The institute soon started and was affiliated with the Academy of Sciences. On the second day, the identity of a bachelor of Zhang Shi led several assistants to march toward the vicinity of Jiuhua Mountain. In less than half a month, he brought back various ores. When it was presented to Zhu Jun, it shocked Zhu Jun. Although Zhu Jun involved agricultural research in his previous life, agronomical science also needed a considerable understanding of geology. Since cultivation experiments were conducted in the wild all year round, he involved more than a dozen minerals in front of him.

Natural gold, silver blocks, brass, magnets, hematite chalced copper, sulfur sickle, and red copper are all available. According to Zhang Shijin's description, chalced brass ore is the most widely distributed near Jiuhua Mountain, followed by red copper, hematite, gold, silver and other metals, and are all distributed, with a huge content and continuous continuous content.

You should know that although there is a road in this era, transportation is still far behind in terms of transportation than in later generations. After the establishment of the entire Jiangnan Development Zone, tens of thousands of factories of all sizes and sizes need to be started, and the daily raw materials consumed are amazing. The mining mines in Jiangnan cannot maintain demand at all, so they can only be transported from all over the place with a large amount of freight. Invisibly, the price of raw materials in Jiangnan has remained high. This time, a large number of raw ores were discovered in Nanjing, which at least has great benefits to stabilizing the price of raw materials. Once the price of raw materials drops, the price of finished products will naturally drop. This is equivalent to a cycle, which ultimately leads to the increase in purchasing power of the people in Jiangnan. Similarly, the imperial court can also obtain great benefits in mining this mine and can also relieve the financial situation.

However, Zhu Jun did not want the court to mine directly. He meant that if you contract the mine to a large merchant, give the thirty years, you should collect some silver at one time to rescue it. Within thirty years, you can calculate how much you can mine, and then take it back by the court after thirty years. This kind of transaction is a common method in later generations. It can not only ensure that the land is state-owned, but also use the power of private power to mine. Since private contracting has a period of time, it is often more efficient than the court's mining, and the contracted silver can be transferred to the treasury immediately for the development of infrastructure.

A few days later, three big businessmen who were interested in mines visited Jiuhua Mountain with Zhu Jun. After all, it was a large mine. If they could contract, the annual profit would be at least one million taels of silver and the net profit would be at least 500,000 taels. What would it mean in thirty years? The contracting cost is of course quite expensive, so there were not many merchants who were truly capable of contracting. Zhu Jun was very surprised. In addition, he also wanted to see the nearby geography and was willing to leave the palace to relax. So Zhang Shijin took the lead and fought a guard to fight the ceremonial battle and rode the dragon to Jiuhua Mountain.

When it comes to Jiuhua Mountain, I am afraid most of them know that it is a famous Buddhist mountain in Anhui. Jiuhua Mountain in Nanjing is not as famous as Anhui, and most people from other places don’t know it. Jiuhua Mountain in Nanjing is located on the west side of Taiping Gate, adjacent to Mingcheng and Xuanwu Lake in the north and Fugui Mountain in the east. It is the first hill that walks into the city by the remnants of Zhongshan Mountain in the west. It has beautiful scenery and wide views. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, this mountain was named Quanzhou Mountain, and was named after it is steep and steep on the side of the lake, like a capsized boat. During the Six Dynasties, Quanzhou Mountain was an important barrier to the capital Jiankang, and it is also a royal garden, called "Leyouyuan". There is a Xiaojiuhua Temple built on the southern foot of the mountain, so it is commonly known as "Xiaojiuhua Mountain". The copper vein is near Jiuhua Mountain.

The three businessmen who accompanied him were named Yang and Fang. They were one of the steel giants in Haidu Development Zone. Zhu Jun also owned shares in his industry in his private name and had met him several times. Yang Fangnian was about forty years old, a native of Yunnan, with a short and chunky ground, wearing silk clothes, and laughed whenever he saw Zhu Jun. When he saw Zhu Jun, he was even more flattering. In recent years, his steel mills have earned a lot of dividends for Zhu Jun's inner warehouses, so Zhu Jun said a few more words to him.

Another businessman was a native of Jinling, named Zhao and Hua. He was originally a big family. His ancestors also worked as a Shangshu during the Tianqi period. After Manren entered the pass, he had the foresight and buried all the yellow and white property. When Manren entered the city, dozens of people in his family transformed into a dilapidated house. At that time, the traitors from Geng Zhongming rushed into his house, and could not even find a vase. They almost caught him out and beheaded. They took the luck and took a few whips and got things done. After Kangxi ascended the throne, he saw that the wind passed and took out some silver and used it. When the Ming army revived Jinling, he transformed and became a wealthy family. He also built seven or eight factories near Nanjing, doing all kinds of business. He looked honest and smiled when he saw Zhu Jun.

The third businessman is the representative of the Machinery Chamber of Commerce in Jinling City. His surname is Yan and his name is Kou. He always looks like he has something to do.

The convoy was very vast. The front was seven or eight cars carrying guards, followed by Zhu Jun's dragon chassis, and then the eunuch land. The three merchants followed the eunuch and finally a larger team of guards. They arrived at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain until the sun was noon.

The small Jiuhua Temple on the top of Jiuhua Mountain is looming among the pines and cypresses.

Jun did not come to enjoy the scenery. With an excited look on his face, Zhang Jinshi led the way. Finally, he stopped at the foot of a secondary peak.

After everyone fell into the carriage, three merchants gathered around Zhu Jun's land. Zhang Jinshi pointed to the surrounding mountains and said, "The emperor, Weichen, has explored more than ten miles in a radius. Ores can be dug out in every place. Some ores are even exposed outside the soil. If you want to mine, it is very convenient."

Zhu Jun nodded and said to Zhang Jinshi: "Tao Caicai to see here. Show them.

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Zhang Jinshi nodded and took dozens of assistants to drag the tools.

Zhu Jun's eyes fell on the three merchants: "Everyone, Mr. Zhang is the authority of my Ming Dynasty's mineral exploration. He said that it would be impossible to be mined within a radius of ten miles. As for how to contract, I am not willing to compete with the people for profit. You can bid for it." The reason why Zhu Jun is so confident about Zhang Jinshi is because Zhang Jinshi stayed here for half a month, and was exploring crazily around here with tools and assistants, and also specially drew an exploration pattern. Although it is not necessarily accurate, it is already true that there are a large number of raw ore here.

The three businessmen looked at each other, thinking about the profits they contracted and were thinking about a reasonable price, but they didn't say anything. Who would be willing to be the first to be the first? At least they had to wait until the competitors showed their bottom line first.

Zhu Jun was unhappy. The road connected to various provinces has been completed, but the road between prefectures and counties has just started construction. Zhu Jun’s treasury is empty and needs money turnover urgently, so he is also anxious to contract it out immediately. Judging from the intentions of these three merchants, he is not in a hurry to offer a price, and he doesn’t know when to delay it: “What? Do you have no intention of contracting? Are you happy to find me?”

Yang Fang hurriedly smiled and said, "The emperor is joking. No matter how little the villain is, he dare not deceive the emperor..." Yang Fang curled his smile here and paused, gritted his teeth and said, "The villain is willing to bid for five million taels, but can the contracting period be added for these 30 years be added to one year? If it is mined, it will take at least some time to prepare. Recruiting workers and customizing machinery will take time."

Zhu Jun then turned his attention to the other two businessmen. Although he was unwilling to compete with the people for profit, he was reluctant to be able to fight for the three nouveau riche to fight to the death. How much can he earn? What is capital accumulation? Capital accumulation means that there is a hurry to use money in any place and he has to find someone to exploit it.

Zhao Hua narrowed his eyes and thought in his mind that if such a large mine was really, if he tried his best to mine, he would not be able to escape from millions of taels a year. After all, all factories urgently need raw ore, and they are not afraid of being able to sell it after refining it. Apart from the costs of labor, machinery, transportation, and refining, the net profit of a year is at least 500,000 taels of silver, which will be 15 million taels in thirty years. This is just a conservative estimate. Although the funds are recovered slowly, if they can be done, they will be able to keep the money they earned from this mine in this life.

It was enough for his descendants to squander all their money. He originally secretly blamed Yang Fang for saying that the reserve price was too high, but then he thought that Yang Fang said it was five million taels. Isn’t this just to scare him away? He licked his lips and began to think about his family property. More than ten generations of ancestors were officials or businessmen in Jiangnan. When the Ming Dynasty forbidden seas, their Zhao family smuggled wildly with the relationship of someone in the court. The family business he earned over the past century was definitely astronomical, and five million taels of cash was not impossible to get it out.

"I will pay 5.5 million taels." Zhao Hua decided to adopt a bold strategy, raising prices wildly, and scare away these competitors. The more he showed a determined look, the more he could make his opponent retreat.

Yang Fang looked at Zhao Hua, and his face stopped smiling. He had a word of profit. He completely forgot that the Lord of Nine Five was right in front of him and sneered: "What? Is Mr. Zhao so rich? I'll pay six million taels."

Zhao Hua was unwilling to fall behind. At this point, it was like a game called Jinhua in later generations. Only desperate bidding could scare the opponent from throwing cards: "Zhao paid 7 million taels."

Yang Fang took a deep breath. His maximum amount was eight million, and it was impossible to be higher. At this moment, the stupid old hat in front of him suddenly raised it to seven million taels, and there was another person next to him looking at it coldly. It seemed that this time was a bad fortune, but when things came to an end, they would never show their timidity on the surface: "7.5 million taels."

Zhao Hua was also a little overwhelmed, so he shivered and gritted his teeth again: "Eight million taels, the Zhao family is bound to win this mine. Su Wen Zhangguan Yang is a wealthy man from Haidu. Today I want to see if I am rich in Jinling or if you are rich in Haidu."

This sentence obviously has a bit of provocation.
Chapter completed!