The Governor of Gnawing Dog and the two Lodge Squads, newly transferred to Western Australia, boarded the Sea Hawk Scissher, and it took them less than fifteen days to return to Best City.

He also brought with him the appointment order and epaulettes of Davigmin's squad leader------ after less than a year of struggle, this guy has been promoted to squadron leader, and two more squads have been added to his command, if you add the militia he carefully selected from those labor prisoners, this guy has more than a thousand armed men under his command at once!

However, when Squadron Leader Davimin heard the news that nearly 30,000 people would be here in a month, he was shocked!

They have been developing here for less than a year------

Squadron Leader Dai Weiming carefully looked at the materials given to him by the Governor of Gnawing Dog, which was full of lists and quantities of various materials that would be sent this time.

The two of them carefully calculated in the office, and the situation was okay, almost overcoming the difficulties.

Finally, he assured with a serious face:

"Please rest assured that Governor Wu, at least there is no problem with the security of Western Australia, even if there are another 100,000 floating population, we don't have to worry!"

The Governor of the Dog Gnawing Dog hugged his shoulders, pinched his chin and said, "The flow is only temporary, we have to find a way to fix them!" ------- 30,000 people came here this time! ”

Squadron Leader Davidin once again assured:

"If the logistics supply of 30,000 people is added to the materials sent, there should be no problem, and there are 300 tons of kangaroo jerky in our warehouse alone! And the fishing at sea has never stopped------ how to get them to stay, it's up to you, unless you ask me to force them to stay with a gun. ”

Hehe, that's impossible.

The Governor was pleased with his work, and in the months since his return, the administration has not been in any disorder.

In the past year, in addition to the natural pasture, which they did not need to develop with great effort, they have cultivated 1,200 acres of paddy fields and thousands of acres of dry fields, and planted rice, corn and wheat on a trial basis, not to mention other vegetables.

The results were all bumper harvests------ perhaps the reason why this plane appeared for the first time, and there were almost no pests and diseases in the first year!

This is really a treasure land------ if cotton and sugar beets are planted again this year, it is not good to say that the harvest in Shandong will exceed in a few years!

The main gold panning area that Zhang Island Master demarcated for them was in the hilly area more than 500 kilometers northeast of Baisi City.

The two of them marked with pencils on the simple map according to the gold panning area they had previously sold, and the big merchants of the Great Song Dynasty really had money, and they bought an area of hundreds of square kilometers to explore.

However, that area can be more than 100,000 square kilometers, and they can't buy it------ God knows when the owner of Zhang Island will send an order to set up a gold mining area where and where they want to go.

They deeply understood that infinite wealth lies in this infinite earth, and the incomparable preciousness of man is manifested in the fact that man can develop it!

Squadron Leader David also reported that he had explored the southeastern part of Australia.

Most of them resembled the appearance of Baisi City, with forests, rivers, and grasslands, and he didn't have time to send people to go deeper, so he hurriedly measured the hydrology.

And from here to the southeast, the journey has always been smooth, before and after it takes less than ten days, it is really what the owner of Zhang Island said, this route is called the west wind area, there is only one wind direction!

The Governor of the Dog Gnawing smiled and said, "Then what about you coming back?" ”

Squadron Leader Dai Weiming said: "It was a lot of effort, the wind and the water were against the wind, and I could only walk in the shape, and it took twenty days------ but fortunately, the wind was always not too strong." ”

The entire southeast coast of Australia is relatively flat, with the exception of a few rivers, which are basically plains with flat rivers.

The same is basically true from the gold rush area from Baisi City to the northeast, no wonder Zhang Island owner also prepared hundreds of sets of bearings and solid rubber tires for them this time, so that they can make other accessories for the four-wheeled carriage by themselves.

After Lieutenant Leader Davimin left, he fell into deep thought.

How do you keep those people?

It is impossible for everyone to find gold and make a fortune, in the map of the mining area given to him by the owner of Zhang, it is not the largest mining area, but he can't take it all out at once, right?

Countless thoughts and thoughts jumped in his head, but he couldn't make out a complete line of thought.

At this moment, Squadron Leader Davimein, who had just walked for a short time, led two Tatar shepherds in a hurry.

He shouted loudly: "Governor Wu, we have made a fortune!" ”

It turned out that the two brothers named Balu were herding sheep when they picked up a piece of natural gold by a stream!

The Governor of the Dog took the natural nugget the size of a matchbox, and saw that its surface was yellow and clear, and there were many holes, and some of the holes had sand and gravel stuck to it, and it could not be picked at all.

"Where was this found?"

"A sheep farm a hundred kilometers to the northeast. It was these two brothers who picked it up and took the initiative to send it to me. ”

Governor Dog and Squadron Leader Davidming placed more emphasis on horse and cattle farms, so they arranged sheep farms farther away, and the sheep were more herbivore.

Governor Gnawing Dog thought for a moment and asked Squadron Leader Davimen: "Why didn't they stay on their own, but ran so far to give it to us." ”

Squadron Leader Dai Weiming smiled and said, "I asked the interpreter, and they said that there is a custom in the Tatar steppe, saying that if you pick up anything precious on the steppe, it belongs to the big leader of the tribe, and you must take the initiative to sacrifice it, otherwise you will be punished by the immortal heaven or various gods!" ”

"Hehe, what if it was dug out of the ground?"

"They are all big bosses, even if they are fish in the river, so they can't be caught casually------"

The Governor looked at the two terrified Tatar shepherds and said, "Thank you for the good news------- this gold belongs to you." ”

Squadron Leader Davimin was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement, for a year, he would only speak a few Tatar words.

“@#￥￥%------”

Perhaps in gratitude, the two Tatar shepherds immediately fell to their knees and muttered something.

Governor Dog Gnawing and Squadron Leader Davigin immediately pulled them up, and never knelt down on the island except to their parents and heaven and earth.

The Governor of the Dog Dog gave them back the nuggets and named the valley the Baru Valley.

Next, they immediately sent people to explore------ haha, there is really a lot of sand gold there.

The Governor of Gnawing Dog immediately built the first gold mining mine in Western Australia.

Zhang Daoist had already given them the drawings of a complete set of wooden gold panning equipment, and let the carpenter build it.

The gold panning technology of the Great Song Dynasty basically used the primitive and simple washing method, that is, using a wooden plate or a bed to put the river sand containing gold in the wooden plate or bed, put it in the water and wash it repeatedly, and the gold with a larger proportion would precipitate at the bottom of the wooden plate, and then pick it by hand one by one.

Not to mention that this job is exhausting, and the efficiency is low.

Combined with the current situation, Wang Defa's master designed a stirring chute gold panning equipment, which is to use the gravity of placer gold to let it naturally precipitate in the slide.

First, the river sand is fully mixed in the mixing drum by manpower, and then the bucket rack equipped with a pulley block is raised to a high position, and then they are naturally slid down the chute, and the chute is nailed with a gold collection spacer every 20 centimeters------ and the gold sand with large mass will naturally be stopped.

After several sets of equipment were installed, Squadron Leader Davimin arranged for a small detachment to be stationed to prevent ordinary people from approaching the Balu Valley until they had finished digging for gold there.

The Balu brothers could no longer come here to shepherd the sheep, and the piece of gold was always in the arms of the Balu brothers.

"They won't take us as slaves------ it's useless to give us gold," said the brother of Baru. ”

Brother Balu sighed: "We will still have such an opportunity, don't worry." ”

PS: Thank you for the first tip of the new year.