In order to achieve success, Zhou Yanjules ordered the mines and smelting plants in Chizhou Prefecture to start construction. When the workers learned the news, they did not go back to work, they regarded it as voluntarily giving up the unpaid wages.

This caused many workers to return and start work.

After the civilian businessmen took over, the workers soon discovered that their work tasks were heavy, but their treatment was reduced.

This made some workers very dissatisfied, and some related households who were originally given empty wages and were arranged to be in production.

This made them angry and incited workers to fight, while Huang Zongxi showed no mercy and arrested the leading man and exiled to Beiling, which immediately shocked the crowd.

In addition, Huang Zongxi blamed the decline of JAC Mining because the workers were treated too well and occupied factory profits, which made JAC Mining go bankrupt and promoted it among the workers, making them feel guilty. Workers were worried that the mine would go bankrupt again and lose their jobs, so they could only accept the reality that their salary and benefits were reduced.

After the rectification of JAC Mining, the government paid off the debts, the merchants received mines and smelting plants, and only the workers' treatment was reduced.

This result is not perfect, but it is acceptable for Huang Zongxi and he can already submit the results.

After all, the government can see his achievements. The newspapers and public opinion mastered by merchants can praise him. Only the voice of the workers cannot be conveyed to the above and cannot affect his status.

He also started from reality in this reform. The situation in Jiangnan is different from the past. With industrialization and urbanization, a large number of people came from rural areas to cities, and the most demanding factory workers were workers.

After the reunification of the world, the first batch of babies in the China Alliance had reached the age of eighty-nine. As they became adults, the population in the alliance increased exponentially and they had too much labor force.

Now that the supply and demand relationship is changing, jobs are not easy to find. Even if all the treatment is reduced, workers can only swallow their anger.

Furthermore, this is in line with economic rules and helps to improve the profitability of the workshop.

Huang Zongxi stayed in Chizhou for two months, and the mining and copper and iron smelting in Chizhou resumed work in full swing, and the production capacity was soon restored.

The court could not see the process, but could only see the results.

When Huang Zongxi wiped out his debts and within two months, the copper and iron smelting in Chizhou returned to its previous level, he immediately received a lot of praise.

In the view of the Council, Huang Zongxi's reform was undoubtedly successful, and this also gained great reputation for Huang Zongxi.

Huang Zongxi originally wanted to stay in Chizhou for a while and achieve more achievements, but the public opinion in Jiangnan could not wait to hope that he would return to the cabinet and preside over the comprehensive restructuring.

As soon as Huang Zongxi arrived at the dock that day, he saw a large group of bureaucrats and merchants coming to greet him.

Everyone said compliments, which made Huang Zongxi feel a little fluttered.

This JAC mining reform allowed many businessmen to see opportunities and rewards, and they all hoped that Huang Zongxi would preside over a more comprehensive reform so that they could get a share of the pie.

At this time, Huang Zongxi was accepting the praise of everyone, and an official stepped forward to salute, "Huangge, your Majesty, when you hear that you are back, he specially asked the officials to come and pass the imperial edict to enter the palace to meet you."

"This must be Your Majesty. You want the Huangge Department to preside over the restructuring!" Someone in the greeting crowd said excitedly.

Mining and smelting are both heavy industries and require large amounts of capital investment, which ordinary merchants cannot play with.

Therefore, they urgently hope that Huang Zongxi can fully reform and allow them to enter the salt, tobacco, grain and oil industries monopolized by the government.

Huang Zongxi hurriedly said when he heard the words: "Please report back to Your Majesty and say I will enter the palace immediately!"

When the official went back to report the order, Huang Zongxi immediately left the dock, made some preparations, and then came to the palace.

At this time, Gao Huan was joking with Chen Zilong, Song Xiance and others, talking about the issue of the reform of JAC Mining.

In recent years, Gao Huan has indeed spent too much money, building new railways, expeditions to South Asia and Eastern Europe, and also sponsoring new merchant companies to expand Yinzhou.

These things are listed individually, and they are all things that were built at the Sui Dynasty at the level of the Grand Canal, and each of them costs a huge amount of money.

Among these things, based on the recent gains, only the expedition to South Asia did not lose money.

This is because South Asia has been developed for thousands of years, with a large population and a prosperous economy. Gao Huan's control of South Asia is equivalent to controlling a large market with more than 200 million people.

South Asia has not been colonized and plundered by Britain for more than two hundred years, and is still quite rich, allowing the Chinese Alliance to gain a lot of wealth from it.

Except for South Asia, the other three things are basically losing money.

Although railway construction can drive economic development and bring huge benefits in the future, it is now the construction stage and it will take several years to obtain profits.

Eastern Europe's economy was backward, with single crops, and food could only be barely self-sufficiency, which did not bring direct economic benefits to the Qian Dynasty.

Yinzhou has been fighting, and the war environment has discouraged the merchants and dare not invest and develop. Apart from the gold of Kingsoft, there is no wealth or material to be transported back.

Therefore, the finances of the court were indeed relatively tight, and it was urgently necessary to reduce debt and increase taxes.

At this time, Gao Huan was talking, and the guards came forward to report, "Your Majesty, Huang Yizheng has arrived."

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Let Huang Aiqing come in quickly."

Soon, Huang Zongxi entered the hall and saluted Gao Huan, "My minister Huang Zongxi paid homage to Your Majesty."

Gao Huan got up and did not help him immediately. Instead, he looked up and down, and finally his eyes fell on Huang Zongxi's shoes.

Gao Huan couldn't help but point at the worn-out official boots and sighed: "Huang Aiqing is not only a capable minister, but also a clean and honest official who is honest and law-abiding."

Chen Zilong and Song Xiance followed Gao Huan's point and saw his old shoes. Chen Zilong said: "Huang discusses politics for the country and the people, is honest and capable, and can be said to be a model for all officials!"

Song Xiance looked at Chen Zilong coldly. Although the Civic Party is in power, he does not need to please the Civic Party.

As the founding father, no one dared to mess with the emperor except the emperor, so he disdained to agree.

Song Xiance knew Huang Zongxi's background, but he did not point it out, so as not to offend Huang Zongxi.

"It made Your Majesty laugh. As soon as I returned to Nanjing, I heard that Your Majesty was summoned. In a hurry, I only changed my official robe and forgot to change my shoes!" Huang Zongxi said.

Gao Huan waved his hand, "Looking at these shoes, you will know that my dear is working hard this time."

Huang Zongxi said: "I am not working hard, but if I want to deal with the problem of Jianghuai Mining, I must understand the specific situation, so I can only run all the mines. After all, without investigation, there is no right to speak!"

"Well, be realistic and actively investigate, okay!" Gao Huan nodded, as if very satisfied, "I did a good job this time, but the official workshop in question is not just Jianghuai Mining. I should take action immediately and help them get out of the predicament!"

Huang Zongxi was overjoyed when he heard the words. He knew that he had gained trust. He quickly knelt down and bowed excitedly, "I will definitely live up to your Majesty's heavy trust!"
Chapter completed!