So, if the "local government" proposes to move Kaiping Town, Yang Zhao will have to raise a question mark. However, Gao Pragmatic feels that if Yang Zhao is the only one who disagrees, although there will be trouble, it can be overcome.
The next thing to deal with is Jizhou's commander-in-chief Qi Jiguang. Gao Pragmatic thinks this problem is not big, because Qi Jiguang is not a scholar, and has always been "good at being an official and a good person." As long as he can convince his third uncle Gao Gong, Gao Gong revealed his intention to move to Kaiping Town, it is basically impossible for Qi Jiguang He would come forward to oppose it, as long as the place where Kaiping Town was moved was handed over to Qi Jiguang to designate.
Why was it left to Qi Jiguang to designate this new migration point? Because he is a true military strategist, he must have the clearest view on the issue of which location is most beneficial to military defense when moving Kaiping Town. As long as he is taken care of, he should not have too many opinions - anyway And he doesn’t want to pay.
If Qi Jiguang nods, then only Wan Dusi will be left. In fact, Wandusi is almost in name only. This ring-shaped capital that starts from Shanxi and runs along the capital to Shanhaiguan was originally specially designated as a defensive belt to protect the capital. It actually spans Xuanda (including Shanxi), There are two major governor-general districts: Ji Liao and Ji Liao.
But as we all know, the commanders of Dusi are basically hereditary, and many of its senior officials, such as commanders, are nobles. Because Wandu was close to the capital, it was also a gathering place for nobles. Needless to say, the power of nobles and nobles has declined greatly. Nowadays, the major governors have long lost their prestige. Basically, local officials do not take the governor seriously - even county magistrates with Jinshi background dare to ignore them. The Du Commander, that is, the county magistrate who appoints people to fill vacancies, may also give the Du Si a face.
However, when it comes to the relocation of a guard station, I have to ask the Dusi for his opinion. If it were somewhere else, it would be fine. It would ignore Dusi and not dare to say anything. After all, Wandu Division has a special status, has too many nobles, and is deeply involved with the noble bosses of the Jingnan Department. It would be a bit embarrassing to ignore it completely. Ugly.
Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic has already prepared for this, and now the big guys from the Jingnan Clan have become good friends who share the spoils with him... uh, share the profits together. It is basically not difficult for them to nod to this matter. After all, migration It doesn't cost them even a copper penny. If it doesn't work, Gao Pragmatic will give them a little extra, that's it.
After Gao Jingshi thought about these situations, he didn't explain it to Wu Dui, because Wu Dui still didn't know why Gao Jingshi bought these waste lands.
Wu Dui only knew that Gao Pragmatic's uncle's family was the Zhang family in Puzhou, which almost monopolized the Changlu Saltworks. The total area of these wastelands was quite large, probably hundreds of miles in circumference, but the price was extremely cheap. ——Less than ten thousand taels.
Of course, ten thousand taels is a large amount. A central government in the northern region cannot pay taxes equal to ten thousand taels a year. But the size of the amount depends on who it is for. If Gao Pragmatically planned to ask his uncle for the money, Wu Dui guessed that it would be nothing, just New Year's money for his nephew...
But Gao Pragmatic insists on taking Kaiping Town, Wu Dui really can't figure it out. This poor place is not even good for farming, and the output has been low. Looking horizontally and vertically, it seems that there are only a few small coal mines. However, coal is cheap and has few uses. It can only be burned for heating. If you want to transport it to the capital and sell it, the cost will go up again, and you can't sell the local coal in western Beijing. If Gao Pragmatic insists on winning the land in Qian'an, Wu Dui can understand. After all, there are gold mines there, but in this bad land in Kaiping, Wu Dui really can't think of anything that must be captured. .
Of course, he couldn't understand why Gao Pragmatic insisted on taking Kaiping, because Kailuan was one of the cradle of Chinese industry in history. This area not only has huge coal reserves, but also has a high proportion of coking coal, and also has considerable iron ore reserves.
There is coking coal and iron ore. If Gao Pragmatic can't build a "new steel city" that is at least much more advanced than the current one, why did he travel through time?
Originally, he had to be far behind on the development plan in Kaiping, but after accidentally receiving the contribution from Bailixia, he found that this plan could be planned a little earlier, because... he had money in his hands. .
Of course, this is not something that can be done by simply doing it. Talent, technology, relocation, new construction, etc. all cost money and time. Gao Pragmatic has a lot of things to do at the moment, and the soap factory has not yet given back the money, so Still have to do it step by step.
But no matter what, we must first take over the land, open a coal field and an iron mine, and then start research and exploration into making iron and steel. This still needs to be done. It is nothing more than controlling the scale to be smaller first, so as not to spread the shelves too big at the beginning, like Zhang Zhidong did when he built a steel factory and turned it into a "money slaughter", which would make people laugh. The time traveler was afraid that he would die laughing when he saw it.
After inspecting Kaiping, Gao Pragmatic still lingered. Now Wu Dui was a little dissatisfied. He was already a candidate for governor. How could he have time to accompany this "little junior brother" here? Wandering around in a broken place? Gao pragmatic also saw what he meant, took the initiative to thank him, and asked him to go about his business instead of wasting time here with him.
Wu Dui was originally worried that Gao Jingshi would have a safety incident in his jurisdiction and he would not be able to explain it to Gao Gong, but he looked at the large group of armed servants Gao Gongshi brought - this time he brought a full two hundred people. Wu Dui, the Bailixia rider, felt relieved again, so he said goodbye and left.
Gao pragmatically sent his cheap senior brother away, but he still took his time and wandered around Kaiping with others every day. When he had nothing to do, he chatted with local people. Of course, he asked about things related to coal mines and iron mines. Gao Mo, who had been accompanying him throughout the whole process, had no idea how much land his young master wanted to buy and how much mine he wanted to dig.
In his view, although there are more and more private mines in Ming Dynasty, apart from precious metals such as gold, silver and copper mines, other mines do not seem to be very profitable, and the risks are still high - the mines are strictly controlled. Yes, miners are prone to trouble. Once miners make trouble, the trouble is not small, so the trouble is very big. But if you don't control it strictly, the comparison between input and output will be even worse. The profit will be so low that sometimes you can even lose money. .
In particular, he still couldn't figure out why his eldest son was always interested in coal mines. This thing was really, really worthless. He had previously decided to mine coal in the west of Beijing. At least it could be said that there was a densely populated huge city like Jingshi. Consumption, but what is the use of mining coal in Kaiping? In Kaiping Town, including military households, civilian households, and even merchants and prostitutes, I don't know if there are enough households for 15,000 households. The total population cannot exceed 50,000 people. Not only are there few people, but they are also extremely poor. There are barren mountains and forests everywhere outside. It costs almost nothing to cut firewood and burn it. How many families are willing to burn coal? If you dig coal here, don't you have to smash it into your hands and die?
He now considered himself to be a confidant, and he did not dare not to dissuade his master, so he raised this question. Gao pragmatically just laughed and replied: "I can't bear to use Kaiping coal for heating, you don't have to Worry about this." After saying that, he took them to inspect the Douhe waterway.
It was so busy until one person arrived in Kaiping.
And this person is Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of Jizhou.
