Buwen Tusi's own village is not large, but the connections are good. He ordered He Bencheng and his entourage to be brought back to the village, and then sent his subordinates to the surrounding Jiutong and Eighteen Villages, and asked the Tusi of each village to come to discuss matters.

The so-called nine and eighteen villages is a general saying to describe the many villages. Hearing that some strangers took out money and made a bet that they could find coal, the toasts of each village rushed to the pine village where the Buwen toast was located, and asked for details in a noisy manner.

With these Tusi and their entourage in the various villages, the soldiers of the Survey Battalion couldn't help but feel cold. It's true to say that they are toasts, these people are really earthy. There are only a few toasts who can afford to wear silk shirts, and even more toasts can only wear homespun cloth clothes woven in the countryside. For the sake of aesthetics, these clothes are sewn out of various colors of homespun cloth, the local dyeing process is obviously not up to par, the red cloth is dyed into the color of pork liver, the blue cloth is dyed into the color of soy sauce, and the yellow cloth is even more suspicious, as if it is directly smeared with cow dung, and there is a faint smell of stench.

As for the retinue of the toasts, it was even more miserable, most of them were unclothed, had no shoes on their feet, and held sticks in their hands like a group of beggars. In fact, the survey camp stayed in Songshuzhai for the past two days, and has already experienced the local poverty. The local people had nothing to call at home, they ate millet and wild vegetables, wore homespun cloth and animal skins, and were very short of iron, salt, and the like, and the soldiers gave a few pieces of salt to the people who stayed overnight, and the other party was as grateful as if they had received many gold and silver treasures.

"Han people, can you really find coal?" Tusi Bannuo, who came from Longtan Village, asked He Bencheng.

He Bencheng said: "My master is a land master. We just run errands for my master. My master watched the sky at night, and there was coal storage here, so he sent me and others to investigate the public opinion. As for where the coal is buried, we will not know until we send the materials obtained from these surveys back to Chongqing. ”

"What are you remembering?" A toast's attendant took the data recorded by the survey camp and rummaged through it, but unfortunately he couldn't even take the paper upside down. This attendant had studied for a few days and knew Chinese characters, but the survey records of the survey camp were all expressed in Latin letters and Arabic numerals, which was beyond the scope of his knowledge.

"This is a book from heaven, and all the information recorded on it is a heavenly machine, and it cannot be leaked casually." He Bencheng bluffed.

"Who knows if it's true or not." The attendant was bored. Grizzly muttered.

"Whether it's true or not, these guests said that if they can't find coal, they are willing to pay 25 taels of silver as compensation, which is a thing that no one will suffer." Bwen said to the crowd. He Bencheng promised him 50 taels of silver as compensation, but as soon as he changed hands, half of it was black, and he was only willing to take out 25 taels to distribute it to everyone.

Half of the amount of Rao is silver was deducted, and the toasts still widened their eyes, showing an ugly look of salivation. No way. The mountains are so poor that occasionally some traders pass by. When purchasing local animal skins, medicinal materials and other local products, they also desperately lowered the price, and the toasts could not get much silver taels a year. These limited incomes should be used first to buy salt and ironware, and then to be used for the luxury consumption of the toasts, so they are also very concerned about the silver of one or two taels.

In the Tusi, these Han people are looking for coal in the local area, and if they don't find it, they won't do any harm to the local area. I am equivalent to earning silver for nothing, so why not do such a good thing? If they can find coal, the income is not small, and they all know that the price of coal under the mountain is high, and if they can dig up coal in their mountain farm, the whole village can suddenly get rid of poverty and become rich.

"Please come here. It's because the guest said that this coal is produced in our mountain farm, which is produced in the mountain field of Jiutong and Eighteen Villages, and no one knows whose mountain farm it is produced in. I mean. Our various villages are allied by blood and agree to share common prosperity. No matter whose coal is in the mountain field, it is dug up and owned by the 18 villages. The money earned from selling coal is shared equally by everyone, what do you think about it? Bwen continued.

There's a reason why Bowen said this. He Bencheng has already said that there is no coal in the mountain farm of Songshuzhai, and the coal may be in the mountain farm of other homes. He first set the rules, so that no matter who found coal in the mountain farm, Songshuzhai would be able to get a piece of the pie.

As soon as Bowen said this, all the toasts made a fuss. Some people think this method is good, anyway, there may not be coal in their own mountain farms, and it is always a good thing to be able to make others cheaper. Some people also think that the coal deposit may be in their own home, and it is really a loss to take it out of thin air and share it equally with other families.

Both supporters and skeptics have an unsolvable problem, that is, they themselves do not know where the coal is, and can only rely on the surveyors invited by Bowen. According to Bwen himself, he spent a lot of time to invite this surveyor from Chongqing, and ordinary people went to invite him, but he was afraid that he would not be invited. With such a constraint, the other toasts had to consider Bowen's position when they were making a fuss.

In the end, it was He Bencheng who helped solve this problem, and he told everyone that in order to show his sincerity, he decided to take out 25 taels of silver in advance as a deposit. In view of the fact that he did not have much cash in his hands, he was willing to convert the goods he brought into silver taels, and all the toasts who were willing to support coal exploration could get a share. In the future, if coal is found, the deposit will be paid off with the coal mine's output, and if coal is not found, the deposit will not have to be returned.

With all sorts of goods, the Toast's defenses collapsed. Regardless of whether coal can be found in the future, the immediate benefits will not be taken for nothing.

So, everyone slaughtered a rooster in Songshu Village, and then dipped it in the blood of the rooster and swore that they agreed to jointly develop the coal mine. The output of the coal mine is divided equally by the surveyors in Chongqing, and the rest is divided equally among the villages, and the villages where the coal mines are located get an extra share. In addition, if coal mining causes outsiders to blush and cause disputes, all the villages should work together to protect the coal mines. The last one is actually the most crucial, because in this mountainous area where the jungle eats the strong, no isolated village is capable of holding such a cornucopia.

After signing the agreement, Buwen began to urge He Bencheng to hurry up and get to work. In order to make the surveying and mapping work of the survey camp smoother, each village made an appointment to send its own people to cooperate. The mountain people in the cottage did not lack strength, and as soon as Tusi gave the order, they took on all the logistics work of the Kanyu Battalion, not only carrying all kinds of equipment, but even the soldiers went up and down the mountain, and there were local men carrying sliding poles to wait, and the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion were so happy that they almost didn't want to go back.

"He Xiaoqi, you said that you can help them find the coal mine, is this true, or is it bluffing?" When Wang Gui was enjoying the VIP treatment, he was still a little unsure, and he secretly asked He Bencheng in private.

He Bencheng smiled: "Of course it's true, before we set off, Su Baihu explained that there was coal underground in the area we walked, and as for where the coal was produced, we had to ask Su Baihu." ”

"Is that really the case?" Wang Gui said in surprise.

He Bencheng said: "You don't believe what my Su Baihu said? You ask everyone, when does Su Baihu stop talking. ”

Wang Gui still didn't believe it, he said: "If he loses his eyes and can't find coal by then, won't we let him suffer from the pit?" ”

Xiong Min leaned to the side and played haha: "Wang Gui, you are really honest, even if we don't find coal, we will pay 50 taels of silver to Buwen Toast, and we will not suffer, think about it, these days we have people waiting when we go out and enter the door, this is not worth 50 taels of silver?" ”

"Of course it's not worth it." Wang Gui muttered in a low voice, a full 50 taels of snowflakes and silver, in exchange for some worthless services, this is a very lossy transaction for him.

The surveying and mapping results of each team flew to Chongqing like water through the post station outside the mountain, and were sent to the Chaotian Inn. The embroidery girls brought from Jiangxi kept flying needles and threads day and night, transforming those boring numerical coordinates into contour maps on white silk. Fu Zhong had to summon Su Hao and Chen Dao to Chongqing Wei every few days to report on the progress, and Fu Zhong's face was smiling at the maps that were gradually taking shape.

"With this thing, Yang Yinglong is like being stripped naked, Lao Tzu can hit him wherever he wants, and I can jump for a few days." Fu Zhong said proudly with the map. After Su Hao's guidance, Fu Zhong has now mastered the skill of reading maps, and in his eyes, these maps have become mountains and rivers, and he can't help but be fascinated by the appearance of arranging troops among these mountains.

"Commander Fu, in order to draw these maps, our army has a lot of expenses, can Chongqing Wei give some subsidies." Taking advantage of Fu Zhong's happiness, Su Hao hurriedly made a request. The thinking of the various small flags in the survey camp is the same as that of He Bencheng's side, and when they encounter trouble, they will use money to smash them, and the money they throw out before and after has already rushed to the scale of thousands of taels.

Fu Zhong said disapprehantly: "Money is not a problem, but I don't have spare money in Chongqing Wei, if I want money, just find Governor Ye." ”

"Once this matter is done, the matter of Banzhou will be solved once and for all, it can really be said that the merit is in the present and the benefit is in the future, such a feat, how can it be measured by the gold and silver of the city?" Chen Dao was also talking big on the side.

Su Hao said: "Director Chen, you didn't pay for it, of course you don't care about the gold and silver of the market." All the gold and silver I have taken out now are all money in my personal pocket, you are not in a hurry, I am in a hurry. ”

"Haha, there are times when it is changed to be such a philistine." Chen Daohaha laughed and said, "Don't worry, the Ministry of War has already had a budget for this matter, and it has been allocated to Chongqing Wei, how much money you spent, report it truthfully, and I will reimburse you for it." ”

"That's great." Su Hao was overjoyed, "I will inform all the small banners that although they are open to spend money, as long as the things are good, I am not afraid that the military department will not admit it." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )