??“ Brother Xiao, old Jiang ......" Wu Zhi greeted him, pointing to the thing in their arms with a puzzled expression: "This is?" ”

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Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing's faces turned a little red, and they didn't know if it was because of the excitement or the heavy things in their arms.

"Good!"

When they arrived at the study, as soon as Wu Zhi sat down, Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing put the things in their arms on Wu Zhi's desk, lifted the red cloth, and looked relaxed.

"Huh?"

Looking at the two things in front of him, Wu Zhi's eyes couldn't help but widen.

In front of him were two stones placed on a mahogany base, the shape of the stone was not special, it was irregular in shape, and the top was very mottled, with cyan and earthy colors, mixed with yellow particles.

"What kind of stone is this?"

Wu Zhi pinched his chin, generally speaking, only the strange stones for enjoyment will be matched with the precious mahogany base, but the most famous strange stones in the Great Song Dynasty are just Lingbi Stone, Taihu Stone and Kun Stone, these stones Wu Zhi has a treasure collection at home, and the stone in front of him is not a famous stone no matter how you look at it.

What's more, even if it is a strange stone that pays tribute to Zhao Ji, it will not be escorted by Xiao Rang in person.

"It's ore!"

Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing didn't sell Guan Zi, and told Wu Zhi excitedly.

"Oh?" Wu Zhi's eyes lit up, and he pointed to the stone and said happily: "Could this be a copper mine?" Where can I find it? What is the amount of ore? ”

Wu Zhi knew that since Xiao Rang personally came from Qingzhou to bring ore samples to him, then this mine must be mineable.

"Great official!"

Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing glanced at each other, unable to hide their excitement and joy.

"It's not copper ore, it's gold ore, gold!"

"it!"

Wu Zhi was stunned at first, and then hurriedly picked up a stone on the table and looked at it carefully.

"It's gold ore!"

Holding the ore, Wu Zhi's heartbeat accelerated a little, although he didn't know how to identify the ore, he might feel that this fist of large-colored ore in his hand was heavier than a lump of iron, presumably the yellow particles on this stone were gold!

Seeing that Wu Zhi was really surprised, Xiao Rang smiled and said: "This gold ore has a very high gold content, and it is easy to refine, it is a high-grade gold ore." It was discovered by chance on a barren mountain on the five islands by a Qingzhou caravan during trade with Dongying! ”

Xiao Rang said, Wu Zhi immediately took out the latest sea map drawn by the Shandong Chamber of Commerce, and immediately found the five islands located in the northwest corner of the Kyushu region in southern Japan.

Jiang Jing pointed to Wudao and said excitedly: "After the caravan came back, he immediately reported the news to the Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce sent the teachers and students of the academy to Wudao secretly in conjunction with Qingzhou College, and after surveying, it was learned that there was a gold mine with a very high gold content in Wudao!" The preliminary estimate of surface gold can be mined is 500,000 taels! ”

Wu Zhi stared at Godao and secretly clenched his fists, it was really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it! As long as this gold mine is mined, then Da Song Bank can rely on gold and officially issue banknotes without any worries!

And because of this, the derivative benefits obtained by Da Song on this gold mine far exceed the entire gold content of the gold mine itself!

"Do the Japanese know about this gold mine?" Takeshi asked worriedly, after all, the five islands belonged to Japanese territory.

"This is a desert island, and the people of Dongying don't know it, and it's a mess over there, and even if they do, they can't afford to mine it." Xiao gave way.

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Wu Zhi forcibly suppressed his excitement and began to think about what to do with this gold mine.

"Great official, now Goto is the territory of Taro Miyamoto, the largest lord in the Jiuzhou region, and the reason why the Miyamoto family can become the largest lord of Jiuzhou is all due to the support of our Shandong Chamber of Commerce, and our Shandong Chamber of Commerce has always been good friends. Lao Jiang and I suggested that the officials order our Shandong Chamber of Commerce to buy or lease Goto from Miyamoto Taro, and then secretly mine gold and transport it to the Great Song Bank. Xiao Rang said cautiously.

Jiang Jing also said: "Miyamoto Taro will not refuse the Shandong Chamber of Commerce, they don't know that there are gold mines in Goto, and they will definitely sell Goto to us at an extremely cheap price." And our Shandong Chamber of Commerce is fully capable of mining this gold mine alone, and only our Shandong Chamber of Commerce has this strength! Once the gold mine starts mining, then our entire Chamber of Commerce, as well as Dasong Bank, will definitely ......"

Jiang Jing didn't continue, but Wu Zhi knew what he meant, if the Shandong Chamber of Commerce and the Great Song Bank, which were already rich and rivaled, got another gold mine, then their strength would expand rapidly, and at that time, they were afraid that the entire Great Song Dynasty would not have any money in Shandong.

Wu Zhi nodded and slowly sat down in his chair, his fingers tapping on the table in thought.

Wu Zhi wasn't thinking about how to deal with the gold mine, he already had an idea in his heart, but it was different from Xiao Rang Jiang Jing.

He knew that Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing's words were not only the meaning of the two of them, but also represented the interests of the entire Shandong Chamber of Commerce and the senior management of Dasong Bank. Even if Wu Zhi is in a high position in the imperial court, he still says the same thing in the Shandong Chamber of Commerce and the Deyi Lou Group, but as a leader, he must also pay enough attention to the ideas of the high-level.

"Brother Xiao, Lao Jiang, what did you say you followed me to make a lot of money in your career?" Wu Zhi looked at the two and asked.

"This ......"

The two of them were stunned, the ultimate goal of other businessmen was just to make a lot of money, but they didn't seem to be the same as Wu Zhi. Because if they only want to make money, it will be too easy, but along the way, they have been walking on thin ice carefully, and they have been working hard with Wu Zhi conscientiously, as if they were ...... The ultimate goal isn't just to make money.

"The big officials have the world in their hearts, and they are determined to live for the common people in our Great Song Dynasty, which is also our original intention."

Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing were a little ashamed: "It was we who were blinded by the world's flies." ”

Seeing that the two understood what they meant, Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Haha, only a good country can be good!" If I didn't have so many moths in the Great Song Dynasty, I would have kept the gold mine private. ”

Although Wu Zhi is not a member of the Five Bars Young Pioneers, he still intends to hand over the gold mine to the state.

"But don't worry, even if the matter of the gold mine is reported to the imperial court, our Da Song Bank and the Shandong Chamber of Commerce will also have control of the gold mine."

"We understand that the big officials want to take advantage of the opportunity of the gold mine to officially obtain the power of the Great Song Bank to issue paper money to the imperial court."

"In this way, this is more precious than ten gold mines for the people of my Great Song Dynasty!"

Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing sighed.

"Everything is still unknown." Wu Zhi looked at Xiao Rang and Jiang Jing deeply: "Brother Xiao, I won't keep you anymore, you take Lao Jiang back to Qingzhou immediately, keep a close eye on the gold mine, don't make any mistakes, if nothing happens, I will return to Qingzhou after a while!" ”

Hearing that Wu Zhi was going back to Qingzhou, the two were surprised, but they didn't ask much.

After the two left, Wu Zhi picked up the pen and began to write the recital.

The next day was supposed to be a day for the imperial court to rest, but in the study room of the Jixian Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, Zhao Ji personally sat in charge, and the six Shangshu of the court and the prime ministers of the two prefectures, as well as the senior officials such as the Imperial History Observatory of the Pavilion and the Imperial History Terrace were all present.

"Master Wu, is the news reliable?"

Tang Geng, the Imperial History Taizhong, asked Wu Zhi, who was sitting next to Cai Jing.

Wu Zhi reported the news of the discovery of the gold mine to Dongfu and Zhao Ji as soon as possible, so Zhao Ji convened such an emergency meeting of the important ministers of the imperial court today, and Shicai had already informed everyone of the content of the twist.

"Absolutely."

"Haha! With such a gold mine, then my Great Song Dynasty will definitely be stronger, and it will be no problem to recover Yanyun this year! ”

Wang Hao knew Zhao Ji's thoughts, and Zhao Ji nodded again and again with triumphant words.

"The problem now is that the five islands belong to the territory of Dongying, even if our Great Song Dynasty wants that gold mine, we can't take the initiative to invade other countries and damage the reputation of our Great Song Dynasty, right?" A loyal official said.

Chinese culture has always had only a unified concept of the Chinese land, and all wars have revolved around this. There is hardly any thought of invading other countries.

Murong Yanda said disdainfully: "It's just such a little bit of a desert island, it's not a big deal for our Great Song to bring it!" At most, a little money will be given to Dongying Kingdom...... They don't know there's a gold mine on it, so they won't fight with us! ”

After speaking, all the officials couldn't help but smile sinisterly.

You can't do without the fat in your mouth, and you must take the gold mine!

The main purpose of convening the meeting of the important ministers this time was to discuss how to get the five islands to get the gold mines, and after some discussion, the ministers were basically divided into two factions, one faction was headed by Tong Guan Wang Huang, and it was suggested that the five islands should be directly forcibly sent to occupy the territory of the Great Song Dynasty! Don't talk nonsense with the Japanese!

At the beginning, he couldn't bully the Liao State, but for Japan, the land of projectiles, the Great Song Dynasty still had the strength to bully at will.

The other faction, led by Cai Jing, advocated using Huairou means to come to Wuzhou Island from the hands of the Dongying people.

Most officials supported Cai Jing's method, and even Tang Geng, who had always been upright, agreed with Cai Jing's method with a clear conscience.

However, Wu Zhi thought that Tong Guan Wang Hao's tough methods were not advisable. The method of Cai Jing and others seems to be convenient, but they have great worries, once the Japanese finally know that they have been deceived, they are likely to unite the whole country to recapture the gold mine.

Even though the Great Song Dynasty was strong against Japan, it was too long and difficult to fight overseas, and it was not certain whether it could win or not.

The mining of gold is to make the quasi-principal for the issuance of banknotes by the Great Song Bank, and it must be stable.

In the end, Wu Zhi proposed a compromise solution, that is, to negotiate with the Japanese side to confess the gold mine, and the Great Song Dynasty would mine it, and then the Great Song side would take the gold mine and supply Japan with certain materials or copper coins. Under such favorable conditions, if the Japanese side does not know how to raise it again, then it will send troops to rob him and beat him!

Since Wu Zhi was the first official to report the gold mine, there was little opposition to his suggestion, except for one key concern.

With such a deal that obviously caused Japan to suffer a big loss, who should be sent to Japan to negotiate it?

That's a problem.

Even a scheming person like Cai Jing made it clear that even if he went to Japan in person, it would be impossible to negotiate.

"I'm going to Japan!"

Wu Zhi said in a calm tone: "I promise to win the gold mine under the most powerful conditions for my Great Song." ”

Anyone present who said such a thing would probably be ridiculed, but only Wu Zhi, including Zhao Ji, and all the officials, everyone trusted him!

"Good! With Wu Aiqing out of the horse, I can sit back and relax! ”