In fact, if the people of the Chishan tribe want to become the slaves of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally have to approve the Ming Emperor.

There has always been a precedent for this kind of thing, like some Mongols who submitted to the Ming Dynasty, or the Jianzhou Jurchens who submitted to the Ming Dynasty earlier, also need the consent of the Ming Emperor.

The father of Yang Han, the father of Yang Han, was a Mongolian who returned to the Ming Dynasty through the way, but later won the favor of Yingzong in the process of accompanying Yingzong to study.

Whether these people from the Chishan tribe become the subjects of the Ming Dynasty or become the slaves of someone, they naturally have to get the consent of the Ming Emperor.

An old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked hopefully: "May I ask where is the Ming Emperor?" ”

"Is the emperor you can see?" As soon as the words fell, the guard next to him immediately scolded.

Although Chen Zheng has a modest personality, as the emperor's Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works, he is also one of the emperor's close courtiers, so it is naturally impossible to allow this kind of barbarian to face his own emperor.

"You are not qualified to face the saint now, if you sincerely serve Your Majesty as the Lord, we Luzon Guard can contain you! In the future, you will serve our emperor as the lord, and in the future, you will obey the command of this general! Yu Yuanzan made wishful thinking and immediately put forward conditions.

Although the combat power of these Aetas is very stretched, they are very good in their endurance and can bring back their prey from dozens of miles away, and they are undoubtedly very strong transporters.

Now that Da Ming wants to mine gold here, the biggest problem he faces is the supply of materials, and this person from the Chishan tribe can indeed greatly improve the efficiency of transporting materials.

The people of the Chishan tribe immediately whispered, and soon the most prestigious old man agreed: "We, the Chishan Tribe, serve the Ming Emperor as our new master, and we are also at the disposal of your Luzon Wei!" ”

The Aetas had been enslaved for thousands of years, and they had long since become accustomed to being ruled.

Now they are ruled by the more powerful Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and although they don't know where the high emperor is, they already have a home in their hearts.

The two sides took what they wanted, so the contract was quickly reached.

The Aeta learned that the Luzon Guard would meet their food and shelter needs, and even if they agreed to relocate, they agreed to take on the task of transporting supplies for the Ming Dynasty.

Mountains and forests and mountains were obstacles to the Ming people, but in the eyes of Aeta they were like flat land. If you want to transport dozens of pounds of things back from Luzon City, it is just a very simple matter.

The morning sun was already high in the air, and the brilliant light fell on the gold mine.

"Oh my God, this is the Golden Mountain!"

"It's incredible, is there gold everywhere?"

"It can't be all of them, but the gold in here is immeasurable!"

……

When Chen Zheng led the Luzon Wei to subdue the Aeta Chishan Division, the mining area ushered in a group of sons, and suddenly there were bursts of exclamations.

Last night, because it was already dark, they couldn't see the real situation since they entered the gold mine behind.

Only now, under the sun, the entire golden gold mine has been exposed. Now that they saw the gold mine in front of them, their eyes suddenly straightened.

At this moment, this gold mine has refreshed their perception of gold, and they have a new understanding of gold. In the past, a small ingot of gold could be a night away with an Oiran, but now it has become so insignificant.

"My dear, how much gold is here?"

"No matter how much it is, this gold has nothing to do with you!"

"I see that you are thinking about this golden mountain in your heart, that's why you say that!"

……

Even the son of the world, who was born with a golden key, couldn't help but be moved by his greedy heart in the face of such an astonishing reserve of gold mines, but everyone didn't dare to say it.

After all, the golden mountain in front of him belongs to the Ming Emperor and belongs to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Lin Yuanyang returned with his troops and happened to see this group of sons and brothers who had never seen the world, and asked Yu Yuanzan next to him in confusion: "Why did Your Majesty bring a bunch of burdens here?" ”

"Do you think Your Majesty is a faint monarch or a bright monarch?" Yu Yuanzan knew that the son-in-law in front of him was indeed a burden, but he suddenly threw out a question.

Lin Yuanyang didn't even think about it, and said with extremely firm conviction: "Your Majesty's various deeds since he ascended the throne are naturally a wise monarch through the ages!" ”

Not to mention the early rectification of the salt administration, the crackdown on profiteers, the rectification of the financial industry, and the rescue of the people at the bottom, the millions of victims who settled in Henan alone cannot be said to be Mingjun in any case.

Although he has the appearance of a tyrant, he is also a tyrant who benefits the country and the people. This time, he insisted on mining gold and crossed the ocean to Luzon to find a large gold mine, which is even more wise.

Of course, the most important thing is that the emperor changed the selection range of martial arts, so that the people at the bottom have new hope, otherwise he is still making a living in the canal.

"I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, but Your Majesty's arrangement naturally has its deep meaning! Since we are His Majesty's courtiers, we naturally have to handle this matter, and we can't let these sons and brothers have any more trouble! Yu Yuanzan arched his hand towards the north, and admonished with a serious face.

Along the way, he actually had similar doubts.

It's just that he learned that this matter was specially arranged by His Majesty, and even Chen Zheng, the high-ranking left attendant of the Ministry of Works, was also in charge, and immediately realized that this matter must be not trivial.

He has always been grateful to His Majesty for his further education, and he always wants to serve the court, even if he does not know His Majesty's true intentions, he has to do his best to do this.

Lin Yuanyang knew that Zhang Heling's death did have something to do with them, and immediately assured seriously: "Well, I will strengthen security, and I will definitely not let any of them have an accident!" ”

"It's inevitable that there will be a lot of dreams at night, you can arrange for these boys to visit the remaining four gold mines as soon as possible, and then send them all back immediately!" Yu Yuanzan knew that Zhang Heling's death could be big or small, so he immediately ordered seriously.

In the next two days, Lin Yuanyang personally accompanied the group of sons and brothers to visit the remaining four gold mines.

The remaining four gold fields are not too far from here, except that two are open pit gold mines and the other two are semi-open pit gold mines.

While open-pit mines have a direct visual impact, semi-open-pit mines are also intriguing, so everyone has a different perception of the reserves of gold.

It's just that no matter how they guess, the reserves of these five gold mines have exceeded their imagination, and there are probably still undiscovered gold mines around.

"It's all gold, but unfortunately none of it is mine!"

"It would be nice if I could take a piece back, but unfortunately I had to go home empty-handed!"

"Have you seen Zhang Lun? I saw him secretly hiding a small piece inside his clothes! ”

……

Wang Shouren and the other sons visited the last gold mine, but when they left, they inevitably felt some regrets, especially when they noticed that Zhang Lun secretly took a small piece.

Everything needs to be compared, if everyone goes home empty-handed, it's nothing, but Zhang Lun from the British Mansion stole a small piece.

On the contrary, the identity and status of the people are here, and no one is so short-sighted to report Zhang Lun.

Wang Shouren traveled south and north over the years, not only to help his father suppress bandits in southern Jiangnan, but also to lead his troops into the royal city in the campaign to overthrow the Li Dynasty, so his identity and status are very transcendent.

He did not expose Zhang Lun, but even found Chen Zhengdao, the left attendant of the Ministry of Labor: "Lord Qincha, I have been waiting for thousands of miles to come, and it is a blessing to be fortunate to see the gold mine." It's just that I returned empty-handed in Baoshan, and I have regrets in life, so please allow me and other Guozijian students to take a pigeon's egg gold ore and return as a souvenir, and please allow me! ”

"Ben Chin is in charge of His Majesty, and you can bring back less than five catties of gold ore every month as a souvenir!" In the face of Wang Shouren's request, Chen Zheng looked very arrogant.

"Huh? It's true! ”

"That's great!"

"Haha...... I'm going to pick the biggest one! ”

……

After learning of Chen Zheng's heroic approach, the gang of sons and brothers, who had just been extremely lost, flocked to the mining area to select their favorite gold ores.

Most of the sons and brothers present were from wealthy families, and naturally there was no shortage of these fifty taels of gold ore, and the reason why they were so excited was that they wanted to take a piece back to commemorate and display it in person.

"Chincha-sama, is this really okay?" Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang silently exchanged glances, and finally couldn't help but ask.

Chen Zheng was drinking tea, and said in an astonishing voice: "Don't hide it from the two of you, this matter is not Ben Qincha's generosity, in fact, this is the emperor's intention!" ”

During this trip to the south, he had the privilege of having a long conversation with the emperor, so he had already formulated a set of plans to deal with different situations.

Now it seems that Wang Shouren's request is answered, but in fact, this is the emperor's explanation before leaving, but he wants these sons to bring some gold ore back to the capital.

"Huh?"

Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang were shocked when they learned that it was the emperor's arrangement, but they were even more sure that the emperor must have planned to arrange for this prince to come to Luzon.

It's just that what the emperor is planning will probably always be a mystery.

Although I was returning the same way, the situation was gradually getting higher, and the Aeta people helped me carry my luggage on this trip, so the speed of the return was obviously much faster.

About half a month later, they successfully returned to Luzon City, and the time had quietly come to October.

After Zhang Sui became governor of Luzon, his first important task was to promote the resettlement of Guangdong, not only arranging for the relocated people to open up land and farming, but also hiring them to help build roads.

Facing Lord Qincha, who had returned from the gold mine, he asked very seriously: "Lord Qincha, I wonder what instructions Your Majesty has?" ”

"Now that you've found the gold mines, and I'm afraid there are more than five gold mines here, let's do it!" Chen Zheng knew that Zhang Sui was a very capable official, and immediately cast an approving gaze.

Zhang Sui knew that he couldn't listen to Chen Zheng's words, so he messed up, and asked worriedly: "Will Your Majesty really agree to do this?" The amount of money for building the road is not a small amount, although the two-mile road has just been repaired, but now the money and silver of the governor's yamen have to see the bottom! ”

"Now that the gold mine has been found, no matter how much it costs to build the road, your wise majesty will definitely allocate funds for gold mining. Your priority is not to rush mining, but to repair the road from Luzon to the mining area, preferably with horse-drawn carriages, and sharpen knives without cutting wood! Chen Zheng knew that Zhang Sui still had some concerns, so he was very sure of it.

In this day and age, the most difficult thing is often the problem of transportation.

Taking Cao Yun as an example, the loss of Cao grain is full of eighty percent, and in order to pass on the cost of grain transportation to merchants, the Ming Dynasty gave away most of the salt profits.

Now the gold mines are located in dense forests and mountainous areas, and not only the mined gold mines have to be transported, but also large quantities of materials need to be transported continuously.

With current transportation conditions, relying on people to get supplies in is too inefficient and likely to be unable to meet the demands of large-scale operations.

If they only get a hundred catties of gold out of one trip, then this output is not enough to make ends meet.

That's why the best thing to do now is to spend money on a road that can transport supplies.

"Since Lord Qincha said so, then our Luzon Governor Yamen will let go!" Zhang Sui is not the character of a mother-in-law, but also expressed his boldness.

Although the initial investment is indeed not a small amount, and the imperial court needs to allocate funds to them, the gold mine is placed here. As long as they can keep mining, the return will be far greater than their investment.

As for the supply of materials, he knew that the imperial court would not sit idly by, and would definitely send them over in a steady stream to support them in repairing this road.

After only one night in Luzon, Chen Zheng led everyone back to Daming by sea ship the next morning.

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

"People are definitely not on the ship anymore!"

"If it's not on the ship, where else is it?"

……

On the night of the voyage, things developed in a strange direction, and it was clear that the group all returned to Daming together on a sea boat, but one person disappeared that night.

This disappeared son-in-law is also a relative - Zhou Gui, the grandson of Changning Bo Zhou Yu.

If Zhang Heling was an accident, then the subsequent Zhou Gui's mysterious disappearance or drowning at sea proves that there are likely to be murderers in this team.

Chen Zheng faintly smelled a smell of conspiracy, but he couldn't let him think about it anymore, but chose to take another sea ship and head in the northwest direction.

According to the earlier plan, he did not choose to return to the capital by the same route, but chose to go to Guangzhou City.

After arriving in the city of Guangzhou, he immediately reported everything that had happened through the Tang newspaper system, and also reported to His Majesty the fact that they had indeed found a large gold mine.

"Master, I don't know when I will leave for Beijing?" When the servant saw that his master had reported that he had settled down in Guangzhou City, he couldn't help but ask.

Chen Zheng wandered around the city of Guangzhou every day, sometimes inquiring carefully about the local prices, like a retired old man: "Don't worry! ”