Chapter 183 Acting in accordance with the contract
In this era, compliance with contracts was quite strict.
Regardless of whether it is between countries or people, even if these contracts are full of loopholes in Zhao Xi's eyes, they are still strictly adhered to.
Therefore, Zhao Xi drew up a contract.
No problem, just as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, even the contract stipulated that only a space the size of cowhide is required.
Just looking at the map, I clicked on it...
For this contract, Zhao Xi not only asked for the official seal of the Dali Kingdom, but also asked the three families to have the seal of the speaker.
Then, it's time to leave.
At the end of the day, Zhao Xi met with the three families alone and threw out another contract...a contract between the members of each family in that wilderness.
What can be concealed for a while cannot be concealed forever. Zhao Xi does not expect that the copper mines in Dali can be kept in peace by relying on the awe of the three families.
Once a copper mine reaches a large scale, the profits generated will definitely make people jealous.
At that time, a wave of mountain people will come today, a band of bandits will come tomorrow, or even get anxious and directly instigate the copper mine to be overturned. These are all possibilities.
Therefore, Zhao Xi is not stingy with this small share. There are not many shares, and he hopes to hit the right spot...that is, the spot that makes the three families jealous of the benefits, but reluctant to overturn the table.
It's really time to leave now.
"Regardless of whether they are civil or military, anyone who is a commander or above will be able to gain membership in the copper mines in the future. But there is a prerequisite: you must bring someone who is not a close relative of your own to enter."
"Those who are brought to the venue must have three or three generations of officials of the fifth rank or above in the country, regardless of civil or military restrictions. Priority will be given to Chengdu Road, Jingchu Road, and Guangnan East-West Road."
The command team of this expedition originally thought that His Highness the Crown Prince would arrange matters for returning to the DPRK, but they did not expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would start like this.
Why is this so?
The lower-ranking generals were of course happy. They had also heard about the copper mine, and thought it had nothing to do with them...
But high-ranking civil servants and generals were not happy.
Especially Lu Gongzu, Cao Lin and others. Why bother? It is completely unnecessary. Their original six families can be taken down completely. There is no need to drag these warriors, and it may even lead to too many civil servants getting involved.
Let’s not talk about whether the copper mine can make money. Even if it makes money, shouldn’t it mean that the fewer people there are, the greater the profit it will make? If we break it down in this way, even if the copper mine really makes money, it will not be distributed to each family.
How much profit?
In such an occasion, there is no way to ask His Highness...
"In addition, one thing must be stated. All members have only income rights and no decision-making rights. They can inherit and cannot be sold. Those in the family who violate the general principles and trends can be deprived of their rights."
"We are all closely related to each other. Anyone who is unable to decide can be screened by Professor Lu first. Don't cause trouble because of your promise."
"Anyone who mixes copper ore must have the seal of the family head or family spokesperson."
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After talking a lot, Zhao Xi made everything clear first. The specific and detailed contract still needs to be drawn up later.
They were all stunned by Zhao Xi's words, and did not even notice that His Highness the Crown Prince's two long followers were not present.
Where did they go? Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian hurried to Rongzhou again. As a result, Zhang Fangping had already returned to Yizhou and had to rush to Yizhou again.
"His Royal Highness, do you want cowhide?"
Zhang Fangping was a little stunned when he saw the waiter asking for the cowhide in a hurry and threatening to go back because time was urgent.
"Mr. Jing Lue, His Highness has indeed arranged this. He still needs someone to cut the cowhide into a finger width..."
They didn't know what His Highness meant. Anyway, this is what he told them, so they reported it like this.
In Yizhou, cowhide is not scarce, and is readily available. It is adjacent to various tribes in Tubo, so there is no need to worry about these things. It is still the kind of yak hide that cannot be farmed and has a large body.
It’s this cowhide…
"I will follow you to Rongzhou, and we can complete the cowhide work along the way. You will explain the whole story slowly."
Instead of arguing with two idiots who were not fully alive, Zhang Fangping needed to capture His Highness's intentions from the incident.
After Zhang Fangping finished listening to all the stories, he thought about cutting a piece of cowhide into a finger width... His Highness is really naughty!
Even if the land requested by His Highness is larger than the cowhide fence, all parties in Dali will surely agree. Why bother playing this to tease others?
However, Zhang Fangping liked this operation very much. Barbarians were not educated enough, so they would not have thought of this.
Master Wang has almost arrived at Dongchuan County. If His Highness hadn't delayed, he would have arrived at Xuzhou by now.
They had to wait and see. Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian were idiots. They hadn't delivered the cowhide yet. If they didn't arrive in Dongchuan County, someone from Dali would give them a piece of cowhide to measure. That would be a huge embarrassment.
He never thought that Zhang Fangping would be so trusting of them and go back to Yizhou directly after they left Rongzhou.
There was nothing to worry about. If nothing else, just that Dali State sent envoys again, Zhang Fangping knew that Wang Shi would be safe in Dali territory.
In the end, he still had to come to Rongzhou again, and His Highness did all these troublesome things.
"The bachelor has arrived in Rongzhou to wait for His Highness..."
Wang Zhongzheng arrived, bringing with him the cowhide that had been cut into strips.
"Is the cowhide still intact?"
"It's not broken yet, it will be handled by Chengdu Fulu."
Just keep it going. It's a good show-off scene, and Zhao Xi doesn't want to have an accident and make people laugh.
It was the place where Su Song discovered white lead. Not to mention the barren mountains and ridges, the entire ground was still full of pits and old mines.
There is no human habitation within ten or eight miles... Could it be that His Highness, the Crown Prince, is planning to carve out a piece of land in this place?
Of course, their trip was not in vain. They had explored most of the abandoned mines here.
Su Song said that the reason why it was abandoned was because it was difficult to excavate.
Yes, it's okay for these Wuman to clean up some copper mines exposed on the surface, but if they dig deep, they are no longer capable of it.
This place is great, but the cowhide approach is a bit teasing. Just look at this shabby place, and it won't offend all the forces in Dali.
The key is that this place also has the biggest advantage. It is adjacent to the Jinsha River to the west and the Xijiang River to the east. It is almost uniquely blessed. It can directly rely on these two major water systems for shipping.
The cowhide was wrapped in a package. When Wang Zhongzheng unfolded the cowhide...the corners of the mouths of those who saw him off twitched away.
Is this a piece of cowhide? It is indeed a piece of cowhide. But your scissors are so thin...
The people involved in this kind of fun are very active. Not only the escort battalions are involved, but the Western Army is also very active.
Then, Su Song commanded and started to surround the circle with cowhide...
In fact, it is not that big, it is equivalent to the size of a city in Zhongxian County.
Because His Highness the Crown Prince has told us that we must leave some room... In fact, we are asking for some cowhide strips to be left and the transportation roads to be included in the circle.
The Jinsha River is very close here, but there is still a long way to the Xijiang River.
Zhao Xi didn't want to get stuck, so he had to prepare for two transportation lines. At the same time, he had to get the ownership of the road first.