The people who gathered around to talk about Tong's family affairs were shocked: "Iron mine? Are you really fake? You can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, it's going to be beheaded! ”

So what is iron ore? But what is comparable to a gold mine, the army, the chariots and horses, the baggage, the farming tools of the peasants, and the pots for making rice, which one does not need iron?

Among the four major mines of Dachu, iron ore can be ranked in front of silver mines, ahead of copper mines, after all, your silver and copper can't be turned into weapons, but iron can.

The person who spoke before said: "My aunt's maternal son-in-law is Huang Bantou, where did the news come from, the prefect and General Zhang of the garrison camp of Fucheng have already taken people to Yanshan, and it is estimated that there will be news back by tomorrow night at the latest." ”

"What? Are you saying that the Tong family's iron mine is in Yanshan? "The big guys were shocked, but they didn't expect the Tong family's biggest Zhuangzi to be an iron mine.

When an old man heard this, he sighed: "It turns out that there is an iron mine in Yanshan, no wonder Tong Changxing sold three shops and bought Yanshan when he was defeated at home." ”

When the big guys heard this, they asked him one after another: "Lin Bo, do you know about the Tong family's purchase of Yanshan?" ”

Lin Bo is a watchman, it is now the afternoon, he just woke up and walked around, after hearing the big guy talking about the Tong family, he came over to listen, and nodded when he heard the words: "Well, when the Tong family bought Yanshan, many people laughed at the Tong family, saying that the Tong family was crazy, why buy this kind of barren mountain that doesn't even grow much weeds?" I can't plant much land, open the mountain and quarry, the stone doesn't look good, and the rich and noble people don't want to build rockeries. ”

"But Tong Changxing said that he went to see the master and said that the feng shui of Yanshan is good, and it is in line with his eight characters, if he buys Yanshan, the Tong family will not only be rich again, but also rich for three generations!"

"Now that I think about it, Tong Changxing has long known that there is an iron mine in Yanshan, so he sold the only three shops left in his family and bought this gold mountain, and he really became rich."

Merely......

"The Tong family is not a wealthy family, nor is it a family of high-ranking officials, it is an ordinary rich family, and they can't own iron ore in Dachu."

This iron ore is linked to weapons, and everything linked to weapons must be in the hands of the imperial court, even if iron ore is found in your field, as long as you dare to mine it, then your nine clans will die.

But Tong Changxing was born as a rich young master, and he was born to live a good life, and when he was a teenager, the Tong family began to decline rapidly because of his father's failure, and after he tasted the hard life, he was afraid to die, and when he was in his twenties, the life of the family became more and more ungood, he was even more afraid, once he found iron ore, even if he knew that mining was a violation of the Da Chu criminal law, he also took the risk to do it.

He thought, there are also wealthy families and high-ranking officials who have copper mines, so why can't his family have an iron mine? As long as he is careful and secretive, and digs up the iron ore in Yanshan as soon as possible, the court does not know, and his family will be fine.

But it backfired, Master Tong's courage is getting bigger and bigger, from the initial only daring to quietly sell some pig iron, to the current even daring to sell scimitars, this is a typical looking for death.

When the big guy heard Lin Bo's words, he was scared and asked, "Lin Bo, the Tong family's matter is so big, the imperial court will definitely come, and the people of our Fucheng will not be affected, right?" ”

The people just want to live honestly and steadily, and they are most afraid that the court will come, if the court comes to Qincha, the entire city will be under martial law, and the government will also search door to door, ordering them not to go out if they have nothing to do, it will affect even going out to work to support their families, so they are very worried.

Lin Bo has lived for more than sixty years, and he has experienced everything, and when he heard this, he could only sigh: "What's the solution, be honest during this time, prepare more food, oil and salt, don't go out if you have nothing to do, be honest, so as not to get into trouble." ”

After the big guy heard this, the heart to listen to the gossip was gone, and someone hurriedly said: "Then I have to go to the village outside the city to collect some grain and go home, lest the city gate is closed, and we can't go out, so we have to go to the grain store to buy expensive grain to eat." ”

"Da Cong is right, let's go for a walk, let's go out of the city to collect some food." Many people went out of the city in groups to collect food in villages outside the city.

But they still came and went, the city gate had been closed, and the soldiers guarding the city knocked on the sign with wooden sticks, telling the people who wanted to go out of the city: "Attention big guys, our Fucheng is not allowed to go out these days, if there is any major event related to human life that needs to go out of the city, go to the Yamen of Fucheng to explain the situation." ”

"What? How many days are the gates closed? Why? Some people were very unhappy, and said to the soldiers guarding the door: "Master Jun, we are in Neem Village outside the city, we came to the city to sell agricultural goods, and now we have sold out, and we want to rush home to harvest wheat, and now it is late June, and the wheat will be finished if we don't harvest it." ”

The soldier said: "This is an order issued by the Yamen of the city and the camp of the government, and we can't help it, you just live in the city for a few days now, just a few days." ”

The Tong family's affairs have been arrested, and there is no need to investigate it anymore, as long as it is determined that there is really an iron mine in Yanshan, the Tong family's crime can be done, so it doesn't take five days to catch all the people in the Tong family in the city, and everyone can get out of the city.

"We need silver to live in the city, where can we afford to live in an inn in the countryside? Master Jun, you are good, let us out secretly, and we will definitely remember your great kindness. ”

The soldiers defending the city almost laughed angrily, pointed to their heads and said, "Do you think I'm tired of being alive?" Quietly let you out, and then my whole family was arrested and beheaded? ”

What kind of brain, even this can be said, dare to love Lao Tzu's life is not life?

Those who were in a hurry to get out of the city blushed a little when they heard this, but they were not stupid, they were not allowed to go out of the city gate, there must be something big in the city, they didn't want to be implicated, they wanted to leave early, and continued to beg the soldiers: "Master Jun, you can do well, just open a small door and let us out." ”

The soldiers guarding the gate directly gave him a big white eye, and the wooden stick in his hand slammed on the ground, rushing the people who flocked to the city gate to the city: "All retreat, retreat, if you dare to find trouble, the knife and stick have no eyes!" ”

The big guy was driven back by a team of more than a dozen soldiers, and after being driven out of more than ten meters, he squatted in place with a basket, thinking to wait and see, will the city gate open?

But when they waited until dark, the soldiers still had no intention of opening the city gate, so they could only go back to the city with a scolding and find a place to rest.

The soldiers guarding the city were relieved to see them leaving: "Damn, it's a real drain, I thought they were going to spend the night here." ”

After complaining, he talked about another gossip of the Tong family: "Eh, have you heard of it?" The third young master of the Tong family died last night, and I heard that he couldn't stand the Tong family being raided, and in desperation, he hit the wall and died. ”