Chapter 65: Silver Mines
Yun Niang's breakfast is relatively simple, a few white flour steamed buns, a plate of cold vegetables, and a pot of millet porridge. Master Xiao ate a bowl of noodles and drank a bowl of porridge, until his stomach was bulging, and he had to put down the chopsticks in his hand.
Song Yuanqing was entrusted by September, and after eating, he took Master Xiao to the back mountain to have a so-called big cleanup.
"This bad-eyed girl, she doesn't know how to take care of the elderly, she has to ask me to go to the back mountain of Nalaoshzi to take a bath, isn't this my life!"
Master Xiao held a new set of clothes and walked all the way and muttered all the way.
Song Yuanqing walked in front and looked up at the sun that couldn't open his eyes. Pursing the corners of his mouth, he didn't speak, walked a few steps forward quickly, went up a slope, and sure enough, he saw a pool of turquoise water.
It just happens to be a sunny side, and the sun is sprinkled down. The water surface is sparkling, and the green hills and green trees on both sides of the river are reflected in it, accompanied by the cheerful chirping of birds. Just look at it and listen...... It made Song Yuanqing feel extremely relaxed at this moment.
Just as he was immersed in his own world and enjoying himself, someone came up to interrupt without a look.
"Hey, silly boy, what are you smirking at here?"
Master Xiao slapped Song Yuanqing on the back and followed his gaze several times, "Nothing?" ”
Song Yuanqing smiled and took a few steps back, "Sir, go wash it." ”
"Good boy, one or two dislike me." Master Zeng was stunned for a moment and pretended to be sad.
Song Yuanqing waved his hand, knowing that he was acting, but he still couldn't bear to debunk it, what Master Xiao had done in the past half a month, he knew better than anyone else. Originally, they should have done this, who made them inferior to others!! Alas, it's a shame to say......
"Sir, don't say that, for the boys will take your credit to heart. Your Highness, also in mind. ”
"......" Master Xiao squinted at the past, Song Yuanqing was serious, and suddenly felt bored, not as fun as the girl from the Su family. Take a shower......"
Before the words fell, one turned over, actually ran in the air for a while, and then stopped steadily on the edge of the spring. Kicked off the shoes on his feet three or two times, stepped into the water with one foot, and his face was instantly full of smiles, beckoning Song Yuanqing, who was still watching on the slope, "Silly boy, don't come down quickly, this water is neither lukewarm nor hot, just soak the mud on the old man's body." ”
The corners of Song Yuanqing's mouth twitched, "Sir, let's be happy alone." ”
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After noon, Erwang's ox cart slowly entered the village.
September waited left and right, and finally waited for them, and ran over in two or three steps, "Uncle, why is it so late today?" But it's not going well on the Yamen's side? ”
"No, the yamen is going well." As soon as the ox cart stopped, Su Changsheng jumped down first, and then helped the old village chief to get out of the ox cart as well.
"Huh? I thought something had happened to you, and it was supposed to be back a long time ago. It's been half a day......"
"Let's go, let's go inside." Su Changsheng's face was a little unnatural, and he looked around left and right before he moved a few baskets from the ox cart into the house.
Erwang will enter the town in a while, the ox cart has not been unloaded, and September is a little puzzled, how can it feel strange today.
A few people entered the house, Su Changsheng put the basket in his hand, and quickly turned around and closed the courtyard door tightly.
The more I look at it in September, the more doubts I have in my heart, what happened to such precautions?
As soon as the three of them sat down, Yun Niang's meal was served.
“……”
September sat down opposite them and looked straight at Su Changsheng.
"I'll tell you." The old village chief tapped his fingertips on the table and muttered for a moment before saying, "After we entered the city today, we saw that the streets and alleys were plastered with big-character posters. ”
The big-character poster, as the name suggests, also knows what to do. "What's written on it?"
"It says that the governor of Nanling Zhoujiang discovered a silver mine in the west......"
"Silver Mine ???" These two words thundered in the clear sky, and the bombed September did not come back to his senses for a long time.
"Isn't it a silver mine? The people in our village have worked hard for several lifetimes, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, relying on God to reward a mouthful of food, but they don't know that there is a silver mountain behind them. ”
Su Changsheng said that he was not jealous, that was fake, silver mines, wealth that could not be eaten in several lifetimes. It's a pity that he didn't find out......
"West? Isn't it the mountain in our village? Between the lightning and flint, some fragments in the memory emerged one after another, and September had to suspect that this matter had a great connection with Chen Ye, maybe this big-character poster incident also had something to do with him!!
"That's it." The old village chief took a sip of porridge, and he was much calmer than Su Changsheng.
"What's going on in the government?" There is such a big thing, there is no need to think about it in September, the most anxious must be those who are officials.
"The whole city is under martial law, this will enter and exit the city gate, those officers and soldiers will not let you go out if they don't dig out the bottom of the ancestors."
No wonder I came back so late today!! However, with such a big matter as the Xishan silver mine, it is estimated that several nearby villages will not stop during this time. I wonder if it will delay the construction of the tofu workshop......
The old village chief glanced at September's frowning brows, drank the last mouthful of porridge, smashed his mouth, and said, "I thought about it carefully just now, no matter how good or bad this matter is, it can't involve us ordinary people." The more moments like this, the more we can't panic, and we have to do what we have to do. But don't go over there if there's nothing to do, so as not to get into trouble. ”
"That's the reason, I won't be able to see it for long, that mountain will also be guarded by officers and soldiers, and it won't be our turn to worry about it, I'll be content to live a good life......" Su Changsheng said this, as if he was comforting himself by talking to himself, but September felt envy in his words.
"Grandpa the village chief, as soon as the silver mine comes out, our village is estimated to be roasted on the fire. Everyone only sees the silver that can never be spent, but they do not know the danger behind these ill-gotten gains. Why did the silver mine discovered by the governor himself be handed over to the imperial court? Can only say one thing......"
September glanced at it casually, and his eyes skimmed over Su Changsheng.
"What's the problem?" The old village chief's eyes sank and asked September.
"That is, he does not have the courage or ability to own the silver mine for himself."
There are few people in the world who do not love money, and Governor Jiang is not in the officialdom for a day or two, who will willingly transfer the wealth he has obtained for nothing to others? I'm afraid, there may be other things in this. However, this idea was only fleeting, and she was not much interested in the specific facts.
Su Changsheng didn't know if he understood the meaning of September, he just lowered his head and drank porridge, not knowing what he was thinking.
Sooner or later, the people in the village will know about the silver mine, and the old village chief simply gritted his teeth, so he would tell everyone that he would knock and knock again by the way, so as not to do something out of the ordinary without opening his eyes and affect the people of the village.
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Whenever there is a major event in the village, the old village chief rings the bell in the ancestral hall.
Since coming here in September, it is the first time I have heard this bell ringing, which is strong and appealing.
Therefore, many village names suddenly heard the bell, put down their work, and gathered in the direction of the ancestral hall one after another, among which there were many people who had just come out of the field with farm tools. September tiptoed to look around, his father and a few helpers at the construction site were there.
"Uncle Su, why did you ring the bell for no reason?"
The first person to ask, September, happened to recognize Uncle Tie who was helping at his own construction site.
The old village chief stood on the steps with a solemn expression. Slowly swept the villagers below before he spoke: "Today, I brought everyone together for two things. ”
As soon as the old village chief spoke, everyone stopped talking to each other. One by one, they craned their necks and waited for his next words.
"First ......"
As soon as the silver mine was spoken, it was as September thought. The crowd was out of control for a quarter of an hour, and as they spoke, a few of them beat their chests with regret. "I knew there was a silver mine, not to mention a jackal, even a tiger, I had to go in and have a look!!"
"It's a pity, the great opportunity to make a fortune is gone!"
"Hey, if you don't take advantage of their lax precautions, why don't you go and see it at night?"
When the old village chief heard this, his face sank again. Cleared his throat, "Everyone, quiet, quiet......"
When everyone's attention was on him, "I warn you in advance of this matter, the soldiers and horses of the government will soon close the mountain, don't take the lives of the whole village for a while." This is not to bluff you, no matter the gold and silver mountains, they are all things of heaven now, if you don't have long eyes, you have to go forward, don't blame my old man for using the clan rules. ”
The old village chief's shock quickly took effect. The few people who whispered below also turned pale and quieted a lot.
"Uncle Su, we are all provincial, aren't we all fascinated by Yinshan! The big guy is also very powerful, and he won't really run to find out. Someone in the crowd shouted back.
Immediately someone made peace.
"Yes, we have our own lives, we are all clear in our hearts. You will never give the life of a family for the sake of invisible wealth, village chief, you can rest assured! ”
The sound of all kinds of assurances was endless, and the old village chief's tense face loosened a little.
"That's good! I'm going to talk about the second thing......"
The villagers who were still talking about the Xishan Silver Mine with anxious faces just now looked at the old village chief nervously. Su Changlin was surrounded by many enthusiastic villagers.
"Uncle Su, will the tofu factory recruit workers from our village in the future?"
"Can I still lie to everyone?" When the old village chief talked about this, his tone was much lighter.
"Great, I don't have to go so far to work in the future......"
In the past two years, the conditions in the village are slightly better, and there will always be someone in the family who will not come back a few times a year. I earn a lot by going far, but I can't go home for a long time, and few can stand it.
"It turns out that yesterday was Master Zeng, I said it looked so magnificent."
"Su Lao's second family is really ...... now"
No matter how everyone discussed it in private, they were all excited. Compared with the silver mine, although it doesn't sound so scary, the benefits of the tofu mill's recruitment are indeed visible. The peasants were simple, there were not so many twists and turns, and soon, the silver mine was diluted a lot.
Everyone gathered around the old village chief and Su Changlin to ask about the details of recruitment. One question after another, the old village chief said that his mouth was dry, and he swept to September in the corner, his eyes rolled, and he smiled at everyone: "What kind of people does the Su family tofu shop want, everyone will ask September, she knows this matter best." ”
Forehead...... Is this being sold? September couldn't help but roll his eyes, he should have slipped out just now......