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Lin Yuan asked, "What evidence do you have?"

Master Zhang said: "Zhang Xiaofeng tried his best to extract money from the merchants. If the tavern and restaurant refused, he would often send people to check inside, saying that the food was unclean, and put a notice on the gate so that no one dared to go in and eat. If the guest house and the hotel don't give it, he will send people in to check it many times, saying that there are thieves inside, which makes people panic and no one dares to live in it; People are closed all day."

"The villain has accounts for the money obtained by these means. The accounts also clearly record the means by which the silver was obtained, as well as the names of these merchants. My lord can find the bosses of these merchants according to the map, and just ask. You know, with all the witnesses and evidence, there is no need to worry about bringing this dog official to justice!"

Zhang Xiaofeng trusted this master Zhang the most on weekdays, and entrusted him with most of the shady things. Unexpectedly, this master Zhang was a fool. Seeing that the momentum was wrong, he immediately turned to Lin Yuan and betrayed himself!Zhang Xiaofeng was trembling with anger, he gritted his teeth and said: "What an ungrateful thing, none of those things have your share, you confess me, can you get well?"

Master Zhang kowtowed to the ground and begged: "I followed this dog official before and did some outrageous things. I beg Mr. Lin to give me a chance to reform myself."

Lin Yuan nodded, and said, "I have written down your credit." Lin Yuan ordered someone to take Zhang Xiaofeng down and imprison him, and then let Li Heihu and Zhang Xiaofeng's personal firearms team go back to the camp, and then let people take Master Zhang Get the ledger, check the money collected by Zhang Xiaofeng, and return them to the merchants.The amount of silver taels given by the merchants is not very large. Guan Yeqi’s 5000 taels are already among the best, and the rest are a few hundred taels. , These little things add up, and there are more than one hundred thousand taels of silver.

There was a congratulatory gift that caught Lin Yuan's attention. The amount of that congratulatory gift was the largest, 1000 taels of gold, equivalent to more than [-] taels of silver. Lin Yuan asked Master Zhang, "Why is the amount of this congratulatory gift so large?"

Master Zhang replied: "This sum is sent by the British, saying that they want to find something in Shaling Fort west of Fengtian. I hope Zhang Xiaofeng can make it easier."

Lin Yuan said, "Looking for something? What are you looking for?"

Mr. Zhang said: "I heard from those British people that they are from the London Zoo. They want to come to us to find a tiger with a pattern of 'Swastika' on the top of their head. They say that tiger is the King Tiger!"

When Lin Yuan heard it, he thought to himself: "How is this possible! Does it cost 1000 taels of gold to find a tiger? Do they really think that the Chinese don't understand anything?"

However, Lin Yuan did not explain this point, but asked, "Where are those British people now?"

Master Zhang finally seized an opportunity to express himself, and quickly said: "They are currently in the British Consulate in Fengtian, and they heard that they are transporting equipment and plan to go into the mountains to capture the Tiger King."

Lin Yuan nodded, kept this matter in mind, and returned to the industrial area. Liu Jinqiu smiled when he saw Lin Yuan: "Good news! I just checked the grade of the steward copper mine, and it is fully suitable for large-scale development and application. the value of!"

Lin Yuan was also excited when he heard the news. With copper ore, it is possible to smelt various copper alloys. Copper is used in all kinds of electrical equipment, and copper is also the raw material for making bullets and shell casings, and more importantly. The most important thing is: copper is one of the raw materials of bearing alloys. Although bearings are not inconspicuous, they are key components in various industrial products. For example, engines for fighter jets and warships cannot be discussed without advanced bearings.

Lin Yuan asked: "Then will we be able to smelt copper?"

Liu Jinqiu said: "It's hard to say. I went to see their butler's copper smelting workshop. Although their copper smelting furnaces have the same principle as reverberatory furnaces in modern industry, their furnaces are too small, and the production of handicrafts is difficult. It’s true that industrial production on a large scale will be beyond our capabilities, so we have to build a batch of reverberatory furnaces first.”

Lin Yuan asked, "Is there any difficulty?"

Liu Jinqiu said: "At present, there is not yet. We have sufficient refractory materials. Although their quality is not as good as that of our time, they are barely enough. There is no problem with the transportation of copper ore. The housekeeper promised to contribute manpower and material resources. Help; copper ore cannot be directly smelted in reverberatory furnaces, it must first be converted into copper concentrate, and this step also takes time.”

Lin Yuan said: "Well, you guys prepare here first, and I will go back to the governor's office first."

As soon as Lin Yuan returned to the governor's office, many people handed in invitations, some officials at all levels wanted to visit, and some merchants came to thank them. Lin Yuan refused them all, but there was one person who attracted Lin Yuan's attention. attention.

This man was an Englishman named Jefferson, and Lin Yuan immediately thought of the fact that they were going into the mountains to find the Tiger King, so Lin Yuan called a master and said to him: "Go and receive that Englishman, Ask him what's the matter, I'm in the back room, he asks about you, you come in and ask me for instructions before answering."

Lin Yuan has always been gentle with others, and has never put on airs with his subordinates, so the master dared to ask a few more questions in front of him, so the master asked, "My lord, why didn't you go to see him in person?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I have a clever plan for this, and you will know it later." After hearing this, the master went to see Jefferson without asking any more questions, and Lin Yuan hid in the back room.

As soon as Jefferson came in, the master smiled and said, "Master Lin is busy with business, so we shirk others, and just asked me to come to see you instead of him. It is really for the sake of the friendship between our Qing Empire and your country."

Jefferson spoke Chinese well, he said with a smile: "Our two countries will always be friends!"

Lin Yuan thought to himself behind the screen: "Who is your friend!"

After the master and Jefferson exchanged greetings, he said, "I don't know what Mr. Jefferson is here for?"

Jefferson said: "We at the London Zoo of the British Empire really want to enter the Shaling Mountain near Shaling Castle to look for the Tiger King. We have already told Mr. Zhang Xiaofeng, the prefect of Fengtian, a few days ago, but Zhang Xiaofeng has been investigated. You guys The Chinese have a word called the death of a person, and I don’t know if we will have trouble entering the mountain?”

Lin Yuan listened from behind and thought, "It seems that my guess is right, the British really came here for this matter."

The master stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "Excuse me."

The master entered the inner room, Lin Yuan whispered something to him, the master came out and said to Jefferson: "Don't worry, you won't have any trouble entering the mountain, but..."

Hearing the word "but", Jefferson quickly took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and said, "I'd like to buy a few cups of tea with this thought."

The master pushed the silver bill back and said with a smile: "Our adults are as clear as water and as bright as a mirror. We don't accept these things. Although our two countries are friends, you people from the British Empire are walking around on our borders and spreading the word." To put it bluntly or not, you need to give us an itinerary, including where you are going and what to bring, and it must be written clearly on the form."

Jefferson quickly took out a stack of papers, handed them to the master, and said, "It's all here." The master accepted the papers, and Jefferson left. Looking at the papers, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "The British entered What does Shan want to do?"