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Chapter 1203 God Bless China

Zhenfeng County, in the central part of southwest Guizhou, is a relatively barren place in Shizhen's jurisdiction. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info here the climate is mild, there is no severe cold in winter, there is no cool in summer, more than 1,000 square kilometers of the ground, scattered inhabited by Buyi, Miao, Hui, Gelao, Yao and other more than 10 ethnic groups, although Zhenfeng County has Huangguoshu Waterfall, Liupan River Gorge, Anlong Zhaodi and other scenic spots, but in this era when eating is a problem, there is no practical use at all.

Since Shi Zhen followed the example of southern Sichuan in western Qianxi, established political power at all levels, and implemented effective rule in the county and countryside, this area with mixed ethnic groups and frequent bandits and rebellions has become stable and prosperous. Governments at all levels have established parliaments formed by local fathers, and government officials are mainly graduates from South Sichuan University of Political Science and Law, Syrian University of Science and Technology, and Syrian Provincial College.

Among them, since 28 years, An Yi has adopted orphans from all over the country and gradually embarked on work and performed extremely well. After graduating from the Boy Scout Academy, they went to various universities and specialized schools to study, and after systematic training, some of them were assigned to various localities in western Hunan, western Guizhou, northern Guizhou, southern Yunnan, and southern Sichuan, thus enriching the ranks of local civil servants, and many of them have become the backbone of cadres in townships, towns, counties, and cities.

On this morning, An Aiguo, head of Shaping Township, Zhenfeng County, got up early, rode his "permanent" brand 28-lap bicycle produced by the Xufu Bicycle Factory, which he had purchased with two months' salary, and went to the Baini Tianzhai under the jurisdiction of his hometown.

An Aiguo was an orphan taken in by the Yellow River when the first division entered Shandong in 28 years, when he was 12 years old, his parents died tragically at the hands of bandits when the village was besieged, and he was raised as a "two-legged sheep" by bandits who lacked food and clothing. An Jiajun descended from the sky and quickly annihilated the bandits, saving more than 20 children who had the same experience.

An Aiguo will never forget that An Yi, who was still the commander of the *** division at the time, was furious when he saw the tragic situation of the corpses in the village, and ordered the *** regiment where the model battalion was located to make every effort to suppress the bandits, and no more bandits could be allowed to harm the villagers, and then An Yi led a large group of children to his division headquarters, arranged gruel, and fed the dying children one by one, including himself.

In this way, an orphan with a bleak future finally ushered in the light of life. From that time on, An Aiguo made up his mind to dedicate his life to saving An Yi from fire and water.

Subsequently, An Aiguo and a large group of orphans without a father and mother were sent to Lao Nanchang to study at the Boy Scout Academy. Later, the scale of the Boy Scout School became larger and larger, and by the end of the Central Plains War, there were already five or six thousand people, and the Scout School also gradually became regular and orderly from a simple orphan shelter at the beginning, and finally formed a set of rules and regulations with full militarization as a means of management.

The Boy Scout Academy, like all schools established under the control of the An Jia Army, did not have a division for boys and girls, but boys and girls received military cultural training together.

After getting up at half past six in the morning, you must tidy up your personal hygiene within half an hour, and then assemble in a queue to conduct queue and routine action training in the big field to cultivate students' collective concept. At half-past seven, there is a five-minute break and then breakfast in the cafeteria. I entered the classroom at eight o'clock to read early, and the class began at half past eight. There are four cultural classes in the morning, the junior class learns Chinese, mathematics, art and music, the advanced class has more physics, chemistry and other subjects, and even elective courses such as foreign Chinese, lunch at 12 o'clock at noon, lunch break at 12:30, two cultural classes from 1:30 in the afternoon, followed by military skills training time, including shooting, assassination, bomb throwing, blasting, civil engineering and other contents throughout it. Six o'clock starts is dinner and activities, seven o'clock *** study, the content is to remember the bittersweet and sweet, learn the spirit of the model camp, analysis of the current international situation, etc., every student of the Boy Scout Academy, must speak to explain their own experience, so the students who graduated from the Boy Scout Academy have a strong centripetal force and cohesion for the An Jia Army.

By 30 years, after the Boy Scout Academy moved from the old Nanchang to Syria, the number of adopted orphans continued to increase, and the military and political leaders at all levels loved to stuff their children into the military academy to study, a school has been overwhelmed, so it was divided into three campuses: Cuiping, Phoenix, and Yingpan, and then the Southern Yunnan Reclamation Zone was established, and the Simao branch was established. Up to now, many of the Boy Scout cadets who have graduated from various universities have returned to teach at the Boy Scouts, thus raising the level of the Boy Scouts' teachers, ideology, and military education to a higher level.

An Aiguo graduated from the Boy Scout Academy in 33 years, got a diploma from the University of Science and Technology in 35 years, and then was assigned to Zhenfeng County, Qianxi, and after working as a county correspondent for two months, he went to Shaping Township to become a cadre in charge of civil affairs. Last year, with the township head being promoted to the county government, An Aiguo was appointed as the township head, and after a three-month period, it was voted by the township council and officially became the township head.

Today, An Aiguo is going to go to the Bainitian Dazhai under the jurisdiction of Shaping Township to have a look. This village is a Yao village, it is said that there is a villager there who picked up a large piece of golden rock when hunting in the mud ditch, thought it was gold and brought it home, but after the experienced head and the old village inspected it were gold, they all denied that it was gold, but they did not know what metal it was, so they were reported to the township by the representative of the village. An Aiguo studied geological exploration at the Institute of Technology, because in recent years, with the gradual increase in the number of graduates of this major, the demand of the geological exploration department tends to be saturated, so he will be assigned to Zhenfeng County to engage in politics.

An Aiguo went to Bainitian Dazhai and was warmly welcomed by the head and the village elders. Thanks to the abolition of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, life in Yaozhai has been much better, and the government has unified the sale of Chinese herbal medicines and agricultural and sideline products produced in the village, so it is not surprising that An Aiguo was courteous.

"Old Uncle Fang, can you show me that strange stone?" After taking a few sips of sweet glutinous rice wine, An Aiguo couldn't wait to make his request.

The head man Lao Fang smiled and said: "Township Chief An, we have identified that stone, it looks like copper but not copper, and the texture is very peculiar, but it can be confirmed that it is not gold." In the early years, we had picked up dog's head gold in the mud ditch area, but now it is difficult to find it. Due to extreme disappointment, the stone was thrown into the ditch in front of the village by the discoverer Fang Danian, if you want, I will have someone send it over. ”

An Aiguo nodded hurriedly: "Okay, Uncle Fang, I studied geology when I was in school, and I am most interested in all kinds of ores." If you find a high-quality mine near your village, whether it is gold, silver, copper, iron, or other mineral deposits, your Yao village and several nearby villages will develop and change greatly in the future. ”

The old party was very happy and immediately assigned people to fetch the stones. An Aiguo briefly chatted with Li Dongmin, the representative stationed in the village, about the recent situation of the village. Li Dongmin is also of the Yao nationality, but he is a native of Youmai Township, Wangmo County, he once served as a soldier in Shizhen's security forces, and after retiring from the army, he was assigned to Bainitian Dazhai and became a representative of the village, publicizing the government's decision-making and solving the practical difficulties faced by the village, which can be said to be a concrete manifestation of the government's power at the village level. At night, when the villagers are fine, they will gather in the small bamboo building and quietly listen to the broadcast of the South Sichuan Radio Station.

It didn't take long for a stone the size of a watermelon, with an uneven surface full of pores to An Aiguo's eyes.

An Aiguo took out the magnifying glass he carried with him, and observed it carefully, and the head man and several village elders surrounded him, carefully pondering what this stone was and why An Aiguo would attach so much importance to it.

After a quarter of an hour, An Aiguo put down the magnifying glass, took out a small hammer and began to beat on the surface of the stone, and soon some fine powder was sprinkled down, An Aiguo swept the powder into the palm of his left hand with a small brush, picked up the magnifying glass again to observe, and finally said with some uncertainty:

"It looks like gold, but it's so small that it's barely visible to the naked eye, and the area is karst, karst, limestone and metal are condensed, so I'm not sure. I'll wait until I take it back and hand it over to the higher research department for testing, so that I can tell you what it is. ”

Zhai Lao Lao Li looked surprised: "Gold? It's not like it, I picked up dog's head gold in the early years, and the feeling of gold and softness is definitely not comparable to this rotten stone. It's a pity that when the old man and I went to the county seat to exchange rice and salt, we were found by the commander of a regiment of Tang Jiyao's division of the Yunnan Army stationed in the county seat, and forcibly snatched it. ”

The old man echoed: "Yes, my father was injured and sick because of that beating, and passed away after passing on the position of the head man to me ten years ago. Fortunately, your Anjia army drove away the evil warlords and implemented a series of good policies to benefit the people, otherwise where would there be a good life for our fellow villagers! By the way, patriotic, do you think this thing is really likely to be valuable? ”

An Aiguo shook his head: "Uncle Li, Uncle Fang, testing metal properties requires a lot of sophisticated instruments and equipment, and there are no them in the township or county, and I don't know if this thing is worth anything." However, a few uncles can rest assured that if this thing is of great value, our government will not be greedy for everyone's money, and there will definitely be a large amount of compensation...... In this way, Old Uncle Fang, Old Uncle Li, you go and call Fang Danian over and take me to the place where I picked up this ore to have a look, saying that there may not be new discoveries. ”

Li Dongmin said with some regret: "Fang Danian's physical fitness is very good, after layers of selection, he entered the militia brigade of our Zhenfeng County, went out to practice, and it is estimated that he will come back before the Spring Festival."

The old man waved his hand: "It's okay, we all know where that kid picked up the ore, wait a few of our old guys to take you to have a look!" But that place is very difficult to walk, we have to prepare carefully, otherwise it will be troublesome to encounter jackals and beasts, the most terrible is the python, if there is no perfect preparation, the python swallowed can not be rescued. ”

An Aiguo was secretly frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly got up to thank him.

Li Dongmin said with a smile: "There are old people who lead the way, I won't go, just the muddy ditch you are going to, where people are inaccessible, bicycles are not used, I borrowed it to ride, and went to the countryside to buy something." I hope you will return triumphantly. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you can go, a few of our old guys are just walking around, so let's go hunting!" The old man said impatiently, then went out and called a few people, whispered instructs, and soon gathered a hunting team of more than ten people, distributed waist knives and bird guns, and brought an iron pot and rice grain.

Along the way, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the hunting dogs are happy in the front and rear of the team from time to time, and more than a dozen strong young men of the Yao family walk in front with machetes. By the time we arrived at the muddy ditch five miles to the west, it was already noon.

The leader Lao Fang was not in a hurry, and after setting up camp, he divided some of his men to hunt, and then instructed the other young men to collect firewood and make a fire for cooking. An Aiguo, under the guidance of several village elders, came to a small stream. Lao Li pointed to the gurgling stream and said that the golden stone was found here, and his own dog's head gold was also found in this ditch after a flood.

An Aiguo nodded, jumped up to a ten-meter-high hill in front of the creek in a few arrows, and then took out a telescope from his backpack to carefully observe the environment near and far.

Although the entire mountain is lush and green, you can clearly feel the difference from the growth of trees and weeds. The whole mountain is bounded by a small stream, and there are almost no tall trees growing on the opposite side, all of which are weeds and bushes, and in some places there is no grass, and the bare soil is strangely grayish-white.

An Aiguo was thrilled that certain metals affect the growth of plants and animals, which is also one of the signs of huge mineral deposits. Judging from the well-defined plant distribution of this mountain, there must be good things in the ground on the other side of the creek, and the dog-headed gold harvested by Lao Li and the metal pieces picked up by Fang Danian are very likely to have been washed down from the opposite mountain after the flash flood, that is to say, those stones in the stream are very good ore specimens.

Thinking of this, An Aiguo hurriedly put away his binoculars, retreated from the hillock, jumped down the knee-deep stream, and picked up rock specimens from the clear stream. Seeing this, several village elders also jumped down to help, until the old party came to greet and eat, and the group returned to the temporary settlement without getting enough.

The lunch was very rich, fragrant bamboo rice with roast pheasant, roast goat, plus fresh fish, mushroom and bamboo shoot soup boiled in an iron pot, but An Aiguo had no intention of enjoying it, and thought about the mineral deposits hidden in the ground across the creek.

Lao Fang was deeply moved, and commanded a group of young people to quickly extinguish the bonfire, pack up the utensils and prey, and also follow An Aiguo across the creek to the opposite mountain to collect rock specimens. In the afternoon, with everyone's full cooperation, not only An Aiguo's backpack was stuffed full, but even the several bamboo baskets they carried were also filled with various stones.

After four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone embarked on the return journey and returned to Yaozhai with great effort. An Aiguo declined Lao Fang's invitation to dinner, called Li Dongmin, and asked Lao Fang to assign more than a dozen Yao family strong men to help transport all the ore specimens back to the township.

Back to the township government, An Aiguo hurriedly reported his discovery to his superiors, and soon someone from the South Sichuan Institute of Geology and Mining came and took all the ore specimens.

Half a month later, An Aiguo, who was waiting for the test results, ushered in a survey team of hundreds of people sent by the Institute of Geology, and then went to the mud ditch for a field investigation. According to the chief engineer of the team, Professor Zu Kezhen, a geologist, it is very likely that this is the location of a large micro-disseminated primary gold mine, which is stored in extremely small particles in the ore and must be refined by special techniques. As for the difficulty in growing vegetation on the mountain opposite the creek mentioned by An Aiguo, it is estimated that it is related to the mercury mine associated with the gold mine.

An Aiguo was overjoyed, he didn't need to understand the specific gold refining technology, since the superior was willing to send such a large team, it can be seen that the gold mine in the mud ditch is still very important, and the related technical problems must have been overcome. Now he is most concerned about the scale of this mineral deposit, which will directly affect the economic situation of Zhenfeng County and even An Jiajun in Shaping Township.

After nearly a month of investigation by the geological survey team, a more intuitive conclusion was finally drawn:

The gold and mercury reserves of the first generation of the mud ditch are extremely rich, and the mercury aside, it is preliminarily concluded that the gold reserves in this place are more than 150 tons, although the average grade of the deposit is about six grams, that is to say, the average ton of ore can only produce six grams of gold, but the advantage is that the scale is huge, and the prospect of development is unlimited.

An Aiguo estimated in his heart that the total value of such a large gold mine is about 300 million to 400 million US dollars, which is really a huge wealth for the current An Jiajun, and he can't help but shout in his heart: developed!

In the same situation as An Aiguo's discovery, there is also the Mobka on the Jinsha River, which was originally covered with primeval forests, but due to the accidental discovery of a survey team from the Institute of Geology and Mining, it has also become an area of focus for the entire An Jiajun high-level management.

The proven reserves of the Tobuka gold mine are about 130 tons, with a grade of between 4 grams and 8 grams per tonne, and since the relevant mining technology is only mastered by An Jiajun's Institute of Geology, An Yi, who received two reports in Kunming, immediately proposed to Zhu Peide to cooperate with the Yunnan Provincial Government to develop the Tuobka gold mine.

Zhu Peide, who was suffering from financial problems, was overjoyed and immediately said that the Yunnan provincial government would provide land and manpower, and the southern Sichuan side would provide technology and machinery, and the initial goal would be to produce 7 to 12 tons of gold within one year, and then increase year by year, and complete all mining within five to eight years.

The discovery and mining of the Qianxi Langnigou Gold Mine and the Kunming Tuobka Gold Mine greatly alleviated the huge financial pressure on An Yi and provided great financial support for the anti-Japanese preparations in the entire southwest.