Chapter 111: Mining (1)

The sky was gloomy, Wang San looked at the pile of belongings on the table, and the surface was also gloomy, although there was some surplus, but this surplus was too little, for the financial resources he and Shi Bin needed, it was just a drop in the bucket, but they no longer made ends meet.

A few of their brothers really want to go north again to rob the army and fight the grass valley, but this is too big a crime of transferring troops without a military order, once the matter is revealed, I am afraid that Jia Yidao will not be able to protect Shi Bin, let alone them.

Perhaps, in order to ensure that Jia Ling is not a widow, Wang San will be substituted for the dead ghosts to carry the black pot.

So everyone still decided to develop at the current speed, anyway, they can't eat a fat person in one bite, but they feel that this expectation is a little different from reality.

Shi Bin now fully understands the pressure, and laments how difficult it is to really do a good job.

At this time, Shi Bin was eager to immediately find a gold mine that he could mine at will, so that he could have sufficient financial resources to develop, and no longer have to rely on Jia Yidao's support, local finances and commercial smuggling to support his development.

Sitting on the rattan chair in the study, the stressful county magistrate began to talk to himself: Money, money, angry people, where is the money。。。。。。。

I thought that I had occupied a county town and became a powerful figure in the military and civilian finances, but now I am so aggrieved. It is no wonder that so many emperors either died early or simply did not go to the court.

Shi Bin, who was sitting there thinking wildly, only cared about his own comfort, but he didn't notice that someone walked in and was watching his jokes.

"Li Chao? Not good. Liu Xiao? Wrong. Yi Jun? Not bad. That's it. Shi Bin opened his eyes immediately after thinking about it. It turned out that Sai Xishi, the female bandit leader, was sitting on a wicker chair by the door and watching him. Although he didn't say anything out of the ordinary, it was obvious that the square was a little messy, and it was easy to make people laugh.

However, the new wife in front of her would not do this, although she was a rough person, she was coarse and fine, and she would definitely not laugh at Shi Bin for such a small matter the size of a sesame mung bean.

"What is Yi Jun, yes, it's him? My prefectural magistrate. Sai Xi Shi seemed to see through his thoughts, and looked at Shi Bin with a smile.

Now, Shi Bin didn't even dare to look at Sai Xishi, afraid that once he looked at him, he would be too embarrassed.

"I heard that you, Brother Yi Jun, don't seem to be doing anything legitimate like me, right?" Sai Xi Shi asked with a smile.

Seeing Sai Xishi asking Shi Bin so knowingly, he was a little angry, but good men don't fight with women, and they don't bother to pay attention to her cynicism. Just nodded coldly.

"He seems to be an ancestral gravedigger?"

"Don't say it so ugly, it's engaged in underground mining. I accidentally dug up someone's ancestral grave. Shi Bin said vaguely and weakly.

Underground mining, not careful? Such an explanation can make Sai Xi Shi lean forward and backward with laughter.

Shi Bin, who was already irritable, saw that Sai Xi Shi was so presumptuous, and immediately became angry, and shouted: "Sai Xi Shi! Laugh out and laugh! Don't bother me here, I have a bunch of things to do, I don't have time to listen to you talk nonsense here! ”

Although she knew that Shi Bin had been under a lot of pressure recently, she had never lost her temper since she got married, but today she was so angry with her, which made her very unhappy.

This female bandit leader is not a master to be messed with, and immediately the Hedong lion roared: "I'll just let it go, what's wrong?" Only the governor is allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps! Didn't you just talk nonsense? ”

Since entering the door, Sai Xishi has restrained a lot, and Shi Bin didn't expect that she would also lose her temper today, and sure enough, she was still the female leader in the bandit village.

The two choked, and neither of them wanted to compromise, so they had an all-martial arts trip in the study.

Fortunately, both of them were merciful, Shi Bin was just a little scratched, and Sai Xishi was only torn off a few hairs, but he had long lost the temperament of the official family, and was more like a poor couple who had just finished quarreling, which seemed too tasteless.

It was considered that all the energy was exhausted, and the two stopped arguing and sat on the ground to rest.

didn't rest for long, another person came in, and said with a smile: "Enough of the two of you?" Before the two could react, the man shouted again: "If you have enough noise, get me up!" Shi Bin, don't you know how to let your wife go? Sai Xishi, do you think this is still in a cottage, you can make noise if you want? This is an official's mansion, and there are rules! ”

As soon as I heard this voice, I knew that it was Jia Ling who was coming, and I knew that she was a pregnant woman waiting for labor, and she was of noble birth, so Sai Xishi could only endure it. Shi Bin didn't want to endure it, and said angrily: "If you can help me solve these problems, I won't be so angry, if you can't solve the problem, will you still teach me a lesson here?" ”

As the eldest lady of an official family, Jia Ling naturally understands the suffering, and she doesn't care about Shi Bin, not to mention that she is not suitable for her pregnancy, so she just asked about the specific situation.

But she didn't expect that because of one or two sentences, the two of them would have a martial arts competition, and she could only smile helplessly.

Jia Ling, who was not suitable to stand for a long time, also found a chair and sat down under the care of Xiaoqin, hearing the name Yi Jun, she naturally guessed Shi Bin's crooked idea, in fact, there is no one who is not an official.

However, most of them are fish and meat in the world, and there are too few people like Shi Bin who dare to let his subordinates dig other people's ancestral graves, after all, digging people's ancestral graves is more hateful than killing people in this era.

However, Jia Ling, a naughty woman, wanted to know why her husband would come up with such a ridiculous idea as digging a grave for money, and decided to severely punish the person who gave Shi Bin this idea.

What disappointed Jia Ling, a woman who is good at observing words and feelings, was that such a lewd idea was actually come up with by her husband. He wished it was Yi Jun's filthy guy who reminded him, but it wasn't him.

"Don't you know that this is destroying people's feng shui? It's a great sin. Jia Ling looked at Shi Bin like an idiot.

Geomancy? He had heard of it, but as an atheist he didn't believe in Feng Shui. Isn't it just a coffin buried in a dirt bag, and what feng shui is said, pure nonsense.

"I don't believe in feng shui, anyway, all the money of those rich people is obtained by the common people. Isn't it good to break their feng shui and help the people? Shi Bin also said confidently.

And such a fallacy? This is the most unacceptable but not completely unreasonable fallacy that Jia Ling heard for the first time in her life. Even Sai Xishi, who was sitting on the ground resting, looked at Shi Bin with wide eyes as if he was looking at a devil. The two never thought that an official who loved nurses and civilians so much would be so unafraid of bad other people's feng shui!

It is the heaviest criminal law for those heinous criminals, that is, they are executed for a long time, and even the nine clans rarely dig up people's ancestral graves.

They didn't want their husbands to be scolded by thousands of people, and the reputation they had accumulated with great difficulty was lost, so they had to explain patiently, saying that digging people's ancestral graves was despised, and the entire Great Song Dynasty could not tolerate him.

After hearing these words, Shi Bin laughed, thinking that Shi Bin was unrepentant, and the two then taught a lesson.

"Two good ladies, will you listen to me?"

Seeing that Shi Bin was not joking, he stopped and let him speak, wanting to see what fallacy he could come up with.

"Didn't Wang San say that the salt and iron official camp? But I thought of something that wasn't official, but I had to send a suitable person to manage it, so I thought of Yi Jun. After speaking, Shi Bin was silent.

The two ladies, one is the eldest lady of the feudal official's family, and the other is the female bandit leader in the southern cottage, and in a hurry, where can they guess what else can be mined underground.

Shi Bin knew that sooner or later they would know what they were going to do, but he had just vented his frustration and troubles through a fight, and he could work with peace of mind, so he went to the council hall again, leaving only two women standing there stupidly and thinking hard.

It wasn't until Xu Feng's guard brought the coal stove that spread choking smoke into the house that Jia Ling and the others suddenly realized what Shi Bin wanted to mine.

On the way to the council room, Shi Bin knew that mining and digging graves were definitely not the same thing, but it should have something to do with it, and maybe there were already professional books on mineral development.

So he gave another order: Liu Xiancheng was also invited to discuss, he should know more about the distribution of minerals in Xiangtan than others.

As soon as everyone entered the door of the chamber, Shi Bin spoke: "Brothers, for my brother, I want to bring up the old matter again today, and let's re-explore the issue of opening a mine in our Xiangtan. ”

Wang San has already explained this issue clearly, saying that all minerals belong to the state, and unauthorized mining will be punished, and now Shi Bin is talking about it again. It seems that there is Jia Yidao's support, and everyone in the hall thinks so.

"You brothers don't have to guess like this, for the brothers are not trying to mine the minerals controlled by the state, such as gold, silver, copper, and iron, but to play a game of marginal football." Shi Bin explained with a smile.

"Sideball"? No one understands this word, what kind of ball is a side ball? Wang San and Liu Xiancheng, who had been familiar with each other for a long time, guessed what Shi Bin meant.

"My lord said, let's borrow fame for profit?" Liu Xiancheng asked.

Shi Bin doesn't like the word "borrowing fame for profit", and the taste of using power for personal gain is too heavy.

"Yes and no. It is estimated that the eldest brother means to follow the path of Lord Jia and ask him to obtain some mining rights for our county. Wang San said with a smile.

Shi Bin admired the ingenuity of the two and said with a smile: "The two of you are right, but I am ready to 'cut first and then play', and only mine coal for the time being." Coal has always been a necessity, and it is necessary to increase the demand sharply in winter, so it is best to play the sidelines. Even if things can't be done, Shangfeng can't be held accountable, not to mention that there is also Lord Jia to help, and when the time comes, it's just a big deal to spend a little hush money. ”

This is indeed a good idea, but Liu Xiancheng, a powerful character, immediately raises a very real problem: most of the coal mines that have been discovered already have owners. Although some of them do not have owners, they are afraid that they will not have enough power to mine.

According to Shi Bin's idea, he still opened a porridge shop, attracted another 10,000 or 20,000 refugees to come and join, and let them go to mine after settling them down. There is a safe day, and these people who have suffered from displacement will surely work for him with all their might.

Liu Xiancheng and Wang San shook their heads helplessly when they heard Shi Bin's words. It seems that the big guy in the hall still doesn't understand the importance of food. Now, even if you have silver, you may not be able to buy grain, so what we need to do now is to "stock up on grain" rather than "hoarding mines" or "hoarding silver".

Wang San saw that Shi Bin was still ignorant and didn't know why, so he explained: "Big brother, this is not the case. Silver is not food, food is the most important. ”

Of course, he knew that food was the most important thing, but he still didn't understand it thoroughly.

"My lord, I guess you have been in the mountains for a long time and don't understand the life of those farmers. Most of them live in this way by replacing new rice with coarse grains or old rice, and fine vegetables with coarse grains or stale rice. Worse still, simply eat moldy rice. Liu Xiancheng explained with a smile.

He understands all this, but he still doesn't understand why they keep shouting for grain, their grain is already surplus, and it will definitely be piled up in another year or two, but it is not good for new rice to become old rice and moldy rice.

"The problem is that we can't let the new rice be ruined like this! Do you want the people to eat old rice and moldy rice every year? Shi Bin said anxiously.

After a long time, it turned out that Shi Bin thought that if he didn't eat the new rice, it would be a waste, and everyone sighed that this adult really paid attention to the quality of life.

As soon as Shi Bin's words fell, the hall immediately burst into laughter, and Wang San couldn't help but smile and explained: "Big brother, thank God for having a stutter to fill your stomach in this troubled world, what do you care about old rice and moldy rice?" Did you know that people in many places now eat Guanyin soil? ”

Of course, Shi Bin understands these things, but he can't bear to let the people eat those old rice and moldy rice.

"If the eldest brother wants to expand his sphere of influence as soon as possible, don't care about this. If you want to occupy only this city, you can do it. ”

Things are back to the original state, and it is not feasible to gather refugees to open mines, nor is it feasible to take other people's coal mines, so what should we do?

"Why don't we take a stake?" Li Chao said.

Joint-stock system? This made Shi Bin smile, ran over and patted Li Chao's back vigorously, and said while patting: "Li Chao, you are really amazing, you actually thought of the best of both worlds to buy shares, and solved our urgent need!" ”

Of course, Li Chao was happy that Shi Bin praised everyone's praise so much, but he couldn't stand Shi Bin's hard slap on the back, and moved away while nodding.

Shi Bin, who noticed the abnormality, suddenly thought of his severed palm, immediately withdrew his palm, and smiled apologetically.

"The question is, what do we use to buy shares? What if they don't let us in? Shi Bin asked, after all, he still didn't want to use his power to oppress others and use his power for personal gain.

Everyone was indeed a little sad when they heard Shi Bin's first question, but they all seemed to want to laugh when they heard the second question.

It is true that we have to think about what to use as a shareholder, and we have to set up a good name, but there is absolutely no possibility of not letting Shi Bin become a shareholder, unless those coal bosses don't want to do any more business in Xiangtan.

'Protection fee', this is the first word that flashed into Li Chao's mind. It's a very good way, but it can't be said so explicitly, and you have to put it another way.

"What do you brothers think about collecting some 'security money'?" Li Chao said with a smile.

As soon as they heard this name, everyone immediately understood the meaning, especially Liu Xiancheng's expression was the most interesting, as if he was looking at a guy who "became a bitch and wanted to set up a memorial arch".

However, he was the first to express his support, because he had seen too many such things for a long time, but he didn't expect that Li Chao, a water bandit, could come up with such a bad "good idea".

Shi Bin saw that the matter came out of a general framework, and said that the matter was over for the time being, and everyone went back to think about it to check and fill in the gaps, and then looked at it while walking when the actual action came.