A gold mine is just a small matter for the Ming Dynasty. But one thing that is certain is that it set off a gold rush.

Just like the Alaska Gold Rush in another world, from the sixteenth year of the Dance of the Holy Sage, thousands of people flocked into the Golden River (Magadan) on the northwest shore of the Ice Sea (Sea of ​​Okhotsk). In just a few months, the Golden River, a city with a population of 10,000, has stood on this coast.

Although the port here is only open for half a year and there are not even fresh vegetables here for half a year, it still attracts gold diggers from all over the Ming Dynasty. They come here with their dream of getting rich and dream of getting rich on this ice field.

The gold rush has indeed made many people famous. In just a few years, these gold rushers have hunted out millions of taels of gold and tens of millions of taels of silver. However, for the Ming Dynasty, this polar gold rush has completely changed the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the northern ice fields, that is, to Siberia.

Once upon a time, even the most visionary person would say, "What do we want Luo Huangye to do? There are only a few skins!"

"Luo Wilderness" is the name of Siberia in ancient China. For the Ming people, perhaps the Ming Dynasty has now established its absolute advantage over "Luo Wilderness". Even until the outer Xing'an Mountains, there were Ming garrisons - not tribal garrisons ruled by the throne, but real Ming army garrisons.

Dorgon, who was desperately expanding his strength, conquered the Jurchen tribes, including the North Mountain Jurchens, and incorporated them into the Eight Banners. Later, those Jurchens also followed them to the west to fight. When the Ming Dynasty recovered the former land of Nuer Gandusi, there were no more than one in ten native tribes here. Even so, in order not to leave hidden dangers for later generations, the Ming Dynasty still attacked the barbarians of the mountains and forests for ten years.

Under the principle of "eliminating evil without excluding it", the remnants of the Ye Jurchen were cleared out. The court then sent officials to garrisons and stationed troops to set up garrisons, and even reestablished Guli River Guards. The garrisons are located on the banks of the Jingqili River River. In another world, this river is called the Jieya River. The upper reaches of the outer Xing'an Mountains should be south of the Xing'an Mountains.

Of course, the Gulihewei is not the escort guard during the Yongle period, but the Qianhu House of the Ming army. In the fifth year of Gansheng, a thousand Ming troops were ordered to enter. To a certain extent, this is also the northernmost garrison in the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is a resigned official or a garrison, it is a considerable expense for the Ming Dynasty. After all, maintaining rule requires money. In the case of insufficient local tax sources, they can only rely on the central government to pay.

This also has the saying that "Luo Huangye has nothing except a few pictures of silk". Some people even say that "the emperor is obsessed with "Luo Huangye" but he can't forget those pictures of silk."

However, Jinhe's discovery changed the world's impression of "Ruo Wilderness".

It turns out that there is gold in the river in the "Luo Wilderness"!

Overnight, everyone's hearts look to the "Ruo wilderness", it's wrong that everyone's hearts look to the "Golden River".

Go to Jinhe!

Go to Jinhe!

The gold rush craze has been rising and falling. In this craze, few people can remain calm, especially when a piece of gold weighing more than ten pounds weighing pounds was acquired by a minister in the 16th year of the Gansheng period and presented it to the Royal Museum for public exhibition, the Golden River became a mountain of gold. The gold rush became even more popular.

Not only did many ordinary people spend all their money to buy boat tickets to Jinhe, but even some of the ministers turned their attention to Jinhe. While they set up gold mining companies to mine gold, a young man in the Duke of Kang Guo’s mansion stared at the "Luo Wilderness".

Duke Kang Guo Chen Wudi was the most important minister of the Ming Dynasty - not only was he a retainer of His Majesty, but his daughter was even the crown prince's concubine. He did not marry the imperial concubine in the old Ming Dynasty to avoid the foreign relatives disturbing the court. Emperor Gan Sheng even did the opposite and specially formulated the "Royal Intermarriage Law", which stipulated that the prince's and the prince's daughter must be the daughter of the hero, and the prince's daughter must marry the hero. At the same time, he also formulated the "Royal Intermarriage Law", and the sons of the hero must regard the daughter of the hero as the official wife.

Why do it the opposite?

To put it bluntly, it is to learn that when Chongzhen faced the destruction of the dynasty, civil officials were incompetent, hero officials were powerless, and relatives had no power. In the end, no one could use it, and could only sit back and see the situation of losing the country.

Moreover, using heroes to govern the military and balancing civil officials with heroes is itself a strategy formulated by Emperor Gansheng. Therefore, in the Gansheng Dynasty, heroes are definitely powerful people in the true sense, not only with power, but with money.

However, although they are powerful people, according to the principle of inheritance of the eldest son, whether it is the eldest son or the second son, they must leave the mansion and establish their own family after they become adults, and even formulated the rule that "no return to the mansion unless worshiping ancestors". In short, the royal family trusts good ministers, but they will also prevent offenses from becoming arrogant.

As the ninth son of the Duke Kang's mansion, Chen Zhekun was only 18 years old three months away and had been planning for his future.

He did not want to repeat the days like other brothers - being admitted to a military academy, making a living by military positions, or relying on shops in Nanjing and other places to make a living, or being a idle young man. Or following a prince to go abroad, this is often the best choice for the second sons of the heroes. When they go overseas, they are also founding heroes of a country!

"People always have to achieve something!"

As the son of a Duke of the People's Republic of China, Chen Zhekun is not short of money. What he needs to achieve is a career.

What kind of career?

Join the army?

Go into politics?

Doing business?

This was never Chen Zhekun's choice, and he had no interest in being a founding minister of the princes.

"Luo Wilderness!"

Opening the map on the table, Chen Zhekun pointed at a blank space in the north and northwest of Xing'an Province on the map. That area was the "Ruo Wilderness", which is the so-called Siberia.

"Fifth Brother, look at this place, this place is so big, it's still blank. Don't you want to add a few points to it?"

"How many more?"

Si Yuyu glanced at the map and said casually.

"What? Want to make a few tricks for His Majesty?"

Si Yuyu is the second son of Yingchanghou. He has no ambitions, but he just wants to be a idle son.

"There must be a skin, but maybe there is gold. Isn't the Jinhe in Luo Wilderness? Who knows if there is another Jinhe there?"

"Is this possible?" Si Yuyu retorted casually.

"What do you think gold mines are everywhere?"

"Do you know how big the Luo wilderness is? Since there is gold there, there must be gold elsewhere!"

Chen Zhekun said bluntly.

"Even if there is no gold there, maybe we can find silver mines there. Who knows? The place is so big, who knows what will happen there..."

"Yes! No one knows what's there. If you just go there, you'll just use the money to waste it. Maybe in the end you will lose tens of thousands of taels of silver. If you don't say it in vain, you may not get anything in the end!"

"How could it be that nothing could be obtained? When we get there, it is the land of the Ming Dynasty!"

Chen Zhekun laughed.

"As for silver, do you and I care about those silver?"

His answer made Si Yuyu suddenly become mute. The most important thing for these people is silver. After all, the emperor is very generous to the ministers. Moreover, the ministers have many business deals. Who doesn’t earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year?

Even if they split up, they can get a considerable amount of property. That property is enough for them to spend their entire life. Tens of thousands of taels, but it is just a fraction.

"So you really decided?..."

Si Yuyu asked looking at his friend.

"Yes, if I don't go there and have a look, I will regret it in my life."

Chen Zhekun said, "When you go there, no matter whether you can find gold, at least I have tried it, and I have tried it too!"

He said while looking into the distance,
Chapter completed!