Luzon has rich reserves of copper ore and gold ore, this is beyond doubt, Yi Zhizu vaguely remembers that according to unit area, Luzon's gold and copper reserves are among the top in the world, gold ore ranks second, copper ore ranks fourth, many Chinese in later generations run to Luzon to develop mineral resources, however, he only knows this, listening to Yan Yangtian asked, he said casually: "Nature is true." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After hesitating, Yan Yang said genius: "If Luzon is rich in copper and gold mines, how can the Spaniards not discover it when they occupy Luzon for two or three hundred years?" ”

His words reminded Yi Zhicontentment, how could the Spaniards not discover gold and copper mines after occupying Luzon for two or three hundred years? Is the gold and copper ore in Luzon too low in grade or buried too deep to be discovered? Or do you find value that you don't think you can exploit? After a moment of silence, he said: "Tell them to immediately look through the documents left by the Spaniards, and in addition, ask the local people about the history of copper and gold mining from the local people." ”

"Yes." Yan Yangtian hurriedly got up and arrived.

"Wait." Yi Zhi's mind seemed to be a lot clearer, "The Wa Kingdom is also an island country, similar to the geographical environment of Luzon, and the Wa State is rich in gold, silver and copper ore, so immediately send a message to Xiao Mingming, asking him to collect a large number of craftsmen who explore and smelt gold, silver and copper ore in the Wa Kingdom, and send them to Luzon, the more the merrier!" ”

"The students obeyed." Yan Yangtian saluted and left quickly, he knew very well that it was of great significance to explore and mine the gold, silver and copper mines in Luzon, after all, in a real sense, the two provinces of Nanyang were the territory that really belonged to Yuanqi, and if a large number of gold and copper mines could be discovered, it would undoubtedly be extremely exciting news.

Lin Meilian came over with the maid with the sobering soup, and found that Yi Zhishu was actually sitting on the chair and falling asleep, and there was an official standing not far away, from the top and the supplement clothes, it was a fourth grade, and it felt a little familiar, she looked at it carefully before she recognized that it was actually Liu Guangdou, the former county magistrate of Shanghai, and couldn't help but smile, stepped forward to wake up Yi Zhicontent, and said, "Sir, Lord Liu is here." ”

Liu Guangdou hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Xiaguan Song Liangyi Dao Liu Guangdou has seen the lord." ”

"Brother Yoshigaki is here, sit, don't be polite." Yi Zhicontent sat up straight as she spoke, Lin Meilian took the sobering soup from the maid's hand and said, "After drinking, your mouth is dry, and the lord will moisten your throat first." ”

"Get a cigar for Lord Liu." Liu Guangdou and Yi Zhifen have worked together in Shanghai for several years, knowing that he is not big and does not have formal etiquette, he took a cigar and lit it himself, waiting for him to drink the soup.

After drinking the soup in one go, Yi Zhizhi also lit a cigar, and then said, "Brother Yoshigaki is still used to it in Luzon?" ”

"I didn't get used to it for a few days when I first came." Liu Guangdou said with a smile: "Now that I have adapted to it, if I don't get used to it, I ...... too leisurely." ”

"You're also idle on this grain post?" Yi Zhizhi leaned back and said, "The entire Luzon post station plan has been made?" ”

Liu Guangdou said, "It's not that there is no silver, and the post roads from Manila to nearby prefectures and counties have not been improved with silver." ”

"There will be silver soon." Yi Zhizhi said: "Hurry up, make the overall plan of Luzon's post station, don't stay in Manila all the time, go to the prefecture and county to conduct field investigations, the cultivated land area and annual output of each prefecture and county should also be counted year by year, and the burden on your grain post road is not ......light." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Liu Guangdou said excitedly, secretly thinking in his heart that the rumors were true, and Yi Zhixin was really going to vigorously develop Luzon.

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said slowly: "To develop the economy and improve the existing backward appearance of Luzon, road construction is the first priority, and the first thing is to build roads when the money is allocated. ”

"Xia Guan understands." Liu Guangdou nodded again and again.

Luzon Admiralty's Office, Signature Room.

Yi Zhishu stood in front of a large and simple map of Luzon and looked at it carefully, and after a while, he asked, "How many troops does Luzon have?" ”

"Six thousand for the navy and fifteen thousand for the army." Yan Yangtian said and pointed to the map: "10,000 navies are stationed in two places, Manila and Cebu are 3,000 each, and 15,000 armies are stationed in four places - Balang Province, Manila Province, Cebu Province, and Tucker Province. ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him, "With such a small number of troops, can you draw the strength of a brigade?" ”

"Yes." Yan Yangtian said succinctly: "All prefectures and counties have township bravery, and under normal circumstances, there is no need to use regular troops, unless there is a major turmoil. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "The recruits are all Han Chinese? ”

"Yes." Yan Yangtian said: "The army is mainly used to suppress the rebellion of the local aborigines, and it is not suitable to recruit from the local aborigines, and the same is true for the Xiangyong in various prefectures and counties, all of which are composed of Han Chinese. ”

"Let's go to the barracks." Yi Zhizhi said as he walked: "The immigrants come from different provinces, and we must vigorously promote the northern official dialect in the military camps, and at the same time, we must also actively eradicate illiteracy, and we must always pay attention to it. ”

The two of them walked out of the Admiral's Mansion, and met Ma Yiqing who came in a hurry, "Big shopkeeper, good news!" Ma Yiqing said excitedly: "The Spaniards have a record of mining gold, and there are quite a few, there are four, and there is also one copper mine. ”

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them. Yi Zhishu didn't expect to have news so soon, so he immediately stopped and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly." ”

"In the mountains of Barang Province, there is a place called Baguio where there is a gold mine." Ma Yiqing said in a voice as smooth as possible: "According to the records of the Spaniards, it is a place full of pine trees and flowers blooming in all seasons, and it is rumored that there are rich gold mines, but the Spanish have organized a lot of gold seekers, all of whom have been ambushed by the local natives, and have not been able to find the gold mines. Gold mines have also been documented in Masbat, the Kagyan River in Cagayan Province and Aguxian in Mindanao, but not in large quantities. ”

Not a lot of production? Yi Zhixiang smiled secretly in his heart, the Spaniards had really occupied Luzon for two or three hundred years in vain, and after a slight groan, he said: "Send troops to the gold and copper mining areas recorded by the Spaniards, and the natives will be knowledgeable, otherwise, they will be exterminated on the spot!" All mineral deposits belong to Yuanqi! ”

It's all owned by Yuanqi! Ma Yiqing couldn't help but be stunned, and he was happy with Bai! Seeing his expression, Yi Zhizhi smiled, "What's the matter, magistrate. Do you still want to get involved? Aren't you afraid of harming local officials? Rest assured, Yuanqi will return silver in a certain percentage to be used in the construction of Luzon. ”

Hearing this, Ma Yiqing couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and groaned slightly, before he tentatively said: "Big shopkeeper, do you spread the news of the discovery of a large amount of gold mines in Luzon?" ”

Without waiting for Yi Zhicontent to speak, Yan Yangtian said categorically: "Can't!" It is not allowed to be known to Western countries, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"Brother Junhu, this is trying to use the gold mine to attract people to immigrate spontaneously?" Yi Zhifen smiled: "There is no need, organized immigration is the best, as for trouble, Spain is not unaware of the existence of gold mines, there is no need to worry, if there is a war, we will accompany you at any time." ”

In the blink of an eye, the good news came one after another, first Ma Yiqing personally led the team to go to sea by boat to the Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands, which confirmed that there are indeed extremely rich guano resources on those uninhabited islands and reefs at sea, which have been accumulated all year round, and the guano of seabirds has accumulated and evolved for a long time, forming a thick guano layer that is more than half a person high, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be shoveled in seven or eight years.

Then, Baguio also came back with exciting news, several rivers in that mountainous area have found a large amount of sand gold, which is enough to prove that there are rich gold deposits in the Baguio Mountains, and further exploration is continuing, and several team members who have explored gold deposits are full of confidence.

For the abundant guano resources on the island, Yi Zhizhi just smiled indifferently, no one has ever realized that those guano are valuable, and no one has dug and mined, thousands of years of accumulation, I am afraid that a lot of guano has formed fossils, which is expected, but the gold mine of Baguio made him a little excited, and now Yuanqi is indeed too much to hoard gold.

In the afternoon of this day, Yi Zhishu set up a banquet in the Malaca South Palace to invite Ma Yiqing and Yan Yangtian, and when he raised his wine glass, he said straightforwardly: "I have been in Manila for more than a month, and I am going to go to Java ...... tomorrow." ”

As soon as he heard this, the atmosphere became dull, and the two people who saw him did not say a word, nor did they raise their glasses, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "Don't be a child, in the future, I will strive to come to Nanyang once a year." ”

Ma Yiqing looked at him and said, "The big shopkeeper won't be to make us happy, right?" ”

The wine was dried in one gulp. Yi Zhizhi said: "Of course, it's not a joke, although the two provinces of Nanyang are still poor and white, but they have extremely rich resources, what they lack is nothing more than population, in recent years, inland disasters and wars have emerged one after another, the scale of immigration to Nanyang will become larger and larger, believe me, Nanyang will soon develop."

In addition, after the capture of Nanyang, I have always had the idea of using the two provinces of Nanyang as a pilot to implement various Western systems, so as to accumulate experience and cultivate talents for future promotion in inland provinces. ”

Ma Yiqing listened to it, and then was overjoyed, which was undoubtedly extremely encouraging for the officials of Nanyang, and he immediately asked: "When is the big shopkeeper going to start?" ”

"It's sooner rather than later." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "As early as this year, or as late as next year, we will start to prepare." ”

Before the words fell, a naval officer said aloud outside: "Report! ”

Yan Yangtian hurriedly got up and went out, and then he came in and said: "Headmaster, Shanghai Urgent News, the Russian plenipotentiary representative Kovalevsky who negotiated trade between Ili, Tarbagatai, and Kashgar has arrived in Zhengzhou and is heading to Shanghai, along with the Ili general Yishan, the counselor minister Bu Yantai, and Feng Renxuan and Zuo Zongtang. ”

The Russian mission came so quickly? Yi Zhishu was quite surprised, and what he didn't expect was that Feng Renxuan and Zuo Zongtang also followed, it seems that the two of them wanted to take this opportunity to report the situation in Xinjiang in detail, Zhengzhou to Xuzhou is only seven or eight hundred miles, take the train to Jiangning, and then go to Shanghai, it is estimated that it will be more than half a month, it seems that Java is afraid that it will not be able to go.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yan Yangtian continued: "Also, Su Shun, the head of the household department, has been in Shanghai for a short time, and he should be waiting for the principal." ”

Yi Zhizu laughed and said, "Su Shun has become a servant of the household department?" "Don't think about it, he also knows that Su Shun must have come for the imperial court to issue official bills and treasure banknotes.

After pouring himself a drink, he said, "It seems that Java can't go, and I have to go back to Shanghai as soon as possible." ”

Yan Yangtian said tentatively: "Headmaster, there won't be a war in the northwest, right?" ”

"Sooner or later, there will be a big war in the Northwest, but not now." Yi Zhishu glanced at him as he spoke, "Northwest, don't think about it, study the situation of Annan well, Annan should not delay any longer, it must be solved next year." ”

As soon as he heard that there was a battle to fight, Yan Yangtian immediately said excitedly: "The student understands. ”

"The guano fertilizer business in the South China Sea Islands is very promising, and the Luzon gold mines are also ......." Ma Yiqing pondered and said, "Can Yuan Qi allocate some silver ........ first?" ”

"Yes." Yi Zhixin said happily: "I will allocate five million silver dollars to you, and build the road first." ”

Seeing that as soon as he opened his mouth, it was five million silver dollars, Ma Yiqing suddenly smiled and closed his mouth, and said again and again: "Xie Da shopkeeper." As he spoke, he poured the wine for him attentively, raised his glass and said, "I salute the big shopkeeper for a glass." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and dried the wine, Luzon used the banknotes issued by the Yuanqi Bank, and first allocated five million silver dollars, for Yuanqi, there was no pressure, and he was not worried that this move would cause inflation in Luzon, after all, the immigrants who came to Luzon were poor, this move was not only beneficial to the local government, but also benefited the people, which could greatly promote and stimulate the consumption of immigrants and was conducive to the economic development of Luzon.

Putting down the wine glass, he said: "Let's say first, this silver is a loan, no interest will be charged, but it will be deducted year by year, don't cry poor with me at that time, the guano business, although the prospect is very great, but at present, Huguang is in turmoil, you can't expect too much, and increasing the exploration and mining of gold mines as soon as possible is the most stable and fast way to obtain income in Luzon." ”

"In the next province." Ma Yiqing said with a smile: "The big shopkeeper can rest assured, this silver will definitely be used on the blade of the knife, and the exploration and mining of gold mines will also be taken as a priority." As he spoke, he stretched out his palm and gestured.

Yi Zhixiang smiled: "Don't worry, fifty-five points, are you afraid that my words will not count?" ”

"You're taking fifty percent for nothing." Ma Yiqing said with a smile: "It's heartache below." ”

"It's cheaper to sell it." Yi Zhizhi said angrily: "If you try it in the inland provinces, you can run it directly, and you can't get it in the local government, and Yuanqi is not taken for nothing, how big the cost of immigration is, you should know very well, otherwise, how can I explain to the shareholders of Yuanqi?" ”

"That's, that's." Ma Yiqing nodded repeatedly.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Yi Zhizhi said: "Fifty-five is gold, copper is not divided, the military industry is in urgent need of copper, and the consumption of copper is huge, the exploration and mining of copper ore can not be sloppy, in addition, where there are rubber plantations, there must be roads." ”

Ma Yiqing nodded and said: "Although the big shopkeeper can rest assured, how can he not distinguish the light from the heavy." ”