The institute was soon created, under the Academy of Sciences, the next day, Zhang Shiyuan's bachelor's identity led the deployment of several assistants began to march to the vicinity of Jiuhua Mountain, less than half a month of effort, then brought back a variety of ores, and when it was presented to Zhu Jun's eyes, but Zhu Jun was startled, although Zhu Jun was involved in agricultural research in his previous life, but agronomy also needs a considerable understanding of geology, due to the perennial cultivation experiments in the wild, so more than a dozen minerals in front of him are involved.

Natural gold, silver, brass, magnets, hematite cupless, sulfur sickle, red copper and all kinds of minerals, according to Zhang Shijin's description, near Jiuhua Mountain, chalcopyrite is the most widely distributed, followed by copper, hematite, gold, silver and other metals are distributed, and the content is huge, endless.

You know, although this era has a gallop, but the transportation is still a lot behind the generations, after the establishment of the entire Jiangnan Development Zone, tens of thousands of large and small factories need to start, the daily consumption of raw materials is amazing, Jiangnan is now mining mines can not maintain demand at all, can only paste a large number of freight from all over the transport, so invisibly, the price of raw materials in Jiangnan has been high, the discovery of a large number of raw ore in Nanjing, at least for the stabilization of raw material prices have great benefits, Once the price of raw materials falls, then the price of finished products will naturally fall, which is equivalent to a cycle, which ultimately leads to the increase in the purchasing power of the people in Jiangnan.

However, Zhu Jun does not want the imperial court to mine directly, what he means is that the mine will be contracted to a large merchant, given a thirty-year term, and then collect some silver at one time to come to the rescue, within thirty years, you can mine as much as you want, and then the imperial court will take it back after thirty years, this kind of trading is a common means for later generations, which can not only ensure that the land is state-owned, but also use private power to exploit, because private contracting has a limited number of years, so it is often more efficient than the imperial court mining, The contracted money can also be immediately transferred to the national treasury for the development of infrastructure.

After a few days, three big businessmen who are interested in the mine and Zhu Jun inspected Jiuhua Mountain together, after all, it is a big mine, if it can be contracted, the profit will be at least more than one million taels of silver a year, and the net profit will be at least more than 500,000 taels, what is the concept in 30 years? Of course, the cost of contracting is not expensive, so there are not many businessmen who really have the strength to contract, and the three businessmen expressed their interest, which has made Zhu Jun very surprised, plus he also wants to see the geography of the vicinity, and when he goes out of the palace to relax, Zhang Shijin takes the lead, takes a cadre of guards, plays the guard of honor, and takes the dragon to Jiuhua Mountain.

When it comes to Jiuhua Mountain, I am afraid that most people know that it is a famous Buddhist mountain in Anhui. Jiuhua Mountain in Nanjing, the fame and scale are not as big as Anhui, and most outsiders do not know about it. Nanjing Jiuhua Mountain is located in the west side of Taipingmen, adjacent to Mingcheng and Xuanwu Lake in the north, and Fugui Mountain in the east, it is the first hill in the west of Zhongshan Yumai to enter the city, with beautiful scenery and broad vision. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, this mountain was named Zhoushan, because its side near the lake was steep and sharpened, like a capsized boat. During the Six Dynasties, Zhoushan was an important barrier for the construction and health of the capital, and it was also a royal garden, called "Le You Yuan". There is a small Jiuhua temple at the southern foot of the mountain, so it is commonly known as "small Jiuhua Mountain". The copper vein is near Jiuhua Mountain.

The accompanying three businessmen are surnamed Yang, named Fang, is one of the steel giants in Haidu Development Zone, Zhu Jun also has shares in his industry in the name of a private person, and has also taken a few photos with him, Yang Fang is about forty years old, a native of Yunnan, short and fat, wearing a silk Luo Chinese clothes, laughing when he sees people, and is even more sycophant when he sees Zhu Jun, in recent years, several of his steel mills have earned a lot of dividends for Zhu Jun's inner library, so Zhu Jun deliberately said a few more words to him.

Another businessman is a native of Jinling, surnamed Zhao, Minghua, was originally a big family, the ancestors also did Shangshu in the Apocalypse years, after the Manchurian people entered the customs, he had the foresight, buried all the yellow and white property, and when the Manchurians entered the city, his family of dozens of people turned into a broken household, when Geng Zhongming's traitors rushed into his house, not even a vase could not be found, almost did not catch him out to kill the head, took the luck, whipped a few whips and did it, and waited until Kangxi ascended the throne, he saw the wind passed, He took out a little silver money to eat, and when the Ming army recovered Jinling, he turned into a wealthy family again, and also built seven or eight factories near Nanjing, doing all kinds of business, and looked honest on weekdays, and saw Zhu Jun also smiled.

The third businessman is the representative of the Machinery Chamber of Commerce in Jinling City, surnamed Yan, whose name is Kou, and he always looks like he has something on his mind.

The convoy was very vast, the first was seven or eight cars loaded with guards, then Zhu Jun's dragon chase, and then the eunuch land, the three merchants were after the eunuchs, and finally there was a larger convoy of guards, until the sun was three poles, and then arrived at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain.

The small Jiuhua Temple at the top of Jiuhua Mountain looms in the pines and cypresses.

Jun is not here to enjoy the scenery. Zhang Jinshi led the way with an excited face. Finally stopped at the foot of a secondary peak.

When everyone got off the carriage. The three merchants also gathered around Zhu Jundi. Zhang Jinshi pointed to the surrounding mountain peaks and said, "Your Majesty." Weichen explored a radius of more than ten miles. Ore can be mined everywhere. Some of the ore is even exposed outside the soil. To mine. It is also extremely convenient. ”

Zhu Jun nodded. said to Zhang Jinshi: "You take people to see more around here." Show them.

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Zhang Jinshi nodded. With dozens of assistants dragged tools.

Zhu Jun's eyes fell on the three businessmen: "Ladies and gentlemen, Master Zhang is the authority of my Ming Dynasty to explore minerals, he said that it will not be wrong to be able to mine it within a radius of ten miles, as for how to contract, I am not willing to compete with the people for profit, you can each bid." The reason why Zhu Jun is so sure of Zhang Jinshi is also because Zhang Jinshi has been here for half a month, with tools and assistants to explore frantically in this vicinity, and he also deliberately drew an exploration map. It's not necessarily accurate, but it's a fact that there's a lot of raw ore here.

The three businessmen looked at each other, thinking in their hearts that if it was a contracted profit, and thinking about a reasonable price, they didn't squeak, who wants to make a bird? At least wait for competitors to show their bottom numbers first.

Zhu Jun was not happy, now the gallop road connecting the provinces has been completed, but the gallop road between the prefectures and counties has just started, Zhu Jun's treasury is empty, and he is in urgent need of silver turnover, so he is also in a hurry to contract it out immediately, looking at the meaning of these three merchants, he is not in a hurry to make a price, and he does not know what year and month he will delay: "What?" Don't you have the intention of contracting, and I'm happy? ”

Yang Fang hurriedly smiled and said: "The emperor said that the emperor is laughing, no matter how the villains don't know whether they are alive or dead, they don't dare to bully the king............" Yang Fang restrained his smile here and paused, gritted his teeth and said: "The villain is willing to bid five million taels, but can the thirty-year contract period be added by one year, if it is mining, it will take at least some time to prepare, and it will take time to recruit workers and customize machinery." ”

Zhu Jun set his eyes on the other two businessmen, although he said that he was unwilling to compete with the people for profit, but in his heart he wished that these three nouveau riche would fight for life and death, how much could they earn, what is capital accumulation? Capital accumulation is that everywhere is in a hurry to use money, and you always have to find someone to exploit it.

Zhao Hua squinted, thinking in his heart, if it is really such a large area of mines, if it is exploited hard, millions of taels a year will not be able to run, after all, now all factories are in urgent need of raw ore, and they are not afraid of not being able to sell it after refining, in addition to the cost of labor, machinery, transportation, and refining, the net profit of a year is at least 500,000 taels of silver, and it will be 15 million taels in 30 years, which is only a conservative estimate. The silver earned by guarding this mine in this life is enough for his children and grandchildren to squander, he originally secretly blamed Yang Fang for asking the reserve price to be too high, but after thinking about it, Yang Fang opened his mouth to five million taels, didn't this just want to scare himself away? He licked his lips, and began to think about his family property again, his ancestors were officials or businessmen in Jiangnan for more than ten generations, when the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, their Zhao family relied on the relationship between people in the court and the government as officials, crazy smuggling, these hundred years, the family business earned is definitely an astronomical amount, five million taels of silver is not impossible to get out.

"I'll give five and a half million taels." Zhao Hua decided to adopt a bold strategy, raising the price frantically to scare away these competitors, and the more he showed that he was determined to win, the more he could make his opponents back down.

Yang Fang glanced at Zhao Hua, there was no smile on his face, he was sharp, he forgot that the Ninety-Five Venerable was in front of him, and sneered: "What?" Is Zhao Yuanwai so wealthy? I'm out six million taels. ”

Zhao Hua is not to be left behind, to this part is like a game called Jinhua in later generations, only desperate bidding can deter the opponent from throwing cards: "Zhao out of seven million taels." ”

Yang Fang gasped, his maximum amount is eight million, it can't be higher, at this time, the stupid old hat in front of him suddenly raised to seven million taels, and there was another person on the side who looked at it coldly, it seems that this time there is more than one auspicious, but when it comes to the end, on the surface, he must not show cowardice: "Seven and a half million taels." ”

Zhao Hua was also a little unbearable, trembled for a moment, and gritted his teeth again: "Eight million taels, this mine, the Zhao family is bound to win, I have heard that the shopkeeper Yang is a huge rich man from Haidu, today I want to see if I am rich in Jinling, or if you are rich in Haidu." ”

This sentence obviously has a somewhat provocative flavor.

At this time, Zhu Jun applauded in his heart, and he didn't mean to blame Zhao Hua for provoking regional contradictions, and the representative of the Machinery Chamber of Commerce, surnamed Yan Kou, still had a blank face, but his eyes flashed a trace of greed. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to idianm, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )