Deng Tingzhen is also quite appreciative of Yi Zhi's compromise, he is twenty years old, and he is a young man, not only controlling a huge amount of silver taels, but also winning the weight of many officials in Guangzhou.

After a slight hesitation, he smiled and said, "How many dragon dollars has the mint already hoarded?" ”

"It's less than 100,000." Yi Zhizhi said: "It will take a large number of machines to arrive in the peak season this year before a large number of casting, and it is expected to be launched next year." ”

Next year? Deng Tingzhen was a little disappointed, he really couldn't wait, and after a slight pause, he said: "Can't you release it while casting?" ”

Yi Zhifen smiled and said: "There are a lot of silver dollars circulating on the market today, with different weights, different sizes, and different fineness. Let the whole of Guangdong only circulate the dragon yuan of Yuanqi, so as to achieve the purpose of expelling the foreign yuan, which requires a certain amount of dragon yang, and it is estimated that at least 10 million can be launched before it can be launched. ”

Yiliang hurriedly asked, "Ten million?" Can you mint 10 million next year? ”

"No problem." Easy to know the way of affirmation.

Deng Tingzhen knew very little about the issuance and circulation of coins, and he didn't dare to urge him to rush to the results of his reasoning, so he muttered slightly, and changed the topic: "The machine silk reeling factory recruits female workers, although the number is large, but it is not a problem, but the Changle Machinery Factory is all male workers and most of them are young and strong, and it is easy to hide traitors when gathering people, especially it is necessary to strictly guard against the development of the congregation in the factory. ”

"Your Excellency reminds you of that." Yi Zhizu bowed slightly and said: "I think that although the machine silk reeling factory is a female worker, I don't dare to slack off, since the beginning of the factory, I have been thinking about how to prevent the infiltration of the gang. At present, there is no proper way to do it, but to openly prohibit it on the surface, secretly plant eyes and ears, inquire at any time, and once a gang member is found, it will be expelled. Never hired. ”

Seeing that he was thoughtful, Deng Tingzhen nodded, and did not say anything, he was actually not very worried about Changle Machinery Factory, after all, Yuan Qi's salary was high, and most craftsmen cherished the opportunity to enter the factory.

Seeing that the two of them were no longer questioning, Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The route of the Focan-Guangzhou Railway has been surveyed, and it has been preliminarily decided, and the survey matters have been completed. In May and June of this year, ground will be broken to all the railroad tracks ordered from Citigroup, the cost is very high, and once the inspection is passed, it will inevitably continue to be built, and the rails must not rely on foreign countries.

Since last year, I have been checking the county records of the prefectures and counties of Guangxi and Guangxi in detail. According to the county records of Changhua County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, there are copper mines in Shilu. A group of craftsmen were recruited to explore, but the news that came back said that there were not many copper mines, but there were large high-quality iron ores, but the transportation was inconvenient, and it was estimated that the railway would have to be built. If there are really large-scale high-quality iron mines, the cost of railways will be greatly reduced in the future. ”

Changhua County, Qiongzhou Prefecture? Yi Liang listened to it, isn't that the place where Yi Zhizhi chose to train the horse gang? Is there really an iron mine, or is it an excuse for Yi Zhizhi to go and see how the caravan is training? Trained the caravan to plant crows on a trial basis in the tea horse trade roads of the vassal countries. film, he is very concerned about this matter. Of course, if there is a large high-quality iron mine in Shilu, this will mean another tax revenue for Guangdong, which is also a great thing for Guangdong.

Deng Tingzhen was attracted by the significant reduction in the cost of the railway, and hurriedly asked, "Is this serious?" ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded and said: "It's true that there is an iron mine, but it depends on how long the railway will be built?" After a pause, he continued: "Now that the imperial court's ban on iron ore has been lifted, right?" ”

"Except for the gold and silver mines, the ban on other mines has been lifted." Yiliang hurriedly said: "The emperor has also issued a clear edict for this, 'Since ancient times, the way of the country has been the first to be the people, and the natural benefits of heaven and earth have not been sufficient for the people and the country is insufficient, and it was originally for the use of all the people. Saying that, he looked at Deng Tingzhen and said, "It seems that there is another edict, which can be remembered by the ministers?" ”

Deng Tingzhen smiled, and then said: "The act of mining is to return the world with the benefits of heaven and earth, and it is still rich for the people." ”

Daoguang is still so open? Yi Zhixiang was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Then the specific mining is governmental?" Commercial? Or is it a joint venture between the government and business? ”

"Business Office!" Deng Tingzhen and Yiliang said in unison without thinking, both of them knew that the government, the government and the business are not as good as the business, although the business is at a loss, but it saves trouble and worry, just collect the cash, and the mining investment is not a decimal, Changhua County is not a small number, the transportation is inconvenient, and the railway is repaired, how much silver is needed, and the treasury does not have so much silver.

The two people who saw it said in unison about the business office, and Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "How much does the business office cost?" ”

"The imperial court has a system." Deng Tingzhen said: "Depending on the value of minerals, the weight of the tax rules is different, and coal and iron are the cheapest, and they are worth five out of 100." ”

This is not an ordinary cheap, it seems that the imperial court's management of mineral deposits is still in a very rough mode, a little muttering, Yi Zhizhi nodded and said: "That is the case, with a little preparation, I will go to Changhua in a few days." ”

Deng Tingzhen said: "How long does contentment take?" ”

"About three months, it won't be too long." Yi Zhizhi said: "I have to come back before the peak season of maritime trade." ”

After a deep sigh, Deng Tingzhen said: "Most of Citigroup's merchant ships will arrive before the peak season of maritime trade. ”

"Don't worry, sir." Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "I will arrange everything in the next meeting, the Western artillery will arrive, and it will be unloaded and placed directly in Humen, and before leaving, I will go to Humen to visit the military gate." ”

Coming out of the signing room, Yi Zhizhi but felt relaxed, this went to the eight institutes, not only to avoid Lin Zexu's three fires, but also to justifiably develop Shilu iron mine, Shilu is a large open-pit iron mine, he didn't think about sneaky mining at all, to build a railway port to transport the ore out, how could it be sneaky.

Out of the Governor's Palace, Yi Zhishu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was already noon, Li Wang greeted him with a sedan chair, and said respectfully: "Young Master, where are we going?" After getting on the sedan chair, Yi Zhizhi said: "Go to Henan." ”

Yi Zhizu went to Henan Island not to go to Yixue, but to Changle Machinery Factory, with the mint set up in Changle Factory, the factory's system and safety protection have become stricter, along the way can be seen in black coats of factory guards.

The mint is newly expanded, located in the east of the factory, the entire mint is isolated by a high-walled compound, forming an independent courtyard, where the security is much stricter, Yi Zhishu didn't even bring Li Wang, and entered the compound alone, he naturally did not come to care about the coinage, but to care about firearms, and this compound also hides a small manufacturing factory. (To be continued.) )