Lin Xu was not polite and directly proposed that he wanted the mining and operation rights for metal minerals other than gold, silver, copper, and iron in Jiangsu, as well as coal.
In this day and age, disciplines such as chemistry and materials science were completely absent in the Daning Dynasty. People's understanding of metals mainly focused on gold, silver, copper, and iron.
Among them, gold, silver, and copper are all metals used to cast currency, while iron is mainly used to make weapons and armor.
These four metals are exclusively owned by the state and are absolutely not allowed to be mined by private individuals.
But apart from the four metals mentioned above, few people know about other types of metals, and the control is naturally very loose.
In addition, the Daning Dynasty had not yet entered the industrial era, and the main function of coal was for cooking and heating in winter. It was not considered a strategic material.
Therefore, Zhou Changmin happily agreed to Lin Xu's requests and asked Lin Xu to contact Master Yao and go through the relevant procedures at any time.
Due to the limitations of his knowledge, Zhou Changmin did not think this matter was a big deal, but Lin Xu was overjoyed!
Naturally, he wants these metal mineral mining areas to extract magnesium, aluminum, chromium, tungsten and other special metals. In the future, whether he is making thermal weapons or machine tools, these special metals will be necessary!
As for coal, its role is even greater!
This is the source of motivation!
Perhaps it won't be long before the industrial revolution of the Daning Dynasty begins in Linshan Village!
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After sending Zhou Changmin and his party away, the first thing Lin Xu had to do was to cooperate with Guo Nanxing to eliminate the bandits in Jiangling County!
If you want the industrial revolution to sprout, a peaceful and stable environment is an essential foundation!
And Guo Nanxing did not disappoint Lin Xu. Although the formalities with the Ministry of Civil Affairs have not been completed and Guo Nanxing only temporarily acted as Jiangling County Magistrate, he has already shown a vigorous and resolute style of work!
With Zhou Changmin's support, the first thing he did after taking office was to replace all the officials including county magistrates, county captains, bosses, catchers, and squad leaders!
To put it simply, he removed all of Xu Nianmin's old team members, put them in jail, and then replaced them with new ones. It was a complete change of blood!
If it were normal, such a major blood change would inevitably cause a major earthquake in Jiangling County's officialdom, ranging from the paralysis of the county government to the worst case of turmoil!
However, this time, because Zhou Changmin was in charge, and all these officials were thrown into prison, waiting to be interrogated, the people below were all so frightened that they could not hide, so naturally no one dared to commit suicide.
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Therefore, Guo Nanxing took control of the situation easily.
It is worth mentioning that under Lin Xu's strong recommendation, Xiao Wu, who took a huge risk to go to the Ying Guesthouse to inform them at night, was appointed to the position of county captain!
Since the county captain is just a subordinate of the county magistrate and is not considered a formal official, he does not need to go through the formalities through the Ministry of Personnel. He took office on the same day, which is much earlier than the time when the county magistrate Guo Nanxing officially took office!
Xiao Wu was originally just a non-official yamen servant, doing dirty work all day long, and his salary was only half of that of a regular yamen servant. He dreamed of becoming a regular yamen servant one day, and he would be content in this life!
As for the county captain, I wouldn’t even dare to dream about it!
Therefore, Xiao Wu is grateful to Lin Xu!
Xiao Wu is the nephew of Lin Guangde, the old village chief of Linshan Village. He became the county captain, so the old village chief was naturally honored. He was also grateful to Lin Xu and worked harder to help Lin Xu manage the village!
The reason why Lin Xu specially recommended Xiao Wu as the county captain was not only to express his gratitude to Xiao Wu, but also because Xiao Wu behaved calmly, competently, calmly and courageously that night, which left a deep impression on Lin Xu!
Lin Xu believes that Xiao Wu has excellent qualities, but he just lacks some work experience. With a little experience, he will definitely be able to serve as a county captain!
Of course, Lin Xu also had some selfish motives, because the suppression of bandits required the assistance of the government soldiers!
With Guo Nanxing, a county magistrate who is determined to suppress bandits, in charge, and Xiao Wu, a county lieutenant who dares to fight and fight hard, leading the troops, then his work of suppressing bandits will be even more powerful! This chapter has been completed!