Hanzhong County, Dingyuan County, in the mountains near the left of Xishan Township.

Zhuge Liang stood on a mountain peak, looking down at the earth and valleys within a radius of dozens of miles.

Spring ploughing is almost all arranged, and the granges are also carrying out spring ploughing in an orderly manner, Zhuge Liang does not need to meddle in spring ploughing in every detail, he only needs to take charge of the overall situation. Therefore, when the spring ploughing was carried out, he was idle for a while.

Actually, there is no idleness.

No, before and after the Qingming Festival, he left Hanzhong City, came to Dingyuan County thousands of miles away, and went deep into the mountains.

After Zhuge Liang had almost dealt with the important matters at hand, mining was put on the agenda.

The main thing is to open gold, copper, and iron mines.

Hanzhong, and even the entire Sichuan and Shu, have no shortage of mineral deposits.

Of course, because these mines are in the mountains, even in the previous life of the original owner, there were not a few mines in Shu; However, Zhuge Liang was a visitor from later generations, and he also knew some mine addresses in Sichuan and Shu; This is no secret to future generations.

On the boundary of Hanzhong, there are two gold ore veins and one copper ore vein.

Xishan Township, Dingyuan County, is a gold ore vein.

Because of the difference in the geographical location names of ancient and modern times, Zhuge Liang can not accurately locate another gold mine and copper mine, only the gold mine in Xishan Township, Zhuge Liang can accurately locate. Of course, he only knew that the gold mine was near Xishan Township in Dingyuan County, and as for which mountain and valley to go to, it would require more accurate excavation.

The mountains were full of soldiers, but the soldiers no longer held knives and guns, but pickaxes.

When looking for ore veins, it is naturally more appropriate to be a more loyal soldier.

Only after the vein is found will a large-scale slave be organized to come to the mine.

……

"Is there really a gold mine here, sir?" At the top of the mountain, Lu Qiling asked.

It's no wonder that Lu Qiling would ask this.

Zhuge Liang said that there was a gold mine here, and then after revealing Uncle Liu Huang, he directly came to look for mines with a group of soldiers and horses. However, it has been three days, and almost all the gold mines have been dug within a radius of twenty or thirty miles in Xishan Township, but no trace of gold mines has been found.

Lu Qiling is not Mr. Suspicion.

She was only worried that the gold mine might not be in Xishan Township, but in the mountains near other nearby townships.

Lu Qiling is the commander of Zhuge Liang's personal soldiers, which was confirmed after she took the fifty personal soldiers and escorted Huang Yueying and them to Hanzhong City. Yes, Zhuge Liang is out now, and she naturally has to be on guard at all times.

Easily, Zhuge Liang will not go out of Hanzhong City.

Uncle Liu Huang occupied Hanzhong, and he Zhuge Kongming made great contributions, but this was based on the defeat of Zhang Lu and the loss of troops by the Heavenly Master Dao in Hanzhong.

Although Lu Qiling is not a martial artist of the Ning Gang Realm, her strength is not bad, and now she has built a foundation realm of nine folds, and she may break through at any time. With her, coupled with thousands of soldiers around, Zhuge Liang was not worried about being sneak attacked.

Besides, he Zhuge Kongming is not without the power to fight back!

"Don't worry, wait for the soldiers to dig and see, the gold mine is nearby." Zhuge Liang replied.

The gold ore veins in Xishan Township, Dingyuan County, this is the only thing Zhuge Liang can determine, because he "once" came here in later generations. It's just that thousands of years apart, the geographical name and geographical location have changed somewhat, and he can't accurately locate the location of the vein.

Monks, too, are not omnipotent!

……

As he was talking, he saw Jian Yong quickly running to the mountain and shouting: "Military Division, Military Division, I have found the mineral vein!" ”

In his hand, he was still waving this piece of something.

In general, if it is not a deep vein, when mining is first started, there will be finished gold ingots, and even the appearance of doghead gold in some open pit gold mines is not news. Therefore, the ten ** in Jian Yong's hand are gold ingots.

Zhuge Liang took the gold nugget in Jian Yong's hand, examined it carefully, and said: "Yes, the fineness of the gold nugget is okay, if it is mined effectively, the gold mine here can provide fifty or sixty thousand gold for the lord every year." ”

"In addition, the gold mine is also home to copper and iron ore."

Under normal circumstances, gold and silver ores have associated ores, mostly associated copper ore and iron ore, of course, there are some other metal associated ores, but with the metallurgical technology of this era, those rare metal associated ores cannot be purified after mining.

Saying that, Zhuge Liang said to Jian Yong: "Mr. Xianhe, since you have found the gold mine, I will hand it over to you here." ”

Jian Yong originally served as the county magistrate of Fangling County in the eastern part of Hanzhong to protect the back road of Uncle Liu Huang; After Uncle Liu Huang occupied Hanzhong, Jian Yong naturally moved to Hanzhong City, and as for the position of county commander in Fangling County, he was held by others.

In fact, Jian Yong's talent is mediocre, and he barely passes the county magistrate.

However, he is also an old friend that Uncle Liu Huang made when he was a teenager, Uncle Liu Huang has been running around for many years, and he has been saddle up before and after, and now Uncle Liu Huang is finally dominating the party, and this kind of lineage naturally has to be entrusted with important tasks.

It's just that Jian Yong's talent can't be up to the task.

If so, Zhuge Liang suggested that the matter of mining should be handed over to Jian Yong.

The gold mine is related to Uncle Liu's future source of money, and naturally needs Uncle Liu's henchmen to preside over it. But the matter of mining, at the beginning, he Zhuge Kongming carried out it, and Jian Yong only needed to organize the alien slaves and carry out mining.

Therefore, in the matter of gold mining, Jian Yong's ability is not important.

As long as he is the descendant of Uncle Liu Huang.

……

Three days later, in Hanzhong City, Uncle Liu Huang learned the news that the gold mine had begun to be mined.

"You can produce 50,000 or 60,000 gold a year, so much?" Liu Bei was a little surprised.

Originally, he thought that this gold mine could produce 8,000 gold per year, but he didn't expect the news that Kong Ming's military division brought back was 50,000 or 60,000 gold per year, and Liu Bei had no doubts about Zhuge Kongming's words.

Yes, in Liu Bei's surprise, there was even a hint of surprise.

The Mi family is one of the four wealthy businessmen in the world, and it used to be the best year, and the surplus of a year is not more than 10,000 gold.

Now that the line of Xiliang Majia has been opened, coupled with Jingxiang's "unconditional" support, the current surplus of the Mi family for a year is only twenty or thirty thousand gold.

But now, that gold mine, that gold mine that Kong Ming's military division casually ordered, can produce 50,000 or 60,000 gold a year, which is equivalent to him Liu Bei has several "Mi family" behind him to support, from now on, will he Liu Bei still lack money?

This is just a gold mine, according to Kong Ming's military advisor, now in his Hanzhong territory, but there is still a gold mine and a copper mine!