Guan Yeqi said to Lin Yuan: "Are you here to cure my sins?" "It turns out that the mining of silver ore requires the consent of the government, and when the ancestors of the housekeeper were mining, they were worried that the government would take advantage of it, so they did not notify the government, and stealing silver ore can be condemned to death, and even the nine clans, Guan Yeqi saw that Lin Yuan and Liu Jinqiu broke the secret of the housekeeper's silver mine as soon as they opened their mouths, so they were scared into a cold sweat.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Master Guan, don't worry, we are not here to cure your crimes, we are hoping to mine your copper mines." ”

Guan Yeqi said: "Oh, you want to mine copper ore, there is no problem with this, our housekeeper has always had two smelting methods, one is wet copper smelting, and the other is fire copper smelting, I wonder if Lu Dao can help you?" ”

Liu Jinqiu said: "We pay more attention to the fire method of copper smelting, because this method has relatively low requirements for ore, so let's take us to the copper mine in the mountains first, and I need to bring a few pieces of ore back for inspection." ”

Collecting and testing ore is the first step of metallurgy, from the ore can be analyzed the number of elements required in the ore, that is, the grade of the ore, the grade of the ore directly determines whether the ore in this area has the value of large-scale mining, and what method of smelting the ore is used.

Guan Yeqi said: "There is no problem with this, but why does Lord Lin want me to send silver to those corrupt officials and corrupt officials?" Lin Yuan said: "You send them the silver first, and you have to follow it personally, and when you arrive, ......" Lin Yuan whispered a few words to him, and said his own strategy, Guan Yeqi clapped his hands and praised after hearing it, and ordered his subordinates to load five thousand taels of silver, and sent it to the Fengtian prefect in a cart, and asked his henchmen to take Liu Jinqiu into the mountain, Liu Jinqiu collected some copper ore, and then returned to the industrial zone.

Lin Yuan went to Fengtian and came to the yamen of the governor's mansion, only to see two soldiers standing at the door, and five or six miscellaneous servants on the side, sweeping the steps with brooms.

Lin Yuan was just about to step forward and push the door, but the soldier guarding the door stretched out his hand to stop him, and one of the soldiers scolded: "What are you doing?" What kind of place is this? Can you get in if you want? Dare to push the door! The hand won't break for you! ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I am the governor of the three eastern provinces. ”

The two soldiers, along with the miscellaneous servants on the side, laughed, and the soldier said, "Get out of here!" Get out of here, get you caught in and hit the board! ”

It turns out that the ancient officials paid the most attention to pomp and circumstance, and the local government was notified early on the day of taking office, and the lower-level officials organized the people to line up in a long queue for several miles to greet the superiors in order to show respect to their superiors, and the officials' honor guards were also extremely magnificent, and the front was playing the "quiet" and "avoidance" cards, and there were special people beating gongs and drums, so a person like Lin Yuan came to take office, and this group of soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers had never seen it.

The other soldier was kind-hearted, and said to the soldier, "I see that this man is covered with dust, and he may be a miserable man who has lost his mind, so why should you scare him?" He turned his head to Lin Yuan and said, "You better go quickly, this is not a place for you to mess around." ”

Lin Yuan listened to his words, lowered his head and looked at his body, it was indeed full of dust, it turned out that there was no road from Fengtian to Nanshan, it was all dirt roads, ancient dirt roads, it was always "a body of soil on a sunny day, and a body of mud on a rainy day", Lin Yuan did not change his clothes, which made him so embarrassed.

Lin Yuan took out the appointment document from his arms, handed it to the soldier, and said, "Look, this is my appointment certificate. ”

Lin Yuan thought that the soldiers would be able to let him in, but who knew that the soldiers didn't even look at it, and said, "I don't know how to read!" ”

Just when Lin Yuan was helpless, as soon as the door of the yamen opened, a familiar face appeared in front of Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan hurriedly called him.

That person turned out to be the housekeeper Liu San, he didn't expect to meet Lin Yuan here, and quickly knelt down to give a salute, Lin Yuan helped him up and asked, "Why are you here?" Liu San said: "My lord, I have never seen you as an official, how can you leave your family behind and take office alone?" From the seven-pin county to the first-class officer, which one didn't take a family to office? This governor's yamen turned out to be the yamen of General Shengjing, and there were originally some furnishings in it, but the small ones were all moved by the Japanese, so they led people to come and buy some household utensils for adults. ”

Lin Yuan looked at the two soldiers and said, "This time you believe that I am the governor of the three eastern provinces." ”

Everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged Lin Yuan for forgiveness, Lin Yuan asked, "How many soldiers are there in the yamen?" ”

The soldier replied, "Your Excellency, you have not taken office, so there are only 200 soldiers in the yamen." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and replied, "That's enough, you go and call them all." ”

The soldiers received the order and ran into the yamen, and Liu San asked, "My lord, where are you going to take this group of soldiers?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "I'm going to take them to arrest people." ”

Liu San asked again: "Forgive the little talker, who are you going to arrest?" Lin Yuan replied: "The newly appointed prefect of Fengtian, he ......"

Without waiting for Lin Yuan to finish speaking, Liu San hurriedly said: "My lord, I can't help it, the name of this newly appointed Fengtian prefect is Zhang Xiaofeng, don't look at his official size, but he is a close confidant of Lord Zhang Zhidong Zhang." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Zhang Zhidong? He is 108,000 miles away from me, so I am not afraid of him. The soldiers in the yamen were organized into a personal guard battalion, and the battalion was named Li Heihu, and he didn't expect Lin Yuan to come so soon, so he hurriedly led the soldiers to come.

Lin Yuan took Li Heihu and two hundred soldiers, and went straight to the Yamen of Fengtianfu, the prefect Zhang Xiaofeng was sitting in the back house, admiring the long gift list in front of him, at this moment, Master Zhang came in and said: "Lord Zhang, you go out of the city to take a look, there are a lot of soldiers at the door, saying that the governor Lin Yuan brought someone to arrest you." ”

Zhang Xiaofeng thought to himself: "Why is Lin Yuan here?" Didn't he go back to his hometown to visit his family? He didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly changed into his official uniform and whispered a few words to Master Zhang before he came out.

As soon as the gate of the yamen opened, Zhang Xiaofeng came out surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, and without waiting for Lin Yuan to speak, Zhang Xiaofeng pointed at Lin Yuan and reprimanded angrily: "Bold rebels! What a crime should he be guilty of daring to pretend to be an official of the imperial court! After Zhang Xiaofeng finished speaking, he waved at the soldiers on the left and right, and shouted: "Take him down for me!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers pulled out their waist knives and rushed to Lin Yuan, but Li Heihu's subordinates naturally didn't do it, and also pulled out their knives to stop them.

Lin Yuan sat on the horse and sneered: "Zhang Xiaofeng, why do you say that I am fake?" ”

Zhang Xiaofeng didn't answer Lin Yuan's words, but turned his head to look at Li Heihu and said loudly: "Li Yingtong, why were you deceived by this guy?" Can you afford to be charged with aiding the rebels? ”

Li Heihu said: "Lord Zhang, he has the appointment documents of the imperial court in his hands, and Lord Lin's housekeeper also recognizes him, how can he be fake?" ”

Zhang Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Li Yingtong, you are still the general leading the troops, why are you so ignorant, can't the documents be faked?" That housekeeper is real, who can guarantee that he didn't buy off the housekeeper, rob a large sum of silver, and then gather in the mountains and forests, and live happily ever after! ”

Li Heihu was moved by his words, he looked at Lin Yuan suspiciously, and at this time, a person turned out behind Zhang Xiaofeng, it was Master Zhang, and he said loudly to Li Heihu: "Li Yingtong, I also met this person in Nanshan Town today, why did he become the governor after a while?" ”

Li Heihu frowned, pulled out his knife, and pointed at Lin Yuan.