From the gate of heaven

Chapter 45 [This is even a heavyweight moth]

The next day, noon.

The residence of the county magistrate in the backyard of the county government.

In the quiet garden, a group of four sat as guests and hosts.

Today, Li He, the magistrate of the county, is hosting a banquet for Lin Ze, chief secretary Gao Fei, and county magistrate Liu Pei.

Among the several officials present, Lin Ze already knew each other, and this was the first time Liu Pei met.

Unlike the two civil servants with a relatively gentle temperament, Liu Pei is completely dressed as a strong and sharp military general. He is 1.9 meters tall and looks brave and extraordinary.

This county magistrate was born in the army. The county magistrate is only his part-time job, and the school lieutenant is his main job. There are 500 elite armored soldiers under his command who can be transferred. They are usually stationed in the suburbs of the city. Today, they came here specially because of the invitation of the county magistrate.

Now that a group of four people gathered together, of course it means that the matter of the coal mine has been confirmed.

And the fact is the same. After finalizing the coal mine last night, Li He went home and asked someone to get coal and two big roosters to test what Lin Ze said about the correct use of coal.

Then it was found that coal is really non-toxic when used correctly, which established the possibility of large-scale shipments of coal.

After confirming this point, Li He was completely at ease, and began to contact Liu Pei, the county magistrate, to draw him into the coal business.

Since we were going to talk about business next, we didn't do any singing and dancing to add to the fun, but just ate and drank directly.

The chicken essence that Lin Ze gave to Li He yesterday has come in handy at this time, making the average chef in Zhixian’s home have the level of a restaurant chef. The taste of today’s banquet is much more delicious than the last time Lin Ze came.

"Ziyi is worthy of being a young hero. He has achieved such a remarkable career at such a young age. Compared with my brother, I am only a few years older."

After a few glasses of rice wine, the atmosphere of the banquet became lively.

Liu Pei took Lin Ze's arm, and began to call each other brothers and exchange cups.

He had already communicated with Li He, the magistrate, and found out about the opening of a coal mine.

I also know that as long as I support myself, I can share a lot of benefits, so at this time, I look at Lin Ze, the God of Wealth, with extremely warm eyes, and I don't despise him at all because of his age.

"I have five hundred warriors under my command, and they are so brave. How can I belittle my age? In my opinion, my brother is also a rare hero in this world."

Lin Ze also toasted with a smile, and the words in his mouth were warm, it didn't look like he was meeting the other party for the first time.

"Hahaha, let's drink one, respect you."

Liu Pei laughed and toasted.

The others also followed. These three officials in Fengping County who were only on the surface of harmony, at this time, because of the influence of interests, they really became acquainted with each other from the bottom of their hearts.
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Satisfied with wine and food, I came to Li He's study room, turned around and started talking about business.

"Zi Yi, this is the land deed for the wasteland in Fenglin Township. The price is 200 taels of silver, and it has been recorded in your name."

"However, for the sake of the future imperial examination career, the coal mine should not be listed under one's own name. You can put the coal mine on the servant's head in the name of leasing it to others for mining."

Gao Fei took out a contract and handed it to Lin Ze.

On the surface, the Great Zhou Dynasty did not allow officials to do business, and the sons of merchants did not allow imperial examinations.

Therefore, in order not to be caught by others, these powerful figures usually put their property under the names of their servants and fellow clansmen.

"okay."

Lin Ze agreed, and took out two 100 taels of silver that had been prepared in advance from his sleeve, and placed them in front of Gao Fei.

This is land purchase money, which should be included in the county government’s income.

"When the coal mine is opened, the general will arrange for his soldiers to patrol the official road from Fenglin Township to Fengping County to ensure the smooth mining and transportation of the coal mine."

Liu Pei took the initiative to speak.

Of course, if you want to get a lot of money, you have to do something, otherwise you will definitely be disgusted, and you can only eat some leftovers.

There are elite armored soldiers patrolling around the mine and on the official road to ensure a stable order so that coal can be mined and sold smoothly.

"If you want to open a mine, you will need a lot of manpower. In addition to the regular miners, you can also collect corvee in the name of the county's iron smelting needs coal, so that the people in the county can go to the mine to mine."

"Besides, it's not a problem for those criminals who have committed crimes to sit in prison every day and eat their food. They can be sent to mines to serve their sentences."

At this time, Li He, the county magistrate, gave his own advice.

"6."

Lin Ze glanced at the magistrate.

On whoring for nothing, I would like to call you the strongest.

Otherwise, how can someone else be a county magistrate? The pattern is completely different.

When Li He started this, Gao Fei became more courageous.

At this time, Gao Fei added with a smile: "Yesterday, Ziyi said that he would pay the mine tax, and use it as the county government's political achievements, but in fact, we have provided many jobs, so that everyone in the county can have enough food and clothing, and multiply the population. This is already a huge political achievement."

"That's right, there is no need to pay the mining tax. You can directly make a loss on the accounts of the mine. At that time, you can pay some symbolic coal as the mining tax for iron smelting. In this way, you can make a little more profit."

Lin Ze looked at Gao Fei, and the corner of his mouth twitched, feeling that he had been greatly shocked.

This one is even more of a heavyweight moth.

On the side, Liu Pei's thoughts were also opened.

He opened his mouth and suggested: "Anyway, my son Lang has nothing to do except training on weekdays. Why don't we organize to suppress bandits all over the county, arrest those mountain people who live in the mountains and don't want to settle down and pay taxes, and send them all to the mines to mine."

Lin Zegao glanced at the captain to see his awareness, even if he wanted to benefit himself, he wanted to do something useful by the way.

The three of them thought for a moment, and felt that they had nothing to add for the time being, so they looked at Lin Ze.

Li He, the county magistrate, said, "Is there anything Ziyi would like to add about the coal mine?"

At this time, Lin Ze asked a question of the soul: "As far as I know, there are inspectors in the county who will visit and inspect officials from time to time, and the county magistrate will be transferred every few years. What should we do if the next county magistrate comes to thoroughly investigate our actions?"

"According to my estimates, there are at least one trillion catties of coal in this wasteland, and as many as ten trillion catties of coal. Even if the entire county is exhausted, it may be possible to mine the time in units of ten thousand years."

"If the matter is revealed, I'm afraid we and the others will not be able to escape being held accountable and ransacked their homes within three to five years. How can we pass on this family fortune to future generations?"

People are short-sighted, and it is easy to lose their minds in the face of huge interests.

Even as an official, his knowledge reserve and vision are better than that of ordinary people, but his foresight is limited.

So there was a short-sighted proposal put forward by several people in the county magistrate, which can be called a short-sighted proposal.

(End of this chapter)