Zhao Hailou chopped down a man in black and looked back at Gu Zhengchen. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man in black was dead and Gu Zhengchen was safe.
"It seems that Mr. Gu, who invented the body-building technique, is not a simple person."
Zhao Hailou was filled with admiration.
Gu Zhengchen walked towards the man in black, grabbed the sword and pushed it down suddenly, then pulled it out. When he saw that the man in black was no longer moving, he felt relieved.
The sword was tilted to the side, and the bright red blood condensed on the tip of the sword, forming blood beads and dripping slowly.
"Fight quickly, don't let anyone go, or die if you don't surrender, kill!"
Gu Zhengchen shouted sharply.
When Zhao Hailou and other sergeants heard this, their men became even more ruthless. The men in black suffered heavy losses and began to retreat into the cave.
Yang Mantou and Guo Jun walked through the cave.
Guo Jun gritted his teeth: "Damn it, it was exposed here!"
Yang Mantou was frightened.
This Guzhi County came to Dazhuoshan without even a single message. What on earth did the Guo family do for food?
It doesn’t mean that you will be notified of any trouble!
What's the matter now is not the wind and grass, but the death of the head, and there is no news from Guo Dian!
"You go first, I'll go find the third master."
Guo Jun arrived at a cave and quickly said to Yang Mantou, then looked at the four men in black behind him: "Protect Yang Mantou!"
Yang Mantou was the man who made carved mother coins and was also a key figure in mastering the sand-casting method. The reason why privately minted coins were possible was largely due to Yang Mantou's excellent craftsmanship.
It's easy to catch others after they're dead, but it's hard to find people like Yang Mantou after they're dead.
Yang Mantou did not show politeness to Guo Jun, and led the people out of the cave. Looking at the cave entrance in the distance, it was bright everywhere, and there were shouts of killing inside. Yang Mantou stamped his feet. Just as he was about to run, he felt a pain in his thigh. He looked down. Go, an arrow stuck in your leg.
"ah--"
Yang Mantou fell to the ground in pain.
Lin Sancai drew out an arrow again and shot at another man in black.
Each arrow is not fatal, but enough to incapacitate the opponent.
Lin Sancai was not a kind person, especially after he had been locked up in a mine and used as a slave for many years. His heart was filled with violence and he wanted to kill to vent his anger, but Gu Zhengchen's order was left there, and the escapee Shooting injuries, unless absolutely necessary, do not kill people.
Gu Zhengchen issued this order not out of mercy, but because the people in the county government did not understand the Dazhuoshan Copper Mine and had no internal help, so they acted hastily. In this case, the enemy was unprepared and the greatest possibility was to panic. They just ran for their lives in a hurry, and among these people who fled, there must be some leaders and important figures. If they were all shot to death, how could the case be tried?
Lin Sishi, Lin Sanmu, and Lin Sancai led people to hide in the dark, and were responsible for keeping an eye on those who escaped, and using arrows to keep them behind.
Don't dare to show up, after all, there are insufficient manpower.
In the innermost cave, Guo Qu heard the movement and arranged for everyone to resist. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, he opened boxes one by one, picked up torches, and wanted to burn all the account books.
As soon as the fire lit up the two boxes, Zhang Pei led his men to kill them. Seeing the account books on fire, Zhang Pei's eyes turned red. He kicked a man in black over, raised his hand to lift the man in black, and threw him hard towards the burning box. The box, the man in black smashed the wooden box, and the fire burned his skin. Before the man in black could dodge, the big knife sank!
A stream of strong blood spurted out, extinguishing most of the flames!
A big foot stamped out the flames, Zhang Pei stared at Guo Qu and the others, and shouted sternly: "I'll capture you if you don't let me go!"
Guo Qu pulled out a knife, held his neck and shouted: "What you did is to lose your head. Surrendering is also a death. Kill me!"
Zhang Pei stepped on the head on the side like a demon, grinning and showing his teeth with a cold light: "Then let's fight for a while, but it's a pity that you are not Tatars, and your heads can't be exchanged for military merit! However, with people like you, Foreshadowing, Magistrate Gu will be able to go to Jinling in three years!"
The man in black didn't dare to move, the person in front of him was really scary.
Zhao Hailou led his men to kill them and chased them into the cave. After looking at Guo Qu and others, seeing that Zhang Pei could control the situation, he turned around and led his men away.
Gu Zhengchen walked in and glanced at Guo Qu and others: "Who is the mistress?"
Guo Qu's face turned dark. He was the third eldest child, not the third child!
Gu Zhengchen saw the man in black looking at Guo Qu and knew his identity. He looked at the account books on the side and there was still some smell of fireworks. He chuckled: "The first evil will be punished, and the crime of coercion will not lead to death. You think clearly before taking action. I forgot to mention that these people are sergeants from Jinling. If you want to take action, just give it a try."
"Who are you?"
Guo Qu couldn't help but ask when he saw that everyone was very respectful to the young man who was approaching.
"The county magistrate of Jurong, Gu Zhengchen."
"It's you?!"
"That's right, it's me. After tonight, the Guo family will lose its position as the largest family in Jurong, and you will also line up in a long line to go to Jinling. Don't worry, there will be a carriage specially delivered with shackles and shackles attached."
Gu Zhengchen walked to a box and picked up an account book.
Guo Qu's eyes showed murderous intent and he shouted sternly: "Kill him!"
Zhang Pei pointed his sword at Guo Qu, and the Beijing army stepped forward!
The man in black who originally wanted to step forward retreated again.
"It's all over, arrest him."
Gu Zhengchen threw the account book back, closed the box, and walked out. There was the sound of discarding weapons behind him.
Yao Zhen captured Guo Jun, but Yang Mantou didn't run away and was captured.
As the miners were liberated and the chains on their feet were broken, a group of people began to arrest people in the caves with the government servants and sergeants. Some leaders and men in black who were hiding in secret places were also captured.
Above the clearing of the mine, the lights are brightly lit.
Rows of prisoners were escorted, boxes of copper coins were carried out, as well as account books, food, clothing, money-making tools, etc.
After the count was clear, Zhao Hailou reported: "Kill fifty-two people, capture seventy-nine people, rescue 312 miners, cast thirty-fifty boxes of copper coins privately, and have sixty boxes of money-making trees that have not yet been processed. More than 3,600 kilograms of copper materials and more than 1,800 kilograms of tin materials were confiscated..."
Gu Zhengchen picked up a money tree and looked at the copper coins hanging on the copper pole. He secretly sighed at the wisdom of the ancients. Their creativity and production capabilities were far more shocking than later generations imagined.
Those who often ridicule the ancients for not being able to create this or that, frequently deny that the ancients could not create any kind of seismometer, and often think that the ancients' technology was faked and their records were distorted, should really think carefully about why our ancestors have created civilization and technology for thousands of years. People don’t even believe in their own ancestors, but instead believe in the nonsense and nonsense of so-called experts and individuals?
Just because of the decline and bullying of modern times, people deny the glory and greatness of creation in the past. Such people do not even believe in the history of their own country, do not face it, and blindly bow down to cater to the enemy. Such people pretend to be suspicious. In the name of trying to falsify history and hollow out history, they betrayed their ancestors, nation and country.
Gu Zhengchen looked at the money tree in front of him and marveled at the casting skills. Although these copper coins were not very refined and had a lot of impurities mixed in to reduce the cost, this technology existed and this craft was great.
"Can you find the lime pool?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Zhao Hailou nodded slightly and pointed to the northwest: "Three hundred steps away, there are more than a dozen lime pools, which not only contain lime, but also add other things."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly, put down the money tree, and looked at Guo Qu, Guo Jun, Guo Quan, Yang Mantou, Yang Sanjin, Wang Zhou and others, who were the chief culprits of the Dazhuoshan Copper Mine.
"How many copper coins can be cast from one hundred pounds of copper?"
Gu Zhengchen asked as he grabbed a handful of copper coins.
Guo Qu lowered his head and said nothing.
Yang Mantou turned his eyes and said quickly: "Master, I am a miner and I was coerced by the Guo family!"
"Fuck you!"
Xu Erya shouted angrily and was about to rush out, but was blocked by the government officials.
Gu Zhengchen glanced at the angry miners, then looked at Yang Mantou, and smiled: "Since you are being coerced, let's talk about it."
Seeing Gu Zhengchen's warmth, Yang Mantou said quickly: "Master, one hundred kilograms of copper can be cast by the government to get sixteen thousand wen, which is sixteen guan of money. However, the copper added in the casting here is small, and it can be cast roughly twenty-three thousand coins." Money."
"As far as I know, two coins of Song Dynasty can be converted into one coin. If you cast twenty-three coins, you will only get a dozen coins. Is that right?"
Gu Zhengchen looked at Yang Mantou.
Yang Mantou shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. Taiping Tongbao is minted here at a discount of two cents or five cents, and most of them are small flat coins. It's just that some small flat coins are beautifully minted and will be circulated separately after processing. These small flat coins are often still valuable. One article..."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Yang Mantou, who knew a lot, and then looked at Yang Liang: "Bandage his wounds and take good care of him."
"The county magistrate, he..."
Yang Liang was a little anxious. This guy was obviously the culprit. The miners had already said that he was the one who carved the mother's money and was the one who specialized in the casting process!
Gu Zhengchen waved his hand: "Do as I say!"
I finally have a weak head, and I know a lot of things. How can I not make good use of it?
Gu Zhengchen looked at Xu Erya, Feng Baliang and others: "Although the culprit in the mine has been arrested, the person behind the case has still not been arrested. I don't have time to reminisce with you, nor do I have time to ask questions here. You If you can still move, help the government officials seal up all the items here and help move them to the county government office. After the county government office records your affairs clearly, investigates them clearly, informs your family members, and returns to the village, do you understand?"
"clear!"
Xu Erya, Feng Baliang and other miners were very excited.
Finally walked out of the cave, finally free, finally able to go home!
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Qu, Guo Jun and others, pointed to the four account book boxes on the side, and ordered Zhao Hailou and others: "Take these boxes and these twelve people away first, and leave the others here. Carry other items out of the mountain. After leaving the mountain, ask the people at the foot of the mountain to provide carts, donkeys and horses to transport them to the county government."
"Take orders."
Everyone responded.
"Sir, there are eight more pigeons here."
Zhang Pei came over, carrying four pigeon cages.
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly, looked up at the night, moved the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "It's time to visit the old patriarch Guo Dian and ask him which carrier pigeons flew to the Guo family compound. Let two go back. Remember to leave a note and write on it: Someone Gu is coming to visit tonight. As a human being, you have to be polite and it is always good to say hello in advance..."
