden to stimulate the blood, several young people present widened their eyes, and even Zhang Feng couldn't help but say: "Uncle Qiao, why didn't you say it earlier, the second child is worried about money these days, if we can get a gold mine, wouldn't it be equivalent to holding a cornucopia!" ”

Qiao Fu's eyes lit up and said, "Brother Feng is right, let's hurry up and grab the Shuangshan Terrace!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qiao Tieshan unceremoniously gave him a burst.

"Silly little, do you think that the gold mine is so easy to open, the imperial court has been staring at it for a long time, more than ten years ago, when you were still bare-assed, the imperial court sent a mine supervisor to pan for gold."

It turned out that the court occupied it, and the big guys looked at each other, and it seemed that this piece of fat meat could not be eaten......

Tang Bi said suddenly: "Old Qiao, I have also heard of the gold mine over there in Shuangshantai, but it seems to have been abandoned in the past few years, has it been lightened?" ”

Qiao Tieshan patted his thigh, and said with a smile: "Lord Tang, you don't know this, not only is the gold mine in Shuangshantai not light, but there is still a lot of gold in it." ”

When Zhang Ke heard the gold mine, he also came to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Tieshan, tell me in detail, what is going on?" ”

"Hmm!" Qiao Tieshan nodded, grabbed the cigarette pouch rod, and talked while smoking.

It turned out that Zhang Ye's predecessor, mine supervisor Gao Huai, after arriving in Liaodong, vigorously opened mines, and Shuangshantai was no exception. However, then Liaodong launched a large-scale campaign against the mine supervisors, and Gao Huai was so frightened that he fled back to the Guannai and disappeared from nowhere. After Zhang Ye replaced Gao Huai, he was much more honest, except for guarding a few big mines, he didn't care about anything else.

Tang Bi frowned, and couldn't help asking: "Old Qiao, I heard that many people say that Gao Huai scrapes the land, exploits the surname, and does everything, and the miner is even more unbearable!" ”

Qiao Tieshan couldn't help but shake his head: "Lord Tang, I don't know about other places, but it's not bad for the miners in Shuangshantai, everyone can eat two good meals for the miners after mining enough gold, and pay some silver for the New Year's holidays." ”

"That's weird, since it's good for the miner, why are so many people against it?"

"What's not to understand about this!" Qiao Tieshan took a heavy puff of cigarette and said with a wry smile: "Isn't there anyone looking at the gold mine with red eyes, what is said all over the world that mining harms the people, and the mine supervisor is heinous!" But the emperor doesn't open mines, and the local ones are the same, and he is even more ruthless to the old surname. Take the Shuangshantai Gold Mine as an example, there are many squires and officials of the health center, they joined forces to encourage the miner surname to drive away the mine supervisor sent by the imperial court, and in the next year, they requisitioned the people to open the mine, which is more lively than before!

When Zhang Ke heard this, he immediately knew in his heart that most of the mining is profitable, and it is also good for the country. However, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, the mine supervisor and tax supervisor were infamous countless times, what calamity to the country and the people, what exploitation was nothing, and even linked the fall of the Ming Dynasty. There are also countless people waving flags and shouting and writing works.

They can deceive the world for a while, but they can't deceive forever, and in the final analysis, the dispute between the mine supervisors is a struggle between the local and central governments. When Chongzhen stupidly gave up the commercial tax, gave up the mine supervisor, and passed on all the financial shortfalls to the land endowment, this huge empire was doomed!

Listening to Qiao Tieshan's explanation, Zhang Ke felt even more heavy.

"Uncle Tieshan, since the gold mine is so prosperous, how can it decay!"

"Hey, isn't it sad to be happy. There are many people who mine and more gold is produced, and Shuangshantai is close to the Great Wall, which naturally attracts the attention of the Tartars. In less than a year and a half, the Tartars looted four or five times, the miners were killed and wounded, and no one dared to open the mines anymore, and they decayed. However, in recent years, Xu Daqian, the reserve of Zhenyi Fort, has secretly mined, but the scale is not large. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Ke let out a long sigh: "Hahaha, it's Zhenyi Fort again, and the refugees outside the city are also the most from Zhenyi Fort, Xu Daqian sent it to the door by himself, don't blame me for being unkind!" ”

As soon as the big guy saw Zhang Ke's radiant appearance, he immediately came to his senses.

"Second brother, what are you going to do?"

"Hahaha, aren't there so many refugees outside the city, let's take them back to settle down, and take down the land and mines by the way!"

"Wonderful!" Tang Bi took the lead and stretched out two thumbs up, and said with a smile: "My lord is really powerful, let's plan it, we have both people and grab the land, it's like killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Zhang Ke was also happy about his plan in his heart, Daqing Fort was still too small, and he was worried that he had no idea to expand his territory, so someone took the initiative to send it to the door, and he really couldn't ask for it.

"I am going to mobilize the strength of two squads to seize the land of Zhenyi Fort in the name of escorting the surname. There is only one worry, that is, whether our recruits can succeed, if the fists are not hard, no matter how good you think, it is useless! ”

When it came to combat effectiveness, many brothers present silently lowered their heads, to be honest, although they trained very hard and fought a few battles, they were really not sure about their level.

Even Zhang Ke was a little suspicious, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Feng.

"Hahaha, second, in all fairness, the soldiers of Daqing Fort are very good, training hard for half a year, and fighting a few battles, in my estimation, it will not be worse than Uncle He's soldiers, it is definitely a strong force. I don't need to say what virtues the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have, as long as you deal with it carefully, Xu Daqian is definitely not a problem! ”

With Zhang Feng's guarantee, Zhang Ke suddenly came with confidence, and said with a smile: "This time I will personally lead the troops, Daqing Fort will be guarded by Lord Tang, Hewan Village will be left to Qiao Gui, and everyone else will follow me, let's seize Shuangshantai and take down the gold mine!" ”

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"The villagers take refuge in Daqing Fort, they can afford me, please rest assured. I thought that when spring dawned, I would redivide the land so that everyone could have their own land, and then I would go to the imperial court and reduce the land tax and the tax on people. Allocate another sum of silver to build water conservancy, what do you think? ”

The team moved forward slowly, and everyone listened to Zhang Ke's words silently, bowing their heads one by one.

Qiao Tieshan looked at these people, and suddenly shouted angrily: "What do you cheap people want?" Do you still want to eat meat without having to work? Whoever thinks so, stand up for me, and my surname Qiao will reward him with a whip! ”

As he spoke, he shook the horsewhip, and a crisp sound came out, and everyone couldn't help but tremble.

"Master Qiao, we don't dare to think so, but the eighty percent of the fields in Zhenyi Fort belong to the Xu family, and our harvest every year is not enough to pay rent, and Chinese New Year's Eve two families are forced to drink brine at night, and we are bitter......"

The old names supported each other, and tears kept surging in their eyes.

Zhang Ke also nodded, no one is born a lazy worm, but no matter how much sweat is paid, but there is no gain, everyone will become desperate, and even become a walking corpse!

"Folks, don't worry, as long as you listen to me, you promise to have a good life!"

Zhang Ke led the people to move overnight, and when the sky was bright, he had already arrived at Shuangshantai. It is a small fort near the Great Wall, which has been in a dilapidated state due to lack of renovation over the years, with mottled bricks on the low walls.

A few lazy soldiers patrolled back and forth, and when they saw the huge contingent returning, they shrank their heads in fright.

"Where are you? What are you doing? ”

Qiao Fu hurriedly ran to the city and scolded: "Sun who guards the city, Lord Zhang of Daqing Fort is here, open the city gate to greet him!" ”

Master Zhang!? These looked at each other, still confused.

"We only know Xu Beiyu, we don't know what Zhang Beiyu is, there is an order from the upper peak, and we are not allowed to open the city casually!"

"Let go of your mother's fart, open your dog's eyes and see, these old surnames are all from your Zhenyi Castle, we kindly sent them back, you still dare to turn them away, you just don't want to live!"

Qiao Fu drew his bow and arrow, and an eagle arrow hit the lantern at the head of the city.

There was a loud bang, and the soldier shrank in fright.

"Wait, sir, the small one will open the door."

After waiting for a while, the city gate opened, and Qiao Fu took the lead and rushed to the city. The refugees followed closely and seized the gates at once, and the soldiers defending the city were disarmed.

Zhang Ke smiled and came to Shuangshan Terrace.

"Hahaha, since I'm here, the gold mine is mine!"

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