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Chapter 256 Development
When it was dawn, De'an County woke up.

Within 30 kilometers of the county seat, it is the busiest area.The largest coal mine in De'an was built 30 miles outside the county seat. Thousands of people work here, and tens of thousands of family members temporarily live around it. The spontaneously formed residential area also makes small businesses flourish.

Near the mining area, domestic water and industrial waste water slowly flowed along the stone canals. Several supervisors, wearing uniforms, walked carelessly on the curbs that had just been repaired, and at the same time drove away those who stood on the road. Going down, he said cursingly: "You can step on the road of hundreds of taels of silver in one mile? When you enter the mine, you have to start as apprentices. You have to behave yourself, work more and talk less... "

They faced hundreds of young people who wanted to sign up as miners. Most came from rural areas in two or three nearby counties, and a very few came from outside Nanling Prefecture. They were obedient and strong.

De'an's coal mines are expanding day by day, and the miners' lives are gradually becoming known to outsiders.Although the coal mines are hard and tiring, the salary of three shi of grain per person per month is really too tempting.

The young people who came to sign up took fellow villagers as a unit and got together to talk.Looking at the surrounding mining areas and living areas under construction, especially those big kang tile houses used for accommodation, the excitement is beyond words.Just think about it, the monthly salary that officials of the ninth grade in the county can get is just over 10 shi, and the monthly salary of the second-class Ding of the Cheng family is only 2 taels of silver, you can understand the youth's happy.

A young man who had just ran away from home tightly held on to the clothes of his fellow villager, fearing that he would be dispersed by the crowd. He looked at the whip in the hands of the overseer with fear and whispered: "Brother, if we don't want to do this anymore, Will they hit us?"

"They don't dare to use their whips casually." The eldest brother from the same village has been to the mine twice, and now he is about to come in to work as a miner. He rubbed his teeth with his hands, thinking about the breakfast before going out, and said by the way: " If you don’t want to do it, just go home. With so much money from the mine, who will go home?”

"Right now the price of food is falling every day, and my father is so worried. If it wasn't for worrying that there will be no food next year, he wouldn't let me come to the mine. But if there are three stones of food every month..."

"Three stones of grain is enough for your family to chew. You can keep the grain. If you have money, you can work overtime with the master for a few days, or you can get dozens of catties more coal than others every day, and you will get a lot of money." The mine has been coming and going for several days. At this time, he pretended to be mysterious and whispered: "I tell you, now is the best time to enter the mine. Apprentices must follow the designated master to enter the mine, and they can dig coal by themselves after a year." After three years, you can become a master and lead people into the mine. Moreover, the salary of an apprentice is only half of that of a master."

"Isn't it a loss in the first year?"

The eldest brother snorted and said, "Small eyes, you can't see big things. I heard that there are not enough masters now. If you wait until next year, it is possible for an apprentice to be a master for three years, or ten years to be a master. It is said that someone has said so."

Several people took a long breath, and then thought about it: "A month's stone and five grains are actually enough."

"Let me tell you, I can get three stones next year. After three years, I will become a master. I heard that the price will be doubled. The more people you bring, the more you will get. By then, it will be enough to buy fields at home."

What several people were talking about was the new policy of Deyang Coal Mine.

As coal mines required more and more manpower, Cheng Jinzhou had to try his best to get people out of the land.

At present, it seems that the most practical method is: to sell a large amount of grain, thereby lowering the price of grain, reducing the enthusiasm of farmers to cultivate the land, and then improving the treatment of miners.

Because he can buy food from the independent trading platform, Xiao Cheng's plan went quite smoothly.Moreover, the damage of this method is also the least, and it is far from the horror of "sheep cannibalizing people".In fact, the main losers were the gentry from all over the country, and the class below the small landlords would not have any problem with the depreciation of the grain stored in their homes.

The best part is that the gentry couldn't guess why the grain price fell against the trend before the harvest, let alone blame Cheng Jinzhou for it.On the contrary, in the evaluation of the imperial court, the drop in food prices was one of the reasons for getting high marks.

The gong at the registration office rang twice softly, the crowd naturally crowded, and the overseer hurriedly whipped his whip.The current mining area is different from the past. Due to more people joining, the requirements for entering the mine have become: clean and healthy.

Since they are not prisoners or slaves, they have to be more cautious when using the whip. If they are easily accused, they themselves will be whipped.

The review manager at the registration office checked very carefully, which was exactly what Cheng Jinzhou wanted to be "professional".

Several star warlock apprentices wandered among the crowd, and some miners who knew the situation immediately stood up straight, hoping that they would be selected.

A new star warlock resident was established near the mine, mainly for mechanical and chemical experiments.When the apprentices of the star warlocks need temporary workers, they will search for those who have signed up. Sometimes, if they find that they have the talent of the star warlocks, they will also pull them back.

For young men who aspired to become workers, becoming an Apprentice Astromancer was nothing short of a windfall.Although the chance of getting a windfall is very low, the stories of the few successful people are still fascinating
Different from the Star Warlock Association in other places, the number of more than ten Star Warlocks in De'an ranks among the top five branches in Daxia, but the quality is second only to the Xia Jing Star Warlock Association. So many Star Warlocks are currently studying In the intense stage, the number of apprentices they need will even exceed that of the Xia Jing Association.

The more research work, the more apprentices are needed to help.As for whether any of them can become an astromancer, no one cares, and neither does Cheng Jinzhou.

He couldn't even take care of the serious astro-warlocks who wanted to join, so how could he manage the astro-warlocks' joining activities? Activities like this were all carried out spontaneously by the astro-warlocks.

Moreover, Cheng Jinzhou has more important things to do at present.

Being able to withstand 150 star points means being able to puncture a normal secondary star formation.And with the joint star array, there are more things to consider about what kind of star array to engrave.

In other words, being able to choose is even broader.

Under normal circumstances, Warlock Jiang Huangxing should be able to give Cheng Jinzhou the best advice.But with the joint star array, Xiao Cheng will definitely not be able to explain the contents of the star array to him in detail, and it will be difficult for Jiang Huang to give rational suggestions.

Although the star array has not yet been pierced, the news that Cheng Jinzhou is about to be promoted to the second-level star warlock is still transmitted back to the capital as quickly as possible.

The Holy Church was the first to react, and Li Zhong ordered a large number of gifts to congratulate him, among which there were as many as 10 taels of silver ingots, which were completely supplied by a fourth-level star warlock.

Bishop Kant was going back to Xingzhou, and he also took this opportunity to apply for a large amount of aid for Cheng Jinzhou.

The Star Warlock Association and the imperial court, which have a delicate relationship with Cheng Jinzhou, were not far behind and sent 500 million yuan - it sounds like a lot, but 1000 yuan is consistent. 500 million yuan is 5000 yuan, which is about more than 2000 taels of silver. It is a standard congratulations to the second-level star warlock on his appointment.

As for the gifts from other star warlocks from all over the world, as well as known or unknown aristocratic families, there are countless gifts.Seeing that the entire courtyard was filled with all kinds of valuable "sundries", Cheng Jinzhou finally understood the "happy" aspects of weddings, birthdays and other wedding banquets.

Who doesn't like getting something for nothing, because there is too much money, and it is too tiring to count and get angry. Xiao Cheng has not yet evolved to this point.

In the yard, several servants were busy inspecting the gift, and then reported it to Liu Qingshuang in the main room.The little girl is only about fourteen or fifteen years old, but she looks like she is holding a vermilion pen, especially the state of bookkeeping, which makes Cheng Jinzhou feel a little strange.

He had seen Liu Qingshuang practicing with a sword in hand, and seen her socially intelligent, but he had never seen her earnestly keep accounts.Especially her appearance as a little lolita, but she seems to be a mistress, ordering the servants around, and Xiao Cheng can't help but smile knowingly.

There were heavy footsteps behind him, and he knew it was a servant of the Cheng family.If it was an ignorant guy who walked lightly behind the master, he would see everything that should be seen and should not be seen, which would be the most taboo.

Cheng Jinzhou turned his head without changing his face, and sure enough, he saw a steward coming from outside the second gate, and said with a low laugh, "Third Brother, Mr. Bai is here."

"Bai Jing?" Cheng Jinzhou said, adjusted his clothes, and stepped out of the door.

Liu Qingshuang raised her eyelids slightly and sighed softly.

Bai Jing's expression was very excited.

Fortunately, he was an aristocratic son from a noble family, so he did not break into the inner house of De'an County Government Office because of this, even though the house of De'an County Government Office was quite simple.

Seeing Cheng Jinzhou floating over from afar, Bai Jing patted his flushed face and said, "Mr. Cheng, you must go and see with us, we've made it."

"Sulfuric acid?" Cheng Jinzhou's own hands-on ability is very weak, but he has been participating in various research projects of star warlocks.When needed, Yisu can help, and he knows the progress of everyone's research like the palm of his hand.

Bai Jing said excitedly: "The lead chamber method has been successful. The current lead chamber capacity is 1 cubic meter. We will be able to build a larger one soon."

"What about the concentration?"

"more than 50 percent."

Cheng Jinzhou immediately pulled Bai Jing up and floated up.Although he did not immediately convert the increase in star points into a new star array, it was easier to manipulate his own anti-gravity star array.It's just that he now has a joint star array, and he doesn't pay much attention to the low-level star array.

Bai Jing chattered: "With sulfuric acid, we can manufacture nitroglycerin on a large scale, and then fry the ore to produce coal, and then use the coal produced in the coal mine to produce nitric acid. At the same time, we can manufacture machinery. We will create a unique Kingdom. It's a pity that there is no sulfur near De'an, and it has to be transported by water for thousands of miles. We need to widen the Jianhe River so that more materials can be transported."

"Don't worry, we will make it soon." Cheng Jinzhou was also a little excited.

Sulfuric acid is the cornerstone of modern industry. It is indispensable for making guns and cannons, for smelting iron and gold, and even for fertilizer agriculture.

If the astrologists can industrially produce sulfuric acid, they will be able to increase the mining of various raw materials in a very short period of time.

Cheng Jinzhou rubbed the ring on his hand. When the scale of Daxia's transactions increases, his exchange transactions will be more convenient, and it will be much easier to increase the level of the Star Alliance.

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On the way to 500 votes, it is still a little short.

Shout out, please vote for Zhidiao, the road is hard.

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(End of this chapter)