So, if the "local government" proposes to move Kaiping Town, Yang Zhao will have to raise a question mark. However, Gao Pragmatic feels that if Yang Zhao is the only one who disagrees, although there will be trouble, it can be overcome.
The next person to deal with is Jizhou's commander-in-chief Qi Jiguang. Gao Pragmatic thinks this problem is not big, because Qi Jiguang is not a scholar, and he has always been "good at being an official and a good man". As long as he can convince the third uncle Gao Gong, Gao Gong will show his confidence.
It is basically unlikely that Qi Jiguang would come forward to oppose the relocation of Kaiping Town. He only needs to let Qi Jiguang designate the place where Kaiping Town should be moved.
Why was it left to Qi Jiguang to designate this new relocation point? Because he is a true military strategist. He must have the clearest view of where the relocation of Kaiping Town will be most beneficial to military defense. As long as he is taken into consideration
, he probably won’t have too many objections - he doesn’t need to pay anyway.
If Qi Jiguang nods, then only Wandu Division will be left. In fact, Wandu Division is almost in name only. This ring-shaped capital division starting from Shanxi, along the capital to Shanhaiguan, was originally specially designated as a defensive zone to protect the capital.
, actually spans the two major governor-general areas of Xuanda (including Shanxi) and Jiliao.
But as we all know, the commanders of Dusi are basically hereditary, and many of its senior officials, such as commanders, are nobles. Because Wandusi is close to the capital, it is a concentration of nobles. The power of nobles has long declined.
Needless to say, today's major governors have long lost their prestige. Basically, local officials do not take the governor seriously - even county magistrates with Jinshi background dare to ignore the governor, that is, appoint people to fill vacancies.
The county magistrate may even give Dusi some face.
However, when it comes to the relocation of a guard station, I have to ask the Dusi for his opinion. If it were somewhere else, it would be okay, and I would ignore the Dusi and dare not say anything. After all, the Dusi has a special status and has too many honors.
The high-ranking officials of the Jingnan Department are also deeply involved, and it would be a bit ugly to ignore them completely.
Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic has already prepared for this, and now the big guys from the Jingnan Department have become good friends who share the spoils with him... uh, share the profits together. It is basically not difficult to get them to nod to this matter. After all, migration
They don't have to pay a single cent for the money they have to spend. If it doesn't work out, Gao Pragmatic will just give them a little extra and that's it.
After Gao Jingshi thought about these situations in his mind, he didn't explain it to Wu Dui, because Wu Dui still didn't know why Gao Jingshi bought these waste lands.
Wu Dui only knew that Gao Pragmatic's uncle's family was the Zhang family in Puzhou, which almost monopolized the Changlu Saltworks. The total area of these wastelands was quite large, probably hundreds of miles in circumference, but the prices were extremely cheap.
——Less than ten thousand taels.
Of course, ten thousand taels is a large amount. A central government in the northern region cannot pay taxes equivalent to ten thousand taels a year. But the size of the amount depends on who it is for. If the money is high, pragmatic plans
Asking his uncle to ask for it, Wu Dui estimated that it was nothing, just regarded as lucky money for his nephew...
But Gao Pragmatic insisted on taking Kaiping Town, and Wu Dui really couldn't figure it out. This poor place is not even good for farming, and the output has been low. Looking horizontally and vertically, it seems that there are only a few small coal mines. But coal is inherently
It is cheap and has few uses. It can only be burned for heating. If you want to transport it to the capital to sell it, the cost will go up again. It cannot be sold to the local coal in the west of the capital. If Gao Pragmatic insists on winning, it is Qian'an.
Wu Dui could understand the plot of land there, after all, there was a gold mine there, but Wu Dui really couldn't think of anything that must be captured in this piece of crappy land in Kaiping.
Of course, he couldn't understand why Gao Pragmatic insisted on taking Kaiping, because Kailuan was one of the cradle of Chinese industry in history. This area not only has huge coal reserves, but also has a high proportion of coking coal, and also has considerable iron ore reserves.
There is coking coal and iron ore. If Gao Pragmatic still can't build a "new steel city" that is at least much more advanced than the current one, why did he travel through time?
Originally, he had to be far behind on the development plan for Kaiping, but after accidentally receiving Bailixia's contribution, he found that this plan could be planned a little earlier, because... he had money.
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Of course, this is not something that can be done by simply doing it. Talent, technology, relocation, new construction, etc. all cost money and time. Gao Pragmatic has a lot of things to do at the moment, and the soap factory has not yet reciprocated, so
Still have to do it step by step.
But no matter what, we need to take over the land first, open a coal field and an iron mine, and then start researching and exploring iron and steelmaking. This is still necessary. It is nothing more than controlling the scale to be smaller first, so as not to be arrogant at the beginning.
It's too big, and it's like Zhang Zhidong back then. Setting up a steel factory and turning it into a "money slaughter" would be ridiculous, and other time-travelers would probably die laughing on the spot.
After inspecting Kaiping, Gao Pragmatic still refused to leave. Now Wu Dui was a little dissatisfied. He was already a candidate for governor, so he had no time to accompany this "little junior brother" here.
Wandering around in a useless place? Gao Pragmatic also saw what he meant, took the initiative to thank him, and asked him to go about his business instead of wasting time here with him.
Wu Dui was originally afraid that Gao Jingshi would have a safety incident in his jurisdiction and he would not be able to explain it to Gao Gong, but he looked at the large group of armed servants that Gao Gongshi brought - this time he brought a full two hundred people.
Wu Dui, the Bailixia rider, felt relieved again, so he said goodbye and left.
Gao pragmatically sent his cheap senior brother away, but he still took his time and wandered around Kaiping with others every day. When he had nothing to do, he chatted with the locals. Of course, he asked about things related to coal mines and iron mines.
Gao Mo, who had been accompanying him throughout the whole process, had no idea how much land his young master wanted to buy and how much mine he wanted to dig.
In his view, although there are more and more private mines in Ming Dynasty, except for precious metals such as gold mines, silver mines, and copper mines, other mines do not seem to be very profitable, and the risks are still high - the mines are strictly controlled.
Yes, miners are prone to trouble. Once miners make trouble, the trouble is not small, so the trouble is very big. But if you don't control it strictly, the comparison between input and output will be even worse. The profit will be so low that sometimes you can even lose money.
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In particular, he still couldn't figure out why his eldest son was always interested in coal mines. This thing was really, really worthless. He had previously decided to mine coal in the west of Beijing. At least it could be said that there was a densely populated huge city like Jingshi.
Consumption, but what is the use of mining coal in Kaiping? In Kaiping Town, including military households, civilian households, and even merchants and prostitutes, I don’t know if it is enough for 15,000 households. The total population cannot exceed five
Ten thousand people. Not only are the people small, but they are also extremely poor. There are barren mountains and forests everywhere outside. It costs almost nothing to cut firewood. How many families are willing to burn coal? If you dig coal mines here, you won't have to kill them all by smashing them in your hands.
What?
He now considered himself a confidant, and he did not dare to dissuade his master, so he raised this question. Gao pragmatically just laughed and replied: "I can't bear to use Kaiping coal for heating. You don't have to
Worry about this." After saying that, he took them to inspect the Douhe waterway.
It was so busy until one person arrived in Kaiping.
And this person was Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of Jizhou.
