The snow and ice slowly began to melt and gradually began to warm up.

The first batch of military salaries sent to Liaodong by the household department this year has also begun to be shipped.

However, the household department said that 500,000 taels were transported, but according to what Jinyiwei later reported to Zhu Youxiao, if those boxes could hold 400,000 taels of silver, it could be regarded as the great mercy of the masters of the household department and the military department.

It's no wonder that the Liaodong Border Army is so noisy, and the ordinary soldiers in the Liaodong Border Area also take so many three melons and two dates, and the family is not well fed and clothed, and it is indeed a bit difficult to let them go to work for Daming.

As the ice and snow gradually melted, Zhu Youxiao ushered in another big trouble.

That is, there are fewer and fewer people who burn coal.

The snow on the mountain has also begun to melt, and poor families can go up the mountain to cut firewood and sell firewood, which really makes the sales of anthracite coal in the mine lower and lower.

More than 200,000 miners are now gathered throughout the mine, but their anthracite coal can only be stacked in the open air.

The amount of anthracite produced every day is so large, but the amount of coal sold every day is so small.

If Zhu Youxiao kept these miners to dig coal like this, it would be a 100 percent loss-making deal.

Apparently, these miners also knew about the situation, and they began to become more and more uneasy.

Because they don't know when they're going to be kicked out of the mine, and if they leave the mine, they're still in a helpless situation.

In their spare time, these miners gather in groups of three or five to discuss the future.

"Old Li Tou, you said that Your Majesty doesn't need to dig coal now, will you drive us out?"

Lao Li Tou is also in his fifties, and he can be regarded as old in this era.

He thought about the tragic fate he might usher in if he left this mine, and thought about the good days of being able to eat in the mine, and he was even more reluctant to leave the mine.

So, he shook his head at this old Li Tou and said, "My old Li Tou doesn't care what others say, anyway, I will not leave this mine, if I want to die, I will die in this mine." ”

When many miners heard this, they all felt quite the same and nodded their heads.

They really don't want to live that life of exile anymore.

They have enough to eat in the mines, and they have a very meager salary to earn, and there is really no better life than this.

Sometimes, His Majesty will even be gracious and reward them with stewed meat several times a month.

In this winter, they ate meat more often than in previous years combined.

So how can they be willing to leave this mine?

But that's the way it is now, and they know that their idea may be a little unrealistic.

So, some people thought crookedly and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, if these officers and soldiers want to beat us out of the mine, why don't we unite and rob those officers and soldiers of their weapons and beat them away!" ”

"When the time comes, we will simply occupy the mine, and we will make a living by selling coal in the future."

As soon as this man's words came out, the other miners obviously had a little bit of excitement.

But they quickly lowered their heads again, because the matter was never very reliable.

Lao Li Tou stood up, pointed at the person who made this suggestion, and rebuked loudly: "Your Majesty has a great kindness to us, aren't you rebelling?" ”

"You dare to put forward such a suggestion, how can you have the face to face Your Majesty."

"What's more, this place is not something you can occupy if you want to, after all, this place is close to the Beijing Division, if you snatch the weapons of these officers and soldiers guarding the mine, and really occupy this mine, then there will inevitably be more soldiers."

"After one group of officials has finished fighting, there is another group, we are just ordinary miners, where can we beat those fighting men."

"The result at that time will be nothing more than the dead bodies everywhere in the mine, you and I and others have their heads cut off, and they are mentioned in the court to report their merits, what good will it do us?"

When the other people heard Lao Litou's words, they all nodded yes.

Han Lei, who proposed to occupy the mine, was also said to lower his head and dare not make any other remarks.

In fact, he is also very aggrieved in his heart, even if he wants to be worthy of His Majesty, then he has to survive first, if he is really afraid of seeing His Majesty again, then at least he must have the opportunity to see His Majesty.

Han Lei is used to living a hard life, and he never wants to go back to the old days of starvation and hunger.

He just has the strength of this handful, even if he dares to kill people with a knife, he has no other ability.

When he was in his hometown, he worked as a guard at the rich man's house, and he really did it with the bandits.

If it weren't for the fact that the rich man couldn't afford to raise so many guards in the end, so he drove them away, and he wouldn't have become an outcast.

While there was still an argument here, there was a shout from outside, "Stop talking! "Stop talking!" "Don't sit down, come out quickly!"

"There are a lot of officers and soldiers coming to the mountain pass, and a few big officials are here."

"If you have a guy business, we must defend our mine."

"Yes, we can't be driven away!"

Many miners who were still very calm just now couldn't calm down anymore when they heard this.

The miners poured out of their thatched huts, and all those who had something to do were also brought to eat.

Some miners took hoes, some miners took wooden sticks, and they all looked menacing anyway.

More than 200,000 people are facing this army of only about 10,000 people, what a pressure on the army.

Lian Zhan Li was under this tremendous pressure and scraped the ground with his hooves.

When the more than 10,000 new troops saw this situation, their hearts could not be calmed down.

After more than half a year of training, the army finally gave them a bit of an army, even if they were under such strong pressure, there was no riot in the new army.

Some ordinary soldiers took down the guns behind their backs and began to check them, and even some ordinary soldiers took out gunpowder and were about to pour it into the barrel.

As the leader, Lu Xiangsheng saw that the situation was getting more and more wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing?" Why don't you carry your musket back? ”

"If there is any misunderstanding, can you bear it?"

After that, after Lu Xiangsheng stopped the movements of these soldiers, he rode his war horse to the high post.

He said to the soldiers around him: "I'll shout later, and you can shout." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they agreed.

Lu Xianggao said in a loud voice: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, don't worry, we were sent by His Majesty, and now we have great benefits for you." ”