Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 328 Returning in October, mixed joys and sorrows
This is also true. If people from the Chishan tribe want to become slaves of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally need the approval of the Ming emperor.

There have always been precedents for this kind of thing. For example, some Mongolians who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, or the Jianzhou Jurchens who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty earlier, also required the consent of the Ming Emperor.

Former Jinyiwei colleagues knew that Yang Han's father Ha Ming was a Mongolian who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. However, he later won the Yingzong's favor while accompanying Yingzong to study abroad.

Whether these people from the Chishan Tribe become subjects of the Ming Dynasty or become slaves of someone, they naturally have to obtain the consent of the Ming Emperor.

An old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked hopefully: "Where is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty?"

"Can you see the emperor?" As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial guard next to him scolded him.

Although Chen Zheng has a modest personality, as the emperor's left minister of the Ministry of Industry and one of the emperor's close ministers, it is naturally impossible for him to allow such a barbarian to face his emperor.

"You are not qualified to meet the emperor yet. If you sincerely serve His Majesty as our Lord, our Luzon Guards can accommodate you! From now on, you must serve our Emperor as our Lord, and from now on you must obey my general's command!" Yu Yuanzan started fighting Wishful thinking, immediately put forward conditions.

Although the combat effectiveness of this group of Aeta people is very low, their endurance is very good. They can bring their prey back from dozens of miles away. They are undoubtedly very powerful transporters.

Now that Ming Dynasty wants to mine gold here, the biggest problem it faces is the supply of materials, and the people of this Chishan tribe can indeed greatly improve the efficiency of transporting materials.

The people of the Chishan tribe immediately whispered, and the most prestigious old man soon agreed: "We in the Chishan tribe regard the Ming Emperor as our new master, and we also obey the orders of your Luzon guards!"

The Aeta people have been in slavery for thousands of years, and they have long been accustomed to being ruled.

Now they are ruled by the more powerful Ming Emperor. Although they don't know where the aloof emperor is, they already belong to them in their hearts.

It can be said that both parties got what they wanted, so they quickly reached a contract.

The Aeta people learned that the Luzon Guards would solve their food and shelter needs. Even if they agreed to relocate, they also agreed to take up the task of transporting supplies for the Ming Dynasty.

The mountains and forests were obstacles to the people of the Ming Dynasty, but in the eyes of Aeta, they were just like flat land.It is a very simple matter to transport something weighing dozens of kilograms back from Luzon City.

The morning sun was already high in the sky, and bright rays of light fell on the gold mine.

“Oh my god, this is Jinshan!”

"That's incredible. Is there gold everywhere?"

"It's certainly impossible to have them all, but the gold in them is immeasurable!"

……

When Chen Zheng led the Luzon Guard to subdue the Chishan Tribe of the Aeta people, a group of young men were welcomed into the mining area, and bursts of exclamations arose.

It was because the sky had darkened last night, so since they entered the gold mine behind, they couldn't see the real situation.

But now, under the sun, the entire golden gold mine has been exposed.Now that they saw the gold mine in front of them, their eyes suddenly straightened.

At this moment, this gold mine refreshed their understanding of gold and gave them a new understanding of gold.In the past, a small gold dollar was enough to spend a night with the oiran, but now that gold dollar has become so insignificant.

"My dear, how much gold is there here?"

"No matter how much you have, this gold has nothing to do with you!"

"I think you are thinking about this golden mountain, so that's why you said this!"

……

Even though the crown prince was born with a golden key in his mouth, facing such a gold mine with astonishing reserves, his greedy heart couldn't help but move around, but no one dared to express his position.

After all, the golden mountain in front of me belongs to the Ming Emperor and the entire Ming Dynasty. Anyone who dares to touch it will definitely die without a burial place.

When Lin Yuanyang returned with his troops, he happened to see these young men who seemed to have never seen the world. He asked Yu Yuanzan next to him in confusion: "Why did your Majesty bring a bunch of troubles here?"

"Do you think His Majesty is a foolish king or a wise king?" Yu Yuanzan knew that the young master in front of him was indeed a burden, but he suddenly asked a question.

Lin Yuanyang didn't even think about it and said with extremely firm belief: "With all his actions since he ascended the throne, His Majesty is certainly a wise king through the ages!"

Not to mention the early rectification of the salt policy to crack down on profiteers and rectification of the financial industry to rescue the people at the bottom, just settling the millions of disaster victims in Henan cannot be said to be a wise king in any way.

Although he looks like a tyrant, he is also a tyrant who benefits the country and the people.This time he insisted on mining gold and traveled across the ocean to Luzon Island to find a big gold mine, which seemed extremely wise.

Of course, the most important thing is that the emperor changed the scope of talent selection for military examinations, giving new hope to the people at the bottom, otherwise he would still be making a living by pulling fibers on the canal.

"I don't know what your Majesty is thinking, but His Majesty's arrangement certainly has deep meaning! Since we are His Majesty's ministers, we naturally have to handle this matter and don't let these young masters make any mistakes again!" Yu Yuanzan arched to the north. He cupped his hands and warned with a serious look on his face.

Along the way, he actually had similar doubts.

But when he learned that this matter was specially arranged by His Majesty, and even the high-ranking left minister of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Zheng, was also accompanying him, he immediately realized that this matter must be no small matter.

He has always been grateful to His Majesty for furthering his education, and he always wants to serve the court. Even if he does not know His Majesty's true intention, he must do his best to do this well.

Lin Yuanyang knew that Zhang Heling's death did have something to do with them, so he immediately and seriously promised: "Well, I will strengthen security and I will not let anything happen to any of them!"

"It will be a long night and a lot of dreams. You should arrange for these young men to visit the remaining four gold mines as soon as possible, and then send them all back immediately!" Yu Yuanzan knew that Zhang Heling's death could be big or small, so he immediately gave serious instructions.

In the next two days, Lin Yuanyang personally accompanied these young men to visit the remaining four gold mines.

The remaining four gold mining areas are not too far away from here, but two are open-pit gold mines and the other two are semi-open-pit gold mines.

Although the open-pit mine brings a direct visual impact to people, the semi-open-pit mine also makes people imagine, so everyone has a different perception of the gold reserves.

No matter how they guessed, the storage capacity of these five gold mines has exceeded their imagination, but there may be undiscovered gold mines around them.

"There is all gold here, but unfortunately none of it is mine!"

“It would be great if I could take a piece back, but it’s a pity that I can only return empty-handed from this trip!”

"Have you seen Zhang Lun? I saw him secretly hiding a small piece under his clothes!"

……

Wang Shouren and other young masters finished visiting the last gold mine, but when they left, they inevitably felt a little regretful. In particular, some people noticed that Zhang Lun secretly took a small piece.Everything needs comparison. It doesn't matter if everyone returns empty-handed, but Zhang Lun from the British government happened to steal a small piece.

Unfortunately, given his identity and status, no one would be so short-sighted as to report Zhang Lun.

Wang Shouren has traveled all over the country in recent years, not only helping his father suppress bandits in southern Jiangxi, but also leading his troops into the royal city in the battle to overthrow the Li Dynasty, so his identity and status are very transcendent.

He did not expose Zhang Lun, but instead approached Chen Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Imperial Envoy, and said: "Master Imperial Envoy, I have traveled thousands of miles to come here. It is truly a blessing in life to be lucky enough to see a gold mine. It is a life-long disaster to enter Baoshan empty-handed and return empty-handed. It’s a pity, so please allow me to wait for the Imperial Academy students to take a pigeon egg of gold ore back as a souvenir, and please be kind to me!”

"This imperial envoy makes the decision for Your Majesty. You can bring less than five kilograms of gold ore back every month as a souvenir!" Chen Zheng looked very heroic and authentic when facing Wang Shouren's request.

"Ah? Really!"

"This is great!"

"Haha...I want to choose the biggest piece!"

……

After learning about Chen Zheng's heroic actions, the young masters who had been extremely disappointed just now rushed to the mining area to select their favorite gold ore.

Most of the young masters present came from wealthy families, and naturally there was no shortage of these 50 taels of gold ore. The reason why they were so excited was because they wanted to take a piece back to commemorate and show off.

"Imperial Envoy, is this really okay?" Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang exchanged silent glances, and finally couldn't help but ask.

Chen Zheng was drinking tea, and he seemed to speak surprisingly authentically: "To be honest with you two, this is not the generosity of this imperial envoy, in fact, it is the emperor's intention!"

During this trip south, he was fortunate enough to have a long conversation with the emperor, so he had already formulated a set of response plans for different situations.

Now it seems that Wang Shouren's request has been accepted, but in fact this is the emperor's instructions before leaving, but he wants these young men to bring some gold ore back to the capital.

"what?"

Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang were shocked when they learned that it was the emperor's arrangement, but they were even more certain that the emperor had some plan for arranging this young master to come to Luzon.

It's just that what the emperor is planning will probably always be a mystery.

Although we were returning the same way we came, the situation was gradually getting better when we came, and there were Aeta people helping us carry our luggage on this trip, so the return trip was obviously much faster.

About half a month later, they returned to Luzon City successfully, and the time had quietly arrived in October.

After Zhang Sui became governor of Luzon, his first important task was to promote immigration in Guangdong. He not only arranged for the relocated people to open up land for farming, but also hired people to help build roads.

Facing the imperial envoy who had returned from exploring the gold mine, he looked very serious and asked: "Imperial envoy, do you have any instructions from your majesty?"

"Now that you have found the gold mine, and there are probably more than five gold mines here, go ahead and do it boldly!" Chen Zheng knew that Zhang Sui was a very capable official, so he immediately cast his eyes approvingly.

Zhang Sui knew that he could not act recklessly after hearing a few words from Chen Zheng, so he looked worried and asked: "Will your Majesty really agree to do this? The money for road construction is not a small amount. Although two miles of road have just been built, But now the governor’s Yamen’s money is about to run out!”

"Now that the gold mine has been found, no matter how much upfront investment it takes to build the road, your wise Majesty will definitely allocate funds for gold mining. Your top priority is not to rush for mining, but to repair the road from Luzon City to the mining area. It is best to use this road. The road can lead to carriages, so sharpening a knife does not require chopping wood!" Chen Zheng knew that Zhang Sui still had concerns, so he said with absolute certainty.

In this era, the most difficult thing is often the transportation problem.

Taking water transportation as an example, the loss of water grain was fully [-]%. In order to pass on the cost of grain transportation to merchants, the Ming Dynasty even gave up most of the salt profits.

Nowadays, gold mines are located in dense forests and mountainous areas. Not only the mined gold has to be transported out, but also a large amount of materials need to be transported in continuously.

With the current transportation conditions, relying on personnel to transport supplies is too inefficient and may not be able to meet the needs of large-scale operations.

If after they mined gold, they could only transport a hundred kilograms of gold in one trip, then this output would simply not make ends meet.

That's right. If you want to successfully complete this mining plan, the best way is to spend money to build a road that can transport materials.

"Since the Imperial Envoy said so, then our Luzon Governor's Office will be free to do it!" Zhang Sui was not a mother-in-law, so he expressed his position with courage.

Although the initial investment is indeed not a small amount, and they still need the court to allocate funds to them, the gold mine is here.As long as they can persist in mining, the rewards will far exceed their investment.

As for the supply of materials, he knew that the imperial court would not sit idly by and would definitely send a steady stream of supplies to support them in building this road.

After only staying in Luzon for one night, Chen Zheng took everyone on a sea ship back to Daming the next morning.

"no!"

"no!"

"No one is on board anymore!"

"If not on the ship, where else could it be?"

……

On the night of the boat trip, things developed in a strange direction. Obviously, all the people took the boat back to Daming together, but one more person disappeared that night.

This missing young master is also a relative - Zhou Gui, the grandson of Changning Bo Zhou Yu.

If Zhang Heling was an accident, then Zhou Gui's mysterious disappearance or drowning at sea proved that there was probably a murderer in this team.

Chen Zheng vaguely smelled a conspiracy, but he could no longer think about it, so he chose to take another sea ship heading northwest.

According to his earlier plan, he did not choose to return to the capital by the original route, but chose to go to Guangzhou City.

After arriving in Guangzhou City, he immediately reported everything that happened through the pond reporting system, and also reported to His Majesty the fact that they had indeed found a large gold mine.

"Master, I wonder when we will leave for Beijing?" The servant couldn't help but ask when he saw that his master had settled down in Guangzhou after reporting the matter.

Chen Zheng wanders around the streets of Guangzhou every day, sometimes seriously inquiring about local prices, and like a retired old man, he says: "No hurry!"

(End of this chapter)