Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 764 Lure him with benefits
Yang Yuan stayed in Xuzhou area for almost seven days and also traveled around for seven days.

Local officials have already sorted out the regulations and started to formally implement the things he suggested.

The remaining people of the Three Barbarians of Xuzhou were led out of the mountains by their elders and ghost leaders.

Because Yang Yuan gave them a death order, after the deadline, he would let his Second Corps go up the mountain again.

This time, anyone living on the mountain will be killed without mercy!

Of course, logging, which was originally the largest source of income for the Xuzhou region, will not stop because of this.

But Yang Yuan formed two logging groups, each of which included Han and Rong people.

Yangxi is divided according to logging areas, not by ethnic groups.

The managers of these two major logging groups also include the local barbarian leaders and the Han Chinese leaders.

Lumberjacks are paid by piecework, and managers take a commission based on the piecework. In this way, they don't have to care whether their subordinates are Han or Rong people. They only care about the person's logging efficiency and how much personal benefit it can bring to him.

Timber, like minerals, was designated as official assets of the Song Dynasty by Yang Yuan. According to the law, the government would collect 20% of the proceeds from logging and selling timber, 10% of which would be retained by the local authorities and the other 10% would be turned over to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Pacification.

In this way, whether these Rong people or Han people, their income has nothing to do with their ethnic composition, but is related to their efficiency and business ability.

Yang Yuan divided different logging areas for them, thus avoiding the possibility of ethnic feuds.

As for sustainable development, Yang Yuan didn't even mention it.

In an era that does not meet the corresponding conditions, the inappropriate things you put forward are simply a piece of waste paper.

Who can control what will happen in a few lifetimes? As it is something that belongs to a certain era, let the people of that era resolve it themselves.

With the logging technology and transportation conditions of that era, the growth rate of small trees was much faster than the speed at which they could cut down the vast jungle, so there was no need to do this.

On the ninth day, the envoys sent by the seven barbarians of Wuzhou finally arrived at Xuzhou City, begging the commander to send troops to help them resist the invaders.

The seven barbarians of Wumeng already knew what happened to the three barbarians of Xuzhou.

The three barbarians in Xuzhou rebelled against the imperial court, which led to their suffering such a devastating blow.

The Seven Barbarians of Wumeng were invaded by the Dali Kingdom, so they were not afraid, but they were in awe of Yang Yuan.

The seven barbarians of Wumeng begged Yang Yuan to send troops to expel the Liangshan native soldiers and rescue the seven barbarians of Wumeng.

For this purpose, the seven barbarians of Wumeng, who had not paid tribute for seven or eight years, brought two hundred pieces of batik coarse satin and forty racks of smoked venison, saying that they would present them to the court.

Haha, this little stuff is not even enough for Yang Yuan to send his troops to walk twenty miles of mountain roads, and you want me to work for you?
Yang Yuan was an unenlightened person. He did not think that this kind of nominal submission and affiliation was of any use.

He agreed with a smile and had people escort the Wuman envoys to the capital to pay tribute, and he finally generously sent troops into the Wumeng area.

However, the Liangshan soldiers did not seem to be afraid of the Song army and continued to attack the tribes of the Seven Barbarians of Wumeng.

Yang Yuan did not divide his troops into different areas to encircle and wipe out the local soldiers in Liangshan.

He wandered around like a tourist, even deviating from a more direct route.

On this day, Yang Yuan's troops arrived at Xiangshui Beach and stopped there.

Here are Wenbi Mountain and Shamao Mountain. The Sandie Waterfall is as loud as thunder and mighty as water from the sky.

Even Li Fengniang had never seen such a scene, let alone Miss Taixi who came from Goryeo.

So Yang Yuan took them to see the waterfall, climb the mountains, and feel free again.

The seven barbarians of Wumeng finally couldn't hold back anymore.

On the third day that Yang Yuan stationed his troops at Xiangshui Beach, the seven evil leaders came as if they were in a hurry.

Yang Yuan entertained them warmly and even asked the chef he brought with him to show them his unique skill of roasting a whole lamb.

The meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Dipped in the well-prepared seasoning, it is so delicious that you want to swallow your tongue.

Dao Feifei performed the Baiyi dance in public for her man, Tae Hee performed the Goryeo dance, and Feng Niang danced the Green Waist, which made Wu Youyao, who couldn't dance, feel jealous.

Yang Yuan saw it in a flash, and gently squeezed her little hand, and said with a low smile: "What's the worry if you can't dance? Xiao Fan's Magic Lotus is unparalleled in the world, and I love it very much."

Fan Qing's face flushed immediately, and she pinched him secretly on the lower back, too embarrassed to raise her head.

The big devil of the Seven Barbarians saw that Yang Yuan had drunk the wine, watched the dance, and was just there flirting with his beautiful concubine without saying a word of business, and he got really anxious.

Their people are being attacked by the Liangshan soldiers.

Village after village was being massacred and destroyed. Maybe at this moment, several more villages would...

They couldn't help it, and when they raised their cups to toast, they once again begged the commander to help them drive out the foreign enemies.

This time, their attitude was more humble.

"Send troops? It's just a matter of words. Repel the enemy? It's just a matter of moments. It's already this hour, can we still send troops in the middle of the night? My fellow devils, some things can't be rushed, just relax, drink some wine, eat some meat, and we'll discuss it tomorrow!"

After saying that, Dao Feifei at the side had already used a small silver knife to cut off a large piece of the sizzling lamb spine.

Yang Yuan bit it in his mouth and took Dao Feifei's finger into his mouth as well.

Dao Feifei felt a strange sensation coming from her fingertips, and her ears suddenly felt hot. She couldn't help but give him a coquettish look.

When Feng Niang saw this, she shyly wanted to throw herself into Tae Hee's arms.

Unexpectedly, Tae Hee was even more shy than her. The two of them huddled together with their heads down and blushing faces, looking like a pair of pretty mandarin ducks looking at themselves in the water.

"Yes, yes, what Fu Shuai said is right, then...then we will discuss it tomorrow."

The big ghost of Amengman had a bitter taste in his mouth, but he still had to put on a smile and agree to Yang Yuan.

The next day, Yang Yuan indeed met with them and listened in detail to the many evil deeds committed by the Liangshan soldiers in their attacks on Wumeng.

Yang Yuan was leaning on the couch, and Feng Niang volunteered to kneel inside the couch and gently massage his legs.

Tae Hee stood behind the couch, gently massaging his shoulders.

Feng Niang's reason was that this was her uncle and she should show respect to him.

Tae Hee..., the reason Tae Hee didn't say out loud was that one has to fight for one's own happiness.

My sister wants to ruin my marriage, but I won’t!
Yang Yuan really couldn't refuse their kindness, so he just let them do as they pleased.

Fortunately, although the two little girls had bright eyes and white teeth, especially Feng Niang, who was naturally graceful, they were still young after all and looked like two little maids.

When the seven Wumeng barbarians saw that even the two maids around Yang Fushuai were extremely beautiful, they gave up the idea of ​​offering their tribe's beauties to please him. It was really... not good enough.

Although it is a beautiful bird raised in the mountains, it does not have a rich and leisurely life. Its complexion and tenderness of skin, as well as its temperament in conversation, are really incomparable.

"Wumeng is the Wumeng of the Song Dynasty. As the governor and pacification commissioner of Tongchuan, I naturally have no reason to stand idly by. Of course, we have to send out these troops..."

Yang Yuan spoke in a pretentious tone, and just one sentence made the seven ghosts happy.

"But do you know that every time I send out troops, it costs me a lot?"

Yang Yuan was leaning back on the edge of the couch, his four white little hands gently kneading and pounding his legs and shoulders, and the hot-tempered Zhen Lu Man saw this and wanted to drag him down and give him a good beating.

"Those Liangshan soldiers came over the mountains and across the ridges. I sent out a large army, but they fled. As soon as my army left, they came back. What can we do? The imperial court is a big government, but it can't afford to be tossed back and forth like this?"

When the seven ghosts heard this, they thought, is this asking for money?

But...how much does it cost to support such a large army? We can't afford it.

Then, the big ghost leader of Ayuluman took the lead in crying poor.

Yang Yuan listened slowly and even ate two apricots with Tae Hee's help.

When Yang Yuan wanted to spit out the pit, Tae Hee immediately stretched out her little hand, which was as tender and red as an apricot.

The women of Japan and Korea are gentle and well-behaved...

Yang Yuan couldn't help but think of Duozi, Hanayin and Xiaonai.

As for Ji Xiang, the woman liked to be bullied by him, but she could not learn Xiao Yi'er's way of serving others.

The seven evil ghosts kept crying poor one after another. In the end, they felt a little embarrassed and had to stop crying.

Yang Yuan then said, "I know that the seven Wuman tribes live in huts in the vast jungles, and their lives are not easy. If you are asked to pay for the military expenses, where would you get the money?"

At this point, Yang Yuan sat up with a friendly smile on his face: "I have a way to make money here, and I want to make money with you."

what?
The seven ghost heads looked bewildered.

Aren't we here to get help?

Are you talking to me about getting rich?

Yang Yuan explained the whole matter in detail to the seven evil leaders.

He said that a coup had taken place in Dali Kingdom and Yang had proclaimed himself emperor.

In order to suppress the barbarians, it was the Duan court that sent troops to provoke Wumeng. Therefore, the Yang regime of Dali was willing to cede Liangshan Prefecture to the Song Dynasty in order to borrow the Song Dynasty's troops to suppress Dali.

He also said that there is a copper and gold mine in Liangshan Prefecture that can be mined for hundreds of years. The mine is an open-pit mine and is extremely easy to mine. It not only contains a large amount of gold, but also a large amount of copper.

He also said that the copper could be mined and smelted into copper coins on the spot.

At that time, he would report to the imperial court and request the establishment of the Song Dynasty Mint in the area, and use the mined copper to directly cast copper coins.

He said that the Song Dynasty's coin minting institutions now mainly include Shaoxing Mint in Yizhou, Yongping Mint in Raozhou and Shenquan Mint in Muzhou. It is entirely possible to set up a coin mint in Liangshan Prefecture to change the history of using only iron coins in the Sichuan-Gorge region in one fell swoop.

He said he had fully examined the objective conditions in Liangshan Prefecture and believed that it was unrealistic for the mine to be run by the government.

Fortunately, the Song Dynasty also allowed private mining, so he planned to mine gold and copper in Liangshan Prefecture together with the Seven Great Devils of Wumeng.

According to the imperial tax law, 30% of the mining income should be levied, and he can give 15% of the remaining 70% to the seven big devils.

Yang Yuan smiled and said: "Don't underestimate this 15%. The huge imperial court only collects 30%. You seven tribes of Wumeng only get 15%, which is already rich enough.

As for the remaining 55%, I didn't take it myself. If I want to keep the gold mine in Liangshan Prefecture running smoothly, do I need to raise troops? Do I need to bribe people from all walks of life? Do I need to get some local tyrants to join me? What do you think?"

The seven evil spirits of Wumeng were stunned by the pancakes that Yang Yuan threw at them one after another.

After being stunned for a long while, the big devil A Mengman said hesitantly: "Commander Fu, then...if it's 15%, how much money can it make in a year?"

Yang Yuan said: "I haven't seen the mine yet, and construction will take time. It's hard to estimate the output now. I can only use the annual output of mines in other places to make an estimate..."

Yang Yuan picked up a manual from the table, opened it and looked at it, and said: "The Censhui copper mine in Shaozhou produces 12 million catties of copper per year, the Yongxing copper mine produces 1.7 million catties of copper per year, and the Tongshan copper mine produces 100,000 catties of copper per year.

You see, there is a big difference between a large mine that is mature for mining and a mine with too little input or output.

However, as far as I know, the copper and gold reserves in Liangshan Prefecture are not much worse than those of the Censhuichang copper mine.

Of course, mining requires people. If the manpower is not enough, even if there is gold everywhere, it cannot be mined.”

"As for the output of gold, let me check..."

Yang Yuan flipped through it again and said, "Here is the annual gold production of Deng and Lai states before the Yuanfeng period, totaling more than 9,500 taels..."

The seven evil leaders no longer cared about what he said next. They had heard it clearly just now. Yang Fushuai said that the copper could be used directly to make coins and could be spent right away.

If 10 million kilograms of copper are mined, 15% can be cast into copper coins...

The seven evil spirits wanted to take off their shoes and even use their toes to count. After counting for a long time, they still couldn't figure out the answer, but they knew it was a lot of money.

The Wumeng violent demon leader stared with a pair of clear yet stupid eyes and asked: "General Fu said that we only need to send some people to go with him to Liangshan to pan for gold?"

"Not bad!"

Yang Yuan smiled sincerely and what he said was indeed the truth.

It is impractical for a large number of immigrants to go to Liangshan Prefecture.

If it were completely government-run, it would be difficult to make use of this gold mountain, and it would instead lead to endless entanglements with the local people.

The best option is to let the local people from neighboring Wumeng go there to pan for gold.

Of course, Yang Yuan did not forget the local people of Liangshan Prefecture.

Since Yang Liangao assigned it to the Song Dynasty, the people of Liangshan Prefecture are naturally also the subjects of the Song Dynasty.

Everyone makes money, and Yang Yuan is very much about win-win situations.

The Wumeng area and Liangshan area are different from Xuzhou. The foundation of sinicization in these two places is too weak.

However, as long as we use common interests to pull them over, why should we be afraid that the trend of education and changing customs will not come along?

(End of this chapter)