Chapter 177 The Risky Profit of Salt

Although Li Yonghe is not a die-hard ally, Zhao Qian still believes that Li Yonghe will help him in this matter. After all, in one aspect, both of them are grasshoppers on the same rope and are not favored by traditional scholars and officials.

However, Zhao Qian knew one thing more clearly, that is, he had to solve the problem of "employment" of refugees. This problem was originally easy to solve, that was, becoming a tenant of the landlord.

But not everyone wants to become a tenant. Although the tenant is not a private slave, with this identity, his social status will not be high. The famous Yue Fei is a tenant and a tenant from the Han family in Xiangzhou, Hebei. In the future, even if he becomes a high-ranking official, he will have to take the lead in ceremonies. Perhaps this person is just a tycoon without an official position.

There are about 170,000 such refugees in Jingdong East Road area now.

The big households were also upset that these refugees were so ignorant that they raised their taxes for recent tenants. Originally, the rent and tax ranged from 30% to 30% of the land was fat, but now as tenants, they had to pay at least 40% of the rent and tax, and they were also the kind of things you like to make love but not do. This is a kind of protection of their own interests by all the landlords, and of course this must be based on exploiting refugees.

And what industry can digest the population of 170,000 to 180,000?

Of course, it is not to say that one should provide 170,000 or 80,000 jobs. The economy of the Song Dynasty was still relatively monotonous. As long as the males in the family found a job, women would weave cloth at home or work short-term workers in other places to subsidize their household expenses. Therefore, Zhao Chen actually only needed to provide 60,000 or 70,000 or even fewer jobs.

And what is the most famous modern Shandong?

Zhao Qian thought about it and thought of the gold mines! Shandong's gold mines rank first in the country in modern times. In fact, in the Song Dynasty, the number of gold mines in Shandong was quite considerable, with thirteen! However, they were not under the jurisdiction of Zhao Qian, but were directly under the jurisdiction of the Three Sessions and the royal treasury.

Zhao Qian didn't expect this gold to enter his pocket, but he believed that if he could find gold, Song Renzong and Sansi envoy Cheng Lin would definitely be grateful to him, which was enough!

"The person who comes here comes to take the map of Jingdong East Road!" Zhao Qin shouted.

Gongsun Xuanxu and Qian Yanyuan both looked at each other, and they didn't understand what Zhao Qian wanted to do.

The map was quickly brought up by soldiers. The ancient maps were very abstract, but it was enough for Zhao Yuan to find gold mines. Zhao Yuan! Zhao Yuan remembers that the Zhao Yuan Gold Mine is the largest gold mine in Shandong, and now the Zhao Yuan Gold Mine has not been developed on a large scale, but there is already a small gold mine there.

For this reason, in the mountains, modern Zhaoyuan has already become a little crowded, and there is a small town, Luofeng Town.

"Send craftsmen to the Luofeng Town area to explore the ore veins immediately! By the way, don't use traditional chisels, bring some gunpowder and blow it up!" Zhao Qian ordered.

"Gunpowder? Is that thing OK?" Gongsun Xuanxu disagreed with this. As a Taoist priest, he knew a lot about the gunpowder produced by alchemy.

Zhao Jin smiled confidently and said, "Ordinary gunpowder is naturally not easy to use! I have a new recipe here, well! Let's prepare it by Gongsun Xuanxu!"
Chapter completed!