Although it has already entered autumn, because the excrement water brought in is very fresh, and the wind is not strong in the field, once the earthen jars are broken, a strong smell will hit our faces.
Arrows can be blocked with shields, and bullets can be dodged behind mounds of earth. Only the stench makes the Qing soldiers and the coated Ahabs unable to defend themselves, and it is simply miserable.
Just one or two hundred piles was enough. In just half an hour, the Tianyou Army in the Deshengmen area was attacked by thousands of piles of dung. Looking around, they were almost dotted, just like a field fertilizing scene.
But they came to fight, not to fertilize, and not to be fertilized. The dog barbarian's move was really too damaging, causing everyone's stomachs to churn, and many people vomited and lost the strength.
Next to the excrement water were puddles of vomit, making the environment near the mound even worse, almost equivalent to a giant toilet.
If anyone steps on it, he will be unlucky. If you stumble and fall down and get stained with this dirt, you will immediately be ordered to clean it by the people around you.
During the siege, he was burned with kerosene by the dog barbarians.
Now I have dug a hole in the ground, but the barbarian has filled it with excrement and water.
Is this really a fight? ? ?
Many of the God-blessed soldiers have lost their temper. If they curse loudly, they will inhale more stench, and that is asking for trouble.
Try to fight back the excrement you have made, and the things you haven't taken advantage of yet.
The barbarian dog hit him with excrement and water, and everyone could only grit their teeth and endure it.
If I beat you, you have to endure the humiliation!
If you hit me, I will set you on fire!
Looking back, it seems that nothing was more annoying than the battle.
Even if they faced the Japanese army at Laotieshan, the Qing army would not be so passive.
If this were not the case, the emperor would not have ordered the ministries to dig holes.
These were all countermeasures that they came up with after being forced to do nothing. The soldiers were all praying that they would not be blocked in the hole by the barbarian, so that they would not have to dig another hole for themselves.
After hearing the news, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming could only ask their men to wrap wet cloths around their mouths and noses to avoid being smelled by the stench. They could not stop their work because of excrement.
Within four days, a hole must be dug to reach the city wall. Regardless of whether it is possible to enter the city through the hole, the hole must be used to blow down the city wall. Otherwise, without the cover of the red cannon, the Qing army will only be able to look at the city and sigh.
As a Qing general who was good at using artillery, Kong Youde still didn't understand what kind of firearm the dog barbarian on the opposite side used to achieve such a fast rate of fire.
He calculated the time using a high-end clock he bought in the capital. He knew that the defenders could fire at least five times in a quarter of an hour, and the rate of fire was only slightly slower than that of the Folan machine.
However, there was no gunpowder smoke at the top of the city, and he could only see countless black objects flying out of the city. Kong Youde guessed that this kind of artillery had the ability to deflect fire, which gave him a strong desire for possession.
If this thing can be captured and equipped with the God's Blessing Army, it will definitely be able to kill everyone in the future, causing the barbarian to drop his helmet and armor and urinate.
Thinking about it, thinking about it, it is useless to think about it before the city is destroyed. The most urgent thing is to supervise and urge the people below to dig the hole quickly.
From the current point of view, if you want to break into the old city, the only way is to dig a hole in the ground. Apart from this, there is no other way that can be thought of for the time being.
"Everyone, please line up! Don't jump in line! Don't make noise! If there is a fight, you will be taken to the Yamen and punished!"
The yamen servants patrolled back and forth beside the long queue waiting for vaccination to prevent chaos. This was a matter specially appointed by the Crown Prince, and nothing could go wrong.
Not only them, there were also a large number of factory guards on site responsible for protecting the doctors and nurses of the Army Hospital and preventing people with ulterior motives from causing trouble.
The vaccination is completely free, but it can only be vaccinated once. Anyone who dares to be vaccinated twice will be caught in the yamen and given a good education, plus a fine.
According to regulations, children under the age of fifteen, elderly people over the age of fifty, and women are given priority, followed by men of appropriate age. This arrangement is also recognized by the people.
Family members of officials, military personnel, and merchants can walk through special passages and do not have to queue up like ordinary people. These people have special roles in wartime and naturally enjoy special treatment.
A certain prince meant that all vaccinations should be done outdoors while the autumn air is crisp and there is no rain, so as to achieve streamlined operations and increase the speed of vaccination.
Although it is still possible to switch to indoors, there are too many people involved. Everyone comes in and out, and frequent changes are inconvenient. At least queuing up on the street is very convenient.
The only people who can enjoy indoor vaccination are patients who are hospitalized in the Army Hospital. They do not need to go out to get vaccinated twice, and the bed fee will naturally not be wasted.
Not many merchants came to line up early in the morning, because one thing had already exploded in the circle, and that was about Monan Jinshan.
In order to make money, especially big money, all the businessmen who heard the news were moved by the news and gathered in the hall of the Beijing General Chamber of Commerce.
Under the guidance of the chamber of commerce’s president, grain merchant Yu Songyi, and its two vice presidents, salt merchant Ma Yongliang and tea merchant Fan Qiaozhi, relevant documents were signed on the voluntary transfer of overseas Jinshan shares to Monan Jinshan shares.
Because mining is more convenient, transportation is faster, it is closer to the capital, the investment cycle is shorter, and it is still a one-to-one equal change, so the merchants, without exception, all agreed to this extremely good proposal.
It is expected that large-scale mining will be achieved within five years, and then rapid returns on shareholder investment will be achieved, which makes many businessmen as excited as chicken blood.
This golden mountain contains gold and silver worth nearly 500 million taels of silver, plus copper worth 7 billion taels of silver. As long as it is controlled by the imperial court, everyone is determined not to lose money.
The total equity value is 200 million taels, which corresponds to a gold mine value of approximately 7.5 billion taels. Calculated based on a net profit of 4 billion taels, the return on investment is twenty times!
To put it bluntly, you may not be able to secure a twenty-fold return if you rob someone’s house these days!
After 40 years of gold mining here, the annual return is half of the investment amount.
This means that the capital can be recovered in two years, and it will be a net profit from now on!
Because the Ministry of Accounts holds 20% of the shares free of charge, it means that the gold mine has already paid taxes, and all shareholders' dividends are fully tax-free.
Within the Ming Dynasty, such generous treatment can only be enjoyed by the dung merchants, but outside the country, everyone can have a good meal.
As for the dung merchants present, Bingxue cleverly ate their second overlord meal. Although they didn't understand geography or border affairs, the only thing they knew about was transportation, but it didn't stop them from taking advantage of the opportunity to make money.
If you follow the prince, you will definitely not suffer any loss. None of the excrement merchants expected that the public toilets they built would be more convenient and faster than door-to-door collection. Although the investment was large, the benefits were obvious.
As the capital expands, their territory becomes larger. A larger territory means a larger market, and they receive more profits than before.
This is the benefit that you can only enjoy by following the prince. On the contrary, don't try to make more money. Not only will there be no increase in income, but you will also have to vomit out what you have eaten before.
After the dung merchants tasted the sweetness, they would naturally cling tightly to the prince's thigh. The more prosperous the capital city was, the larger the population would be, and the better their business would be.
Whether businessmen in other industries will follow suit is their business. It has been half a year since the prince took charge of the country. Anyone who can't figure out which way to take is really stupid and blind.
Li Shiwen, the Minister of Household Affairs who was admonishing everyone at the scene, said that this was one of the gold mines, and there was another one nearby that was temporarily sealed because the funds raised were not in place.
The subtext means that as long as the money is available, it can be mined at any time.
As a result, this group of merchants firmly supported the imperial court in wooing Monan Menggu. As long as they could succeed, this gold mine would be within their grasp.
There are risks in mining overseas gold mines, but risks and benefits exist at the same time. We cannot only focus on the latter and ignore the former.
In addition, the prince, the court, the Zheng family, and the merchants all took risks. They were all sitting on the same boat. It can be said that "one prospered, one prospered, and one suffered losses."
If you want to lose money, everyone will lose. If you want to make money, everyone will make money. The only difference is that the prince received part of the investment amount first.
But this money was not kept for nothing. It had been loaned to the Ministry of Household Affairs and distributed to the soldiers and strong men as military pay and rewards.
These days, if you want to defeat the dog Tatars who are eyeing you outside the city, you will definitely not be able to do it without money.
Even if Marshal Xu and Qi Shaobao are reborn, they can't retreat from the enemy without money!
However, the location of Jinshan has been moved from Nanyang overseas to Monan, which is less than a thousand miles away. For merchants, there is great hope.
When the railway is built, I have to take a train to the mining area to see it with my own eyes. As a shareholder, I have this power.
What's ridiculous is that the Menggu tribe armed forces who came to attack the capital with the captive chief Huang Taiji didn't know that there were two golden mountains at their feet.
If they knew that money would come into their account every day they lay down, those Menggu nobles and their large group of cavalry would probably never hang out with Huang Taiji until they died.
As for Huang Taiji, the villain who is trying to counterattack the Ming Dynasty, he still doesn't know that his troops have been infected by the prince's magic and will be forced to retreat in two months at most.
It will be the coldest time of the year, and it would be best for all the dog tartars to freeze to death on the way out of the customs, so that Wang Shilian can save the energy to cover up the killing later.
"The prince's power is boundless, and the dog Tatars are defeated!"
"In the future, our Ming Dynasty will be able to realize the renaissance, and our lives will get better and better!"
"It must be so! If the Ming Dynasty is good, everyone is good, and if the Ming Dynasty is rich, everyone is rich!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! I am determined to do so!"
The meeting to change the gold mine ended up being a tea party to praise a certain prince and the court. Fortunately, Li Shiwen explained the situation and left the scene, otherwise everyone would have felt that they were wasting their time.
Now even the merchants who had been doubtful before had to admit the power of a certain prince. He restrained the wolf-like dog Tatar with one move, and then moved Jinshan to a different position, which reassured everyone.
The only thought in their minds is whether this immortal magic can be as powerful as expected. If Gou Tatar has some magical skills to protect his body and can defend himself against the immortal magic, wouldn't the prince's trick be in vain?
Besides, is the Monan Gold Mine really so easy to mine?
Menggu people do not agree to the conditions, what should the court do?
When the Qing army attacked the mining area, how should the court respond?
These are all unknown things, and no answer can be found at the moment no matter how hard you think about them.
But even these people will follow suit and invest money in Jinshan.
This is the last chance. Once confirmed, it will be impossible to think about investing.
It’s not impossible to ask the prince to speak Chrysostom. You must have the face first!
If the princess and his wife requested it, the prince would of course nod in agreement, but if it were an outsider who was not from the clan, the situation would be even greater.
Although it will take many years to get a twenty-fold return, once it is successfully mined, it will be an extremely stable income, which is better than any business.
If you have a loss, it means that the court, especially the Ministry of Revenue, will suffer a greater loss.
Not to mention the imperial court, once the Jinshan Mountain was damaged, the first people who could not bear it would be the local Menggu tribe nobles.
They had no means of mining and smelting, so they relied on Ming Dynasty to give them huge dividends.
Whoever dares to cut off their dividends is their enemy.
There is a saying: Cutting off a person's financial path is like cutting off his life path, and you will bear the consequences!
"Are you Dai Lu?"
"Who are you, who dare to break into a private house?"
"I am a government official in Shuntian Prefecture. Someone reported you for selling salt privately!"
"This is a false accusation! I am an innocent person!"
"Whether he is innocent or not, we can wait until we return to the Yamen to find out. This is an arrest warrant!"
"ah???"
Dai Lu didn't expect that his selling of private salt would come to light. The price at that time was twice as high as the court's price.
However, Dai Lu was careful when selling grain and deliberately did not leave any proof. Even if the other party really set a trap for him, there would be no proof.
"I have no grudge against you, why do you want to frame me?"
When he arrived at Shuntian Mansion, Dai Lu immediately saw his next boss, Gao Yuan, the customer who bought grain. He immediately became furious and wanted to strangle this man alive.
"No grudges? You thief is so forgetful! My father bought salt from your house before. Just because he said that your salt was wet and mixed with sand, you asked your servants to beat my father. .”
Gao Yuan will never forget this matter and will take revenge if he has the chance. Because there is no relationship, there is no way to deal with Dai Lu. However, it turned out that he had really waited for a good opportunity.
"Is there still this matter? I don't remember. If it is true, your father is deliberately framed by my family and affects our family's reputation!"
Dai Lu would never admit his fault. If he said even one wrong word in the lobby, he would be imprisoned.
"Call the witness to court!"
"The witness..."
Yin Houdong of Shuntian Prefecture had just been vaccinated. Taking advantage of his rest, he decided to try the case. Now that there were witnesses, it would be easy to convict this rip-off bastard.
"you……"
Dai Lu saw his butler Dai Shan, and his heart suddenly tightened. This butler knew too much. If his secrets were revealed, it would be over.
"Master, are you okay?"
Dai Shan didn't want to die, because someone had reminded him that he could either die with Dai Lu or live happily for the rest of his life with money.
Besides, this is not a false accusation, but solid evidence. It can be said that the evidence is conclusive and irrefutable. Without complete certainty, he will not send his relatives to prison as witnesses.
"Who are you kneeling down on?"
"Little man Daishan!"
"Do you have any evidence as a witness?"
"The villain has the Dai family's account book!"
"Send it up!"
Regarding Dai Lu's shady things, Dai Shan has made detailed records of every transaction, making it clear to the viewer at a glance.
In view of the fact that Dai Lu was rich and unkind, and had not given him any salary for many years, and beat him and scolded him at every turn, there were times when Dai Shan could not bear it no matter how good his temper was.
"Dai Lu, now everyone has gained the stolen goods, what excuse do you have?"
"Hmph! If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?"
"How presumptuous! This is the lobby of Shuntian Mansion. You are not allowed to act wild here!"
Hou Tongzeng completed a brief trial on his own territory, first detained the suspect, and then reported the case to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, where the court would convict him.
"My lord, I have heard the conversation between Dai Lu and businessman Xu Haoran!"
"Say what you hear!"
"I heard Xu Haoran say that if the Qing Dynasty... uh... the dog Tatars break the city, Xu Haoran will learn from the Shanxi merchants and respect the dog Tatars, and Dai Lu also agrees to do the same!"
"Fart! You are clearly spitting blood!"
"Master, you have done a lot of immoral things in your life. Why are you so reluctant to admit it today?"
You may not die if you evade taxes, but you will certainly die if you collaborate with the enemy in wartime.
Dai Lu didn't even think that the walls had ears at the time, so he was in trouble today...
