In the whole world, there is nothing but the royal land.
Iron ore, salt mine, gold or silver ore, no matter what the mine is, as long as it is a mine, it has been in the hands of the imperial court since ancient times, and others are not allowed to mine it privately.
If it is mined privately, it will be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.
This galena can be extracted into silver, which can only be mined by the imperial court.
Although the Dongba people have never paid taxes to the court, Wolong Mountain and even the Dongba people are under the rule of Dayan. This mine belongs to the court.
Yang Weiming thought a lot in his mind at that moment. There was galena here, and he must report it to his superiors.
Before that, he had to figure out how much galena there was here, whether it was a large mine or a small mine, and what kind of mine, the reporting methods were also different.
The discovery of a mine is a great achievement.
Thinking like this, Yang Weiming took a deep look at Xu Yinyin, and then told her to calm down and leave it to him first.
Xu Yinyin: I'm not impatient at all. Just don't doubt me and don't ask about my "secret recipe booklet".
Yang Weiming felt confident, and when he looked at the clan leader, he felt that he really looked unnatural. This way, it seemed that he was hiding something from them. Before, he thought it was something else, and didn't do anything like this.
Think about it.
Who would have thought that poisoning is caused by minerals, and minerals can also cause poisoning?
At this moment, Yang Weiming rarely lost his mind, because he thought of the place where he worked before. The Daming Mountain Iron Mine was mined within its jurisdiction. It seemed that the people in charge of mining suffered from this disease more or less frequently.
There are also some hand drills that are as strong as chicken claws.
Is it possible that this is also caused by something in the mine?
Yang Weiming secretly made a note of this, thinking that after finishing the matter here, he would go back and ask Miss Xu carefully to see if she knew.
Now he glanced at the Dongba clan leader and asked the translator to tell him directly. Give him a chance. If he has anything to hide, tell him honestly and quickly. He can forget about it. Otherwise, he will arrest everyone immediately, one by one.
After being tortured, you will have to confess, and when the time comes, you will definitely not be lenient!
After the clan leader heard this, his hand on crutches began to tremble. At this moment, he felt regretful. If he had known it, he would not have listened to Wuke. He sent people out to ask for help from the government officials. Now that he is fine, he is asking for trouble.
The main reason is that they did not expect that the strange diseases that the men in the tribe suffered from inexplicably might be related to the mine...
No wonder, neither women nor old people were allowed to do so. The young laborers who were first responsible for mining and refining silver all fell ill and died one after another. Other men in the clan also got strange diseases later on.
If they had known earlier, they wouldn't have touched that thing.
Since the year before last, we have put in a lot of effort in digging, but up to now, we have not yet made that much money.
Now he is being suspected by the officials again. If he is not careful, it will be a catastrophe of annihilation.
The clan leader glanced at these formidable guards from the corner of his eye, gritted his teeth, and asked the translator to convey: "Am I telling the truth, can I really not be held accountable?"
Yang Weiming nodded, "Tell me the truth and let bygones be bygones."
Of course, he had to look at the mining situation, but in his opinion, the Dongba people had not used the silver yet, perhaps it had not been refined yet, otherwise they would not have exchanged ginseng for silver.
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As long as the silver is not refined in large quantities, nothing will happen. The emperor is not stupid, and he will not care too much about a foreigner who doesn't even know the laws of Dayan.
Those who don’t know are not guilty.
After receiving Yang Weiming's correct words, the clan leader felt relieved and began to explain immediately.
The people of their clan depended on collecting mountain products and hunting, and then sold money outside to exchange for food and daily necessities. Naturally, they had to wander around the mountains.
Wolong Mountain is so big that they have never visited it even though they have lived here for generations.
Just the year before last, when the tribe was collecting wild products in the mountains to the east, they picked up two stones that looked very different. They thought it was fun and brought them back.
But when Sanger, a respected old man in the tribe, saw the stone, he was shocked and said that it was an ore that could refine silver!
Geinsange once left the tribe to travel when he was young. He was the most knowledgeable person among the Dongba tribe, so they believed in his words.
Later, under the command of Sanger, the men of their clan spent more than half a year digging into the ground, and found that there was indeed a mine underneath as Sanger said!
Later, mining began, and then some tribesmen from the Sangge Church were responsible for refining it.
Sanger learned the ash-blowing method outside, which involves melting the mined ore into balls in a furnace, letting it cool before putting it into another furnace, and then heating and smelting it. When it melts, what sinks to the bottom of the furnace is silver.
But from the beginning of refining to now, because the mining progress is too slow, and Sanger died of illness last year, they have not refined much silver so far.
After the clan leader explained everything, he ordered people to take out the silver that had been refined in the meantime, and the total amount was only about a few dozen taels.
Immediately, someone took them to the east where the mine was.
The main reason is that he is too old to walk on the mountain road, and he cannot be guided.
Xu Yinyin: I’m very hungry. Can you eat before we talk?
Obviously, the people of the Dongba tribe were in panic, and no one thought of this at all. At this moment, Yang Weiming was only thinking about the mine, and did not care about eating.
Xu Yinyin gradually added the suffix, then secretly took out the dried peaches from the purse at her waist, actually from the space, quickly stuffed two peaches into her mouth, and gave two more peaches to Asarum.
Although her space is small, she always prepares some food in it. It is convenient to steal it occasionally, and it is also convenient to prepare for emergencies.
Xixin was already used to the strangeness, so she took the dried peach and stuffed it into her mouth honestly.
She didn't think too much about why the girl could always take out food from her small purse, but she had never seen the girl put food into her purse.
In short, whatever the girl does is right, the girl doesn’t tell or ask.
A few dried peaches went into her mouth, and Xu Yinyin felt that her stomach was barely comforted. Although she was still hungry, she didn't eat any more. Mainly because Yang Weiming in front noticed that she hadn't followed and stopped to wait for her.
She quickly swallowed the last bite in her mouth and rushed to catch up.
But Yang Weiming looked at her swallowing movements, and his mind suddenly thought, "Miss Xu, are you hungry? We old men sometimes forget to do business when we are busy with official duties, and often don't remember to eat on time, but we are still very hungry.
I have forgotten that Miss Xu is still a little girl, she is no more rough than us old men."
Immediately, I ordered a few guards and asked them to go around and hunt some pheasants and rabbits for lunch.
After walking for a while, the Dongba people who led the way stopped.
Everyone also saw a huge pit under the mountain col, which was the location of the mine dug by the Dongba people.
Yang Weiming looked around quickly and saw that there were small holes at regular intervals in the pit for people to get in and out. He knew that Sanger was indeed well-informed and knew how to mine.
Which mine did you work in before?
It's a pity that this man died of illness last year. Otherwise, we could have asked him for advice.
The hunter hadn't come back yet, and Yang Weiming couldn't sit still. He immediately took a few people and went to the mine himself. He had to go and see the mine with his own eyes.