My life skills in Daming Liver

Fang Zhifu immediately understood what his daughter meant.

The Yanping Guards did not do enough to suppress the rebellion. The thing is that they messed up, so the price for asking the Changning Guards to dispatch should be paid by the Yanping Guards.

At this time, if Changningwei can clean up the mess and prevent things from getting to the top, it will be the best result for Yanpingwei.

Thinking of this, Fang Zhifu immediately asked his subordinates to contact the commander of Yanping Weiyu.

Commander Yu is also having a headache. The entire army of three hundred households was wiped out. This matter must not be put on the scale. Once it is on the scale, it will weigh a thousand catties.

According to the official document of the Ministry of War a few days ago, Yu Dayou lost a military officer and more than 30 officers and soldiers in Ningbo, and he, the deputy general of Zhejiang, was deprived of his post.

Commander Yu lost 300 people here, so they were sent to the capital in a prison van for questioning!

Mine supervisor Hu is a member of the palace, and he is now surrounded by mine robbers. If something happens to Eunuch Hu, the matter will not be suppressed.

The top priority is to rescue Eunuch Hu.

At this time, the messenger from the magistrate's yamen came over, and Commander Yu was overjoyed to hear Fang Zhifu's method.

Changning Guard must be capable of fighting the Black Bandits.

Although it is a little painful to promise benefits, it is better than losing the official position!

Commander Yu thought for a while, and immediately called his youngest son, Yu Zongyuan, and asked him to go to Changning Guard in person to discuss with Su Ze about sending troops.

Commander Yu is not reluctant to part with the money, as long as the mine robbers can be put down and the death of three hundred households can be suppressed, then the matter can be considered resolved.

These days are really bad times for Yu's family. Commander Yu thought of that mine supervisor Hu. If he hadn't provoked him to absenteeism, he wouldn't have caused such a disaster! Commander Yu cursed Mine Supervisor Hu again at home.

Mine Supervisor Hu, who was cursed by Commander Yu, was busy in the room at this time.

This eunuch Hu, who was cursed by everyone as a dog eunuch, actually kept a low profile when he arrived in Yanping Mansion. He did not live in Nanping City, but built a house near the mining area and lived near the mining area.

The mining area has been besieged. Eunuch Hu scattered his family wealth and recruited some miners, finally keeping the mine robbers out.

But now I can’t get out. Eunuch Hu is also aware of the fighting power and loyalty of his miners. It’s okay to let them guard the defense, but it’s a bit difficult for them to break through. So Eunuch Hu simply lay flat and waited behind closed doors for Yanping The prefecture came to rescue him.

Eunuch Hu was busy at this time. He put a piece of blue ore into a mortar and smashed it, and then used a grinding pestle to grind it into fine sand.

Eunuch Hu carefully poured the blue sand powder into the white porcelain bottle, and then poured clean water.

This set of flying water method can remove the sediment, filter it again, and you can get the blue face powder after it settles tomorrow.

Eunuch Hu was originally an eunuch of the Weaving and Dyeing Institute, but he turned out to be an insignificant little eunuch.

Later, when the emperor wanted to open a mine, he didn't know which noble person recommended it, so eunuch Hu was sent to Nanping and became a mine supervisor.

From the perspective of outsiders, this eunuch Hu can be said to have been promoted and raised, and he has asked for a good job.

But in fact, he knows how to be cold and warm, and Eunuch Hu discovered this unlucky job only after he took office happily.

Why is it an unlucky job? The silver mine that Eunuch Hu came to mine had already been mined in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The emperor didn't know where to find out a map of the map. Knowing that there were silver mines here, the Ministry of Industry submitted the title book many times, asking the emperor not to open the mine.

The reason of the Ministry of Industry is also very simple. This mine was not opened in the late Southern Song Dynasty, which means that the mine has almost been mined, and we will not be able to dig any more.

The emperor would not listen.

After Eunuch Hu arrived, he found out that although there are still mines in the vein, these mines are relatively deep, and mining is difficult and dangerous, but for the emperor's mission, he had to bite the bullet and open the mines.

As a result, eunuch Hu spent 10,000 taels of silver in mining in Nanping for five years, but only 7,000 taels of silver were dug out in the end.

During this period, eunuch Hu was sprayed miserably!

Fujian Taoist participated in the incident and played him for embezzling money, God is sorry, Eunuch Hu's account books are clean, and the mine has dug seven thousand taels of silver in five years, and there is really no embezzlement at all.

The Ministry of Industry said that he wasted the money for mining, so Eunuch Hu had to attach the ledger again. Thanks to his honesty and prudence, the 10,000 taels of silver for mining were really spent where they should be used.

In the palace, the imperial court sent people to investigate. Eunuch Hu posted a lot of savings and bribes for nothing, and then sent the real situation to the emperor's desk.

God is sorry, there really isn't much silver in this mine!

In this way, Eunuch Hu guarded this "fat" vacancy for five full years. Everyone in the palace knew that this job was deceptive, and no one was willing to fill the vacancy.

The emperor also knew that he did not listen to the dissuasion of the Ministry of Industry and did this loss-making business, but he also refused to withdraw the mine supervisor.

The courtiers took out the matter of the mine supervisor every now and then and sprayed it a few times. Eunuch Hu has been sprayed numb all these years, forget it, anyway, the eunuch is a traitor.

Eunuch Hu simply ignored everyone and hid in the mine supervisor to entertain himself.

Eunuch Hu's hobby is to study pigments and dyes. He came out of the Weaving and Dyeing Institute, and he became very interested in the various ores in the mountains.

Eunuch Hu also likes to study ores besides paints. He found that various ores have different shapes. He collected many kinds of ores and drew a mine map for the mines in the mountains.

As for why the mine robbers rebelled, Eunuch Hu was also dumb and ate coptis.

He has been mining in the mountains for five years, and he is not very kind to the miners, but he is not too harsh either.

But the government-run mines are treated like this.

This is another thing to talk about, which made Eunuch Hu impeached by the Kandao officials, that is, the government-run mines are losing money every year, but the mine thieves hiding in the mountains can make a fortune.

Ever since eunuch Hu opened the mine in Nanping, Deng Mao has been digging privately in the mountains. Over the years, the official mine has been losing money, but private mining has become increasingly rampant.

Eunuch Hu also thought of measures to prevent the miners from escaping into the mountains, but the treatment in Guankeng was the same, and he couldn't improve the treatment of the miners.

But on the side of Ke Dao's spokesperson, eunuch Hu persecuted too much, causing the miners to fall into rebellion.

Eunuch Hu would go to the book to defend at the beginning, but as time passed, he simply lay down. What you say is what you say. The emperor will love whoever will replace this broken errand. Compared with this errand, the work of guarding the mausoleum is considered easy!

Now Deng Mao has turned against him, and Eunuch Hu is completely lying down. If Deng Mao hadn't been caught, he would have gone up the mountain to become a mine thief at worst?

Anyway, I am also a rootless person, my six roots are clean and free of attachments, maybe I can earn more as a mine thief than as this mine supervisor eunuch.

In Nanping County over there, Yu Zongyuan received an errand from his father Commander Yu, and Commander Yu paid his bills this time, and sent fifty trusted family members to escort Yu Zongyuan to Changningwei, discussing and requesting Changningwei to send troops Things to calm down.

Commander Yu also confessed to his son that Yanpingwei is willing to spend money this time, whether it is the shops in the county town, other properties of Yanpingwei, or the farms outside Yanpingwei City, as long as the mine robbery can be calmed down. If there is any chaos, it can be cut off to Changning Wei.

Instigated by his father, Yu Zongyuan hurried out of the city on horseback, bypassing the road cut off by the mine robbers, and arrived at Changningwei.

"Brother Su! Help me!"

Yu Zongyuan made this opening sentence again. Sitting in the back of the family temple, Su Ze looked helplessly at himself, the number one angel investor.

"Brother Yu, our Changning Guard is a coastal guard, and it is not our duty to suppress the local government."

Su Ze still sacrificed the Dafa to get caught first, and raised the difficulty of Changning Guard.

Yu Zongyuan is also a straight person, he said directly:

"Brother Su, your Changning Guard can wipe out even Black Mountain bandits, so what's the problem with mere mine bandits!"

"Furthermore, according to the soldiers who came back from our Yanping Guard, Deng Mao's mine thieves have some bandits who are good at wielding Japanese knives. I'm afraid they didn't collude with the Japanese bandits and get in among them. It's also the responsibility of Changning Guard to fight the Japanese."

"My father said it! If the mine robbers can be put down, the Yanping Guards will be rewarded!"

Su Ze was also stupid. He had never seen Mr. Yu negotiate like this. He immediately revealed the trump card of the negotiation. He was a fat sheep delivered to the door.

If such a fat sheep delivered to the door is not slaughtered, it is too disrespectful to Zongyuan's title of angel investor.

Yu Zongyuan simply confessed: "Brother Su, my father also said that you can choose from Yanpingwei's property! The farms outside the city are also fine, as long as you can calm down the mine robbers!"

Just pick? And such a good thing?

After thinking about it, the mine robbery caused Yanpingwei to lose three hundred households. If this matter really becomes a big deal, the Yu family will definitely not be able to afford it.

For the sake of Yu's family's wealth, it is nothing to pay for an estate.

Su Ze's eyes lit up, he thought for a while and said, "Is the gunpowder bureau outside the city also available?"

Yu Zongyuan was taken aback for a moment, and he said hesitantly: "This powder bureau is not the private property of our Yu family, but the property of Yanpingwei, so it is not easy to grant it privately."

Seeing that Su Ze didn't speak, Yu Zongyuan said quickly: "Although the Yaohuo Bureau can't sell it privately, the pharmaceutical equipment and contract craftsmen in the Yaohuo Bureau can be donated to Changning Wei!"

Yu Zongyuan knows the Yaohuo Bureau best. He is still working in the Yanping Guard Yaohuo Bureau, and he also knows the current situation of the Yanping Guard Yaohuo Bureau.

Since Xu Shisheng, the clerk of the house, died, the Yu family's gunpowder smuggling channels were completely disconnected.

Now that Ma Baihu has shut down the powder bureau, the newly produced gunpowder cannot be sold, and it is too dangerous to pile up in the warehouse, it is simply a hot potato.

Hearing that Su Ze wanted the Yaohuo Bureau, Yu Zongyuan was actually quite happy in his heart, and he also felt that this was a suitable deal.

Su Ze felt that he had made a big deal. What Changning Guard lacked most were skilled craftsmen, and there were many processes for producing gunpowder. Su Ze was also planning to improve the gunpowder. These craftsmen were what he needed most.

As for production equipment, anyway, I have the skills of blacksmith and carpenter, but I can put into production as soon as possible if I have ready-made ones.

The most important thing is the channel. The purchase of saltpeter and sulfur requires a channel, and now there is a stable supply channel.

After the negotiation was settled, Su Ze immediately said, "I'll discuss it with Baihu, and I'll give Brother Yu an answer later."

In fact, if Yu Zongyuan didn't come, the Changning Guard would also be ready to send troops.

The mine robbers blocked the passage between Changningwei and Nanping County, and there are suspected Japanese pirates mixed in. If it really spreads, it will also be a major hidden danger to the safety of Changningwei.

Now that the mine robbery has not yet become a reality, Su Ze is also planning to take action at this time to put down the chaos of the mine robbers.

In fact, the incident of mining chaos lasted from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the mining tax was introduced in Wanli.

Many of them were miners who couldn't survive and violently rebelled against the Ming court, but mine robbers like Deng Mao who gathered refugees to dig mines privately were similar in nature to the Black Mountain bandits, and belonged to bandits who gathered to cause disaster.

In particular, the leaders of mine bandits like Deng Mao are often local tyrants. They gather miners to occupy the mountains and become kings, and use money to buy officials to do some illegal activities.

Although Deng Mao claimed to be a descendant of Deng Maoqi, in fact, this guy himself was a wanted criminal who committed a crime in Nanping City. After he escaped into the mountains, he began to secretly dig silver mines. After making a fortune, he gathered miners.

Originally there were several bands of mine bandits in the mountains near Nanping, but because of his cruelty, Deng Mao merged the other mine bandits and became the biggest bandit leader in Nanping.

When the year is bad, the mine bandits will go down the mountain to attack the villages to rob the grain like the black mountain bandits.

After hearing Su Ze's words, Lin Mojun also said, "Then we will send troops tomorrow?"

Su Ze nodded and said: "It's not too late. Deng Mao just defeated the officers and soldiers. It's the time for the arrogant soldiers. At this time, they will definitely take the initiative to fight. It's a good time to wipe them out!"

Another reason why these mine thieves are difficult to eliminate is that they will sneak into the mountains if the situation is not right.

But this time when Deng Mao defeated the Yanping Guard Army, it was the time when he was full of ambitions, and this was a good time to gather and annihilate them.

Lin Mojun nodded, and Su Ze said again: "Baihu, you can bring two Frang cannons this time, and try the power of the artillery."

After seeing the power of Fran's cannon, Lin Mojun also nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, Baihusuo rang the bell to gather the soldiers, plus the newly trained blunderbuss team.

Two more cattle were donated from the guard. Su Ze put the cannon cart on the cattle, pulled two Franco cannons, took the Portuguese gunner with him, and dragged the cannonballs towards the mine.

While walking, Su Ze talked to the gunner and said, "The Fran cannon can also be loaded with shotguns?"

The gunner replied honestly: "Shotguns are of course the best at close range. The sub-barrels I carried this time are loaded with shotguns."

The biggest advantage of the mother-and-child barrel structure of the Franc cannon is that it can be loaded quickly and fired quickly.

The sub-canister can be loaded with powder and shells first, and when launching, you only need to disassemble the sub-canister and replace it with a new sub-canister to fire again.

This time Su Ze brought ten loaded sub-cannons, in order to test the lethality of the Frang machine gun in actual combat.

Sure enough, when the officers and soldiers appeared near the mine, Deng Mao, who had just won a big victory, immediately gathered the mine robbers and killed them from the mountain.

From a distance, Su Ze saw more than a dozen warriors dressed in Japanese clothes rushing to the forefront with Japanese swords in their hands.

Sure enough, there is collusion with Japanese pirates!

The two cannon carriages have been fixed, and the wooden cannon carriages have no spring-absorbing parts, and Su Ze has filled them with soil to reduce the shock-absorbing force.

The gunner loaded the sub barrel, and pointed the black muzzle at the Japanese pirates rushing over. Su Ze waved his hand: "Fire!"

1. There is nothing to explain that the government-run business loses money and the private-run business makes money.

2. In fact, from a modern financial point of view, it is a good thing to mine 10,000 yuan, dig out 7,000 yuan, and increase gdp, but the emperor would not think so.

3. The mine supervisor in Jiajing year is not the same as the mine supervisor in Wanli. The mine supervisor in Wanli is a real bastard.

4. Jiajing still restricted eunuchs, and Jiajing year revoked guarding eunuchs. The reason is also simple, Daoist can still suppress the civil servants, and the use of civil servants is definitely better than using eunuchs. Wanli used eunuchs, but he couldn't suppress civil servants.

5. Corrigendum in the previous article, it is a bolt-action rifle, not a flintlock