Chapter 132: Great Mountain Ridge Silver and Copper Mine! 3/3
"We, grass people, welcome the return of the king, long live the king, the great Wei is mighty! Banzai! ”
Hundreds of people also knelt on one knee and shouted at Wei Ya with awe.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were thrilled when they saw this formation, and they were proud of being Wei soldiers!
"Do you enjoy this feeling of being welcomed?" Wei Li turned his head to the generals and generals behind him at this time.
The generals couldn't help but nodded.
"Remember, if we win the battle, the people will welcome us, and the people will be proud of us, and if we are defeated, the people will spurn and look down on us, and if you want to win respect, then show your achievements, and you understand?" Wei Li took the opportunity to educate them so that they had a heart eager for victory!
"We understand!" The soldiers shouted with resolute faces.
After a period of time, Wei Li returned to the palace, the army was encamped outside the city, and the generals at all levels counted the military merits, the promotion of the title, the reward, and the pension should be issued.
Now that there is no shortage of gold and silver in the Wei State, there is no shortage for the time being, and most of the gold and silver plundered from the Qing and Sheng Kingdoms have been made into currency, plus the plundering of the Zheng State this time, there will be no shortage in a short time.
The next day, the hour of the hour, the Taisho Hall!
Wei Li was wearing a crown robe, wearing a crown of nine strings of pearls, and the king's demeanor was high on the king's chair, and the civil and military officials stood respectfully under His Royal Highness.
"In this battle of Yue Wei, our army won a great victory, wiped out the three kingdoms of Qing, Sheng and Zheng, took a total of three capitals and twelve counties, passed the orphan order, the old land of the original Qing and Sheng two countries, merged into Qinghe County, commanded nine counties, the county guard was Lantu, the old land of Zheng Guo was Zhengnan County, the county guard was Gusu, and the people of the three counties must be resettled and given land for them to cultivate!" Wei Li's face was expressionless, and his tone was unhurried.
"No!" All the ministers bent down in response.
"I'm done, I don't know if you Aiqing, what do you have to make up?" Wei Li raised his eyebrows and looked around at the ministers.
As soon as the words fell, He Qiu immediately stood up and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, this year's commercial tax has been collected, totaling 30,000 taels of silver!" ”
"Well, that's good!" Wei Li nodded with satisfaction, thirty thousand taels is not much, but it has just started now, and there will be more and more in the future.
"Now in addition to the gold and silver stored in the money houses in various places, the treasury now has 13,000 taels of gold, 50,000 taels of silver, 370,000 copper coins, and 3.1 million stone grain!" He Qiu reported again.
The money and grain of the money village and even the grain village cannot be counted, nor can it be used, at least not until the moment of crisis, because this is the money and grain circulating in the market, and once it moves, it will make the Wei market swell, and there will be no money to buy grain, or there will be grain that cannot be exchanged for money.
In other words, although the money bank and the national grain bank belong to the state system, they do not belong to the state treasury!
"Is there enough money circulating in the market now?" Wei Li asked softly.
"It's not enough, now most of the people's homes still have a lot of food, the reason is that there is no money to buy food in the people's homes!" He Qiu reported truthfully.
In the autumn harvest of this year, the whole country harvested a total of more than 4 million stone of grain, and under the condition that the country took half of it, the people received 2 million stone of grain, and the 2 million stone grain was worth 600,000 taels of silver, and the entire Wei State did not add up to one-sixth of the money.
Therefore, now in the hands of the people, there are still five-sixths of the grain that has not been sold, and all of them are stored at home, and the gold and silver of Wei are not enough to popularize Wei!
But don't worry, now Wei has gold, silver, and copper mines, and when they are mined, they can be popularized, and they can also be popularized in other countries.
"Take your time here, is there anything else that needs to be reported?" Wei Ya asked out loud.
All the ministers were silent.
Seeing this, Wei Li threw a look at Si Zhong, who bent down lightly and shouted in a sharp voice: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”
After Wei Ya left, the civil and military officials also walked together and left the Taizheng Palace, only He Qiu stayed.
"Lord He, please!"
Xiao Liuzi suddenly walked over and respectfully made a gesture of invitation.
He Qiu nodded, and under the leadership of Xiao Liuzi, he came to the library pavilion.
As soon as He Qiu entered the library pavilion, he respectfully bent down to Wei Ya and saluted, and when he saw that there was no one else around except Wei Ya and Si Zhong, he made a report: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen took people to the mountains to investigate, there are indeed silver and copper mines, and the scale is huge, the minister dug a foot, and dug up a silver ore with a silver content of fifty percent, which can be described as amazing!" ”
"Great!" Wei Li pretended to be surprised, and then asked with anticipation: "How much silver and copper is expected to be dug up?" ”
He Qiu pondered slightly, and then said: "This minister doesn't know how much, it needs to be mined, I don't dare to guarantee it, there is definitely a lot of silver and copper in the Qinghe area!" ”
Wei Li also nodded contemplatively, with the current technology, it really can't be explored how many silver mines are underneath, but there should be a lot, after all, there are three copper mines and two silver mines there!
"How many people do you need to mine?" Wei Ya asked in a deep voice.
He Qiu fell into contemplation again, and after thinking about it, he said conservatively: "A hundred laborers are needed for the time being, and the specific amount needed depends on how much silver and copper reserves there are underground, in addition, the minister is going to establish a silver refining division and a copper refining division!" ”
"A hundred laborers? I'm afraid it's not enough, Lone gives you 300 people to work hard, and you recruit 100 laborers by yourself, remember, don't exploit the people, you can give as much as you want, you can't suffer the people, in addition, Lian Yin Division and Lian Tong Division, you look at it yourself, how much money you use, report it to Lonely! Wei Ya admonished in a low tone.
Hard work is naturally the royal family or ministers of the country that was destroyed by the Wei state, and the labor force refers to the recruited people.
"No!" He Qiu replied with a hint of trepidation.
Next, Wei Ya continued to discuss a few things with He Qiu, and then let He Qiu leave.
After He Qiu left the palace, he began to set up a silver refining division and a copper refining division, recruiting young people to go to the Qinghe area to mine, mining in this era was very primitive, relying entirely on manpower to mine stones, and then transport them to refining little by little.
Time passed quickly, day by day, these days, the pensions of the soldiers who died in the battle, and the retirement expenses of the seriously wounded soldiers were all paid, a total of 1.6 million stone of grain, and a year passed, the military salary of 54,000 troops was paid, and 130,000 stone of grain was consumed.
More than 10,000 large and small nobles spent 2 million stone of grain, due to the lack of food, the equivalent exchange, Wei Ya exchanged 13,000 taels of gold for 1.3 million stone grain, and the remaining 700,000 stone was sent with grain.
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