Wu Yanzhi went to Xinchang to see the porcelain factory for Wang Dong, and it took eight days before and after. After returning and resting for a day, he led his staff and entourage to Yinshan with Wang Dong.

As mentioned earlier, Yinshan Silver Mine is the first silver mine in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the mining of silver here has a history of hundreds of years.

More than 30 years ago, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, a director was appointed here to manage the silver market, specializing in the mining of silver, lead and other metals.

Yinshan is only twenty miles away from Leping County, and there are more people who go this time: Wu Yanzhi and three staff members and two entourage; Wang Dong and his two retinues made a total of nine people.

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Still following the road last time, the group soon arrived at Silver Mountain.

Director Liang of Yinba and others warmly welcomed them into the office. Although this silver field is an independent production unit, it is also under the control of Leping Metallurgical Superintendent.

All the taxes he produced and collected, such as silver, lead, and other metals, were handed over to the metallurgical superintendent. Then the metallurgical supervisor handed it over to the Shangfang supervisor and the Sifu Temple.

There were two supervisors under the head of Na Liang, one of whom reported on the production of silver and lead in the state-owned silver pit. Another person reported on the payment of tax on private silver pits.

After eating, the group went to the main pit (cave) of Yinshan to inspect.

Along the way, Director Na Liang instructed a supervisor to report on the estimated output of silver and lead here: "It is estimated that this year's output of silver will only be more than 90,000 taels and about 50,000 catties of lead. In addition, there are some small amounts of copper, gold, tin, etc. ”

Wu Yanzhi looked very carefully, and while watching, he also asked some workers about the output, income, family, life, etc., and was busy in the mountains until dark. The three officials who followed saw that Wu Yanzhi asked very detailed questions, and they all seemed to be nervous.

It wasn't until dark that the group returned to the office of Yinchang.

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Although Liang was very attentive in preparing a rich dinner and fine wine. However, Wu Yanzhi simply ate a little and went into the bedroom they had prepared to rest.

Many people saw that Wu Yanzhi was very displeased, but they didn't dare to ask what the reason was.

In the evening, Wu Yanzhi called a few staff members, and then said: "In my opinion, the management here is very problematic. First, the main silver-producing pits were privately occupied, and the state-owned pit veins were of poor quality;

Second, I secretly estimated that the actual output here was quite different from the figures said by the craftsmen, reaching 10%.

That's more than 10,000 taels of silver, and starting tomorrow, you and a few others will start to check the accounts of this silver market. In addition, Yu Fei and Yao Kuan also secretly went to investigate who the best behind-the-scenes bosses of the silver pit were! ”

Everyone heard Wu Yanzhi's anger, and some began to get nervous!

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On the second day, several staff members went to check the accounts, and Wu Yanzhi accompanied Wang Dong to inspect the three private mines he had recently purchased.

"Gong Wu, I went to see these three mines, they are still good, and the villain bought them for five hundred yuan with a number of facilities that have been attached to the smelting room!"

How many mines can you buy for 500 guan? Wu Yanzhi thought, your investment is not small. People are willing to sell it, I'm afraid there are no reserves, and whether they can earn back the invested Wu Baiguan is a big question.

"I'll show you!" He said indifferently.

Sure enough, after looking at the first mine, Wu Yanzhi shook his head: "There is no hope for this mine, judging from this big fault, there will be a vein at least twenty zhang away, you can't have such a big investment, and it's not cost-effective!"

"Wu Gong actually knows where the ore veins are?" This Wang Dong was very close to surprise.

"What's so hard about this, you see the roof rock of this vein, it starts to change from here. If you look at this gap and this angle, and then look at this length, it's obviously a big normal fault structure......"

Wu Yanzhi probably told him about the normal fault, the reverse fault, the anticline, and the anticline. Where can this Wang Dong understand these terms? Naturally, he was in the clouds, and he admired Wu Yanzhi like a god.

After seeing the second mine, Wu Yanzhi still shook his head, his face was cold. When Wang Dong saw it, his heart was half cold. I thought: It's over, I'm afraid these 500 times have been lost.

Come to the third cave. With a torch, Wu Yanzhi slowly walked inside. Looking at the rock hanging overhead, he was a little worried.

This support is also too bad, can't you hit a few more wooden posts? There are also laneway gangs and live stones on the top that have not been beaten clean. This is called "knocking on the top of the gang" in the terminology of mining, and he is too bad at knocking on the top of the gang.

The workers didn't wear any hard hats, and this small stone could kill a person! No wonder the rate of work-related injuries and deaths was high in ancient times!

Helmets have to be popularized, he thought.

This cave is seventeen or eighteen meters deep, and there are veins, which are very thin.

After Wu Yanzhi looked at it carefully, he suddenly smiled and said, "Hmm! This mine is very loss-free, and you can make a lot of money if you destroy it! ”

When Wang Dong heard this, he was very excited, and hurriedly said: "How can I say it, I thought this mine was the worst one!" ”

"Otherwise, although this vein looks thin, it won't make much money. But you see, from here, digging a zhang into it, it is the big vein just now, and it is also the main vein of the entire silver mountain.

With this vein, as long as there is no major fault in front of you, you will have no problem producing 10,000 taels a year! Wu Yanzhi said with a smile.

"Really? This...... That's great! Thank you Wu Gong! When Wang Dong heard that this mine could actually produce 10,000 taels of silver a year, he was very surprised, so he was very surprised.

"Of course, don't get too excited, it's just expected. It's hard to talk about this fault, and maybe there are some small faults in it, and I can't tell it!" He hurriedly reminded.

I thought to myself, if you can't get out so much, maybe you'll have to blame me!

Who can tell what is going on underneath? In my previous life, I had to accurately judge some faults with complex structures, and I also had to rely on the drilling rig to drill holes in the rock.

There are still deep geological survey data! You don't have this little deep geological exploration data, all rely on the mine holes dug by people on the ground to judge, although it is also more reliable, but to the deeper places, it is inevitable that there will be large deviations.

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Three days later, the silver field office.

Wu Yanzhi and a few staff members brought the three officials of the silver market to a meeting. He took the information in his hand, which was the first-hand information from several staff members and entourage, and it was very credible.

He glanced at the three officials of the silver field, and found that Director Liang and Supervisor Deng were trembling, with cold sweat on their heads, and they were very afraid. However, the supervisor looked unconcerned, and seemed not afraid of auditing.

Wu Yanzhi looked at Ren Jianzuo's demeanor, frowned and said, "The management of this silver field is very chaotic, and it must be rectified immediately; Those three best private mines must be taken back immediately, and they can just mine the corners of the mines, no matter who is the boss behind these mines!"

As soon as he heard this, the supervisor reminded: "Wu Shaoqing, we have an agreement with other mine owners, how can we tear up the agreement at will?" Besides, the mine owner also has some backgrounds! ”

"Origin? What's the matter? I don't care what his origin is, whether he is a relative of the prime minister, I have to let it out! Wu Yanzhi sneered.

"I'm afraid that I may not be able to provoke the prime minister, I advise Wu Shaoqing not to be so anxious!" That supervisor is talking more and more unaware of the size!

"Oh? I'm in a hurry? Such corrupt officials and corrupt officials, of course I am in a hurry! After my investigation, the supervisor embezzled public silver and filled his own pockets, which amounted to at least 5,000 taels of silver. Come on, I will take it down for the general and send it to the Yiyang County Ya immediately! Wu Yanzhi said loudly.

"Wu Shaoqing, I'm a person from King Liang and Ji Thorn History, why is Shaoqing struggling with each other?" Ren Zuozuo was not too afraid. He knew that with the help of King Liang, he would be exiled to Lingnan at most, and he would come back in a year or two!

"Wang Fa is ruthless! Don't blame King Liang and Ji Gong! Wu Yanzhi said indifferently.