Chapter 1328: Han Banner World (VIII) We Want to See the King

Tongji is more than a hundred miles away from Helin. It is a typical mountainous area. Within the high mountains, there are rich mineral deposits. After the founding of the Han Dynasty, they began to vigorously develop the rich mineral deposits in Liaodong. The rich mineral deposits in Liaodong were discovered one by one. Tongji Iron Mine is a The second largest iron ore mine in Liaodong is also the main supplier of Jishi County's military industry.

After the ore was dug out, it was transported to the iron smelting plant at the foot of the mountain. After preliminary smelting, the rough iron was then transported to Jishi County for further processing. Tongji County also became the only iron ore because of the existence of this iron mine. Second to the prosperity of the county town and forest. Tens of thousands of workers and their families form a unique group in this county.

However, in the past few days, Tongji County has been filled with a tense atmosphere. The Tongji Iron Mine miners are rioting. They are only ten miles away from Tongji City, which can be said to be very close. In Tongji County, apart from maintaining law and order, Except for the hundreds of policemen, there was nothing left. {Pig}{Pig}{岛｝Novel www{zhuzhu][}

When the news came, Jin Xiu, the magistrate of Tongji County, was in despair and could only call on the men in the county to take up arms and walk up the city wall. Most of the people living in this county were Han Chinese, and some of them were Han Chinese. Many businessmen from other places had military experience. Under Jin Xiu's call, they finally organized a team of more than 2,000 people. But Jinxiu understood that these people were not an army. If the miners on the mountain were defeated, he would not be able to resist them. Not to mention that the number of the miners on the mountain was several times that of his own, and they all needed capable and powerful laborers. What was even more terrible was that they had the necessary resources to mine. of gunpowder. Jin Xiu believed that the gunpowder must have fallen into the hands of these rioters.

Jinxiu spent three days in fear, but the rioting miners did not go down the mountain except to detain the manager of Tongji Mine, the supervisors stationed by the county and the business personnel of the Jishi City Armory, and let them go. He was surprised and worried at the same time, not knowing what the other party was going to do.

Even so, Jin Xiu would never dare to neglect. In the past few days, he had been lying on the city wall with his clothes on. Tongji was not far from Helin, and the messenger had already arrived. Reinforcements would appear at any time. Every hour that passed, Jin Xiu felt relieved. point.

There was a thunderous sound of horse hooves in the distance, and as a large flag appeared in the sight of everyone on the city, bursts of cheers suddenly erupted on the city. It was a fluttering yellow dragon flag.

"Reinforcements are coming!" cheers. Tongji County, which had been tense for several days, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Jin Xiu also let out a heavy breath. Fortunately, it came quite quickly. He stood on the top of the city and looked at the yellow dragon flag. His originally rosy face turned pale in an instant, and his hands started to tremble uncontrollably.

What made the gold embroidery lose its normalcy was naturally the distinctive yellow dragon flag, because this flag had nine gold threads.

"The king is here in person!" Jin Xiu screamed.

The city gates are wide open. Jin Xiu led the officials of Hefu to welcome him out of the city gate.

For Jin Xiu, he never thought that one day he would face the supreme ruler of this huge country in person.

Above the city. There were crowds of people, and the defenders who voluntarily stepped onto the city wall cheered loudly, waving their weapons and shouting "Long live the king." Looking at the intact city wall, Gao Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you Jin Xiu?" Turning over and dismounting, Gao Yuan looked at the man in front of him with two dark circles under his eyes. A middle-aged man who looked tired but also nervous and excited.

"My humble position is Jin Xiu, the magistrate of Tongji County." Jin Xiu said in a trembling voice.

"Such a bad thing happened under your rule. Do you know your guilt?" Gao Yuan threw the riding crop aside and asked He Weiyuan calmly.

Jinxiu trembled all over and fell to his knees, "I deserve death for my crime. The mob rioted in Tongji Iron Mine. I know nothing about it because of my humble position. I failed to cope with it. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Gao Yuan snorted, "You are guilty, but you do not deserve death. Instead, you should be investigated by the procuratorate and then decided by the court. It is not my decision. But considering that Tongji City is intact, It’s not like you have no merit.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but Tongji City is intact because the mob did not come down to attack. Otherwise..." Jin Xiu knelt on the ground, gritted his teeth, but still told the truth.

Gao Yuan was startled, and couldn't help but glance at the county magistrate, and thought to himself that it was not without merit.

"Let's go to the city first! Tianci, please arrange for people to go to Tongji Iron Mine immediately. Since the miners are rioting, they don't go down the mountain or enter the city. There must be a reason." Gao Yuan said.

"Yes, I will arrange for people to go up the mountain immediately." Cao Tianci bowed.

"Dasha, take over the city defense immediately and make arrangements for emergencies."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Three thousand young guardsmen were stationed, and more importantly, the legendary king of the Han Kingdom actually appeared in Tongji in person, which immediately gave everyone in Tongji County a reassurance, and the previous panic was gone. Everyone crowded on the streets, hoping to catch a glimpse of the king. However, after the king entered the city, he went directly to the county government office and never showed up again.

Cao Tianci decided to take people to Tongji Iron Mine in person. There was a strange atmosphere everywhere in this riot, which made Cao Tianci want to see what happened in person.

Tongji Iron Mine is located in Mingfeng Mountain, less than ten miles away from Tongji County. A cement avenue that can accommodate several carriages runs from Tongji County to the mining area. If the mob wants to attack the county, follow this avenue , it can be reached in half an hour at most. With the almost undefended state of Tongji County, this place should have ceased to exist long ago.

Why didn't they come?

At the end of the road, Mingfeng Mountain appeared in Cao Tianci's field of vision. The first thing that caught his eye was the dusty brick walls and tall chimneys. They were the smelting plants at the foot of the mountain. Looking up, Look, you can see thatched huts appearing in patches on the mountainside.

"Where is that place?" Cao Tianci asked, raising his whip and pointing to the place. Next to him was a local intelligence officer from the National Security Bureau.

"Minister Cao, that area is where miners live, and miners and their families live there," the intelligence officer said. "Minister Cao, are we going to go there like this?"

Cao Tianci nodded, "How else can we get through this way?"

"Minister Cao, let me go and investigate first. Your status is valuable. What if the other party has evil intentions?" the intelligence officer said.

"No need. These people must have other intentions. I'm afraid they suddenly launched a riot because the king arrived in Helin. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been hiding in the mining area. With their strength of tens of thousands, do you think they can take advantage of it?" Is there any problem in Xia Tongji County?" Cao Tianci stared at the smoky mining area and asked. "We all know the information you have collected over the past two years."

"Minister, since everyone above knows, why hasn't it been dealt with? It has been delayed until today, leading to such an incident."

Cao Tianci smiled bitterly, "Of course there are difficulties above. I originally thought that as the laws of the Han Dynasty became more and more perfect, there would be some restraint, but now it seems that the king still thinks that some people are too kind. For the sake of I really don’t care about anything when it comes to making money. Just look at it this time, I don’t know how many people are going to lose their heads.”

The intelligence officer also smiled wryly and shook his head, but still got ahead of Cao Tianci and galloped forward on his horse.

"Who is it? Stop." On the wall, a row of dark-skinned heads appeared, holding knives and guns in their hands. They looked warily at the people approaching on horseback.

"Master Cao Tianci, the director of the Han Police Department, is here in person. Which of you is in charge? Let him speak out." the intelligence officer shouted loudly.

The men on the wall looked at each other hesitantly. One of the older men stood up and said, "What kind of official is the police minister? Is he as big as the county governor?"

Cao Tianci and the intelligence officer were both dumbfounded. Not to mention that Mao Dewang was just the governor of a county in the Han border area. Even the governor of Tianhe County had to be polite in front of Cao Tianci, but in the face of this How can you explain this to a man who lives in the countryside and knows nothing?

"I am a person close to the king. I can see the king every day, but can't the county guard see him every day? Do you think it's me or the county guard who is bigger?" Cao Tianci stepped forward on his horse and said loudly.

The people on the wall looked at Cao Tianci, with a more suspicious look on their faces, if not for any other reason than that Cao Tianci looked too young. Cao Tianci was only twenty-six years old today, and he married Princess Zhao just a few years ago. After reading the paper, the man on the wall would not believe a young man who said that his official position was greater than that of a county guard.

"You don't want to lie to us. Our eldest brother said that unless the king comes in person, we won't see anyone." The man shouted loudly.

Cao Tianci's heart skipped a beat. Their motive was indeed to see the king.

"If you want to see the king, you must first lay down your weapons, open the door and surrender. Otherwise, how can the king meet you?" Cao Tianci said: "The king is in Tongji County now. Tell your people in charge to come out, otherwise the army will be there in an instant. It will arrive in between.”

The man on the wall laughed and said: "I have a scar as big as a bowl after falling off my head. I'm so scared. Let me tell you, even if we die, we can blow up this Tongji Iron Mine into ruins. The bastard men won't let us live." , we won’t make it easy for them either. Get out of here, or we’ll kill you now.”

The man bent down, and when he straightened up again, he actually had a crossbow in his hand. Cao Tianci was startled, reined in his horse and took a few steps back. There are hundreds of kilograms of explosive red stored in the Tongji Iron Mine. This is no joke. The man's statement that he will blow up the Tongji Iron Mine into rubble is not just a threat. They are indeed capable of doing it.

"You still have your family here, your wife and children, how can you do it?" Cao Tianci asked in return.

"Anyway, we can't live anymore. If there is anything we can't do, we can go there together. We are not lonely on the road to hell. We know that we can't fight a big army, and we won't fight with a big army. We just want to see the king and ask for justice. Didn’t the king say that everyone in the world should be treated equally? Why can’t he treat us as human beings?” the man on the wall yelled.

Cao Tianci took a deep breath: "Okay, if the king arrives, what will you say?"

"If the king comes to us, we will open the door and surrender immediately." A loud voice came, and a sturdy man appeared beside the man and said loudly. (To be continued...)