From the gate of heaven

Chapter 81 [Let go of the plot of helping others and respect the fate of others]

The business on the main world side is advancing in an orderly manner.

Lin Ze turned his attention back to the other world.

It has been several days since the coal mine expanded to the scale of [-] people.

In the past period of time, although Lin Ze focused most of his attention on the main world, he did not completely ignore the other world.

Many dormitories, canteens, bathrooms, and toilets needed by tens of thousands of people have been built by this time.

The scholars needed to record the results of labor for many miners have also been recruited, and under the training of the first batch of scholars, they can already start to be competent for their jobs. At this time, tens of thousands of miners officially began to dig coal with all their strength.

On a small hill in the corner of the mining area, Lin Ze, Li He and the three stood there, overlooking the entire mining area.

Right now, the entire area around Heishi Village has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before.

The number of wooden houses standing on the wasteland has increased by more than ten times.

In a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, a few hundred meters away from the coal mine, there is an additional military camp with 300 troops stationed on it. Except for the soldiers defending the city, everyone else in Fengping County is here.

These soldiers patrolled around the coal mine during the day, lived in the barracks at night, and occasionally took turns with the soldiers stationed in the city.

Apart from the changes in architecture, the biggest change is people.

In the mining area, tens of thousands of miners wear gloves and carry tools to dig coal.

Compared with when there were less than [-] people, it is easy for [-] people to dig deep pits, causing height differences in the open-pit coal yard, so Lin Zexin allocated labor protection supplies, wooden helmets to protect the head.

There are many people passing by in the business district, they are here to buy coal.

In addition, there are many vehicles for transporting supplies, sending carts of rice, flour, grain and oil into the canteen warehouse.

On a specially planned flat martial arts arena, hundreds of selected ore protection teams are practicing martial arts with the masters of Zhangjiaquan at this time to strengthen their bodies.

In addition, there are many small vendors setting up stalls at the gate of the coal mine in Heishi Village surrounded by wooden fences.

In addition to all kinds of food and drink, they sell special vehicles for carrying passengers, tricksters and storytellers.

People who come to the coal mine are of course buying coal, but there are limited manpower in the commercial area, and they often need to queue up. Even if there is not much time for a single person to queue up, it will take several hours for those who later turn to buy coal, so These vendors also have customers.

Given the current flow of people in the coal mine, the business of these street vendors is very good.

"Master Liu, your subordinates have done a good job."

Seeing this scene, Lin Ze exclaimed in admiration.

The hawkers who set up stalls at the entrance of the coal mine were all taxed, and correspondingly Liu Pei's soldiers put these hawkers in a specific area. Any conflicts were resolved immediately, and petty theft was also cracked down. .

It really has the effect of maintaining law and order.

It is not easy to be able to achieve this level with the soldier's morality of being domineering and domineering in this era.

"Instead of letting them mess around, it's better to organize it, which is also conducive to the prosperity of the coal mine business."

Of course Liu Pei knew what Lin Ze was admiring, and smiled.

Not everyone dares to go to the mining area in this era. Some miners with poor quality may turn into rogues at any time, and the vendors who provide services in front of the mining area may not be safe.

In order to dispel the doubts of customers who came to buy coal, Liu Pei must first remove these potential dangers, after all, it is also related to his interests.

"What's going on over there?"

Lin Ze suddenly saw a strange place at this time, so he pointed.

The three people next to him followed Lin Ze's gaze and saw that many people went to the homes of some villagers in Heishi Village. Some of these people were passing customers, some were soldiers who were resting after changing guards, and some were miners on rotation.

Mining is heavy physical work, even if you eat enough and sleep well every day, you will be exhausted, so it is destined that miners need time to rest.

The coal mine adopts a rotation system, with four days of holidays a month.

There is no salary during vacation, but meal tickets for three meals will be provided. Of course, if you don’t want to take a break, you can continue to work to make money. Twelve additional meal tickets are still issued every month.

"The one on the left is a gambling show, and the one on the right is half-closed. They rented the houses of the villagers of Heishi Village to do business. Ziyi, you can rest assured that they are all voluntary, and there is no forced buying or selling."

"These low-class people know that there are many young people here in the coal mine, and they make a lot of money, so they all come here after smelling the smell."

Liu Pei glanced at it and replied indifferently.

Those who came to do business had paid protection fees to him, the county magistrate, in advance, and promised to obey the management and do business normally and not mess around, so he just turned a blind eye.

"Master Liu, immediately ask your subordinates to drive away those gamers."

Lin Ze said.

The so-called Boxi is gambling.

A half-closed door is a prostitute, which is a legal business in the Great Zhou Dynasty, just pay taxes.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Ze would not care about these.

He has already learned to let go of the plot of helping others and respect the fate of others.

But the existence of these gambling games has affected Lin Ze's ability to make money.

"Can Ziyi tell you why?"

Liu Pei was a little reluctant. After all, these gambling players existed, and they could more or less bring him a sum of money every month.

Although he is willing to give face to Lin Ze, the god of wealth, to drive away these gambling players and not make the money.

But it's better to have both.

"Master Liu should also know that gambling is a very exciting thing, addictive, and often the bigger the game, the bigger the fortune, or even bankrupt."

"If these miners have low self-control, lose their wages, and further lose their meal tickets, are hungry and have no energy to mine, and even no longer work with peace of mind, and take risks to steal coal, how can we make money? To more silver?"

Lin Ze didn't say anything great, but a very practical way.

To get rid of these gambling players, even if the miners want to gamble, they have to walk twenty or thirty miles first to physically isolate them.

Even if these miners are idle and bored, they gamble on their own, because no one cheats, and there will be no serious consequences in the case of winning or losing.

And the door is half closed, even if these miners are addicted to sex five, six, seven or eight times a day, the lack of physical strength will make them rational.

"Okay, I'll send someone to drive them away."

Liu Pei nodded, and acted directly without any nonsense.

"These miners who take turns are bored every day, and they don't have games, so sooner or later they will fight and make trouble."

"You can invite some opera troupes and storytellers to stay permanently in the mine. These miners go to listen to opera and storytelling when they have nothing to do. There is a place to kill time."

Seeing a group of soldiers walking towards those who were playing games, Lin Ze said.

Hiring a theater troupe storyteller does not cost a lot of money, but the effect is obvious.

Li and the others did not object to this.
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After watching the changes in the mining area, Lin Ze and his party went back to the factory manager's office to drink tea and chat.

Li Yunhua also came today, but because her father was nearby, she didn't want to get too close to Lin Ze, so she just sat aside and listened quietly to the chatting of a few men.

No matter how many words he had to say, the office soon became quiet.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little silent, Lin Ze took out the Three Kingdoms Killing Card that he made suitable for this historical figure in the world, and taught the four of them to play the five-man war.

It didn't take long for the four of them to become addicted to it.

kill!

flash!
In the meeting room, the sound of playing cards soon sounded.

At this time, Lin Ze took out Jie Xu Sheng from among a bunch of standard generals.——
During the card game, time passed quickly, and it was already evening in the blink of an eye.

The [-]-person work in the coal mine on the first day has been successfully completed, and the coal excavated by the miners today has also been registered and stored in different warehouses in batches.

Lin Ze took the account book and checked today's data.

"Today, a total of 10021 miners participated in coal mining. Among them, the coal mining group with the highest single-day output was 2870 catties per capita, and the lowest coal mining team was 2230 catties per capita."

"In general, today's per capita coal mining volume is 2310 catties, the total output is almost 2315 million catties, the total salary expenditure is about 1157 taels of silver, the total catering expenditure, tool expenditure, and other personnel expenditures are 820 taels about."

"In the afternoon, Mr. Gao has arranged for people to successfully trial-produce honeycomb coal, and then we can vigorously promote it."

"If we sell the coal directly, we will be able to make a profit of almost 2650 taels after deducting the cost."

At this moment, everyone else in the office has been dismissed.

While watching, Lin Ze settled accounts for the three people next to him.

Hearing this number, Li and the three officials couldn't help but start counting in their hearts.

"2650 taels of silver a day, deducting each miner's annual rest, busy farming and accidental inability to work, can dig coal for more than 200 and nearly 70 days a year, which means that there will be a profit of [-] taels a year."

"Zi Yi's 35% income is 17 taels, Mr. Li's 5000% is 14 taels, Mr. Liu's 35000% is [-] taels, and Mr. Gao's half is [-] taels."

After calculating this result, the three officials present were short of breath, their faces flushed, and they were all taken aback.

You know, the annual tax revenue of the Great Zhou court is only about 70 million taels, and they can earn [-] taels of silver from such a small mine.

This is really too profitable.

"After that, we have to pay the tax in full at the rate of 15.00 percent."

"Then, in order to prevent this coal mine from being coveted by others, [-]% of our profits will be squeezed out of the costs and expenses we report to the outside world, such as the various tools required for production and the promotion expenses for promoting coal, so that outsiders will look like we deducted taxes and costs. , leaving only a meager profit.”

"And the money we got, whether it is used to buy a house, enjoy it, or manage Shangguan to seek official positions and careers, it is all right."

"I recently learned about the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After we have submitted high taxes, Uncle Li can turn a seventh-rank magistrate into a sixth-rank magistrate, but we don't have to move, so we can enjoy it for a long time. This pays off."

"On the other hand, if we explode this huge benefit due to internal strife, then none of us will be able to keep this benefit."

Lin Ze was afraid that these three officials would suddenly be dominated by greed and lose their minds, so he was vaccinated in advance.

The coal mine's annual profit of several 10 taels of silver is just that to him, and it is not as good as his income from transactions between the two worlds.

But for these three indigenous officials, it has reached the point where their sanity can be smashed.

"Don't worry, Ziyi, this matter is of great importance, and I know how serious it is."

Li He made a statement immediately.

10,000+ taels per year. With so much money, he can buy a lot of land for servants and householders and have a stable source of income.

In addition, he can also support every heir in the family to study and practice martial arts. It is also possible to develop into a big family in the long run.

On the side, Liu Pei also nodded and said: "We will work together to make a lot of money."

Gao Fei didn't speak, just nodded frantically.

Lin Ze had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, and no matter what happened in the future, at least for a short time, everyone was of one mind.
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The next day, Lin Ze recruited a new group of people to make briquettes in the coal mine.

This job is not too heavy physical work, and women can also do it. This allows Lin Ze to arrange jobs for many miners' families, which further wins the reputation of many miners.

In the next period of time, with the promotion of honeycomb coal, it really triggered a change in the living habits of people in Fengping County.

People began to widely use briquettes to replace firewood for cooking, and the shipment of coal began to become larger.

And this is just the beginning, as Fengping County began to use briquettes, the Caobang side also posted it like a hyena smelling blood.

Lin Zhai, Shan Xuliang is settling the ten-day yellow croaker fee with Lin Ze.

This is the second settlement. In the past 20 days, Shan Xuliang has sent almost [-] tons of fish to Lin Ze.

These fish are now imported by Lin Ze from overseas to China and sold at Zhiyuan Company.

The yellow croaker is not tasty if it is frozen for a long time. Meimeilin Catering Company, which is still in preparation, can wait for the follow-up yellow croaker to arrive.

"Lin Daxia, the yellow croaker this time is about the same as the last settlement. Eighty-five thousand catties of fish cost 4250 taels of silver per catty. You can give me 47 catties that are extremely delicious. We will record it in the next settlement."

Shan Xuliang said.

Lin Ze nodded, and gave Shan Xuliang the chicken essence he had prepared earlier.

This time, because the quantity was too large, Lin Ze did not use a glass bottle, and replaced it with a less valuable porcelain bottle.

It is okay to use a glass bottle for a small amount. After all, a small glass bottle is only a few taels of silver at the price of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, the large bottle containing 47 catties of chicken essence could not be made with the technology of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so Lin Ze did not deliberately stand out.

Shan Xuliang smelled the chicken essence, and it still had the pure taste.

According to the previous practice, it was time for Shan Xuliang to leave with the chicken essence.

But this time, he didn't leave in a hurry, but smiled and said: "Daxia Lin, recently I heard that you are selling briquettes in large quantities here, and I also want to order some, and transport them to other counties to make profits. Are there any discounts for bulk orders?"

(End of this chapter)