Du Zhongxiao sat on the chair and watched Tao Qiqi tinkering with flint on the side, trying non-stop, and making a "crackling" sound. The gun that Tao 17 fiddled with did not have a barrel on it, let alone gunpowder, and was purely testing the firing mechanism.

Shisanlang and Chen Qin turned around from the foot of the mountain on the other side, carrying two big fish in their hands and singing a song in their mouths.

It's a relaxing time in the countryside, quiet and laid-back. Du Zhongxiao sat down, looking at the verdant mountains around him, and his mood was relaxed.

Soon after coming to Datong Prison, Du Zhongxiao doubled the output of new iron coins, and a large number of new iron coins were shipped out of the mountain. After Zheng Jian got more new iron money, he categorically ordered the old iron money to be stopped, including taxes, and the yamen no longer collected the old iron money. However, in the prefectures and counties that are far away from the merged states, not only the big private households, but even some local yamen, take advantage of the asymmetry of information and frantically use the old iron money to buy all the goods they can buy.

Located deep in the mountains, the Datong prison was not affected, the people here were simple, the business was not developed, and the people rarely used cash. No matter how much the money law changes outside, it has nothing to do with here.

Seeing Thirteen Lang and Chen Qin coming over, Tao Seventeen slammed the trigger towards them, shouting: "Boom, boom!" ”

The two were startled and jumped up violently, and Tao Qiqi looked at it and laughed.

Chen Qin and Thirteen Lang were annoyed, and stepped forward together, chasing Tao Seventeen and making a mess.

And the state yamen, attached to the county of Yangqu Tangzhi County hurriedly came to the governor's hall and bowed to Zheng Jian: "Xianggong, a few days ago, the old iron money was abolished, and the people have many complaints. Early this morning, some people colluded with the soldiers of the city to gather in front of the white pavilion chief outside the sub-city. The White Pavilion Chief said again that the crowd gathered more and more, and refused to disperse. When the lower officials entered Zicheng, the crowd had already come to Zicheng, and the soldiers had already closed the city gate! ”

Zheng Jian stood up and asked in a deep voice: "The day before yesterday, the list was unveiled everywhere, the spring tax can be paid five cents of old iron money, five cents of new iron money, how much cash can ordinary people have in their hands?" Those who gather to make trouble are not poor people. ”

Tang Zhixian shook his head helplessly: "Now that people are in turmoil, the lower officials can't find out who it is." ”

Zheng Jian paced back and forth for two steps, and said to the official at the door: "Go and ask Shi Zhan to come, I have something to discuss." - Also, order the soldiers guarding the city gate to send more men, so that the rebellious people are not allowed to enter the sub-city! ”

The official answered the promise and turned away.

Zheng Jian said to Tang Zhixian again: "Zhixian, since someone is making trouble, there should be someone in the city who presides over the overall situation." Outside the city of Bingzhou, it is under the jurisdiction of your Yangqu County, you should go back immediately and appease people's hearts. The chaotic people are making trouble, don't let them crash into the county government! ”

Now in this chaotic time, 10,000 people in Tangzhi County don't want to leave Zicheng. In addition to the people, the troublemakers were mainly soldiers. These arrogant soldiers, once they have an attack, no one can control it, smashing the yamen and killing officials is really not a thing.

Seeing that Zheng Jian's eyes were sharp and there was no room for turn, Tang Zhixian sighed secretly and had no choice but to leave.

Tang Zhixian hadn't gone out yet, and the judge Shang Yao and Wang Kechen bumped in and saluted Zheng Jian together.

Zheng Jian said: "The rioters outside the city have made trouble because of the suspension of the old iron money, what news do you have?" It's been a few days since this incident, why did it start today? Moreover, there are many sergeants who participate, and the soldiers have already been issued with new iron money, so what does it have to do with them? ”

Shang Yao said: "The lower officials heard some news, I don't know if it's true or not, please consult the minister." The yamen wanted to stop using the old iron money, except for the spring tax allowed to use five cents of old money, and there was no clear charter for the rest. The most expensive place in the city is the fur yard. This time, the money law stopped using the old and the new, so some influential people in the freight yard went to other places to buy old iron money at a low price, and went to the freight yard to exchange furs at the official price, and made a lot of money. Yesterday, Shen Shilong, the secretary of the record, learned about this matter, and was extremely angry, and sent soldiers to guard the freight yard, and did not allow a penny of old iron money to be used, which caused this incident. ”

Wang Kechen said: "There are not many officials in the freight yard of the Yamen, and they are controlled by a few local big households, who recruit scoundrels and collude with some wandering soldiers in the city to make a lot of money. Shen Shilong was in too much of a hurry, and these people still had a lot of iron money in their hands that had not been spent, so they made a noise. ”

Zheng Jian nodded, and did not speak with a gloomy face.

The city of Bingzhou has been using new iron money for several months, especially the officials and soldiers have issued new money, and there is no shortage of new money in the city. If you don't want to benefit from switching between new money and old money, you won't have a lot of old money in your hands. There must be a reason for the sudden trouble.

In this era, it is really common for the army to make trouble, and there are several cases every year. The big ones are like Wang Lun in Yizhou, crisscrossing dozens of states in the southeast, and the small ones are spinning up and down. Zheng Jian has been in the northwest for several years, and he has seen a lot of this kind of thing, and he is not alarmed.

After waiting for a long time, Shi Quanbin hurriedly came in and saluted Zheng Jian.

Zheng Jian said: "Under the jurisdiction of the city, the city uses new money, bans old money, and some soldiers and people are dissatisfied and assemble to make trouble. Gather your troops and horses as soon as possible, just in case! Remember, you are not allowed to act without my military orders! Those who dare to use knives and guns without permission and provoke civil unrest will be killed! ”

Shi Quanbin crossed his hands and sang a promise, turned to leave.

At this time, Judicial Lin came to the official hall, saluted Zheng Jian, and said, "Xianggong, the lower officials have sent capable people to go out of Zicheng to investigate." After an hour or two, you should be able to find out what is going on. ”

Zheng Jian nodded, sat down behind the desk, closed his eyes and said, "Then wait slowly." The officials of the prefecture were instructed to guard the yamen and not to go out. ”

Everyone looked at each other, so they had to find a place to sit down in the governor's hall, and ordered the officials to arrange the affairs of the yamen. After the war with the party, most of the officials in the border areas have seen the world, and no one is particularly alarmed.

It took about half an hour, Lin joined the army and hurriedly went out, and after more than half an hour, he returned again.

Zheng Jian opened his eyes and said lightly: "How?" Can the mastermind be identified? ”

Lin Shenjun handed over: "The lower officials have roughly investigated the truth, and the mastermind is Li Song, the head of the original tanned leather guild, who colluded with dozens of powerful families and wandering soldiers in the city, and entangled the people and soldiers to make this chaos. That Li Song was originally a tanner, and he made a lot of profits when he was the head of the line. A few days ago, Du signed a judgment to build a new tanning factory, because this man made a rebellion and dismissed him from the head, so he was resentful. This time, he used his contacts in the freight yard to buy old iron money at a low price from other places, and went to the freight yard to exchange cooked furs, which made a lot of profits. Shen Zhilu heard the rumor, yesterday suddenly did not allow the fur yard to collect old money, Li Song lost too much money, his heart was not angry, and he wanted to make a mess and let the government continue to collect old money. ”

Zheng Jian nodded, stood up, and said, "Please Shi Zhan and arrange soldiers and horses in the state government school field." Open the gates and let the rebels in! ”

A group of officials shouted their promises and went their separate ways.

Zheng Jian is the commander of the Northwest in the late stage of the war with the party, he is a willful man, and he is good at using strict punishment and strict laws, as long as he recognizes that he has done the right thing, he will not make any concessions. This time he switched between the old and the new iron money, he thought that he had taken care of the lower-class people in many ways, and if he made trouble again, nine times out of ten he was a slippery and lawless people. From the very beginning, he didn't think about giving in to the troublemakers outside. You don't even need to find out what is going on, as long as you have a general context, you can already arrest someone.