Hearing this movement, everyone turned to look at him.
Seeing Liu Jin's serious expression, he strode to the front of Duke Xingguo. He immediately clasped his fists and reported, "Sir, the Tongzhou Express reported just now that three Jianlu were captured. The leader is Geng Jimao, the son of the traitor Geng Zhongming."
As he spoke, he explained the details.
Zhang Mingwei was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect this.
I had received news from Zu Dashou before, saying that Xia Chengde, the former Songshan deputy general, wanted to sneak into the customs. Combined with the news from Governor Shanyong Zuo Yingxuan, he thought that Xia Chengde had entered the pass, so he began to investigate secretly.
Unexpectedly, Xia Chengde did not catch Geng Zhongming's son Geng Jimao!
Geng Zhongming's status on Jianlu's side came from the prince. In terms of status, his son Geng Jimao would be higher than Xia Chengde, at least he would not listen to Xia Chengde's command.
Understanding this, combined with the details of the information provided by Zuo Yingxuan, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but infer: "Could it be that the Jianlu outside the pass smuggled three waves of people into the pass?"
"Tongzhou has conducted a preliminary investigation, and neither Geng Jimao nor several other Jianlu confessed that there were other accomplices!" Liu Jin immediately reported after hearing this.
After finishing speaking, he thought for a moment and then immediately added: "These Jianlu will be taken to the prison. There are all kinds of torture instruments there. I believe we can definitely pry their mouths open!"
In this way, it is conceivable that Geng Jimao will regret entering the customs. No, he will regret being reincarnated as Geng Zhongming's son!
In this regard, although Zhang Mingwei rarely asked his men to torture since he took charge of Jinyiwei, he did not care at all about these prisoners and traitors, and immediately nodded in agreement.
Therefore, Liu Jin immediately ordered a Jinyi Guardsman who was following him, and then the Jinyi Guardsman immediately strode out, obviously going to do this.
Zhu Ailao, who was standing next to him, sighed with emotion at this moment: "It seems that evil is rewarded with evil. These captives were actually exposed because of the thieves!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingwei also smiled.
But he quickly thought of something and said to Liu Jin: "When the Jianlu entered the pass, their money rat tail is a very important symbol. In addition to wearing a hat to cover it up, the most likely way is to pretend to be a monk."
Thinking of this, he remembered something, and immediately added: "Even if they shaved their heads, if you look carefully, you can still find traces of money rat tails. We must strictly investigate bald heads!"
In fact, Liu Jin had thought of these two situations. However, since the national bus took over, he immediately accepted the order.
It feels like the situation is about the same. The most we can do is send more manpower to conduct inspections.
With this in mind, he was ready to leave and go to Tongzhou to take charge.
But who knows, Zhang Mingwei still has something to say, so I heard him say: "We must give full play to the subjective initiative of the people. If there are other rebels, let them fall into the vast sea of Ming people. This is the most reliable way. Ways to trace!”
Just like in later generations, neighborhood committee aunts are indispensable in catching enemy agents!
If it were in later generations, everyone would probably understand what his words meant. But in this era, Liu Jin was at a loss, and Zhu Yuluo and others also had the same expression, they were all confused: What is the vast ocean of people in the Ming Dynasty?
Looking at their expressions, Zhang Mingwei knew that they did not understand, so he explained with a smile: "Publicize the Jianlu sneaking into the pass in the capital. If we mention the harm done to the people by the Jianlu, if the people If you don’t want to be harmed by Jianlu again, you should open your eyes wide and stare at strangers, whether they are Jianlu or those who want to help Jianlu, report them all to the court."
So that’s it! Liu Jin heard this and immediately agreed.
However, Zhang Mingwei hadn't finished speaking yet and continued to say to him: "If the report is verified, the court will reward you heavily. As long as there are clues, there will be rewards! At the same time, the characteristics of Jianlu will be announced."
Liu Jin listened and agreed again. Seeing that Duke Xingguo had no other instructions, he turned around and wanted to leave.
But at this time, another Jin Yiwei general came in and reported to them: "There was news from an inn in Tongzhou, saying that there were five monks in that inn. Their behavior was very suspicious and they left in a hurry before martial law. The waiter When I went to clean their room, I found that the room was full of meat.”
Needless to say, there is a very high probability that these five monks are Jianlu who lurked into the pass.
After Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said goodbye to Zhang Mingwei and rushed to Tongzhou to take charge.
Zhang Mingwei looked at his back and said nothing for a while.
When Jianlu entered the pass, whether he was here to inquire about information or to do other things, in short, he must be doing some news that would be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty.
If possible, it would be best to find them all.
With this in mind, he ordered a royal guard standing aside: "Go and find Zhou Wenzhen!"
Although arrangements have been made, the three religions and nine streams of the people can also secretly spy on it. Such a two-pronged approach should be fruitful.
After giving this instruction, Zhang Mingwei turned around, smiled, and said to the students in front of him: "Let's continue what we just did!"
His main focus must be on climbing the technology tree. As for the details of arresting Jianlu and entering the customs, his subordinates will naturally handle the details, so he doesn't need to worry about it.
At this time, Zhang Mingwei turned to look at Fang Yizhi and his son, and said to them: "You two also have a mission next!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Yizhi and his son couldn't help but be overjoyed. Just watching the things that Song Yingxing was responsible for come out, to be honest, they were very envious in their hearts.
It's just very helpless. Song Yingxing is a latecomer to the steam engine. He is more proficient than them. He can draw inferences from one example and win praise from Duke Xingguo. They are not comparable to them.
Now that I heard that Duke Xingguo had assigned them a task, it must be similar to what Song Yingxing was responsible for. Once this kind of thing is done, it will definitely leave its name in history just like the steam engine. If this happens, they will be unhappy and it would be strange not to be excited.
"It all depends on the Duke's orders!" Fang Yizhi, father and son, looked at each other and bowed to answer almost in unison.
Zhang Mingwei looked at the two of them and said with a smile on his face: "I have mentioned the currency reform to the emperor before. It is related to the national economy and people's livelihood and is a very important matter. Now that steam locomotives are available, trains are running back and forth every day. I believe that the people have regained a lot of confidence in the imperial court. They are more accepting of new things than before. Therefore, the task of the two of you is to prepare new gold, silver and copper coins!"
Upon hearing this, the excited smiles on the faces of Fang Yizhi and his son suddenly disappeared!
They didn't expect that Duke Xingguo would ask them to do this. How difficult was it? Isn't it just like copper coins? It’s a shame that I was so excited just now!
Thinking of this, Fang Yizhi replied with a wry smile: "Teacher, can't we just leave this matter to the Ministry of Household Affairs? Isn't it better for students to learn this new thing?"
These first-generation disciples of Zhang Mingwei, in addition to doing these experiments every day, also have to teach.
The Capital Academy of the Ming Dynasty has admitted a large number of students with no basic knowledge, and they are the ones who need to be taught. It can be said that they are actually very busy.
After hearing Fang Yizhi's words, Zhang Mingwei immediately smiled and said: "This new coin, I don't mean to use the old pouring method, but to use the stamping method!"
Since ancient times, there have been copper coins, which are similar to coins.
The production process of this ancient copper coin is as follows. First, the pottery mold of the minted coin is made, and then the pottery molds are overlapped in pairs to form a mold bag;
Then melt the copper into liquid copper and pour the liquid copper into the mold bag. After the copper water cools, break the mold bag and take out the fixed copper coins. Generally speaking, this comes from a money tree and needs to be taken apart. Then use a square wooden stick to thread the round coins with square holes into strings, polish the burrs, and finally shape them.
The square hole in the middle of the copper coin is actually there just for the last step.
At this time, Fang Yizhi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Zhang Mingwei's words. Sure enough, there was something new!
So, he immediately bowed down and asked for advice: "Teacher, I don't know what the stamping method is?"
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei pointed to the last steam engine in the far corner that could not meet the requirements of a steam locomotive and said: "That steam engine does not have the power to make a boring machine, so it is left for you to use. With the power of this steam engine, Treat it like this..."
As he spoke, he explained the several steps of stamping coins in detail, and finally concluded: "This stamping method produces coins, not only with less loss, but also more beautiful, and ordinary people cannot imitate them. You can first According to what I said, try it and see if you can finally make it. If there are any difficulties, we will solve them together!"
In the Western world, coins have actually been minted very early. But as far as it is preserved for future generations, it is very rough. However, by this era, Spanish silver dollars already existed.
But even so, this is the first time for Daming to use this stamping method, so it still needs to be carefully considered. The most important thing is to be efficient.
After hearing about this difficult challenge, Fang Yizhi became more motivated. He glanced at his father and immediately loudly accepted the order!
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In the evening, Zhang Mingwei received another message from Tongzhou in the rest room of the Ming Dynasty Capital Academy.
After the Tongzhou incident, the cavalry was mobilized promptly and a monk was captured in the wild two miles away from Tongzhou.
The monk refused to confess at first, but when he heard that he was about to be imprisoned, he took the initiative to confess that he belonged to Xia Chengde's group. It was also confirmed that Xia Chengde's group and Geng Jimao's group had no knowledge of each other before.
It's a pity that Xia Chengde and others were not caught, and the search is still ongoing.
While listening to this report, Zhou Wenzhen from Luo Zujiao rushed over.
