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Xu Miao discussed the matter of recruiting people with the city lord, and then rushed to General Liu's military camp without stopping.

Just now, while Xu Miao went in to discuss with the city lord, Han Lao San went to General Liu's mansion.

When we went to his house to inquire, we found out that General Liu had not been home recently and had been busy in the military camp.

As soon as Xu Miao came out of the government office, the two of them ran straight to the military camp.

Xu Miao met General Liu in the meeting room of the military camp.

When Xu Miao met them, he handed the silver note of 80,000 taels of silver that Zhou Chenli had sent to the general.

General Liu had already received the letter secretly sent to him by Zhou Chenli.

In the letter, General Liu was told how to distribute the money from the sale of the coal mine to Xu Miao, as well as the current emperor's intentions.

When General Liu received Zhou Chenli's letter, he sighed in his heart: This Duke is really a character. I don't know how he discussed things with the Emperor.

The emperor agreed to allow Hanjia Village to mine coal for five years, and the money from selling the coal would still be paid by the court!

Zhou Chenli didn't waste any time talking to the emperor.

After returning to Beijing, he met the current emperor and told him about the coal mine in Hanjia Village.

He also told the emperor in detail that he planned to give the emperor 30% of the silver benefits.

Seeing that Zhou Chenli wanted to take the silver from selling coal as his private property, the emperor gave it to him.

He agreed to Zhou Chenli's condition that the people of Hanjia Village should dig in the coal mine for five years first.

Five years later, this coal mine will be confiscated, and at that time, all the money from the sale of coal will belong to the Great Zhou court.

The amount of money must be clearly stated. If you still want to make some money from the coal at that time, it will be difficult.

Although the current emperor is in a high position and has great power, dominating the fate of all people in the world, this imperial family also has its own difficulties. After all, the emperor also has to support his family.

The majestic and magnificent backyard of the imperial palace may seem prosperous, but in fact it is a bottomless den of money, costing more money than any other backyard in the world.

Just look at those ladies, all of them are from wealthy families, and they pursue the ultimate luxury in food, clothing and other expenses.

The silks and satins must be the finest Suzhou embroidery, the jewelry must be the rarest and most precious treasures, and the daily meals must be filled with delicacies from land and sea. The total amount of these expenses is so huge that even the emperor can't help but scratch his head and sigh.

What's more, the emperor has many children and grandchildren, and the expenses for their education, monthly allowance, residence renovation, etc. are like a continuous flow of water.

It is a difficult task to support such a large family and maintain the dignity and prestige of the royal family. Even the richest emperor has to spend a lot of time and effort on financial matters.

He couldn't always reach into the national treasury to take money, so the emperor also wanted to make some private money.

General Liu took the silver note handed to him by Xu Miao and asked how much coal had been dug out from Hanjia Village in recent days.

Xu Miao reported to General Liu in detail the amount of coal that had been recently mined in Hanjia Village.

"General, recently, Hanjia Village hasn't dared to dig much coal. Mainly because we don't know what the Duke has arranged."

"Right now, there are 1,500 kilograms of coal dug out next to the coal mine in Hanjia Village."

"This number was calculated by Shopkeeper Hou, who arrived yesterday."

"Here is a note signed and sealed by Shopkeeper Hou. Shopkeeper Hou signs three copies of this note each time."

"One copy will be sent to the general, one copy will be kept in Hanjia Village for record, and the other copy will be sent to the Duke in the capital by the end of the year."

Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, let alone doing business with these bigwigs.

This account must be calculated clearly. Otherwise, if even one person is dissatisfied, disaster will befall the entire Hanjia Village.

General Liu admired Xu Miao's way of doing things very much. Everything was put on the table.

Don't tinker with it behind the scenes. If you don't understand it, you will just waste your time.

General Liu took out 10,000 taels of silver from the banknotes Xu Miao handed to him and handed it to Xu Miao.

"This is your advance payment. Starting tomorrow, I'll send people to Hanjia Village to deliver the coal you've dug to the military camp in the north."

"Every month, have someone come to me and report the quantity. At the end of the year, I'll pay you the remaining balance."

After General Liu finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked Xu Miao and the others to go back.

Hanjia Village has not started large-scale mining yet. This silver is enough for Xu Miao and others' initial wages and payments for goods. When the mining volume increases in the future, they will be given the remaining payments.

Xu Miao and Han Laosan took General Liu's banknotes and went to the grain shop again to order some grain. Then they returned to the village to wait for the 5,000 workers that the city lord would help them recruit.

Village chief Han has been busy these days in the village. Boss Han led the villagers to dig around the coal mine.

This coal mine covers almost the entire Hanjia Village. Such a large area is both a happy event and a bad thing for Hanjia Village.

The large area of ​​the coal mine means that Hanjia Village has a large mining volume.

However, the coal mines are all under the houses of the villagers in Hanjia Village. If the coal mines are mined on a large scale, what will happen to these houses?

Village chief Han was really worried about this matter and was waiting for Xu Miao to come back from Dingzhou City to discuss what to do.

Xu Miao and Han Lao San returned to the village. When Village Chief Han saw Xu Miao, he shouted, "A Miao, you're finally back."

"The area of ​​this coal mine is really too large. When the boss and his men dug, they found that many of the coal mines were under the houses of the villagers in our Hanjia Village."

"Tell me, what should we do about this? We can't just ask all these people to move."

"But if we don't move and live above the coal mine, it will cause trouble sooner or later."

Now, they in Hanjia Village mine on their own and can carefully avoid the villagers' houses.

But when the imperial court took over the coal mine business later, they didn't care whether you had a house or not.

If things go wrong, the houses of these villagers will be demolished.

Xu Miao didn't expect that the coal mine would be so large and hidden underground under the villagers' houses.

Fortunately, she now has money, the coal mine business, and a large piece of land in Hanjia Village, so she doesn't have to worry about having no place to live.

When Xu Miao thought about the coal mines everywhere in Hanjia Village, he was overjoyed and hurried to comfort Village Chief Han.

"Uncle Han, let's rebuild a Han Village and give these old houses to the workers who come to work."

"When the time comes, wherever the coal is dug up, that's where we'll go. We'll choose a new place and build a new house."

Xu Miao said happily.

Now, she has the silver given by General Liu and the remaining banknotes from when Zhou Chenli came to Hanjia Village last time.

This is enough to rebuild a new home for the more than 40 households in Hanjia Village.

These old houses are left for people who come to work to live in.

In a few days, a large number of workers will come to Hanjia Village.