Chapter 268: The Jade Road
It is said that it is officially mined jade, it is because some other methods have also been mined in the past few days, and the deeper you go, the better the quality of the jade, which makes Zhang Tianyuan more and more trusting of Kurban's speculation.
As far as the jade reserves discovered so far are concerned, they have reached an astonishing thirty-five tons, of course, this is only a reserve, if you want to mine all these jades, it is not something that can be completed in a while, so the matter of mining, you have to take your time, but this is all a later story, at that time, Zhang Tianyuan may no longer be here, and this will be the sole responsibility of One-Eye and Ismaili.
"Alright, let's get ready to go down the mountain, we don't need us here. Kurban is also tired enough these days, and the bags under his eyes have become much more obvious: "People are old and useless, this may be the last time I will enter the mountain." ”
Hearing that he was going down the mountain, Nie Zhen was a little excited, he was crazy to follow Zhang Tianyuan to hunt in the past few days, but it was impossible to stay in the mountain all the time, and he still had to go back after all.
The three of them cleaned up, and then went directly down the river, sitting on a raft along the river to directly send the jade to the transit station, which is very convenient, much more convenient than donkey transport, and much safer.
There were also more than 20 jade miners who went down the mountain with them, and of course these were responsible for transporting the jade down the mountain.
There are more than 30 jade miners left on this mine to continue mining, but there is no mine protection team, because the terrain of Shihezigou is relatively complicated, and few people will come here to make trouble, but for the sake of safety, Zhang Tianyuan still gave a task to One-eye. Let him go down the mountain together to organize a special mine protection team to protect the mine.
Ismail Yi and the jade pickers stayed on the mountain, although the mountain was a little bitter. But he's in management here, and it's a lot easier than before. Occasionally, I can go down the mountain to go for a stroll and buy some food and daily necessities, so of course life is much more secure than before.
As for the donkeys that carried the equipment when they came, they naturally returned the same way, and it would be much more convenient if they didn't carry anything, and it wouldn't be too dangerous.
Because the mining equipment is still borrowed from Kurban, Zhang Tianyuan will definitely have to buy a new set after he goes down the mountain, but he doesn't have to do these jobs himself, and he doesn't understand it anyway. Just leave it to One-Eyed to do it, and it is definitely his luck to be able to make these friends with Jiang this time.
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As he was going down the river, Zhang Tianyuan asked Kurban with some confusion: "The road leading to the bottom of the mountain here is so difficult, haven't you thought about building a road? If the road can lead directly to the mine, it will be much more convenient." ”
"Alas, it's not that I don't want to, but I can't. Kurban sighed.
"Why?" asked Zhang Tianyuan, puzzled.
"There are many reasons for this. Not only Shihezigou, but also the Tatleksu mine has also made many attempts to build roads since the mine was built, but they have not been successful, because flash floods are likely to occur every year. This is an irresistible natural phenomenon, and the funds of the jade mine alone are powerless to change, so it still follows the path taken by the ancients. Kurban sighed.
"I see. Nature really can't challenge it. Zhang Tianyuan sighed, it seems that he may not be able to do it if he has money.
"That's the case. Wouldn't it be a waste if you found a big jade?" Nie Zhen asked.
"You're right. The largest piece of jade produced in 1973 weighed about two tons. Since it could not be transported, it had to be broken into several small pieces. This is the destruction and waste of resources, but the restrictions of transportation conditions are also a last resort. Kurban shook his head, obviously feeling a little sorry.
It's a pity that the two-ton giant jade at the end of the road can only be destroyed because the road is impassable and the transportation conditions are not convenient enough.
Hearing this, Zhang Tianyuan and Nie Zhen were a little silent, and Kurban seemed to fall into deep thought and stopped talking.
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The speed down the river was noticeably faster, leaving in the morning and arriving at the station in the evening, where the jade miners loaded the jade onto trucks and carried it down the mountain.
"Master Kurban, this first batch of jade will be handed over to you. "This is something that Zhang Tianyuan and Kurban discussed, Kurban has a unique feeling for the first batch of jade, Zhang Tianyuan is not short of these hundreds of kilograms of jade anyway, so he simply sold it to Kurban, although the price will of course be a lot cheaper, but this is also a personal favor.
"Thank you Xiao Zhang, this favor, I Kurban remembered. Kurban is very happy, in fact, if Zhang Tianyuan refuses to agree to him, he can't rob it, after all, he is different from those who specialize in sabotage, he is a businessman, and he will not do anything to pit himself into it for a little profit, then it is not cost-effective, but Zhang Tianyuan can promise him, which makes him feel very comfortable, and even the little uncomfortable feeling of one-eyed leaving his side has disappeared.
Back at Kurban's house, Zhang Tianyuan and Nie Zhen both took a bath and fell asleep with their heads covered.
Of course, One-Eye can't rest, in addition to preparing for the establishment of the mine protection team, he is also responsible for contacting the purchase of equipment, of course, with Kurban's help, the purchase of equipment is not a big problem, that is, to raise the mine protection team, which is more exquisite, first of all, it must be of good character, otherwise if the mine protection team is messed up, see the money eye to grab the jade, then the trouble will be big.
Of course, Zhang Tianyuan doesn't have to worry about this, One-Eye used to be a mercenary, and he has a lot of comrades-in-arms, all of whom are lifelong friendships, as long as there is enough pay, then it's fine.
At night, after Zhang Tianyuan woke up, he started to get busy again, he promised to prepare a gift for Nie Zhen's old man, at this time, while Nie Zhen was still sleeping, he couldn't leave anyway, so let's do it first.
Speaking of which, Nie Zhen can really sleep, but on the morning of the third day, Zhang Tianyuan was really afraid that something would happen to this kid, so he hurriedly went up and woke up this guy.
"What are you doing, I'm so tired. ”
Zhang Tianyuan touched Nie Zhen's head and found that this kid had a high fever. The body is very weak, and sure enough, this rich kid can't bear that hardship. If it weren't for Zhang Tianyuan by his side, it is estimated that Nie Zhen would really have to go to see Lord Yama and his old man.
Healing and saving people. Zhang Tianyuan is already familiar with the way, anyway, it's not the first time, even pretending has become a habit, he even asked Kurban's subordinates to buy some traditional Chinese medicine that is actually used to replenish qi, there is no therapeutic effect at all, anyway, others don't know what he is going to do, so he pretended to pull Nie Zhen, who was almost dying, back from the ghost gate.
Of course, in the past few days of treatment, Zhang Tianyuan has not forgotten the matter of jì carving. As soon as there is something to do, I go to get busy.
On the one-eyed side, the mine protection team has been assembled, and all the documents related to mining have been completed with the help of Kurban, in fact, there is Nie Zhen as the opening stone, and these are really not a problem.
The equipment has also been shipped to the mine, and it is all the most advanced mining equipment, which is estimated to be a generation more advanced than those shots in Kurban.
In addition, Alpha and Gulzana's jade shop was also opened, and there was a steady stream of jade transported down from the mountain. The business of the shop is not worried, so they directly opened three shops at the beginning.
The jade carving factory in Kunzhou has also been set up, and the workers are ready-made, and they can start construction if they have the funds. 一 qiē is very smooth lì.
On the Shangpu side, the transport team exclusive to the Shenluo Ancient Art Company also arrived in Hejiang and began to transport jade to Shangpu and the imperial capital. The road is clear.
Of course, Zhang Tianyuan just asked about these things. He couldn't help much other than give some money. After all, a person's ability is limited, and if he wants to complete his business empire, he has to rely on these reliable subordinates.
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"Ahh
"Have you come back to life?" Zhang Tianyuan smiled and threw a bottle of water to Nie Zhen: "If you're thirsty, drink saliva first." ”
Nie Zhen took the bottle of mineral water, drank the whole bottle of water, and then threw the bottle and burped.
He got up and walked out of bed, then walked to Zhang Tianyuan's side, hugged Zhang Tianyuan, and then kissed Zhang Tianyuan on the face.
"Damn, you are sexual, harassing, you know!" Zhang Tianyuan pushed Nie Zhen away, he really didn't expect this sudden attack.
"Hahaha, good brother, I am really fortunate to have made you a friend, you not only made my dream of contracting a vein come true, but also saved my life. Nie Zhen laughed.
"Hey, didn't I contract that mine?"
"Oh, who is with whom are the two of us, if you contract it, I will contract it, it's actually yours, I can't think about it?" Nie Zhen smiled.
As he spoke, he was about to hug Zhang Tianyuan again, but was kicked away by Zhang Tianyuan: "Get out, if you dare to kiss Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will break off friendship with you!"
"Hahaha, by the way, I've been dizzy for a few days?" Nie Zhen asked.
"It's been more than ten days, but don't worry, I didn't tell your family, otherwise your father and your old man would have to turn this place upside down. Zhang Tianyuan didn't dare to let Nie Zhen's family know, otherwise he and Kurban would probably be unlucky, after all, they brought Nie Zhen up the mountain.
These people are in harmony with you on weekdays, but if something goes wrong with their family, they will immediately become hideous beasts, who can guarantee that this family will not tear Zhang Tianyuan and Kurban alive?
"It's good if I didn't sue sù, it's good if I didn't sue sù, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go out again. Nie Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, you go and clean up first, we'll be back to the imperial capital tomorrow. In addition, I have prepared the gift you asked me to prepare for your old man, but this thing is too valuable, I'm afraid you won't dare to ask for it!" Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.
"If you don't dare to buy it, it's no problem to buy, right? I'm not a civil servant, I'm afraid of a ball, I'm doing a legitimate business. Nie Zhen pursed his lips, and then sniffed his sleeve: "Damn, it stinks, it stinks!"
He screamed and rushed to the bathroom, where he immediately heard another scream, "Azha!
"You stupid, even though it's summer, it's really exciting to take a cold shower. Zhang Tianyuan scolded with a smile.
"Dude, I love it. ”
"Okay, what kind of hero, don't catch a cold again, it's bad if you're half-dead then." Zhang Tianyuan instructed the servants of the Kurban family to turn on the hot water for Nie Zhen and adjust the temperature, otherwise that guy would be sick, and he would have to waste time and consume earth qi to treat, and he would be annoyed to death. (To be continued......)