Hong Tao did what he said. After returning to Jinhewan, he announced that Cixi, Cixi's wife, an 8-year-old son, and two young daughters became temporary residents of Jinhewan and partially removed their slave status. If their family could continue to contribute to Jinhewan for the remaining three years, they would completely break away from their slave status and become residents like other members of the Dan family. Not only would they have all their freedom, but they could also be divided into houses and land.

As for Cixi's brother, he must be his biological brother. Although he doesn't look very similar, his personality is very similar. He only became familiar with Jinhewan camp for two days and then made a rational suggestion to Hong Tao through his younger brother. He said that the labor here is simply too easy, and this labor intensity is only worth getting one meal. If you want to have a second meal, you must double the amount of labor, and at least half of it is worthy of the food given by the owner!

"Tell your brother, he will be the captain of the first team from now on! In the future, the labor force of the first team will be half, and you will be given a meal if it is done! Let me see the effect first. If the effect is good, there will be rewards!" Hong Tao was very happy and also gave Cixi his brother the reward he deserved, but he felt very distressed. He didn't want to see this dark side of human nature, which was too damn tormenting. Unfortunately, he does not have the right to be picky now. In order to strengthen his strength as soon as possible, he had to do things that he didn't want to do or are not happy against his will. Instead of letting others enslave him, it is better to enslave others by himself. The fool understands this principle.

"Atao, will this be too ruthless? They are doing the heavy work, and they have to add half of it. Can their bodies bear it?" Old Man Rong did not object to Hong Tao's decision, but just felt it was unreasonable.

"You haven't visited their village with me. Their house is just a few woods that support a pile of grass. The food they eat is besides fruits and fish. They also grow rice, but unfortunately the rice and weeds grow together. They can't harvest much of acre of land, and there is no rice to eat at all. In our place, they live more than in their own villages. Do more, do more. They are not humans, but animals!" Hong Tao himself can feel guilty, but he must be tough when facing other people.

"But we don't have that much land to plant, and it doesn't take so many people to cut down trees." Old man Rong has replaced Huang Hai as the first village chief in Jinhewan, but this is not a formal position, it is just everyone's default.

"I'm rich, right... It's okay. I won't let them have a free meal. Let's have a meeting in the evening. I have something else to do. Everyone discusses how to do it, how to do it, and who will do it." When Old Man Rong said that the slaves were rich, Hong Tao not only didn't worry, but also became happy. He was waiting for the arrival of this day, which shows that the camp's labor force is sufficient, so the next plan can be started in advance.

Now a management agency has been established in Jinhewan. Hong Tao said it is called the board of directors. The members of this board of directors are not shareholders, but several respected elderly people in the Dan family, such as Old Man Rong, Chen Mingen, Huang Hai, and Wen Laoer, a total of 10 people. Hong Tao, the self-proclaimed chairman of the board of directors, happened to be 11 people. All the big and small things in Jinhewan are decided by this board of directors. The method is very simple. If anyone needs to discuss the matter, he will tell Hong Tao that he will decide when to convene the board of directors and raise the topics. After everyone discusses, he will raise his hands to vote, and the number of votes exceeds 70%.

Hong Tao does not have a veto, but he has the right to issue proposals, and it is only the only one. In other words, anyone who wants to pass what he wants must communicate with him first and convince him first, so that a proposal may be generated. Otherwise, there is no need to wait for the veto, and there is no chance to hold a meeting to discuss. This is also something that Hong Tao did deliberately. Now that his power is just starting, he doesn't want to make these people turn from brothers into enemies because of raising his hands or vetoing them. He doesn't want to make these people become enemies from brothers, and he doesn't want to make himself the target of public criticism.

Mining! Gold and copper mines are opened together! This is the issue that Hong Tao wants to raise at the meeting. Since there is a surplus labor force in agricultural production, it means that under the current circumstances, the food problem is already self-sufficient. The efficiency of planting too many land is too poor, so it is better to find some work with higher added value. Isn’t the reason why Jinhewan is called Jinhewan because there are gold and copper mines here? Gold and brass were called gold in ancient times, but in fact they are essentially gold. Copper coins, copper is money, what is the difference between gold?

Compared with the Song Dynasty and surrounding countries, copper is even more popular than gold. The only currency collected by merchants from Nanfan, Arabia, Korean Peninsula, and Japanese archipelago wherever they go to Guangzhou is the Song Dynasty copper coins. According to Luo Youde, this thing is used wherever they go. In addition to bartering, the only currency that can have purchasing power is copper coins. It is not easy to use if you take out an ingot of gold, because the price of gold and silver between places is not the same, and only the Song Dynasty copper coins are relatively fixed. In other words, the Song Dynasty copper coins are equivalent to the US dollar in the future, and the international currency is still the only one.

"We won't be able to start mining..." Old Man Rong only asked one question after listening to Hong Tao's feasibility analysis report.

"Wrong! You don't know, I do!" Hong Tao's words were 50% bragging, 50% was brave, and he would be a big deal without any information! Before this, he had never seen what copper mines were like.

"Then do it!" However, Hong Tao has a good reputation and high prestige among the Tan family, especially in terms of making money. Whether it is familiar or not, or whether it is convinced or not, no Tan family knew that Hong Tao dared to stand up and say that he could make money than Hong Tao, so Huang Hai still supported him as usual.

"With copper, I can wrap the copper plate on the bow of the ship!" Wen Laoer never forgot the suggestion that Hong Tao had put forward, and always thought it was a good idea, so he also supported Hong Tao's proposal.

"Bah! Put the copper wallet on the bow of the boat? How much does it take to wrap it? It's a waste of money!" Old Man Rong waved his hand and slapped Wen Laoer. Bo Fu even called him uncle. In his eyes, these people were all children.

"...It was what he said!" Wen Laoer felt aggrieved and immediately confessed Hong Tao.

"Tao Yizi definitely didn't ask you to pack copper coins!" Old man Rong was stunned for a moment. He couldn't and didn't want to scold Hong Tao. He came to help Hong Tao to crush the situation, not to destroy Hong Tao, so he supported things that were conducive to raising Hong Tao's status, and on the contrary, he opposed it.

"I came up with this idea, but I don't need to wrap pure copper plates, nor do I need to wrap it so thick. It's enough to have a very thin layer." Hong Tao didn't care about Wen Lao Er at this time. Since he sold himself so neatly, there was no need to protect him.

"Look, what am I saying? You can't learn the skills yourself, and you're going to fight!" Old Man Rong caught it now, waved his hand and gave Wen Lao Er another moment. Wen Lao Er couldn't say it, and he couldn't hide yet. He could only lower his head and pretended to be dead.

"Copper smelting is similar to iron smelting, I can try it..." Qi Zu was one of the first blacksmiths that Hong Tao tricked from Guangzhou City. His family was a blacksmith for generations. He also worked as a master in the Northern Song army with his father. He was very skilled and alone, without any worries. He was also the first native of the five to accept his fate and honestly settle down in Jinhewan. Because he knew how to smelter iron and had begun to burn refractory bricks from the Song Dynasty, he was prepared to build the first iron smelter kiln in Jinhewan, and was recognized by Hong Tao. Therefore, as the eleven representatives of Song people living in Jinhewan, he was brought to the board of directors by Hong Tao, which represents the interests of the Song people. This is also a signal to those Song people who were deceived by themselves, so that they could live and work in Jinhewan more with peace of mind.

In fact, as long as Hong Tao and Old Man Rong agree, no one else will object, at least they will not object in public, and they dare not say anything if they have any objections. Otherwise, Old Man Rong will definitely be knocked on the head with various objects, and slapping it with the palm is the gentlest. Hong Tao has no good idea about this situation. Old Man Rong is like an elder of a ethnic group with a special status. As long as he is there, no one will object in a short period of time. This is a ethnic culture and no one can change it in a short period of time.

However, Hong Tao believes that this is not absolute. The main thing is that the interests involved are not large. Once the interests reach a certain level, people with a little business acumen will have other ideas. They may not dare to say it the first time or the second time, but sooner or later, someone will say it. Hong Tao plans to wait and see who will say it first, and then support him. As long as one person succeeds, others will learn immediately. At that time, the board of directors is really a board of directors. Some problems are enough, and some problems are not enough. Therefore, there must be a real group decision-making level to help him pick up the missing points.
Chapter completed!