Ji Ke was covered in black coal dust. He quickly drank a large pot of cold tea before saying, "Sir, I found the coal mine."
Xie Ling was very surprised. "That's great. Winter is coming, and coal mines are very important. Have you ever heard of coal mines in other places?"
Ji Ke nodded. "I've heard of coal mines in Shaanxi before, but people there don't call them coal mines, they call them graphite or coal. But mining is very difficult. Do you have confidence?"
"Don't worry, I have a way to mine it."
Xie Ling spoke hurriedly. She was afraid of the cold, but she was very greedy for the coal mine.
The autumn in Lingnan is so cold, I imagine the winter will be even more bitter.
If coal is successfully mined, people will no longer freeze to death.
And coal can not only be used for heating, it is also an extremely valuable fuel.
With coal, iron smelting and ceramics production can be carried out on a large scale.
Ji Ke paused, his tone a little hesitant, "Sir, although the coal mine belongs to Sinan on the map, it is next to Yong'an County. Is it appropriate to rashly mine it?"
Xie Ling frowned.
Ji Ke's personality is like Gu Wei's. He is never afraid of anything and never hesitates like this.
He immediately asked, "Have you been harassed by the Yong'an people?"
Ji Ke smiled bitterly, "I can't hide it from you, sir. As soon as we arrived at the border between Yong'an and Sinan, we were discovered by the people over there.
I don't want to cause trouble for Sinan, so I have always been conservative. But the people in Yong'an County are really too much. If we really want to mine, we must deal with Yong'an first. "
Xie Ling frowned.
Yongan?
"If you meet such a person in the future, you should treat him the same way he treats you, so as not to think that we Sinan are easy to bully. No matter what happens, Gu Wei and I will cover you."
His tone was full of confidence.
Ji Ke looked up in disbelief, his eyes filled with emotion.
He finally understood why so many soldiers supported and loved a young girl who had just come of age.
Such a lord is naturally endowed with the charm to attract people to follow him.
——
at the same time.
Yong'an County Government Office.
A soldier walked into the county government office and whispered a few words.
The middle-aged man sitting on the high hall had a long face, beautiful beard, and was dressed in blue cloth. Judging from his appearance, he looked like a good and honest Confucian official.
He stroked his beard and sneered, "Leaving? Then have you followed the hospitality etiquette of our Yong'an?"
The soldiers understood the meaning of the music and immediately described in vivid detail how they had made the people of Sinan suffer a setback.
"We released the captured wolves on the first day, set a fire in the forest on the second day, and urinated in the river they had to drink on the third day... Those Sinan people dared not speak out!"
Yong'an County Magistrate Cen Rensheng listened calmly.
While I felt relieved, I also felt a little sad.
It stands to reason that soldiers should be the most likely to get angry. As long as they get angry, he will have a reason to drive them away. Then he can turn right into wrong and put pressure on Sinan without any worries.
But those soldiers were so patient that he was really impressed.
Looking at the smug soldier in the hall, Cen Rensheng felt annoyed and waved his hand, saying, "Go back quickly."
After the soldiers left, Cen Rensheng called out his two advisers.
"What do you think is the conspiracy behind Sinan County sending people to inspect the Qilian Mountains?"
An adviser cupped his hands and said, "Sinan County and Yong'an County have always kept to themselves. The new county magistrate is from the capital, so he must be arrogant and overbearing. I think the people of Sinan are here to demonstrate."
Another echoed: "So do I. I think this is offensive."
Cen Rensheng frowned, but his thoughts were far-reaching.
If it was really intended to offend, why were those soldiers so calm?
A group of people stayed in the mountains for so many days, as if they were looking for something?
He had already investigated Zhou Shijing's background clearly.
This man came from Shangjing, was extremely talented, and was loyal to the royal family.
At first he was still wondering why such an official was sent to a remote area.
At this moment he suddenly came together.
Could it be that Sinan has something good and he was instructed by the emperor?
These days, the best mines are gold, silver and iron mines, but the technology is monopolized by the imperial court.
Cen Rensheng was so excited that he trembled all over.
Although Qilian Mountain belongs to Sinan on the Beijiang map, it is so close to Yong'an that he has long regarded Qilian Mountain as his own territory, and the people there also regard him as their parent.
He slowly expressed his guess.
The two counselors were also shocked by this conjecture.
If this is true, we must not give Sinan any chance!
Cen Rensheng rubbed his brows and said, "It's a pity that Zhou Shijing cleaned out our people as soon as he took office. The Sinan County Office is now surrounded like an iron barrel. Our people can't penetrate at all."
"I have a plan, but......"
"You can say whatever you want."
"It is said that the magistrate of Sinan County and his wife are deeply in love. Why not send the woman in prison there? She is a beauty that can overthrow a country..."
Cen Rensheng laughed out loud.
"Your plan is brilliant. That's a carnivorous plant that eats people without leaving any bones."
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After Ji Ke left that day, Xie Ling asked his men to thoroughly investigate his background.
Magistrate of Yong'an County.
Cen Rensheng.
This person was also quite talented. He learned from a great scholar, was the second place in the imperial examination that year, and entered the officialdom at a young age, living a very successful life.
However, when he first entered the government, he had a rebellious character and offended a nobleman, so he was sent to Lingnan. From then on, he never recovered and ignored worldly affairs, and his name gradually disappeared from the officialdom.
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