Zhen Xing and the others left the first stop of this strange continent with resentment, and then continued to move along the coastal shelf from north to south.
However, Zhen Xing's revenge was soon avenged. The early captains thought that they could dominate this gold mine by joining forces, but they did not expect that the sailors behind them would be aggrieved by their behavior.
People of this era still have leftover the ancient customs, which emphasize taking revenge when there is a grudge, and retaliating immediately.
The more the expelled sailors thought about it, the more annoyed they became. These people simply didn’t want Xu Wei’s 10,000 taels of gold or the land of a country. They wanted to avenge this first!
They turned the boat around and returned to Daqian. The journey was only a few thousand miles long. If there were map marks, they would save time on exploration and go back more than twice as fast as when they came. It took more than ten days. The captain returned to the northern city of Daqian.
These sailors reported the news of the discovery of gold mines in the New World to the local military commander.
After the Army Sima learned about this situation, he immediately sent a letter to the Jidu Staff Headquarters.
Wang Ge immediately reported the news to Xu Wei.
Xu Wei roughly searched for the place where the gold mine was discovered, and it turned out to be a casino. Even he sighed, this was really an unexpected discovery. You must know that Mao Xiong didn't notice this situation at first, and thought it was a barbaric land. Those sailors I was so lucky, I actually found a gold mine when I arrived at the casino for the first time.
Xu Wei immediately convened a high-level meeting of Daqian and then handed the letter to them for viewing.
"This is the situation. How should we deal with it now?"
Li Gang was the first to speak: "Of course we need to send a fleet to occupy this gold mine immediately. Judging from the situation of Treasure Island, this gold mine can provide us with a lot of work and provide an income of more than one billion yuan every year. This money is completely You can change the uniforms of our navy."
Wang Ge also immediately said: "It is still used to increase the production of flintlock muskets. Now we only increase 5,000 flintlock muskets every year. This equipment change will take place in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse. When will we be able to achieve full firearms?"
Although the fiscal revenue of the wealthy imperial court has increased year by year in recent years, the increase in expenses has been even greater, because now is a time of peace, and military expenditures have been declining.
If that's all, that's it. Senior officials like Wang Ge and Li Gang also understand that in such peaceful times, the military must give in to construction.
But what makes them unbearable is that civil servants like Niu Gui also plan to strip the military's pastures, farms and military factories from the military's sphere of influence, euphemistically saying that the military is used to fight, not to make money. , too many industries in the hands of the military will corrupt the military.
What makes them most helpless is that the ruling party actually agreed with this statement and actually formulated a plan to gradually separate these industries from the hands of the military.
This is an output value of tens of billions. The most important thing is that it is also related to the life of military soldiers after they retire. It can be said that these industries are the core interests of the military. If Wang Ge and others dare to give up, their position will be considered Done to the end.
Therefore, during this period, their decades-old friendship with Niu Gui was almost broken. They were arguing every day about the military restructuring, and they were fighting for every inch of the benefits that emerged.
Niu Guidao: "We don't know the specific situation now, so you are just going to split the money. This is too impatient. Moreover, even though the size of this gold mine is similar to Treasure Island, that place is thousands of miles away from Ji. If it is developed by immigrants, , the cost will not be too small, we will have to invest more than one billion in advance. If the gold mine is too small, it may even outweigh the gains. Let’s send someone to confirm the situation first!”
Although the fiscal revenue of the Daqian court is high, the expenses are not small, especially the construction of the railway in the past two years. It is like eating a glutton that is not full. No matter how much money is invested, it seems that the stomach is not full. This project, the mileage of the railway The growth is like a turtle crawling.
Under this situation, the financial pressure of the Daqian court has always been very high, but the government is unwilling to slow down the construction speed of the railway. Under this situation, Niu Gui is very strict about every expenditure of the court, and wants to Do everything possible to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
"Government, what should we do about the sailors who monopolize the gold mines? This is also an urgent problem that needs to be solved. After all, they were the first to discover the gold mines. If we just occupy them like this, we are afraid of the negative impact."
Li Gang sneered and said: "These people are not good people. If they find a gold mine, they just want to dig it themselves. They want to dominate the mountain and dominate the gold mine. They don't even see if they have this ability!"
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "The benefits of the gold mine are nothing to our Daqian. Even if they dig it out, they will still consume it in our Daqian, but they dominate the situation. This situation is absolutely not allowed. We Send people to occupy this stronghold first."
"But they are the discoverers after all. If we drive them all away, it will cause other seafarers to feel sad. If the seafarers discover anything again in the future, I'm afraid they won't let us know.
What we need to find is not to monopolize the gold mines, but to solve their worries. Let our people negotiate with them, allowing each of their teams to retain a mining area, and we do not need to develop the rest of the land, which can be used by other people who want to When gold diggers go to develop it, I only need to do a good job in local security to prevent them from killing people and stealing goods, and making the gold mining area a mess. In this way, the development cost is almost unnecessary, but we can control a gold mining area."
In the Age of Discovery, the world was full of wealth. As long as these sailors traveled thousands of miles, they would know about another larger gold mine. If they drove near the equator, they would encounter the Mayan silver mine. This place is It occupies most of the world's silver, and it has not been mined out for hundreds of years to modern times.
Xu Wei knew that the wealth in the world was almost endless, but what was lacking was the manpower to develop it. Only a reasonable distribution system could stimulate the enthusiasm of the people for overseas affairs and allow them to occupy more land, so Xu Wei was interested in this gold mine. He doesn't care about his interests at all, what he cares about is that Da Gan people can occupy more territory.
After Xu Wei formulated the system, Niu Gui and the others immediately implemented it. In order to attract people to develop gold mines, Niu Gui also spread the news. As a result, the entire imperial capital, the entire Youzhou and even the entire world were in a sensation. The development of the island has resulted in the birth of hundreds of thousands of millionaires.
This time, a larger gold mine was discovered, and the government was open to the entire world. For them, this was an opportunity to make a fortune.
So countless adventurers took their simple sea ships and sailed towards the place where gold mines were discovered.