Zhu Shun returned to Zhu's cement factory, and Mrs. Song was already sitting on the official hat chair in the main hall waiting, holding the rifled gun that he couldn't put down, and slowly wiping it.

Muskets have a lifespan, and once the number of shots fired is almost at the end of their service life, they can explode at any time.

Zhu Shun walked through the threshold and walked into the main hall, glanced at it, and saw that the butt of the rifled gun was engraved with the words "the third system of the fifth month of the sixth year of Chongzhen", and he was relieved that it should be a new gun.

Zhu Shun poured a cup of tea for Old Man Song first, and poured a cup himself, and after a busy morning, he drank several cups thirstily: "The matter of the mine, presumably the old lady already knows." ”

"All three are medium-sized mines, and a maximum of 46,000 taels of silver will be given."

Old Man Song put down the teacup and glanced at Zhu Shun puzzled: "When the old man was hunting, he passed by these three mines several times, and with the scale of these three mines, the maximum is 40,000 taels of silver. ”

"Why did Mr. Zhu give an extra six thousand taels."

After the industrial magic reform, the value of these three mines is at least worth one million taels of silver, not to mention an extra 6,000 taels, and an extra 60,000 taels is worth it.

This time, I went to find a local squire to buy a mine, and it was the old lady Song who came forward on the surface, but when I went to the Yamen's three-class six-room deed transfer, I still had to sign and draw Zhu Shun's name.

Before buying, you must make it clear to the local squire, so as not to be capricious when you get it.

Since it is clear that Zhu Shun bought it, there is a good chance that these squires will sit on the ground and raise the price, otherwise who would dare to risk offending the Donglin Party and Jin merchants and secretly sell the limestone mine to Zhu Shun.

The limestone mine was the private property of several local gentry, and the gypsum and clay mines were a bit more difficult to manage, which were the private property of members of the Donglin Party.

Zhu Shun's connections in Daming have a certain thickness, and when he goes to find Gu Shilang, he can ask Xin Ningbo to come forward.

Seeing that Zhu Shun was just smiling and silent, Old Lady Song roughly understood what he meant, and went out with the rifled gun.

The state of Daming is divided into a subordinate state and a state of Zhili, the state of Zhili is directly subordinate to the governor of each province, and the state is a state equivalent to a county.

Tongzhou is a state, and the local squires only have the squires in Tongzhou City, and the number is neither more nor less.

The Tongzhou Gongfu gathered a group of the most famous local gentry, among which the three gentry were the mainstay.

He took over the lawsuit of Jia, the fast class Zhao Bantou of the third class, and the Huang Zhangzhi case of the six-room household.

The county government and the public party institutions of the prefecture are divided into three classes and six rooms, the soap class of the third class is responsible for internal affairs, and the strong class and the fast class are responsible for the duties of standing in the hall, preaching, passing on cases, urging the department, arresting, and guarding.

The six houses correspond to the six departments of the central imperial court, which are dominated by the household houses and the officials' houses, and the household houses are in charge of the county's land, household registration, taxation, finance, housing and land sales and other duties.

The households hold the power of the county government, and most of the six houses are mainly households.

Among the three squires, Jia has the highest reputation as a lawyer, because he has a good eldest brother, Jia Hanfu.

He is the most proud protégé of Gu Shilang, a central minister today, and before the prefect of Shuntian Mansion, many officials in the government gave him three points of thin noodles.

Now there are fewer and fewer corrupt officials who give him thin noodles, and all of them have been replaced by Song Yingjing with a group of people of insight.

These people used to hold important positions in the imperial court, and in order to control the government, the Donglin Party excluded these people from the center of the imperial court, which was missed by Song Yingjing.

Over the years, Song Yingjing has gradually gathered a group of people of insight around him, who are committed to reforming the dirty dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

When Jia Yishi learned that Zhu Shun was going to buy the limestone mine on the bank of the Chaohe River, he immediately notified Jia Hanfu, hoping that the eldest brother would give him a charter.

Jia Hanfu knew very well that the master was very short of silver, and a few years ago, he bought a large amount of grain because of the promotion of potatoes, but all the grain was smashed in his hands.

Because of potato flour, the price of grain plummeted, and it could only be sold to Jin merchants at a low price.

Jia Hanfu knew about this, and it was inconvenient for the master Gu Shilang to know, if he knew, would he sell it or not?

If you sell it, you definitely want to sell it, but knowing that Zhu Shun wants to buy it and sell it, it will leave a handle for other Donglin Party members to collude with Zhu Shun.

Jia Hanfu gave the head of Gu Shilang's mansion a pass of gas, made his own decisions, and helped Gu Shilang sell the gypsum mine and clay mine.

As long as he helps Gu Shilang earn a lot of silver, he can get more attention from Gu Shilang.

Zhao Bantou and Huang Zhang's case is different from Jia Yishi, and they have a deep relationship with the Donglin Party, they are just local squires, and they do not have a deep relationship with the Donglin Party.

So they moved other careful thoughts, they were not ready to sell for money, and wanted to change a batch of Zhu's spinning machines.

Now who doesn't know that the steam factories are treasured source bureaus, and the local squires in Tongzhou have long been covetous of these new machinery.

It's just that there is no chance to buy, and Zhu Shun likes to suppress the squire, so no one dares to contact Zhu Shun, so as not to be unable to eat mutton and cause a commotion.

But this time the opportunity came, Mrs. Song herself was a squire, and she had a very high status in the textile association established by Zhu Shun.

Zhao Bantou and Huang Zhang, as well as most of the squires, thought of buying a batch of Zhu's spinning machines privately through Old Lady Song.

After a stick of incense, the old lady Song walked into the house, which was where the officials usually rested.

The three of Jia's lawyers, Zhao Bantou, and Huang Zhang, took the squires and got up to greet each other, the third son of the old lady Song is the prefect of Shuntian Mansion, and they deserve so respect if they don't buy Zhu's spinning machine.

Old lady Song sat on the main seat that had been reserved a long time ago, and waited until the official closed the wooden door of the house directly opposite, and exchanged a few words.

Jia Lawyer directly opened his mouth: "Gypsum ore and clay mine can be the master below, but the price is slightly higher." ”

"One mine is fifteen thousand taels of silver, and two mines are a total of thirty thousand taels of silver."

The squires in the house were obviously shocked by the price demanded by Jia Lawyer, and the white porcelain teacups sent to their mouths froze on their lips.

For ordinary fine porcelain, five cents of silver can buy ten, that is to say, one or two pieces of silver can buy hundreds of fine porcelain.

I don't know how many fine porcelains you have to fire to earn 15,000 taels of silver, let alone clay, which is the clay material for firing fine porcelain, how many years you have to mine to earn 15,000 taels of silver.

Selling it for 10,000 taels is already a sky-high price, but I didn't expect it to be 15,000 taels when I opened my mouth.

Mrs. Song has seen the magic of cement in the past few days, and knows how valuable this kind of cement made by a certain formula is.

Fifteen thousand taels?

It is also worth 150,000 taels to buy a mine on the bank of the Chaohe River.

Old lady Song's actions made the squires even more incomprehensible, and even agreed to Huang Lawyer's sky-high price: "Three days later, the old man brought someone to sign and draw the pledge." ”

Zhao Bantou and Huang Zhang's case are much more stable, and they are more sure of contacting Mrs. Song in private.

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