Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 667 Gains and Losses

At this moment, the transportation on the North American continent is indeed much more convenient, and the major Indian tribal alliances are basically connected by water and land transportation.

The great elders of the [-] vassal states don't need anyone to pick them up. As long as they are notified, they can basically come here by boat or train.

Huang Daozhou still followed the old rules and arranged them in the huge guest house in the Governor's Mansion, where they were provided with delicious food and drinks.

When these great elders get together, there are always endless topics to talk about, such as which tribal alliance has opened up how many acres of land and how much grain it has harvested, or which tribal alliance has opened up a large ranch and how many cows and horses it has raised, etc.

Taichang was not in a hurry to meet with these great elders, because he was discussing with Peng Bin and others the issues of mine development and profit distribution.

This problem has both advantages and disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage is that Daming's income in North America will be greatly affected in the short term.

After all, all these mines were developed by Daming in the past, and he used them however he wanted, but in the future he had to share half of the profits.

This half of the profit is quite terrifying. If nothing else, let’s just talk about the gold mines in Sula. At the moment, the gold mines in Sula can produce at least 10 taels of gold a month, and 120 million taels a year.

That is to say, for this gold mine alone, Daming will distribute 60 taels to others a year. If the ratio is one to ten, that is 600 million taels of silver. There are more taxes.

In fact, the income from gold is relatively small, because gold mining is calculated in terms of two, while coal and iron ore mining are calculated in terms of tons.

It's like a coal mine. Once the large open-pit coal mine on the east coast of North America is developed, the mining volume will be at least 4000 tons a day, and at least 4000 to [-] million tons a year. Ten thousand taels of silver.

This is not an exaggeration at all, because those big coal-producing countries in later generations have an annual mining volume of hundreds of millions of tons, and the most powerful ones even have a yearly mining volume of more than 30 billion tons!

In other words, once the mineral deposits in the North American continent are fully developed, Daming will give at least tens of millions of taels of profit to the Indian tribes every year.

Of course, such a profit sharing is not without benefits.

In many things, there are gains and losses, and losses must be gained.

After Daming gave up half of the mineral interests, the mining could be handed over to the Indian tribes, so that manpower could be saved at least.

For example, if all the gold mines in the Sula Kingdom were handed over to others for mining, the [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion there could be withdrawn.

Calculated in this way, Daming actually didn’t lose much. The 500 soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion had to pay 10 million taels a year, and the 600 troops were withdrawn, and they were divided into 100 million taels. Daming only lost more than [-] million taels.

What's more, these 100 soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion are not just for food. They are dragged wherever they want to rob the European colonial bandits for profit. The profit they robbed in a year is more than [-] million taels.

At this moment, Taichang happened to have no one under his command. If he could take the [-] soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion to South America, he would basically be able to control the situation there.

There is also the question of the development progress of coal mines and iron mines.

If it is purely relying on the efforts of Daming, then the coal mines and iron mines here will not be developed until they are fully developed.

Because Daming can't attract many people to develop the coal mines and iron mines here.

It would be different if the Indian tribes were asked to contribute. It would definitely not be a problem for them to randomly pull out 60 to [-] young and strong during the slack season.

In this way, the development progress of the coal mines and iron mines here will be accelerated.

In short, Daming does not necessarily suffer from this matter, but the Indian tribes will definitely benefit.

Moreover, Daming's interests are only damaged in the short term. With the full development of various mineral deposits, Daming's profits will also increase.

More importantly, after giving half of the benefits to the Indian tribe, it can make people feel grateful and become more and more fond of Daming.

Moreover, Ming and North American Indian tribes can still be firmly bound together through the common interests of mineral deposits, and the relationship is getting closer.

This kind of thing, why not do it.

Now, it depends on how to mobilize the power of various Indian tribes to develop these mineral deposits as soon as possible.

One day, when Taichang was discussing with Peng Bin and others, Cao Huachun suddenly bowed into the meeting room and said softly, "Your Majesty, Su Qiang's family has arrived."

Su Qiang is Concubine Su's father, and the gold mine happens to be in Sula Country.

Taichang heard the words, thought about it carefully, and then said to Peng Bin and others: "Okay, let's discuss here for today."

Hearing this, Peng Bin and others hurriedly bowed and resigned.

Taichang then said to Cao Huachun: "Send someone to invite Su Qiang's family to come over, and ask Concubine Su to come too."

When Concubine Su heard that her family had arrived, she ran over in no time.

Not long after, Su Qiang's family came in under the guidance of Cao Huachun.

When Concubine Su saw her parents coming in, she was about to rush up excitedly.

However, when she saw the young man behind her parents, she was stunned.

This young man was her younger brother Su Meng at first glance.

The problem is, when she left, Su Meng was still a child who could be hugged in his arms, but now he is taller than her!

This is actually not surprising, because boys enter the long-term growth period around the age of twelve or thirteen, and during the long-term growth period, they can grow at least [-] to [-] centimeters in one or two years.

This mainly depends on whether genetics and nutrition can keep up.

The original conditions of the Sioux were not good. At that time, they were defeated by the Spanish colonists, and it was difficult for them to have a full meal.

However, the Sioux people have undergone earth-shaking changes in the past two years. Not only have their lives become more stable, but they also have so much food and even meat that they can't finish it.

As soon as the conditions are good, the child's development will naturally be good. Su Meng has eaten a lot in the past two years and has grown crazily. It is normal to grow thirty to forty centimeters tall.

Concubine Su was only stunned for a moment, then happily rushed forward, hugging her family and chatting chatteringly.

Seeing this, Taichang smiled slightly and said: "Okay, you take your mother and your brother to the bedroom for a while, I have something to discuss with your father."

Concubine Su heard this and hurriedly dragged her mother and younger brother out.

Taichang kindly pulled Su Qiang to sit down, and then asked: "Can you understand me?"

Su Qiang nodded quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I can understand you."

His daughter is the imperial concubine of Daming, so there will naturally be someone specially assigned to teach them the language of Daming.

What's more, the Sioux people are naturally gifted in languages, and they are very diligent in learning them. Now there is no problem at all in communicating in Daming Mandarin.

Taichang nodded in satisfaction, then pointed to the map and asked, "Can you understand this?"

Isn't this a map of the North American continent?

Su Qiang nodded again and again and said: "Your Majesty, this humble minister can also understand."

well.

Taichang then asked again: "Now do you know the uses of gold?"

Su Qiang still nodded without hesitation and said: "Your Majesty, I know that gold is very valuable and can buy many things."

Well, it seems that there is no need to explain.

Taichang pointed directly at the area to the west of Sula Kingdom and said: "There are a lot of gold mines here, and I am going to let you mine them. The gold mined will be distributed according to the original promise, you will share half, and Daming will share half. "

what?
Su Qiang was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Now they really know how valuable gold is, a tael of gold can buy a cow!
The emperor actually said that the gold mine would be handed over to them for mining, and he would give them half of it!
Isn't this sending them money?
Moreover, this money is not a little bit.

No, I have to ask carefully, I dare not ask for too much money.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how much gold can the gold mine over there produce?"

Taichang estimated: "It depends on how many people you organize to mine. Generally speaking, it is not a problem for one person to mine one tael of gold a month. If one is skilled enough, it is not a problem for one person to mine two taels of gold a month." .Of course, this is a normal situation. If you dig up golden beans or gold nuggets, it is possible to dig a few catties a day."

This means that a person can earn at least one cow a month?

When Su Qiang heard this, he couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, if all the more than 30 people in our Sula Kingdom go to dig gold, they can dig more than 60 taels of gold a month?"

Uh, why are you so crazy?

Taichang couldn't help shaking his head and said: "You can't be so crazy. After all, gold is limited, and it will be gone after decades or hundreds of years of mining. You have to consider the survival and development of the tribe, and everyone can't mine gold."

Su Qiang quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is not what I mean. What I mean is that so much gold is too valuable, we can't take it! Aren't we stealing money from Daming? According to the original oath, other tribes will beat us."

What are these?

Taichang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is not stealing money from Daming, these mineral deposits belong to you, and Daming just helps you mine them.

This is what I promised at the beginning. Once you develop, all the mineral deposits will be handed over to you. You will be responsible for mining, and Daming will be responsible for sales. The profits earned will be divided in half.

I am talking about all the mineral deposits on the North American continent, not this one gold mine, but also coal mines and iron mines.

Calculated in this way, if you can develop the existing mineral deposits, the income of each of your tribal alliances is actually similar. "

(End of this chapter)