Fanning then inspected the progress of the city wall in Jin County, which had begun to take shape, in fact, the foundation of the city wall had been completed last year, a large number of bricks had been burned, and even the earth in the hollow of the city wall was ready.

Therefore, when the approval document came with a pigeon letter, Jin County immediately started construction, and the construction was very fast, in just one and a half months, the amount of work has been completed nearly half, and the city wall can be completed in two months.

Fanning did not stay long in Jin County, the next morning, he set off to return to Han County, the state government and his family moved to Han County at the end of the summer of the previous year, the center of gravity of the entire Kunzhou is inclined to Han County, especially the Song army captured Akita City two years ago, Akita became an important supply station and transit place for the fleet, in addition to the trade ships with Heianjing, basically the fleet sailed to the north of Japan, Kunbei Bay and Han County's status advantage was revealed.

Fanning took more than ten cavalry along the flat official road to the south, this official road was built last autumn, starting from Han County, forked halfway, one leads to the Qun Mu Division, one leads to Jin County, this official road from the sky, the shape is like a capital 'Y' letter, this official road to Jin to go two hundred miles, one can not be finished, there is a small town at the fork halfway.

However, this town does not appear because of the official road, it is because of a huge silver mine, this silver mine is the largest Mangchuan silver mine in Kunzhou, Mangchuan is the meaning of 'silver' in the Kun language, this silver mine has huge reserves, the silver content of the ore is very high, mining and refining are very easy, and the refined coarse silver goes directly to Han County by inland waterway.

To the east of the silver mine is the highest point in Kunzhou, a volcano with countless streams converging into a small river that winds southward and flows into Kunbei Bay in the north of Han County, and this small river is named Chilong River.

Less than five miles from the silver mines was a small town, formed mainly by silver smelters and their families, where 10,000 Japanese laborers worked.

The output of coarse silver has increased from the initial 800,000 taels to 3.2 million taels this year, with a monthly output of 260,000 taels of coarse silver, which is a necessary output, otherwise the monthly wage of 10,000 laborers is 15,000 yuan, and the cost is not low, and there must be enough silver production to make a profit.

At dusk, Fanning and his entourage arrived at Mangchuan Town, Mangchuan Town was originally a small town, since the official road was repaired, there were more people coming and going, and commerce was slowly flourishing, there were more than 30 shops in the town, such as inns, restaurants, brothels, grocery stores, grain and oil shops, clothing shops, etc.

In addition to craftsmen, there is also a barracks of 500 soldiers, which is responsible for maintaining order in the mine.

The Kunzhou Mining Supervision Department is the fourth independent official agency after the government, the Jingluo government, and the herding department, which is in charge of all minerals in Kunzhou, responsible for official mining, needless to say, and also levies taxes on five private mines in Kunzhou, and the imperial court has always levied heavy taxes on privately mined gold, silver and copper mines, not only the gold, silver and copper ingots smelted to be sold to the imperial court at a low price, but also a huge management fee every year.

Kunzhou is slightly different, the five are all powerful people, and the money shops they run have the power to exchange gold and silver, so the Mine Supervision Department did not forcibly buy their gold, but approved the output, and levied half of their gold production every year.

When the Mine Supervision Department came to verify the output, the five major private mines were panning for gold in the riverbed, and the output naturally dropped by half, and the final mining tax was only about 20% of their real gold panning, but even so, the mines were still heartbroken.

There was an official post in the town, Fan Ning lived in the official post, and let the soldiers go to eat, he himself came to the Chilongchuan Inn located next door, he asked the shopkeeper: "Fan Mingren is not there?" ”

Yesterday Fanning sent someone to inform Mingren and Mingli to come to Jin County, but it turned out that Mingren went to the Mine Supervision Division, Mingli really couldn't leave, and today he came to Mangchuan Town, so he came to inquire about Mingren's news.

The shopkeeper smiled: "He's here, he just came back, I'll call him!" ”

The shopkeeper ran to call someone, and after a while, Akihito walked out lazily, and when he saw that it was Fanning, he smiled and said, "A-Ning, why are you here?" ”

"I came back from Jin County, and I heard Akihito say that you are in Mangchuan, why, you actually came to Mangchuan to fool around?"

"!"

Akihito pouted, "I'm looking for a woman, just go to Jin County, can I run here?" The Japanese women here are all old-fashioned, so I can't take a fancy to them! ”

"Let's be honest! It's not that you don't want to come, it's that you don't like it. ”

"Even if it's it! But I'm here to do business in the Mine Supervision Department this time, it's really fucking black, let's eat, and talk while eating. ”

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The two came to the Chilongchuan Restaurant across the road, Akihito asked for a pot of good wine, and ordered a few dishes, and after a while, the wine and food came up, Akihito poured the wine, and said angrily: "Last time, the Mine Supervision Department obviously approved the mining tax, but two days ago, it was said that the approval was low, and it was going to increase the tax by one percent to us, and other mines do not have this kind of treatment, I can't be angry, come to them to settle accounts!" ”

Fan Ning picked up the wine glass and said lightly: "That's because you are too ruthless, and the output is directly thirty percent lower than that of others, do you think the people in the Mining Supervision Department are stupid?" ”

Akihito was stunned, "You know about this? ”

"Of course I know that the Ma Mine Supervisor has already come to Han County to pass the gas with me, to be honest, only adding one percent has already given me face, otherwise it will be re-approved and they will take some points."

"Don't!"

Mingren hurriedly waved his hand, "You said earlier that I don't have to go on this trip, this bit of face will be given to the Mine Supervision Department, so let's do it!" Increase one achievement into one, we admit to planting, who makes us the weakest in the background. ”

"What is called cheap and good, it's you!"

Fanning glared at them angrily, and asked strangely, "Didn't you say that you were going to end the mining and return to the Great Song Dynasty with me?" What's the point of you fighting for this mining tax now? ”

Akihito hesitated for a moment, and Fanning immediately caught the struggle in his heart, "What, don't you want to leave again?" ”

Akihito's face was embarrassed, "There are still five miles of gold fields that have not been mined, and besides, the mining tax is not high, and it is a pity that the huge wealth is lost like this." ”

"And what about our plan?"

Fan Ning knocked on the table and said dissatisfiedly: "The twenty large sea ships that Old Man Zhu gave me have been soaked in Quanzhou Port for two years, and it costs thousands of dollars a year to maintain these ships, what did you tell me in the first place?" ”

Mingren sighed and said: "Actually, Mingli refuses to leave, otherwise I will go to Quanzhou, Mingli will still stay here, can you do this?" ”

"That's okay, I told you a long time ago, you don't have to do it together, do it separately, you have been in Kunzhou for four years, can't Mingli deal with the two hundred Japanese laborers alone, and besides, there is the Zhu family to help him."

"Alright! I'll go back and talk to Mingli about it. ”

"One more thing!"

Fan Ning asked coldly with a straight face, "Why doesn't Mingli come to see me?" ”

"You.... What do you hear? ”

"Humph! If you want to win people, unless you don't do it yourself, someone told me that I heard that I have children, is that so? ”

Fan Ning got a news at the beginning of the year that Mingli lived with a Japanese woman, and not long ago someone heard the baby's cry, and Zhu Sheng felt that the matter was too big, so he sent someone to send a letter to him.

Akihito smiled bitterly, "It's a boy, it's been four months. ”

"You two bastards! How can I explain to your parents? ”

Fan Ning was so annoyed that he scolded fiercely, he calmed himself down, and asked again, "That Japanese woman is also a brothel?" ”

"Nope! No! No! ”

Mingren hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "That Japanese woman is clean, she was still a chick when she was with Mingli, she turned out to be a female guy who sold cloth in the cloth shop in the town, she was very delicate, Mingli took a fancy to her at a glance, she followed Mingli for a year, it seems that Mingli wants to marry her." ”

Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the Japanese woman was Mingli's best friend in the brothel, and if the second uncle and aunt knew, he really couldn't explain, but the second uncle and the second aunt entrusted the two brothers to him.

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "You go and tell Mingli and ask him to send the mother and son to Han County, the construction site is muddy, how can their mother and son live?" ”

"That's what I mean, now that you've spoken, it's easy to do."

"And! I don't care about your brothel, but you are not allowed to have a relationship with a specific woman, Kunzhou has rules, if you marry a woman here, you have to stay in Kunzhou, you should know this rule! ”

"We all know that!"

"Now that you understand, let Mingli send the mother and son over quickly, don't be caught by others."

Mingren nodded silently, he also felt that Mingli's matter was a bit of a big problem, how could he go back and explain it to his parents?

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