Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 235 Dividend Controversy
On the tenth day of October in the 21st year of Wanli, November 1593, 11 AD.

No. 13 days after Huang Laifu arrived at Ningwu Pass, Huang Laifu dispatched the Ningwu Battalion to sweep away hundreds of powerful mine owners in Ningwu with lightning speed.Killed and wounded hundreds of powerful desperadoes.

Due to Huang Laifu's previous propaganda and the example of Shenchibao there, this time, none of the miners stood on the side of the mine owner.Without the support of these people, how could the remaining powerful thugs be the opponents of Ning Wuying?Although the Ningwu Camp is far behind the Laifu Camp, it is still a local pacesetter, and from the perspective of a Ming soldier, it is considered an elite.

Originally, these desperadoes were psychologically weak when facing the officers and soldiers. In addition, the Ningwu Battalion was well equipped, and the opponents didn't even have bows and arrows.They rained arrows, volleyed guns, and bombarded them a few times. No matter how many desperadoes the mine owner on the opposite side gathered, they would run away with their heads in their arms.

The harvest of this operation is huge. Not to mention all the private coal mines in the territory were swept away, and all the properties of the rebellious powerful mine owners were confiscated.According to the statistics of He Ruzhen and others who accompanied him, more than 30 taels of silver alone were confiscated in this operation, and there were countless other properties.

For the silver, Huang Laifu first hid half of it in his pocket, and then took out tens of thousands of taels of silver to reward the officers and soldiers of the Ningwu Battalion in this operation. more.

For the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the Ningwu Battalion, Huang Laifu also promised to provide pensions, so that their wives and children will have a worry-free life in the future.This made the officers and soldiers of the Ningwu Battalion happy. After keeping up with Huang Junmen, this day is a happy one.

In addition, Huang Laifu also stated to the outside world that a total of 10 taels of illegal income stolen from powerful mine owners will be used to improve the lives of local people.For example, the construction of water conservancy projects in various places, the repair of roads in various places, and the support of widows and widows in the city, etc., even the local ordinary people applauded.All of a sudden, it was a happy result.

Facing Huang Laifu's thunderous action, Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei and others were speechless, not knowing what to say.In fact, the powerful local mine owners are inextricably linked with the officials of all sizes in the city, but firstly, Huang Laifu's courage is too great, and secondly, no matter how fast and sudden his actions are, they have no time to react.Besides, in front of Huang Laifu's army, who dares to say anything?
The Ningwu officials collectively lost their voices. Only some foreign censors wrote a letter to impeach Huang Laifu for killing the people in vain after hearing about it.

October 21th, the [-]st year of Wanli.

Many Wuzhaibao merchants and Ningwuguan local merchants gathered in the Zongbing Mansion, and many foreign merchants also came here upon hearing the news.This is Huang Laifu discussing with them about the construction of the Ningwuguan Mine.Since the ownership of various local minerals has been settled, what is left now is how to mine and construct.

There is the example of Shenchibao before, so Huang Laifu is familiar with the minerals in Ningwuguan this time.His style of doing things is generous, no matter what he does, he invests ten times more capital and manpower than others, and operates on a large scale.

This is the so-called high investment, high return.

At present, due to the development of the commodity economy in Ming Dynasty, the demand for coal in the society has increased sharply, and the price of coal is more than three taels of silver per ton.The large coal mine in Shenchibao has a monthly output of more than 1 tons. After excluding costs, it has a monthly net income of more than [-] taels of silver.

However, in Ningwuguan, Huang Laifu's ambitions are even greater. He is determined to build a large coal mine with a monthly coal output of over 200 tons.Although this scale is incomparable with the monthly coal production of 270 million tons of Lu'an Group in Ningwu, [-] million tons of Universiade Huasheng, and over [-] million tons of Tongmei Group's annual coal production, but in terms of At this time, Daming is already considered pretty good.

Huang Laifu's plan is that Ningwu Coal Mine should not only meet the needs of Shanxi Province, but also go out of the province and enter the market in other provinces.

Of course, there are many disadvantages in government-run enterprises, and Huang Laifu manages a lot of opportunities every day, so the specific mining and operation of coal mines in various places is still handled by various businessmen, especially Huang Laifu's current in-laws - Qu Yuanrui and others.

However, although Huang Laifu doesn't care about things, he still takes the lion's share of the year-end dividends.

Father-in-law Ma Jiuying is naturally very concerned about the mining affairs of Ningwuguan. As the personal representative of Emperor Wanli beside Huang Laifu, he shoulders the important task of cooperating with Huang Laifu to share the money.Huang Laifu manages minerals in Shenchibao, and Emperor Wanli receives dividends every year.Holding the white silver in his hand, Emperor Wanli was in a happy mood, and Eunuch Ma Jiuying was often praised by Emperor Wanli for this reason.

Therefore, this time Huang Laifu discussed with everyone about the management of Ningwuguan mineral resources, and Ma Jiuying's father-in-law was also watching closely.

The negotiation of the matter went smoothly. According to Shenchi Castle's old practice, Huang Laifu quickly reached a series of intentions with the merchants, and Shanxi merchants have always been rich and powerful. Even if Huang Laifu invested so much, they would not have the problem of shortage of funds.

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While the discussion in the General Military Mansion was in full swing, the lobby of the governor's office was also full of officials.

Governor Yang was thinking about something while fussing, but Liu Bingbei said anxiously: "Mr. Yang, tell me something, this Huang Laifu is doing coal mining in Ningwu with great fanfare, but does he always take you seriously? Let's talk , These coal mines are the property of our local civil servants and generals in Ningwu, how can he let Huang Laifu take it by himself? Anyway, we should have our share."

A group of civil servants nearby all said one after another: "That's right, that Huang Laifu was domineering, and previously killed people everywhere outside the city, so let's not talk about it. How can he be allowed to eat alone now? This is too out of line with officialdom! No matter what After all, we are also part of the local area.”

Before Huang Laifu came to Ningwuguan, these officials didn't realize the value of minerals. Even if someone wanted to mine them, they would do nothing but make little money.

But when Huang Laifu did it with great fanfare, they suddenly realized that this Huang Laifu had made a lot of money from mining in Shenchibao, and now this coal mine is a cash cow.Huang Laifu excluded them, how could he make them psychologically balanced?Therefore, under the leadership of Liu Bingbei, these people all went to the governor's office to speak.

Governor Yang said slowly: "Huang Junmen's approach is really unreasonable. I will talk to him tonight!"

All the officials are overjoyed.

In the evening, Huang Laifu had dinner and was looking for a book to read.Suddenly, a family member came to report with a famous post, saying that it was Governor Yang who asked to see him.

Huang Laifu snorted, Yang Xiaolu and Gu Dadao were serving beside him, Yang Xiaolu said, "It's strange, why did this governor come to the General Military Mansion? Isn't he very different from the young master?"

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "It must be about the coal mine. Since he condescends to visit, everyone should be more polite after a while!"

As he spoke, he tidied up his clothes and led everyone to welcome him out. He saw Governor Yang standing outside the door with only a few family members in casual clothes with a smile on his face.Huang Laifu chuckled, arched his hands, and said: "It's rare and rare, Mr. Yang condescended to forget his dignity, and came to this humble place. Pengpi is shining today, please sit in the room!"

Governor Yang said with a smile: "Hastily pays homage to the Jin Dynasty, works and lives in daily life, and begs for the crime of abruptness of the old man."

Huang Laifu said: "Where is it, how dare you!"

Let Governor Yang in, cross the courtyard, and enter the main room. The two kowtowed and sat down separately.

Huang Laifu ordered his family to offer tea, and asked, "I don't know that Mr. Yang is here, what advice do you have?"

Governor Yang laughed and said, "I don't dare to advise, I just came to discuss some matters with Huang Junmen."

Huang Laifu snorted and said, "Master Yang, please tell me!"

Governor Yang glanced to the left and right, and when he turned to Huang Laifu, his expression was cordial, and he said: "Huang Junmen, how old is this old man who is older than you, and you are a colleague, so you don't need to see outsiders. You are a nephew..."

Huang Laifu was startled, thinking when did I become your nephew?Before this time, our relationship was still tense, like fire and water, but now the nephew has come out again.Isn't the governor's face too thick?

No words at the moment, just a slight smile.

Governor Yang chuckled and said, "Nephew, I'm paying a sincere visit today. Although we had some quarrels a few days ago, it's because of public affairs, which has nothing to do with the overall situation. If my nephew doesn't think I'm stupid when I visit today, there will be some I will speak to you from the bottom of my heart."

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Laifu is naturally benefited a lot by being able to receive clear instructions face to face. Please tell me, Mr. Yang!"

Governor Yang said: "Nephew, you are still young, but you have been favored by the court for a long time, and you will be in a high position before you reach your thirties. Because of this, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds. Only in this way can you live up to the country's reputation." Well, let the people not complain, so that the common people will be blessed. My nephew has become blind these days, so let’s not talk about your extermination of mine owners in various places. This generation is not good. But how can you manage mines in various places? How about handing it over to the merchants? All the officials in Ningwu have complaints!"

Huang Laifu snorted coldly, Governor Yang's mouth is full of lotus flowers, but in fact he is just greedy for the profit of minerals.When he came here today, he was indeed a lobbyist for the officials.

However, in Huang Laifu's plan, there is indeed a plan to include Ningwu Pass into a common interest group.Only in this way can they use their manpower, material resources and power to contribute to their ultimate goals.

In Huang Laifu's plan, the military households and battalions in Ningwu Town must be able to support themselves in the end. Only in this way can they finally reduce the burden on the people of Shanxi Town and provide domestic demand for the economic take-off of Shanxi Town.

In the present Shanxi Town, there are about 4 officers and soldiers and more than 1 horses. It needs 20 silver for the annual Beijing Games.In addition, there are more than 32 bunches of grass transported from various places, more than [-] stones of natural color rice beans, and more than [-] taels of colored silver.Most of these were shipped from Junbao Prefecture and counties around Shanxi Town.

The regular silver of the Beijing Games was paid out of the Taicang treasury of the Ming Dynasty, which eventually brought down the finances of the Ming Dynasty.And the transportation of food by the people has caused a heavy burden to the people everywhere. It is very difficult to transport food for thousands of miles, and the waste on the road is very serious. The output of the people can be said to be several times this.Coupled with natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people in the border towns are suffering, one can imagine.

To change all this, only the army can support itself.Huang Laifu has already changed in Wuzhaibao and other places, and he hopes to change in Ningwuguan, and eventually change the entire Shanxi Town.

At that moment, he smiled slightly, and said to Governor Yang: "Mr. Yang has said so much, but he also wants to buy shares, right?"

(End of this chapter)