More than a month later.

"Bastard! Bastard! Get the hell out of here! Then a man dressed as a servant crawled out of the study room of Ye Zhong, the supervisor of Nanyang Iron Mine.

These subordinates in the official residence all knew that their master was in a very bad mood this month, so they all tried not to appear in front of the master Ye Zhong. So at this time, around the study, there were quite few servants and maids in the official residence, and even the maids who couldn't hide and had to listen to orders outside the study were silent.

Ye Zhong felt that he had been unlucky for the past month. Last year, there was a shortage of Nanyang Iron Mine Supervisor, and after Ye Zhong heard about it, he did not hesitate to spend most of his belongings and go through Wang Chengen's path to get the shortage of Nanyang Iron Mine Supervisor.

Although Ye Zhong loves money, he also considers himself a cautious person. Since taking office, it has been completely Xiao Gui Cao. The filial piety that should be given to several great eunuchs in the palace is a lot; The money that has crossed the border in the place is not taken for a tael. is within one-third of his own acre, and he should get a share of it.

But just over a month ago, there was a fight between miners at the Longtouling Private Iron Mine. Upon hearing the news, Ye Zhong didn't care about it at first. Because the little officials in the yamen of the mine supervisor also introduced Ye Zhong that this is the Longtouling private iron mine of the small treasury of the former mine supervisor, which year did not fight with the private iron ore mined by the local tyrants, in order to grab the mineral source?

But what I didn't expect was that the scale of the fighting was getting bigger and bigger, and in just a few days, the scale of the fighting reached thousands of people. This made Ye Zhong a little unable to sit still, and he immediately asked his subordinate eunuchs to lead the miners to quell the fight.

However, although the mine supervisor's yamen was located in the mining area of Nanyang Iron Mine, the successive mine supervisors moved the mine supervisor's residence to Nanyang Mansion in order to enjoy their happiness. As a result, the office of the mine supervisor was in fact moved from the yamen to the official residence.

However, the Longtouling private mining area is in Ye County, which is the county seat in the northwest of Nanyang Prefecture. So there is a distance from Nanyang Mansion City. As a result, the delivery of messages is somewhat disjointed. So when the miners were gathered and rushed over, they were surprised to find that they were going to the Longtouling private mining area. It was blocked by an officer army.

And here we have to sort out the time node:

First of all, Ye Zhong, the mine supervisor, heard that there was a miner's fight. and sent miners to pacify;

Then, after the miners were sent out, Ye Zhong received another report from Niu Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, to report the miners' fights. Although Ye Zhong himself already knew the news, this behavior was obviously Niu Wenqing's show of favor to himself;

Then, the miner he sent out came back in a gloomy manner. They told that they had been intercepted by an official army, and that the officer and army also said that they were sent by Niu Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, and that they were going to stay in the Longtouling private mining area for a long time. No other force is allowed to enter;

And at this time, Ye Zhong also thought that there was some misunderstanding with Niu Wenqing. He also avoided the conflict for the miner, and encouraged the little eunuch with the miner.

But when I arrived in Zuihou, the people I sent to the private iron mine fled back. Coupled with the few little eunuchs and the account office who were later released back by the official army, they told Ye Zhong: The people sent by Ye Zhong to the Longtouling private iron mine have been killed by the official army. And that officer army also took over the management of the private iron mine. The Longtouling private iron mine has changed hands.

This is positive and negative news. confused Ye Zhong all of a sudden. Although Ye Zhong already had doubts in his heart, Ye Zhong, who was cautious by nature, still hoped that this was really a misunderstanding. Therefore, he immediately sent someone to Ye County to negotiate with Niu Wenqing.

The negotiation went smoothly, Niu Wenqing accepted the gift he brought, and gave a heavy return gift. And Niu Wenqing also swore that at that time, there was indeed an official army that went to the Longtouling private mining area to quell the fighting.

And that officer army was sent to Yexian County to help maintain it after Li Lu heard about the fight. However, Niu Wenqing tried to help mine supervisor Ye Zhong calm down the fight. He kindly sent this officer and army to the Longtouling private mining area.

As for the official army that went on a killing spree in the private mining area. Maybe there was some misunderstanding. Could it be that Ye Zhong's people had any conflict with that officer and army with their own background. Hit the muzzle of the gun.

However, Niu Wenqing still patted his chest and promised: he absolutely did not order the officers and soldiers to be stationed in the private mining area for a long time.

And Niu Wenqing also took the initiative to propose: he immediately sent a letter to the garrison Li Lu, asking Li Lu to recall the official army immediately.

So hearing the reply of the person who went to negotiate, Ye Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. It's just a misunderstanding! Ye Zhong also knew the virtues of these people under him. The possibility of being killed by mistake because of their arrogance is too great.

Although the actions of that officer and army were quite rough. But can Qiu Ba's etiquette and moral level reach the height of eunuchs and civil officials?

Compared with the misunderstanding to eliminate and recover the private iron mine, the death of these subordinates is also the last thing! At least those Qiu Ba also knew about their existence, and put those little eunuchs and the account room back. As for those unpleasantness, let him go with the breeze (make fun of the light wind, now he wrote "Da Ming Guan" is good). At that moment, Ye Zhong felt that his heart was incomparably broad!

But at this time, Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing both thought that as long as they reached an agreement, it was enough. They didn't have it at all, even if they sent someone to Li Lu or He Fei to arrange to negotiate with the Nanyang camp in the private mining area. Although Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing's approach was also the norm in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, they didn't take the gun too seriously.

So Ye Zhong's mind soon became broad-minded. Li Lu, the garrison of Nanyang, did not meet the messenger at all, he just asked the messenger to bring back a sentence: Li Lu's army has been dispatched, so how this officer and army should act must be decided by the military attache who leads the team. Will be outside the king's life will be affected.

Since the military attache with the troops felt that he still needed to be stationed in Longtouling, then he could be stationed in Longtouling. Anyway, everything is based on ensuring that no civil change occurs. As for what Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing have to say, let them go to the military attache stationed in Longtouling to talk about it.

But where to find the military attache who led this army? Ye Zhong and Niu Wenqing didn't know that there was Hefei's Nanyang camp. Now the entire Longtouling private mining area has been blocked, and the people who negotiate and give gifts can't enter at all. And the letters sent in were all lost in the sea. This made Ye Zhong so anxious that he jumped to his feet. But Ye Zhong also felt that something was wrong.

There's no way, if you have money, you can make the ghost grind, so spend money and ask the head snake to inquire about the news. In the end, the head snake is well-informed, and soon found out the news of the Longtouling private iron mine.

Longtouling private iron mine has been fully resumed. The iron ore mines were managed by the original local private mine owners. In addition, the officials in various government offices have also handed over a penny of the income collected from the Longtouling private iron mine. What made Ye Zhong grit his steel teeth even more was that even the share of Niu Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, was not missing.

Moreover, the garrison army also bought land in Longyan Town, preparing to build a stockade there.

Ye Zhong was stunned all of a sudden: "Okay! It turns out that you local officials and local tyrants have colluded to snatch my little treasury by playing small tricks! ”

"The most shameless thing is that Niu Wenqing. I have learned to use delaying tactics to stabilize me, and then secretly cross Chen Cangdi to grab the private iron mine. Don't you know that sooner or later the East Window Incident will happen? ”

So Ye Zhong, who was hot-blooded, immediately took hundreds of miners to Ye County to find Niu Wenqing to ask for guilt. But after meeting, Niu Wenqing swore that he absolutely did not participate in the robbery of the Longtouling private iron mine.

However, now Ye Zhong will no longer believe Niu Wenqing's oath. After being forced to be urgent, Niu Wenqing couldn't care about the face of the scholar to explain the plain: "Whose hands this mine is, and it has nothing to do with this county." Anyway, there is no filial piety in the county, but there is no more than a tael of silver. Why should this county offend your father-in-law for the sake of those squires? ”

As soon as he heard this, Ye Zhong also calmed down. He thought, "Yes! This Niu Wenqing is to grab iron ore, and it doesn't need to be so complicated. Besides, he didn't do any good, it seems that the official army has come out of the demon moth. ”

At this time, Ye Zhong found another problem: if the barrel of the gun obeyed the barrel of the pen, the barrel of the pen would be completely able to play with the barrel of the gun; But if the barrel of the gun ignores the barrel of the pen, the barrel of the pen will not be able to help the barrel of the gun at all.

Just like now, Ye Zhong dared to rush into the Yexian County Yamen with the miners, but if he took the miners to rush Li Lu's garrison yamen, then think about what happened when Lin Chong entered the White Tiger Festival Hall with a knife.

But Ye Zhong is still a little puzzled, as long as he is in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he knows that if he robs the eunuch's silver, he has a mortal enmity with the eunuch. And Li Lu, the garrison, is just a small middle and low-level military attaché, how can he have such the courage to do such an unscrupulous thing? There must be something inside here.

So Ye Zhong's cautious personality prevailed again. He continued to send out the Snake Scout Team, and the information he got next was much more comprehensive.

It turned out that there were three groups of people who robbed the smuggling iron ore. In addition to the local tyrants and the Nanyang garrison Li Lu, there is also a garrison called "Wu Shigong" in Runing Mansion.

Ye Zhong inquired about the backgrounds of Li Lu and Wu Shigong again. But he was surprised to find that the British Duke was Li Lu's backer, and that Wu Shigong was even more amazing, and behind him stood the two great marquis mansions of Yangwu Marquis and Gongshun Marquis.

I see! Ye Zhong was almost about to cry. You said that your grandfather and grandfather's family are all big families, but weishenme wants to rob me, a little eunuch, of his property? (To be continued......)