Early the next morning, Yang Xu went to the palace of the king of Qin and explained to the king of Qin the purpose of recruiting the homeless.

After all, it is very taboo to recruit displaced people without permission, and it is possible to be charged with the crime of gathering a crowd to rebel.

And with King Qin coming out, he can naturally handle this matter.

After King Qin sent Yang Xu away, he went directly to the palace to face the saint and reported the matter to Emperor Qinglong in detail.

"The people of Zhao are also the people of His Majesty...... Yang Xu's words are good! Cheap ...... Cheap ...... Scold...... Who knows, my Dahua thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are composed of the so-called thousands of untouchables in the mouths of those officials! Without them, who would cultivate my thousands of miles of land? Without them, who will protect the invasion of foreign enemies? ”

The more Emperor Qinglong spoke, the more angry he became, and finally said to King Qin in a cold voice: "The one who said such things is an official of the ministry? Okay, I'll leave this matter of appeasing the displaced people to him. When it is done, I will not bother with him; If you don't do it well, I will take his head! ”

After a while, when his anger had subsided a little, Emperor Qinglong said to King Qin again: "Tell Yang Xu to recruit homeless people to work, don't worry about it, I look at him!" If he has any difficulties, he can tell me, and I will find a way to solve them for him! ”

King Qin waited for Emperor Qinglong's words, and said: "Yang Xu wants to charter the coal mines in Beishan, the imperial capital, and divide a part of the recruited refugees to mine, and ask his father to ......grant permission."

Emperor Qinglong frowned: "Coal mine? ”

King Qin said: "The so-called coal is what we call black stone. Yang Xu called it coal. ”

Emperor Qinglong was puzzled and said, "This black stone ...... This coal mining is not easy, and it is cheaper than charcoal, and ordinary people rarely use it, so I am afraid that it is not possible to make money from this, right? Then Yang Xu has always been an unprofitable and unprofitable person, how could he fall in love with this deal? ”

King Qin said: "Yang Xu said that if coal is used properly, it is equivalent to black gold. In his opinion, not only can you make money, but you can also make a lot of money! ”

Emperor Qinglong said with a smile: "I have heard that this Yang Xu is known as the little God of Wealth, and he has the ability to turn stones into gold!" Well, that's it! You can do the specific things! I'm going to see how he makes a lot of money with this thing! ”

King Qin was overjoyed in his heart, and said: "Yang Xu said that after he chartered the coal mine, he was willing to hand over 500,000 taels of silver to the treasury a year!" Every year from now on! ”

Emperor Qinglong thought he had misheard and asked, "How much?" ”

King Qin said: "500,000 taels!" ”

Emperor Qinglong snorted lightly and said, "If he can't do it, it's a crime of bullying the king!" ”

King Qin said: "Yang Xu said that he is willing to make a military order!" The premise is ...... Beishan Coal Mine gave him at least ten years of contracting rights! ”

Emperor Qinglong said: "If he can really hand over 500,000 taels of silver a year, why not let him contract for 50 years or 100 years?" ”

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"A hundred years of contracting? Did Your Majesty really say that? ”

Yang Xu received the King of Qin in the Yang family's manor, and when he heard that Emperor Qinglong was willing to give him the right to contract coal for a hundred years, he almost burst out happy.

Beishan Coal Mine in the imperial capital, Yang Xu has heard about it for a long time, and he has also specially taken people to Kan to investigate, knowing that the coal seam there is shallow, the reserves are huge, and the coal quality is high.

In Yang Xu's eyes, the coal mine is definitely an out-and-out gold mountain.

Prior to this, the Beishan Coal Mine was owned by the imperial court and was mined by the Ministry of Industry, and most of the coal mined was used for iron smelting, and it was also made into briquettes, etc., which were sold to large families or small merchants and vendors in the imperial capital to heat the fire and cook.

However, the mining volume of coal in this era was not large, and it was not as convenient for ordinary people as wood and other uses, so it was far from being popularized.

According to Yang Xu's previous investigation at the Beishan Coal Mine, many of the mines in the Beishan Coal Mine were only partially mined at the surface, and then they were abandoned due to excessive water seepage and other reasons.

"The things of the court are just good! Emperor Qinglong's words are equivalent to giving me a golden mountain. 500,000 taels of silver a year...... This business is making a lot of money! ”

Yang Xu was overjoyed, and after discussing with King Qin, he began to plan for coal mining.

In a few days, the Yang family's manor accommodated thousands of young and strong men, including their families, and the total number of people reached thousands, which greatly reduced the pressure caused by the displaced people to the imperial capital.

Most of the thousands of young and strong men were sent by Yang Xu to the Beishan Coal Mine, and after a little training, they could go down to the mine to mine coal.

Based on his previous experience, Yang Xu improved the drainage and exhaust methods of the mine, which not only ensured the safety of underground miners, but also turned those abandoned wells into treasure, allowing more coal to be mined.

Several officials sent by the Qin Wangfu who were very experienced in mining were amazed after seeing Yang Xu's innovative drainage and exhaust methods.

The families of thousands of young and strong men, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, and unable to work, all came in handy.

Nowadays, there are greenhouses, breeding, farming, cement, perfume and soap and other industries in the Yang family manor, each of which requires a lot of manpower.

How to arrange these manpower, Yang Xu himself was too lazy to worry about it, and handed it all over to Yang Hongyu and Yang Jing.

Yang Hongyu and Yang Jing were originally kind-hearted people, and they had great sympathy for these homeless homeless people.

The huge Yang Family Manor, originally with only more than 200 people, seemed very empty, but now there are suddenly thousands more, making the Yang Family Manor a small town.

And the original Yangjiazhai villagers, some of whom are capable, have also been promoted by Yang Xu to be stewards, and each of them manages dozens to hundreds of people.

Those Yangjiazhai villagers originally couldn't even eat enough, but now they not only have enough food and clothing, but also become stewards, which they can't even think of, so they are grateful to Yang Xu from the bottom of their hearts, knowing that only by following Yang Xu will have a more brilliant future in the future.

Since there are many industries in the Yang family's manor that involve secrets, Yang Xu asked those recruited refugees to sign a confidentiality contract, but anyone who betrayed the secrets will be severely punished.

In fact, many of Yang Xu's industries mostly use assembly lines, such as perfume soap, and everyone usually only has access to one of the processes, so even if someone buys them, it is difficult to get the secret recipe of perfume soap.

In addition, the villagers of Yangjiazhai, who were promoted to management, all have kung fu, and with them guarding the factory, no one can find an opportunity to sell secrets.

And King Qin also sent a lot of loyal guards to guard around the Yang family's manor.

It can be said that the Yang family's manor is so tightly guarded that even a mouse is difficult to sneak in.