Han Shizu

Chapter 1600 Ao Lai Small Town
In Aolai City in August, autumn has really begun to appear. Inside and outside the town, it is still lush and green, with green plants everywhere.Aolai in this season is still very comfortable, but this comfort is often short-lived and belongs to the transitional season.However, except for the Aolai city which has been rebuilt in the "Han style", the rest of the place is still in a desolate and primitive state.

In terms of development, in the past few years, there are still some, at least a thousand more Han immigrants in Aolai City, and there are also footprints of Han merchants here.

But in fact, since the Han army made a big march that year, Aolai City has always been only a stronghold for the Han to control the radiation in the Yazi River Basin, and there is only one battalion of troops stationed there. Hundreds of miles of safety around.

However, the location of Aolai is very important. It is at the confluence of Yazi River and Heishui. From the perspective of water transportation, this place is an important throat.

That is to say, in these years, the main development direction of Anton is in the surrounding areas of Suihua, and the progress of Aolai is not very obvious, but even so, the eyes of the Dudu Mansion have begun to look further afield.

In the past year, Aolai City has become much more lively. The reason is very simple. Someone picked up a piece of gold sand in the Heishui River in the north. He ventured to explore the bottom of the river and found gold in the river sand, so the land was not planted anymore. He stopped fishing, and started to dig for gold secretly.

But this kind of news cannot be concealed. After all, in this sparsely populated place, abnormal behavior and activity traces are easy to detect.In addition, once the money and materials are exchanged with the government, there is no way to hide it.

So, after the news spread, people of all colors flocked to the river to find gold. So far, the gold rush in Anton and even the entire Northeast is still going on, and it is becoming more and more fanatical.Compared with farming, logging, and trading, panning for gold is obviously the most profitable business. If you touch a piece of gold, you will make money.

Of course, this is also the hardest and most risky job.Without any strength, ordinary people, even armed immigrants, dare not rashly participate in it.In the border of Anton, as long as it is not in the town, everything is full of dangers, especially for gold diggers. Not only do they have to deal with possible attacks from native barbarians, but also possible robbery from their peers. Hanfa in the town It is difficult to promote it to the wild, and there is no such condition.

As for the excavation of Aolai gold sand, the Han people who ate the first crab were very lucky, and they also had the cleverness of a small farmer.Knowing that there is gold at the bottom of the Heishui River, it cannot be concealed, and he did not want to monopolize it. After sneaking around for a while, he decisively reported the matter to the government. The more than 50 catties of gold I found were exchanged for silver coins. Although for this kind of gold diggers, the government exchanged them at a substantial discount, even so, they were exchanged for nearly 6 million coins.

For an ordinary citizen, what is the concept of 6 million yuan? That is about 1 guan, and the development funds allocated by the imperial court to Andong Dudufu each year are only [-] million guan.

It’s perfect to describe it as getting rich once, completely realizing the freedom of wealth, getting rid of the land, getting rid of labor, and living a life of a master. In a place like Aolai City, you can even directly enjoy the "noble" life.

The story of the "lucky guy" Ma Liu has become a legend, and it has also become an excellent publicity point for Aolai Jinsha, not only in Aolai, but also throughout Anton.

Not only a group of gold diggers flooded into Aolai, but those who focused on prospecting and mining in other places also began to change their goals and began to look for them in the water. The water system in the Andong area is also well developed, and there is gold at the bottom of the Blackwater River. , not necessarily in other places.

As far as Ma Liu, who had smoked from his ancestors, has gained fame and money, but it takes some effort to keep all of these.The Andong area is not as stable and orderly as the mainland. There is not enough protection. The more wealth there is, the more dangerous it is.

Facts have proved that anyone who can succeed always has merits, and Ma Liu has made full use of it in this respect.One is not to be greedy and report in time, and the other is to find the most solid and reliable umbrella wisely.

In a place like Aolai, the most authoritative and the most powerful protection, there is no doubt that the first is the official, and the second is the army.Ma Liu found these two, and directly took out 6 million of the 2 million he got from the gold panning, part of which was donated to the government to support the construction of the town, and the other part was given to the town general Liu Yongzhen for the sake of Protect.

The town general Liu Yongzhen was naturally very satisfied with Ma Liu's knowledge and interests, and when he was happy, he even promoted him to be a security patrolman, and he became an authoritative figure and exploiting class in Aolai City.

Don't look at this small city of Aolai, it's not even a county, it's not even as good as an ordinary town in the mainland, but the town's background is not small. Liu Yongzhen is the nephew of Liu Guangyi, Marquis of Haining, and he also rushed to Andong under the call of Emperor Liu. One of the honorable children.

Compared with Dahan, there are indeed too many different places in the Andong area. For example, the position of the town general, which was very "feudal town" in the past, has been re-established.

As for Liu Yongzhen, a town general in Aolai, his rank was not low, and he was actually awarded the seventh rank. He not only led the army, but also ruled the people. In the small place of Aolai, he was undoubtedly the emperor of the land.

As a matter of fact, as the sons and daughters of the nobles came from far and wide, no matter whether they were engaged in politics, the army or business, they all formed their own sphere of influence and had their own territory.

In the process of pioneering and developing, although the entire Anton is under the rule of the Anton Governor's Mansion and is also in the system of the entire Han Dynasty, a status quo similar to enfeoffment has quietly formed.

These people have also mastered governance power in local business activities, and their influence has gradually become stronger.Of course, this kind of situation is not limited to Andong. There are similar situations in areas like Monan, Shanyang, Northwest, Southwest, and Annan.

Even Emperor Liu, who was far away in Tokyo, was aware of this, especially Anton, a place he paid special attention to.However, regarding such a situation, Emperor Liu did not say anything, and adopted a tacit attitude.

The big man is too big. It is too difficult and unrealistic to firmly control such a huge territory, govern so many ethnic groups, and deal with such complicated conflicts. It is too difficult and unrealistic for the court to govern for the court. .

The imperial court's all-inclusive governance has long been proved to be impossible in this era. In Emperor Liu's view, it is normal for those noble children to go to the frontier to open up and get some privileges and conveniences. At least they belong to the imperial court. Those with vested interests can try their best to safeguard their own interests and at the same time maintain the rule of the great Han.

In Aolai City, Liu Yongzhen, the general of the town, is obviously a character who promises everything. However, in terms of the Andong Governor's Mansion, it is really insignificant. Especially, when Qin Wang Liuxu came to the east, Liu Yongzhen was nervous and looking forward to it. Also be careful.

Over the past few years, almost all the military and political officials under the jurisdiction of the Anton Governor's Mansion have learned one thing. King Qin is not a good person to serve. The king of Qin, the governor of the East, is strong, serious, strict and harsh.

At least in Anton, apart from Xiangyang Wang Anshouzhong, no one is not afraid of Liu Xu. Even Tian Qinzuo, who is domineering and murderous, has to keep a low profile in front of King Qin.

(End of this chapter)