Chapter 453 Copper Mine

Duan Silian looked at Yang Yunxian with an expressionless face: "Big Chief, how should I deal with it now?" ”

Yang Yizhen only felt that the small team under the gate was provocative, and said angrily: "Dad, wait for the child to lead a military horse and capture the Song envoy and his party into the pass!" ”

Yang Yunxian said: "Presumptuous! That's an envoy of the Celestial Empire! You just helped the lord of the country dissuade the rebel minister, what reason do you use to offend him? ”

"The lord of the country, please also send an edict to order the ministers to be the companions, how about welcoming the Song envoys in? We can't afford to be rude. ”

Duan Silian nodded: "Yes, then open and close the door and send a guard of honor to welcome the envoy into the customs." ”

Yang Yizhen said: "Wait! When I send the lord back to Yang Tho first, we will meet the Song envoy in the court, which is the right reason. ”

Yang Yunxian slapped his head: "Yes, yes, yes, I almost lost my mind." ”

Not to mention the preparation of chickens and dogs jumping on the ground in the Guannai, let's just say that Su You and Shi Wei are drinking butter tea, eating fritters, and shredded pickles for breakfast Su You also praised: "Little Seventh Brother's food is getting better and better." ”

Shi Wei also nodded: "The oil cake is really good, Brother Xiaoyou, will the lord of the country come out to see you?" ”

Su You said with a smile: "It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, the lord of the country should receive the envoys in the court, in short, the matter is very complicated." ”

"After a while, when we enter the customs and arrive at the city of Yang Tho, we will be taken to the post house and stay. Then a ceremonial officer will come and talk to us about the etiquette system; The ministers will come over and negotiate a lot of details at the bottom...... In the end, the set in the court became just a cutscene. ”

Just as he was saying this, Chong Yi led a veteran in military uniform to the lawn: "Teacher, someone from Dali is here." ”

The veteran bowed: "The great chief of Dali is looking forward, and the envoy will accompany Yang Yunxian to meet the angel of the kingdom." ”

Su You hurriedly got up, took a handkerchief and wiped his hands: "The old general doesn't have to be polite, I am relieved to see you, I heard that there is some discord between the generals of your country a few years ago, as a Meishan person, and Dali have a close relationship, Su You is also secretly worried." ”

After speaking, he smiled: "Now it seems that it is completely a rumor!" It turned out to be a dispute over the lord of the country, and in my opinion, isn't that a good thing? With such loyal and sincere courtiers, it is no wonder that Dali is a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere. ”

If the ordinary envoy said so, Yang Yunxian could still infer that he was ignorant, but what is Su You's reputation in Dali? This is someone covering up for their own country.

I had no choice but to smile and say: "The angel is smiling, let the Gao family retreat, my lord is inexplicably grateful, and specially ordered me to come to greet him, so how about inviting the angel and the old man to enter the customs together?" ”

Su You nodded: "Very good." ”

Cangshan Erhai Lake, around Yangtho City, the scenery is also very charming.

The customs here are closer to the nomads, the religion is closer to Tibetan Buddhism, and it is also the product of the combination of Tantra and local indigenous religions.

As for the people's livelihood, they also grow barley, as well as cattle, sheep and horses, and the agriculture and fishery in the Erhai Lake area are also developed, and there is also a kind of goose that is special.

Chatting with Yang Yunxian about this, Su You said: "Last time I came to Dali, I brought back a lot of your Eryuan specialties, such as geese, cows, pear trees and walnuts, the varieties are better than Meishan, and now they are also promoted in our place." Chief Yang Wang, your jurisdiction is really a place of great treasures, and the capital of outstanding people. ”

Yang Yunxian only knew that this kid had always been so good as the little marquis of the Gao family that he wore a pair of pants, so he should be an enemy with himself, but now he saw a cheerful young scholar who was not hostile to himself, and he couldn't help but feel a lot more comfortable.

So he said with a smile: "Tanhualang solved the story of the nursery rhyme Zhigao, and now it has been sung in Dali. ”

Su You said: "Xiaguan wind, Shangguan flower, Cangshan snow, Erhai Yue, this time I am finally fortunate to come, naturally I have to understand it." ”

Yang Yunxian said with a smile: "If the angels are not in a hurry to return to the Great Song Dynasty, in March next year, the scene of Erhai meadows, flowers blooming like blankets, fishing and herding fighting for songs, is indeed very beautiful." It's a pity that it's winter, there are all the wind and snow, flowers and moons, I'm afraid it's not worth the angel's visit, hahahaha......"

Su You said: "Wind and snow, in fact, is also a good thing, not to mention the snow, Ruixue is a good year, the water source of Erhai Lake also comes from the surrounding snow mountains." Speaking of this wind...... By the way, Chief, Eryuan area, did you use the wind mill? ”

"Huh?" Yang Yunxian was a little confused about Su You's routine: "Of course the wind mill is a good thing, but this thing is only available in the Anning River Valley, and I heard that it can only be used if you use the mechanical kit of Meishan Jiangyang...... Wait, angel, you are now the Taishou of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Yang Yunxian's eyes suddenly turned eager: "If the angel can help me with several sets of wind mills in Eryuan, my Yang family will be grateful." ”

Su You nodded and said: "Along the way, I have an idea, if this idea can be successful, a few sets of wind mills, it's just a trivial matter." ”

Yang Yunxian asked, "I don't know what the angels are worried about?" ”

Su You said: "Chieftain, look at you, the east and west Dali, the estrangement is deepening, and the sword soldiers have only met each other four years ago, and they almost fought yesterday." ”

"Meishan Sitong trade has its own interests in Dali, and the fine iron of the Anning estuary now supports the entire southwest."

"My vision is to open up a non-war zone in the heart of Shanxian Province and Yang Tho Ba, that is, in the Nong Dong Province area. It is invested and constructed by Sitong Firm, and a prospecting team is dispatched to carry out exploration, mining, and production of products. ”

"You don't need to pay a penny, but you can send supervisors to supervise the finances, and all the proceeds, the Yang family and the Gao family, each get 20%, how about it?"

Yang Yunxian asked, "Don't we have to do anything?" ”

Su You said: "You don't have to do anything else except business." The Yang family can provide us with labor, daily food, meat, eggs, vegetables and vegetables, all of which are available in the market. Gaojia provides us with transportation vehicles and ships, and water and land road support. ”

"Chief, the Gao family chose to cooperate with the Great Song Dynasty, and the results should be seen, and it is not impossible for Western Dali to take such a path."

Yang Yunxian asked: "The old man shouted and said that it was run, Mingrun, what mineral deposits did you fancy about?" ”

Su You said: "Of course, copper. I want to know about Netzhou next, how to get promoted if there is no outstanding political performance? ”

"Let Sitong Firm help Langdong develop copper mines, and transport them to Wangzhou for distribution, you must know that this is the most urgently needed metal in the Great Song Dynasty, such a political achievement, the bigwigs of the DPRK and China have to look at it differently."

Yang Yunxian is a little eager, now that the Yang family is weak, to put it bluntly, the Gao family has caught up with the relationship of the Great Song Dynasty, but now it seems that the Great Song Dynasty is not the only choice for the Gao family, and he can do it himself!

I heard Su You say: "With the non-war zone of Nongdong Mansion as a buffer zone, with business cooperation, if there is anything, everyone can sit down and talk slowly, instead of seeing each other at every turn, as it is now." ”

"Of course, in order to ensure the profits of the merchants, the two of you should allow the merchants to organize an armed group on their own, let's call it the mine protection team, this team is symbolic, the number is not large, I think six hundred people are enough, they only protect the assets of the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty in the Langdong Mansion from infringement, this is actually to protect everyone's income. What does the Chief think? ”

Yang Yunxian asked: "Mingrun, how much can this income be?" ”

Su You said with a smile: "This depends on the output of the copper mine, but the Sitong firm is used to doing big things, and it is not eye-catching to see such a small pit and small smelting in Dali today...... Well, we can invest 150,000 guan in the early stage, and increase it to 300,000 guan in three years, and the output income is, my hope is that the monthly output of refined copper ...... Let's start with 50,000 catties. ”

In later generations, the Qing Dynasty produced tens of millions of catties of Yunnan copper annually, of which the south copper was forty percent and the north copper was sixty percent.

The production area of northern copper is mainly concentrated in the west of Chuxiong and Kunming, which is just the range where today's Langdong Mansion is located.

With the development of Meishan for ten years, the mining and smelting technology has been no less than the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Su You optimistically estimates that after the copper industry is fully built, the annual output of one million catties should not be a big problem.

Although these coppers are four or six open to Dali, the final flow of the vast majority of them must still be the Great Song Dynasty.

The veins of several large copper mines, Sitong Firm has actually sent people to measure it clearly, and everything is already ready, only the east wind is owed.

can help the Great Song Dynasty solve part of the money shortage problem, this merit will not be much worse than Pingxi Xia!