Liu Feng’s first stop was the prefectural government office.

Liu Feng is now a captain and has his own badge and identity symbol.

The yamen officers immediately brought Liu Feng into the yamen.

It just so happened that the person on duty in the yamen today was Qiu Hui, to whom Liu Feng had delivered the silver that day. After seeing that it was Liu Feng, he was able to greet him in person.

"Master Liu, how come you have time to come to the yamen today?"

"Could it be that Xinhedu encountered some trouble?"

The construction of the new river ferry requires money, materials and so on.

The last time Qiu Hui went there, he didn't send the money, so his first reaction was to ask for money.

"Not really."

Liu Feng shook his head and pointed at his cloth bag.

"I'm here to claim my reward."

"Reward?"

Qiu Hui looked bewildered.

"Yes, I remember the prefectural government issued a decree to suppress the bandits, and the reward was quite high."

"There should be more commercial banks nowadays. I wonder how many there are?"

"You mean Gaolu Peak?"

"Gaolu Peak is a group of extremely vicious bandits."

"The reward should be over two thousand."

"etc."

Only then did Qiu Hui react.

"Master Liu, could it be that you destroyed Gaolu Peak?"

"Yes, it's destroyed. Inside this cloth bag is the flag of Gaolu Peak."

"What?"

Qiu Hui's body trembled, and he stuttered slightly, "If I remember correctly, Sir Liu, you only have fifty or sixty river soldiers under your command?"

"It is said that there are more than 500 people at Gaolu Peak."

"There's nothing I can do. If I don't kill them, they'll kill me."

"Before, Gaolufeng launched a massive attack on Xinhedu. My brothers and I fought desperately against it."

"Thanks to the help of the villagers, we were able to defeat the invading bandits."

"So, to avoid any further complications and because I was worried they might attack Xinhedu again, I organized a surprise attack on Gaolu Peak."

"I was forced to do this."

Liu Feng deliberately pretended to be forced to do so.

He didn't want to reveal too much of his strength, he just wanted to show that he was an honest man, and that he had no choice but to fight back because Gao Lufeng forced him to do so.

"If we don't resist, this newly built river crossing will be in trouble."

After listening to it, Qiu Hui's eyes looking at Liu Feng changed from shock to full of admiration.

"Lord Liu is a true hero. I admire him."

"Master Liu, please wait a moment. I will go and report to the prefect."

"Don't worry, I have something else to report to the Lord."

"After we wiped out Gaolu Peak, we discovered a big secret."

"They are actually mining iron ore secretly."

"After I led my men to find the iron ore, we fought a bloody battle with their remnants and only then were we able to take the iron ore."

"I know full well that this iron ore is strictly controlled by the imperial court, so I dare not delay and will come here immediately to report to the prefect."

"This matter is of great importance. Please also report it to Master Qiu Hui."

"What? Iron... iron ore?"

Qiu Hui's head was buzzing.

I even stuttered when I spoke.

This shocked him greatly. Iron ore is a strategic material for the imperial court.

"Master Liu, what about you? This...?"

"Congratulations, Sir Liu, for such a great achievement. It would be unreasonable for the prefect not to reward you generously this time."

After Qiu Hui finished his polite greetings, he immediately went to the inner hall of the government office.

"Please wait a moment, Master Liu. I'll be back soon."

A moment later, there was a commotion behind the government office, and several dull footsteps were heard closely.

The first person who came towards him was none other than Liu Feng's next father-in-law, Linghu Zheng, the garrison general of Tianyong City.

He had a happy look on his face and walked steadily. When he saw Liu Feng, he shouted loudly.

"Iron ore? Iron ore?"

"Good son-in-law... Oh no, Captain Liu, iron ore is a big deal, it's not something to be trifled with."

"Hurry up and tell me."

"What's going on?"

Liu Feng was speechless.

Isn't it just a small iron ore vein?

Is it necessary to be so excited?

Liu Feng tested Linghu Zheng in a somewhat strange way.

"We have indeed discovered a vein of black iron ore, right around our Xinhedu."

"What? Or black iron ore?"

"That's really great."

Linghu Zheng walked up with big strides, patted Liu Feng's shoulder heavily, and gave orders directly without waiting for Zhang Zhifu and others to react.

"No need to say more. From now on, this vein of minerals will be under your supervision. Although our Tianyong City is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has the huge Dragon Head Mountain Range, there are very few places that can produce iron ore, let alone the rare black iron ore."

"You mine well."

"Ah? This?"

Liu Feng was stunned.

Can this matter be decided so hastily?

Magistrate Zhang finally arrived and looked at Linghu Zheng and then at Liu Feng in silence.

What is this?

It's nepotism.

Total nepotism.

But what can he say?

Although he is the prefect and the distribution and mining rights of these resources are in his hands, Linghu Zheng has spoken, so what else can he say?

If I say no, wouldn't that be offending Linghu Zheng?

You should know that the Dali Dynasty had a special salt and iron transport envoy, and the central court had a Salt and Iron Bureau, a second-rank official who was specifically responsible for salt and iron affairs in various places.

The salt and iron transport envoys in various places were all officials of the fourth rank or above, and they even had independent yamen.

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