I'll just say, Datong doesn't have anything, but there are coal mines!

It's a pity that there is no "Daqin Railway" in this era, and it is difficult to transport the coal dug out, and it is impossible to make a lot of money!

However, digging some coal to exchange horses, cattle and sheep for the Mongols does not need a railway!

You can't even use a concrete road!

Because, the Mongols will bring their own cattle and horses and transport the coal themselves!

"Factory, believe me, there is really coal in that mountain!

More than 20 years ago, when he was still the Wanli Emperor, my father took the villagers there to dig coal! ”

Looking up at the mountain, Wang Li nodded again and again:

"Okay! You say yes, there's it!

Go back and talk to the people and dig as soon as possible! ”

"Factory father, you don't have to dig as soon as possible, you can dig today!

Xiaomin only needs to go back and say, and thousands of people will come over immediately!

And, bring your own gong basket and shovel! ”

"Okay! Let's get started! Don't waste any time! ”

Hearing this, the people who led the way were overjoyed and returned to the village.

Looking at the mountain in front of him, Wang Li smiled faintly.

Don't say it's the mountain, if you tell me that there is coal in every mountain, I will believe it!

Back then, when Emperor Wanli was in power, in order to collect more mining taxes to fill his small treasury, the whole country was opening mines!

At that time, the "tax superintendent" was awesome!

Just point to a mountain, just say that there is an iron mine or coal mine, and force people to dig it, and you can sit and collect the mining tax!

Whether you can dig out iron, whether you can dig out coal, the tax supervisor doesn't care!

They're just collecting taxes!

So, our West Factory is really the conscience of heaven and earth!

Not only do they provide two meals a day, but they also provide temporary tent accommodation, and they are paid five copper plates a day!

……

"Factory, there is really an iron mine in the mountains opposite!

At the foot of the mountain, there is also an abandoned iron-making furnace!

With a little fix, you'll be on fire in no time!

It's just that...... If you really want to mine and cast iron, you still need an official document from the government! ”

"Damn! You've even done rebellion, and you're still afraid that the government won't approve it? Gather my men quickly, and it's better to go into the mountains tomorrow!" ”

"Factory man, this ......"

"Damn! The governor of Shanxi and the magistrate of Tiancheng County have all been scared away by you, who will come to find trouble?

Let you pick it!

Something happened to be borne by the factory! ”

"Factory Gong, grass people mean...... Mining Cast Iron ...... Is it the same as digging coal in Datong, there are two meals a day and wages? ”

"Yes! Absolutely!

The factory came for disaster relief, how could it make the people hungry?

The same is two meals a day, and the same is five dollars a day!

As long as you come to open a mine, there are only those who die, not those who starve! ”

"Factory father, you are really the food and clothing parents of the people of Shanxi!

The grass people will go back and tell the villagers!

Tomorrow, no less than 2,000 people will go into the mountains to open mines!

In the future, there will be more! ”

……

"Factory father, the paper cigarettes you invented are so easy to sell!

Chengdu, Yunnan, Guilin, Guangzhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Nanjing, almost every state and county are urging the goods, which is really in short supply! ”

"Damn! There are so many hungry people, don't waste it!

Why don't you hurry up and scale up production?

Do you still need me to teach you? ”

"No, the tobacco leaves that can be bought in the south have long been bought by us! How do you scale up without tobacco? ”

"That's right...... That...... How much stock do we have? ”

"Probably, 1,200 more boxes!

By the time this batch of tobacco leaves is all made into paper cigarettes, it is estimated that there will be 1,800 cartons! ”

"Then ...... Then raise the price tenfold and sell it for a pack of silver or two, so let's do it for the time being! ”

"Factory father, the south has long risen to one or two silver a bag! The problem now is that if you don't have enough tobacco leaves, you can't make money if you have money! ”

No tobacco leaves!

No tobacco leaves?

Depend on!

Have money in your hand, but you're afraid you won't be able to buy tobacco leaves?

"Song Zhe, immediately send someone to Fujian, let Zheng Zhilong think of a way, and take a batch of tobacco leaves in the first emergency!"

"Factory father, it is difficult to quench the thirst of distant water! It will take at least half a year to bring back tobacco leaves from Nanyang! ”

"I'll go! Half a year is half a year, that's the only way to do it! ”

Song Zhe left the main hall, and Wang Liwei closed his eyes.

Tobacco has just been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and it has only been a few decades;

Although it is cultivated in the south, the scale is too small!

It's a pity that the climate in Shanxi is really not suitable for growing tobacco leaves!

Moreover, the tobacco leaves are transported from the south to Shanxi, and then made into paper cigarettes and then shipped to the south, which not only wastes time, but also increases the cost!

It is imperative to set up a few more cigarette factories in the south!

Or...... Move tens of thousands of people from Shanxi to the south to grow tobacco for me?

Should...... Can it work?

There are many hungry people in Shanxi, as long as you give food, you can recruit people!

If you talk about the cheapest labor, I'm afraid only Shanxi!

Moreover, growing tobacco leaves by yourself can not only ensure the lowest cost of raw materials, but also control the scale of planting, and prevent people from being "stuck"!

However......

When I heard that I was going to the south, the people retreated a little!

They don't want to leave their hometown!

I don't want to be separated from my family!

I'm more worried about dying in the field, and I can't return to my roots!

Alas!

Since the people don't want to go to Jiangnan, then the central states and counties!

It seems that Henan is also suitable for the cultivation of tobacco leaves, and it is not far from Shanxi!

It's a pity that Henan has also suffered a major drought, and there are civil changes from time to time!

Or, Shandong?

No way!

The terrain is flat, and it is not far from Jingshi, if Huang Taiji kills it, the loss will be great!

Then, only Hubei and Sichuan remain!

Hubei, it's still not very safe!

If the people in Henan are in turmoil, Hubei will be easily affected!

Sichuan......

The terrain of Sichuan is good, and the climate is suitable!

I'll go!

Zhang Xianzhong's guy wants to slaughter Sichuan!

However, this Ming is different from the Ming in history!

It was Wang Zuogui, Wang Jiayin, Shen Yikui or something who rebelled, not Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong!

So, Sichuan is the safest!

And, it's your hometown!

There is a sense of intimacy!

Well!

The planting base and production base are built in Sichuan!

By the way, there are giant pandas there!

The new paper cigarette names are called Giant Panda, Red Panda, Black Panda, White Panda, Blue Proud Son, and Red Proud Child!

Change the packaging, change the name, and double the price!

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Wang Li coughed repeatedly, and the people who were talking about it quickly stopped talking.

"Since everyone is reluctant to go to Jiangnan, let's change to Sichuan, the land of abundance, what do you think?"

The voice fell, and the discussion resumed.

It seems that no one in Sichuan wants to go!

It seems that you have to have some blood!

So, Wang Li put his heart sideways: "If you are willing to go to Sichuan, you will receive one tael of silver a month, including room and board, and then exempt the field endowment of your hometown in Shanxi!"

Moreover, it is not for everyone to move to Sichuan forever!

After five years, the West Factory will send everyone back to their hometown for free, and each person will be given a settlement fee of 20 taels! ”

As soon as these words came out, the people all exploded!

Growing tobacco is much easier than mining coal!

The wage is several times that of digging coal!

You can also be exempted from the field tax due!

After five years, not only can you return to your hometown, but you can also send an extra twenty taels!

If the factory is a man, there will never be a fake!

This pie is so tempting!

At one time, there were countless applicants!

In just five days, more than 200,000 people signed up!

This posture can scare Wang Li a lot!

Nima!

Are all the people of Shanxi here?

In addition to young men and women, children of seven or eight years old, old men with crutches, all came!

I'll go!

Even though I'm a cheap laborer, I can't afford to feed so many people!

Moreover, my West Factory is not for charity!

We don't raise idlers!

Fifty thousand, fifty thousand at most!

50,000 young adults, that's enough!

For the rest, I'm going to mine and dig coal!

……

After half a month of selection and preparation, escorted by more than 1,000 brocade guards, 50,000 young and strong people, with a beautiful yearning for life, set off mightily!

Looking at the crowd of departures, Wang Li suddenly found that he was a contractor!

Those who dig mines, cast iron, dig coal, and grow tobacco leaves, all work for themselves!

Unexpectedly, with such a low wage, there can be more than 100,000 people to help them earn money!

And, every one of them is grateful to Dade!

Could it be that this is what economists call the "demographic dividend"?

Indeed, from the slave society to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the end of the Ming Dynasty, only this era had the largest population!

130 million registered population!

If you all work for yourself, hehe!

……

"Report ...... Factory Officer: Baode is fighting over there! ”

Wang Li frowned, and he really couldn't think of where "Baode" was: "You are panicking!" Say slowly, what Virtue? Who's fighting whom? ”

Jin Yiwei was out of breath, out of breath, and after talking for a long time, Wang Li finally figured out the reason for the matter.

Baode, in the northeast corner of Taiyuan Province in Shanxi, is close to the Yellow River.

The "fighting" in Jinyiwei's mouth refers to the starving people in Yansui, Shaanxi Province, who crossed the Yellow River and had a fight with the people of Shanxi in Baode County.

The cause of the incident was just that the hungry people in Shaanxi stole a few sweet potatoes from the people of Shanxi!

In Wang Li's opinion, this is a trivial matter!

But I didn't expect that the brawl of ordinary people would escalate into a group fight between Jinyiwei and Hong Chengchou!

More than 30 people were injured on both sides!

It is said that Hong Chengchou is mobilizing men and horses to prepare to kill the Yellow River!

And the people of Shanxi on the Baode side have gathered more than 3,000 people to defend the sweet potatoes they planted to the death!

"Factory father! We have already indicated the identity of Jinyiwei in the West Factory, and Hong Chengchou still has to do it!

He also said that it was Jinyiwei who was beaten! ”

"! Lao Tzu has never even been afraid of Huang Taiji, but he is still afraid that he will participate in politics a little?

Hum!

The edict of the Fusi of Beizhen is opening its doors to him!

Whoever is going to gather people right away!

Bring our cannon with you and fuck it! ”

……

From Datong Mansion to Baode County, a distance of more than 200 miles, Jinyiwei arrived in three days.

In fact, the information from the Jinyi Guardian, especially their accusation against Hong Chengchou, must have been exaggerated.

Wang Li knows this.

The reason why he was furious and made a big move was to see what Hong Chengchou, the "second minister" in history, looked like!

At this time, the banks of the Yellow River are indeed tense!

At this time, on the riverbed of the Yellow River, sweet potatoes and potatoes are lush and growing happily.

In the face of more than 500 soldiers on the west bank, the people and Jinyi guards on the east bank were not afraid, and they were still shouting loudly to provoke each other.

The cannon was set up by the river, and the faces of the soldiers on the other side changed greatly, and they fled without a trace in an instant.

As Wang Li expected: not long after, Hong Chengchou's handwritten letter was sent from the West Bank, inviting Wang Li to "drink" in the past.

In this regard, Wang Li readily agreed.

At the same time, I realized that the brawl between the people of the two provinces this time should have been deliberately provoked by Hong Chengchou!

What his purpose is, only when he goes to the West Bank will know!

What is certain is that he does not dare to do anything to the West Factory!

He didn't have the guts!

Most likely, he has a request for himself!

So, Wang Li took only five brocade guards and crossed the endless sweet potato fields to the temporary tent on the west bank.