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Xia Nan found the mine owner and asked the price directly to buy out the coal mine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the beginning, the owner of the Li mine spent dozens of taels of silver on the government, and there was no other expense, and the government only valued gold, silver, copper and iron ore, and did not attach importance to the coal mine. However, after removing the wages of the miners, the profit of the coal mine is very average, and in recent years, the price of coal cannot be sold, some people buy out, and the owner of the Li mine is also happy to get rid of it, and now he tried to open a "sky-high price" of two hundred taels, and he never thought that the southern price would not be repaid in the summer, so he immediately took out two hundred taels of silver, wrote down the contract, and bought it together with thousands of catties of coal, so that the owner of the Li mine regretted that the price was still low.

After signing the contract, Xia Nan increased the wages of the remaining miners by 30%, and recruited new miners at the same price to expand the scale and increase production. Shandong is not very peaceful since the beginning of the Wanli year, ten years ago there was also the outbreak of Xu Hongru launched the White Lotus Uprising, affecting most of Shandong, in recent years and even floods, the government's field endowment is more than one day by day, many people rely on farming has been unable to make a living, as soon as someone recruits miners at a high price, there are many people who come to visit, and the mining volume of coal mines soon doubled.

With Sun Yuanhua's famous post to open the way, and the willingness to make silver, Xia Nan smoothly opened up a road from Huangxian to Dengzhou, and then loaded and shipped to Guangdong. There were many businessmen in Dengzhou who helped the government transport grain and pay equipment, and there were even people who went back and forth between Beizhili and Liaodong to resell prohibited goods, and it was natural to transport a few boatloads of coal.

In order to dig more coal before the mutiny, the south of the summer is also fighting, staying in Huangxian for two months, the original coal storage plus the new mining, the total number is more than 30,000 catties, under extremely simple technical conditions, this output is already very good.

It was the end of October, and the situation suddenly became tense. It is reported that Kong Youde, who was sent by Sun Junmen to fight the Tartars in Liaodong, privately attacked and harassed the people to raise grain and grass due to the lack of grain and grass, and the army was unstable, and he was afraid that he would mutiny. When Xia Nan heard the news, he knew that the mutiny was imminent, and he was afraid that it would soon spread to Huang County, so he immediately loaded the more than 30,000 catties of coal and transported them to Lingao. In order to avoid being coveted, the clipper ship should not dock in Dengzhou for a long time, and also temporarily return to Lingao.

Xia Nan himself continued to stay in the coal mine, wanting to dig up another batch of coal before the mutiny and hoard it, and transport it away after the rebellion subsided. Once Dengzhou is in turmoil, I am afraid that I will not be able to dig coal for a long time, and at this time, how much is hoarded. Besides, even if Kong Youde brews chaos at this time, I am afraid that it will take a few days to fight in Dengzhou.

He vaguely remembered that the mutiny began in Wuqiao, Wuqiao County is located in the northwest of Shandong Province and the southeast edge of Hebei Province, which belonged to the jurisdiction of Cangzhou City, and there was still a considerable distance from Dengzhou.

What Xia Nan didn't expect was that this bit of luck caused him to fall into a sudden crisis.

After all, Xia Nan is not a humanoid computer like Lin Weiye, and his memory of history cannot be accurate to the month. When the news of Kong Youde reached Huangxian, it was already outdated, and by this time he had already launched a mutiny at the instigation of Li Jiucheng, who was also an old man in Dongjiang Town.

Kong Youde did not have the intention of rebellion at first, but only complained about being sent to Liaodong. Later, Emperor Taiji of Jin Khan personally led a large army to attack Dalinghe, Zu Dashou was besieged in Dalinghe City, and Sun Yuanhua ordered Kong Youde to lead his headquarters to rush to reinforcements.

Kong Youde reluctantly led his troops to set off, but encountered the dilemma of not being able to supply along the way. All parts of Shandong did not want to see this Liaodong army and horses, and all counties along the way refused to provide grain and grass. The soldiers began to spontaneously "raise food and grass" from the people along the way, but Kong Youde turned a blind eye and did not stop it. The common people were deeply affected by this, and they closed their doors to boycott the market, lest they would not be able to hide, and the relationship between the Liaodong soldiers and the Shandong people became even more tense.

If it was said that being ordered to reinforce the Daling River made Kong Youde hold his stomach, then he was ordered to go north, and the counties along the way not only did not provide grain and grass, but closed the gate of the county seat, and also made sarcastic remarks, so that the evil fire in his heart began to burn.

The fuse that triggered the outbreak of the conflict was a chicken, and some scholars in later generations said that a chicken ruined the Ming Dynasty. In fact, to be precise, it should be a chicken that ruined the process of military reform of Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and others, in the original historical time and space, with Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others surrendered to the post-Jin, the artillery and craftsmen and technicians that Sun Yuanhua painstakingly managed in Dengzhou City were all brought over, so that the weapon comparison between the Ming and Qing dynasties changed, and the process of the fall of the Ming Dynasty was accelerated.

Kong Youde's troops arrived at a place called Wuqiao at the junction of Shandong and Hebei, and his soldiers began to collect grain and grass again. Unexpectedly, this time he kicked the iron plate, and a soldier snatched the chicken that laid eggs from a family, but he didn't expect this person to be the servant of Wang Xiangchun of the Wang clan in Shandong.

Wang Xiangchun was born in a family of bureaucrats, and his great-grandfather Wang Lin was given the official Guanglu doctor and the military department. Grandfather Wang Chongguang, the official servant Shaoqing, and the household member Wailang. Father Wang Zhiyou, successively served as Huaiyang Bingbeidao, Zhejiang according to the inspection envoy, his brother Wang Xiangjin, the official to Zhejiang political envoy, the whole family of five generations are all Jinshi born. Wang Xiangchun himself is also the 38th year of Wanli, and the famous Qian Qianyi is the same year, and the official went to Nanjing to test the meritorious officer. Such a wealthy family, the governor and the governor have to be polite, and how can his little general be offended, not to mention the tradition of the dynasty to be noble and cheap, and to control the military with literature.

At the strong request of this household servant, Kong Youde swallowed his anger, pierced the ears of the soldiers who grabbed the chickens, and paraded around the camp to show the public, which is the so-called "piercing the camp with arrows".

In the military, this military law is second only to beheadings and humiliating in the form of public demonstrations, and the soldiers respond with silence, and the long-standing grievances are on the verge of exploding. Kong Youde himself is not like this, but he only relies on the remaining trace of reason to maintain it to avoid impulsiveness from causing a catastrophe.

The servant was so proud that the unstoppable soldiers were so embarrassed and laughed. The laughter was so piercing to the ears of all the soldiers, and all the humiliation and resentment in their hearts finally erupted, and one soldier swung his knife and cut off the man's head.

The catastrophe has been forged and cannot be reversed. Wang Xiangchun's son is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is not relenting, he must find out the truth, and ask Kong Youde to hand over the murderer. How can Kong Youde hand over people, the military spirit is already unstable, once he hands over people, the team is afraid that the team will mutiny, but he can't afford to offend the Wang family, so he is in a dilemma.

At this time, Li Jiucheng stood up: "It's very important to do this, to be a soldier like this, it is not appropriate, not to mention deducting military salaries, not to mention grain and grass, and not to give full food when you go to Liaodong to die." With our people and horses, even if the grass is down, we don't have to worry about food, and many of the soldiers who escaped in Shanxi Town are all big cabinets, free and easy, eating and drinking spicy food, which is more comfortable than being this battalion soldier. ”

To be continued.

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