After all, Qinzhou is a remote place, and it is not a very prosperous provincial capital.
Not only can it not be compared with the imperial capital, it is not even comparable with some developed state capitals.
Even in the most lucrative job, earning around thirty cents a day is already quite good.
At this moment, Zhao Hao asked for fifty cents as soon as he opened his mouth. This was simply... too scary.
However, Zhao Hao had already given this number cautiously.
Because at this moment, the imperial court really can't come up with much money.
Otherwise, the miners working in the mine should definitely not get only this little money.
Of course, fifty cents a day is already a sky-high price for Qinzhou.
Zhao Hao has calculated that the operation can and must be carried out on a small scale in the early stages.
At most, it can only support a population of no more than 20,000 people.
This includes all the miners and smelting workers.
Otherwise, you will be out of money in less than two months.
After all, in addition to wages, there are various materials that need to be purchased.
First of all, building a blast furnace to produce pig iron is not an easy task.
And a large amount of coal needs to be purchased.
If you want to produce iron of higher specifications, the selection of coal also has extremely high requirements.
All of this requires money.
This is a bottomless pit.
Before coming, he told Jiang Wan'er that the amount was 250,000 strings of cash.
However, after spending this little amount of money, I'm afraid that even a small amount won't be heard.
In order to improve the efficiency of mining, he also needs to use sky-high bombs.
This is also an investment.
In addition, there are supporting facilities in all aspects such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Not to mention 250,000 strings of cash, even if it was one million strings of cash, I'm afraid it wouldn't last a year.
However, no matter what, wages cannot be saved.
From his investigation of the three mining areas, he knew that the mining areas must have a very bad reputation outside.
Even if you give 50 cents, people may not believe it.
Zhao Hao said, "Master Duan heard it right, it is fifty cents, and after my investigation, the officials in the three mining areas are all engaged in a lot of corruption."
"I want to put them to death, but I also want to give them a chance to live."
"How about this, Master Duan, go tell them to take out all the embezzled money and use it to buy the lives of their entire family."
"If you don't take it out, I can only say sorry to them!"
Upon hearing this, Duan Youde's expression suddenly turned ugly.
"Sir, there are three mines, and there are thousands of managers..."
“Could it be…”
Zhao Hao smiled softly and said, "They can surrender themselves first, and then return the corrupt money."
"If you don't admit it, it doesn't matter. I will investigate them one by one."
"Anyway, I don't have anything else right now, but I have a lot of time."
After Duan Youde left, mining in the three tightly sealed mining areas all stopped.
All the miners were gathered together and strictly screened and investigated again.
According to Zhao Hao's order, those over fifty years old are not accepted, and those under twenty years old are also not accepted.
Those who are injured are not accepted, and those who are seriously ill are also not accepted.
Those who were owed wages would be repaid, and those who were not owed wages would be directly sent out of the mine.
The doctor gave treatment to the sick.
Those who have been injured will be given subsidies.
In addition, every miner must explain the situation at the mine.
This process lasted almost ten days.
The three mining areas have a total of nearly 30,000 people, and nearly 20,000 people were directly screened out.
There are less than 10,000 people left.
The two refining areas were also cleaned from inside to outside.
For example, in Shenglian Valley, all the idle people and merchants in the valley were asked to leave.
Only the place where iron was smelted remained in the valley.
Moreover, all the refined things were destroyed.
Zhao Hao chose a valley as the smelting site, but the original smelting equipment was unqualified.
Over the next ten days, Zhao Hao searched for a suitable location.
Then he wrote a letter back to the capital and transferred more than a hundred craftsmen from the brick kiln factory from his farm.
Duan Youde was recruiting new miners. When he offered the price of fifty cents, no one believed it at first.
However, soon some old miners who had left came forward to tell of the great changes in the mines, and people began to believe it.
Within three days, nearly five thousand people were recruited.
After strict selection, 3,500 people were selected.
Zhao Hao asked Zheng Zhiqian to be responsible for the mining of the two adjacent small mining areas, and Wang Mengyu to be responsible for the mining of the larger mining area farther away.
He himself was sitting in the Shenglian Valley, responsible for coordinating everything and issuing various orders.
Duan Youde cooperated in this.
Just like that, two months later, construction officially began in the cleared Shenglian Valley.
Freshly fired bricks and stones were used to build a tall smelting furnace.
At this time, the 250,000 strings of cash in his hand were almost gone.
In desperation, he revised the book again and sent it back to the capital.
A few days later, Fengtian Palace.
Jiang Wan'er and a group of ministers were holding a court meeting.
Discuss various state affairs.
Just then, Zhao Hao's letter arrived.
Eunuch Qu presented the letter to Jiang Wan'er, who took it and opened it. Her expression suddenly changed and she slammed the letter on the dragon desk in front of her.
The ministers below were all shocked when they saw this.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Wan'er took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "Today's court meeting ends here, adjourn!"
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