The Sun and the Lion

Because the "riots" and discussions caused by the relocation of the capital were quickly quelled, thousands of people were forcibly included in the relocation team in a disciplinary manner. Because of the existence of these civilians, the problem of labor required during the relocation was easily solved. .

It just took longer than Ibrahim expected. All the work that was originally planned to be completed before Nowruz was not completed until after the Spring Equinox. Fortunately, the King of Kings and senior officials had already arrived in the new capital and started work. Carry out the next work.

For Ibrahim, the most important thing at the moment is to figure out how to spend the gold coins exploded from Hindustan. He has already made the relevant plans in Herat, but he still needs to consult with relevant authorities before officially issuing them. Does anyone have any omissions or suggestions?

The first imperial meeting after the capital was moved to Isfahan was held in the hall of the Grand Palace. Several viziers in Diwan were familiar with the unfamiliar environment with different but similar mentality.

After waiting for a while, Ibrahim walked into the hall together with the financial vizier and the eunuch general. There was a joy that could not be hidden on the faces of the three people, making people want to ask what happy event happened.

"If this discovery is true, then you are the richest man in the world, and no one can shake it from now on." The eunuch took the opportunity to celebrate to his master.

The financial viziers on the side also echoed one after another, which was very useful to the King of Kings.

Ibrahim, who was in a happy mood, announced the good news at the beginning of the meeting: "With the blessing of Huda, the miners and engineers in the river discovered gold when mining turquoise in the mine. According to the report of the governor of the river, it is very valuable for development."

After hearing this, the viziers waiting in the hall congratulated Ibrahim one after another. Ibrahim accepted them one by one, and sighed in his heart about his incredible luck since he traveled through time, first to the big copper mine and then to the big gold mine. , this is for fear that he will be in financial distress.

The Big Gold Mine is located in Muluntau, Hetai Province. It was originally a turquoise mine, but local miners accidentally dug up a gold ore during mining operations and followed the traces to find a gold vein.

This discovery shocked the governor of the river, and he cautiously sent engineers to confirm. After several weeks of survey work, it was confirmed that there were indeed gold veins here, with considerable reserves, and because it was an open-pit mine, it was not only capable of mining, but also The cost is not too high either.

The only disadvantage is that it is somewhat far away from the two major cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. The local natural conditions cannot support the rise of a new city, which limits the scale of mining and increases the cost of developing gold mines.

The discovery of the Muluntau gold mine and all the known information were immediately compiled and sent to Ibrahim by the governor of the river. When the news came, the palace had already moved to Isfahan.

"This gold mine must be developed quickly. Miners' camps and garrison camps must be built there, and a special transportation team must be used to transport the ore out to Bukhara for smelting and storage, and to transport all the necessary necessities." Yi Brahim immediately gave instructions. The financial vizier was very interested in the development of gold mines and immediately stated that compared with the later income, the early development investment was nothing.

The smelted and cast gold nuggets started from Bukhara and continued south to the eastern center of the empire, Herat, the seat of Khorasan Province, where they were stored in the treasury directly belonging to the palace.

As far as Ibrahim knows, apart from this new discovery, even if it is limited by the current productivity, there are still many mineral veins in the Iranian plateau and the mountains of Afghanistan waiting for investment and development.

Ignoring the good news about the development of new gold mines, Ibrahim and the participants returned to the theme of the meeting, which was how to deal with the huge loot plundered from India.

"I believe that the prosperity of Iran depends on water and roads. Without water sources, people cannot survive; if the roads are not smooth, there will be no business travelers from here to communicate with the world. To this end, I plan to use the money to fund water conservancy and roads in various provinces. Construction.”

Investment in water conservancy projects and agriculture is a commonplace, and key investments in Arab Iraq have been ongoing. While fiscal revenue is gradually expanding, the scope of investment is also expanding. Ibrahim believes that Punjab and Sindh can generate a lot of surplus, and perhaps Used to maintain and expand irrigated agriculture in eastern provinces such as Khorasan, Sistan and even Hexagon.

In addition to repairing water conservancy and reclaiming farmland, Ibrahim also has new instructions this time - to expand sericulture along the Caspian Sea. He plans to relocate nearly a thousand mulberry farmers to other areas with suitable conditions and encourage more Farmers along the Caspian Sea engage in the production of cash crops such as sericulture.

In addition to growing mulberry and raising silkworms, there are two other cash crops - cotton and sugar cane - that are the focus of government investment. Find Shuyuan www. zhaoshuyuan.com Sugarcane plantations are mainly distributed in the swamps of Khuzestan and southern Arab Iraq. Cotton plantations are mainly distributed in the Indus River Basin, with a small amount distributed in the Iranian plateau and Arab Iraq.

Ibrahim, who held mercantilist ideas, wanted to reduce imports as much as possible to prevent the precious metals earned from silk from flowing to India and being exchanged for cotton textiles, cane sugar, dyes, etc.

The most eye-catching of this plan was the road construction plan. Ibrahim planned to widen all the main roads in the empire and pave hardened roads with asphalt mixed stone. At the same time, he would build more coaching inns and caravanserai along the way to facilitate trade. Teams and travelers travel through.

Road construction workers mainly came from India, and Ibrahim needed to recruit tens of thousands of non-Muslims from Punjab, as well as prisoners of war and workers from other sources.

In order to stimulate labor enthusiasm, these workers will receive wages equivalent to those of workers in the capital in addition to food and housing. For non-Muslim workers, other measures will be taken to promote the spread of orthodox religion.

"Your Majesty, there are prisoners of war and slaves among them. Do they also need to be paid? I believe that doing so will undoubtedly increase a lot of unnecessary expenses. Please think again." The financial vizier admonished in confusion.

The architect who was appointed as vizier welcomed this expenditure: "Paying wages to prisoners of war and slaves can eventually be redeemed through ransom. Finally, all those who have been redeemed for freedom can be centralized and resettled after the completion of the project. Give Paying wages to workers serving in labor can reduce sabotage, desertion and resistance. I believe that we should not suffer unnecessary losses just to save a small amount of money."

Perhaps because the financial situation was very good, various viziers in Diwan were more inclined to the opinions of the construction vizier, and Ibrahim followed suit and implemented this idea.