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Chapter 170 Gold Digger

Although Emperor Hongwu issued the mining order to the nobles, although it was only aimed at the noble class, it could not be hidden from the people of Yingtianfu.

The decree officials at the front went to the honorable families to announce the decree, and the people in the whole Yingtian Mansion knew about it.

The emperor personally confirmed that there were gold mines in Jianzhou, and issued mining orders to the nobles.

Then this matter is definitely not false!
In a feudal society, the emperor's mouth contains the constitution of heaven, so it is absolutely impossible to deceive people!

As soon as this news came out, it can be said that it really caused a complete sensation in the whole country.

Within a few days, people all over the country knew that the rumors were true!
Jianzhou really has a gold mine!
Before that, it was said that there were many golden sand rivers in Jianzhou, and dog's head gold could be picked up everywhere. Even if it was a little exaggerated, it must be indistinguishable!

This stimulated the rangers from all over Ming Dynasty.

Among the more than 6000 million people in the Ming Dynasty, there must be almost 100 million "ranger" groups.

These rangers are not the rangers of the Mohists, but "vigorous social organizations" gathered in the countryside or in nearby countries.

They usually don't do production, and they wander around the county and township every day, helping big households with dirty things, and occasionally ganging up to bully foreigners.

Basically in every county, there will be such a local snake gang composed of ruffians from the county.

Didn't Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also come from a "knight-errant" background?

These rangers from Ming Dynasty usually have nothing to do but molested widows, collected a protection fee, and acted as black gloves for big families. They couldn't say they were very comfortable in their small lives, but they were quite at ease.

However, every "ranger" and "hero" has a heart to go ashore in vain.

After all, it is impossible to spend a lifetime in the underworld!

And the emergence of the Jianzhou Gold Mine gave them a good opportunity to go ashore to clean up their crimes!
For them, emigration is impossible to immigrate, impossible to immigrate in this lifetime.

In my hometown, I have contacts and status, so I am a "big brother in society" and can get along well. Why do I have to go thousands of miles away to farm?
Farming is so tiring, is it something heroes can do?

If you don't know how to do business, you can only hang out with the society to maintain your life.

But panning for gold is different!

Panning for gold is something that can make quick money!

Jinshahe, Goutoujin, whoever it is, if you go out for gold for a year or two, earn him dozens of taels of gold, and then go back to your hometown to start a family business, isn't that an easy thing!

How can such a good thing be missed?
Heroes and rangers from all over the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty either sold two or three acres of Susukida at home, or asked relatives and friends for autumn wind. After collecting enough money to set off from their hometown to Jianzhou, they headed Without going back, I set foot on the train to Dengzhou!
I don't know how many people have made promises, this time they must make a name for themselves in Jianzhou and return to their hometown!

The cross-sea transportation business from Dengzhou to Jinzhou has once again increased the busyness.

Even the center of Yingtianfu had to mobilize more transport ships from the south of the Yangtze River to Dengzhou to help.

The winter of Hongwu's 28th year was destined to be a busy one.

On November 28th in the [-]th year of Hongwu, Jianzhou, Ula City.

Winter in Jianzhou came earlier than anywhere else in Daming.

In mid-October, the first snow fell.

By the beginning of November, the entire city of Ula had been covered in silver.

Since the beginning of winter, the heavy snow has hardly stopped, and the temperature immediately dropped to more than ten degrees below zero.

The tens of thousands of Ming soldiers living in Jianzhou could only hide in their camps.

Fortunately, the Liaodong Fleet has already delivered enough coal to support them through the winter in advance.

Although the heating system must not be installed in Ula City so quickly, it is still warm enough to burn coal.

At this time, Peng Ke was nestling in his commander and magistrate's mansion, and the cat was leaning comfortably on the hot kang.

In front of him, there was a stove burning expensive anthracite.

The entire bedroom was warmed by the stove, and the room had to be at least 20 degrees.

Pen Ke, half-closed, waved his hand lazily: "This anthracite is good, but the carbon content is too high."

"Ahu, open the window to ventilate, don't get carbon monoxide poisoning."

Ahu, who had been guarding the house all the time and was also rubbing against the heating, immediately got up, opened a window of the bedroom, and immediately the cold wind from outside blew in, making Ahu tremble involuntarily.

"My lord, Jianzhou is too cold."

"It's only November, and the heavy snow has never stopped. I heard from the local savages that it takes three months of snow every year, plus the two months before and after, it will be so cold for five months a year. .”

"It's much colder than Peking!"

Ah Hu shook his head, looking at the white expanse outside the window, with a troubled expression on his face.

He who grew up in the south of the Yangtze River has never experienced such a cold winter.

Although the winter in Yingtian Mansion is quite cold and it snows heavily, it doesn't happen so early.

"Snow is good, auspicious snow heralds a good year."

"Without such thick snow, the land in Jianzhou would not be so fertile."

It didn't matter to Peng Ke, anyway, there was a kang and a stove, so it didn't matter if the cat was in the house in winter.

While the two were chatting, a mansion guard who was covered in snow and had a layer of frost on his eyebrows opened the door and stepped in, knelt down and said, "My lord, there is a letter from Yingtian Mansion."

Ah Hu stepped forward, took over a dozen letters from his backpack, and handed them to Peng Ke immediately.

"Yo, it's pretty fast."

After Peng Ke read a few letters shallowly, the smile on his face couldn't stop.

"At first, I thought that the nobles in Beijing would not leave until the spring of next year at least, but I didn't expect to come so soon?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, there are 29 honorable families, some of them brought 5000 more people, and some of them brought at least 1000 people."

"Just these people, there are 8 to [-] people."

"Combined with the gold diggers flocking from all over the country, Jianzhou will be really lively next year."

But Penke changed his mind.

The nobles in Beijing didn't know how cold the winter was in Jianzhou, so they rushed to Jianzhou with people in a hurry.

Even if they arrived, in this winter, the snow would reach knees, and they would not be able to start mining right away!

Even the food in Jianzhou is not enough for so many people!

Not to mention providing them with accommodation and heating supplies, which is also a huge expense!
Jianzhou can't afford to raise 8 people for three months for nothing!

Peng Ke, who was originally happy, immediately became entangled.

He was in charge of farming in the capital of Jianzhou, and at the same time he was in charge of mining. If these things were done well or not, he had to bear the responsibility.

But good things can't be turned into bad things!
"Hurry up, I'll write a letter, and send the fastest scout in the army to expedite it for eight hundred miles, and send it to Jinzhou Port immediately!"

"Everyone who wants to come to Jianzhou, no matter if they are nobles or gold diggers, stop me in Jinzhou!"

(End of this chapter)