Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 126 Cao Gan Returns (Part [-])
Unlike the dense reefs and turbulent undercurrents in the capital, Sanshen Garden has been in the past five years since it changed its name and owner.During these five days, the new owner, Gao Yushi, has gained something.

He not only preliminarily compiled and trained a 50-member family guard on the basis of the original amateur militia, but also simply reorganized Shenyanyuan into a soap factory and started trial production. At the same time, he personally led people to the southwest of Sanshenyuan to start Look for coal mines—there is the location of the famous Muchengjian Coal Mine in the capital of later generations.

Unsurprisingly, a coal mine suitable for open-pit mining was found directly there. Unexpectedly, there is a mountain road about ten miles from Muchengjian to the Yongding River. If you want to get to Sanshen Garden, you have to cross the river and walk another five or six miles.

Whether it is ten miles or fifteen or six miles, it is only a few minutes' drive in later generations. As a source of resources, it can be called convenient transportation.But this situation is a bit troublesome in Daming, not to mention that there are no cars and trains, the key is that there are no decent roads.

When Gao Wushi led a group of people there, they walked between two mountains, which looked a bit like a long valley, but this valley was not straight, but had several big bends, and the total mileage was different. increase.

So if you want to develop this coal mine, you have to build roads first.Sanshen Garden has sufficient human resources, and the cost of road construction is mainly wages and food. Gao Yushi made a simple calculation in his heart. If it is just a tamped dirt road, it will take about three months to repair, and the cost is close to a thousand taels of silver; To build a solid bluestone street, it costs at least 500 taels.

After thinking about it, it’s better to forget the dirt road. After all, the straight dirt roads built by the Qin Dynasty can be repaired until 2000. No one walks and no grass grows. I didn't see that the road is too bad to be used. After all, there are no big trucks these days, and the road repair is solid and it won't be so easy to be bad.

But this road still can’t be started immediately, because Gao Yushi’s capital on hand is only 6000 taels. After coming to Sanshen Garden, he gave everyone a wave of small benefits and spent 300 taels. Now there is another one called the Guardian Guard The Gold Swallowing Beast, and then remove the initial investment of the soap factory and the cost of purchasing raw materials... In short, there is no spare money, and the construction of roads and mines must be postponed.

But this afternoon, Cao Gan, the former head of the Bailixia thieves and the "Bald King" brought good news to Gao Yushi.

After he returned to Bailixia, he persuaded a group of thieves and his wife Liu, and Bailixia basically managed to vote for them. Even the thieves and their families left only more than 100 people, and only the serious thieves who could fight immediately left. More than 30, it is not a big loss.

However, the nomination certificate he brought to Gao Yushi was real and pure dry goods. The entire Baili Gorge, including people and supplies, was packaged and put into Gao Yushi's name, and this was by no means an insignificant small amount:
There are 50 serious thieves in Bailixia (adults under the age of 920 who can ride warriors), 16 and 110 thieves who have been trained in riding and fighting, and 470 men who are farmers, who can be female celebrities in various fields. There are 860 female family members or chores, 340 seven infants and 96 children, 380 severely disabled and non-working elderly people - a total of 820 four people in the total labor force, and a total population of [-] seven people.

In addition to Dazhai, Sanxiaozhai and the private belongings of each family in Baili Gorge, there is also a large amount of money and materials, including living animals: 1000, 62 horses, 570 draft horses, 160 mules, and donkeys. There are 240 nine heads, 390 cows, 250 eight pigs, 4000 seven sheep, more than 23 chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry, and even [-] sika deer for unknown purpose.

In terms of money, there are even more surprises. There are more than 11 taels of gold, 340 taels of silver, and about 1 taels of silver in copper coins. There are also a small amount of jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It is not easy to calculate the value for a while.In addition, there are 420 pieces of silk and brocade produced in various places, and more than [-] pieces of cloth.

In terms of materials, there are more than 200 large and small wagons and ox carts, more than 400 large and small yurts (yurts), more than 300 simple camp tents; saddles and stirrups can be equipped with more than [-] horses.

What surprised Gao Shishi even more was that according to Cao Gan’s report, Bailixia could still produce a small amount of low-grade silk, about [-] pieces per year. up.As for ordinary cloth and silk, the production capacity of Bailixia is not bad, and the annual output can reach six to seven hundred pieces.In addition, Bailixia can also manufacture all kinds of furniture every year, whether it is beds, wardrobes, desks, chairs, stools or other things. Go and sell it for supplies that other Mongolians prefer.

It's just that after Gao Wushi asked, he realized that the production mode of Bailixia was very backward, whether it was silk, cloth or furniture, and each household did it alone. Buy at a unified price and then resell it.This made Gao Yushi very emotional: If I had given my advice, your production capacity would have at least doubled.

But no matter what, the strength and wealth of Bailixia still surprised Gao Wushi, and then he was overjoyed in his heart: he thought that he had picked up a piece of silver by going out of the house, but after a closer look, he found out that this What is a piece of silver, this is simply a piece of dog's head gold!

Needless to say, the strength and combat effectiveness of this Bailixia, in terms of wealth, it can even be said to be far above Sanshen Garden!Sanshen Garden has a little more fields than the ravine in Baili Gorge, but how much rice noodles are produced in the fields, and how much is it worth?The "foreign trade" small production base in Bailixia is the real chicken that lays golden eggs!
If it weren't for Bailixia, which is nearly a hundred miles farther from the capital than Sanshen Garden, Gao Wushi would have even wished to move his old nest there.But after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved again—there is a coal mine in Sanshen Garden, which is an important initial base for his future industrial development. Although Bailixia has a good foundation now, due to geographical constraints, it will definitely not be as good as Sanshen Garden in the future. With its rapid development, it will definitely be overtaken by Sanshenyuan in the future.

Gao Wushi praised Cao Gan with a smile on his face, until his bald head turned red, only then did he realize that there was a child younger than himself standing behind him, and suddenly remembered that Cao Gan had left Sanshen Yuan Yuan slapped his forehead on the matter he mentioned before returning to Bailixia, and said with a smile, "This child... is your son?"

"Yes, yes, it's the dog." Seeing that he finally remembered this, Cao Gan excitedly pulled the child forward and said, "Ke'er, see the young master soon!"

(End of this chapter)