Hearing Han Wen's words, Wang Qi and other officials stopped talking and turned their attention to Su Hao. They were a little dissatisfied just now. They didn't know why Han Wen wanted to invite an unknown young man like Su Hao to join the highest level of the county government.
meeting, but at this time, they suddenly realized that if they want to mine, who else is more suitable than the young man in front of them?
In the subconscious mind of Wang Qi and others, they determined that Chang Wu's request for Fengcheng County to mine gold mines was just a blackmail method. The mine supervisors were already very skilled in using such methods. For example, they would go to
A family came to them and told them that there was a gold mine under the ground, and they asked them to demolish their house to make way for the land. If this family wanted to avoid disaster, they had to spend money to do so.
The same was true when Chang Wu came to Fengcheng County to discuss the opening of gold mines. Wang Qi and others had been officials in the county for several years and had never heard of any gold mines in Fengcheng. Chang Wufei said that there was gold in Fengcheng.
Mine, its purpose can be imagined.
But Han Wen brought Su Hao and suddenly gave everyone a revelation: Su Hao can find underground water sources and underground coal mines. Maybe he can really find a gold mine in Fengcheng?
Seeing everyone looking at him, Su Hao was speechless. He asked Han Wen: "County Lord, do you mean you really want to find a gold mine for Eunuch Chang?"
Han Wen said: "This county has always been disgusted with the idea of opening a gold mine, so it has never thought of doing it. But now that the matter is coming, if the county cannot find a gold mine, then the only choice is to mobilize wealthy households to donate and make up for it.
This county cannot do this kind of blackmailing of the people by paying the mining tax demanded by Eunuch Chang. If the reform really has this miraculous ability and a gold mine can be found within the county, no matter how much gold it can produce, this will
Eunuch Chang has nothing to say. The only uncertainty in this county now is whether there is a gold mine in Fengcheng County."
Su Hao nodded and said: "My lord, if that's what you mean, I can definitely answer you: yes."
"There is really a gold mine!" Han Wen and several other officials' eyes were straightened. They couldn't believe that Su Hao was telling the truth. They had also gotten to know Su Hao's character during this period of time.
, knowing that he is not a person who talks nonsense. If Su Hao said there is a gold mine, then there is a 10% chance that it is true.
"I have been in office for three years. How come I have never heard of this matter?" Han Wen asked.
Su Hao said: "This matter is a long story, and students don't want to waste your time. All you need to know is that Fengcheng's geological structure is complex and has various mineralization conditions, but most of the mineral veins have insufficient reserves.
Gao, in addition to coal, there is also... uh, that is to say, there is quite a lot of coal."
Su Hao originally wanted to talk about uranium mines, but he quickly swallowed the words. It was too advanced to say something like uranium in the Ming Dynasty.
"To put it simply, if we are willing to take the trouble to look for it, we can find all kinds of gold, silver, copper, iron and tin in Fengcheng County, but the value of these mineral deposits is not as great as the effort to find ore flowers.
"
When Han Wen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He said: "What the change means is that there must be a gold mine in Fengcheng, but it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive to find it, and it will be difficult to find it easily?"
Su Hao said: "The county magistrate is a man of great fortune and wealth, and he can always turn disaster into good fortune. The student has never paid attention to this gold mine. But when he went to the countryside to dig a well, he accidentally discovered a place with potential
The student has not verified the terrain of mineralization, but he is 70% sure that he can find a gold mine."
"Really? Where?" Han Wen asked eagerly.
Su Hao said: "It's in Yuanli Village, Dashun Township, southeast of the county. Judging from students' experience, there should be gold mines in the mountains there."
"This matter should not be treated as a joke. If there is no gold mine, deceiving the mine supervisor is equivalent to deceiving the Holy One, which is a serious crime that will cost you your head." Han Wen said, "Instead, you would like to go to Yuanli Village again.
Making sure?"
Su Hao nodded and said: "As ordered, the student will go there now."
Han Wen was overjoyed and said: "Then you have to go through the hard work of reform through labor. If you change it, no matter whether you can find a gold mine or not, this county will record your contribution. If you can really find a gold mine, I will comply with Eunuch Chang's order."
I will definitely thank you greatly from this county in the future for your errand."
Su Hao said: "The words of the county official are serious. This is the responsibility of the students. How dare we slack off."
Han Wen told Su Hao, then turned back to the County Prime Minister Wang Qi and said: "Wang County Prime Minister, Eunuch Chang's side..."
Wang Qi stood up quickly and said: "Don't worry, Lord County. I will go and arrange for Eunuch Chang to take care of him. I will take a few of them to Jinhuatan tomorrow, so they can wait with peace of mind."
A group of people discussed it, and Wang Qi was responsible for stabilizing Chang Wu and others. Su Hao rushed to Dashun Township to survey the gold mine. As for the chief bookkeeper Wang Fengshao and the Dianshi Wang Yixue, they also had their own tasks. They had to contact the city respectively.
Wealthy households understand their affordability. If Su Hao fails to find a gold mine, the output of these 2,000 taels of gold will have to be shared by the wealthy households.
Su Hao was actually 70% to 80% sure of finding a gold mine. When he was digging a well in Yuanli Village, he paid attention to the local geological structure and judged from experience that there is likely to be a ductile shear zone quartz vein type in this area.
The mineral combination of a gold mine should be natural gold, pyrite, sericite, chlorite and quartz. Su Hao found some signs of gold mineralization on the local surface and thought at that time that he should be able to find a small
of gold mines.
Su Hao doesn't have much interest in gold mines. First of all, gold mining and refining are not easy. The news of opening a gold mine is much greater than that of opening a coal mine. In addition, gold mines are too eye-catching. People like him
Identity, if you open a gold mine, I am afraid that before you can get the gold, you will be eaten up by the high-ranking officials and government officials. If you think about it carefully, only eunuchs like Chang Wu can be qualified to open a gold mine.
, it just so happens that they are obsessed with opening gold mines, so just treat this mine as a treasure and give it to them.
Su Hao took Chen Guanyu, Yu Fuyang and several miners to Yuanli Village. After two days of work, they found an outcrop of a gold mine in the mountains. Yu Fuyang led the miners to dig through the weathered rock formations on the surface.
A kind of yellow-brown crystal-like mineral suddenly appeared inside, with some tiny golden particles embedded in these minerals. Chen Guanyu is indeed a wizard and has seen a lot. When he saw this mineral, his eyes
It's straight.
"Master, this is gold ore!" Chen Guanyu shouted excitedly.
"That's right. Why, Old Chen, have you seen this kind of thing before?" Su Hao asked Chen Guanyu with a smile. From the perspective of a geologist, this kind of ore actually belongs to pyrite.
, the golden particles inside are natural gold particles mixed in the iron ore. In the eyes of the ancients, the value of gold particles was far greater than that of iron ore, so Chen Guanyu would call it gold ore.
Chen Guanyu said: "Old Taoist, when I was young, I learned alchemy from my master. The master showed me this kind of ore. I never dreamed that I would find such a gold mine just by falling down. I never expected that you would find such a gold mine here.
It's so simple."
Su Hao said: "Everything has laws. The geological structure of this place is easy to form this kind of hydrothermal deposit. Coupled with other clues, it is not difficult to find this gold mine."
"Master, when can you teach me this magic? This is the real Midas touch." Chen Guanyu asked cheekily.
Su Hao smiled and said: "Okay, but you have to go to my survey camp first to learn the real survey skills. This is not your pretentious magic. After you finish learning, I will teach you other knowledge. With your talent,
, after five years of study, you should be somewhat successful."
"Master, you are kidding me. How can I learn such profound knowledge?" Chen Guanyu smiled bitterly and dropped the topic. In fact, what he was thinking in his heart was that this must be Su Hao's.
The secret of not spreading it, so he found such an excuse to deal with it. Thinking that Su Hao was only seventeen years old, if he followed what he said, he had to learn this first and learn that first, wouldn't he have been learning these things since he was a child?
Su Hao was indeed joking with Chen Guanyu. The content of geology is extensive and profound. How can a person with Chen Guanyu's knowledge structure be able to learn it? After joking with Chen Guanyu, he turned to Yu Fuyang and asked: "Old man
Yu, judging from your experience, this should be a gold mine that can be mined, right?"
Yu Fuyang has been in a trance since he led his men to dig out the gold ore. When Su Hao asked, he replied calmly: "Master, you are a great talent, this is indeed a gold mine. However,
I'm sorry for my poor eyesight, but I really can't tell how much gold this mine can produce."
Su Hao thought for a moment and said, "If I'm not wrong, this mine alone can produce ten thousand taels of gold."
Ten thousand taels of gold, converted into the measurement unit of later generations, is only about 300 kilograms. The reserves of this gold mine are more than 300 kilograms. Su Hao said this, which was already a slight discount.
Yu Fuyang weighed the gold ore in his hand and said with regret: "Oh, it's a pity that such a good gold mine should be dedicated to Eunuch Chang in vain. Master, you have never thought about finding another gold mine and we can mine it ourselves."
come out?"
Su Hao smiled and said: "Old Yu, why are you so greedy? No wonder people say that money touches people's hearts. You don't even think about it, what qualifications do we, an ordinary citizen, have to open a gold mine?"
"That's true." Yu Fuyang nodded and said, "These gold mines are run by the government. I have never heard that ordinary people can open gold mines. However, I really admire the master. What kind of mine do you want to find?
We can find them all, let’s find some mines that we can open sometime, and let the villain make some money along the way.”
Su Hao also picked up a piece of ore, looked at it carefully, and said: "Actually, besides gold, there are other things in this ore. It's a pity just to use it for refining gold. I'll try and see if I can follow it.
Then Chang Wu told us to give us the tailings left over from the alchemy."
Chen Guanyu, who was standing aside, his eyes lit up and asked: "Master, do you want to use this thing to refine green vitriol?"