"Everyone..." Song Yongchen thought about what happened last year and asked: "If we build a port and a town, I'm afraid we will have to do a lot of construction... I dare you... where will this manpower come from?"

Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and looked at Denglai: "It's just like last year."

"Like last year?"

"Well!" Zhao Xu rubbed his hands, his face turned red with excitement.

Jingdong Road now has the richest surplus human resources in the world.

Those who harbored the dream of gold mining continued to pour into Denglai from prefectures and counties throughout the Song Dynasty.

Last year, Zhao Xu used them to dredge the east flow channel and repair the official roads in Jingdong and Hebei.

It made an indelible contribution to the Liao-Song trade this year.

In the final reckoning, the expenditure exceeded 1.5 million yuan.

But more than one million coins were recovered!

Although about 300,000 yuan of it is in debt.

It's probably impossible to take it back.

But Zhao Xu still feels very profitable!

Therefore, after the New Year, Zhao Xu continued to instruct Tong Guan and Shi Deyi to increase their efforts to promote Denglai's gold craze.

Many spies from the Detective Department were also sent to Denglai to collect news and create a model.

Therefore, every now and then, Bianjing Xinbao will publish a story about a typical person who got rich through gold mining.

For example, Song Dalang from Bianjing City was originally just a libertine who was disliked by people in Bianjing City. However, he found several gold nuggets weighing more than ten taels in Laizhou, plus other scattered gold.

Guess what, he actually rented a shop in Bianjing City, opened a foot shop, and married a charming county boss!

Another example is Yan Qilang from Jingxi Road, who led his brothers to pan for gold in Dengzhou. He got more than 500 taels of gold in half a year, so he returned to his hometown to buy land. What a great success!

In short, all models have pictures and truth.

The libertines and scoundrels in the exciting city of Bianjing screamed and lay awake at night, borrowing money one after another to go to Denglai to pan for gold.

Zhao Xu also specially asked people to take Bianjing New News to densely populated areas such as western Beijing, Henan Prefecture, Yingchang Prefecture, and even Lianghuai and Liangzhejiang.

As a result, since this year, the number of people going to Denglai to pan for gold has increased even more than last year, reaching more than 200,000!

In order to maintain order in Denglai, Zhao Xu specially ordered to transfer a general's imperial army from Lu Huiqing on Hebei Road to station in Denglai.

On the one hand, stare at those energetic gold diggers.

The government doesn't care what happens to them in the mountains.

But if they want to go down the mountain and cause trouble, they will all be arrested and sent directly to Xihe Road to plant cotton.

On the other hand, of course it is to collect taxes!

Zhao officials have always plucking their feathers, and Zhao Xu is no exception.

For a get-rich-quick project like gold mining, Zhao Xu would naturally have to collect enough rent and taxes!

In addition to collecting taxes, Zhao Xu was also very considerate and sent people from the Jiaofang Division to build hook rails and tiles that fit the physique of the Song Dynasty baby around the Forbidden Army garrison and the distribution center for gold diggers.

What kind of female sumo wrestler, puppet show, singing girl...

Cockfighting, dogfighting, gaming...

Everything is arranged!

We strive to allow gold diggers to enjoy entertainment similar to that in Bianjing even though they are far away from Denglai.

The main theme is one - Denglai getting rich and Denglai flowers, I want to take them home!

Everyone is satisfied.

The Kaifeng Prefecture is very satisfied - thousands more thorns have been removed this year, and the public security in Bianjing has improved greatly!

The imperial court was also very satisfied - everyone in the world went to Denglai to make a fortune.

The pressure on public security in various places has been greatly reduced.

I heard that many of the bandits who fell into disgrace from the Yongxing Army fled to Denglai to make a fortune.

The local magistrate burst into tears - I can finally get a good evaluation in this year's performance evaluation, and I don't have to be fined copper and have to pay extra time.

The gold diggers are even more satisfied.

The heroes who advocated freedom realized their ideal of lying drunk on the knees of beautiful women without leaving home in Denglai.

It’s really awesome!

The local people in Denglai are also very satisfied.

More than 200,000 young people poured in and panned for gold day and night, which played a significant role in driving local consumption.

As for security?

Heroes rarely go down the mountain except for gold mining. Once they go down the mountain, they soak in the hook-and-rail tiles built along the gold mining area and rarely go outside.

Those gold diggers who could not find gold for a while did not dare to cause trouble under the pressure of the Forbidden Army, so they could only make money by working as long-term laborers for local big families.

Naturally, the big players are not kind people. They will severely lower the prices for these people and continue to exploit them in a sustainable way.

Many engineering projects in Denglai and Denglai states are now being carried out by these heroes.

The local government has more and more leftover money.

Zhao Xu was even more satisfied.

The more than 200,000 gold diggers are basically helping him dig for gold.

Most of the gold they worked so hard to dig out through various means ended up in Zhao Xu's hands.

From last year to now, there are 10,000 taels more gold in the pile storage!

Now, the lovely heroes and heroes once again have the opportunity to show their value.

Song Yongchen swallowed: "Everyone, it's still April..."

April is the best time for gold panning.

Those heroes are probably reluctant to leave the treasure land that contains countless gold.

Zhao Xu chuckled, glared, and said: "The gold mine in Denglai is our country's reserve for disaster preparedness!"

"I have newly ascended the throne, opened up the mountains and forests, and enjoyed it with the people. Now that it is nearly one year old, it is the right thing for the government to close the mines of the Denglai Mountains and Forests!"

Where is the gold from Zhao Guan's family so easy to find?

Do you really think Zhao Xu is doing charity?

Thinking too much!

The old Zhao family even cares about the hundreds of thousands of tea tax revenue every year for fear of suffering a loss.

Not to mention such a big gold mine?

Song Yongchen lowered his head.

Zhao Xu continued hehely: "Of course, if my subjects are willing to share their worries for me, I will not let them down."

Song Yongchen lowered his head even lower.

He already understood what his Lord meant.

Want to pan for gold? Yes!

Be obedient and work for the government.

Otherwise, the government will close the gold mine.

The Song Dynasty was very strict about the management of mines.

On the surface, it seems that private mining is allowed, but in fact layers of obstacles and constraints have been set up.

The main thing is one thing - I am the master of my mine.

"The official is indeed the eldest son of the late emperor!" Song Yongchen thought in his heart.

Both father and son are obsessed with money, and they both want to take all the money out of other people's pockets.

However, the late emperor's financial management methods were far less subtle and gentle than today's.

The late emperor's financial management was an open and honest way of raising taxes and exploiting people.

But today, it is under the banner of "resting with the people", "light corvee and low tax", and "benevolence and generosity".

Try every means and rack your brains to take money out of other people's pockets.

He has already played countless tricks on a gold mine in Denglai.

What stunned Song Yongchen the most was that most of the gold found by the gold diggers who looked like Denglai ended up in today's sealed piles.

Occasionally, those people are still grateful and are said to be benevolent and saintly officials.

Zhao Xu didn't care about Song Yongchen's inner thoughts.
To be continued...