Chapter 171: The Great Song Imperial Mining Company
Jia Laogou's letter had to be taken very seriously by several of them.
After March 1283, the number of people who came to Liuqiu Island from the major coastal cities in the Great Song Dynasty was significantly reduced, and even the number of people sent from the mountainous areas from the LΓΌ military group in the Jinghu area, their main collaborator, was pitiful.
The peak of population movement that lasted for a year or two is no longer visible------- and even the food stamps for others to eat and drink for free have been printed with all kinds of widely advertised food stamps.
At its peak, more than 20,000 people came to Liuqiu Island every day, and it was a pity that it didn't come again.
In addition to the passenger ships that transported slaves, even the passenger and cargo ships to Australia were not loaded with people.
They made a preliminary count, counting all the personnel, there were about three million people on the main island of Liuqiu Island in the Federal Empire, and more than three million in the Shandong region! There are more than 800,000 in Australia ------- more than 1 million in Borneo!
Of course, there is so much water here that it includes all kinds of slaves, natives, and even Korean and Japanese laborers who come here to work.
They still have their own reasons------ we recognize multiple nationalities, what if people stay and don't leave?!
In fact, there are quite a few migrant workers who leave after the deadline------- although they try many ways to keep them and try their best to move their families here, but they still can't.
This is the price they pay for advocating freedom and fairness------- perhaps the wages of those people are higher, and many people feel that they may be able to live a better life when they return home, after all, in all the places under the jurisdiction of the federal empire, where consumption is not low.
Freedom and fairness always come at a price.
Wu Dapeng said optimistically: "It's tiring and bitter here, but the income is high, the society is basically fair, they may think that this is all right------ and when they return to China, a small official can bully them to death, it's hard to say that they will still come back!"
Then they will know how rare it must be to have maximum freedom and fairness!
A dictator who is not truly enlightened will not give it to his citizens------ unless you kill him! β
Well, whether that's right or not, it's time to talk about it, and the current situation needs to be dealt with well.
In addition to increasing the number of slaves to be purchased, they also had to think of a way.
As a result, Jia Laogou was finally dazzled by the gold and took the initiative to send it to the door.
A few of them are overjoyed, as long as you are greedy for gold!
After discussing for a long time, they came up with a few requirements.
First, ask for household-based labor to participate in gold mining------ you really find a large gold mine, but you don't know it.
Second, take the eastern part of Australia as the penal colony of the whole Great Song Dynasty, the place is far enough not to mention, and it is bitter enough!
Third, the required materials are divided between the two sides, and the gold obtained is divided between the two sides.
Those who can take the initiative to choose the island of exile have probably come, and the rest may be resigned to their fate or willing to be poor.
Using administrative means to force people to work, this is not the style of a few of them, but they never object to what the Great Song Dynasty government did, it is to the people of the Great Song Dynasty who are not citizens of the Federal Empire------ after all, it is not to kill them, right? At least let their family have the possibility of peace and prosperity.
In the Great Song Dynasty, there were about 50,000 criminals sentenced to prison every year, and now that the sea transportation is convenient, it may not be as convenient as taking a sea ship to the east of Australia to travel 300 miles by land.
There is a gentle warm current in eastern Australia, which happens to flow from north to south, and it is easier to get from Liuqiu Island than to western Australia.
And you don't need to send a tolerance escort, how much travel costs will you have to save?!
The life safety of criminals can definitely be guaranteed, which is not something to worry about, and the people responsible for the development of eastern Australia are more concerned.
When a person dies, there is no use, and the cost is wasted to deal with it.
Fifty-fifty is divided, which shows that we are not stingy people, and everyone gets along fairly.
They are confident in their own requirements, Jia Laogou will definitely agree, they have thought of all possibilities.
Soon after, Jia Laogou's reply came, and this old guy came up and criticized everyone, saying that there is a difference between the severity of the crime and the distance of the journey, how can it be sent to the east of Australia in general? !
Well, Jia Laogou stood on the moral supremacy and criticized others fiercely------- which really made people speechless.
It is estimated that after Jia Laogou finished writing the previous paragraph, he was in a good mood, after all, it was too comfortable to scold others from the highest point of morality, so he agreed to their request in the following words.
Special mention was also made of them taking away some of the mobs in the Cochin area.
Haha, the mob is good, it shows that his physical strength is quite good!
The Great Song government seems to have encountered some trouble in Cochin.
Zhang Anguo: They don't know, that's because it doesn't affect their ability to mine thermal coal in Halong Bay at all.
The Federal Empire soon signed a contract with the Great Song Royal Mining Company and officially began cooperation.
The details of it, a few of them didn't care too much, as long as they could get the Great Song Dynasty government to send a large number of family-based labor, the rest didn't matter!
Wu Dapeng smiled when he saw the words royal and said: "Mining, company, these words are all learned from us, but they are still just a skin, inside, it must be in the name of the Great Song Dynasty government to create wealth for the elite group------ it is really a self-taught grandfather." β
Wan Shida said: "It's okay, they at least left all their wealth in the Great Song Dynasty, and they also paid taxes to the Great Song government, and the main consumption was also in the country, and the people were not too bitter."
The ratio of wealth between their elite group, the national government and the common people is quite acceptable, and there will be no tears and turmoil------- you see that their stability maintenance funds have not skyrocketed! β
Song Ziqiang said: "Then what kind of patrol superintendent do they build?" Isn't it for stability?! β
Wu Dapeng explained: "It's really not to maintain stability! The show component is a little higher - I heard that they chose some of the children of officials, dressed in beautiful clothes, and roamed around on tall horses all day----- and learned our skins. β
Everyone laughed.
In fact, they really didn't know that Jia Laogou's situation was extremely delicate now, far from being as majestic as in the past, although he was still trusted by Empress Xie.
The Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty was the highest body of the Prime Minister's military affairs in the country, referred to as the "Privy Council".
This Privy Council and the Zhongshu Sect jointly hold the power of literature and martial arts, and are called the "two mansions" in the east and west.
The Privy Counsellor shall be the Chief Privy Councillor or Privy Councillor, and the Deputy Counsellor shall be called the Deputy Privy Councillor or the Privy Councillor, and shall sign the Privy Council or the Privy Council. It consists of the capital and the deputy city, which are responsible for "undertaking the decree and leading the affairs of the hospital".
The Privy Council "holds the military register, the tiger charm", and if it is approved by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, it has the right to transfer soldiers and horses.
The status of the privy envoy is slightly lower than that of the prime minister, and he is collectively referred to as the "consul" along with the governor of the council, the servant of the men, the servant of the middle book, and the squire of the scholar.
In fact, the official title of privy envoy was set up in the time of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, but the privy envoy of the Tang Dynasty was only responsible for managing military intelligence, confidential information, etc., which was concurrently served by eunuchs, and this official title was retained until the fifth dynasty.
The reason why the privy envoys of the Great Song Dynasty raised their status and power so high and great was that when the Great Song Dynasty was established, the nomadic regimes outside the country gave them tremendous pressure.
Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty needed a strong institution to manage this army, which is why the Great Song Dynasty established the Privy Council.
At the same time, the establishment of privy envoys can weaken the power of the prime minister, and it is also an important measure to strengthen the imperial power.
Therefore, after the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the Privy Council was still preserved.
However, the relationship between the privy envoy and the Chinese book is extremely abnormal.
"The privy envoy performs every court, and the Chinese book is in succession, and the two do not know each other, so they are often suspicious."
In a certain war, there was even a conflict order between the main fight and the privy envoy, and in such a situation, the army on the front line would still fight?!
Therefore, in order to deal with regular foreign wars, it was necessary to implement the integration of military and political affairs, and set up the official title of "Pingzhang Military Affairs".
This is the reason why Jia Laogou is called Jia Pingzhang------ in fact, in the last "Reverse Jia Storm", Jia Laogou has already handed over the power of the privy envoy, but now, the country is full of gloomy winds, and a certain force has begun to move, thinking that Jia Laogou's power is too great.
Jia Laogou was trembling with anger, but he had nowhere to vent.