Chao Gai said: "How can it, gold and silver are important things, how can I not pay attention to them."

Zheng Tianshou said: "Another gold mine has been discovered in the vicinity, which is also being mined, with a total of 300 miners. However, the output is still very low, that is, five thousand taels of silver per month, and the output of fifty taels of gold, excluding all expenses, can be left with two-thirds of it. ”

"Don't worry, take your time, I know this situation, the rich ore is basically controlled by the government, and we are mining poor ore, so it is naturally difficult to have a good output. Take us around. Chao Gai said.

Zheng Tianshou took Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Pang Wanchun, Jiao Ting, Luo Yun and others around the mining area, although the weather is very cold, but the miners are still working, but the treatment of the mine is still very good, there are more than a dozen fenced pavilions on the construction site, this pavilion is used for the cool in summer, and in winter it is surrounded by canvas, and the fireplace is burned in the fireplace, and the workers are tired of working to go inside to take a rest, there is ginger soup to boil, and everyone can also take a few sips to keep warm.

The rest system of the workers has also been improved, of course, Chao Gai will not adopt any week system, generally nine days of work and one day off, and other major festivals such as the New Year will have 20 days off.

Zheng Tianshou said: "Although the content of this mineral is low, it is very large. In order to develop frequently, residential villages were built on the adjacent barren slopes, and the treatment of miners was considered to be of the upper middle class, and if the treatment of workers was depressed, the overall profit would be high. ”

Wu Yong next to him said: "Our major industrial and mining firms, when the treatment was determined, I was opposed to setting it higher, but later I found that the high treatment of workers is not only a matter of improving their enthusiasm, but also making many workers regard the factory as their own home, rather than a simple tool for mixed rice." Therefore, the treatment is still good, and we can't make money from the blood and sweat of workers. ”

"Mr. Wu is right, the most basic treatment should be maintained." Chao Gai said.

Zheng Tianshou nodded yes, Chao Gai invited a few more workers to learn about the production situation, and at the same time told everyone that no matter who it is, as long as the production technology is improved, there will be a lot of rewards for improving work efficiency. The workers were also very happy, but proposed that it would be better to take a holiday and rest after a period of time when it was too cold to produce.

Pang Wanchun, who had been silent, said: "I didn't expect that the money we usually spend is made from the sand in the stones, it's really strange." ”

"Not only silver, but also gold, the gold mine is twenty miles away from here, let's go and have a look." Zheng Tianshou said.

Chao Gai said: "That's what I mean, let's go." ”

Most of the mountainous areas in the west of Yishui County are ridges, the mountains are not high, but they are long, and the ancient timber wolf forest in the mountainous areas in this area is sparsely populated and there are many wild beasts. Although the distance from the gold mine to the silver mine is only about 20 miles, it has to climb over three hillsides, and the road is slippery and difficult for horses to walk in winter, so the group can only walk, and it takes more than an hour to get there.

The gold mine is built in grass, the facilities are very imperfect, this is a mountain river, there is little water in winter, the workers wear leather boots and use the mesh sieve to pan for gold in the water, the production technology is backward, coupled with the low content, the income of the gold mine is probably not as good as a department store in a year, far less than the gold mine in Zhaoyuan of the Lu family in Dengzhou.

The gold mine is all mud houses, and even the offices are mud and straw houses. Wu Yong said: "Director Zheng is enough to save, how can there only be a grass house here." ”

Zheng Tianshou said: "This mineral was discovered in the autumn, so I haven't had time to build a brick house, just wait for the spring to build a house, walk, go to the grass house to rest, and I am tired after walking for most of the day. ”

Zheng Tianshou said and took everyone to the office grass room, and when he walked to the door of the grass house, he saw more than a dozen transparent stones next to him, the largest one was the size of an egg yolk, and the small one was the size of a peanut. Chao Gai picked up the largest piece and looked at it closely, and was ecstatic, this is the rough diamond. Diamond is a little unfamiliar to everyone, and there is another name, that is, diamond. Diamond is the product of diamond polishing, diamond is not only used as a stone for jewelry, but also as a cutter head, diamond is extremely strong. It's just that the current production and processing methods can't process diamonds at all, but the treasure is the baby, even if it is temporarily useless, it has to be collected.

"Where did this come from? Anything else? Chao Gai asked.

Zheng Tianshou said: "This is what the workers got out of the sand when they were panning for gold, and they looked smooth and good-looking and threw it here, and there should be some by the river." ”

"Oh, then you send someone to collect it, and I'll take it away." Chao Gai said.

"Okay, brother, wait a minute." Zheng Tianshou called two people to go to the river to collect it, and soon collected another part, a total of forty-five, and handed it to Chao Gai in a cloth bag.

Chao Gai said: "This stone is transparent, very good-looking, you arrange a worker, who meets don't lose it again, every time you find a reward for a roast chicken plus meal." ”

Zheng Tianshou said: "No problem, I'll arrange it." ”

The gold mine is a river, and the gold content is very low, but what I didn't expect was the accidental discovery of a diamond mine, which is also a huge harvest. Chao Gai then thought that Pingyi County, Shandong Province in later generations was the largest diamond discovery site.

After inspecting the gold mine, everyone returned to the silver mine the same way, and before they had gone far, they saw three people running on the hillside to the south, shouting as they ran: "Chao Tuanlian, wait for me, Chao Tuanlian wait for me." ”

The three of them were still holding shovels in their hands, Zheng Tianshou was still a little nervous, and signaled the accompanying miners to be on guard, but Jiao Ting and Luo Yun, who were in charge of Chao Gai's safety, were not nervous, and said: "There are many beasts in the mountains, and it is normal for villagers to take shovels to hurry." ”

These three people came over, Chao Gai took a look, and they knew each other, and the one headed by was the owner of the Wang family's seedlings, the Wang family.

Chao Gai said: "Boss Wang, I happened to meet in the mountains. ”

Wang's family ran out of breath and said: "This is not a coincidence, I heard that the villagers said that they saw you coming, so they went to the silver mine, and the silver mine did not let me in, saying that you came to the gold mine." I went to the gold mine, and the gold mine said you went back, so I caught up. ”

"Oh, let's go, come with me to the silver mines, and talk about something while we go." Chao Gai said.

"It's a very important thing, and I've heard that Chao Tuan Lian is implementing a low-cost medical center in Jeju, and I think it needs a lot of medicinal materials. ”

Chao Gai said: "Of course, you want to sell honeysuckle medicinal materials, didn't the medical hall sign a contract with you, as long as your medicinal materials are qualified, I believe that the people in the medical hall will not embarrass you, if they deliberately make things difficult, you will come to me to complain." ”

"No, no. My hundreds of acres of honeysuckle do not worry about selling, buyers are not good, you must know that the effect of honeysuckle is obvious, it is a bulk of commonly used drugs, especially the cold in winter is very effective. I came here this time because I have a new project, and I don't know if Chao Tuanlian is interested. ”

"Oh, what a project." Chao Gai asked.

"Of course, it's a honeysuckle production project, and there is a village nearby, with three or four thousand acres of barren mountains, and if you want to develop honeysuckle, you are worried that you can't sell it if you plant it, so I want to ask Chao Tuanlian, can so many medicinal materials be sold?" Wangjiajia said.

Chao Gai thought about it, the recent development of Heilong Island, the weather there is cold, and people are prone to colds in winter, so there is no problem with the dosage of honeysuckle. After all, there is not much yield in 3,000 mu, and the yield of dried honeysuckle flowers per mu is only more than 100 catties, and the highest is more than 200 catties.

"These 3,000 acres must be no problem, but you must know that the world is so big that you don't only grow honeysuckle here, and there will definitely be risks of medicinal materials as a cash crop. Chao Gai said.

"Salvia and locust rice are so good, I'll go back. When I start planting salvia and locust rice in the spring of next year, of course, the amount of honeysuckle planting will still be expanded. "The Wang family is really an anxious child, and he left after speaking.

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Honeysuckle, salvia, and locust rice are all bulk medicinal materials, but I don't seem to have heard of anyone growing salvia, most of them are wild." ”

"We want to promote low-cost medical treatment, and often give free medicines, so the amount of medicinal materials needed is extraordinarily large, and the amount of these three medicinal materials is especially large, so let him be more diverse, you see that this barren mountain is everywhere, and the crops are not growing well, it is better to plant medicinal materials." Chao Gai said.

I stayed in the silver mine Chaogai for a day and listened to Zheng Tianshou's development report. Chao Gai is still very satisfied with Zheng Tianshou's work, building a silver mine in a difficult environment, although the scale is still small, but after all, there is a prototype.

The next day, the team continued to go north, and the fast horse whipped up all the way to Dengzhou, which is different from Yishui County, Yishui County is inland, the climate is dry and cold, and when it arrives in Dengzhou, it is humid and cold, after all, it is a climate by the sea. Dengzhou has a lot of industries, it is worth mentioning that a fishing boat factory was built in the concave port by the sea, specializing in building fishing boats, called Dengzhou Fishing Ship Factory, a small scale, thirty or fifty craftsmen, the output is also low, the scale is not large, and the business is not prosperous. However, the timber yard of the fishing shipyard is full of piles of timber, and it is stacked in several places, and it seems that large ships will be built in the future.

Chao Gai arranged for Luo Yun to bring most of the people in his personal army to the fishing shipyard, and only took twenty people to the Tianya Inn by the sea.

Wu Yong said: "The recruitment of Dengzhou Zhuangding has always been done by Sister-in-law Gu, and Sister-in-law Gu is hospitable, let's go see her first." ”

"Reasonable, let's go, let's not rest first, let's go to Gu's sister-in-law's shop to eat." Chao Gai said.

Don't bring many people, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Pang Wanchun, Jiao Ting, Luo Yun, a group of five people rushed to Gu's sister-in-law's hotel, although it is cold and winter, but the hotel business is extremely hot, Gu's sister-in-law's new sheep soup hot pot project in the store, selling very hot, of course, this idea is still Chao Gaiti.

Sister-in-law Gu saw Chao Gai coming, and hurriedly greeted Chao Gai and the others into the backyard, and Sister-in-law Gu seemed to be a little unhappy, as if she had something to worry about. After Wu Yong asked, he knew that Sister-in-law Gu did have some troublesome things here.

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