The Venetian is worthy of its image as Italy's ultimate-stirring stick, an international-level beaten professional, and a world-class hateful target.

Where there are Venetians, it's almost the same as if you were fighting with traitors by your side. The Venetians may only be determined to fight when they defend their territory.

For example, he fought with the Ottomans in Crete for 200 years (laughs). It should be added that Crete was eventually lost.

But Giustiniani succeeded in halting the sudden turn to decadence, and his efforts, the trust of Constantine XI, etc., allowed Constantinople to deal with the threat from Ottoman Turkey with all his heart.

Shift the perspective away from Constantinople.

I don't know if you still remember Jin Shanwei?

That's the planned mining area.

Throughout February, Qin Cang found that the entry and exit of the vault had almost no chance for him to exchange. This made Qin Cang begin to make up his mind to become a mint. If you can't keep the old coins in your hand, how can you exchange them? With the Mint, you can collect the old coins and exchange them for the new ones. But if this is the case, the connecting port and other places must be made large enough to protect the safety of Jinshanwei. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a bamboo basket for water?

Regardless, the Nuggets are already moving into the area. After building a wooden fence camp at the foot of the barren mountain, the Nuggets began to buy slaves to dig the mines. And soon mined the commonly known "dog's head gold".

In ancient China, gold ore was divided into water gold and placer gold. Water gold is very easy to understand, and it is found in the water. Placer gold refers to gold ore where gold is condensed into lumps, and gold is rich in such places, commonly known as horseshoe gold mines. As soon as a companion stone is found, it is immediately determined that there is a gold deposit in it.

The same goes for the Nuggets. After they learned that there was a gold mine here, they didn't even need to look for the gold stone, and they just began to cast a wide net to search around the barren mountains.

After mining more than twenty eyes, the ko's head gold was discovered, and it has to be said that it is a blessing. In ancient records, it is not uncommon to open hundreds of eyes without finding a gold mine.

The Nuggets are happy. Because Qin Cang gave them a basic salary + commission, the salary structure that will only appear under the operation of the business model. Hundreds of gold coins per person per year, and the entire team is able to receive one percent of the gold mined.

Of course, there is a point that the death of a slave or something must also be included in their wages. Qin Cang had seen too many merchants and mine owners who forced their slaves to death for temporary gain. Talent is the greatest productivity, and they don't understand that.

Meng Zhuoyan gave them 5,000 gold coins for the purchase of slaves. And Zhang Qi happened to find that there were a group of more than 300 slaves in the Gudil Department, both old, weak, sick and disabled, and it was difficult to sell, so he proposed to buy them all and pay the bill of 5,000 hperun.

After coming back, Zhang Qi was scolded by Jin Shanwei's people. These old and sick are Russians! It is well known that slaves on the Russian side are more difficult to manage than other slaves! And it's not good to do! One by one, these guys with Mongolian blood wanted to eat people.

Zhang Qi, who only cares about saving money and making money, is a mistake this time. Also the pot that does not understand the slave market.

"Don't worry, there is a precedent for this here. You go back to the brick factory and get a batch of bricks in advance. That was prepared for the delivery of Bakhchisaray in April. You take it first. Do a good job of Jinshanwei, and the mint will be located there in the future. You have to understand this, we don't mean to throw Jin Shanwei away as a rag when it runs out. Meng Zhuoyan tore off a piece of paper and handed it to Zhang Qi.

"Go and sign a contract with those Slavic barbarians. In Cyrillic and Chinese. Within five years, we guarantee their food and shelter, and after five years, they are automatically converted to hired labor, and we pay them. At the same time, if you don't want to leave at that time, you can go to the connecting port to find a life. Or go to all parts of the country, and we register their nationality. ”

Meng Zhuoyan's words surprised Zhang Qi!

"Prime Minister Meng! This ....... "In Zhang Qi's heart, the slave who digs the pit is just a tool that can speak, do you still need to be treated so preferentially and raise an uncle?"

This is the principle of governing the people. It's not the same as running a business. If you are interested in making a difference in officialdom in the future, you have to understand the truth. Meng Zhuoyan's unfathomable words made Zhang Qi fall silent. He really didn't understand Meng Zhuoyan's methods.

But no matter what, Zhang Qi wants to give an explanation to Jin Shanwei. So he went back.

After arriving at Jinshanwei, looking at those slaves who were not honest at all, Zhang Qi had a headache.

"President, you've got to give me a way, right? Look at these bastards, they want to run every day, they fight when they have nothing to do, and we can't keep up our original progress! The Nuggets' complaints left Zhang speechless.

"Well, you let them stop working. I have something to say. Zhang Qi said. Dead horses should be used as live horse doctors.

After the stoppage, the slaves gathered on the construction site in rags and waited for a lecture from a big man.

"Bring all of that." Zhang Qi specially instructed the servants.

He didn't know what Meng Zhuoyan meant, but he knew that favor was never a simple thing, and there were too many things to do to promote Mi En's hatred.

"I talked to the prime minister of the dynasty, the archon. He said I was a businessman who didn't know how to use people, and I didn't think I was. So I'm sorry to all of you. Zhang Qi came up and said such a thing, and then bowed and apologized to this group of old, weak, sick and disabled!

Win people's hearts? Can Zhang Qi be worse than Meng Zhuoyan? Inexistent!

The translator excitedly relayed Zhang Qi's words to everyone present! Who knew that Zhang Qi would be like this? The Nuggets were shocked by Zhang Qi's behavior!

The hateful gaze of the slaves changed immediately. The human mind of this age is very ignorant. If you don't see too much deception, you don't understand what it means to put on a show.

At this time, the servant brought up a large pile of clothes and fur blankets. These are some clothes purchased from the second-hand garbage station in Chizhou City, which are not very torn and can still be worn for repairs.

"These are my gifts to you, and I apologize." Zhang Qi's face did not move, but he already seemed to have an understanding in his heart.

After the slaves received the clothes, their perception of him improved again.

"And, I have brought you a new contract. Within five years, I will provide you with a house and enough food. You can only work 10 hours a day. In five years' time, you will automatically become citizens of our country. You are free to choose whether to renew your contract or go to the port of connection or find a place to live. ”