The name of the mine owner is Hu Teng, a native of Datong.

Not a good man, just a small speculative businessman.

My ancestors have always made a living by mining and selling mines.

However, the Ming Dynasty has always strictly prohibited private mining, and if you want to mine legally, you must open up officialdom contacts and spend money to support officials. In this way, the profit will be very low, not to mention that he will not make much money, and even the miners will not have enough to eat.

Hu Teng doesn't engage in officialdom anymore, and has been secretly digging private mines, anyway, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, as long as I don't get caught, I haven't broken the law.

Originally, his team of miners was relatively small, with only dozens of hundreds of people, and it was not a big deal to dig a little mine secretly, and he made a few small bucks, and the magistrate turned a blind eye.

But last year, Jiannu entered the customs, and there was a burst of indiscriminate killings.

A large number of good people were forced to leave the village, flee into the mountains and forests, and gather near his pits.

Hu Teng wanted to use these people to dig more mines to make some money, and secondly, he couldn't stand so many people asking him for help and begging for their lives, so he took these people in.

As a result, his miner team quickly swelled to thousands of people.

This number has attracted the attention of the government.

Large-scale illegal mining is a big crime.

Hu Teng did not want to be captured, so he had to organize the miners to take up arms to protect themselves.

In this way, it has changed from illegal mining to a chaotic party.

The crime is getting bigger and bigger, from the initial fine to the later exile, to the crime of killing the head now, and it is only one step away from plotting against the nine clans.

As soon as the new governor of the trilateral government, Yang Sichang, took office, he immediately began to prepare to clean him up, send border troops, and go into the mountains to suppress bandits.

Where can Hu Teng and a group of miners defeat the border army? The only way to do this is to run away. Fortunately, they were more familiar with the terrain of the mountains than the officers and soldiers, and they ran around in the mountains and forests, got rid of the officers and soldiers, and ran to the southern slope of the mountains, where they found a tile kiln ditch and continued to mine to make a living.

Looking at Chen Yuanbo, the governor of Daizhou, who appeared in front of him, Hu Teng chuckled in his heart, and secretly shouted that it was not good: It's over, Daizhou can't go on! Once I alarm an official at the level of Zhizhou, I have to move again.

At this moment, Chen Yuanbo spoke: "Hey, the mine owner opposite, the official asked you a question, and you answered truthfully." Are you a businessman who just wants to make some money, or a gangster who is determined to make trouble? ”

Hu Teng: "Do you need to ask?" I'm just trying to make some money! ”

Chen Yuanbo: "It's simple if you just want to make some money, and the official will give you a chance to make money." ”

Hu Teng looked puzzled.

Chen Yuanbo: "The official wants to open a government-run coal mine, but the official does not have enough manpower, and he does not have the experience of mining coal in the mountains, so he ...... The Governor needs an officer to manage the mining on his behalf. Would you like to be a mine management officer under this officer? ”

This is the art of talking, if he says that he wants to open a coal mine, he needs a factory manager, the kind that pays salaries.

Most of the wild private mine owners will not agree.

But, to put it another way: I need an officer!

The nature of this changed all at once.

I am in the Heavenly Empire, since ancient times, who doesn't want to be an official?

Even if there is no serious rank, just an official without grade, it is also an official, and countless people dream of it, and they want to do it even if they sharpen their heads.

As soon as Hu Teng heard this, his heart was pounded.

However, I still don't believe in the government, and I'm a little worried that this Zhizhou is deceiving himself to go out and then kill himself.

Chen Yuanbo: "I know what you're worried about, I, Chen Yuanbo, can swear in public to pardon the charges of opening mines without permission and organizing chaos in the past, and I will not be blamed in the past." ”

Hu Teng was overjoyed.

Oaths are still useful these days, unlike modern vows that are useless.

Chen Yuanbo swore in public as a governor, then there is nothing to worry about, Hu Teng: "Brothers, lay down your arms!" Let's get out! ”

The miners also breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts: if they can restore their white bodies openly, who wants to be a chaotic party? Since the government has given the steps, then everyone will go down.

Everyone laid down their weapons and walked out of the valley.

As a result, Chen Yuanbo created an official position called "Mine Manager" and appointed Hu Teng as the Mountain Mine Manager to manage the mining work for Daizhou.

Hu Teng wanted to use his old routine to manage at first, but after mixing with Chen Yuanbo, he realized that his previous routine was really too petty.

Chen Yuanbo immediately raised the wages of the miners, introduced advanced machinery and equipment, sent intellectuals to give ideological and political lessons to the miners, and taught them to sing the song "We workers have power...... And mobilize the people of Daizhou to build a road from Daizhou to Wayaogou.

In an instant, these miners, who were originally regarded as "chaotic parties", were transformed into glorious coal miners.

But......

The tile kiln ditch has just been treated for a few days!

Chen Yuanbo was about to take a break to do something else, when he heard Hu Teng report: "Lord Zhizhou, something is wrong." Another group of miners came over to Datong, occupied the firewood forest, and dug an iron ore there......"

Chen Yuanbo smiled: "What's all the fuss about? Do you remember how the officer convinced you? You can get in touch with the new miners and recruit their leaders to come over and be your sub-miners. ”

Hu Teng was overjoyed: "The subordinates have this power? ”

"Absolutely!" Chen Yuanbo: "Go ahead." ”

Hu Teng: "But...... Counting me and the newcomers, there have already been two batches of miners, as long as Yang Sichang on the Datong side continues to suppress bandits, there will be many private miners and miners who will come to Daizhou, and there will be chaos. ”

Chen Yuanbo nodded: "That's right, it seems that I have to talk to Governor Yang about this." ”

Chen Yuanbo picked up his pen and began to write a letter, bitterly stating the differences between a wave of private mine owners and the Liukou, applying different methods to the Liukou and the private mine owners, and his side has achieved good results with the method of appeasement, hoping that Governor Yang can give up the extermination and use the plan of appeasement instead......

After it was written, someone was sent to Datong as soon as possible.

Two days later, the letter was placed on Yang Sichang's desk.

Yang Sichang read the letter very seriously, shook his head, slowly put the letter aside, and then also picked up the pen and replied: "Chen Zhizhou, although you have achieved a certain degree of success in adopting the appeasement policy at this stage, but this is all a false appearance, these miners will definitely make trouble again, they will not be able to obediently mine for the government, and after you are careless, they will gather to make trouble and corrupt the township." In the end, it became too big to lose, and this is how my father was dismissed. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. ”