I’m The King Chapter 1328: : Han Banner World (18) We want to see the king

Tongji is more than a hundred miles away from Helin. It is a typical mountainous area. Within the high mountains, there are rich mineral deposits hidden. The mine, the second largest iron mine in Liaodong, is also the main supplier of military industry in Jishi County.

After the ore was excavated, it was transported to the iron smelting plant at the foot of the mountain. After the crude iron was initially smelted, it was transported to Jishi County for further processing. Tongji County, also because of the existence of this iron mine, It has become a prosperous place second only to Juncheng and Lin. Tens of thousands of workers and their families formed a unique group in this county.

However, in the past few days, Tongji County has been filled with a tense atmosphere. The Tongji Iron Mine miners rioted. There is nothing but more than a hundred policemen to maintain law and order. {pig}{pig}{island} novel www{zhuzhu][}

When the news came, Jinxiu, the magistrate of Tongji County, was in despair, so he could only call on the men of the whole county to take up arms and walk up the city wall. Most of the people living in this county were Han Chinese. Many of them were businessmen from other places with military experience. Under the call of Jinxiu, they finally organized a team of more than 2,000 people. But Jinxiu understands that these people are not the army. If the miners on the mountain fight down, he can't resist at all, not to mention that the number of the miners is several times that of his own, and they all have capable and powerful laborers. What's more, they have what they need to mine gunpowder. Jinxiu believes that the gunpowder must have fallen into the hands of these rioters by now.

Jinxiu lived in fear for three days, but the rioting miners did not detain the manager of the Tongji Mine, the supervisors stationed there by the county, and the business personnel from Jishi City Arsenal Going down the mountain, he was both surprised and worried, not knowing what the other party was going to do.

Even so, Jinxiu never dares to neglect. For the past few days, he has been lying on the city wall in his clothes. Tongji is not far from Helin, and the messenger has already arrived. The reinforcements will appear at any time. Every time an hour passes, Jinxiu feels relieved. point.

There was a thunderous sound of horseshoes in the distance, and as a large flag appeared in the sight of everyone in the city, bursts of cheers suddenly erupted in the city. It was a flying yellow dragon flag.

"Reinforcements are coming!" cheers. Rippling from the city, Tongji County, which had been tense for several days, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Jin Xiu also heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately, she came very quickly. He leaned on the top of the wall, looking at the yellow dragon flag, his originally rosy face turned pale in an instant, and his hands trembled involuntarily.

What made Jinxiu lose its normalcy was naturally the distinctive yellow dragon flag, because this flag was bordered by nine gold threads.

"The king is here in person!" Jin Xiu screamed.

The city gates are wide open. Jin Xiu led the officials of the Hefu to welcome out of the city gate. For Jin Xiu, he never thought that one day, he would face the supreme ruler of this huge country in person.

Above the city. There was a crowd of people, and the guards who voluntarily set foot on the top of the city cheered loudly, waved their weapons, and shouted loudly, long live the king. Looking at the intact city wall, Gao Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you Jinxiu?" Turning off his horse, Gao Yuan looked at the person in front of him with two dark circles under his eyes. A middle-aged man with a nervous and excited look amidst fatigue.

"The humble position is Jin Xiu, magistrate of Tongji County." Jin Xiu trembled.

"You have committed such a bad incident under your rule, are you guilty?" Gao Yuan asked He Weiyuan, who threw the whip aside, indifferently.

Jinxiu trembled all over, and fell to the ground, "I deserve to die for my crimes. The Tongji Iron Mine mob rioted, and the lowly officials know nothing about it. I'm at a loss. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Gao Yuan snorted, "You're guilty, but it's not that you deserve death, but it should be investigated by the procuratorate and then judged by the court. It's not up to me to decide with one word. But look at the intact situation of Tongji City Under the circumstances, you are not without credit."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but Tongji City is intact because the mob didn't come down to attack, otherwise..." Jin Xiu knelt down on the ground, gritted her teeth, but still told the truth.

Gao Yuan was startled, and couldn't help but glanced at the county magistrate, thinking to himself that there was nothing wrong with it.

"Let's advance to the city! Godsend, you should immediately arrange for people to go to Tongji Iron Mine. Since the miners rioted, they didn't go down the mountain or into the city. There should be a reason." Gao Yuan said.

"Yes, I will arrange for people to go up the mountain immediately." Cao Tianci bowed.

"Silly, take over the city defense immediately and make arrangements for the eventuality."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The arrival of three thousand young guards, and more importantly, the legendary king of the Han Kingdom actually appeared in Tongji, immediately reassuring everyone in Tongji County. In the sky, people crowded on the street, hoping to see the king's demeanor, but after the king entered the city, he went to the county government and never showed up again.

Cao Tianci decided to take people to Tongji Iron Mine himself. During this riot, there was a strange atmosphere everywhere, which made Cao Tianci want to see for himself what happened.

Tongji Iron Mine is located in Mingfeng Mountain, only more than ten miles away from Tongji County. A concrete avenue that can accommodate several horse-drawn carriages leads from Tongji County to the mining area. If the mob wants to attack the county, follow the This avenue can be reached in half an hour at most, and given the almost undefended state of Tongji County, it should have ceased to exist here long ago.

Why didn't they come?

At the end of the road, Mingfeng Mountain appeared in Cao Tianci's field of vision. The first thing that caught his eyes was the gray brick wall and tall chimneys. Looking up, one after another thatched huts appear in pieces on the mountainside.

"Where is that place? Cao Tianci raised his horsewhip, pointed to that area and asked, beside him was a local intelligence officer from the National Security Bureau.

"Minister Cao, that area is where the miners live, and the miners and their families live there," the intelligence official said. "Minister Cao, are we going to pass like this?"

Cao Tianci nodded, "How else can we pass by?"

"Minister Cao, let me go and check first, your status is precious, what if the other party plots something wrong?" the intelligence officer said.

"No need, these people must have other intentions. I am afraid that they suddenly launched a riot because the king came to Helin, otherwise they would not have stayed in the mining area for a long time. Do you think there is any problem with them taking Tongji County?" Cao Tianci said, staring at the mining area that should have been filled with smoke. "We all know the information you have collected in the past two years."

"Minister, since the higher-ups know about it, why hasn't it been dealt with? It has been dragged on until today, causing such an incident?"

Cao Tianci smiled wryly, "Naturally, there are also difficulties from above. I originally thought that as the laws of the big man became more and more perfect, the bottom would be restrained, but now it seems that the king still thinks some people are too kind. For the sake of making money, I really don't care about anything, this time you just watch, you don't know how many people will lose their heads."

The intelligence officer also shook his head with a wry smile, but he was still ahead of Cao Tianci and galloped forward.

"Who is it, stop." On the fence, a row of dark-skinned heads appeared, holding knives and guns in their hands, watching the few people who approached on horseback vigilantly.

"Master Cao Tianci, Minister of the Dahan Police Department, is here in person. Which one of you is the person in charge, let him speak out." The intelligence officer shouted loudly.

The men on the wall looked at each other hesitantly, and one of the older men stood up, "What kind of officer is the police chief? Is there a sheriff?"

Cao Tianci and this intelligence officer couldn't laugh or cry, not to mention that Mao Dewang was just the sheriff of a county in the border area of ​​the Han Dynasty, even the sheriff of Tianhe County, in front of Cao Tianci, he had to be courteous, but To such a guy who lives in the countryside and knows nothing, how can he explain it?

"I am the person next to the king. I can see the king every day, but the county guard can't see him every day? Do you think I am the elder or the county guard?" Cao Tianci rode forward and said loudly.

The people on the wall looked at Cao Tianci with even more suspicious expressions on their faces. It was not for other reasons, but because Cao Tianci looked too young. Today Cao Tianci is only twenty-six years old. The princess of the country tied the paper, and the man on the wall would not believe such a young man who said that his official was bigger than the sheriff.

"You don't want to lie to us, our eldest brother said that unless the king comes in person, we will not see anyone." The man roared loudly.

Cao Tianci's heart skipped a beat. Their motive was indeed to meet the king.

"If you want to see the king, you have to put down your weapons first, open the door and surrender, otherwise how can the king see you?" Cao Tianci said: "Now the king is in Tongji County, let your chief come out, Otherwise, the army will arrive in an instant."

The man on the wall laughed loudly and said, "There's a big scar on my head~IndoMTL.com~ I'm afraid of shit, I tell you, even if we die, we can blow up this Tongji Iron Mine into ruins, shit! The old men don’t let us live, and we don’t let them have a good time. Get out, or you will be finished now.”

The man bent down, and when he straightened up again, he was holding a crossbow in his hand. Cao Tianci was taken aback, he reined in his horse and took a few steps back. There are hundreds of kilograms of fried red stored in the Tongji Iron Mine. This is no joke. The man said that he wanted to blow up the Tongji Iron Mine into ruins. It was not just a threat, they really had the ability to do it.

"Your family is still here, with your wives and children, what can you do?" Cao Tianci asked back.

"I can't live anymore anyway. If there is anything we can't do, let's go together, and the road to Huangquan will not be lonely. We know that we can't fight the army, and we won't fight the army. We just want to meet the king and ask for help. One is fair. Didn’t Your Majesty say that all people in the world should be treated equally? Why can’t we be treated as human beings?” the man on the wall yelled.

Cao Tianci took a deep breath: "Okay, if the king arrives, what do you say?"

"If the king comes before us, we will immediately open the door and surrender." A loud voice came, and beside the man, a burly man appeared, and said loudly. (to be continued...)