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In Jiang Yu's spare time, he walked in the cloud no fairyland, and saw a figure standing by the lake, looking at the back of that person, like Ling Ruoxue, Jiang Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that figure. He carefully identified it, and found that he was not mistaken, there was indeed a person there, Jiang Yu immediately flew over against the wind, but he flew close at hand, and when he reached the lake, he found that the person had disappeared.

"Could it really be that I saw it wrong?" Jiang Yu looked left and right, but he couldn't see anyone's trace. And the residual aroma in the air, and the shallow footprints on the riverside, told Jiang Yu that he was not mistaken, there was indeed a person here who once existed.

"It's not Ruoxue......" Jiang Yu was slightly disappointed after smelling the aroma. Ling Ruoxue's body was a clear fragrance of pear blossoms, and the fragrance here was more like a faint fragrance of lotus flowers.

"Could it be that there are still people in this world?" Jiang Yu once thought that there was no one else in the Cloud Immortal Realm, but after meeting the Grass and Wood Demon, he gradually gave up this idea. I don't doubt that the woman is one of the people I saved, because she was able to escape the search of her own eyes, and she disappeared out of thin air in front of her eyes, her cultivation is far from being comparable to ordinary people, how could such a powerful person be captured by the Shenwu Sect.

Thinking of Ling Ruoxue, Jiang Yu was a little distracted, and spent a day in the Cloud No Immortal Realm in a daze, and not long after returning to the mansion to rest, Deacon Li, one of the nine deacons, came to the door, only to think of a good idea to make money, and he could get rid of the current predicament. In terms of business, Jiang Yu is a novice, and his subordinate deacon has a good idea, so he is naturally willing to listen to it, so he directly made an exception to see Deacon Li, and chose to go to the study that Jiang Yu does not often visit.

After the ceremony, Deacon Li sat down, and immediately a servant came up to serve tea. Deacon Li looked left and right, smiled and said to Jiang Yu: "Lord City, life is so simple, which makes his subordinates admire. ”

"Simple?" Jiang Yu was stunned, glanced at Hongrou, and then understood the secret. In Muyun City, any family, eating and living, and going in and out of the broken star, are all extremely exquisite. The patriarch of any family has a few dozen servants behind him, and hundreds of servants behind him. As a joke, there is a special person to serve you with toilet paper. Deacon Li didn't dare to put on such a show in front of Jiang Yu, so he only brought two people, but in other places, there were no less than dozens of servants around him, and Jiang Yu was different from them. Jiang Yu is not a bureaucrat, he is just a martial artist, and cultivation is what he values. For him, it is enough for the people around him to have a red rou. He only felt troublesome about those things that were put on the shelf.

Deacon Li is also a new official and is full of spirit. After talking a lot to Jiang Yu, he didn't get to the point, and Jiang Yu, who was still a little patient, was annoyed, so he said: "I want to hear the truth, or what Deacon Li's specific methods are." ”

"Well...... this" Deacon Li still wanted to go around in circles, but looking at Jiang Yu's indifferent eyes, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Actually, the money and silk problem that the city lord is worried about is not difficult. ”

"Oh? Jiang Yu listened to Deacon Li with great interest to see what he could say. I heard Deacon Li say: "The tax in the city cannot be increased, and it is okay to let the rich families in the city contribute some money, but this cannot last long." In such a dangerous situation, I think we can find our own way. Although the general altar does not require us to sacrifice human and animal animals, it does not prohibit us from continuing to trade human and animal animals, so that the way of wealth will be easy. ”

"How?" Jiang Yu asked with a slight smile. When he heard that the so-called way of wealth was on people and animals, he was already very unhappy. And Hongrou beside him, when she heard what Deacon Li said, it turned out to be related to this, and she frowned, she was abducted and trafficked like Deacon Li, how could she not hate it in her heart.

Deacon Li saw that Jiang Yu was smiling, so he said excitedly: "This is easy to say, there are men and women, and in the past, we sold men to local wealthy families who owned mines, and doing this is only an easy way, but not a way to make money." In the south of Muyun City, there are many mines belonging to my Shenwu Sect, but they have fallen into disrepair and have been abandoned for a long time. Why don't we start our own stove and revitalize the mine, and let these people and animals do hard labor, so that we can also have a large amount of income. As for women...... If the condition is good, it will be sold to the local wealthy families, and those people are still very willing to pay in this regard. Others, you can also sell them to prostitution brothels......"

Deacon Li gushed about his lofty arguments, Jiang Yu couldn't bear it, listening to him, and Hong Rou's body trembled a little. Jiang Yu saw Hongrou's strange appearance, quietly pushed her, and smiled at her, Hongrou suddenly knew that she was a little out of shape.

After Deacon Li finished speaking, Jiang Yu smiled and said, "The idea is okay, but I don't think this alone is enough." ”

After hearing this, Deacon Li said: "This is also simple, the subordinates can let them increase their efforts to arrest people and animals, if this is not enough, don't worry too much." After all, the seven cities of Huangzhou have similar difficulties, and the other cities may also be difficult to achieve the goal, so as long as we pay the annual tribute to be in the forefront, we will be fine. ”

When Jiang Yu heard this, he thought about it, shook his head, and said: "It's not proper, people and animals are originally filial piety to the altar, if we arrest them privately and know about them to the altar, I'm afraid that the guilt will be even heavier than not paying the annual tribute, and when the time comes, you will not be the only one who will die." ”

"This ......" Deacon Li's eyes blinked when he heard this, obviously a little scared.

"I'll think about it again, and I'll talk to you later. Jiang Yu flicked his sleeves, and Deacon Li understood, and immediately took his two entourages with him.

Seeing that Deacon Li was gone, Hongrou stood at the door and looked back, "Master, this person is even worse than the previous one." "The one before she said was naturally the one before Deacon Ma.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "There are few good people. Or rather, not even human. Jiang Yu paused and continued: "If it is as he said, I will be no different from the people of the Shenwu Sect. However, what he said seems to have merit. ”

Hearing Jiang Yu say such a thing, Hongrou was a little stunned. In her opinion, Jiang Yu, the city lord, wants to be the city lord, and the pressure is very great, because it is too difficult to pay tribute. When she heard Jiang Yu say that there was something to be desired, she was taken aback.

Seeing that Hongrou was a little dazed, Jiang Yu said: "What, are you afraid that I will adopt his opinion? I just said that he said that the idea of the mine can be adopted." ”

Hearing this, Hongrou stroked her chest, and said in her heart that the master still did not let herself down.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yu came to the council hall and called Deacon Li, Deacon Zhao, who managed the finances, and Deacon Wang, who managed the treasury, as well as some minor officials, who were also observing. Jiang Yu's main thing to know was about those abandoned mines.

"Those mines in the south of the city have been abandoned for almost fifty or sixty years, and I am afraid it will be difficult to revive. Hearing Jiang Yu mention the mines in the south of the city, Deacon Zhao, who manages finances, took the lead in saying.

"It's abandoned, why did it be abandoned in the first place, is it because the resources have been exhausted?" Jiang Yu asked.

Deacon Zhao continued: "That's not true, that mine was originally a rich mine that produced copper and iron, and I heard that there were also spirit stones produced. ”

"Spirit Stone!" Jiang Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he knew in his heart that in this world, although the number of spirit stones and spirit grass was much more than that of the Xueman Continent, the spirit stone spirit grass was still a high-priced item, if there was really a spirit stone mine, then a large amount of income would be just around the corner.

"How can such a mine be abandoned and abandoned?" Jiang Yu asked puzzled.

Deacon Zhao sighed and said, "Ten stars are in trouble, they go to the mine to kill people and make trouble in three days, they can't be caught, and the mine can't make money, so in the end there is no way, so I have to close the door." ”

Jiang Yu thought for a moment and asked, "Then why don't you rent it or sell it to the local wealthy families?"

Hearing this, Deacon Zhao shook his head and said, "This mine, like Muyun City, is an asset in the sect and cannot be sold or sold to others.

"......I see," Jiang Yu sighed.

On the side, Deacon Zhao had always been at odds, and Deacon Wang, who was in charge of the treasury, stood up and said, "Does the city lord want to reopen the mine, if so, his subordinates feel that it is inappropriate." ”

"Oh, why?" Jiang Yu asked.

Deacon Wang said: "What the mine seeks is profit, and now the mine is in our hands, but where to find the hard labor of the mine." And even if there is, if the ten stars come to destroy it again, we will be exhausted to deal with it. ”

Hearing Deacon Wang say such a thing, without waiting for Deacon Zhao to speak, Deacon Li, who gave Jiang Yu a bad idea, said: "This matter is simple, as long as we send people and animals to open mines, as for Shixingfan, there is no way to take them in the past, it is because the main people are rounding up people and animals, and the mine is not guarded, so they naturally take advantage of the loopholes, if we put the main people in the mine, they will not dare to make trouble." ”

After Deacon Li finished speaking, Deacon Wang still shook his head and said, "If we privately round up people and animals and do not hand them over to the altar, everyone here will be responsible for knowing about the altar. ”

When Deacon Wang said this, these people all looked at each other, and they remembered that Deacon Ma who was slaughtered by the altar, it was still a trumped-up crime, and according to the rules of the Shenwu Sect, if it wasn't ordered by the sect master, if it was not ordered by the sect master, it would be a big crime to do it casually, and they couldn't afford it.

Jiang Yu heard what they said, and said with a smile: "This matter is simple, the matter of the guards is just like you said, transfer the main manpower, as for the people who open the mines, we can pay for it." ”

"This ......" The people present almost all couldn't believe it as if they had heard the Arabian Nights. Deacon Zhao arched his hand and said, "What the city lord said is to give money to those hard laborers?"

"Isn't it okay?" Jiang Yu smiled. For Jiang Yu, in his hometown of Baiyue Kingdom, a country he didn't like very much, the workers who opened the mines were very hard, but the remuneration was still good, at least it was enough to support his family. But here, there is never such a statement, because mining is hard work, so in fact, mining is carried out by death row prisoners, human and animal and other hard labor. The idea of giving money is unheard of for them.

Deacon Zhao thought for a moment and said, "What did the city lord say...... If so, although it is not indispensable, but if so, I am afraid that there will not be much income. ”

Jiang Yu shook his head when he heard this, and said: "That's not necessarily, the people and animals you are talking about, whether they are captured or bought, all cost is cost, this cost is not low, if you accidentally die halfway, you will lose all your money." Now we hire some local farmers and unemployed people, and we only need to pay them a little, and they will be used by us, so that we can enrich the tax revenue, and we can profit from the mines, why not?"

Deacon Wang interjected: "Lord City Lord, I'm afraid that these are not easy to control, after all, the mine also produces spirit stones, if these people steal, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses." ”

When Jiang Yu heard this, he denied: "If you don't hide your flaws, it doesn't matter if you do this." As long as it's earned. Alright, you guys go and deploy!"

Jiang Yu immediately ordered that these three deacons, each performing their own duties, should deal with the affairs of the mine, and after he finished ordering everything, he dismissed everyone.

"The owner is really going to reopen the mine. Hong Rou, who was about to leave with Jiang Yu, asked Jiang Yu in surprise.

Jiang Yu said: "It's profitable, why not open it, and if the mine is opened, the people near Muyun City will have something to rely on." When they bring in the books, you draw up the calculations and see how much money we expect to make. ”

"Good!" replied Hongrou.

Three days later, the three deacons finished the matter of the mine, and handed over all the account books to Hongrou by the way, and Hongrou counted them and handed over the account books to Jiang Yu.

After the account book was given to Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu looked through it, and Hongrou explained on the side.

"The entire mine will employ 53,000 people, and the per capita salary will be three silver and four cents per month......

"That's it. When Jiang Yu heard this, he looked sideways at Hongrou. Although he didn't know much about the local standard of living, he did have a little less than three silver and four coins.

Hongrou heard Jiang Yu say this, and said, "This is the salary proposed by Deacon Zhao, probably according to the lowest level of poverty in Muyun City. ”

"Is this money enough to eat?" Jiang Yu asked.

"A family of four, barely fed, should be enough. Hong Rou replied. Jiang Yu shook his head again and again, and said: "If you are barely satisfied, there are many ways, and people would rather go to the dock to be a porter than come to the mine to suffer this crime." Is Deacon Zhao's head full of rain?"

Hearing this, Hongrou smiled, and then asked, "How much does the master think is okay?"

Jiang Yu thought for a while and said, "On the dock of Muyun City, how much money can a porter earn in a month?" Hongrou thought for a while and said, "This depends on the season, the best time, you can have more than ten silver a month, and the worst season will not be less than five silver." ”

Jiang Yu heard this and said, "Then it's simple, the salary is set at twenty silver." ”

Hongrou was stunned when she heard this, and said, "But if the master sets it so high, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, and we are already short of money." ”

Jiang Yu was helpless and said: "But what I want now is people, if I don't give a high salary, who will come." Besides, I opened a mine, not for the sake of the Shenwu Sect. Even if it is to benefit the poor people around this Muyun City by the way, there is nothing wrong with it. ”

"Got it. Hongrou looked at Jiang Yu, and immediately changed the salary.

I heard Jiang Yu say again: "After the mine really opens, remember the salary and announce it to the public, so as not to be deducted by those people below." ”

"Hmm......" Hong Rou responded, and said that the master sometimes seems to care about everything, but he is really serious and still very careful.

"According to the current scale, how much can we expect to earn in a month?" Jiang Yu was most concerned about, of course, this was this.

Hongrou compared it back and forth, and said, "If you calculate according to the output of the previous history, we can probably earn about 500,000 a month." ”

"500,000, that's it?" Jiang Yu was a little surprised. When he was in Baiyue Kingdom, he knew that the mine was very profitable, and he had full confidence in opening the mine, but now when he heard it, it was only 500,000 a month, which was too much worse than he expected.

When Hongrou heard this, she smiled faintly and said: "Master, as far as the mine is concerned, such an income is already very high, if you want to be higher, I am afraid that you can only ......" Hongrou said this, so she didn't say anything. Seeing her like this, Jiang Yu said: "I can only deduct it from absenteeism, right, I don't care about this." ”

Jiang Yu is a martial artist, not a bureaucrat, he does everything vigorously and resolutely, and he does what he says, and the three major deacons handed over the plan, and within two days, the mine was officially reopened. The reopening is all done by subordinates. Jiang Yu did not come forward in person, but this incident still caused a huge sensation in Muyun City. Because for the first time, they heard that what slaves and animals would only do was actually done by ordinary people, and the pay was not bad.

For such a new thing, the people in Muyun City have different attitudes. For ordinary porters, Muyun City is not a peak season now, and the income is very low, so it is naturally good to have one more choice. After all, they belong to the category of those who do not work for a day, and they will starve. And there are many people who keep a wait-and-see view of this matter, and people are afraid of new things, more often than not. Because of this, in the first few days of the mine, Jiang Yu actually recruited less than 2,000 people, which was too far from the expected number.

"Master, what should I do, such a small number of people are not enough. Hongrou came with the account book in her arms, frowning.

Jiang Yu flipped through the account book and said, "This matter is simple, give them an advance of three months' salary in advance." I don't believe anyone thinks money is hot. Jiang Yu knows very well that the reason why he can't recruit people is not that no one wants to do this job. However, for a long time, the reputation of the Shenwu Sect in the local area was very poor, or in other words, he, the city lord and the people below, had no credibility at all for ordinary people. The local people don't believe in themselves at all. Only real money is given to them, let them go out and legend, so that they can win the trust of people.

Jiang Yu's money was scattered, and the effect was really extraordinary, less than the third day, the number of people who came to the mine exceeded 10,000, and within ten days, the number of people reached the requirements, and the people who came here to find opportunities were still endless, and there were many people who came from hundreds of miles away.

What Jiang Yu didn't expect was that he played like this, but he accidentally offended many people he didn't expect.