After Feng Shijie reported the gold mine he discovered to Manila, it immediately attracted Yanbei's attention, after all, this is the first gold mine discovered by Luzon privately, and the estimated reserves are not small, which just coincides with Li Su's plan to develop Luzon, so Yanbei not only personally met with Feng Shijie, but also asked the various yamen to give Feng Shijie convenience to mine the gold ore on the Pines Plateau as soon as possible.

Although Taiwan has been immigrating, and the speed of immigration is also very fast, but within a year or two, Taiwan's population may not reach saturation, and Taiwan's population is not saturated, and if Taiwan's population is not saturated, no one will be willing to go to Luzon. If Luzon's population does not go up, not only is it not good for the local rule, but it also cannot develop the economy, after all, population is the basis of everything.

It is precisely with these considerations that Li Su came up with such a method, that is, to use Luzon's mineral deposits as bait to encourage private prospecting, as long as mineral deposits are found, especially minerals such as gold and copper, it can definitely attract many people to participate in investment, and as long as someone opens a mine, then it will attract a large number of people to move to Luzon, as long as there is a population, everything is not a problem.

After Feng Shijie went through the formalities, he immediately returned to Taiwan with his people, and used the documents issued by the Manila government as a voucher to borrow money from the headquarters of the Datang Bank, which had moved to Taiwan, and then used these loans to purchase various gold mining equipment, and at the same time recruited a group of management personnel.

In addition, Feng Shijie considered that the pine plateau was still some distance from the sea, and he wanted to repair a road on land. It's really a time-consuming and laborious solution, and in addition to the rainy weather in Luzon. Ordinary roads can easily be washed away, if concrete roads are built. The investment in the early stage was too large, so in the end, Feng Shijie gritted his teeth and bought a small steamboat.

The reason for this is because Feng Shijie remembers that the water surface of the Keku River is wide, and there are no big obstacles, but unfortunately when it flows down from the pine plateau, the current is too turbulent for ordinary boats to go up at all. That's why he decided to buy a steamboat, which was expensive and charcoal-burning, but powerful enough to swim upstream, and save a lot of time by taking a few more trips to send mining equipment and personnel to the pine plateau.

After everything was ready, Feng Shijie rented a few more big boats. All kinds of equipment and personnel were sent to Luzon, but instead of going to Manila, they anchored directly at the mouth of the Keku River. However, when they arrived here, Yanbei had already sent someone to arrive here. A small port was being built at the mouth of the river, and an army of Han and Samhan was stationed, though only 300 men. But it was also enough to protect the gold mine and people.

The entourage temporarily settled at the mouth of the Keku River, and then entered the river by the small steamboat. After more than ten days of non-stop transportation, all the equipment and personnel were finally sent to the pine plateau. In addition, Feng Shijie also sent Ringo and them to Manila to buy a batch of slaves, which were later transported to the plateau.

With the personnel and equipment in place, it was officially mined by Feng Shijie named the pine gold mine, and the early stage was mainly gold panning, and countless slaves entered the river valley to dig out the golden sand at the bottom of the river. In addition, Feng Shijie also asked someone to invite a geologist from Datang. The so-called earth master, in fact, is to help people see the feng shui of the yin and yang house, this kind of behavior originated very early, in the Jin Dynasty was already very popular, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was even more popular.

It can be said that they were the earliest group of geologists, and they also had a deep study of various mineral deposits, so in the past, they would occasionally help people to prospect for mineral veins, and later with the development of industry and commerce, Datang's demand for various mineral deposits rose sharply, which also made more and more activities to explore ore and veins.

Feng Shijie invited a geologist who specialized in helping people prospect for minerals, after all, he only found this valley full of golden sand, but he had not yet found the exact vein. However, after the arrival of this professional geographer, he was immediately shocked to find that there was more than one vein in this pine plateau, and there were probably other gold mines around.

Feng Shijie, who got the news, was very shocked, and at that moment he paid a lot of money for the earth master to keep it secret, and then asked the other party to help find the ore vein, preparing to take all the gold mines near the Pine Plateau into his own hands. However, it is a pity that when the geographer found the third vein, he accidentally broke his leg, and there was no good doctor in the local area, so Feng Shijie had to send him to Manila for treatment.

In the blink of an eye, almost all of Manila knew that on the Pines Plateau, there were gold mines everywhere, and a large part of them had not been explored. Almost all the people who heard the news went crazy, and most of them prepared various tools overnight, and then rushed to the pine plateau with large bags on their backs. And when Feng Shijie knew that the news was leaked, it was too late to recover, and the entire pine plateau was full of people looking for gold mines.

Seeing this situation, Feng Shijie cursed the geomaster who had no professional ethics, and at the same time reluctantly registered the original proven gold mine in Manila first, after all, now that the news has leaked out, he can only keep the proven gold mine first, and as for the rest, he can only compete fairly with those prospectors who have risen.

And when the news of the discovery of the gold mine group in the pine plain reached Li Su's ears, he was listening to the ugly and ugly reciting the Analects, he laughed more than once, he only knew the Nanyang gold mine, but he didn't expect that there was a gold mine group in Luzon, and now after the news reached Taiwan, it also attracted many people from Taiwan to Luzon to find gold mines, although the chance is very slim, but in case you can find a gold mine, then you can get rich overnight, this is something that countless people dream of encountering, so even if the opportunity is small, But I can't help but want to try my luck.

Speaking of the pine plateau around is indeed a huge gold mine, just after those prospectors arrived on the pine plateau, soon spread the news that someone has discovered new mines, which also stimulates the nerves of those prospectors, some people even dare to drill in the mountains alone, in order to find gold one step ahead of others.

The Luzon gold rush soon spread from Taiwan to the interior of the Tang Dynasty, and even the newspapers in Chang'an reported on the incident, which aroused the interest of many large merchants, especially some wealthy people who were engaged in mining, and they regarded Luzon as a treasure land.

It is precisely because of this that these powerful mining giants also began to take action, organizing manpower to go to Luzon for prospecting. They are much more professional than those solo prospectors, and even have special geographers in the team, and all kinds of equipment are very sophisticated. It is precisely because of this that their harvest is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

With the addition of these professional prospecting teams, the gold mines around the Pine Plateau were quickly explored, and each gold mine already had owners, among which Feng Shijie took the lead and became the largest gold mine owner there, and there were several large mining owners from Taiwan and Datang, who occupied most of the remaining mineral deposits, and as for the other small gold mines, they were found by some private prospectors, and they were also typical of getting rich overnight.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after the gold mines near the Pine Plateau were explored, some prospecting teams did not stop because of this, Luzon now vigorously supports the mining industry, there are many preferential policies, plus there are enough slaves here, and it is not far from Taiwan, so many people are ready to work here. In particular, some mining owners from Datang feel that both Taiwan and Luzon are much more relaxed than the domestic environment of Datang, and there is not a lot of control over the mining industry, which also gives them greater profit margins, so they even have a feeling that they don't want to go back after coming to Luzon.

Those prospecting teams, with the support of the miners behind them, began to carry out large-scale exploration of Luzon. Luzon is mountainous, and the mountain roads are very rich in mineral deposits, so some other minerals were soon discovered, and even some sporadic gold mines, but unfortunately they could not be compared with the gold deposits of the Pine Plateau. In addition to the gold mines, it was soon discovered that there were not a few copper mines in Luzon, and most of them were rich mines, much stronger than the copper mines in Datang.

Driven by the mining industry, many people from Taiwan and the Tang Dynasty went to Luzon to do business or work, which made the number of Han people in Luzon soon grow from less than 10,000 to about 100,000 in a short period of time, and with the development of the mining industry in the future, the number of people will only grow faster. In addition, between various cities in Taiwan and Luzon, steam ships have also begun to be opened, making the two places more closely connected, unless there is a big typhoon, generally only one day to reach the two places.

And just when the development of Luzon was on the right track, Li Su just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he was entangled in another matter, which was much more important than the development of Luzon, so he had to deal with it personally. (To be continued......)