Linqing County is under the jurisdiction of Guangping Prefecture.

On the map of Lingzhou, this place belongs to the northwest, roughly in a straight line with the governor mentioned by Zhou Wen and the Jianchang Mansion where he was going. The latter is located in the southeast of Lingzhou. Further west from Guangping Mansion is Dongqing

Guping Camp, one of the four major camps of the Western Army

Within the territory of Dongqing Prefecture, this heavily guarded camp has produced several important figures in the military. Lu Min, the Hou of Cheng'an who now lives in the Youjunji of Xifu, and Qi Yunbo Yinwei, who was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army's North Camp, were both in the Guping Camp.

He has been in the position of head coach.

Guangping Mansion is the most important granary in Lingzhou. Thanks to the convenient irrigation of the river water branched from the Tiancang River, it has been extremely fertile since ancient times, and Linqing County is the place where the richest man is.

The natural coal mine is located in a wasteland not far from the southeast of the county town, and the title deed has long been in the hands of the Yan family.

Before the advent of briquettes, no one cared about this place, and no one cared about the exposed coal.

Since the winter of the third year of Kaiping, the changes in Kyoto have quickly spread throughout the Liang Dynasty. Those merchants have brought information about briquettes to all directions. The coal mines in Yongzhou are in the hands of Qibao Pavilion, and the coal mines in Yunzhou are wilderness lands owned by the government. Pei

Yue encountered no obstacles in these two places, and everything went very smoothly. But his luck seemed to have been exhausted in Lingzhou. Regardless of the horse bandits and civil unrest in Dongqing Prefecture, the coal mines in Linqing County alone belonged to

It's a very difficult question.

Since the fourth year of Kaiping, the coal mines outside Linqing County have been guarded by the Yan family's children. Even though they don't know how to turn coal into briquettes, the guards are extremely tight and no outsiders are allowed to approach.

Five years later in Kaiping, the Yan family erected a wooden fence directly around the coal mine, built simple houses, and sent many villagers to garrison here.

It was under this environment that the third team under Pei Yue came to Linqing County.

The sentry of this centurion was named Shang Yu. He was originally a sentry in the South Camp of the Beijing Army. He followed Pei Yue to pursue Chen Xizhi when he was annihilating the Hengduan Bandits. Based on his achievements, he could have been promoted to a guerrilla leader.

The soldiers of the capital were pressed down by Gu Liang

He held his position and had communicated with him personally, so this young general with a bright future was willing to continue to serve as a sentry officer. Until Pei Yue was ordered to leave the capital, he came to this young powerful man and continued to do his job without any regrets.

Sentinel.

The mission of the third team was very simple. Pei Yue just asked them to stay near the coal mine and keep an eye on what was going on here.

It's been calm here for a while, but Shang Yu still didn't dare to relax and sent out his rangers to respond. This was one of Pei Yue's requirements for him.

Until yesterday, the situation suddenly changed. First, several common people suddenly broke into the temporary camp of the third team and used not very clever means to forcefully clash with these elite Beijing troops. These soldiers were elite soldiers who had seen blood on the border and in the Hengduan Mountains.

They were definitely not the kind of cowardly and cowardly soldiers, but because Pei Yue's rules were very strict, they did not dare to attack the unarmed people of Liang, so they inevitably missed the opportunity.

By the time Shang Yu reacted, Linqing people were already filling the mountains and plains outside the temporary station.

At this time, if he wants to lead the people to leave, he must use iron and blood methods to drive these people away.

The problem was that Shang Yu could not issue this order at all, so there was a ridiculous scene of thousands of people besieging the elite Beijing army.

Although Shang Yu was not an old man in the officialdom, he could still tell that there were people behind these people, but he was worried that using strong methods would bring trouble to Pei Yue.

After being besieged by the people for a day and a night, the momentum of this hundred-man army gradually became low.

The most serious problem is that it is not just the common people who are besieging them, but hundreds of young scholars from Linqing County who are standing at the front.

Most of these people have titles. Although they are not official officials of the imperial court, they will have the opportunity to get an official position in the future. For Shang Yu, even if he goes out of his way to trample on the people and takes the responsibility himself afterwards, his family will not be affected.

, but if he dares to command his elite soldiers to harm these scholars, I am afraid that there will be no place for him in the world, and it will also implicate the entire family and Pei Yue who is standing behind him.

Linqing is originally the richest upper-class county in Lingzhou. The presence of Yan Linchuan, the former right-wing governor of Dongfu, shows the prosperity of culture here. The so-called farming and reading family inheritance does not mean farming and studying in the literal sense, but actually refers to the family.

wealthy landowner

Only when the base is large enough can there be enough money to support scholars. In the thirteen prefectures of Daliang, there are only a few counties where hundreds of young scholars can appear at one time. This is why the Linqing Yan family dared to delay handing over the coal mine land deeds.

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Among these scholars, the leader was named Yan Donglou. He was Yan Linchuan's grandnephew and a direct descendant of the Yan family.

Yan Donglou was elected in the ninth year of Renxuan. He was seven feet tall and had a slightly frivolous face. He was standing at the front of all the scholars, facing Shang Yu and nearly a hundred soldiers behind him. He said proudly: "You shameless thieves

, dare to fight

Linqing Yan family's idea, I really don't know how to write the word "death"? When I saw you peeking into this place, my husband had already reported it to the governor's office. I wanted to wait for Uncle Xue Fang to send people to destroy you, but I didn't expect that you would dare to harm the villagers here!"

Shang Yu frowned and said, "We are the imperial guards and have been ordered to investigate here. Don't talk nonsense to frame us."

Yan Donglou sneered and said: "What are you surveying? The land here is the property of the Yan family, and even the imperial court cannot occupy it at will. This is Lingzhou, and I have never heard of any imperial envoys. If you don't have a warrant from the governor's office, then you can

It’s a thief of unknown origin! Everyone asks, can we in Linqing County be bullied by such a thief?”

The scholars behind him echoed in unison, while the voices of the people outside were slightly weaker.

Yan Donglou was obviously not satisfied. He turned around and shouted angrily: "Do you idiots want to help these thieves?"

Shang Yu was surprised to find that there were actually people who were helping Yan Donglou spread the word. Soon the entire army of civilians heard these words, and these dull-looking peasant men shouted loudly, as if this group of elite soldiers in front of them were really their enemies.

Upon seeing this, Yan Donglou laughed and said, "Did you see that? I don't care what your identity is. Without a warrant from the governor's office, you are just thieves! Want to leave here? Yes! Hand over the murderer who hurt others and write down a confession. I will

I can let you go."

Of course Shang Yu would not nod. Although the current situation was absurd and complicated, he was not very worried. Not to mention that he had already noticed that the rangers who had been sent out earlier had left this place, and he would definitely report the news to Xingyang City.

Even if there was a real problem in Xingyang, he would still have the confidence to lead the team away after breaking up.

He just couldn't understand that Mr. Yan was also a former right-wing ruler after all. Did he think that such a child's play method could stop the imperial envoy who came with the order?

Shang Yu didn't understand, this was the real reason why he hadn't taken action yet.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Yan Donglou's face became more and more ugly, and his mouth suddenly became dirty.

"You fucking——"

Only three words came out of Yan Donglou's mouth. Before the rest of the words could be spoken, the wind could only be heard shrieking.

An arrow to the east.

It entered Yan Donglou's right cheek, penetrated his mouth, and came out from his left cheek, blocking his curses back into his throat.

In the distance, the sound of horse hooves thundered.

The people surrounding him were shocked and moved out of the way.

Pei Yue took the lead and led four hundred cavalry directly out of a wide avenue.
Chapter completed!