my steam dam

Chapter 166
As soon as they entered Ruyi Building, Mei Jingfu and his companions were greeted upstairs immediately.

Although they don't come here frequently, no matter whether it's the bustard or the servant, they all know these dudes by heart.

Originally, the most important guests in these places of brothel fireworks are the high-end dudes in Yingtian Mansion.

The worth of those top names was also fueled by these dandies, so Ruyilou naturally had to support them well.

"Oh, Mr. Mei, long time no see."

"Please hurry please."

The half-aged mistress who still had the charm stepped forward, and warmly greeted Mei Jingfu and the others to the private room.

But just as everyone was walking up the stairs.

The voices of other customers chatting on the first floor of Ruyi Building attracted Mei Jingfu's attention.

"Have you heard?"

"The newly established Jianzhou Capital is full of gold!"

"My cousin from afar, served in the capital of Jianzhou. When he sent a letter back, he said that you can find dog head gold everywhere in Jianzhou!"

"Over there is a place that no one has ever set foot on. Those savages don't understand the value of gold and silver, so they throw them everywhere!"

"The river over there in Jianzhou is full of gold sand! When the sun shines, the river sparkles!"

"My cousin picked up dozens of taels of gold when he was on duty, and he didn't have to hand it in!"

"There is too much gold in Jianzhou, let them pick it up!"

"It is said that you only need to pay a gold rush tax, and you can take the gold away!"

"What? How much is the tax?"

"Not much, not much, the gold picked up for nothing, even if you pick up one or two, it is still profitable!"

A table of customers who looked like bodyguards chatted undisguisedly, causing the entire lobby to scream.

Everyone thought he was exaggerating too much.

There is no place in this world where you can pick up gold for nothing!

It's unreliable at first glance.

But they couldn't help asking for more details, wanting to know more clearly, so as to distinguish between true and false!
After all, this is gold involved!

Money touches people's hearts, it's no joke.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, the gold-silver ratio has remained relatively stable at about 1:5; to about 1:6 in the early Song Dynasty.

Emperor Hongwu once stipulated that one tael of gold can be exchanged for four taels of silver.

But in fact, the folks do not exchange according to this ratio at all. Now the gold-silver ratio in the market is basically 1:7 or 8, and one tael of gold can be exchanged for seven to eight taels of silver.

This is still the case in the prosperous age.

If the situation is unstable, then one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver!

If Jianzhou really has open-air gold picking, let alone that kind of gold, as long as the Jinsha River is real, if you pan for gold in the river, you can pan for one or two in a month, and you will be dead!

Everyone was very interested and kept asking the big man in the bodyguard bureau who brought the news.

Mei Jingfu paused in his footsteps, glanced at the big man who was spitting and explaining loudly, shook his head and laughed: "This guy is really talking nonsense, if it weren't for me, Daming, who doesn't punish people with speech, I would Absolutely take it and send it to the government."

"Extremely so."

"I don't know where he heard the nonsense."

"If there is such a good thing in Jianzhou, how can we not know about it?"

"You can only deceive these ordinary people who have no connections."

"Let's go, don't be discouraged by this guy."

"Listen to the song!"

The playboys were giggling, chatting and laughing as they greeted Mei Jingfu and entered the private room, not paying attention to what sounded like gibberish.

However, when they returned home after spending so much in Ruyi Building, a storm had quietly descended.

Don't know where it started.

The source of the rumors cannot be eliminated.

In short, overnight, all the people in Yingtian Mansion spread the word that there is gold everywhere in Jianzhou, you can find dog head gold anywhere, and that the river is full of gold dust.

This rumor is too outrageous, but no matter how outrageous the rumor is, it will be believed by many people when it is said in public.

As if it had wings, the news quickly spread throughout the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty.

There are many unbelievers, but there are also as many believers.

There are not many other things in Daming, but there are many people.

Even after decades of war, according to Hongwu's 20-year national population survey, the current total population of Daming is more than 200 million households.

Over 6000 million people!
Among so many people, there are definitely no more than 200 million people who have studied culture and poetry.

Even Daming is already working hard to popularize primary education.

But the current Ming Dynasty finances are not yet able to support the possibility of compulsory education for all.

Daming did not need so many "scholars" who understood culture and reason.

The society has not entered a situation where many scholars are needed to maintain development. If too many scholars are educated, there will be no room for these scholars to display their talents.

This is also the reason why Ming tried to popularize primary education, but did not plan to expand colleges above middle school.

Why do we need so many middle school and college students?
A primary school diploma is enough to work in a factory.

Cultivate so many educated scholars, and then Daming can't provide enough important positions for them to work. Isn't it a shame to recruit yourself?

At that time, there will be more scholars with nothing to do, and if they have nothing to do, they will gather together to drink some horse urine, and feel that they are "unrecognized for their talents".

So in fact, most of the people in Ming Dynasty today are fools who have never read a book and can't read a few big characters.

Only a small part has received primary education, and a small part has received secondary education, which is the elite education model.

In fact, the previous dynasties have always pursued elite education.

Those who can govern the country should be enough. It is not necessary for everyone to study and understand the principles.

Such national education has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it is beneficial for the ruling class to rule the country. The policy of ignoring the people will be a very useful policy no matter what era it is in, even the interstellar era.

The downside is that people who don't understand anything are too easily incited.

Not only the imperial court, but various gossips from all over the world can also easily incite the people.

News of gold is everywhere in Jianzhou.

In the eyes of the ruling class and the elite class, it is a nonsense news that cannot be more false, and it is not credible at all.

But the vast majority of ordinary people, it is easy to believe this rumor.

It's nothing more than the same.

Even their enthusiasm for this news is even higher than the Liaodong Reclamation Order!

In just a few days, there was a wave of enthusiasm for discussing the Jianzhou gold mine in the whole country of Ming Dynasty.

There are even many ruffians, sluggers and sluts who have been idle all year round in the countryside, not suitable for work, and they are all flocking to Dengzhou, hoping to take a big ship from Dengzhou to Liaodong, and then go on foot to Jianzhou to pan for gold!
Let them sign up to immigrate and go to cultivate the land honestly. They are not happy, they find it troublesome, and they are too lazy to tend the fields.

However, if they are asked to pan for gold and collect gold all over the mountains and plains, they will be very happy!

If you pick up a piece of gold that weighs dozens of taels, you will become rich overnight!

Who doesn't like this kind of getting rich overnight!
(End of this chapter)