A certain prince saw Hui Wang Zhu Yicheng consulting the acting king Zhu Chuanhui on relevant matters, while Zhao Wang Zhu Cibing was whispering to Jin Wang Zhu Shenxuan.
The remaining five vassal kings from Henan were more or less moved after hearing his introduction just now, so they struck while the iron was hot and said: "'Northland' is twice as big as the Ming Dynasty, and 'Eastland' is even bigger. It is three times as big as the Ming Dynasty. The eastern part of "Beidi" is close to Kuwu, which is convenient for naval support. It is blocked by black water and is more than five thousand miles away from Donglu's home base. Even if Huang Taiji hears the news, he wants to attack the Ming Dynasty. The country is also more difficult. It's just that the climate is colder than inside the pass, and it's no different from outside the Great Wall. However, the forest and fishery resources are rich, birds and animals are everywhere, and wheat and potatoes can be grown, so the people don't have to worry about their livelihood. Near the North Pole, there is a It is a gold mine with reserves of up to three million jins of gold and more than 40 billion jins of copper. It only takes four months of mining every year, and the gold mined can be converted into 200,000 taels of silver!"
The King of Dai and the King of Jin both went to Sakhalin Island to hug each other for warmth. They could no longer cram people into a palm-sized place, so they had to find other places to place the remaining vassal kings.
The other side of Sakhalin Island is a very good place to stay. At least the place is big enough. The Ming Navy can quickly reach Sakhalin Island, and naturally it can also reach the other side of the island.
In any case, there is such a large no-man's land. If we don't fool a few feudal lords, we will be sorry for such a large piece of land.
"Three million pounds of gold?"
Chong Wang Zhu Youfan almost screamed. Gold has always been calculated in two ways. I didn't expect that there was a gold mine with such a large reserve in the far north. It was really shocking news.
Even these wealthy vassal kings would be excited about a gold mine with such a large reserve. Gold is money. Even copper dug out these days is money.
Three million kilograms of gold is equivalent to thirty million taels of silver, which is much more than the soft things of any vassal king. With this gold mine, wouldn't future generations have no worries about food and clothing?
Judging by his name, Zhu Youfan is a contemporary of the blame-shifting father. The one with the character "Chang" in his name is Guangzong's younger brother, and the one with the character "Yi" in his name is even more remarkable. He is Shenzong's younger brother. In terms of it, he can be regarded as the younger brother. A certain prince's great-grandfather...
But even if these vassal kings are less than a few years old, they will be very excited when facing the gold mine, especially after their homes were confiscated by factory guards, they are very tight, and it is the time when they need to make money.
Because of the different fiefdoms and cities they lived in, there were also rich and poor among the vassal kings. For example, Zhu Changxun, the Fu Wang of Luoyang, and Zhu Gongxun, the Zhou Wang of Kaifeng, were both local tyrants.
Runing's Chongwang Zhu Youfan is not as good as these two seniors, but his worth is not much different. He is a person who is not as good as his superiors but more than his inferiors.
As for Wei Hui's Lu Wang Zhu Changxi, Yuzhou's Hui Wang Zhu Yichen, Huaiqing's Zheng Wang Zhu Yizhong, and Zhangde's Zhao Wang Zhu Changyu, their net worths were quite different.
A certain prince would pay traveling expenses to the vassals according to one-tenth of the confiscated family property. If five hundred thousand taels of silver were confiscated, they would be given 50,000 taels in traveling expenses, and so on. There is no upper limit, and the minimum is 50,000 taels. Food is not included.
As long as these "pig bugs" can be dispatched as soon as possible, a considerable burden can be relieved on the court and the people. When they go overseas, not only do they no longer need to be paid every year, but they can also free up a considerable area of arable land.
The cultivated land inherited or occupied by the feudal princes cannot be sold directly to the people. After being digested and absorbed by the moths below, there will be nothing left in the hands of the people, and the court will not receive any money.
All cultivated land will be sold to the wealthy gentry, and all the money earned by these scums will be extracted from their hands. When the court receives the money, it will reduce taxes for the people, so that benefits can be achieved on both sides.
Although the gentry were not as prominent as the vassal kings, the network of influence was too intricate and spread throughout the empire. It was impossible for a certain prince to engage in another "farming sex" in the short term amid internal and external troubles.
Therefore, the established strategy is to first send the vassal kings' capital out of the country, allowing them to take root overseas, and at the same time avoid eating up all the food stored at home.
After dealing with the braids and bandits, the gentry can finally be dealt with. Once these people collude with foreign enemies and internal thieves, their lethality will be extraordinary.
At present, we must first stabilize this group of people. Apart from mining and salt production, the new policy announced by a certain prince basically does not touch the interests of the gentry, especially the land matters that they are most concerned about.
Instead, all agricultural taxes in the north are comprehensive, including land taxes and fees in the hands of the gentry. Now, just pretend that these guys don't exist, let alone let them pay taxes according to regulations, and don't cause trouble for a certain prince.
If you want the gentry to contribute money, it will definitely not work by paying taxes. If they just stare and refuse to pay, how can you still send troops to suppress it?
Therefore, you have to do whatever you want. Land is the bait, but a certain prince has no land at all. Even the imperial village has been sold to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The only group of people who hold a large amount of land, have a very small number of people, and have irreconcilable relations with themselves are the many vassal kings. If these pigs are slaughtered late, it will be cheaper for "Express Brother Li" and "Zhang Da Zongzi".
A family of 500,000 taels, and a family of 28 is 14 million taels. Next year's scheduled annual income is 30 million taels, which is close to half of the imperial court's income.
However, all the property of the feudal lord will be sent to the East Palace. Only land auctions can bring some profit to the Ministry of Household Affairs. All farmland will be sold at 30% of the market price, with 10% going to the Ministry of Household Affairs and 20% to the East Palace.
Li Shiwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, was very satisfied with this. This price could quickly withdraw funds and enrich the Household Department. Moreover, the Household Department itself had no initial investment, so it was purely a waste of money.
In view of the fact that the East Palace and the Ministry of Household Affairs jointly deceived the nobles before and sold the land of the nobles in the capital to the surrounding gentry. With a successful precedent of cooperation, it would be easy to do it again this time.
To the vassal princes, a certain prince could not get in or out without light. This was called "mutual benefit", which was equivalent to exchanging the land in the Ming Dynasty for the land in overseas fiefdoms. Instead of getting less, they got much more.
Prince Fu Zhu Changxun had been holding back his anger on the road and wanted to wait for an opportunity to attack, but after Prince Zheng Zhu Yizhong was choked so much, he had to be cautious.
This little brat is really smart, cunning, and sharp-tongued. Maybe he was taught by Emperor Taizu Gao in the immortal world, and he will fall into his trap if he is not careful.
My butt is not very clean either. If I rashly mention returning family property or raising travel expenses, I may have to make the same mistake as King Zheng. Being ridiculed by a child at such a young age is really not worth the loss.
After hearing the introduction of this kid with a yellow mouth, it was not difficult for King Fu Zhu Changxun to refuse the proposal to establish a kingdom overseas, but he still decided that he could not be the first to take a stand. Whoever takes a stand first would suffer.
"How much? Not much! Uncle Emperor, there is no need to be like this. The 'Northland' looks desolate, but in fact it is vast, sparsely populated, and very wealthy. The 40 billion kilograms of copper buried in the gold mine alone would be converted a hundred times. , it will be worth no less than 400 million jins of silver when dug out. This is not 400 million taels, but 400 million jins! As long as the emperor transports the miners there, he can lie in bed and count the money every day, and build a building that covers an area in the territory of the vassal state. A luxurious palace covering hundreds of hectares is just a drop in the bucket!”
If you can really dig out 400 million kilograms of silver, then you can really do whatever you want and buy anything, just like the oil tyrants in the Middle East, you can swipe your card whenever you like...
Chong Wang Zhu Youfan is not like other bad old men. He has not yet reached middle age. Except for the good food in the palace and a slightly fatter figure, his physique is very good. Other vassal princes are afraid of the cold, but he doesn't care about this.
With mountains of gold and silver, who cares about the cold?
With so much money in hand, I can wear tiger or bear skins to stay warm in the palace~!
Oops...
Four hundred million pounds of silver!
How big of a pile must that be? ? ?
Not to mention 400 million jins, even if it is 4 million jins of silver, Zhu Youfan has never seen it.
"May I ask, Your Highness, does this place include that gold mine?"
Encouraged by the little prince, Zhu Youfan became very interested in this piece of land. As long as there was a gold mine in the fiefdom, it was not impossible to move the vassal state to the north for the mountains of silver.
"Uncle Emperor, please forgive me for telling me this bluntly. I dare not guarantee this matter to your uncle, because the number of vassal kings going to the North has not yet been determined. If there is only one uncle, not to mention this gold mine, the entire The Northland belongs to you, Uncle Chong. If two vassal princes go to the Northland, it depends on how the territory is divided! However, this place is relatively cold, so there must not be too many vassal princes who agree to go."
Among many overseas fiefdoms, Sakhalin has the highest overall cost performance. Because it is an island, the possibility of being attacked by braids is very low, and it is very close to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, which facilitates support and trade.
Next is the "Northland", that is, Siberia. This area is still a wasteland. There are 18,000 Jurchens jumping around in tens of millions of square kilometers. At most, they are a group that poses no great threat. Just a toad.
Due to the existence of gold mines, if "Northland" is developed, it will definitely be richer than Sakhalin Island. Don't look at the living environment. Secondly, if oil is extracted from the hot desert, you can still live with air conditioning. The rich life.
It's quite cold in winter, with the temperature dropping to 30 to 40 degrees below zero outdoors. However, if the capital is built near the sea, the temperature will only be around 20 degrees below zero in winter.
There is so much coal and wood, at worst, you can just burn it every day. Anyway, the pine and birch forests are free of charge, you can burn them casually. There are so many resources per capita. Even if they are powerful, you won’t be able to accept them.
The Sea of Okhotsk itself is a super large fishing ground, and salmon can also be caught in the inland rivers. There is no shortage of meat at all. People can fish, farm, and mine in spring, summer, and autumn. They can chop enough firewood before winter, and then Just keep the house cat in winter.
There is plenty of land there. As long as it's not too tiring, one person can farm a thousand acres. You can't see anyone for a long time. The biggest enemies there are wild boars, black bears and tigers!
There are no robbers or bandits, they can have enough food and clothing, and they don’t have to pay much taxes. Isn’t this kind of life what the people of the Ming Dynasty want to live?
"Yeah! Your Highness is right!"
Chong Wang Zhu Youfan politely agreed, and it was not easy to tell the other vassal kings that he was interested in this place, so don't go there. Moreover, in the courtyard, Zhu Youfan was only older than the prince, so he was considered as a backup. , ranked second to last...
He wished he could monopolize that gold mine. Four hundred million kilograms of silver had already fascinated Zhu Youfan. For this gold mine, no matter how hard it was, it was worth it.
Because he is still young, as long as he works hard for a few years, he can live a luxurious life. Of course, it is worth moving like this, and it is so worth it!
The vassal kings may be fat or ugly, but they are definitely not stupid. None of them is the same as Emperor Hui of Jin, especially in terms of calculations, each one is smarter than the other.
King Fu Zhu Changxun wanted to use this gold mine to make back all the lost property, but he was worried about whether his body and bones could withstand the cold weather in the "Northland" in the past.
He stared at the map for a long time, not daring to speak easily for fear of making mistakes if he spoke too much. He then turned to look at the other feudal lords who were about the same age as him, and everyone responded with the same look and expression.
A certain prince deceived countless people and saw through the marrow of these "pig" at a glance. It seemed that it was time to break out the second piece of land, so he said: "The situation in 'Northland' is generally like this, 'Eastland' 'My Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away, but if the wind is favorable, we can set off in April and arrive in July. A large area like this is almost no man's land, with only countless salmon, black bears and elk. If we go further south, , the climate there is the same as my Ming Dynasty, but there are millions of indigenous people there, and the level of development is roughly the same as that of the indigenous people of Dongfan Island. There are hundreds of millions of bison living here, and if you want to eat beef, it is definitely easier to get it than in my Ming Dynasty. More. In the northernmost part of the 'Eastland', which is here, called 'Alaska', there is a gold mine with gold reserves of 5 million jins and copper reserves of 50 billion jins! If any of the imperial uncles are interested in going, This gold mine naturally belongs to him.”
Yao Ji has finally discovered that the feudal kings from Henan seem to be very interested in gold mines. In this case, let's follow their preferences and introduce more about this aspect.
The proven reserves of the Peibo Gold Mine in Alaska are 2,800 tons of gold and 32 million tons of copper!
Second only to the Grasberg gold mine on the island of Guinea and the Olympia Dam gold mine in Australia, both gold mines have gold reserves of more than 3,000 tons.
However, the Olympia Dam gold mine is a radioactive mine, which means it contains uranium. Without necessary safety measures, it will pose a great threat to miners, so it cannot be mined in the short term.
There is also a giant gold mine, the Sukhoilog gold mine located north of Jungar, with reserves of more than 2,000 tons. However, mining under the eyes of others is courting death.
The Grasberg gold mine is close to the control of the Dutch and cannot be mined. The only large gold mines that can be mined in the short term are the Pesenka gold mine in the north and the Peibo gold mine in the east.
The difficulty lies ahead, that is, the two gold mines can only be mined for three or four months each year. The rest of the time is covered with frozen soil. When mining, the frozen soil must be dug first. Without excavation machinery, it will be extremely difficult. Effortless.
But the lord who wants to mine will not care so much. He should hold the gold mine in his hands first before talking about other things. If he can't even control the gold mine, talking about other things is nonsense.
Except for King Chong Zhu Youzhen who already has his heart set on Beidi, the remaining six vassal kings all pricked up their ears to hear about the situation in Eastland. They heard that there is a gold mine with greater reserves than the one in Beidi. , everyone was a little wavering.
The East is really far away, and it takes at least three months to reach it by boat, but the climate there is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, not too cold, and there is a huge gold mine waiting to be mined.
When I have money in my hands, the imperial court is beyond its reach. I think when the time comes, I can ascend the throne as the emperor...
