My Daming New Empire

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Therefore, the surrounding area of ​​this gold mine was directly placed under the direct management of the imperial court by Zhu Zhanji, and this area also became the dividing line between Jinzhou Prefecture and Hanzhou Prefecture.

Every year, the eight mines here ensure that more than [-] slaves work hard here, and the gold dug out is transported back to Daming.

In the 40 years of orthodoxy, the annual output here has reached 260 tons, which is equivalent to 830 million taels of gold and more than 8000 million taels of silver.

Both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs regard this place as the most important overseas base of Ming Dynasty.

The Golden City, located along the banks of the Golden River, is a complete mining city. Except for the eight gold mines, only a small piece of fertile land has been developed on the tens of thousands of square kilometers of land here. The food grown can satisfy the needs of 40 people. After demand, land development is no longer allowed.Today there are about 35 people living here, including 20 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and about 4 of their relatives. The remaining [-] people are the miners' management and the black women who belonged to them, and the children they gave birth to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. child.

The [-] miners have no family members or children. They are all castrated blacks and have no human rights.

Knowing the gold reserves here, Zhu Zhanji has always restrained the development here, and the number of miners has never exceeded [-].

According to the current output, this mining area can be developed for at least 200 years.

Gold is something that cannot be eaten or drunk. If the output is too large, it will cause gold to depreciate.

In order to maintain Daming's current financial stability, Zhu Zhanji will not vigorously develop it.

On September [-]th, a train from Qingjiangkou to Golden City stopped on the platform of the Golden City train station.

Qingjiangkou is a port on the east coast of Xizhou, almost located in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique in later generations.This is the closest port to the Golden City. In the 20th year of Zhengtong, a railway connecting the two places has been built.

The materials needed by the Golden City are all transported in through this railway line, and the gold is also transported out through this railway line.

The envoy of the imperial court this time not only brought supplies for two trains, but more importantly, equipment for building a base station in the Golden City.

Sunan is now a super-class nobleman, so of course he doesn't need to go to the station to meet the imperial envoy in person, but entertains the envoy at the Governor's Mansion.

Regarding the wireless telegraph, he was still a little skeptical, but seeing the imperial decree, he fully supported the visitor to build an iron tower on a small hill in the Golden City.

The accessories of the iron tower have already been completed, and now it is only assembled. When Su Liang came back from patrolling, the assembly was almost completed.

What surprised Su Liang was that Hu Yuansheng, who was just a nerd in his eyes at the beginning, turned out to be the person in charge of this signal tower.

Back in Yingtianfu, Su Liang, who was studying at Habayashi Wei Xue, was considered a man of the school, because he played football well and won the favor of many girls.

Among them, there is Hu Yuansheng's fiancée, the eldest lady of Yuan Ke's family, the Shaofu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But it was because Miss Yuan gave Su Liang a sachet, this Hu Yuansheng was so jealous that he called a group of friends and beat Su Liang up.

Originally, young people were jealous and eager to win and fight, which was not a big deal, but during the fight, Su Liang didn't hold back his hand for a while, and severely injured the son of the head of the ritual department who beat him, leaving him paralyzed in bed.

All of a sudden, things got serious.Because people are paralyzed, under the incitement of people with good intentions, it not only involves jealousy, but also involves civil and military competition.

In the end, Zhu Zhanji personally came forward to suppress the matter.

In this matter, Su Liang himself did not make a big mistake.Miss Yuan's family likes him, but she's out of love and out of courtesy. She just gave him a sachet, but Su Liang didn't respond.

Moreover, it was Hu Yuansheng and the others who beat him alone, and he fought back just to protect himself.

Although the opponent was seriously injured and paralyzed, his fault in this matter was not serious.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji fined Su's family to bear half of the medical expenses and compensation, and the other three families who beat people should bear half of the medical expenses and compensation.

Su Liang was also expelled from Habayashi School because he was a martial artist and did not hold back. He was sentenced to return to the family fief and was not allowed to return to Beijing for 20 years.

A young man's jealousy turned into a civil and military struggle. The few parties involved couldn't bear such a big responsibility, and some people were disabled, so both sides were framed there.

Hu Yuansheng saw Su Liang again. Although the two regretted what happened when they were young, there was no possibility of reconciliation.

However, there was no tense atmosphere between the two of them. Su Liang was willing to come to see Hu Yuansheng to ease the relationship between the two parties.

He also knew very well that Hu Yuansheng knew that the Golden City was the territory of the Su family, but he still wanted to come here, maybe he also had this consideration in mind.

On the day when the signal tower was built, they tried to send a telegram directly to Ying Tianfu, reporting the greetings from the Golden City.

At the time of a cup of tea, the telegraph rang, and the telegraph room of the Ministry of Industry in the capital sent a corresponding greeting.

Everyone cheered excitedly. The soldiers who thought they were far away from Daming's Golden City at first found out that they could directly contact Daming, and each of them felt a much stronger sense of belonging.

In the past, they were kites with broken strings, helpless.But now, this line has been seized by the court again, and they all have something to rely on.

Sunan also tried to let his subordinates take telegraphs to various borders, and then report the situation over a hundred miles away. In the past, it took soldiers to travel back and forth for more than half a day, but now they can be contacted in an instant.

From now on, we will no longer be afraid of the aborigines coming to invade our borders.

A few days later, when everyone's excitement had passed, Su Liang sent an invitation letter to Hu Yuansheng, intending to treat him to a meal before he left.

At first he thought that Hu Yuansheng would not come, but he accepted the invitation.

A courtyard not far from the Governor's Mansion by the Golden River is a high-end restaurant where the big businessmen of the Golden City like to gather.

The two young men who had a deep hatred a few years ago are now fathers, and both have grown beards, without the publicity of their youth.

Su Liang invited Hu Yuansheng into the room, an apology was on his lips, but he couldn't say it.Because now it's not just the grudge between him and Hu Yuansheng.If he apologized, he would become a military general honoring his bow to the civil servants.

After inviting Hu Yuansheng to sit down, Su Liang couldn't help but ask the news about the injured Cai Heng at the beginning. "Is Cai Heng okay now?"

As Cai Heng's friend, Hu Yuansheng was the one who asked Cai Heng to come out to fight, and this incident happened. In fact, he was under the greatest pressure.

With a long sigh, Hu Yuansheng said: "It's because Cai Heng stood up this year, so I will take the initiative to ask to come when I come to Xizhou this time."

Su Liang was also sincerely overjoyed. "Is he alright?"

"It's not good, after all, I've been lying down for a few years, but it's better than when I was half dead."

Su Liang pondered for a while and said, "Let me know when you leave, I want to ask you to bring back some supplements for Cai Heng."

"Then don't look for me, I have to go to Jinzhou Prefecture, Hanzhou Prefecture, this wireless telegraph will be set up in every place in the future. And I will stay in Xizhou in the future and be responsible for maintenance, at least in Xizhou Stay for three years."

Su Liang paused for a moment, then changed his words and said, "Then I'll leave it to others. If you want to stay in Xizhou, if you encounter any problems in the future, just let me know. If you can do what you can, it is absolutely obligatory."

This was originally a polite word, but unexpectedly Hu Yuansheng said: "I really want to ask you for help."

"Please say."

In Xizhou, only the Golden City is directly managed by the imperial court, and it is also the most trustworthy.I want to take people to Jinzhou Prefecture by land, and learn about the customs and customs here..."

"No problem, I will send 150 personal guards to escort you to Jinzhou Prefecture."

Yecheng Marquis' Mansion only had 150 personal guards, and Su Liang immediately agreed to send [-] people, already taking time out of almost everyone.

But Hu Yuansheng seemed still not satisfied, and said, "I know your father is in charge of a small army in the Golden City, and he has eyeliners in both Jinzhou and Hanzhou..."

Su Liang's face turned serious, and he looked at Hu Yuansheng intently, feeling that his intention for coming was not so simple.

Chapter 42 Young and Strong