Xu Maocai and the others didn't know what the appearance of the ghost stone would bring to the Xu Mansion in the future. They quickly grabbed Xu Que at this moment, fearing that this kid would really go crazy.
"Hey, hey..."
Xu Quemeng was confused, what was he doing?
"You bastard, calm down. It's scary to be a father like this." Xu Maocai pressed Xu Que.
"Dad, I'm fine. I'm very fine. I'm just too excited." Xu Que immediately explained: "Before, I always felt that something was missing, but I didn't consider the fuel issue. Now it's fine. God is here." help me."
Hearing Xu Que's words, the three of them were even more confused. What does this have to do with God?
"Brother, what fuel are you talking about? Is this the ghost stone?"
Xu Fan was the first to react. He felt that his younger brother must know a lot of things. After all, the wine yesterday had surpassed all the wines on the market.
"Yes!" Xu Futou nodded and said, "There is another name for this thing, and that is coal..."
Before Xu Que could finish his words, Uncle Liu immediately asked: "Young Master, no matter what its name is, this thing is extremely poisonous when it burns. Do you want to use it to kill people?"
Xu Que was speechless. He doubted Uncle Liu's idea, but he had the patience to explain: "This thing may be highly poisonous to others, but to me, this thing is a weapon for making money. Wait until I design it." You all understand how to use it.”
Xu Maocai and Uncle Liu looked at each other and stopped asking. They probably wouldn't understand if they asked...
"Let's go to Jiangtan Xishan with me." Xu Que rubbed his hands excitedly, pulled Xu Si and walked outside.
Just when he led Xu Si to the door, he suddenly turned to Uncle Liu in the main hall and shouted: "Uncle Liu, I need to ask you one thing, I will think of a way later to buy the land on the west hill of Jiangtan." Down."
"Young Master, why did you buy so much wasteland?" Uncle Liu quickly stood up and asked.
"If you are asked to buy it, just buy it. It will be a good place there in the future!" Xu Que said a word, turned around and left...
Uncle Liu glanced at Xu Maocai. He could not understand the young master more and more at this moment...
"Buy it first. After all, it's very close to the river beach. The Xu family doesn't need this piece of wasteland." Xu Maocai said.
"Okay, I'm going to the county government office right now." Uncle Liu handed over his hand and left the main hall.
The mountains and land facing the west of the river beach were owned before. However, due to the floods in recent years and so many refugees living there, the previous owner had no choice but to sell the place.
Naturally, the pawn shop would not dislike it, but after buying it, it regretted it... Because no one dared to buy it here, the pawn shop had no choice but to ask the county government for help.
The county magistrate is actually very reluctant to consolidate this area. After all, no one wants the land he released. That is a matter of political performance...
What surprised Mo Dongsheng was that Xu Mansion not only bought the mountain on the west side of Jiangtan, but also paid a higher price than before...
Let me explain here that in ancient times, mountains were basically owned by local governments (imperial courts), and land enfeoffment was a manifestation of serfdom. Land and serfs were enfeoffed to various high-ranking households.
People like Xu Que who buy barren mountains, whether they are county magistrates or county guards, will sell them. After all, these are several barren mountains. If they sell a mountain at a high price, they will have a good political performance, and they can also Contributing to the imperial taxation.
If it is a gold, silver or copper mine, it is under the control of the imperial court. After all, such mineral veins cannot reach the hands of local officials...
If anyone dares to mine this kind of place privately, the most vulnerable would be the Yisan clan...
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Jiangtan Xishan
By the time Xu Que arrived here, the mountain was already full of refugees. Fortunately, it was spring and the weather was much warmer. If it had been winter, some of them would have froze to death...
"I've met the young master..."
"I've met the young master..."
Groups of refugees quickly stood up and saluted. For them, Xu Que was now their food, clothing and parents.
Xu Dong nodded and responded to the refugees...
When Xu Que stood in front of a small slope, everyone's eyes were shocked. After Xu Si saw it, he quickly stepped forward and reminded: "Young Master, this is the grave bag..."
"fine!"
Xu Que didn't care at all, let alone the grave bag, it didn't matter even if he was allowed to have fun here.
Picking up two pieces of coal, Xu Que held it up high: "Fellow folks, I am here today to tell you that your good days have come. Some people say that this kind of ghost stone is an ominous thing, but I am telling you now, As long as you are willing to mine this ghost stone, you can get five taels of silver a month!"
Hearing the five taels of silver, the refugees below instantly became commotion. Previously, Xu Si recruited them to mine stones for one tael of silver, but the young master came and said that they could get five taels of silver by digging ghost stones. This...
"Everyone, please be quiet." Xu Que raised his voice and pressed it with his hand: "I'm going to say something ugly first. I only need 500 people to mine ghost stones. If you want to make this money, you'll be here later. Sign up from Xu Si, if anyone wants to get something for nothing, don’t blame me, Xu Que, for being ruthless!"
For these refugees, they don’t even think about getting something for nothing. They are all suffering people. As long as they can make money, they will work hard to death...
"Shili, how many people have you arranged?" Xu Que asked Xu Si.
"Young Master, there are a total of 13,674 people here. I estimate the number of people to be 6,000 with the stone materials. The rest are used to build temporary residences." Xu Sihui reported.
Xu Duo nodded: "Okay, there are so many mountains anyway, and it is enough for a while. There is no need to build temporary houses. When Huang Qianying comes, she will bring the drawings. At that time, I will teach you how to build a factory."
"Okay, sir!"
Xu Si was very happy. He felt that with the young master taking care of him, he would definitely become popular and drink spicy food in the future.
"Everyone, from now on, those who are building houses, please stand on the right side, and those who are mining stone should stand on the left side. In a moment, professional people will teach you how to mine!"
As Xu Que shouted loudly, the team of tens of thousands of people was divided within a few breaths.
"Xu Si, later you will recruit ghost stone diggers from the stone team. I will personally take these five hundred people away." Xu Que ordered.
"Okay, sir!"
Xu Si's movements were quite fast, and these refugees also responded positively. After all, they were also after money, and the young master was not afraid of them. What should they be afraid of with such low life...
With the refugee team completely divided, Xu Que first asked the refugees who were building factories to get started. After all, there was still a lot of weeds under the mountain, and it was necessary to clear them out in advance.
More than an hour later, Xu Que looked at the place cleared by the refugees. He was very satisfied, and then directly asked Xu Si to set up a tent and cook on the spot.
As white smoke rose from the simple stove, the refugees looked at the shed hungrily. When Xu Que saw the expressions on the faces of these refugees, he felt mixed emotions in his heart...
"Go and pick up some ghost stones." Xu Que shouted to a servant.
"Young Master, the ghost stone is poisonous..." the servant quickly advised.
Xu Que was very angry and kicked the servant: "Poisonous fart, that thing can withstand burning much better than wood like yours."
After Xu Que finished speaking, he directly threw the two pieces of coal in his hand into the stove pit.
The servant glanced at the porridge in the big pot, and then at the ghost stone that the young master threw in. He was heartbroken and ran directly to the mountain to pick up the ghost stone...
Seeing a large number of ghost stones being thrown under the stove, the refugees looked at Xu Que in shock.
At this moment, Xu Que was making porridge and drinking it, as if he was not afraid of being poisoned.
Xu Que naturally knew what these refugees were worried about, so he simply wanted to be the first to eat the crabs.
With the emergence of Xu Que's actions, these refugees began to be less afraid of the legend of the ghost stone. After all, this young master Xu dared to do this, so what were they afraid of...
What they didn't know was that Xu Que broke the rules again and again just to reassure the refugees and to tell them that the ghost stone was just a kind of fuel. As long as it was used well, everything would be broken!
