There was no such thing as mineral tax in this era, and the main mineral products circulating were iron products.

At this time, people had a relatively shallow understanding of mineral deposits, basically they had some understanding of metals such as gold, silver, copper and iron, which were once used as currency exchange.

Even if other minerals are discovered, they don’t know how to refine and use them, so they can only use them to refine immortality for the emperor to seek immortality.

This is enough to prove that except for traditional metals such as gold, silver, copper and iron, most mineral deposits have not been reasonably used in the social economy.

So before Mr. Guo mined the raw materials for gunpowder, no one knew that sulfur and saltpeter had such uses, and that they were all used to refine elixirs.

After Guo established the Duchy of Wei, he began to design some systems for mineral deposits.

While establishing the official salt and iron system, it also determines that all mineral deposits belong to the public and private mining is not allowed, and laws are established to confirm it.

All mines are managed by the government. The government sends people to mine and then make them into various finished products, either for sale, or for weapons to be placed in the arsenal, or for sending them to the central government for minting.

All income is then subject to the treasury.

Although there is a part of the treasury income that is to be allocated to the treasury for royal funds every year, it is obviously not worth mentioning compared to Mr. Guo’s huge expenditure.

So Mr. Guo thought of actively sending people to explore undiscovered minerals, and using the manpower and material resources of the two caravans to organize mining and production, and replenish the income from the warehouse to increase the income source of the warehouse.

The court officials dare not say anything nonsense.

If you make a lot of money, don’t they receive much reward?

The emperor is so willful when doing things.

So Mr. Guo happily praised Su Yuan.

"You did a good job in this matter."

Mr. Guo looked at Su Yuan: "Su Yuan, you are responsible for this matter from beginning to end, so I will leave it to you for mining. You can send someone to connect with the Cao caravan and Mi caravan."

Su Yuan was obviously surprised.

"Your Majesty, old slave... I just want to serve Your Majesty and don't want to do such a thing."

Su Yuan immediately knelt in front of Guo Peng.

"You didn't let you go. You're still waiting by my side. If you start a mine, just send someone to keep an eye on it. Do you think I need you to go to the mine in person?"

Guo Peng slapped Su Yuan’s head: “I want to set up a new official office in the inner court that specializes in mining development. It’s just right. Aren’t you nicknamed the head of the 11th Prison? Just confirm it. What is the name of this 11th Prison?”

Guo Peng walked around in front of Su Yuan and suddenly smiled.

"If you have it, just call it Dongchang."

"Dong...Dongchang?"

"Yeah, Dongchang."

Guo Peng smiled and said, "It's nothing else. I suddenly thought this name was very interesting. This Dongchang is specialized in mining affairs. You are my personal official. If you want to take care of it, I don't worry. The money for the supervision of the internal official is already very powerful, and the mining income cannot be handed over to the internal official for management."

Guo Peng patted Su Yuan on the shoulder.

"Get up, factory."

"Your Majesty... Old Slave, Old Slave dare not be called such a title."

"You just take what I gave it to you, why don't you want it?"

"No, no, I don't dare, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm thanking His Majesty for your kindness!"

Su Yuan knelt down again.

"Well, then go and do it. You can complete the mining farms in various places, mining, smelting, and then making profits. The more you earn, the more money I have in my hands, the more you can do things. You don't have to care about other things. If the sky falls, I will hold on, just open the mine with all your strength."

Su Yuan nodded immediately.

"The old slave understands."

So, in the first month of the fourth year of Yande, the East Factory, headed by the eleventh eunuch in the inner court, was born.

Unlike the Tenth Inspectors of the Inner Court, the headquarters of the East Factory is located outside the palace city. In order to facilitate mining, the members are not all eunuchs, and there are also normal men.

Su Yuan, the factory manager of Dongchang, was a great eunuch around Guo Peng, so Dongchang was also one of Guo Peng's direct-level departments, which was specifically responsible for mining revenue, and then sent the income obtained from mining to the inner warehouse and handed it over to the emperor Guo Peng for free.

By the time the court officials learned the news, it was already February of the fourth year of Yande.

The news that Yu Jin led his army to pacify Fuyu Kingdom came from the Liaodong border, and the opening of Pingzhou was officially completed.

Then the court officials heard that the emperor had set up the eleventh department of the inner court, the East Factory, and then this East Factory seemed to be the department that manages the mining revenue.

Later, when the emperor officially announced that the East Factory was responsible for mining income, the court officials realized that the emperor quietly made another established fact for everyone to bear.

The emperor searched for mineral deposits nationwide to mine, and the entire mining income was in the warehouse and the emperor paid freely.

Although the mine was explored and mined by the emperor himself, wouldn’t your emperor be so snatching money from the treasury like this?

This time it is not considered competing for profit with the people, but some court officials still mentioned that the emperor did not do well in this matter, and there is a suspicion of being ugly in food.

In response to this criticism, Guo Peng issued an edict saying that the inner court led the caravan to operate the mining industry and would pay taxes in accordance with the laws and regulations of the court, and that the tax would not be reduced even if it was a penny.

But the emperor has to settle the money.

Everyone understands that this is the biggest concession the emperor can make. If he does it, the emperor will be angry.

Nothing can make the emperor angry, this is something that everyone unanimously agrees.

Afterwards, Guo Peng opened the inner treasury and took out a large sum of money and sent it to Liaodong to reward the soldiers. The court officials completely shut up and did not dare to say anything else.

Guo Peng did this to tell the court officials that the inner treasury was his personal small treasury, but when necessary, he would also take it out to provide the court with the support.

If I don’t let me start a mine, I will have no money if you pay for this money.

This matter was confirmed to Guo Peng.

His inner treasury has added more money and future income is expected. There is no need to shrink back on many things. This time, he will give more rewards to Liaodong soldiers.

However, Yu Jinneng destroyed the Fuyu Kingdom in such a short period of time, which Guo Peng did not expect.

After the joint memorial of Lu Su, the governor of Pingzhou, and Yu Jin, the general of the North, were sent to Luoyang, Guo Peng only learned how Yu Jin destroyed Fuyu Kingdom within one month.

To be precise, it is a simple beheading tactic.

Without telling anyone, Yu Jin personally led the cavalry to run hundreds of miles to attack the Fuyu King's City, and captured the King of Fuyu and the royal family in one place, directly destroying the Fuyu Kingdom.

The reason is very simple. Yu Jin received a secret report saying that King Fuyu was hiding Gongsun Du's daughter, and had a bad intention, and had the possibility of secretly helping the remnants of Gongsun's family to occupy Liaodong.

After Yu Jin learned about it, he decided to keep silent, and then personally led his troops to attack hundreds of miles, unexpectedly attacking the capital of Fuyu Kingdom, and destroying Fuyu Kingdom in one fell swoop.

Then the Wei army arrived quickly and pacified other forces in Fuyu that had not yet reacted. The Fuyu Kingdom was wiped out in just one month.
Chapter completed!