Ming dynasty grand dude

When they saw the messy, bearded and burly Xishan mandrill from a distance, their bodies faltered imperceptibly.

But it quickly returned to normal, and even the warm smile on his face did not diminish by half, and he just stepped into the tea shed.

"The iron-backed pig dragon on the river comes ashore, and the claws and teeth bite it, but it's no more than a mountain tiger..."

The man who used to drink tea in the tea shed with a simple and honest smile like an old farmer, his voice rumbled like a drum.

As soon as these words came out, the men beside the Xijiang water ghost couldn't help but froze.

On the contrary, the Ghost of Xijiang still had a warm smile and sat on the chair without a moment's pause for the waiter to serve tea.

"If the tiger that descends the mountain enters the river, its sharp claws are soft, but it can't bite the piggy dragon..."

The two of them seemed to be talking to themselves, and after finishing their nonsensical words, they asked the silent men around them to sit down and drink tea.

One is still smiling honestly, and the other is as warm as ever.

The atmosphere in the tea shed seemed weird and weird, and what was even weirder was that the guy and shopkeeper turned a blind eye to it.

Serve the tea that should be served, and add water to the one that should be added.

From a distance, this tea shed does not seem to be any different from other tea sheds, it just happens to be on the side of the road.

Xishan can be seen from a distance, and Xijiang can be reached by the way.The big straight road in front can lead directly to Yangcheng Mansion.

"Rumbling..." At this time, there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes on the avenue.

The two parties in the tea shed stopped talking immediately, and looked up at the avenue.

But on the straight road leading to Yangcheng Mansion, a group of dozens of people came rumblingly.

The leading man had a broad face and beard, and was tall.

Mercedes-Benz actually dared to wear half-length armor on this avenue, even though it was rattan cloth armor.

And the men behind him were completely dressed in fresh clothes, looking up.

"Sure enough, they are from Dahai Shangtong's family. They are really majestic and full of evil spirit."

The burly man still smiled so simple and honest, only those who are familiar with him will see a trace of sternness in his smile.

The man with the fish basket at the next table also sighed, "Who says it's not..."

"After all, he has several generations of fame and fame, and his ancestors have served as officials, which is different from the wild tigers in the mountains and the pigs and dragons in the river..."

After the two of them finished talking, the armored man's horse team had already reined in slowly and stopped outside the tea shed.

But seeing those men get off their horses with a clatter of legs, and squeeze the handle of the knife with a rumble, and the tea shed is crowded.

"Xu Shandrill, Hammer Li, don't say my brother doesn't take care of you!"

The man in the rattan armor and holding the knife stood upright in the tea shed, said coldly.

"This time it's 5 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain. How much you can get depends on your ability!"

Hearing this, the burly and honest man couldn't help laughing: "It's really a big deal!"

"Of course it is!"

The man looked at Xu Shandrill with a sneer, squinted his eyes and pressed the handle of the knife: "I won't hide it from you, brother..."

"All guards, big and small, in northern Guangdong have been contacted, and all the 130 Sanshui Road village halls, big and small, have to do things!"

Hearing this man's words, the face of Hammer Li, who was wearing a warm smile, froze slightly.

But then he recovered his smiling face: "It seems that you are really in a hurry..."

"Smart people don't ask too many questions, we just settle the cashier's affairs!"

The man seemed unwilling to talk more, he smiled and said to the two of them, "I brought you all the deposit!"

As he said that, with a wave of his hands, several men dropped the heavy burdens on their backs on the table with a "ba da~".

"Brother is not afraid to tell you, this time the whole of northern Guangdong will be in motion! Without exception!!"

As the man said, his narrowed eyes were full of sternness: "At this time, you'd better choose the right position..."

"Otherwise, people will die."

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Chapter 386 Pulling Out the Roots of Evil, Zhang Zhao Jieli's Military Order

Zhang Xiaogong said that he didn't care about these things, so he really didn't care about them.

What he is currently supervising is the excavation of iron ore and coal mines, which are extremely critical to the development of the entire foundry branch and even northern Guangdong.

Why was Foshan Iron Pot able to dominate the world at that time, and even sold overseas? !

A large part of the credit is the iron ore and coal mines produced in northern Guangdong.

Zhang Jingfeng, a Jinshi in the 11th year of Zhengde, wrote the "First Draft of Northern Guangdong Tongzhi" when he was an official in northern Guangdong. It is stated:

"Northern Guangdong is iron smelting, which is beneficial and fertile, but also harmful. In places such as Fanshao and Hui, there are Wuzhuguan Mountains, which produce iron ore..."

"On the first New Year's Day, the local homeless exiles, every year at the time of the autumn harvest, gather murderers, hundreds of thousands of them, come across the border, and spread all over the mountains..."

"Chuangcha Zhuzha, every mountain has furnaces, at least five or six, as many as ten or twenty, and each furnace gathers two or three hundred people..."

"Digging mines in the mountains, fanning iron for profit. Mountain owners and mine owners benefit from their taxation; local ghosts and boss Xiaojia benefit from their routines; local people benefit from their employment..."

This shows that there are extremely many mines in northern Guangdong, and even civil uprisings broke out many times because mining was not allowed.

Those who come here to mine are not good people, almost all local gentry and powerful.

For example, Wang Ge, who was recruiting workers to mine iron ore in Madipo, northern Hubei, was recorded in the history: "There is a party in the city who lives in Lunbu Baiyun.

"Ge Zaihuai is still called arbitrarily. For example, when Ju Yan wears a sword, Sheng cavalry follows..."

So "gather the homeless people to make charcoal from the mountains, sell the charcoal to buy iron, and start an iron smelting, cast iron wares and sell them on the market..."

"The people used have their own duties, have both kindness and power, and are all admired. In the past few years, a big event has been initiated..."

To put it simply, these iron ore and coal mines have become the pockets of these gentry and powerful people.

The officials dare to raise their flags to rebel even if they get close to them, and these people are without exception: all of them are famous!

This group of people still planned to do this in the Qing Dynasty, thinking that the Qing Dynasty was still accustomed to these famous scholars like the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Qing Dynasty didn't play any tricks with you at all, and it should be beheaded and beheaded, and you should be exiled.

After a lot of heads were chopped off by the Qing Dynasty and a lot of people were exiled, they finally understood a truth:

So it's not how good I am, it's because I was treated well back then!

It's a pity that when they understood this truth, Daming had already been tortured to death by them.

Young Master Zhang would naturally not allow such a thing to happen, so how to avoid such a thing from happening? !

The answer is: government-run large-scale mining enterprises.

Those tyrants must die for money, and most of those miners are "undocumented".

That is to say, they are people who have not been registered.

Even if he was killed by powerful people, the government would not care.

So how is it possible to give them a lot of money? !Naturally, if you can pick it, you can pick it.

It is naturally different for Zhang Xiaogong to start an official business, and he will definitely give him a lot of money.

In addition, with the assistance of ancient books and equipment manufactured by the Ordnance Construction Bureau, the mining volume and safety factor are directly higher by a large margin.

The mined iron ore is sent to the foundry department for smelting and forging in large quantities, and then sold.

In terms of cost, these small mines are directly crushed, and they cannot compete at all.

"The hired workers are somewhat familiar, but they still need to be familiar with the regulations and tools..."

Housekeeper Xiao Zhou followed behind Young Master Zhang cautiously, and hundreds of elite national defense forces were scattered around to guard.

There are also General Ji Wu, Miaoan Ashikaga, all dressed in armor and looking around vigilantly.

They've been doing this since they started recruiting dockers some time ago.

No way, Mr. Zhang's household registration is really too lethal.

What did the officials from the Ministry of Households come to northern Guangdong to do? !It must not be for tourism!

Those who were transferred were all the people from Shuntian Prefecture who had experience in registering disaster victims and registering the household registration of ordinary people in the capital during the Battle of Jiran.

They came here to register their household registration. After summarizing, Yangcheng in northern Guangdong kept one copy, and the other was sent back to the capital for record.

However, when this hand was taken out, the gentry and wealthy merchants in the entire Yangcheng area felt pained.

And it's not only a pain in the egg, it's a broken egg!

Because Zhang Xiaogong is rich, he directly paid this month's silver to one tael of silver for the entire construction period including food and lodging!

Damn it!This is an absolute high salary!

After all, at this time, in addition to the "four buckets of monthly grain" for the folk craftsmen in northern Guangdong, the annual subsidy given by the master's family is only one penny.

This is not the capital, the price of the capital probably won't attract people.

But here in northern Guangdong, this price must be an absolute high salary!

The wages of the mines are even better, for a long time!Food and lodging is included for one penny a month, and after a year, I basically earn almost one tael!

It is said that there is still an assessment in the mine, and if you have the ability to pass the assessment, you can get up to five coins per month!

When the news spread, the eyes of countless "undocumented people" turned red, and their hearts were full of shit!

The refugees who were still a little hesitant to register their household registration knew the monthly salary, and started to inquire about how to register without saying a word.

Not having a household registration is actually very miserable. The most important thing is that even if the "black household" dies, the newspapers are almost never accepted.

They didn't dare to enter the city easily, and many times the objects they worked so hard could only be sold cheaply outside the city.

But they dare not register household registration, why? !

Because if you register, you have to face the very crazy rule of "corvement", which is really a matter of bringing your own dry food and doing work for nothing.

In the long run, there may still be some rice grains, but basically they have searched several floors and they will not be able to eat at all.

Being conscripted once means that the family has lost a strong laborer, which is a fatal blow even to a well-off family.

But who doesn't love this white money, building docks and digging mines are all labor-intensive.

When everyone pondered and recalculated the account, they suddenly felt that it was extremely cost-effective.

The chief envoy Zhang Xuanying and the procuratorate Zhao Lifu had been gearing up for a long time. As soon as this matter was announced, they called the state capitals for a meeting without saying a word.

The spirit conveyed at the meeting was very direct, the new wharf in Yangcheng, the mine, the cement factory, the foundry branch... and so on!

The Imperial Times took a special look at the matter, saying:

"Master Zhang Buzheng especially emphasized that Jingshi's investment goals are ambitious, rich in content, and mutually beneficial to northern Guangdong. It is a century-old plan for the development of northern Guangdong!"

"...We must insist on the general responsibility of the chief executive officer, the state government, and all counties to carry out the work together, transmit the pressure layer by layer, and compact the responsibility layer by layer! Don't slack off!"

"At the meeting, Mr. Zhang Buzheng and Zhao Ancha envoy did not hesitate to issue a military order!"

"Whoever dares to delay the development of northern Guangdong for a while, the chief envoy and the inspector will delay him for a lifetime!!"

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Chapter 387 The Flowers Are Prosperous

The prefects and prefects of the prefectures generously promised that they would do their best to ensure the coordinated operation of this mission in strict accordance with the plan of the chief minister...

Immediately after the meeting, the state capitals ushered in the first wave of household registration, and countless "undocumented people" frantically flocked to their hometowns.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Household Affairs came here to deal with this problem, and they have experience in registering common people and disaster victims in the capital.

So under their command, all registrations are considered secure.

In fact, this is also related to the situation of the Ming Dynasty. After all, if the gentry and wealthy merchants were not leading the trouble, everyone would still be very honest.

In just five days of statistics, the total number of household registrations has increased by more than [-] people in an instant!

Chief envoy Zhang Xuanying was so excited that his mouth was trembling, and inspector Zhao Lifu was nowhere to be found.

When the two old guys flipped through the household registration booklet for the first time, they were trembling.