Kotaro held a large iron plate in his hand, shoveled it full of sand from the Jinsha River, and then kept washing the large iron plate in the river water.
With the constant shaking of the hand and the continuous erosion of the river water, all the sediment and so on were washed away.
Gradually, you can see some sparkling golden sand appearing in the iron plate.
Under the sunlight, these golden sands sparkle with a charming luster.
After rinsing and cleaning again and again, soon, there was only sand mixed with gold sand left in the plate.
Carefully pick out the golden sand one by one with tweezers and put it into a bowl aside.
The work is not complicated and does not require any skills. It is very simple.
But it is very boring, and more importantly, you have to bend over and lower your head all the time.
But Kotaro did it in a delicious way.
Because compared to farming at home, life here is simply heaven.
Originally, we just came here to build a colonial base, but in less than half a month, the base was built.
They were hired to dig for gold again, and their wages were four taels of silver per month, which was much lower than that of the Ming Dynasty people, but it was still a high salary that people couldn't afford to pay. What's more, food and accommodation were included here, and they had three meals a day, and they also had food for every meal.
Meat.
Fish and meat are freely available, and venison is often available.
There are really too many deer here, and these deer are not afraid of people at all. Just walk by gently and give these deer a stick.
Venison is also often eaten, but there is very little pork. Only occasionally a dozen pigs are transported from Yinshan County, but most of them are eaten by the Ming people. They, the Japanese, can only get a small share.
A little less.
But this has already made these Japanese people feel very satisfied.
Life here is really comfortable.
I get up at sunrise every day and start working, take an hour's rest at noon, and do my work at sunset. It's simple and fulfilling, and I pan for gold in the Jinsha River every day.
"Huh~"
Kotaro stood up slightly, moved his waist and neck, and looked at the entire Jinsha River.
At this time, the entire Jinsha River was very busy.
Many gold mining areas have been built on both sides of the river. The gold mining areas are paved with cement and directly divert river water.
Some people are responsible for carrying the sand, carrying loads of sand, and others, like Kotaro, are responsible for washing the sand and washing out the gold deposits inside.
In the open spaces on both sides of the river, you can see houses one after another, and these houses are also busy inside.
Many Ming craftsmen continuously collected the washed gold sand, then melted the gold sand and cast it into small gold bars.
Each gold bar is stamped with the gold bar number and the date of casting, and then placed into small boxes for safekeeping.
Then look at the Snowy Mountains further away. The snow-capped mountains are covered with white snow. The foot of the mountain is densely covered with forests and luxuriant grass. The passionate mountain birds do not need to cry. The peaches and plums are speechless, and the foot of the mountain is self-made.
The scenery was beautiful, but Kotaro quickly returned to his work.
He has to work hard. He has received more than a dozen excellent evaluations in a row, and during this period of time spent with people from the Ming Dynasty, he has also learned a lot of Ming dialect.
As long as he returns to Yinshan County, the magistrate of Yinshan County will give him a surname.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Since Shi Jianguo was ceded to the Ming Dynasty, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Life has taken off, and there is hope in the future.
As long as he has his own surname, he can pass it on from generation to generation and pass it on to his children and grandchildren.
From then on, they were noble Ming people and no longer Japanese.
He also wanted his children to go to school, and even prepared a sum of money to hire a learned Ming Dynasty man to name his children after the Ming Dynasty.
In this case, in the future, my children can take the imperial examination and become officials in the Ming Dynasty.
Even if you can't be an official in the Ming Dynasty, as long as you become a Ming Dynasty citizen, it is still a gold mining job. The Ming Dynasty people can get ten taels of silver a month, but the Japanese can only get four taels of silver a month.
Similarly, if they immigrate to Huangjinzhou in the future, the Ming people can get thousands of acres of land, but the Japanese can only get a hundred acres of land.
This is the difference.
Kotaro is constantly planning his future life in his mind.
I sighed in my heart that Ming Dynasty is better.
There are more job opportunities, higher income, better life, and a bright future.
Unlike before, they poor people never had any hope.
Even though they work hard all year round, they cannot get enough of the rice they grow, and they have been poor at the bottom for generations.
The Ming Dynasty was different. The Ming Dynasty was rich and vast, and it could travel all over the world.
As he got to know and communicate with the people around him, he gradually learned a lot.
"Dang~dang~"
"It's time to get off work, it's time to get ready for dinner~"
Time flew by and it was soon time for lunch.
As the bell rang, the entire mining area seemed to come alive.
Everyone packed up their things and weighed the gold sand washed out of their bowls.
This is very important. This is their performance. Those who dig more gold will be rewarded at the end of the month. Those who are continuously evaluated will be rewarded a lot when it comes time to pay their wages.
Kotaro looked at the gold sand in his bowl. It was pretty good, about one-third of it, or a few taels.
The gold mines here are so rich that you can easily wash out a lot of gold sand. Sometimes if you are lucky, you can even encounter gold nuggets.
"Xingtaro, three taels and seven cents~"
When the weight is passed, the person responsible for weighing shouts it loudly and records it in the book.
These data are also very important. In the later period, the boss, the court, and the emperor would send people to check. Based on these records, we can also calculate how much gold was mined.
When paying gold, if the amount is missing, then the life of the person in charge here will be difficult.
Hearing the numbers, Kotaro smiled and nodded quickly.
"Well, let's go eat~"
The other party nodded with satisfaction.
These Japanese people are actually a very good labor force, they work hard without complaining, and their wages are very low. To be honest, they will not lose to the Ming people in terms of hard work.
"Ahem, everyone, be quiet, everyone, be quiet~"
"I have some good news to announce to everyone~"
At this time, Zhang Fu, with a smile on his face, came to the mining area, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, and shouted loudly to everyone.
"good news?"
Zhang Fu's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone quickly looked over.
"Just now, several boats arrived at our Fish Creek."
"In response to everyone's request, these ships have brought you more than two hundred beautiful girls this time. You will be blessed in the future~"
Zhang Fu said with a smile on his face.
It’s been almost a month since I came here to mine gold in Yuxi. Everything else is fine and I can’t say anything about it.
Life here is guaranteed, the mining volume of gold mines is also rising steadily, and the owner is very satisfied.
But many miners here in the mining area feel that something is missing in their lives.
So I also made some suggestions to Zhang Fu, hoping that Zhang Fu could bring in some women so that life here would not be too boring.
Since there is a need, Zhang Fu must find a way to solve it.
So he also wrote to the magistrate Tong Yuan of Yinshan County and the boss behind him, but he didn't expect that the matter was actually solved.
This time, the ships that came to Yuxi actually brought over two hundred women from Korea and Japan.
Of course, these are not serious people, they are all from Korea and Japan.
Tong Yuan only talked to people from North Korea and Japan. Many people thought it was profitable, and they would send it to you for free.
So businessmen from Korea and Japan came to Yuxi with their girls.
"Okay~"
"Haha~"
"Really?"
When the many absentees heard this, they immediately started cheering.
The food here is good, the accommodation is good, the work is pretty good, and everyone is very energetic. I have long wanted to do this.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fu really solved it for them.
"Haha, of course it's true. Everyone should take it easy and don't empty your pockets."
Zhang Fu smiled, then thought for a while and said: "Everyone, work hard. If you do well, I will take the lead later and buy some Korean or Japanese girls for the singles among you, and marry them home directly. From now on, I will take the lead."
My wife and children can be on the hot bed every day.”
"Okay~"
"Haha, ok~ok~"
"It's best to introduce it to everyone now. Everything is good here, but it's too boring."
"You are so beautiful that your hair has not even grown yet, so you are just thinking about getting a wife."
It immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter.
With the arrival of the good news, when working in the afternoon, everyone could clearly feel that time passed very slowly. Many people even looked at the sun in the sky from time to time, thinking about it.
It's time to go down the mountain.
Wait until the sun goes down.
With the reminder of the ringing of the bell, these people immediately handed over the gold sand as fast as they could, and then they didn't even bother to eat, and walked towards the Yuxi stronghold in a hurry.
Yuxi stronghold was accompanied by the arrival of more than two hundred Korean and Japanese girls, and the place was filled with laughter and laughter.
Several Korean and Japanese madams were busy decorating their brothels and preparing for their girls to receive guests.
They had already inquired about it beforehand.
They are engaged in a unique business here. There are more than 3,000 people here, and each one of them has an income of at least several taels of silver every month. They are all wealthy people, so business must be easy to do.
Sure enough, before they were ready, a large group of people rushed over in a hurry, and their eyes lit up when they saw the woman.
