Fort No. 5 was particularly clean and tidy on this day, perhaps because the commander of the envoy came, not only did all the guards on the sentry wash their clothes cleanly, but the cement floor in the fort seemed to be washed with water, spotless.

Luo Zongshan walked into the conductor Ma Kai's study almost on tiptoe, as if he was afraid of stepping on the ground, Ma Kai saw his strange appearance, and couldn't help but say: "Old Luo, what's wrong with you, are the soles of your feet injured?" “

When Luo Zongshan heard this, he hurriedly stepped on his feet, straightened his chest, and gave a standard military salute, and then said with a smile: "Master Ma, I'm fine, I'm just afraid that I will step on the ground, aren't my shoes stained with mud." “

When Ma Kai heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You, are you still afraid of people stepping on the dirty, don't worry, you are coming early, and then later, when all the thousands of households have rushed over, the ground is not a place of mud, rest assured, there are special people to clean it." “

When Luo Zongshan heard this, he touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "That's good, that's good." “

Ma Kai looked at the large handful of bacon he was holding in his right hand, and couldn't help but be curious: "Why are you carrying so much dried meat, do you plan to sell it on the street?" It may not be easy to sell at this time, but I heard Master Qiao say that in the future, several nearby capitals will negotiate to open the market in turn, and when there are more people rushing to the market, the meat will be easy to sell. “

Luo Zongshan hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, no, my subordinates are not for sale, but for you to eat, anyway, we have a lot of meat there, so I will bring some to you by the way." “

This is a little bit called, he was brought over by two people, and it was transferred to him alone when he entered the door, and this lot was at least forty or fifty pounds!

Ma Kai shook his head again and smiled bitterly, however, he did not refuse, but shouted to the door: "Xiao Yue." “

When Zhang Yue, who was standing at the door, heard this, he hurriedly ran in and saluted, and said loudly: "My subordinates are here." “

Ma Kai pointed to the meat in Luo Zongshan's hand and instructed: "Go and bring it to your sister-in-law, tell her to fry more, so that everyone can taste it, Lao Luo's bacon is a rare delicacy." “

When Zhang Yue heard this, he hurriedly took the bacon in Luo Zongshan's hand, said "Okay", and then ran out with a smoke.

When Zhang Yue ran out with the meat, Ma Kai said kindly: "Lao Luo, you haven't eaten yet, let's eat together later, and try your sister-in-law's craftsmanship." “

Luo Zongshan rubbed his hands a little embarrassed and said: "This, this is not good, we brought buns, just eat some casually later." “

Ma Kai said undoubtedly: "What's wrong, don't go, just eat here, go to a meeting together after eating, you give me a long face this time, less than a month I found a large coal mine, this achievement, in Xibo dozens of divisions are top-notch, all command the adults to praise you, if not wait for the meeting, I want to invite you to have a good drink." “

When Luo Zongshan heard this, not to mention how happy he was, his mouth was modest, "It's just luck, it's just luck", but his face was smiling like a flower.

Ma Kai didn't pay attention to his obedient appearance, but asked solemnly: "Have you read the rules of mining operations?" “

Luo Zongshan hurriedly nodded and said, "After looking at it, it seems that there is still some contract to be signed, isn't this exactly what I am here to ask you." “

Ma Kai nodded and said: "Yes, you have to sign a contract with the Daming Royal Machinery Group, you are responsible for mining, they are responsible for sales, and in order to ensure that the Daming Royal Machinery Group can make a profit, you can only collect half of the market price, and you must also pay for the money you have to pay for mining." “

These Luo Zongshan all know, but he is not very clear about the price of this coal, because at this time coal has just begun to be sold in the entire Ming Dynasty, and most people don't know what the unified price is, he couldn't help but ask with anticipation: "Master Ma, do you know how much coal is sold for a pound now?" “

Ma Kai heard this, explained: "Coal is not sold by catties, what can you do when you buy a pound of coal, at least you have to buy a hundred catties, the current price is calculated according to a thousand catties, a thousand catties is about a little more than two taels, in addition to the taxes that should be paid, you can only calculate one or two thousand catties when you settle with Daming Royal Machinery Group." “

One two thousand pounds! That's not great, he is an open-pit mine, just dig it and pick it up on the train, a load of coal is a hundred catties, a middle-aged laborer picks a dozen or twenty a day is like playing, that's one or two taels of silver, according to each person a day to pick twenty loads, hire a thousand people, a day is two thousand taels, half of the salary, a day can earn a thousand taels, get rich, get rich!

Ma Kai saw him trembling with excitement, and couldn't help but warn: "You should also know the rules, first, it is strictly forbidden to sell it privately; second, no indiscriminate mining; Third, we must not embezzle profits. If these are violated, you, a thousand households, will be able to do it. “

When Luo Zongshan heard this, he hurriedly nodded and said: "These subordinates know, but how to divide this profit, have you put down your words?" “

Ma Kai's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "This commander has mentioned to me, the military department has already set the rules after organizing everyone to discuss, all the mining income of Xibowei must be handed over to half of the military department, two percent to the command of the embassy, two percent to the guard, the remaining half, the thousand households can only take one percent, and the other four percent must be distributed to the people below." “

Luo Zongshan also knew that it was impossible for all the money earned to belong to him, and the points should be scored.

First of all, your subordinates must share the money, otherwise who will guard the mine for you;

Then, the military department will definitely score the money, if the military department does not transfer them over, where will they earn this money;

In the end, the capital and the guard above must also divide the money, and if they had not covered it, such good things would have fallen on their heads.

In short, he definitely won't get a big deal of this money, he has long been clear about this, originally he thought that it would be good to be able to drink some soup, but he never thought that he could get a profit of 10%, which is a hundred taels a day!

One hundred taels a day, ten days is one thousand taels, one hundred days is ten thousand taels, and a year is more than 30,000 taels, counting and calculating, Luo Zongshan scared himself, oh my God, more than 30,000 taels a year, he almost fainted with fright!

This is indeed a bit exaggerated, a thousand households can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, and the commander of the guard post above, they can have five thousand households, and the commander is even more incredible, they all have twenty-five thousand households, it stands to reason that the commander and the commander should make more, because there are many minerals in Siberia, and in the end, at least half of the thousand households will find mineral deposits in their own jurisdiction, and it is difficult for the commander and the commander not to get rich.

In this way, within ten years, the commanders and commanders of the Xiberdus, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and even the military households below will be rich, so is it unfair to others?

Zhu Cijiong had known that this would happen for a long time, but he still had to do it.

First of all, you can't put any money into your own hands, no matter how much money you have, he can't spend much, you must get rich below, the consumption power can be raised, and the economy of the Ming Dynasty can form a virtuous circle.

Then, there is a more important point, the vast majority of the soldiers of the regular army are selected from the cantonment, that is to say, most of the military families have relatives who serve in the regular army, and this territory is all fought by them, and they should be allowed to share the dividends of expanding the territory.