The next morning, Yang Xu went to the Qin Palace and explained to the Qin King his purpose of recruiting refugees.

After all, it is very taboo to recruit refugees privately, and it is possible to be charged with a crime of gathering a crowd to rebel.

And if the King of Qin stands out, he can naturally handle this matter.

After the King of Qin saw Yang Xu away, he went directly to the palace to meet the saint and reported the matter in detail to Emperor Qinglong.

"The people of Zhao are also the people of Your Majesty... Yang Xu said this well! A bad life... a bad life... a bad life... a bad life... a bad life... a bad life... ah... who knows that the thousands of miles of our country in Dahua is composed of the so-called thousands of untouchables mentioned by the officials! Without them, who will cultivate my country? Without them, who will protect the invasion of foreign enemies?"

Emperor Qinglong became more and more angry as he spoke. Finally, he said to King Qin in a cold voice: "Is this an official of the Ministry of Personnel who said this? Okay, I will give the matter of appeaseing refugees to him. If it is done, I will not bother with him; if it is not done well, I will take the head of his neck!"

After a while, when the breath subsided a little, Emperor Qinglong said to King Qin again: "Tell Yang Xu, don't worry about recruiting refugees to do the work, I'm watching him! If he has any difficulties, he can tell me that I can find a way to solve it for him!"

The King of Qin was waiting for Emperor Qinglong's words, saying: "Yang Xu wanted to take over the coal mines in the northern mountain of the imperial capital, and divide a portion of the recruited refugees to go and mine. Please ask the emperor for permission..."

Emperor Qinglong frowned: "Coal Mine?"

The Qin King said: "The so-called coal is what we call black stone. Yang Xu called it coal."

Emperor Qinglong said in confusion: "This black stone... This coal is not easy to mine, and it is cheaper than charcoal. It is rarely used by ordinary people. I am afraid it is not possible to make money by relying on this? Then Yang Xu has always been a person who cannot afford to get up early. How could he be attracted to this business?"

King Qin said: "Yang Xu said that if coal is used properly, it is equivalent to black gold. In his opinion, it can not only make money, but also make a lot of money!"

Emperor Qinglong smiled and said, "Su Wen, Yang Xu, is called the little god of wealth, has the ability to turn into gold! Well, I'm sure this matter! You can handle the specific matter! I want to see how he makes a lot of money with this thing!"

The King of Qin was delighted and said, "Yang Xu said that after he booked the coal mine, he would be willing to hand over the treasury 500,000 taels of silver to the national treasury in a year! This will be the case every year from now on!"

Emperor Qinglong thought he had heard it wrong and asked, "How many?"

The King of Qin said: "Five hundred thousand taels!"

Emperor Qinglong snorted and said, "If he can't do it, it's a crime of deceiving the king!"

King Qin said: "Yang Xu said he was willing to issue a military order! The premise is... Beishan Coal Mine gave him at least ten years of contract rights!"

Emperor Qinglong said: "If he can really pay 500,000 taels of silver a year, I will ask him to contract for fifty years, so what's wrong with one hundred years?"

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"Contract for a hundred years? What does Your Majesty really say?"

Yang Xu received the King of Qin in the Yang Family Manor. He heard that Emperor Qinglong was willing to give him a hundred years of coal contracting rights, so he almost made a sound.

Yang Xu had heard of the Beishan Coal Mine in Huangdu for a long time, and he had specially brought people to check it. He knew that the coal seams there were shallow, with extremely large reserves and high coal quality.

In Yang Xu's eyes, the coal mine is definitely an absolute gold mountain.

Before this, the Beishan Coal Mine was owned by the imperial court and was hired by the Ministry of Industry to mine it. Most of the coal extracted was used for iron smelting, and it would also be made into coal cakes, etc., and sold to wealthy families or small vendors in the imperial capital for heating, burning fire and cooking.

However, the amount of coal mines in this era was not large, and for ordinary people, it was not as convenient as wood, so it was far from popular.

Yang Xu had previously found that many mines in Beishan Coal Mine only mined part of the surface, and then they were abandoned due to excessive seepage and other reasons.

"The things from the court are good! Emperor Qinglong's words were equivalent to giving me a mountain of gold. Five hundred thousand taels of silver a year... This business is making a lot of money!"

Yang Xu was overjoyed. After discussing with the King of Qin, he began to plan the mining of coal mines.

In a few days, the Yang Family Manor accommodated thousands of young and strong men, and his family was small, with a total of thousands of people, which greatly reduced the pressure on the imperial capital by refugees.

Most of the thousands of young and strong men were sent by Yang Xu to Beishan Coal Mine. After a little training, they could go to the mine to mine coal.

Based on his previous life experience, Yang Xu improved the mine drainage and exhaust methods. These methods not only ensure the safety of underground mining personnel, but also turn those waste wells into treasures, so that more coal can be mined.

Several officials who were very experienced in mining sent by the Qin Prince's Mansion were praised repeatedly after seeing Yang Xu's innovative drainage and exhaust methods.

The families of thousands of young and strong men, except for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and unable to work, were all in hand.

Nowadays, there are greenhouses, breeding, farming, cement, perfume and soap and other industries, and each industry requires a lot of people.

Yang Xu was too lazy to worry about how to arrange these personnel, so he handed them all over to the two girls Yang Hongyu and Yang Jing.

Yang Hongyu and Yang Jing were originally kind-hearted people and had great sympathy for these homeless refugees. After Yang Xu handed over the matter to them, they burst out with great enthusiasm. In just one day, everyone arranged in an orderly manner.

The huge Yang Family Manor originally had only more than 200 people, but it seemed very empty. Now there are suddenly thousands more people, making the Yang Family Manor a small town.

The original Yangjiazhai Village people, some of whom were capable, were promoted to managers by Yang Xu, and each of them managed dozens to hundreds of people.

Those Yang Family Villagers were originally unable to eat enough food, but now they not only have enough food and clothing, but also become managers. This is something they dare not imagine. Therefore, they were grateful to Yang Xu from the bottom of their hearts and knew that only by following Yang Xu would have a more brilliant future in the future.

Since there are many industries in the Yang Family Manor that involve confidentiality, Yang Xu asked those recruited refugees to sign a confidentiality contract. Anyone who sells the secrets will be severely punished.

In fact, many of Yang Xu's industries mostly use assembly line methods, such as perfume soap. Everyone usually only has to contact one of the processes, so even if someone bribes them, it is difficult to get the secret recipe for perfume soap.

In addition, the Yangjiazhai Village people who were promoted to management were all skilled in their own way. With them guarding the factory, no one could find an opportunity to sell the secrets.

The Qin King also sent a lot of loyal guards to guard the Yang Family Manor.

It can be said that the Yang Family Manor is so tightly guarded that even a mouse is difficult to sneak in.
Chapter completed!