Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 308 Prospecting Agreement
Seeing a white wild horse galloping from a distance, Yang Yun was very excited and shouted: "Quickly deploy the net! Spread the net!"

There are two ways to deploy nets, one is to use trees to place rope net traps, and the other is to spread the net flat and ambush people around. When the horse steps on the rope net, the ambush people will pull up at the same time, but both methods are easy Causing the horse to fall while running, thereby injuring the horse.

But the most commonly used method is to build a mudbag wall surrounded by three sides, drive the horses into the wall, and then cast nets from above. This method is good, and Yang Yun caught a lot of wild horses in this way.

However, the fence built by the shepherds was on the north side, but Ma Wang rushed to the base.

Five ground nets were set up along the base, and Muzi ambushed on all four sides. They pulled the rope nervously, waiting for the moment Ma Wang entered the net.

Fan Ning steered his horse away from the side. At this time, the horse king was already galloping forward. Fan Ning clearly saw the king of horses. It was all white with no hairs visible, and its shoulder height even reached 1.7. Mi, with slender and strong limbs, and the muscles on the chest are very developed and powerful. It runs extremely fast, and its long mane and ponytail flutter in the wind.

Mawang came galloping like a gust of wind. It was extremely intelligent and extremely sensitive. It easily jumped over the five ground nets laid on the road. Dozens of people in front of them rushed towards it pulling a long rope net. It turned its body lightly suddenly, turned around and ran towards the north.

Two riders just came from the north, they were Zhu Pei and Jian Meizi. The horse king rushed towards Zhu Pei. Fan Ning was in a hurry and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, the wild horses are coming!"

But it seemed that it was too late, Zhu Pei's mount was startled by the momentum of the horse king, and its front hooves were raised high. Seeing that Zhu Pei was about to fall off the horse, Jian Meizi, who was next to him, grabbed Zhu Pei who was about to fall off the horse, and let him go right away.

"Ape, catch it!"

Immediately, Jianmeizi soared into the air, made a turning point in the air, and landed on Ma Wang's body lightly and delicately. Ma Wang let out a violent cry, and accelerated to the north. It only took a moment to become a small black spot, and gradually disappeared. .

Fan Ning urged the horse to run up, grabbed Zhu Pei and asked nervously, "A Pei, are you all right?"

"I'm fine!"

Zhu Pei regained her composure, and looked worriedly at the direction where King Ma disappeared, "I'm afraid something will happen to Sister Jian."

"She is very skilled in martial arts. If she can't do it, she can get away. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Having said that, Fan Ning was still worried and urged his horse to catch up.

"Aning, I'll go with you."

Zhu Pei also urged the horse to follow. After a while, the two of them ran for more than ten miles, and they both reined in the horse. They saw a large number of shepherds coming in front of them. They surrounded a white and strong horse. Jian Meizi was riding on the horse king body, walking towards you slowly.

"Sister Jian!"

Zhu Pei urged the horse to run up, looking at Jian Meizi with admiration, "You subdued this wild horse?"

Jianmeizi smiled and said, "As long as you control yourself, don't fall off the horse, it will naturally obey you when it's tired from running."

Fan Ning also urged the horse to come forward and said with a smile: "This horse king looks very docile!"

"docile?"

Jian Meizi sneered, "That's because I control it, come and ride it and see if it's docile or not?"

"I'll forget it!"

Fan Ning backed out, and he couldn't make a fool of himself by riding this horse.

At this time, Yang Yun ran over with great joy and said, "Thank you so much for this girl, please give the Mawang to us."

Jian Meizi shook her head, "It's my partner, it will follow me from now on, I won't give it to anyone."

"This--"

Yang Yun looked at Fan Ning with a troubled face. He didn't know the identity of this woman with strong martial arts skills. He only knew that she came with Fan Ning, so it was not easy to offend her.

Fan Ning understood the importance of the horse king to the herdsmen's collection of wild horses. He thought for a while and said with a smile: "Why don't you! Sister Jian temporarily lends the horse king to Yang Dujian, and after all the wild horses are collected, the horse will be collected again." The king returned it to you, what do you think?"

Although Jianmeizi was cold and arrogant, she still wanted to show Fan Ning some face, so she nodded, "This horse only obeys my command, and I can help you."

Although Yang Yun was reluctant to give up on the horse king and wanted to regard it as the best stallion, he also knew that it was an unowned wild horse and did not belong to anyone. Since this woman with strong martial arts subdued it, he really had no reason to go with it.

He could only nod his head and agreed, "Okay then! Please ask the girl for help, and let the horse king gather the wild horses for us."

Jupp asked Fanning in a low voice, "What are they doing with these wild horses?"

Fan Ning said with a slight smile: "They just moved the wild horses and let them live in Kunzhou. These wild horses can adapt to the harsh climate and living environment of Jingzhou, and have an extremely important impact on improving the bloodlines of Kunzhou horses."

"Then is this king horse important?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "It's just a horse, it's not a must, sister Jian likes it, so take it away!"

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Five days later, they returned to the north coast of Kunzhou by boat and found Mingren and Mingli who were panning for gold.

"Ah Ning, sell this river to us!"

At the first sentence of the meeting, Ming Ren clasped his hands and begged, "Please, we are willing to pay a high price to buy this river."

"It seems that the harvest is very good!" Fan Ning said with a smile.

"More than good!"

Ming Ren pulled Fan Ning aside, and said in a low voice, "This river is full of gold sand. We have collected more than 200 catties in five days, an average of [-] catties per day. It's really scary."

Fan Ning was also really taken aback, "Two hundred catties of gold, converted into 3 coins, can you get so much money in just five days?"

At this time, Ming Li also came to beg, "A-Ning, sell us this river!"

Seeing that they were serious, Fan Ning probably really wanted to do it for a long time. He pondered for a moment and said, "I can offer you three options. You can choose by yourself. The first option is that you sign a prospecting agreement with Kunzhou to help Kunzhou find minerals. , pay a deposit of [-] guan, and the time is usually two years. In these two years, you can pan for gold in the river. After two years, you must hand over at least three mines.

The second option is that Mr. Zhu can buy this piece of land, and you can discuss with him how to get a share.

The third plan is that you go back and buy a mining license from the imperial court, which seems to be valid for three years and costs about [-] guan. "

Mingren smiled and said: "Can we continue to dig for gold here? You pretend you didn't see anything, and we can discuss what to do in a few months."

"Go away! Say one more nonsense, and I'll let you go now."

"Okay! Let's discuss it."

Da Song encouraged folks to participate in prospecting and mining, and even gave loans to prospectors.

The most typical is smelting alum. The Song Dynasty strongly encouraged the people and the government to sign mining-related agreements. The first thing is to look for bauxite mines. The government usually gives two years to find bauxite mines and refine them within two years. The government doesn’t care. After two years, the government will Take over your hard-earned bauxite mine.

If two years are up, if you want to continue refining alum to make money, you must get the approval of the government. If the government agrees, you must sign a contract agreement. Generally, [-]% of the contract tax is collected every year. The contract agreement is signed every three or five years. Afterwards, the government will evaluate whether to take it back or continue the contract.

As the governor of Kunzhou, Fan Ning has the right to issue a few prospecting licenses. Of course, it is impossible to issue unlimited quantities. Especially the gold, silver and copper mines involve currency, and the control is very strict. Generally, the government dominates, and the private sector grants a very small amount of prospecting licenses at most. .

Now Mingren and Mingli have the first-mover advantage, and they may be able to get a prospecting license first.

Generally speaking, the approval of private prospecting and mining is first reviewed by each state, and then it can be implemented after being reported to the supervisory department of each district for approval.

Kunzhou belongs to the Overseas Economic Strategy Office, and currently there is no functional department such as the supervisory department. As the Deputy Overseas Economic Strategy Envoy in charge of overseas development, Fan Ning naturally has the right to decide on the application and approval of mining rights.

This is also the basis for him to agree to Mingren and Mingli's gold panning in Kunzhou. To him, it is just a sentence.

"We've decided!"

The two brothers stepped forward and said, "We use the first solution!"

Fan Ning nodded and waved to Zhu Pei who was in the distance. Zhu Pei walked up quickly and asked with a smile, "A Ning, what's the matter?"

"Can you sign a prospecting agreement with Kunzhou in your grandfather's name?"

Zhu Pei glanced at Ming Ren and Ming Li, "These two guys want to do it?"

Fan Ning smiled wryly and said, "If their surname is not Fan, it's okay to sign with them directly. The key is that their surname is Fan. I have to avoid it, so as not to cause trouble in the future."

"Is it okay if my grandfather signs it?" Juppe asked again.

"The Zhu family has made great contributions to Kunzhou, and won the first piece of reward land. Your grandfather signed the prospecting agreement, and no one dares to question his qualifications."

Zhu Pei snorted, and said to Mingren and Mingli: "What good is it if I take the risk for you?"

Mingren and Mingli discussed for a while, then smiled at Zhu Pei: "You will share [-]% of the gold you find, how about it?"

Zhu Pei suddenly smiled, "It's not too bad!"

However, Fan Ning understood that the two brothers saw the relationship between themselves and Zhu Pei. The [-]% of the gold was not for Zhu Pei, but for himself.

He smiled and nodded, "How to do it, you can discuss it. I remind you that the prospecting agreement is only for two years, and you need to find three mines in the end, otherwise the five thousand deposit will be confiscated. Of course, it may not be a gold and silver mine. Sulfur ore works too.

In addition, if you need assistance from the government, such as supplies, materials, etc., you can also sign an agreement with the government to provide assistance, and you can think about it slowly. "

(End of this chapter)