Datang Nongwang

Chapter 811 A big event
Li Chongyuan didn't know whether the Feng family had rebelled.

Even when Feng An was still alive, Li Chongyuan couldn't assess whether Feng An had rebelled, or even wanted to rebel.

Ten years ago, many people sued Feng An for plotting rebellion.

But after all these years, Feng An's behavior and all kinds of things did not show the state of rebellion.

but.

Li Chongyuan thought so.

Feng An may have thought about rebelling against the people at that time, or even planned to rebel against him.

after all.

So many people in the court sued Feng An for treason, and Li Shimin said that he would send troops to attack Feng An.

It is estimated that it is impossible to sit still on anyone's body.

Thinking about it is also right.

But now, Li Chongyuan got news from Liu Ping and the others.

All the news pointed to the Feng family wanting to run away.

Be it Tang Li, Liu Xiang, or even Xing Ba and the others, they all had some disbelief in the news that came back from Gaozhou.

Or maybe they just couldn't figure out why the Feng family had to run away.

No, at this moment, they were thinking about the possibility of this incident in their minds.

What's more, after thinking about it, everyone thought it was impossible for the Feng family to run away.

After all, the Feng family really belonged to the King of Lingnan in Lingnan. With such power, who would be willing to give up this power and run away from Datang?
Li Chongyuan looked at Tang Li and Liu Xiang, and after thinking for a moment, he replied: "With Feng An here, the Feng family will be safe. After all, Feng An has contributed to the stability of Lingnan. Send troops to attack Lingnan. But after Feng An's death, although the Feng family has Feng Zhidai in power, Feng Zhidai's ability is not very good to be honest. Feng Zhidai is attacking his father's title and official position. Moreover, he and his brothers have been growing up under the protection of Feng An. Besides, some people in the court have sued the Feng family. So, I guess that someone in the court will sue again What's the matter with his Feng family, and the Feng family may really have something, so this Feng family is thinking of running away."

Li Chongyuan is not very clear about what happened above the court recently.

However, from the news that Liu Ping and the others sent back from Gaozhou, it can be inferred that what happened in the court may have prompted the Feng family to think about running away.

After Tang Li and the others heard this, although they didn't understand it very well, they still asked, "Could it be that something bad happened to the Feng family was discovered?"

"It's possible! The Feng family has occupied Lingnan for decades, and the Feng family seldom went to the capital to report on their duties. People in the court have a grudge against the Feng family's exploration of Lingnan, so naturally they always want to join the Feng family. In addition, Feng What the family did in Lingnan, the Feng family has nearly a dozen people as governors, and so many governors are occupied by the Feng family, which is obviously to be criticized. Sometimes the Feng family is really unkind, To occupy so many positions of governor, not to mention people in the court, even I am very disliked by the Feng family." Li Chongyuan said again.

After Xingba thought about it, he suddenly interjected and said, "Xiao Langjun, what do you mean, when I returned to Xisha Island at the end of last year, I met some merchant shipmen who said something, but I don't know about it. Is it related to the Feng family's escape this time?"

"What is it!" Li Chongyuan was curious.

Xingba recalled: "I heard from the merchant shipmen that a copper mine was discovered in Lingnan and was exploited by the Feng family. The shipman said that the copper mine was located in the Shaozhou area. Listen, I have not verified whether it is true or not."

"Copper Mine!!!" Li Chongyuan was shocked when he heard the news.

At present, copper is a thing controlled by the imperial court.

The Tang Dynasty inherited the system of the previous Sui Dynasty, and the mining rights belonged to the imperial court.

However, this was true at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, but after the middle and late stages, the mining rights changed, and individuals could mine them.

But now, mining rights belong only to the imperial court, and individuals are not allowed to mine mines without permission.

Even the iron mines do not allow personal mining.

The news that Xingba said really shocked Li Chongyuan.

What is the copper mine, that is money.

The Feng family occupies a copper mine. If they get some craftsmen privately and make copper coins by themselves, then this is really a big event.

Xingba nodded with certainty: "That's what the boatman said at the time."

"This is not a trivial matter. Where did the boatman get the news? Do you have any questions?" Li Chongyuan asked impatiently.

Going eight times, he said: "I know the boatman. That person is from Yangzhou. He has more than ten boats, and he often sells some goods between Lingnan and Yangzhou. The boatman seems to be responsible, but he is a little slippery. Once He also transported some wood for me on Xisha Island, if Mr. Xiao Lang wants to know the specific information about this person, I am afraid that only Xiang Ba knows best."

"Huh~~ this matter is no small matter, go eight, you go back to Xisha Island immediately, and together with Xiang Ba, bring this person to Zhenzhou. No matter what, this person must be brought to Zhenzhou." After thinking about it, Li Chongyuan shouted With a sigh of relief, such an order was issued.

Xingba got the order, got up, saluted and went out.

In the same night, Xingba left Zhenzhou and returned to Xisha Island.

In half a month.

Li Chongyuan either checks the conditions of the crops he grows, or writes the Datang Constitution.

Of course, Li Chongyuan was even more concerned about the affairs of the Feng family.

Every day, I have to ask Liu Xiang if there is any new news from Liu Ping and the others.

On that day, Li Chongyuan got the news from Liu Ping and the others. After knowing that the Feng family might run away, Li Chongyuan asked Liu Ping to return to Gaozhou to continue investigating the news.

In the past half a month, Liu Ping and the others have not heard any news.

At the same time, Li Chongyuan also began to worry a little, worried that Liu Ping would be discovered by the Feng family, be arrested, and eventually there would be no bones left.

Another ten days later.

Seeing that there was still no news, Li Chongyuan became even more worried, "Liu Xiang, you go to Gaozhou in person. However, you can't go to Gaozhou in your true colors. It's better to have a photocall. You people in the Jianghu don't know anything." Disguise, you can change your appearance and go to Gaozhou, so that other people from the Feng family will not know your details. If nothing happened to Liu Ping and the others, send several people to Shaozhou to find out where the copper mine is located. If there is any discrepancy, everyone will withdraw."

"Yes, sir, I'm going to Gaozhou right away." Liu Xiang was actually worried about his disciples, so he took the order and left without saying a word.

Liu Xiang led some people to Gaozhou.

On the second day after Liu Xiang left, news of Liu Ping and the others finally reached Zhenzhou.

After reading the news from Liu Ping, Li Chongyuan, who had been worried all the time, finally fell to the ground, "Fortunately, everything is fine. However, the news from Liu Ping said that there has been no movement in the Feng family recently, which is really strange." gone."

"Xiao Langjun, there is no movement in the Feng family. Isn't that a good thing. If there is movement, it will be a big trouble." Tang Li said.

Li Chongyuan nodded, expressing his agreement with his point of view, "A good thing is a good thing, but I'm afraid that the Feng family is accumulating something, and then explodes all at once. But depending on the situation, the Feng family will keep a low profile in the past two years. After all, our Before he gets the large paddle steamer, it will not explode."

Li Chongyuan thought about all kinds of things about the Feng family, and finally settled on the fact that if the Feng family wanted to run away, they would only run away if they got Li Chongyuan's large paddle steamer.

and.

Up to now, Li Chongyuan has figured out why the Feng family wants to get their own large paddle steamer.

To hold goods, people, things, and all kinds.

Once Li Chongyuan agreed to cooperate with his Feng family to build large paddle steamers, Li Chongyuan could have imagined that the Feng family would build large paddle steamers arbitrarily, and it was possible that all the shipyards of the Feng family would start to build large paddle steamers.

As for the copper mine, Li Chongyuan was even more skeptical that the Feng family had already been mining it.

even.

I'm afraid that even the people in the imperial court, there are quite a few people who have more or less heard about the Feng family's private mining of copper mines.

Otherwise, why do so many people keep accusing him of the Feng family in this court.

Copper mines come with various mines.

There is gold, silver, iron, and others.

Whoever owns a copper mine is equivalent to obtaining countless money.

The Feng family took over a copper mine privately, which is tantamount to finding a charge of treason for themselves.

But the Feng family is not afraid at all, and they mine it privately, and they don't give it to the court at all, which makes Li Chongyuan even more certain that the Feng family is determined to run away.

A few days later.

Line [-] They came back from Xisha Island.

Those who came back together, in addition to Xiang Ba, there were three other people who were tied up and tied up.

However, Li Chongyuan didn't know any of those people, let alone met them face to face.

But Li Chongyuan knew in his heart that these three people were probably the boatman Xingba mentioned at that time, and related people.

When Xingba and the others came in front of Li Chongyuan, they bowed and said: "I am sorry to honor my life, Mr. Xiaolang. We have found him and brought him back to Zhenzhou. Please forgive me, Mr. Xiaolang."

"This is your fault. We invited them to come over to discuss matters. If you tie them up like this, it will be my fault. Untie them quickly, and don't let people think that we are kidnappers." Li Chongyuan shouted .

Xingba was a little embarrassed, but still ordered the guards to untie the three.

"Thank you, Junwang Li, thank you, Junwang Li." When the three of them saw Li Chongyuan, they thought their lives were about to die.

But in a blink of an eye, Li Chongyuan asked Xing Ba to untie them, and he still talked like this.

This made their hearts that were worried all the way, at this moment, feel as warm as seeing the sun.

Also really.

These three people were going to buy goods in Yangzhou and go to Lingnan by sea to earn a lot of money, but they didn't expect that on their way home, a dozen people suddenly jumped out and tied them up without saying a word.

The three of them wanted to call for help, but before they could say it, their mouths were blocked.

Then he was resisted and boarded the boat, and then bumped all the way to this strange place.

Originally, after they landed on land, they thought that their lives would die, but after seeing Li Chongyuan they had seen before, they were even more nervous and frightened.

Li Chongyuan was an official and was arrested by Li Chongyuan's people. Even if they were fools, they knew that Li Chongyuan might kill them.

But they didn't expect that after Li Chongyuan let them untie them, he invited them into the house, and what's more, he brought clean water for the three of them.

After the three of them cleaned up and had a full meal, Li Chongyuan invited them to a meeting room, "Li Chongyuan is here to apologize to you."

"Junwang Li is really small." The three of them were still confused, but seeing Li Chongyuan treat them like this, the fear of losing their lives disappeared in their hearts.

After saluting, Li Chongyuan sat down and said, "You three sit down and talk."

"The three young men are not evil people. The king of Li Jun called the three young men from thousands of miles away. I don't know what the king of Li needs to do. As long as the king of Li Jun speaks, the little ones will be Li. The king of the county is going through fire and water." The three of them were trembling and did not dare to sit down.

Li Chongyuan didn't say much, and said: "Xingba doesn't know how to do things. It's my fault for misleading you to think that you were tied up. But then again, I invite you to Zhenzhou, and there is indeed an important thing. I will ask you a question or two about the matter. If it is true, you three will be rewarded for the fright and suffering you have suffered."

"The little ones are just merchants. If you know it, you will know everything and say everything. Please show me the king of Lijun!" The three bowed.

Li Chongyuan nodded, and asked intently: "Listen to Xingba, you once said that the Feng family had a copper mine in Shaozhou. This news is true! Where did you hear it from? It's still fabricated! "

When Li Chongyuan asked this question, the three of them were shocked when they heard it.

Li Chongyuan sent someone to arrest them from Yangzhou to Zhenzhou, the matter they were questioning was about Feng's family, and the three of them were merchants, if they didn't know what Li Chongyuan meant by his question, their lives would be wasted.

The Feng family, they can't afford to offend them.

But they couldn't afford to offend Li Chongyuan in front of them, let alone offend him.

If they said a wrong sentence, or told a lie, none of them would know if Xiao Ming was still alive.

Shocked in their hearts, after thinking about it, they quickly replied: "The little ones are just listening to people's nonsense. As for whether it is true or not, the young ones really can't be sure. Please spare the life of Prince Li."

"Listen to someone who's talking nonsense, tell me!" Li Chongyuan actually guessed that the three of them probably heard about it from other people, and it's absolutely impossible for them to know the specifics.

The man immediately replied: "The three of us often travel along the sea road from Lingnan to Yangzhou, sell some goods to make a living, and also meet with people from all walks of life. The small things that King Li asked were from Ma Er. I heard."

"Who is Ma Er? Where is he?" Li Chongyuan continued to ask.

The man replied: "Ma Er is the head of a merchant gang in Lingnan. This person has been in Panyu, Guangzhou, and specializes in collecting escort fees for passing ships, and the small one is from Ma Er. The small sentence If it is true, if half of it is false, I am willing to be killed and punished by Prince Li."

After the man finished replying, he knelt down immediately, and the other two beside him also knelt down like him, kowtowing their heads non-stop.

Li Chongyuan looked at Xingba after hearing this.

Xingba understood and walked out.

(End of this chapter)