Mulongtao gold mine.
Fu An walked out of the smelting plant, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Wang Quanzhen who was squatting at the door: "In the spring of next year, we can transport two million taels of gold to the imperial court. With this money, I think the imperial court can also build more." Road, build more boats.”
Wang Quanzhen is no longer interested in gold. He sees and touches it all day long, but he just can't get it into his pocket. Whoever wants to leave the mining area needs to have a comprehensive physical examination, not to mention getting drunk.
This is a system established by the Ming Dynasty to prevent anyone from taking gold for themselves.
This scheme is indeed very effective. When the officials of the Timur Kingdom come here, they inevitably steal the gold. No matter where these officials hide the gold, they will be found out.
These officials had no choice because the person responsible for the inspection was a Ming sergeant. Once caught, Harry would know about it. Later, Fu An and Wang Quanzhen never saw these people again. They don't know whether they were transferred out of Samarkand or went to see Allah.
Sun En got off his horse and hurried to the mine. Seeing that Fu An and Wang Quanzhen were there, he quickly stepped forward and said, "The Ming Dynasty has sent envoys here. The Sultan asked you to go to Samarkand."
Fu An was in a good mood: "Who is leading the team?"
Sun En replied: "Xijiang Zhou Chen and Wang Bengu."
Wang Quanzhen frowned slightly and looked at Fu An: "Isn't he an envoy from Jinling?"
Fu An was a little disappointed.
Although the Western Xinjiang envoy is also acting according to the order, he will not succeed the two.
The gold mine was a big deal, and it was impossible for the emperor to completely hand over the gold mine to Xijiang.
Officials from Jinling controlled the gold mine's delivery, sealed the boxes, and provided three account books. One part needs to be sent to Jinling, and the other part needs to be given to Xijiang. No mistakes are allowed during the transfer process, and they will be checked when sent to Jinling.
If officials in Western Xinjiang take over the management of the Mulongtao Gold Mine, they are likely to steal it. As long as they write a few less boxes on the account book, the gold will fall into the wrong place.
The imperial court required officials from Jinling to directly control the access, verification, and registration of gold mines. Fu An, Wang Quanzhen, and others were responsible for this task. They had been doing this for more than three years, and there was still no one to replace them.
Fu An also wanted to go home and visit, and Wang Quanzhen was also thinking about the widow in Jinling. A foreign country was never as good as home.
"Let's go and ask. Maybe Zhou Chen can bring news about Jinling."
Fu An calmed down, took Wang Quanzhen and some sergeants with him, got on his horse, and left the mine with Sun En.
Samarkand.
Harry opened the door, and when Sabina saw that it was Harry coming, she stepped forward with a smile: "Brother Sudan, why do you have time to come to my sister today?"
There is light in the big eyes, thick eyebrows dotted on the fair and tender face, and thin red lips under the slightly raised bridge of the nose.
Harry looked at his sister Sabina. She was in her prime, only sixteen years old, and was already one of the rare beauties in the palace.
"You've always wanted to go out for a walk and relax. My brother has chosen a place for you to take a good look at the outside world."
Harry was a little reluctant to tell her the truth.
Sabina danced twice excitedly, swaying her slender braids: "It's really boring to stay in Samarkand all the time. Brother, where can I go? Can I see the sea? I heard that the sea It’s blue, as blue as a sapphire.”….
Harry thought for a while and said seriously: "It should be possible to see the sea, but the journey is very far. Can you persist? But my brother can guarantee that you can see countless scenery, including mountains, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and river valleys. , desert, farmland, tall cities, kind people, busy merchants, huge warships..." Sabina was very happy and said quickly: "I will persevere, I want to see everything I see along the way. Record it and pass it on to everyone. Grandpa said back then that I could become a troubadour. Listen: Sabina goes to a distant place and chases the sunshine out of the darkness..."
Harry looked deeply at Sabina and turned around: "Then record everything carefully and be prepared. In a few days, my brother will send someone to go with you to a distant place."
Sabina said goodbye to Harry happily and started packing her luggage for the trip.
She didn’t know that the purpose of her trip was the Ming Dynasty, she didn’t know that she was just a woman getting married, and she didn’t know that she might never be able to return to Samarkand in the future.
She only knew that her brother asked him to go to a distant place and see the world.
Harry is in pain, but when the country is weak, there are not many choices. The Ming Dynasty is really invincible, and their power is too deep and too close to Samarkand.
Without doing everything possible to win the favor of the Ming Dynasty and stabilize the Ming Emperor, there would be no possibility for the Timur Kingdom to rise again.
Only by ensuring that the Ming Dynasty stands still and does not threaten Samarkand, can the Timurid Kingdom open up a world in the west, and then rely on these territories to win more wealth, manpower, and material resources, so that the Silk Road business routes can directly lead to In the West, the Timurid State collected commercial taxes from it, and then laid the foundation for the country's greatness, wealth, and strength!
Sacrificing one person makes a country successful.
Harry was helpless, but had no other choice.
Qiu was in charge of the envoy team, and Harry issued a hush-hush order not to tell Sabina the truth before arriving at Aurous Hill. If Sabina knew on the way that she was going to the Ming Dynasty and chose to escape, she would be taken away by force.
The envoy from the Ming Dynasty has arrived.
Zhou Chen, Huang Bengu and others did not see Harry immediately, but were told to wait for one day.
Zhou Chen was not satisfied with this result.
Envoys from vassal states often need to learn etiquette for a few days before they can see the emperor after arriving at Jinling. But you are an envoy of the Ming Dynasty. What can you vassal states do to show off? Why don't you meet him immediately?
Although he was dissatisfied, Zhou Chen did not make trouble, but sent his entourage to inquire about the news.
Before the news could be found out, Fu An and Wang Quanzhen arrived in Samarkand.
Zhou Chen looked at the dusty Fu An and Wang Quanzhen and said with a smile: "You work with gold all day, how come you still lose a lot of weight?"
Fu An laughed heartily and replied cheerfully: "A piece of gold ingot can't buy a piece of naan cake, how can I not starve and lose weight? But why are you the envoys here? Didn't Jinling send envoys this year?"
Zhou Chen knew what Fu An and Wang Quanzhen meant, which was to ask the emperor why he hadn't sent someone to take over. They agreed that shifts should be replaced every three years. Now that it was over, it was time for them to go home.
When Huang Bengu saw Zhou Chen's silence, Fu An and Wang Quanzhen looked at him again, and had no choice but to say: "I'm afraid you won't be able to go back this year. Many things happened in the court. You have been staying in the mining area without knowing anything about it."
Fu An and Wang Quanzhen's expressions became solemn.
Huang Bengu did not hide anything, he would attack the whole world, the court attacked from all sides, and told all about the Jinling Rebellion.
Fu An and Wang Quanzhen never expected that so many things would happen in the Ming Dynasty in just half a year! No wonder the imperial court didn't send an envoy, it really didn't take care of it...
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