scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 135 Lu Abian

Fatty Lu resolutely asked Pingnan Wangfu to help his son-in-law get rid of his enemy Kong Sizhen first, but Shang Zhijie and Huang Zhangsi's persuasion was useless, and he didn't dare to kidnap Fatty Lu away under the eyes of the line father and son. In desperation, I had no choice but to take the reply letter from Fatty Lu to the old traitor monk Zhixin, and return to Guangzhou on business.

Of course, no matter how you say it, the old traitor Shang is always Fatty Lu’s genuine father-in-law, and Shang Zhixin is also Fatty Lu’s genuine brother-in-law. The fat man told them quietly again—according to his own research, the largest silver mine in the Qing Dynasty was probably located in Gaoming County near Guangzhou. The mine is much better, basically five hundred catties of ore can be refined to one catty of silver!
Fatty Lu can swear to God, he really didn’t make an oolong this time, he clearly remembers that the largest silver mine in China is at the foot of Dadinggang Mountain in Fuwan, Gaoming, and he really didn’t make fun of the hardcore traitor old man—it’s just the silver mine in Gaoming Fatty Lu seems to have forgotten that it is an ultra-deep mine, and the technology of this era cannot be exploited at all.But no matter what, after getting this precious information, Shang Zhijie and Huang Zhangsi’s resentment towards Fatty Lu’s refusal to go back to Guangzhou disappeared immediately, and they hurriedly told Fatty Lu to be more careful, and then hurriedly returned to Guangzhou happily to report the good news went.

Shang Zhijie and Huang Zhangsi were finally sent away, but the three giants of Guangdong and Guangxi, Erma and Yijin, refused to leave Nanning in a hurry every day. He made a trip to the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine to inspect the development progress of the silver mine there.Fatty Lu is well aware of the specific reasons for the move of "two horses and one gold", but most of the old Qiuba who can only fight and train soldiers under the command of Lin Guoan don't understand. He asked Fatty Lu: "Master Lu, Governor Jin, Ma Zhongcheng and Ma Junmen have been in Nanning for almost half a month, why don't you leave? Do they still want to persuade you to leave Nanning and work for them?"

"Of course not." Fatty Lu replied bluntly: "Last time I made it very clear. Except for Nanning, I will stay in the old general's army. I will not go there, and they will never force me again."

"Then why don't they leave?" Hu Tongchun asked suspiciously: "I remember the last time Ma Junmen came to Nanning to inspect military affairs, and he left after staying for less than three days? And the Governor and Governor, they are also You rarely leave the provincial capital?"

Fatty Lu didn't answer, but just looked Hu Tongchun up and down, until he was confused by Hutongchun, then Fatty Lu suddenly asked: "General Hu, if I remember correctly, you seem to have said that you are 14 years old. He served as a soldier with the old general Lin when he was young, and his qualifications in the Dingnan Palace are older than those of Dai Liangchen and Wang Yongnian, and he has made much more military exploits than them. Yongnian has also become a lieutenant general, and you are still a small general in Nanning?"

"Master Lu, why are you asking this?" Hu Tongchun was even more confused, and replied angrily: "Dai Liangchen is a servant of the prince's family, and Wang Yongnian is Dai Liangchen's cousin. He has a backer and is good at flattering. Of course they are promoted much faster than me. But when it comes to fighting, if I lead 500 people, I dare to fight against their [-]-strong formation!"

"I believe that, General Hu, you are the number one general under General Line's command. I've heard about this a long time ago." Fatty Lu nodded, then patted Hu Tongchun's shoulder with a smile, and asked, "Now, General Hu, are you You should understand the reason why the governor, the lord Zhongcheng and Ma Junmen are unwilling to leave Nanning in a hurry, right?"

Hu Tongchun was full of confusion. After thinking hard for a while, he finally shook his head and replied with a mournful face: "Master Lu, I still don't understand, can you explain it more clearly?"

"Oh, no wonder you are promoted so slowly." Fatty Lu sighed, patted Hu Tongchun on the shoulder again, and sighed: "General Hu, it would be great if I had someone like you under my command. Or, General Hu If you were from Pingxi Palace, you would have been promoted long ago, what a pity, what a pity."

"Lord Lu, what do you mean?" Hu Tongchun became more and more confused when he heard it, and couldn't help but asked with a sad face: "Master Lu, why do I become more and more confused the more I listen to what you say, and the more I understand it, the more I don't understand?"

"It's good if you don't understand, so as not to be sad. If you really want to understand, you can ask the old general Line or the third general Line, they will definitely understand." Fatty Lu sighed again, and greeted: "Brother Hu, don't say these things Sad thing, let's go, let's go and call General Quan and General Xie, and go to the Fugui Building in the city to drink together, and I will treat them."

Pulling Hutongchun and Quanjie and other line army generals to the restaurant for a drink, further connecting some class relationships, when it was getting dark, Fatty Lu returned to the small courtyard lent to him by the line family father and son , I found a recliner in the courtyard and fell asleep, drinking tea to sober up, while watching the moon while humming a little tune, chatting with Zhu Fangdan, Xiao Erlang and other dog legs to relax.After nearly half an hour of eating and drinking like this, waiting to die, Yu Xuan's clear and beautiful voice, which looked like a woman, suddenly came from outside the courtyard door, "Lord Lu, it's so leisurely, can Yu Xuan come in and sit down?" ?”

"Mother, why did that dead shemale come again?" Fatty Lu trembled pitifully, and hurriedly got up to look back, only to see Lan Yuxuan, wearing an armor uniform that had never changed, standing at the gate of the courtyard watching Myself, who is so beautiful that most women are jealous, still has a look of anticipation on her face.Fatty Lu had no choice but to force himself into a smile and said, "Third General Line, please come in quickly, please don't be polite, this is your home. Erlang, quickly, bring out a chair for Third General Line, and, here Line three generals to prepare tea."

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"Lord Lu, Yu Xuan knows that you have just come back from outside, so I shouldn't have bothered you." Line Yu Xuan still likes to coddle like a woman in front of Fatty Lu, with a pair of small white jade hands holding the teacup and refusing to drink Taking a sip, with a slightly blushing pretty face, he explained: "However, Hu Tongchun went to Yu Xuan just now and asked Jin Butang why they still refused to leave Nanning, and said that you asked him to ask, Yu Xuan I understand, Mr. Lu, you already know Yu Xuan's embarrassing situation. So Yu Xuan would like to ask Mr. Lu for advice, and see how to answer Jinbutang and the others."

Fatty Lu leaned his head on the back of the chair, looked at the bright crescent moon in the sky, and asked lightly: "Have they made an offer? How many shares do they want? Dry shares or buy shares?"

"The prices are already set. Jinbutang wants [-]% and Ma Zhongcheng wants [-]%." Line Yuxuan lowered his head and said in a very soft voice: "Ma Junmen and my father are old friends. One and a half percent. But like Jin Butang and Ma Zhongcheng, he wants to be a stockholder, and he doesn’t pay for mining. He just helps us borrow money and food from the Guangdong and Guangxi treasury, hires people to mine silver mines, and the money and food borrowed are also calculated as interest.”

"What a big appetite!" Zhu Fangdan sneered, and said, "The three of us add up to sixty-five percent. In a few days, we will go to the study and Kong Sizhen and his wife to offer our hands. Nanning will be able to leave a half-fulfilled Amitabha Buddha."

"Then the third general, do you agree?" Fatty Lu asked calmly.

"Of course I didn't agree." Line Yuxuan said bitterly: "In the past, when our soldiers and civilians in Nanning were so poor that they were dying of pants, we begged them to borrow some money or to pay the arrears of military pay as soon as possible. So, except for Ma Junmen who, for the sake of our old friendship with my father, helped us with activities and lent us a little to tide over the difficulties, who else would take a good look at our Nanning? Now, Mr. Lu, you helped us find Nanning The Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine will be able to worry about everything soon, and they are reaching out again? Do you really think we are so easy to bully? "

"Then what are you going to do with the third general?" Fatty Lu asked again: "Are you going to bargain with them, or just refuse?"

"Of course I want to refuse straight away, and I'm only going to give Ma Junmen [-]% of the shares, but my father is firmly opposed." Line Yuxuan said in a lower voice, weakly: "But my father is firmly opposed, saying that if you don't give it, Phoenix Mountain Bank We can’t get even one or two of the silver mined out of the mine! So my father took me to negotiate with them several times in the past few days, hoping that they would lower their requirements a little, but only General Ma’s attitude was a little loose, and the Ministry of Gold Tang and Ma Zhongcheng refused to let go at all, and insisted on asking for so much."

"It's normal." Fatty Lu said slowly: "If you want to mine all the silver mines in Phoenix Mountain, it can't be done in a year or two. Old General Ma was originally a veteran of the Dingnan Palace, resident in Guangxi, of course. You can catch big fish slowly with a long line. But Jin Butang and Ma Zhongcheng are different. If you don’t hurry up and catch some, if the imperial court orders them out of Guangxi and Guangdong, they will go there to find them. How about going to Fengshui, such a rich and luscious Fengshui place like the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine?"

"Also, I'm not afraid that you will be angry with the third general. Where are they going to find someone who is easy to bully like you, the third general? You don't have any backing in the court, and you are not accepted in Dingnan Palace. See, if they don't bully your line family, who will they bully? If they don't speak loudly to your line family lions, who will they talk to?"

Line Yuxuan opened his mouth wide, shook his head after a while, and said helplessly: "Lord Lu is right, compared to other people, our Line family is indeed the best bully."

Speaking of this, Line Yuxuan smiled bitterly, and said: "Actually, I regret it a little now. If the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine is really just a tin mine like you lied to me, then our Line family will not be in such a dilemma now. Mr. Lu , don’t be angry, I don’t mean to blame you at all, it’s too late for us to repay your kindness to our line family, Yu Xuan just wants to ask you, how did you solve these problems when you were engaged in Baqi drug cream in Qujing Question? Can you give Yu Xuan some pointers?"

"Third General Line, it's not that Lu Yifeng refuses to give you advice, it's just that you really can't use my tricks." Fatty Lu also smiled wryly, and said, "I talked to the local wolves, tigers and leopards when the Eight Banners drug was so successful. The conditions were settled, because at that time they didn't know how valuable the Eight Banners Fushou Gao was, so I used three achievements to send them all away. Then when the Eight Banners Fushou Gao became a big success, I hurriedly took all the seeds of the Eight Banners Fushou Gao Handed over to Lord Pingxi, not a single seed will be kept, so others can't reach out even if they want to."

"The reason why I dare to do this is because I am not like you. I don't have to raise eight thousand poor and crazy troops. The burden is small, and it doesn't matter if I take less. Compared with others, Prince Pingxi is indeed more greedy than others. Much better, I took the seeds as compensation, and agreed to my request, making Qujing the only prefecture in Yunnan that allows folks to grow the Eight Banners Fushou Gao. Everyone is happy with the travel expenses and shipping fees. No matter how red-eyed others are, they dare not break ground on Prince Pingxi’s Taisui. "

"Oh, so that's the case." Line Yuxuan suddenly realized, and said dejectedly again: "In other words, I really can't learn Master Lu's method. Our line family is not short of food and clothing, but the brothers in the Nanning army, They are all poor and crazy, and they are all counting on the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine to solve the food and wages problem and support their families, if I dare to do this, they will tear me apart!"

"Third General Line, if you are willing, I have a way to help you solve this problem." Fatty Lu took the opportunity to say: "I just don't know if you are willing to do this?"

"Master Lu, please speak quickly." Line Yuxuan raised his head nervously and asked.

"Give Kong Sizhen half of the shares in the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, or give her [-]%." Fatty Lu said with a sly smile: "With Kong Sizhen as a big backer, all problems can be solved by her. Jin Butang and Ma Zhongcheng Naturally, I dare not open my mouth to you lion."

"No! Absolutely not!" It was a rare time for Yu Xuan to speak harshly in front of Fatty Lu, and said through gritted teeth: "That ungrateful bitch Kong Si, it's all because of her that we got into the situation where we are today. Want to reach out from us, dreaming!"

"Then I really can't help it." Fatty Lu spread his hands and said, "You can't go to Lord Pingxi for help like me, can you? Give Prince Pingxi half of the shares and ask him to provide your family with mining Phoenix Mountain." The money and food from the silver mine, and ask him to block the pressure from above for you?"

"Boss, let alone, this is really a good idea." Zhu Fangdan took the opportunity to say: "Anyway, Old General Line, you and Prince Pingxi have always had a good relationship, as long as Old General Line and Third General Line get the land deed in the Phoenix Mountain area, then Then ask Lord Pingxi to contribute money and food to mine the silver mine, and give him half of the shares to be divided into half and half. Then half of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine will belong to Prince Pingxi, and no one else will dare to casually reach out to the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine. .”

"Hey, why didn't I think of this?" Line Yuxuan's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Anyway, the title deed of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine has long been in my hands, and whoever I am willing to join hands with to open the mine is my business. Can't handle it."

"The land deed is already in your hands, Third General? You moved so quickly?" Fatty Lu asked in surprise.

"Lord Lu, Yu Xuan won't hide it from you." Line Yu Xuan didn't want to hide it from Fatty Lu, and said coyly, "Actually, as early as the night before I was about to set off to mine in Fenghuang Mountain, I had already gone from Han Futai to I bought all the unowned land in the area with 500 taels of silver, and got the title deed first."

"Excellent." Fatty Lu smiled wryly, and said, "Third General Line, I have repeatedly emphasized at that time that if you are not sure that the mine is located in Phoenix Mountain, you dare to buy all the land in that area, and you won't be afraid that you won't find the mine. Ben?"

"Of course I'm not afraid." Line Yu Xuan smiled and said, "I just asked Han Zhang to open the land deed first, and I didn't pay the silver and register the book. I only paid the silver and made the book when I found the mine. If I couldn't find it at that time, If I return the title deed to Han Zhang, don’t you need to pay a penny?”

Fatty Lu and Zhu Fangdan looked at each other, only then did they realize that this dead woman who looked like a beautiful woman was not a good thing—he even colluded with the local government to embezzle the Qing Dynasty's minerals, and the methods were so vicious and despicable that even bad county magistrates and unscrupulous masters... A little scared.

At this time, after thinking for a while, Yu Xuan lowered his head and said, "Although Miracle Doctor Zhu's idea is good, my father will definitely not agree to it. Guangxi is the vassal of the Dingnan Palace, and my father is loyal to the Dingnan Palace. How could you agree to give half of the Phoenix Mountain silver mine to Lord Pingxi?"

"Then we really have nothing to do." Fatty Lu also knew that it would be difficult to persuade such elm heads as the father and son of the Line family to switch to the Pingxi Palace, so he could only sigh and said: "But what Lu Yifeng wants to remind the third general is that Kong Sizhen Her appetite is much bigger than that of Prince Pingxi. If you want to cooperate with her, it is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. In the end, not only will you not get the slightest advantage, but you will be swallowed by her until there is not even a bone left! This point, I hope Line [-] General, think carefully."

"Of course I know this." Line Yu Xuan said bitterly: "In order to repay Prince Dingnan's kindness, my father took the initiative to go to the court to return Guangxi Dingfan and Guangxi military power to Kong Sizhen. As a result, that bitch not only Instead of repaying my father's kindness, instead of repaying the kindness, I have driven us to the point where I am today, such a wolf-hearted, vicious and ruthless bitch, will I cooperate with her?"

"It's good to know." Fatty Lu sighed again, lay back on the chair again, and said weakly: "Third General Line, that's all we can help you with. You can think about what to do."

Line Yu Xuan bowed his head and remained silent. After a long time, Line Yu Xuan said in a low voice: "Thank you Lord Lu for your guidance. Yu Xuan will carefully consider your suggestion and try his best to persuade my father to agree. It's dark now, Lord Lu should rest earlier , Yu Xuan bid farewell first."

When he got up to go out, Lan Yuxuan suddenly turned his head, blushed and said to Fatty Lu: "Master Lu, although I know you don't need it, but I will repay you for your kindness to our Lan family one day. Yours." After finishing speaking, Yu Xuan blushed even more, turned around and ran out of the small courtyard quickly.

"If you don't come to sexually harass me, you can repay me." Fatty Lu muttered in a low voice, waved again, called Hong Xiguan to his face, and asked in a low voice: "Xiguan, are the Tiandihui people in place? I call you Prepared things, are you ready?"

"My lord, our brothers are here." Hong Xiguan replied in a low voice: "All the things you told me are also ready."

"That's good." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, and ordered: "Then you explain it, and follow the plan tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?" Officer Hong Xi was stunned, and said in a low voice: "My lord, are you in a hurry? Now the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi, the governors of Guangxi and the admirals of Guangxi are all in Nanning, and the security is very strict. Isn't it too risky to do it tomorrow?" ?”

"I can't do without taking some risks." Fatty Lu said in a low voice: "The effect will be the best when these big officials are still working in Nanning City, and I, an official from the Western Selection, has an accident in Nanning City, so I don't know what to do." Did it just give Wu Sangui the opportunity to intervene in the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine first?"

"Understood." Hong Xiguan nodded and agreed in a low voice.Zhu Fangdan next to him asked in a low voice: "Master, you really plan to let the prince also intervene in the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, will this affect your return to Yunnan?"

"I have considered and analyzed it carefully, and it may have a little impact, but it will definitely not be too big." Fatty Lu shook his head and said in a low voice: "Bringing the prince into this matter can further deepen the relationship between the prince and Emperor Mazi, The conflict between the Qing court and Kong Sizhen can also further intensify the conflict between Kong Sizhen and the Line family, which will help us win over and fight for the Line family!"

Zhu Fangdan nodded to express his agreement, while Fatty Lu grabbed Officer Hong Xi again, and ordered in a low voice: "Remember, tell them to pack less gunpowder, so that they don't pretend to be real. And Master Zhu, you can take the hemostatic medicine with you." , I am a little dizzy, remember to cover my eyes when the time comes..."

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Ever since, after a lot of intensive preparations, on the first day of May in the tenth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, an event that shocked the Qing government and the public occurred in Nanning City. While wandering around in Nanning city, he was suddenly attacked by a killer hiding in an alley with a musket. He hit the side of the abdomen with a single shot.

The gunshot fell, and the whole city of Nanning was shocked. Line Guoan and Line Yuxuan were under martial law, and the murderer was searched everywhere. At the same time, Fatty Lu was quickly taken home for rescue. Fatty Lu's belly fat flew over, leaving only a wound about half a foot long and half an inch deep. After the all-out rescue by Zhu Fangdan, the first genius doctor in the Qing Dynasty, County Magistrate Lu finally turned the crisis into safety and put his life in danger.

Because the murderer had made careful preparations in advance, and was likely to have companions to respond, the army of the line family and the government servants of Nanning government still failed to bring the murderer to justice in the end. Only the murder weapon was found at the scene of the shooting—Ming You The military musket marked by Dingnan Palace!

In this way, all suspicions were naturally pointed at the same person—Sigege and Kong Sizhen of Dingnan Palace!

At the same time, in view of Lu Yifeng's background as an official of the Western Selection, the Pingxi Palace, the general backstage of the Western Selection Official, naturally could not just sit idly by. Pingxi King Wu Sangui personally ordered and sent important people to lead the team to Nanning City day and night to participate in the competition. Investigate the mysterious assassination of the county magistrate...

(End of this chapter)