Nanming Engineer

Chapter 97
Sitting behind the book table is Zeng Ying, the commander-in-chief and governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty. General, in the battle with the peasant army, he showed his strength and dew, won several battles, and was supported by He Tengjiao. In just a few years, he was promoted from a guerrilla general to a provincial general. The imperial court dared to appoint the commander-in-chief with a thousand soldiers, but Zeng Ying's position as the commander-in-chief was actually obtained through military merits, as can be seen from the fact that he was able to retake Chongqing Prefecture and other counties from Zhang Xianzhong. .

After regaining Chongqing, Zeng Ying broke away from the Huguang system and formed his own faction in Central Shu. He became an independent warlord, occupying part of the Chongqing, Kuizhou and Syria prefectures. Even the Bozhou Consolation Commissioner was hired by him. In the bag, he has more than 20 capable soldiers, known as [-], to fight against Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Army.

Zeng Yingnian was nearly forty years old, with a long beard and horse face, protruding jaw, wide forehead and big ears. The whole face was full of vigor, and a pair of slender eyes were always squinting, casting a cold light that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. At this moment, he listened to the advice of his subordinate Jin Yiwei Qianhu Jiang Li, touched the teacup on the table, and fell into deep thought.

Jinyiwei's thousands of households were originally self-contained and were not under the jurisdiction of the provincial governor. However, in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, the government's decree was ignored for a long time. Any commander in charge of the army can stretch out his finger and press him to death. How many people are there in Jinyiwei in a province?Dare to stand against the army?
Therefore, Jiang Li, a member of the Qianhu Jinyi Guards in Shu, took advantage of the situation and took refuge with Zeng Ying. He ran around in front of and behind the saddle and became a hawk and dog, doing some spying and spying.

As soon as the news of Shizhu's development of the silver mine came out, Zeng Ying was very interested and asked twice. Unfortunately, Jin Yiwei didn't set up eyeliner at Shizhu's remote place, and devoted all his energy to Zhang Xianzhong's territory. is the main threat.

Jiang Li didn't dare to be negligent, so he immediately sent his subordinate, Xu Qianli, the big shopkeeper of the silverware workshop, to go to Shizhu to inquire about the news. They spied, and there were so many bandits along the way, they simply led the brigade of guards and went there in a splendid manner, thinking that as soon as he arrived, he would show Zeng Ying's signboard, and if there were really silver mines, he would be at hand.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qianli bumped headfirst into Wang Huan's iron plate, and the group of people never returned. Jiang Li waited for many days without replying. It is reasonable to conclude that Xu Qianli's fate is more than good, which proves that there is indeed such a thing in Shizhu Silver Mine.

"If what the two scholars said is correct, the silver mine in Shizhu Tubaozhai is very good, producing a thousand pieces of gold every day! I have never had such a fine silver mine in Ming Dynasty, so I don't have to worry about the cost of my military salary. "Jiang Li thought about it and expressed his opinion.

Zeng Ying closed her eyes and touched the teacup with one hand. The fine Xichuan fine porcelain was as smooth as satin, with a creamy touch, and her skin was like a beauty's creamy white jade, which made people intoxicated.

With his squinted eyes, he slowly opened his eyes, pressed his fingers on the lid of the lamp, and asked in a cold voice: "Qin Liangyu is over seventy years old, his son is dead, and his two nephews are useless. One is in the army in Henan." She lost her job, she was beaten to pieces by Zhang Xianzhong, and she is a loser. Why is she still running a silver mine for a prostitute? Do you still want to make a comeback? "

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment. He didn't have any information about Qin Liangyu, so he didn't dare to guess, so he kept silent.

Zeng Ying took a deep breath, narrowed his eyelids, moved his fingers caressing the lid of the lamp again, and continued slowly: "Mining for wealth must be pointed out. In this world, as long as you have a wealth of ten thousand, once the soldiers arrive, It's not about making wedding dresses for others. Qin Liangyu is smart enough to never miss this level. Why did she risk the stone pillars to invite military disasters and resolutely open mines? Her stone pillars are just a difficult road, not a paradise. The news of mining will come sooner or later. People know it, but I really don’t understand it, I don’t understand it!”

When Jiang Li heard this, his heart moved, and he interjected with a frown: "Could it be that she is still ambitious and intends to regroup the army?"

Zeng Ying sneered: "Reorganize the army? In the battle with Zhang Xianzhong a few years ago, she lost all her [-] elite soldiers. Even if she has money, where will she recruit troops? No soldiers are nothing but nothing. useless."

Jiang Li pondered: "In this case, why did she take the risk of mining?"

Suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, what Liu Mingliang said just now aroused his association, and he blurted out: "Could it be that this mine was not opened by Qin Liangyu, but by that barbarian native official Wang Huan?"

Zeng Ying opened her eyes and said in surprise, "Native official Wang Huan?"

He stopped turning his fingers on the teacup, thought for a while, looked at Jiang Li and said, "The person you sent to the stone pillar is a businessman?"

Jiang Li hurriedly said: "Yes, the person who was sent was Xu Qianli, the shopkeeper of the silverware workshop. This person is proficient in silver mining, so he was sent there, but he hasn't come back after all these days. The next official will send some more capable people. Go and see?."

Zeng Ying shook her head: "No need, if he could come back, he would have come back a long time ago. This person must have been left behind, or he might have been slaughtered."

He suddenly stood up, squinted his eyes and widened his eyes, and said in a rough voice: "Your people don't have to go anymore, no matter whether the silver mine is opened by Qin Liangyu or someone else, I will decide!"

His fists were clenched tightly, crackling, his eyes gleamed greedily and fiercely, and he looked at the air in front of him, as if he could penetrate thousands of mountains and reach the mountains of silver ingots in the silver mine in Tubaozhai.

"My army is short of money, and I have been confused for a long time. Such a big cornucopia of wealth is too wasteful to put in the hands of that old woman. It will make the best use of it in the hands of this general, hahaha!"

Jiang Li's eyes lit up, and if he started with the silver mine, would he lose his own benefits?Immediately echoed loudly: "Junmen is wise, forgive that little stone pillar, and dare not block the direction of the army's elite soldiers, the Tubaozhai silver mine must be in the hands of the army!"

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"Ah Choo!" Wang Huan in Longevity Valley sneezed a lot.

"Someone must be talking about me." He sniffed and sat on the chair in the middle of the council hall in Wanshou City.

"Counselor, pay more attention to your body, don't tire yourself out." Ma Wannian said seriously: "You are the master of Longevity City, and everything is inseparable from you."

The square-headed Ma Wannian always made people feel a little uncomfortable when he said caring words, Wang Huan twisted his body on the chair, coughed and said: "Well, how much gunpowder did you bring when you came back this time? "

Ma Wannian and Xu Goudan, who was sitting beside him, looked at each other, smiled and said happily: "The two of us were ordered by the adults to report to the grandmother in the Tusi City. , granted the two of us the right to collect gunpowder, and we both ran all over the coal mines of Shizhu size, and the soles of our feet were too big, and finally collected 560 catties of gunpowder."

(End of this chapter)