"Hey, isn't there an army of a thousand people stationed on the other side of Wulie Town, and there are so many dead people, why don't they care?" However, before Zhao Yan could speak, Li Gonglin suddenly interjected at this time, when they passed through Wulie Town just now, they saw the camp of those garrisons, but Zhao Yan and they did not enter it, nor did they alarm the garrison.

"Bo Shi didn't know that those troops were only responsible for the overall security of the Shilu Iron Mine, unless there was an invasion by foreign enemies, or a major event such as a local rebellion, they would be dispatched, otherwise they would not care about public security cases like dead people." Su Song explained with a wry smile that he, the governor, also did not have the power to mobilize that army, otherwise things would have been simple.

"Hehe, let's not rush to use the army first, in fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem, it just depends on how we do it." Zhao Yan said with a smile on his face at this time, as if he had already made up his mind about this matter.

A few days later, Su Song once again notified the nearby Li people to come to discuss the matter in the name of Zhizhou, and Su Song had already made people explain that the matter of this discussion was related to the iron mine, if anyone did not come, then it would be regarded as automatically giving up the interests of the iron mine, if they dared to make trouble in the future, the imperial court would definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress it, and there would be no mercy!

The reason why the Li people around them are making trouble these days is nothing more than seeing that such a large iron mine has been found around them, and Wu Lietong has also lived a rich life, so they are very red and want to get a piece of the pie, so they heard that this discussion is related to the interests of iron ore, which makes them all like sharks smelling fishy, and they are impatient to come to the iron mine to see Su Song, for fear that they will miss this opportunity if they run slower.

"Your Highness, all the people notified by the neighborhood have arrived, what should I do next?" Had breakfast this morning. Su Song came to ask Zhao Yan for instructions, before Zhao Yan only told him to gather people, but as for what to do next, Zhao Yan did not say, so he came to Zhao Yan to ask for instructions.

Hearing Su Song's words, Zhao Yan thought for a moment and finally spoke: "The next thing is very simple. This king will go with you, and then you will introduce the identity of this king, and I will do the rest! ”

"This ......" heard that Zhao Yan was going to reveal his identity, although his identity Wu Yi and Zhaoqu Laohan both knew, but it was only the two of them, and the others didn't even know the news of Zhao Yan's arrival in Wulie Town, after all, Zhao Yan's identity was too important, in case someone knew that there was an accident in the guide, I am afraid that he, the Zhizhou, would also do it.

Seeing Su Song's hesitant look. Zhao Yan said with a smile: "Brother Zirong doesn't have to worry, I have a lot of guards around me, and there is our Great Song garrison in Wulie Town next to me, so I don't have to worry about my safety at all, as for me to meet those heads in person this time, it is because only if I come forward, can I achieve the effect I expected!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Su Song knew that he had no way to change Zhao Yan's decision. So he had to nod and say, "Okay, then the lower official will go with His Highness." However, His Royal Highness must bring more guards, after all, those Li people are all people from the mountains and wilderness, and they are very reckless, so they still have to be careful! ”

In fact, even if Su Song didn't say it, Zhao Yan would pay extra attention to his safety, after all, he was not alone now. There was also a large family of women and children behind him, so he paid more attention to his safety than anyone else, so he asked Niu Lie to bring more than a dozen strong guards to follow him to the front hall.

This time, Su Song informed a total of fifteen Li people around him, and now they are all sitting in the living room drinking tea, but these Li people are not very harmonious with each other. Some of them sat together with cold eyebrows, if it weren't for Su Song's fame pressing on it, I'm afraid they would have fought a long time ago, and of course, some people who had a good relationship were discussing in a low voice the reason why Su Song invited them to come this time.

Zhao Yan didn't rush in when he came to the living room, but first looked at the atmosphere in the living room outside, and then suddenly smiled at Su Song next to him: "Brother Zirong, you said that if we throw in a flowering bomb now and kill all the people inside, will the surrounding Li people dare to make trouble?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Su Song was taken aback, and hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Highness, you must not, the Li people's heads are not passed down from father to son, but are elected by the clansmen, so just killing a group of people will not solve the problem at all, but will only make the Li people completely break with the imperial court, and then the Li people in the entire Qiongzhou may rebel because of this!" ”

"Haha~, I'm joking, Brother Zirong, don't take it too seriously!" Zhao Yan laughed loudly when he heard this, he naturally knew that although the Li people's heads were important, killing them would not have much impact on the strength of the tribe, which was also the main reason why these people in front of him dared to come to the mine to discuss matters, because they knew that the imperial court would definitely not kill them.

At the moment, Zhao Yan walked in front, Su Song followed behind, and there were also Niu Lie and other guards, who entered the living room with Zhao Yan like the stars holding the moon, and the heads in the living room were waiting for Su Song's arrival, but when they saw that the person walking in front was not Su Song, but a strange young man, and Su Song was accompanying him in the back, everyone was also stunned, and they guessed the identity of this young man, and they actually wanted Su Song to accompany him in the back?

However, the doubts of these heads did not last long, and after Zhao Yan came in and sat down, Su Song immediately stood up and glanced at these doubtful heads, and then said: "Everyone, it is not the official's idea to invite everyone to come today, but my Royal Highness the King of Yue of the Great Song Dynasty wants to invite you to come and discuss, King Yue is the brother of His Majesty today, and his status is extremely noble, so don't wait and salute quickly!" ”

These heads didn't understand who the king of Song Yue was, but when they heard that the other party turned out to be the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, they were all startled, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, after all, for them, Zhizhou is already a rare official, not to mention a nobleman like Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan has been straining his face since he came in, and the prince's shelf has also been raised, it seems that it is very difficult to get along with, and after those heads have saluted, he just said "um", and did not let them sit down again, and then said: "This king heard that since the Shilu Iron Mine was opened, there have been cases of miners and overseers being attacked and killed by sneak attacks on the mine, and it is said that these sneak attackers are you Li people around you, and now I have come to ask in person, is this matter done by one of you?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan mention this matter straight to the point, the following heads had different expressions, some were silent, some were surprised and inexplicable, and some were a little weak-hearted, although their expressions were different, but none of them spoke, because they couldn't figure out Zhao Yan's intention when he mentioned this matter.

Looking at the heads with different expressions below, Zhao Yan sneered in his heart, originally he thought that it was one of the tribes that secretly attacked the miners, but now it seems that it must be some tribes who have joined forces to make a move, but he is not here to liquidate these tribes today, but needs these tribes to show an attitude.

Thinking of this, I saw Zhao Yan speak again: "None of you answered the words of this king, it seems that the matter is indeed as guessed, it is indeed the work of one of you, for this matter, this king will definitely investigate to the end!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, the head below finally reacted, and then I saw one of the oldest white-bearded heads stand up and said: "Qiyu Yue Wang Chitose, we have also heard about the sneak attack on the mine, but we really don't know who did it!" ”

As soon as Lao Yutou spoke, other Dongtou also echoed, some of them really didn't know, and some of them pretended not to know, Zhao Yan sneered at this, and suddenly changed the topic and said: "This king doesn't care if you know it or not, now I just want you to know the attitude of this king, now let's talk about another thing!" ”

When he said this, Zhao Yan paused for a moment and then said: "I think you should know that after the mining of Shilu iron ore, because Wu Lietong is willing to assist the imperial court in managing the iron mine, so that the life of Wu Lietong has undergone great changes, and now the entire Wulie Mountain is not only worry-free, but the court also attaches great importance to them, but what I want to tell you is that Shilu Iron Mine has just been mined now, and the scale of mining is still very small, and the scope of mining will definitely be expanded in the future, and this requires more management manpower. At that time, it will definitely not be enough to rely on Wulietong alone, so you surrounding Li people will have the opportunity to be recruited to work in the mines. ”

As soon as Zhao Yan's above words came out, they immediately attracted a lot of discussion from the heads below, they had gone to the mine several times before to make trouble, it was nothing more than jealousy of Wu Lietong's good luck and wanted to fight for some benefits for themselves, and now when they heard His Royal Highness the Yue King in front of them actually say that they also had the opportunity to get the same opportunity as Wu Lietong, how could this make them not excited?

"Yue Wang Chitose, you ...... Your words are serious, can we really come to the mine to do things like Wu Lietong? At this time, it was the white-bearded head who spoke first, and it seemed that he was also very prestigious among these heads.

As soon as Whitebeard's words fell, Zhao Yan didn't need to open his mouth at all, Niu Lie, the head of the guard next to him, immediately stood up and scolded angrily: "Presumptuous! What is the identity of His Royal Highness King Yue? As long as His Highness gives an order, the army stationed in Wulie Town will be able to wipe out your small tribes immediately, so can they deceive you on such a trivial matter? ”

"You don't have to doubt Your Highness, the official can also guarantee you about this matter!" At this time, Su Song also spoke, he already understood what Zhao Yan was going to do. (To be continued......)