Chapter 118: Officials force people to rebel

Chapter 118: The government forces the people to rebel

In the eyes of mothers, children will become wild when they grow up, and then they will run around.

A stronger child will come back with a bag full of treasures and a beautiful daughter-in-law to see her.

The middle-aged child can also bring cakes and snacks back to see her.

Although the unlucky children came home empty-handed and shy, they were the ones who felt the most distressed to their mothers.

After all, coming back is the greatest blessing for parents.

The New Year has just passed, and the joyful atmosphere of the festival has not completely dissipated. At this time, Yunjiazhuangzi was covered with dark clouds and there were cries.

A caravan traveling from Gansu failed to return as scheduled, and the response staff waiting at Qinzhou Station also lost news about them.

The members of Yun's caravan are mainly young people from Yun's Zhuangzi. This is the first time to visit Gansu, and the target cargo is Gansu copper!

Since the Jiajing Year, the national treasury has been gradually depleted. Yan Song and others have used almost all available means in order to support the national expenses.

Including opening up new sources of income.

Among them, the one that caused the smallest loss to the court and the most profit was the famous "Copper Policy!"

In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, the copper purchased with 390,000 taels of silver , can mint 90 million coins, worth 750,000 taels of silver.

This is almost double the profit.

As for the copper purchased by Lantian County for one hundred thousand taels of silver, after it is cast into copper coins, the cost of each thousand taels of silver is seven taels of silver.

The craftsmanship of the Fufeng Coin Mining Bureau is far superior to that of the two major money minting bureaus in the capital, and the cost is almost only 60% of the cost of the Jingcheng Coin Mining Bureau.

Gansu copper, Guizhou lead, scrap copper, and scrap money are the main sources of Yun's money.

Just from a geographical point of view, it is cheaper than the Japanese copper, Yunnan copper and Guizhou lead used by the Capital Minting Bureau.

Under this situation, the benefits obtained by Yun's coin casting are far less than those of the Capital Coin Mining Bureau. There is only one reason - the copper coins cast by the Fufeng County Coin Mining Bureau contain far more copper coins than those cast by the Capital Coin Mining Bureau. High copper content.

As for the copper coins cast by the Fufeng County Coin Mining Bureau, the ratio of copper to lead and tin was the custom of the dynasty - four copper and six lead and tin.

This is a business that can last for a long time and is the prerogative of the rulers.

At the same time, it is also a sharp weapon that Yun Zhao has high hopes for.

The copper-producing area in Gansu is located in the silver factory a hundred miles northeast of Lanzhou Wei!

The Silver Factory was originally a copper mine developed by the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period. Due to its poor geographical location and low copper production, it was seriously ignored by the court.

Yunzhao knows this place. After all, he once attended the celebration when the copper output in that place exceeded 300,000 tons.

Therefore, after the boundary monument of Lantian County included Fufeng County, the huge Fufeng Money Minting Bureau had thousands of craftsmen waiting to eat, so Yun Zhao restarted this dilapidated money mining Bureau.

Yunshi CollectionAlthough there was a lot of old money from past dynasties, it was not a long-term solution to supply a huge coin minting bureau. Therefore, the Yun family invested a lot of manpower in rebuilding the silver factory.

Now, there is no news about this silver factory.

"The last news came from the second day of October. The local stewards reported that they had completed the copper production for the whole year. This is the list of awards they reported."

Xu Wu wanted to send a copy The document was handed to Yun Zhao.

After reading it, Yun Zhao said: "It has my approval, which means I approved their request. Why is there no follow-up text?"

Xu Wu thought: " Rewards are usually issued in Lantian County, which means they need to wait until they come back.

Now, they have not come back.”

“Have the people been sent out to find them? "

" Already gone. "

Yun Zhao sighed: "Our response was too slow. Considering the worst-case scenario, they have been suffering for three months. "

"Don't worry, county magistrate, our scouts in Baoji set out yesterday. Our headquarters dispatched two hundred cavalry this time, led by Uncle Bao. No matter who ruined our people and things, We will all make him pay the price."

Yun Zhao said anxiously: "I hate revenge! We should strive to be the target of others' revenge, not ourselves!"

Xu Wu thought: "Uncle Bao will take care of it."

Yun Zhao supported the table and said: "Prepare the horse, I will go there myself."

Xu Wu thought : "County Lord, this is probably someone's plan to lure the snake out of its hole."

Yun Zhao sneered and said: "I am a giant python!

The descendant of my own clan in the Silver Factory There are twenty-eight people. It is these twenty-eight people who drink salt water, eat dry food, and dig mines in the barren mountains. Their contribution to our Lantian County is no less than that of marching and fighting.

Now, they have not come back to celebrate the New Year, and their lives and deaths are unknown. Listen to the crying outside. Their families are crying. If possible, I want to find them myself."

Xu Wu thought: "If you want to leave Yushan City, you must first obtain the consent of seven elders of the clan. Among them, the opinions of An Ren, Uncle Meng, and Uncle Fu are the most important."

Yun Zhaodao: "It's actually my mother's. Opinions are the most important, right?”

Xu Wu thought: “Of course, An Ren is the patriarch.”

Yun Zhao stood up and left the study, standing in the yard and listening. There was a faint cry for a while, so I went straight to the backyard.

The room full of people kneeling in Yun Niang's house was crying in low voices. Only Yun Niang comforted them with her calm voice.

Seeing Yun Zhao come in, Yun Niang threw the jade Ruyi in her hand. Yun Zhao reached out and caught the jade Ruyi, put it in his mother's hand and said, "My child, let's go to the silver factory now." Look what happened there."

Yunniang stamped her feet and said, "I don't want you to take revenge. I want you to bring all the people back to me and make amends. Go ahead and take them.After you bring it back, you can do other things.

Your face is not as valuable as twenty-eight human lives! "

Yun Zhao knelt down on one knee to receive his mother's order, and then said to the Yun woman who was kneeling on the floor: "Wait, I'll be back as soon as I can. "

After that, he left the Yun family mansion.

After Yun Zhao went out, Yun Meng and Xu Wuxiang were already standing outside the gate. Yun Meng looked at Yun Zhao and said: " The hearts of the children of this clan cannot be cold anymore, you should go.

Yun Yang will accompany you, and Uncle Chuliu will also go. I have also ordered two hundred cavalry of my own tribe for you. Leave early and come back early. "

Yun Zhao took the reins and asked coldly: "The biggest bandit in the Lanzhou Wei area is She Taotian. Have you sent someone to go there? ”

“Yunxiao has sent an envoy to inquire about this matter. "

"If he has the slightest suspicion, he will be destroyed. "

After Yun Zhao finished speaking, he got on his horse, shook the reins, and left the city.

As soon as he left the city, Yun Yang and other two hundred cavalry silently surrounded Yun Zhao. In the innermost place, Chu Liuye, who was running at the front, understood Yun Zhao's mood at this time. He pressed the cavalry at the speed of a long-distance march and walked up the Fenghuang Mountain Road at a leisurely pace.

Until now, Yun Zhao was still in a hurry. Zhao's foundation is still the descendants of the Yun clan.

These people are also the foundation of his life, that is, these people will live and die for him unconditionally, and they will never have any second thoughts. Yun Zhao understands that there is no such thing as unreasonable giving and unreasonable loyalty in this world.

Even if they are relatives, they also hope to receive something in return while giving.

As the earliest followers and beneficiaries, they need more care and attention from Yun Zhao.

As a large number of Yushan Academy disciples have grown up over the years, they have begun to infiltrate into the power circle centered on Yun Zhao.

And Yun Zhao also seems to be consciously reducing Yun Zhao. The proportion of the Yun family's children in the power circle.

The old Yun family members have slowly faded away, leaving the important military and political center, and began to work hard to open up a new path for the Yun family, such as , Silver Factory.

The Silver Factory is located in a wilderness. Once people enter this place to mine and smelt copper, they will completely become savages.

It is extremely hot in summer and hot in winter. The wind is cold, and the sky is filled with yellow sand when the spring breeze blows... The twenty-eight of them have stayed in this environment for three full years.

This is their first time to go home to Lantian County. Prepare for the day of commending them.

The Yun clan understands that if they want to create a good future for their children, they do not have much education and are not good at martial arts. We can only go where the hardship is, where the danger is, and work hard to show our usefulness to the family leader Yun Zhao and establish our own merits.

"I hope they are all alive. ”

When Baoji changed horses, Yun Zhao’s moodheavy.

Yun Yang said: "I don't understand who would attack them. There are only copper mines there. In October, the last batch of blister copper was shipped back to Lantian County."

Xu Wu wanted to give Yun Zhao food, but Yun Yang brought the food and whispered: "Could it be a miners' riot?"

Yun Zhao was surprised and said: "How could such a thing happen? , we use homeless people in the silver factory.

The wages we pay are good!” , Yunfang, the manager of the silver factory, can complete a year's output in ten months, which is a bit unreasonable.

Furthermore, I have calculated the output of the silver factory, which is 500,000 jins of blister copper a year. They have reached the limit of their abilities. If they continue to be eager for quick success, they will no longer treat people as human beings.

So, I guess it was Yunfang's method that went wrong, and the county's control of the silver factory. The assessment is a three-year exam, even, even..."

Yun Zhao stared at Xu Wu and thought: "You want to say that my Yun family is doing something to force the people to rebel?"

Xu Wuxiang said calmly: "I'm just talking about a possibility. We still have to go to the silver factory to find out how it is."