Chapter 803 Nanzhou Ji: Disasters are not a single line

At night, the cold wind seeps into the bones, but it can't extinguish the heat in people's hearts. In the eyes of the Xu Fu couple, the beginning of Coral State was satisfying, if not perfect, and the circumstances they had feared earlier did not happen.

"The ration field is planted with sweet potatoes and buds, and some taro, lettuce and cabbage are gathered in the corners. Growing wheat in the field, I heard that the ground wheat flour is 100 catties and 3 coins of silver, so we are sprinkling seeds, and we can get 100 catties of wheat flour for one acre of land, and we can also get 30 taels of silver......

"This season's grain, all kinds of seeds, the shared money for ploughing cattle, iron ploughs, pots and pans, clothes, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, tents, are all silver loaned by the people of Nanyang. We borrowed fifty taels at an annual interest rate of one cent and three percent, and three years later it was seventy taels. If we can get 100 catties of wheat flour per mu of land in three years, we can repay the people's loan, but it is still tight, if we want children at this time, we will ......"

Xu Wang's family carefully thought about the future, and she and Xu Fu had a dispute over having a child. When he was young, his family lost his land and became a proletarian tenant, and he was even seen by the people of Yangzhou Soma, and Xu Wang's plans for the future were extremely conservative. Xu Fu wants to have children now, but she thinks it's best to have it in three years. After being recruited in Jiangnan, Lang Zhong talked about the simple method of contraception, and even sold condoms, but whether it was the price or habits, they farmers still couldn't accept it.

"Why don't I go to the mines and work part-time? Mr. Zhong said that we, the locals, are also a part-time worker......"

Xu Fu wanted to die, he was thirty-three years old, he was still old and mixed when he was in Jiangnan, and marrying Xu Wang's family was also due to the immigrant to Coral State. The recruited tooth man said that it must be a strong couple to go, and at the same time enjoy many discounts and get a loan. And the old girl Xu Wang's family has been following her family to work as a tenant because she can't get together the dowry, and for the future, the man and woman who are just acquaintances have become husband and wife.

But in the past few months, the love between husband and wife has been strong. Externally, Xu Wang's family pretended to be a obedient daughter-in-law, but inside, the two of them discussed the future.

Hearing Xu Fu talk about the mine, Xu Wang's head shook very resolutely: "The smell of Master Zhong." Just like the tenant master of our family before, if he is not careful, he will eat all the bones left! I can't get involved in him. Don't go to the mine to make do! Even the helpers have to be careful not to put themselves in it. We farm honestly, and we can always grow our family business. ”

Xu Fu muttered dissatisfiedly: "If you can work in that mine, you may be able to get a bonus at the end of the year." Listening to Fang Dart, this same mine may make a lot of money! ”

Xu Wang said puzzledly: "There are copper mines everywhere, why do you go to this wasteland and old place to dig it." Can there still be big profits? ”

Turning her face again, the woman reprimanded: "I'm afraid it's the old man who said to coax everyone......"

Xu Fu couldn't answer this question, he could only say brightly: "The old men have sprinkled a lot of silver and gathered so many people. It's not trying to make money on us villagers, right? ”

The account of Xu Wang's family has actually been calculated many times before, and the reason why he is counting it upside down and still fighting for children or not is because this account is so easy to calculate that couples who are used to living a hard life can't believe that a good day has come.

Li Shun's accident and the natives who haunted the depths of the land were not enough to stifle their confidence, so they had to keep asking about the future of Coral State to make themselves honestly afraid. lest the dream be shattered, and I can't afford it.

Ten miles away, in the wooden house of the mine, charcoal was burning in the brazier, and the people on duty at night were not cold. Coral states want to use steam engines, and naturally coal is also transported by ship, which is also a "linked economy". Thanks to the Coral State, Dongming Prefecture and Chongzhou can finally use coal. When Zhong was in Jinghai Port, he was angry at the local people's ruin behavior of splitting incense wood as firewood. …,

Hu Xi was also asking about the future of Coral State, saying that copper mines are everywhere, everywhere in the South Seas, and there are even more large mines in Yunnan and Guizhou, so why can copper mines be opened in Coral State to make a big profit?

Fang Wu said in a deep voice: "You can't understand this truth, there are copper mines in Nanyang. But it's all in the depths of the land. You have also seen the situation in Jinghai Port, mining from that kind of smoky old forest, and then transporting it out, the wage must not be as high as the sky? There are indeed big mines in Yunnan and Guizhou, but do you know that? Wait for our Coral Prefecture to come out of the copper, and the capital after it is transported to Huangpu Port. are two percent lower than Yungui! ”

"Why? Not to mention the labor, from Yunnan-Guizhou to Guangzhou, half of the distance is by land. But in Coral State, except for these ten or so miles, the rest are all sea routes. How much does it take to get the smelted copper from here to the port? After getting on the ship, I went straight to Huangpu Port to unload, how convenient! Don't look at the sea route, the freight is much less than the big mines in Yunnan. ”

Hu Xi didn't understand it very well, so he felt that it was very reasonable, and his heart was even more sufficient, and he said with a smile: "Only a few general directors have vision and courage, so we can follow the light." ”

Speaking of the general director, the two of them thought of Li Shun, who was still bedridden, and their hearts were slightly gloomy. Listening to the night breeze outside, Fang Wu frowned and said, "This place can't even hear the sound of night owls, it's full of the noise of strange birds and beasts. ”

At this time, nature still rules the coral state, but the day has been occupied by humans from another hemisphere.

A violent roar echoed across the land, and the dust and mist at the foot of the mountain soared into the sky. The pyranometer exploded the mine's mouth, and the exposed veins became the first output of the mine.

The history of mining in China has been more than 200 years, and Yinghua at this time is more proficient in this way, the fire medicine is cheap, and can overcome the solid rock veins that cannot be reached by manpower, and at the same time, overseas manpower is scarce, and it has become the best choice for mining.

A piece of high-grade copper ore in one hand, Zhong Shangwei is like holding two gold bricks, laughing loudly. The miners and dart masters, as well as Xu Fu and other farmers who came here to watch the excitement, all laughed. Li Shun, who was lying in bed at the dock more than ten miles away, heard the roar and smiled with relief.

From June to July, this month is full of laughter and busyness.

Digging out the veins that exposed the foot of the mountain, the mine went deep into the belly of the mountain, and at this time the ore several zhang high had been piled up on the mine, and only because of the lack of manpower did 20,000 catties of copper be smelted.

The mine is filled with black smoke, and there are not only copper smelting furnaces, steam engines for grinding ore, but also brick kilns. The future of Coral State is bright, coal is available again, and bricklayers are busy, burning bricks and building houses in the mines. The farmers in the distant farm, who were driving their cattle to plough the fields, all looked at the black smoke in the distance, and their hearts were also fluctuating.

Including Xu Fu. They are all thinking about whether to buy bricks and tiles with the little loan money left, build their own houses, and always sleep in tents, and they don't feel at home at all.

"The next ship should buy some cement tracks, the railroad tracks like Shilu can't afford to use, but the cement tracks of Jiaozhi Port can save a lot of manpower."

Zhong Shangwei is not only urging the masons to set up warehouses and "governors' palaces" as soon as possible, but also has the intention of making long-term calculations for the transportation from the mine to the port, which is contrary to the temperament of Master Zhong. He's always looking at what's in front of him. But thinking that with the cement track, one million catties or even more copper can be shipped offshore faster every year, and it will be transported to the middle of the country to become a silver ticket, and the hot future has also made him start to operate here as his hometown.

In a trance. Zhong Shangwei has the feeling of going back in time and returning to Yingde's hometown in Shaozhou, Guangdong. But then he shuddered again, and quickly looked left and right, there was no Lai Yipin, no Yang Chun, and no Liu Pozi, Guan Fengsheng, Tian Dayou, and Li Si, who was not even the emperor, so he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and returned to his face with a scattered smile. …,

Zhong Shangwei's smile lasted for more than ten days. Finally it started to get stiff.

The scheduled time has long passed, but Wang Zhiyan has not come back yet, so he has to make Zhong Shangwei faintly afraid. The sea is merciless, what if the ship really capsized and people died? Not to mention the friendship between individuals, Wang Zhiyan is connected with the big man Liang Boyan, if he is gone. The future of the coral state is really going to be in question. And if a large number of manpower and materials are lost with the ship, it means that the business has not yet opened, and it has lost its old capital.

And Li Shun's condition is not good, it seems that there are signs of sepsis, Lang Zhong has exhausted the medicine, and there is still no improvement.

Time is like the tide off the coast of Coral State, with a gloomy black-brown in the hopeful blue.

On August 2, the smear of black and brown suddenly added a scarlet stroke. Erase all the smiles on Zhong Shang's face.

The mine was only ten feet deep into the ground before it suffered a landslide, burying more than 20 miners in the depths.

"Help! Saving ——! ”

Zhong Shangwei shouted loudly at the top of his voice, which made everyone in the mine wake up from a dream. Of course, Master Zhong was saved, and these miners were already familiar with the ore veins, which were the stigma that would manage a large number of miners in the future. Missing one is a pain in the flesh.

Of course, he has more hidden worries in his heart, although he swears that the collapse may be a sudden change in the direction of the ore vein, but Master Zhong is familiar with the mining industry and knows that there is another possibility, that is, the so-called "ore vein", in fact, there is so much......

If he didn't dig up the collapse and make sure that the veins were not broken, how could he be at ease?

The bell rang sharply, which was a sign that something was wrong and that something was urgently summoned. The harbor is a mess, and the farmstead is full of people. In less than a quarter of an hour, the carriage came galloping, and the dart master Hu Xi beckoned to the peasants: "The mine has collapsed, and it is in need of manpower, so the men will go and give it a ride!" ”

Xu Fu, who was digging a trench for the homestead, didn't say a word, picked up the hoe and was about to leave, but Xu Wang grabbed it and shook his head vigorously: "What if something happens......

Xu Fu stomped his feet: "The mine is gone, can we still stay here?" ”

Except for a few people who were as calculating as Xu Wang's, most of them had the same idea as Xu Fu, and they all rushed towards the mine by driving the carriage and even on foot.

It took more than a day of hard work to finally dig through the landslide, help out ten people, and carry out twelve corpses, at that moment, Zhong Shangwei's face was darker than the face of the deceased.

And when he went deep into the depths of the mine with his inlaid head, regardless of the danger, the blue and black of his face almost burst out like pus and blood.

Vein...... Without ......, the hard ore turned into layers of sand, which is the cause of the collapse.

"It's not broken yet, it's a sandwich mine, and if you dig it up, there may still be veins."

The inlay head was uncertain, so that Zhong Shangwei's heart, which had been cold to the end, was pulled out again.

"Director-General, how's it going?"

Fang Wu also came in, Li Shun was in bed, he actually acted as Li Shun's work, and he naturally saw the impact of the collapse more thoroughly, if the vein was broken, their monstrous gamble would be completely lost.

"This is a sandwich mine, dig it down, and then ...... There must still be big veins! ”

Zhong Shangwei was stunned for a moment, his face was hideous, and he spit out this sentence in an unquestionable tone, and the word "affirmation" was even more terrifying, popping out from between his teeth.

"Something seems to be wrong with everyone's mood......

"When the sky falls, there is a tall man on top, what are you afraid of."

Back at the farm, Xu Fu said to his daughter-in-law, who was much more determined than him.

"Lao Li!?"

Zhong Shangwei, who was barely calm and calmed people's hearts, was also thinking about this, he rushed to the port camp to discuss with Li Shun, but Li Shun had a high fever and was unconscious, and Zhong Shangwei's eyes were suddenly blurred.

"Mr. Zhong, we're all pointing at you, you can't fall ......"

When Zhong Shangwei came to his senses, he found that he was being supported by Lang Zhong, the corners of his mouth and nostrils were moist, and there was a small pool of blood on the ground.

Hearing Lang Zhong's words clearly, Zhong Shangwei didn't come up in one breath and pointed at him? Who should he point at?。 Bring the cute girl