The Jinsha River is only a few miles away from the Yuxi colonial stronghold.
Zhang Fu looked at the glittering Jinsha River, and his whole face was filled with a smile that could not be concealed.
Taiping Hou Du Mingen did not lie.
There is indeed a gold mine here, and the output of the gold mine is very high. This Jinsha River is covered with a thick layer of gold sand.
Just wash the gold mining tools in the river and you can wash out a lot of gold sand.
Such a rich gold mine is absolutely unprecedented.
"Hurry up, hurry up~"
"Everyone, please work harder and build our camp as soon as possible. After it is built, we can start gold mining."
"Let me say something ugly first. The gold here is not only the gold of the boss, but also the gold of today's emperor and the current imperial court."
"Everyone is working here, working hard to dig for gold. Your wages will definitely be worth a penny. Your food will be full and you will have meat every time. I guarantee that you will all be fat and strong."
"But don't have any evil thoughts if it doesn't belong to you, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless when the time comes."
Zhang Fu was walking in the camp next to the Jinsha River while holding a loudspeaker and started shouting continuously.
We just arrived here without everyone, and we have already found a lot of gold nuggets on the river bed.
There are only a few taels of gold nuggets in small size, and the heavy nuggets can even weigh several kilograms. Some people dug up gold nuggets when they dug sand by the river to build houses, which shows how rich the gold mines here are.
So Zhang Fu also explained the key points here.
"Yes~"
After hearing Zhang Fu's words, many workers quickly replied in unison.
When they came here to pan for gold, their boss gave each of them a sky-high price of 10 taels of silver per month. The boss also promised that they would buy some women from Japan and Korea to help everyone solve their problems.
With such conditions, the only requirement is that everyone comes here to work according to their duties, which can be said to be very good for them.
"Let's work and try to mine the first batch of gold in the next few days and transport it back to Daming on some ships to show our boss."
Zhang Fu nodded with satisfaction and said loudly.
Because many parties' interests were involved, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent a young eunuch here. The Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty also sent a sixth-grade official. In addition, the crew members who went to Golden Continent last year also formed a trading company.
A guy was also sent over.
These people were sent here specifically to monitor and see if Zhang Fu and other miners were hiding anything or trying to steal gold.
Zhang Fu was also cautious in doing things and tried his best to be open and fair, so that no one had anything to say.
Judging from the current situation, the gold mine reserves here are very amazing, far exceeding any gold mine in the Ming Dynasty. It can even be said that the total gold mines currently mined in the Ming Dynasty are not as large as this gold mine.
one’s output.
There is no way, the output of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty is very small, and it has relied on external inputs since ancient times.
As Zhang Fu finished speaking, everyone became busy again.
This time, many people came to mine the gold mines. Sangong Trading Company also united with several powerful trading companies to win the mining rights here, organized more than a dozen large ships to come over, and brought nearly 2,000 people.
In addition to bringing enough manpower, they also brought a lot of supplies.
Tian Erniu is organizing manpower to build the Yuxi stronghold, and Zhang Fu is organizing thousands of people to build the Yuxi gold mine here.
Because we are going to mine gold here for a long time, we need to prepare a lot of things.
The dimension here is high, and the summer is very short. Once autumn comes, it will become cold here, and the gold mines here may not be able to be mined.
In winter, the river here will be frozen, and coupled with the severe cold climate, all people here will have to evacuate.
Calculated, the time that gold mines can be mined here may only be about five months.
Time is very tight.
Fortunately, the gold mines here are very rich. If you grab a handful of sand, you can find dozens of gold sands. Even if it takes a few months, you can mine enough gold.
Zhang Fu saw everyone busy and nodded with satisfaction.
Looking towards the Jinsha River, it sparkles under the sunlight and shines with charming golden light.
There is too much gold contained in the river bed, so it has such a golden color.
“So beautiful~”
Zhang Fu's face showed a smile.
Looking at the snow-capped mountains further away, the snow-capped mountains range from high to low. The top is the snow-covered area, the middle area is dense green grass, and at the foot of the mountain is the tall primitive jungle.
Herds of deer can be seen everywhere, as well as snow-white foxes, eagles soaring in the sky, and occasionally a huge bear with its cubs desperately eating.
, seems to be preparing for the arrival of winter.
The scenery here is indeed beautiful. The uncanny workmanship and beauty of nature make people feel relaxed and happy, and they can't help but want to sing a song.
"Zhang Fu~"
At this time, Tian Erniu's voice sounded not far away.
Zhang Fu quickly looked over.
"Captain Tian~"
Zhang Fu said with a smile.
"Haha, how's it going?"
"I'm not lying to you. The gold mines here are very rich. I just randomly panned here for two days and got a small bag of gold sand."
Tian Erniu looked at the glittering Jinsha River in front of him and said with a smile.
"No, no~"
Zhang Fu suddenly shook his head in embarrassment.
"You need to hurry up. In a few months, it will be very cold here. By then, the water will be too cold and there will be no way to pan for gold."
Tian Erniu smiled and then gave instructions.
"I know~"
Zhang Fu nodded and said.
In fact, he can already clearly feel it. It is June now, which is the time of midsummer, but it is not hot here and the climate is very cool. He knows that it will definitely be very cold here in autumn and winter.
"Well, tomorrow I will leave for Golden Continent again. Then you can help me take care of this Yuxi stronghold."
Tian Erniu thought for a while and then said: "There may not be enough cement. Later, you can ask someone to write a letter back to Yinshan County and ask Tong Yuan, the magistrate of Yinshan County, to send more cement."
"Although there are not many people here, I personally think we should build a fort here at the mouth of Yuxi River and put a few cannons on it, just in case."
As Tian Erniu spoke, Zhang Fu silently wrote it down.
"Okay, in a few days, those ships will return to Yinshan County. At that time, I will have someone bring the letter back."
Zhang Fu nodded and agreed.
Then he thought about it and asked: "The gold mine in Yuxi is indeed good. I wonder if the gold mine in Huangjinzhou is similar to the one here?"
"Haha, gold is everywhere in Huangjin Continent. There are many gold mines like Yuxi in Huangjin Continent. If you have time in the future, you might as well go to Huangjin Continent and take a look. You will know."
When Tian Erniu heard this, he immediately laughed.
His words also made Zhang Fu doubtful. Is this Golden Continent really full of gold?
Soon, two days flew by.
Tian Erniu's fleet set sail again and continued to move northeast, heading toward the Golden Continent.
There are still more than 20 large ships left in Yuxi.
These large ships are owned by major trading houses that mine gold mines, and they also have many tasks.
In the next few months, these ships will continue to travel between Yinshan County and Yuxi, continuously transporting more supplies to Yuxi.
At the same time, the gold mined here in Yuxi was transported to the Ming Dynasty.
The mining camp was built relatively casually, because the mining people would choose to return to the Yuxi stronghold at night.
There are bears here, which means it is still very dangerous.
After two days of construction, Yuxi Stronghold has already taken shape and looks like a small town.
Even on the plains not far away, the hard-working Ming people once again exerted their excellent genes inherited from their ancestors.
Pieces of fields were actually cultivated, vegetable plots were dug out on the black soil, and vegetable seeds were sown. After a while, we might even be able to eat fresh vegetables.
If not for time constraints, wheat would probably be grown here.
After the large troops left, Yuxi suddenly became much quieter.
It turns out that there are more than 100,000 people in the thousands of large ships (sigh, I made a mistake in the previous calculation, it was counted as tens of thousands, in fact, there should be 100,000 people. Thank you book friend for supporting this error. I admit that my mathematics is P.E.
(taught by the teacher), the whole Yuxi was very lively.
This is also the reason why Yuxi was able to be built in style in just two days.
With enough manpower, sufficient supplies, and cement, it is very easy to build a colonial stronghold in two days.
Once the troops left, it became a lot deserted.
However, there are still thousands of people here, including more than a thousand Japanese, a thousand gold mining absentees, and more than a thousand people dedicated to building the Yuxi stronghold.
There are more than 3,000 people in this small fish creek, so it still seems quite lively.
