Li Yuanba asked about the miner, and Li Yongchao replied:

"Most miners are locals. If they have a leisure time in farming or have little land at home, they will come to the mine to work."

At this time, the shopkeeper of Hongnong Yang's family, named Yang Haoliang, bowed and said:

"There are princes, and many of them are savages, black households and escaped slaves, all working here."

Li Yongchao's face changed and he answered helplessly:

"Yes, these people are mostly brave and fierce, and over the years, calling friends is really a local chronic disease!"

When Li Yuanba heard this, he laughed and persuaded him to drink. Li Yongchao returned drunk, but Li Yuanba and Yang Haoliang continued to chat.

According to Yang Haoliang's introduction, although this place is remote, fortunately it is rich in minerals and requires a lot of manpower. Many farmers who lost their land due to war and natural disasters all came to Loufan to work as miners.

Although it is very hard to be a miner and can only get enough food and clothing throughout the year, fortunately, I don’t have to pay attention to the weather, and as a result, more and more miners here gather.

These people are not registered and do not have to pay taxes. All companies like to use such people to work.

Locals rarely go to mining or smelting iron, and mostly become friends in business or managers in iron ore.

Not to mention, these miners have families with their families, and several small towns have formed around the mines, and locals have even started a service industry. After all, miners also have to eat, drink, defecate, and have weddings and funerals.

What Li Yongchao has always coveted is the naturalization of these black households, because for a county magistrate, population and taxation are the two most critical indicators.

Once these black households become naturalized, they will be considered a good official, and they may be promoted if they are old and have a chance of promotion.

Unfortunately, the wish is beautiful. Li Yongchao always thought that it was the local mine owner who interfered with it. Unfortunately, he was short-sighted and did not expect that no matter the mine owner or the aristocratic family, he did not care about the small profit of the cap tax, let alone against the court's laws, because the cap fee was paid by the miners!

The miners are the most organized group. Whether they are digging in the hole or starting the furnace to smelify iron, they must work together, so they are very united.

These miners have long been divided into several factions, such as the Guanzhong Sect, the Liaodong Sect and the Qiang Sect. They divided them into regions and formed organizations similar to gangs.

Which mine is the main thing that dares to claim naturalization, these people will join forces to resist working in their homes.

The mine owners of various families have also thought of many ways to differentiate, bribe or even kill the leaders, but these people leave their hometowns and take their families to the point of being forced to a dead end. They often make a desperate situation of dying and dying together.

After several incidents, few people want to fight against these miners.

The reason why Yang Haoliang introduced the situation to Li Yuanba in detail is that although they all acquired the iron ingots from Loufan, they also heard about the troubled miners such as Loufan, and they did not want to get involved. They were worried that Li Yuanba did not know much about Loufan, and provoked these miners who were not afraid of death, which led to the hindrance of the cotton industry behind them.

After listening to Yang Haoliang's introduction, Li Yuanba was not bored, but was extremely happy.

In his opinion, miners and other people are good seedlings of the source of troops.

Moreover, the resources here are so rich that it can be built into the logistics base of your palace.

Thinking of this, he kept Yang Haoliang, left the Li Mansion, formed his own team, and had not seen any talents yet.

Although Yang Haoliang is the shopkeeper of the Yang family's business name and comes from a branch of the Hongnong Yang family, he has a clever speech, clear thinking, and absolutely excellent ability to analyze and organize information.

This is talent.

Because Li Yuanba had a clear understanding of himself, the celebrities in history probably wouldn't come to burn his cold stove.

Moreover, he had no ambitions. He came to recognize his lord with passion, hoping that his lord would make achievements and put on a yellow robe. However, Li Yuanba's biggest wish now is to lie on the sofa, drink the iced and fat water, and watch the bloody TV series.

I guess if this wish is expressed, any talented person will rebel against the enemy.

Therefore, Li Yuanba did not expect his domineering spirit to attract celebrities to vote. He decided to discover it himself, find someone who is willing to work, recognize his ideals, and slowly enrich the team of the royal palace.

He asked someone to call Liu Nier over, and the three of them held a meeting together.

Li Yuanba first put forward his point of view, and he said:

"Our goal is to implement cotton colonization, but the premise of this plan is that our military power can be guaranteed sufficiently. Then, with Yanmen Pass as the center, build a military base to erode the Turks. When encountering the Turkic army, rely on the natural danger of Yanmen Pass to retreat to the enemy."

Yang Haoliang bowed and asked in confusion:

"Prince, do you know what special thing is in this military base?"

Liu Nier also asked in confusion:

"Yanmen Pass has been a natural danger since ancient times. Does the military base mean that we need to renovate it?"

Li Yuanba has seen many military forums in his previous life, so he has developed his own set of rhetoric based on his impression:

"Of course it's not just about renovating Yanmen Pass. The military base in my heart requires several abilities. Of course, the first is defense ability. Yanmen Pass is the ideal place; secondly, it has a stable source of troops that can be continuously supplemented; then it has its own management ability, can make money by itself, and through arsenal, weapons and armor, and through various factories, it can earn money to purchase grain and other materials. Finally, it is necessary to have its own officer training system, which can continuously improve combat capabilities."

When Yang Haoliang heard this, he was a little confused. This is a military base? Is this a country?

Liu Nier didn't understand, but she had already had a trick to dealing with Li Yuanba and urged:

"Stop talking here, hurry up and say what to do!"

"Well, I want to build a steel mill in Loufan first, and stabilize the output at tens of thousands of kilograms per day. Except for the ones that are used for themselves, the remaining ones should be sold to support the cost of the base. Then we will build our arsenal, from weapons, armor to harnesses, and arm our army. Then we will recruit soldiers from miners, recruiting 20,000 people, and bringing them to Yanmen Pass."

Yang Haoliang laughed and said:

"Prince! Tens of thousands of kilograms of steel every day? Are you joking? This Loufan only has a thousand kilograms of steel throughout the year!"

Liu Nier said angrily:

"Stop talking nonsense, let you listen. What the prince says is what you need to teach me?"

Yang Haoliang knelt on the ground and kowtowed:

"Prince, let me spare the little one. The little one is a little proud. It is really impossible to hear the prince say that it can get tens of thousands of kilograms of fine steel a day!"

Li Yuanba said impatiently:

"You ancients are really troublesome. I said you can do it if you can. You don't need to worry about it!"
Chapter completed!