When the Gao clan leader was hung from the cliff cave with a rope, Yun Zhao was a little dizzy.
The way a ten-year-old child imitates adults' speech made Yun Zhao want to kick him into a ditch.
Yun Yang said in his ear: "Back then, each of us had the idea of kicking you into a ditch, and maybe we wanted to bury you in some soil!"
Yun Zhao He also turned his head and said in Yun Yang's ear: "Have the scouts been sent out? Our troops here are weak, don't let anyone really bury me."
Yun Yang said softly: "I'm watching. I understand, you are just greedy for Ningxia and Gansu, and you are not here to deal with any mining disaster."
Yun Zhao said with a smile: "How can you see that?"
Yun Yang said angrily: " Do you think I can't smell the stench emanating from Li Dingguo? The mining accident at the Baiyin Factory was just a trigger for your attack.
If I hadn't been so familiar with you, I would have even suspected that you were responsible for this mining accident. "
Yun Zhao smiled and said: "Delong looks at Shu, does this sentence sound familiar to you?"
Yun Yang said: "Guanzhong, the seven roads from Hanzhong to Shuzhong." , we have controlled them all, including Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxie Road, Chencang Road, Lychee Road, Micang Road, and Jinniu Road.
You also want to consolidate Yinping Road and Qishan Road. , have you just started plotting here?
It seems that Shuzhong is very important to you!
Everything is moving around this center. When we were in Lantian, I really thought you were worried about the Baiyin Factory mining disaster.
Speaking of which, do you know how many people die in the small coal mines in Yan'an Prefecture every day in order to supply Lantian County with coal?
Do you know how many people die every year in the caravans that transport lead ingots for us in Yunnan and Guizhou?
Last year, nine people died when the furnace exploded at the Lantian County Steel Plant? Personally, you don’t even have the intention to come forward, so you let the people below handle it.
You think about it, I, Yunshi. How many people will be killed or injured in a year from all the industries?
In total, the small silver factory is nothing."
Yun Zhao looked at Yun Yang and said: " How did you become so smart?"
Yun Yang patted his chest and said, "Xu Wu thought, I collected all your documents, of course I know."
Yun Zhao roughly snatched all the documents from Yun Yang's arms, put them in his horse bag, and then said to Yun Yang: "Not allowed in the future."
Yun Yang said: "In the past, Mr. Qian, Didn’t I handle it when Xu Wuxiang was away? As far as I know, as your lieutenant, I have the authority to supervise you!" Yun Zhao said: "They have no words for you! Your mouth is so big!”
Yun Yang chuckled and said, “It’s really interesting to read your documents. Let me read them for a few more days. I really want to know what Li Dingguo wants to do.Yanbian bandit Yang Liu arrived at Qingyang Guard, but he was not killed and allowed to escape all the way to Longzhong. What was the reason? "
"Get out! Yun Zhao shouted angrily, and Yun Yang shut his mouth obediently.
The Gao family in Tiaocheng is very similar to the Yun family in Lantian County. They both have the appearance of the decline of the main family and the prosperity of the side branches. However, they The family has no members of the clan to become bandits, so the orphans and widowers are very pitiful.
If Guanzhong was almost abandoned by the court because of the bandits, then the court in Longzhong has always been there. I haven't treated it well.
It's interesting to say that the literary style has been very strong in this place since ancient times. Even if there is a hungry family, there will be a calligraphy and painting, a couplet, in the middle hall. As long as there are calligraphy and painting at home, there is a big difference from other poor people.
So, this caused a big trouble. There were many coolies working as miners and craftsmen in the silver factory. They are actually literate!
Because of this, their views on life are very different from ordinary poor people. With the concept of filial piety deeply rooted in their bones, they give up saving their own families just for a little money. Relatives have become a difficult problem.
The first request made by Gao's ten-year-old manager when he saw Yun Zhao was that the sixty-three people should be seen alive and their bodies should be seen, and they should be buried peacefully. , he was willing to follow Yun Zhao to the Silver Factory to persuade the Gao family members who were rebelling to put down their tools, such as hoes, and accept the punishment.
Of course, this punishment cannot be too excessive. Harsh.
Yun Zhao knew that the Gao clan did not believe in him, the magistrate of Lantian County whom he had never met, but believed in the benefits that the Silver Factory had brought to the people here in the past three years.
For these benefits and the possibility of solving the problem at the Silver Factory, people are just willing to take risks.
Yun Zhao stayed in Tiaocheng for three days and never went to the Silver Factory. During these three days, Yun Zhao, accompanied by the masters of the Gao family, Gao Yuanfeng and Gao Zhengmao, visited the ancestors of the Gao family.
This was regarded as a formal friendship with the Gao family.
Gao Yuanfeng did not go to the silver factory. Gao Zhengmao took the trouble to visit. On the afternoon of the fourth day, Yun Zhao finally met Gao Zhengmao, who represented the miners and craftsmen!
Yun Zhao at this time! Zhao seemed not to recognize this person, looking at Gao Zhengmao who was surrounded by a group of miners and craftsmen and said: "Tell me about it! ”
Gao Zhengmao immediately said: “The managers of the silver factory are all alive. It is these miners and craftsmen who only survived under the protection of them.” "
Yun Zhaodao: "I already know these things. Now, I really want to know who allowed sixty-three miners to enter the prospecting tunnel at one time. "
"It's Sun Dacai! "
Before Gao Zhengmao could speak, there was a voice from the crowd.
Yun Zhao looked at the list of Yun's stewards. When he didn't find Sun Dacai, he said in a deep voice: "He Where did you come from and how did you become a steward? "
Gao Zhengmao said: "There are a thousand and one miners in the Silver Factory.One hundred and thirty-five people and 897 craftsmen. These two thousand or so people are responsible for all the processes of the entire silver factory from mining to beneficiation, crushing to grinding and finally to smelting of blister copper. It is impossible for all of them to be made of Lantian County. Twenty-eight people are in charge.
So, let the craftsmen and miners here select some stewards. This is how Sun Dacai became the steward.
The old man thought that Sun Dacai was also from a nearby wealthy family. After investigating, he found out that this man was a homeless man, but he was very eloquent and spent money like water. He bought many people with small favors. Only then was he selected as the leader.
He said that the wages for those who went into the pit were high, so he sent more people down. "
"Where is this person? Yun Zhao asked calmly.
Xu Wu, who came back with these people, thought: "They all hid in the exploration pit and refused to come out." "
"Them? "
"Reporting to the county magistrate, when Gao Juren was cooperating with me to screen out the miners and craftsmen one by one, Sun Dacai led a group of people to seize the walled city behind the silver factory. After we broke through, they got in. He found a pit and fought stubbornly.
Uncle Bao was worried about the danger of exploring the pit, so he did not send anyone to attack.
Yun Zhao looked at the ragged miners and craftsmen and sighed: "Sixty-three lives, how could they hide in the exploration pit?" "
Xu Wu thought: "As far as we know from our investigation in the past few days, it is not only Sun Dacai who has a problem, but also the Guanlong swordsman we hired to protect the city. When I arrived in Baiyin, When we were in the Changcheng Walled City, Zhou Cheng, the leader of the swordsmen, actually stood guard at the top of the city and did not allow us to enter. After we braved the rain of arrows and used hook locks to tear down the outer wall of the walled city, they disappeared.
Yun Zhao shook his head slightly and said: "You stupid guy, you killed sixty-three of my subordinates. Do you think you can escape punishment by disappearing?"
Where is Yunfang? He, the big shopkeeper, didn't do a very good job. A silver factory was turned into a sieve, but he didn't know anything about it. He couldn't do it if he didn't come forward! "
Xu Wuxiang sighed and waved, and immediately a miner came in carrying a stretcher. Yunfang, who was lying on the stretcher, saw Yun Zhao and struggled to sit up. Ting Yun Zhao said coldly: "Lie down, answer my words, and give an answer to these miners and craftsmen who have lost their relatives.
Yunfang, who was so thin that there was only a handful of bones left, said weakly: "Reporting to the head of the family, everything is Yunfang's fault. I only wanted to ask the miners whether the craftsmen should do more work." Copper, it's Yunfang's fault for not treating them as human beings. I shouldn't just focus on production.
It was my fault that people like Sun Dacai and Zhou Cheng took advantage of this. I just ask the head of the family to deal with Yunfang for the sake of my hard work over the years and not to involve him too much.
These miners and craftsmen are all good. They are willing to work hard and are obedient in their daily work. If there are no evil people at work, they will not gather together to cause trouble. ”
Those miners and craftsmen heard that Yunfang was still helping them at this moment.As they spoke, everyone lowered their heads and defended Yunfang in a low voice.
Gao Zhengmao said: "Your Majesty, I heard from these people that Shopkeeper Yun stays in the workshop day and night. You also know that smelting copper is equivalent to refining money. When copper is produced, , the ones with the uncleanest hands and feet are those swordsmen.
To put it crudely, some people will even stuff the copper bars containing gold and silver that appear during the copper smelting process into the valley and take them away... It is impossible to prevent them. Shopkeeper Yun had to keep an eye on it in person to make sure he wasn't wrong.
Therefore, even if something as big as sixty-three lives happened, these people didn't embarrass Shopkeeper Yun too much and just locked them in the mine. They were locked up with good food and drink, and never thought of harming them.
In Sun Dacai, Zhou Cheng and others saw that the army was beginning to attack the city, and wanted to use Shopkeeper Yun and others to force the army to retreat. At that time, this group of people fought tooth and nail to fight off the swordsmen and Sun Dacai, and six people died in this effort.
The fault of the county magistrate was not with Shopkeeper Yun, nor with these coolies, but with Sun Dacai and Zhou Cheng. On these thieves.
Please bring them to justice and punish them clearly, as a warning to those who come after them!"
Yun Zhao looked at Gao Zhengmao blankly, In his ears, he heard the roar of the miners and craftsmen who wanted to tear Sun Dacai, Zhou Cheng and others to pieces.
Gao Zhengmao straightened his back and said loudly: "Although you are an old man, do you have any intention of becoming an official in Lantian County?" He is weak, but he can eat a bucket of rice and carry ten pounds of meat. He has the unshirkable responsibility to protect his family and the people." Yun Zhao said with a smile: "There is no precedent for an official in Lantian County to be an official in the local area. You can become an official in Guanzhong, and Guanzhong will also send people to find a position in Longzhong."
Gao Zhengmao clasped his fists and said, "I, the Gao family, will definitely support you!"