A few days later, they finally reached Zhouzhi.
Back in Great Qin, this place had not been very famous and was just a very ordinary place.
Moreover, it was located in the middle of Hanzhong and Neishi.
However, there would naturally be mines near the Qinling Mountains.
Great Qin had been searching for iron ore everywhere, but they did not know that there was a huge iron ore mine about 100 miles away from Xianyang City.
Based on Great Qin's current annual production of 20,000 or so ores, this would be enough for Great Qin to mine for at least 1,000 years!
"Circle this place and that place.”
After arriving, Li Xing led the local officials and circled a hill territory and marked it.
"Alright…let's call it a day."
C-wrap up?
Zhang Han and Fu Su, who were following behind, were stunned!
That was it?
"Imperial Teacher…can we be sure that there's an iron mine down there?”
"Dig, you'll know when you dig…"
Li Xing smiled and said," You just have to let people dig. If they can't dig out any iron, it's on me!”
"This, is…"
Zhang Han then ordered the local officials to organize people to dig the mountain.
" Reporting…Imperial Teacher, we…we really dug up a stone that looks like iron ore…"
The locals were all shocked. They had lived here for hundreds of years, but they did not expect that there would be so much iron ore on the mountain beside them!
One had to know that this was the Great Qin Era, and bronze artifacts were everywhere, but iron artifacts were rare!
At this time, it was not an exaggeration to say that iron was more precious than copper!
As for iron weapons, they were naturally more lethal than bronze weapons.
This was also why Ying Zheng was so excited when he heard that Li Xing knew about the location of the huge iron mine!
"Zhang Han, send someone to bring these ores to Xianyang.”
Li Xing said," Tell Your Majesty that we have found the iron ore!”
"Ah, yes…hmm?"
Zhang Han was stunned." Imperial Teacher, what about you?”
"Me? I still have something to do…"
Li Xing said," Let me see if I can find another one…Eldest Young Master Fu Su is in charge of supervising this place. Follow me and continue searching.”
Zhang Han's martial arts were not bad. If he followed him, he would definitely be safer!
"This... this!"
"Supervisor? Alright, alright…"
Fu Su said," Then, Fu Su will wait here for the return of the Imperial Teacher.”
"Alright, let's go! Continue forward!"
"Yes!"
Stomp!
Ta Ta Ta Ta!
With Zhang Han and the other Dragon King Guards, Li Xing headed south and headed straight for Ba Shu.
Zhang Han and the others didn't know what Li Xing's true purpose was. They only knew that Li Xing said he was looking for ore.
Li Xing brought them to look around this place and that place.
Then, they continued south!
Along the way, they passed by the Qin Plank Road and arrived at the administrative office of Shu Prefecture!
Great Qin had built the world's first highway, and it was called the Chi Road.
The path from Great Qin to Ba Shu was called the Plank Road.
This plank road had played its role for two thousand years!
"Shu Prefecture Governor Li Jian pays his respects to Imperial Teacher!”
When they saw Li Xing take out the gold medal, all the officials of Shu Prefecture knelt down.
"You are Li Jian? The son of the previous prefect, Li Bing?"
"Reporting to Imperial Teacher, that's right."
Li Jian knelt down and said respectfully," My father is Li Bing. Thank you for knowing, Imperial Teacher."”
"Heh, who doesn't know about the construction of Dujiangyan?”
Li Xing laughed." Get up. I came to Shu Zhong to look for minerals for His Majesty. "However, I see that the scenery here is quite good. I want to buy some land here.”
"Purchasing…"
When Li Jian heard this, he immediately said," It is Shu Zhong's honor that the Emperor's Teacher has taken a fancy to Shu Zhong's land.”
"I'll give you 200 Gold Coins."
Li Xing said," I want to buy the land on the east bank of Dujiangyan at the official price of Great Qin. How many acres would that be?”
"Official price?"
Li Jian was startled and immediately said," Reporting to the Imperial Teacher, Great Qin's barren land costs 200 gold coins per mu, while fertile land costs 500 gold coins per mu. Non-officials are not allowed to purchase more than ten mu, and those below the county magistrate are not allowed to purchase more than a hundred mu. The emperor's teacher…"
He said carefully," If you want to buy it, there are naturally no restrictions…I can…I can get 200 hectares at 200 coins per mu…"
Great Qin's farmland was 50 Mu, and 200 Gold Coins was equivalent to 2,000,000 Qin and a half taels. As such, with 200 Gold Coins per Mu, they could buy 10,000 Mu of land.
In other words, 200 hectares of fertile land.
However…
On the east bank of Dujiang Weir, the land close to Dujiang Weir was obviously not barren.
Ba and Shu were Great Qin's granary, so the land here was naturally not barren.
But…
Who was Li Jian? He naturally did not dare to offend Li Xing from the capital.
"Li Jian…"
Li Xing smiled." You and I have been from the same clan for the past 500 years. We can be considered family, right?”
"Yes, yes…"
Li Jian panicked when he heard this and quickly said," I'm stupid. I, I, I'll add another 100 hectares?”
"If you add land privately, are you going to report it to the Imperial Court?”
"What? This…"
When Li Jian heard this, he smiled bitterly.
This was also a question that he was very conflicted about. If a high-ranking official came to buy land, how much fertile land should he give him?
If he gave too little, he was afraid that he would offend a high-ranking official.
If he gave too much…
If the imperial court investigated, he would be in danger of losing his head…
Both sides were not easy to deal with…
After all, in Great Qin, a local official was nothing compared to a high-ranking official in the Imperial Court!
However, Great Qin's laws were also very strict. If anything was found out, the lightest punishment would be to lose his official position and be sentenced to the army. If it was serious, he would directly confiscate his house!
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