In the first month of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, the Tang army's fortress and military fortress policy in Liaodong basically achieved the set goal. A large number of remnants of the Buyeo tribe came out of the mountains and forests to surrender one after another, even if they knew that they would become coolie slave laborers, but it was better than becoming a savage in the mountains.

It is easy to enter civilization, but it is difficult to return to nature.

"There are open-air charcoal in the north and south of the water, and if you can build a road to the wide area of the water, you can transport it out."

After Niu Xiu was stationed in Pyongyang City, there were naturally "strange and skillful" people among the staff of the Governor's Office. Even if Niu Jinda looked down on him in his heart, but these people were half related to Zhang De, so he couldn't ignore them.

was promoted twice, relying on Zhang's uncle and nephew, Niu Jinda knew it in his heart.

"Shiro still understands this?" Niu Jinda asked Zhang Lishou with a smile.

"The shop that dries briquettes in Pyongyang City now is my brother of the Hun family, who used to do it in Yangzhou, and the feasible market is fierce, how can he get his little output."

Zhang Lishou, who had not been transferred to North Korea for a long time, said, "Chief, the brothers' tents now also use coal stoves, but they also have to make a living, so why don't you let people dig coal and build roads, and then sell these things to Denglai." If you go by sea, you can go back and forth in a day. ”

Hearing Zhang Lishou's words, how could Niu Jinda say that he was not moved? He looks down on these clever people, but Kaiyuan Tongbao earns a lot and his eyes are hot.

Selling his life to the emperor is counting on the future. At the moment in front of the door, I knew that I could get rich in my pocket, but I couldn't use the means, which made people anxious.

"Where's the way this came from?"

"The manager, the manager and Zou Guogong are brothers, and the brothers are quite righteous with Xiao Zhanggong. Let's just say that the young patriarch of the Black Tooth tribe who came to the labor army before was also his own person. Are you still afraid that there is no way out on the shore in this sea? ”

"Blacktooth is a clever man."

"That's it, the spirit of the injuring died a long time ago."

Saying that, Zhang Lishou said, "Nowadays, Wendeng County and Penglai County also use more coal. Charcoal is good, but it's expensive. The charcoal is a little worse, but it's cheaper. There are many whaling men in Dongmu, but the coal in Shandong is pointed to Laizhou Qizhou, isn't it? Even if you know that there is coal in the south of Ye County, someone has to dig it. In these years, labor costs a lot of money. ”

When it came to labor, Niu Jinda's eyes lit up, Shandong people are rich and unwilling to dig coal, but North Koreans are not. At present, although there are more women and fewer men in Pyongyang City, in the end, they have to support their families, and they have to go out to toss, right?

"What Shiro means, the old man doesn't understand."

Niu Jinda hesitated and said, "However, at present, the major policies of North Korea are to build roads and quell chaos. Although the remnants of Goguryeo were wiped out, there were still remnants. If the old man asks people to dig coal, where will the labor for building the road come from? It's a big thing for Your Majesty, and the old man is a small matter for losing his official affairs. ”

"Boss, don't let us do this. Let's let the young patriarch of the Black Tooth Department do it, won't it be fine? When the time comes, whether he is catching and supporting others, or being a man, or even having trouble with his own people, what does this have to do with us? When the time comes, the manager will just tell the truth. ”

Anyway, I also worked as a bodyguard for Zhang De back then, one of the four male bodyguards in Liangfeng County, Chang'an City, and I have never eaten pork and seen pigs run.

His eyes rolled around and rubbed his beard, Niu Jinda was already moved. Zhang Lishou is not bad, people with black teeth carry black pots and make money, he is such a general manager of the Korean Provincial Army, he can't just say just take a look.

Okay, he Niu Xiu can be high-spirited, and Hei Tooth Show can really turn a blind eye?

Do you want to mix with society?

The imperial court is very concerned about the border army's hand economy, and the army has financial resources, so can it still be obedient? Isn't that a fuss?

So Niu Jinda is very careful, he can only say that he makes a small profit, and the top day is to take the friends in the shogunate to make a small fortune together.

If he is really like the Central Plains Xungui, who is tens of thousands of looms and tens of thousands of cattle at every turn, then the grass on his grave should also be the rhythm of "one year old and one withered".

"How big can this water charcoal be?"

"Lu Tian's can't make much of a big deal, and besides, we have to transport it to Denglai. You have to make briquettes and briquettes first, otherwise you will be a charcoal block, which is to make hard-earned money. ”

To tell the truth, the old man was moved. How many years can we kill men? In the southeast and northwest, all the people who should be killed have been killed, and I heard that now that Chu is flat, even the government soldiers can't be used. Sooner or later, there will be people and horses to release Nanshan, but even if the fighting man goes home, what can he do? If you really go to farm, you will make a living. ”

In today's field market, Niu Jinda is also a "big landlord", where he doesn't know how to grow food, he won't make money at all, and if he wants to live a decent life, mulberry fields, cotton fields and even sugarcane fields are the truth.

But this truth is not for the big head soldiers, give the big head soldiers 300 acres of Yongye land, he really dares to fool casually? The imperial court has hard indicators, and the tax will not say that if you are fooled, it will be less. It should be a grain tax, it should be a bean tax, it should be a bean tax, and you have to pay it when you grow cotton.

Large households can pay money to buy grain to deduct taxes, because large households have a thick foundation and are rich and capricious. The big-headed soldiers are holding hundreds of acres of land, how dare they be presumptuous? A loss in a quarter is a debt for a few years, and if you don't do it in this life, you will get into it and become a long-term worker in someone else's family.

There is no other way out, or there is no new income, and if you don't save some points now, the fighting men who unload their armor and return to the field will go bankrupt sooner or later.

The powerful do not play land annexation, and the large households can tie the small households to the cultivation of grain just by relying on the "interest rate difference". Even if there is a real upgrade of agricultural technology, the word technology, no matter how big or small, is difficult, it will appear in the form of "industrial products". And who can produce "industrial goods"?

Niu Jin can't get through the economy, but as a big household, he still knows a little bit about what he can and can't take advantage of.

As for the present, although it is mainly because of his own enthusiasm and enthusiasm, he also wants to save some money for his subordinates.

"If the chief manager is afraid of future troubles, it is better to directly invite the emperor and see what the emperor means."

"Can you tell Your Majesty about this?"

Niu Jinda was stunned for a moment, thinking that Zhang Lishou was just talking nonsense, but he immediately calmed down, pondering Zhang Lishhou's proposal, and suddenly felt that this was not impossible.

Seeing that Niu Jinda really had this plan, Zhang Lishou panicked and hurriedly said: "Boss, that's all I said, if the emperor is angry, don't talk about charcoal, you can't even earn stones." ”

"No, Shiro, you're not wrong, it's not a bad thing to make this matter clear to the emperor."

"Uh......"

"That's it."

Niu Jinda slapped the board, and he didn't plan to write a recital, he was going to go directly to Yalu Water to talk to the emperor about this matter.

A few days later, Niu Jin arrived at the Yalu Water Camp, and after meeting the emperor, he told him what he thought. Li Shimin did not say yes, nor did he say no, but only gave a few words of commendation, and then asked Niu Jinda to return to Pyongyang City.

By February, Niu Jinda thought that this matter was yellow, and regretted why he was so stupid to go to the emperor to say this. Now if you go to the Huangshui open field coal mine, isn't this asking for hardship and being scolded as a dog?

However, what I never expected was that when Niu Jinda sighed, the emperor sent an angel out and announced a decree to Niu Jinda.

"Envoy, this 'Department of Health and Welfare of the Ministry of War' is not under the control of the Ministry of War?"

"This is the same as the Department of Agriculture, it is a yamen directly under the Hongwen Pavilion, and the Ministry of War has no right to intervene."

"Oh, thank you, Envoy."

Niu Jinda carried the holy decree and was a little uneasy: Lao Tzu, is there something going on?