Chapter 1029 News from the Gold Mine
Jiang Jiaren looked at the nearby terrain and saw that the river flowed down from the mountain to the east.
If there is sand in the river, the gold mine should be on the upper mountain range.
At this time, Jiang Jiaren was happy that his dream of the richest man in Changshu would be realized after all.
"A Lian! Let them go to the river to wash some golden sand for me!" Jiang Jiaren said hurriedly.
The female chief was not really called A Lian, but his Yin clan name was pronounced a bit like A Lian in Chinese.
At this time, the two men went down to the river, used a woven dustpan to scoop up mud and sand in the river, and then washed it. After several repetitions, some river sand was left, but when they looked carefully in the sun, there was still a lot of golden sand mixed in it.
A man brought the dustpan to Jiang Jiaren. He grabbed a handful of sand, looked carefully, and couldn't help laughing proudly, "Haha~ I'm really rich!"
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Jinshan County, the main city.
It has been several years since Shi Kai was fooled by Gao Huan to Yinzhou.
Although after the early arduous development, the city was built and the land was reclaimed, compared with Jiangnan, Jinshan County was just a small town.
The economy in Jiangnan is developed, with a wide range of goods, and all kinds of delicious foods can be eaten with money. After meals, you can also listen to books and watch operas. You can live a rich and rich life.
There is almost nothing here except mountains, water and land planting. The stones are not as good as those of the small landlords in the countryside. It is really meaningless.
If he hadn't spent all his money and had huge debts, he would have wanted to give up the title of the prefect of Jinshan County and sneak back to Jiangnan.
Now the people of Qian in Jinshan County are almost as homesick as Shi Kai, but they are unable to return to Qianchao because they owe money.
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Jiang Jiaren walked along the way with the news of the discovery of the gold mine, and finally arrived outside Jinshan City.
The female chief A Lian and the men in the tribe stood by the woods, looking at the scenery of the East, looking at the civilized stronghold on the west coast of Beiyinzhou, Jinshan County of the Qian Dynasty.
This city, which was only considered a trest in the Qian Dynasty, surprised A Lian.
Jinshan City is about five miles in circumference, two meters high, and watchtowers are all in all corners. The architectural style is typical Chinese-style beauty, and it emphasizes symmetry and atmosphere.
Outside the city, there are fields of fields crisscrossing. The Qian people who came to Yinzhou brought their talent for farming here. The fields are square and regular, and the canals are straight, presenting another kind of beauty.
The Yin people also farmed. When they saw the fields here and the neat corn poles, everyone was shocked and felt civilization.
Jiang Jiaren said to A Lian: "I'll go in and find the county magistrate and exchange gold for something."
"I'll accompany you!" said the female chief.
"No, you can wait for my news!" Jiang Jiaren shook his head. He knew that the relationship between Qianren and Yinren was not very harmonious.
Although the Qian people also traded with some Yin people, they met most of the time, and both sides greeted them with muskets and bows.
The female chief told Jiang Jiaren to be careful and watched him leave reluctantly.
Jiang Jiaren from Jinshan City has been here several times and is quite familiar with him. He decided to go directly to Shi Kai and provide him with news about the gold mine.
The mining area is within the scope of Jinshan County and is managed by the prefect of Shi. Mining requires the prefect of the prefect to obtain the mining license.
In addition, in order to find gold mines, Kingsoft County had offered a reward earlier and there would be a reward.
Finally, it takes a lot of manpower to mine gold. What we are worried about now is not that there are too many people and cannot be distributed to gold mines, but that there are too few people who can mine.
After all, Ganchao is too far away from Yinzhou, and even if Gao Huan cheats, not many people will arrive in Jinshan County.
Jinshan City was not peaceful, and the city was in a strict manner. He stopped the horse-rejected stake at the door. Jiang Jiaren walked over with a swagger. As soon as he reached the door, the guards rushed him to the ground with a tiger pounced on him.
A group of county soldiers surrounded with muskets, and the leader said, "Hong is so brave. He dares to break into Jinshan City alone! Say! What are you here to do?"
Although Gao Huan promoted that the Indians in Yinzhou were descendants of the Shang Dynasty and called them the Yin clan, and intended to include them in the Chinese system, the arrogance of the people and the country of the Celestial Empire could not be changed for a while, and many people privately called the Yin people the Hongman.
Jiang Jiaren stayed in the tribe for several months. Now he is covered in animal skins and colorful feathers on his head. He is considered by the county soldiers to be the leader of the Red Barbarians.
Recently, Jinshan City has just been attacked by Hongman. Those Hongman felt that the arrival of the killer brought disaster to them and wanted to expel the killer.
The two sides fought a war and many people died. Therefore, the county soldiers guarding the gate saw a hero walking towards him in a swagger and were shocked at first.
"I am not from Yin, I am from Han, Jiang Jiaren, the master of Jiang Jiaren from Jiangjiagou!" Jiang Jiaren said with a wry smile.
The princess was stunned when she heard the words. Zhao Ming waved his hand and asked the county soldiers to lift him up, saying in surprise: "Are you Jiang Lizheng? A man from Jiangjiagou? Didn't you say that something happened to you? Lizheng gave him to Liu Zhongxia as the role?"
Jiang Jiaren cursed: "Liu Zhongxia is really not a thing. She didn't even look for it, so she announced her death."
At this time, Zhao Ming heard Jiang Jiaren's fluent Wu Chinese dialect and looked carefully, and no longer doubted. He waved his hand to let Jiang Jiaren go. Looking at his outfit with animal skin and feathers, he was dressed as a chief of the Yin people, and couldn't help but ask: "Jiang Lizheng, what's going on?"
Jiang Jiaren said: "It's a long story. I'm here to see the prefect and report the news about the gold mine!"
"Gold Mine?" Zhao Ming and the county soldiers were extremely shocked. They almost all concluded that they had been pitted by His Majesty the Emperor. There was no gold mine at all in Jinshan. No one had mentioned the gold mine for a long time.
Jiang Jiaren opened his bag halfway, revealing the gold weapon inside. The county soldiers widened their eyes and were shocked.
A moment later, Jiang Jiaren was invited to the prefect's office. Shi Kai hurriedly heard the news. When he saw Jiang Jiaren, he immediately smiled and shook hands and said, "Mr. Jiang, I heard that you had an accident. I was sad for a long time for losing a Jinshi in the county and the country. It's great to see you now!"
After speaking, Shi Kai told Jiang Jiaren to sit down and then asked someone to serve tea and water. "I heard that Mr. Jiang has a gold mine?"
Jiang Jiaren took out the gold weapon collected from the tribe and placed it in front of Shi Kai, which made Shi Kai's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed. He quickly asked, "Where is this gold mine?"
"Haha~" Jiang Jiaren smiled slightly, but picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Shi Kai met and hurriedly said, "If Mr. Jiang really discovers a gold mine, our county will give you a mining license. If you mine within the first year, there will be no taxes!"
After the discovery of this gold mine, not everyone can harvest it. You must have a license issued by Kingsoft County to be qualified to organize personnel to mine. Most of the gold obtained from mining must be handed over to the county, and the county will then share the money with Gan Chao according to the agreed proportion.
This mining license is equivalent to a golden job. With him, he can recruit miners to mine. If he doesn’t have it, he can only be a miner for a licensed person, earn some hard money and cannot make a fortune.
Jiang Jiaren heard that he could give a free license, and the gold mined in the first year did not need to be handed over. He immediately put down the teacup, took out a cloth bag, opened it and placed it in front of Shi Kai, "Present, please see!"
Shi Kai looked carefully and found golden light shining in the fine sand, exclaiming: "It's golden sand!"
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