Lu Guangming, captain of the Nanyang Gold Mine protection team, gathered the miners together before starting work.
He shouted loudly: "Young and old men, you are all brought to Nanyang by me, Lao Lu.
You are here to make money and get a wife.
Lao Lu will organize a blind date meeting at the end of the month so that everyone can find a wife.
Mr. Zhao is planning to let those gold diggers enter the mine today.
We are on good terms with these people.
If the gold diggers really dare to bully our people in the mine, I will stand up for you.
But the ugly words come first, you must not imitate the gold diggers.
People pay money and can keep the gold mine in their pockets.
When we take the money from the mine and put the gold mine into our own pockets, that is theft.
If you really want to be a gold digger, come to me and sign up.
I will find you some rich tailings so that you can also have the opportunity to make a fortune.
If anyone dares to hide gold mines secretly, once I discover it, don’t blame me, Lu Guangming, for being unkind."
After Lu Guangming finished speaking, he pulled the bolt of the gun and fired a shot into the sky.
These people had only been working for a few days when someone reported to him that some miners had dirty hands and feet and were carrying gold ore out.
He then called everyone together and gave them a warning, asking them to change their ways.
If Lu Guangming really catches the person hiding the gold mine in the future, he will never show mercy.
When the miners heard the gunfire, they were immediately frightened. Some of them turned pale and no longer dared to think wrong.
Lu Guangming waved his hand and asked the second team of the mine protection team to take the workers down to the mine.
Today is the day when gold diggers contract gold mines.
Lu Guangming led the mine protection team, prepared weapons, and went to the gate of the gold mine to maintain order.
The mine protection team was all from Hexi village soldiers.
They have all killed natives, and their momentum is completely different from ordinary militiamen.
The mine protection team, armed with weapons, stood guard at the gate of the gold mine.
They were holding guns, their eyes were very firm, and their bayonets were facing the sun, shining with a cold light.
Zhao Baojin, general manager of Nanyang Gold Mine, walked out of the gold mine on time at eight o'clock in the morning.
He saw the performance of the mine protection team and nodded with satisfaction.
Today is the day when Nanyang Gold Mine lets gold prospectors contract the surrounding small gold mines, and a large number of gold prospectors will come.
Many of these gold diggers are unruly desperadoes.
The mine protection team must be able to deter them in order to ensure the stability of the gold mine.
The mine protection team led by Lu Guangming performed very well, far exceeding Zhao Baojin's expectations. He was very satisfied.
Zhao Baojin ordered the gold mine gate to be opened, and a large number of gold diggers outside immediately wanted to rush in.
He saw that these gold diggers were in a hurry and there was a risk of being trampled at the gate.
If someone is killed today, it will add a bit of unhappiness to this happy day.
He immediately ordered: "Lu Guangming, maintain order."
When Lu Guangming heard Zhao Baojin's instructions, he replied neatly: "Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely maintain order."
Lu Guangming led the mine protection team to maintain order and ordered everyone to line up and enter the yard to contract the gold mine in order.
If someone disobeys the rules, he will immediately hit the person hard with the butt of his gun.
The silver bayonets and black muzzles of the guns made all the gold diggers calm down.
When they saw the aggressive mine protection team, they did not dare to resist and lined up in order.
Zhao Baojin said loudly: "For the small gold mines around the big gold mine, our Nanyang Gold Mining Company adopts a contracting system and contracts them to others.
After you contract the gold mine, you will be responsible for your profits and losses.
Whether you can choose a gold mine with rich reserves depends entirely on your own eyesight.
After contracting a gold mine, you only need to pay mining taxes and no other fees.
Whatever happens to the contracted gold mine has nothing to do with Nanyang Gold Mine and is the responsibility of the person who contracted the gold mine."
After Zhao Baojin introduced the relevant systems for contracting gold mines, he asked people to move the large map of the gold mine to the yard.
Taking advantage of the rare sunny days in the rainy season.
Zhao Baojin wants to contract out all the gold mines within today.
Looking at the enthusiastic atmosphere at the scene, he was confident enough that he could contract out all these gold mines.
Wang Tie and Zhang Shi were also among the crowd. They recruited more than thirty craftsmen to come to Nanyang.
I am going to contract a gold mine first and see if the gold mine is real or fake before taking the next steps.
If most people can't dig out gold from the gold mine, this is a scam and all the money invested will be wasted.
They are constantly observing the gold diggers around them.
After Zhang Shi listened to Zhao Baojin's introduction, he discussed with Wang Tie: "Lao Wang, what size of gold mine should we contract?"
Wang Tie thought for a while and said: "Contract a cheap gold mine first.
We not only verify whether the gold mine is real, but also experience the hardships of gold diggers.
Only by knowing what they lack can our products be marketable.”
They saw the gold diggers around them, taking money as money at all, and were completely dazzled by the gold mine.
These people carried a large amount of silver coins and contracted a small gold mine.
The two of them immediately followed and contracted a small and remote gold mine.
The sun was gradually setting, and most of the crowds in the courtyard had dispersed.
Zhao Baojin looked at the boxes of silver coins piled up in half the yard, with a look of shock on his face.
These gold diggers are so crazy that all the gold mines they are planning to contract have already been contracted out.
Even their Nanyang Gold Mining Company is working hard to mine these gold mines with not abundant reserves.
The gold obtained may not be exchanged for so many silver coins.
Now they can earn a lot of silver coins without any effort.
As expected of the Emperor of Great China, even if His Majesty is least good at business, he can still come up with such an ingenious method.
This method earned the Nanyang Governor-General a lot of money and attracted a large number of people.
These gold diggers were also grateful to the imperial court.
Zhao Baojin called Lu Guangming over, and he solemnly explained: "The mine protection team must maintain order in the gold mine.
Since we have collected the contracting fees, we cannot let them compete for each other's territory, let alone seek wealth or death.
Safety is the most important thing, and I don’t want mass murders to happen here in the gold mine.”
Zhao Baojin lived in an era of war, and he knew that no matter how bad the order was, it was more precious than chaos.
If someone maintains order in a gold mine, many vicious incidents will be reduced.
Lu Guangming said with a solemn expression: "Please rest assured, Mr. Zhao, I will definitely manage these gold mines.
The gold mine is under the rule of the imperial court, it is a place with rules, and I will never let it become a lawless place."
Zhao Baojin patted Lu Guangming's shoulder.
He encouraged: "I will leave the safety of the gold mine to you.
If there are not enough staff, please call me directly to apply.
The primary goal of a gold mine is to avoid major accidents, and the second is to ensure gold production.
There is a dedicated person responsible for production accidents, and the responsibility of your mine protection team is not to let other forces disturb the tranquility of the gold mine."
Zhao Baojin attaches great importance to safety, and he uses this gold mine as a springboard.
This is the starting point of his career, and it must not be the end of his career.
When Lu Guangming heard so much about Mr. Zhao, he felt more confident. As long as he had enough manpower, he was confident in maintaining the safety of the gold mine.
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Wang Tie and his men were digging a mine in the heavy rain.
He heard footsteps outside the mine and immediately walked out of the mine to observe the situation outside.
He saw a group of mine protection teams wearing raincoats and carrying guns, patrolling the mountain road near the gold mine.
When the people from the mine protection team saw him, they immediately gave loud instructions: "We are all patrolling on fixed routes. You prepare some gongs and whistles and make some noise when encountering danger."
When we hear these noises, we will immediately send someone to check the situation."
When Wang Tie saw the mine protection team walking away, he smiled and said: "The money is not in vain, the mine is still doing some practical things, and the mine protection team is patrolling, so this area is relatively safe.
Only when the gold mines are safe can we do business."
Their gold mine is already in a very remote location.
This was the first time he encountered a mine protection team patrolling. Listening to the tone of these mine protection teams, he would patrol regularly in the future.
Someone manages this area and maintains a certain order, which is better than chaos.
Wang Tie was about to return to the mine when he heard the shouts of a vendor.
"Fried noodles, steamed buns, white flour steamed buns, haggis soup, braised pork, braised elbow, sweet and sour fish..."
He saw a donkey, pulling a tin box with glass, heading towards the mine.
Most of the food wrapped in oil paper in the car was gone.
The hawker who was driving the cart in a raincoat saw Wang Tie and said loudly: "All kinds of food at affordable prices. This steward, do you want to order some hot food at the mine?"
My craftsmanship is very good and I am well-known around me.
I heard other people say that there is a mine here, so it was my first time to come here to take a look.
If you think the food is suitable, I will come every day."
Wang Tie swallowed when he heard the hawker's voice.
These days of mining are too far away from the mountain, so they have to live and eat in the mine.
The food consists of eating steamed buns and dried meat, which are eaten as soon as they are heated in a big pot. I have long been tired of them.
Wang Tie asked: "Is there any wine?"
The vendor immediately replied: "There is home-brewed soju, that kind of wine in glass bottles, but I don't have it here."
Wang Tie thought that the mine had been set up, so he just bought some food and wine to celebrate.
After he asked about the price, he found that the price was a little more expensive than an inn outside, but considering that he had to walk more than ten miles up the mountain, the price was worth it.
Wang Tie paid the deposit, and the vendor parked the donkey cart and entered the tin house.
Soon the smoke rose, and the aroma of the food floated far away in the heavy rain.
Zhang Shi walked out of the mine with his men.
In his hand, he also held a shining yellow stone.
The mine tunnel has been built, and they tried to dig gold. Following the direction of the vein, they found gold as soon as they started.
Many gold mines around have already found gold, and they finally found gold in this remote gold mine.
Zhang Shi said in his loud voice: "The government did not deceive us, there is really a gold mine here.
Once this news is confirmed, we can flex our muscles."
After he said this, he smelled the aroma outside and said in surprise: "I smell the aroma of braised pork and vinegar-soaked pork ribs."
Wang Tie pointed at the hawker and said: "This is a chef from Hexi County who comes to the mine to sell food.
I ordered some food and we went to the mine to celebrate.
We have too few people, so we must guard our mines and check the quality of the gold mines.
Otherwise, I will take everyone to the county to celebrate."
Zhang Shi nodded after hearing this, and said with emotion: "During this period, some people came to sell mining tools, and some came to sell canvas clothes.
I didn’t expect that now, people would go directly to the mountain to sell food.”
The meal was quickly prepared, and Wang Tie and others took the food and drinks in the food boxes and headed to the mine for a dinner party.
The vendor continued to drive the donkey cart back to Hexi County. He had visited all the surrounding mines and made a lot of money on this trip.
Wang Tie personally tested the quality of the gold mine, and he quickly obtained the result that it was a gold mine of extremely high quality.
Taking advantage of his joy, he arranged for everyone to have a celebration banquet.
Wang Tie looked at everyone wolfing down the food. This chef was not very good at cooking, but the meat and vegetables were much better than the steamed buns.
After he was full of wine and food, he looked at the gold mine in his hand and said: "We can't stay here and continue mining.
We still follow the original plan and sell essential items for miners.
It has been determined that the surrounding area contains rich reserves and extremely high-quality gold mines, which are worthy of our efforts.
According to my observations these days, unless you encounter a large gold mine with rich reserves.
Mining is just a business where you can make hard money. The real money-making business is to make money from the miners.
The miners are looking for gold, and we are looking for gold from these gold diggers.
Wolves eat sheep and sheep eat grass.
We strive to be wolves that eat sheep, not sheep that eat grass.
The people who sold our mining tools a few days ago, the people who sell raincoats and canvas clothes, and even the vendors who just sold wine and food, all make more money than mining.
These are long-term businesses. As long as one mine is left unfinished, we can continue to do business.
Instead of waiting for the gold mine to gradually dry up, just make a profit."
Zhang Shi slapped his thigh and said: "Old Wang, you are smarter than me. Let's do business together and I will always listen to your arrangements.
We purchased a steam engine and a large amount of raw materials.
If we take our workers to mine, the efficiency will be low. They are more familiar with running factories.
Have you inspected the most scarce items in the gold mine these days?
For some basic tools, we definitely can’t compete with the locals.”
Wang Tie said confidently: "Old Zhang, besides mining, what do you think is the most important thing for gold diggers like us?"
Zhang Shi thought for a long time and said: "The gold mine cannot be eaten, so it must be exchanged for money. The most important thing is of course to realize it.
At the very least, you must hold gold in your hands, and you cannot trade with others with a large pile of gold mines.”
Wang Tie gave a thumbs up and said: "Yes, the most important thing is gold smelting. It is best to use miniaturized gold smelting tools that every gold mine can afford.
To crush gold ore, you can directly hit it with a hammer, but smelting gold ore requires some special tools.
We gold diggers will never sell gold mines to smelters.
According to my investigation in the past few days, the price paid by the smelter to purchase gold mines is really too low."
When Zhang Shi heard Wang Tie's suggestion, his eyes lit up and he said happily: "We don't need too advanced equipment, we only need an alcohol blowtorch to melt the gold ore.
Gold diggers melt gold ore into gold bars, and even if they don't exchange them for gold coins, they can sell them at any time.
If we make this equipment and sell it for ten taels of gold a set, many people will buy it. We can really make a fortune this time."
Wang Tie and Zhang Shi were at the dining table, and they planned the factory to be built.
The more they talked, the more excited they became, and they already saw the prospects of the new company.
Zhang Shi looked at the gold mine that had been dug.
"Old Wang, what should we do with this gold mine? We have worked hard to dig it and paid a large contract fee, so we cannot abandon it."
Wang Tie said with a smile: "I was chatting with the vendor just now and heard him talking about the militia from the nearby villages who came to Hexi County to sell indigenous slaves.
The mining work is handed over to slaves, and we only need to send a few overseers to manage the purchased slaves."
When Zhang Shi heard the news, he directly picked up a large jar of wine, took a big sip, and said depressedly:
"If I had known that slaves were sold here, I wouldn't have had such a hard time.
We're just digging this little gold mine, and I'm exhausted.
The local villagers are all hired, so we can only do it ourselves.
Now that there are slaves, simple heavy physical work like mining can be done by slaves."
Wang Tie and Zhang Shi agreed that they would buy slaves to mine.
Only a small number of people were left to manage the slaves, and most of them went back to build factories.
Junior gold diggers can only make money by mining gold mines.
High-level gold diggers want to make money from gold diggers.