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Chapter 76

Thirty miles from Feng'an to cross Henan is a piece of yellow sand land. W√w    W√.

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CoM started at the end of September of the first year of Kaicheng, a group of outsiders suddenly set up camp here, circled a place within a radius of one mile, and hung wooden signs to indicate that outsiders would not be allowed to enter.

This place belongs to the defense base of the southern patrol defense camp in Feng'an City, ten miles away from Yazhai. However, the patrol defense camp not only did not send troops to drive them away, but instead sent cavalry to escort them. By mid-October, the streets and alleys of Feng'an were spreading, and the governor's mansion and the Meishan Coal Mine will work together to build a new coal mine here.

The eighth day of the October 10th is an auspicious day. On this day, Yang Hao came across the river accompanied by Cheng Keling and Feng'an County Magistrate Zhu Xiangnan. On that day, all the workers stopped their work and focused their eyes on the entrance of a black and broken cave. A black and thin man in his forties walked around the entrance of the cave anxiously. Yang Hao and Feng'an officials were waiting in the bamboo shed more than ten meters away. There were tea and fruit spots in the bamboo shed, but no one was intent to drink tea and eat snacks at this time. Everyone's eyes were staring at the entrance of the black and broken cave.

At the end of Chenshi, someone finally crawled out of the black hole, his face was dark, and he was carrying a bamboo basket on his back, with half a basket of shiny black coal inside.

The thin black man rushed up quickly, took out a piece of coal from the bamboo basket, broke it into two pieces with his hands, and looked carefully, then tapped each other, and his tight brows finally stretched out. Yang Hao and Feng'an officials, who were equally nervous, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hard work pays off. This is not only a large mine, but also the coal seam is very shallow, which can save at least half of the labor than Meishan Mine. This time we are a fortune."

When the black and thin man said that, he couldn't help laughing at the sky and raised the coal in his hand. There was already a rumbling tumbling around. The thin man's surname was Wang, named Wang Moshan, and was appointed by Yang Hao. This man was originally a shareholder of Meishan Coal Mine. Later, he withdrew from the stock and started the mine by himself. He went through great difficulty to open the mine, but the local government convicted him of exiled him on the excuse of tax evasion and occupied his coal mine. Wang Moshan sold his ancestral property and was able to get out of it. From then on, he was disheartened and lived in seclusion in the countryside to study.

Yang Hao had long been interested in joining Wang Rentong to open another coal mine, but he suffered from insufficient financial resources. After getting this unexpected fortune from Youlida, he decided to regain his old dream. Wang Rentong expressed his willingness to invest in shares on the grounds of being weak and sick, and was unwilling to join in business again. He recommended his friend Wang Moshan to Yang Hao, but the premise was that Yang Hao could persuade him to come out, and Yang Hao personally went to Tongzhou to invite him. When the two met, Wang Moshan felt that he had sincerely agreed to come out to help, on the condition that he would get three% of the equity for every new mine opened.

Yang Hao readily agreed to his request and appointed him as the Fengzhou mining envoy, who was fully responsible for prospecting and mining in the Fengzhou border. At the same time, he also appointed him as the chief instructor of the newly established Fengzhou Economics School of Mining, responsible for cultivating a group of technical and management talents.

"In my opinion, when will this mine produce silver?" Yang Hao asked anxiously.

"Next October." Wang Moshan calculated his fingers and said carelessly.

"Is there any way to get the coal out earlier?" asked Zhu Xiangnan, the magistrate of Feng'an County.

Wang Moshan smiled, "There is a solution, but I don't know if the general is willing to do so."

"As long as it does not harm the will of heaven and does not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, what's wrong with it?"

"Okay!" Wang Moshan looked straight into Yang Hao's eyes and said, "Please hand over the 670 Uighur prisoners of war captured in the Battle of Fengzhou to me. I promise that I can deliver coal in June next year. By the end of the year, I can pay 100,000 taels of silver in the treasury."

Yang Hao thought for a while and said, "I can hand over the person to you, but you have to return it to me in a year. At least 99% of the people, I want to see them alive."

Wang Moshan thought for a moment, nodded and said, "The Grand Marshal told me that I will do whatever I want."

Then, supervised by Yang Hao, Wang Moshan and Zhu Xiangnan signed an agreement to clarify the relationship between their responsibilities and rights. After the agreement was completed, the officials of Feng'an County handled various documents and certificates for the coal mine on the spot. All of this was done, and it was almost noon. Wang Moshan said: "Wang borrowed the Yazhai, the city's southern patrol defense camp, and the business was very particular about the opening of the business. Please be sure to enjoy the gift." After that, he bowed to everyone.

Yang Hao said, "It is hard to refuse the kindness, so don't let Boss Wang down. Just this time, I won't get off the wrong way." The carriages and horses rushed to the patrol camp ten miles away. On the way, Wang Moshan reported his recent work plan in detail to Yang Hao, and finally said, "Please give the mine a name." Yang Hao thought for a moment and said, "Just call the first mine. We will open the second mine and the third mine in the future."

The Nancheng Patrol Battalion is under the jurisdiction of the First Police Battalion, and the Yazhai is located in a small town with a population of nearly 1,000. Before everyone arrived, Wu Bohan, the commander of the First Police Battalion, was already waiting at the gate of the Yazhai. Among the people who were greeted, there was a female scholar's office very eye-catching. She was 10** years old, with a white face as jade and a peach blossom eye. Although she was wearing a loose book office uniform, she still couldn't hide her enchanting figure.

Wang Moshan stared at the woman intently and asked Yang Hao quietly: "Is this the bookkeeper you hired? It's indeed a beauty." Yang Hao smiled and said, "You only know that she is a beauty, but you don't know that she is a talented woman. Her name is Qianshuiqing, a scholarly family, proficient in music, good at singing and dancing, quick-witted and virtuous, and a rare talent."

Wang Moshan said: "Sir, give her to me. My mining trooper is now alone."

Yang Hao smiled and said, "You think it's beautiful. When I asked you to go to the women's camp to recruit people, you didn't think so. But you didn't know that all the people in the women's camp were talented women and beautiful women from a thousand miles away. How about it? Do you regret it now?"

Wang Moshan smiled and defended: "I was busy looking for mines that day, but I was not in Feng'an. Why don't you give me all the thirty-eight remaining in the women's camp? I promise to resettle them."

Yang Hao snorted: "Don't think about it. If you are addicted to alcohol and sex, what other mines would you find for me?" Wang Moshan laughed when he heard this. When he arrived at the camp gate, Yang Hao turned over and dismounted. Wang Moshan was so old that he had not come down after a long time of hard work. Seeing everyone laughing, he felt anxious and rolled down with a "bone" sound, which made everyone laugh.

Wang Moshan patted the dust on his butt, and he was not careful. He ran to Qian Shuiqing and piled up a smile and said, "I am Wang Moshan, a mining entourage in Fengzhou. A new mine will be built in the south of the city. It is difficult to start a business and there is especially lack of talent. I want to invite Miss Shuiqing to be the mine manager, but I don't know what to do?"

Asami Kiyoshi replied, "Thank you for your kindness. It's hard to do a book by Shuiqing. How dare you take charge of a large mine with thousands of people? You'll kill the little woman."

Wang Moshan was still entangled, and Yang Hao came over to rescue him and said, "It's so unrighteous to dig up the wall in front of me. I'm so unrighteous. I'll punish myself for three glasses of wine later." Everyone agreed. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Moshan waved his hands and said, "Just, joke, girls, don't take it seriously."

"Master General." Yang Hao was about to turn around and leave, and Qianshuiqing called softly behind him, "There is an urgent delivery from Chang'an."

Qian Shuiqing took out a report from her close-fitting bag and handed it to Yang Hao. The report was delivered by the Tiande Army stationed in Chang'an Jinzuoyuan. Although Fengzhou was nominally classified as Shuofang, Zhang Cheng still delivered a copy of the compiled report on Yang Hao on time. Wang Qian lacked financial resources and had limited control over the Jinzuoyuan, so he could only turn a blind eye to this matter.

In the report, Zhang Cheng focused on the promotion of the eunuch Liu Hongyi to Privy Councilor, and used small calligraphy to criticize the four words "Liu Feiqiu Party" next to the text. After reading it a few times, Yang Hao handed the report back to Qian Shuiqing and ordered: "Thank you hard and hurry back to Feng'an immediately, and let Guan Suo check what Liu Hongyi's origin is."

"Yes." Qianshuiqing put away the report and turned over and left.

"Oh, Miss Shuiqing, why are you leaving?" Wang Moshan chased out of the village, looked at Qian Shuiqing's back as he was leaving, and complained to Yang Hao: "Sir, I really don't know how to be polite. It's time for dinner. You can leave her for dinner before leaving."

Yang Hao snorted, "In my eyes, she is just a clerk in the bureau, so she naturally needs to take the lead in business. Lao Wang, if he is a man, would you keep him for dinner?" Wang Moshan was speechless.

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At the end of Shen Shi, Yang Hao returned to Feng'an Defense Envoy Office.

In the small courtyard in front of the inner study room, Guan Suo and Qianshuiqing were chatting down. When they saw Yang Hao coming in, they came forward and came forward. Yang Hao handed the whip to the entourage and said, "Guan Suo comes in alone, and everyone else retreats." Qianshuiqing stopped and looked sad when she heard this.

Guan Suo held a bowl of tea and said carefully: "The general wants to check Liu Hongyi's background. He was too busy for a while, so his subordinates invited Miss Shuiqing to help, but he was afraid that he would not be able to say it incompletely, so he made a decision to let her come over without authorization."

Yang Hao said: "I will give you the matter, so of course I will ask you. If you have the ability to ask someone for help, that's fine, but you can't even ask others to tell you about it, right? If that's the case, what else do I want you to do? Okay, let's talk, what have you found in the past few days?"

Guan Suo took out a piece of paper and cleared his throat and said, "Liu Hongyi, ancestral home in Yangzhou, is 45 years old this year, and is in the palace at the age of seven. He has served as a doctor of the Palace Sect, the Chief of the Palace Bureau, the Nei Temple Bureau, the Nei Temple Bo, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, the Insider, and the Insider. In June this year, he returned to Beijing and replaced Qiu Shiliang as the Insider, the Insider, and the Insider. This man was meticulous and mature, he did not form cliques or engage in personal gain. When he was a servant in the Insider, he was given the title of "good man". The great traitor and evil, as Wang Shoucheng, also looked at him differently."

Yang Hao snorted coldly and said, "What kind of traitor and evil? Do you know Wang Shoucheng?"

Guan Suo smiled and said, "Of course I don't know you."

Yang Hao scolded: "As a staff officer, you should collect accurate information, and you should have reasonable and well-founded words. Don't draw conclusions about vague things. What kind of treacherous and evil ones? If you say Wang Shoucheng, you should say Wang Shoucheng, and you don't need to add these four words before him."

Guan Suo said yes, but he lowered his hands and said nothing.

Yang Hao untied his belt and wiped the sweat from his body with a wet towel, threw the towel to Guan Suo, and said, "I just met Mr. Guan again in the doorman. What's going on? Didn't you ask you to pick him up and take a rest?"

Guan Suo hurriedly replied, "I answered, but the old man said he couldn't stay idle. He stayed at home for a long time and felt sore in his waist and legs. I had no choice but to let him go."

"Then say hello to the doorman, don't tired him." Yang Hao picked up the fan and slapped it hard, suddenly remembering something and turned to Guan Sui and said, "I'd like to send a letter to General Meng and inform him of Liu Hongyi."

"I think this letter should be written by Miss Shuiqing." Guan Suo picked up the copper basin and walked out. "She is also your bookkeeper. Her skills are no worse than mine. Why do you have to look for me in everything?"

When Yang Hao heard this, he knocked the fan to Guan Suo. Guan Suo smiled and bent down to pick up the fan, saying, "Miss Shuiqing is better than me in talent and writing. This is what you said. Besides, since you hired her to do a library, it is not easy to leave others aside, right? I can see that she is a serious person who works hard and has a little experience..."

Before Guan Suo finished speaking, Yang Hao shouted: "If you don't want to write, get out!"

After hearing this, Guan Suo quickly placed the folding fan on the desk and ran away with a short body. After Guan Suo went out, he turned to the office office to find Qianshuiqing and asked her to draft a letter to Meng Bochang immediately and send it to Yang Hao for review. Qianshuiqing naturally did not dare to neglect it. After asking the main points, he hurriedly wrote it at the desk.

The book office is on the left side of the signing room for the registration, but Yang Hao’s daily office is in the inner study room after the signing room. From the value room to the inner study room, you have to pass through the right corner door of the signing room.

Qianshuiqing planned a letter and walked out of the duty room. When she passed by the right corner gate, she was stopped by two big men in brocade clothes. The inner courtyard of the bureau only had four clerks and eight guards in the attendant's room, and no one else was allowed to enter. Even if the governor Zhang Huchen came to visit, his entourage had to stay in the wing room of the outer courtyard. Who are these people? Not only can they enter the inner courtyard, but they can also carry weapons?

"I asked you to stop, have you heard it?" The person who came had a Chang'an accent. His hand almost touched Qian Shuiqing's chest. Qian Shuiqing stopped, raised the official document bag in his hand, and whispered: "I have an urgent official document report."

"You can't go in either." Another big man in brocade glared at her fiercely, and his hand with blue veins bursting on the hilt of the knife. Seeing that the situation was not good, Qianshuiqing hurriedly turned around and returned to the duty room.

The room is empty at this time. According to the regulations, the post office can go home. Only one post office must be left in the room. Qianshuiqing lives in the office. She is single and has nowhere to go, so she often takes the initiative to leave the post office.

"Who are they? What are they doing here?" Thinking of the fierce words of the two great men, Akami Kyuki was restless and restless. After thinking about it, she decided to go to Guan Suo and tell him what she saw and suspected. Although Guan Suo had served as the chief lieutenant of the Staff Office, he also served as the foreman of the Book Office. During these days when Akami Kyuki was in office, she had many contacts with him for official duties, and she only believed in Guan Suo in terms of closeness and alienation.

The idea was made, the problem now was how to get out. The front door of the duty room must not be able to leave. The sudden departure of the book office on duty will definitely arouse the suspicion of the two men. Yes, when walking through the back door, the backyard of the book office's office's office's office is the library library (archive room). When the book office drafts official documents, they often have to go to the library library to check the information. For the sake of convenience, they opened a door on the back wall of the house, and blocked it with bookshelf. Except for their own people, few people know that this back door exists.

The little official who managed the Wencai Library had already returned home, and the only door had been locked. Qianshuiqing gritted her teeth and climbed out: Climb the wall! Although official documents are not valuable, they are very important. The wall of Wencai Library is also very high. Fortunately, there is a crooked jujube tree in the corner of the yard. Qianshuiqing climbed up the jujube tree, and used all her energy to eat before climbing to the wall. Her wrists and face had been cut by the thorns on the jujube tree. She sat on the wall and took a breath, and then turned around carefully. There were no jujube trees outside the wall, so she had to jump if she wanted to go down.

"What a high wall." She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, bit her teeth, and was about to jump down.

Suddenly, her ankle was grabbed by two big hands. Before she could figure out what was going on, she was pulled down by two guards passing by. The two of them pressed her down without asking, but they fisted and kicked her until Qianshuiqing screamed. They stopped and turned her over and took a look. They were stunned: Who doesn’t know the famous beautiful bookkeeper in the bureau?

Qian Samichi didn't bother to argue with the two, and hurriedly said, "Take me to see Captain Guan, someone is going to harm the commander."

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Note: The report is a written report sent by the Jinzouyuan to various vassal states to introduce the political affairs of the court and various news. It is the prototype of the official report, and its official name is "Jinzouyuan". Among many ancient books in the Tang Dynasty, "report report", "report report", "resent the post of the upper house" and "resent the residence report" all refer to the letter of the Jinzouyuan.
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