The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1500

Xuan Shijing smiled: "Do they dare to be disobedient?"

When he said this, Xuan Shijing had a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of indifference.

Liu Renyuan also smiled: "It's up to them now."

Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan's goal of weakening the troops on the island has also been achieved. Although the number of soldiers on the island is still more than that of the Tang army, the Tang army will not be afraid if they really fight, and next, these soldiers Soon to be a soldier to a miner.

Those who can be recruited as soldiers are all strong and strong adult men in the camp, and most of them are the pillars of a family. Now that the Tang army wants to mine, these soldiers are the most suitable miners. They work for the Tang army and earn money. Copper coins, wait until there is a merchant ship from Quanzhou, and then exchange the copper coins in hand for the items needed for life.

Without Datang's copper coins in their hands, they can't get anything, so it's better to work for Tang Jun honestly.

In the early days of this island, there was only this port outside the city. If merchants want to come to this island, they must have the permission of the army. hands.

In other words, if the people on this island want to live a good life, they must go to the gold mines to work honestly.

When we got together again in the afternoon the next day, no one agreed to let the soldiers under him go to work in the mine. As for how long they can work, it all depends on the soldiers' own wishes. Starting today, the control of the army will be handed over to the Tang army. In his hands, they are just taking a title.

It seems that they are all smart people, which is exactly what Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan wanted.

The army on the island disarmed and returned to the field to help the Tang army open the mine. The only real army on the island was the Tang army's naval force. This was a good thing for the stability of the island.

When the imperial court formally sends officials over to recruit troops on the island again, then there will be no division of forces, and these forces will be completely disrupted.

This is all for the future, and now Xuan Shijing and the others' task is to open the mine as soon as possible and benefit as soon as possible.

Xuan Shijing wrote a memorial in detail about the things on this island, and dispatched ten warships to carry the treasures collected on this island back to Quanzhou first, and then went northward from Quanzhou to the common place, where these things could be recovered. Those sent directly to the national treasury will be put into the treasury directly, and those that need to be exchanged for money will be handed over to the household department for processing. Xuan Shijing's memorial should also be sent to the palace as soon as possible for His Majesty Li Er to make a decision.

Now that the island has been taken, there is absolutely no reason to let it go. We can't just let the people on the island pay tribute as in the previous Sui Dynasty. This is not acceptable.

Following the navy fleet back to Quanzhou, there were two handwritten letters from Xuan Shijing, one was given to the people of the Xuanjia Chamber of Commerce, so that the people of the Chamber of Commerce could prepare more daily necessities, and then ship them to Ryukyu Island Come here, this is considered a Xuan Family Chamber of Commerce for welfare. There is also a letter to be sent to Zhuangzi in Dongshan County. It is a letter from home, a letter from home reporting safety. Roughly mentioned some.

Tang Jun took the lead to go to the gold mine on the island with explosives. After more than an hour of bombing, the people on the island entered the Tang Jun's blockade with tools and began to work in the mine.

Tents and bamboo houses were also set up around the mine to make it convenient for the miners to live here. They will live here for a long time in the future. No matter they come in or out, they will be inspected by Tang Jun to check whether they are private or not. Take the gold with you and leave.

And the master who came with the army to survey the mines also began to look for gold mines and silver mines in other places on the island. After half a month of running around, they found two silver mines, both of which were suitable for mining.

As a result, Tang Jun divided his troops again and guarded the two mines, and the miners on the island gradually dispersed.

At present, they still can't get paid for their work, because the imperial court has not approved Xuan Shijing's memorial, but since the memorial has been sent to His Majesty Li Er's desk, the result is quite certain. They were all written down in detail. After reading it, His Majesty Li Er will definitely approve a batch of money to come to Ryukyu Island again with the Navy's ships, and the wages of these miners will be settled by then.

Longshouyuan.Daming Palace.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, His Majesty Li Er was discussing political affairs with several confidant courtiers, when the voice of a special envoy who was urgently dispatched from four hundred li came from outside.

Not long after, His Majesty Li Er saw the special envoy holding Xuan Shijing's memorial running into the Xuanzheng Hall.

"Report to Your Majesty, Duke Jinyang of Ryukyu Island hastened to report four hundred miles away!" The special envoy knelt down on one knee and presented Xuan Shijing's thick memorial.

"Present it!" His Majesty Li Er was delighted when he heard Xuan Shijing's report.

Deyi hurried down, took the memorial from the special envoy, walked quickly to His Majesty Li Er, and presented the memorial.

His Majesty Li Er took the memorial, opened it, and quickly read Xuan Shijing's memorial.

After reading the memorial, His Majesty Li Er's face was even more joyful.

Changsun Wuji, who was standing at the side, saw the pretense, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty looks happy, I guess it's because Duke Xuan has made a lot of progress, and I would like to congratulate Your Majesty first."

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, His Majesty Li Er burst out laughing.

"Hahahahaha! Well, well! Jing'er, this child, has never let me down! Everyone, the Ryukyu Island has been captured by the officers and men of our Tang Army navy, and a gold mine was discovered on the island, and now we are working hard Mining, there are a total of ten naval warships coming back from Ryukyu this time, and they are all on their way to Chang'an. After arriving at the port of Dengzhou, the things on board will be broken into pieces, sent to Chang'an, and directly included in the national treasury. His Majesty Li Er said: "Jing'er is not lying, Ryukyu is really a treasure."

With the naval warships returning from Ryukyu, there are precious spices, gorgeous gems, many mountain treasures, and even more precious herbs. These things were discovered by the soldiers of the Tang Army in the deep mountains. There are many doctors who went to Ryukyu, and these things naturally couldn't escape their eyes when they entered the mountain.

If all these things are sold by the Chamber of Commerce and replaced with copper coins, gold and silver, although it is not enough to fill the treasury, it can greatly alleviate the current state of treasury tension.

Moreover, these are not all, what is important is a gold mine and two silver mines on the island, which will provide a steady stream of treasury revenue, and this Ryukyu Island will truly become the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the future, becoming An integral part of Datang.

"Duke Xuan really made a great contribution this time." Chu Suiliang laughed.

(End of this chapter)