The fact that a coward has become a hero did not surprise Liu Ziguang, Captain Gu once said that Mak Jiaxuan's background is not simple, since everyone is dead, it is a good thing to let him wear the halo of a hero, whether it is for the dead or the living.

Putting down the phone, Liu Ziguang turned on the TV, the tragedy of West Africa was being broadcast in the news, many countries expressed condemnation and condolences, and the UN Secretary-General also said that he would send someone to investigate the matter, but overall this matter did not cause an uproar as His Royal Highness Bobby expected, the international community is worried about the economic recession, how can there be any leisure to care about this.

Turning the station, it happened to be playing the deeds of the foreign aid medical team, the screen played a photo of Mai Jiaxuan's heroic posture in the form of a slideshow, the announcer introduced with deep affection, Comrade Mai Jiaxuan has been helpful since he was a child, righteous and courageous, is an outstanding young pioneer, outstanding Communist Youth League member, joined the party organization in the first year of college, devoted himself to the medical and health cause after graduation, took the initiative to ask to participate in the foreign aid medical team, during the work in Africa, went deep into the tribe to perform surgery for poor blacks, and won the warm welcome of the local people. Won honor for the Motherland.

During the riots in Western Sadamoa, Comrade Mak Kahin braved hardships and dangers, and together with his colleagues in the medical team, he protected a large number of black refugees, and when he was evacuated from San Juan, he insisted on staying behind the palace, leaving the hope of life to his companions and the danger to himself.

Liu Ziguang turned off the TV, he was no longer interested in watching it, he still had a bunch of things to deal with, and the first thing to do was to find someone to identify the mysterious ore.

He took a taxi and went straight to the branch of the Mining University located in the capital, where there should be no shortage of heavyweights in the exploration industry, but when he entered the school, his eyes were blackened, and today's universities pay attention to expanding enrollment and industrializing schools, with more and more colleges, more and more complicated majors, but there are fewer and fewer laboratories and people who are really engaged in research.

I asked several students who passed by, but they didn't know where the so-called laboratory was, and when they were at a loss, they met an old acquaintance, Fei Lao, who had studied chess in the provincial capital.

It's a pity that Fei Lao has almost forgotten him, Liu Ziguang reminded him before he remembered, and said with a smile: "Remember, the old closed disciple, the Go game is very good, and the young man is here, do you have two games to talk about empty-handed?" ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I must accompany you, Fei Lao still wants me to see a few things, so what, I am here to find someone to identify the ore, Fei Lao has any friends who are proficient in this." ”

Fei Lao said: "You have found the right person, one of my old chess friends is a leading figure in the exploration world, and it is not wrong to find him." ”

So, Fei Lao took Liu Ziguang to the university staff dormitory building, knocked on the door, and an old man in his sixties opened the door and said with a smile: "Fei Lao, what wind blew you here?" ”

Fei Lao said: "Lao Yu, I helped you write a preface to your travelogue in the Western Regions, and the publishing house also published a sample, are you satisfied?" ”

Lao Yu hurriedly said: "Welcome, welcome, this little thing is still bothering you to run, hurry in, who is this?" ”

"Oh, I forgot to introduce, this is Xiao Liu, a little friend of mine, I would like to ask you about some exploration matters."

He also said to Liu Ziguang: "This is Professor Yu, Xu Xiake in the exploration world, who once traveled all over the northwest alone, and he was the first person to cross Lop Nur. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "Professor Yu, I am glad to meet. ”

Professor Yu has a face that has been through the vicissitudes of life, which makes people feel trustworthy at first glance, and his room is extremely simple, with a marching bed, exploration tools, and a kettle lunch box full of tables, which looks less like a home, but like a dormitory for the geological team.

Fei Lao and the printed sample were put on the table, but Professor Yu was more interested in Liu Ziguang's ore, and he said, "Let's talk about work first, young man, take out your ore sample and let me take a look." ”

Liu Ziguang hurriedly took out the piece of ore and handed it over like a treasure, Professor Yu took it, put on reading glasses and looked at it again, and said: "This is an ordinary magnetite ore, with high taste, where did you show it?" ”

"Somewhere in West Africa."

"That's right." Professor Yu's interest immediately declined, he took off his glasses and said: "Since it is not in China, it is of little value, we actually have no shortage of iron ore in China, but we have mostly poor iron ore and associated ore, and there is a serious lack of high-grade, commercially exploited iron ore, so it costs a huge amount of foreign exchange to import from Australia and Brazil, even if the ocean transportation costs are added, the cost is lower than the use of low-grade ore." ”

"This piece of ore in your hand, according to my simple visual inspection, the taste is at least 6o or more, that is, it has a certain mining value, but the specific situation is analyzed, over the years, there are many large reserves of iron ore in Africa, but they are located in inland areas, and the difficulty of mining and transportation is quite large, because you need machinery for mining, road transportation, and electricity supply, all of which cannot be provided locally, and there is not even labor, as large as construction machinery, small light bulbs, screws, you have to import, and you have to build roads, If the reserves are not measured in 100 million, then no matter how high the taste is, there is no mining value. ”

Liu Ziguang nodded thoughtfully and said, "I understand, there is another important factor, and the local political situation should also be taken into account. ”

Professor Yu said: "Yes, there are constant wars in Africa, and the warlord ** government is changing its orders day by day, which investor dares to invest a lot of money in a place where wars are fought all day long, so it's a pity, young man, you should take back your iron ore." ”

"Wait, Professor Yu, can you say that if this iron mine is located by the sea, has a port, a power plant, an airport, a large number of cheap labor, and an amazing reserve and the support of the local legal government, then it has mining value?"

"Of course, if the recoverable reserves are considerable, then there is definitely value in exploiting! And not only commercial value, but also has a very high political value, now the international iron ore price is controlled by the three giants, every year China has to pay three or four billion dollars more for the rising iron ore price, equivalent to the cost of the Three Gorges Dam, if you say that this iron ore is really so superior, I think probably can't wait now, it has been robbed up a long time ago. ”

"Hehe, I understand, Professor Yu left me a phone number, if you have any questions in the future, it's convenient to ask for advice, I'm in a hurry today, I didn't bring any gifts, I'm really embarrassed." Liu Ziguang said with a smile.

"Fei Lao's friend is my friend, you don't need those politeness, you can just call this number if you have something." Professor Yu tore off a piece of paper from his diary, wrote down his phone number, and handed it to Liu Ziguang.

"Then let's talk, I still have to catch the train, and I'll come back next time to ask for advice." Liu Ziguang said goodbye in time.

……

Just when Liu Ziguang was identifying the ore, two black men with thieves walked into a grocery store in Brazzaville, Congo, handed over a half-used notebook, the black boss took the notebook and pressed the boot button, and after confirming that it was not broken, he threw out a few West African francs, and the two blacks were overjoyed and took the money and left.

The boss fiddled with the computer, showed some information about the owner, and after hesitating for a while, he still picked up the phone book and looked for the number of the American Embassy.

A few hours later, a car and two people came to the embassy, and they bought the notebook for a sum of money, and flew it back to the United States, along with Anderson's body, which had been shipped from San Juan, to his family and company.

There is no doubt that the secrets in the notebook will be revealed in the near future.

……

Before leaving, Liu Ziguang found a law firm that was good at economic litigation, gave them a copy of the contract for the purchase of Wood Manor, and entrusted them to translate the contract into rigorous Chinese.

I wanted to take the time to go to Beiqing University to see Xiaoxue, but considering that the frequent visits would affect her studies, Liu Ziguang dispelled this idea, just made a phone call to ask Xiaoxue about her situation, and took the train back to Jiangbei that night.

After a night of trekking, I finally returned to my hometown, Jiangbei City in winter was covered in silver, everywhere was white, Liu Ziguang wore a thin suit and walked out of the railway station, the biting cold wind rushed in front of the face, the square in front of the station after the snow was full of residual snow and migrant workers waiting to go home, and the annual Spring Festival began again.

Go home first to arrange a stop, and then Liu Ziguang found the phone number of the fifth team of the provincial geology and mine, and after some contact, in the afternoon of the same day, a middle-aged man dressed plainly came to Liu Ziguang's office.

"I am Lang Yulin, the head of the fifth team of the provincial geology and minerals, and this is my business card." The middle-aged man handed the business card with both hands, Liu Ziguang took it and glanced at it, and said, "Mr. Wolf, please sit down." ”

Wolf Yulin sat on the sand and began to talk: "Our fifth team of geology and mining is a provincial institution, mainly responsible for the geological exploration work in the central and western parts of our province, currently there are 200 employees, 110 professional and technical personnel, including 65 senior technical personnel, you can rest assured of the professional and technical level of our fifth team of geology and mining. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "That's the case, I need a capable exploration team, who is young, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, travel for a long time, and have a guaranteed technical level." ”

Lang Yulin said: "Manager Liu, you can rest assured, our five teams of geology and mining specialize in fighting tough battles, under the conditions of the planned economy before, we only explore in the province, and now the public institutions are self-supporting, self-financing, self-financing, we have organized exploration personnel to go deep into the western plateau, desert to carry out exploration tasks, the more difficult the place, the more can reflect the hard work style of our geological and mining people, even if it is to go abroad to explore, we also have ideological preparation. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "You're right, you want to go abroad to explore, and it's in Africa, to help me explore a magnetite-rich ore with unknown reserves." ”

"When are you leaving?"

"The sooner the better."

Lang Yulin stood up suddenly: "Then I'll go back and prepare now."