In general, the progress of work in all aspects is still smooth. The steelmaking blast furnace in the smelting workshop has been built and steelmaking tests are being carried out according to Kong Youde's idea; the shipbuilding work in the shipyard has also been on track; the craftsmen led by Ye Chengkai, Bao Kaiqiang and others have also carried out flint rifles to manufacture and improve; the students of the Political Affairs Hall are also studying hard and serious; the army is also training continuously according to the plan.

As long as he continues like this, six months later, he will be very sure to resist the strongest attacks of the court and then complete the separatist plan.

"Today is a good day, everything you think can be done. Today is a good day. If you open the door, we will welcome the spring breeze..."

Kong Youde is in a good mood now and starts humming unconsciously, which makes Huang Guizhong who is following behind confused. When will the general sing?

The current personal captain has been replaced by Huang Guizhong. As for Li Yangxing, he has already established an intelligence department - the Military Intelligence Bureau. Li Yangxing's loyalty is absolutely reliable. Although he is not very smart, loyalty is more important than ability in this critical department.

As we walked, we heard drums. When we were about to reach the Penglai County Government, there was actually someone beating the drums in front of the Penglai County Government Government Gate. There was still a circle of people watching outside the county government.

It's such a strange thing. Since Qin Zhiyuan became the acting magistrate, no one seemed to have beaten this drum. This was the first case. Kong Youde was interested and stopped and watched.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the drum in front of the yamen is not something that can be beaten casually. Unless there is a major injustice, if you beat the drum and make a grievance in a trivial matter, you will end up miserably. If you are too serious, you will be given a military force and will be punished by a pole at a low level.

Like later generations, those who lost cats and called the police if they had a few dollars when they lost their cats, and if they had mice at home, they would probably be the rhythm of becoming a military officer in this era.

It is precisely because the drum of injustice cannot be beaten randomly, once it is beaten, there are usually important things to do. According to regulations, the chief officer in the yamen must immediately go to the court to ask about the case.

Kong Youde looked at the county government gate with interest, wondering if Qin Zhiyuan, the "Penglai County Magistrate", would be promoted to the court to ask about the case. As a result, he saw Qin Zhiyuan sending someone to pass on the message, and he was really going to be promoted to the court.

The man who beat the drum and the person who followed him were all taken in, and Kong Youde also brought people in to see what the case was. After all, this was a case since he was in charge of Dengzhou, and by the way, he saw how Qin Zhiyuan was going to deal with it.

Qin Zhiyuan, who was originally majestic and ready to show his authority, immediately changed into a flattering expression when he saw Kong Youde coming in and asked Kong Youde to preside over the trial of the case. Kong Youde was originally watching the fun, so he, the magistrate Penglai, started the trial directly without worrying about himself, and then sat down in the vice-chair.

"Enter the hall." Qin Zhiyuan slapped the awkward tree and shouted with a full breath.

Qin Zhiyuan's newly-designed aide Zhu Leshan, led two new yamen runners, each holding a water and fire stick, and stood in the lobby with two pieces.

"mighty!"

When Zhu Leshan and the two yamen runners saw the generals present, they all wanted to show themselves, and then they both let go of their throats and shouted, and the sound could be heard from a distance.

"Who outside the hall beats the drum and complains about his grievances? He won't bring anyone up yet."

Zhu Leshan quickly walked out and soon brought in the people who beat the drum and complained about the wronged. There were a total of ten people in the group.

"Who in the hall and why did you beat the drum? I haven't reported it yet."

"Caomin Zhao Si visited the county master, and it was a drum beat by the villain."

"Caomin Li Da visited the county master."

"Caomin Li Qiu, who is the minister of the county."

...

"Stop, stop, come one by one, Zhao Si, let me talk first, why do you have any grievances?" Qin Zhiyuan shouted impatiently. So many people shouted together, which made his head hurt.

This man named Zhao Si knelt down and reported, "Mr. Huixianzun, Caomin is from Beigou Town. He originally had 3,530 acres of fertile land in his family. He went to Ninghai to visit relatives a year ago. He returned home only after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Caomin has a land deed, and according to the low status of the county master, he has registered. In the end, the fertile land at home was forcibly divided by illegal and cruel officials. Prince. County master, you have to make the decision for Caomin."

Kong Youde was also stunned. The person said that visiting relatives before the New Year was mostly to avoid his own army. Beigou Town happened to march into Dengzhou City, and then the situation in Penglai stabilized before returning. This is reasonable, but what he said attracted Kong Youde's attention.

Seeing Qin Zhiyuan's gaze, Kong Youde gave him a positive look and signaled him to continue to judge and see what was going on.

Qin Zhiyuan continued to ask, "You are all complaining because of the encroachment of the fields, right?"

"Return to the county master, that's right, the county master has to take charge of the grass-roots people and others. The little family also has thousands of acres of fertile land that have been forcibly divided!"

...

There are so many people coming at one time, almost every family has more than 1,000 acres of land. This incident involves tens of thousands of acres of land. This is indeed a major case, and it is reasonable to beat the drum and make injustice.

Even though Qin Zhiyuan, the magistrate, was not appointed by the court, and it was not right, Penglai County was controlled by Kong Youde, and Qin Zhiyuan was the magistrate appointed by Kong Youde. After all, he had the final say in the county's civil affairs. As long as he was still in power, the problems that arise in Penglai still had to be solved by Qin Zhiyuan, the controller of the new order.

If we don’t ask Qin Zhiyuan to deal with it, we can only wait until the imperial army attacked. However, Huangxian was also captured a few days ago, and these rebels still had to fight westward. The imperial army attacked and they didn’t know when it was time and day.

However, in Kong Youde's opinion, this matter is probably not as simple as it seems. The division of land and land did not start today. No one has come to complain before, but now there are ten, which is obviously a collusion. The reason why they have the courage to come is that they are likely to fight the division of land and land in this way.

But there are other possibilities, such as, as they said, those who originally had land deeds were forcibly distributed to refugees. Before the matter was investigated clearly, you cannot draw conclusions based on personal subjective judgments.

Dividing land and land for Liaodong refugees is the fundamental solution agreed upon by Kong Youde and Qin Zhiyuan. Only in this way can these Liao people be settled and no longer need to spend a lot of resources to support them, and they can provide stable tax revenue and military resources at that time.
Chapter completed!