Xinhua City has become unprecedentedly prosperous as winter approaches.

Many people who came to Huaihua for gold mining returned to Xinhua City to prepare for the winter because of the arrival of winter.

The merchants from Yanzhao and even Qilu also gathered quickly like sharks smelling the smell of blood.

Gold diggers carry bags of gold sand that they have worked so hard to dig out.

Then, in order to exchange for daily necessities, some of them had to be taken out to exchange for grain, firewood, bedding and other daily necessities necessary for the winter.

In this process, the price of gold in Xinhua, of course, fell to a terrible situation.

Things are more valuable when they are rare.

When Xinhua City instantly gathered tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold.

The price of gold plummeted instantly.

In the hinterland of China, a pound of gold is worth at least ten thousand dollars!

And it’s a five-baht coin with a high reputation!

If it's three baht or four baht, it will at least double.

It’s even impossible to buy it at all!

In Xinhua City, too much gold poured in instantly.

The profiteers will naturally raise their prices.

As for money, I’ll give you a pound of gold, which is worth ten thousand dollars.

However, the currency unit automatically changed to three baht.

Then, the prices of all commodities in Xinhua City, including firewood, rice, oil and salt, immediately skyrocketed.

In just a few days, the price of corn per kilo soared from more than 60 yen to 300 yen per kilo.

Moreover, there is no stopping growth trend in sight.

As for oil and salt, the price is one hour.

Maybe what you bought at the front end has increased in value by several percent at the back end.

Even the price of Xinhua’s local specialty dried fish has tripled in an instant from more than ten yuan per catty.

Fortunately, this chaotic situation only lasted for half a month.

Before winter came, the Anton Protectorate in Xinhua City took action.

Governor Bo Shi decisively took administrative intervention.

He set up a yamen of the Lord Commander in Xinhua City to control Xinhua's prices and business order. At the same time, he bought back a large amount of gold sand without any limit for fifteen thousand baht per pound.

On the other hand, the Andong Protectorate issued a document for all cities under its control, announcing that from now on, grain, cloth, firewood, and coal would enter the control scope.

Learn the price protection in Guanzhong and list a maximum price for all the goods involved.

Of course, these prices are naturally much higher than those in Chang'an.

The maximum price of corn was set at 150 yuan.

Such high-priced grain is naturally sky-high compared to Guanzhong.

But for the gold diggers in Huaihua County, it is very cheap!

In the past summer, all the surviving gold diggers basically made a lot of money.

Even the person with the least income still has half a pound of gold sand in his pocket.

As for the many guys...

There are many people who have mined hundreds of kilograms of gold.

Of course, the methods they used were not so kind.

Forming gangs, extorting money, and collecting protection fees.

The rangers moved their rules in their hometown to the vast world of Huaihua.

However, this also brought chaos and fighting.

For the sake of a golden river section, there are often several ranger factions fighting to the death.

Countless people died in the wilderness and in fights.

Those who return to Xinhua City alive are winners.

But, it's all worth it.

In the summer, tens of thousands of people dig for gold in the Jinsha River alone.

Ranger factions that can occupy a certain river section can often collect dozens of gold in protection fees every day.

Such huge interests naturally lead to endless disputes.

However, in this gold rush wave, the people who make the most money are not the knights and stragglers.

But a person who surprised everyone was the emperor's brother-in-law, the northwest captain of Huaihua County. Longlihou Chen Jiao.

At this moment, Chen Jiao was sitting in her official residence in Xinhua City, looking at the yellow and orange cuties piled up in front of her.

He panned for gold for a total of two months.

But the gains exceeded everyone’s imagination!

At this moment, in front of him, there were several large boxes full of gold!

There is more than a thousand gold sands!

And this is less than half of what he earned from gold mining!

"Oh, why does winter come so quickly..." Chen Jiao grabbed her hair and complained: "It would be nice if it was summer all year round..."

His method of gold mining is simple and primitive.

Just take human lives to pay for it!

However, his cost is far less than that of everyone else!

On the Japanese slave islands, there were endless Japanese slaves to catch, providing him with a labor force that was so cheap that he couldn't believe it.

Throughout the summer and autumn, his fleet traveled to the land of Japanese slaves four times.

Not only waterways, ports and transfer stations were established.

More importantly, more than 10,000 Japanese slaves were captured.

Half of these Japanese slaves were used by him to build a stronghold for his northwest governor, and the other half, after selling more than a thousand people to cash out, took the rest to the Jinsha River to pan for gold.

Chen Jiao used her retainers and soldiers as supervisors, used corn and wheat cakes as rewards, and whips as punishments to enslave the Japanese slaves.

He even invented a performance appraisal metric.

The Japanese slaves were rewarded and punished according to the amount of gold they mined, and a grading system was also creatively introduced.

Japanese slaves who mine a lot of gold can improve their status based on their performance.

Japanese slaves who pay him fifty gold can be freed, become overseers, and even receive a Han household registration book.

For the Han family's household registration, the enthusiasm and creativity of the Japanese slaves were fully utilized.

As a result, the gold he received was abundant and good, and the Japanese slaves were particularly obedient.

Especially when they saw with their own eyes that some of their compatriots with outstanding performance received daily extra meals, including delicious corn rice and wheat cakes, and even meat to eat, they went crazy. The overseer woke them up with a whip, and they woke up on their own and started working on their own initiative. They worked until night and the moon rose, refusing to sleep or rest.

More importantly, their requirements are extremely low and easy to meet.

A bowl of corn rice can make them kneel on the ground and burst into tears of gratitude.

Not long ago, Chen Jiao was afraid that her walking property would be frozen. So, with a wave of her hand, she obtained a batch of clothes and bedding at a low price from the official warehouse of Yan State, distributed them to these Japanese slaves, and even ordered them to Make a fire in their house.

As a result, these Japanese slaves were so grateful that they hugged Chen Jiao's thigh and said, "Dad is really the best..."

Nowadays, the Japanese slaves in the entire Andong Protectorate have changed their initial impression.

Although these Japanese slaves are thin, short, wretched, and do not understand the language, they are cheap, sturdy, and durable. They are easy to feed!

At first, Chen Jiao even mixed some old rice with wild grass and cooked it for them to eat. They also enjoyed it and the food was very delicious.

Even if they killed hundreds of people, these guys didn't complain at all.

When they saw the supervisors wearing Hanfu, they were all smiles, fawning and flattering.

A slave that is so easy to use and maintain is of course a treasure!

Now, Chen Jiao has already poured the Chen rice that was initially intended for these slaves into the Blackwater River.

He spent a lot of money to import and purchase a large amount of new rice from the Yan Kingdom, specifically for these slave workers.

He even took the stance of taking care of his feudal tenants and hired a doctor from Chang'an specifically to treat these Japanese slaves.

The baby is amazing!

Chen Jiao has already made plans. In the future, her fiefdom and governance will make good use of these Japanese slaves, and she cannot let them all die.
To be continued...