Chapter 363 Hype the gold rush and develop Daning!
In mid-April of the 19th year of Chongzhen, in the mighty military city of Daning, Li Yuting spent a whole day sorting out information in the public room of the Daning Mining Preparatory Office in the palace.
Just when he had just finished his work and was about to leave the public room and go to the dormitory to rest, several stewards from the preparation office quickly walked into the public room.
"Yuting, put your work aside for a moment. The seven of us in charge will have a meeting." After giving instructions to Li Yuting, director Hu Hailin sat on the main seat. The people who came in with him also sat down one after another.
Take a seat.
Although Li Yuting is young, he is also a member of the seven-member leadership group, so he naturally has his place.
Seeing everyone sitting down, Hu Hailin said: "In the past few days, Mine Manager Liu and I went to the copper mine again and carefully explored the mine. Now we are almost certain that there is not only copper in the mine but
There are mines, and there are gold mines! This matter is not trivial, we must quickly discuss a charter, and it is best to send the memorial to the capital tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Director, can you estimate the size of the gold mine now? If it is a small mine and cannot produce much gold, it would be a bit unsightly if we mobilized all our troops to report to Beijing?" The next manager expressed his doubts,
Having a gold mine is not a big deal. The key lies in how big the output is. The whole situation is too big, and the result is a small mine. The palace and the court will complain when the time comes.
"Deputy Officer Wang, based on my experience, the gold mine here is definitely not small. We have inquired among the nearby Mongolian tribes, and there is a legend that gold nuggets have been produced here. According to the confirmation from our prospecting, the rumors
It’s probably true. A mine that can produce gold nuggets is definitely not a small mine.”
"Since Mine Manager Liu thinks it is likely to be a big gold mine, I think it should be no problem to report to the top. Our group of seven will vote by show of hands first to see if we should report it now."
Including Li Yuting, seven people raised their hands unanimously and passed the resolution to write a memorial to report the situation now.
"Yuting, you come and write. We will write the memorial overnight and send it to the capital by fast horse early tomorrow morning."
Li Yuting is the youngest among the seven, and he is also the steward in charge of the administrative office. Therefore, he is responsible for all the general document drafting and other tasks.
Everyone discussed that it was not until dawn the next day that the report document to be sent to the superiors was drafted. Li Yuting did not rest. That morning, he took the document to the post station in the military city where important military information was communicated, and sent an urgent letter.
The article reached the capital.
Within two days, the Emperor's Attendant's Office in the capital received this official document. Daning had probably discovered a large gold mine? Is this a big deal? The Attendant's Office did not dare to neglect and reported it to the Emperor quickly.
There were already gold mines in the Chifeng area, and Zhu Youjian knew about it. What was unexpected was that the prospecting team sent by the palace discovered this in such a short period of time.
"Notify the cabinet that people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry will go to the dormitory to discuss matters, and give them a copy of the document from Daning first, so that the officials participating in the meeting can have a clear idea."
Not long after Zhu Youjian ordered him to go down, Zhou Yanru and others rushed to join the meeting. The charm of gold is indeed great. When they heard that Daning had discovered a gold mine, the efficiency of the important ministers in the court was obviously much faster.
.It is estimated that they put all the work at hand aside and came over to focus on the gold mine.
"Everyone should know what is going to be discussed. The mining officer sent by the palace said that the size of the gold mine discovered should not be small. Everyone, what are your thoughts on developing the gold mine in Daning?"
"Your Majesty, do you still need to consider this matter? The imperial court will organize manpower to mine and store all the gold mined in the warehouse!" Fu Shuxun did not wait for other people's opinions, and clearly stated his method for disposing of the gold mine.
"I don't think it's appropriate to do this! It reduces the value of the gold mine. We have to take advantage of Daning's discovery of the gold mine and maximize its benefits as much as possible." The imperial court directly sent people to mine gold. This
The operation is a bit too simple and crude, which is not in line with Zhu Youjian's style of doing things.
"Your Majesty, what can we do to maximize the benefits?" Zhou Yanru glanced at the emperor with sharp eyes. Like all the courtiers, he was most worried about the emperor taking the gold mine as palace property. Anyone who heard about the gold mine was
Afterwards, everyone was like a wolf who saw the meat and protected it fiercely.
"Grand Master, what do you think Daning lacks most right now?"
"Right now, Daning has a lot of industries waiting to flourish, so it must be that everything is lacking, right?"
"There is always something that is most lacking, right? Grand Master, don't you think that what Daning is lacking most is people? As long as Daning becomes popular, its land will naturally become a familiar place."
"Logically speaking, as His Majesty said, with popularity, it will be much easier for the court to defend Daning."
"So to maximize the benefits of the gold mine, we should focus on popularity. This is what I think. Currently, the palace only accounts for one-third of the gold and copper mines discovered in Daning. The remaining mines,
Any merchant who can organize more than two hundred people to go mining in Daning can obtain a license to mine in Daning. Not only can they mine in the mines they have discovered, but they can also organize people to prospect and mine themselves. The rules are the same as before.
, as long as the organization has more than 200 people, Daning will issue a certificate."
"Your Majesty, how can this be a gold mine? How can it be given away so easily?" Fu Shuxun exploded on the spot when he heard Zhu Youjian's decision. This policy is worse than letting the palace mine it.
"The Ming Dynasty's treasury cannot be supported by a gold mine, right? If Daning is managed well, the tax revenue generated will not be as good as a gold mine. Mining in Daning will also require taxation and a document. In the future, private
The Taxation Department of the Ministry of Gold and Silver Mining and the Supervision Department Yamen will send agencies to supervise taxes. Such mines pay 20% of the tax. Mining other mines in Daning will follow the original method."
Now that a gold mine has been discovered, the first thing to do is to start the excitement of going to Daning for gold mining. When businessmen hear the news that there is a gold mine to be mined, they will definitely flock to it. The threshold for organizing more than 200 people to obtain mining rights is not high.
Under the great temptation of the gold rush, most people will not calm down. After they organize people to go there, no gold can be found, or the gold found is less than the cost, they have to find ways to recover the losses. Daning
The gold mine in Daning may not be very big, but other mineral deposits in Daning are also very rich. If you can't dig out gold, you can dig other mines to get back the money. After going back and forth, wouldn't Daning be developed quickly?
Hyping up the gold rush was a common method used to develop places during the period of great development of European colonial lands. San Francisco in North America and Xinjinshan in Australia were not built using this method. Why should we learn from the methods of European veterans when developing Daning?
No? If there was plenty of time, Zhu Youjian would not use such a method. But time is really not ample. Within two or three years, Daning will have to develop in a decent way and become the frontier base for the liberation of Liaodong. No extraordinary measures are needed to deal with it.