Want to mine coal?
This involved another difficult problem.
There was no coal mine in the Hui Prefecture.
As everyone knew, most of the coal mines were located in the north, while the few coal mines in the south were located in Hainan Province and Guangdong Province.
Regarding this, Yang Jing could not help but feel a little regretful that his power was too small. He could not send troops north to occupy the mountains, nor could he rashly go south to occupy the sea.
After thinking about it, he thought of the system.
"System, do you have a map of the distribution of the Da Ming coal mine?”
"Sell me a portion."
[Yes, two hundred thousand taels of gold.]”
Yang Jing was speechless." Blackmail? You're definitely blackmailing me!”
"If I bought the map and found out that there was a coal mine in the Hui Prefecture, it would be fine. But if there wasn't, not only would I have to think of other ways to build a greenhouse, but I would also have to pay two hundred thousand taels of gold.”
This made Yang Jing feel conflicted.
Should he buy it or not?
The gold and silver he had on hand was limited, and the more he spent, the lesser he would get. Moreover, according to the system's habit of spending money, there would be many places where he would need to spend a large sum of money in the future.
After considering for a long time, he finally bought the map.
Success or failure depended on this gamble.
Taking ten thousand steps back, if the Hui Prefecture did not have coal mines, the entire Ming Dynasty would belong to him sooner or later. Even if it did not exist now, he would still send troops to occupy the north and vigorously mine coal mines in the future.
Controlling the coal mine was equivalent to controlling a mountain of gold and silver. It was a matter of time.
As for now, things were urgent, so he decided to take a gamble.
What if the Hui Prefecture had one?
Who could say for sure?
With this kind of luck in mind, Yang Jing bought the coal mine distribution map.
He had made the right bet this time. There really was a coal mine in Jixi County of Hui Prefecture.
Yang Jing was overjoyed when he saw the mark on the map. He immediately called Li Yun to bring 3,000 taels of silver to collect the mountain.
The mountain was called Little West Mountain, located in the westernmost part of Jixi County. According to the records in the city, this mountain was under the name of a gentry surnamed Zhang in Jixi County.
When Yang Jing was cleaning up the gentry in the city, he did not find this person.
Because this person was extremely stingy.
He had always liked to run his own small business and never paid tribute to the Donglin Party, so he was not liked by the Donglin Party.
At the same time, he did not like to raise slaves and tenants because he had to pay these people more or less and feed them. These people did not work much.
Compared to the workers who he paid normally and could do two jobs by themselves, he was not as good as them.
Slaves and tenants were very unlikeable, and it was really unnecessary to raise these people.
At that time, when Yang Jing led his troops into the Hui Zhou government, he announced that he would only confiscate the property of those landowners and gentry who had close ties with the Donglin Party and bullied the people to collect ill-gotten gains.
Therefore, he let Old Master Zhang off the hook.
Yang Jing felt a little regretful.
He saw the shadow of a modern boss in this landlord.
Old Master Zhang's idea was very advanced. He spared no effort to brainwash his subordinates, making them willingly work for him without paying overtime pay.
Yang Jing was too lazy to bargain with this kind of person who would not wake up early without benefits.
If he knew what was good for him, he should sell it quickly.
If you don't know what's good for you, I'll put a knife to your neck and give you a quick stab.
He could also save the people who had suffered under him and do a good deed.
The events were exactly as Yang Jing had imagined.
When Li Yun brought his men to Jixi County's Zhang Manor to explain his intentions.
Old Master Zhang immediately began to put on airs.
He knew that Yang Jing was the new head of the Hui Prefecture. He also knew that Yang Jing had raided many of the homes of the gentry in the Hui Prefecture and had a lot of gold and silver.
Although he didn't know what this new master wanted to do with the coal mountain, it was common knowledge that burning coal for warmth would kill people.
The coal mine was not a good mine. Without the use of the coal at the bottom of the mountain, this mountain was a worthless barren mountain.
This mountain was indeed useless in his hands.
He also didn't believe that this mountain could be turned into a treasure in Yang Jing's hands.
Even so, he still chose to raise the price shamelessly.
"Three thousand taels?"
"What a joke. You want my mountain with just three thousand taels of silver?”
"Ridiculous!"
"Today, I, Old Zhang, will tell you this.”
As he spoke, Old Master Zhang extended three fingers to Li Yun. He shook his fingers and said proudly,"Thirty thousand taels."
"Not even a penny less!"
Li Yun did not get angry when he heard this. He looked at Old Master Zhang with a strange expression and nodded.
Old Master Zhang was overjoyed when he saw him nod.
To be able to extort money from Yang Jing, who had killed countless gentry, was enough for him to brag for half his life.
Who knew that within two seconds of Old Master Zhang's smugness, Li Yun pulled out his saber and placed the blade that was shining with a cold light on Old Master Zhang's neck.
Feeling a slight chill on his neck, his smile suddenly froze on his face.
Old Master Zhang looked at Li Yun's murderous gaze and his legs went weak. With a thud, he knelt on the ground.
"Sell!"
"I'll sell it!"
"How much?" Li Yun smiled.
"Three thousand taels!" Old Master Zhang said dryly.”
Li Yun glanced at him." Hmm?"
Old Master Zhang swallowed nervously."Two…Two thousand taels."
Li Yun glanced at him coldly.
"Official, I really can't go any lower." Old Master Zhang said with a sad face.”
"It's not easy for me to earn some money. My family has dozens of mouths waiting to eat!”
"That mountain is not small, Sir!"
Li Yun felt that 2000 taels was the ideal price for Yang Jing, so he no longer made things difficult for him.
"Since that's the case, then sign it.”
After saying that, the soldier waiting in the room took out the title deed that he had prepared earlier. He grabbed Old Master Zhang's finger and cut it, making him press a handprint on the title deed with the blood that gushed out from his finger.
After that, Li Yun put away his saber, gave a look to everyone in the room, and went back to report.
After sending off Li Yun and the others, Old Master Zhang stood up trembling and called the servant girl to apply medicine on his finger.
At the same time, he was secretly delighted.
He felt that Yang Jing was still too young and easy to fool.
That barren mountain was worth at most a thousand taels of silver, yet Yang Jing had actually spent two thousand taels of silver to buy it from him. If this wasn't youth, then what was?
From then on, rumors began to spread among the surviving gentry in the Hui Prefecture.
The new head of the Hui Prefecture, Yang Jing, used two thousand taels of silver to buy a mountain in Old Master Zhang's hands that was worth at most one thousand taels of silver. Moreover, it was a useless coal mountain!
For a moment, all the gentry in the Hui Prefecture secretly laughed at Yang Jing for being brainless and being tricked by an old man.
Later, when they found out that Yang Jing was really going to dig coal to keep warm, the laughter became even louder.
Everyone in the world knew that coal was poisonous. Burning coal to keep warm was no different from suicide.
(After fighting too many wars, let the little handsome guys have a look. Beg for flowers and votes.)′0`?)）
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