Chapter 863 Awakening
The young man looked at the silly Chongzhen like this, and he expressed his appreciation for Emperor Chongzhen's righteous deeds. That's why he deliberately posted it on his words.
Chongzhen didn't like him very much, but just carried stones silently. The young man seemed to like Chongzhen very much: "I said you can't do this for the new one, look at me."
Perhaps he felt that no one here is trustworthy, and someone like Chongzhen who can act righteously is worth making friends with. So he was much more enthusiastic about Chongzhen than others.
Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and looked at him, and then he realized that the stone in the other party's hand was much lighter.
The young man was proud: "You have to learn to be lazy. You find those stones that look big but are actually lighter, so that you can save your energy. My name is Xiao Liuzi, where are you?"
It can be seen that this little Liuzi gets along well with those thugs. At least, when he sees the supervisors and thugs, he will nod with a smile.
The supervisors like to obey their own people, and not those who resist. Xiao Liuzi is smarter and he is the one who gets the least beaten.
After avoiding the patrol thug, Xiao Liuzi continued to post it: "Hey, you haven't said what your name is yet."
"Zhu Zhenlong."
Xiao Liuzi scratched his head, Zhu Zhenlong, a very ordinary name. However, Emperor Chongzhen had a deep meaning, Zhu Zhenlong and Zhu Zhenlong, implying his identity as the emperor, the True Dragon Emperor.
It was really tired. Emperor Chongzhen and everyone had finished transporting the ore. When the miners dragged their tired bodies and returned to the shed one after another, they were the only Emperor Chongzhen, who was still moving silently in the mine.
No one helped him, and no one even looked at him. Everyone was exhausted and no one had the strength to help Emperor Chongzhen carry stones.
Even the little Liuzi just looked back at Chongzhen without any intention of reaching out to help.
These days, it is easy to move people and it is difficult to help people. If you help Chongzhen, you will waste your energy. For these miners, they almost have to exhaust their physical strength every day. If you help you today, you will be the one who will be unlucky tomorrow.
The heavy physical strength was beyond Emperor Chongzhen's expectations. If Zhang Laosan could come to help, perhaps the two of them would have hoped to move the remaining stones. However, Zhang Laosan did not appear from beginning to end.
Emperor Chongzhen was already exhausted and panting. When he carried one of the huge stones, his body could no longer hold on. The stones fell on the ground. Emperor Chongzhen was breathing heavily, and the supervisors and thugs on the edge of the mine were watching all this with interest.
In their eyes, Emperor Chongzhen was like the monkey in the cage, but was just for them to play and joke.
The supervisor seemed very satisfied. This was the end of confronting him. Didn’t he be the first to make a fuss? Just let him taste the taste here. As the largest private mine in Dingxing County, they can do whatever they want.
Emperor Chongzhen was overdrawn. What he remembered now was the days when he had no worries about food and clothing in the palace. Also, he was facing the delicacies of mountains and seas.
Just in a daze, he suddenly reached out with one hand and caught the same shaking stone in his hand.
Emperor Chongzhen raised his head in surprise, it was Xiao Liuzi. Yes, Xiao Liuzi smiled at him and said, "I'll help you."
After all, Xiao Liuzi was loyal and came to help. This made Emperor Chongzhen feel warm, and he suddenly realized that the world was still warm after all.
However, Emperor Chongzhen also issued an order to mine ore vigorously, but what he never expected would happen. Especially in Dingxing County, private mines were a serious crime that implicated the nine tribes.
In order to develop firearms, the Ming Dynasty needed to mine a large amount of ore. According to the "Tiangong Kaiwu", the annual output of ore in the Ming Dynasty could reach 9,000 tons. For such a mining volume, few countries in the world could do it at that time. Not only that, ore mining also promoted the development of the iron smelting industry in the Ming Dynasty, and the iron smelting technology at that time was also ahead of other countries.
The Ming Dynasty had the highest silver storage in the world at that time, but even so, the national treasury was still jingling. In addition, there was the mining of silver minerals, and the large population promoted the development of the internal economy of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, trade ports were opened during the Ming Dynasty to trade with other countries in the world. The silk, porcelain and other goods in the Ming Dynasty were famous all over the world, attracting some European merchants to buy it. This is why silver from other parts of the world also flowed into China in large quantities, and the amount of silver increased.
As silver became the main currency, the Ming Dynasty had a small climax of silver mining. Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan and Yunnan became the four most important silver fields in the Ming Dynasty because of its abundant resources.
According to the annual silver volume of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces recorded in the "Imperially-designated Summary of Documents·Volume 23·Quote Examination Six, Trap Smelting", as well as the total annual silver volume of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces recorded in the "Ming Shilu", it can be estimated that the proportion of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces accounted for about 20% during the Hongwu period, and by the ninth year of Zhengtong, it was even more than 90%, and it contributed more than 60,000 taels in a year!
In the late Ming Dynasty, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces also came from behind. As Song Yingxing said, the national silver courses were less than half of Yunnan. Not only that, Yunnan's mining farms also accounted for half of the country.
In the north, Dingxing County has the most abundant silver mines, because Dingxing County is closest to the capital, which has become the most convenient mining.
Unexpectedly, several official silver mines in Dingxing County have suffered losses year by year. Those who opened silver mines have suffered losses, which is naturally due to corruption.
With the collusion between private miners and officials, the mining of silver was almost monopolized by these unscrupulous merchants. The people have accumulated a large amount of wealth, and these huge wealth is controlled by officials and the large landlord class.
The treasury of the imperial court was so poor that it was so poor that it was so poor that it was so poor that it was so poor that it caused bandits to rob the rich and help the poor, and thus responded to it.
Like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, their targets are these unkind and unkind business landlords and corrupt officials. These people have already caused complaints when exploiting the people on weekdays. Therefore, the team of these bandits grew so rapidly, just because this society is already extremely corrupt.
At present, Emperor Chongzhen really felt all this. If he had learned about the real situation among the people earlier, if he had acted vigorously and vigorously to cure greed...
The appearance of Xiao Liuzi gave Emperor Chongzhen the strength. However, at this moment, the miners behind him appeared in the mine one after another.
Chapter completed!