In later generations, Longyan has been proven 64 kinds of minerals, including gold, copper, iron, coal, kaolin, limestone and other 16 kinds of mineral reserves in Fujian Province, is a well-deserved mining leader.

For the traversal, what is most needed at the moment is the copper mine of the Purple Mountain.

Purple Mountain, which is less than 20 miles away from Longyan County, has five peaks and beautiful cuts, Xu Hanhui, the sunset is reflected, the color is purple like gold, it is not only a mining area in later generations, but also a tourist attraction.

Purple Mountain is as its name suggests. There are not only more than 1 ton of gold reserves, but also more than 2 million tons of copper ore reserves, which is the second largest copper mine in China.

The traversers don't particularly care about gold mines, but copper mines are different.

In fact, due to the lack of copper, a lot of silver ingots in the kiln area have been made into wires, and the finance of the country is now wire-based.

The Manhattan Project sounds high, but in the 17th century it was nothing, and the world's silver mines were waiting to be dug through the crowd.

In addition to the most urgently needed copper mine, the Makeng Iron Mine in the northeast of the county is the largest iron mine in East China; The "Donggongxia" kaolin mine in the north of the county is one of the four major high-quality kaolin mines in China. In addition, the coal fields of Baisha, Changfushan and other places, and the limestone of Zhangpingling are also famous in later generations.

In short, cleaning up the ghosts around Longyan, dredging the waterways at the same time, and preparing for the export of various ores, this is the task of Ding Liqiu and Wei Yuan, the vanguard of their troops, who came here.

In fact, the most important foreign investment in the 16281629 year was Longyan County. The Ming people could never imagine how many resources Longyan, which has been designated as a mining base, will get in the future and what earth-shaking changes will occur.

And in today's meeting with Yu County, Ding Liqiu naturally didn't need to go into such detail, if the chapter was too grandiose, he was afraid of scaring Master Yu. So, Master Ding just picked out the parts that people can understand, and talked about it, focusing on coal mines and iron mines.

As for the Purple Mountain Copper Mine, it will not be explored until the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" period in later generations, which the Ming people do not know.

"I see, I hum like this, my tail is exposed," Yu's parents seemed disdainful, but his comfortable leaning back in the chair and the slightly upturned corners of his mouth had betrayed himself.

When Yu Yinggui listened to Master Ding's explanation, a big stone in his heart finally fell, and this scene was full of strange bandit operations from beginning to end, and now there is finally an explanation.

Yu's parents are not afraid of outsiders digging iron ore in the Laoshizi Coal Mine.

The forest coverage rate of Longyan in the industrial world in later generations was 78, and in the primitive era of the 17th century, the forest coverage rate was more than 85, so the local old and young masters did not have the habit of digging coal at all.

There is firewood and grass everywhere, and who would go to the trouble of digging up those dirty black charcoals, even though everyone knows where the charcoal is.

As for iron ore, this one is even simpler. Longyan has been producing iron since ancient times, and there are many private kilns in the mountain, and the Cao family will dig it if they are willing to go, and the Yu County Order will not interfere. Of course, it is still necessary to start a class.

He had a lot of worries before. The first thing to be afraid of is the war scumbag guest army who came to fight the autumn wind; What's even more frightening is that this is a high-level py deal to get a group of young master soldiers to gild a certain second-generation official, fake bandits, and report military merits.

In the latter case, in case of an accident, he Lao Yu will have to bear political responsibility, so since he met Ding Liqiu, Master Yu has been asking about the true intention of the traversal.

Now, after figuring out the thoughts of this group of outsiders, Yu's parents suddenly settled down.

If you are down-to-earth, your IQ will come back. At this time, Master Yu leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, holding the tea bowl in his hand, and his watch became smiling, "Mr. Ding Mingjian, this Longyan County is poor in mountains and rivers, and the people are lacking. Speaking of conscription, the harem has been repaired in the past few days, and some craftsmen have been recruited in the county. ”

After taking a sip of tea, Lao Yu continued, "If you start a big work, this will hurt the people too much, and it is really difficult to recruit it."

Conscription is the most valuable wealth of the feudal government. Adult men who enlist in the military not only have to provide their own food, but also have to pay their own food, and it can be said that most of the government's projects are completed by the annual conscription.

In all dynasties, forced labor was the most brutal harsh government, forced labor, miscellaneous labor, military service, these methods of oppressing the people do not know how many people have been ruined.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were three kinds of servitude, one was the Lijia service, and the Lijia service was the affairs of one mile; the second is the equalization, that is, for the regular errand service of the government; The third is miscellaneous, and it is all the errand service that is temporarily dispatched.

And the forced labor that Ding Liqiu and Yu's parents will talk about are the latter two.

After hearing the prevarication of Yu County's order, Ding Liqiu was not annoyed, "The county respects the people under his rule, and it is really respectable." However, the old parents probably misunderstood, and the forced labor that the students had to levy here was to give money. ”

When Ding Liqiu said this, he tapped twice on the table with his middle finger, and then added two words in a very firm tone: "Rice, salt." ”

"Well, give money" After hearing the money, Yu Xianling and Master Wang's ears were now stiffened, "How to give"

"All the people who are in service shall be in charge of food and shelter, wages, silver, rice, and salt." When Ding Liqiu said this, he smiled and knocked on the table again, "Your Excellency only needs to summon the idle people in the mountains, and the rest of the expenses, hehe, don't hide it from your lordship, and it is not on the heart of my general." ”

"Hiss" Yu Yinggui couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, "These pirates are really rich, even so, that matter might as well fall on this generation"

Thinking of this, Master Yu suddenly came to his senses. I saw him with a stiff waist, his eyes blazing looking at Ding Liqiu, and then said slowly, "General Cao came to Longyanxing to do something, and he is also a courtier, and the students want to help each other." It's just that there is something that is holding the students back, I don't know"

When Ding Liqiu heard this, he knew that the play was coming, "It's all my own family, and the county may as well say it if you have something to say." ”

After Yu Yinggui took a long breath, he slowly spit out two words, "repair the bridge"

"Deal"

Ding Liqiu was stunned by the county master, and smoothly picked up the words, as if he had known it for a long time.

In fact, he just knew. Historically, this county lord has "donated" money from the hands of local wealthy families to build bridges, and today when he sees a big dog household, it is naturally difficult to move Ding Liqiu, these sons shuttled through the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and they have long figured out the temper of these officials, either for fame or profit, and they must always take one head.

When the prefectural lord decided that he would donate money to build a bridge, and it would be built in the name of his old man, the biggest problem was solved.

In fact, several bridges will be repaired across the future. Whether it is gold and copper mines, coal mines and iron mines, these ores need to be repaired and paved to be transported out of the mountain, so the bridge repair was originally planned.

After the key agreement is reached by the county government to levy and distribute the people, there is nothing left to talk about.

As for the suppression of bandits that the two sides were originally going to discuss, Ding Liqiu naturally couldn't tell the county Zun the true strength of these 200 soldiers, and these soldiers were showing weakness with big swords and spears today.

So in the end, he could only use the reason of "there are still reinforcements" to fool the county honor, you should hurry up and do the people, and don't worry about the bandits.

After everything was discussed, it was already evening. After Ding Liqiu resigned from the county government, he returned to the Tianhou Temple military camp.

By this time it was already dark, and the battery lights had been lit in the key places in the barracks, and a fire was lit in the middle of the compound, and the soldiers were eating around the fire, and everything was in order.

The 200 soldiers who were called the "Red Gun Battalion" by Wei Yuan were the elite of the first reinforced company of the army that first began training in the crossing country.

With the influx of large numbers of immigrants, as the permanent population of the Grand Commander increased exponentially, the army of the crossing country was also replenished in numbers. The army has grown from a company of 100 people to more than 2,000 people and four battalions.

The soldiers who came to Longyan to suppress the bandits this time were the 200 troops with original imported mahogany rifles. And sending this faction to suppress the bandits was well thought out on the army side.

First of all, this is the first time that the army has to be stationed and fight on the mainland of the Ming Kingdom on a large scale, and it is of historical significance in the middle, and these soldiers of the first company who are "rooted in red seedlings" are more suitable for the situation.

Secondly, the Army Command is preparing for the enthronement ceremony in 1 month.

According to the regulations that have been formulated, on the day Emperor Cao ascends the throne, it is necessary to divide some individuals and units. Among them, the first company of the army will definitely get a title such as "Royal Guards" or "Royal Musket Battalion".

So this is the reason why they were sent deep into the Ming Kingdom to suppress bandits, and with real military exploits, they will be able to accept the title logically when the time comes.

"How is it, is it all coordinated" After returning to the camp, Ding Liqiu went straight to the battalion headquarters of the battalion commander Wei Yuan, which was actually a room in the center of the Tianhou Temple, and now it has been transformed into a barracks with wooden partitions, and a strong smell of disinfectant water filled the house.

"It's done, there will be migrant workers coming to the county one after another to report from tomorrow, let's repair the wharf first." I said, have you asked, those people who are engaged in infrastructure construction will be there tomorrow"

Wei Yuan nodded, "I've contacted Jinshan Town, and those people will arrive with the rifle tomorrow." ”

"Then what should I do tonight, this poor mountain and bad water, full of bandits, I look at it and panic, the soldiers can't hold a three-eyed gun to keep vigil," Ding Liqiu lived outside the 17th century city for the first time after crossing over, and he always felt uneasy.

"Don't worry, automatic rifle night vision device, I will personally go to the watchtower tonight to keep vigil to ensure that you sleep soundly."

When Wei Yuan said this, he reached out and took out a handful of AK from the cloth on the wall and threw it to Yang Er, a smiling soldier on the side; Then he took out a privately customized local tyrant gold version of K17, and after the master and apprentice put on the night vision device, they went out coaxingly. The chapter content is being restored, so please visit it later.