Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 221 The Trip to Kaiping (Part [-])
Then, if the "local government" proposed to relocate Kaiping Town, it would be a question mark to Yang Zhao, but Gao Wushi felt that if Yang Zhao was the only one who disagreed, there would be troubles, but they could be overcome.

The next thing to be done is Qi Jiguang, the general soldier of Jizhou.Gao Pragmatically thinks this problem is not big, because Qi Jiguang is not a literati, and has always been "knowledge of being an official and a man". As long as he can persuade Sanbo Gao Gong, Gao Gong expressed his intention to move to Kaiping Town, Qi Jiguang is basically unlikely. They will rise up to object, as long as Qi Jiguang designates the place where Kaiping Town will be relocated.

Why should it be handed over to Qi Jiguang to designate this new migration point?Because he is a real military strategist, he must be the one who sees the issue of where Kaiping Town is most beneficial to military defense. As long as he is taken care of, he should not have too many opinions—anyway And don't ask him to pay.

If Qi Jiguang nods, then only Wanquandusi will be left.In fact, the Wanquan Dusi has almost existed in name only. This ring-shaped capital from Shanxi, along the capital to Shanhaiguan, was originally specially designated as a defensive belt to defend the capital. It actually spanned Xuanda (including Shanxi), The two governor-generals of Ji and Liao.

But as we all know, the commanders of the capital are basically hereditary, and many of its senior officials, such as commanders, are honorable.Due to its proximity to the capital, Wanquandusi is also a place where nobles are concentrated.The power of nobles has long since declined badly. Needless to say, the current major capitals have long since lost their prestige. Basically, local officials don’t take the capitals seriously—even the county magistrates who were born as Jinshi dare to ignore them. The commander of the capital, that is, the county magistrate who recruits people to fill in the vacancy, may even give the capital a face.

However, it was about the relocation of a guard, but he had to ask the capital for his opinion.If it’s another place, it’s okay, I don’t dare to say anything if I ignore Dusi. Ugly.

Fortunately, Gao Wushi has already laid the groundwork for this. Now the bosses of the Jingnan Department have become good friends with him to share the spoils... er, good friends who share the dividends together. It is basically not difficult for them to nod to this matter. After all, migration They don't need to pay a copper plate for the money to be spent.If it really doesn't work, just give them a little extra for being pragmatic, that's all.

After Gao Yushi thought about these situations, he didn't explain them to Wu Dui, because Wu Dui didn't know what Gao Yushi was doing for buying these waste lands until now.

Wu Dui only knew that the family of the highly pragmatic uncle was the Zhang family in Puzhou who had almost monopolized the Changlu Salt Field. The total area of ​​these wastelands and rotten land was not small, probably hundreds of miles in radius, but the price was really cheap. ——Less than 1 taels.

Of course, 1 taels is a very large amount. A central government in the northern region cannot pay taxes equivalent to 1 taels a year.But the amount depends on who it is for. If Gao Yushi plans to ask his uncle for the money, Wu Dui reckons it is nothing serious, but it is just a new year's money for his nephew...

But Gao Wushi insisted on taking Kaiping Town, Wu Dui really couldn't figure it out, this place is not even good for farming, the output has always been low, and it seems to be just a few small coal mines.But coal is cheap and has few uses, so it can only be burned for heating. If you want to transport it to the capital to sell, the cost will go up again, and you can't sell the local coal in the west of Beijing at all.If Gao Wushi insisted on winning the land in Qian'an, Wu Dui could still understand it. After all, there are gold mines there, but Wu Dui really can't think of anything that must be won for the bad land in Kaiping. .

Of course, he couldn't understand why Gao Yushi insisted on winning Kaiping, because Kailuan was one of the cradles of Chinese industry in history. This area not only has huge coal reserves, but also has a high proportion of coking coal, and also has considerable reserves of iron ore.

With coking coal and iron ore, if Gao Yushi still can't come up with a "new steel city" that is at least a lot more advanced than the current one, will he travel through a ghost?

Originally, his development plan for Kaiping was still a lot later, but after getting the contribution from Bailixia by accident, he found that the plan could be laid out a little earlier, because...he had money in his hand up.

Of course, this matter is not something that can be done just by doing it. Talents, technology, relocation, new construction, etc. all cost money and time. Gao Pragmatism has a lot of things to do right now, and the soap factory has not yet paid back, so Still have to go step by step.

But no matter what, first take the land, open a coal field, an iron mine, and then start researching and exploring iron and steel making, which still needs to be done.It is nothing more than to control the scale to be small first, so as not to spread the shelf too large at the beginning, making it the same as Zhang Zhidong back then. It would be ridiculous to set up a steel factory and turn it into a "Qian Tu". The traverser might die laughing at the sight of it.

After inspecting Kaiping, Gao Wushi still stayed and refused to leave. Now Wu Dui was a little dissatisfied. He was a dignified soldier, and he was already a candidate for the governor. How could he have the time to stay with this "little junior" here? Wandering around in a broken place?Gao Wushi also saw what he meant, took the initiative to thank him, and asked him to go to his business instead of wasting time here with him.

Wu Dui was originally afraid that Gao Wushi would have a safety accident in his jurisdiction, and he would not be able to explain to Gao Gong, but he looked at the large group of armed servants that Gao Wushi brought—this time he brought a full 200 people The rider of Bailixia, Wu Dui, was relieved again, so he left.

Gao Wushi respectfully sent away his cheap senior brother, still not in a hurry, taking people around Kaiping every day, chatting with locals when he has nothing to do, of course, the questions are about coal mines and iron mines. Gao Mo, who was with him all the time, couldn't figure out how much land his young master wanted to buy and how much mine he wanted to dig.

In his view, although there are more and more private mines in Daming, except for precious metals such as gold mines, silver mines, and copper mines, the other mines do not seem to have much profit, and the risks are still high-the mines are strictly controlled Well, miners are prone to trouble, and once miners make trouble, things are not small, so the trouble is very big; but if you don’t manage it strictly, the comparison between input and output will be even more difficult to see, the profit is low, and sometimes you can even lose money .

In particular, he still couldn't understand why his young master was interested in coal mines. This thing is really very, very cheap. He decided to dig coal in the west of Beijing. At least it can be said that there is a densely populated city like Jingshi. Consumption, but what is the use of digging coal in Kaiping?In this town of Kaiping, including military households and civilian households, even merchants and prostitutes, it is not known if there are enough for 5 households, and the total population does not exceed [-].Not only are there few people, but they are also extremely poor, and there are barren mountains and wild forests everywhere outside. It costs almost nothing to cut firewood. How many families are willing to burn coal?If you dig coal mines here, don't you have to smash it all in your hands and die?
Now that he considers himself a confidant, he dared not remonstrate with his master, so he raised this question. After hearing this, Gao Yushi just laughed and replied: "I am reluctant to use the coal in Kaiping for heating. You don't have to." Worry about this." After speaking, he took them to investigate the Douhe waterway.

This busy, until a person arrived in Kaiping.

And this person is Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of Jizhou.

(End of this chapter)