When it comes to the Jin family's rise to wealth, it is quite legendary.
The late old man of the Jin family was a self-made wealthy man. His father was an ordinary citizen who dug coal in a mine.
The old man's father worked diligently in the mines and honestly received the wages paid by the government.
The couple supported their family with their hard work, and their three sons and one daughter were all well-behaved and sensible.
At that time, salt, coal, tea, etc. were all materials supervised by the imperial court.
Rare metal minerals such as copper, iron, silver, and gold are subject to extremely strict control.
The government publicly recruited miners, provided meals, and paid a high salary, after all, mining is risky.
The old man of the Jin family was just an ordinary low-level miner at the time. They worked hard to dig in the mines, but they didn't expect that their youngest son would instigate other brothers to rebel.
They dug day and night, and these brats went out to steal in the middle of the night, forming a perfect closed loop of embezzlement.
The key point is that the adults in the family are unaware of this and think that their children are well-behaved and sensible and know how to help share the family's worries.
The three brothers took turns. The younger sister was responsible for attracting their mother's attention, and the older brothers bought her eggs after the task was completed.
The old man of the Jin family is the third child. He is thin and small, but he is very cunning. He has made a living by speculating and making a profit.
As to why the government officials didn't care, it was because their relatives also came to the mine to "purchase goods".
They were also worried about the missing amount, and they had no idea how much each family had taken.
Fortunately, the mine is very large and it would take decades to mine it all if it relies solely on manpower.
Jin Laosan saved some money and found a few good brothers to work with him.
They hold each other's secrets and are not afraid of anyone reporting them to the authorities. Therefore, small groups maintained by interests and secrets have always been stable.
Later, when the sensitive period of dynasty change came, the Jin brothers stopped in time, lived a peaceful life, and waited to see how the wind blew.
A year later, a new emperor came to the throne and continued the policy of controlling mining, but with a more moderate attitude.
Private investment and contracting are allowed, and the government will supervise and the private sector will mine on its own.
The minerals obtained were divided among the court, government and contractors.
The gentry, landlords, and relatives of officials all took action.
If the imperial court had not strictly restricted the participation of officials' families, this decree would have been divided up internally long ago, and they would not have had the chance to interfere.
Old Master Jin was eager to make a move, but his funds were limited. So after working hard for more than a month, he came up with a brilliant plan to make something for nothing.
He used the mine, which he had not yet acquired, as a cover to attract villagers to invest in him, promising to give them corresponding miner quotas and year-end dividends according to their investment ratio.
The villagers are not stupid, so they would not easily believe the words of a few young boys.
So, Lao Jin, who was still busy mining for the government, was called back and was used as a living signboard as an "insider".
A vigorous fundraising campaign has thus begun.
Those wealthy lords all rushed to large mines and scarce resources.
The third son of the Jin family had limited funds, so he signed a contract for a very unpopular cinnabar mine.
In a northern province like theirs, the chance of mining cinnabar mines is extremely small, so the price of this small mine is very low.
The government is taking advantage of them. Even the supervisory officials only come to check on them once every two months.
How could the third son of the Jin family be a victim? How could that be possible!
They took the mining documents and recruited another group of people to dig from the other side of the large mine.
As long as he has the money, he can hire as many people as he wants and dig wherever he wants. It’s just a matter of a word. After all, it’s not his mine that is being mined.
Jin Laosan took advantage of the lack of information and resumed his business with no capital.
He never intended to mend his ways, but God had to have mercy on him.
In the dilapidated mine that he used as a cover, he actually dug out "cinnabar" mine.
The people who stayed here to mine were all villagers from nearby. They dug for several months but didn't even see the shadow of cinnabar, only worthless minerals.
Fortunately, the Jin brothers paid their wages on time, otherwise they would have gone on strike long ago.
This time they dug out a small piece of stone, which was faintly red and extremely hard. They didn't understand why, so they showed it to Lao Jin.
Lao Jin had never seen cinnabar mine, but he intuitively felt that this ore did not look like it. However, he was cautious and did not say it in front of others.
Jin Laosan asked a reliable master to take a look at it. The master was shocked. This is not cinnabar, it is agate!
They came from a poor family and didn't even know what agate was. It was not until he went to the provincial capital to find out what it was that he realized what a bargain he had gotten.
Jin Laosan recruited another group of people to speed up the excavation. After digging for a year, he decisively stopped.
He announced to the public that he had been cheated, that there were not many cinnabar mines in the mountains, and that he could not make ends meet and could not sustain it any longer.
The Jin family was quite kind and righteous. They sold their houses and land and finally paid back the money owed to their fellow villagers.
Anyway, the villagers got the money and earned more than a year's wages, so they didn't lose out.
Therefore, when the Jin family moved away from their hometown, the villagers all came to see them off.
Mr. Jin burst into tears: "I'm so sorry to everyone!"
The villagers said: "Old Jin, live a down-to-earth life in the future, don't mess around, make money again if you lose it, the most important thing is that your family is safe and sound."
The Jin family also carried the good expectations of their fellow villagers, bought houses and land in the provincial capital, and lived a good life like nouveau riche.
After settling down, Jin Laosan started his mining career and became a famous mine owner in the area.
Because there is an unwritten rule that wealth cannot last for more than three generations.
Therefore, under the supervision of Jin Laosan, his grandchildren began to get involved in other industries, finally continuing the glory of their ancestors.
Jin Baoer's grandfather is a wealthy second-generation, but he is not as smart as his father, so he can only maintain the business and cannot start a business.
He is quite responsible. While his father is thinking about how to make money, he is responsible for looking after the family mine.
It was also during his time in power that the Cheng family, a mining tycoon like the Jin family, unearthed some strange ores.
It is said to be a jade mine, but everyone says that jade can nourish people, but have you ever heard of jade being harmful to people?
But there is a big problem with the Cheng family's jade. It is said that it can make people mentally confused, and people who have close contact with it will have their bodies deteriorate at an extremely fast rate.
Because someone was killed, the government sent people to seal off the mine, and the Cheng family paid compensation to the family of the deceased.
It was thought that the Cheng family would recover after a period of silence, but strange things happened frequently in the Cheng family and several leaders passed away one after another.
A family of elderly, weak, women and children left the provincial capital and their whereabouts are unknown. They may have returned to their hometown.
No one knows the twists and turns involved, but whenever someone passes by the Cheng family's old house, they can't help but sigh.
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