"The squash miner? Qingyuanwei still has a mine?"

In March, the 5,000 acres of land under the rule of the General Banner began to sow.

Although the houses of the flag army were simple, it was not too difficult for only fifty households. The craftsman made a good job of playing cars and borrowed oxen and donkeys from Anyuanyi. Although the workload was large, the farming was in an orderly manner. Not to mention, Chen Mu always valued the flag army. Now his subordinate Shiqi is the bird gun team, Shao Tingda is the knife and card team, Fu Yuan and Lou Qimai are the gun spear team, Wei Balang is the longbow team, and the fifty flag army was the first to practice their spirit with strict rules and regulations. After the rewards and punishments were issued, they practiced their skills. Although it is not a great progress now, they all look quite good.

Among them, the Bird Gun Team is the most excellent, the most exquisite firearm is supplemented by gunpowder to practice shooting skills. There are also five scholars who are the most educated among the small flags, Shi Qi, who is the most elite, who is under the leadership of Chen Mu, and his morale is almost comparable to Chen Mu personally led the small flag.

To put it bluntly, the other four small flags have not yet formed reliable combat power.

The combat power is achieved, and there is no reason to train elite soldiers in a queue. If you have not experienced war, even if the flag army stabs the guns and spears with a sharp and powerful gun, shoots the longbow accurately and quickly, and dances the swords and cards to make you shine, what's the use?

Chen Mu experienced two wars. In the two wars, their training level may not be worse than that of the enemy, and their military armor is better than that of the enemy. Once they are in battle, they will retreat. Whether it is Chen Guan, who wants to escape or five firemen with their heads covered, they are born in a military household and raised in the garrison, are they really not as good as the bandits and Japanese pirates?

Without the mentality of not being afraid of death, even the most generous and powerful man who is panicked and afraid will be killed by a thin and bold enemy.

Chen Mu kept thinking about when he would encounter two or three less dangerous small battles. Even if some people would lose the battlefield, those who survived were called real flag troops.

But he didn't expect that when he encountered such an opportunity again, Bai Yuanjie asked him to lead his small flag to defeat the Qingyuan miners.

In the newly built simple "Zhongqi Yamen", Bai Qi, who was sending the message, drank two drinks with a scoop of water, then he let out a sigh of satisfaction, sat down and said to Chen Mu: "Of course there are mines, there are more than 20 mines in Qingyuan Guard, seven or eight official mines, and more than a dozen private mines for the garrison masters. Even you, Chen Junqi, aren't you also digging in the cave? This is common!"

Chen Mu was stunned by Bai Qi's words, and then he realized that Bai Qi was referring to the fact that he asked Yu Ding to simmer in the cave. After thinking for a while, he didn't deny it and asked, "Everyone knows it?"

"I know! This is not a big deal. Qingyuanwei is so big. People come and go, and who can hide what they do? "In the past six months, Bai Qi and Chen Mu have had many friends. They are no longer as unfamiliar as before. He sneered and waved his hand and said, "Cheng Zhengqi doesn't have to take it to heart. The master said that it is not easy to support the general bannermen. It doesn't matter if they rely on the things harvested from heaven to subsidize the household income. He has no other requirements for Chen Zhengqi. He planted the fields well, trained the soldiers well, and then guarded the Feishui Bridge. He doesn't care about anything else."

"But Mr. Chen, please have some snacks. The master, the man, is very diligent in the water and land battles. Don't be embarrassed at that time, our face will be unsightly."

Chen Mu understood now. He said that he was thinking about why Bai Qi was talking so much today. It turned out that he was hitting himself for Bai Yuanjie, intending to advise himself not to be confused by "mining", "eating and living for free" and delay training.

"Brother Bai, don't worry, if the flag army goes through another battle, it will be able to have some combat power. Even if we go into battle now and face Japanese pirates, we won't be like last time." Chen Mu felt like a mirror in his heart, and smiled on his face: "Thousand Houses want military achievements, Chen wants them too. There will be no shame on Qian Houses on the battlefield!"

"All of them are old acquaintances, so I just said it casually."

Bai Qi smiled and felt relieved when he saw that Chen Mu had no other reaction. Then he said, "There is a chance for Mr. Chen to lead his troops to fight a war. The officials and mines everywhere refused to pay the mining tax. The mountain master gathered more than 200 miners to resist the collection. The tax officials handed over the matter to Qianhu. Qianhu was unwilling to do such a thing and were not allowed to refuse the official. This matter could only fall on Chenhu."

This year, the governors were all the governors who collected the mining taxes. Chen Mu knew that the governors issued the transfer order, and no officer in the garrison could refuse.

Chen Mu also knew about the group of miners in the Ming Dynasty. For example, Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers in Zhejiang, and even the miners in Yiwu were fighting fiercely for the mines. His father died and his son took his brother and brother. Even women and children carried pickaxes to fight, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to intervene. He was probably the most famous miner in the Ming Dynasty. But is the same as the miners in Qingyuan?

Chen Mu didn't know.

"The key to this matter is to force him to pay taxes, not to kill someone to take his life, nor to have any compassion for conflicts with the governor, otherwise the future will be unsecured." Bai Qi obviously knew that this was a difficult task and said, "The general flag should be careful."

Chen Mu was surprised by the gathering of people at the official mines and asked: "There are only two hundred people? The tax officials have completed the mine tax, so will the private mine also be implicated?"

What he was worried about was that others thought he was mining, but he didn't understand how the mine tax was collected. Whether it was to pay the bank or the ore, he would probably lose money by making the nitride; if he paid the ore, where did he get the ore to pay the tax!

"Don't worry, the general flag is not concerned about the private mines. The private mines are either dug by the official army of our garrison, or the unprisoned officials gathered on the mountain to commit suicide. Five or six furnaces are set up in each mountain, two or three hundred people gathered in each furnace, and hundreds of them are gathered together. They will disperse from spring to summer, and each prison is a civil unrest. Who dares to manage it?" Bai Qi's smile suddenly calmed down and said, "They dare to oppress these rule-abiding mountain owners. They set up a furnace for each furnace, and each furnace is set to be 50. First, they will receive ten taels of silver to register. The labor will be sold in February, and then they will have to pay another ten taels if they want to start the mine."

There can only be one furnace per mountain, and only fifty workers can be hired per furnace. The productivity is fixed, and the output is set. Every year, the furnace has to pay the tickets, and the things are burned, and the court has to be given the lessons. In addition, Chen Mu doubts whether the mountain owner has the remaining money to pay taxes after sending out the fifty labor.

No matter which link is wrong or there is not enough money, this is the result... leading troops to suppress the enemy.

A thousand people are civil changes, but a hundred people are not civil changes?

Chen Mu didn't know, he only knew that since he was a military household, he couldn't escape if he was pushed to him.

How could such a damn thing fall on his head? Chen Mu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. After sending Bai Qi away, he walked around the house for a long time before finally making up his mind to let Wei Balang go and send orders to gather the flag army!
Chapter completed!