Chapter 463: The famous general who destroyed the country
At this point, Zou Yan was very sure that this was not the legendary Yingzhou Luo.
He had once seen Yingzhou from a distance on the sea. It had caves and heavens, pavilions, cranes and auspicious clouds, clear springs and flowing water, and fairy aura floating in the air. It could never be like this.
"What should we do now?" Yuan Hua looked at the dwarf kneeling on the ground, speechless and speechless!
"Why did King Zhao ask you to come here?" Zou Yan walked to the stone next to him and wanted to sit down. As soon as his butt touched the stone, he was bounced up.
It was midsummer at this time, the stone had been exposed to the sun all day, and the temperature was frighteningly high.
"The king said that there is gold and silver here, let us mine it." Yuan Hua said.
Although Zou Yan was a little dissatisfied with Yuan Hua for tricking him into coming to Yingzhou, Zhao Jun rescued him at sea. After thinking about it, Zou Yan decided to help Yuan Hua.
"Just grab it. If there is gold and silver here, then they must have it. If they don't even have it, it means there are no gold or silver mines nearby, at least there are no gold or silver mines that are convenient for mining. Let's change it.
Grabbing the place.”
Zou Yan curled his lips, just grabbing something, do you need to communicate in language?
Do you rely on reasoning with the other party, influencing the other party, and taking the initiative to give you gold and silver?
Of course, Zou Yan said that he did not expect to find gold and silver in the village.
In his opinion, the land under his feet was a wasteland, a cursed place. How could there be gold and silver?
When Yuan Hua heard this, his eyes lit up and he suddenly realized, yes, why would I use my mouth when I have fists?
"This is what the old gentleman taught you." Yuan Hua bowed and bowed, then turned around and ordered, "You guys, go search the village."
The dwarf watched Zhao Jun pouring into the village. Although he wanted to resist, thinking of the opponent's majestic body, hard armor, and sharp weapons, he could only continue to kneel on the ground.
"General, we found this." Not long after, the soldier came out holding a handful of gold nuggets and some silver nuggets.
Although the color is a bit gray, it should be pure natural without purification, but it is very scary to find half a catty of gold and more than ten catties of silver in a small village.
At least Yuan Hua didn't think that an ordinary village in Zhao State could produce so much gold and silver.
"Grab! Steal his motherfucker!"
Yuan Hua held the gold in his hand, his breathing gradually became heavier, and his pupils were emitting a blood-red light, as if some kind of blood in his body was beginning to awaken.
"Go and check immediately to see how many villages like this there are nearby."
After saying that, Yuan Hua ignored these dwarfs and turned back to the ship to wait for the news.
Soon, the results came out. There were ten or twenty villages within a hundred miles, with hundreds of small people and thousands of large people. In addition to this island, there was a larger island in the north with more villages.
, it is said that there is a large village with a population of one to two hundred thousand people.
However, according to the local dwarves, these villages are called countries.
"You dare to call this thing a country? How ridiculous. Then I, Yuan Hua, can also be called a famous general who has destroyed countries." Yuan Hua sneered and decided to send troops to attack these 'countries'.
After confirming that there was no threat in the surrounding environment, Yuan Hua left only 500 soldiers to protect the ships and build military camps. Then he took the remaining 1,000 soldiers and destroyed a country along the coastline at a rate of one day.
Zou Yan also changed his previous attitude. Although this place was barren, there was indeed gold and silver. They had encountered several small open-pit gold and silver mines along the way. Zou Yan had never seen so many in his old age.
Not only does it contain high silver content, but most of it is located in shallow layers, making it extremely difficult to mine.
If we only consider gold and silver, it is not an exaggeration to call it a blessed land.
If there were gold or silver mines that were easy to mine somewhere in the Central Plains, it wouldn't be long before a prosperous area would be formed with the minerals as the center.
However, although Yingzhou also mines, this thing cannot be eaten after all. Apart from its industrial use, it is simply a piece of ordinary metal, but it is given value because of its rarity.
Yingzhou is rich in gold and silver, so its value is naturally low, and it is difficult for them to grow crops to feed themselves. How can they develop mining vigorously?
It should be said that all they have left is gold and silver.
"There is a large silver mine here!" During the march, Zou Yan suddenly pointed to the mountains at his feet and said.
"Send the order, all troops stop." Yuan Hua had already followed Zou Yanyan's advice. The old man was indeed as he said, knowledgeable about everything. Almost all the gold and silver mines along the way were discovered by Zou Yan first.
"There are such stones everywhere along the way. They are all silver ore, and the silver content is getting higher and higher. This is definitely a large silver mine, but the exact size still needs to be surveyed." Zou Yan picked up a piece of stone under his feet.
The stone with silver light was smashed against the larger stone next to it, and the gray skin peeled off, revealing the same faint silver light. "Look, this one is too. I suspect that the entire mountain is a silver mine." Luo Luo.
Yuan Hua looked at the mountains in front of him in disbelief. He couldn't even see the end of it. How much money was needed? If all of it was mined, he couldn't imagine it.
"Do you have any tools for refining silver?" Zou Yan asked.
"The tools are complete, but refining silver requires a lot of glutinous rice. We brought two ships, one of which sank to the bottom of the sea. Now there is only one ship left. There is only one ship of lead," Yuan Hua said.
Silver smelting requires mixing silver-containing powder with rice to form pellets, layering them with charcoal into piles, and sintering them into crispy ore briquettes. Then the ore briquettes and lead are mixed and smelted to form silver-containing lead lumps.
Finally, the silver-containing lead block is smelted on plant ashes, and oxygen is blown in to remove the lead from the lead block. After the grass ashes are blown away, high-purity gold and silver can be harvested.
This is currently the most practical and most comprehensive silver refining method.
Before going to sea, Yuan Hua brought enough tools and materials, but a snowstorm ruined most of the preparations.
"That's enough. You don't need to get too much silver for the first time. You just need to find the right place." Zou Yan said. Of course, he didn't say the second half of the sentence. It was really not enough, so he could grab some from the dwarf.
"I'm going to gather these dwarves together, give them tools, and let them mine." Yuan Hua pointed at the dwarves behind him and said.
Mining has been painful, tiring and dangerous since ancient times. Every mine is stained with blood. Even in the Central Plains, it is done by prisoners and slaves. Liangjiazi is not forced to do it, but he is unwilling to do it.
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Therefore, it was impossible for Yuan Hua to let Zhao Jun come to mine, nor to transport people from the Central Plains.
Although there is no statistics on how many dwarves there are on the island, the total number of dwarves in so many villages is in the tens of thousands, and there is a larger island to the north with more villages, so the number of people is always enough.
As for whether these people would resist after gathering together, Yuan Hua didn't think that far ahead. Anyway, these dwarves are now more happy to see him than their biological father, and they keep sending him women.
