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Chapter 167 Good business of lying down and counting money
"Can this be true?"

"Can you pick up gold when you arrive in Jianzhou?"

"Didn't you say that you have to pay some gold rush tax? You don't know how much the tax is, so you're just so active?"

"I don't think this is reliable."

In the restaurants that can be seen everywhere in Yingtian Mansion, almost all the customers are discussing the recent turmoil of the Jianzhou Gold Rush.

It would be a lie to say that everyone has no idea.

Those who can make a living in Yingtian Mansion are more or less capable people.

Even if they may not have read many books and are not very knowledgeable, they have rich life experience. After half a lifetime of tempering in this unlisted university in society, they are all ghosts and ghosts.

Compared with the county government below, most of the people in Yingtian Mansion are more active and knowledgeable.

They could feel that the rumor was a little too unreliable.

But the court above had no intention of stopping the rumors at all, which made them feel something was wrong.

If this matter is false, the imperial court should have issued an announcement to clarify the rumors and stabilize the people's hearts.

After all, thinking about "getting rich overnight" every day is not good for the rule.

If the common people only want to pick up some gold and get rich overnight, then who will cultivate the land?

But the strange thing is that this news has been spread in Yingtian Mansion for five or six days, but there is no official announcement, no matter whether it is a confirmation or a denial.

It seems that the imperial court is completely unaware of such a rumor.

This is so abnormal!

"In recent days, some tenants in many state capitals in Zhili have given up their rented land and left for Dengzhou with their money."

"They have no money to buy train tickets, so they can only take a boat or walk all the way, and it is estimated that they are still halfway."

"There are more township heroes and rangers, all packing their bags and rushing to Jianzhou."

"Now many gentry in Zhili are having a headache. It is hard to find tenants for the coming year, and the land will be abandoned."

A middle-aged tea drinker who seemed to have a wide range of news sources, while stroking his long beard, said the news he had heard recently with a mocking expression.

The other big man at the same table shook his head: "It's impossible to throw waste."

"The agricultural machinery of the imperial court has been promoted for more than a year. After it was tried by big households last year, the response was very good. I heard that it will be available from the machinery factory this year."

"The Ministry of Commerce has also set up an agricultural machinery firm for this purpose. In the future, it will open branches in every county in Daming to sell those agricultural machinery."

"Large households can't find tenants to help plow the land. They can buy these farming machines and use them. One person can manage one or two hundred acres of fields."

"Even if they don't want to do it themselves, there are always some servants at home."

"At that time, they spend a lot of money to buy some farming machines, and they can still cultivate the land."

"Even if those machines are a bit more expensive, using them for ten or eight years is definitely more cost-effective than giving the fields to tenants."

"These landlords are all misers. They can settle accounts better than us. After all, they are more profitable than us."

Smacking his lips, he sighed and said, "I don't know if the state building is true or not. If it is true, a certain family would like to try it."

"That's gold. If you can find a few taels of gold, you're well-off."

Compared with immigrating to Liaodong with the whole family, and then taking root in Liaodong to seek a living, this kind of thing of going to Jianzhou to make some quick money is obviously more exciting.

Even if there are 20 mu of land for immigrants, the land cannot be sold within [-] years, and must be cultivated and cannot be abandoned.

After working so hard, I can earn about 200 taels of silver a year, which is indeed quite a lot, but the price I pay is that I will no longer be a Zhili native.

This makes people who have a little property in Zhili reluctant. Even if their family only has three or five acres of land, the Zhili household registration is worth one or two hundred acres of land.

But if you go for a break, panning for gold is different.

If the matter is true, then go to Jianzhou to search for gold for a few years, save a dozen or 20 taels of gold and go home, then you can buy a hundred acres of land, and your family will be a decent household in Zhili in the future!

This is the happiest result!
Yingtian Mansion, Mei Mansion.

Although Lao Mei's family no longer has the title of Marquis of Runan, but because Mei Yin married the eldest princess of Lao Zhu's family, she became the captain's son-in-law. In Yingtian Mansion, there is still a mansion to live in.

Princess Ningguo has a feudal state. Although it is not a real feudal state, the [-] mu of land can produce [-] shi of rice for her every year.

Even if most of the land is rented out, it can earn almost ten thousand taels of silver for it in a year.

In terms of wealth, the Mei family is considered to be the best in Yingtian Mansion.

Although he does not have a title, he is as wealthy as the Duke's family.

Oh, there is no prince who is still alive now
In the main hall of the Mei Mansion, Mei Yin, his eldest son Mei Shunchang, and his second son Mei Jingfu were sitting together, and an internal meeting of the Mei family was going on.

"I have already sent someone to Liaodong to inquire about the situation. Although our Mei family has been weak for a long time, we still have some foundation in Liaodong."

"It's true."

"Second, pack up, bring the two hundred followers at home tomorrow, and go to Jianzhou to forge ahead!"

"Ah?" Mei Jingfu looked at his father in bewilderment, wondering where he had offended his father, and wanted to kick him into the deep mountains and old forests of Jianzhou!
"father!"

"Why!"

"I haven't finished my studies at the Military Academy yet."

Mei Yin snorted angrily: "You fail every year, are you the one who studies?"

"Hit a target, and you will miss it ten meters away."

"Practicing riding and archery, the reins can't be pulled steadily!"

"I don't think you have any hope of graduating from a military academy in your life!"

"Instead of wasting time, it's better to go to Jianzhou to exercise!"

"Nephew Peng has already repaired a letter and sent it to our residence. I heard that not only us, but most of the nobles in Quanying Tianfu have received his letter."

"If there is no promise from His Majesty, I don't believe it!"

"It may even be promoted by His Majesty!"

"You have to go if you don't!"

Mei Jingfu was even more confused: "Father, what did the boss of the Peng family say again? You are going to kick me to Jianzhou!"

"Nephew Peng is making us rich."

"Peng Shinephew discovered a very large ore belt in Jianzhou, with many gold and copper mines, and now there is an urgent need for manpower to develop it."

"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, private development of mines is encouraged, but heavy taxes are required."

"Of course, this is a gold mine. Even with a heavy tax of nine out of ten, it's still a lucrative job!"

"Nephew Peng wrote a letter to respond to Tianfu, hoping that the nobles of our family can send the second and third sons who are not working in the family to build mines in Jianzhou."

"How big a mine can be opened, the mine will be owned by someone else!"

"This is a great thing!"

"If our Mei family can have a mine in Jianzhou with a net annual income of one thousand taels of gold, your brother will be much more relaxed in the officialdom in the future!"

"There's no need to talk about this!"

"Tomorrow, you will take the 200 mining masters I arranged for you and set off for Jianzhou!"

"The first few years were a bit tough, but after getting through it, it's a good business to count money while lying down!"

(End of this chapter)