Chapter 177: Large-scale construction, my wife is here

Governor Yang was stunned. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and Huang Laifu told him about his purpose and his face did not turn red. He laughed for a while and said, "It's okay if you want to say this!"

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "The ancients said that it is better to have fun than to have fun alone. Huang also said: If you have money, everyone can make money. As long as anyone can afford the money, they can invest in shares. The more money they pay, the more dividends they will get at the end of the year."

"As for the people who hand over the minerals to merchants, Lai Fu also has his own considerations. Although this generation is profit-oriented, we are indeed inferior to our business. Mr. Yang and I know what kind of goods are there for officials from all over the country. With their ability, it would be strange if they hand over the minerals to their managers, they would not lose their pants. I, Huang Lai Fu, are here to make money, not to lose money!"

Governor Yang couldn't help but cough, thinking that Huang Laifu's speech was too direct and rude, which was not in line with his identity, and even more in line with the doctrine of the mean in the officialdom. However, what he said was the truth. Since Huang Laifu was naked, Governor Yang also put aside his shamelessness. He pondered: "I, Liu Bingbei and others, are indeed interested in investing in the shares, so I don't know how much money they have to invest?"

Huang Laifu raised a finger and said, "At least one thousand taels of silver, no need to talk about it if you don't have any money! Our Ningwu mineral management is a big deal, and it's not something that can be collected by any cat or dog."

Governor Yang took a breath of air. One thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. In later generations, it would be RMB 600,000. Although Ningwu Pass is a town, there are not many rich households, and there are not many wealthy officials among the officials, which is far from comparable to Taiyuan and other places. If Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei could give out the money, then most of their civil servants and generals could not afford the money.

Governor Yang looked embarrassed and said, "Nephew, is this threshold too high? I'm afraid..."

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, if you want to make money, you have to invest money. This is a natural thing. The military generals and officials under your command cannot afford the money in one breath, so a few people can pay together. Besides, it may not be possible to invest money. They can also exchange the resources in their hands!"

Governor Yang immediately looked bright and said, "What does nephew mean?"

Huang Laifu said: "Let me say this, for example, your model barracks, you can let them all come out to work. There are also the two battalions of scattered soldiers in the city, and the military households under the commander's commander can also go out to work! In this way, if you don't invest a penny, you can also get dividends. Of course, after these people arrive at the mine, they will obey the management of the mine. The wages they earn themselves will also belong to them to support their own families and will not be deducted. Don't you think this is good?"

Governor Yang's mind was spinning quickly. He pondered for a long time, and finally felt that Huang Laifu's proposal was not impossible.

After seeing Huang Laifu's elite camp, Governor Yang also knew that even if his model camp number reached 10,000, it would be useless to Huang Laifu, so it was meaningless to stay all around. However, the personal soldiers were the capital to settle down and he could not all be scattered. He decided to leave two thousand people by his side, and let the remaining one thousand people be released. As for the scattered soldiers in the city, Governor Yang ignored the need to pay attention and just followed those people.

He smiled and said, "This is OK. I will go back and discuss with everyone!"

He stood up and said, "I'm upsetting my nephew. It's not too late, I'm going to say goodbye!"

Huang Laifu said: "It's too late, so I'll stay soon. Mr. Yang will walk slowly!"

He personally sent him out of the general's mansion.

Walking on the street, Governor Yang looked back at the General's Mansion and snorted coldly: "A martial artist, his mouth is full of stinking!"

But thinking about the wonderful prospects after the investment, he became happy again.

At the door, looking at the figure of Governor Yang's carriage and horses leaving, Huang Laifu also snorted: "I want to make money but I'm still shy, I'm just aloof!"

After Governor Yang returned, he informed everyone of the good news. Everyone was excited at first and finally joined the bus where Huang Laifu made money. Then there was a quarrel between officials of all sizes. However, in the end, everyone had to accept Huang Laifu's proposal. For a moment, the Ningwu officialdom was in full swing. When everyone met, they asked each other: "How much did you invest?"

For ordinary local officials and generals, they had to borrow money everywhere, or more than a dozen people, and more than twenty people gathered together to raise a thousand taels of silver. For those with some power, such as Zhuang Liyu, Xu Weiyou, and Ningwuguan commander Sun Zhigo, they planned to release all the soldiers in their hands in exchange for Huang Laifu's dividends to them by the end of the year.

Usually, when these people lead troops, they don’t make much money by empty salary. They drive the military households to farm for them and gain little. They are better than the shareholders who work as mines to come richly and stably.

As for everyone's fields, will Ningwu have no food to eat next year? Everyone is very open-minded. Ningwu has no food, so you can buy it from Wuzhaibao. If you have white silver on your hands, you are worried that you can't buy food? The worst thing is, everyone spends some money and hires some households to cultivate their own fields is also a way, right?

The soldiers and households were also very happy. When they were in the army, they were often deducted military pay. Less than half of the money and food they received a year, and the military households were even worse. Although it was harder and more dangerous to work in the Huang Junmen mine, the money and food they received were real. They found out what Huang Laifu did in Shenchi Fort very clearly, and knew that the money and food of the Huang Junmen were kind and righteous, and that the money and food of the monthly money and food were never denied.

Only the thousand retired soldiers in Governor Yang's model camp were dissatisfied and resentful to Governor Yang. They were originally in the Model camp, with good food and clothing, and they also paid enough monthly food and salary. Now they are going to do the extremely hard work of miners. Which one of them is willing? In the end, Governor Yang can only recruit these soldiers and invest in them with money. He doesn't want to cause any mutiny.

After all the local soldiers and households were released to do the work, the troops in Ningwu Town were only 2,000 people in Huang Laifu's Laifu Camp and 3,000 people in Governor Yang's Model Battalion. As for General Liu Quanli, the two thousand soldiers in Ningwu Camp he led became professional mine protection teams, specializing in protecting the safety of mines in various places in Ningwu.

However, Huang Laifu believes that the local troops have enough troops, and the soldiers are not too strong. If they seem to be too small, they will recruit some young and strong training at that time. Huang Laifu did not expect them to fight in the war, and after they were released, they would not be taken back.

Moreover, when things were on track in the future, since these military and horses had actually transferred their jobs, Huang Laifu would also propose to the court to waive the money of the food and wages, so that the generals of the army would still be in charge and get empty wages in practical matters. In the end, Huang Laifu would also waive all the food in Shanxi Town's civil transport, and would move away on the heavy mountain of the people in the town.

October 25, 21st year of Wanli, November 17, 1593.

The money and grain have been received, and the mining and construction of various mines in Ningwu Pass has begun.

From this day on, the inner city of Ningwu City was extremely lively, with people talking about this on all streets, alleys, teahouses and restaurants everywhere. Although the weather is cold now, everyone has to wear thick cotton jackets when walking outside their homes. Some of them have wealth and are fashionable, so they wear wool-sweet fabric coats produced in Wuzhaibao.

However, the cold weather could not escape the heat in everyone's hearts. The former soldiers of the battalions, who had been identified as miners, left the city in the envious eyes of others, followed the foreman to go to the mines.

Because the coal mines in Ningwu Pass are large in scale and require a large number of people, in addition to these sergeant miners, many local households are also rushing to join, and many local refugees have also found jobs to support their families. In addition, all the miners in the original Ningwu Pass were also hired, which made their original concerns completely fall.

In the construction of coal mines in Ningwuguan, there were countless mine holes distributed in the local area, which were excavated by the mine owners at that time. What we need to do now is to imitate Shenchi Fort, dig the coal holes wide and deep, dig wellbores, build underground support, and arrange transportation and ventilation tunnels to better solve the problems of drainage and mine lighting in coal mines.

Near the mine eye, rows of camp houses were built, thinking that the coal yard was considered a coal yard. Because Ningwu's local coal quality is good, the coal seam is thick, the burial is shallow, and it is easy to mine, the mineral construction in the area is easier than Shenchi Castle. In just a short period of time, many places have changed.

In addition, since coal is mined, people need to transport and sell it, not to mention that many merchants are rushing to carry ox, carriages and horses, many local young and strong, even women, children, carry big baskets, and prepare to come here to carry coal, making some money every day.

In addition, a large number of young and powerful people gathered in Ningwuguan to mine coal, requiring a large amount of daily necessities. Not to mention the villages and forts near Yangfangkou, Dongzhai, Huabeitun, Huaidao, Xuejiawa and other places that are close to each coal mine are profitable. Even near each coal mine, commercial spots were soon formed, with a large number of hotels, miscellaneous shops, restaurants, and brothels constantly emerging...

Because of mining and mining coal, the entire Ningwu Pass economy became alive.

At the same time, preparations for livestock breeding in Ningwu Pass have also begun. The Guancen Mountain in the northwest of Ningwu are densely covered with forests and a wide variety of wild animals, especially on Heyeping Mountain and Malun Grassland, there are tens of thousands of acres of alpine meadows with abundant water and grass.

Here, in addition to being able to feed good horses, raise cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, etc., you can also do wood production, plant various precious medicinal materials, and raise silver plate mushrooms.

Among the local camps and guards who came out to work, each mine was selected as a young and strong man. Huang Laifu arranged for the work here to do things. Of course, the wages were not as good as doing things in the mine.

In addition, Huang Laifu also recruited many local refugees to work here, providing jobs for many local people. For a moment, Ningwu Pass kept saying thanks to Huang Laifu.

Since winter has arrived, the affairs of Guancen Mountain are now only under the guidance of Wang Qinian, who came to Ningwu Pass, to do some preparations. The specific matters will be discussed after the beginning of spring next year.

October 30th, 21st year of Wanli, November 22, 1593.

This is the snowy season.

When there was a busy time in Ningwu Pass, Gu Yunniang came to Ningwu Pass.

In addition to the maids and maids who served her and the servants, there were also Deputy Qianhu, Director of Wuzhaibao Urban Management Bureau, Yang Anzhang, Director of Wuzhaibao Construction Bureau, etc.

These two people are here to handle the construction of Ningwu Pass city and principles. They have been in Wuzhai Fort for several years and have accumulated a lot of experience in this work. Now Huang Laifu is guarding Ningwu, and the institutions related to Wuzhai Fort will also slowly move to Ningwu Pass. However, in Huang Laifu's plan, Wuzhai Fort is his headquarters, and the rest of the places will only build some branches.

When Gu Yunniang and others came to Ningwu Pass, it was a prosperous scene with all the wastes. Everyone had a different mental outlook. Especially after entering Ningwu City, most of the bumpy streets and dirt roads had turned into flat and wide concrete roads. There were straight and clean drainage ditches on both sides of the street, and flowers, plants, trees, etc. The garbage, sewage and other objects on the street were cleaned.

There were originally many ragged refugees and beggars on the street, and they were basically unable to see them. They all went to mines or Guancen Mountain in various places to do things. Now they were all in a hurry and had people with excitement on their faces.

When the eldest wife is here, Huang Laifu naturally wants to go out of the city to welcome him. Since Gu Yunniang is Huang Laifu's wife, Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei and others are now grasshoppers on the same rope as Huang Laifu, and Gu Yunniang is the fourth-rank lady of the imperial edict, which is rare. In terms of etiquette, they should also go out of the city to welcome him.

Therefore, when Gu Yunniang and her carriage arrived at Ningwu City, the city gate was full of officials from all over Ningwu Pass who were greeting.

When Gu Yunniang got out of the carriage, everyone took a neat breath and whispered everywhere. They lived and moved their energy, and after several years of raising them, Gu Yunniang had a luxurious spirit. With the charm of a young woman, it was so tempting and tempting that she was.

Governor Yang liked women and was stunned for a moment, but looked at Gu Yunniang in a daze. It was not until Liu Bingbei coughed aside that Governor Yang realized, and his face returned to his hypocritical expression.

Gu Yunniang wore a pearl crown on her head and a fourth-rank maid dress. After seeing her husband affectionately, she saluted the officials. In addition to Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei, many officials wanted to kowtow to her.

Huang Laifu was quite proud. He stepped forward and grabbed her soft and tender little hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I have been here all the way!"

Gu Yunniang's eyes fluttered, she gave Huang Laifu a blank look, and chuckled: "If you don't come to see you, I'm afraid you'll be looking for a wild woman outside again!"

The two of them entered the city hand in hand, with a guard of etiquette in front of them, and a large number of officials followed behind them. Along the way, Gu Yunniang looked left and right without saying that, curiously. Even on both sides of the street, there were more and more people watching, and many people pointed at Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang.

"Who is the woman next to Huang Junmen? She looks so pretty."

"You don't understand this? Is this the wife of Huang Junmen or the wife of the fourth-rank imperial decree? Look at the imperial decree, it's the first time I've seen it."

"Tsk tsk, the fourth-rank madam? It's really amazing!"

"Huang Junmen is a great hero, and his wife is also handsome, she is so handsome!"

People on the street were talking, and the more people went to the city, the more people watched the street. Huang Laifu's various things in Ningwu Pass these days were very popular with the local people. He loved the house and the Wuwu. He also had great respect for the wife of Huang Junmen and Ningwu Pass. I don't know who beat the gongs and drums first and lit firecrackers. For a moment, there were gongs and drums on Ningwu Pass Street, and the sound of firecrackers was deafening.

Seeing this situation, Gu Yunniang was naturally extremely happy, while Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei and others looked bad. Huang Laifu, who was so willing to buy people's hearts, had never received such enjoyment in the past few years since they arrived in Ningwu Pass.

The group entered the general's mansion, and Huang Laifu invited everyone from Ningwu to welcome Gu Yunniang and others. In the evening, Governor Yang and others made a welcome drink for Gu Yunniang in the Drum Tower. It was not until very late that Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang returned to the mansion to rest with some alcohol.

While sitting comfortably on the hot couch, Huang Laifu asked about some things about Wuzhai Fort. Gu Yunniang said, and she smiled and said, "There is Sister Xiuhe in the fort now. I don't know how relieved I am. My husband doesn't know. Sister Xiuhe takes care of the accounts, but I don't know how quick it is!"

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Then you will be relaxed!"

Gu Yunniang stared at Huang Laifu and whispered: "My husband, I miss you!"

Huang Laifu said softly: "So too!"

The two hugged each other tightly.

I don’t know how many times it rained in the spring night. The next day, Huang Laifu put it aside and accompanied Gu Yunniang to visit Ningwu.

Ningwu is known as the pearl of loess. It has beautiful mountains and rivers and peaks. As early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was a famous tourist attraction. There are many famous scenic spots in the area, including Fenyuan Lingzhu, Tianchi Jinlin, Reeds and Sprays, strange stones on the back of the pot, smoke and rainbow on the side bridge, Liangyu Shrimp, Zen House Sunshine, Huihe Fuli River and other famous eight famous scenic spots.

On Guancen Mountain, there is the Ningwu Tianchi and Wannian Ice Cave. Ningwu Tianchi is embedded on the top of the mountain and has been a summer resort since ancient times. Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, Tang Li Yuan and his son have all left their footprints here. Especially during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, he ordered the Fenyang Palace and the Palace Palace to be built around Tianchi, which is beautiful for a hundred miles. As for Wannian Ice Cave, the huge rocks inside are steep, icicles are lined with ice accumulations, and ice accumulations do not melt all year round.

When Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang visited these places one by one, Gu Yunniang couldn't help but be amazed: "It's so beautiful!"

When you walk into the ice cave, the various ice stones are realistic and thrilling, which makes people amazed when they see them. As for Ningwu Tianchi, the surface of the pool is as clear as a mirror, making people feel even more relaxed and happy when they see them.

Huang Laifu was thinking about whether he could engage in tourism in Ningwu. After hearing Gu Yunniang's sigh, he couldn't help but look at her. At this time, the two were standing next to Tianchi. Perhaps it was because Gu Yunniang's rain and dew were moistened last night. At this time, Gu Yunniang's face was as red as a rose, and the lake and mountains next to her were reflected, which was really beautiful.

Seeing Huang Laifu, Gu Yunniang's eyes turned white with watery eyes, and she felt quite captivating: "What are you doing? Look at you, I just don't think about good things!"

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Being a husband is really not thinking about good things!"

He hugged Gu Yunniang into his arms, and amid Gu Yunniang's moan, he kissed her plump and soft lips.

The two of them came to the sky and the earth, and they were indulging in joy!

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Chapter completed!