Nanming Engineer

Chapter 93
Xu Qianli gritted his teeth and glared at Wang Huan angrily. The severe pain in his ears tore at his nerves, reminding him all the time that the young man in front of him was a fool who was fearless or a fool who was daring. With hundreds of local people under his command, he dared to humiliate himself, a character who would shake the ground when he stomped his feet in Chongqing city. Didn't he know how much trouble Zeng Ying would cause if he knew what happened to him.

Wang Huan had a calm face, and he didn't seem to take everything that happened just seriously at all. He spoke in a flat tone, as if he had cut off his ears and avenged Chen Ergou's whipping. It's time to sit down and talk.

"What do you guys want to do here?" Wang Huan continued to ask, picking at his fingernails with the dagger in his hand.

Xu Qianli has already recovered from his rage and fear. A person who can be the chief shopkeeper in a large workshop like the Silverware Workshop that specializes in imperial artifacts must have a couple of skills and have seen many things in the world. At this moment, he is enduring the pain Panting in pain, he said angrily, "I was sent by Zongbing Zeng to see Qin Liangyu on a special trip. What kind of status are you under her account? Can you afford to offend Zongbing Zeng? I advise you to untie me as soon as possible." , Bind your hands and feet and go to Chongqing to plead guilty, lest Zeng Zongbing be angry and flatten the small city of Shizhu Danwan."

Wang Huan heard this, turned the knife, and struck Xu Qianli's right ear like lightning. The right side of Xu Qianli's head went cold, and the right ear fell to the ground bloody.

Xu Qianli was taken aback for a moment, and then howled loudly like killing a pig, the sound was full of pain.

Wang Huan sighed: "You didn't understand the question I asked, what are you doing with your ears?"

After a pause, he said again: "Your tongue is not good at speaking, so why don't you use it!"

His eyes wandered, glancing back and forth at Xu Qianli's mouth. The knife was thrown from his left hand to his right hand, and then his right hand was thrown to his left hand. Xu Qianli was so frightened that he didn't dare to scream. He responded repeatedly: "No, no, I understand. I understand, I can talk, I can talk!"

He was really scared this time, if he continued to put on airs, he was afraid that all the parts of his body would be thrown here today, and the young man in front of him was the King of Hades.

Wang Huan raised his chin at him and said flatly, "Then let's talk."

Xu Qianli licked his lips, glanced at the bloody dagger in Wang Huan's hand with lingering fear, and replied tremblingly: "Zeng Zongbing recently heard that a silver mine was discovered in Shizhu, and the output is very rich. Thousands of taels of silver can be smelted in a day, and I am very happy. If I can use the mine income as military supplies, I will surely be able to recruit countless warriors and millions of troops, and my Ming Dynasty will be restored. , I have always been proficient in silver mines, so I was specially sent to Shizhu to see if the silver mines are real, so I brought people here."

Wang Huan raised his eyebrows. What Xu Qianli said, he had already guessed a lot. The stone pillars are barren, and there are not many people coming from the direction of the big city of Chongqing. Suddenly, a shopkeeper of a silverware workshop will come. You know, it must be for the silver mine, it's not hard to guess.

He asked again: "Since you are here to spy, why did you whip my customs guard?"

Xu Qianli was stunned, official?Whipping?I called an official just now?That's a native in sackcloth, okay, how can there be such a poor official!

Xu Qianli hesitated, wanting to say how that man looked like an official, but when he saw the dagger in Wang Huan's hand dangling on his skin, the pain in his ears was unbearable, and he lost his courage , with a muffled voice, said in a low voice: "That lord stopped us and wanted to check our identities. I was anxious, and I was covered in lard for a while, so I beat that lord. Please forgive me, lord Wang."

Wang Huan nodded, and said, "Since you know you're wrong, it's okay. Let's go to the construction site of the city wall for a year of labor reform. After a year, let's see how you perform."

He wiped the dagger on Xu Qianli's satin clothes, inserted it back into his waist, clapped his hands and stood up.

Xu Qianli was stunned, reform through labor?What is Laogai?

At this time, a group of people hurriedly came from the direction of Wanshou City, carrying repeating crossbows and spears. The leader was Ma Xintian. His school ground was relatively far away, so he came just now and saw what he saw as soon as he came. When he saw the bloodstains and traces of fighting all over the floor, he was shocked. He looked around and found that Wang Huan was fine, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly prostrated himself in front of Wang Huan, reproaching himself: "The end will come later, please counselor." Forgive me, my lord!"

Wang Huan helped him up affectionately, and said bluntly: "It's okay, it's just a few flies, it's been dealt with."

In Wang Huan's eyes, Xu Qianli and others are just a few flies, but the dog behind the flies is what he should pay attention to.

Wang Huan asked Ma Xintian to take a group of people who lost half an ear and Xu Qianli who lost both ears to work on the construction site to make amends, while he hurried back to Longevity City.

Most of the buildings in the city were still in their early stages. Wang Huan concentrated his efforts and first built a lobby with stone walls and wooden columns as a place for meetings. In the middle of the lobby, there was a huge table. He made a simple sand table with sand piled up to form a mountain and cinnabar spread thinly to form a river. The size was limited to the area around Wanshou Valley. It was much more intuitive than the graffiti-like maps of this era.

Standing in front of the sand table, Wang Huan frowned, changed his calm expression in front of Ma Qianli just now, and fell into deep thought with a sad face.

The sound of riding boots sounded outside the lobby, and Ma Xintian and Zubian walked in side by side. Xu Goudan and Ma Wannian followed them. As soon as they entered the door, they clasped their fists at Wang Huan and said, "Counsellor, are you looking for us?"

Wang Huan waved casually, and the four of them came to the side of the sand table, looking at the mountains and rivers above with novelty, and Ma Wannian touched it curiously to see what it was made of.

Pressing the table with both hands, Wang Huan raised his head and said in a low voice to several people: "Everyone, the jealous dog has come to the door. Someone is eyeing our silver mine and intends to seize it."

Ma Xintian narrowed his eyes and said solemnly, "Sir, are you talking about the bankers who came today?"

Zu Bian was guarding at the smelter, and Ma Wannian was staying at the silver mine. He hadn't heard about Xu Qianli and his party yet, so he asked in surprise, "Dog? Silver merchant?"

Wang Huan told Xu Qianli and others who came to spy on the ins and outs of the silver mine, and several people broke out in cold sweat when they heard it, and they were a little dazed. The first person to come to the door was Zeng Ying, who was also the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, but it was somewhat unexpected.

"How could Zeng Yinggui, who was the former governor of Huguang He, and also a minister of the Ming Dynasty, be so bold and reckless, dare to attack the official mine!" Ma Xintian was the first to get angry.

Zu Bian was much calmer, not that he was very stable, but that he came from Liaodong, where there were the most warlords and generals. After seeing such things a lot, he got used to it, so he said: "What's the matter? Back then, In Liaodong, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty even snatched each other's military pay. It was very common to occupy a mine. Whoever had more people and who was ruthless would be the winner."

Ma Xintian couldn't help being a little stunned. He followed Qin Liangyu and never mixed with other Ming soldiers who were in charge of the army. While talking about it, I felt a little unable to turn around for a moment.

Zu Bian said again: "Since he sent people to spy, he must have the intention to swallow us. Although we have kept his people and can hide it for a while, there will definitely be a second wave of people coming , and I’m afraid it won’t be just businessmen with a few guards who will come.”

Wang Huan looked at him and agreed, "Yes, it's not that the distinguished guests didn't come, so I invited you two here just to discuss what to do."

Zu Bian looked at the sand table and smiled: "Your Excellency is smart and strategizing, why do you ask us? Please order."

Wang Huan smiled wryly: "I don't have so many ideas, so I asked you."

Zu Bian patted his head, looked at Wang Huan's face and said: "Sir, soldiers come to block you, water comes to cover you, just fuck your mother, what else is there to discuss."

This stout man looked excited. After escaping from Hongze Lake, he hadn’t fought for a long time. He watched the barbecue at the smelter every day. It was so plain that it made people crazy.

Ma Wannian looked at the eager ancestor, and couldn't help but said: "Brother Huan, hurry up and ask grandma for help. I heard that Zeng Ying has [-] armored troops under his command, and their troops are overwhelming, very powerful."

Ma Xintian glared at him, and said with a poker face, "Young Master Ma, you should be called Counselor Wang." Ma Wannian felt guilty and quickly admitted his mistake. He was Qin Liangyu's personal follower, and he had a strict personality. He watched Ma Wannian grow up. On weekdays, teaching Ma Wannian with swords, guns and sticks often gave him a hard time, so how could he dare to speak out under the power.

Wang Huan didn't take it seriously and waved his hand: "With so many soldiers, he will be starved for food. It's amazing that he has 3 or [-] people. No matter how many more, he can't support it with his small territory."

Xu Goudan said: "That's why he wants to take advantage of our silver mine."

Wang Huan nodded and said, "Yes, that's right, Goudan, how many people do we have now?"

Xu Goudan usually leads a group of scribes in charge of civil affairs. Although he is young, he is quick-witted, proficient in writing and ink, can read and write, and can count, so he can do things quickly. The scribes sent by Qin Liangyu are very quick Deli, the Baojia system of one armor and one guarantee was implemented very thoroughly, which saved Wang Huan a lot of energy.

Xu Goudan thought for a while, and blurted out: "As of last night, there were 52 households with a total population of 490, of which [-] were males, and the rest were all males. Old and weak, women and children."

Wang Huan was taken aback, and stared: "Why are there so many? Didn't they only have 2 people last month?"

Xu Goudan smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, since this month, the number of refugees has increased day by day, and the shack area has been expanded day by day. If this continues, the food consumption in our Wanshou Valley warehouse will increase greatly."

(End of this chapter)