My life skills in Daming Liver

There were no surprises in the outcome of this battle.

Su Ze even thought that if the history books of later generations recorded this battle, more than 20 words were used, which would be the number of words counted by the historian.

In order to express himself, the Portuguese gunner fired with his fastest hand speed, changed the barrel, and fired again.

Under the storm of steel, the personal ferocity of those Japanese became meaningless.

The faster you rush, the faster you die.

The power of the Fran cannon not only stupefied the enemy, but also stunned its own army.

It wasn't until Su Ze gave the order to march that the soldiers of Changning Guard reacted and killed them excitedly.

With this magical weapon behind you, hurry up!

The mine robbers led by Deng Dai had never seen such a scene before. They were overwhelmed by the formation of mandarin ducks.

Su Ze ordered the crowd to shout: "Punish the culprit, surrender but not kill." The mine thieves put down their weapons one after another, squatted on the ground and raised their hands to express their surrender.

Deng Dai knew that the situation was over, so he could only retreat with a few loyalists.

But Lin Mojun didn't give him a chance to escape at all. Changningwei's blunderbuss team rushed out from the rear. After two salvos, Deng Dai, a tycoon of mine robbers who had been in Nanping for five years, died in the battle.

Su Ze counted and collected the mine robbers who surrendered, while Lin Mojun led people to identify the backbone and rescue the injured. The two cooperated tacitly and cleaned up the battlefield by noon.

Changningwei captured 420 mine robbers this time, and also captured a man dressed as a Japanese, and found out 20 people who were the backbone of the Deng Dai Group. After being identified by other miners, these were murdered.

Immediately afterwards, Su Ze escorted some of the defected miners to the cottage where they gathered.

Deng Dai took out all the men who could fight, and there were only a few female relatives left in the cottage. Su Ze appeased the family members of the mine robbers, and then took people to inspect the cottage.

Deng Dai is also ambitious. He has been in the mountains for four or five years, and he has already taken root here. Su Ze saw that the slightly flat terrain has been cultivated into terraced fields.

In addition to the fields, there are many mines behind the cottage, and a large amount of ore is also piled up in the cottage.

Lin Mojun followed Su Ze, and the two climbed up a hill near the cottage. Su Ze looked out and said:

"There is something about Deng Dai. The location of this cottage is very important. It is the gateway to the entire mountain. If they hadn't taken the initiative to go down the mountain, they would definitely have to pay a high price for a forced attack."

Lin Mojun also pointed out that the cottage was built at the end of the rugged mountain road. This section of road alone is enough to drag down the formation of most troops. There are long-range weapons such as bows and arrows in the cottage. Deng Dai also repaired the gate and city wall with wood. If there is a frontal attack, I am afraid that Changning Guard will have to pay a certain price to attack.

Su Ze added: "The fields in these mountains are too thin. Rice and wheat can support at most 200 people, but if you grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, it's no problem to support 300 to 400 people."

Lin Mojun looked at Su Ze and said, "Are you planning to open up wasteland here?"

Su Ze shook his head and said, "Of course it's not me, it's Chang Ningwei who wants to open up wasteland here."

"What?"

Lin Mojun looked at Su Ze, only to hear Su Ze say:

"Wars are about to break out in the southeast, doesn't Changning Guard need a stable rear?"

"This cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it's not far from Changning Guard. It's just upstream of Jianxi River. Isn't it a good place to house the old and the weak?"

Su Ze's words moved Lin Mojun's heart. Many fields in Changningwei are also mountain fields, and they are not much better than the fields in the cottage.

Deng Dai has been operating in the mountains for many years and has also built many houses, which can completely transfer some old and weak women and children from Changningwei.

"What about these miners?"

Su Ze said: "The backbone will naturally be sent to the prefecture and county to be sent to the officials and lords. The accomplices can stay in Changningwei, just like Xiong Wu Zhu Qi and the others, while opening fields in the cottage and training."

Lin Mojun said with some concern: "These mine thieves are no different than Zhu Qi and Xiong Wu. They have been bandits for many years, and they are wild and unruly."

Su Ze said: "Of course we can't let them gather together. We can separate them. Some of the unruly ones will be brought back to Changning Guard for training, while some of the honest ones will stay here and be divided into several groups to open up wasteland and practice."

Lin Mojun nodded and said, "What did the government say?"

Su Ze said with a smile: "It's not easy for the government, as long as you file a case in the household and register these fields, it will be counted as land for our Changning Guard to open up wasteland. Tax."

Lin Mojun nodded in agreement with Su Ze's plan. The wasteland near Changningwei has been reclaimed almost and cannot accommodate so many mine thieves.

Su Ze's method can allow Changning Guard to obtain a stable rear area, as well as a large area of ​​mountain land, and the old man will definitely agree.

Next, Su Ze came to the Juyi Hall in the cottage and began to interrogate the prisoners.

The backbone of the mine robbers was pulled out, and under Su Ze's intimidation, they quickly told the truth.

The dead Deng Dai really colluded with the Japanese pirates, and the group of Japanese warriors who took the lead in the charge was the Japanese sword team under King Lu's command.

I don't know how Deng Dai got on the line with King Lu. This group of Japanese warriors found Deng Dai and persuaded Deng Dai to rebel.

Deng Dai also had some ambitions early on. He claimed to be the descendant of Deng Maoqi. Deng Maoqi's uprising stretched across three provinces, and the imperial court took out high-ranking officials with rich salary to Zhao'an.

Deng Dai didn't have much ambition, he just wanted to make the rebellion bigger, and then wait for the imperial court's order.

The two sides hit it off and planned to take down Hu Gonggong's mine supervisor first, and then attack Nanping County.

Unexpectedly, this mine supervisor is also a tough guy, unable to win for a long time, but he waited for the officers and soldiers of Yanpingwei.

At first Deng Dai wanted to retreat to the mountains, but the Japanese insisted on fighting. Deng Dai led his troops to hide far away, and saw the Japanese warriors rushing into the Yanpingwei army, so he led the team to fight out.

Deng Dai didn't expect these Japanese to be so brave and Yanpingwei to be so cowardly. After the Yanpingwei army was defeated, Deng Dai no longer had any fear of the officers and soldiers.

So when Changningwei came to kill, Deng Dai went directly down the mountain to form an array, preparing to wipe out Changningwei's troops in one fell swoop.

"Where are the captured Yanping guards?"

The backbone of the mine robbers looked at each other, and Su Ze said, "Surrender yourself innocent."

A clever backbone of mine robbers said: "They were all killed by Deng Dai!"

Su Ze stood up and said, "Kill them all?"

The backbone knelt on the ground and said: "Deng Dai said to kill the officials to rebel. If you don't kill the officials, how can you rebel with peace of mind? He forced all of us to kill the surrendered officers and soldiers."

Su Ze clenched his hands tightly. Although he had experienced the slaughter on the battlefield, this kind of slaughter still made him indignant.

Su Ze snorted coldly: "Deng Dai died so easily, it's really cheap for him."

Su Ze pointed to the backbone again and said, "Can you write?"

The backbone shook his head, Su Ze looked around again, and raised his hand cleverly: "My lord, I can write."

Su Ze asked him to go out: "Record the crime he dictated just now, and ask him to draw a charge. The two of you stay, and the rest immediately set off to Nanping City."

These backbones immediately understood their fate. They were all backbones who followed Deng Dai, and they would definitely not end well in Nanping City, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

Su Ze naturally didn't soften his heart, and ordered the soldiers to escort him off immediately.

Su Ze asked to escort the surviving Japanese pirate up again.

This guy had a real Japanese bun, Su Ze's heart moved, and he said a Japanese language.

Sure enough, the Japanese raised his head and answered in Japanese.

[I found the cottage at the location, and I can learn the skill "Japanese language". Do you want to learn it? 】

Lin Mojun was no stranger to Su Ze. He could even speak the language of Xiyi, and it was not surprising that he could speak a few words of Japanese.

It's just that Lin Mojun is still very curious about Su Ze's origin. It doesn't matter if this guy is capable of writing and martial arts, he knows everything about farming and water conservancy craftsmen, and he can speak a few languages. Is there really someone who is born knowing in this world?

Su Ze communicated with this Japanese word by word, and finally figured out his origin.

The Japanese name is Zongjiro, a wandering samurai who can't get along with the Japanese country.

He was a ronin recruited by King Lu, and was sent to Fujian by King Lu. His mission was to contact Deng Dai, a bandit in mines, and disrupt the situation in the southeast.

Su Ze asked King Lu's movements again, and Soujiro said frantically that King Lu had gathered troops in the outer sea and would land in September, and guards like Changningwei would be wiped out by then.

Su Ze had nothing to say about this kind of Japanese, so he was directly tied up and sent to the government office.

After the matter was dealt with, a soldier suddenly came to announce that the mine supervisor, Eunuch Hu, wanted to see Su Ze.

It turns out that eunuch Hu received the news that Deng Dai was wiped out by the army, and immediately brought money to reward the army.

Su Ze didn't want to see eunuchs at first, as a modern person, he naturally didn't like eunuchs.

But when he thought that Changning Guard would set up a "sub-base" here in the future, it would inevitably have to deal with the mine supervisor on the side of the mountain, so Zheng Zu brought Eunuch Hu in.

After meeting, Su Ze felt that this Eunuch Hu was low-key and modest, which was different from the rumored traitor.

Before Su Ze interrogated the backbone of the mine robbers, they also admitted that the mine supervisor bullying the miners was just an excuse to raise troops. The mine supervisors of the court have been very low-key in the mountains these years, and they are not oppressive to the miners. Those who fled to become mine robbers are mostly It is not like Deng Dai said that being oppressed by the government and making money by stealing mines with envy.

Since this mine supervisor Hu didn't do any evil, Su Ze only wanted to deal with him at first, as long as neighbors don't bother each other in the future.

But while chatting, Su Ze became interested in this mine supervisor Hu.

Originally it was just a few words of pleasantries, but since he was the mine supervisor, the conversation naturally turned to the mine.

Eunuch Hu saw that Su Ze was a scholar and had a gentle attitude towards him, so he couldn't help but say a few more words:

"Zajia's mine actually saves lead very carefully. There is more lead and less silver. Only nine cents of lead can be refined to get one penny of silver."

Hearing the lead, Su Ze regained his spirits.

The projectiles of the bird guns are made of lead, and the shotguns of the Franc machine guns are also made of lead and iron projectiles. When the guns are fired, the lead is scattered.

At present, movable type printing has only produced more than 2,000 movable types. To increase printing efficiency, more movable types are needed, which also requires more lead.

Su Ze is still worried about the source of lead.

But I didn't expect that it would take no effort to get it. I didn't expect to hear the word lead in the upper reaches of Jianxi.

Su Ze quickly asked:

"What is grass-saving lead?"

Eunuch Hu thought about it and described:

"There are grains in the shape of grass knots on the ore, which is called grass knot lead. There are ore samples in the place where Zajia lives. This kind of ore can be calcined with fire to get lead, but it is more troublesome to smelt silver, which is why The reason why miscellaneous families have been mining for several years without any success."

Eunuch Hu said angrily: "This kind of poor mine is still a remnant mine of Song Dynasty. If it weren't for the miscellaneous family to explore two more mines, the mine veins would have dried up long ago!"

Su Ze looked at Eunuch Hu with bright eyes, this guy is a treasure!

Su Ze changed his previous attitude and said enthusiastically: "It's really not easy for the supervisor, can you tell Su about the mine in the mountain?"

Talking about his professional problems, the eunuch Hu Taotao immediately got up:

"Although there are few silver mines in this mountain, there are many other mines. A few days ago, the miscellaneous family discovered a lime mine."

Lime, this is also a good thing!

Su Ze continued to ask: "Is there iron and coal?"

Eunuch Hu shook his head and said: "There is also red iron in the mountains, but miscellaneous families have also set up blast furnaces for smelting, and there is not much iron produced. It should be poor ore, and it is not cost-effective to smelt."

"There is no coal. The Dajian stove in the iron factory in Yanping Prefecture uses Jiangxi coal or charcoal."

After these few words, Su Ze knew that Eunuch Hu was a proper technical expert!

Su Ze's attitude was even more respectful. He reported his family name and said, "Changning Wei Su Ze, I don't know the name of the mine supervisor."

"You are Su Rulin from Changningwei?"

Are you already so famous? Hu Mining Supervisor immediately said: "I'm Hu Zhen, a handicapped person who works in the palace is nothing. Mr. Su's article has been read by Mr. Hu, and with his literary talents, he will be able to go to high school in the future and become a prime minister!"

Hu Zhen? Su Ze had never heard of this name in the history books. Maybe this eunuch Hu was unknown in history, or he simply died in Deng Dai's rebellion.

The fact that there is no name in the history books does not mean that they are incapable, like Lin Mojun, who has not left a name in the history books.

I have to say that eunuchs are good at flattering people, so it is no wonder that the emperor loves to use eunuchs.

However, Su Ze was planning to rebel, but he was not interested in paying respects.

"Eunuch Hu is overrated. Mr. Su is not even a scholar, so what are you talking about as a minister?"

Su Ze said again: "Eunuch Hu, just now you said that you collected the ores in the nearby mines? Can Su take a look? Also, can I look at the smelting workshop in the mine supervisor?"

Eunuch Hu didn't expect Su Ze, a scholar, to be interested in ores. He said, "It's all right. Mr. Su is still interested in quarrying and mining?"

Su Ze said: "Looking at things to gain knowledge, this ore also contains great learning. Eunuch Hu has contributed to the country by opening mines for the emperor and the court!"

Eunuch Hu was about to burst into tears. Since he left the palace, he had been scolded by scholars as "quan eunuch", and the scholars in Nanping County didn't give him good looks.

Su Ze, a well-known scholar in Yanping Mansion, praised him so much, and Eunuch Hu even made him his confidant.

"Su Xianggong, this way please!"

The cottage is not far from the mine supervisor. Su Ze hurriedly followed Hu Gonggong to his storage room. Hu Gonggong pointed to the ore on the museum shelf and said:

"Su Xianggong, this is the grass festival lead stone just mentioned."

[The ore specimen room where the discovery is located, you can learn the skill "Exploration", do you want to learn it? 】