I'm the lord of the alien world

Chapter 7 My Silver Mine
At present, my foundation is not stable, and I haven't even taken back Koh Samui, so I should keep a low profile, and I haven't considered it for the time being.

Zhan Junru saw a large amount of rice and flour supplies in another tent, but she didn't ask when she was sleeping.

Tang Wen knew that she was curious, and not asking was to follow the rules. This was also Tang Wen's test for her.

The next morning, Tang Wen gave Li Quan 8000 taels of silver and asked Zhang Kui to accompany him to the bank in Yanling County to exchange for gold ingots.

Afterwards, the first task assigned to Zhan Dongwen was to build two toilets and several bathrooms, separated by men and women.

Fortunately, there were two carpenters in this group, a mason and a stonemason.

There were many dry and fallen logs on the mountain. Tang Ling provided them with sharp axes and saws, and Zhan Dongwen arranged for them to do it like a responsible housekeeper.

Below, accompanied by Zhan Dongwen, the two began to inspect Sumei Lake.

"Dongwen, what do you think we should do next?" Tang Wen asked as he walked.

"Of course the people on Koh Samui should be recruited, and then the government's land deeds should be shown.

Let them know that this island belongs to you, my lord, and it is not unclaimed land.

We can rent the land to them, but we have to collect the rent.

This island is so big, if we can attract the disaster victims to farm, our annual income will be quite a lot. " Zhan Dongwen said.

"They didn't want to rent it originally, but we want to rent it now. You see, until now, no one has come to us. Why is that?" Tang Wen said.

"It must be because I don't want to pay the rent." Zhan Dongwen said.

"So, the meal should be eaten bite by bite.

Don't call them all at once. At that time, there will be many of them, and we will be passive.

We want to swallow them piece by piece, and our strength is still not enough, so we have to find a way to recruit some people to strengthen ourselves.

Otherwise, it will happen that I almost couldn't come back when I went to collect rent last time. " Tang Wen said.

"If you invite people in, there will be a lot of people. We haven't collected any rent yet. What should we eat and wear?" Zhan Dongwen frowned and said.

"Use me to find a solution for food, clothing and housing, your task now is to secretly send some people down to find out their background.

I think that no one has shown their face until now, is there someone here organizing a confrontation with us.

Also, the descendants of Steward Jiang who were left behind did not show up, so there are many problems in this. " Tang Wen said.

"That's okay, I'll arrange a few people to sneak in among them and spy on them." Zhan Dongwen nodded.

"Our first step is to find a way to recruit people and get all the fields back.

The second step is to build the road, fill up all the potholes and dust on the road, and widen the roadbed.

The third step is here. " Tang Wen pointed to the front.

"Isn't that a place destroyed and collapsed by pirates? What can we do?" Zhan Dongwen asked puzzled.

Because, the original embankment built by the ancestors of the Tang family by the Wolong Lake collapsed.

After the lake water leaked, there was only about one mile of lake water left, and most of the lake bed was exposed.

Now it is also overgrown with grass, and it is almost turning into a forest.

"There used to be a simple dam here, which should have been built by my ancestors of the Tang family.

Therefore, Wolong Lake will appear.

Our third step is to rebuild the dikes and dams so that the water flowing down from the mountains can be stored to form a lake again. " Tang Wen said, pointing to the collapsed place.

"To build the dam requires a lot of manpower and a lot of money.

Although there is only about one mile of water left at the bottom of the lake, it is enough for us to use, and it is useless to repair it. Why waste money on it?

It's better to use silver to build a house, at least let us settle down first, that also needs a lot of silver. " Zhan Dongwen shook his head.

"Hehe, you don't understand, this lake is too powerful.

You see, the fields on Koh Samui are all around the bottom of this lake.

We not only need to build the dam, but also build the dam higher than before to make the lake larger.

At that time, ditches can be dug to divert water to the rice fields for irrigation.

You see, the crops they planted are too low due to the drought, and they may not even be able to fill their stomachs.

Why are you still willing to pay rent?
Therefore, water is the most important thing.

At that time, the fields will be fertile, there will be water, and the harvest will increase, so they will naturally be willing to pay the rent.

Otherwise, we insist on making them pay the rent.

One is to cause conflicts. They are fighting us desperately in order to survive.

Second, if they fail to fight, they will also flee Koh Samui.

At that time, what would a deserted island with no one be used for? " Tang Wen laughed.

"Master, you are too thoughtful, but this is too difficult to do, how much money will it cost?" Zhan Dongwen said with a look of admiration.

"I said you don't have to worry about Yin Zi, I will find a way.

And, starting tomorrow, let's cook porridge.

At that time, attract those victims who are hungry and starving to death.

In this way, as long as they are given food, they will definitely be willing to join my Tang family.

We will gradually disintegrate their troops, and by then, we will have more and more people and theirs will become fewer and fewer.

At that time, when our men surpass them, we can consider fully recovering the fields. " Tang Wen said.

"Good way, I'll arrange for them to do it." Zhan Dongwen nodded excitedly.

At this time, Sun Ping ran to say that they found a hole in the mountain behind the house when they saw wood on the mountain.

It seemed that it was excavated by people, Tang Wen and the two hurried to the back.

It was found that Sun Ping and the others had cleared the thatch and trees, revealing a hole.

"This hole was originally covered with vines, weeds and trees, but Li Si accidentally fell into it and found it.

When we saw it, it was actually blocked with stones.

So I was very curious and drove it in, only to find that there was a hole inside. "Sun Ping said.

"Li Si, tell me what's going on?" Tang Ling asked.

"The hole was covered with dirt, weeds, trees and vines.

I was surprised, as if to hide the hole.

However, we went in and found nothing.

Just some scattered stones, were they used to hide treasures before? "Li Si said.

"Go in and have a look." Tang Wen nodded, and they lit torches and entered the cave.

I found that the cave was not small enough for three carriages to walk side by side, and it was about [-] feet high.

It was obviously excavated by hand, and there was no aisle after going deep for about a mile.

However, at the end of the tunnel is a huge hole, about twenty feet high and three miles wide.

Tang Wen irradiated these rocks with a torch, and then picked up the scattered stones from the ground to observe.

Immediately, I knew what to do, picked up a few stones and returned to the tent.

Call Zhan Dongwen in, and then shine a bright flashlight on the stones.

"Huh? Why is it shining?" Zhan Dongwen opened his mouth wide in surprise when he saw it.

Tang Wen picked up an ax to split the stone, and then took a look at the cross section.

Zhan Dongwen opened his mouth even more, because there seemed to be many little stars twinkling.

"Dongwen, take a look, does it look like this?" Tang Wen took out a silver coin and handed it to him, "Compare it carefully, and then use this flashlight to take a picture."

"It's almost the same, except that there is no silver ingot. Could it be that there is silver in it?" Zhan Dongwen asked.

"This is a silver mine. Someone is digging my Tang family's silver mine secretly. However, it is estimated that there is too little silver in the end of the digging, or it has been mined and abandoned." Tang Wen said.

"Who did it? If they were digging before, wouldn't the Tang family have many servants? How did they dig secretly? If they were caught, they would be dead." Zhan Dongwen said.

"That's right, no matter how they dig, they will definitely be discovered by the Tang family. That's why these houses of the Tang family were burned down and turned into ruins." Tang Lian's face was a little cold.

"Man-made?" Zhan Dongwen opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"No wonder Steward Jiang hasn't sent anyone to report to the Tang family for so many years." Tang Wen hummed.

"Are you saying that Jiang Chang did it, and his purpose was to embezzle the Tang family's silver mine?" Zhan Dongwen said.

"He is the most suspected, and, you see, if there are pirates mixed in here, it is because he colluded with the pirates.

The pirates came out to rob and kill people, scaring away the people on the island.

As soon as the people left, they could openly dig silver mines. " Tang Wen said.

"Damn it! It's not as good as a beast." Zhan Dongwen scolded.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Quan and Zhang Kui came back from Yanling City and handed over the 800 taels of gold exchanged to Tang Wen.

In fact, for the people of Dachu, apart from being made into jewelry, gold is not convenient to use at ordinary times.

Because it is too expensive, usually you can't find it even if you visit a kiln after a meal.

(End of this chapter)