Chapter 1296 (1/2)
In a short time, Wang Xiancheng's Yamen saw the manager Deng of siglaishan mine. He got Wang Xiancheng's advice and naturally told the other party that it was the people from Zhennan Wangfu. In spite of the uncertainty in his heart, steward Deng came at once.
This is an hour and a half later
The steward Deng was a man in his late forties. He was a man in a brown robe. He was short but capable, with a shrewd moustache on his face.
He was taken to wait outside the house. He secretly looked into the room and looked at Nangong Yue inside. As soon as he arrived at the post station, he had already heard from Wang Xiancheng downstairs that the second young master Xiao came here specially to purchase iron ore for the army. This is not easy to do
Nangong Yue had just used a snack and was taking the tea from Baihui. He gargle his mouth and said carelessly, ”call in the people.”
Wang Xiancheng then brought Deng Guanshi into the house. After saluting, he said respectfully, ”young master, this is Deng Guanshi from Fangjia mine.”
Nangong Yue casually answered, and his eyes moved to Deng Guanshi. He looked up and down at him, as if he had noticed his existence. He said, ”it's said that you are in charge of the mine on siglaishan?”
”Yes, second childe.” Steward Deng bowed forward and deliberately called the other party ”second childe.” I heard from Lord Wang that the young master wanted to purchase iron ore for the army in southern Xinjiang. Military affairs are of course very important, but... ”
As soon as he heard the word ”just” the faint smile on the corner of Nangong Yue's mouth disappeared. He turned his face like a book, and his whole face was gloomy. She suddenly put away the fan, ”pa” in the room loud and clear.
”My childe, this is military supplies procurement. Do you dare to refuse?” Nangong Yue yelled in a high voice, ”I've heard that merchants are greedy for profits. Some mines suspect that the price of military supplies is not high, so they make various excuses.” She pointed to the other party's nose with a fan and said, ”don't you think I dare not treat you for neglecting military affairs?”
Seeing the dandy Prince's performance vividly, Lily was so laughing that his stomach almost hurt. This time, it was really no waste to go out with the princess. It was so fun!
But her face is still silent, even with disdainful eyes to look at Deng steward, that toe high gas expression seems to say, you dare to speak in front of our childe!
Seeing that the young master didn't deny his identity, and the servants in the room also showed a natural expression, director Deng could finally be sure that this was really Xiao Luan, the second childe of Xiao. It was not easy to do!
If the other party wants to make a big deal of things, it will be very disadvantageous to yourself.
It's better to coax the Giant Buddha back to China!
”Second young master, even if I ate the gall of bear heart leopard, I don't dare to neglect the military affairs and the second young master. Are you?” ”Small” means that a batch of iron ores have just been sent out two days ago, but now there are not many iron ores left. I want to ask how many ores the second young master needs? It's better to go back and let the miners rush back to work... ”
He thought the answer would satisfy the other party, but he didn't want the troublesome childe to frown and say, ”I just asked you, why do you have so many questions?! Do you think I don't even look at my shopping? I haven't seen it with my own eyes. How can I know the quality of the ore in your mine! Who knows if you're going to confuse me with inferior ores? ”
”Childe, how could it be?” Steward Deng's brow twitched for a moment, and he sighed in his heart that this childe was really not good to serve. If he provided inferior iron ore to the army of Southern Xinjiang, he would not have cheated those teachers even if he had won the second master Xiao How can you do such a stupid thing!
Steward Deng was trying to explain, but unexpectedly, the childe came up with an idea: ”no, I have to go to the mine to see the goods in person! It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. You'll take this young master to the mine now
That's not going to work! Deng Guanshi was frightened and said in a hurry: ”this can't be done, second childe! The mine is too dangerous. There are often falling rocks, and even the mine cave may collapse. This is not a small nonsense After a pause, he carefully looked at the other side's face and suggested, ”second young master, how about bringing a batch of ores to you to inspect the goods?”
Anyway, Xiao Ying has successfully sneaked into the mine. Nangong Yue didn't have to go there by himself. He just wanted to cheat him. It seems that he is reluctant to go by himself Nangong Yue frowned intentionally, nodded his head and said, ”that young master will wait for you to bring the sample to have a look first.”
Director Deng finally breathed a sigh of relief. His back was wet with sweat, and his mouth was busy: ”of course, of course!” Then, he turned to flattery and said, ” Second young master, you come from a long way. Unfortunately, our town is really remote and remote, and there is no place to eat and have fun. I am wronged by you. But not long ago, I got a box of Nanzhu. Each one is the size of a baby's fist. It's good whether it's used to make jewelry or to play with it casually... ”
Nangong Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, revealing a trace of interest, and asked, ”where are you, such as the mountains and the Pearl?”Seeing that the other party was very interested, steward Deng said with a smile: ”it's also just right. Last time I met a Nanyang merchant team, I got lucky. When I go back, I'll send it to you and let you appreciate it...” He winked at nangongyue. The so-called appreciation is naturally to offer treasure.
Nangong Yue shook his fan and laughed heartily. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room relaxed a lot, and it seemed that the atmosphere of tension had never existed before.
After more than one hour's suspense, Deng's heart was finally put down. Fortunately, although Xiao Er is in trouble, he should be just a childe who is not familiar with the world.
In the evening of the same day, he ordered someone to bring a box of pearly pearl to nangongyue, and Lily took it for his master.
And on that night, someone reported back.
Because the matter was not very urgent, Baihui didn't disturb the master's rest after getting Zhou Dacheng's message. Until the next morning, she said, ”princess, a carriage full of iron ore came in the middle of the night yesterday, and the carriage rushed into the mine...”
The 100 elite soldiers they accompanied were all stationed outside the city. Yesterday, Nangong Yue ordered Zhou Dacheng to order several people to stare at siglaishan and the surrounding area of the town.
Sure enough, there is a harvest!
Lily is waiting for nangongyue to comb his hair and smell his speech. His movements can't help but pause for a moment. He tilts his head and says in doubt: ”why does the minister Deng want to transfer iron ore from the outside?”
Nangong Yue put a smile on his mouth. Even if it was really like what director Deng said, the ore had been transported away. However, what she wanted to see was just samples. For such a large mine, couldn't she get some samples to see?
Unless, what this mine produces is not iron ore at all! It's something else
This time, she just wanted to explore the situation. After all, it happened more than ten years ago. I'm afraid she can't find out why in such three or two days, but now it seems that she can't really get nothing.
Nangong Yue slowly used up the breakfast, and Deng came to ask for a meeting, and brought a carriage of iron ore.
Nangong Yue hears the news and takes Zhou Dacheng and others to go downstairs to check.
It was a cart of yellow and gray stones, large and small stones piled together, at first glance, it seemed that there was no difference with ordinary stones.
Nangong Yue frowned, disdainfully covered his face with a fan, and then threw an eye at Zhou Dacheng.
Zhou Dacheng immediately went forward to check the quality of the ore. he picked up several pieces of iron ore and weighed it. After trying it with magnetite, he replied to nangongyue: ”childe, it's a good iron ore mine.”
Nangong Yue nodded with satisfaction. As soon as the fan was collected, he immediately said, ”well, this batch of military supplies orders will be sent to your mines, Lao Zhou,” she looked at Zhou Dacheng and asked casually, ”Laozhou, how many iron ores do we need this time?”
Zhou Dacheng respectfully replied: ”huigongzi, this batch is 200 stones.”
Seeing this young master Xiao coming out to purchase military supplies, he didn't even know how much iron ore he needed for this trip. You can imagine how crude he was in handling affairs. On the one hand, he despised him, but on the other hand, he secretly complained: 200 stones?! Thirty Jin for Jun, four Jun for stone, that's 24000 Jin of ore! Where does he go to raise so many iron mines?!
However, after two times of dealing with each other, steward Deng can feel the temper of the second young master Xiao a little bit. The other is the second son of the palace. It is estimated that no one dares to say no to him except Zhennan Wang and Shizi Ye. If you want to send this Buddha away, you can't go against his will
If you send people away earlier, you can do it earlier!
After biting the back teeth, Deng said, ”second young master, there are so many iron mines that are too small to make up for a while. How about this? I'd like to ask the second young master to give you a few days' grace. I'll go to prepare immediately. When I'm ready, I'll send you to Luoyue city in person. What do you think?”
Deng Guanshi said while carefully observing Nangong Yue's look.
Sure enough, the other party was still not satisfied, so he put away the fan and said, ”no way! Steward Deng, I'll give you five days. After five days, I will take the two hundred iron ores back in person. ” She said, with a hint of urgency in her voice. Then she squinted at steward Deng with a hint of danger in her voice, ”if you disgrace me, don't blame me Hum
Steward Deng looks very good. I heard that Xiao Shizi had a great victory in the south. I'm afraid Xiaoer is in a hurry. He also wants to earn face and make military achievements in front of the king. That's why I came to purchase this small iron mine in person Ah, I can only blame myself for my bad luck. I should have attracted such a plague God!
No matter how much discontent he felt in his heart, he did not dare to show half a point. After bowing down, he stepped down in a hurry.
After leaving the post station, steward Deng turned on his horse and went straight out of town with two of his men, and then drove all the way back to the mine in siglaire mountain. At the foot of the mountain, the big man guarding the gate opened the iron gate as soon as he saw that the steward Deng came back.
A man of medium height had already been waiting behind the door and met him. He saluted nervously and said, ”steward Deng...” He wanted to ask steward Deng whether it was going well, but judging from his face, he knew that there was some trouble.After getting off the horse, Deng threw the horse rope to one of his men. His face was as heavy as water. He strode up the mountain road and asked, ”what's the yield of the past few days, old song?”
The man, known as the old song dynasty, hurriedly followed him and said, ”Mr. Deng, you can mine 20 stones a day on average this month.”
”Only twenty stones?” ”Compared with last month, the output has dropped again,” said Mr. Deng
Old song hesitated for a moment, or lowered his voice and asked, ”steward Deng, do you think this mine has been mined for more than ten years, will it be nearly finished?”