Hearing Han Wen's words, Wang Qi and other officials stopped and turned their eyes to Su Hao. They were still a little dissatisfied just now, and they didn't know why Han Wen wanted to invite a nameless young man like Su Hao to attend the top meeting of the county government, but at this time, they suddenly understood, if they wanted to mine, who else would be more suitable than the young man in front of them?

In the subconscious of Wang Qi and others, it was determined that Chang Wu's request for gold mining in Fengcheng County was just a means of blackmail. Mine supervisors have been very skillful in using such methods. For example, they would go up to a house and say that there was a gold mine underneath the ground and ask the family to demolish the house and make way for it. If the family wanted to avoid the disaster, they had to come up with money to pay for it.

Chang Wu went to Fengcheng County to talk about opening a gold mine, and the same was true. Wang Qi and others have been officials in the county for several years, and they have never heard of any gold mines in Fengcheng. Chang Wufei said that there is a gold mine in Fengcheng, and his intention can be imagined.

But Han Wen brought Su Hao here, but suddenly gave everyone a revelation: Su Hao can find an underground water source and an underground coal mine, maybe he can really find a gold mine in Fengcheng?

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Su Hao was speechless. He asked Han Wen, "County Venerable, do you mean that you really want to find a gold mine for that grandfather-in-law?" ”

Han Wendao: "This gold mine has always been disgusted by this county, so I have never thought of doing it. But now that the matter is approaching, if the county cannot find gold mines, then the only way to do this is to mobilize the rich to donate money and make up the mining tax demanded by Chang Gonggong, and this kind of extortion of the people cannot be done in this county. If you change it, it really has this miraculous ability. Being able to find a gold mine in the county, no matter how much gold can be produced, this Chang Gonggong has nothing to say. The only uncertainty in the county is whether there are gold mines in Fengcheng County. ”

Su Hao nodded and said, "County Zun, if that's what you mean, I can answer you with certainty: Yes." ”

"There's a gold mine!" Han Wen's eyes and several other officials were straight, and they couldn't believe that Su Hao was telling the truth. Su Hao's character, they have also understood it during this time, and they know that he is not a person who talks about it. Su Hao said that there is a gold mine, then there is a real **.

"The county has been in office for three years. How come you've never heard of this? Han Wen asked.

Su Hao said: "This matter is a long story, and the students don't want to delay the time of the adults, you only need to know one thing, the geological structure of Fengcheng is complex, and there are various metallogenic conditions, but most of the ore veins are not high, in addition to coal, there are ...... Well, there's still a lot of coal. ”

Su Hao originally wanted to talk about uranium mines. When the words came to his mouth, he quickly swallowed them back, such as uranium. It was too advanced to say it in the Ming Dynasty.

"To put it simply, if we are willing to bother to find it, in Fengcheng County, gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, everything can be found, but the value of these mineral deposits is not as great as the time to find minerals."

When Han Wen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He said: "The meaning of the change is that there must be a gold mine in Fengcheng, but it is time-consuming and laborious to find it, and it is easy to find?" ”

Su Hao said: "The county is a person of great fortune and nobility, and he can always turn evil into good fortune when he encounters trouble." This gold mine has never been paid attention to by the students. But when I went to the countryside to dig a well, I stumbled upon a terrain that could be mineralized. The students did not verify it, but they were 70% sure that they would be able to find a gold mine. ”

"Really? In what place? Han Wen asked eagerly.

Su Hao said: "It is in Yuanli Village, Dashun Township, southeast of Xianye. In the student's experience, there should be gold mines in the mountains there. ”

"This is not to be taken as a joke. If there is no gold mine, deceiving the mine supervisor is equivalent to deceiving the saint, which is a big sin to lose your head. Han Wen said, "Change, would you like to go to Yuanli Village again to confirm?" ”

Su Hao nodded and said, "Obey, the student will go here." ”

Han Wen was overjoyed and said: "Then there will be a hard trip to the labor reform, change it, no matter whether you can find the gold mine or not, the county will record your merits." If you can really find the gold mine, you will be grateful to the county in the future if you answer the errand ordered by Chang Gonggong. ”

Su Hao said: "The county respects the words, this is the responsibility of the students, how dare they slack off." ”

Han Wen explained to Su Hao, and then turned back to the county Cheng Wang Qi and said: "Wang Xiancheng, Chang Gonggong's side ......"

Wang Qi hurriedly got up and said: "The county lord doesn't have to worry, let's arrange for Chang Gonggong to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and take a few of them to visit Jinhuatan tomorrow, so that they can wait with peace of mind." ”

The first cadre and others discussed and stopped, Wang Qi was responsible for stabilizing Chang Wu and others, and Su Hao hurried to Dashun Township to explore the gold mine. As for the main bookkeeper Wang Fengshao and the classic history Wang Yixue, they also have their own tasks, they have to contact the rich households in the city separately to understand the affordability of the rich households, in case Su Hao does not find a gold mine, the output of 2000 taels of gold can only be shared by the rich households.

Su Hao is actually seventy or eighty percent sure of finding a gold mine. When he was drilling a well in Yuanli Village, he had paid attention to the local geological structure, and it was empirically judged that there was likely to be a ductile shear zone quartz vein-type gold deposit in this area, and its mineral assemblage should be natural gold, pyrite, sericite, chlorite and quartz. Su Hao found some signs of gold mineralisation on the surface of the area, and thought that a small gold mine should be found here.

Su Hao doesn't have much interest in gold mines, first of all, it is not easy to mine and refine gold, and the movement of opening a gold mine is far greater than opening a coal mine. In addition, the gold mine is too eye-catching, with an identity like him, if he opens a gold mine, I am afraid that before he gets the gold, he will already be eaten by high-ranking officials and officials to the point that there is no scum left. Thinking about it, there are really only eunuchs like Chang Wu who are qualified to open gold mines, and it just so happens that they are obsessed with opening gold mines, so they simply give this mine to them as a treasure.

Su Hao took Chen Guanyu, Yu Fuyang and a few miners to Yuanli Village, and after two days of work, he found an outcrop of a gold mine in the mountains. Yu Fuyang led the miners to chisel through the weathered rock layers on the surface, and a yellow-brown crystal-like mineral appeared in it, and in these minerals, some fine golden-yellow particles were inlaid with them. Chen Guanyu is worthy of being a god, he has seen a lot of things, and when he sees this ore, his eyes are straight.

"Master, this is gold ore!" Chen Guanyu shouted excitedly.

"That's right, what, Lao Chen, have you seen this kind of thing too?" Su Hao asked Chen Guanyu with a smile. From a geologist's point of view, this ore is actually pyrite, and the golden grains in it are natural gold grains doped in the middle of the iron ore. In the eyes of the ancients, the value of gold grains was far greater than that of iron ore, so Chen Guanyu would call it gold ore.

Chen Guanyu said: "Lao Dao, I learned the alchemy technique with my master when I was young, and the master showed me this kind of ore. I never dreamed that I would find such a gold mine when I fell down, but I didn't expect that this matter would be so simple here, Master. ”

Su Hao said: "Everything has a law, and the geological structure of this place is easy to form this kind of hydrothermal deposit, plus some other clues, it is not difficult to find this gold mine." ”

"Master, when will you be able to teach Lao Dao this spell to me? This is a real alchemy. Chen Guanyu asked with a cheeky salivating face.

Su Hao smiled: "Yes, but you have to go to my public opinion survey camp first to learn the real public opinion exploration technique, this is not your magic tricks that pretend to be ghosts." When I finish learning, I will teach you other knowledge, and with your talent, you will study for five years, and you will be a child. ”

"Master, I'm joking, how can I learn such profound knowledge as an old way." Chen Guanyu smiled stupidly and lifted the topic away. In fact, what he thought in his heart was that this must be Su Hao's secret that he did not pass on, so he found such an excuse to perfunctory himself. Thinking that Su Hao himself is only seventeen years old, if he wants to learn this first and that first as he said, wouldn't he have been learning these things since he was a child?

Su Hao was indeed joking with Chen Guanyu, the content of geology is broad and profound, how can a person with a knowledge structure like Chen Guanyu learn. After joking with Chen Guanyu, he turned his head to Yu Fuyang and asked, "Old Yu, judging from your experience, this should be a gold mine that can be mined, right?" ”

Yu Fuyang has been in a state of trance since he led his men to chisel out the gold ore. Hearing Su Hao's question, he replied sneeringly: "Master, this is really a gold mine." However, forgiving the villain's clumsy eyes, I really can't see how much gold this mine can produce. ”

Su Hao thought for a while and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this mine alone can produce 10,000 taels of gold." ”

Ten thousand taels of gold, converted into the unit of measurement of later generations, that is, about 300 kilograms, the reserves of this gold mine are more than 300 kilograms can be stopped, Su Hao said this, it is already a little discounted.

Yu Fuyang shook the gold ore in his hand and said regretfully: "Alas, it's a pity, such a good gold mine has to be dedicated to that father-in-law for nothing." Master, haven't you ever thought about finding another gold mine, let's mine it ourselves? ”

Su Hao said with a smile: "Old Yu, why are you greedy, no wonder people say that wealth moves people's hearts." You don't want to think about it, what qualifications do we ordinary people have to open gold mines? ”

"That's just as well." Yu Fuyang nodded and said, "This gold mine is all opened by the government, and the villain has never heard that the people can open a gold mine." However, the villain really admires the master, he can find any mine he wants, when to find some mines that we can open, and let the villain make some money. ”

Su Hao also picked up a piece of ore, looked at it seriously, and said, "Actually, there are other things in this ore besides gold, and it's a pity to use it for alchemy." I'll see if I can talk to Na Changwu and give us the tailings left over from the alchemy. ”

Chen Guanyu, who was standing on the side, had his eyes lit up and asked, "Master, do you want to use this thing to refine green alum?" ”