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"As we all know, gold mining has brought a lot of environmental pollution problems, a large number of ecological damage problems, what do you think about this, Mr. Kang?"

In the face of Rosenthal's question, Kang Dongliang said thoughtfully:

"I think this is unavoidable, at least in the process of economic development, people will inevitably have an impact on the natural environment, the key depends on the future governance!

At the California gold rush site, the collaborators introduced hydraulic pumps to maximize the search for gold, but the pump flushing caused huge corrosion damage and washed large amounts of heavy metals into the river.

In the process of extracting the gold, the used, very toxic mercury is washed into the water, and some of it is evaporated, inhaled into the lungs by the workers, and turned into rain in the middle of the night, seriously polluting the environment.

The environmental impact of mining is particularly evident in the open pit mining area, where the excavation of many mines and the waste heaps of rubble ore on the veins have significantly affected the topography.

Once the mineral resources are exhausted, the mining area will be turned into a barren land, and there will be some abandoned 'ghost cities'.

Hydraulic pumps caused a series of corrosions and changed the flow characteristics of the waters, resulting in the constant death of fish.

To this day, there are still independent, poorly equipped gold prospectors who use mercury to obtain gold and let it drain freely.

For this alone, 40 tonnes of mercury are discharged into the Tamsui River basin every year.

Similarly, in industrial processes, cyanide, which is more toxic than mercury, constantly releases toxins into the surrounding ecosystem – one of the consequences of environmental protection orders.

In addition, there is the huge energy consumption, which requires about 20 tons of ore to create a gold ring alone.

The environmental consequences are still visible years after mining ends, with the Berkeley open-pit in western Montana filled with sewage.

It has now become a death cage for various migratory birds, which inhabit artificial lakes and are poisoned by the toxic substances emitted by the gold rush. ”

After hesitating for a long time, he still gritted his teeth and said:

You can choose not to report on the rest of the story, but I would say that the other serious problem that comes with gold mining is racial discrimination.

Hundreds of Chinese arrived in California, and in the following years, more than 20,000 landed in San Francisco to get a piece of the gold mountain's wealth.

The appearance of the Chinese miners came as a surprise to many of the Ugly Nations, who, like most of them, were just passing by, hoping to return to their hometowns as soon as they had made a little money.

In addition, like most of the miners in the ugly country, the Chinese miners were mostly men, leaving their wives in their hometowns.

They were dressed in distinctive blue cotton shirts and baggy trousers, with wide-brimmed hats and long braids hanging from their backs.

Hard-working Chinese miners soon became a common presence in the gold fields and established Chinatown.

But it didn't take long for the unique appearance of the Chinese and the economic competition they brought with them to arouse the hostility of the ugly Chinese.

White intolerance often forced them to give up ownership, they were denied equal opportunities in the mines, and were often forced to engage in servant or other menial occupations.

With so little effort put into creating a community environment, everyone is busy looking for gold, and the mines are violent, much racist.

Discrimination is commonplace, especially against Chinese, Mexicans, and Afro-descendants.

Ownership rights belonging to miners are often 'snatched', with thieves not only robbing them of their accumulated gold, but also killing them or driving them away, and then claiming ownership of the victims' property.

Some unscrupulous miners may use legal rather than violent means to gain ownership rights that belong to others, such as imposing high mining taxes on foreigners.

Of course, this is happening all over the world, and the gold rush in Turkey and Australia has reproduced the rudeness and hostility of the Gold Prospectors Alliance towards non-Europeans.

Regionally, although the residents of Tuao have been driven or marginalized for a long time, they were not once considered a threat by the gold prospectors.

But as in California, large numbers of Chinese gold diggers and laborers came here and became victims of genocide and genocide. ”

Rosenthal had a serious face, but he couldn't say anything but a sigh.

After adjusting his emotions, he asked instead:

"Are these gold diggers really rich?"

"As I said before, it is true that a small part of them have made a fortune.

With the real start of the gold rush, San Francisco, as a major landing port and supply point, was brought to life.

It has grown from a settlement of just 1,000 people to a city of 35,000 people.

This skyrocketing number suggests that California's real wealth does not come from panning for gold, but from the business opportunities that come from providing food, clothing, shelter, supplies, and entertainment to miners.

Lévi Strauss, a German Jewish immigrant, was one of the first to recognize this, selling so many durable work pants to miners that his name became synonymous with his own goods.

There was also a poster, The Birth of the Blues, which told the story of how the original skinny jeans were born with a marketing focus during the San Francisco Gold Rush era.

The first tidbits on the poster are about designer Levi's, who made the first pair of jeans out of sturdy canvas tents in 1850, which he dyed indigo.

Next up is about the client – during the California Gold Rush, the bald men of the city turned into wealth-seekers.

There's a photo of two gold miners posing in front of the camera, and the caption below reads — this is Levi's first customers — San Francisco gold miners, who need tough work pants, like they need a hot shower after a month of digging.

In addition to those who found business opportunities and made a fortune from the gold rush, the people who worked in the mines, if he were among the first gold seekers, did have a chance to make a small fortune.

However, as more and more people are digging for gold, people from all over the world come together, and different people and different cultures collide and rub against each other, which is prone to contradictions and conflicts, breeding violence and crime.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, for example, the control and competition for the gold mines and the labor force working there led to serious disputes.

In the gold mining area, most of the conditions are harsh, and the Yukon is a typical example.

The conditions in the Yukon are so harsh that communication with the outside world makes it difficult for many prospectors to die on their way there.

When the weary prospectors finally arrived in Dawson City, they were disappointed to learn that the Klondike's gold reports had been infinitely exaggerated.

For many, the idea of gold and wealth sustained them on their arduous journey, only to find themselves so far away with nothing to do is so unbearable that they are immediately ready to go home.

Miners who come to the Yukon in the winter have to wait months for the ground to thaw.

They set up makeshift camps in Dawson and endured the harsh winter as best they could.

Many people died, bodies crammed into a small place, and deaths from diseases and infectious diseases were commonplace due to lack of sanitation.

Gold panning, for most people, is just a dream, the pursuit of wealth, full of passion and dreams, but also accompanied by decay and death.

This may be no different from the ground on which we are standing. ”

At this point, the interview was almost over, but Rosenthal was a little reluctant and finally asked a question.

"This question may be a bit presumptuous, and you can choose not to answer it."

Seeing that Kang Dongliang did not react, he opened his mouth and asked:

"Mr. Kang, are you in the service industry in Yukon, do you earn more than gold diggers?"

"Hey~ This question is really presumptuous, I choose not to answer."

Rosenthal reluctantly stretched out his hand, closed the notebook, and shook Kang Dongliang's hand:

"Anyway, thank you for your time."

"You're welcome, remember not to use my true identity."

"No problem, I'll use a white pseudonym to promise not to expose your existence."

"Thank you!"

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Let Rosenthal go first, Li Yaoyang chatted with Kang Dongliang:

"How long can I stay when I come back this time?"

"Come a few months, we'll have to go back before spring arrives to welcome a new wave of gold diggers!"

"To be honest, I'm a little tempted."

"Want to pan for gold?"

"Hmm~"

"I suggest you don't go, it's very sad to soak in the icy river water for dozens of days without digging the last grain of sand!"

Li Yaoyang thought about it, and this is the truth, instead of digging gold, it is better to go to Yukon to sell wine, if you can...

Hey?

He seemed to suddenly realize something:

"What kind of liquor is sold in the Yukon?"

"Eh~ There is everything, but the amount is not large, after all, the geographical environment over there is poor, and there is no way to transport it in large quantities."

Li Yaoyang rubbed his chin, if he could transport the wine to the Yukon, the market of hundreds of thousands of gold diggers would definitely make him a lot of money.

But the problem is that the cost of transportation is too high after sending it over, and the gold diggers who are not rich are willing to spend money to buy wine?

Kang Dongliang reacted:

"You want to sell liquor in the Yukon?"

"Hmm~ What do you think of the idea that just came up?"

"It's not that no, if you can have a good glass of spirits in winter, it will be more attractive to gold diggers than female branch girls."

"Hmm~ Let's try it, the first batch of 200 boxes will be shipped over?"

"Yes, you are responsible for transportation, and I am responsible for sales."

"Good!"

Who would have thought that the effort of the interview would turn into a business.

The area where the Klondike River flows into the Yukon River in the northwest of Maple Leaf Country has long been a place of hunting and fishing for the indigenous people.

In August 1896, George discovered gold placers while fishing for salmon in his wife's family's river.

George, who came by profession, saw the opportunity and began panning for gold in Rabbit Creek, a small tributary of the Klondike River, and after several twists and turns, finally found about half an ounce of gold.

Soon after, they discovered more abundant placer gold in the vicinity.

There are no impermeable walls, and Joseph Radu, who has been in the mining industry for many years and has a lot of experience, soon learned the news.

As an insider, he saw at a glance which area near the Klondike River was rich in sand gold, so he immediately enclosed 160 acres of land near the Klondike River and built his sawmill there in advance.

He then divided the sawmill land into small plots and sold them to those who came to pan for gold.

By the summer of 1897, 3,500 people had come to the area to pan for gold, and the Yukon area called Dawson soon became a mining town.

In total, Dawson City produced more than 5 tonnes of gold that year.

The Yukon Gold Rush in the late 19th century was the last gold rush after Brazil, Chouguo, Australia, and South Africa.

During this gold rush, Dawson City in Yukon gradually prospered.

In July 1897, the first ship from the Yukon arrived in Seattle and San Francisco, with $500,000 worth of gold on board, the equivalent of $40 million for later generations.

After the news spread, the Klondike gold rush began to erupt in large numbers.

In August 1897, the steamship Willamette left Seattle with 800 passengers and 300 horses on its way to Port Skagwe, Alaska.

After that, people followed the inner waterway up to Dawson City in the Klondike region.

This is the quickest route to Dawson City.

This year, a total of 100,000 people began the arduous journey to Dawson City.

People who go to Dawson to pan for gold are required by law to carry 2,000 pounds of provisions.

The most difficult traversal for these people is the snow-capped Chirkut Pass, a steep place where many people have died.

Of the 100,000 people, only 30,000 eventually reached their destination, and the remaining 70,000 people returned home because of the difficult journey, and some died on the way to Dawson.

Once the Chirkut Pass is crossed, boats are built across a lake and down the Yukon River.

In the winter of 1899, news of the discovery of gold in Nome, Alaska, reached Dawson City, and thousands of people left Dawson City to pan for gold in Nome, ending the 12-month-long gold rush in the Yukon.

By the end of 1900, the White Tone Railroad connected the Yukon with Port Kagway in Alaska.

Since then, heavy mining equipment has been transported by train, and the gold mining industry in the Yukon, which had been dormant for a year, has reinvigorated and entered a new era.

In 1901, more than 20 pieces of heavy gold mining equipment were brought in by rail, and that year gold production reached an all-time high of 1 million ounces (about 30 tons), equivalent to the $1.5 billion that followed.

There was renewed confidence in the future of Dawson City, some people brought their families over, and city officials began planning the city to spend the rest of their lives in the city.

At the time, the best building in Dawson City was DAAA, which stood on Fifth Avenue on Queen Street as the city's entertainment center and social center.

In the summer, people swim in the DAAA pool;

In winter, the pool becomes an ice skating rink with a lid.

There is also an auditorium, billiards room, bowling alley, ballroom, handball court and sauna in the DAAA.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all strong masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.